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All right. Good evening. Welcome to the
July 14th meeting of the Nixa City

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Council. Call the meeting to order. Mrs.
Coffee. Roll call, please.

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» J
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» Kelly Morris here. John
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» Peterson
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» Best
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» Please join me for the pledge of
allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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We got a night of presentation, so we'll
go ahead and get this kicked off. Uh,

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first up tonight we have the
presentation by Nixa Land Holdings

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Development. So, I don't know who is up
first on that one. Guess I'm Mr. King.

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One more thing to remember. All right.
Can you hear me?

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So, I'm Brad King and I represent the
development group associated with the

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project we're presenting today. Um, a
little bit about myself. I was born and

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raised in Clever, Missouri. Um, been a
custom home builder and developer for

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the last 25 years. Uh, kind of cut my
teeth in the high-end residential

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market. Um, and as I was doing that, I
was watching the price of housing

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skyrocket for years. I just always
thought there was a better way to uh

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design smaller footprints in uh great
communities. And so I've always believed

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in the community aspect of development.
Traveled all over the country um to see

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great mixeduse developments. Um I just
saw there was no reason why we couldn't

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bring this type of a project to
Southwest Missouri. And so that's one of

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the reasons why I'm here. After years of
patience and reviewing and seeking out

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the sites, um it takes a lot of time to
identify a site for this type of

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community development. And um it was
super important that we could find

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something that had uh the right size, uh
the proximity to major thoroughares,

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um potential for intersections,
proximity to a great school district and

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what you have here. Uh supportive
community and community leaders that

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have compreh comprehensive plans that
allow us to do these types of

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development and support it. Um, and then
just population growth alone, just 25%

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growth over the last 10 years, great
median household income, uh, the age is

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perfect, proximity to Branson
Springfield, just all these great things

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that you have going for this area. So
once we finally identified the property

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that we'll talk about today, a lot of
great people that I'm going to introduce

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to you that have helped us through this
process. Um I I just I really want to

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acknowledge them and how we've gone
about this process from the start of

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this. Um it's one thing to come up with
an idea. It's another thing to be able

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to surround yourself with amazing
[clears throat] people. Uh to be able to

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bring an idea to fruition. I watched
over the years um in development that

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there there were always some missing
pieces that um in development you always

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had one but not the other. Well, I think
in this case we've assembled a team of

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professionals from around the country
that have really um supported um me and

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everyone associated with me along the
way uh including your city staff and the

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team that you guys have here. So, with
that being said,

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someone should have told me to

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what? Yeah, it's on

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regardless of this. Um, [clears throat]
it'll probably work here in just a

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second, but ultimately I'm going to tell
you what it says on the screen here

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anyway. Hopefully, it'll work here in
just a moment, though. Um, so I want to

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start with um the land planning team
that we hired. Um, this type of mixed uh

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use development, commercial associated
with uh residential,

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um, retail, entertainment, all of those
things combined. It's a unique skill

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set. Thank you for that. It's a unique
skill set in development and

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architecture and design um that not
everyone has or has seen. And so through

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my research, I found a team that was
actually out of Washington DC and it was

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Michael Watkins and Scott Leighton with
Michael Watkins Architecture. They're

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going to talk a lot a lot about our land
plan and how we came about that and the

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process to get there. Um we hired a
company with Gibbs Planning Group. His

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name is Bob Gibbs. He did a retail
market study for us for um as we were

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listening to the city and the
perspectives as to what you want here in

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the city. Uh we knew that it would be
important that we bring on somebody to

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do a retail study for us to actually
help to identify the need and what what

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can actually happen here in the city of
Nixa. Um we hired Palmer and Parish to

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do our site evaluation, our sinkhole
studies. Our civil engineer is Clayton

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Hines with Schaefer and Hines and he's
representing here today as well. Our

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traffic study, so we performed a traffic
study in cooperation with the the city

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as well as Otto. Uh Crawford, Murphy,
and Tilly performed that traffic study.

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Uh and Sarah Fields of course was
supportive in the uh with the Ozarks

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transportation organization. We have a
legal team here which is Pulson

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Pulsonelli law for uh Pulseneelli law
firm. Ben Bigum and Curtis Peterson.

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[clears throat] They've been supporting
us through the package that we have put

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together and helping us along uh every
step of the way. Show me Christian

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County and Kristen Hessle and her team
have been instrumental in this process

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and helping us to uh make sure that we
navigate um the system and just

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supporting us in any way that we can
possibly be supportive. They've been

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there for us. Our entertainment district
site planning and development team is

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Billy Ang and Joshua Ang. uh and their
background and what they've done over

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the years is instrumental in this
process and all the things that they've

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done all over the world. Our investors
are local business owners. Um they own a

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company uh in Springfield called
Springfield Sign Neon and same with them

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they've done projects all over the
country. Uh and they're instrumental.

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They're great friends of mine. They're
great clients. It's Mark Wessle and Lisa

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Watts and they have without them we
couldn't have assembled assembled this

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team that I just spoke of. It's because
of them that we're able to do this

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development and do it the right way. So,
now I would like to introduce uh Scott

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Leighton. Scott's a representative of
the land planning firm and he's going to

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tell us all about the project.
Thanks, brother.

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Good evening. My name is Scott Leighton.
Just like Brad said, um you can go ahead

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and advance to the next slide, I think.

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I will try to keep ahead of them and and
I'll just give you a signal for the next

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one. It's okay. Um I work for a small
urban design firm located just outside

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of Washington DC and uh the the thing
that motivates my company is uh building

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community and so when we design places
everything that goes into designing

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those places is uh revolves around that
building of community and that's what uh

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we have come here to help Brad do. So,
we're excited to present some of the

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early design concepts. You can go ahead
to the next slide, and you can sort of

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just keep moving through the first five
or so. So, you know, I believe where

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where the site is. This is just south of
uh US14 on 160. It's that kind of upside

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down Lshape um big piece of land. And
that's going to be really important in

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terms of how the design shaped up
because it's a really great piece of

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land for the possibility of commercial
being located there.

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Um, just touching a little bit on some
of the constraints we had to work with.

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We always make sure we're working with
the natural constraints and try to

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design around things like existing trees
as best as we can. And sink holes are a

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big thing here. We learned we don't have
those as much in Washington DC, but we

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did our best to incorporate them into
the community and uh make them into an

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amenity. So, you'll see that that winds
up being a lot of green space that the

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community will have access to. And then
also storm water. So those two big blue

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blobs on there are storm water
management that we have to make sure we

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incorporate into the design.
As we look at the scale of the site, you

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can go to the next one. Uh as we look at
the scale of the site, we like to think

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of things in terms of the 5-minute walk.
That's basically how long Americans will

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how far Americans will walk. Beyond
that, they'll get in a car. They'll walk

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further for transit. If you live within
5 minutes of your daily eats, you might

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actually walk to get your milk and bread
or walk to drop your kid off of the

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daycare or things like that. So, if as
we think about building community, the

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best way to do that we believe is
walkability. If you walk past your

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neighbor's house and they're sitting on
the porch, you might say, "Hey," and

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they might invite you up for a cup of
coffee or a glass of wine. And it's a

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great way to build community, get to
know your neighbors, and it's that sort

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of American small town that we all uh uh
are are looking for. Um, but the best is

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when there's something to walk to, not
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like I said, that that location for the
commercial that this site is so good

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for. Um, we try to locate those at the
center of these 5-minute walks so that

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people have a reason to be out, not
other than just walking the dog or

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getting exercise.
Good. Uh these these slides show a

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little bit now that we know you know
about the site and what we have to work

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around physically then we try to figure
out okay what's going to go on this site

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and yes there will be some retail uh we
know there's uh serious demand for that

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as population growth like Brad said but
then we also worked very closely with

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Bob Gibbs to identify the retail demand
and there is significant retail demand

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so this is us just putting those on a
page to see how they scale next to one

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another. You can go ahead to the next
two slides as well. And these are just a

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graphic showing sort of how that all
fits onto um this is the retail one. Uh

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how that might fit onto the slide. And
then of course we're tasked with

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designing a neighborhood that is
walkable, incorporates all these things

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and is designed around the physical
constraints of the of the property.

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next.
And so this is our current master plan

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uh as we've worked with Brad and and the
whole team to come up with. Um and in

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order to make it walkable, what we do is
we uh begin by locating the lower

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intensity uses such as single family
detached homes closer to other single

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family detached homes. So in the top
left you'll see near the sink holes,

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those are all single family detached.
And then as you move to the right and

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down the master plan, it gets a little
bit more intense gradually.

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[clears throat] So, so let's say you're
walking from the top left down to the

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bottom right. You might walk past some
larger single family detached homes with

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garages in the front and then you may
move towards smaller detached houses

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with garages in the rear on an alley
which uh makes for a more

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pedestrian-friendly street because you
don't have the interruption of the

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driveway. And then you may continue past
some missing middle forplex uh units.

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And then finally, when you arrive at the
darkest purplish color, maroon color,

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you've arrived at the town center. Now,
the town center is very carefully

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located next to the brightest orange on
the right side, which is all commercial.

