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Are we sure? Can you hear me?

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» Hello?
>> Yes, I can hear you. Melissa,

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» can you hear me?
Yes. Okay.

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» Can you see the agenda on the screen?

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» No, I can't.
>> What do you see?

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» I see that webcams are hidden. I think
it's because I don't have the Wi-Fi on

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for all the webcams to be on. So, I
think that's on my end. But, let me try

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to get that on.
>> Okay.

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» Alicia, I see council chambers, but no.
camera and then the podium. So, it's me,

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council chambers, and podium.

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» Okay, we're working on it.
>> Thank you.

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» Wow. Okay. All

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right. Well, we should still [laughter]

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I went home.

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Hey, how's it going?

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» [laughter]
>> I was thinking

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» jazz

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think I just ignored it.

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something and I have this conversation.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I was a little

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» weekend.

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My best friend always texts me. She'll
be like,

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"Thanks for

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Are all you guys?

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Alicia, can you ask her if she can see
the screen?

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» Melissa, can you see something different
on the screen now?

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No, it still just has the CC for council
chambers and the

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you know like the P for the podium.

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» Can you click on the podium one and make
that your view?

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taxpayers.
>> Yes, they are.

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Yeah.

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It says camera camera is off for the
podium and the council chambers, Alicia.

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So,

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» okay. I don't think we're going to be
able to change the view. So, you will

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have to pull up the YouTube feed if you
want to see what's being viewed.

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» Okay.

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I don't think so.

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I call this meeting to order of the
Marshalltown City Council Chambers. We

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are in City Hall at 10 West State
Street. It's August 24th, 2026 at 5:30

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p.m. Would you please all join me for
the pledge of

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» allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.
>> Amen.

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» Thank you. Can we have roll call,
please? Cahill

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» here. Bonka
>> here. Mitchell

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» here.
>> Nicholls

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» here.
>> Schneider

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» here.
>> Thompson

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» here.
>> Yep. Gomez

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» here.
>> Okay, moving on to public comments.

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Members of the public may make comments
on any item that is not on the agenda at

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this time. The speaker shall approach
the microphone and state their name and

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address. Comment shall be limited to
three minutes unless a longer comment is

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authorized by the mayor. [clears throat]
The speaker shall direct comments to the

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mayor and council as a whole. The mayor
and council may not provide a response

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to a public comment, but shall shall not
engage in discussion or debate items

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raised by members of the public. No
action may be taken on items raised in

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public comments to comply with Iowa's
open meeting laws. With that, the

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microphone is open.

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Hello, Lane period 20 East State Street.
Uh, believe it or not, I did not set out

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to wage a holy war on data centers. I
just wanted to make sure the community I

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live in was protected and considered
before a major development took place.

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That's all. But the amount of push back
I have received from council members and

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from organizations invested in these
projects has been disheartening and

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unexpected. I'm not the type to walk
away though. I care about this town and

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I hope we can work together to make
Marshalltown the best it can be for

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everyone who calls it home. The public
asked for a moratorum because we needed

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time to understand what data centers
meant for Marshalltown. Since then,

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public pressure has only grown. And now,
before the moratorium is finished,

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before planning and zoning presents a
final draft, before the public gets to

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attend the city hosted round table,
we're having a data center developer

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present a project. This is happening
before the rules are written, before the

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public process is complete, and before
the moratorium is active. That does not

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look right. It does not feel right, and
it does not build trust. Edgewood is

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inside city limits. The land being
discussed is city-owned. when a

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developer presents a project and
>> public comment is for things that are

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not on the agenda.
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» And these are on the agenda. So if you
have something other than something

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that's on the agenda. [snorts]
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Right now the public is seeing a lot of
things that look like decisions are

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being made behind the scenes. The only
expert the city has had speak at council

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meetings so far has been Align Energy's
lead community engagement consultant for

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data centers, Kylie Miller. He has
spoken at length at both council and

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planning and zoning. He is not a neutral
party. His job is to promote data center

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development. The public has not yet
heard from independent experts,

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environmental experts, infrastructure
experts, or anyone who is not directly

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tied to the industry. Our Marshalltown
Area Chamber of Commerce, which is also

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the city's contracted head of economic
development, has their branding and

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contact info on a data center
development packet that was found on

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their website. This was at the same time
that we were told there were no real

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proposals or plans. He has also helped
launch a new organization growing Iowa's

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economy to publicly advocate for data
centers both online and in printed

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media. Councilman Snyder spent almost
$3,000 on a full page color ad in the

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Times Republican insisting that those of
us with concerns are making mountains

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out of mole hills. And yet I can count
on one hand how many residents have told

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me they have no concerns. The local
government works for the residents. All

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of us. Not just the people who want this
project. Not just the people who are

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excited about data centers. not just the
people who have already made up their

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minds. We need a process we can trust.
We need transparency and we need

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honesty. And we need to slow down enough
to make sure that Marshalltown's future

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is shaped by the people who live here,
not by outside pressure. Thank you.

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» Thank you, Lane.

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Anyone else?

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» Maggie Valentine, 2345 Whispering Oaks
Road. Um, I [clears throat] just want to

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just last time, um, I think some people
were a little bit confused about what

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items we'd be allowed to speak on and
which ones we wouldn't be allowed to

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speak on. Um, so I just wanted to ask
right now so that I'm not confused and

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don't miss the chance. Um, are the
discussion like Jay, the discussion

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items, are we going to be allowed to
comment on those tonight?

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» We will be.
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held for things that are not
>> just there was just confusion about

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whether or not we would need a motion to
be allowed to speak on those items or

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not. So just
>> I will ask for public comment.

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» Thank you.

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» Anyone else?

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» Okay, we have
mayor, councel, and administrator

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comments. Does anyone have anything?
>> Sue,

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» thank you, your honor. I I this slipped
my mind the last meeting that we were

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here, but a friend of mine who had
commented several times on um the fact

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that we were spending some, you know,
spending some money on the bridge on the

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other items, but she said during RagBry,
her adult children who live in larger

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cities outside of Iowa came back and
that they were floored at how well

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Marshall Town presented itself.
between the um aquatic center, the water

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plaza, the the biking bridge, the um
Franklin Field, the downtown plaza. She

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said she had to she said, "I have to
apologize to you because I was

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complaining to you that we're we're just
doing things wrong." But but she said

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they really were amazed at how well
Marshall Town looked and the support of

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the people in it. So, I wanted to pass
that on. Thanks to all of our people who

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have been involved in all of these
projects that we're working on. Thank

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you.
>> Okay. Anyone else?

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Um I'm going to follow up on something
that uh Sue said. Does anyone remember

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Denise Long?
>> Great great basketball player for uh

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Union Whitten. Uh I believe it was in
the late 60s, early 70s, something like

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that. Well, Denise has moved on and and
she ended up being a uh uh

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pharmacist down in Arizona, but she
still has uh family up here that she

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comes up and visits every 6 months to a
year. And the last time she came up just

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recently and walked downtown, she
commented about what an upgrade

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Marshalltown is, how much it's changed
and looking so much better than what she

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always remembered Marshall Town what it
was. So I I do agree with Sue. Uh we're

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getting there.
Okay, moving on to years of service. The

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police department

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» Now he's
>> look so nice.

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» Hey, thanks.
>> Uh Chris Jones, chief of police. Um

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tonight we have two opportunities to
celebrate two of our staff members um

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with some ma major milestones. Um the
first one uh is our five-year milestone

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for uh Adon. Adon um was our 2023
employee of the year, right? Even with a

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a little almost two years on the
department, um has really uh kind of

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turned a tide on on the culture of our
agency. And if you can kind of tell

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between I know he's not smiling now, but
he has a very infectious smile and a

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very positive attitude uh that kind of
carries over to to all of our staff. So,

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part of Adon's duties, uh, he's
currently works night shift, a field

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training officer for all of our young
people and and specifically picked

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because of his patience and his ability
to not only uh train others and and has

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had a background in training defensive
tactics and boxing to to youth. Um, one

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of the things I'm particularly proud of
is you grew up here in Marshalltown. So,

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he's a Marshalltown uh native uh that we
were able to to hire. Um he is part of

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our child seat safety team and can and
and able to use uh bilingual skills to

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be able to to help families uh better
suit their children in child seats plus

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uh do help us do outreach throughout the
community. Um, Adon's been a tremendous

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asset for us and um and throughout his
career has always been a positive um

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motivator especially working nights at
bringing a positive light to to some of

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those officers that work overnight. But
um he's a tremendous uh has a tremendous

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career ahead of him and I want to thank
you for your five years of service.

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» INDEED. [applause]

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SPEECH.
[applause]

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SPEECH. SPEECH.

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[laughter]

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OKAY, PERFECT.
>> DAVE.

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» OKAY, so Dave Dave and I started on the
police department in the 1900s. Yeah.

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[laughter]
>> Um we are officially um the last 20th

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century law enforcement officers on the
department. And um one of the um aspects

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of of Dave is we uh when he moved to
Marshalltown uh from the Iowa City area,

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» uh we lived in the same apartment
complex uh and same apartment building I

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guess actually uh and became uh very
close friends in the in the last uh 30

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years for sure.
>> Um Dave has been on a variety of

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different areas within our uh agency.
Has been a field training officer much

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like Adon. um carries an aspect of
investigations and and traffic that we

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had um had helped pass on to many of the
officers that are sitting in the back

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here helping to recognize both Adon and
and Dave. Um we were on the SWAT team uh

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together for for a number of years have
a a number of of stories back and forth

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which will you you can tell them
privately that's perfectly fine. But um

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one of the things that uh that he did
and I hope it's a pinnacle of your

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career is he helped us with our mid Iowa
drug task force for a number of years as

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an undercover drug investigator. And um
one of the things that I've always

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valued uh about Dave for sure is he's
always uh been open uh with me and

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department leadership about changes that
need to be done in the department. when

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he hears those from staff, uh Dave's an
excellent listener, uh and then he

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passes that information. So, a lot of
the times employees would be reluctant

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to maybe come forward to leadership to
to make those changes and Dave's been

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the spokesperson
um in a very respectful way uh to be

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able to get some of those changes. And
uh when you take and look back on a

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30-year career, it's um there's
countless amounts of things that I can

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think of uh versus technology and
scheduling uh that we have developed

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that Dave has um been the front runner
in in making sure that those things

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happen and and standing behind his
decisions. And one of the things that

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Dave has always done is if you came up
with a problem, you always had a

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solution for us to do. And I'm I'm um
very proud of you and your 30 years of

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service. And um I'm glad you're here.
Thank you.

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» Thank you.
[applause]

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[applause]

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Hey. Uh
Chief Cross.

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Thank you, uh, Mr. Mayor and Council.
I'd like to introduce you to the real

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fire chief.
[laughter]

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» This This is, uh, Maria Ramirez, and
she's my and she's my office manager,

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and she's indispensable to me,
>> and she's, uh, celebrating a 5-year, uh,

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milestone in service tonight. And I just
I just can't thank you enough. It seems

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like only yesterday you you uh you came
to the department, but yet it feels like

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forever because you do such a good job.
So congratulations on 5 years. Um

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love to have you for as long as you'll
have us. So thank you. [applause]

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» Yeah.
So we're going to ambush uh we're going

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to ambush Maria um just a little bit.
Um, I got minding my own business. Your

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honor, if you permit me, just a little
latitude here.

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» Um, sitting in my office, minding my own
business, and I get an email from

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Sergeant Roush from the police
department, and I'm like, "Oh, boy." And

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it's about one of my employees,
and I'm like, "Okay, uh, who got pulled

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over or who crashed into something or,
you know, somebody got in trouble off

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duty and we got to do something crazy."
Uh, but it was none of those things. And

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the email focused around um a law
enforcement

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uh interaction um that Sergeant Roush
had to do his business at a local

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business at a local uh a merkantile
establishment

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and the people that were involved uh in
Sergeant Rous's business uh the the male

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part of the uh of the duo, the husband
and wife um had to go clear up some

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loose ends with um Sergeant Rous's
people and the wife of the the duo was

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left stranded um with a language barrier
um at at uh out of business.

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And so Sergeant Rash wrote me an email
and I'm going to give you some excerpts

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from this if that's cool and then you
can offer some commentary afterwards.

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Um, so you kind of know the premise of
the setup and we'll call the person that

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Maria helped Mrs. G. Cool. Uh, I was
unable to clearly communicate with her

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using the language line to find out why
she was so scared. Um, I was able to get

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her to agree to come to the PD PD to
talk to Impact through an interpreter.

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Um, I found out on the way to the PD
that Impact was out of town. they were

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they were busy doing other things for
other people in other places and that

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the only Spanish speaking officer on
duty was uh out of service or tied up on

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something else. So, Sergeant Rash is
dealing with a problem trying to

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communicate um and trying to help
somebody who's not involved with law

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enforcement get them stable, get them
home. Um and he had no way to do that.

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So, he's like, "Well, I'm just going to
come to the PD and we're going to see if

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Impact can come and talk." So then she
he saw Maria and asked Maria to come out

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and talk with Mrs. G. And not only did
Maria save the day for Sergeant Roush in

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getting the the Mrs. G from where she
was to where she needed to be in a safe

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and stable manner. She helped Mrs. G
figure it all out and become at peace,

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so to speak, with what was happened. Um,
one of the things that um that was most

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striking to me about Sergeant Roush's
email,

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uh, he he says, "In reality, Maria
stepped up and helped Mrs. G in a time

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where her where her world felt like it
was coming apart. Not only was she

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willing, but she was incredibly
effective and empathetic on somebody's

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worst day. Her actions bring credit to
her, the Marshalltown Fire Department,

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and the city of Marshalltown. So,
because of that email, we I I talked

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with my command staff and we have a a
policy that we can award um

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accommodations to our staff based on
performance. So, that's what we're going

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to do tonight.
>> [snorts]

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» Um, so we are we're going to award Maria
the certificate of meritorious conduct

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and and what it what it says is for
exceptional performance in a

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non-emergency situation providing
exceptional and compassionate service to

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those in need. And I put the quote from
Sergeant Rous's email underneath the

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description that she was not only
willing but incredibly effective and

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empathetic on somebody's worst day. Her
actions bring credit to her, the

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Marshalltown Fire Department, and the
city of Marshalltown. And that signed by

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me. And congratulations. We're very,
very proud of you. [applause]

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You'd like to offer some commentary.
[applause]

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All right. So,
as a police officer, one of the hardest

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things you can do is is realize that you
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and the other is actually asking for
help. And as I was driving back from

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this establishment to to uh the PD, it
took me 25 minutes to get this lady to

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actually get into the car with me. And
as I'm going to the PD, they tell me

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that Impact's not in town and that our
only Spanish speaking officer is in

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court. And I'm think I don't I don't I
have no idea what I'm going to do. And I

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walked into the PD and I saw Maria and I
was like, I don't even know if she

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speaks Spanish, but I sure hope she
does. [laughter]

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So, I go in and I I kind of fill her in
as to what's going on. And I explain

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that I don't have any rapport with this
lady. We had just arrested her husband

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and she was, if I had to explain the
fear that she was in, it was like a like

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a four-year-old missing their parents in
a in a uh in a store. Um, and so I I

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told her that and I said, I I didn't ask
her to interpret for me. I asked her to

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intervene. So, she actually went out by
herself and talked to this lady and she

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came back in like two minutes. I'm like,
that was quick. And she's like, "I'm not

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done yet." She grabbed some some tissues
and then brought them out and continued

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to talk with her. And she was able to
figure out what the problem was. And

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that was the that was the biggest issue
that I had, especially using language

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line is I didn't know what the problem
was. Why was she so emotional? Why was

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she so distraught? And so, she was able
to figure that out. And at about that

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time, Impact was able to, you know, show
back up and she was able to interpret

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for them and they were able to to come
to a a resolution to this this problem,

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at least for the day. Um, so I I
appreciate that, Maria. It was it was uh

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um you really you really helped me out
that day. I'd like to say that she

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helped me out, but she really did. She
helped she helped her out. So, I

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appreciate that. Thank you.
[applause]

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» Thank you, Y. I appreciate it. I
appreciate it.

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» Okay, moving on to the consent agenda.
Number nine,

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» I have a motion to make before the
consent agenda.

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» Excuse me.
>> Oh, I have uh I have a motion to make. I

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let Alicia know that I would like to do
a order of business motion.

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» Let's Let's do that right after the
consent agenda.

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» I think it has to be before. No,
>> you do it before.

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» Okay, go ahead and make a motion.
>> Okay. Yeah. Um, so since I'm guessing

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most of the people here are for the data
center stuff, um, I would like to make a

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motion to change items I, J, and K right
after the consent agenda.

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» I hear a second.
>> I'll second that.

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» Any questions or comments?

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» Roll call, please.

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Mitchell,
>> yes.

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» Nicholls,
>> yes.

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» Schneider,
>> yes.

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» Thompson,
>> yes.

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» Yep. Gomez,
>> yes.

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» KL,
>> yes.

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» Bonka.

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Pone

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» one more time.
>> Ponea.

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» The motion did pass.
>> And our microphones. Now if you just

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push the button and it'll leave it on.

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Okay,
that will be moved. So, let's move on to

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the consent agenda. Item number nine has
been requested to be pulled from the

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consent agenda.
Can I get a motion to approve? Uh,

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» move to approve, your honor.

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It was after the consent agenda.

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» Second.
>> Any other questions or comments?

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» Roll call, please.
>> Nicholls,

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» yes.
>> Schneider,

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» yes.
>> Thompson,

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» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

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» yes.
>> Cahill,

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» yes. Bonka.

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» Mitchell,
>> yes.

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Okay.

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Now Steve, do we move to item number
nine then?

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» No.
Resolution to approve the code building

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upgrade grant application for St. Mary's
Catholic Church at 11 Westland Street,

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Marshalltown, Iowa.
>> I hear a motion for approval.

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» So move.

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» Second.
>> Okay, let's open it up for discussion.

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» Thank you, your honor. The reason I
pulled this is I think we need

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clarification
on just what we're doing with the grants

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for buildings downtown. Um I'm not
opposed to this, but this brings up a

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golden opportunity to clarify what
buildings, what businesses, what

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structures qualify for the grants that
we give out. Um,

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last year we gave a grant to the Elks
Lodge and they own that building and

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that was a nonprofit. I apologize for
not catching it then because

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there are some people that believe these
grants are for taxpaying businesses and

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that these grants would be recouped in
higher assessments and uh therefore they

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were the only ones that qualified. Well,
we gave the one to the Elks last year.

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Now, we're probably gonna give this one
to the church. But in talking to

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Danielle, and Danielle will correct me
if I put words in her mouth, but the way

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the grant criteria is written, we say a
commercial building.

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So, and the the the

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re the I don't know how to say this, the
determining factor that it's a

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commercial building is the county's
assessor's office. So, in this case, you

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know, Elks Lodge and St. Mary's Church,
they're both commercial buildings. Now,

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where it gets ugly is, and I'm going to
use the Benford House as an example, the

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Benford House, which is a nonprofit,
it according to the county's assessor

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site, it is not a commercial building.
It is a residential building.

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So, so now we're we're we're splitting
some hairs again that some nonprofits

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qualify for the grants and some
nonprofits do. So I guess I'm using this

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opportunity that we need to have a
discussion

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probably not here but later that
we need input from the public

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um and obviously the MCBD
that are these grants for everybody that

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has a structure inside the central
business district boundaries because the

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intent is to make the central business
district look nice or is this truly just

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for commercial buildings based on the
Marshall County Assessor's website?

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So, I'm just planting a seed for the
public how they feel about this because

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these grants obviously are repaid down
the road through, you know, if these are

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facade grants that later the buildings
would be assessed at a higher value

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obviously and we would get we would
recoup the money comes out of the tiff

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zone. So, that's my spiel. Um,
did you want to correct anything or add

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to that?

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The only correction I have is I don't
Oh, I'm sorry. Danielle Leakan,

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executive director of the Marshalltown
Central Business District. Uh, the only

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correction I have is I didn't know what
definition to utilize for commercial

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when processing this grant. So
commercial, does that mean for profofit?

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Well, I was aware of the precedent of a
nonprofit previously getting a grant. So

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that obviously does not mean that. So
then it's well does city code define

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commercial? No, there is no definition
in city code of what commercial is. And

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so there was just a lot of conversation
around bringing this grant application

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forward and I could not find any reason
not to. It felt like it complied with

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everything that was stipulated. Um but
councelor Thompson did raise a good

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point that Benford House operates
commercially as a nonprofit, but they

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are they are classed as residential by
the county assessor site. And so it's

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really just seeking some clarification
about who's eligible and who isn't. Um,

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does anyone else have anything on this?

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» I do agree at a later date we probably
need to uh clarify that.

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» Yes.

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Mark Eaton, 107 South 10th Avenue.
As Gary has as Mr. Thompson has uh

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pointed out, this is tax increment
finance money which comes out of the

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general fund which has a hole in it. And
in my opinion, we shouldn't be doing any

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facade grants. But um that's just my
opinion. The other side of it is a

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nonprofit. We've stopped we we are we
are working hard to stop giving taxpayer

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money to nonprofits.
[cough and laughter]

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You are basically forcing the taxpayer
to give a donation to a nonprofit

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because they don't pay property taxes.
And I think there should be enough

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investors in the community to support
the nonprofits.

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We have stopped giving money to the MAC
building. Um, yes, we give money to the

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art alliance, but that's because they're
under contract to do work. Yes, we give

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money to the chamber because they're
under contract to do work,

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but we shouldn't be giving non taxpayer
money to nonprofits. Thank you.

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I I would just chime in that, you know,
whether a property qualifies as

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commercial or not is going to be a legal
question. And I'd be happy to weigh in

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on that um in a more private setting
without waving confidentiality if

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someone uh sees fit to pose that
question to me.

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» I think that would be wise.
Um, your honor,

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if we were to have these discussions to
get a better definition for the

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boundaries of the m the central business
district, how long do you think that

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would take? I mean, would it be worth
postponing this one until we finish that

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conversation? Because I'm assuming that
we would set that policy by resolution.

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Here we go. I would think a month
anyway. I don't see a lot of changes in

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it.
>> Okay. So, since these grants are

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reimbursements,
there [clears throat] really is

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no reason to
pass this through tonight. They can wait

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a month. They can still do their work. I
don't think they're going to Oh, they're

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not. Oh, come on.

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Danielle Leak, executive director of the
Marshon Central Business District. They

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cannot start work until the grant has
been approved. So it would delay their

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project. [snorts]

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» That's one of the criteria we do agree
on. Yeah.

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» Okay. Is there any other questions or
comments?

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» Just what one more comment.
>> Okay.

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» If I may.
>> Yes.

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Um
what makes this really interesting the

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way the central business district is
is uh defined

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my house is in the boundaries of the
central business district where I rent.

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So under the current rules
my landlord

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01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:33,839
could possibly get a grant to fix his
rental property.

428
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:36,839
I think you had to fix your van first,
actually.

429
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:48,040
» And I want to thank uh Officer Powell
and the chief for not reminiscing about

430
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:48,040
their time together in my van.

431
01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:53,200
Okay,
>> Mr. Mayor, I have a question for Steve.

432
01:01:50,559 --> 01:01:59,160
So, Steve, would you recommend us to
vote no on this and then just get

433
01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:59,160
clarification on commercial

434
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:07,480
» postpone it or
>> I guess it depends on if folks think

435
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:07,480
they need

436
01:02:07,839 --> 01:02:19,000
» would one month be you know for for one
month to get clarity on what commercial

437
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:19,000
is would that affect the church.

438
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:25,839
» Given that this is an outdoor
construction project and it's already

439
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:30,720
August, I would say yes, that would
negatively impact their project.

440
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:33,680
» I mean, I feel like they applied under
good faith as the rules currently exist.

441
01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:36,880
Okay.
>> And I think if you want to change the

442
01:02:35,119 --> 01:02:40,720
rules, I think that's
>> that's a conversation we can have, but I

443
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:46,799
don't think we should change the rules.
>> Okay. now for this application

444
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:51,440
» and I think I can weigh in just on a
pretty shallow level without reviewing

445
01:02:49,119 --> 01:02:57,040
any of the other grant applications or
materials. Generally a property whether

446
01:02:54,799 --> 01:03:03,920
it's residential, commercial, etc. is
determined by use and zoning as opposed

447
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:09,200
to owner. Um, so if a propertyy's
commercial in nature and zoned

448
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:14,400
commercial, uh, whether it's
a for-profit or a nonprofit doesn't

449
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:18,079
really factor into that equation
generally. Again, I haven't looked at

450
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:25,000
the specific grant applications or
anything that might shift that.

451
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:25,000
» And this property is zoned urban core.

452
01:03:26,559 --> 01:03:35,920
I guess my my own opinion is to move
forward forward with this one, but then

453
01:03:31,839 --> 01:03:40,480
uh take a good look at uh how how the
wording is and if we should change it

454
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:46,920
and bring it back to council.
So

455
01:03:42,079 --> 01:03:46,920
with that, anyone else?

456
01:03:47,599 --> 01:03:50,079
Roll call, please.
>> Schneider,

457
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:51,760
» yes.
>> Thompson,

458
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:52,640
» yes. Yep.
>> Gomez,

459
01:03:52,240 --> 01:03:57,200
» yes.
>> Kahill,

460
01:03:53,440 --> 01:04:00,720
» yes. phone. Um, Melissa asked that I uh
vote yes for her. Mitchell,

461
01:04:00,079 --> 01:04:03,680
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

462
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:09,039
» yes.
>> Okay, now we're going. Your honor, point

463
01:04:06,559 --> 01:04:13,880
of order. Do we have Melissa still on?
>> She's listening but can't speak.

464
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:23,359
» So, she's going through uh Carol's
phone.

465
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:26,359
Okay. Uh moving on to uh item number I,
ordinances.

466
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:37,680
» Ordinance 15123 on the amendment to
chapter 156 of the code of ordinances of

467
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:41,760
the city of Marshtown, Iowa,
establishing a temporary data center

468
01:04:39,599 --> 01:04:44,160
moratorium. Second reading.
>> Okay.

469
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:49,039
» Move for approval.
>> Second.

470
01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:53,960
» I have a motion and a second. Would
you like to give us just a quick update,

471
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:53,960
Clayton?

472
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:58,880
» Good evening, Clayton Ender, assistant
director housing community development.

473
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:03,119
This is your second reading on this
item. Uh there have been no changes

474
01:05:01,359 --> 01:05:08,240
proposed to it since your first reading,
but a quick little synopsis of the

475
01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:12,960
ordinance is it would establish a
moratorum uh a four-month mortorium

476
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:18,079
based on your July 13th meeting date
when you made the original motion. Uh so

477
01:05:15,119 --> 01:05:23,839
that would go to November I didn't write
it down here 23rd

478
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:28,400
of this year. Uh it is there is a
provision included within the ordinance

479
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:33,520
to grant the city council the authority
to do a one-time 60-day extension if

480
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:39,440
it's found additional time is needed to
study uh study the topic or to process

481
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:44,079
any amendments through the legal
process. Um any additional extensions

482
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:48,640
beyond that one one time 60 days would
be subsequent ordinance uh review and

483
01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:52,559
approval. Um happy to go into further
detail or answer questions if needed on

484
01:05:50,799 --> 01:05:56,799
this. Uh planning and zoning commission
has recommended approval of the

485
01:05:54,000 --> 01:06:02,319
temporary moratorum.
>> Any questions or comments up here?

486
01:05:59,599 --> 01:06:06,240
» Mr. Mayor, I I have a clarification. So
I want to make a motion to wave the

487
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:12,640
third reading. Is that do I have to do
that right now or after the roll call?

488
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:15,359
You can um he can do that now.
>> Okay.

489
01:06:14,079 --> 01:06:21,240
» After.
>> Okay.

490
01:06:16,960 --> 01:06:21,240
» Okay. Anything from the crowd?

491
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:33,440
» Lane Perry, 20 East State Street.
Hang on.

492
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:36,240
Okay. Uh thank you for moving this item
to the start of the meeting. This helps

493
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:39,680
make sure the public can speak before
any development talk happens. I support

494
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:42,880
approving the second reading of the
moratorium and waving the third reading

495
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:46,640
tonight. The reason is simple. We need
the moratorium in place as soon as

496
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:50,079
possible. Right now, the moratorium is
not active. Even after a vote, it does

497
01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:53,920
not become real until it is printed in
the newspaper. Waving the third reading

498
01:06:52,079 --> 01:06:57,680
shortens that gap. It reduces the time
where a developer could try to have

499
01:06:55,440 --> 01:07:01,119
something say start something and later
say that they should be grandfathered

500
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:04,799
in. Passing the second reading and
waving the third reading tonight gives

501
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:08,240
the city the strongest protection. It
keeps the rules fair, prevents loopholes

502
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:11,599
and makes sure no development gets ahead
of the process. I ask the council to

503
01:07:10,079 --> 01:07:14,799
approve the second reading and wave the
third reading so the moratorium can move

504
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:17,760
forward without further delay. Thank
you.

505
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:21,240
» Thank you.
>> Anyone else?

506
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:30,720
» I mean I guess I just want to Oh yeah,
sorry. Maggie Valentine 2345 Whispering

507
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:35,920
Oaks Road. Um I guess I just want to
reiterate that. Um, I think I'm assuming

508
01:07:34,079 --> 01:07:39,039
a lot of people want to just move
forward with the moratorum. Um, I've

509
01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:44,720
talked to [clears throat] quite a few
people that have absolutely no clue that

510
01:07:42,160 --> 01:07:47,760
it's not actually in effect until after
the third reading. So, I would ask that

511
01:07:45,839 --> 01:07:51,960
you guys go ahead and pass the mortorium
and wave the third reading, please.

512
01:07:55,359 --> 01:08:01,839
Aaron Carpenter, 802 North Fourth
Street. Um, I know last time that the

513
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:09,039
waving the third reading did not pass.
Um, but I would like to urge the council

514
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:14,079
to use the provision in Iowa code that
allows for this

515
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:19,199
exact thing
uh and and put it into use in the way

516
01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:22,199
that it's intended to be used. Thank
you.

517
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:33,759
Doris Kick, 2020, Catalina Place,
Marshalltown, Iowa. I want the extension

518
01:08:30,799 --> 01:08:40,040
of 60 days. We need that.
>> Second.

519
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:40,040
» Anyone else?

520
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:49,120
» 31405th Street. My name is Roberto
Gonzalez. Uh, I think passing the

521
01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:52,159
moratorum is showing the community that
we take care that we care about the

522
01:08:50,719 --> 01:08:55,279
community. We care about the community
input and what we're trying to do. and

523
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:59,120
also showing transparency to the
community. I think that's really good to

524
01:08:57,440 --> 01:09:04,839
just pass that second reading and pass a
moratorum too and wait the third.

525
01:09:01,679 --> 01:09:04,839
» Thank you.

526
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:16,719
» April long 911 May Street. I would ask
that the council

527
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:23,839
uh vote for the second and waving the
third. There's no rush for this thing to

528
01:09:20,719 --> 01:09:29,600
for a data center to be built. The
people of Marshalltown need to become

529
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:37,839
more educated on the risk benefit and
benefits of um a data center.

530
01:09:34,159 --> 01:09:44,400
So pass the resolution, wave the third
reading, and give the community time to

531
01:09:41,199 --> 01:09:49,600
find out fully what is in store for
them. Personally, I don't want to see a

532
01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:55,520
data center in our community. I think
it's a mistake. I [snorts] think

533
01:09:53,279 --> 01:10:02,400
people are being blinded by the
possibility of quick bucks coming into

534
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:08,400
our community. The long-term effects are
not going to be what we hope they are.

535
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:13,760
So, please vote no on any data centers
and vote yes on a moratorum. And I would

536
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:19,679
also like to see the moratorum expanded
even longer so that there's more time to

537
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:25,159
get accurate true information out there.
Thank you.

538
01:10:22,159 --> 01:10:25,159
Okay,

539
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:39,520
» Sarah Neurroth, 20 East State Street. I
honestly, this is the first time I've

540
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:44,400
ever come to city council meeting and
this is the welcome. [laughter]

541
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:50,800
» Thank you. This is the main reason. I
think that I personally don't see a lot

542
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:56,719
of the benefits, but I would like us to
explore it. I would like the public to

543
01:10:53,360 --> 01:11:03,199
actually get to see both sides of it
because I'm not infallible. you know, my

544
01:11:00,719 --> 01:11:08,480
what I understand from the research I've
done, I do not think it would be a good

545
01:11:06,159 --> 01:11:14,159
thing for our community, but I think we
really need to

546
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:18,880
take that 4 months to figure it out and
not rush into anything.

547
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:24,159
And honestly,
Lane had a really good point cuz I

548
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:30,880
didn't realize until last week that the
moratorum was not in effect. So I think

549
01:11:28,239 --> 01:11:37,840
a lot of the public think that it is
already. So I would really like to see

550
01:11:33,840 --> 01:11:42,000
you guys just you know approve the
moratorum and wave the third reading.

551
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:48,440
Thank you.
>> Thank you.

552
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:48,440
Do we have anybody else?

553
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:52,760
» Okay,

554
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:58,880
» Mr. Mayor.
>> Why is Sorry about that standing back

555
01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:05,360
there. a little behind the post.
>> Uh, okay. So, Mark Eaton, 107 South

556
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:10,560
Avenue. Um, I I I'm in listening to the
community, I'm going to get burned

557
01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:17,840
either way, but here we go. Um,
the moratorum is not in effect

558
01:12:14,239 --> 01:12:26,000
until this ordinance passes,
but the clock on the moratorum

559
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:33,280
is counting from the 13th of July.
How is that possible? What is the legal

560
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:39,159
ruling on this? How are you not
getting yourself in hot water in either

561
01:12:36,159 --> 01:12:39,159
direction?

562
01:12:44,480 --> 01:12:49,560
» Um, Clayton, can you answer that?

