[0:06] Call the meeting to order. City of

[0:08] University Heights City Council meeting

[0:10] today, September 8th, 2026. Welcome

[0:14] everyone. Um I call the meeting to order

[0:18] and for council are present. Uh Doug

[0:21] Swales is not present tonight. Um so

[0:25] with that, we'll go to approval of

[0:27] minutes. the August 11th minutes. Um,

[0:32] the minutes were circulated by our city

[0:35] clerk. Are there any additions,

[0:36] corrections, or objections

[0:40] to any of the minutes? Hearing none, the

[0:42] minutes are approved by unanimous

[0:43] consent. Thanks everyone. We'll go on to

[0:46] administration or public input. We have

[0:50] some members of the public uh in would I

[0:54] mean other than the the Johnson County

[0:56] officials. Would anybody like to speak

[0:58] to the C? Okay. Why don't you come up

[1:00] here to the music stand?

[1:05] Welcome. Can you state your name and

[1:06] address?

[1:06] >> Yes, I'm Aaron Shrivever and I live at

[1:08] 100 Sunset Street. So, I wanted to thank

[1:10] you all for the wonderful work you're

[1:12] doing for the city. Of course, I don't

[1:13] come on the day to tell you what a

[1:15] wonderful job you're doing. I'm here to

[1:16] ask for your help. Um, I am looking for

[1:19] some followup on the construction,

[1:21] parking, and new short-term rentals at

[1:22] 104 Sunset Street. Um, my husband and I

[1:25] sent emails last week, and we really

[1:26] appreciate the responses from Mayor

[1:28] Prom, and Miss Dwire, thank you for

[1:29] responding to our emails. We understand

[1:31] that there's going to be a report that

[1:33] was generated, and we're looking forward

[1:34] to hearing about that. um we're uh about

[1:37] this uh you know R1 single family

[1:39] residence that is now advertised as a

[1:41] two-bedroom RB Airbnb and is alluding to

[1:44] the fact that there will be uh three units in this uh single family

[1:48] home. So we're looking for information

[1:50] is three units actually legal what you

[1:52] know what what are the legal

[1:53] implications of that? What are the

[1:54] rules? Um and looking forward to hearing

[1:57] what you have to say there. I also um

[1:59] understand that the uh owner told uh

[2:02] Terry Gorks that uh he was going to

[2:04] widen the the driveway by one to two

[2:06] concrete pavers but in fact added two

[2:08] parkings two to three parkings but if

[2:10] that is true we're just wondering if

[2:12] there what's the status on the

[2:13] permitting and if you misrepresent your

[2:15] intentions as city are there any

[2:17] implications for that so thank you very

[2:18] much for the work that you're doing and

[2:20] we appreciate it.

[2:21] >> Thank you Erin. Now, our city building

[2:23] inspector will be on Zoom.

[2:25] >> Okay.

[2:26] >> And he's coming in, but not right at the

[2:29] He had something to do. And I'll text

[2:31] him and see what time he's come. Could

[2:33] you

[2:34] >> just coming in right now?

[2:36] >> Yeah.

[2:36] >> Thank you, Baron.

[2:39] >> Would anyone else like to speak to the

[2:41] council tonight? Oh, Brenet. Welcome,

[2:44] Brennan.

[2:44] >> Thank you.

[2:45] >> Bren's a former council member.

[2:47] >> That is true. Now I'm an empowered

[2:49] citizen with a folder.