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So commercial and retail. There are sort
of two types. They're what we like to

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call the regional commercial, and that's
things like maybe some restaurants on

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pad sites. They may even have a
drive-thru. That's up for up for

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discussion.
There's uh potential for a grocery

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store, we think, based on the market
study we received. And then all of those

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really need that highway visibility and
really need that full intersection. So,

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we worked with the information from uh
the transportation master plan that

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called for a connection of Pemrook
Avenue through the project and out to

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160. And so, there's a full intersection
there. With a full intersection, you can

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get uh a lot more retail tenants. So,
that's the reason for that primary

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intersection being located there. And
that is also where the most intensive

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intense uses are. [clears throat]
From there, moving back into the

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neighborhood, that darker maroon color
is the sort of walkable retail. So,

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that's the local, that's the the cheese
shop or the uh the local restaurant that

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is owned by someone who may have started
in 14 mil market and now needs their own

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brickandmortar retail. Um, it's the
smaller footprint sort of thing and it

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may even be two to three stories with a
residential above it, a residential unit

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above it. So what happens by locating
the walkable retail, the local retail

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with the regional commercial right next
to each other is they form a symbiotic

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relationship. The parking can be shared.
People can walk even to the grocery

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store. Think about the 13-year-old who
can't drive yet can walk and go get

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their energy drink or whatever without
having to cross any incredibly busy road

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and uh risk their life to do so. So,
um, that's the reason for locating all

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the all of the commercial, uh, next to
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You can go on to the next one. And this
shows a little bit of how it ties back

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to those walk circles. So, um, the
5-minute walk locates right on the

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neighborhood retail and then also on a
park in the residential piece of the

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neighborhood. That park may act as a
second center. The first center, of

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course, being a local commercial that
everybody walks to and from in the

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evening or for their for their errands.
But there's also civic uh civic uses

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such as a park or maybe a pavilion, a
picnic pavilion, things that you might

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go to uh during the afternoon on
Saturday. And so those two centers are

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working together to anchor the two
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Thanks.
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to predict, but I've never given this
presentation to you either. No, you're

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doing excellent. You're doing excellent.
>> This diagram shows uh the the amount of

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pedestrian facilities, and it's a little
bit hard to see the lighter green, but

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what what you're looking at here, the
solid green lines are pedestrianon

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thoroughares. So, things like trails,
paths that houses might face, uh which

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we have an image of coming up later. And
then the dashed are sidewalks on

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streets. Every street's going to have
dedicated sidewalks. And that network

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that connects you around the entire
neighborhood connects you from your

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front door to that local shop to that
grocery store and to a fantastic network

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of parks and greens and squares that are
shown in lighter green with that will

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all have trails in them like I mentioned
with the the the sink holes. Next.

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And this slide shows everything that's
accessible to the community. It's not to

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say it's publicly owned necessarily, but
it's things that anyone can can go to.

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So, the commercial, the grocery store,
the restaurants, the the retail shops,

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all of that is shown in green, teal, and
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that's white is privately owned
residential or or uh things that are not

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accessible to the general community. And
you can see the vast majority of the

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site is available to the community as a
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now I'm just going to briefly zoom in on
a a few uh elements of the plan. This

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this park um is is providing that
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next. And instead of just having a kind
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fence, what we like to do is incorporate
it as an amenity. So this is one of our

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favorite. We work from precedent a lot
and this is one of our favorite

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storm water management ponds that
actually acts as a park. When the water

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fills it up, you can't use it. But when
it's when there's when there's no flood,

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which is most of the time it's a park.
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there's plenty of trees, and it's those
houses around it are actually the most

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uh desired houses in the neighborhood
where this exists. Next, and this is

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what that could potentially look like.
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another element of the plan, there's an
existing road that has some really

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beautiful existing trees along it. And
we thought, let's try to save these. So,

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if we can save those trees and face some
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something like this. So, this is one of
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I mentioned earlier with the solid green
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a cottage court. That's essentially just
a small green with cottages, single

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family, detached houses facing it. And
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And next, there is a bit of a multif
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in the northeast corner of the site. And
the reason for that is because where I

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mentioned the full intersection is
available, that's where the commercial

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really needs to be. Uh they really need
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But up in the top corner, it makes sense
to it may make sense to where retail is

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not available. Not not typically going
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Multif family may be a better use and it
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and then that town square next.
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there next.
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spaces that are similar size that we
know work excellently. This is a a

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fantastically popular uh retail square
in a neighborhood that we designed in in

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uh that we work in in in Louisville and
uh it's very successful. Next, and this

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is what the the square in Nixa could
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Next, looking very briefly a little bit
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the details, but looking just at the
percentage of commercial. So, there's

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about 14% of the land is is dedicated to
that. Um, and then there are some other

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components as well. Um, the the largest
one at the bottom, the pink one, is is

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an entertainment piece that uh Kurt is
going to speak on in just a moment next.

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And finally, the PUD ordinance, the PUD
standards are what allow this to happen.

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uh, the map of the regulating plan that

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you're looking at here, it's a map that
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everything I just spoke to. So, it's it
not only have we designed things that we

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want to be walkable, we're going to make
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regulating plan and PUD go together to
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And with that, that's a very brief
overview of of the design here. So, with

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that, I'll hand it over to you, Kurt.

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Mayor and Council, good evening. Kurt
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development team. Um, rounding out our
overview of the concept plan that we

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just walked through. You'll see our
anchor tenant on the screen, which is an

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adventure park. I'm speaking of the 29
acres at the very southern tip of all

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those maps you saw. And it's an indoor
outdoor adventure park with uh lots of

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I'd call them familyfriendly activities.
This things like zip lines, bike trails,

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pump tracks. I didn't know what a pump
track was, by the way. If you if you

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YouTube it. I have five kids. They're
going nuts. They're like, "We want to go

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to that." But pump track, uh, ropes
course, climbing, things like that,

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gathering, eating options. So, the idea
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southern end, uh, southern gateway of
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families, full stop. But it is also
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some others to come into Nixa and to
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community. So, uh, Brad mentioned this
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extra sure just because of the, you
know, sort of gravitas and experience he

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has. Billy, who's here, right here in
this row, um, I mean, he's a he'd be a

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co-developer of this piece and just to
having seen some of his work, he's had

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40 plus years of experience on projects
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not only domestically, but actually
internationally. So, he's our

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co-developer that would help with this
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that, that is kind of turning the page
now. That was our trying to be efficient

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but also give you a sense for over all
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design sharets what we've come up with
as an overall concept plan for you to

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consider tonight. But as I turn the
page, we go from the overall vision and

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concept plan to a sense for the
obstacles that we're facing with this

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particular project on this site with
this land with the current condition

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it's in and the extraordinary amount of
infrastructure that will have to come to

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fruition to make us be able to put that
plan into place. So stating what you

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know, the 192 acres today is entirely
unimproved. It generates less than, drum

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roll, for an entire year. Everything you
see within the red hash boundaries,

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about $400 in taxes per year. Next
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We have unstable soils. We have
significant erosion as you can see on

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the screen. We have trespassing. We have
trash dumping. We have graffiti. We have

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sinkholes. I feel like sinkholes is the
theme tonight, but sinkholes. Uh we have

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standing water. Next slide. We have
deteriorating pavement. We have street

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that's blocked off, which you may
recognize. Overall, this the sense

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you're getting is accurate. It's not in
good shape. And most importantly, right

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now, it's not doing anything for the
citizens of Nixon. Next slide, please.

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So, aside from the nature of the site
itself, we have a real barrier in the

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form of infrastructure or lack thereof
to bring this project to life. I'm going

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to divide it up into off-site
infrastructure. So, everything that's

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not within the balance of that land, but
then also on-site in infrastructure. So,

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starting with off-site infrastructure,
focus on Highway 160, we have early

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estimates are approximately $5 million
of work to do at the minimum in terms of

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uh signalization at Penroke, which you
can see sort of 2/3 the way down where

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you see the double arrow on the on the
road there. and then turn lanes all

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along there. But at the same time, we're
been in talks with MDOT and as you know,

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everybody in this room respects MDOT.
They help keep us safe. They work at a

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pace that is not the same as maybe
everyone else works. I think very

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deliberate if you're following me. We
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time and we look forward to bringing
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But my point is there's potentially in
those conversations an additional on top

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of the 5 million what we'd estimate to
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be done there. Mostly focused on
possibly widening. We're not necessarily

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inviting that. We're going to let the
process work through. But we wanted you

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to know when we talk about off-site
infrastructure, whether on the low end

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or the high end, we have a lot of public
infrastructure that has to be done to

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make this project reality. Next slide,
please. That's off-site infrastructure.

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In terms of on-site infrastructure, you
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We're starting with a blank slate. Um,
all the public infrastructure in this

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kind of situation has to be delivered.
So, we're talking streets, we're talking

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sanitary, storm water, detention, water
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we estimate that this is probably around
early estimate about $33 million of

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infrastructure. Now, that would be
phased. A project like this, you know

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this intuitively, doesn't just show up
in a year. It gets phased out

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methodically and so would the on-site
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done, it's significant. And I'll say we
didn't even get into the micro

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infrastructure like fiber and electric
and gas. That was just the the major

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on-site infrastructure. So that's on top
of the 33 million um to make this

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project a reality.
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the current state of the land, the
daunting public infrastructure on-site,

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off-site required to make this project a
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will prevent private development at
least of this scale. Onesie, twoozy, you

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know, little things can be put on a
piece of land like this. That that's

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possible. But to do something like what
we've shown you tonight, this vision, it

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takes an extraordinary amount of money.
And it doesn't. It doesn't. That's why

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you don't see projects like this in this
situation very often unless we can come

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up with a public private partnership.
And fortunately, the Missouri

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legislature over time has given Nixa and
other cities various tools to use. Now,

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do you have to use them? No way. They're
discretionary. That's in your toolbox.

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So, our job, what we do is we come in,
we say, what are the barriers and is

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there even a way to bridge that gap and
what tools would be needed? So, we've

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spent quite a bit of time on that in the
background as the design team has been

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trying to design the project to the
site. So, I wanted to give you, you

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know, by the way, not to be
presumptuous, if you find at the end of

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the day that this is a compelling
vision, right? If you don't, then you

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can tune me out honestly. But if that's
a compelling vision and we want to see

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can we figure out how to make it happen,
here are the tools that we've

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identified. There's four of them to put
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The first is tax increment financing.
The second is community improvement

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district. The third is transportation
improvement district. And the fourth

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fourth is chapter 100. Now what I just
said to some of you may be like, I got

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it. I know what each of those things
are. But in case some of those are not

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familiar for you, I thought I'd spend
just a surface level tonight giving you

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a sense for what I mean when I mention
those four tools.

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First, tax increment financing.
What does it do? I will say in so many

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places this just because I am a finance
person real estate development for for a

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living many nights in front of governing
bodies just like you and for in so many

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instances this can be almost a I was
going to say four-letter word but you

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know what I mean threeletter acronym um
but hear me out because I really think

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that there's a lot of times where it
takes on a life of its own which it

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becomes something it's not in this case
it captures new emphasis on new new

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property tax that's generated by the
developer building a project. It also

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captures half of the new sales tax that
is generated by the project on the site.