563
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:04,400
uh Clayton, assistant director, housing
community development. Again, uh I was

564
01:13:02,719 --> 01:13:10,320
the one that drafted this ordinance for
your review. Uh it was my understanding

565
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:16,800
from your motion on July 13th that uh
you all thought that was sufficient to

566
01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:21,920
enact a moratorum and uh so I just based
that uh date off of that four that four

567
01:13:19,679 --> 01:13:25,679
months off of there uh because the
assumption at the time was that's when

568
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:32,320
it went into effect. Legally it hasn't.
But I did put a date certain in there of

569
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:35,679
November 23rd, 2026. Uh that certainly
can be that date could certainly be

570
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:39,120
modified at the discretion of the city
council with an amendment to the

571
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:42,960
ordinance
>> question.

572
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:48,159
» So Clayton for the planning and zoning
the big question is is that time is it

573
01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:52,480
you've been working on this since before
any official passing of the moratorum.

574
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:55,520
So is this sufficient time the end of
November for you to get the planning and

575
01:13:54,080 --> 01:14:00,800
zoning in place?
>> I I absolutely believe it is. I

576
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:04,800
presented a schedule at earlier uh
agendas. Um [clears throat] planning and

577
01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:09,199
zoning commission has already been at
work on this specific topic. They've

578
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:12,719
held two work sessions. Uh we have a
community roundt event scheduled for

579
01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:17,440
this Thursday. I'm going to do a little
plug here for a moment. Uh Thursday

580
01:14:15,199 --> 01:14:22,800
doors open 5:00 p.m. at the coliseum
second floor. Event starts 5:30. Every

581
01:14:20,480 --> 01:14:27,040
person's welcome and invited to attend.
Um so planning commission has already

582
01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:30,880
been at work on this. uh we put together
a schedule that would have a third uh

583
01:14:29,440 --> 01:14:36,960
have an ordinance in front of the
council and uh ready for third and final

584
01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:42,560
reading on your November 23rd date. So
that's how we arrived at that date. Um

585
01:14:40,159 --> 01:14:48,640
but we put in that 60-day addition
recognizing that life can happen.

586
01:14:46,159 --> 01:14:52,199
» Thank you.
>> Any other questions?

587
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:08,800
Sherry Larson, Shady Oaks Road. I am in
the eye of the storm of where the city

588
01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:15,360
wants to expand and offer has been made
price for my home already. So I Yes, I

589
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:20,000
want a moratorum to begin. I agree. I
like the three readings, but I want the

590
01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:22,400
moratorum more.
>> Thank you.

591
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:25,640
» And an extension.
Thank you.

592
01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:39,840
» Annie Grecip 2125 290th Street
Melbourne, Iowa. I have come to call

593
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:45,199
this moratorium Schroinger's moratorum.
It's a lot like Schrodinger's cat. It's

594
01:15:42,480 --> 01:15:51,040
alive or it's dead.
The mortorium has started. The mortorium

595
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:57,120
has not started at this point. If you go
with the November date,

596
01:15:53,600 --> 01:16:02,320
even if you wave the third reading now,
by the time the ordinance is printed, it

597
01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:08,000
will be a 10-week moratorum. So, either
change the name

598
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:11,239
or live up to the name. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

599
01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:21,280
» Good evening, Mayor and Council. John
Hall, Marshalltown Area Chamber of

600
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:27,040
Commerce, 34 West Main Street. Uh it's
uh my recommendation as well to uh have

601
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:31,520
you all um not only pass the the
moratorium tonight, but also wave the

602
01:16:28,719 --> 01:16:35,920
third reading. Uh if nothing else than
uh preservation of people's time. you

603
01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:39,040
know, we we are asking uh the same
community members that are are showing

604
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:46,080
up here to show up for planning and
zoning to uh provide their feedback into

605
01:16:41,679 --> 01:16:51,600
that process uh as the uh uh um [snorts]
ordinances and and zoning code are uh

606
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:55,600
amended and and made changes. And uh I
personally would rather see uh folks

607
01:16:53,520 --> 01:17:00,880
have the you know there there's a
limited amount of time that that folks

608
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:05,600
have uh spend that time and energy uh at
those efforts recognizing that uh I

609
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:10,880
think there's desire to move the
moratorium forward and put it in place.

610
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:17,840
uh in addition uh and and maybe this is
a bit a bit selfishly uh get past this

611
01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:23,280
point of uh a lot of the um concerns and
conspiracies that uh that I continue to

612
01:17:20,159 --> 01:17:26,960
see particularly on social media. Um you
know, we've got a project that will will

613
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:30,159
be in front of you all later tonight. As
Clayton has described at the the last

614
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:35,040
city council meeting, there are certain
actions that uh the moratorum uh will

615
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:41,520
will prohibit and certain actions that
it would allow to continue. Uh and the

616
01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:46,560
the major component of that being the
due diligence necessary on on-site

617
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:50,960
development uh and planning uh uh
recognizing that any project that would

618
01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:56,640
come forward would have to meet uh the
new zoning code, whatever that would be

619
01:17:53,840 --> 01:18:02,400
at the time of of uh it being adopted.
But um yeah, it it would be my hope to

620
01:17:59,440 --> 01:18:06,880
see the uh second reading passed and the
third reading waved to move this forward

621
01:18:04,960 --> 01:18:09,920
expeditiously. Thank you. Thank you,
John.

622
01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:11,679
» Your honor, can I ask for a
clarification?

623
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:18,239
» Yes.
>> Um, I know one of our speakers mentioned

624
01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:24,080
the Shady Oaks area. That is not in city
um limits, is it? The area of Shady

625
01:18:21,440 --> 01:18:28,000
Oaks. It is county property.
>> Okay. I just wanted to clarify that that

626
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:29,840
the city is really not involved with
that at this point.

627
01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:31,920
» Correct.
>> Thank you.

628
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:37,280
» The majority of that land is in
unincorporated county.

629
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:37,280
» Thank you.

630
01:18:38,480 --> 01:18:45,760
Uh Zachary Hamilton, 2250 Shady Oaks
Road. Um to that point, it is listed in

631
01:18:43,760 --> 01:18:50,239
the reimagined Marshtown project for
future industrial use via annexation. So

632
01:18:48,400 --> 01:18:55,760
just something to consider. Um actually
what I would like to do tonight is just

633
01:18:52,480 --> 01:19:00,640
encourage the city as a whole to be
productive during the moratorum. Uh my

634
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:03,920
impression of the city council is the
votes would currently be in favor of a

635
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:07,440
data center eventually being in
Marshalltown.

636
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:10,800
And speaking as someone who could be
affected by one next door, I think the

637
01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:16,080
worst thing that could happen would be
to bicker and argue and get through the

638
01:19:14,239 --> 01:19:20,159
whole moratorum and not have any
progress made on our zoning ordinances.

639
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:24,640
That would be potentially worst case
situation for individuals that would be

640
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:27,440
living next to one. And so I would
encourage the community as a whole to be

641
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:33,600
proactive and involved in these
conversations as a moratorum goes into

642
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:37,440
effect. Be involved Thursday night. help
make some progress on this so that when

643
01:19:35,679 --> 01:19:42,480
all is said and done, individuals like
myself, uh, those on the north edge of

644
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:47,440
town can be more comfortable potentially
with what the outcome of the situation

645
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:51,199
might be as the ordinances are updated,
hopefully in our favor to some degree.

646
01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:56,199
And so that is my that's my
encouragement tonight. Thank you.

647
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:56,199
» Thank you,

648
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:05,440
» Lee B, Marshalltown, Iowa. Um, I want to
echo what he just said. Um when Thursday

649
01:20:03,120 --> 01:20:10,719
arrives, we need to be informed as
citizens and come informed. So with um I

650
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:15,360
did make a phone call to Annie to see if
I could print something off. Um we do

651
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:19,920
have a data center planning a Hubble
informed roundt handout. It's a

652
01:20:17,199 --> 01:20:25,440
one-pager with some information on here.
If you want to see us after the meeting,

653
01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:31,040
please do. It gives us a a basis for
educated comments looking at is this the

654
01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:33,840
right thing for Marshall 10? Is it not
the right thing for Marshall Town? I'm

655
01:20:32,239 --> 01:20:40,080
not going to say one way or the other,
but I'm saying let's gain the education.

656
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:44,400
Let's gain the knowledge so we make wise
decisions for our future. You guys have

657
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:50,000
heard me say this is a legacy decision
we're making. And I'll use um Aaron,

658
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:55,280
I'll do the tree thing tonight. Um when
we plant the tree, we plant it for the

659
01:20:52,640 --> 01:21:00,880
generations, the future generations. I
may not sit under that tree and get the

660
01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:04,560
shade. I may not pick the fruit, but I
want my children I want my grandchildren

661
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:10,320
and great-grandchildren to do that.
That's what this is going to be for our

662
01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:15,840
community. So, let's be wise. Let's come
ready to go. And I guess I have one

663
01:21:12,719 --> 01:21:20,080
question for Clayton. Um I'm not sure.
I've been to all the PNC meetings. Are

664
01:21:17,679 --> 01:21:25,000
we having another round table or just
one round table? Thank [snorts] you.

665
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:33,280
The schedule as I presented it to the
council and commission included the

666
01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:38,080
single community roundt. Uh then we
would have uh first draft of ordinances

667
01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:42,159
on September 17th and then at the start
of October we would like to do a a

668
01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:45,920
public open house. Uh that'll be more of
a informal come and go rather than

669
01:21:44,400 --> 01:21:48,960
everyone stick around for the entire
time. You're welcome to stick around the

670
01:21:47,440 --> 01:21:54,719
whole time if you want uh but you
wouldn't need to. So I do intend to host

671
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:58,159
at least two public open house events.
One being the round table, one being

672
01:21:56,159 --> 01:22:05,800
more traditional open house.
>> Okay. Thank you, Clayton.

673
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:05,800
Anyone else?

674
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:11,320
» Thank you.

675
01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:20,560
» Yeah, my name is Jimmy Lant. I live down
at 610 North 4th Avenue.

676
01:22:18,719 --> 01:22:27,280
uh this meeting you're going to have
July 27th, August 27th at the coliseum.

677
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:32,880
Is that going to explain this whole
thing all about it? All the pluses about

678
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:39,120
it, all the negative things about it, or
what's it going to do? Are we just going

679
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:47,040
to argue on it? Well, my my concern is
these things get pretty loud and you

680
01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:52,239
don't have to live next to it. I do.
And I got brother-in-laws that live next

681
01:22:49,199 --> 01:22:57,679
to wind turbles and they get they get
kickbacks from the wind turbal people on

682
01:22:55,040 --> 01:23:03,360
the loudness of the m of the of the
noise through moneywise. Am I going to

683
01:23:00,639 --> 01:23:08,639
get any kickback through this or the
city going to get it?

684
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:12,880
I just want to know the positive stuff,
the negative stuff. And I think I'm

685
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:17,840
entitled to that as a citizen in
Larstown.

686
01:23:14,480 --> 01:23:22,239
I've been here 78 years. I'm sick of how
things are being run here. I've been

687
01:23:19,520 --> 01:23:27,040
trying to get help from this guy, all
these people up here. And they're all

688
01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:32,800
putting their heads down right now, some
of them. But you know what? Stuff's

689
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:37,440
never got done. But I pay my taxes once
a year in September for a whole year.

690
01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:43,520
But starting this September, it's going
to be six months at a time because I'm

691
01:23:40,480 --> 01:23:49,360
tired of this. I'm tired of this. you.
I'd like to take all you guys for a ride

692
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:54,800
around this town and rent a bus and me
be the talker on the bus and I'd hire

693
01:23:52,000 --> 01:24:00,960
the driver and show you what a all the
negative stuff is in this town. But you

694
01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:05,360
guys will not take me up on it cuz I I
offered that once before. One thing I'll

695
01:24:03,199 --> 01:24:09,679
say about Mayor Thompson and Bobby
Schubert, they come down to Maya area

696
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:15,520
and they walked that whole alley all the
way down to the park and they took care

697
01:24:12,639 --> 01:24:20,239
of things, but then the things got back
just like they are today.

698
01:24:18,320 --> 01:24:26,960
And I know and Mike knows what I'm
talking about. I'm talking about a

699
01:24:21,679 --> 01:24:30,719
dumpster that been down there since 2020
and it hasn't been emptied. There been a

700
01:24:28,719 --> 01:24:34,960
fire in it. The fire department had to
come down and put the fire out. Now it's

701
01:24:32,080 --> 01:24:40,000
full garbage skin. I'm just sick of how
things are run and people on this data

702
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:44,719
center. I want to know the pluses and
the negatives about it. Is that going to

703
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:50,239
be taken care of in this meeting, Mike?
Um

704
01:24:47,440 --> 01:24:55,040
I there's no data center. We're going to
have a presentation tonight on a data

705
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:57,040
center. So you'll learn a lot of the
positives probably.

706
01:24:56,560 --> 01:25:05,360
» Yeah.
>> On it. Um, and what the meeting at the

707
01:25:01,360 --> 01:25:09,679
coliseum is for is to say, okay, if
we're going to have something in this

708
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:14,320
community, it has to have these certain,
we have to set the bar high so that if

709
01:25:12,719 --> 01:25:20,000
you're coming in, because there is no
doubt in my mind, the data centers went

710
01:25:16,639 --> 01:25:26,560
into communities that didn't care. And
so the data centers, they just they did

711
01:25:23,679 --> 01:25:30,960
bad stuff. And it's because the city
didn't hold them to high standards as

712
01:25:28,719 --> 01:25:36,159
far as even beginning because if you
can't clear our bar, we don't want you

713
01:25:33,679 --> 01:25:40,719
here and we won't be a you won't be able
to come here.

714
01:25:37,679 --> 01:25:43,679
» And that's what a lot of the the roundt
discussions are is what's really

715
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:49,520
important here.
>> This is such a big topic that to free up

716
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:53,840
all you guys, why don't you have a
public election on this if you want it

717
01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:58,800
or not? Let the people that pay the
taxes make the determination. I know the

718
01:25:56,639 --> 01:26:04,320
people that pay the taxes elected you
in, but let the people out there. You

719
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:10,320
guys can give it up for one time. It's a
big deal. Back when I was a kid, this

720
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:14,719
tall, I remember uh John Deere wanting
to come into this town. Want to come

721
01:26:12,159 --> 01:26:22,000
into this town and they got shot down
from a deal like this. It got shot down

722
01:26:18,719 --> 01:26:25,679
cuz you know what it's money talks and
the other stuff walks.

723
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:28,159
» Okay. Thank you, Jimmy. You're out of
time.

724
01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:30,480
» Well, you know what I'm saying.
>> I know what you're saying.

725
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:33,920
» Why Why can't you let the people of
Martown vote on it?

726
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:38,840
» Because
>> because you live in a representative

727
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:38,840
government.

728
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:47,040
» So, and that's why you elected these
people to represent you is why.

729
01:26:44,719 --> 01:26:50,560
» Well, they know what I want. I'll be
there at that meeting.

730
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:53,600
» Yeah.
>> Okay. Uh

731
01:26:52,719 --> 01:26:56,960
» I think there's another.
>> Is there anyone else?

732
01:26:54,560 --> 01:27:02,040
» Yeah.
>> Let's have a roll call, please.

733
01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:02,040
» Oh,

734
01:27:02,239 --> 01:27:11,520
» my name is Renee Nodland. I live at 305
North Fourth Street. Um I have my

735
01:27:08,320 --> 01:27:15,360
reasons. I oppose the data center. Um I
don't know a lot about it. I myself

736
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:22,719
would like to be a little more educated
but for reasons of pollution um produces

737
01:27:18,719 --> 01:27:26,800
heat um for several reasons um I am
against the data centers.

738
01:27:25,520 --> 01:27:30,440
That's all I have to say.
>> Thank you.

739
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:30,440
» Thank you.

740
01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:41,360
» Anyone that wants to come up and speak,
we're talking about the moratorum only.

741
01:27:38,239 --> 01:27:44,960
So other side issues do not apply right
now. I just had like a quick question

742
01:27:43,280 --> 01:27:48,080
about something that was said. Uh you
said something about a presentation

743
01:27:46,239 --> 01:27:52,400
tonight. Is that something
>> open to the public or

744
01:27:50,560 --> 01:27:55,040
» when and where is that?
>> It's part of the agenda.

745
01:27:53,679 --> 01:27:58,840
» Okay. I'm sorry.
>> All right. Thank you. Sorry.

746
01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:03,239
» Anyone else?

747
01:28:03,920 --> 01:28:10,880
» Roll call, please.
>> Kahill.

748
01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:12,880
» Yes. Consea
Mitchell,

749
01:28:12,080 --> 01:28:14,080
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

750
01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:16,080
» yes.
>> Schneider,

751
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:17,760
» no.
>> Thompson,

752
01:28:17,040 --> 01:28:21,199
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

753
01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:24,719
» yes.
>> Okay. Motion passed.

754
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:27,920
» And then I would like to make a motion
to wave the third reading.

755
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:30,800
» Second.
>> Okay. [snorts] I have a motion and a

756
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:38,840
second to wave the sec the third
reading. Questions or comments?

757
01:28:34,480 --> 01:28:38,840
Roll call, please. Mitchell.

758
01:28:42,480 --> 01:28:51,400
Oh, sorry. I need to make her absent.
I'm sorry.

759
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:51,400
» She She is no longer able to vote.

760
01:28:51,679 --> 01:28:59,920
» Does that change the numbers required? I
>> think so.

761
01:28:56,719 --> 01:29:03,120
» So, point of order. So, 75% of who's
present to pass it.

762
01:29:02,159 --> 01:29:06,800
» Yes.
>> No, the whole council.

763
01:29:04,719 --> 01:29:10,600
of the whole.
>> Well, she's not here.

764
01:29:15,440 --> 01:29:18,440
» Okay.

765
01:29:19,040 --> 01:29:26,440
» Can we get a clarification on that?
>> He's got it right here.

766
01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:38,600
It takes six.

767
01:29:42,719 --> 01:29:48,280
» Everyone clear on that?
>> Yes.

768
01:29:48,400 --> 01:29:54,400
» Clarify. Was that for the previous vote
or for the upcoming?

769
01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:58,360
» The wave. The third reading.
>> The wave. Okay. Thank you.

770
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:04,239
Roll call, please.
>> Mitchell,

771
01:30:03,679 --> 01:30:05,440
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

772
01:30:05,040 --> 01:30:06,560
» yes.
>> Schneider,

773
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:08,560
» yes.
>> Thompson,

774
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:09,840
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

775
01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:11,840
» yes.
>> Cahill,

776
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:17,520
» yes.
>> Okay, we waved the third reading.

777
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:23,199
Now, we're just going to keep moving
down the ordinances. Correct. Okay.

778
01:30:20,719 --> 01:30:26,800
Ordinance number two. Ordinance 15124
amending the code of ordinances of the

779
01:30:24,719 --> 01:30:30,880
city of Marshalltown, Iowa by repealing
section 73.050

780
01:30:28,880 --> 01:30:33,920
weapons. Second reading.
>> So move.

781
01:30:32,719 --> 01:30:40,600
» Second.
>> Have a motion and a second.

782
01:30:36,239 --> 01:30:40,600
» There any questions or comments on this?

783
01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:44,639
» Roll call, please.
>> Schneider,

784
01:30:44,159 --> 01:30:45,600
» yes.
>> Thompson,

785
01:30:45,280 --> 01:30:46,960
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

786
01:30:46,560 --> 01:30:49,040
» yes.
>> Cahill,

787
01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:53,120
» no.
>> Mitchell,

788
01:30:50,239 --> 01:30:57,199
» yes. Nicholls.
>> Yes.

789
01:30:54,639 --> 01:31:01,840
» Okay. Your honor, I make a motion to
wave the third reading.

790
01:30:59,199 --> 01:31:03,280
» Second
>> comment.

791
01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:08,239
» Yes.
>> So,

792
01:31:05,600 --> 01:31:13,120
this is just to comply with Iowa law.
So, this is just following the police

793
01:31:10,320 --> 01:31:17,000
have offered this to basically get in
compliance with state code.

794
01:31:22,800 --> 01:31:30,000
Uh Chris Jones, chief of police. Uh yes,
this would put us in line with the the

795
01:31:26,639 --> 01:31:34,159
state code. Um there would be some um
legal concerns with having an ordinance

796
01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:41,320
that would be in contrary to the state
code with in relation to we possession

797
01:31:36,639 --> 01:31:41,320
of weapons on snowmobiles and ATVs.

798
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:47,679
» Thank you,
>> your honor.

799
01:31:44,560 --> 01:31:51,679
» Yes. And I I just want to state that my
no vote on that is just because I don't

800
01:31:50,239 --> 01:31:55,840
think we should have weapons on there
and I I don't think the state should

801
01:31:53,440 --> 01:32:00,560
have approved it. So I it's not that I
don't want our police department to

802
01:31:57,520 --> 01:32:05,679
comply with the state. I I disagree with
the law to begin with. Thank you.

803
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:10,800
» Thank [snorts] you.
>> Any other questions or comments?

804
01:32:07,760 --> 01:32:16,178
» So Chris, that means pull over Sue when
you see her on a snowmobile.

805
01:32:14,000 --> 01:32:16,178
Any [laughter]

806
01:32:17,360 --> 01:32:20,763
any public comment? [clears throat]

807
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:23,520
» Roll call, please.
>> Gomez,

808
01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:27,120
» yes.
>> Cahill,

809
01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:31,040
» this is to wave the third reading.
>> Thank you. Um, yes.

810
01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:32,320
» Mitchell,
>> yes.

811
01:32:31,679 --> 01:32:33,360
» Nicholls,
>> yes.

812
01:32:32,719 --> 01:32:34,400
» Schneider,
>> yes.

813
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:38,080
» Thompson,
>> yes.

814
01:32:36,239 --> 01:32:41,440
» Okay, moving on to ordinance number
three.

815
01:32:39,360 --> 01:32:46,000
» Ordinance 15125 amending the code of
ordinance of the city of Marshtown, Iowa

816
01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:50,080
70.0. 009 vehicle condition equipment
and load by adjusting the percentage of

817
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:52,719
window tint allowed. Second reading.
>> Move to approve.

818
01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:56,239
» Second.
>> Okay.

819
01:32:52,960 --> 01:33:00,960
» I have a motion in a second.
>> Any questions or comments up here?

820
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:05,920
» Comment. Uh, Officer Jones, this is the
same type of thing where we have to

821
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:09,600
comply with state law. Correct.
>> Officer Jones.

822
01:33:08,960 --> 01:33:13,360
» Sir,
>> sir. Sir,

823
01:33:11,760 --> 01:33:17,679
somebody else is getting pulled over
now.

824
01:33:14,480 --> 01:33:24,719
» Uh, yes. July 1st, the state had changed
the the tint regulation to be a little

825
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:29,440
bit um to allow more people to have more
or darker tint on their windows.

826
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:32,679
It's just consistent with the state law.
>> Thank you.

827
01:33:35,120 --> 01:33:42,120
» Any other questions or comments up here?
Anything from the public?

828
01:33:42,159 --> 01:33:44,719
» Roll call, please.
>> Mitchell,

829
01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:45,760
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

830
01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:46,719
» yes.
>> Schneider,

831
01:33:46,320 --> 01:33:47,600
» yes.
>> Thompson,

832
01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:48,800
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

833
01:33:48,480 --> 01:33:51,120
» yes.
>> Cahill,

834
01:33:49,440 --> 01:33:55,920
» yes.
>> I move that we wave the third reading.

835
01:33:53,120 --> 01:34:01,840
» Second.
>> Okay. Any questions or comments up here?

836
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:03,120
Roll call, please.
>> Nicholls,

837
01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:04,000
» yes.
>> Schneider,

838
01:34:03,679 --> 01:34:04,880
» yes.
>> Thompson,

839
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:06,159
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

840
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:07,920
» yes.
>> Cahill,

841
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:13,040
» yes. Mitchell.
>> Yes.

842
01:34:10,639 --> 01:34:17,280
» Okay. Number four,
>> ordinance 15126, amending the code of

843
01:34:15,040 --> 01:34:20,719
ordinances of city Marshalltown, Iowa
130.018

844
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:23,199
fireworks to add the permitted time
frames for usage. Second reading.

845
01:34:22,239 --> 01:34:27,600
» Move to approve.
>> Second.

846
01:34:25,120 --> 01:34:34,719
» Have a motion and a second.
Any questions or comments?

847
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:37,360
Anything from the crowd?
Roll call, please. Thompson,

848
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:38,639
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

849
01:34:38,239 --> 01:34:39,679
» yes.
>> Cahill,

850
01:34:39,280 --> 01:34:40,639
» yes.
>> Mitchell,

851
01:34:40,239 --> 01:34:41,520
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

852
01:34:41,199 --> 01:34:43,600
» yes.
>> Schneider,

853
01:34:42,080 --> 01:34:49,199
» yes.
>> Your honor, when Alicia is ready,

854
01:34:46,960 --> 01:34:52,480
» I'll go slower this time.
>> I move that we wave the third reading.

855
01:34:51,360 --> 01:34:56,480
» Second.
>> Okay, I've got a motion and a second to

856
01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:59,480
wave the third reading. Any questions or
comments?

857
01:34:59,679 --> 01:35:05,440
Anything from the public?
>> Roll call, please.

858
01:35:03,920 --> 01:35:06,719
» Kahill. Yes.
>> Mitchell.

859
01:35:06,320 --> 01:35:07,679
» Yes.
>> Nicholls.

860
01:35:07,360 --> 01:35:08,560
» Yes.
>> Schneider.

861
01:35:08,239 --> 01:35:09,840
» Yes.
>> Thompson.

862
01:35:09,440 --> 01:35:12,320
» Yes.
>> Yep. Gomez.

863
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:17,920
» Yes.
>> Okay. Ordinance number five, please.

864
01:35:15,760 --> 01:35:24,159
» Ordinance 15127 to amend the official
zoning map for 707 East Lind Street and

865
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:28,159
205 South 8th Avenue. First reading.
>> Move to approve.

866
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:31,679
» Second.
>> Okay. I have a motion and a second.

867
01:35:29,679 --> 01:35:35,280
Clayton,
enlighten us. Clayton Ender, assistant

868
01:35:33,600 --> 01:35:39,840
director, housing Canadian development.
Uh, this is a resoning application from

869
01:35:37,679 --> 01:35:43,760
Marshalltown Company. Uh, they are
seeking to reszone the the two noted

870
01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:48,000
parcels for the purpose of constructing
off- streetet parking facilities, a

871
01:35:45,280 --> 01:35:52,400
parking lot um to support their facility
expansions on the east side of South 8th

872
01:35:50,159 --> 01:35:55,840
Avenue. Uh, the council's previously
seen several other resonings over the

873
01:35:54,080 --> 01:36:00,239
past but year, year and a half
associated with this. This just a

874
01:35:57,360 --> 01:36:04,159
continuation of their project. Um the
property is shown on the current adopted

875
01:36:02,400 --> 01:36:08,800
comprehensive plan as low density
residential. However, the draft plan

876
01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:14,639
which is up for discussion later on the
agenda does identify it as industrial.

877
01:36:11,760 --> 01:36:18,880
So should the revised comprehensive plan
be be adopted, it would be consistent

878
01:36:16,719 --> 01:36:24,320
with our long-term plan for growth in
the area. Um I uh the ordinance does

879
01:36:22,400 --> 01:36:30,719
include conditions on restricting
certain uses from the parcels. Uh those

880
01:36:27,120 --> 01:36:35,440
are the heavier industrial type uses um
because we wanted to separate those

881
01:36:32,719 --> 01:36:39,600
further from residential uses. Uh the
owner has uh agreed to those conditions

882
01:36:37,520 --> 01:36:43,600
in writing already. Um and that's
consistent with your past approvals as

883
01:36:41,360 --> 01:36:47,520
well. Uh planning and zoning commission
has reviewed this and has recommended

884
01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:51,920
approval. Happy to go into further
detail or answer questions if needed.

885
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:55,440
» We have any questions up here?
>> Your honor, I have a question for

886
01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:59,040
Clayton. Clayton, is the um construction
of the parking lot at the cost of the

887
01:36:58,080 --> 01:37:03,920
business?
>> Yes, there's uh no public money. Okay.

888
01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:08,639
» Or at least no city money, I should say.
>> Okay. And I know that in the past they

889
01:37:06,400 --> 01:37:14,080
have had I think on the west side of the
building some um drainage problems. So,

890
01:37:12,159 --> 01:37:16,560
I assume they'll take care of that too
so it doesn't happen on the east side of

891
01:37:15,760 --> 01:37:19,440
the building.
>> Yeah, that would that's certainly being

892
01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:22,639
addressed already. They're doing uh
roadway improvements and drainage

893
01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:28,800
improvements on on the site.
>> Very good. Thank you.

894
01:37:25,600 --> 01:37:34,840
» Any other questions?
>> Thank you, Clayton. Any questions or

895
01:37:31,119 --> 01:37:34,840
comments from the public?

896
01:37:35,767 --> 01:37:40,080
[clears throat]
>> Seeing none, roll call, please.

897
01:37:39,040 --> 01:37:41,440
» Thompson,
>> yes.

898
01:37:40,480 --> 01:37:42,480
» Yep. Gomez,
>> yes.

899
01:37:41,760 --> 01:37:43,920
» Cahill,
>> yes. Mitchell,

900
01:37:43,520 --> 01:37:45,199
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

901
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:47,280
» yes.
>> Schneider,

902
01:37:45,840 --> 01:37:52,960
» yes.
>> Okay, that passed. And now we're going

903
01:37:51,119 --> 01:37:56,719
to ordinance number six.
>> Ordinance 15128 amending the code of

904
01:37:55,280 --> 01:38:00,560
ordinances of the city of Marshtown,
Iowa by repealing and replacing section

905
01:37:58,800 --> 01:38:05,600
50.027B
collection vehicles. First reading.

906
01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:09,600
» Move for approval.
>> Second.

907
01:38:06,880 --> 01:38:14,320
» I have a motion and a second.
>> Uh yes, your honor. So, this amendment

908
01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:18,800
would allow licensed garbage and refuge
haulers to use pickup trucks or other

909
01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:24,800
non-compacting vehicles for scheduled
routine collection while requiring that

910
01:38:20,960 --> 01:38:28,639
each lency um use at least one packer
truck um and comply with the city's

911
01:38:26,960 --> 01:38:32,119
existing vehicle sanitation and
containment requirements.

912
01:38:33,840 --> 01:38:38,199
» Any questions or comments up here,

913
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:46,960
» your honor? Yes,
>> I feel that this is a we've talked a lot

914
01:38:45,040 --> 01:38:53,520
about garbage in the last couple of
years, but I do feel that this is a way

915
01:38:49,679 --> 01:38:58,880
to um even the plane for our garbage
collection folks. It's something that

916
01:38:55,760 --> 01:39:07,119
has been done for years and I don't see
any reason to prohibit it now. So, I am

917
01:39:02,480 --> 01:39:14,440
in favor of this ordinance. Thank you.
>> Anyone else up here? Anything

918
01:39:11,040 --> 01:39:14,440
from the public?

919
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:18,320
» Roll call, please.
>> Schneider,

920
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:19,840
» no.
>> Thompson,

921
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:21,199
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

922
01:39:20,800 --> 01:39:23,280
» yes.
>> Cahill,

923
01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:24,400
» yes. Mitchell,
>> yes.

924
01:39:23,679 --> 01:39:30,880
» Nicholls,
>> yes.

925
01:39:26,239 --> 01:39:36,880
» Okay, that completes I ordinances. Let's
move to J discussing and the first one

926
01:39:34,880 --> 01:39:42,239
is finance department review of capital
improvement plan and fiscal year budget

927
01:39:39,760 --> 01:39:46,480
process changes.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor. Uh council members

928
01:39:44,320 --> 01:39:51,159
uh Cole O'Donnell finance director. I
got to get my presentation loaded up

929
01:39:48,159 --> 01:39:51,159
here.

930
01:39:51,440 --> 01:39:55,800
Find the There we go.

931
01:39:59,214 --> 01:40:06,800
[cough] Here
we go.

932
01:40:04,960 --> 01:40:11,440
» So, again, thank you. Tonight, uh what I
wanted to be able to do is is walk you

933
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:15,920
through some of the um proposed changes
uh that we have for both the capital uh

934
01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:20,000
improvement plan process and the budget
process. Uh what I want to do is be able

935
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:26,000
to present it to you before we get into
the um uh processes so that you have any

936
01:40:23,440 --> 01:40:32,719
questions or uh concerns, we can uh take
care of those ahead of time. Uh so um

937
01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:38,000
what we did is is we started a review uh
we went through a lean process uh which

938
01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:42,639
identified some needed changes. Uh what
we found was that data entry was too

939
01:40:40,080 --> 01:40:49,360
cumbersome. Uh that we also found some
other issues with the CIP as far as um

940
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:56,400
how it's set up. Uh so we needed to do
some changes in format and uh data entry

941
01:40:52,480 --> 01:41:01,600
uh that um are needed. Um we found that
uh uh our uh project budgeting was a

942
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:06,960
little too confusing and the way that we
were budgeting with um debt service and

943
01:41:05,360 --> 01:41:11,440
um donations and grants and other
things. So we wanted to simplify that uh

944
01:41:09,679 --> 01:41:16,960
so that we could have allocate the
resources and expenses for projects and

945
01:41:13,840 --> 01:41:22,159
be able to um better have um team
members be able to um enter in and track

946
01:41:20,719 --> 01:41:27,840
uh those expenditures and those
revenues. And then um because of some of

947
01:41:25,119 --> 01:41:33,840
the changes that uh we're looking at um
we have a revised budget calendar um for

948
01:41:30,480 --> 01:41:38,639
you to look at tonight as well.
So again we started with a lean process.