[2:53] Look out. Uh, Brennan McGrath, 327 Koser

[2:56] Avenue. Um, I'm also here seeking some

[2:59] assistance. Um, our next door neighbors

[3:02] at 325 Koser uh were residents there for

[3:06] many years. Uh, they've moved out about

[3:08] four years ago and have converted the

[3:10] house into a rental. We're on our fourth

[3:14] uh group of of renters. They've had uh

[3:17] multiple issues at the house. Um, not to

[3:21] get too deep into the history of it, but

[3:23] uh, I always tried to lend a hand over

[3:27] there. Um, they were raising a young

[3:30] child and, uh, the father was away quite

[3:32] a bit. Um, and so I I tried to assist

[3:35] and the regular maintaining of the yard

[3:38] and keeping the snow cleared on the

[3:40] sidewalk and the driveway. Um, but since

[3:42] it's been a rental, um, I've tried to

[3:45] kind of give the new renters the lay of

[3:47] the land and whatnot, but it's become

[3:50] very apparent that this house, uh, is

[3:52] just never really maintained at all. And

[3:55] so, the the newest occurrence of that

[3:58] unfortunately led us into a situation,

[4:00] which brings me here tonight. Um I

[4:03] believe it was the last full week of

[4:05] June. Um the owner uh did stop by and

[4:09] notify us that they were going to be

[4:11] redoing their the main sewer line into

[4:13] the house. And uh being a visual person,

[4:16] I'll just leave you or show you what we

[4:18] were left with um with that project. Of

[4:22] course, they unearthed all the clay

[4:24] that's underneath our top soil here and

[4:28] kind of left it there and I became

[4:30] concerned and asked her through text

[4:32] messaging if someone was coming back to deal with the landscaping and she

[4:37] said she was told by Rotorooer that she

[4:39] needed to let the ground settle for at

[4:41] least a month or two uh before any

[4:44] landscaping was done. Um, so I ended up

[4:48] uh after the we kind of got into that

[4:51] second month. Um, that's when I

[4:53] contacted the building. Actually, I

[4:55] reached out to Tim. He directed me to

[4:56] the building inspector, which was

[4:58] helpful. He basically came over and

[4:59] looked at it and said there was really

[5:01] nothing he could do. Um, there was

[5:02] really no violations. U, my main concern

[5:06] was uh just the aesthetics of the

[5:08] overall project and where it where it

[5:10] lie. And um there was one one item in

[5:13] particular which I'll get to, but he he

[5:15] basically said there's really nothing I

[5:16] can do. Um you know, if there were some

[5:19] kind of erosion situation here, uh maybe

[5:21] I could I could talk to him about that,

[5:22] but we're on top of a hill, so that

[5:25] that's not going to be a problem. Well,

[5:26] the rain came and it all just washed

[5:29] into the sidewalk in the street. So I

[5:31] took some pictures and and sent them to

[5:33] the inspector. He notified her and of

[5:36] course 3 weeks transpired. He gave her a

[5:39] timeline to mitigate this uh this

[5:42] erosion problem and this was her

[5:44] solution. Um our orgi uh Lily here is

[5:48] inspecting the work, but it was

[5:50] basically two sandbags and two wooden

[5:53] blocks. Um which in no way was going to

[5:57] mitigate any erosion at all. But again,

[6:00] then when I talked to the building

[6:01] inspector, he says there's actually

[6:03] nothing in the ordinance that says

[6:05] exactly how they need to mitigate it. So

[6:08] this was her attempt and that was

[6:09] basically the best that uh she could do

[6:12] and and I guess that was going to be

[6:13] acceptable. Um luckily we didn't get

[6:16] that's kind of when the dry season came

[6:18] and we didn't get any rain. But um she

[6:21] did end up having a company come and do

[6:23] um landscaping. And basically what they

[6:25] did is they tilled up the soil, threw

[6:28] down a bunch of seed and some straw. Um

[6:31] and then they threw down rock which

[6:33] around the area that I was most

[6:34] concerned about which are these drainage

[6:37] uh cleanouts that are in front of the

[6:39] house. And um these are actually being

[6:43] used in several projects that I've seen

[6:46] uh around the city. Um, but typically

[6:48] what people do is they then cut those

[6:50] off at the ground level so you don't see

[6:52] them. Um, so I saw this and thought,

[6:56] well, maybe she's going to plant shrubs

[6:57] around it to kind of hide that. Um, I

[7:00] talked to the city inspector about it

[7:02] and that's what brought me here tonight

[7:04] is that he said there was nothing in the

[7:05] ordinance that said that those that

[7:08] those need those cleanouts needed to be

[7:10] cut. They could just stay at that

[7:12] length. That there was nothing in the

[7:13] ordinance that he could do to enforce

[7:16] that. So, I don't I I leave it to you to

[7:19] uh come up with something creative if

[7:21] it's an aesthetic issue. U but as I

[7:24] mentioned, um they tilled up um the

[7:26] ground and they put down the seed, which

[7:28] will be great. Um they're not watering

[7:30] it or anything, so we're probably going

[7:32] to have to wait till spring to see any

[7:34] new grass. But uh my main concern are

[7:38] those cleanouts. And it's unfortunate

[7:40] that there's not something existing in

[7:42] the ordinance. But I guess I would chalk

[7:44] it up to common sense and how people

[7:46] would aesthetically pleasing that um I

[7:49] guess that that's not the situation in

[7:51] this in this moment. And what she's had

[7:55] done is had rock put down uh around the

[7:58] pipes. So now nothing will grow. And

[8:01] unless that uh you know she was to dig

[8:04] up that rock and plant some shrubs

[8:05] around it at a later date, I don't know.

[8:08] But I I don't at this point really want

[8:09] to get more involved in this situation

[8:11] than I already am. And so I I leave it

[8:14] to you and and hopefully by bringing

[8:16] this to your attention. I don't know if

[8:18] we can mitigate this situation, but

[8:20] maybe future situations um would require

[8:23] a change. So I'll leave that to you.

[8:26] Thank you for the time that you given.

[8:28] >> I appreciate you explaining it to

[8:29] council. We did try to go through

[8:31] channels that you know and I think we

[8:34] can uh talk with Troy, our city

[8:36] administrator, too, and we'll take it

[8:38] over from here now that we're aware

[8:41] >> of this and maybe Brian Jensen can help

[8:43] too. And I don't know if it's Steve

[8:45] Ballard, our city attorney, has any

[8:49] >> any issues with that at all, but uh

[8:52] we'll work on it from here on out. Thank

[8:54] you.

[8:55] >> Yeah. And from my experience, I know a

[8:56] picture says a thousand words. So u

[8:59] hopefully that helped as well.

[9:00] >> It does help. Thank you very much.

[9:04] >> Okay. Does anyone else like to speak to

[9:06] the council tonight?

[9:09] >> Okay. Now, uh we have visitors here from

[9:13] Johnson County. The officials, this is

[9:15] their annual visit and uh we just are so

[9:19] grateful that you're coming tonight. I

[9:21] see we've got, you know, four officials.

[9:25] Does anyone want to start talking?

[9:27] Scott, you want to start?

[9:29] >> Sure.

[9:29] >> Well, thank you.

[9:30] >> Yeah. Um, five years from Well, when we

[9:33] hit our fifth year, I plan to bring

[9:34] presents for everybody

[9:36] >> to commemorate.

[9:37] >> Just make sure everybody knows you.

[9:39] >> Oh, yeah. Scott Finson. Um, I'm the guy

[9:42] who you all send money to every year,

[9:45] several times, uh, to keep things

[9:47] running. So, I'm the treasurer. Um, so,

[9:51] thanks for having us. We started this a

[9:52] couple years ago. uh want to make sure

[9:54] we get out to hear what you guys want to

[9:56] tell us as much as we can tell you where

[9:57] things are going in the county. Um one

[9:59] thing that happened two weeks ago is we

[10:00] changed the name of our eponym to Mural

[10:03] Lulu Johnson. Um I don't know if any of

[10:05] you got to come out to that ceremony,

[10:06] but it was actually quite nice and I

[10:08] just thought I'd bring this for you guys

[10:09] to keep. Uh but this is the history of

[10:12] the person who our F&M's after.

[10:14] >> Oh, thank you.

[10:14] >> Yeah, for sure. If you have a coffee

[10:16] table somewhere, feel free to slap that

[10:17] on there. Enjoy. Um, big news from

[10:20] treasur's office. Our electronic updates

[10:24] of payments has become fully realized.

[10:27] You can now set up an account on Iowa

[10:29] tax and tax. You can set up uh payments

[10:33] by month as long as your full taxes are

[10:35] paid. And we do aes to pull from your

[10:37] account without you doing anything.

[10:38] It'll update the next year as long as

[10:40] you keep your your information current.

[10:42] And so we're fully in the 21st century

[10:45] since uh I've been at the job for 17

[10:47] years. So pretty proud accomplishment

[10:49] for that. Um and the auditor may talk

[10:53] about this more but just for you all

[10:55] just like for us just be aware we talked

[10:57] about this last year that's coming to

[10:58] more fruition. Uh the state's putting

[11:01] some rather

[11:03] uh hard collars on local governments to

[11:07] be aware of. Uh are the amount we can

[11:09] ask for is collared and then also the

[11:12] amount we can carry forward is now being

[11:13] collared too. So just have your staff

[11:16] look at that. make sure they're aware of

[11:17] those uh hindrances moving forward

[11:21] financially for all of us. And with

[11:23] that, I'll pass on the next person.

[11:25] >> Thank you, Scott.

[11:27] >> Hi, Julie.

[11:28] >> Well done. Hello. Um I'm Julie

[11:32] Personsons. I'm the county auditor. Uh

[11:34] if you didn't know, there is an election

[11:37] in less than two months. Um, we will

[11:40] start voting on October 14th and we will

[11:43] have voting available every single day

[11:45] of the 20 days, every Saturday, Sunday.

[11:47] Um, we're doing three evenings. We're

[11:49] going to have our drive-through open.

[11:50] We're going to have nine different

[11:51] satellites out in the county. So, we're

[11:53] giving everybody the opportunity to vote

[11:55] in person this year. Um, I know a lot of

[11:57] people are very, very concerned about

[11:59] what's going on with the mail and the

[12:01] potential for the mail and all ballot

[12:03] issues. Um, so if people are really

[12:06] worried about that, they can vote early

[12:08] in person. Um, again, our drive-thru,

[12:10] you can sit in your car, so you can you

[12:12] don't have to be around people if it's a thing like that. Um, also, um,

[12:19] we're going to have our Dropbox open 24

[12:21] hours a day. It is under camera

[12:23] monitoring. So if people don't trust the

[12:26] mail, they don't want to put it back in

[12:27] the mail, if they have a mail ballot,

[12:29] they can drop it off at our building

[12:31] right in the dropbox and know that that

[12:33] is going to go straight into our office.

[12:35] So um as you're talking to people,

[12:38] everybody's been talking about it. The

[12:39] more we can as elected officials help

[12:42] each other spread the word. Um if they

[12:44] have questions, stop by our office.

[12:46] We're always willing to talk to people.