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By the way, the other half of the sales
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the state, county, and the city. And
then the revenues that are generated

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over a long period of time under the
tiff are then used to reimburse

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infrastructure and other costs of the
project. Again, over a long period of

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time. Next slide. I'm going to lump the
second and third tools together because

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while they have different acronyms,
different names, they are mechanically

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the very same thing. And and what is
that? Transportation development

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district and community improvement
district which is C and TDD both add an

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extra sales tax in this case up to 1%
each on charges on taxable charges

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within the project. So what is it not?
If somebody goes to the grocery store or

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some other business right now in the
community, if this project were to move

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forward, just as we're saying, using
these tools, this would be irrelevant.

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It's only when they come on to the
project. Things that Brad and his team

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bring to the site, then have cash
registers. It's there that you would

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have an additional sales tax. And those
additional sales tax dollars would be

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collected over a long number of years
and again would be used to reimburse

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certain costs of the project over that
period. So that was the second and the

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third tool. The fourth and final tool is
referred to as chapter 100, which is

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just referring to where in the Missouri
statutes this tool exists. The sole

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purpose of this, there's actually
another way you can use that tool, which

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we're not using, and I won't talk about
it cuz it's irrelevant. The only purpose

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for this tool for this project would be
sales tax exemption, Missouri sales and

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use tax exemption on construction
materials that go into everything that's

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built within the project.
So, it's these four tools together that

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making make up what I would call the
financing structure that would make this

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project uh financable and make it
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So, in in closing, I I just was
reflecting on on all of this because

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we're clearly using a fire hose.
Hopefully, you appreciate it and know

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that we're not we want to get a lot of
information out there and I just did a

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lot um in just a few minutes. But I
thought about if I had heard all that

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associated with this conceptual plan
that you just heard tonight, what would

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be going through my mind? So rather than
coming up with 10 question answer, I

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have two two things that would be going
through my mind if I were you possibly.

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The first is
there's a lot of commercial here and

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that's a focal point of this project
which we've talked about.

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We can't seriously actually and this
comes from a career worth of experience.

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If you go out before you even have the
uh you know sort of uh conceptual buy in

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and support from a city both in terms of
the concept plan, the vision and the

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financing aspect of it and you go try to
get businesses and retailers and then

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you say well wait I'm not there yet. I
don't know really I I you go prematurely

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you literally can lose credibility for
that project and it probably makes

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intuitive sense. Then you go back later
and like no really we're ready this time

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and and they don't take you seriously.
So we are at the point where we're

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trying to look for by
holding discussions holding this

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discussion get the kind of general
support. Yeah there's something here we

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understand these tools we understand
this plan and then that will allow us as

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we move closer to approval if we get
there that we can go out and start

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recruiting these businesses and the
tenants and we we don't doubt for a

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00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:51,520
second that they will come. They will
want to be here. we just can't do that

405
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:54,799
right now in terms of sequence.
So that was the first question that came

406
00:30:53,360 --> 00:31:01,120
to my mind. The second one that came to
my mind is is probably the most

407
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:06,240
prevalent which is is this and this is
the kind of thing oftenimes I see in

408
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:10,480
social media or other uh venues like
that which is is this what was presented

409
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:14,159
tonight these tools specifically are
they really just I don't know a giveaway

410
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:19,120
I hear that phrase a lot is this a
giveaway from a great city to a

411
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,919
developer
and just kind of lines their pockets

412
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:27,600
using literally those are the kind of
words that you would see used. This is

413
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:32,159
by far the number one biggest
misconception and honestly it's not your

414
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:37,840
job. It's our job as the development
team over time to give the details and

415
00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:42,640
explain how all of this would work so
people don't have the misconception. So

416
00:31:39,919 --> 00:31:46,880
we have that burden not not you all but
doing a a surface level tonight

417
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:51,360
treatment of it to get started with the
answer. The city actually doesn't hand

418
00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:54,640
out any money that it has right now.
None. remember the city's portion. We'd

419
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:58,480
have to look at the percentages probably
like what 10% of the mill levy,

420
00:31:56,159 --> 00:32:02,080
something like that. Um, and this is
generating what, $400 a year in property

421
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:06,720
taxes and no sales taxes. There's
nothing there today. Nothing that's

422
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:10,399
being requested as part of these tools
exists today. It has to be created and

423
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,399
it has to be created by somebody that
goes and takes out huge construction

424
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:18,640
loans and puts huge construction
guarantees on personal guarantees on the

425
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:23,200
line and brings retailers and tenants
and causes cash registers to go and

426
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:26,720
causes people to move into the housing
and the parks have to be created. All

427
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:32,640
that has to happen before any of these
tools are effectuated.

428
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:37,279
This is not a tiff bond deal. I like you
have read many times about other cities

429
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:40,880
even in the general region of our state
that have gotten into tiff bond deals

430
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:45,440
and they guarantee the bonds a lot of
times and that can go well sometimes and

431
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,559
sometimes it doesn't go well. This is
this has nothing to do with that that

432
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:52,559
there's no proposal for tiff bonds there
won't be tiff bonds.

433
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:56,320
So again the developer only has access
to revenues that in a sense that it

434
00:32:54,000 --> 00:33:02,080
generates through its risk and heavy
capital investment. All the risk is on

435
00:32:59,679 --> 00:33:07,200
the developer here. All the risk is on
the developer. Meanwhile, as residents

436
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:12,080
and visitors are attracted to the
project, residents

437
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,600
really I this is a term that I use a
lot, maybe some of you do too, the idea

438
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:19,600
of leakage. Another uh synonymous
concept would be if somebody said, "Wow,

439
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:24,159
you know, we're more of a bedroom
community." That means that when we wake

440
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:27,919
up in the morning and need to go buy
something here or get this service or

441
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:31,440
get this entertainment with my family, I
have to leave the community. It's it's

442
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:35,840
considered leakage, right? Sales tax
dollars, uh, economic activity is

443
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:41,919
leaking out of the community. So, back
to what this helps us do is keep

444
00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:47,679
residents here and stop as much leakage
as is happening today from Nixa for

445
00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:53,679
entertainment and for retail and and the
like. Also, when we attract people here

446
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:58,240
and when more Nixa residents stay here,
it's a huge injection into our current

447
00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:02,320
businesses, right? not just the what
will happen here but it's more economic

448
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:07,519
activity in the city which helps promote
promote the existing businesses that are

449
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:12,240
here today and overall over time it's a
massive investment in the city's tax

450
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:16,960
base both from a sales tax and from a
property tax perspective.

451
00:34:14,879 --> 00:34:21,200
So with that that's a lightning round.
We were all quick hopefully efficient

452
00:34:18,879 --> 00:34:26,079
enough for you but substantive. That is
our vision. That's our proposed public

453
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:32,079
private partnership. We are nothing
short of thrilled to be here. Each one

454
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:36,480
of us on this team alongside Brad. Um
this is a project that hopefully you'll

455
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:39,440
share in our vision has a project to be
extraordinarily impactful. You know,

456
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:44,240
this is sort of one of those
generational projects for Nixa. Um and

457
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:47,919
at this point, subject to the mayor
running the meeting, we could answer any

458
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:52,639
questions you have. Uh but again, thank
you for taking the time to let us

459
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:56,079
present like this tonight.
Anybody have any questions?

460
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:04,560
We're good. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, mayor. Thank you, council.

461
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:08,720
» And thank you to the whole group. It's
been it's been great. It's I can't even

462
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:14,560
remember how long ago we started this,
but it seems like it's gone really fast.

463
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:19,359
I know it's been a while. Um it's been
very interesting to see the whole

464
00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:23,520
process go out. It's also been
very unique to have you get so many

465
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:28,960
people in the community involved in
helping form this. That's not something

466
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:31,960
that's often done. So greatly
appreciated

467
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:41,599
and it's very exciting by the way. Wish
we could have watched the video as well.

468
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:44,680
That one was pretty cool.
All right.

469
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:55,480
Well, next up we will move on to our
next presentation which is Mr. ORF the

470
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,480
Forest Heights Virginia Lane update.

471
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:35,359
Okay, there we go. All right. Good
evening, mayor and council. Um, as I'm

472
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:41,119
sure you're all aware, uh, the city
dealt with a very complex issue, um,

473
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:44,960
starting in August of last year. Um now
that it's all been resolved, Mr. Lyles

474
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:49,520
has asked me to give a presentation
update um to all of you um discussing

475
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:55,040
all the work that was done to get the
the sewer main repaired on the forest

476
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:58,400
sites um development. So this
presentation will look at the the

477
00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:02,640
complexity of this project. Um it'll
also go over the general timeline of

478
00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:07,760
events. um they'll look at the the three
phases that staff used to address this

479
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:13,440
uh this issue and finally provide an
overall uh of total costs for this

480
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:18,400
project. Um so for the overview um this
this repair was very complex um

481
00:37:16,195 --> 00:37:24,800
[clears throat] in part due to the
proximity to two existing homes and also

482
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:30,000
being very deep. It was 17 ft deep and
um there was only a 23 ft uh distance

483
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:34,320
between the two houses. Um the stewart
repair complexity was compounded by the

484
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:38,800
fact that it sat next to a raveling
erosion dome um which is essentially the

485
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:44,240
precursor to a sinkhole. Um it just
hasn't reached the surface yet. Um uh

486
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:49,760
the erosion dome ended up being closed
on October 16th as part of the phase 1

487
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:55,280
work that was done. Um so with the sewer
man being so deep uh traditional methods

488
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:58,640
uh of excavation couldn't occur uh as
the dig would affect the foundations of

489
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:02,160
those homes as well.
So, staff engaged with several

490
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:06,720
contractors and engineers to develop a
three-phase plan um to finally repair

491
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:12,320
the sewer line. Phase one being filling
the voids um in the soil with compact

492
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:15,440
route that would close the erosion dome.
Phase two being underpinning the

493
00:38:13,839 --> 00:38:20,800
foundations of the homes to protect them
during uh the excavation. And finally,

494
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:26,320
phase three um excavating and repairing
that line.

495
00:38:23,359 --> 00:38:31,839
So, as you can see with this lot map of
the forest heights phase five or phase

496
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:36,240
four, the red line um in between the two
manholes was the portion of the serum

497
00:38:33,599 --> 00:38:41,280
main that collapsed it. Let's see if my
laser works. It was right in this area

498
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:47,280
here
um where the issue occurred.