949
01:41:36,400 --> 01:41:43,280
Uh this involved the finance uh
department public works uh park and

950
01:41:40,960 --> 01:41:48,159
wreck and administration. It was led by
human resources in response to concerns

951
01:41:46,080 --> 01:41:54,159
from departments regarding a burdome
entry of data. uh when um our CIP

952
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:59,920
software planet moved from access
database uh which is a Microsoft Excel

953
01:41:56,800 --> 01:42:05,360
database um platform to a web-based
platform. Uh Tyler budgeting codes were

954
01:42:02,560 --> 01:42:09,040
added to the Marshalltown Planet portal.
Uh I believe the plan was to have Planet

955
01:42:07,440 --> 01:42:14,320
to import information directly from
Tyler and then Tyler speaking to to

956
01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:18,639
Planet as well. um this did not occur
and did not occur and as such

957
01:42:16,960 --> 01:42:24,080
departments were being asked to enter
budget numbers twice. So once we entered

958
01:42:21,040 --> 01:42:28,480
it into um Tyler they were um and the
project was approved they then had to

959
01:42:26,159 --> 01:42:32,400
re-enter it into planet
um with multiple departments and

960
01:42:30,239 --> 01:42:36,560
multiple projects team members became
overwhelmed. Uh the lean process

961
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:40,480
identified all the steps in the current
process and looked at ways to improve

962
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:45,280
communication between team members and
finance and to modify steps so that some

963
01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:52,480
were eliminated or modified in such a
way that it became easier for for um uh

964
01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:56,719
staff to um enter in their numbers. Uh
one condition

965
01:42:54,480 --> 01:43:01,679
adding pressure to team members is the
development and approval of the CIP in

966
01:42:58,800 --> 01:43:05,600
this um same time as the annual budget.
So, as you're going through the the

967
01:43:03,520 --> 01:43:11,119
annual budget, you're they're also
completing the the CIP. Um,

968
01:43:09,821 --> 01:43:16,239
[clears throat] finance has moved the
CIP development and approval to the fall

969
01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:20,320
before the annual process begins. Um,
there's some advantages to that um that

970
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:24,719
I'll get into um later in the
presentation. As part of the CIP

971
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:29,199
development, finance team members will
take a larger uh role in that

972
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:33,280
development. Revenues will be entered by
finance unless departments have specific

973
01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:37,679
revenue sources already identified such
as grants. Projects will be re be

974
01:43:35,840 --> 01:43:42,719
reviewed by finance and changes
suggested as needed uh based upon

975
01:43:40,320 --> 01:43:48,400
available resources and funding uh to
keep their balances uh in the positive.

976
01:43:45,679 --> 01:43:52,800
Um team members uh had concerns about
Planet software and questions its value.

977
01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:58,800
Uh what we found was the software was
not the problem but the utilization of

978
01:43:54,480 --> 01:43:58,800
the software was the problem.

979
01:43:59,199 --> 01:44:07,520
So what you had with planet was a lot of
CI a lot of capital improvements

980
01:44:05,119 --> 01:44:11,679
uh and that planet was being used to
track projects uh more than to plan

981
01:44:09,600 --> 01:44:15,600
projects. So in reviewing the current
CIP appeared that there was a list of

982
01:44:13,760 --> 01:44:20,159
projects but not really a plan as to how
those projects would be funded in the uh

983
01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:26,639
other than the current fiscal year. the
extra data from uh Tyler to Planet was

984
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:32,239
being used more as a uh way to track the
project's expenses again rather than to

985
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:36,880
plan for the expenses. Planet does allow
for additional information to be entered

986
01:44:34,159 --> 01:44:41,520
into the accounts for fund balances. You
can put in all the uh revenues and all

987
01:44:39,199 --> 01:44:45,119
non-c capital expenditures. A beginning
balance is entered for the first fiscal

988
01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:49,440
year of the plan. Revenues and
operational expenses expenses are

989
01:44:47,199 --> 01:44:55,440
projected for five years based upon the
current fiscal year, historical trends,

990
01:44:51,920 --> 01:45:00,239
economic conditions and some other um uh
economic factors. As projects are

991
01:44:57,840 --> 01:45:04,960
entered uh the balances uh in future
years change, we can then predict

992
01:45:02,320 --> 01:45:09,920
predict where for shortfalls will occur.
Um with this information projects can be

993
01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:15,199
moved to other years, modified in scope
and or additional revenue resources

994
01:45:11,920 --> 01:45:21,040
identified. Um and the CIA becomes now
has a plan. So as an example,

995
01:45:18,400 --> 01:45:25,360
where are we here?
There we go.

996
01:45:23,440 --> 01:45:35,760
It's hard trying to find the cursor
here. There we go. So, as an example,

997
01:45:29,600 --> 01:45:42,400
um what I have here is the um uh sources
and use and fund detail for um uh

998
01:45:39,119 --> 01:45:49,760
modified road use tax. And again, I've
entered the beginning balance for um uh

999
01:45:45,600 --> 01:45:54,719
fiscal year 27, but then I put in uh the
projected revenues for road use tax for

1000
01:45:52,080 --> 01:46:00,000
those five years. So, one of the ways I
looked at it was the state always

1001
01:45:56,159 --> 01:46:06,320
predicts an extra one uh $1 per capita
per year. Um, what I found over the

1002
01:46:02,960 --> 01:46:11,360
years is that $1 is very very
conservative. So, in this case, I put it

1003
01:46:08,159 --> 01:46:15,360
at a$150. Um, it might change to where
maybe I need it at a dollar and a

1004
01:46:12,800 --> 01:46:22,480
quarter instead of a a$150, but I put it
at a$150 per capita. Not a lot. Um but

1005
01:46:19,360 --> 01:46:28,080
what else is also received into
um uh the road use tax fund is uh we

1006
01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:34,800
have sale of fixed assets. So at times
where we have um uh materials or um

1007
01:46:32,320 --> 01:46:40,639
equipment that has served its lif uh
useful lifespan um we get rid of it. So

1008
01:46:37,280 --> 01:46:46,239
we have um that uh there as well. And
then we have a state um road maintenance

1009
01:46:43,199 --> 01:46:52,000
contract. So, um certain state roads
that run through the city limits, we

1010
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:58,000
have a contract where the DOT pays us um
to do general maintenance, which

1011
01:46:53,920 --> 01:47:03,840
basically is um you know uh snow removal
and cleaning. Uh but we have other

1012
01:47:01,679 --> 01:47:09,760
sources that might be transferred in. So
we uh transfer some in to from uh uh uh

1013
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:15,119
our employee benefits fund to take care
of the little bit of salaries that are

1014
01:47:11,760 --> 01:47:19,040
within the road use tax. Then further
down you see we start in with all the

1015
01:47:17,199 --> 01:47:24,719
different projects going through the
different years.

1016
01:47:20,880 --> 01:47:29,520
And when we get down to the end we have
other uses. So we do pay out some

1017
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:35,360
employee benefits. We pay out some
salaries. We pay out um different

1018
01:47:32,719 --> 01:47:39,119
operating expenditures and then um
transfers out for salaries to the

1019
01:47:37,040 --> 01:47:43,760
general fund and transfers to the
insurance reserves. Now you have all the

1020
01:47:41,440 --> 01:47:47,840
expenditures and all the revenues and
including the projects included in the

1021
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:53,440
sheet. And you see that you have an
ending balance and that ending balance

1022
01:47:50,560 --> 01:47:58,719
carries through to the next year.
So on and so forth all the way down. And

1023
01:47:55,360 --> 01:48:03,360
what you see is that um we start having
a declining balance in the road use tax

1024
01:48:00,880 --> 01:48:08,000
fund. Um so at some point what we have
to do is we have to look at and we have

1025
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:10,960
to say okay um what are we going to do
to make some changes to maintain a

1026
01:48:09,440 --> 01:48:14,239
certain balance? We're going to have to
change some different uh different

1027
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:17,440
things in operations or we going to have
to same change some things with capital

1028
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:23,920
improvements. But again we start
planning so that we always maintain a

1029
01:48:19,920 --> 01:48:28,320
certain level of a um balance in that
fund. We'll be doing that with all the

1030
01:48:26,239 --> 01:48:31,360
other different um funds that are
included in the funding sources that are

1031
01:48:29,840 --> 01:48:38,159
included in the capital improvement
plan. So that there

1032
01:48:34,800 --> 01:48:42,480
is the changes for um this the capital
improvement plan so that we actually

1033
01:48:39,520 --> 01:48:47,040
have a lot more of the plan and not just
CI.

1034
01:48:44,560 --> 01:48:50,880
Okay. [clears throat] So project
budgeting

1035
01:48:48,719 --> 01:48:56,400
um the practice has been to fund uh
projects uh uh for revenue sources. So

1036
01:48:53,920 --> 01:49:00,960
you have a home fund usually debt issues
and then specific grants. When bonds are

1037
01:48:58,719 --> 01:49:05,679
issued the practice has been to create a
fund for the proceeds. In some cases

1038
01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:10,480
large grants awards are also given their
own fund. This is what we call the home

1039
01:49:07,920 --> 01:49:14,639
fund. Other revenues uh could be
allocated to the home fund such as

1040
01:49:12,000 --> 01:49:17,920
grants, donations or capital funds. If
balances in another fund became

1041
01:49:16,239 --> 01:49:22,159
available, projects were shifted from
the original home fund to a new home

1042
01:49:19,840 --> 01:49:27,760
fund. This has led to some confusion and
difficulty in tracking project balances.

1043
01:49:24,960 --> 01:49:32,480
Finances will be creating uh general
project funds. Street projects will be

1044
01:49:30,239 --> 01:49:39,199
grouped into one fund as will bridges,
sidewalks, parks, recreation, uh

1045
01:49:35,440 --> 01:49:44,960
facilities, capital equipment. Uh so
what it is is for example the street um

1046
01:49:41,840 --> 01:49:49,440
projects will begin uh fund 301 when we
create it. Um bridges would might be in

1047
01:49:47,040 --> 01:49:54,560
302. sidewalks and other things might be
in fund 303.

1048
01:49:51,520 --> 01:49:58,480
Um, if the project is be uh all
allocated revenues will be deposited

1049
01:49:56,400 --> 01:50:03,679
within the funds and will remain in that
funds until completed. If the project is

1050
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:08,000
to be funded with 1 million uh in bond
proceeds, for example, and $500,000 in

1051
01:50:05,920 --> 01:50:12,159
grants, those amounts will be budgeted
and received into the fund. Project

1052
01:50:10,480 --> 01:50:17,920
numbers will be used to provide separate
accounting of project revenues and

1053
01:50:14,159 --> 01:50:23,520
expenses so that um we can uh again keep
track of those a in a different way

1054
01:50:20,960 --> 01:50:28,880
which leads to the next slide which is
our better tracking uh um uh example. We

1055
01:50:27,600 --> 01:50:33,280
want to be sure that we have accurate
accounting of projects especially uh if

1056
01:50:31,280 --> 01:50:37,520
the project is funded with debts and
grants. Finances

1057
01:50:35,920 --> 01:50:41,600
finance has created a workbook that will
allow for an easy data entry of revenues

1058
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:46,080
and expenditures. Working with the
reports and tylers, the team was able to

1059
01:50:43,600 --> 01:50:51,119
design budget reports uh that subtotal
by revenue source and expenditure

1060
01:50:47,679 --> 01:50:56,960
categories. So um revenue sources of
course you have um uh use of money and

1061
01:50:55,440 --> 01:51:02,800
property. So it's interest or something
like that, property taxes or tax other

1062
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:08,400
city taxes. you have um grants and aid
and um so on. Um so we can subtotal by

1063
01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:13,520
those things within those funds and be
able to um enter them within the um uh

1064
01:51:11,679 --> 01:51:19,199
the spreadsheet. You'll see in a minute.
And on the expenditure side, you have um

1065
01:51:17,119 --> 01:51:25,199
uh your wages and salaries, your
employee benefits, um your commodities,

1066
01:51:21,760 --> 01:51:29,520
your um contractual services. Um the
summary page of the workbook will

1067
01:51:26,800 --> 01:51:33,679
provide uh budget to actual figures as
the project progresses and expenses can

1068
01:51:31,679 --> 01:51:38,159
be tracked against the allocated
revenues to ensure compliance with debt

1069
01:51:35,600 --> 01:51:44,800
and grant reporting. So again um I
provided uh this as a uh example within

1070
01:51:42,080 --> 01:51:50,239
your workbook but this is the start page
and here you can anything in the gray

1071
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:54,800
can be entered uh as far as the project
title the fund the project number fiscal

1072
01:51:52,880 --> 01:51:59,760
year started and the current fiscal year
in which the project is being tracked.

1073
01:51:57,280 --> 01:52:04,639
So, if you have a project that starts in
fiscal year 28 but is going to be

1074
01:52:01,840 --> 01:52:10,960
completed in fiscal year 29, um you
would put in the budget for fiscal year

1075
01:52:06,239 --> 01:52:16,000
28. Uh and um uh and then when it comes
to fiscal year 29, you put the

1076
01:52:12,480 --> 01:52:21,840
information in for fiscal year 29. Um
the green areas can be is where we enter

1077
01:52:19,040 --> 01:52:26,719
the budget. But then when you go to a
certain month

1078
01:52:23,840 --> 01:52:30,000
then here is where um the project title,
fund and project number are carried

1079
01:52:28,239 --> 01:52:37,199
forward from the summary. So is the
fiscal year and current fiscal year but

1080
01:52:32,080 --> 01:52:44,560
here is where um uh the departments uh
and finance can enter um uh the

1081
01:52:42,320 --> 01:52:48,800
revenues received in the month of July
and the expenditures expended in the

1082
01:52:46,480 --> 01:52:53,360
month of July. And again, those then
would then carry back to the year to

1083
01:52:51,040 --> 01:52:58,400
date and then give you a balance based
upon what is budgeted versus um what has

1084
01:52:56,320 --> 01:53:04,880
been expended or received. So, we're
able to track those projects um working

1085
01:53:01,119 --> 01:53:09,679
with um those uh team members that have
the most projects. Um they've looked at

1086
01:53:07,199 --> 01:53:15,040
this and they think this is a fairly
good idea. So,

1087
01:53:12,320 --> 01:53:22,639
and we'll close out.
Um so the next sheet is becomes the

1088
01:53:18,880 --> 01:53:29,840
budget calendar. So uh the CIP is is
completed in the in the fall as I as I

1089
01:53:25,280 --> 01:53:35,199
said before. uh by completing uh uh my
experience has always been to complete

1090
01:53:31,920 --> 01:53:40,000
the CIP before the annual budget as a an
advantage is completing the CIP is that

1091
01:53:37,280 --> 01:53:43,920
the is that team members know what
projects are are approved and again

1092
01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:47,360
enter those allocations into Tyler
appropriately rather than trying to

1093
01:53:45,840 --> 01:53:50,080
figure out what's going to be approved
during the budget process and then

1094
01:53:48,560 --> 01:53:56,000
entering in Tyler then putting it back
into Planet. We will have Planet. It'll

1095
01:53:52,960 --> 01:54:01,119
be approved uh uh separately through a
public hearing and a resolution with the

1096
01:53:58,159 --> 01:54:06,560
city council. Then um the departments
can then put their uh those capital

1097
01:54:03,920 --> 01:54:10,000
projects into the operating budget
knowing that where the revenues are

1098
01:54:08,480 --> 01:54:19,119
coming from, where the expenditures are
going to. Um, again, it does require a

1099
01:54:13,679 --> 01:54:24,000
separate um uh uh public hearing and a
uh separate approval uh versus having it

1100
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:31,760
all done at once. Um, I think it's
worthwhile um in that you get to have

1101
01:54:27,760 --> 01:54:36,880
that review um separately. Uh so I did
again put in the budget calendar for

1102
01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:42,480
you. Um hopefully you've had a chance to
take a look at it. I have highlighted

1103
01:54:38,960 --> 01:54:48,480
certain things uh within that. Um you
know a yellow is going to be a council

1104
01:54:44,239 --> 01:54:53,760
work session. Um a um green highlighted
is a public hearing notice and

1105
01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:57,360
publication requirement. Um so if you
have any input on that um I'll gladly

1106
01:54:56,239 --> 01:55:02,719
take it here at the end of the
presentation. Um hopefully again you've

1107
01:54:59,920 --> 01:55:06,880
all had a chance to take a look at it.
So what are u some of the takeaways?

1108
01:55:05,119 --> 01:55:10,400
Well, we have a better process for team
members. Um,

1109
01:55:09,674 --> 01:55:14,239
[clears throat]
we can budget our capital and operations

1110
01:55:12,320 --> 01:55:18,080
without duplication of entry. So, it
becomes easier for them. Uh, we're able

1111
01:55:16,480 --> 01:55:23,040
to track projects through dedicated
funds and, uh, the workbook. Uh, it

1112
01:55:21,280 --> 01:55:26,880
becomes a plan. Uh, so it's better
planning for capital improvements. It's

1113
01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:30,560
a plan rather than a list. Shortfalls
can be predicted and avoided while still

1114
01:55:28,560 --> 01:55:36,320
meeting capital needs and operational
needs. And by separating the um CIP from

1115
01:55:34,239 --> 01:55:41,920
the annual budget, transparency is
increased. The new funds and projects uh

1116
01:55:39,840 --> 01:55:45,840
project tech provide information that is
easier to disseminate and to understand.

1117
01:55:44,320 --> 01:55:53,199
And so with that, I'll take any
questions and comments um constructive

1118
01:55:49,280 --> 01:55:57,920
um uh criticism that the council has for
me.

1119
01:55:55,679 --> 01:56:03,119
I do like all of this, especially the
transparency because after doing I think

1120
01:56:00,719 --> 01:56:12,159
I've been through 12 budgets, it can get
confusing and a more streamlined uh open

1121
01:56:08,800 --> 01:56:16,560
system of doing it helps a lot,
especially on this side of the table.

1122
01:56:14,159 --> 01:56:22,480
» Yeah. And and that's that's another goal
is not only so that team members have

1123
01:56:18,639 --> 01:56:26,000
the ability to um uh have more accurate
and better information to you. It's to

1124
01:56:24,239 --> 01:56:29,760
have that information so that you can
discuss it. You can give feedback to

1125
01:56:28,080 --> 01:56:34,480
team members. The public has an
opportunity to take a look at and

1126
01:56:31,119 --> 01:56:41,040
provide feedback as well.
>> Anyone have any questions?

1127
01:56:37,360 --> 01:56:44,880
» Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you.

1128
01:56:43,440 --> 01:56:47,880
Anyone have any comments from the
public?

1129
01:56:48,239 --> 01:56:58,880
» Okay, moving on to the next discussion
item. Number two is discussion regarding

1130
01:56:55,440 --> 01:57:04,360
potential annexation of 2342
Odessa Drive.

1131
01:57:01,360 --> 01:57:04,360
Clayton

1132
01:57:04,400 --> 01:57:09,360
» Clayton Ender, assistant director
housing, community development. Uh

1133
01:57:07,440 --> 01:57:14,480
Douglas and Michelle Beals purchased
2342 Odessa Drive uh in July of this

1134
01:57:12,560 --> 01:57:18,560
year. Uh this is a property currently
located outside city limits but abuing

1135
01:57:16,480 --> 01:57:23,520
our city limits. They are currently
serviced by Marshalltown Waterworks. Uh

1136
01:57:21,119 --> 01:57:28,400
they have been advised by Marshalltown
Waterworks for them to continue uh

1137
01:57:25,599 --> 01:57:32,080
receiving service from the that utility.
they would either need to annex into the

1138
01:57:30,159 --> 01:57:37,679
city or have city council refuse
annexation of their property for so they

1139
01:57:35,040 --> 01:57:41,440
can continue uh receiving water. Uh
earlier this year uh you did consider a

1140
01:57:39,920 --> 01:57:46,719
request of a larger property along
Odessa at the south end. Uh at that time

1141
01:57:44,080 --> 01:57:52,159
you did refuse annexation. Based on that
past action a few months ago, staff is

1142
01:57:49,520 --> 01:57:58,560
recommending uh that you refuse this
annexation as it is only a single home

1143
01:57:55,040 --> 01:58:00,400
on with really no development potential.
>> Okay.

1144
01:57:59,040 --> 01:58:03,199
» So, we're just seeking direction from
council tonight.

1145
01:58:01,520 --> 01:58:06,360
» Okay.
From the

1146
01:58:10,880 --> 01:58:15,760
» You wanted a motion in the affirmative
to approve and then we'll just vote it

1147
01:58:14,000 --> 01:58:21,560
down. I believe that I believe that's
what we did this the previous time.

1148
01:58:18,159 --> 01:58:21,560
» There she is.

1149
01:58:25,679 --> 01:58:31,360
» Your honor, I move to uh proceed with
annexation.

1150
01:58:30,239 --> 01:58:37,960
» Second.
>> Okay. I have a motion and a second.

1151
01:58:34,159 --> 01:58:37,960
Anything from the public?

1152
01:58:44,960 --> 01:58:55,360
Doug Beals's 2342 Odessa.
I'm I'm I don't know what to say. This

1153
01:58:53,040 --> 01:58:59,520
seems like a ridiculous
>> I agree

1154
01:58:56,080 --> 01:59:04,320
» thing. All I want is water. Don't want
to be annexed into the city. Had to

1155
01:59:01,840 --> 01:59:09,199
apply to be annexed into the city. I'm
asking you to deny that application even

1156
01:59:06,719 --> 01:59:13,840
though I applied.
I'm sure this has something to do with

1157
01:59:10,560 --> 01:59:19,280
rural water. Uh, don't know that for
sure. Guessing that. I'd encourage

1158
01:59:16,800 --> 01:59:23,520
whoever's in charge of this to look at a
different procedure to get water to a

1159
01:59:22,000 --> 01:59:26,960
house that's had water from the city of
Marshalltown for over 30 years. Thank

1160
01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:29,599
you.
>> Thank you,

1161
01:59:27,599 --> 01:59:32,599
» I have a question for Mr. Beals.
>> Yes.

1162
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:42,320
Um, since you just moved into the
neighborhood, would you prefer we annex

1163
01:59:39,840 --> 01:59:45,360
the whole sit straight into the
>> the uh

1164
01:59:43,280 --> 01:59:47,119
» I would that make you have would that
make you wellreceived with your

1165
01:59:46,719 --> 01:59:50,400
neighbors?
>> I would probably get some push back from

1166
01:59:48,960 --> 01:59:53,280
my neighbors. [laughter]
>> Ed wins.

1167
01:59:51,520 --> 01:59:58,880
» I guarantee the city will get push back
for me if I am annexed in because I want

1168
01:59:55,920 --> 02:00:02,159
my section of the street to receive all
the city services. So,

1169
02:00:00,719 --> 02:00:08,480
» thank you. I believe this is one of
those catch 22s where the water

1170
02:00:04,560 --> 02:00:14,320
department is making sure that um
the city has denied you

1171
02:00:11,599 --> 02:00:16,159
so that they can go ahead and put it in.
So,

1172
02:00:14,960 --> 02:00:19,280
» your honor,
>> yes,

1173
02:00:16,639 --> 02:00:23,800
» this is a a strange situation. A lawyer
that has a loss for words.

1174
02:00:25,360 --> 02:00:32,480
» We better make a note of that.
>> You shall do that, counselor.

1175
02:00:30,480 --> 02:00:34,639
Okay, let's have roll call.
>> Thompson,

1176
02:00:34,080 --> 02:00:35,920
» no.
>> Yas Gomez,

1177
02:00:35,520 --> 02:00:37,280
» no.
>> Cahill,

1178
02:00:36,719 --> 02:00:38,560
» no.
>> Mitchell,

1179
02:00:37,920 --> 02:00:39,520
» no.
>> Nicholls,

1180
02:00:39,119 --> 02:00:41,360
» no.
>> Schneider,

1181
02:00:40,080 --> 02:00:43,040
» no.
>> There you go.

1182
02:00:42,560 --> 02:00:46,199
» No.
>> Been denied.

1183
02:00:48,719 --> 02:00:58,080
» Melissa's back.
>> Melissa's back. [laughter]

1184
02:00:54,639 --> 02:01:04,719
» Where'd you go for lunch? Okay, moving
on. Uh, number three is the Edgewood

1185
02:01:01,199 --> 02:01:08,840
Edgewood Industrial Park proposal. I
believe we have someone here.

1186
02:01:11,360 --> 02:01:19,000
» Your honor, may I say something before
we start?

1187
02:01:16,000 --> 02:01:19,000
» Okay.

1188
02:01:19,098 --> 02:01:25,360
[laughter]
I'm going to go on the record and say

1189
02:01:23,760 --> 02:01:33,520
that
this proposal is about a data center

1190
02:01:29,920 --> 02:01:37,679
and in the intent and the spirit of the
moratorum

1191
02:01:35,679 --> 02:01:44,400
that we should not be having this
presentation tonight.

1192
02:01:40,480 --> 02:01:50,719
» Okay. And I disagree that uh this should
not have been on the agenda.

1193
02:01:47,440 --> 02:01:57,520
Um, I know that legal is going to say
this is about land, but it's about land

1194
02:01:54,800 --> 02:02:01,679
for a data center. So, I just want to go
on the record and say until the

1195
02:01:59,760 --> 02:02:05,280
moratorium's over, this we should not be
having this conversation. Thank you,

1196
02:02:03,920 --> 02:02:08,960
your honor.
>> Yes, I believe you were in the room when

1197
02:02:07,199 --> 02:02:14,174
planning and zoning explained what the
moratorum was and was not.

1198
02:02:12,154 --> 02:02:14,174
[applause]

1199
02:02:14,800 --> 02:02:19,520
» Haven't even spoke yet. You guys were
clapping for me already?

1200
02:02:17,840 --> 02:02:22,320
» All right.
>> In defense of that, your honor, I know

1201
02:02:21,119 --> 02:02:26,639
we could have handled this through a
resolution and it would have been in

1202
02:02:23,920 --> 02:02:33,199
effect, but the city administrator chose
to reach out to legal legal advised a

1203
02:02:31,149 --> 02:02:37,840
[clears throat] ordinance.
So, yes, I know what planning and zoning

1204
02:02:35,679 --> 02:02:42,719
says. I know it's not a 4-month
mortorium. It has an end date. So,

1205
02:02:40,560 --> 02:02:47,679
whenever it goes into effect, I'm well
aware of that. I said the spirit and the

1206
02:02:44,960 --> 02:02:54,560
intent of what was voted on back in
July, the 52 motion, I thought sent a

1207
02:02:51,840 --> 02:02:58,960
message to city staff that the council
did not want to have any conversations

1208
02:02:56,719 --> 02:03:05,679
about data centers.
>> I don't believe it had any wording like

1209
02:03:00,880 --> 02:03:10,800
that in it. But that being said,
>> thank you. Good afternoon. My name is

1210
02:03:07,679 --> 02:03:15,040
Jared Olry. I'm the CEO of UR Energy of
Marshalltown, Iowa at 3001 Cory Road.

1211
02:03:13,760 --> 02:03:19,199
I've been in the utility business for
more than 30 years and more importantly,

1212
02:03:17,119 --> 02:03:22,400
I'm a Marshalltown guy. I was born and
raised in this community and I've had

1213
02:03:20,960 --> 02:03:26,639
the opportunity to build several
successful businesses right here in

1214
02:03:24,159 --> 02:03:30,080
Marshall County. When the Datio hit
Marshalltown 6 years ago, I think you

1215
02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:35,599
can all remember that Oolie Electric, my
business, was uh in front and center. Uh

1216
02:03:33,599 --> 02:03:39,760
we help rebuild homes, businesses, and
communities alongside our friends and

1217
02:03:37,360 --> 02:03:44,480
neighbors. This isn't just a place where
I do business. It's my home. I have

1218
02:03:42,480 --> 02:03:48,320
family, lifelong friends, including
grandchildren growing up here. So, when

1219
02:03:46,560 --> 02:03:52,480
I when I look at the future of
Marshalltown, I take it personally. I

1220
02:03:50,719 --> 02:03:56,239
want to see this community grow, create
good opportunities, and move forward.

1221
02:03:54,159 --> 02:04:02,159
But I also want us to do it the right
way. That's why I'm excited to introduce

1222
02:03:59,040 --> 02:04:06,719
Amir with Swarm Systems. Amir's approach
is different. They are focused on a

1223
02:04:04,080 --> 02:04:10,639
smaller, more manageable AI inference
data center that can fit into our

1224
02:04:08,400 --> 02:04:14,960
community like Marshalltown while being
thoughtful about our resources,

1225
02:04:12,320 --> 02:04:19,599
including water, power, infrastructure,
jobs, and the long-term impact on our

1226
02:04:17,360 --> 02:04:23,280
community. I believe Marshalltown has
the opportunity to be part of the next

1227
02:04:21,199 --> 02:04:27,760
generation of technology and energy
development. But I also believe we need

1228
02:04:25,199 --> 02:04:32,480
to do it responsibly with the community
at the table and with people who

1229
02:04:30,080 --> 02:04:35,840
understand that this is our home. I'm
proud to introduce air with Storm

1230
02:04:34,080 --> 02:04:39,599
Systems and looking forward to seeing
what we can accomplish together for

1231
02:04:37,840 --> 02:04:44,280
Marshalltown and the future of our
community. Thank you.

1232
02:04:40,960 --> 02:04:44,280
» Thank you, Jared.

1233
02:04:57,280 --> 02:05:02,880
» I can bring your presentation up if you
want me to.

1234
02:05:00,719 --> 02:05:08,679
» Uh, yeah. have a clicker
>> and then you can you can just use the

1235
02:05:04,560 --> 02:05:08,679
mouse there on the podium.

1236
02:05:08,719 --> 02:05:11,960
» Oh, okay.

1237
02:05:13,679 --> 02:05:17,159
» This one right here.

1238
02:05:18,480 --> 02:05:22,679
» Heather, can he unplug that HDMI?

1239
02:05:25,599 --> 02:05:30,679
» You want to unplug it from the Duke and
then plug it in.

1240
02:05:36,239 --> 02:05:39,400
This is

1241
02:05:53,599 --> 02:05:58,080
» good evening.
>> Evening.

1242
02:05:55,599 --> 02:06:03,520
» Uh my name is Amir. I'm here from Swarm
Systems and we have put an offer in to

1243
02:06:00,560 --> 02:06:08,119
buy 21 acres of city- owned land out in
Edgewood um industrial park.

1244
02:06:08,239 --> 02:06:19,920
So, this is as uh Gary mentioned our our
intent is to build a data center on that

1245
02:06:16,480 --> 02:06:24,639
property. Um our approach is different
and I'm going to walk you through our

1246
02:06:22,080 --> 02:06:29,280
approach kind of the overall approach of
the industry as of late. why we believe

1247
02:06:27,199 --> 02:06:34,079
it's a differentiated one and why we
think it makes sense for Marshall Town.

1248
02:06:31,679 --> 02:06:39,840
We're going to cover power, electricity
rates, noise, a lot of water, uh

1249
02:06:37,599 --> 02:06:43,280
discussions, not a lot of water use. Uh
we'll go through all of it. We have

1250
02:06:41,760 --> 02:06:46,400
numbers, we have figures. I'm sure
you're curious what it's going to look

1251
02:06:45,040 --> 02:06:50,119
like, where it's going to sit, and we'll
go through all of it today.

1252
02:07:01,679 --> 02:07:09,040
Yikes. All right.
So, we are not here asking for approval

1253
02:07:06,639 --> 02:07:14,560
to build a data center. We are here
asking for approval of a land purchase

1254
02:07:12,000 --> 02:07:21,679
contract to enter into an option to
advance due diligence um and on power on

1255
02:07:19,040 --> 02:07:25,920
land on environmental and on civil so we
can understand what the project actually

1256
02:07:23,440 --> 02:07:30,239
could look like and should look like for
Marshalltown. We are not asking for any

1257
02:07:28,639 --> 02:07:33,199
exemptions to the moratorium. In fact,
we support it. I believe the way

1258
02:07:32,079 --> 02:07:37,920
Marshalltown has gone about the
moratorum is one of the more responsible

1259
02:07:35,119 --> 02:07:42,159
ways I've seen in the country with a
proactive approach to pass an ordinance

1260
02:07:39,760 --> 02:07:47,760
specific to data centers that makes
sense for the areas that apply for its

1261
02:07:45,280 --> 02:07:52,400
zoning. We are not going to request any
property tax abatements now or in the

1262
02:07:49,920 --> 02:07:58,239
future and we have not asked nor will we
ask anyone to sign any NDAs uh as part

1263
02:07:55,679 --> 02:08:01,679
of our process. If any were signed or
were asked to be signed, they were not

1264
02:07:59,599 --> 02:08:05,520
part of our project. It may be for a
different one within Marshalltown or

1265
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:11,199
Marshall County.
Once the time comes, this project will

1266
02:08:08,079 --> 02:08:15,199
have to go through the zoning process,
the planning and approval process, just

1267
02:08:13,040 --> 02:08:18,400
like any other project would. Regardless
of the moratorum, once it's lifted,

1268
02:08:17,360 --> 02:08:21,760
there's still going to be planning and
zoning in place. we'll have to apply and

1269
02:08:20,480 --> 02:08:25,599
we'll have to go and the project will
stand on its own two feet regardless of

1270
02:08:23,760 --> 02:08:30,159
the purchase option whether it's entered
into or not today.

1271
02:08:28,079 --> 02:08:35,520
So swarm focuses on a different kind of
data center. We focus on about 25 to 75

1272
02:08:33,360 --> 02:08:39,280
megawatts is our sweet spot. The reason
why is we focus on places where power

1273
02:08:37,360 --> 02:08:43,679
infrastructure already exists today.
We're not looking to tap high voltage

1274
02:08:41,360 --> 02:08:47,280
lines and build a gigawatt campus. We're
not looking to plow up a thousand acres

1275
02:08:45,360 --> 02:08:52,560
of farmland. We're usually looking for
under 50 acres of land largely as

1276
02:08:49,920 --> 02:08:56,159
setbacks and buffer areas so we can take
advantage of power and headroom that

1277
02:08:54,159 --> 02:09:00,560
exists today to bring economic benefit
to more communities that either can't or

1278
02:08:58,880 --> 02:09:04,320
don't want to have a hypers scale campus
in their backyard. Our team has

1279
02:09:02,639 --> 02:09:09,920
experienced across 3 gawatt of power
infrastructure and a long history of

1280
02:09:06,880 --> 02:09:14,239
real estate development.
So a little bit about the project before

1281
02:09:12,320 --> 02:09:19,119
we get into it. You may have some
questions of what is a data center. At

1282
02:09:16,400 --> 02:09:24,960
the end of the day, it is a concrete
building with computers in it. It also

1283
02:09:21,920 --> 02:09:28,719
has a lot of power going in because it
it powers the IT systems within the data

1284
02:09:26,960 --> 02:09:34,480
center as well as the cooling systems
both inside and out.