[12:48] Um, but we're really going to be here

[12:50] and try to make sure everybody gets the

[12:52] chance to vote for September voting. So,

[12:55] um, big election this year will be a lot

[12:57] of fun. Uh, other than that, as Scott

[12:59] was saying, uh, a lot of a lot of

[13:02] changes with property taxes that also

[13:04] changed some of the laws around TIF. Um,

[13:07] we are waiting on the Department of

[13:09] Management to finalize some stuff and

[13:10] then they're going to be giving us

[13:11] training on it. So, by the time we do

[13:13] TIF for you guys in December, uh, Tara

[13:16] will know everything. she'll be able to

[13:18] work with Mike like she always does and

[13:20] make sure we can answer the questions

[13:22] because we want to make sure all of our

[13:23] towns get all the right tiff money. Um

[13:26] it's very important because you guys do

[13:27] really great work with that. So um we

[13:29] are here if you need us. Um does that

[13:32] talk?

[13:33] >> Thank you Julie. And we have Rachel.

[13:39] Uh Rachel Zimmerman Smith, Johnson

[13:41] County attorney. Um, I spend more than

[13:43] my fair share at University Heights,

[13:45] think you all know, mostly at Maggie's

[13:47] and Sidekick at this point. Um, the

[13:51] county attorney's office is very busy.

[13:53] Um, we had about 3,700 indictable cases

[13:57] last year. Um, we currently have four

[13:59] pending murder cases. Um, I know that's

[14:02] not a sunny way to start. Um, but it's

[14:05] just important for everybody to know

[14:06] that we have, you know, very serious

[14:08] responsibilities. We have a great staff

[14:10] um that handles it and great

[14:12] partnerships with local law enforcement

[14:13] including your own uh chief Chris Acres

[14:16] who um I see at least once a month at

[14:18] our chief's meeting and really

[14:19] appreciate having him um be a part of

[14:22] it. Uh I am also very busy um

[14:25] representing my office represents all

[14:27] folks back here and every county

[14:29] department and the board of supervisors.

[14:31] So as you can imagine that that

[14:33] continues to keep us busy. Um, so I just

[14:36] want to thank you for what you all do

[14:38] and hope that you know my office is

[14:40] always here to help. I'm really proud to

[14:42] serve all of you and you know where to

[14:44] find me.

[14:45] >> Thank you very

[14:54] Hey guys, Brad Con, Johns County

[14:55] Sheriff. Um, I'm supposed to watch you

[14:58] for some reason. That's what I was told

[14:59] before I came in here.

[15:02] >> I can't tell you where my information

[15:03] came from. Um, normally I just stand

[15:06] here and tell you how good of a job I'm

[15:07] doing and I could certainly do that.

[15:09] But, uh, the other big thing I have in

[15:11] my world thinking bird is we're trying

[15:12] to get a bond referendum passed for a

[15:15] sheriff's office in jail. So, in

[15:17] addition to everything else going on in

[15:19] the midterms in November is the the

[15:21] bond. Uh, as a lot of you know, the

[15:23] county's tried this before. The last

[15:25] bond referendum in 2013 for a justice

[15:27] center that was about a 43.5 million

[15:30] bond that failed to hit 60%. It got 54%

[15:35] of the vote, but wasn't enough to get to

[15:37] the 60. So, here we are again um 13

[15:40] years later trying a new project, kind

[15:42] of a different angle. This time, now a

[15:44] standalone sheriff's office and jail to

[15:46] be located just west of here on IWV. Uh

[15:50] the jail component of the building would

[15:52] have 140 bed capacity and then the

[15:54] sheriff's office piece of it would be

[15:56] the remainder of what my operation does.

[15:59] Um, I have 112 employees at the

[16:00] sheriff's office and a little less than

[16:03] half work in the jail. Everybody else

[16:05] does the rest of the work for the

[16:06] sheriff's office. So, we're a big agency

[16:08] and it's important to know that when

[16:10] you're talking about this or hearing

[16:11] about or have questions that it's not

[16:13] just the jail. This isn't a bond

[16:14] referendum for the jail. It's the

[16:16] sheriff's office and the jail. Uh, the

[16:18] price tag on the bond referendum is

[16:20] $94.5 million. that covers construction,

[16:24] furnishing, and also um paying back

[16:27] essentially to the county what they

[16:28] spent purchasing the property. Uh the

[16:30] bond would be for 12 years. Um the tax

[16:35] increase would be $88 per $100,000 of

[16:38] taxable value. That's very important to

[16:41] understand. It's the taxable amount, not

[16:43] your assessed amount. Uh the county has

[16:45] a great website called Johnson

[16:46] CountyJailbond

[16:49] or I can't remember.

[16:51] Uh there's a tax calculator on there to

[16:53] look at. So you can look at your parcel,

[16:55] look at that tax number, put that in,

[16:57] and that will show you what uh the tax

[16:59] increase would be. I think on average is

[17:02] about $20 a month per Johnson County

[17:05] resident. Um the the idea is to not only

[17:09] meet the needs that we have right now,

[17:11] but 30 years, 40 years, 50 years down

[17:13] the road. Um our current building at 511

[17:16] South Capital is 45 years old. It's kind

[17:19] of falling apart around us. We're

[17:20] currently spending 3.2 million just to

[17:23] keep it habitable. Um, keep the

[17:26] structure secure as well as the roof and

[17:27] the HVAC, but no matter what, that

[17:30] doesn't address any of the other

[17:31] operational or growth um or overcrowding

[17:34] problems that we have. We the jail was

[17:37] built with 46 beds. Uh we have 92 beds,

[17:41] but that doesn't mean we hold 92 people.

[17:43] My operational capacity is 65. So to

[17:46] manage that number, we house out a

[17:48] county. Right now I have about 40

[17:50] inmates out of county. Um and last year

[17:52] we spent about $420,000

[17:54] on out of county housing. Uh the other

[17:57] thing I leave with a bit of trivia. What

[17:58] do uh what do Delaware, Lee, Washington,

[18:02] Henry, Musketine, Lynn, and

[18:09] » get up up to seven. What do all those

[18:11] counties have in common?

[18:13] >> You get a check from Johnson.

[18:15] >> That's exactly right. Those are all the

[18:17] counties I'm housing inmates in right

[18:19] now because we don't have enough space

[18:20] in our jail. So, we have to house out of

[18:23] county. Um, so we're as far away as Lee

[18:25] County, Delaware County, uh, then

[18:27] anywhere else we can. That problem's

[18:29] getting worse because of some law

[18:31] changes and also over time the jail

[18:33] population is doing this. We spend

[18:36] millions in this community in the world

[18:37] of jail diversion. And a lot of those

[18:39] things work really, really well. And I

[18:41] think that's why our day-to-day

[18:42] population is growing at this rate and

[18:45] not this rate. And a lot of those

[18:47] programs really work and we need to have

[18:49] the capacity for today and 30 years down

[18:51] the road. So, um you're welcome to come

[18:54] take a tour sometime. I do tours pretty

[18:56] regularly if you're ever interested in

[18:58] coming to see for yourself. You probably

[18:59] seen some of the signs popping up around

[19:01] town, but otherwise um happy to answer

[19:04] any questions you may have sometime.

[19:05] Shoot me an email. If you want to come

[19:07] take a tour, let me know. either we can

[19:09] go through Troy, you can organize it or

[19:11] something, but welcome anytime. So,

[19:13] thanks for what you do. Thanks for

[19:14] having us.

[19:16] >> Thank you, Sharon.

[19:19] >> Any questions for any of them?

[19:22] >> Thank you very much for coming tonight.

[19:24] We really appreciate your annual

[19:26] reports. Thank you. Thanks again. You

[19:29] can stay as long as you want.

