[0:00] going to come in. I don't think
>> Yeah. Oh, you know what?
[0:05] » Okay, let's get started. Calling order
the Phoenix City Council meeting of
[0:10] September 8th, 2026. Roll call, please.
>> Hello everyone. Um, Mayor Mielhuffer,
[0:16] » I'm here.
>> Councelor Cambaros is absent. Councelor
[0:19] Rmillian
>> here.
[0:20] » Councelor Sutos
>> here.
[0:22] » Councelor Chester
>> here.
[0:23] » Councelor Shunk.
>> And counselor Dixon
[0:26] » here.
>> We have quorum. Okay, let's rise for
[0:28] pledge of allegiance, please.
>> I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[0:35] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:42] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:46] » Thank you very much.
[0:54] and public comments. I don't see anybody
in the room that would be making a
[0:58] public comment. Do we have anybody um
on Zoom? I can't see anyone, but
[1:09] » Okay, very good. Okay, presentations. We
don't have any tonight. We're down then
[1:16] to consent agenda. We have uh items A,
B, C, D, and E on there.
[1:24] And counselors, do you want to pull any
of those items for uh discussion?
[1:31] » Um I'm not sure if this is this where
>> Yes, that's where you would do it. Yes.
[1:36] » Okay. Um so for the notes from last
meeting
[1:41] » the comments that I made at the end I
just wanted to explain that it said I
[1:44] spoke about summit brewing and community
concerns with the noise and landscaping
[1:49] that was due to pack wall the
landscaping and
[1:52] » okay which minutes were those we were um
>> August 13
[1:57] » yeah 10 mayor and council comment
reports
[2:03] so I was I spoke about the construction
construction at Summit Brewing and then
[2:08] community concerns of the noise and
landscaping at pack wall
[2:13] which has now been resolved. They
planted a lot of trees.
[2:18] » Yeah, I just was like since Angie uh
corrected the last note I just thought
[2:22] we should be
>> Well, we can we can improve it with the
[2:25] corrections. You want to read the
correction, Joe? And then we can improve
[2:27] it. Thanks.
[2:33] So you said it was the noise at Pack
Wall that was the issue.
[2:39] » The noise and landscaping
>> at Pack Wall
[2:41] » at Pack Wall. And it was the
construction at Summit Brewing.
[2:45] » Perfect.
>> Okay, you have it.
[2:48] » Yes. So changing it to the construction
at Summit Brewing and then the noise and
[2:52] landscaping at Pacwall.
>> Correct.
[2:54] » Okay.
>> Thank you.
[2:55] » I move to approve the consent agenda
with the changes.
[2:58] » With the changes. Thank I have a second
roll.
[3:05] » Councelor Vermillion.
>> Yes.
[3:06] » Councelor Shunk.
>> No.
[3:08] » Councelor Sutos. Councelor Chester.
>> Yes.
[3:11] » Councelor Dixon.
>> Yes.
[3:13] » Motion passes.
>> Okay. Very good. Thank you very much.
[3:15] We'll go on to item 7A, public art
application. Mr. Moody.
[3:21] » Thank you, mayor and councel. Uh what
you have before you is uh an application
[3:26] for public art that has been installed
at the Phoenix Elementary School. Um so
[3:33] this uh the council had previously
approved um kind of just by consensus
[3:38] this uh opportunity for the uh Phoenix I
think it's Phoenix Arts Council to uh
[3:46] print a mural on the Phoenix Elementary
or paint excuse me paint a mural on a
[3:49] Phoenix elementary school. That was a
few months back. Um, we notified Levana
[3:56] uh Krueger from the arts commission that
that there was a requirement for a land
[4:00] use uh portion of this and it was well
underway um at that time. So this is the
[4:07] formal application to accept what was
presented before. So there's not really
[4:13] much to discuss. This is what you've
already approved in land use format.
[4:16] » Okay.
>> Yeah. The only comment of council that
[4:19] I've heard from the um Phoenix uh Art
Commission is that in the future they
[4:26] would like to review and approve any art
proposals that are coming in uh prior to
[4:34] the council getting them and they are
the our official, if you will, art group
[4:39] under the chamber of commerce. And so
that was their request. I think that
[4:44] makes sense. And then the rest of this,
as Zach said, um, yeah, I think it's
[4:49] self-explanatory.
And unless someone has an objection from
[4:54] what was presented last time by Leavonia
Krueger, I don't think we need a motion
[4:58] here at all.
>> Uh, there Yeah, you want a motion?
[5:01] » Yeah, they do need a motion, but this is
a point of clarification for the arts
[5:03] council. So, the the zoning code
>> already prescribes the the Phoenix Arts
[5:08] Council as the decision-making body here
uh for this type of application. um a in
[5:13] order for us to use the the chamber um
public arts council through the chamber,
[5:20] we'll we will write a intergovernmental
agreement or some sort of agreement with
[5:24] them to have them do that work for us
because they're not an official
[5:31] city committee until we make that
agreement with them. They wouldn't be
[5:34] acting on behalf of the city until that
happens
[5:36] » and that agreement would cover all
future art um submissions,
[5:40] » right? So, right, because they shouldn't
be the only reason they've been coming
[5:43] to the council is because we didn't have
an arts council to review them in the
[5:46] past.
>> Um, so we can still bring them to the
[5:49] council and say this is what the Phoenix
Arts Council approved.
[5:53] » Um, but the decision will not be your
decision at that point. You you will
[5:58] give that uh function to that arts
council.
[6:03] » And maybe I need to save this one for
for the later agenda item about the the
[6:07] arts grants that we're going to do. is
that same process would go through the
[6:10] arts commission as well.
>> Uh the the grants themselves will go
[6:14] through the uh Phoenix Chamber.
>> Okay.
[6:18] » Uh and F uh excuse me, through uh
through FURA, actually. Yeah. So, we set
[6:22] up an email address. So, Will will be
watching um as the chair, he'll be
[6:26] watching these applications come in.
>> Okay. Um, I'm sure that there will be
[6:30] arts.
>> Yeah, I'm sure that there will be some
[6:32] some back and forth between the arts
council to make sure that there's some
[6:35] input from them before the before would
appear uh approve a
[6:40] » a grant, but we're just starting that
process. So, we'll see how it goes.
[6:44] » All right.
>> Okay. All right. So, we do need a motion
[6:48] to approve the mural, the Phoenix
Elementary School.
[6:52] » Yeah, there should be one on the
>> Is there is there one written in here?
[6:56] » No, kind of. They can be together.
>> Oh, go ahead.
[7:00] » To make a motion to approve the mural at
Phoenix Elementary School.
[7:05] » That'll work.
>> Go ahead.
[7:08] » Okay. Go ahead.
>> Who seconded that? I'm so sorry.
[7:10] [laughter]
[7:13] » Okay.
Roll call. Um, councelor Shunk.
[7:17] » Yes.
>> Councelor Chester,
[7:18] » yes.
>> Councelor Sutos,
[7:20] » yes.
>> Councelor Vermillion,
[7:21] » yes.