1285
02:09:31,280 --> 02:09:38,320
There's several uses of computing, many
of which we all use today. Could be

1286
02:09:36,560 --> 02:09:43,840
Google Maps, it could be YouTube, could
be Facebook talking about the data

1287
02:09:40,480 --> 02:09:47,679
center in town. It could be um storing
your family's pictures. It could be

1288
02:09:45,520 --> 02:09:51,440
using AI. It could be storing medical
records or anything else. Instead of

1289
02:09:49,679 --> 02:09:55,440
having to carry around a large server
yourself everywhere you go, you can

1290
02:09:53,119 --> 02:09:59,360
carry around one chip on your phone and
the rest of it lives in the cloud or on

1291
02:09:57,920 --> 02:10:04,000
the internet and all those things live
in a data center somewhere. They've

1292
02:10:01,599 --> 02:10:10,560
existed since the 60s. They've been
around for dozens of years. Um and they

1293
02:10:07,199 --> 02:10:15,119
serve our daily lives in and out.
So, it doesn't create physical objects.

1294
02:10:13,599 --> 02:10:18,719
There's not a lot of freight. There
aren't goods being shipped in and out.

1295
02:10:17,360 --> 02:10:23,840
All the signals come in through fiber
optic cables. They go into the servers

1296
02:10:21,599 --> 02:10:29,760
and they leave as basically blinking
lights on um on the fiber without

1297
02:10:28,079 --> 02:10:33,280
many components being shipped in and
out. So, you're not going to see trucks

1298
02:10:31,920 --> 02:10:37,520
at night time. You're not going to see
lots of really any traffic beyond the

1299
02:10:35,520 --> 02:10:41,920
initial construction period. There's no
industrial waste. There's no exhaust and

1300
02:10:40,320 --> 02:10:45,079
there's hardly any emissions outside of
an emergency.

1301
02:10:46,239 --> 02:10:52,400
Now, data centers have been getting a
bad rap recently because of water,

1302
02:10:50,560 --> 02:10:55,840
power, noise, and a few other things.
And it's not without reason. Data

1303
02:10:54,320 --> 02:11:01,119
centers haven't always been built the
correct way. Data centers have used a

1304
02:10:58,320 --> 02:11:06,159
lot of water in the past. In fact, up to
recently, not all the hyperscalers had

1305
02:11:03,199 --> 02:11:09,040
committed to closed loop systems.
Evaporative technologies have

1306
02:11:07,599 --> 02:11:13,840
historically been used for whether it's
steel mills, coal plants, nuclear

1307
02:11:11,840 --> 02:11:17,920
facilities, or anything else. It's an
efficient way to cool things down. But

1308
02:11:16,159 --> 02:11:22,719
it doesn't make sense. It might make
sense to use water to create power. It

1309
02:11:20,400 --> 02:11:27,360
doesn't make sense to use it to use
power. And so the industry has since

1310
02:11:24,639 --> 02:11:31,280
shifted, including our company, as a
commitment to closed loop systems. It

1311
02:11:29,599 --> 02:11:37,280
basically operates like a radiator in
your car. You fill it up once. It's a

1312
02:11:33,920 --> 02:11:42,000
combination of u propyline glycol and
water about 80% water 20% propyline

1313
02:11:39,840 --> 02:11:46,400
glycol and it circulates for about 10
years in a closed system that doesn't

1314
02:11:43,920 --> 02:11:54,400
have exposure to ambient air. It doesn't
leak and it doesn't evaporate. You fill

1315
02:11:50,159 --> 02:12:00,639
it up one time and it just recirculates
inside the chips back out to a fan.

1316
02:11:57,520 --> 02:12:04,880
Basically, a fan blows ambient room, you
know, uh air onto it. It cools back down

1317
02:12:03,280 --> 02:12:10,880
to about 100 degrees and goes back into
the chips. As a result, we will end up

1318
02:12:08,079 --> 02:12:14,159
using, as you'll see on a further slide,
about as much water as a handful of

1319
02:12:12,480 --> 02:12:18,960
homes.
We do not we will not be using any

1320
02:12:16,400 --> 02:12:23,199
on-site generation at this location.
That is the noise that you hear at a lot

1321
02:12:20,639 --> 02:12:27,760
of these data centers. There's a case in
point of someone who might have built a

1322
02:12:26,239 --> 02:12:32,719
power plant without permits in the city
of Memphis. And that is when you

1323
02:12:30,079 --> 02:12:38,079
basically have jet engine turbines
running 24/7. It's incredibly loud,

1324
02:12:35,679 --> 02:12:41,199
incredibly disruptive. And that's what
happens when you basically build a power

1325
02:12:39,360 --> 02:12:45,520
plant to run a data center. Doesn't make
sense in a place like this, nor will it

1326
02:12:42,800 --> 02:12:49,520
happen. A grid tie data center, those
components are relatively quiet. The

1327
02:12:47,440 --> 02:12:54,800
only noise comes from the fans that blow
onto the closed loop systems as well as

1328
02:12:53,199 --> 02:13:00,560
from the generators in the event of
testing or backup generation.

1329
02:12:58,639 --> 02:13:05,599
There's been a lot of discussion about
electricity bills going up and we'll get

1330
02:13:03,760 --> 02:13:10,480
to that in a little bit more detail
later, but largely that happens when the

1331
02:13:08,639 --> 02:13:14,719
data centers are built and the power is
brought to the data centers. A lot of

1332
02:13:12,639 --> 02:13:20,320
capex is spent to bring that
infrastructure out and utilities have

1333
02:13:17,679 --> 02:13:25,119
been somewhat in the past reckless to
create that burden for the rateayers.

1334
02:13:22,960 --> 02:13:29,360
Since the utilities have completely
changed their tune and Alliant is case

1335
02:13:26,960 --> 02:13:32,480
in point of the best way to do it, they
will be the utility provider for this

1336
02:13:31,040 --> 02:13:37,679
project just like at many of your homes
and businesses.

1337
02:13:35,520 --> 02:13:41,440
When the P data center is brought to the
power on infrastructure that exists

1338
02:13:39,280 --> 02:13:45,679
today as it does currently at this
location, there isn't a need to build

1339
02:13:44,079 --> 02:13:50,320
all the infrastructure. Those costs
aren't advertised by the rate payers and

1340
02:13:48,159 --> 02:13:53,280
any costs that are needed to build out
the infrastructure beyond what exists

1341
02:13:51,679 --> 02:13:56,719
today are borne solely by the data
center developer. we'd be posting a

1342
02:13:55,280 --> 02:14:01,520
financial security for anything that
needs to be built to guarantee that even

1343
02:13:58,800 --> 02:14:06,400
if the project doesn't exist only we
could stand to lose any money versus the

1344
02:14:04,159 --> 02:14:09,280
utility or if it rateayers. So what you
may end up seeing in time with the data

1345
02:14:08,159 --> 02:14:13,920
centers paying for all the
infrastructure and maintenance is that

1346
02:14:11,599 --> 02:14:18,159
the costs end up may end up coming down
in time but I understand you're going to

1347
02:14:15,920 --> 02:14:22,880
want to see it before you believe it.
That said, Alliant has frozen utility

1348
02:14:20,239 --> 02:14:26,480
rates through 2029 uh in this particular
instance.

1349
02:14:24,960 --> 02:14:31,360
So,
what not to do, evaporative cooling,

1350
02:14:29,119 --> 02:14:34,960
building power plants in your backyard,
or building data centers far from the

1351
02:14:33,280 --> 02:14:39,840
grid where it takes a lot of dollars and
and effort to bring the power to the

1352
02:14:37,280 --> 02:14:45,679
system. We intend to do none of these
things in the Edgewood property uh in

1353
02:14:42,960 --> 02:14:49,360
the Edgewood industrial park. We're
going to have a closed loop system.

1354
02:14:47,440 --> 02:14:52,639
We're going to be purely grid tied and
we're going to tap into existing

1355
02:14:50,480 --> 02:14:57,199
headroom where the power has been built
and is currently unused.

1356
02:14:55,679 --> 02:15:00,480
We also intend to build a much smaller
product than we've been seeing in the

1357
02:14:58,239 --> 02:15:05,599
news. A hybrid scale campus can range
from anywhere from 7 to 15 buildings

1358
02:15:03,840 --> 02:15:10,719
often in millions measured in millions
of square feet covering hundreds if not

1359
02:15:08,239 --> 02:15:16,639
more recently thousands of acres.
We're proposing what we hope to build is

1360
02:15:13,199 --> 02:15:21,599
125,000t single building on 21 acres of
land, relatively low density compared to

1361
02:15:19,520 --> 02:15:26,560
a comparable industrial project on a
similar size acreage. Uh it's smaller

1362
02:15:24,079 --> 02:15:32,560
than your neighborhood Walmart. It's
about the size of a Home Depot,

1363
02:15:28,560 --> 02:15:37,199
singlestory, about 35 ft tall, um and
about not too much bigger than a couple

1364
02:15:34,400 --> 02:15:42,239
of football fields. You can fit about 20
of these buildings into or developments

1365
02:15:40,639 --> 02:15:47,119
into the size of one hypers scale
project. They're simply not the same

1366
02:15:44,239 --> 02:15:52,560
product.
Um what we are within city limits. We're

1367
02:15:49,599 --> 02:15:58,639
targeting between 15
>> 15 and 40 megawws served directly by

1368
02:15:55,440 --> 02:16:01,599
Alliant uh infrastructure.
As of now, we have no plans of any

1369
02:16:00,320 --> 02:16:05,679
additional buildings of the land and
we'd be very happy with this in this

1370
02:16:04,239 --> 02:16:12,920
single project as we're going to show it
to you today which provides substantial

1371
02:16:07,840 --> 02:16:12,920
buffers for adjacent uses.

1372
02:16:13,360 --> 02:16:20,480
» I'll show it to you on the a few slides.
Yeah. Um we'll go all the way down from

1373
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:25,520
a high level to a specific one. This is
not the hypers scale proposal that you

1374
02:16:22,320 --> 02:16:31,199
may have seen on the news or in uh other
reporting in the last few weeks. This is

1375
02:16:28,400 --> 02:16:37,040
simply a 21 acre proposed project for a
single building. The parties are not

1376
02:16:32,880 --> 02:16:43,679
related and not affiliated at this time.
So let's talk water. Water is largely

1377
02:16:41,359 --> 02:16:49,920
the most controversial issue with data
centers. If you look at the top on the

1378
02:16:47,519 --> 02:16:54,160
top right, a steel mill uses a
tremendous amount of water about 10

1379
02:16:51,359 --> 02:16:58,639
million gallons a day. That is not
uncommon for things you see in the last

1380
02:16:56,160 --> 02:17:04,160
century for major industrial heavy
industrial uses. Now data centers when

1381
02:17:01,679 --> 02:17:08,240
they first came around a big data center
was maybe 10 megawatts 15 megawatt not

1382
02:17:07,200 --> 02:17:14,000
too different than what we're proposing
today. It didn't use too much water to

1383
02:17:11,439 --> 02:17:19,439
use an evaporate technology to have a
much more efficient

1384
02:17:16,240 --> 02:17:22,719
power to it conversion. You get more
compute for every megawatt that you draw

1385
02:17:21,439 --> 02:17:27,519
from the grid.
It made sense until the data centers got

1386
02:17:25,200 --> 02:17:33,120
so big. If you extrapolate the same
evaporative technologies over a 1 gawatt

1387
02:17:31,519 --> 02:17:38,000
campus,
it will use about 2.8 billion gallons a

1388
02:17:35,439 --> 02:17:42,639
year. That's
unreasonable. And as a reason, the

1389
02:17:40,399 --> 02:17:46,960
industry has has moved away from it.
Those will never get done in Iowa and

1390
02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:52,800
it's not a technology we even consider.
Um, we also show an ethanol plant for

1391
02:17:50,000 --> 02:17:57,920
comparison. And then that last bar, that
7.6 million gallons, that's the entire

1392
02:17:54,960 --> 02:18:00,960
green down below combined. And so we
kind of break that out because we had to

1393
02:17:59,359 --> 02:18:05,280
show it in scale, otherwise it wouldn't
quite even show up compared to the

1394
02:18:03,200 --> 02:18:12,160
evaporative technologies.
But we show about 5 million gallons for

1395
02:18:08,800 --> 02:18:16,000
100 homes, one sitown restaurant being
about 2 million gallons. This is an

1396
02:18:13,679 --> 02:18:21,760
annual number.
And us at under half a million gallons a

1397
02:18:18,080 --> 02:18:28,319
year. So, for comparison, it's about 10
homes, if not less, including our annual

1398
02:18:26,319 --> 02:18:32,559
fill, which is really one time. And
it'll recirculate in that radiator for

1399
02:18:30,479 --> 02:18:36,080
10 years straight.
So, we'll be actually a little bit

1400
02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:42,559
closer to 250,000
gallons per year once we build it on

1401
02:18:38,960 --> 02:18:47,920
year 1. It'll be one of the, if not the
least water consuming uses on the same

1402
02:18:45,359 --> 02:18:52,240
acreage of land that that you could
possibly build. If you build an office

1403
02:18:49,200 --> 02:18:57,599
building, a retail center, a residential
facility, or even single family homes on

1404
02:18:54,479 --> 02:19:04,880
the same acreage, you will likely build
more than 5 to 10 homes on 21 acres, and

1405
02:19:01,599 --> 02:19:09,679
you will likely use more water.
So, if there is a hard cap set in the

1406
02:19:08,160 --> 02:19:13,120
ordinance of the amount of gallons we're
able to use each year, we're happy to

1407
02:19:11,519 --> 02:19:17,599
comply with it. We'll likely have an
easier time complying with a water cap

1408
02:19:15,359 --> 02:19:23,280
than just about any use in all of
Marshall Town.

1409
02:19:20,960 --> 02:19:28,880
Let's talk noise.
Data centers can be very loud if you

1410
02:19:25,840 --> 02:19:34,160
build a power plant. the on-site gas
turbines. And let's be clear, decibb

1411
02:19:31,840 --> 02:19:42,080
effectively double every time you add 10
dB to the dumper. So an 80 to 120 decel

1412
02:19:38,960 --> 02:19:47,439
onsite gas turbine plant, that is
basically a rock concert. So again, not

1413
02:19:46,240 --> 02:19:52,000
something we're proposing here, but
often when you hear these

1414
02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:57,040
uh horror stories or you see things on
social media, a lot of times it is a gas

1415
02:19:54,319 --> 02:20:03,040
plant that is being built. Turbines have
that hum noise that is notorious. Um

1416
02:20:00,720 --> 02:20:07,280
that's not usually coming from the
actual components used to cool a high

1417
02:20:05,520 --> 02:20:11,280
efficiency
AI oriented data center. We show a

1418
02:20:09,760 --> 02:20:14,240
vacuum cleaner in normal conversation.
My voice right now through these

1419
02:20:12,160 --> 02:20:18,479
speakers is probably closer to 80. My
voice without the microphone is probably

1420
02:20:15,760 --> 02:20:23,840
closer to 60. [snorts] And we're going
to be in the 40 to 50 range. So, we took

1421
02:20:21,040 --> 02:20:27,280
a decibel meter, a calibrated one, and
we went out to the edges, the western

1422
02:20:25,920 --> 02:20:31,600
edges of this property that we're
proposing, and we'll get into the

1423
02:20:28,560 --> 02:20:36,240
details later, and we measured all along
the property line, and it's right around

1424
02:20:33,280 --> 02:20:39,760
50 today, um, coming from JBS and
adjacent uses. So, we don't anticipate

1425
02:20:38,080 --> 02:20:43,280
being any louder than what's already out
there today. We'll also with these

1426
02:20:41,840 --> 02:20:47,920
numbers be able to comply with the
existing general industrial zoning

1427
02:20:44,960 --> 02:20:53,359
limits. you will not need to make the
audio the the acoustical um limits any

1428
02:20:51,840 --> 02:21:00,160
more permissive for a data center than
they already are for industrial use. Uh

1429
02:20:56,319 --> 02:21:06,319
the and and the generators that are on
site only operate during daytime for

1430
02:21:03,280 --> 02:21:10,160
testing about half an hour per month. So
about 6 hours out of the year they're

1431
02:21:08,080 --> 02:21:13,600
operating and they never operate at
night. And the only time they all come

1432
02:21:11,439 --> 02:21:18,399
on is in the event of an actual grid
outage where I imagine many of you would

1433
02:21:15,280 --> 02:21:23,040
also turn on your uh generators to to
get through the night.

1434
02:21:20,479 --> 02:21:28,160
A light wind through the trees is 40 dB.
That's literally the wind the leaves

1435
02:21:25,040 --> 02:21:30,640
rustling in the wind. So it's hard to
understand these numbers, but I

1436
02:21:29,359 --> 02:21:34,000
recommend all of you get a decibel
meter, download one on your phone, hold

1437
02:21:32,560 --> 02:21:37,040
it up to your refrigerator, hold up your
dishwasher, hold it up to your barking

1438
02:21:35,600 --> 02:21:40,720
dog, and you'll get a good
understanding. or go over to the

1439
02:21:38,560 --> 02:21:44,399
property and see how loud it is today
and recognize that we don't intend to

1440
02:21:42,319 --> 02:21:48,880
raise a noise from what it is today. And
in fact, we can't because the ordinance

1441
02:21:46,640 --> 02:21:53,200
would not let us. We would not be able
to get our permits without acoustical

1442
02:21:50,399 --> 02:21:56,720
modeling that independently verifies
that we will not break those acoustical

1443
02:21:55,120 --> 02:22:01,520
limits. And if we do, the city will have
police powers to enforce it. If we

1444
02:21:59,520 --> 02:22:05,600
cannot
adhere to those limits, we won't get a

1445
02:22:03,520 --> 02:22:09,200
permit. Also not something we're
applying for today, but once the

1446
02:22:07,120 --> 02:22:14,640
ordinance is in place, that's what we're
looking to do. Data centers are very

1447
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:19,439
expensive. As a result, they're worth a
lot of money. That creates an

1448
02:22:17,040 --> 02:22:24,160
opportunity for property taxes. For a
long time, data centers would come in

1449
02:22:22,160 --> 02:22:28,560
and ask for property tax abatements,
incentives, and cuts. We are coming on

1450
02:22:27,040 --> 02:22:34,160
the record and saying we will not ask
for any property tax abatements, any

1451
02:22:31,040 --> 02:22:40,720
property tax cuts, no pilots, no side
deals for the full freight of what will

1452
02:22:37,359 --> 02:22:44,960
be assessed on our real property that
will be paid to the city, the county,

1453
02:22:42,640 --> 02:22:49,280
and the schools. We estimate that'll be
about $3 million a year broken down as

1454
02:22:47,520 --> 02:22:52,680
you see on the right. And that is an
annual figure.

1455
02:22:52,720 --> 02:23:01,520
The data centers do bring high-paying
quality jobs. We estimate this facility

1456
02:22:58,319 --> 02:23:06,880
with one building bring 50 to 60
permanent positions to Marshall Town.

1457
02:23:04,800 --> 02:23:12,000
Now, what's really important here is
that those actually become Marshall Town

1458
02:23:09,680 --> 02:23:16,640
jobs. It doesn't make any sense for me
to tell you the new jobs and then ship

1459
02:23:14,000 --> 02:23:23,439
people in to fill them. So, we're going
to make sure to create training programs

1460
02:23:19,840 --> 02:23:28,800
and dedicated data center technician um
routes with local community colleges um

1461
02:23:26,720 --> 02:23:34,160
Iowa Valley Community College and
Marshtown Community College to make sure

1462
02:23:30,960 --> 02:23:40,000
that a number of those positions on this
building and hopefully future projects

1463
02:23:36,479 --> 02:23:46,080
as well by others or ourselves
are being taken by those who live here,

1464
02:23:43,200 --> 02:23:51,040
work here and pay taxes here, creating
more economic becoming an economic

1465
02:23:48,240 --> 02:23:56,160
engine for Marshalltown.
About 300 to 400 job years in the way of

1466
02:23:53,520 --> 02:24:02,080
construction jobs. Where that can be
useful is if the developer makes a point

1467
02:23:59,040 --> 02:24:07,280
to use local labor, local equipment
rentals, local vendors, local dirt

1468
02:24:04,640 --> 02:24:11,920
haulers, local everybody. all the way
down to the coffee beans and the

1469
02:24:09,200 --> 02:24:16,880
trailers and the facility to local
restaurants catering meals every month

1470
02:24:13,920 --> 02:24:22,160
for the crew. The more we're able to
tailor to the city and to its needs, the

1471
02:24:19,760 --> 02:24:25,160
more that will mean for everyone who's
involved.

1472
02:24:25,520 --> 02:24:30,399
Let's talk about where the project's
going to be, where we intend to build

1473
02:24:28,640 --> 02:24:35,439
the project and where we have placed an
offer to purchase.

1474
02:24:32,720 --> 02:24:43,120
This is on the northern side of town off
of Edgewood Street near 8th Avenue um in

1475
02:24:41,439 --> 02:24:48,479
what is known as the Edgewood Industrial
Park extension.

1476
02:24:45,200 --> 02:24:53,040
So, our offer is for four parcels
comprising about 21 acres of land

1477
02:24:50,640 --> 02:25:00,000
currently zoned general industrial
intended and built by the city, graded,

1478
02:24:57,439 --> 02:25:04,720
serviced with utilities brought in for
an industrial user to come in and build

1479
02:25:01,920 --> 02:25:09,439
an industrial project. That's what we
intend to do.

1480
02:25:06,720 --> 02:25:14,560
Our adjacent uses to the southeast is
the JBS plant. To the northeast is the

1481
02:25:12,479 --> 02:25:19,840
compost facility. To the north is
Riverview Park and to the west and to

1482
02:25:16,880 --> 02:25:25,760
the south to an extent is residential.
Now that's the critical component. We

1483
02:25:23,439 --> 02:25:31,600
have to be careful in designing this
project to make sure that it does not

1484
02:25:27,840 --> 02:25:36,240
impact our neighbors so we can be a good
neighbor into the community. Otherwise,

1485
02:25:34,880 --> 02:25:40,399
we'll never be welcome back to build
another project and nor will another

1486
02:25:38,319 --> 02:25:44,479
community let us in. And this is how we
think we've designed a project that

1487
02:25:42,080 --> 02:25:49,760
makes sense for this location. We're
looking to purchase 21 acres despite

1488
02:25:46,880 --> 02:25:53,680
only looking to build a building that is
uh just about less than three because

1489
02:25:51,600 --> 02:25:58,200
this is how we want to do it in a very
minimally if not no impact way.

1490
02:26:00,080 --> 02:26:07,120
This is our proposed concept plan. And
of course, we have not yet secured site

1491
02:26:05,760 --> 02:26:11,439
control and therefore we have not
released all of our due diligence

1492
02:26:09,200 --> 02:26:16,319
efforts to get our geotechnical
analysis, phase one environmental surve

1493
02:26:13,840 --> 02:26:20,960
um assessments and uh surveys and
everything else. But we have come up

1494
02:26:18,240 --> 02:26:24,960
with this concept plan. The intent is to
create as m much of a buffer as

1495
02:26:22,720 --> 02:26:30,479
maximally possible from the western side
of the property to what is the

1496
02:26:27,840 --> 02:26:37,120
residential uses on that side and also
to the residential uses on the

1497
02:26:33,760 --> 02:26:41,399
um southeast side. So I'll use this
screen if you guys can point here.

1498
02:26:41,520 --> 02:26:47,920
So this setback, it's not quite a
setback, but we've actually pushed the

1499
02:26:45,439 --> 02:26:53,120
building back about 700 ft from the
western edge.

1500
02:26:49,920 --> 02:26:58,399
We're looking to line the northern,
western, and southern limits with a tree

1501
02:26:56,240 --> 02:27:03,280
line as well as a full campus perimeter
fence for security, but also for as a

1502
02:27:01,920 --> 02:27:07,600
visual barrier, an aesthetically
pleasing one. We'll have an entrance to

1503
02:27:05,439 --> 02:27:13,840
the north, a secure one with 24/7
security and a kiosk. This is our campus

1504
02:27:10,240 --> 02:27:18,960
entrance with parking and two to three
dock high doors on the south side.

1505
02:27:17,359 --> 02:27:23,520
all of the components that make any
noise at all. The building itself is

1506
02:27:20,960 --> 02:27:26,479
silent. It's a concrete building and the
components inside the building because

1507
02:27:24,720 --> 02:27:30,160
they're liquid cooled again from that
radiator,

1508
02:27:28,160 --> 02:27:33,920
they it's very it's it's nearly silent
on the inside of the building and so no

1509
02:27:31,760 --> 02:27:37,840
noise comes from the building out. All
the components that make noise are

1510
02:27:36,319 --> 02:27:43,280
placed on the opposite side of the
building on the east side. So, the

1511
02:27:39,520 --> 02:27:47,439
building itself, which is 175x 714 ft,
serves as a full length buffer for any

1512
02:27:45,120 --> 02:27:52,560
noise before it can hit the west side of
the property or any of our neighbors to

1513
02:27:50,000 --> 02:27:56,640
the south. These are the backup
generation systems. They're going to be

1514
02:27:54,080 --> 02:28:02,319
diesel doublewalled
um containerized solutions with quiet

1515
02:27:58,880 --> 02:28:06,640
kits within them. And then we have our
free cooling farm on the right side.

1516
02:28:05,120 --> 02:28:11,680
Those are free cooling systems basically
blowing ambient air. And those will also

1517
02:28:08,960 --> 02:28:18,640
be equipped with quiet kits that allow
for a lower decel limit from um from the

1518
02:28:15,359 --> 02:28:24,800
source. We intend to build a screen
wall, a wing wall coming off of the

1519
02:28:20,319 --> 02:28:29,760
building, extending to a point to where
it will catch any line of sight from the

1520
02:28:27,920 --> 02:28:35,280
chiller farm to the southern side of the
buildings, allowing us to maintain the

1521
02:28:32,240 --> 02:28:40,319
required ordinance limits for noise at
any residential property.

1522
02:28:38,720 --> 02:28:45,680
We are going to be able to comply with
the industrial limits on the north and

1523
02:28:42,160 --> 02:28:49,600
to the east. Um, and we will screen all
mechanical components as is currently

1524
02:28:47,520 --> 02:28:53,920
required by the ordinance. And we'd love
to get the city's input on how to do

1525
02:28:51,200 --> 02:28:56,960
that. We could put more trees. We can
put some sort of wall with some

1526
02:28:55,200 --> 02:29:02,080
decorative artistic solutions that the
community can vote on maybe from a local

1527
02:28:59,120 --> 02:29:07,040
artist. We can put other components. And
there there's different ways where we

1528
02:29:04,080 --> 02:29:11,600
can use some of this filler space here
to beautify the public right away.

1529
02:29:09,840 --> 02:29:17,399
There's numerous ways to use this extra
land and to find a way to bring the

1530
02:29:13,600 --> 02:29:17,399
community into this project.

1531
02:29:22,479 --> 02:29:29,040
kind of touched this. But the reason
this is the layout is we've made sure

1532
02:29:27,200 --> 02:29:34,560
that
any noise leaving those systems which

1533
02:29:31,760 --> 02:29:38,240
are kind of the loudest component are
going to be blocked by either the will

1534
02:29:36,240 --> 02:29:43,359
the building or the wing wall to the
south before they travel an additional

1535
02:29:40,399 --> 02:29:46,720
500 to 700 ft um before any residential
property lines. Anything that isn't

1536
02:29:45,359 --> 02:29:50,720
going to be buffered by those points
will have to travel well over a thousand

1537
02:29:48,479 --> 02:29:54,880
feet um before it gets to any
residential property being again well

1538
02:29:52,399 --> 02:29:59,840
below the required limits. It basically
won't be any louder than it is today.

1539
02:29:58,160 --> 02:30:04,960
Uh
and I mentioned the quiet kits eliminate

1540
02:30:02,399 --> 02:30:10,240
that hum noise that some people just
don't want to spend the money to do. It

1541
02:30:06,800 --> 02:30:15,520
does cost substantially more, but it is
the only option as we see it in a

1542
02:30:12,319 --> 02:30:15,520
location like this.

1543
02:30:16,399 --> 02:30:23,840
some 3D views just showing kind of the
the scale and um bulk of the building.

1544
02:30:21,920 --> 02:30:29,520
You can kind of see the shadows hiding
the generators into the rear and showing

1545
02:30:27,280 --> 02:30:33,920
the uh parking along the building and
the docks and the substantial kind of

1546
02:30:32,000 --> 02:30:38,800
green space and setbacks on the far
side. So, anything that resembles an

1547
02:30:36,160 --> 02:30:44,640
industrial use will be on the east.
Anything that is effectively a buffer

1548
02:30:40,640 --> 02:30:44,640
will be on the west.

1549
02:30:44,720 --> 02:30:49,240
This is another view from the opposite
angle.

1550
02:30:50,560 --> 02:30:57,120
Some profiles that we put together um
showing the secure fencing. This is

1551
02:30:55,359 --> 02:31:01,520
obviously a concept. What we would need
to do is get city and community feedback

1552
02:30:59,520 --> 02:31:05,840
on what they would want a building like
this to look like. What colors do you

1553
02:31:03,600 --> 02:31:09,920
want to see? What designs do you want to
see? How do you want this to look and

1554
02:31:08,080 --> 02:31:15,439
feel in your in the neighborhood? Do you
want it to be invisible? Do you want it

1555
02:31:11,520 --> 02:31:19,120
to stand out? And and we have presented
something that we think is the best way

1556
02:31:17,439 --> 02:31:24,080
to kind of have it blend in, which is
use native colors, patterns, textures,

1557
02:31:22,080 --> 02:31:27,200
um to
essentially try to kind of hide the

1558
02:31:25,680 --> 02:31:34,680
building within the existing landscape,
which has some browns and and greens to

1559
02:31:31,040 --> 02:31:34,680
to blend into.

1560
02:31:35,280 --> 02:31:43,520
This is effectively what the view would
be from the east uh on 8th Avenue

1561
02:31:40,240 --> 02:31:46,640
looking looking west uh over a what
would be 8ft kind of mechanical screen

1562
02:31:45,359 --> 02:31:50,240
wall that's kind of designed to
camouflage it the building kind of

1563
02:31:48,399 --> 02:31:55,760
peeking out to the north again it's a 35
ft tall building. It is not twotory. It

1564
02:31:53,520 --> 02:31:59,439
is not going to tower over anything.
It'll be much less impactful than a lot

1565
02:31:57,439 --> 02:32:03,040
of the industrial uses that are already
out there in the way that it kind of

1566
02:32:00,720 --> 02:32:06,880
looks and feels.
This is a simulation of what the view

1567
02:32:04,880 --> 02:32:12,000
would be from Riverview Park to the
north. It's about thousand feet across

1568
02:32:08,640 --> 02:32:18,160
the pond. Um, and this is a view looking
south. Um, with the kind of yard to the

1569
02:32:16,399 --> 02:32:23,280
right, the building headon with the
jewel box uh, and the equipment yard to

1570
02:32:21,120 --> 02:32:26,680
the west. They' be effectively silent
from this distance.

1571
02:32:27,840 --> 02:32:36,000
This is the view from the west looking
east. So from the adjacent properties

1572
02:32:33,040 --> 02:32:40,319
across the storm water parcel, uh it's
about 135 ft to where we can plant our

1573
02:32:38,479 --> 02:32:44,160
trees. This is what it would probably
look like on day one when we can plant

1574
02:32:41,840 --> 02:32:48,240
the trees in. And of course, with some
time, they will grow and the project

1575
02:32:46,240 --> 02:32:53,280
will effectively be hidden from view. So
it won't sound any different than it

1576
02:32:49,920 --> 02:32:56,640
does today. It'll effectively look the
same because instead of corn, you'll

1577
02:32:54,640 --> 02:33:01,760
have some beautiful trees there. And we
believe it'll have essentially no impact

1578
02:32:58,720 --> 02:33:05,200
to to the neighbors. But you may not
like that concrete building. You may not

1579
02:33:03,359 --> 02:33:11,520
think it it looks that good in those in
those visuals. But what if I told you a

1580
02:33:08,640 --> 02:33:16,080
data center could be beautiful?
We intend to build something that you

1581
02:33:14,160 --> 02:33:21,359
would be proud to have here. Something
that has a glass jewel box with some

1582
02:33:19,520 --> 02:33:26,080
details,
drought tolerant landscaping again to

1583
02:33:23,520 --> 02:33:32,640
minimize our water usage. Downward-f
facing lights that do not light up this

1584
02:33:29,439 --> 02:33:36,960
guy. Those examples that you've seen are
people running construction crews 247

1585
02:33:35,439 --> 02:33:41,840
with flood lamps. That will not happen
here. Construction will only happen

1586
02:33:38,319 --> 02:33:45,680
during daytime hours. Um and any lights
will have to have a cut off to make sure

1587
02:33:43,520 --> 02:33:49,640
that there's no spillover into any
neighboring uses or properties.

1588
02:33:49,840 --> 02:33:56,479
This prop this property will have 247
security. It'll have man traps. It'll

1589
02:33:53,680 --> 02:34:02,479
have um
biometric scanning. uh it'll have all

1590
02:33:59,680 --> 02:34:06,960
the kind of a requirements that you
would want as an enterprise

1591
02:34:04,720 --> 02:34:14,240
um trusting this property and this
project and this location with um your

1592
02:34:10,399 --> 02:34:17,520
prize data. It'll it'll effectively be
um

1593
02:34:16,080 --> 02:34:20,399
it'll have kind of all the security
components that a hyperscope project

1594
02:34:18,960 --> 02:34:25,840
would but without the same kind of
scope, scale or impact.