[19:33] » Thanks again. So, uh, I see that Terry G

[19:37] is here now. He zoomed in. And so, if

[19:41] council's okay, we'll have a report from

[19:44] Terry. Uh, Terry, can you hear? Okay.

[19:48] >> Uh, yes. Yes, I can.

[19:51] >> Can you turn him up a little?

[19:53] >> I am loud as we can go.

[19:56] >> Okay.

[19:57] Well, anyway, uh I'd like you to go

[20:00] through some of the history of the of

[20:04] the property owner that people are

[20:07] questioning, you know, 104 sunset,

[20:09] whether they're following our ordinances

[20:12] and what they're doing.

[20:15] >> Sure. Sure. So, what uh I uh received a

[20:19] phone call probably three weeks ago from

[20:21] this gentleman. Uh he was looking at

[20:24] buying the property.

[20:25] >> Terry just meant actually here tonight

[20:29] too. So

[20:29] >> yes.

[20:32] >> So So I I went through things with him

[20:35] and uh at first he was only going to go

[20:38] ahead and widen his driveway by one

[20:40] foot. Well, if you know 104 Sunset, he

[20:44] probably has more u lot frontage than

[20:48] any property in town. Uh, I think he's

[20:51] well over 250 lineal feet of lot

[20:54] frontage. Okay. So, I figured by only

[20:58] adding a foot to his existing driveway

[21:01] was no big deal. I And I decided I

[21:04] wasn't going to mess with the building

[21:05] permit for one foot. Um, that was

[21:09] probably two weeks ago. Uh well, when uh

[21:15] Saturday, two weeks ago on Saturday, uh

[21:18] they went ahead and they were going to

[21:19] start doing the work and they added a

[21:22] little bit more than what was uh we

[21:24] talked about. He did put a parking pad

[21:28] in the front yard.

[21:30] Um so I had stopped there. I was out of

[21:33] town. I stopped there and uh talked to

[21:36] the actual contractor who was really

[21:38] nice. He says, "Yeah, we're just putting

[21:39] a parking pad there." Uh, and we were

[21:42] widening out the driveway probably 2

[21:44] foot instead of 1 ft and they were going

[21:46] to put a a walking path around to the

[21:48] back side of the house which would front

[21:50] on on Melrose.

[21:53] Um, I said, "Well, you're you're

[21:54] probably going to need to get a permit

[21:56] to do this." So, I called up Nick and uh

[22:00] boom, he went ahead and uh applied for a a building permit. I've

[22:06] got it sitting here right on my desk. um

[22:09] ready to approve it. Um he is well

[22:12] within the 1/3

[22:16] uh that he can go ahead and pave. I mean

[22:20] so that's not an issue.

[22:22] So I don't see an issue with it.

[22:27] But that's how all this trans

[22:29] transpired.

[22:39] Does anybody have any questions on any

[22:42] of that or be more than happy to to

[22:46] answer?

[22:48] >> Um, I guess I'm going to bring up Erin's

[22:50] question about it becoming potentially

[22:52] three units in a single family home. And

[22:55] maybe that's more directly towards Steve

[22:57] than you. I'm not sure. But what does

[22:59] that look like if that

[23:04] It's not. It's I talked to the owner. I

[23:06] talked to Nick. He's there. Um Nick is

[23:08] going to use that as a single family

[23:10] dwelling. Um my understanding he might

[23:13] use it as a what do they call that? BBO

[23:15] or whatever. You know, he might rent out

[23:17] a room. Uh he might rent out the

[23:19] basement for a short term. He's not

[23:22] converting it to a duplex.

[23:25] No way could he convert it to a duplex.

[23:28] the way that house was built. I mean,

[23:30] you'd have to put in a separate furnace

[23:32] to make it into a duplex.

[23:35] You'd have to provide 1 hour separations

[23:37] to make it into a duplex. And that's

[23:39] kind of hard to do when you have an

[23:41] existing structure,

[23:54] you know, I I I don't uh I don't get

[23:58] into a lot of the BROS or whatever

[24:00] they're called in the rental portion of

[24:02] it. You know, uh my counterpart Brian

[24:05] Jensen does. He's very schooled in it.

[24:08] Um, and I'm sure he would be on top of

[24:11] it if uh it turned into, you know, maybe

[24:15] a a uh you know, a unit, a rental unit

[24:19] of some sort someday. But, uh, the owner

[24:22] assures me that he's going to be living

[24:23] there.

[24:31] I I guess I don't um you know I'm I'm sure the neighbors were wondering

[24:36] what was going on when they started

[24:38] seeing uh some of the bushes and and

[24:41] other things being moved and some dirt

[24:44] being moved. But, uh, as far as I'm

[24:46] concerned, he's he's well within the,

[24:49] you know, requirements for,

[24:52] uh, installing some some pavers and and

[24:56] parking. Uh, you know, um, my

[24:59] understanding was that that quote

[25:01] unquote parking pad out front was so

[25:04] they could back up and and actually

[25:08] drive out into onto Sunset instead of

[25:11] backing out because you've got cars

[25:13] coming across Melrose

[25:17] at a decent speed that he didn't want to

[25:20] create an accident of any sort.

[25:33] But

[25:44] » so I mean I'm more than

[25:47] >> Oh, sorry. I was going to say thanks for

[25:49] your explanation on everything. I think

[25:52] um from my perspective this week, I had

[25:55] a lot of neighbors uh just come to me

[25:58] with with this house in particular, but

[26:00] I don't necessarily think it's

[26:03] even the fact that it's this house. I

[26:04] think it's just the ongoing trend we

[26:06] keep seeing in the neighborhood of homes

[26:09] being purchased and then either turned

[26:11] into a rental or an Airbnb and kind of

[26:14] the

[26:17] idea of how can we better preserve our

[26:21] maintenance standards in our

[26:23] neighborhood. Um, and so

[26:26] Steve, I've been putting together a lot

[26:28] of questions and we'll meet with you,

[26:30] but just wondering like are there ways

[26:32] that we can be a little bit more strict

[26:34] on certain things so that maybe um maybe

[26:38] we're and don't say deterring people

[26:42] from purchasing homes for rentals

[26:44] because we h we have some great renters.

[26:46] We have some great rental properties. I'

[26:48] I've

[26:50] young families and enjoyable folks that

[26:53] really keep up their yard and

[26:54] everything, but um I know the state kind

[26:57] of has us tied uh their their hands tied

[27:00] as far as capping rentals, but at some

[27:03] point I feel like when has the

[27:06] neighborhood just turned into

[27:09] a a tailgating spot for the city to

[27:12] utilize it and no longer a neighborhood?

[27:14] Uh what does that look like? So, I I I'm

[27:17] going to personally do some digging and

[27:19] hopefully I'll work with you, Steve.

[27:21] Terry, I may reach out to you, but I

[27:22] kind of wanted to get everyone else's

[27:24] opinion. Um, like I said, I got a lot of

[27:27] feedback from neighbors kind of over

[27:29] here on the north side, but would love

[27:31] feedback from everyone else. I think

[27:34] Troy wants to comment if I might just

[27:36] offer a little perspective to council in

[27:38] regards to this specific property. uh

[27:42] this owner did not come in and and just

[27:45] start to do this without making any

[27:46] notification to the city. This owner

[27:49] when he was considering buying the

[27:50] property, contacted the city about the

[27:53] rules uh both as

[27:56] potential rental rental property and

[27:58] some of the changes that would need to

[28:00] be done to the property. Uh he was

[28:02] referred to appropriate staff. He was

[28:05] referred to Terry Garrett. just referred

[28:07] to uh the city clerk regarding getting

[28:10] accurate information on any allowed use

[28:14] of it as a rental property or VRBO and

[28:16] necessary necessary steps that would

[28:19] need to be that would need to be done.