>> Councelor Dixon,
[7:23] » yes.
>> Motion passes.
[7:24] » Okay, very good. Let's go on to 7B.
Capital improvement update with uh Alana
[7:30] Valencia and Mr. Moody. Welcome.
[7:53] » I know we always tech issues.
Um under the agenda uh for today.
[8:24] Yeah, it's thinking.
>> Is that a public computer or something?
[8:31] » Well, we can just kind of start to um so
we wanted to give an update on the
[8:36] capital projects that we completed in
2526 and how much of that was grant
[8:41] funded versus our own funding which
comes from our reserve or um SDC charges
[8:49] u for the most part. And so I put
together a list which is in your packet
[8:54] of the projects that we completed.
There's quite a bit. We separated them
[8:57] by water projects, um, street projects,
park projects, and then other
[9:03] miscellaneous projects. Um, but what you
will see is overall um, in 2526, we were
[9:11] either awarded prior or in that year um,
a total of $16 million in grants towards
[9:18] these projects. Um the majority of the
projects were at least 50% to 80%
[9:24] covered. Um some of them are 100%
covered. And so we wanted to just um go
[9:29] over those projects that were completed
as well as projects that we are working
[9:34] on to give the council an update on
where we are with some of those projects
[9:37] that we've began in 2526 and they're
still ongoing as well as some new
[9:42] projects. So um we'll start with just
that overview.
[9:48] Um so for water infrastructure uh
projects we have um the North Phoenix
[9:54] reservoir project, our PH10 improvements
and our AMI um metering project. Um and
[10:01] we'll go through each of them in detail.
And then we have our street
[10:05] improvements. Um some of these are
familiar to you. We've been working on
[10:09] um highway 99, downtown parking, our PH5
infrastructure,
[10:15] um first street overlay, and Pine Street
overlay is new. Um so we were just
[10:20] awarded a grant for that project, which
is pretty awesome for parks. Um
[10:26] » we have a few park projects, which we
haven't had park projects in a while.
[10:31] Um, we did receive a grant for our civic
center natural area. Um, local wetland
[10:36] inventory or delineation project as it's
named in the budget. Um, micro park and
[10:43] auto caster bathrooms. And then the
other is our solar project um, which has
[10:48] been pretty visible and you guys can see
our solar panels um, that have been put
[10:53] in already. Um, and then we have a few
plans that we're working on. um our
[10:57] transportation system plan, water master
plan and blue heron park master plan. Um
[11:03] so go to the next slide.
So for water improvements um the north
[11:10] Phoenix reservoir project all in all um
will be a little bit over $7 million. Um
[11:16] it has been completed um for the most
part. We went through some tests um and
[11:23] we have passed our tests now. um and
have been able to fill up the water
[11:28] reservoir. Um we did receive an ARPA
grant um federal funding for $5 million.
[11:35] Um so that covered the majority of the
project. The rest of the funding came
[11:39] from our um reserves for the most part
and then also SDC I believe. So we did a
[11:46] transfer for that. We have our PH10
improvements. I'll let you speak a
[11:50] little bit about that one because I'm
not so familiar with that.
[11:53] » Yes. So, PH10 improvements are over by
Phoenix Corner on the corner of Grove
[11:57] Road and North Phoenix Road. So, that's
the new uh small street that goes east
[12:02] west um on the would be the north side
of the development. Um that's Pear
[12:08] Orchard Road as the planning commission
named it. Um and so, uh we call that the
[12:14] PH10 project really because it does
extend to PH10 and it will ultimately go
[12:18] through PH10 which is an urban area that
hasn't been brought into the urban
[12:21] growth boundary. Um and then up into
PH5. Um so that was completed and that
[12:27] was actually under budget. Um we were
about $300,000 under budget. We tried to
[12:32] spend as much as that as the grant would
allow us to. Um even it's going as far
[12:36] as putting sidewalk uh curbon gutter or
curbon gutter on on Fern Valley Road. Um
[12:42] you know, but at the cost of like
$60,000, it didn't eat up much of it.
[12:46] But that grant was very defined as far
as what we could do with the money. Um,
[12:50] so lesson learned. We we be more vague
in our grant asks next time and then we
[12:55] can do more with the extra money. But
um, that one did come in on the budget
[12:58] list.
[13:04] » Um, I think we had a few more water. Um,
we also have our AMI project that we're
[13:10] working on. This is the smart meters.
Um, as some of you have noticed, I've
[13:16] noticed on my own block, um, we just put
in some of the smart meters. So, um,
[13:20] public works is working on replacing
those. I think we're at 50%. And, um,
[13:27] we, as far as the actual AMI project,
those that have smart meters, um, should
[13:33] be, uh, fairly soon within at least this
next um, winter, I would say, be able to
[13:41] see all of their smart meter
information. So, your utility billing
[13:45] account will have more information.
you'll be able to get notifications on
[13:49] leaks or activity or high consumption.
Um, so right now we're at 50%. So it
[13:56] will take um probably about the next um
this fiscal year coming up and the next
[14:01] fiscal year to get everybody on the
smart meters. Um so once you are on then
[14:08] our system is set up. Um, we've updated
our billing and our utility billing and
[14:13] just have been working with Tyler and
Ferguson
[14:17] um, our vendors to make sure that
once you do have a smart meter, you can
[14:22] access all of that information. I just I
just mentioned one of the other things
[14:26] that we'll save in with the automatic
metering system is the uh current
[14:32] practice is guys are walking around and
trying to read meters in different
[14:36] places and so this will eliminate that h
having to occur and have should have
[14:41] some savings long term when it comes to
I spend a day or two on a month you know
[14:48] so being able to to eliminate that need
is is a huge Plus,
[14:56] » water loss will be easier to track.
Yeah.
[15:00] » And water damage if there is to
residents if they do have any leaks.
[15:07] » And so that is estimated to be
completed. Um
[15:11] » all of the meters updated by June 30th,
2028. our water improvements. Um these
[15:17] water improvements that are mentioned
overall funded 73% by grants. Um so
[15:23] quite a bit there.
And then if we could go to the next.
[15:28] So street improvements. Um we're doing a
lot with Highway 99. So I'll let Zach
[15:33] talk about that.
>> So Highway 99, as you know, the
[15:37] sidewalks were put in not too long ago.
um we finally finally were able to um
[15:43] get the bid out and get the contractor
on the lane reconfiguration. So um
[15:48] you'll see on the city's website there's
a notification of road work coming up in
[15:51] September um probably midepptember
through the beginning of October. I
[15:57] think we put it out to maybe midocctober
just in case there were weather weather
[16:00] related issues. But um the picture below
is is really is kind of the image of
[16:06] what Highway 99 will look like through
that corridor which um we anticipate
[16:12] will hopefully reduce a lot of traffic
crashes there from people stopping in
[16:16] the lane of travel to turn left in
either direction. Um especially as you
[16:20] get further south, there's been a lot of
um really bad accidents at Cabbage Lane.