1595
02:34:23,680 --> 02:34:28,800
So,
the only way this project gets built is

1596
02:34:27,600 --> 02:34:32,640
if you believe we're going to be a good
neighbor,

1597
02:34:31,200 --> 02:34:38,720
we've heard a few things. We did some
research on our own. Um, but we think

1598
02:34:36,880 --> 02:34:43,760
there's a few things that we could do to
help [snorts] um be a good neighbor. Uh,

1599
02:34:41,840 --> 02:34:48,240
the Riverview Park to the north seems
like a good inspiration. It'd be a great

1600
02:34:46,160 --> 02:34:53,520
place for us to contribute to parks and
wreck. um whether it's through some sort

1601
02:34:50,479 --> 02:34:58,399
of annual contribution uh or an ongoing
sponsorship program, whether it's that

1602
02:34:55,680 --> 02:35:04,080
park or different park to help give
Marshall Town's children a place to play

1603
02:35:01,280 --> 02:35:08,479
and um
other places that can beautify the city.

1604
02:35:07,040 --> 02:35:14,880
I've been watching enough of these
meetings to know that this uh this darn

1605
02:35:11,520 --> 02:35:18,319
bridge has been a a thing of discussion
for some time. would love to help get it

1606
02:35:16,319 --> 02:35:22,560
off the agenda.
And uh there's other things we've been

1607
02:35:20,880 --> 02:35:26,560
in the community for the last week or
so. You might have seen us at Grounded

1608
02:35:24,800 --> 02:35:31,200
or other places having lots of meetings
and trying to understand what makes

1609
02:35:27,920 --> 02:35:38,080
Marshalltown tick and what can Marshall
Town use as a partner to go into this

1610
02:35:35,359 --> 02:35:42,080
era should you choose to do so. We've
heard about these training programs at

1611
02:35:39,680 --> 02:35:45,040
Iowa Valley Community College, including
Marshalltown Community College, where we

1612
02:35:43,760 --> 02:35:50,399
might be able to create a dedicated
career track much like Fiser, Lennox,

1613
02:35:47,520 --> 02:35:53,439
and the others do. That could be
something that could provide jobs within

1614
02:35:52,240 --> 02:35:56,720
Marshalltown if you don't want to leave
the county. Or if you want to go

1615
02:35:55,200 --> 02:36:01,520
somewhere else and work in a data center
where this is one of the most in demand

1616
02:35:59,200 --> 02:36:07,439
jobs in the world with an incredibly
small supply,

1617
02:36:04,640 --> 02:36:14,000
there's a Junior Achievement [snorts]
Society. There's House of Compassion,

1618
02:36:10,479 --> 02:36:20,960
Martown Youth Foundation, Trails, Inc.
County, Marshtown County Convers Convers

1619
02:36:17,680 --> 02:36:24,399
Conservation, and many others that we've
been discussing with those in the

1620
02:36:22,720 --> 02:36:28,720
community. And as we spend more time the
next several months with with all of

1621
02:36:26,560 --> 02:36:33,040
you, we'd like to understand what's
important, how we can help, and how we

1622
02:36:30,640 --> 02:36:37,439
can be not just a neighbor and not just
a developer, but a real partner and a

1623
02:36:35,359 --> 02:36:41,520
real member of the community to
integrate ourselves much like the

1624
02:36:39,520 --> 02:36:47,280
pillars of this community have done,
albeit in a smaller way up at first. But

1625
02:36:44,479 --> 02:36:53,640
we genuinely want to find a way to
better the lives of those who help this

1626
02:36:50,000 --> 02:36:53,640
project come to reality.

1627
02:36:55,200 --> 02:37:01,359
We're making these commitments right now
with no project.

1628
02:36:58,880 --> 02:37:04,560
We don't have land control.
We can't secure power without it.

1629
02:37:03,359 --> 02:37:08,960
Although we've done substantial
diligence on all of these fronts,

1630
02:37:07,120 --> 02:37:16,240
we're asking for an opportunity to go
forth to advance our efforts to further

1631
02:37:13,040 --> 02:37:22,640
our diligence, advance the prospects of
securing power, fiber, talent, and

1632
02:37:20,160 --> 02:37:26,960
everything else we've discussed today.
So, we're coming out. Everyone in this

1633
02:37:25,200 --> 02:37:32,000
room and everyone watching now has more
information than anyone else effectively

1634
02:37:29,359 --> 02:37:37,040
as much as me on this project.
We're coming out and we're not asking

1635
02:37:34,479 --> 02:37:39,840
for any property tax abatements. We
talked to you about our water

1636
02:37:37,920 --> 02:37:44,399
commitments to using closed loop systems
which will be hopefully enforced through

1637
02:37:42,160 --> 02:37:48,319
the ordinance. It's a grid tide pro
project where we're going to pay our own

1638
02:37:45,760 --> 02:37:52,560
way. We're not going to put anything
we're not going to move forward anything

1639
02:37:49,680 --> 02:37:59,040
on the power front that could risk rates
going up. And by the way, on that I

1640
02:37:56,240 --> 02:38:05,280
encourage everybody here to go home and
Google the difference between MYSO, MISO

1641
02:38:02,800 --> 02:38:09,280
and PJM. Those are effectively the
regional operators that handle your grid

1642
02:38:07,520 --> 02:38:15,040
versus those of 13 states on the
Northeast and parts of the Midwest.

1643
02:38:12,000 --> 02:38:20,160
The way they buy power has made a
massive difference in whose rates have

1644
02:38:18,160 --> 02:38:23,280
gone up as a result of the increasing
demand. Not just because of data

1645
02:38:21,840 --> 02:38:27,920
centers, because electrification of our
society and those who haven't. In fact,

1646
02:38:26,160 --> 02:38:32,080
parts of the Myso territory, which
covers Minnesota, Iowa, and others have

1647
02:38:30,080 --> 02:38:36,319
seen some rates come down as a result of
that demand. The way the power is

1648
02:38:34,880 --> 02:38:41,359
purchased, the way the power is used,
and the way the power usage is secured

1649
02:38:38,640 --> 02:38:44,960
makes a massive difference in how it
ultimately trickles down to the average

1650
02:38:43,359 --> 02:38:49,840
rateayer.
Almost all of the stories you hear of

1651
02:38:47,520 --> 02:38:53,600
rates going up, go back and find those
stories and look it up and almost always

1652
02:38:51,359 --> 02:38:57,840
you'll find that it's in PJM which does
not serve this territory.

1653
02:38:56,720 --> 02:39:01,439
We're obviously going to adhere to the
ordinance standards. We cannot pull

1654
02:38:59,600 --> 02:39:05,280
permits. We cannot get approval for a
project without doing so. All we're

1655
02:39:03,600 --> 02:39:09,280
asking for today is the opportunity to
be able to go to bat and adhere to

1656
02:39:07,280 --> 02:39:14,720
whatever standards you set when you do
so. Again, we support the moratorum. We

1657
02:39:12,560 --> 02:39:19,680
think it's being done responsibly. We
think it's proactive and we think it's

1658
02:39:16,560 --> 02:39:23,840
the right way forward for Marshalltown.
We'll never ask you to sign an NDA and

1659
02:39:22,160 --> 02:39:27,680
we'll keep the public apprised
effectively building a public like we've

1660
02:39:25,520 --> 02:39:31,520
already done to this point. So you can
ask us questions. We can share data with

1661
02:39:30,080 --> 02:39:38,359
those who are putting together planning
and zoning. We can effectively do this

1662
02:39:35,359 --> 02:39:38,359
together.

1663
02:39:39,760 --> 02:39:49,200
All we have put forth of you today is a
request to approve our purchase contract

1664
02:39:46,000 --> 02:39:53,359
for the four acres comprising 21 acres.
Does not affect the moratorum.

1665
02:39:51,760 --> 02:39:57,600
Does not affect our requirement to
comply with the moratorum. Does not

1666
02:39:55,840 --> 02:40:02,319
affect our requirement to comply with
zoning once it is put in place. If the

1667
02:39:59,840 --> 02:40:08,000
moratorum continues, we can't do
anything. If the zoning ultimately uh

1668
02:40:05,040 --> 02:40:12,319
prohibits the project because of owner
requirements, the project will not get

1669
02:40:09,920 --> 02:40:15,600
built.
All we would like to do is spend our own

1670
02:40:13,760 --> 02:40:20,960
money at our own risk to advance the
prospect as a project and put it out in

1671
02:40:18,080 --> 02:40:25,760
front of all of you for public comment
display and effect and effectively

1672
02:40:24,000 --> 02:40:29,640
kind of co-building it so we can try to
build a project that works for

1673
02:40:26,640 --> 02:40:29,640
everybody.

1674
02:40:30,640 --> 02:40:35,920
Being able to secure the contract on the
land allows us to do everything else

1675
02:40:34,560 --> 02:40:41,520
that we haven't done yet. These things
in combination cost substantial amounts

1676
02:40:39,920 --> 02:40:48,640
of money which we simply can't release
on a project that we cannot control.

1677
02:40:45,439 --> 02:40:53,359
This project will not get built now in a
month or even anytime this year. Our

1678
02:40:51,280 --> 02:41:00,600
prospects at best case scenario is a
break ground in Q2 and hopes for end of

1679
02:40:56,479 --> 02:41:00,600
2028 in service.

1680
02:41:02,880 --> 02:41:08,560
Marshalltown has all the right
ingredients to take advantage of the

1681
02:41:06,160 --> 02:41:13,600
fourth industrial revolution which is
coming in the form of

1682
02:41:10,800 --> 02:41:17,600
digital infrastructure. It has power.
It's getting a lot more of it. It's got

1683
02:41:15,600 --> 02:41:22,560
great fiber and most importantly, it's
got incredible people.

1684
02:41:20,479 --> 02:41:25,920
Marshall Town has been the backbone of
companies that build things for a long

1685
02:41:24,160 --> 02:41:32,319
time.
We think it is poised if it is strategic

1686
02:41:30,080 --> 02:41:37,439
to become a pillar and eventually a
juggernaut within the AI infrastructure

1687
02:41:34,960 --> 02:41:42,359
era which is only just beginning. But it
should do it the way it sees

1688
02:41:39,359 --> 02:41:42,359
appropriate.

1689
02:41:44,880 --> 02:41:52,640
So,
I'd like to make a few comments,

1690
02:41:49,280 --> 02:41:57,240
not specific to this project, but
really just for all of you.

1691
02:41:59,520 --> 02:42:05,920
I know people aren't
a big fan of these projects. I know

1692
02:42:04,560 --> 02:42:10,560
everyone's kind of tired of hearing of
them. I know we have inflation and

1693
02:42:09,120 --> 02:42:14,880
everything costs more than it did 3
years ago. Everyone's working as hard as

1694
02:42:13,200 --> 02:42:21,120
they can with less room to breathe at
the end of the month. And every headline

1695
02:42:17,600 --> 02:42:24,880
says AI is going to change the world and
no one is going to ask your permission

1696
02:42:22,560 --> 02:42:29,120
for that to happen.
So it starts to feel like the future

1697
02:42:26,560 --> 02:42:33,600
isn't a choice you get to make, but that
it's something that happens to you. And

1698
02:42:31,840 --> 02:42:38,240
when something that big happens that
fast and it's so far out of your

1699
02:42:35,439 --> 02:42:45,200
control, there's really only one lever
left to pull and it's the word no.

1700
02:42:42,000 --> 02:42:49,600
It's not fear and it's not backwardness.
When you can't tell who's telling the

1701
02:42:46,640 --> 02:42:52,880
truth, no is the only safe answer. And I
get it.

1702
02:42:51,520 --> 02:42:57,520
There's plenty of towns who have been
right to use it. And if everything I

1703
02:42:55,840 --> 02:43:03,359
knew about this industry was what I
heard on the internet this summer, I'd

1704
02:43:00,240 --> 02:43:07,439
reach for the same lever. It can be
frightening at times.

1705
02:43:06,000 --> 02:43:11,280
But you know your history far more than
I do. And I really enjoyed learning

1706
02:43:09,120 --> 02:43:15,120
about it. And it tells a different
story.

1707
02:43:13,040 --> 02:43:18,960
In 1880, William Fischer stood at the
waterworks during a fire, holding his

1708
02:43:17,439 --> 02:43:23,840
city's water pressure steady with his
own hands. Then he built a machine so no

1709
02:43:21,439 --> 02:43:28,960
one ever has to do that again.
10 years later, this town makes a trial

1710
02:43:25,680 --> 02:43:32,240
so good they ask when masons and
archaeologists want a trial. They don't

1711
02:43:30,720 --> 02:43:35,840
ask for a trial, they ask for a Marshall
town.

1712
02:43:34,000 --> 02:43:39,840
5 years after that, Dave Lennox builds a
better furnace a few blocks from here.

1713
02:43:38,240 --> 02:43:44,880
So, three times over, the future didn't
arrive here finished. Someone in this

1714
02:43:41,920 --> 02:43:49,040
town built it, and the world came asking
for it by name.

1715
02:43:47,279 --> 02:43:54,640
The most recent chapter isn't history at
all. 23 minutes of tornado came through

1716
02:43:51,680 --> 02:43:57,920
downtown in 2018 and this town chose to
rebuild.

1717
02:43:56,399 --> 02:44:01,479
A lot of the people who did that are
sitting in this room.

1718
02:44:01,520 --> 02:44:07,920
There's a fourth industrial revolution
upon us. And this one it's concrete,

1719
02:44:05,359 --> 02:44:12,240
copper, and megawws.
It's going to be built somewhere. The

1720
02:44:10,479 --> 02:44:17,040
very large campuses that are in the
headlines are a real shape of this

1721
02:44:14,800 --> 02:44:20,720
revolution, but they're not the only
shape.

1722
02:44:18,560 --> 02:44:25,200
The choice isn't a thousand acres or
nothing at all. That's the part I don't

1723
02:44:23,120 --> 02:44:29,840
think anyone has been telling you
because something quieter is emerging.

1724
02:44:27,279 --> 02:44:34,080
And tonight it's on your doorstep.
American companies like manufacturers,

1725
02:44:31,600 --> 02:44:38,399
hospitals, insurance companies, banks,
and others. They want their own data to

1726
02:44:36,479 --> 02:44:43,520
use AI on their own hardware in a
building that they can drive to in a

1727
02:44:40,720 --> 02:44:49,200
town they can name. That work has to be
built somewhere. And it needs three

1728
02:44:45,840 --> 02:44:53,439
things. Power, fiber, and people who can
run complicated machinery. The third of

1729
02:44:51,600 --> 02:44:57,160
which Marshalltown has had for the last
140 years in spades.

1730
02:44:57,200 --> 02:45:03,760
We also have a 21 acres that has been
graded and serviced after the storm for

1731
02:45:01,200 --> 02:45:08,640
exactly this purpose. So this is what
tonight actually is. Nothing gets built

1732
02:45:06,160 --> 02:45:12,960
tonight, this month, or this year. Your
moratorium stands and we support it and

1733
02:45:11,600 --> 02:45:18,560
we'll come through the front door like
anybody else. Tonight is a vote to sell

1734
02:45:16,640 --> 02:45:23,359
21 acres you already set aside for
industry. Tonight isn't the end of us

1735
02:45:20,960 --> 02:45:28,960
proving it's just the beginning. Months
of open meetings will follow our plans

1736
02:45:26,240 --> 02:45:33,920
built alongside yours.
And if it works, we'd like to be the

1737
02:45:31,359 --> 02:45:38,319
reason the next one comes here, too.
The reason that kid graduating from

1738
02:45:35,439 --> 02:45:41,600
Marshalltown High can work on our
generation's most critical

1739
02:45:39,840 --> 02:45:46,560
infrastructure without leaving the
county to do it.

1740
02:45:44,800 --> 02:45:50,880
You can say no to this version of the
future. You can say no to the ver to the

1741
02:45:48,960 --> 02:45:55,840
version of the future that you don't
want to see, but still say yes to your

1742
02:45:53,520 --> 02:46:00,640
share of it. Those are not the same
question.

1743
02:45:57,840 --> 02:46:06,800
The future is coming at all of us very
fast. But there is another way to build

1744
02:46:03,279 --> 02:46:10,479
it. A smaller, more organic way. A way
where the values stay closer to the

1745
02:46:08,319 --> 02:46:15,439
ground and more towns and more people
get to win. Not just the same people

1746
02:46:12,720 --> 02:46:21,200
who've been willing all along. We
believe in that version and we like to

1747
02:46:17,840 --> 02:46:26,720
help prove that to Marshall Town.
Marshalltown made the pump governor. It

1748
02:46:23,680 --> 02:46:31,920
made the trow. It made the furnace.
Every single time the world came here to

1749
02:46:29,279 --> 02:46:37,920
buy it. The next age will be built
somewhere by somebody on somebody's

1750
02:46:34,399 --> 02:46:41,840
terms. We say let it be built here on
your terms.

1751
02:46:39,920 --> 02:46:47,040
The town that makes things chooses what
it makes next. And it would be an honor

1752
02:46:44,319 --> 02:46:50,439
for us to help you make it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Amir.

1753
02:46:50,480 --> 02:46:52,500
[applause]

1754
02:46:53,680 --> 02:47:01,439
» Okay, we can't have clapping.
That's bad.

1755
02:46:59,359 --> 02:47:07,120
Um, air,
>> I I have a question for you. When you're

1756
02:47:03,840 --> 02:47:10,640
talking 55 to 60 jobs, something in
there. The average wage, what are you

1757
02:47:09,680 --> 02:47:15,439
talking?
>> Uh, we estimate about $113,000 on

1758
02:47:13,439 --> 02:47:19,520
average. Some will be lower for like
janitorial and security, but the highest

1759
02:47:17,680 --> 02:47:23,520
end will be much closer to 200,000 if
that's for like a network engineer.

1760
02:47:21,600 --> 02:47:27,920
» Over $100,000.
>> That's the average. The high end is

1761
02:47:25,359 --> 02:47:33,359
closer to the 170 to 200 range,
>> right? So you could your kid might be

1762
02:47:30,479 --> 02:47:37,120
able to go through a college out here,
get trained up and get hired there.

1763
02:47:35,040 --> 02:47:41,840
» In fact, we'll pay him to do it. It's
these jobs are in such incredible

1764
02:47:39,760 --> 02:47:47,600
demand shortage or supply shortage
rather that you can take the same

1765
02:47:44,960 --> 02:47:52,560
baseline vocational training you've
gotten at construction, in a factory for

1766
02:47:50,640 --> 02:47:57,200
mechanical, electrical, plumbing. You
can layer on a very specific training

1767
02:47:54,479 --> 02:48:02,560
regimen of if this then that, if this
goes out or preventative maintenance and

1768
02:47:59,840 --> 02:48:07,359
service this new generation of specialty
technology. And yeah, the pay is

1769
02:48:05,279 --> 02:48:11,840
fantastic. And the job training programs
will be paid for by us, by the

1770
02:48:09,439 --> 02:48:16,800
hyperscalers, by others who would like
to see these be local jobs. It's the

1771
02:48:15,120 --> 02:48:20,560
only way it makes sense.
>> Okay.

1772
02:48:17,439 --> 02:48:25,600
» I know that uh I saw some figures. it
wasn't on here tonight about the uh

1773
02:48:23,520 --> 02:48:31,760
taxes that you'll pay and the effect on
the uh local schools and you had a

1774
02:48:29,760 --> 02:48:36,880
number
of per student

1775
02:48:34,240 --> 02:48:41,840
it was uh sorry
>> um about $250 per student per year. So

1776
02:48:39,520 --> 02:48:46,720
this project alone we anticipate
providing $1.35 million a year to the

1777
02:48:45,200 --> 02:48:53,359
Marshalltown school district uh to
schools. um that is an annual figure.

1778
02:48:50,160 --> 02:48:57,120
And so what that will help avoid is if
the schools want to build a new

1779
02:48:54,800 --> 02:49:01,120
building, if they want to create a new
program, they want to refurbish the

1780
02:48:59,040 --> 02:49:05,840
athletic programs, they're not going to
have to come to all of you and raise

1781
02:49:03,920 --> 02:49:09,680
property taxes. You're going to have a
new source of property tax from a

1782
02:49:08,240 --> 02:49:15,279
project like ours.
>> Okay. Thank you.

1783
02:49:13,279 --> 02:49:18,240
You are.
>> Yes.

1784
02:49:19,520 --> 02:49:26,800
There we go. Technology.
Uh, can you give us some examples of

1785
02:49:25,279 --> 02:49:31,920
centers that you've already built and
their success rate?

1786
02:49:28,800 --> 02:49:38,240
» Sure. So, you may be able to speak to
this, but um worked on a project um in

1787
02:49:36,960 --> 02:49:44,399
northern Illinois in a city called
Elgrove Village um that is a uh 270

1788
02:49:41,840 --> 02:49:48,880
megawatt project. Now, my background
comes from the hypers scale world, which

1789
02:49:45,760 --> 02:49:53,120
is why I'm able to navigate kind of the
same level of institutional quality for

1790
02:49:51,120 --> 02:49:56,560
these types of buildings at the smaller
scale. These aren't Bitcoin. These

1791
02:49:54,640 --> 02:50:01,040
aren't little containerized things. You
kind of saw what we're we're going

1792
02:49:57,840 --> 02:50:05,439
after. Um, that project is now up on
buildings kind of two and three coming

1793
02:50:02,640 --> 02:50:10,319
out of the ground. And, uh, I spent a
lot of time kind of getting the campus

1794
02:50:07,760 --> 02:50:14,319
laid out. And, um, for building one,
which is, you can kind of Google it.

1795
02:50:12,000 --> 02:50:19,359
it's it's uh on the north side of town.
So what it does is granted in the

1796
02:50:17,279 --> 02:50:25,040
earlier wave of data centers, a lot of
these properties asked for abatements

1797
02:50:22,160 --> 02:50:32,880
and a lot of the kind of meccas of data
centers which is like Northern Virginia,

1798
02:50:27,359 --> 02:50:36,880
um Chicago, Phoenix, Dallas, they uh
kind of had that trade-off. But here, if

1799
02:50:35,279 --> 02:50:40,560
you're coming and saying, "Well, we
don't want you here." This is actually

1800
02:50:38,240 --> 02:50:45,279
an amazing time
to have a data center show up because

1801
02:50:43,200 --> 02:50:49,439
the industry has evolved and matured to
where we're not using these harmful

1802
02:50:46,800 --> 02:50:56,160
evaporative technologies. So you have
these basically quieter almost zero

1803
02:50:53,279 --> 02:51:00,640
water systems, but the demand supply is
so out of whack that we're coming here

1804
02:50:58,399 --> 02:51:04,560
saying the rents basically have gone up
and we can afford to ask for zero

1805
02:51:02,960 --> 02:51:09,920
property tax which is the right way to
do it because otherwise we have to then

1806
02:51:06,880 --> 02:51:15,120
come and say now we want a tax break and
so that is our kind of MMO is we only

1807
02:51:12,720 --> 02:51:18,960
try to find projects where that can be
our baseline. Well, I have a lot of

1808
02:51:17,600 --> 02:51:25,920
questions, but some of them can't be
answered tonight. Uh, but another one

1809
02:51:22,319 --> 02:51:29,760
is, uh, can you elaborate on give us
some details on what happened in

1810
02:51:27,840 --> 02:51:35,120
Marshall Marshfield, uh, Missouri?
>> Oh, yeah. I'd be happy to. So, I was

1811
02:51:32,960 --> 02:51:40,160
working on a project there specifically
where we were looking to advance a

1812
02:51:38,000 --> 02:51:44,560
second project. We had it under
basically LOI exclusivity and the seller

1813
02:51:42,960 --> 02:51:51,359
chose to close the land to somebody
else. Now you see what we're doing here

1814
02:51:47,359 --> 02:51:54,720
today without even site control. We
uh are basically putting our entire

1815
02:51:52,880 --> 02:51:59,439
project almost open source for everybody
to see. So you can trust us as a partner

1816
02:51:57,439 --> 02:52:03,439
in your community. Now this is the same
process we intended to pursue in

1817
02:52:02,000 --> 02:52:07,120
Marshfield previously and it's the same
one we still intend to pursue. But

1818
02:52:06,160 --> 02:52:12,000
they're going through their own
moratorium at the time and for good

1819
02:52:09,120 --> 02:52:19,279
reason. So the other party who ended up
purchasing that land in place of us um

1820
02:52:15,200 --> 02:52:23,439
despite our legal contract uh just went
ahead and graded the site. They didn't

1821
02:52:21,600 --> 02:52:28,080
ask for permits. They didn't do anything
like this. They just rolled dozers and

1822
02:52:25,520 --> 02:52:32,960
graded the site. So and I've gone on
record in saying this, that community

1823
02:52:29,600 --> 02:52:36,800
was wronged. They of course were upset.
There's a big outcry. There's more

1824
02:52:34,880 --> 02:52:41,120
tournaments put in place and and for
good reason. That kind of behavior is

1825
02:52:38,960 --> 02:52:46,560
what makes this industry look bad. And
so we wanted to pause to let the cities

1826
02:52:44,720 --> 02:52:51,600
and counties out there work through
their moratoriums, establish ordinances

1827
02:52:48,960 --> 02:52:56,319
that made sense. The project that we
still site control out there for is a

1828
02:52:53,520 --> 02:53:01,439
heavy it's a intensive industrial type
of zone project and we think it's going

1829
02:52:58,880 --> 02:53:06,399
to be um similar to this where it's it's
a much smaller project. So, it's uh less

1830
02:53:04,080 --> 02:53:11,279
than half the power uh and therefore
kind of size and and and um jobs and

1831
02:53:10,240 --> 02:53:14,640
everything else. So, it doesn't quite
compare to this one. This is a much

1832
02:53:12,880 --> 02:53:20,640
larger opportunity for for Marshall
Town. Um but that's the honest truth is

1833
02:53:18,000 --> 02:53:24,319
we didn't get a chance to do this and
because of their behavior, the other

1834
02:53:22,479 --> 02:53:28,000
party, we didn't feel it was an
appropriate time to do so. So, we're

1835
02:53:25,520 --> 02:53:34,080
waiting for the right moment. Uh why
does your uh proposal statement say that

1836
02:53:31,680 --> 02:53:39,760
you don't have any NDAs or any closed
door policies?

1837
02:53:36,640 --> 02:53:46,080
» Why does proposal when in fact that uh
you and John Hall had sent out uh

1838
02:53:42,640 --> 02:53:52,000
private invitations for one-on-one Yeah.
question and answering, which is in my

1839
02:53:49,040 --> 02:53:58,319
book totally wrong because it gives
either side, me or you, the opportunity

1840
02:53:55,920 --> 02:54:03,520
to ask the question and then we get in
public, we uh say, "No, we never said

1841
02:54:01,520 --> 02:54:07,520
that." So, how can we trust you now
saying what you did with what's happened

1842
02:54:06,080 --> 02:54:13,040
here in the last few days?
>> Well, those emails are obviously all

1843
02:54:10,880 --> 02:54:16,160
foyable, and I'm sure they already are.
You can look at those emails when we put

1844
02:54:14,560 --> 02:54:20,640
on the record in the emails and every
meeting that we requested was after we

1845
02:54:19,040 --> 02:54:26,000
already planned on being here and having
this presentation. The information in

1846
02:54:22,960 --> 02:54:29,120
this presentation is much more robust
than anything we're able to kind of

1847
02:54:27,200 --> 02:54:33,840
verbally explain to anyone who was
willing to hear and not answer any

1848
02:54:30,479 --> 02:54:37,840
questions. The intent is to have those
who are willing to be an audience for it

1849
02:54:36,000 --> 02:54:42,479
ask questions like you'd asked that you
may not have time to to answer to ask

1850
02:54:39,680 --> 02:54:46,560
today. um and maybe questions you just
don't want to ask today. Maybe it's a I

1851
02:54:44,479 --> 02:54:50,960
don't know what a server does, right?
And so it's to give that opportunity.

1852
02:54:48,960 --> 02:54:54,800
It's not to cut a back room deal. It's
not to do anything like that. It's just

1853
02:54:52,240 --> 02:55:00,720
to create an opportunity to be an
audience knowing that we were already

1854
02:54:56,319 --> 02:55:08,279
coming out here to speak to the people.
>> Mark, we need to let somebody else have

1855
02:55:03,520 --> 02:55:08,279
a question. Does anyone

1856
02:55:08,560 --> 02:55:14,479
question
>> later? Yeah,

1857
02:55:11,359 --> 02:55:16,000
» I've just got two questions for air. So,
good to see you again.

1858
02:55:15,279 --> 02:55:20,880
» You as well.
>> Um,

1859
02:55:17,840 --> 02:55:22,720
so what's your background is my first
question.

1860
02:55:21,359 --> 02:55:28,479
» I started in my career in commercial
real estate finance. Um, I worked on

1861
02:55:26,640 --> 02:55:36,479
construction and bridge loans originally
on REITs and private equity portfolio uh

1862
02:55:32,800 --> 02:55:42,319
deals. So, I worked on a 28
23.8 an $8 billion acquisition of the GE

1863
02:55:40,319 --> 02:55:48,800
Capital portfolio with Blackstone and
Wells Fargo. Um, and then I transitioned

1864
02:55:45,359 --> 02:55:52,399
to infrastructure construction where I
worked on bridges, highways, and roads

1865
02:55:51,040 --> 02:55:56,080
in California, which is where I'm
originally from. and then transition to

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real estate development doing
residential and commercial development

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02:55:58,800 --> 02:56:04,160
and then transition then to data center
development on the hypers scale side

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02:56:02,560 --> 02:56:09,279
largely because of the complexities of
the intersection of power finance and um

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02:56:07,760 --> 02:56:16,080
development.
And then my other question is uh while

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02:56:12,399 --> 02:56:18,560
you're here um have you found a
residential site that you're going to

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02:56:17,439 --> 02:56:22,479
build your home on and you're going to
move here because I'm obsessed.

1872
02:56:20,240 --> 02:56:25,120
» This speech you made it sounds like uh
I'm obsessed.

1873
02:56:23,040 --> 02:56:28,080
» You're moving here and so I'd love to
your family you have already

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02:56:26,800 --> 02:56:32,240
communicated with them that you're
moving here.

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02:56:29,439 --> 02:56:36,880
» I'm canceling my flight back.
>> It's uh No, truly I do I do this for a

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02:56:35,040 --> 02:56:40,880
living. I fly around all over the
country. Um there's almost no data

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02:56:39,200 --> 02:56:45,600
centers being built on the coast because
it's very hard to do business in those

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02:56:42,720 --> 02:56:53,600
states and there's not much power left.
Um and so I go to I think I've been to

1879
02:56:49,439 --> 02:56:59,359
15 states. Uh I have this would be my
first uh Iowa project though there's now

1880
02:56:56,000 --> 02:57:02,479
several that we're discussing. I did not
ever imagine I would like fall in love

1881
02:57:00,880 --> 02:57:07,840
the states so quickly. It's very it's
been very fun. I brought my dog out

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02:57:04,000 --> 02:57:10,720
here. We have like a like a 10acre ranch
that we're staying on. It's just like

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02:57:09,439 --> 02:57:14,000
incredible and we're usually cooked up
in an apartment. So, no, it's uh it's

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02:57:13,040 --> 02:57:17,479
been fantastic. The people are
incredible, too.

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02:57:18,000 --> 02:57:24,560
» Anyone else have any questions or are we
going back to Mark?

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02:57:22,000 --> 02:57:29,520
» I just have a general comment.
>> Okay, go ahead.

1887
02:57:25,359 --> 02:57:33,120
» Yeah. So, air um it's nothing to against
you or anything like that, but I was

1888
02:57:31,200 --> 02:57:35,920
against you presenting. Um,
>> understood.

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02:57:33,840 --> 02:57:40,800
» Part of the reason was because you talk
about a land contract and

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02:57:38,560 --> 02:57:45,520
» the city's position has been that we
don't share that because it's

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02:57:43,680 --> 02:57:49,760
financially harmful for us,
>> but yet you get to share your

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02:57:47,520 --> 02:57:54,399
perspective on it. And I see your
presentation and there's some things

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02:57:52,080 --> 02:57:56,479
that I feel like is are inaccurate
>> with the land contract, but I can't say

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02:57:56,160 --> 02:57:59,600
anything.
>> I'm happy to answer those today,

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02:57:57,680 --> 02:58:02,800
» but I can't I legally can't challenge
them. So that's

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02:58:01,120 --> 02:58:06,560
» Can I can I anticipate a few of them and
discuss them? Go for it. Great.