[28:20] So, uh it may seem like to to Aaron or

[28:25] some of the others that this just has

[28:27] happened overnight, but this has been

[28:29] ongoing. He's been asking questions

[28:31] before he purchased it and wanting to

[28:34] know first of all, can I make these

[28:36] changes and second of all, I want to

[28:37] make sure that I'm doing them in

[28:39] accordance to any rules and regulations

[28:41] in the city before I purchase this

[28:43] property. So, I just in in relation to

[28:46] this specific property, I I just wanted

[28:48] to make sure council was aware that that

[28:51] Meth has has tried to do everything.

[28:53] He's he's made the right angle and he's looked for the information to do

[28:57] things about the boarding law since his

[29:00] regulations.

[29:02] >> I live on the other side so I know Nick

[29:04] um I don't know if you want to He came

[29:06] in after the public comment. I don't

[29:09] talk.

[29:10] >> Yeah, maybe just a quick comment.

[29:12] >> You want to come up here and state your

[29:14] name and address and

[29:17] >> yeah

[29:19] people call me Nick but uh yeah. So

[29:22] maybe I'll just quickly say I have no

[29:24] intention of turning this into a

[29:25] multiplex. It's my home.

[29:28] >> It'll never have any renters.

[29:30] I do travel a lot.

[29:32] >> Oh, are you the new owner?

[29:33] >> Yes.

[29:35] >> I'm the troublemaker that everyone seems

[29:36] to hate.

[29:38] >> I don't know what I did, but for some

[29:39] reason I'm the most hated person within

[29:41] a week and a half. But anyways, um yeah,

[29:44] I uh travel a lot for work and there are

[29:48] a lot of other people that seem to be

[29:50] doing what I intended to do, but for

[29:53] some reason me doing it is creating a

[29:55] lot of havoc, which is kind of

[29:57] interesting and I'll just point that

[29:59] out. Um when a family rents out their

[30:03] home because like I don't watch

[30:05] football. I I I hope that's not a

[30:07] sacrilegious thing to say. I like

[30:09] wrestling. I don't like football, but I

[30:11] do

[30:12] uh I'll take that weekend and, you know,

[30:16] rent it out to people who want to come

[30:17] and watch the Iowa State game and I'll

[30:19] go do something else. Like I'm not sure

[30:21] what is criminal about that. Hopefully

[30:24] there is not a any now or ever will be

[30:26] and but you can come and look at it, you

[30:30] know, two months from now, six months

[30:31] from now. There will never be any

[30:33] renters. There will never be any

[30:35] multiplex. And for the record, Airbnb,

[30:39] as many Airbnbers do, you can choose to

[30:42] rent your whole home or you can choose

[30:44] to rent a room or you can choose to rent

[30:47] your basement. There is nothing. I'm not

[30:50] segmenting my home. I'm offering it

[30:52] because sometimes somebody's coming to

[30:53] town as an individual. I don't need a

[30:56] whole your whole five- bedroomedroom

[30:57] home. I just need a room to rent and I

[31:00] want to come and see the game. Or there

[31:02] may be a group of six people and they

[31:03] want to stay in the bigger. So I offer

[31:06] it in different configurations depending

[31:08] on who's coming to town for the games or

[31:12] a medical conference or whatever it is.

[31:14] So that's kind of the extent of the

[31:15] story.

[31:17] I have a and just on the just on the

[31:19] other parking front and again I looked

[31:22] at this very carefully

[31:24] I have 125 square foot

[31:28] 125 lot uh frontage as far as I'm aware.

[31:32] I looked at the ordinance. It says front

[31:34] set. It's 1/3 of front setback. And I

[31:36] talked to Terry about this weeks before

[31:38] I bought 125 * 25 / 1/3 is 1,041

[31:45] whatever square ft. I have two when I

[31:48] bought this home. I have technically 280

[31:51] not no 260 square foot frontage.

[31:55] With all due respect to Nick, he has

[31:57] almost his whole frontage is his is

[31:59] part. I mean, you know what I mean? Like

[32:01] with the wife. So, I'm just trying to

[32:02] understand why this home is not allowed

[32:06] what other homes are allowed very

[32:08] clearly. And so, that's I'm trying to

[32:11] get to the bottom of that.

[32:12] >> Sure.

[32:13] >> And so,

[32:15] I think everyone here should be aware,

[32:17] including the attorneys and so on. If I

[32:20] get the impression, and I'll just say

[32:22] this for the record, if I get the

[32:23] impression that I'm being

[32:26] non-uniformally treated,

[32:28] I will have to treat that accordingly.

[32:31] So, I that's all I want to say. If

[32:33] there's any questions, I'm happy to

[32:34] address them. But as far as I've been

[32:37] talking to Terry, I've been chasing

[32:38] Terry for at least 6 weeks before I

[32:40] bought this property. And Mike will tell

[32:42] you, I couldn't get a hold of Mike

[32:45] because I was trying to get the thing

[32:46] registered. I called the the University

[32:49] of University uh police department and

[32:52] asked the officer. I said, "Dude, how

[32:53] does a city work?"

[32:55] >> I call, I leave messages. No one returns

[32:58] my call. Is there anyone that actually

[32:59] works in the city? And I'm not saying

[33:01] this is a bad thing, but I was like,

[33:02] "Can you help me get a hold of this

[33:04] guy?" because I'm told that you have to

[33:06] register your property before you even

[33:09] put it up as I'm sure he so again I've

[33:12] been trying my best to adhere to

[33:13] everything but for some reason it's like

[33:16] a title wave as soon as I came on board

[33:18] so it doesn't make any sense to me I'll

[33:20] stop there but like that's kind of the

[33:22] story

[33:22] >> well you know the Belgos owned that

[33:25] property since 1964

[33:28] and so for over 60 years the families

[33:32] had that property and when the neighbor

[33:34] neighborhood goes through some changes

[33:37] the you know it's like oh this is

[33:40] different we have some question we want

[33:42] to make sure everything's done legally

[33:44] and properly and I'm sorry you feel

[33:48] attacked by it and you know by that I

[33:51] don't think people intended that they

[33:53] wanted to find out more information

[33:55] >> well somebody literally parked in front

[33:57] somebody literally

[33:58] >> your name what is your name

[33:59] >> Naveen Naven

[34:01] >> oh okay nice call Okay.

[34:04] >> Yeah, no problem.

[34:05] >> Thank you. And my on the website, my

[34:09] phone number's there, too. Okay. You can

[34:11] reach me if you want.

[34:12] >> Okay.