[16:25] Um so um hopefully this will extend down
to just about that area. that would be
[16:31] about the transition area. Um, but the
rest of Highway 99 from that point to
[16:36] Oak Street would be uh that threelane
crosssection that you see there. Um, and
[16:40] there'll be a few there'll be a few
changes to the Oak Street going
[16:44] southbound. Um, like the second lane
will turn into a left turn lane only.
[16:49] Um, so there'll be lots of signage up
there to to make sure that people know
[16:53] where to go and aren't confused. Okay.
>> Um I know Paul K had a a list of um
[17:00] items that he was concerned about this
project. Have those been resolved? And
[17:05] » yeah, I mean all the sidewalk issues
were resolved um when we signed off on
[17:09] the project. Um the the lane
reconfiguration is is really basic.
[17:14] They're going to grind some lines um and
then they're going to chip seal and then
[17:18] they're going to restripe. Um, and then
at that same time, we're hoping that
[17:22] those folks that are doing the striping
for uh that contractor will also do the
[17:26] striping on Rose Street that we talked
about. There's been a few questions
[17:29] about when that's going to happen and um
we're trying to work with them to strike
[17:33] that at the same time.
[17:39] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[17:42] Um we have a few more street
improvements. So, uh overlays, first
[17:47] street overlay. Um, we know that was
completed. Um, and so that was completed
[17:53] in 2526. Um, I'm particularly happy
about it because I exit out onto First
[18:00] Street every day. So, um, I know when it
was happening, um, I was not so
[18:05] thrilled, but [laughter]
now that it's completed, it looks great.
[18:09] Um,
>> looks great, too.
[18:11] » Yes.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[18:13] » Uh, Pine Street overlay. Uh, we did
receive a small city aotment grant of
[18:19] $250,000
and we are anticipating completing that
[18:23] in this fiscal year is what the project
end date was, but I haven't confirmed
[18:28] with you if that's
>> Yeah, we um the project goes out to bid
[18:31] um to tomorrow. Um and then we'll open
it by the end of the month. I think the
[18:36] 24th of the month and then we can um
hopefully choose a contractor, get them
[18:40] on board and hopefully get it done
before it really starts raining. That
[18:44] those road that road's really bad and so
um there's some storm water issues out
[18:48] there that we're hoping to avoid. Um and
then as part of that project, we'll also
[18:53] be um looking to potentially replace the
ADA ramps at fourth of Pine. Um those
[19:00] seem to be not in compliance with ADA
rules. So, um, so if we find that they
[19:05] are out of compliance, those will be
replaced. But I would say for the most
[19:09] part, um, with this one, probably about
75% of the project is is funded by, um,
[19:16] that small city aotment grant and then
we're able to take a small amount, which
[19:20] is good because then we're able to move
that maybe to some other projects.
[19:23] » Yeah. But I just mentioned we anticipate
some feedback from the neighbors prior
[19:28] to this and so we've sent out some
notices and letting people know that
[19:32] we'll be hopefully, you know, relatively
quickly being able to to to pave that.
[19:38] But um it's been this way a long time.
So obviously any kind of change is going
[19:42] to be met with some uh questions, which
is good. We we can respond to that. But
[19:46] I think at the end of the day when you
look at the condition of that of of that
[19:51] street and understand that when we got
notification that we received $250,000
[19:56] and it notified all these other
jurisdictions, that's the picture they
[20:00] chose to uh to basically
pro provide the notice. So it made it
[20:06] made the state ODOT um
news I guess
[20:12] » the poster child of what you get there
for
[20:16] » poster child for like this is what this
is about. Yeah.
[20:19] » So are you going out to each uh
household on Pine Street?
[20:24] » I think that's we Yeah. We'll send out a
when we get to that point when we know
[20:27] more about dates um because there are
people that park um alongside the road
[20:31] that won't be able to park there for a
little bit of time. This isn't going to
[20:34] be a very long extended project because
it's really just a grinding in the bad
[20:38] spots and overlaying. It's not a fullon
take out the street and uh put a new
[20:44] street and curb gutters in there. And
that'll be important to let people know
[20:47] too is is that we um we're not putting
curb gutter and sidewalk in there. So,
[20:51] we're not taking away any existing.
>> That's what they're concerned about.
[20:55] » Um we we are in some spots making it a
little bit wider. There are some areas
[20:59] where it's only 18 feet wide um and
we're trying to get to 20. So, um, so
[21:03] that there's two 10 foot travel lanes,
but that won't have much of an impact.
[21:06] But you can see just, you know, just
from those pictures right there that,
[21:09] um, those cars will have to move, but
we'll notify them in plenty of time and
[21:13] and make sure that they're
>> we'll post it on the website and
[21:16] Facebook, too.
>> Uh, PH5 Grove Road, um, that project is
[21:21] funded by Oregon Lottery Funds, $4.5
million, and we feel like that entire
[21:25] project can be done for that amount. Um,
we were a little stalled. Um, we were
[21:29] hoping to have the project further
underway. um really once the water line
[21:32] was in the ground, but um we've been
dealing with some wetlands issues out
[21:36] there that we have to resolve before we
can make the connection where we need to
[21:40] go. Wetlands kind of run right through
the middle of where the road needs to
[21:43] go. So um we're in the process of
figuring out where the water's coming
[21:47] from, if they're true wetlands, and what
we do with them if they are. Um and then
[21:51] in downtown parking lot, we've made
gosh, finally feels like we've made some
[21:55] headway. Um we've got all of our
environmental reviews are almost um done
[22:00] being reviewed. We have we've we've
submitted one that they like finally and
[22:04] we're going to submit the other three
which we feel like won't take much time
[22:07] to review. Um then there's a statutory
notice period which we'll have to wait
[22:12] out for a couple of weeks and then
hopefully you know within the next month
[22:17] or two maybe we can get notice to
proceed. Um the drawings are like 95%
[22:22] done. Um so it's it's almost bid ready.
We just have to make sure that there are
[22:26] no changes that need to be made. Um, and
if we can get that out soon and the
[22:32] weather cooperates, which may be a
struggle this winter depending on how
[22:36] much rain we get, um, we hope that that
project will still stay on schedule and
[22:41] be done by June 30th of 2028. We have
about a year buffer. Um, it doesn't have
[22:46] to be finalized and closed out until
June of 2029, but we're really trying to
[22:50] stick to that. Um, for obvious reasons,
we want the parking lots there. Um, and
[22:55] some of us just want to be done with the
grant.
[22:58] » That has gone on forever. I look at 20
2028
[23:03] » and you know you we've talked about it.
I'm shaking my head. This is really
[23:07] ridiculous. We need the parking
>> badly and this thing just goes on
[23:12] forever. And I know it's out of your
hands and hopefully we're making
[23:16] progress, but I've been very
disappointed. I know the it's quote free
[23:21] money, but at what cost? Yeah, it's
>> huge cost.
[23:24] » Yeah.