499
00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:52,079
Um at the time of the collapse, 17 homes
were actively utilizing this line. This

500
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:56,400
is a very new fairly new development. So
all the lots throughout this were either

501
00:38:54,160 --> 00:39:01,200
complete or through uh various phases of
construction at the time. Um but 17 of

502
00:38:59,359 --> 00:39:07,119
them were actively utilizing the line
and were being lived in at the time. Um

503
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:12,320
so all the lots within this phase do
flow through that compromised sewer line

504
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:16,000
with the exception of three. So once the
um compromised sewer main was

505
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:21,280
discovered, uh staff placed restrictions
on further construction activities

506
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:26,720
um within the development mainly to
eliminate the potential for additional

507
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:31,599
flow through that line. Um these include
restrictions on sewer ditch inspections,

508
00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:34,640
um halting the new or the installation
of new water meters and also not

509
00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:40,640
allowing any new certificates of
occupancy until the um the the main

510
00:39:39,119 --> 00:39:44,240
could be repaired.
So outside of this, the the developer

511
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:48,560
was allowed to continue building while
city staff worked on a solution towards

512
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:53,040
those repairs. And as you can see with
that red line there, um there is a

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00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:58,000
manhole just at the very north end of
that line. Um the homes within the

514
00:39:54,960 --> 00:40:01,839
culde-sac were south of that manhole um
where we were able to set a bypass pump.

515
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:05,920
So we unfortunately had to shut off
their water service as we could not

516
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:09,320
capture their their flow um into the
compromised surain.

517
00:40:10,079 --> 00:40:17,040
So moving back to the start of the
project or started where we discovered

518
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:23,839
the issue um the issue was discovered on
August 13th um where a homeowner um

519
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:28,880
experienced a backup in the drain of
their their home after uh calling a

520
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,560
plumber. The plumber discovered mud in
their lateral line uh which indicated

521
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:36,320
that it had separated from the sewer
main. The the the main was then came and

522
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:41,200
that's when the the collapse was
discovered.

523
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:46,240
Um on August 15th uh staff implemented
an emergency purchase order to expedite

524
00:40:43,839 --> 00:40:50,480
an assessment of why the main failed as
well as engaging with contractors to try

525
00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:54,320
and fix the sewer main. Um, upon
implementation of this order, city staff

526
00:40:52,880 --> 00:41:00,400
worked with Cochran Engineering
throughout this process uh to identify

527
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:05,359
and develop plans to fix it.
Um, on August 25th, we had own

528
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:08,640
engineering out performing a soil test
to better understand why the

529
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:13,520
infrastructure had failed. There's a
video on on this slide. Um this video

530
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:18,640
shows the core sampling that was done uh
where they uh tap into the soil to um

531
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:25,119
one test it strength but also to see if
any voids are present. Um when uh the

532
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:28,560
ground was was very soft here which
indicated the presence of a carsted

533
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:33,839
feature that was later determined to be
the raveling erosion dome. Um staff also

534
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:39,200
smelled sewage near the the holes which
indicated that the compromised mane was

535
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:42,240
leaking into the surrounding soil.
So, with the presence of an

536
00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:46,000
environmental hazard posed by the
collapsed sewer main, staff had to

537
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:49,520
inform the home homeowners in the
culde-sac that were south of the main

538
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:53,264
that their public water and sewer
service would have to be shut off as

539
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:55,760
we'd be unable to capture their flow
>> [snorts]

540
00:41:53,359 --> 00:42:00,240
» um from the bypass pump that was set up.
From that point on, staff was in contact

541
00:41:58,319 --> 00:42:06,200
with these uh these five homes on a
daily basis um until service could be

542
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,200
restored.

543
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:15,680
So just trace off through there.
On August 29th, um we got the

544
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:21,680
geotechnical report back which can
identified a raveling erosion dome um

545
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:25,839
present and that the compromised surain
was located within the rim of that dome.

546
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:30,720
So that report also provided
recommendations to staff on how to

547
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:35,359
remediate the dome which included
compaction grouting and um foundational

548
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:40,560
underpinning. uh those recommendations
would later become our respective phase

549
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:43,960
one and phase two portions of the serial
repair plan.

550
00:42:44,319 --> 00:42:51,760
So using the um recommendations from the
geotechnical report, Cochran Engineering

551
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:56,319
began reaching out to companies to
perform um compaction gring services. Uh

552
00:42:54,720 --> 00:43:00,480
staff received quotes from two companies
and ultimately chose Ren Engineering out

553
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:05,520
of St. Louis to perform the phase one
work. And the the photo on this slide um

554
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:10,960
is the bypass pump that was set up at
that manhole.

555
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:17,359
So um from August to September, we were
kind of working through what needed to

556
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:22,000
be done. By October uh 6th, we had ren
engineering out. Um the video on this

557
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:26,800
slide shows the the drill rig that
drilled six primary holes into the soil

558
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:33,280
and then pumped the compaction grout
into uh into the the erosion dome. um at

559
00:43:31,359 --> 00:43:37,520
a certain pressure or until a certain
pressure was hit. Um by hitting that

560
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:41,680
pressure, Ren was able to determine that
the grout wasn't just flushing into an

561
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:46,400
additional void in the ground, but was
in fact filling the erosion dome as

562
00:43:43,839 --> 00:43:50,880
indicated and as intended. Um all
drilling locations did hit the pressure

563
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:57,599
that needed to be hit um to to close
that dome. Um and it no longer exists.

564
00:43:55,119 --> 00:44:00,599
In total, phase one cost the city
$126,264.68.

565
00:44:02,319 --> 00:44:10,160
Um, a little more than 6,000 of that
being the compaction material and the

566
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:16,319
rest being green engineering services.
So after the 16th, um, that leads us

567
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:21,040
into phase two, um, which is the
underpinning the the foundations of the

568
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:27,280
homes so that phase three could occur.
Uh, Ren Engineering also was the

569
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:30,960
engineering firm um that did the phase 2
work and performed this work on behalf

570
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:35,280
of the city. Um, after working with the
homeowners, Ren Engineering was able to

571
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:42,079
get back on site on November 17th of
last year. And between then and December

572
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:46,560
5th, um, when they concluded their work,
they drove 18 piles to Bedrock until

573
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:50,160
certain pressures were hit. So those
piles were then attached to the home

574
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:55,119
foundations um effectively transferring
the house load from the soil to the the

575
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:58,640
bedrock below. Uh this prevents the
foundations from shifting or becoming

576
00:44:56,720 --> 00:45:04,240
compromised since we had to dig so close
to the houses for phase three. In total

577
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:10,920
phase two with the underpinning um cost
the city $148,614.50

578
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,920
50 cents

579
00:45:11,359 --> 00:45:16,240
moving into phase three. Um it phase
three actually started the very next

580
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:20,240
week that the underpinning was
concluded. So it started on December 8th

581
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:25,280
with excavation repair work being
performed by Hamilton and dad. Um they

582
00:45:23,359 --> 00:45:29,280
were able to fully repair the surain and
place the line back into service on

583
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:33,599
December 12th which allowed the five
affected homes in the culdesac to have

584
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:38,160
their water and sewer service restored.
So they had been out since October

585
00:45:35,359 --> 00:45:41,599
August 28th.
So, the repair and restoration work

586
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:44,599
performed by Hamilton and DAD totaled
$252,265.

587
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:53,280
Um, there's restoration work that led
into uh this year. Um, so it wasn't

588
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:58,079
fully which it was fully completed on
June 4th uh when the sod was laid. Both

589
00:45:56,160 --> 00:46:01,520
phase 2 and phase 3 were pretty
intrusive to the nearby homes. Uh, which

590
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:05,359
is why there's quite a bit of
restoration work that needed to be done

591
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:09,839
to complete the process.
uh city staff performed the dirt work um

592
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:15,119
here and then Ryan's lawn and tree
service performed the sod installation.

593
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:20,440
Um in total phase three with Hamilton
and dad performing the repair work was

594
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,440
$261,45.84.

595
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:30,640
So for the total cost for repair, um
this includes all the phases of of the

596
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:36,599
the project including equipment rentals,
um engineering fees and other

597
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:36,599
miscellaneous items was $62,973.

598
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:43,839
Um this doesn't include all the time
that staff spent going out there and

599
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:48,319
coordinating the process, but um for for
dollar amounts, that's that was the

600
00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:52,160
total process or total project cost. Um,
as you'll see later tonight, we have a

601
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:56,000
budget amendment that will just be for
the amount that was expensed in 2026,

602
00:46:54,240 --> 00:47:02,520
which is why it's a bit lower. Um, but
that amount ends up being $266,

603
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,520
um,723.

604
00:47:03,119 --> 00:47:07,640
So, does council have any questions?

605
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:23,599
Thank you. I believe so. Thank you.
And Mr. Gorf, I want to thank you again

606
00:47:19,839 --> 00:47:30,480
for all your help on that project.
No, that was not Well, we don't want to

607
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:36,040
get back into that, do we?
But I made some new friends. Bob, love

608
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,040
you guys.

609
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:46,560
Keep going.
Okay. Just let me know.

610
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:50,880
All right,
we will move on to the visitors section.

611
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:54,119
Mrs. Coffee, do we have anyone signed up
to speak?