[34:12] >> But people in the neighborhood had

[34:15] concerns when things go under, you know,

[34:17] new changes and things, and we want to

[34:19] make sure everything's done right. And

[34:21] I'm glad that you're here and we'll

[34:23] explain that to the council and we

[34:26] really appreciate that. and I want to

[34:28] welcome you to the city and uh glad to

[34:32] have you and uh we we just wanted to get

[34:35] some answers and I know it feels I I

[34:39] understand that people stopped by and

[34:42] talked to you and you know when when

[34:45] changes were coming you know

[34:48] >> well somebody literally blocked my

[34:50] driveway and started interrogating me

[34:52] and they had no city official title

[34:54] >> I think her name is Caroline I'm not

[34:56] sure who she is but apparently she's

[34:58] has this reputation, but I'm sorry if

[35:00] you come to my property in an unfriendly

[35:02] manner and you interrogate me and you

[35:04] have no official role here, that's not

[35:06] exactly the best way to endear me

[35:09] towards you. And so again, this is and

[35:12] this is less than 24 hours of me owning

[35:14] this property. So again, I'm trying to

[35:17] understand and I was jokingly saying

[35:19] this to Terry, like I'm like,

[35:22] did I come to University Heights or am I

[35:25] being sent to Guantanamo Bay? Like this

[35:27] is what this last this last week has

[35:29] felt like. I'm not going to lie.

[35:31] >> Yeah. Yeah. Anyway,

[35:32] >> city minister, will you tell me I don't

[35:34] name names, but have you had any

[35:35] negative contact with any city official?

[35:38] >> No. That's what I one thing I will be

[35:40] very clear and I and the email I said

[35:42] was very clear. Mike's been great.

[35:44] Troy's been great. Terry's been great. I

[35:46] will never speak ill of anyone because

[35:49] but also try to understand from my

[35:51] perspective.

[35:52] >> I do

[35:52] >> like I literally approached the city and

[35:54] said, "I'm thinking about buying. Can

[35:56] you tell me? Because everyone warned me

[35:57] about University. Literally, everyone's

[35:59] like, "Don't buy there. They're crazy."

[36:02] Literally, everyone said this. They're

[36:05] like, "They're crazy. They're they're

[36:06] hyperontrolling and all this kind of

[36:08] stuff." And I talked to Terry. And I

[36:10] talked to Mike. I'm like, "No, they seem

[36:12] normal." In fact, Terry and I will hold

[36:14] Terry to this comment. He said, "Don't

[36:15] worry. Our bark is worse than our bite."

[36:18] And I'm just standing here before you

[36:19] saying, "Sorry, that bite feels pretty

[36:21] strong to me. It feels like a freaking

[36:22] pitbull at the moment." But anyway, so all I ask is like either be straight

[36:27] with your rules.

[36:28] >> I believe

[36:29] >> if the rules if the rules are no Airbnb

[36:31] allowed, no anything. I should have been

[36:33] told that ahead of time, right?

[36:34] >> Because I wouldn't have bought here.

[36:36] >> Nav

[36:38] I believe the city has been consistent

[36:39] in that,

[36:40] >> right?

[36:41] >> Some community members may not have been

[36:43] consistent in that. May wish that it was

[36:44] otherwise or maybe misinformed.

[36:47] Well, my fear is that this these the

[36:49] public pressure is somehow going to

[36:50] influence the city, which I hope it will

[36:52] not. But again, I'm trying to adhere to

[36:54] the ordinances that as I read, read them

[36:56] and understand them. And I want to

[36:59] believe that the public pressure is not

[37:01] going to somehow color the decisions

[37:04] that are being made. And that's what I

[37:05] hope will not be the case going forward.

[37:09] >> Nick, I had a similar situation when I

[37:12] moved to town and started doing some

[37:14] work on Coser Avenue.

[37:16] Um because I'm a new once an architect

[37:19] and we were building this complex which

[37:22] was a big deal and um there was work I

[37:29] was doing some work and I had some

[37:30] ground thawing machines overnight.

[37:34] Uh, one of the council members called me

[37:36] and threatened to have me arrested that

[37:38] night and and it went on and on and on,

[37:41] but they got

[37:44] >> over

[37:49] it's I guess it's a hazing ritual. I'm

[37:51] joining a fraternity as a hazing ritual,

[37:53] but I hope at some point it ends because

[37:55] the hazing is a little bit it's wearing

[37:57] me out.

[37:58] >> Nick, you see it? I I appreciate you

[38:00] coming in because I think this is

[38:02] helpful, you know. Uh with my driveway

[38:04] for example, I came to council, talked

[38:07] about it. You know, on MROS, it's very

[38:10] busy. So getting turned around was very

[38:12] important to have a driveway like that.

[38:15] I think, you know, you weren't here

[38:16] during public comment, but I think a lot

[38:18] of the concern related to

[38:21] three different bookings on Airbnb. I

[38:24] think that was the concern is that

[38:26] >> No, no, but did you look at them closely

[38:28] or no?

[38:29] >> Yeah, there Yeah, the the

[38:30] >> No, no, no, but just so you understand.

[38:32] So, one is basically if you want to just

[38:34] rent a master bedroom. As I said in

[38:37] Airbnb, you're allowed to take the whole

[38:39] home, you're allowed to take part of the

[38:41] home or you're allowed to take a room in

[38:44] a home. And I think I in my email I

[38:47] there's actually an ordinance I think

[38:49] it's I don't remember off the top of but

[38:51] I think it's 110.2 two I mean I I wrote

[38:54] an email to um but like it literally

[38:57] said that basically and it's applicable

[39:00] to a dwelling part of a dwelling or a

[39:03] habitable room. So again, I'm trying to

[39:06] understand. You're a lawyer, right?

[39:09] >> I'm trying to understand what about this

[39:11] am I doing wrong because

[39:14] >> because I don't need to offer. There's

[39:16] nothing in the ordinance says you have

[39:17] to offer only your whole or nothing.

[39:20] Right?

[39:20] >> It either it needs to say that or it

[39:23] needs to not say that. And right now I

[39:25] can confirm to you affirmatively that it

[39:28] does not say that you're only allowed to

[39:30] offer your whole home. Yeah. And I'm

[39:32] just trying to tell you just what she

[39:34] had missed is and I'm not the lawyer in

[39:37] here. I've got a city attorney. So I

[39:39] don't look at me as being a lawyer in

[39:41] here. Um but the concern was the text on

[39:45] your postings allude to the ability of

[39:48] having three separate

[39:51] renters at the same time. I think that

[39:53] was what concerned people. And then I

[39:55] think seeing the the sidewalks to the

[39:57] different entrances. So again, I'm I'm

[40:00] explaining this not because I know the

[40:01] rules on Airbnb because I I know

[40:03] probably the least in this room about

[40:05] Airbnb. I'm explaining it because that

[40:07] is what the concern was. And I don't

[40:10] think it was an unreasonable concern for

[40:12] people. It seems like they were, you

[40:14] know, very clear like, okay, we see now

[40:16] three entry points. Now we look on

[40:18] Airbnb and there's you can rent the

[40:20] whole house. You can rent the where

[40:23] Kathy used to live or her her bedroom.

[40:26] And then there was it was implying you'd

[40:28] also be able to potentially at some

[40:29] point rent the the basement.

[40:30] >> No, no, that's not true.

[40:32] >> Well, I mean the text on there says

[40:35] >> something to the effect of if you if you

[40:37] rent the main space know that there are

[40:38] two other spaces basically. And so on

[40:42] the

[40:42] >> Well, that's more so to tell the person

[40:44] that I might that's more so to tell the

[40:46] person that I'm going to keep I'm I'm

[40:48] going to keep the basement for myself.

[40:50] There's no basement listing there. For

[40:52] the record,

[40:54] >> if I choose to rent out the the main two

[40:56] floors of my house, that doesn't mean

[40:57] that I'm somehow renting out the

[40:58] basement,

[40:59] >> right? And again, this is coming from

[41:00] some nothing about Airbnb. It it was

[41:03] just to just so you hopefully feel

[41:05] better that people weren't out to get

[41:06] you. It just from from the outside

[41:08] perspective. Three different entrances

[41:10] are created. It appears there Airbnb

[41:14] signals three different units. So that

[41:16] is where this No, but again as a lawyer

[41:19] no as

[41:20] >> it looked like we're going to be like

[41:21] are we going to be housing 16 people in

[41:23] this house? How is like how is this

[41:26] working?