>> The good thing is with this too is and
[23:27] it's not part of this, but it might be
part of the next capital improvement is
[23:30] is that we we were asked to submit new
grant applications for additional pure
[23:34] money that's available. And so we're
trying to add to this parking lot
[23:37] project by um adding more parking spaces
at Blue Heron Park and re uh master
[23:41] planning that parking area down there.
So we've asked for $1.8 million um of
[23:46] the additional $5.5 million that's left
um to fund that project. And I feel like
[23:50] it's tie into the pure project um and
and some trail systems that we're
[23:55] proposing as part of that um additional
funds will probably we'll probably be
[23:59] able to leverage at least some of the
money um and and maybe get some benefit
[24:04] out of um that extra as well.
>> Where is that parking going to be? Where
[24:09] is it all the the parking project?
What what all places is this going to
[24:14] be? Uh so the for the pier parking lots
um one over here by the medical office
[24:19] center. Okay.
>> One between the commercial building uh
[24:22] the commercial buildings right over here
by the food and um
[24:26] » cross
>> uh Moxy Brew. So right there behind
[24:30] Brew.
>> Um one right behind um Puck Donut kind
[24:34] of extends back a little bit. And then
the one over on Second Street. And
[24:38] that's where the micro park comes in
which we'll talk about in a second.
[24:40] Okay. Okay.
[24:47] you want? My
>> um so park improvements civic center
[24:51] natural area. Um we've got a little
slowdown on this one only because we bid
[24:55] the project out or we we got quotes for
the project and it exceeded what we
[24:59] could actually award per our procurement
program. So after going back and forth
[25:06] and getting bids, we realized that we
actually have to go out and get an
[25:09] official bid. So, it's the bids been
written um and ready to be released so
[25:14] that we can get official bids through
the right procurement process because it
[25:17] was over $250,000 of work. Um the the
pulling of the non-native vegetation and
[25:24] planting the native vegetation was over
our aotment that we could um just direct
[25:28] award. So, um so that slowed us down a
little bit, but we have plenty of time
[25:32] on that one. Um
>> yeah, I have a question on the natural
[25:36] area. Citizens are asking me when are
they going to see some progress or
[25:40] something visually? Can you give me a
time frame when something's going to
[25:44] happen? They can
>> Well, we would have hoped that it would
[25:47] have been this fall. Um because that's
when you can do all the removal of
[25:50] blackberries and and do what you need to
do to remove them.
[25:54] » I don't know that we're going to make
that. Um they might be able to do work
[25:57] into November. So, um but again, it
depends on the weather. So, they could
[26:01] see some removal maybe this winter. Um
we just we we start running into uh bird
[26:08] habitat issues um starting in March. So
then we can't do anything until August.
[26:13] » Um and so um yeah, it's it could be a
few months. Uh the local wetlands
[26:19] inventory um it's really a Yeah,
>> sorry. I have a question about the civic
[26:24] center still. Um the amount of 846,500
um what is that including? Certainly
[26:30] that shelter doesn't cost that much
money.
[26:33] » No. So, um, so it it's going to be
roughly $200 or $300,000 at least to do
[26:37] the planting of the the removal of the
vegetation and planting of new
[26:40] vegetation. A bulk of the costs come
from the pedestrian trails because some
[26:44] of them are going to be elevated um and
have to be geotechnically engineered in
[26:49] order to be um where we want them to be.
>> Um, and then there's the shelters,
[26:55] there's the education areas, there's all
the landscaping that goes around the uh
[26:58] the trails. Um,
>> okay.
[27:00] It's probably going to be over $840,000.
We're probably going to have to try to
[27:04] find some park sec funds to to
supplement it.
[27:07] » Okay. Thank you.
>> The local wetlands inventory is really a
[27:10] requirement. We expanded our UGB. Um we
need to um have a good inventory of what
[27:15] our wetlands look like. Um this is not a
delineation. This is actually just where
[27:21] are the wetlands at and identifying them
on the map. We are working with the
[27:24] property owner to to do a delineation on
they're going to do it on their own. um
[27:29] dying I guess. Um but we're trying to
you know coordinate that work with the
[27:34] person who's doing the wetland study now
so that they some cost benefits for them
[27:37] but they need to know where those
wetlands are at so that they can um move
[27:40] things around as they need to do with
their master planning.
[27:43] » Uh which wetlands are we talking about?
Can you
[27:46] » um all of Phoenix?
>> All of Phoenix.
[27:48] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[27:50] » Yeah. So most of the wetlands are
already identified but we're really
[27:52] focusing on PH5 some in PH3 along the
greenway. Um, and then the PH10 area,
[28:01] but most of the other wetlands have been
already identified, so they'll just be
[28:04] confirmed.
>> The ones downtown have been identified,
[28:07] » but those were identified previously.
And then there's some other things along
[28:11] the greenway that are already in the
wetlands inventory.
[28:14] » The micro park, um, this $185,000
structure is part of the pure project.
[28:19] Um, so it's it's really just kind of
reassigning where the money is coming
[28:23] from, but um, it is it is part of the $4
and half million dollar or $4.2 million
[28:28] that we have for the peer money and it's
really taking the parking lot that's
[28:31] over by city hall and at the entrance of
the parking lot, there'll be a concrete
[28:36] area there with a nice shelter that
matches city hall uh, with some picnic
[28:40] tables. Remember how many tables? like
five,
[28:44] » four or five picnic tables, a shelter, a
trash can, just an area for people to
[28:48] sit in city hall folks want to go over
and sit there or if people it it really
[28:52] is a good example of what we could maybe
try to do in these pocket parks um
[28:56] around the around the city. Um but as
you can see, they're not inexpensive
[29:00] either.
>> Yes. Yeah.
[29:01] » So, um Autocaster bathroom um we hope
that we can get that one done. It's in
[29:07] the budget this year. Um, and it's a
pretty inexpensive project, but a lot of
[29:11] people have been asking for a bathroom
over there so that they don't have to
[29:14] use the library. Um, and the library is
not always open. So,
[29:18] » that park is busier and busier. Every
time I go by, there's there's people
[29:21] always there, too.
>> It'll be a good amenity for it.
[29:24] » And as Alana has here, about half of
that is grant funded.
[29:28] » Okay.
>> Uh, what's the next slide?
[29:31] » Um, I'll talk I guess you can talk about
the financial parts of it. We get there.
[29:36] Um so for the solar project um
originally we had budgeted $400,000. It
[29:42] came in under budget. Um we do know the
total cost is that 386 324
[29:48] um which will be funded by Business
Oregon OBDD. Um and then we also
[29:54] received um a $10,000 incentive from the
Energy Trust of Oregon and it's pretty
[30:00] much complete. Um
>> yeah, we also received a $112,000
[30:04] credit, a tax credit which will be taken
by um True South Solar. Um and so that
[30:11] takes the project really it takes it
from 386 down to more like $260,000.
[30:17] So we came in well under budget and we
were able to get 99% coverage. So we
[30:23] assume that we could plank in 99% of our
energy uses with the solar.
[30:27] » Wow. I think we're just waiting for we
needed a cable. [laughter]
[30:33] » So, yeah, we're almost there.