612
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:06,880
» Good evening, mayor and council. My name
is Kristen Hazelton and I am the

613
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:11,200
president and CEO of Christian County
Business Development Corporation. We are

614
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:14,720
a nonprofit organization that operates
Show Mech Christian County Economic

615
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:19,920
Development and a tourism platform
called Explore Christian County. We

616
00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:24,960
represent 55 investor partners who want
to advance economic growth and quality

617
00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:29,520
of life in communities across Christian
County. I appreciate the opportunity to

618
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:34,079
provide some insight from the past year
of working with the development team on

619
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:38,079
the potential development in South Nixa.
Brad King and I have worked together

620
00:48:35,839 --> 00:48:41,599
over several years on various projects
throughout the county. When [snorts]

621
00:48:39,599 --> 00:48:46,319
this Nixa property was listed just over
a year ago, Brad called and was very

622
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:50,640
excited about the opportunities this
parcel would have for the community. He

623
00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:55,760
had a vision for a walkable development
that would be unique in our region. Brad

624
00:48:53,520 --> 00:49:00,240
started asking questions about specific
needs and desires in Nixa and the

625
00:48:58,079 --> 00:49:04,559
surrounding area actually. and he even
got to work doing local research and

626
00:49:02,079 --> 00:49:08,640
talking to strategic partners. He wanted
to approach this development differently

627
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:13,359
by incorporating community feedback from
the beginning and that is exactly what

628
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:17,920
he has done over the past year. The
property has been examined via a

629
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:22,960
sinkhole study, traffic study, land use
analysis and many other ways of

630
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:28,160
analyzing it. So in addition to that,
Brad has put together a team to listen

631
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:33,119
and learn from locals uh from locals
about the needs from both the city and

632
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:37,599
the Nixa community members. He's hired
industry experts to research and analyze

633
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:42,960
the property and the community to create
a viable plan that works for Nixa. All

634
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:46,720
of this work has been done to meet the
needs of the community and to move to

635
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:52,000
the next phase of the large-scale
development. I see this project as an

636
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:55,680
exciting opportunity for Nixa Council to
help enact the vision that has been

637
00:49:53,680 --> 00:50:00,960
casted by community members through the
comprehensive plan and through NIXA's

638
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:05,520
internal strategic plan. In these plans
and through the public engagement

639
00:50:02,559 --> 00:50:10,400
process, NIXA residents have emphasized
many times that they want more quality

640
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:14,800
parks and green spaces, a walkable
community, more retail, a variety of

641
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:19,920
housing options, and things for families
to do together. This project is a great

642
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:23,680
example of what can be accomplished when
the public and private sectors come

643
00:50:21,839 --> 00:50:29,440
together in collaboration to meet
community needs. As this project returns

644
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:33,760
to council for further discussions, the
conversation will turn to a critical

645
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:38,319
stage which is solidifying a public
private partnership and finalizing a

646
00:50:35,839 --> 00:50:42,319
development agreement. In any project of
this scale, the development team will be

647
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:46,880
required to make massive upfront
investments into public improvements and

648
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:51,040
infrastructure like roads, utility
connections, water and sewer

649
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:55,200
connectivity, and others. All of these
improvements happen in order to prepare

650
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:59,520
the site to recruit end users like
retailers, restaurants, commercial

651
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:03,920
tenants, and more. When the time comes,
we encourage council to thoughtfully

652
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:08,160
evaluate the developer responsibilities
and consider how the city may partner

653
00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:12,640
with the development group to make this
project come to fruition. We are happy

654
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:17,119
to answer any questions along this
process. And I just want to say thank

655
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:20,599
you for your time.
>> Thank you, Kristen.

656
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:27,880
Okay, we do not have anyone else signed
up, but if you would like to speak, you

657
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:27,880
can still do so.

658
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:39,119
And I will close the visitors.
Oh,

659
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:41,760
» we'll run. Jeez. No,
>> it's a bigger room. Hey,

660
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:43,760
» clap. Make a noise. I don't even
>> It's a lot bigger than it used to be.

661
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:45,359
So,
>> I know.

662
00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:47,839
» I should have cut through the middle.
Marin Council. Hi.

663
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:52,800
» I thought you were leaving, honestly.
>> I'm like, I'm out.

664
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:56,319
» Um, hi. Wow. Hi. I need to think now for
a second. Start the time. Okay, they

665
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:59,760
started the time. I don't think me
running should have counted, but that's

666
00:51:57,599 --> 00:52:03,040
okay. Uh Whitney Geon, I'm the president
of the Nixon Chamber. I just want to

667
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:06,480
take a minute to talk a little bit about
this development because I am stoked. I

668
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:12,720
don't know if you're allowed to say
stoked city council, but I am. Um I

669
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:15,599
think that as Nixa grows with
residential, it's great to see that

670
00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:19,280
there's interest in growing our
commercial side as well. And we need

671
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:22,720
that commercial side to support all of
the people who are moving here who want

672
00:52:20,559 --> 00:52:28,480
to live here and work here and play
here. And so to see this potential out

673
00:52:25,599 --> 00:52:33,680
there is incredibly exciting. A lot of
the feedback that I get probably most

674
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:37,200
often is when are we building more
commercial space? And I'm like I when do

675
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:40,880
you want to build more commercial space
person who's asking me? But it's really

676
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:44,000
just exciting to see this. I mean I'm
excited for the residential part as

677
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:48,319
well, but obviously my heart is a little
bit closer to all the potential that we

678
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:52,960
can see in the growth of Nixa. are going
to grow either way, but if we could have

679
00:52:51,359 --> 00:52:56,880
some kind of control over what that
looks like and bring something that's

680
00:52:54,319 --> 00:53:01,200
truly unique to our area and unique to
our region, it's incredibly exciting.

681
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:06,640
So, um I'm excited to see where this
goes. And I will not answer any

682
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:10,960
questions because I'm not in charge of
this one, but uh thanks so much and I

683
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:15,359
just wanted to say how excited I am for
that.

684
00:53:12,559 --> 00:53:19,839
» Thank you, Whitney.
We'll

685
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:24,000
say I think we're we're in a really good
place right now. We have between Show me

686
00:53:21,839 --> 00:53:27,839
Christian County, our chamber, honestly,
our downtown group. We have so many

687
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:32,960
people in Otto. I mean, we have so many
people that want to see Nixa succeed and

688
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:38,160
you have a council that wants to do it,
not by raising taxes, by focusing on

689
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:44,160
economic development and increasing the
tax base. So, that's not very common in

690
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:47,920
this political world we live in. I will
leave the public hearing open just in

691
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:51,079
case anyone else decides they would like
to speak

692
00:53:52,000 --> 00:54:00,880
and I will close the visitor section.
Thank you all very much.

693
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:05,040
Still good. All right. Next up, we will
do our first reading of ordinances. Mrs.

694
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:09,680
Coffee, could you please read council
bill 2026-16?

695
00:54:08,319 --> 00:54:14,319
First reading council bill number
2026-16

696
00:54:11,599 --> 00:54:20,359
an ordinance of the council of city mix
amending the 2026 April budget in the

697
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:20,359
amount of $266,723.34

698
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:30,319
to appropriate funds for all items
expense in the 20 in 2026 related to

699
00:54:27,359 --> 00:54:34,880
forest sites repair project presenting
as project facilitator.

700
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:42,440
» Good evening mayor and council. Um, as I
presented earlier, um, the the entire

701
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:42,440
project cost was, uh, $62,973.

702
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:50,079
However, um, the items that were the
expenditure items that were finalized

703
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:54,319
this year, um, primarily includes an
invoice from Cochran for geotechnical

704
00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:58,240
engineering services. Um, all the work
that was performed by Hamilton and dad

705
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:03,520
for that phase three. Um, and then the
site res restorative work. Um, as I said

706
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:08,640
previously, the expenditure items that
were finalized in 2025, which don't go

707
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:13,119
towards this um, budget amendment, was
the phase 1, phase 2 items, um, some of

708
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:19,079
the rental equipment and other things
like that. So, staff is requesting a

709
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:19,079
budget amendment for $266,723.34

710
00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:28,640
all the items expensed in 2026 related
to the Forest Heights sewer repair

711
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:34,559
project. Any questions?
>> Any questions?

712
00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:36,800
You better hope we approve this, huh?
You going to take it back?

713
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:37,760
» Yeah. [laughter]
No.

714
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:42,079
» No.
>> No.

715
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:46,319
» Money we didn't want to spend, but money
well spent for sure. All right. No

716
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:50,240
questions. I will open up the public
hearing. If you would like to speak on

717
00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:53,799
this budget amendment, feel free to do
so at this time.

718
00:55:53,920 --> 00:56:04,680
And I will close the public hearing.
Anything further from council? Anything

719
00:56:01,119 --> 00:56:04,680
further from staff?

720
00:56:04,799 --> 00:56:12,280
All right. Further moving on. Mrs.
coffee. Could you please read council

721
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,280
bill 2026-17267

722
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,440
district

723
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:38,079
mayor council? Good evening. Uh if you
have an energy drink, feel free to take

724
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:42,079
a big swig cuz I've been told I get
pretty boring. So,

725
00:56:40,559 --> 00:56:44,880
but with the uh the presentation
earlier, this is kind of convenient

726
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:50,000
because now we're talking about a
downtown overlay zoning district. Um so,

727
00:56:48,319 --> 00:56:55,920
if you may have noticed in our downtown
area that there have been some buildings

728
00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:59,280
come up missing due to um some dangerous
building proceedings that, you know,

729
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:02,960
property owner decided to demolish
rather than try to repair as they were

730
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:07,599
in severe disrepair.
Um, so therefore, when you get into

731
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:12,000
those situations in your typical
downtown environment where you have lots

732
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:15,680
that were created and buildings that
were created long before building codes

733
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:20,640
or land development codes, it gets hard
to try to recreate that environment

734
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:24,000
during with current uh codes. So with
that in mind, staff teamed up with our

735
00:57:22,559 --> 00:57:28,640
planning partners, Southwest Missouri
Council of Governments, to come up with

736
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:33,119
this downtown overlay district. Now, I
will admit majority of the heavy lifting

737
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:38,880
was performed by uh Simco, which was
represented by Mr. Thomas Hughes back

738
00:57:34,799 --> 00:57:42,799
here. Um, but so in this zoning overlay
district, again, this is an overlay.