[41:26] >> Okay. Can you look at the Melrose house

[41:29] like four doors down from him? They

[41:30] literally rent out the whole home to

[41:32] like a group of small people. Like I'm

[41:34] just trying to understand what is

[41:36] different about that house than my

[41:37] house.

[41:38] >> I think these might be Steve questions.

[41:39] I like I'm trying to understand like

[41:41] >> I don't know. I'm just trying to get

[41:43] perspective of people. No, no, no. I

[41:44] understand. But can you point to the

[41:45] ordinance that says there's a

[41:47] >> now there's a safety issue.

[41:50] >> If you could say, well, there's a fire

[41:52] hazard. Then tell me what ordinance

[41:54] points to in rentals that say this is

[41:57] the number of people you're allowed to

[41:59] have in your home. In fact, every room

[42:01] is over 100 square ft, which is

[42:03] habitable for two two plus people. So

[42:05] again, we can go into the legality of it

[42:07] if you want because I've studied this

[42:09] pretty reasonably. I'm not looking to

[42:10] debate it here, but my point is

[42:14] I'm trying to understand like like what

[42:17] exactly like unless you can point to a

[42:19] specific thing I'm doing wrong,

[42:21] >> I don't think I don't think you are

[42:22] doing anything wrong. I think just there

[42:24] was a perspective that what is going on

[42:27] and now that you come and we all are

[42:29] going to be able to relate to your

[42:31] neighbors um we'll be you'll feel very

[42:33] welcome community and neighborhood.

[42:35] women need to be welcomed. Like, how

[42:36] about I mean, I don't know how to say

[42:38] this, but I just want to be left alone.

[42:40] Like, not by you people, but like by the

[42:42] people who are who are like blocking my

[42:44] driveway and like interrogating me.

[42:47] >> Like, at this point, just leave me

[42:48] alone. Like, that's kind of where I'm

[42:49] at. I had to police. I know. I know

[42:52] that. I agree. I don't think the city is

[42:54] I had to do two police service calls

[42:56] because people were stalking my home

[42:59] >> and the city's been consistent and that

[43:00] you're haven't done anything wrong. the city inspectors.

[43:04] >> I agree with you. I agree with you.

[43:05] >> So So I think the city and the ordinance

[43:08] >> the ordinances and the counselors have

[43:10] been consistent.

[43:11] >> I agree with you.

[43:12] >> I can't I can't

[43:15] stop somebody in the community from

[43:16] coming up and exp express expressing

[43:18] displeasure with what you're doing. I

[43:20] absolutely agree with you. The city

[43:21] needs to be consistent. The city needs

[43:23] to follow its ordinances and they need

[43:25] to be consistently appi applied across

[43:27] the community. I would say that they are

[43:29] unless you can give me the example that

[43:31] they aren't.

[43:32] That doesn't mean that there's not going

[43:33] to be somebody on your street or across

[43:35] town that's upset with it, but I believe

[43:38] we are acting as fairly and consistently

[43:40] as we can toward No, I I totally agree

[43:42] with that.

[43:42] >> Okay.

[43:43] >> I guess it's it's more I'll stop.

[43:46] >> The neighbor was here. This is exactly

[43:48] what I was hoping to get is what is the

[43:50] law? Are we are somebody allowed to have

[43:52] three discrete Airbnbs in a home? Four,

[43:55] five, is there any limit? What is, you

[43:57] know, that's what I was asking. Yes.

[44:00] >> Okay. Do you know that, Steve? I mean,

[44:02] do you are you an Airbnb person?

[44:06] >> Sure.

[44:09] >> There's there's like no state

[44:11] regulations. I mean, that it goes into

[44:12] like there's and you could probably say

[44:15] more, but yeah, it goes into like the

[44:18] city can regulate things where there's

[44:20] no banquet all, no events. I don't

[44:23] really know what constitutes an event um

[44:26] like within the Airbnbs and then

[44:28] obviously all that safety things, but

[44:30] really there's not much that we could

[44:33] say on as a city.

[44:36] >> Okay.

[44:38] Sorry.

[44:39] >> Were you going to stay?

[44:42] You don't have anything to add right

[44:44] yet? Or do you have anything to comment

[44:46] on before we end this?

[44:50] >> I do not. Now we have a better

[44:52] understanding and you know who we are

[44:55] and where we are and how to contact us,

[44:58] right?

[44:58] >> Yeah. I hope you don't I hope no one

[45:00] here feels like I'm attacking them

[45:02] >> cuz like I like like Troy said like the

[45:04] city the city itself has been great. The

[45:07] sorry the city administration has been

[45:09] great.

[45:09] >> Thank you.

[45:10] >> I just don't know how to interpret like

[45:13] I've lived in many parts of the US.

[45:16] >> The Northeast, the South. I've never

[45:18] experienced this. This is supposed to be

[45:20] Iowa nice.

[45:22] >> Like like I don't get it. So anyway,

[45:24] I'll leave I'll leave it there. Thank

[45:26] you.

[45:26] >> Thank you very much for coming tonight.

[45:28] Thank you. And thank you, Aaron.

[45:30] >> Okay. So, uh, we'll go on to, uh,

[45:33] mayor's report and, uh, as Troy said in

[45:37] his report about the, uh, Swisser Woods

[45:43] Trails Project, the first order is

[45:45] consideration a motion to set a public

[45:48] hearing on September 22nd at 7 p.m. for

[45:51] the Swisser Woods Trail Project. And

[45:55] since this is a procedural thing, uh,

[45:59] I'm going to put it under mayor's

[46:01] report. And so, is there a motion?

[46:04] by Lisa. Is there a second?

[46:07] by Nick. Thank you. Um, any

[46:12] discussion?

[46:14] All in favor say I.

[46:16] >> I.

[46:17] >> Does anyone oppose? Same. N. Okay.

[46:21] Motion carries. 401 absent.

[46:25] Thank you. Troy will talk more about it

[46:28] during his report. And then we have the

[46:30] uh consideration of a motion to

[46:32] reimburse the reimburse the property

[46:34] owner at 300 koser one half the cost of

[46:38] removing a dying tree in the rightway.

[46:42] and Steve spoke with him and

[46:45] communicated and as you know the city

[46:48] has paid 50% of partially dead trees for

[46:53] the homeowner and so Steve spoke with

[46:56] him. Did you have anything to add?

[46:58] >> No, he was he was happy

[47:01] and happy to

[47:03] >> Yeah. So we can proceed with that. It's

[47:06] on the corner of Cozer and Sunset.

[47:09] And so, uh, is there a motion?

[47:13] by Lisa. Is there a second?

[47:16] by Nick. Um,

[47:19] any discussion?

[47:22] All in favor say I. I. I. Is anyone

[47:25] opposed?

[47:27] Okay. Motion carries. 41

[47:30] absent.

[47:32] And then uh Steve, did you have anything

[47:35] to add tonight?

[47:36] >> No, I meant to send an email saying I

[47:38] didn't have anything to add tonight, but

[47:40] I don't.

[47:42] >> Thank you. Any questions for Steve?

[47:45] We'll go on to Troy's report.