>> Well,
[30:38] » but we're getting there.
>> Wow.
[30:41] » And then we have a few plans. Um the
transportation system plan or TSP plan
[30:46] that we started last year is continuing
this year. Um I'm not sure where
[30:52] » uh it will go to the planning commission
again for public hearing for continued
[30:56] public hearing on Monday. Um and then we
hope to um we hope to get it right to
[31:02] the council right after that. And so
that's an interim update that again
[31:06] something that we have to do in order
when we expand our UGD we have to take
[31:10] into consideration our our
transportation system. Um, and it also
[31:14] unlocks the door for those that have
property out there to change from the
[31:18] holding zone to the industrial zone that
we buy out there. Um, we nobody could do
[31:23] a zone change out there until our
transportation system plan was in line
[31:26] with the state planning rules.
[31:31] » Um, and then for this year, we also have
our water master plan budgeted um, as
[31:37] well as the blue heron park master plan.
I don't know that we've started that
[31:41] work yet. Um, but those are budgeted
projects. So, um,
[31:45] » I think the the we've mentioned it
before if we get it's contingent upon
[31:50] the uh the money that we would get from
Pier to accomplish that. So, we'll we'll
[31:55] see.
>> Yeah,
[31:56] » we should find out relatively soon. Um,
so
[32:00] » yeah, if we get the money, if we do
because we asked for a second aotment of
[32:03] money, we asked for $200,000 for a study
to do Blue Her and Park. Um, really for
[32:08] emergency preparedness, um, operations,
buildings, things of that nature. Um,
[32:12] but you need to master plan your park so
you know where to put those. So, we're
[32:16] trying to we're trying to get two things
out of a lot of money. Um, I I would
[32:20] imagine if we don't get the money, um,
then we will take that money from parks,
[32:24] SDC's, and and do the master planning if
we need to. it just might not be on as
[32:28] big of scale.
>> So, this master plan, the 37,000, what
[32:33] is it specifically for? And then,
>> well, this 37,000 was budgeted before or
[32:38] planned for before we knew we were going
to apply for the 200,000 before we knew
[32:43] we wanted to go for more grant money. Um
so if we don't get the pure money for
[32:47] some reason it's going to be super
competitive then we think that we can
[32:51] probably do a basic master plan of the
park its needs like u
[32:56] » playground equipment water water stuff
you know those types of things.
[33:02] » Um if we were to get the grant funds
from pier we'd be looking at what types
[33:05] of buildings we can build over there for
um community use or the words of
[33:10] preparness or readiness.
[33:15] Okay.
>> I think mayor, you had a question
[33:17] earlier today when we spoke about the
amount of parking that's going to take
[33:22] up the the property there. And I I think
you came up with a pretty good number.
[33:26] It's not going to be obviously we can't
it's not going to be all parking. It's
[33:30] there's going to be a percentage of
that. I you wanted to share that. Uh we
[33:35] anticipate we'll be using about 60 60ish
feet of the existing parcel that we just
[33:42] bought for parking and the rest of it
will be part of the master planning. So
[33:48] um you know depending on the final
design of the parking lot and storm
[33:50] water stuff um that may change a little
bit but we're not consuming an enormous
[33:55] amount of that property.
>> We're going to have how many is it? Uh
[33:59] we'll go from 43 parking stalls to well
like 36 usable parking stalls to roughly
[34:05] 140 45.
>> Good.
[34:07] » Yeah. And a lot of trees down there.
>> Okay.
[34:12] » Yeah. One comment. I I talked to um uh
the city manager and and Zach about it
[34:19] earlier that when [clears throat] we get
into the planning of the expanded Blue
[34:24] Heron Park, I've got a list of all the
people that are interested in me on the
[34:29] around the table and I just want to
mention that right now.
[34:34] Obviously, the entire city staff is
concerned about it. Pollinator Project
[34:38] of the Rogue Valley enriched
communities. Mr. Joe Slaughter, Parks
[34:43] and Rex Committee, Save the Phoenix
Wetlands Committee, uh the council, the
[34:48] mayor. There's also a skate park group
now that I'm aware of, and the Rotary
[34:53] [clears throat]
has brought up a squash park. So, those
[34:57] are all the players that want to come to
the table at some point. Just making you
[35:03] aware of it. Okay,
>> there you go. All right, I've got to add
[35:08] them. All right, that's another group.
So anyway, let's continue. But yeah,
[35:13] that's all coming in the future.
>> Um, so city council was provided a
[35:19] report of the finances and the grants
that we've received um during our
[35:24] quarterly financial report. Um, you did
see that we did spend $6.6 million in
[35:30] 2526 towards capital projects. And I've
just detailed that out for you so you
[35:35] can see exactly what we spent um our
money on and then how much of that was
[35:40] grant funded. Um overall for these
projects in 2526 it's about 80% funding
[35:47] from grants. Um when we look at the
overall picture just for 2526 which is
[35:53] pretty amazing um to have that much in
grant funding for our little city and to
[35:59] do the projects that we were able to to
do and complete. Um major project is the
[36:05] reservoir project um and that is
complete. Um, in addition to that, uh,
[36:11] the downtown parking lots, that's going
to be also a very visible project, as
[36:16] well as the solar project, which is not
on here. Um, because technically it's
[36:21] 2627.
Um, but just to give you kind of a
[36:24] snapshot of the year and the projects
that were completed um, and how much of
[36:30] that was funded by the city. And so if
if it's not grant funded, it is coming
[36:34] from if it's parks. Um usually it's if
it's eligible, it's the SDC's or
[36:40] possibly park maintenance fees that
we've just um increased recently. Um so
[36:46] that will contribute as well towards
these projects that are unfunded
[36:50] currently.
[36:53] » It's a lot of grant money.
>> Yeah.
[36:57] » Prior years. That's a lot of grant. you
know, good good healthy organizations
[37:00] celebrate things. And I I go back to the
plan to do a ribbon cutting for the the
[37:06] the the tank, you know, 2 million
gallons that was added to our system.
[37:12] » But there's also some of the equipment
that's been recently purchased. It's
[37:16] making us a lot more efficient. Um it
was I don't know if it was mentioned but
[37:21] the mower and uh I know we also uh
replaced the back truck which makes us a
[37:27] lot more efficient in that way. So
anyway the plan is that we'll have a
[37:32] ribbon cutting not at the site of the
tank but maybe out of the public works
[37:36] yard if you haven't been out there be a
good chance to check it out and see the
[37:39] equipment and just celebrate the
celebrate the uh
[37:43] » the reservoir. Joe's working on it for
me and uh we should have some
[37:48] information out here relatively soon um
for the that event.
[37:55] And I think one of the other ones that
we didn't mention was the field
[37:57] collection system and um community
development worked with Chris and and
[38:02] his crew. Um and we were able to secure
a really super awesome intern that came
[38:09] and and did about 80 hours of work for
us, may maybe a little less than that,
[38:13] and was able to GPS our entire our
entire life. Right.