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02:58:04,399 --> 02:58:12,640
» We have uh a very kind of like call it
boilerplate

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02:58:08,160 --> 02:58:17,200
Iowa um like land contract.
I I would imagine that you would within

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02:58:15,439 --> 02:58:23,279
that portion of it there's not much of
controversy. We also tacked on an

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02:58:19,680 --> 02:58:27,920
addendum to it to specify unique kind of
components of this project because well

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02:58:25,600 --> 02:58:30,960
we can't go ahead and just close because
we have to advance our diligence and

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02:58:29,359 --> 02:58:36,800
then we have to wait for the mortorium
to take its time do its thing and then

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02:58:33,680 --> 02:58:43,120
once it is lifted or not if it doesn't
get lifted well then you know too bad so

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02:58:40,160 --> 02:58:48,160
sad right but if if it is and then an
ordinance emerges out of it well we have

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02:58:45,600 --> 02:58:53,359
the opportunity to review that ordinance
and decide at our discretion, well, can

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02:58:51,760 --> 02:58:57,920
we build a project we intend to build
here? Is this investment worth it? Not

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02:58:55,359 --> 02:59:03,680
only the land purchase, but one thing I
didn't cover here and I this project if

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02:59:00,720 --> 02:59:08,399
we are able to deliver is a $345 million
investment. And so for us to go ahead

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02:59:06,000 --> 02:59:11,279
and and and follow through with that
largely that is almost all like the

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02:59:09,840 --> 02:59:16,240
mechanical components and everything
else. Uh we have to understand that it

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02:59:14,479 --> 02:59:20,399
makes sense. So we are able to look at
the ordinance and decide either yes

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02:59:18,640 --> 02:59:25,120
we're going to go ahead and close or
we're going to pull out the setbacks are

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02:59:22,479 --> 02:59:29,200
too ownorous we aren't able to adhere to
the the the acoustics like let's say you

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02:59:27,279 --> 02:59:32,720
tighten the requirements much more than
existing industrial that would hurt the

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02:59:31,279 --> 02:59:37,840
project outside of those two things I
think we'll comply just fine but we have

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02:59:34,960 --> 02:59:42,479
to protect ourselves in that sense um
the it also tolls the moratorum so if

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02:59:40,080 --> 02:59:45,520
you extend the moratorum another year
from the several months that like the

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02:59:44,080 --> 02:59:49,040
few months that is intended
Well, then the the contract tolls as

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02:59:47,200 --> 02:59:52,960
well for us to kind of be in the seat
again working alongside you, sharing

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02:59:50,640 --> 02:59:58,720
data and being an opportunity to step
into the role uh and close should it all

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02:59:56,160 --> 03:00:02,319
work out later. Uh those are kind of the
main components. It gives us absolutely

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03:00:00,160 --> 03:00:06,399
no say so on the ordinance you write. It
gives us no say so on the moratorium

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which again we support. and it gives us
no special treatment aside from anyone

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03:00:08,800 --> 03:00:13,760
else who might have gone and secured
private land from adhering to the

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03:00:12,160 --> 03:00:17,760
moratorum whatever ordinance you guys
come up with when that happens. The only

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03:00:16,319 --> 03:00:21,120
difference here is you own the land
versus maybe someone in this room or

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03:00:19,439 --> 03:00:24,560
someone else in the county to where we
can kind of sit by a little bit more

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03:00:22,479 --> 03:00:27,520
quietly instead. I think it's a it's a
blessing and to be honest is maybe a

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03:00:26,000 --> 03:00:31,680
great way to go about these projects is
just show our intent from day one and

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decide if it makes sense or not.
>> Sure. And I appreciate that. I feel like

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you want to be transparent. So, you
don't really have an issue discussing

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03:00:36,399 --> 03:00:40,000
the land contract in public, right?
>> Not at all. I'm happy to do it in open

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session.
>> Okay.

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» Okay. Anybody else have questions or are
we back tomorrow?

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» I think I'll let the public uh ask the
questions.

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» Okay.
>> Is there a website

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03:00:53,920 --> 03:01:01,120
forgot to ask you a question?
>> We're going to be launching website.

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It'll probably be later this week and
I'm happy to put something maybe out to

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03:01:03,520 --> 03:01:10,399
I don't know if someone has a Facebook
account, but uh it it will be uh

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03:01:08,160 --> 03:01:15,600
marshalltown.com.
Um but it is not live yet. Um but if you

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03:01:14,000 --> 03:01:19,920
have any specific questions you'd like
addressed on that that weren't addressed

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03:01:17,279 --> 03:01:24,479
here, happy to take your questions and
make sure that's incorporated in there.

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03:01:21,040 --> 03:01:26,800
It'll be like an FAQ.
>> We need we need to have people come up

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to the mic.
>> Oh, I'm sorry.

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Yeah.

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03:01:33,680 --> 03:01:40,160
» Say my name again.
>> Sher Larson, Marshall County. Um, who

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03:01:39,680 --> 03:01:44,640
will be
>> Please back. Speak into the mic.

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03:01:41,680 --> 03:01:48,800
» Who will be um buying the product that
this data center is selling

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03:01:47,520 --> 03:01:53,439
» and how far away?
>> Question is who's our end user? Right.

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03:01:51,040 --> 03:01:57,040
So, we do not have an end user for this
this project and of course, how could we

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03:01:55,040 --> 03:02:00,720
don't even have site control? But
ultimately our end users are not the big

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03:01:58,960 --> 03:02:04,319
hypers scale clouds. We are kind of too
small for them. They only want a

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03:02:02,560 --> 03:02:11,680
gigawatt or something like that. And so
we focus on if you will you heard the

1954
03:02:06,720 --> 03:02:18,720
mag 7. We focus on the S&P 493. Everyone
else who's not a giant cloud. So think

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03:02:16,160 --> 03:02:25,600
um principal as insurance, think US
bank, think uh JP Morgan Chase, think uh

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03:02:21,920 --> 03:02:28,960
Fizer, think any large company that is,
you know, that has a lot of employees,

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03:02:27,439 --> 03:02:34,560
for example, they're now going to have a
lot of compute needs, whether it's

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storage, data, CPUs, and more recently
GPUs. They don't want necessarily to

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03:02:37,680 --> 03:02:44,560
give all of their data to Enthropic and
OpenAI. They don't necessarily want to

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03:02:41,120 --> 03:02:47,279
give all of their data to Amazon. They
want to control their own destiny in a

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lot of ways and they want to do it on
Nvidia reference architecture systems

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which is what we build on and they want
to do it on their own hardware that they

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03:02:54,000 --> 03:02:59,840
own. So they're not being metered on
like a pay as you go system. You might

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03:02:58,240 --> 03:03:05,120
have heard of paying for tokens on an
API key like the cost. If you go to uh

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swarmsystems.com,
you'll kind of have a little like a

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03:03:07,680 --> 03:03:13,200
animated intro and it kind of shows this
exponential chart going up of if you're

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if you're paying as you go on those
systems. And so really any of those

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companies, they've kind of are knocking
down the door to land there because they

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03:03:19,439 --> 03:03:25,200
they can go buy the chips from Nvidia,
but they have nowhere to plug them in.

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You need liquid cooling systems. You
need redundant backup generation. You

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03:03:27,600 --> 03:03:33,439
need power that's on today at the
density they're required to plug into

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03:03:31,359 --> 03:03:36,640
those systems. And the only place those
exist is a data center. And all the data

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03:03:35,520 --> 03:03:40,880
centers for the most part a lot of them
that are being built today are being

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built by or for kind of the big
hyperscalers which is like Google,

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03:03:42,240 --> 03:03:49,760
Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Anthropic,
OpenAI and Oracle and we service

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03:03:47,279 --> 03:03:55,359
everybody else.
Um so some of those companies could be

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03:03:52,160 --> 03:04:00,319
Emerson Lennox absolutely m Maron
company because there is a thing about

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03:03:57,760 --> 03:04:04,640
um even though it's fiber optics that
even the robotics that these places are

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using and the machine operations that
they have they have to have quick

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03:04:07,920 --> 03:04:16,080
uh use of centers like you're talking
>> in order for some of that to work

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efficiently be able to go which then
helps our companies grow. That's right.

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03:04:18,960 --> 03:04:24,399
And and also we'll be building in fiber
redundancy systems. So like we have to

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build into the site at two different
locations and likely we'll need higher

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03:04:26,800 --> 03:04:33,200
speeds than what exists today. Those
upgrades happen at our cost. What you

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have when you if you kind of track it
where you have the higher speed fibers

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03:04:35,120 --> 03:04:42,880
going from 100 gigs to 400 eventually
like 1.6 terabytes. Those fiber

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03:04:40,960 --> 03:04:49,279
connections service the highest kind of
technology type companies. You might

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03:04:44,960 --> 03:04:53,600
have a robotics company move here
because they can get that ultra high

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speed fiber even separate from our data
center just because we overbuilt right

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for redundancy for our our customers and
for everybody else. Someone think they

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might move into the Edgewood Industrial
Park.

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» I didn't realize that till today. Yeah.
that, you know, if you're using a data

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03:05:05,760 --> 03:05:11,920
center in South Dakota, a lot of your
stuff won't work. But if you're parked

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03:05:09,120 --> 03:05:16,479
right next to it, um all the newer
advanced manufacturing really it really

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03:05:14,880 --> 03:05:20,080
upgrades what you can do.
>> Yeah. This is why, you know, if you

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03:05:18,000 --> 03:05:24,640
build it in the middle of nowhere, it's
uh a lot of a lot of [snorts] places a a

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03:05:23,359 --> 03:05:29,120
lot of companies are asking, well, what
happens in 20 years when I need ultra

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03:05:27,120 --> 03:05:31,600
high lat, you know, low latency systems?
And that's why they'll come somewhere

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03:05:30,160 --> 03:05:35,279
like Marshalltown. They'll put their
servers in a data center in Marshalltown

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03:05:33,279 --> 03:05:41,600
because they'll know that building will
have value, you know, call it

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03:05:39,040 --> 03:05:46,080
15 to 40 megawatts, plug into a, you
know, rectangular building that can be

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03:05:44,240 --> 03:05:50,880
repurposed and that can really always be
a data center for an enterprise. Whether

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03:05:48,880 --> 03:05:55,439
you're bearish on AI and you think the
big data centers will the efficiencies

2004
03:05:53,520 --> 03:06:00,560
will not keep up with will outpace the
demand then maybe the big ones will come

2005
03:05:57,920 --> 03:06:04,240
down to this space and then maybe the
demand will keep going which is what I

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03:06:02,000 --> 03:06:08,080
believe then companies that either don't
exist today or are very small today will

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03:06:06,000 --> 03:06:11,279
end up being potential tenants for this
type of data center.

2008
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» Okay.
Okay. We have another question or a

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03:06:13,279 --> 03:06:16,279
comment.

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03:06:16,880 --> 03:06:25,120
Tim Bradbury, 12 [clears throat] North
10th Avenue. Two questions. Um, will the

2011
03:06:23,840 --> 03:06:30,479
saying it's going to be close to the
neighborhood and you're going to have

2012
03:06:26,720 --> 03:06:35,279
blowers or or fans, whatever. And we
have good winters at times. Will that

2013
03:06:32,399 --> 03:06:40,080
affect the neighborhood with the winter
conditions? Will it cause more snow

2014
03:06:37,359 --> 03:06:44,640
effects, more uh [clears throat]
problems with winterizing and neighbors

2015
03:06:42,240 --> 03:06:48,000
getting more drenched with snow? And
then the other question is I just got to

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03:06:46,720 --> 03:06:55,359
get it answered whether it's true or
not. Was this area already known about

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03:06:52,640 --> 03:07:01,680
in advance of you wanting an area like
that to build upon that that's why the

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03:06:57,520 --> 03:07:07,359
road and the area was built like it is
that the money that was spent over there

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03:07:03,279 --> 03:07:12,240
was that with you guys in mind?
Um the second question first, no. Uh I I

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03:07:10,560 --> 03:07:17,600
learned about this area in the last few
months. So I I unless you guys can read

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03:07:14,880 --> 03:07:21,840
minds, I don't I don't think so. Um the
to answer the first question, which is a

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03:07:19,040 --> 03:07:26,800
very good one, the Iowa weather is
actually rather perfect for a data

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03:07:24,240 --> 03:07:31,920
center because it you don't get that
Texas super humid 114 degree kind of

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03:07:29,680 --> 03:07:39,040
summer. And so we never actually have to
crank on the uh com or am I wrong? Okay.

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03:07:36,880 --> 03:07:42,319
Oh, okay. Okay.
>> Is it Is it as humid though? I guess the

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03:07:41,040 --> 03:07:45,040
corn. [laughter]
>> We don't get it quite as long, but it

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03:07:44,399 --> 03:07:48,000
still comes.
>> Fair enough.

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» It's not as bad as Texas, though, right?
>> It is.

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» No,
>> it's a dry.

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» No, it's not as bad as Texas.
>> Texas is brutal, guys. Anyways, well,

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03:07:54,640 --> 03:08:01,200
it's not it's it's considered in in for
data center climates a little bit more

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03:07:58,479 --> 03:08:04,080
mild. And so, we don't need to use kind
of the compressor systems that like when

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03:08:03,040 --> 03:08:08,640
you turn on your condenser in your
backyard and you hear that boing when it

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03:08:06,319 --> 03:08:13,920
turns on, that's the compressor. And the
actual fan is just it's just a fan. And

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03:08:11,279 --> 03:08:17,200
when when we use the quiet kits, they
have these serrated blades that are kind

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03:08:15,760 --> 03:08:22,720
of like owl wings and they don't make
the same kind of like humming noises. Um

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03:08:19,520 --> 03:08:27,359
and so we're able to use those um in in
lie of those compressor systems because

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03:08:24,319 --> 03:08:31,439
of the relatively milder uh summers.
Regarding the winter question, what all

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03:08:29,520 --> 03:08:38,000
that does is because the temperature is
simply colder, we don't need to blow as

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03:08:34,479 --> 03:08:41,840
much air like blowing 20° air on a hot
pipe versus blowing 95° air on a hot

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03:08:40,240 --> 03:08:45,840
pipe. You don't need to blow as much of
it cuz just ambiently it's cooling. And

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03:08:43,760 --> 03:08:50,880
so our fans go from like call it 85%
speed to like 25%. Cuz the pipe just

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03:08:48,880 --> 03:08:54,399
being exposed going outside the system
then coming back in. It does a lot of

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03:08:52,240 --> 03:08:57,840
the work for us. And so the fans will
just simply be quieter and they'll be

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03:08:56,720 --> 03:09:00,000
less active. They'll be using less
energy. The system is just much more

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03:08:59,279 --> 03:09:02,399
efficient.
>> Will it create a more snow effect for

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03:09:01,840 --> 03:09:07,840
that neighbor?
>> So we will study all of that in in

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03:09:04,479 --> 03:09:11,520
what's called a CFD analysis. Um and
it's kind of like a fluid dynamic system

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03:09:09,680 --> 03:09:18,479
that they use for air. And so we'll
study that to see how our generators,

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03:09:15,840 --> 03:09:22,720
maybe I'll go back to the site. You'll
see those kind of horizontal gray marks.

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03:09:20,319 --> 03:09:27,200
The gray, those are our generators. The
the wind here, the prevailing wind is

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03:09:24,479 --> 03:09:31,040
largely from in this case the south and
in some cases the north. But we need to

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03:09:29,439 --> 03:09:36,800
make sure it's not going to blow from
from the generators to the fans. We'll

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03:09:33,680 --> 03:09:39,279
also study what the fans do relative to
the environment. So all of that is

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03:09:38,160 --> 03:09:42,720
studied for both hot and cold
conditions. and they'll be studied and

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03:09:40,479 --> 03:09:46,200
we're happy to um kind of open source it
for everyone to review.

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03:09:53,040 --> 03:10:02,880
» Uh Aaron Carpenter, 82 North Fourth
Street. I have several comments and many

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03:09:58,720 --> 03:10:08,000
questions. Um is there a time dang it?
Okay, hold on. So, um you said that you

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03:10:06,319 --> 03:10:13,520
support the moratorum. That sounds like
a paradox when you were asking to

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03:10:10,000 --> 03:10:18,399
squeeze in here under the line because
uh people if you don't know the uh the

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03:10:16,640 --> 03:10:22,479
waving of the third reading that they
did like an hour ago that doesn't go

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03:10:20,640 --> 03:10:28,000
into effect until it's printed in the
paper. It's not in effect yet and it

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will not be in effect until it is in the
Times record or Times Republican.

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» Can I address this one really quick? Uh
we're happy to receive a counter from

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03:10:34,560 --> 03:10:39,680
the city saying that that we cannot
close on the property until the

2066
03:10:38,080 --> 03:10:43,120
moratorum is in effect which obviously
we won't do because then we can't build

2067
03:10:41,359 --> 03:10:46,960
what we intend but we're happy to take
that counter. We're not we're not trying

2068
03:10:44,319 --> 03:10:52,560
to get in under any sort of line.
>> Okay. If that is the case then I wonder

2069
03:10:49,439 --> 03:10:57,800
why you're here tonight and not in two
months when the moratorum is over.

2070
03:10:54,800 --> 03:10:57,800
question.

2071
03:10:58,640 --> 03:11:06,000
» We can't advance the project any further
without site control. Um, the utility

2072
03:11:03,920 --> 03:11:09,520
will not advance effectively our
engineering studies. We can't advance

2073
03:11:07,840 --> 03:11:14,319
our civil studies. I kind of brought up
a list of everything we'd like to do

2074
03:11:12,000 --> 03:11:18,720
that costs quite literally hundreds of
thousands to millions of dollars. And it

2075
03:11:16,319 --> 03:11:21,600
would be irresponsible for us to do so
um without the prospect of being able to

2076
03:11:20,160 --> 03:11:24,600
pursue the project should things work
out.

2077
03:11:26,479 --> 03:11:36,640
That makes sense because uh uh Lane, I
think you brought up uh like a month ago

2078
03:11:32,160 --> 03:11:42,240
uh if uh an entity has vested rights in
property, uh they have all sorts of

2079
03:11:39,279 --> 03:11:50,000
legal protections um and if the
community or the council tried to stop

2080
03:11:46,080 --> 03:12:02,479
someone from uh [gasps]
sorry um if if if the committees tried

2081
03:11:54,720 --> 03:12:06,000
to uh tell a developer to not
um

2082
03:12:04,560 --> 03:12:09,760
» you could be grandfathered in.
>> You would be you

2083
03:12:08,080 --> 03:12:14,240
would be grandfathered in with vested
rights. Um, and even if planning and

2084
03:12:12,319 --> 03:12:21,120
zoning or the board of adjustment did
not want that project here, they could

2085
03:12:17,040 --> 03:12:28,080
not legally, I believe, uh, say that
that can or cannot happen. If it meets

2086
03:12:24,720 --> 03:12:32,160
the city code under the law, they have
to allow it to happen. Uh, that was the

2087
03:12:30,399 --> 03:12:36,960
case in Cedar Falls.
>> Steve, correct me if I'm wrong. Um, they

2088
03:12:34,479 --> 03:12:40,960
are not asking for any of that. They're
not trying to get in under the limit so

2089
03:12:38,720 --> 03:12:42,560
they could use the old We're happy to
>> not yet.

2090
03:12:42,160 --> 03:12:46,240
» Well,
>> there's nothing about this presentation

2091
03:12:44,000 --> 03:12:54,160
that's legally binding. It's not in city
code. It's PowerPoint promises.

2092
03:12:49,840 --> 03:12:57,520
» It doesn't mean anything legally.
>> We're we're happy to be counter to where

2093
03:12:55,840 --> 03:13:01,279
we can't close until the moratorium is
is in effect and in which case we can't

2094
03:12:59,920 --> 03:13:06,319
pull a permit for a data center because
a moratorum is in place. City simply

2095
03:13:03,760 --> 03:13:09,920
won't give us a permit for it and
without a permit we can't build and we

2096
03:13:08,399 --> 03:13:16,720
therefore can't vest right. So, we're
happy to to legally on a contract kind

2097
03:13:13,680 --> 03:13:19,680
of tie that together. So, that's that's
our promise.

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03:13:17,760 --> 03:13:24,160
» I'll I'll just chime in briefly just on
the concept of vested rights where where

2099
03:13:22,080 --> 03:13:30,560
I've seen this uh in another industry
that's come to to Iowa pretty heavily is

2100
03:13:26,640 --> 03:13:34,080
uh wind turbines. Uh where and where
vested rights really come into effect is

2101
03:13:32,640 --> 03:13:38,239
where you have the governmental
approval. Uh, and where I've seen it,

2102
03:13:36,319 --> 03:13:42,479
you know, a a government approves a
project for a bunch of wind turbines. A

2103
03:13:40,000 --> 03:13:47,520
company goes out and spends hundreds of
millions of dollars to get those in

2104
03:13:44,479 --> 03:13:52,399
production. Production starts and then a
new council comes in and they're like,

2105
03:13:48,960 --> 03:13:57,120
"No, we're going to kill this." Well,
that's where the vested rights really

2106
03:13:54,080 --> 03:14:03,359
come in. What's what what's being
proposed here is basically

2107
03:14:00,080 --> 03:14:08,479
a a purchase with a lot of
contingencies.

2108
03:14:05,120 --> 03:14:13,840
um porno voter you can't we can't talk
about that can we the purchase order or

2109
03:14:11,920 --> 03:14:18,000
the purchase agreement
>> the public no we cannot

2110
03:14:15,680 --> 03:14:19,840
» I I I don't think the fact that he he's
stated already

2111
03:14:19,359 --> 03:14:25,600
» okay
>> that it's would be contingent upon

2112
03:14:22,000 --> 03:14:28,800
approval of regulations that work for
them

2113
03:14:27,040 --> 03:14:34,160
» so I'm not stating anything he hasn't
>> yeah that that we can't be compelled to

2114
03:14:31,439 --> 03:14:39,920
close if you pass an ordinance that
requires like 20 dB which is like

2115
03:14:37,920 --> 03:14:42,800
quieter than a cricket, right? Like we
have to be able to review what gets

2116
03:14:41,279 --> 03:14:47,439
passed and see if a project could be
developed. That's that's all it is is

2117
03:14:44,960 --> 03:14:52,640
that we we have a right to look at what
you what you do and then decide for only

2118
03:14:50,080 --> 03:14:56,479
for us. Uh do we still want to go
forward this investment or or not? But

2119
03:14:54,800 --> 03:15:01,680
if if it's anything like the general
industrial, we already have a project

2120
03:14:58,160 --> 03:15:06,399
that works for it. And basically, you
know, and

2121
03:15:04,080 --> 03:15:11,520
without vested rights, and I've I've
never met Amir before. I I have no dog

2122
03:15:08,560 --> 03:15:16,880
in this fight. um without any type of
vested rights and with the kind of

2123
03:15:14,239 --> 03:15:20,399
contingencies that he's explained, uh
there's still a pretty big risk that

2124
03:15:18,560 --> 03:15:25,439
they spend all this money and then the
city just listening to you going through

2125
03:15:23,200 --> 03:15:30,800
this whole process
u adopts very stringent uh regulations

2126
03:15:29,200 --> 03:15:34,960
that they might not be able to comply
with and they would just have to walk.

2127
03:15:32,160 --> 03:15:41,920
» Yeah, we lose a lot of money.
>> I think we need to wrap up things.

2128
03:15:39,760 --> 03:15:46,960
Uh, Mr. City Attorney, I'm sorry I don't
know your name.

2129
03:15:43,840 --> 03:15:50,359
» Steve, um, are you referring to Gisler v
Cedar Falls

2130
03:15:50,399 --> 03:15:58,399
uh, in in Cedar Falls several years ago,
maybe 20 years ago now, um, a developer

2131
03:15:56,080 --> 03:16:05,120
wanted to put in a small multif family
housing unit um, that complied with city

2132
03:16:01,200 --> 03:16:12,160
code. city changed their code um after
they had those plans and then um when

2133
03:16:09,359 --> 03:16:17,760
the city said they could no longer build
then the developers sued the city.

2134
03:16:16,399 --> 03:16:23,439
» I wasn't referring to that in
particular. I'm aware of several uh I

2135
03:16:20,560 --> 03:16:28,800
don't want to state locations of several
uh wind turbine projects where

2136
03:16:27,200 --> 03:16:34,239
governments have gotten themselves in
trouble by preliminarily approving it.

2137
03:16:31,600 --> 03:16:38,080
Uh the developer goes out, spends
significant amount of money in reliance

2138
03:16:36,000 --> 03:16:42,880
upon those approvals and then they try
to retract the approval. That's where

2139
03:16:39,680 --> 03:16:47,200
vested rights will will get governments
in trouble and potentially large

2140
03:16:44,800 --> 03:16:52,560
settlements. In this case, we'd be
selling a property for a data center.

2141
03:16:51,751 --> 03:16:59,680
[laughter]
>> If if we later say that we that code,

2142
03:16:56,640 --> 03:17:05,840
» it won't be sold
until the planning and zoning is done

2143
03:17:03,760 --> 03:17:09,359
is the way I understand it because of
the contingency. So, he won't own it,

2144
03:17:08,720 --> 03:17:12,479
» right?
>> Okay.

2145
03:17:09,760 --> 03:17:17,040
» Until the planning and zoning is done.
and then he looks at the planning and

2146
03:17:14,399 --> 03:17:20,960
zoning and says, "Okay, we can comply
with this or no, we can't comply with

2147
03:17:20,000 --> 03:17:25,760
this."
>> Okay. Um, in that case, I would like to

2148
03:17:23,920 --> 03:17:29,600
urge council to not go into close
session later if there is not a real

2149
03:17:27,760 --> 03:17:34,239
estate deal to be made. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Let's take one or two more

2150
03:17:31,680 --> 03:17:39,279
questions, then we do have more on the
agenda. So,

2151
03:17:35,680 --> 03:17:44,560
» hi Lee B, Marshalltown, Iowa. Um,
I'm going to step forward and say, okay,

2152
03:17:41,920 --> 03:17:48,800
let's say hypothetically speaking, land
contract goes through. My question, I

2153
03:17:46,640 --> 03:17:54,239
have three questions. The first one is,
who are your investors? $345 million, at

2154
03:17:51,520 --> 03:17:58,960
least in my neck of the woods, is a lot
of money. Okay. Who are your investors?

2155
03:17:57,120 --> 03:18:05,239
Are we talking local investors? Are we
talking overseas? I mean, specific

2156
03:18:01,439 --> 03:18:05,239
names. Can you give those

2157
03:18:05,600 --> 03:18:12,560
» without So the best place I'd point you
to is so we build an innovative

2158
03:18:10,160 --> 03:18:18,239
reference architecture. Uh Jen Sen
Huang, the CEO invid recently on CNBC

2159
03:18:15,040 --> 03:18:23,120
with six CEOs of several large
investment banks and private equity

2160
03:18:20,000 --> 03:18:26,560
firms that effectively underwrite to
leases on the Nvidia architecture

2161
03:18:24,960 --> 03:18:31,279
because that's an investable asset
class. And so you can kind of look up

2162
03:18:29,760 --> 03:18:35,279
the largest infrastructure and data
center investors kind of in the country

2163
03:18:32,720 --> 03:18:38,960
and it's kind of the largest private
equity firms who back it on a project

2164
03:18:36,880 --> 03:18:44,880
finance level. So it's tied to the
customer's credit because we underwrite

2165
03:18:42,080 --> 03:18:50,399
to investment grade and highquality
credit firms like these large

2166
03:18:46,720 --> 03:18:54,800
enterprises. their credit is signed
through between anywhere between like a

2167
03:18:52,080 --> 03:18:59,439
7 to 15 year lease and that underwrites
the the financing for the asset. Also,

2168
03:18:57,600 --> 03:19:04,399
that allows revenue to be effectively
guaranteed by someone who's a real

2169
03:19:01,520 --> 03:19:09,279
company and not uh like Bitcoin for many
many years and therefore you can rest

2170
03:19:06,399 --> 03:19:12,239
assured that once a project is built for
quite a long time, there's going to be

2171
03:19:10,640 --> 03:19:16,800
revenue coming in guaranteed because of
that that credit is on the hook.

2172
03:19:14,720 --> 03:19:21,600
» Okay. Speaking of speaking of revenue,
you taught your end users, etc. What

2173
03:19:19,359 --> 03:19:26,960
would you anticipate on the annual net
income for a data center here in

2174
03:19:24,080 --> 03:19:30,960
Marshalltown? What would you anticipate?
>> I would have to kind of go back and and

2175
03:19:28,640 --> 03:19:35,760
do some additional analysis on on the
rents and see if that's something we can

2176
03:19:33,359 --> 03:19:40,960
uh follow up on maybe on the website.
>> Okay. Um let's see. Um if a land

2177
03:19:39,200 --> 03:19:45,200
purchase were approved and a center was
built, what are your future plans? Would

2178
03:19:43,279 --> 03:19:50,319
it be selling to another company? Would
you want to go further east on that

2179
03:19:47,120 --> 03:19:55,520
land? Um, just trying to see what would
you anticipate a future looking like say

2180
03:19:53,279 --> 03:19:58,720
15 20 years down the road. We don't need
another hospital. So, of course,

2181
03:19:57,439 --> 03:20:03,040
decommissioning would have to be in
there, but we're I'm just curious as to

2182
03:20:01,040 --> 03:20:06,720
what are what's your vision?
>> Sure.

2183
03:20:04,720 --> 03:20:11,920
» Currently, it's the one building on the
one lot. uh we would be basically uh

2184
03:20:10,640 --> 03:20:15,439
have to come up with a new power
solution to do anything beyond that. So

2185
03:20:13,920 --> 03:20:19,680
we're effectively capped by the power
because again we focus on these existing

2186
03:20:17,520 --> 03:20:23,600
infrastructure components. Any new
project would basically require new high

2187
03:20:21,279 --> 03:20:27,120
voltage to be brought in and those are
kind of more of like the sprawling

2188
03:20:24,960 --> 03:20:29,760
campus type of projects which doesn't
quite fit. Huh.

2189
03:20:28,479 --> 03:20:33,439
» More of your hypers.
>> Yes. Exactly. And so um there may be

2190
03:20:32,160 --> 03:20:38,399
other opportunities for some smaller
ones but uh as far as you you kind of

2191
03:20:35,279 --> 03:20:42,160
mentioned decommissioning. So this is
where again I think it'd be helpful for

2192
03:20:39,920 --> 03:20:45,120
us to be working alongside in parallel
planning and zoning. The current

2193
03:20:43,760 --> 03:20:49,120
ordinance reads for kind of larger
buildings, a lot of deviations and

2194
03:20:47,359 --> 03:20:53,448
setbacks and things that really read to
more of a retail center. But if you

2195
03:20:51,040 --> 03:20:57,120
build a very bespoke like kind
[clears throat] of jogging data center

2196
03:20:55,600 --> 03:21:00,080
now you're actually reducing the like
kind of the alternative uses because if

2197
03:20:58,960 --> 03:21:03,680
you have a rectangular building with
power hooked up to it, that can be heavy

2198
03:21:02,000 --> 03:21:09,359
manufacturing. That could be something
else later if you're if you're kind of

2199
03:21:06,319 --> 03:21:13,120
bearish on AI. But if you look at like
historically built data centers, the

2200
03:21:11,359 --> 03:21:16,960
vacancy rate in data centers across the
US is around 1%. And it's because

2201
03:21:15,359 --> 03:21:21,439
there's just so much demand compared to
supply that it even makes sense to go

2202
03:21:19,040 --> 03:21:25,600
buy older data centers now and take rip
out all the old gear and put in all the

2203
03:21:22,960 --> 03:21:29,040
new gear because compared to China, the
US is very power constrained. And so we

2204
03:21:27,920 --> 03:21:32,720
have to get the most out of our
megawatts with the latest chips. And so

2205
03:21:31,200 --> 03:21:36,800
unless you think the internet's going to
go away, you know, even if you even if

2206
03:21:34,800 --> 03:21:41,920
you take AI out of the equation, if you
look at the growth of just cloud and

2207
03:21:39,200 --> 03:21:49,680
data centers strictly due to internet
use, it's it's truly exponential. In the

2208
03:21:44,640 --> 03:21:57,600
last exclusive of AI between 20,
I think 2 and 20 or sorry 2020 and 2022,

2209
03:21:55,520 --> 03:22:04,239
I believe somewhere in the two-year
range. I think like 90% of the world's

2210
03:22:00,160 --> 03:22:08,560
data was like in the year 2022 was
created in the last two years. So it's

2211
03:22:06,160 --> 03:22:11,439
truly an exponential growth that I think
if you believe the internet will

2212
03:22:09,840 --> 03:22:15,040
continue, there's always going to be a
use for it because the hardest thing to

2213
03:22:13,040 --> 03:22:18,160
bring is the power.
>> Okay, Lee.

2214
03:22:16,080 --> 03:22:22,880
» No, this is this super simple. Oh, I
know. Thank you. Simple. Can you provide

2215
03:22:20,479 --> 03:22:28,000
the updated
um I guess your presentation? Can you

2216
03:22:26,399 --> 03:22:30,800
give that to the city so we can have
that put out on the city? That's all I

2217
03:22:29,760 --> 03:22:32,560
wanted to know as an updated
presentation.

2218
03:22:32,160 --> 03:22:34,960
» Yes.
>> Thank you.

2219
03:22:34,000 --> 03:22:37,279
» Okay.
>> I just have one.

2220
03:22:36,160 --> 03:22:43,840
» Okay. One question.
>> Um Sarah Neurroth, 20 East State Street.

2221
03:22:40,720 --> 03:22:48,239
So I just did like a little bit of uh
like research just when you were talking

2222
03:22:45,840 --> 03:22:55,840
and stuff. And so it's kind of going
back to what Councilman Mitchell asked.

2223
03:22:50,880 --> 03:23:00,160
So, does your company actually have any
working

2224
03:22:58,319 --> 03:23:05,359
like do they have any that are built
right now? From what I came up with that

2225
03:23:02,880 --> 03:23:10,560
they did not. So, this is basically
theoretical. Is that correct?

2226
03:23:08,800 --> 03:23:15,120
» Um,
it's not theoretical. We've uh our our

2227
03:23:12,640 --> 03:23:18,479
team has built about 3 gawatt of data
center projects and power

2228
03:23:16,239 --> 03:23:21,279
infrastructure. Swarm is a relatively
newer company compared to a lot of the

2229
03:23:19,920 --> 03:23:25,200
larger hypers scale. So none are
operating today. There's a few in

2230
03:23:23,359 --> 03:23:31,920
various levels of pre-construction and
pre-development across the country.