739
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:47,839
It's not replacing the underlying
zoning. This is basically a blanket that

740
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:53,359
goes on top to kind of give relief on
certain uh code requirements. Um, so we

741
00:57:51,599 --> 00:57:56,720
didn't address every little thing, but
we addressed a lot of the big things

742
00:57:54,799 --> 00:58:01,520
that we heard concerns about or that we
know are concerns. Um, one of the things

743
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:04,960
that we heard about was a concern, not
necessarily directly from to us, but

744
00:58:03,359 --> 00:58:11,599
we've heard through community members
that land use um how we classify uh land

745
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:16,079
uses and how we look at land uses via
our table of approved uses. Our current

746
00:58:14,079 --> 00:58:22,079
code is very specific on our table of
approved uses. So it gets down to a

747
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:26,559
candy store, a candle shop, a a bar with
restaurant or restaurant with a bar. Um

748
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:32,079
it's very specific in that manner. So
it's not very open to interpretations

749
00:58:29,119 --> 00:58:35,760
when it comes to new development of new
proposed developments that may not, you

750
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:40,079
know, fit the general mold that we have
seen in the past. So what we are

751
00:58:37,839 --> 00:58:44,640
proposing with this overlay district is
to kind of be a little more generalized

752
00:58:41,839 --> 00:58:50,000
in how we look at land uses. So rather
than getting specifics, we're looking at

753
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:53,920
um a general commercial category, a food
and beverage category, personal

754
00:58:51,599 --> 00:58:58,079
services, uh business and professional
services, cultural facilities, uh

755
00:58:56,240 --> 00:59:02,480
residential uses, and the introduction
of mixed uses, which is again another

756
00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:07,920
big component that this is going to
allow u mixed uses, which is commercial

757
00:59:05,839 --> 00:59:11,839
on the ground floor building with
residential uses above it. Um, again,

758
00:59:10,319 --> 00:59:16,240
that's something that's not directly
allowed in our code, but this overlay,

759
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:21,920
if approved, will allow that concept to
exist in this downtown overlay district.

760
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:26,559
Um, another concept that we are u
looking at in here is signs. Now, we're

761
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:31,760
not changing a lot when it comes to
signs. Um, we are getting a little more

762
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:37,680
specific on the signs that are typically
found in a downtown environment. Um, so

763
00:59:35,839 --> 00:59:42,319
that's every way from your your sandwich
signs that go on your sidewalk to your

764
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:48,079
projecting signs. I'm talking to a sign
expert, so I feel kind of weird, but in

765
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:52,480
the downtown environment,
but if there are large enough lots that

766
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:56,240
can that can handle the setback
requirements for freestanding signs, we

767
00:59:54,640 --> 01:00:02,480
want to make that an option for them as
well. Uh, the big one that we ran into

768
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:09,119
is building setbacks.
So this is where in order to recreate or

769
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:13,920
or continue with the typical downtown
environment, we needed to provide some

770
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:19,839
relief to building setbacks. Uh the big
one is when you are adjacent to a

771
01:00:17,359 --> 01:00:24,079
existing structure that is on the
property line, whether it's the side or

772
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:29,119
the front, you are allowed to connect to
it if you so choose and you can also

773
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:33,119
enjoy that f same front setback that
that neighboring structure is utilizing.

774
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:38,480
So again, in that downtown environment
of South Main Street, if those three

775
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:41,680
lots that are now vacant, if somebody
wanted to redevelop on them, they can

776
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:45,440
redevelop in the same manner as the
structures that were previously on it u

777
01:00:43,839 --> 01:00:50,000
due to the fact that their neighboring
structures are enjoying this zero

778
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:54,000
setback uh environment.
That is the big one on when it comes to

779
01:00:51,839 --> 01:01:00,400
setbacks. Now, when it comes to if
you're not uh abudding another structure

780
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:04,319
that is on the lot line, um you have
your typical or not typical, but the

781
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:08,319
setbacks that are found within this
overlay district. So, again, we're

782
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:13,520
trying to create that separation from
structures. Um if that existing

783
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:17,760
structure is not on that property line,
then then you can't try to abut to it or

784
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:22,240
get on that property line. You have to
have your the setbacks that are found

785
01:01:19,520 --> 01:01:26,880
within this overlay district. Um,
another big concept that um, we are

786
01:01:24,799 --> 01:01:32,400
introducing is with when it comes to
parking. Now, we know parking is limited

787
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:36,240
downtown. So, in this overlay district,
we are highly encouraging that new

788
01:01:34,799 --> 01:01:42,400
developments take advantage of our
satellite parking code. Um, which is

789
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:46,240
basically they can contract with a land
user or land or property owner that has

790
01:01:44,319 --> 01:01:50,799
an abundance of parking available to
them. Um, they can have a contract that

791
01:01:49,119 --> 01:01:55,119
they can or they're allowed to use that
property. uh based off the terms that

792
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:59,680
they come up with in that contract.
Another big concept is that, you know,

793
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:04,319
that's it's common to try to reduce
parking minimums right now. Um, and we

794
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:08,720
know there's not a whole lot of parking
in the downtown environment, but we also

795
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:13,599
don't want to create an environment
where new development has to provide

796
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:18,000
every single parking that they need or
require to if there is public parking

797
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:22,799
available. Now, we have municipal
parking lots downtown. We can't reserve

798
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:27,040
those spaces for a specific business,
but we are allowing those new businesses

799
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:32,160
that are within 200 feet of a municipal
parking lot to count those towards their

800
01:02:30,319 --> 01:02:37,520
overall parking requirement counts. But
again, they're not reserved for them.

801
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:42,880
It's just a way to reduce that parking
requirement burden on new development in

802
01:02:40,319 --> 01:02:47,920
that area. So, that's kind of a quick
overview. Now, this downtown overlay is

803
01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:51,839
meant to kind of evolve and change as we
start to see development pattern

804
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:55,680
redevelopment patterns occur. So, it's
it's going to be it may come back again

805
01:02:54,160 --> 01:03:01,280
once we start seeing some redevelopment
and we identify some issues or or uh get

806
01:02:59,119 --> 01:03:05,680
some better feedback from the community
as they or developers as they start to

807
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:10,640
develop within uh the downtown overlay
area. So, at the June or July 7th

808
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:16,480
planning and zoning commission meeting,
um a property owner uh within

809
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:21,599
that's going to be within the area that
is designated as the downtown overlay,

810
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:25,680
which will be the next agenda item, um
made suggestions to the planning and

811
01:03:23,039 --> 01:03:31,839
zoning commission to seek relief for
setbacks on freestanding signs and also

812
01:03:29,039 --> 01:03:36,559
um proposed
a change to the building setback for

813
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:40,480
when there is an existing structure that
is say not on the property line but

814
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:45,920
within a couple feet of the property
line like not within the proposed side

815
01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:49,760
setback of of 5T or whatever it is there
may be like 2 ft from the property line

816
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:54,319
that property owner wanted to be able to
enjoy that same setback from the side

817
01:03:51,839 --> 01:03:58,960
property line as that existing
structure.

818
01:03:56,799 --> 01:04:04,319
That's what was proposed. Um, planning
and zoning commission uh did vote 4 to

819
01:04:01,359 --> 01:04:08,160
zero to recommend approval with the uh
recommendation for staff to look into

820
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:13,200
those possible revisions uh to the
building setback and the freestanding

821
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:18,079
sign setback. Um
staff has looked into those. Uh we're

822
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:22,240
not in favor of modifying either of
those setbacks at this time. Uh it

823
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:26,160
creates issues with the fire code when
it gets into those building setbacks

824
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:30,799
that we're not uh a big fan of right
now. So, but [clears throat]

825
01:04:28,559 --> 01:04:34,880
if council recommends that we we uh
propose an amendment, we'll definitely

826
01:04:32,079 --> 01:04:39,760
look into it. But the uh proposed code
update does serve uh to provide an

827
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:44,799
easier path for redevelopment activities
in the downtown area. Um so with that,

828
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:49,920
staff does recommend approval. If you
have any questions, be more than excited

829
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:54,559
to answer them.
Scott, I just want to kind of look at

830
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:58,240
this the the two requests from the land
property owner. Um you said you guys

831
01:04:56,799 --> 01:05:02,640
aren't in favor of the staff's not in
favor of that. Um, can you explain a

832
01:05:00,799 --> 01:05:06,880
little bit more about that that setback?
Because the way I interpret it is that

833
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:11,119
we talk about
currently they can go up to their

834
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:16,240
property line if the other development
is up to the property line, but the in

835
01:05:14,319 --> 01:05:20,799
the specific example given that that
this person 2 ft off of their property

836
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:25,680
line,
does that mean that the new development

837
01:05:23,839 --> 01:05:29,280
still has to be 5 ft from the property
line? Is that how it currently reads?

838
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:33,440
» Correct. If your neighboring structure
is not on that property line, you do not

839
01:05:31,599 --> 01:05:37,200
get to enjoy the same or you're not
going to abut to that structure. You

840
01:05:35,359 --> 01:05:39,599
don't get to enjoy that same setback.
So,

841
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:42,640
» you can't go up to that property line
and put it right there. Okay. Correct.

842
01:05:41,039 --> 01:05:45,520
» Make sure I understood that correctly.
Um, and the other was about the

843
01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:48,400
freestanding sign and just talking
about, hey, we have setbacks and we want

844
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:51,839
to stick to that. Correct.
>> Yeah. The idea behind that is that if if

845
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:55,440
a freestanding sign were to fall, you'd
rather it fall on your own property

846
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:59,280
versus on somebody else. So that's why
we're not necessarily looking for any

847
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:03,599
relief on that setback. Um something I
did forget to mention, uh we will be

848
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:07,760
bringing an amendment uh to the next
meeting, but it's based off of some

849
01:06:05,359 --> 01:06:12,319
language that we've read over 200 times
and just missed, but um it would address

850
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:16,160
this situation that we're talking about
right now with the building setbacks

851
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:20,720
right now. The way the reads that a
freestanding sign can have or not sign

852
01:06:18,559 --> 01:06:24,319
building can have a sideyard setback of
zero feet when a putting a commercial

853
01:06:22,319 --> 01:06:29,119
and manufacturing zoning district. So
that's misleading. It's meant to be

854
01:06:26,559 --> 01:06:33,520
probably at least 5 to 7 ft based off of
fire code requirements. So that is an

855
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:37,680
amendment we'll bring for sure next
time.

856
01:06:36,201 --> 01:06:45,359
[clears throat]
So the 200 ft um from a municipal owned

857
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:50,720
parking lot, is that how is that
defined? Does it define like the

858
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:55,839
consumption and sale of alcohol close to
a daycare or something where you have to

859
01:06:53,599 --> 01:07:00,079
be the legally
like traveled road cuz it's you have to

860
01:06:58,079 --> 01:07:04,319
go down to the crosswalk over and back
or is it as the crow flies? Uh we would

861
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:09,440
look at it as the crow flies. Okay.
Property line to property line.