[38:18] » Yeah. And started on some of our
signage. Um, we may bring him back if
[38:23] he's interested because he was super
efficient with this equipment, but it
[38:27] only because the field equipment that we
purchased, it's it's pretty expensive,
[38:31] but um it's really a point andoot GPS
unit um where it's um sub centimeter
[38:37] accuracy, so we know exactly where our
water meters are at. we're able to take
[38:40] that those GPS points once the AMI
system is fully updated and integrate
[38:45] that with the the data so that when we
go click on those points, we'll get all
[38:48] of the information about the water
meters and their age, um if they've had
[38:52] leaks, you know, those types of things.
So, it really is um when you look at the
[38:57] cost of some of those things, the RC
mower, like Eric said, is another one
[39:01] that, you know, not only is a safe, you
know, helps us be more safe um but is
[39:05] also really efficient. So, um, just food
for thought when we come and ask for,
[39:11] you know, purchasing of equipment, the
these types of things really benefit.
[39:15] And then if you can find the people to
actually do the work efficiently, it
[39:18] makes it even better. I think we only
ended up we only ended up putting out
[39:22] maybe maybe roughly $2,000 for that
intern to do all of that work.
[39:27] » Wow.
>> Which is is time that we don't have to
[39:31] go out and collect or public works. So,
um, kudos on on him for doing that good
[39:36] work.
>> Yeah.
[39:39] » Any questions?
>> Watch that mower going down the road. It
[39:44] was pretty cool. Yeah, I'm sure it saves
a lot on on risk and um salar on
[39:50] employee time.
>> It's fun to drive.
[39:52] » Yeah, it was
>> not in the rain. That's when I seen it
[39:55] was in the rain.
>> Joystick still.
[39:57] » Yes.
>> Which place work?
[40:02] Okay. Any other questions, comments? Is
that it? Okay. Very good. Thank you very
[40:08] much.
>> Thank you.
[40:10] » All right. We are
moving on to old business.
[40:18] We had quite a bit that we started. So
8A is ordinance 1055 pavement moratorum
[40:26] amendment. This is the second reading.
[40:31] And unless someone has any comments on
it, u it's on page 75 is the motion. Did
[40:40] anyone have any comments on it?
>> No. Okay. I move to adopt by second
[40:46] reading ordinance 1055
and ordinance repeating repealing
[40:51] ordinance 356 and applicable street
excavation provisions of ordinance 920
[40:57] and adopting Phoenix Municipal Code
Chapter 12.12
[41:02] street cut moratorum.
Do
[41:04] » I have a second?
>> Second.
[41:07] » Roll call.
>> Councelor Chester.
[41:11] » Yes.
>> Councelor Vermillion.
[41:12] » Yes.
>> Councelor Suesto. Yes.
[41:14] » Councelor Dixon.
>> Yes.
[41:16] » Councelor Shunk.
>> Yes.
[41:18] » Motion passes.
>> Very good. Let's go down to 8B.
[41:21] Ordinance 1056. An ordinance repealing
ordinance 806 adopting a new chapter
[41:26] 15.16 regulating cross street banners
and banners on street light poles and
[41:30] declaring an effective date.
>> Mayor, if you don't mind, we we would
[41:35] like to see about bringing this one back
to um the next council meeting. Um there
[41:40] are a couple of things that we want to
go back and relook at just to make sure.
[41:43] » Okay. um that we've hit the mark on what
it was we were intending to do and we
[41:48] didn't have a whole lot of time to make
that change um right before the meeting.
[41:52] So um I don't have any recommendations
now, but I would like to be able to
[41:56] bring it back. It'll probably come back
as first reading because we probably
[41:59] will have some changes that will require
that.
[42:01] » Okay, very good. We can certainly do
that. All right, let's move on to 8C
[42:06] ordinance 1057. An ordinance repealing
ordinances 286, 619, 814, 816, 880,
[42:14] 6920, and 961, and adopting revised
regulations for public parks and
[42:20] offenses against public peace, including
alcohol, beverages, commercial activity,
[42:24] and commercial use permits in city parks
and outdoor facilities.
[42:29] Any comments on that at all? Any
comments from uh council? If not, we do
[42:36] have that on page 86.
[42:41] » My phone on my phone is a little
>> Okay, I got it.
[42:44] » You got it. Go forward. Um, I move to
adopt by second reading ordinance 1057
[42:50] and ordinance repealing ordinances 286,
619, 814, 816, 886, 920, and 961, and
[42:59] adopting revised regulations for public
parks and offenses against public peace,
[43:04] including alcoholic beverages,
commercial activity, and commercial use
[43:08] permits in city parks and outdoor
facilities.
[43:11] Do
>> I have a second?
[43:14] Roll call.
>> Councelor Chester,
[43:18] » yes.
>> Councelor Dixon,
[43:19] » yes.
>> Councelor Vermillion,
[43:21] » yes.
>> Councelor Sutos,
[43:23] » yes.
>> Councelor Shunk, motion passes.
[43:25] » Very good. And on to 8D ordinance uh
1058 restricting the attraction and
[43:31] feeding of wild animals.
>> I wanted to make a comment.
[43:36] » Yes.
>> Is it the one about the feeding of the
[43:38] wild animals?
>> Yes, it is. Go ahead. Um, I think all of
[43:41] us received this email from somebody
speaking about the wild cats, the
[43:45] strike, the stray cats, and do we want
to somehow incorporate that into this or
[43:50] not?
>> Okay.
[43:53] Do you want to talk about it?
>> Does anybody have opinions?
[43:58] Do we consider
>> I know that that that was in her letter.
[44:02] It was that they capture them so they
can spay and neuter them. That kind of
[44:07] thing. And so it that might be I don't
know if we make an acceptance for that.
[44:12] » How does the city does the city consider
barrel cats wild animals?
[44:19] » I don't think that was in the original
we listed some examples but I think
[44:24] there's enough the language is broad
enough to where we'd
[44:27] » be okay.
>> Right. Right. Yeah.
[44:30] » I mean the idea was raccoon, skunks and
turkeys obviously. Uh
[44:35] » so yeah it's as the city manager said
it's broad enough to
[44:40] » protect the cabinet.
>> I just want to make sure that this
[44:43] thought is included in
>> we'll make sure that make sure that gets
[44:46] in the record so that if there's any
>> question about that
[44:51] » definitely
>> okay
[44:53] we're good with it
[44:58] » allowing it with regulations like at
certain times with meeting times and
[45:02] stuff like that. Yeah, I I wasn't clear
on it all. So that's why I thought I'd
[45:06] ask for everybody's opinion before we
move.
[45:08] » Yeah, it's hard to feed the cats and not
feed the raccoons at the same time.
[45:12] » Well, that was
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[45:14] » So man, but you are so feeding tax
removal of trying to figure it out,
[45:20] which would be I think really
>> complicated, right? Yeah, that's what
[45:24] I'm thinking. So, as long as we have
control over feral cats when we need
[45:28] them.
>> Okay. I just feel we appreciate the
[45:33] need.