2231
03:23:28,160 --> 03:23:36,160
» Okay. So I guess I'm not sure where your
numbers are coming from then if you

2232
03:23:33,520 --> 03:23:39,920
don't actually have uh
>> well

2233
03:23:37,840 --> 03:23:45,840
» it's uh it's data centers are not new to
us. small ones are um the projects that

2234
03:23:43,600 --> 03:23:50,399
I've personally worked on is a 270
megawatt project in Illinois, a 600

2235
03:23:48,720 --> 03:23:54,880
megawatt going a gigawatt project in
Texas and a 370 megawatt project in

2236
03:23:52,560 --> 03:23:59,120
Phoenix as well as a couple smaller ones
uh in various parts of the coast

2237
03:23:56,239 --> 03:24:03,040
including California. So we've done a
lot of data center projects, but this

2238
03:24:00,800 --> 03:24:07,840
approach and doing these smaller ones
focused on these specifically kind of

2239
03:24:05,439 --> 03:24:15,680
like highdensity
zero water like enterprise solutions is

2240
03:24:11,279 --> 03:24:18,720
is what we left to go do. And and uh
it's a relatively newer phenomenon

2241
03:24:17,359 --> 03:24:22,239
because everyone was pretty happy with
the cloud until their bills started

2242
03:24:20,960 --> 03:24:28,000
catching on fire the last couple of
years. But we have all the connections

2243
03:24:24,319 --> 03:24:31,359
to all the contractors, operators,
co-developers, investors and financeers.

2244
03:24:30,319 --> 03:24:36,399
We ultimately are real estate
developers. And so the operations is

2245
03:24:33,920 --> 03:24:41,200
kind of its own layer within that. The
commissioning of the actual components

2246
03:24:38,399 --> 03:24:44,720
and and everything else is different a
different group. And so we have

2247
03:24:42,880 --> 03:24:51,520
contractors, vendors, and everyone kind
of down the chain.

2248
03:24:47,920 --> 03:24:54,319
» Okay. I think we probably discussed
this.

2249
03:24:52,800 --> 03:25:01,200
Do you have a short question?
>> I do. Maggie Valentine, [clears throat]

2250
03:24:56,239 --> 03:25:07,040
2345, Whispering Oaks Road. Um, just
your proposal sounds as good as we could

2251
03:25:04,479 --> 03:25:09,840
hope for, I think, if we believe
everything that's been said.

2252
03:25:08,319 --> 03:25:16,640
» Let us prove it. [clears throat]
>> Well, I think the best way to prove it

2253
03:25:12,399 --> 03:25:20,080
would be to stop until the moratorum is
finished and we have our regulations in

2254
03:25:18,399 --> 03:25:24,880
place. I understand wanting to move
forward with the due diligence. It's

2255
03:25:23,120 --> 03:25:31,120
perfectly reasonable. However, I feel
like part of supporting the moratorum

2256
03:25:28,560 --> 03:25:37,439
is adhering to not bringing a proposal
to the council. I mean, the tone of this

2257
03:25:33,760 --> 03:25:43,520
the everyone is so upset. And so, I just
think if you want to prove it, start

2258
03:25:40,479 --> 03:25:49,120
right now and maybe we'll get the
information we need to believe it and to

2259
03:25:46,399 --> 03:25:53,520
welcome you. if we're given the
opportunity to do that under the

2260
03:25:50,560 --> 03:25:56,479
conditions that we all believed we were
going to have moving forward. So, thank

2261
03:25:55,359 --> 03:26:02,720
you.
>> I think I think just to to to answer

2262
03:25:59,200 --> 03:26:07,200
that if the if the city responds to our
our offer with a counter that says we'll

2263
03:26:05,359 --> 03:26:13,600
accept your offer, but you simply cannot
close until we a enter the moratorum and

2264
03:26:10,239 --> 03:26:17,680
then b choose to lift it and only then
legally can we close on your pro on this

2265
03:26:15,760 --> 03:26:22,160
transaction. We're happy to accept that
and that will like legally bind us to

2266
03:26:19,680 --> 03:26:26,640
being solely at risk on due diligence
and being un legally unable to close

2267
03:26:24,960 --> 03:26:30,880
prior to that. We're happy to to proceed
that way and all it lets us do is

2268
03:26:28,640 --> 03:26:36,160
proceed cuz otherwise we're waiting
several months and and

2269
03:26:33,359 --> 03:26:39,359
just frankly we have to identify where
to pour our our time and resources and

2270
03:26:38,080 --> 03:26:43,120
we think this is a fantastic
opportunity. We'd love to to make

2271
03:26:41,520 --> 03:26:48,960
Marshalltown home and to drive this
forward. And again, in support of the

2272
03:26:45,760 --> 03:26:53,359
mortorium, we're happy to to le like
this is as binding as it can be is a

2273
03:26:51,120 --> 03:26:56,160
contract with the city that we cannot
close until the moratorium is entered

2274
03:26:55,040 --> 03:27:00,640
and then exited.
>> I think the problem is that we don't

2275
03:26:57,520 --> 03:27:04,880
want there to be a contract at all until
we get to the end of our process. And if

2276
03:27:02,560 --> 03:27:07,760
Marshall Town is so fabulous, it's worth
waiting until November in my opinion.

2277
03:27:07,040 --> 03:27:12,160
» I agree.
>> I agree.

2278
03:27:08,960 --> 03:27:16,560
» Okay. I I think that we're done taking
questions and comments. Uh we've had

2279
03:27:15,120 --> 03:27:23,200
this is a presentation.
>> Mine's not long. I I April long 911 May.

2280
03:27:21,279 --> 03:27:29,439
I would just urge everyone on the city
council and everyone listening to check

2281
03:27:26,000 --> 03:27:34,319
out the Marshfield, Missouri newspaper
and see what they have had to say about

2282
03:27:31,600 --> 03:27:40,160
their experiences um with this
particular company and data center. A

2283
03:27:37,520 --> 03:27:45,680
quote from their newspaper, "Staffing is
limited and the facility is largely

2284
03:27:42,560 --> 03:27:51,120
automated with on-site operation teams
performing performing

2285
03:27:47,920 --> 03:27:57,279
periodic preventative maintenance. Uh
60,000 square foot building subject to

2286
03:27:53,840 --> 03:28:03,920
change during design
and uh estimated at 15 employees. It's

2287
03:28:01,920 --> 03:28:07,680
» peak shift that is in the quote there,
>> right? But 15 employees that's

2288
03:28:06,000 --> 03:28:12,960
» that's so it's three shifts and that's
about half if not smaller than this

2289
03:28:09,680 --> 03:28:16,800
project. So 15 * 3 is like 45 and that's
like half the size of this project.

2290
03:28:15,439 --> 03:28:22,000
» I don't think we're going to get the
unemployees that they're talking but

2291
03:28:18,720 --> 03:28:26,000
please check out their previous
experience in the Marshfield Missouri.

2292
03:28:25,200 --> 03:28:31,279
Thank you.
>> Okay.

2293
03:28:27,520 --> 03:28:36,560
I have a quick question for you.
Um,

2294
03:28:33,760 --> 03:28:42,720
» since Amir has said that he's okay with
everything being open, yeah,

2295
03:28:39,920 --> 03:28:48,479
is the information that this council has
confidentially, can can I disclose any

2296
03:28:46,000 --> 03:28:55,319
of it right now to counter something
that was asked and said,

2297
03:28:50,720 --> 03:28:55,319
» Steve, I'll leave that up to you.

2298
03:29:03,680 --> 03:29:11,000
I can't read your mind. So I don't
dangerous

2299
03:29:13,439 --> 03:29:17,160
» whisper in his ear.

2300
03:29:18,960 --> 03:29:23,239
» Either I can or I can't, I guess.

2301
03:29:28,239 --> 03:29:33,120
the chips.
>> So, you're saying I'm out there on my

2302
03:29:31,200 --> 03:29:38,600
own? Get I get my
>> I'm going to get my hands slapped again

2303
03:29:34,560 --> 03:29:38,600
if I get out of line here.

2304
03:29:39,120 --> 03:29:49,279
» I'm going to tell the public. You guys
keep asking um why you're asking a very

2305
03:29:45,600 --> 03:29:53,120
valid question. Why can't
this individual wait till the moratorum

2306
03:29:51,520 --> 03:30:00,239
is over?
um be three months be September,

2307
03:29:55,520 --> 03:30:06,160
October, November on a two-year build.
>> It's already the end of September.

2308
03:30:03,600 --> 03:30:10,000
» It's the end of August.
>> So, I guess what I'm going to say is

2309
03:30:07,840 --> 03:30:11,680
since the mayor has said he's okay with
everything being out in the open,

2310
03:30:11,200 --> 03:30:14,880
correct?
>> Sure.

2311
03:30:12,880 --> 03:30:19,840
» And I'm sure I'm going to get in trouble
for this.

2312
03:30:17,200 --> 03:30:26,000
Amir made an offer to buy land from the
city. That's been leaked. Everybody

2313
03:30:22,560 --> 03:30:31,439
knows that. Okay.
Obviously, we're here today because the

2314
03:30:28,479 --> 03:30:39,439
city didn't accept that offer.
The city made a counter offer

2315
03:30:35,200 --> 03:30:46,560
that pushed the date back beyond the
moratorum.

2316
03:30:42,160 --> 03:30:51,359
So you guys are exactly right that we're
willing to sell the land. We're just

2317
03:30:49,359 --> 03:31:00,239
wanting to wait till the moratorium's
over and we're back here tonight because

2318
03:30:55,920 --> 03:31:02,640
air did not agree to our counter offer.
>> He made a counter offer, Gary.

2319
03:31:02,160 --> 03:31:05,520
» Huh?
>> He made a counter offer.

2320
03:31:03,920 --> 03:31:08,479
» He made a counter offer that brought the
date forward

2321
03:31:06,800 --> 03:31:11,279
» right from the end of the mortorium. And
we're not looking to close before. I

2322
03:31:10,080 --> 03:31:17,359
understand that. I get that.
>> But so I guess if we if we proceed and

2323
03:31:13,840 --> 03:31:21,120
we wait until December,
what do what we have absolutely zero

2324
03:31:19,840 --> 03:31:26,399
assurance that we're going to be the
ones developing on this land versus

2325
03:31:22,720 --> 03:31:29,279
somebody else. So sure, we could sit
around and wait, but we're not going to

2326
03:31:27,760 --> 03:31:32,640
be able to advance a project, spend
dollars, and

2327
03:31:30,080 --> 03:31:38,160
» So you're saying trust you, but you
don't trust us that we have an offer. We

2328
03:31:35,680 --> 03:31:43,120
have an interested party that wants that
land. You're saying you don't trust the

2329
03:31:40,160 --> 03:31:47,040
seven of us that we would sell that land
out from under an interested party.

2330
03:31:45,680 --> 03:31:50,800
» No, that's not what I'm saying.
>> That's exactly what you're saying, Amir.

2331
03:31:48,800 --> 03:31:53,600
It's exactly what you're saying.
>> Uh Gary,

2332
03:31:52,000 --> 03:31:59,439
» we're a little beyond.
>> Yeah, we're beyond the presentation

2333
03:31:55,359 --> 03:32:06,160
right now. I I will say that Alliant
will work with developers to a certain

2334
03:32:02,960 --> 03:32:12,479
point and then they have to have the
land located

2335
03:32:09,120 --> 03:32:15,680
on that they want to do because there's
hundreds of thousands of dollars

2336
03:32:13,920 --> 03:32:20,239
involved with this.
>> So

2337
03:32:17,520 --> 03:32:26,239
» you have to have a location
that Alliant can then work with you to

2338
03:32:22,720 --> 03:32:28,560
work through all the other details. So,
um, [snorts]

2339
03:32:27,200 --> 03:32:35,359
» but that doesn't invalidate the
question, which is would it

2340
03:32:32,239 --> 03:32:40,239
» not viable?
>> All right, I think we're done talking

2341
03:32:37,520 --> 03:32:43,600
about this on the presentation.
Um, let's move on to the next. Thank

2342
03:32:42,880 --> 03:32:49,520
you, Amir.
>> Thank you.

2343
03:32:45,760 --> 03:32:58,319
» Let's move on to the next. We're
>> going to go into close session possibly.

2344
03:32:54,080 --> 03:33:01,880
um on this.
>> Don't leave yet.

2345
03:33:04,640 --> 03:33:12,960
» Okay, so we did that
>> back together.

2346
03:33:10,160 --> 03:33:16,000
» Oh, we got to go through our motions.
>> That's the order of business. We have to

2347
03:33:14,800 --> 03:33:20,239
go to close session.
>> Yeah, that's right.

2348
03:33:17,920 --> 03:33:20,239
» Okay.

2349
03:33:21,040 --> 03:33:26,239
Your honor, I do have a question.
>> Yes.

2350
03:33:24,479 --> 03:33:33,960
» Who all will be present during close
session if we are to agree to it?

2351
03:33:30,720 --> 03:33:33,960
» The council.

2352
03:33:35,520 --> 03:33:39,520
» What about
>> the litigation?

2353
03:33:38,080 --> 03:33:42,560
» Yeah, the litigation I've been asked to
set out.

2354
03:33:40,319 --> 03:33:47,120
» Yes.
>> Okay. Uh first thing that we are going

2355
03:33:45,120 --> 03:33:50,080
to do
>> um

2356
03:33:48,399 --> 03:33:51,840
Do I hear a motion to go into close
session?

2357
03:33:50,960 --> 03:33:55,040
» So moved.
>> Second.

2358
03:33:53,120 --> 03:34:00,399
» And then I have a quick comment. Um I'll
be abstaining um uh due to being the

2359
03:33:58,399 --> 03:34:05,399
adverse party of it.
>> Okay.

2360
03:34:01,520 --> 03:34:05,399
» And I would just like to say,

2361
03:34:05,600 --> 03:34:11,439
» your honor,
>> hold on.

2362
03:34:09,359 --> 03:34:15,439
» You need to push your mic.
>> Sorry about that. Uh just want to chime

2363
03:34:13,760 --> 03:34:18,880
in before a vote to go into
>> your honor. Can you hear me? Yes, I can.

2364
03:34:17,600 --> 03:34:22,479
Hold on.
>> Hold on a second, Melissa. Steve's

2365
03:34:21,359 --> 03:34:26,319
talking.
>> You got to get close.

2366
03:34:25,040 --> 03:34:29,760
» All right. I just want to chime in
before there's a vote on the close

2367
03:34:27,760 --> 03:34:33,840
session.
Uh to let it be known that I am familiar

2368
03:34:32,000 --> 03:34:39,600
with the facts and circumstances, and
it's my opinion that the council has a

2369
03:34:36,720 --> 03:34:45,040
legal right to go into close session uh
under uh Iowa code section 21.5

2370
03:34:42,479 --> 03:34:50,319
subsection 1, paragraph C.
>> Okay. Melissa, did you have something?

2371
03:34:48,800 --> 03:34:53,319
» Yes. I wanted to know who all was
present.

2372
03:34:53,359 --> 03:34:58,960
» Who all is present?
>> It will be the city council and the city

2373
03:34:57,760 --> 03:35:01,439
attorney
>> and Kristen.

2374
03:35:00,239 --> 03:35:02,319
» Not yet.
>> Not yet.

2375
03:35:01,920 --> 03:35:06,479
» No.
>> Okay.

2376
03:35:04,239 --> 03:35:14,000
» First one is legal.
>> Yes. And our legal council. Okay.

2377
03:35:10,239 --> 03:35:14,000
Let's have roll call, please.

2378
03:35:15,520 --> 03:35:23,600
Sorry. Clarification please. Which of
the closed sessions?

2379
03:35:20,720 --> 03:35:26,880
» Number one.
>> Okay.

2380
03:35:24,960 --> 03:35:32,239
» Gotcha. Thank you. And so we are doing
those in order or we're at least going

2381
03:35:28,960 --> 03:35:36,640
through there. Thank you very much.
>> Okay. So this is a motion to go into

2382
03:35:34,080 --> 03:35:39,840
close session. Cahill.
>> Yes. Gonea.

2383
03:35:39,120 --> 03:35:42,800
» Yes.
>> Mitchell.

2384
03:35:40,640 --> 03:35:44,640
» No. Nicholls,
>> yes.

2385
03:35:43,920 --> 03:35:46,080
» Schneider,
>> yes.

2386
03:35:45,439 --> 03:35:48,640
» Thompson,
>> no.

2387
03:35:47,520 --> 03:35:51,640
» Yep. Gomez,
>> obstain

2388
03:35:53,120 --> 03:35:58,520
failed
>> because he obtained.

2389
03:35:55,520 --> 03:35:58,520
» Yes,

2390
03:35:58,960 --> 03:36:10,479
» we won't be able to enterain
any type of

2391
03:36:04,800 --> 03:36:14,960
» Okay. So then we will move on to
close session number two.

2392
03:36:12,560 --> 03:36:18,560
» Close session pursuant to section 21.5
subsection 1 paragraph J of the code of

2393
03:36:16,720 --> 03:36:21,600
Iowa to discuss the purchase and sale of
particular real estate only where

2394
03:36:19,920 --> 03:36:24,319
premature disclosure could be reasonably
expected to increase the price that the

2395
03:36:23,040 --> 03:36:27,520
government body would have to pay for
the property or reduce the price that

2396
03:36:25,680 --> 03:36:30,640
the government body would receive for
the property. The city of Marshalltown

2397
03:36:29,200 --> 03:36:36,239
has an attorney client relationship with
Lynch Dallas PC by council resolution

2398
03:36:32,640 --> 03:36:39,359
2022 161 approved June 13, 2022. There
may be council action by motion to

2399
03:36:37,920 --> 03:36:42,960
follow the close session if directed by
the city's attorney. And

2400
03:36:42,479 --> 03:36:46,720
» okay,
>> and as with the last one, um I am

2401
03:36:45,200 --> 03:36:51,840
familiar with the the facts and
circumstances and it is my opinion that

2402
03:36:49,439 --> 03:36:57,359
the council has the legal right to enter
into closed session for the stated

2403
03:36:54,160 --> 03:37:02,880
purpose pursuant to section 21.5
subsection 1 paragraph J of the Iowa

2404
03:37:00,239 --> 03:37:06,319
code.
>> Move to go into close session.

2405
03:37:04,880 --> 03:37:11,040
» Second.
>> Your honor, can I have a clarification

2406
03:37:08,160 --> 03:37:17,600
prior to going in just going
not going into close session for this.

2407
03:37:13,760 --> 03:37:23,520
Would it then I'll I'll restate. Several
people have asked that this stay in open

2408
03:37:19,840 --> 03:37:28,239
session. Would we not discuss it at all
if it doesn't go to close session or

2409
03:37:25,359 --> 03:37:32,319
would we discuss it in open session?
>> Uh that remains to be seen. There'd have

2410
03:37:30,080 --> 03:37:36,640
to be an open there would have to be a a
motion and a vote to discuss it uh in

2411
03:37:34,640 --> 03:37:41,840
open session since there could be
negative repercussions uh from that. Uh

2412
03:37:39,840 --> 03:37:47,040
typically uh you know the reason for
going into close session is similar to

2413
03:37:44,319 --> 03:37:49,840
why you don't uh when you purchase a
home for yourself, you don't sit down

2414
03:37:48,239 --> 03:37:54,000
with your spouse along with the other
party across from a table and talk to

2415
03:37:52,000 --> 03:37:58,319
each other about it. You
>> get that private so you can negotiate

2416
03:37:57,040 --> 03:38:03,680
fairly
>> by going by not going into close

2417
03:38:00,960 --> 03:38:07,760
session. Would that have any um
precedent setting for future real estate

2418
03:38:06,080 --> 03:38:14,160
activities?
No, you you never have to uh go into uh

2419
03:38:12,000 --> 03:38:21,359
close session and I I don't think it
would set a uh precedent. Uh but it

2420
03:38:18,560 --> 03:38:24,160
would arguably harm your negotiating
position.

2421
03:38:22,640 --> 03:38:28,319
» Thank you.
>> Okay, I have a motion and a second to go

2422
03:38:26,000 --> 03:38:30,960
into close session.
>> Can I have a roll call, please?

2423
03:38:29,520 --> 03:38:33,600
» Mitchell,
>> no.

2424
03:38:32,080 --> 03:38:34,640
» Nicholls,
>> Schneider,

2425
03:38:34,160 --> 03:38:36,000
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2426
03:38:35,359 --> 03:38:37,600
» no.
>> Yep. Gomez.

2427
03:38:36,960 --> 03:38:40,600
» No.
>> Cahill.

2428
03:38:40,880 --> 03:38:48,000
» Um,
yes. Seca,

2429
03:38:46,479 --> 03:38:53,520
» yes.
>> Okay, that motion failed

2430
03:38:50,880 --> 03:38:57,840
uh because we have three no votes. So, I
would entertain a motion to discuss this

2431
03:38:55,600 --> 03:39:00,479
item uh in open session.
>> So, I will make that motion.

2432
03:38:59,439 --> 03:39:05,120
» Okay.
>> Second.

2433
03:39:01,760 --> 03:39:07,600
» Okay. Any questions or comments,
>> your honor?

2434
03:39:06,160 --> 03:39:13,520
» Yes.
>> I think it it would not be in our best

2435
03:39:11,040 --> 03:39:20,319
interest to go in open session with this
primarily because

2436
03:39:16,000 --> 03:39:27,040
again what our what Steve just said and
also because um just listening to

2437
03:39:24,479 --> 03:39:31,040
everything and
yeah, it it it just wouldn't be good.

2438
03:39:28,800 --> 03:39:34,960
And also, um, I wanted to talk to you
guys about getting I know I know Steve,

2439
03:39:33,760 --> 03:39:38,560
you know, you're a city attorney and
everything, but having an actual real

2440
03:39:36,880 --> 03:39:43,680
estate attorney look at all these
documents. Um, just with everything

2441
03:39:41,040 --> 03:39:48,239
being said um by the other party, I
think that we really do need an actual

2442
03:39:45,680 --> 03:39:52,720
real estate commercial attorney. this.
Now, thank you, Gary, for asking what

2443
03:39:50,960 --> 03:39:57,680
his background was cuz now we know that
he was a commercial real estate agent

2444
03:39:54,960 --> 03:40:04,800
and um has his license in whatever state
he's in, California or whatever. So, he

2445
03:40:00,399 --> 03:40:08,640
he knows more about um how to write up a
purchase agreement cuz like whenever

2446
03:40:06,880 --> 03:40:12,640
obviously whenever we write up our own
purchase agreements, it's going to look

2447
03:40:10,399 --> 03:40:17,120
a lot better for, you know, because
we're licensed and things like that. So,

2448
03:40:14,880 --> 03:40:20,160
I I think we should really look into
getting a real estate attorney, a

2449
03:40:19,040 --> 03:40:23,359
specific one.
>> I would just point out that I am a real

2450
03:40:21,840 --> 03:40:26,880
attorney and a real real estate
attorney, [laughter]

2451
03:40:24,960 --> 03:40:31,600
» uh, and that I handle all of the city's
real estate transactions personally. So,

2452
03:40:30,319 --> 03:40:39,840
» thanks.
>> Yeah. Also, Kristen Paulie is our

2453
03:40:34,800 --> 03:40:44,880
listing agent and did turn in the offer.
>> Okay.

2454
03:40:41,200 --> 03:40:49,920
I know, but like what I'm saying is
um

2455
03:40:47,680 --> 03:40:53,760
» Okay. I mean,
I still think that we should have

2456
03:40:51,439 --> 03:40:57,520
somebody else look it over.
>> Okay. Your honor, if I may.

2457
03:40:56,399 --> 03:41:01,282
» Okay. We have a
>> Your honor, if I may.

2458
03:40:58,640 --> 03:41:04,160
» Yes. Um,
[snorts]

2459
03:41:01,840 --> 03:41:09,279
I have a different reason for not
wanting to go into this open session to

2460
03:41:06,080 --> 03:41:14,080
discuss this because I don't believe
that just saying possible open session

2461
03:41:12,239 --> 03:41:19,600
open session to discuss the sale of real
estate with possible action to follow. I

2462
03:41:16,960 --> 03:41:26,960
think it's in violation in my opinion.
I'm not a real person or a real lawyer.

2463
03:41:23,200 --> 03:41:33,040
» So, real person. Um, so I'm just saying
we did not tell the public what the

2464
03:41:29,439 --> 03:41:39,439
address was or anything about this. So I
feel we failed to meet the open meeting

2465
03:41:35,200 --> 03:41:43,439
laws requirement and let you know what
piece of property we're talking about

2466
03:41:41,920 --> 03:41:46,880
and there may have been other people
that would have come to this meeting

2467
03:41:44,800 --> 03:41:54,239
tonight if they would have known what
that property was.

2468
03:41:49,120 --> 03:41:58,720
So therefore I like councelor Fana do
not believe we should go into this uh

2469
03:41:57,359 --> 03:42:02,880
discussion.
>> Thank you.

2470
03:42:00,640 --> 03:42:08,560
» Yes.
>> So uh it was clearly in the uh packet

2471
03:42:06,319 --> 03:42:12,720
what the presentation and the address
was regarding this. Yes.

2472
03:42:10,160 --> 03:42:16,720
» So that is not a surprise. That is was
public information beforehand

2473
03:42:15,600 --> 03:42:21,200
uh
>> because that's in the packet.

2474
03:42:18,800 --> 03:42:24,640
The packet was air's presentation.
There's nothing that says this closed

2475
03:42:22,800 --> 03:42:28,319
session and this open session were about
his presentation.

2476
03:42:26,560 --> 03:42:33,200
» You know it because we have other
information. They didn't know it before

2477
03:42:30,640 --> 03:42:36,319
they got the packet on Thursday.
>> I I would say that was public

2478
03:42:34,479 --> 03:42:40,479
information because everybody know we
got the audience here because of this

2479
03:42:38,640 --> 03:42:46,880
issue.
>> Um it it could be more descriptive. I

2480
03:42:43,680 --> 03:42:53,760
think it's I think it's sufficient uh
how it was described. Uh and I'd like

2481
03:42:49,439 --> 03:42:57,760
you to all keep in mind that nothing
that you can't make a final decision on

2482
03:42:56,399 --> 03:43:04,000
this because you haven't yet complied
with 3647 and made a resolution

2483
03:43:02,239 --> 03:43:08,000
proposing the sale and setting a public
hearing. So that would still have to go

2484
03:43:05,920 --> 03:43:15,040
forward.
>> Um and and that's the public hearing

2485
03:43:12,000 --> 03:43:20,080
aspect of it there. There's no
city of Marshalltown is very generous uh

2486
03:43:18,080 --> 03:43:26,080
with its public input having basically
public comment on every single agenda

2487
03:43:21,920 --> 03:43:32,080
item. Um that's not the cases the case
most places. Um and there there's that's

2488
03:43:30,479 --> 03:43:36,160
why you have to have an actual public
hearing to solicit public input uh with

2489
03:43:34,319 --> 03:43:42,319
a sale. You're kind of getting bonus
input at this point would be would be my

2490
03:43:39,359 --> 03:43:48,080
uh take on that. and you would list it
more specifically uh moving forward with

2491
03:43:45,040 --> 03:43:53,520
that formal resolution.
>> Okay,

2492
03:43:50,239 --> 03:43:55,840
let's have a roll call, please.
>> Thompson,

2493
03:43:55,040 --> 03:43:57,840
» no.
>> Um, no.

2494
03:43:56,880 --> 03:44:00,319
» Yep. Gomez,
>> no.

2495
03:43:58,720 --> 03:44:03,199
» Cahill,
>> no.

2496
03:44:01,520 --> 03:44:04,800
» Bonka,
>> no.

2497
03:44:03,920 --> 03:44:06,479
» Mitchells,
>> no.

2498
03:44:05,520 --> 03:44:07,920
» Nicholls,
>> yes.

2499
03:44:07,279 --> 03:44:12,000
» Schneider,
>> yes.

2500
03:44:09,840 --> 03:44:17,439
What was the final vote on that?
>> 52.

2501
03:44:14,080 --> 03:44:21,520
» 52. No.
>> Okay.

2502
03:44:19,439 --> 03:44:28,920
» Well,
>> let's go ahead and move on to

2503
03:44:25,920 --> 03:44:28,920
motions.

2504
03:44:29,120 --> 03:44:32,120
» G.

2505
03:44:33,120 --> 03:44:39,359
Number one,
>> motion to appoint Marty Wymore to the

2506
03:44:37,439 --> 03:44:42,880
plan and zoning commission term ending
March 31, 2028, replacing Matt

2507
03:44:41,600 --> 03:44:45,279
Broadding.
>> Move to approve.

2508
03:44:43,680 --> 03:44:48,960
» Second.
>> I have a motion and a second.

2509
03:44:47,040 --> 03:44:54,000
» I have a brief description of Marty's
application. Marty has applied to serve

2510
03:44:51,600 --> 03:44:58,160
on the planning and zoning commission.
He Marty is an American Institute of

2511
03:44:56,479 --> 03:45:02,325
Certified Planners member and has more
than 35 years of professional experience

2512
03:45:00,239 --> 03:45:05,120
in community planning, infrastructure,
[snorts] housing, transportation,

2513
03:45:03,760 --> 03:45:09,359
economic development, and grant
administration. He holds a bachelor's

2514
03:45:07,359 --> 03:45:13,680
degree in geography and a master's of
public administration. And he has served

2515
03:45:11,840 --> 03:45:17,760
as the executive director of region 6
resource partners since 1991. His

2516
03:45:16,239 --> 03:45:21,279
professional qualifications, knowledge
of Marshall Town, and his interest in

2517
03:45:19,680 --> 03:45:26,239
quality growth and redevelopment would
bring substantial experience and

2518
03:45:23,359 --> 03:45:30,439
expertise to the commission.
>> Anyone have any questions or comments?

2519
03:45:30,560 --> 03:45:35,920
» Roll call, please.
>> Cahill,

2520
03:45:33,199 --> 03:45:37,520
» yes. Bonka,
>> yes. Mitchell,

2521
03:45:37,120 --> 03:45:38,479
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

2522
03:45:38,080 --> 03:45:39,439
» yes.
>> Schneider,

2523
03:45:39,040 --> 03:45:40,720
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2524
03:45:40,080 --> 03:45:43,760
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

2525
03:45:41,680 --> 03:45:47,920
» yes.
>> Okay. Okay. Motion number two,

2526
03:45:46,239 --> 03:45:52,560
» motion to appoint Robert Thomas to the
Waterworks Board of Trustees, term

2527
03:45:49,600 --> 03:45:54,399
ending May 1 of 28, replacing Benjamin
Fletcher.

2528
03:45:53,680 --> 03:45:57,279
» To approve.
>> Second.

2529
03:45:55,600 --> 03:46:01,199
» A. I have a motion and a second.
>> Okay. Mr. Thomas is the retired

2530
03:45:59,199 --> 03:46:06,239
president and CEO of United Bank and
Trust and brings 44 years of experience

2531
03:46:03,760 --> 03:46:10,000
in management, finance, budgeting, bond
issuance, and strategic planning. He has

2532
03:46:08,560 --> 03:46:13,600
an extensive history of service to
organizations throughout the

2533
03:46:11,040 --> 03:46:16,880
Marshalltown area. His financial
background and a stated interest in

2534
03:46:15,120 --> 03:46:20,960
water quality, infrastructure, and
future water capacity will provide

2535
03:46:18,560 --> 03:46:24,880
valuable experience to the board.
>> Do we have any questions or comments

2536
03:46:22,319 --> 03:46:26,560
from anyone?
>> Roll call, please.

2537
03:46:25,840 --> 03:46:27,600
» Schneider,
>> yes.

2538
03:46:26,960 --> 03:46:28,800
» Thompson,
>> yes.

2539
03:46:27,920 --> 03:46:29,760
» Yep. Gomez,
>> yes.

2540
03:46:29,120 --> 03:46:31,680
» Cahill,
>> yes.

2541
03:46:30,239 --> 03:46:32,720
» Bonka,
>> yes.

2542
03:46:32,080 --> 03:46:33,840
» Mitchell,
>> yes.

2543
03:46:33,120 --> 03:46:37,680
» Nichols,
>> yes.

2544
03:46:36,239 --> 03:46:40,800
» Okay. Number four.
>> Number three.

2545
03:46:38,560 --> 03:46:44,720
» Motion. Motion to approve a 5-day class
C retail alcohol license for Midnight

2546
03:46:42,479 --> 03:46:47,680
Ballroom LLC for the rodeo on October
17th at the Central Fairgrounds.

2547
03:46:46,720 --> 03:46:50,160
» Move for approval.
>> Second.

2548
03:46:48,720 --> 03:46:54,000
» Have a motion and a second. Any
questions or comments?

2549
03:46:53,120 --> 03:46:55,520
» Roll call, please.
>> Mitchell,

2550
03:46:55,120 --> 03:46:56,479
» yes.
>> Nicholls,

2551
03:46:56,080 --> 03:46:57,279
» yes.
>> Schneider,

2552
03:46:56,960 --> 03:46:58,080
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2553
03:46:57,760 --> 03:46:59,199
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

2554
03:46:58,880 --> 03:47:00,640
» yes.
>> Cahill,

2555
03:47:00,000 --> 03:47:03,120
» yes.
>> Seca, [clears throat]

2556
03:47:02,000 --> 03:47:09,199
» yes.
>> Okay. Number four.

2557
03:47:06,560 --> 03:47:14,000
Motion to approve a 5-day special class
C retail alcohol license for Lucky Wife

2558
03:47:11,439 --> 03:47:16,720
wine flushies for October 5th, September
24th to September 27th.

2559
03:47:15,840 --> 03:47:19,840
» Move for approval.
>> Second.

2560
03:47:17,840 --> 03:47:23,600
» Okay, I have a motion and a second.
Questions, comments?

2561
03:47:22,640 --> 03:47:25,199
» Roll call, please.
>> Yep. Miss Gomez,

2562
03:47:24,720 --> 03:47:27,520
» yes.
>> Cahill,

2563
03:47:25,840 --> 03:47:29,040
» yes. Jona,
>> yes. Mitchell,

2564
03:47:28,640 --> 03:47:29,920
» yes.
>> Nichols,

2565
03:47:29,600 --> 03:47:30,720
» yes.
>> Schneider,

2566
03:47:30,399 --> 03:47:33,600
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2567
03:47:31,359 --> 03:47:39,120
» yes.
>> Okay, number five. Motion to approve a

2568
03:47:36,080 --> 03:47:44,160
5-day class C special class C retail
alcohol license for Thirsty Pigs LLC for

2569
03:47:41,279 --> 03:47:46,160
October 1st, September 24th to 27th.
>> Move for approval.