862
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:14,559
Just wanted to make sure. Thank you for
that clarification.

863
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:17,880
Any
other questions?

864
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:26,400
Thank you.
>> Thank you, mayor.

865
01:07:24,079 --> 01:07:31,119
No other questions. I will open up the
public hearing. If you would like to

866
01:07:29,039 --> 01:07:34,280
speak on the overlay district, do so at
this time.

867
01:07:37,116 --> 01:07:41,760
[clears throat]
>> Hi, I'm Thomas Hughes. I'm with SIM COG

868
01:07:39,839 --> 01:07:45,680
um Southwest Missouri Council of
Governments. Um I really don't have much

869
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:49,920
to say. I just wanted to say um it's
been really great working with Scott and

870
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:56,480
his staff. Uh they've been super helpful
and this process has been great to great

871
01:07:53,039 --> 01:08:03,000
to go through. Um so any questions I can
answer, I'll try. Um but just let me

872
01:07:59,119 --> 01:08:03,000
know. Thank you.

873
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:08,880
» Thank you very much, Mr. Hughes.
All

874
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:21,520
right, nobody else. I will close the
public hearing.

875
01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:26,799
Anything further from council?
Anything further from staff?

876
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:31,640
Right. Nothing further. We will move on.
Mrs. Coffee, could you please read

877
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:31,640
council bill 2026-18?

878
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:38,040
First house
18

879
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:50,319
district in the area including adjacent
to the intersection of main street and

880
01:08:47,440 --> 01:08:53,520
the city
>> mayor council good evening on this one I

881
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:59,960
have a visual aid for you which I know
you're excited about. So if you can

882
01:08:55,839 --> 01:08:59,960
scroll down to the visual aid.

883
01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:09,040
So again, this is where we are proposing
our overlay district to be. Again, this

884
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:13,759
is not replacing the underlying zoning.
It is simply sitting on top of it to

885
01:09:10,799 --> 01:09:20,159
provide um land use uh relief on some
topics that we've already discussed. Um

886
01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:26,000
this area was specifically chosen um
because the downtown overlay district

887
01:09:22,719 --> 01:09:30,719
does not provide any benefit to single
family residences. So therefore, we try

888
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:34,960
to stick within the commercially zoned
areas or industrially zoned areas in the

889
01:09:32,719 --> 01:09:40,000
downtown environment. Now, we are aware
that there are some non-conforming land

890
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:43,679
uses such as homes that are still used
as a single family residence when the

891
01:09:41,679 --> 01:09:47,600
underlying zoning is commercial. Again,
those can remain. We are not kicking

892
01:09:45,440 --> 01:09:53,040
anybody out of their house. Um we are
not buying houses. These are um

893
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:58,400
questions that have been asked. um those
non-conforming land uses can still occur

894
01:09:55,840 --> 01:10:02,960
and as if they're residential, they can
still be bought, sold, and even repaired

895
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:06,960
as residential. Um again, this will not
impact single family residents. Um but

896
01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:12,320
this is the extent that we are
proposing. If you scroll down a little

897
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:18,560
bit, you'll see a a feature along South
Main where we put a little tail. Um

898
01:10:16,080 --> 01:10:24,239
again during the planning and zoning
commission uh we had some members of the

899
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:31,679
Nixon downtown revitalization committee
um recommend that we increase the size

900
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:38,239
of the proposed uh layout um with that
tail going down just our rideway. It's

901
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:43,840
an easy way to allow property owners to
reszone their property into this overlay

902
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:49,920
if they so choose. Um, we did that down
south main, but we can also do that in

903
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:53,679
other directions if needed. Um, but with
that, the planning and zoning commission

904
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:58,400
did recommend 40 to recommend approval
to city council and staff does recommend

905
01:10:56,000 --> 01:11:03,760
approval. Uh, the intent of this is to
start small and then expand as uh,

906
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:08,239
redevelopment patterns start to occur
and show themselves. So, if you have any

907
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:12,560
questions, again, super excited to be
here to answer them.

908
01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:17,199
Any
questions?

909
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:21,000
» Oh, I do. Uh Thomas didn't mention it,
but he's a Nixa resident.

910
01:11:21,679 --> 01:11:29,000
Super excited to have you here.
Thank you, Mr. Governor.

911
01:11:29,679 --> 01:11:35,440
All right, no further questions, I will
open up the public hearing. If you would

912
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:38,920
like to speak on this,
hop on it

913
01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:49,080
and I will close the public hearing.
Anything further from council?

914
01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:49,080
Anything further from staff?

915
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:57,840
All right. I have been asked that we
take a quick 10-minute bathroom break.

916
01:11:56,480 --> 01:12:05,159
So, we will see you back here in about
10 minutes.

917
01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:05,159
We will call the meeting back to order.

918
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:13,679
And
>> okay, next up, Mrs. Coffee, could you

919
01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:16,880
please read Council Bill 2026-9?
>> First reading, council bill number

920
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:23,600
2026-9
in order of the council of the city of

921
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:28,800
amending the 2026 annual budget $7,000
to appropriate funds this year.

922
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:32,760
Presenting is assistant waters,
superintendent from

923
01:12:34,239 --> 01:12:40,000
» Good evening, mayor and council.
>> Uh, we fell $7,000 short on our skid

924
01:12:39,679 --> 01:12:45,000
steer.
>> You want to turn the mic on?

925
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:45,000
» Thanks.

926
01:12:45,199 --> 01:12:49,600
» And I break it, too.
>> You're good.

927
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:54,560
» Uh, but we fell $7,000 short on our skid
steer for the recycling center. Uh, but

928
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:57,440
we saved $10,000 on a trailer for the
water department. So, we're wanting to

929
01:12:55,920 --> 01:13:01,840
transfer funds from the water department
trailer to the recycling center at

930
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:03,920
Skidster.
>> Pretty short and sweet.

931
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:05,760
» Any questions?
>> Any questions?

932
01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:08,400
» That's perfect. That's how we like it.
>> Exactly.

933
01:13:07,040 --> 01:13:11,679
» Okay. Any questions?
>> So much longer.

934
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:15,360
» Pretty self-explanatory. So,
>> all right. Thank you.

935
01:13:12,560 --> 01:13:19,600
» All right. Thank you.
>> All right. No further questions. I will

936
01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:23,280
open up the public hearing
and I will close the public hearing.

937
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:27,040
Anything further from council? Anything
further from staff?

938
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:33,000
Fantastic.
All right, moving on. Mrs. Stafy, could

939
01:13:28,719 --> 01:13:33,000
you please read council bill 2026-20620

940
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:44,040
and ordinance of the council that amend
the 2026 annual budget in the amount of

941
01:13:41,040 --> 01:13:44,040
$174,256

942
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:52,560
to appropriate funds for newer
presenting issue?

943
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:58,000
» Mayor and council, good evening. Uh this
budget amendment request is for the

944
01:13:54,560 --> 01:14:04,719
purchase of a new bulldozer. Our current
uh bulldozer being 24 years old has been

945
01:14:00,719 --> 01:14:11,120
removed from service. Uh it had uh some
issues back uh late this wintertime and

946
01:14:08,159 --> 01:14:16,480
it was deemed uh unusable by a John
Deere mechanic and so we have taken that

947
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:23,760
out of service. Um this amendment uh is
a request to pull funds from our storm

948
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:28,960
water department. Um the uh Cherry
Street form water project was budgeted

949
01:14:25,679 --> 01:14:34,159
for 2026 for $1 million.
Uh that was figure was come up with by

950
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:40,000
our engineers estimate and uh
considering the additional easements

951
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:45,520
that were needed. Luckily, first time in
history for the street department. The

952
01:14:42,480 --> 01:14:49,440
bids came in well below what we had
anticipated. Uh KMBB was awarded the

953
01:14:48,239 --> 01:14:55,360
final phase of the Cherry Street
Stormwater project for 521,000,

954
01:14:52,560 --> 01:15:03,600
leaving 478,000
in our storm water budget. And so this

955
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:07,360
request would be to transfer funds from
that project to the street department so

956
01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:13,719
that we can purchase the new doer to
replace the one that's been taken out of

957
01:15:08,880 --> 01:15:13,719
service. And that amount is $174,256.3.

958
01:15:15,440 --> 01:15:22,640
Be happy to answer any questions.
>> How long once it's ordered will it take

959
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:28,719
to come in?
Um they actually said that it would

960
01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:33,520
probably be close to this winter, but
they're also going to look to see if

961
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:38,480
they can have one shipped in. So if this
if they can find one, it would be

962
01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:41,719
relatively quick. If not, be this fall
or winter.

963
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:49,880
» So it just continue to rent until we get
the unfortunately. Yes.

964
01:15:50,239 --> 01:15:55,120
So that's where this other 300,000 is
going to go.

965
01:15:54,267 --> 01:15:57,679
[laughter]
>> That's for you all to decide.

966
01:15:56,320 --> 01:16:03,840
» That'll come up later. I'm sure.
>> Yeah.

967
01:16:00,480 --> 01:16:08,800
» Any further questions?
>> Thank you, Mr. Russo.

968
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:13,280
No other questions. I will open up the
public hearing. If you would like to

969
01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:16,280
speak on this new dozer, feel free to do
so.

970
01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:25,280
And I will close the public hearing.
Anything further from council?

971
01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:31,120
Anything further from staff?
>> Mayor, there is a typo in two lines of

972
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:37,679
the words that was taught on the last
box of the 2024 budget and then the

973
01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:42,239
section one is of the 2024 budget.
That's the typo. As we move forward to

974
01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:47,440
the first reading, we have corrected
that typo for the second reading. the

975
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:52,080
bill will be correct state 2026 budget
next.

976
01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:56,719
» Perfect. Thank you.
Uh before we move on to the resolution

977
01:16:54,400 --> 01:17:02,159
section, kind of a trend here of you
know skid steer dozer and you know

978
01:16:59,600 --> 01:17:06,960
making sure our staff has the right
equipment to be successful is very

979
01:17:04,239 --> 01:17:11,840
important. Um so I actually wanted to I
had something else that I wanted to kind

980
01:17:08,719 --> 01:17:18,880
of throw out uh this evening. Um, Chris
Huitt, I actually uh recently found an

981
01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:24,159
extra loud and extra large alarm clock
um that I would like to give you. Uh, I

982
01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:28,159
actually ordered it while we were
waiting on you when you slept in. So,

983
01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:32,800
um,
>> yeah, I'll give this to you after the

984
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:36,280
meeting.
Told you what?