>> Yeah, Joe wrote this. Um, so on here,
[45:36] wild animal means the for the purpose of
this chapter, any non-domemesticated
[45:40] mammal or bird commonly found in the
state of Oregon, including but not
[45:44] limited to a list of animals. So,
non-domemesticated, I guess, would be
[45:49] » right
>> where you're landing.
[45:52] » So,
>> yeah. Yeah, exactly.
[45:56] » So, keeping it general in that sense.
>> All right. If that's settled, then I'll
[46:00] take a motion on this.
>> I have it on my phone.
[46:05] » Get to page 80. Is that
>> I move to approve ordinance number 1058
[46:09] restricting the intentional attraction
and feeding of wild animals.
[46:13] » Have a second.
>> Second.
[46:16] » Call.
>> Councelor Chester.
[46:18] » Yes.
>> Councelor Vermillion.
[46:20] » Yes.
>> Councelor STOs.
[46:21] » Yes.
>> Councelor Dixon.
[46:22] » Yes. Councelor Shunk.
>> Yes.
[46:24] » Motion passes.
>> Okay. Very good. Thank you very much. Um
[46:28] we're going to go on to staff reports
now.
[46:31] City attorney at this time. Do you have
anything?
[46:34] » All right. Thank you, city manager.
>> I just Well, I was just going to comment
[46:37] on the ceremony we had this this
morning. Was really well done. And you
[46:42] know, Carolina, you know, Marshall is
her biggest she can get a lot of people
[46:46] together. And uh I really appreciate the
fact that she was able to to organize
[46:52] that. We had we rang the bell and and uh
mayor had a great made some great points
[46:58] about all of the volunteers that we have
now that are helping with the rebuild.
[47:03] And it was just I think it was just a
good chance to to be out there and look
[47:08] back but also look forward, you know,
and look forward to things that we're
[47:12] we're doing now with some of the
prevention issues. So it was really well
[47:17] well done. So I don't other than that
that's all I have. Thank you.
[47:21] » Okay. Community development director.
Nothing tonight. All right. We'll go
[47:24] around.
>> I do have something really quick.
[47:26] » Go ahead. You can start on this end and
float.
[47:28] » Um so I just wanted to let the council
know that Jessica Marsh on parks and
[47:33] wreck stepped down. She took a
leadership position with the union
[47:37] representing um I believe educators in
in some sense. So she has stepped down.
[47:42] Um, and I just wanted to let you know I
have posted on our website and our
[47:46] Facebook about the three available
positions that we have open on parks and
[47:49] wreck. We had one on budget as well as
one on planning. So, um, people are
[47:54] asking how they can get involved into
the community. Those are three really
[47:57] great opportunities to get involved with
the city. Um, but just wanted to let you
[48:01] know about Jessica. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Joe.
[48:04] » Okay, Mr. Shan.
>> Oh, let's see. We got um art walk coming
[48:10] up this Friday.
>> Mhm.
[48:11] » Next Wednesday we have town hall and I
believe you're doing a separate town
[48:15] hall for the
>> I'll talk about it here in a second.
[48:17] » Okay. You'll talk about that. Um I met
the new parks employee Derek at the dog
[48:23] park. He seemed like a good strong
worker, nice person. And then Hunter has
[48:28] connected their
thing to my house. I don't have it in my
[48:32] house yet, but I got the wire from the
street to my house. So, it's progress
[48:36] and they were very helpful and kind and
considerate
[48:40] » this time around. So, like um they were
neat and tidy with my garden and can't
[48:43] even tell where they put it. So,
>> good.
[48:45] » Y
>> um I I wanted to say first that Larry
[48:51] needs to be looked at because he's been
feeding the wild animals with his
[48:54] garden, he said. So, I think he might be
in trouble. [laughter]
[48:58] A
>> lot of people are going to be in
[48:59] trouble. I know I have a neighbor, too,
that
[49:03] » Oh, yeah. unwillingly feeding. Yeah. Um
>> today is the day of as as Eric said of
[49:10] the six years since the fires and um
Carolina showed up at my salon and
[49:15] brought me a bouquet of sunflowers as
well. And I I remember after that when
[49:19] everything when when the air was still
filled with smoke to drive down um when
[49:24] we got [clears throat] to drive down
South Pacific Highway and the back roads
[49:27] that that someone had taken the time to
put sunflowers all along the way. a
[49:30] little spot of bright and my house was
taken in that fire. Actually, it was
[49:35] taken on the 9th. It my house didn't
burn until 1:00 in the morning, but
[49:39] someone also came by my house and put a
sunflower in my door. I don't I don't
[49:43] know if that was Carolina or if they did
it all through the neighborhood cuz 24
[49:46] homes in our neighborhood were taken
that night. So, anyway, very nice. We're
[49:50] so blessed to have come so far. I heard
um I was at Lucy's the other day and I
[49:55] heard there's a group of three people
talking like Phoenix has everything.
[49:59] Yes, Phoenix has everything. Well, not a
raise, but they have everything. And I'm
[50:02] like,
>> I agree.
[50:03] » Good to ease.
>> Yeah, good to ease drop on.
[50:06] » Um, I don't have anything.
>> I don't.
[50:10] » Okay. I always have a few things. So,
anyway, I'll start in my list here. Uh,
[50:15] today uh starts the time when campaign
yard signs can go up. And since we don't
[50:21] have any contested elections, I'm not
sure we're going to see any from uh
[50:25] people here in uh that are going to be
on council or myself, but we may see
[50:30] political yard signs for other people.
So, just be aware that the the yard sign
[50:37] has arrived. Uh and in fact, yes,
tomorrow night I'm hosting um a town
[50:44] hall meeting at Creekide Estates and
it's the first time that uh the three
[50:50] manufactured parks are having a combined
town hall. So the people from uh Rogue
[50:56] Valley South and also Greenway Village
have been invited in at uh Creekide
[51:02] Estates because they have the largest
community room. So that'll be tomorrow
[51:06] night at uh at six o'clock and I look
forward to talking to them and um they
[51:12] bond the three parks bonded together
initially because of the firewise
[51:16] program and Bob McKeen who spoke tonight
at 6:00 was the uh the initial person
[51:22] that started that and now they're
expanding it to talk about other issues
[51:27] such as Highway 99 bus stops and so
forth which I'll be talking to him about
[51:32] tomorrow night. So again, um, we're
building community in Phoenix
[51:38] historically where we've never had it
before. So I really think this is very,
[51:43] very exciting and I'm looking forward to
visiting with those people. Okay,
[51:48] Thursday, uh, community dinner from 5 to
7, the Ark Walk, as was mentioned, uh,
[51:54] September 14th, the final concert, the
Phoenix Vibe concert at Blue Heron Park.
[52:00] will be a a DJ, I understand, this time.
And yeah, I have a town hall meeting on
[52:05] the 16th at the Phoenix Library. Uh,
Saturday, September 19th, Bear Creek
[52:10] Stewardship Day at Blue Heron Park for
anybody that wants to come out. I'm sure
[52:14] my wife will be out there from 9 to noon
working on whatever they do out there.