2570
03:47:45,040 --> 03:47:54,760
» Second.
>> Okay. Any questions or comments?

2571
03:47:51,120 --> 03:47:54,760
» Roll call, please.

2572
03:47:55,040 --> 03:47:57,120
» Yes. Mitchell,
>> yes.

2573
03:47:56,560 --> 03:47:58,239
» Nichols,
>> yes.

2574
03:47:57,439 --> 03:47:59,040
» Schneider, yes.
>> Thompson,

2575
03:47:58,800 --> 03:48:00,239
» yes.
>> Yep. Gomez,

2576
03:47:59,920 --> 03:48:06,000
» yes.
>> Cahill, yes.

2577
03:48:02,640 --> 03:48:08,960
» Okay. Resolution number one,
>> resolution approving an amended

2578
03:48:07,359 --> 03:48:11,920
agreement between the city of Marshtown
and the Marshall County Arts and Culture

2579
03:48:10,399 --> 03:48:17,680
Alliance, Inc. for a permanent art
installation on city property at 101

2580
03:48:13,920 --> 03:48:22,399
West M West Main Street.
>> Or a motion for approval.

2581
03:48:20,160 --> 03:48:26,399
» Move to approve.
>> I have a motion and a second. [snorts]

2582
03:48:24,080 --> 03:48:30,880
Kelsey,
>> good evening. Kelsey Stafford, park and

2583
03:48:28,479 --> 03:48:36,840
recreation director. One more moment.
I'm just pulling up the final rendering

2584
03:48:33,040 --> 03:48:36,840
here for you all.

2585
03:48:43,359 --> 03:48:48,880
The Arts and Culture Alliance and the
Parks and Recreation Department present

2586
03:48:46,880 --> 03:48:53,359
for your consideration an amended
agreement to transition the temporary

2587
03:48:50,960 --> 03:48:57,680
activation of the lot located at 101
West Main Street to a permanent pocket

2588
03:48:55,279 --> 03:49:02,000
park. This project is born from
overwhelming positive feedback from the

2589
03:48:59,359 --> 03:49:06,239
ACA's creative placemaking committee,
conversations with community members and

2590
03:49:04,399 --> 03:49:09,680
local businesses, and support from both
the Marshalltown Central Business

2591
03:49:07,760 --> 03:49:14,319
District and the Marshalltown Area
Chamber of Commerce.

2592
03:49:11,760 --> 03:49:18,960
The city will be saving $800 to $1,000
per year in contract mowing costs, but

2593
03:49:16,399 --> 03:49:22,800
will incur about $50 per year in cost to
maintain vegetation.

2594
03:49:21,120 --> 03:49:26,479
The park will require watering and
minimal weed control in the first one

2595
03:49:24,399 --> 03:49:30,479
and a half to two years, but will
continue to be low maintenance in the

2596
03:49:28,080 --> 03:49:35,279
future as carefully selected perennials,
trees, and bushes establish.

2597
03:49:33,520 --> 03:49:39,520
The current landscaping plan in front of
you includes no grass areas and has been

2598
03:49:37,520 --> 03:49:43,600
thoughtfully designed by Kristen Titus,
park supervisor, to be as maintenance

2599
03:49:42,000 --> 03:49:47,680
friendly as possible while still
remaining welcoming and beautiful.

2600
03:49:46,560 --> 03:49:52,239
As stewards of the city of
Marshalltown's recreational spaces and

2601
03:49:49,520 --> 03:49:55,040
opportunities and fiscal resources, we
believe that this space will have a

2602
03:49:53,520 --> 03:49:59,520
large impact addressing council's
strategic goals and comprehensive plan

2603
03:49:57,040 --> 03:50:03,439
priorities with minimal financial and
time investment. Staff is recommending

2604
03:50:01,920 --> 03:50:07,439
council's approval of the amended
agreement. I have pulled up the

2605
03:50:05,359 --> 03:50:12,479
renderings for your review your review,
excuse me, and Kristen is here to answer

2606
03:50:10,080 --> 03:50:16,399
any landscaping questions. With that, we
will be happy to answer any questions

2607
03:50:13,920 --> 03:50:19,920
that you may have.
Anyone have any questions?

2608
03:50:17,920 --> 03:50:24,080
» Yeah, quick question. So, what is the
turf? I mean, that looks to me by the

2609
03:50:22,640 --> 03:50:29,359
rendering that we have, you have grass
to mow and things to mow around.

2610
03:50:26,080 --> 03:50:34,239
» Yes. So, this is the um proposal that
the artist gave. So, this is what the

2611
03:50:32,080 --> 03:50:38,000
the creative placemaking committee used
to determine that we wanted to move

2612
03:50:35,760 --> 03:50:42,080
forward with this concept for the art.
Um in front of you uh that I handed out

2613
03:50:40,560 --> 03:50:47,479
to you prior to the meeting is the
landscaping plan. I will draw bring that

2614
03:50:44,160 --> 03:50:47,479
up. Now,

2615
03:50:49,600 --> 03:50:56,560
this is the landscaping plan that
Kristen developed here.

2616
03:50:54,319 --> 03:51:01,439
Um, this will be a concrete path. I
don't know if you can see my cursor.

2617
03:50:58,479 --> 03:51:05,199
Okay. And then pebble surrounding. Some
things might need to change. We may need

2618
03:51:03,439 --> 03:51:09,199
to go with mulch instead of pebble or
what have you. Um, we're hoping to do

2619
03:51:07,040 --> 03:51:13,520
turf, artificial turf in the back so
that there will be noing no mowing on

2620
03:51:11,040 --> 03:51:17,840
this lot.
Um, and Kristen can definitely explain

2621
03:51:16,000 --> 03:51:23,439
more about the landscaping if you have
further questions, but we're looking at

2622
03:51:19,279 --> 03:51:29,840
raised seating um, walls right here
and some tall colum columner trees in

2623
03:51:26,880 --> 03:51:34,319
the back.
Further questions on the landscaping

2624
03:51:32,239 --> 03:51:36,000
plan?
>> Your honor, if I may.

2625
03:51:35,279 --> 03:51:42,080
» Yeah.
>> Well, this sounds great. If there's no

2626
03:51:38,160 --> 03:51:47,760
cost, would you say $50 a year? $50 a
year in spring costs in minimal time.

2627
03:51:44,720 --> 03:51:52,000
» I think then that I think the Arts and
Cultural Alliance should be able to buy

2628
03:51:49,279 --> 03:51:57,760
this lot for a dollar from us and take
it over then if it's that little of uh

2629
03:51:54,800 --> 03:52:02,560
impact for them.
>> One thing I will add, um [clears throat]

2630
03:52:01,120 --> 03:52:07,920
for the installation time, we're
estimating 160 hours for the hardscapes

2631
03:52:05,120 --> 03:52:12,399
and 48 hours for the plantings. And then
an annual maintenance for the first one

2632
03:52:09,520 --> 03:52:15,680
and a half years. 54 hours to water.
That's annual. And then two hours to cut

2633
03:52:14,399 --> 03:52:20,319
back the perennials at the end of the
year. And I'll let uh Amber address that

2634
03:52:18,080 --> 03:52:21,600
if she'd like.
>> So

2635
03:52:20,640 --> 03:52:27,840
» I think it's pretty straightforward.
>> All that for $50 a year.

2636
03:52:24,960 --> 03:52:32,239
» So um Amber can speak to the budget if
she would like, but it is all going to

2637
03:52:29,600 --> 03:52:36,560
be paid for through um ACA. some city
dollars that were already allocated in

2638
03:52:34,239 --> 03:52:41,680
the existing agreement and then grant
funding as well.

2639
03:52:39,680 --> 03:52:46,319
Cost for labor of course in the hours
that I explained.

2640
03:52:44,319 --> 03:52:52,960
» Okay. Any other questions?
>> I do have one. The hours that you

2641
03:52:49,199 --> 03:52:58,080
mentioned are those um employee hours?
>> Yes. Okay. So that is not included in

2642
03:52:55,920 --> 03:53:01,279
the $50 a month.
>> Correct.

2643
03:52:58,720 --> 03:53:05,680
» Correct. So it is substantially more
than that in a year.

2644
03:53:02,960 --> 03:53:11,279
» So yes, in in our general fund line
items, it'd be $50, but there is

2645
03:53:08,319 --> 03:53:16,800
personnel cost for any any labor that we
would have. Again, the installation

2646
03:53:13,520 --> 03:53:22,319
upfront is going to be some substantial
hours there about one and a half to two

2647
03:53:18,800 --> 03:53:27,040
weeks of time um for about four
employees to do the work.

2648
03:53:24,000 --> 03:53:30,720
» Okay. And then annual maintenance, 54
hours to water for the first one and a

2649
03:53:28,800 --> 03:53:34,479
half years once those plants establish.
Similar to the welcome signs, we don't

2650
03:53:33,199 --> 03:53:39,359
go out there and water those anymore
because the plants are established.

2651
03:53:37,199 --> 03:53:43,040
» And I must say, your planters out in
front of here are beautiful.

2652
03:53:40,880 --> 03:53:47,880
» Our staff does amazing work. Absolutely.
Thank you.

2653
03:53:44,880 --> 03:53:47,880
Yes.

2654
03:53:49,840 --> 03:53:57,040
Uh, you know, Gary. Oh, excuse me. Amber
Danielson. I I should should I say good

2655
03:53:54,239 --> 03:53:59,760
night or good evening? I'm not sure. Um
126 West Main Street with the Arts and

2656
03:53:58,720 --> 03:54:05,279
Culture Alliance.
>> Gary, you previously asked, "Are we

2657
03:54:01,760 --> 03:54:10,880
prohibited to purchase land?" I said no.
The question I think really is, are we

2658
03:54:07,439 --> 03:54:17,120
positioned to maintain this facility or
this asset? The answer is also no. Uh

2659
03:54:14,479 --> 03:54:20,880
the ACA is a partner to the city and our
role is to bring the community's ideas

2660
03:54:19,439 --> 03:54:25,199
through life through the arts and
culture master plan. That is our

2661
03:54:22,720 --> 03:54:29,199
contract with the city. Bringing artists
to the table, engaging the community,

2662
03:54:27,439 --> 03:54:34,080
identifying resources, fundraising,
managing the project, and turn those

2663
03:54:31,680 --> 03:54:38,399
plans into action alongside the
community. And that's exactly what we've

2664
03:54:36,080 --> 03:54:43,760
done with this space. Uh, but we are not
a parks and wreck organization. This is

2665
03:54:40,319 --> 03:54:49,040
a pocket park and we are not equipped to
own and maintain this. Um, this pocket

2666
03:54:47,199 --> 03:54:52,720
park is, and I talked a little bit about
this last time when I was here, this

2667
03:54:50,479 --> 03:54:58,080
pocket park has been in the plans for
quite some time. It has been stagnant.

2668
03:54:55,439 --> 03:55:03,040
Uh, essentially what we did was bring
the community together to tell us that

2669
03:55:01,279 --> 03:55:06,720
this is what the community wants. And so
in alignment with the downtown master

2670
03:55:04,800 --> 03:55:12,080
plan, with the comprehensive plan that
we might get to before midnight, uh it

2671
03:55:09,760 --> 03:55:16,560
is in these plans that the city has laid
out to do these pocket plan or as pocket

2672
03:55:14,479 --> 03:55:22,239
parks. And our contract is to do that
alongside of you, not to take the um

2673
03:55:20,080 --> 03:55:25,279
role of parks and wreck, but to be a
partner with the city and Kelsey and her

2674
03:55:24,399 --> 03:55:30,160
team.
>> Amber, how much was the grant that you

2675
03:55:28,800 --> 03:55:36,960
do you remember?
>> I do. Um, so actually I had an

2676
03:55:33,439 --> 03:55:43,439
opportunity to meet with the um leader
of AARP Iowa last week. They are using

2677
03:55:40,960 --> 03:55:48,720
our project, the pocket park project as
a guinea pig for how they can do a

2678
03:55:46,319 --> 03:55:52,479
better job of engaging their AARP
members in the communities with the

2679
03:55:50,880 --> 03:55:58,560
projects they are funding. They're very
excited about this. So they've already

2680
03:55:54,560 --> 03:56:04,160
taken what was a $30,000 project and of
given 15,000. we actively have another

2681
03:56:01,760 --> 03:56:07,840
20,000 on the table pending turning it
permanent um along with other grants

2682
03:56:06,399 --> 03:56:11,920
that we're already starting to pursue.
There's a lot of opportunity to take

2683
03:56:09,920 --> 03:56:16,080
even more of what the community has
offered to us and implement it into this

2684
03:56:14,000 --> 03:56:19,439
design. So, what you're seeing is really
kind of what I would call, and I'm

2685
03:56:17,760 --> 03:56:23,199
pointing to this screen, but what I am
pointing to is the renderings that you

2686
03:56:21,439 --> 03:56:26,720
got in the packet, what I would call
phase one. There are going to be

2687
03:56:24,720 --> 03:56:30,800
multiple phases to this project pending
it being permanent because we're taking

2688
03:56:28,560 --> 03:56:36,080
all the feedback from the community and
parks and wreck and implementing that as

2689
03:56:33,120 --> 03:56:40,720
we get more funding uh to implement this
and funding

2690
03:56:38,000 --> 03:56:45,199
for this similar I will say to the Lin
Creek District projects has been

2691
03:56:42,239 --> 03:56:50,160
relatively easy because when we build
projects alongside the community uh and

2692
03:56:47,840 --> 03:56:55,520
do it in a unique way people want to
invest in that. So, I anticipate these

2693
03:56:52,479 --> 03:56:59,279
projects um getting more fundraising and
uh more funds in place so that we can do

2694
03:56:57,199 --> 03:57:05,199
more than what you see before you.
>> Okay. Um just to point out it uh the

2695
03:57:02,880 --> 03:57:07,680
resolution does say a permanent art
installation.

2696
03:57:07,359 --> 03:57:11,040
» Correct.
>> So, what we will be voting on is a

2697
03:57:09,279 --> 03:57:14,920
permanent art installation.
>> Well, it's the agreement

2698
03:57:18,800 --> 03:57:23,520
for permanent
Yeah.

2699
03:57:22,720 --> 03:57:29,600
» Yeah.
>> Okay. Just so everybody knows. Okay.

2700
03:57:26,319 --> 03:57:33,319
Does anyone else have any questions?
Anything from the public?

2701
03:57:33,760 --> 03:57:39,040
» I
l peri 20 East State Street. I just had

2702
03:57:37,840 --> 03:57:43,199
a quick question after reviewing the
contract. Uh the agreement says the ACA

2703
03:57:41,120 --> 03:57:47,199
will complete the project as funds
allow. Can staff clarify what that

2704
03:57:45,279 --> 03:57:52,680
means? And if the fundraising falls
short, does the city become responsible

2705
03:57:48,880 --> 03:57:52,680
for finishing the project?

2706
03:57:53,680 --> 03:58:02,880
» The city will not be obligated to bridge
the gap in any funding. Um, so the the

2707
03:58:00,479 --> 03:58:09,600
design may change to accommodate the the
funds that we would have in place.

2708
03:58:06,560 --> 03:58:14,160
» Anything from anyone else?
>> Roll call, please.

2709
03:58:13,040 --> 03:58:17,600
» Yep. Gomez.
>> Yes. Cahill.

2710
03:58:15,760 --> 03:58:19,359
» Yes. Conka,
>> yes. Mitchell,

2711
03:58:18,880 --> 03:58:20,319
» yes.
>> Nichols,

2712
03:58:19,920 --> 03:58:21,359
» yes.
>> Schneider,

2713
03:58:20,880 --> 03:58:23,199
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2714
03:58:22,080 --> 03:58:27,984
» yes.
>> Okay,

2715
03:58:24,800 --> 03:58:31,040
moving on to resolution number two.
[snorts]

2716
03:58:28,640 --> 03:58:34,239
» Resolution approving a chapter 28E
agreement with the Marshtown Community

2717
03:58:32,399 --> 03:58:37,520
School District for shot and discus
facilities at West End Park.

2718
03:58:36,080 --> 03:58:42,160
» Move to approve.
>> Second.

2719
03:58:38,640 --> 03:58:45,920
» Okay, I have a motion and a second.
Kelsey Stafford, park and recreation

2720
03:58:43,840 --> 03:58:50,160
director. Presented for council's
consideration is a 28e agreement between

2721
03:58:48,319 --> 03:58:53,439
the city and the Marshalltown Community
School District for shared use of a

2722
03:58:51,920 --> 03:58:57,359
section of green space between the
Weston Park ball diamond and Brady

2723
03:58:55,120 --> 03:59:01,439
Creek. The purpose of the agreement is
to allow for the reconfiguration of this

2724
03:58:59,199 --> 03:59:06,399
space for discus and shotput activities
between March 1 and May 31 each year.

2725
03:59:04,560 --> 03:59:10,479
The usage of this area will include the
installation of necessary pads and back

2726
03:59:08,319 --> 03:59:14,640
stop fencing as well as the removal of
the outfield ball diamond fence to the

2727
03:59:12,160 --> 03:59:18,479
ballfield dugouts. Maintenance during
the track season time frame will be

2728
03:59:16,239 --> 03:59:22,399
completed by MCSD while the city will
continue to maintain the area for the

2729
03:59:20,080 --> 03:59:26,080
remainder of the year. The parks and
recreation department values its ongoing

2730
03:59:24,160 --> 03:59:30,160
partnership with MCSD and is
recommending approval of this 28e

2731
03:59:27,840 --> 03:59:34,160
agreement. With that, I will be happy to
answer any questions that you may have

2732
03:59:31,680 --> 03:59:36,960
and I see Dr. Shy is here as well if you
have questions specific to him. Thank

2733
03:59:36,000 --> 03:59:41,279
you.
>> Does anyone have any questions?

2734
03:59:40,319 --> 03:59:43,279
» John, if I may.
>> Yes.

2735
03:59:41,760 --> 03:59:46,880
» Why does the fence have to be removed
from the softball diamond?

2736
03:59:45,359 --> 03:59:52,080
» The fence needs to be removed from the
softball diamond because of the distance

2737
03:59:49,600 --> 03:59:57,160
required for the shot hood and discus
activities

2738
03:59:53,760 --> 03:59:57,160
for the throwing.

2739
03:59:58,880 --> 04:00:03,520
I believe there was a diagram in the
packet too. I might be able to

2740
04:00:03,040 --> 04:00:06,560
» um
>> pull that up.

2741
04:00:04,319 --> 04:00:10,880
» That fence isn't in terribly good shape,
is it?

2742
04:00:07,920 --> 04:00:15,520
» It is not. And we we do not anticipate
that it will impact the use of any

2743
04:00:13,279 --> 04:00:20,399
softball or baseball activity that would
be happening there as of now.

2744
04:00:19,991 --> 04:00:25,640
[clears throat]
>> Okay. Then, do you have something?

2745
04:00:31,359 --> 04:00:38,319
there in Shy 507 Craig Circle School
District Superintendent. Um I thought

2746
04:00:36,000 --> 04:00:44,000
Kelsey did a great job describing the
answer to Gary's question is um we

2747
04:00:41,680 --> 04:00:50,640
wouldn't want the existing fencing to
inhibit um the throws whether it be shot

2748
04:00:47,040 --> 04:00:57,840
put or discus. Um, I had shared with
Kelsey that based on the limited use but

2749
04:00:54,560 --> 04:01:04,479
continued use of softball recreation
there if we found that there was an

2750
04:01:00,720 --> 04:01:09,040
issue with balls going um towards or
into the creek that we'd be happy to put

2751
04:01:06,399 --> 04:01:15,120
a temporary snow fence up uh for the
outfield fences. The uh left field fence

2752
04:01:12,479 --> 04:01:21,120
is already removed and has been removed
for some time. Opening up the space to

2753
04:01:18,319 --> 04:01:27,600
the park. Uh we're just looking at doing
the same with the right field fence and

2754
04:01:24,160 --> 04:01:33,439
outfield fence.
>> Thank you. Anything else?

2755
04:01:31,600 --> 04:01:38,000
» Let's have roll call.
>> Yeah. Gomez.

2756
04:01:35,040 --> 04:01:40,960
» Yes.
>> Kill.

2757
04:01:38,800 --> 04:01:42,239
» Yes. Seca,
>> yes.

2758
04:01:41,600 --> 04:01:43,359
» Mitchell,
>> yes.

2759
04:01:42,720 --> 04:01:44,319
» Nicholls,
>> yes.

2760
04:01:43,760 --> 04:01:45,439
» Schneider,
>> yes.

2761
04:01:44,720 --> 04:01:49,920
» Thompson,
>> yes.

2762
04:01:47,840 --> 04:01:55,622
» Okay.
To the last item, number three. I

2763
04:01:52,640 --> 04:02:02,000
declare a public hearing open
[clears throat]

2764
04:01:57,120 --> 04:02:06,760
for uh item number three
at 9:02 p.m.

2765
04:02:11,359 --> 04:02:17,520
And this is for the open hearing public
hearing on the resolution on adoption of

2766
04:02:15,600 --> 04:02:26,479
the Marshalltown
2045 comprehensive plan. Um,

2767
04:02:22,880 --> 04:02:29,840
do we have any? Yeah, go ahead.
Getting late.

2768
04:02:28,160 --> 04:02:33,840
» Good evening, Clayton Ender, assistant
director of housing, community

2769
04:02:30,720 --> 04:02:38,479
development. Uh, this is your public
hearing on adoption of our newest

2770
04:02:36,479 --> 04:02:41,920
comprehensive plan. Uh, I do want to
acknowledge a couple people in the room

2771
04:02:40,560 --> 04:02:47,680
uh that have helped us along the way. We
do have representative of our consultant

2772
04:02:43,359 --> 04:02:50,399
team, RDG, here. Um then uh certain
several members of our steering

2773
04:02:48,960 --> 04:02:53,920
committee uh which I'll acknowledge and
then city staff as well and all of you.

2774
04:02:52,319 --> 04:02:59,040
So thank every thank you everyone. It's
been a long process. Um but we've been

2775
04:02:57,279 --> 04:03:04,160
working on this comprehensive plan since
about summer 2025. Uh this is an update

2776
04:03:02,160 --> 04:03:10,000
to our current plan that dated back to
the early 2010s. Um and so now this plan

2777
04:03:07,760 --> 04:03:14,319
accounts for some major events that have
happened in town since our last plan.

2778
04:03:11,920 --> 04:03:20,880
We've had a tornado, a trade show, uh
pandemic, changing uh the economy has

2779
04:03:18,800 --> 04:03:25,279
happened. So, a lot has transpired since
our last plan. So, this brings us back

2780
04:03:22,399 --> 04:03:31,439
into perspective for our next 20 years.
What will happen for 2045?

2781
04:03:28,399 --> 04:03:37,279
Um so, throughout this process, uh we've
had various means of public engagement.

2782
04:03:34,560 --> 04:03:42,000
Uh we had our plan advisory committee I
miss mentioned to you. Uh we hosted uh

2783
04:03:40,080 --> 04:03:48,479
more than 10 stakeholder listening
events around the community. Uh we went

2784
04:03:45,279 --> 04:03:53,760
to our major employers and we held
community roundt event, community open

2785
04:03:51,199 --> 04:03:57,680
house, interactive public website. So
really put the message out there as much

2786
04:03:55,520 --> 04:04:01,199
as we can for the community to be
involved and and we did get great

2787
04:03:59,199 --> 04:04:05,520
involvement from our community. Um so
I'm very pleased with that.

2788
04:04:03,600 --> 04:04:09,600
Uh I'm not going to go through the plan
in excruciating detail. We can go dive

2789
04:04:07,680 --> 04:04:14,800
into it if needed. But just as a highle
overview for you, uh the plan covers

2790
04:04:11,760 --> 04:04:19,199
land use and design, mobility, housing
and neighborhoods, parks, trails, and

2791
04:04:16,720 --> 04:04:24,080
the environment, economic development,
and sub areas, facilities, and

2792
04:04:21,199 --> 04:04:28,960
infrastructure, and and uh rounds out
with an implementation chapter on how we

2793
04:04:26,239 --> 04:04:34,160
should go about uh achieving the goals
we we have set for ourselves over the

2794
04:04:31,600 --> 04:04:38,800
next 20 years. Uh this has been reviewed
by our planning and zoning commission

2795
04:04:35,920 --> 04:04:42,720
and uh they have recommended approval of
the plan to you. Um I'll keep my

2796
04:04:41,279 --> 04:04:46,800
comments short since we are late this
evening but uh certainly can go into

2797
04:04:45,040 --> 04:04:54,120
detail if needed.
>> Does anyone have any questions?

2798
04:04:50,399 --> 04:04:54,120
» Anything from the public?

2799
04:04:57,760 --> 04:05:04,319
» Lane Perry 20 State Street. Um, I just
wanted to be absolutely sure that

2800
04:05:02,399 --> 04:05:09,920
because I know there's been people with
concerns about the annexation part of

2801
04:05:05,840 --> 04:05:15,520
this. um that I just want to clarify and
make sure that that being in there, that

2802
04:05:12,880 --> 04:05:21,439
area being labeled for reasonzoning and
labeled for like future annexation, that

2803
04:05:18,479 --> 04:05:28,160
doesn't count as anything towards a
vested interest for the proposed

2804
04:05:24,319 --> 04:05:30,720
or un not proposed, but the speculated
data center build. I just want to make

2805
04:05:29,680 --> 04:05:34,720
sure.
>> No, not unless something's in writing

2806
04:05:32,720 --> 04:05:37,840
and there's nothing in writing.
the packets in writing. That's the only

2807
04:05:36,239 --> 04:05:42,239
reason I was concerned. Okay.
>> Uh and to add on to that, we did review

2808
04:05:40,239 --> 04:05:47,279
all property within two miles of our
city limits for future land uses. Um the

2809
04:05:45,279 --> 04:05:50,640
vast majority of that and well the
reason we did two miles, that's our extr

2810
04:05:48,880 --> 04:05:55,760
territorial review authority by Iowa
code. Um so that's why we did two miles.

2811
04:05:53,120 --> 04:06:00,399
The vast majority of that is proposed to
essentially just remain as is. Uh we're

2812
04:05:58,640 --> 04:06:04,880
not going to touch it. uh where we did
start to paint future land uses outside

2813
04:06:02,640 --> 04:06:09,199
of our city limits, uh we took into
consideration where were existing

2814
04:06:07,040 --> 04:06:13,840
utilities and where was some of that
development pressure occurring. Um just

2815
04:06:12,160 --> 04:06:18,399
because we show something outside city
limits as a future land use doesn't mean

2816
04:06:16,399 --> 04:06:23,359
we have to annex it. We need to review
those independently upon those requests.

2817
04:06:21,520 --> 04:06:29,680
Um but this gives us a guide of where we
think development could happen. Um we

2818
04:06:26,800 --> 04:06:33,680
did a lot of land use uh calculations.
How much land do we need for various

2819
04:06:31,120 --> 04:06:40,640
uses? The vast majority of it can be
accommodated within existing city

2820
04:06:36,319 --> 04:06:44,080
limits. Uh but that does uh it matters
whether or not does the existing

2821
04:06:41,920 --> 04:06:48,000
property owner want to develop their
property or not. Um we can't we're not

2822
04:06:46,160 --> 04:06:52,160
compelling anyone to develop anything.
That's still an owner driven

2823
04:06:49,840 --> 04:06:56,880
opportunity. So, we really show more
land than we actually need um to meet

2824
04:06:55,040 --> 04:07:01,279
the various needs because to account for
some of those uh economic forces that

2825
04:06:59,279 --> 04:07:08,479
could come into play of I just would
rather my property stay a farm field or

2826
04:07:03,439 --> 04:07:11,600
I'm ready to go now. Um so,
>> okay. Is there any other public comment?

2827
04:07:11,439 --> 04:07:19,640
I
>> had a question for Clan. Uh

2828
04:07:15,120 --> 04:07:19,640
» wait, wait. Okay.

2829
04:07:23,199 --> 04:07:30,560
I can just take a couple seconds.
Charlie C with RDG plane design 31 Grand

2830
04:07:28,000 --> 04:07:35,760
Avenue De Mo Iowa. Just wanted to say
thank you. Uh it's been we work across

2831
04:07:33,600 --> 04:07:42,160
the Midwest on these types of plans all
over different states. And I would say a

2832
04:07:40,080 --> 04:07:46,080
lot of times we don't have involvement
all the way till the end. uh even with

2833
04:07:44,000 --> 04:07:51,279
our committee and we have a lot of our
committee members here through the wee

2834
04:07:48,319 --> 04:07:54,880
hours uh tonight even. So uh thank you
for everyone being very involved

2835
04:07:53,279 --> 04:08:00,399
throughout the process as Clayton
mentioned great uh community involvement

2836
04:07:57,520 --> 04:08:04,560
at our events we held as well and uh I
we had edits all the way up to the end

2837
04:08:02,640 --> 04:08:08,800
with everyone reading it and providing
really good good feedback. So um that's

2838
04:08:08,080 --> 04:08:11,279
all I got.
>> We were the best community, right?

2839
04:08:10,560 --> 04:08:13,760
» Yeah. Yeah,
>> you are. [laughter]

2840
04:08:12,800 --> 04:08:19,439
Thank you.
>> Okay. Any other question? Okay. I'm

2841
04:08:16,800 --> 04:08:21,760
going to close the public hearing. Uh
did we have any written comments?

2842
04:08:20,880 --> 04:08:28,160
» No, your honor.
>> Okay. I'm going to close the public

2843
04:08:23,760 --> 04:08:30,560
hearing at 9:08 p.m. and I'll accept uh
motion to approve.

2844
04:08:29,520 --> 04:08:34,000
» I so move.
>> Second.

2845
04:08:31,760 --> 04:08:37,199
» Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any
questions or comments by the council?

2846
04:08:35,520 --> 04:08:40,960
» Yeah, I just had a quick question. So in
that annexation um I know there's been

2847
04:08:39,520 --> 04:08:44,720
concerns like with houses and
residential homes that are more like a

2848
04:08:43,359 --> 04:08:49,040
homes
>> um will planning and zoning be

2849
04:08:47,120 --> 04:08:52,640
considering zoning those appropriately
or are they staying industrial if an

2850
04:08:51,199 --> 04:08:57,359
annexation would happen?
>> Uh so upon annexation all property is

2851
04:08:55,600 --> 04:09:01,840
automatically zoned lowdensity
residential um and then they would

2852
04:09:00,239 --> 04:09:07,840
subsequently have to go through a
reszoning process planning and zoning

2853
04:09:03,439 --> 04:09:12,960
commission city council. So uh any
zoning in addition to lowdensity

2854
04:09:10,560 --> 04:09:16,800
residential would be subsequent uh
approval. So does that hopefully that

2855
04:09:15,760 --> 04:09:18,239
answers your question?
>> Your honor, if I may.

2856
04:09:17,840 --> 04:09:23,040
» Yeah.
>> So Clayton, please tell Marco that what

2857
04:09:21,120 --> 04:09:27,439
you're really saying is the people that
want to stay there next to a data center

2858
04:09:24,960 --> 04:09:30,960
on Shady Oaks Road, they will be legal
non-conforming

2859
04:09:29,520 --> 04:09:35,359
after you reszone it in heavy
industrial. Correct.

2860
04:09:33,359 --> 04:09:40,560
Uh well, it depends on if their specific
property is reszoned or not.

2861
04:09:37,920 --> 04:09:44,800
» But I mean, if it's an acreage, you
would reszone that whole area, correct?

2862
04:09:42,960 --> 04:09:48,479
» We don't have to. We can we can limit
the reszoning to just development

2863
04:09:46,720 --> 04:09:51,600
parcels themselves and leave other areas
alone.

2864
04:09:49,120 --> 04:09:53,600
» So, you'd spot zone.
>> Well, it wouldn't be spot zoning because

2865
04:09:53,279 --> 04:09:56,239
you
>> it would be out the edge of those.

2866
04:09:54,800 --> 04:09:59,040
» It'd be at the edge and it's, you know,
allow it's following the comprehensive

2867
04:09:57,600 --> 04:10:02,720
plan. Those properties could potentially
reszone themselves in the future. They

2868
04:10:00,960 --> 04:10:08,319
could petition themselves. They could
see an opportunity and say, "I have a

2869
04:10:05,680 --> 04:10:13,120
couple acres here in an industrial area.
Maybe I'm ready to sell industrial." So,

2870
04:10:11,279 --> 04:10:19,199
someone could come in after the fact and
want to reszone those as well.

2871
04:10:15,920 --> 04:10:22,560
Or we could as a city say, "Nope, we
think it's in the best interest that we

2872
04:10:20,479 --> 04:10:28,000
clean up all the zoning at this time and
and make that decision." So,

2873
04:10:25,439 --> 04:10:34,800
it it's hypothetical. I could take you
down many different scenarios there. Um,

2874
04:10:31,199 --> 04:10:39,399
but I'd be speculating.
>> Okay, any other questions?

2875
04:10:40,080 --> 04:10:42,640
» Roll call, please.
>> Schneider,

2876
04:10:42,080 --> 04:10:44,239
» yes.
>> Thompson,

2877
04:10:43,279 --> 04:10:48,960
» no.
>> Yep. Gomez,

2878
04:10:47,680 --> 04:10:52,640
» no.
>> Cahill,

2879
04:10:49,840 --> 04:10:56,319
» yes. Fea,
>> yes. Mitchell

2880
04:10:55,520 --> 04:10:59,680
» Nicholls.
>> Yes.

2881
04:10:59,120 --> 04:11:01,279
» Yes.
>> Okay.

2882
04:11:00,000 --> 04:11:04,279
» 43.
>> Okay.

2883
04:11:04,319 --> 04:11:11,120
» With that, that is the end of the
meeting and thank you for everybody for

2884
04:11:07,920 --> 04:11:16,359
sticking by and everybody being well
behaved. Meeting adjourned at 911.

2885
04:11:20,640 --> 04:11:27,680
» You are on.
He was good.

2886
04:11:24,319 --> 04:11:31,319
» He didn't go over. That was impressive.
That was impressive.