985
01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:45,600
And moving on,
Mrs. C, could you please read resolution

986
01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:50,239
2026-32?
>> Resolution number 2026-32.

987
01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:55,520
That resolution of the council of the
city of Nesa grants a permit to public

988
01:17:53,199 --> 01:18:00,239
schools that authorizes the display of
fireworks for the 2026 high school

989
01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:06,480
football season. Presenting as planning
and development director,

990
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:09,840
» mayor, council, good evening. Uh this is
kind of becoming routine, but the Nixon

991
01:18:08,239 --> 01:18:14,000
public schools has requested to shoot
off fireworks at their home football

992
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:19,360
games. Um this will be after every
touchdown and every victory. Uh the

993
01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:26,080
dates are on the screen, August 28th,
September 11th, October 1st, and October

994
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:36,600
9th. Uh these will be performed by a a
competent pyro technic tech technician

995
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:36,600
that word um am pyrochnics

996
01:18:36,719 --> 01:18:44,480
um they have uh assured me that am pyro
techchnics will be available to do these

997
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:48,640
shows for them as there's recent news
going around about them but they are

998
01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:53,280
have committed to this project and and
we'll see it through. Um the rest of

999
01:18:51,040 --> 01:18:57,840
this is kind of nerd stuff so about
setbacks.

1000
01:18:54,800 --> 01:19:05,840
So I I'll save you but there is a visual
aid again. Um this is uh where we are

1001
01:19:01,679 --> 01:19:10,159
proposing uh please scroll down. Uh this
is where we're proposing they uh launch

1002
01:19:07,840 --> 01:19:13,840
their launch site. Um is where the
fireworks will be launched from. This is

1003
01:19:11,679 --> 01:19:17,679
the same spot as last year. Uh the
school district said it worked well for

1004
01:19:15,199 --> 01:19:21,520
them and it provides a buffer to the
apex to make sure that we don't cause

1005
01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:26,520
any problems there. Um staff does
recommend approval uh if you have any

1006
01:19:23,199 --> 01:19:26,520
questions unavailable.

1007
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:30,440
Any questions?

1008
01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:38,640
Thank you, Mr. Yi. Thank you.
All right, no further questions. I will

1009
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:42,719
open up the public hearing. If you would
like to speak on these fireworks, do so

1010
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:48,239
at this time.
And I will close the public hearing.

1011
01:19:44,560 --> 01:19:55,320
Anything further from council?
Anything further from staff?

1012
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:55,320
Nothing further. I'll accept a motion.

1013
01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:00,960
» So made
second.

1014
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:06,640
» First by Mr. Peterson, second by Mr.
Morris. All in favor?

1015
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:10,520
» Those opposed?
Eyes have it. Motion carries.

1016
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:21,199
All right. Next up, Mrs. Coffee, could
you please read resolution 2026-33?

1017
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:25,120
» Resolution number 2026-33,
a resolution of the council of the city

1018
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:29,679
of MAC consenting to the mayor's
appointment to the plan zoning

1019
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:33,360
commission presenting the development
director.

1020
01:20:31,679 --> 01:20:38,560
» Mayor, council, good evening. Uh, we
made Mr. Evans wait this long, so I'm

1021
01:20:36,159 --> 01:20:42,400
going to delay this as long as possible.
Uh [laughter]

1022
01:20:40,320 --> 01:20:47,360
uh we recently had a PNZ commissioner
resign due to uh moving outside of Nixon

1023
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:51,840
city limits. Uh he was recently
appointed back in November. So his term

1024
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:58,000
uh actually doesn't end till November of
2025 or 2029. Um Mr. Clyde Evans who has

1025
01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:02,640
come highly recommended to us from
numerous individuals uh including

1026
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:06,320
another one in the room. Uh but uh
through my conversations with Clyde I've

1027
01:21:04,239 --> 01:21:10,800
learned that he is
he's a former planning director. So, I'm

1028
01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:16,480
going to have my hands uh full with this
guy. He's going to keep an eye on me for

1029
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:19,679
you guys. So, you're welcome. Um, but
staff does recommend appointing it to

1030
01:21:18,159 --> 01:21:24,640
the planning zone commission to serve
out the remainder of uh Mr. Ives term.

1031
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:30,480
Um, if you have any questions, more than
happy to help you.

1032
01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:36,159
Any questions.
All right. Thank you, Mr. Godby.

1033
01:21:34,239 --> 01:21:42,960
No questions. I will open up the public
hearing if you would like to speak

1034
01:21:39,199 --> 01:21:48,080
on Mr. Evans appointment
and I will close the public hearing.

1035
01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:52,920
Anything further from council said does
he want it but he's here so I'm assuming

1036
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:52,920
he does wonder.

1037
01:21:53,211 --> 01:21:57,760
[sighs]
>> All right if nothing further I will

1038
01:21:56,159 --> 01:22:05,840
accept a motion
>> second or first by Mr. Lucas and second

1039
01:22:00,639 --> 01:22:12,239
by Mr. Vest. All in favor? Those opposed
have it. Motion carries. Thank you very

1040
01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:15,920
much for your willingness to
donate your time to the city. It's

1041
01:22:14,400 --> 01:22:21,280
actually a really good time. It was the
first thing I ever did when I came along

1042
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:25,520
and to be on PNZ for a while. Um, and it
was You're welcome. It was a lot of fun.

1043
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:30,239
Yeah,
I listen to him. And good luck with Mr.

1044
01:22:27,679 --> 01:22:33,239
Godby. That's all I got to say. Try to
keep

1045
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:41,760
Did you want to swear him in now or now
or after?

1046
01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:44,800
» Go ahead and do it now.
>> Summer, do you care?

1047
01:22:44,639 --> 01:22:51,719
There's
>> a microphone out there.

1048
01:22:47,679 --> 01:22:51,719
» Jonathan, do you care?

1049
01:22:54,239 --> 01:22:58,600
» You want me to bring this microphone up?

1050
01:23:15,679 --> 01:23:24,560
I can see here you
>> raise your right hand. Repeat after me.

1051
01:23:22,159 --> 01:23:26,800
I state your name. I, Clyde Evans,
>> do solemnly swear

1052
01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:29,679
» do solemnly swear
>> that I will support the Constitution of

1053
01:23:28,639 --> 01:23:32,239
the United States
>> that I will support the Constitution of

1054
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:33,920
the United States
>> the Constitution of the State of

1055
01:23:33,440 --> 01:23:35,760
Missouri
>> the Constitution of the State of

1056
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:39,760
Missouri
>> and the ordinances of the city of Nixa

1057
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:43,600
» and the ordinances of the city of Nixa
>> and I will faithfully demean myself

1058
01:23:42,159 --> 01:23:45,360
» and I will faithfully
>> demean myself

1059
01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:47,679
» dean myself
>> in the office of planning and zoning

1060
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:49,840
commissioner
>> in the office of planning and zoning

1061
01:23:49,280 --> 01:23:52,480
commissioner
>> for which I was appointed

1062
01:23:51,199 --> 01:23:55,120
» for which I was appointed
>> on the 14th day

1063
01:23:53,920 --> 01:24:00,719
» on the 14th day
>> of July 2026

1064
01:23:56,800 --> 01:24:05,578
» of July 2026.
>> Thank you.

1065
01:24:03,558 --> 01:24:05,578
[applause]

1066
01:24:20,080 --> 01:24:23,080
Perfect.

1067
01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:32,400
Well, I know I know I joke, but I also
want to thank uh Chris and Travis. Um,

1068
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:37,679
we recently attended the American Public
Power Association National Conference,

1069
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:42,800
and it I always learned something. Um,
it was another very fast but great trip.

1070
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:49,040
Um, I appreciate you guys for everything
you do.

1071
01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:53,360
Even after that, it's still mine
now. the the knowledge that they have

1072
01:24:50,719 --> 01:24:59,520
and the respect that they have in that
world is absolutely amazing. Um we

1073
01:24:55,520 --> 01:25:05,120
should all be proud of that. Um anything
further from staff?

1074
01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:12,480
May I got a couple things for you? Uh
July 24th is our final strategic plan

1075
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:16,880
wrap up with our large comm joining us
for that. um as well as the rest of that

1076
01:25:15,040 --> 01:25:20,960
committee as we review all the action
steps and all the action um items that

1077
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:26,400
came out.
Uh it'll be a day um here in the House

1078
01:25:23,600 --> 01:25:30,800
of Cuber on the 24th. And so we're we're
excited to get it wrapped up one, but

1079
01:25:28,639 --> 01:25:35,360
this group is put in a lot of time and
effort into that. So we'll be presenting

1080
01:25:32,719 --> 01:25:38,880
that to you a little bit after that as
we wrap up that paperwork and get things

1081
01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:43,679
aligned to present to you guys. We'll
bring that forward. And then uh July

1082
01:25:41,040 --> 01:25:47,760
25th uh so a week from this coming
Saturday is our next movies in the park.

1083
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:53,520
We'll be showing a Minecraft movie at
Holly Park uh pre movie starts around

1084
01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:57,520
6:30 with a movie starting
>> dark.

1085
01:25:55,040 --> 01:26:03,040
I always get that question about 8:30
give or take a little bit. So look

1086
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:08,000
forward to maybe seeing you guys.
Thank you.

1087
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:11,639
All right. Nothing further from staff.
Anything cancel?

1088
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:22,159
Fair enough.
Thank you all very much. Um, honestly,

1089
01:26:18,560 --> 01:26:27,360
for everything. We are in here. We have
audio. We're getting it all fixed. Um,

1090
01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:31,840
there's been a lot of people involved in
getting this done and getting a lot of

1091
01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:37,280
things that we talked about today
completed. Um, appreciate all of you

1092
01:26:34,239 --> 01:26:42,760
guys more than you'll ever know.
And I believe that is all. Meeting a

1093
01:26:39,199 --> 01:26:42,760
journey. Have a good night.