[52:20] And then in addition to that, something
that we do uh every uh candidate season
[52:27] and uh I've requested that Will Vert and
the chamber host again a candidate forum
[52:33] which will be on Tuesday, October 6th
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Civic
[52:38] Center. It'll also be on Facebook Live.
And uh the big idea is for people to
[52:43] meet the two new city council
candidates, uh Tim Larie, who's right in
[52:49] the audience here, and Kim Hosford. And
of course, Mr. Shunk will show up. Uh
[52:54] he's sort of known and he'll be more
wildly known after that time.
[53:00] I want to announce our city recorder,
Joe, for receiving a master's degree in
[53:06] public administration.
So, uh, thank you and and I really
[53:13] appreciate the fact that he's bilingual
and he's doing a great job. I thank you
[53:17] for all the work. One of the things he's
doing that I I know has sat around for
[53:22] years, there were all these paper files,
right? And who the heck wants to
[53:26] digitize paper files? He's doing he's
doing it.
[53:31] » He's doing it. And, you know, that's
that's something that most people just,
[53:35] you know, put it away. But thank you Joe
for everything you're doing. I really
[53:39] appreciate it. Um here's an idea that u
not my idea but I want to pass it on. So
[53:47] at the medical building they have a a
sign up there but how about we putting
[53:54] something up to show this is a public
private partnership. So, city manager,
[54:00] think about putting up something right
next to the sign there on Fourth Street
[54:04] for the medical building that uh
announces and and you know says what
[54:10] we're doing because it is a a
partnership with them. So,
[54:13] » no, I think that's a great idea. In
fact,
[54:15] » I think that would be great.
>> The problem that property sat there for
[54:18] so long and to be able to get what we
got there now is is nothing short.
[54:23] » I think we need to take credit for that
great project.
[54:26] » It looks good. as you come into town. It
gives a little more
[54:30] like it looks good.
>> Architecture is really cool. That's
[54:33] done. It's going to be amazing.
>> Yeah.
[54:35] » Um I want to thank Chris and the gang
for Culver Park paving. I was out there
[54:41] walking around. I know you know she's
like Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But
[54:46] [laughter]
but yeah, I'm sure. But thank you very
[54:50] much because that that path is used so
much and it's it's critical. So, I
[54:55] really really appreciate that. So,
here's an interesting um update that I
[55:00] have for you on Rays. Not good. So, I
finally found out that the lease that
[55:08] Ray has on that space, are you ready?
Expires in August of 2028.
[55:16] So, the people that own that property
are being paid until August of 2028.
[55:22] » They're in no hurry. And that is really
sad to hear.
[55:30] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[55:33] » Well, maybe something will happen.
>> Well, I'm hoping. Yeah. There are some
[55:36] things working behind the scenes, but
you know, that's that's not good.
[55:44] » Next two years.
>> They've been looking at it and haven't
[55:47] come up with anything. Yeah.
>> Anyway, there there's some people
[55:52] looking. And I still got some optimism.
We'll see what happens. But
[55:57] » seems like they could incentivize
someone to come in by by that lease
[56:00] being paid.
>> I know. Yeah. No, they're out. Raise is
[56:03] looking for it. They want to get out of
their lease, but it's been really
[56:06] difficult. And then another thing, um I
know you mentioned it. You have some new
[56:12] drone controlled contra. Is that it?
I heard, you know, I was over at the hot
[56:19] dog stand and I see, you know,
everything is cleaned up on that urban
[56:23] renewal property and this woman says
some kind of a guy with a drone up. Is
[56:28] that you?
>> It's
[56:32] got like a joystick going.
>> It's got a joy up. Yeah. She's
[56:35] describing. I'm going, "What the heck is
that?"
[56:37] » No, it's
>> It did a great job.
[56:40] » I mean, that thing is like, you know,
almost like grass. I mean, it's like
[56:44] perfect. So,
>> can you imagine that versus the the weed
[56:48] eater going, you know?
>> Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. Forget it. Yeah.
[56:52] And I really want to thank you, Chris,
and and your group for, you know, we
[56:56] talk about weed abatement and we reduced
it from 12 in to 6 in. But, uh, just
[57:02] keeping up with the weeds every year is
really a challenge. And I mean, that's
[57:07] one incentive to get all these places,
you know, planted and the Blue Heron
[57:11] Park all done and get other properties.
soul so we don't have to trim weeds
[57:17] every year. So I'm optimistic about
that. Um, one interesting thing that um,
[57:24] I noticed is going on that on First
Street we have that Amer gas facility
[57:31] next to the railroad. And um, I wrote a
letter to the company in Pennsylvania
[57:37] and I said, "What's going on?" You know,
and maybe it could be used for other
[57:42] purposes like a pocket park. I just sort
of hinted at things. never got a
[57:47] response, but all of a sudden somebody's
out there doing all the weed eating and
[57:52] then there was a truck there and I
talked to the guy and I said, "What are
[57:55] you doing?" He said, "I'm taking all the
propane. You maybe you know what's going
[58:00] on." All the propane out of those tanks.
So, can I assume that all those tanks
[58:06] are going to be gone?
>> Wow.
[58:10] » Yeah. Yeah. They're all going to be
gone.
[58:13] » Pretty sitting there though. those
times.
[58:18] » I think they're all going to be gone.
>> That's her name. That's uh
[58:22] » Yeah, that's
I'm just throwing out I know we need
[58:26] another uh pocket park, Zach, but I'm
just throwing out the idea that we can
[58:32] use that property for something, but I
assume Americas eventually will come in
[58:38] and say, "Hey,
>> yeah, we don't want it." So anyway, I'm
[58:43] optimistic because uh
>> you know that I know that Maragas has
[58:47] been there I think from World War II
practically and we you I'm sure as a
[58:52] neighbor would like to see it gone. And
so that I'm optimistic about that. And
[58:57] then well what one other dream I have
you know this is what I want you like
[59:02] this Alana. How would you like to have
an old railroad dining car on the siding
[59:10] where Americas and then that all be
parking lot and it would be a restaurant
[59:15] in an old rail car? That's my dream.
Never happened. [laughter]
[59:20] Yes, Jake, come on up.
>> October 14th, 5:15 homecoming parade. If
[59:27] you're not in the parade and you want to
volunteer to help us with traffic
[59:30] control,
>> I'll be I'll be in the parade.
[59:34] » Sergeant,
>> thank you. I'll be in the parade.
[59:38] » Yeah,
>> that's only Anybody wants to be in the
[59:41] parade, come on in.
>> Yes, of course. 100%.
[59:44] » Chief's last parade.
>> Did you put in an application?
[59:47] » No, they haven't sent them out yet.
>> Yeah, but yeah, anybody who wants to be
[59:50] in, let's do it.
>> October 14th at 5:15.
[59:55] Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. You ran it last.
[59:58] » Okay. Hey, that's enough. Anything else?
No, we're ajourned. Okay. Let's take 5
[1:00:03] minutes then get started with executive