[47:48] >> Sure.

[47:48] >> Thank you.

[47:49] >> I want to touch briefly on some of the

[47:51] items in my report and then there's a

[47:52] second matter we need to discuss also. I

[47:54] first of all appreciate council's

[47:58] understanding of some of the issues that

[47:59] took me away from from the city here in

[48:02] the last month. My report's relatively

[48:04] short because of that. Mostly I wanted

[48:06] to update you on the Swisser track

[48:08] trails development. Uh

[48:11] city engineer Ryan, the mayor and I met

[48:13] with the design team. The final design

[48:15] is complete. I had sent out along with

[48:18] my report to uh council and staff and

[48:22] the mayor the final construction

[48:25] documents which includes some imagery of some of the features as well as some CAD drawings of of the project. Uh

[48:34] the trails project is will be bid or

[48:37] presented as two separate projects. They

[48:40] differ enough in construction. One is

[48:42] basically a sidewalk and the other is

[48:44] soft trails. Uh the sidewalk here to the

[48:47] north of OUP will be bid as one project

[48:50] and then all of the soft trail system as

[48:52] a second. Uh we're going to do the same

[48:55] we're going to co or do the timing

[48:58] of it all the bidding and the issuance

[49:00] at the same time just to cut down on

[49:02] special meetings and because they do

[49:04] intertwine. However, in talking with uh

[49:08] Bolts and Mink,

[49:10] it's likely that there will be different

[49:12] biders for each project because they're completely different

[49:18] scope and process. Uh the bid packages

[49:22] were prepared by Pton M by Bolton M and

[49:25] sat down and Ryan was particularly Ryan

[49:27] Poy was particularly good to have there.

[49:30] uh even though some of this falls

[49:31] outside of what his area of experience

[49:34] and expertise is, he was able to help

[49:36] tremendously with timelines and saying

[49:38] this is a piece that the city can handle

[49:40] and this is a piece that it' be better

[49:42] that maybe Bolts and Mink took care of.

[49:44] The opinion of probable construction

[49:46] costs for the entire project uh are come

[49:49] in right around $700,000 and those are

[49:52] the construction costs. That doesn't

[49:54] include the fees that we pay for design

[49:56] or any fees that for a contract that we

[49:59] enter into as far as helping assess the

[50:02] bids and oversight of construction. I

[50:06] know the mayor and I thought maybe she'd

[50:07] talk about it in her report, but I know

[50:09] the mayor has been exploring uh some

[50:12] options for maybe soliciting some donor

[50:15] funding for various

[50:17] >> talked about that a little. Yeah.

[50:19] >> Yeah.

[50:20] >> Tenative timetable. I wanted to update

[50:22] this since I was not able to do it last

[50:25] month's report. Uh notice will go out

[50:28] this week on the public hearing.

[50:30] September 22nd will be the public

[50:32] hearing which will require a special

[50:33] council meeting. Bids will be due. I

[50:37] believe my timeline's correct. Bids will

[50:38] be due October 20th. Uh those bids will

[50:42] be open then and assessed and a special

[50:46] meeting will occur on o October 27th at

[50:49] which time hopefully we'll award bids.

[50:52] Preliminary work on the trails could

[50:55] begin as early as November. Uh that

[50:58] could you know involve coming in and

[51:00] doing some clearing some staging things

[51:02] like that. But the bulk of the work is

[51:04] actually now expected to occur between

[51:07] April of next year with substantial

[51:10] completion date by June 15th, final

[51:14] completion date by July 15. That's our

[51:17] current timetable. The projects may not

[51:19] move in parallel with each other once

[51:22] bids awarded.

[51:24] Again,

[51:26] depending on how they're awarded and who

[51:28] gets it, somebody might come in and do

[51:29] all the work early. Somebody might come

[51:31] in later. They might be going on for the

[51:33] same time. Uh contractual

[51:36] considerations.

[51:37] Bolton Mink is currently engaged to

[51:39] complete the final design and prepare

[51:41] the bid package, which is now two

[51:42] separate bid packages. Once they

[51:44] complete that work for us, they're done

[51:47] contractually with what we engage them

[51:51] to do uh in reviewing process. Now, as

[51:55] to what happens next, uh city staff and

[51:58] particularly the city engineer are

[52:01] heavily involved in some other

[52:03] substantial projects right now in

[52:05] University Heights, uh kind of running

[52:07] at capacity as far as the ability to do

[52:10] the oversight on this. And while the

[52:13] sidewalk portion of it is something that

[52:15] Ryan said he is familiar with and could

[52:18] potentially handle, the soft trails

[52:20] again just falls out of that area of

[52:24] experience and area of expertise. Uh and

[52:28] conversation with city staff and with

[52:30] the mayor. Uh I think I think that

[52:34] council should consider further engaging

[52:36] Bolton Mink to assist with a bid

[52:38] evaluation and the construction

[52:40] oversight. Uh, I spoke with Ryan

[52:42] Anderson of Bolton, one of the design

[52:44] chairs that we we've been dealing with,

[52:46] and I asked him to provide a proposal to

[52:49] me to present to council to fulfill that

[52:51] role. I do not have that yet, but in

[52:54] conversation with Ryan today, uh, for

[52:57] both projects

[53:00] and doing the work that we talked about

[53:01] when we last met, uh, he expected costs

[53:05] to be around $55,000

[53:08] for that bid evaluation, assist with us

[53:11] with bid bid evaluation and then

[53:14] oversight of the actual construction.

[53:16] Again, I'm not asking for approval or

[53:19] presenting them to council, but I just

[53:20] want them to be aware.

[53:22] >> Do you know off the top of your head

[53:23] when Josh talks about like the Corville

[53:25] trails up by Wickham and when they did

[53:27] those? Did did Bowman name do see a full

[53:29] bill? Do you know if they saw a whole

[53:31] project through that? I guess most of

[53:32] that was in

[53:34] >> I do not know if they're city

[53:37] engineering.

[53:38] >> I be I do not

[53:39] >> just be curious to know if uh what

[53:42] Backyard Trails had a role in that

[53:44] actually. I think they did some of the

[53:46] construction of that if I'm remembering

[53:47] correctly.

[53:48] >> Backyard trails was under contract with

[53:51] Bolton Mink to come out and state this

[53:53] and and has had a role in getting this

[53:56] project as far as it as it is is right

[53:58] now. Uh I think that one of the

[54:00] considerations that Bolton Mink had is

[54:05] would backyard trails be a bidder or

[54:07] would they be willing to cons to stay on

[54:10] as that oversight role since they know

[54:12] what they're doing and making sure that

[54:13] it's done right. But I don't know who was in motivated.

[54:17] >> Okay. I I mean I just

[54:19] >> Yeah. So that's the information that I

[54:21] wanted to just bring you up to speed on.

[54:23] I had no update on you that for that

[54:25] last month. I do have additional

[54:27] materials. I have the project manuals

[54:30] for each project. Uh they're 50-page

[54:33] documents.

[54:35] They're something that I wasn't sure

[54:36] council would be interested in. If you

[54:38] would like to see those, I certainly can

[54:40] get that information to you. But I

[54:42] thought the construction documents

[54:44] probably had most of the pertinent

[54:46] information that council wanted to see.

[54:48] Are there any questions on the trail

[54:50] system other than the one Mackenzie

[54:51] already asked?

[54:53] >> It's exciting. It's all on us

[54:55] >> and and I also think it's exciting. I I

[54:58] think that the city and staff and I just

[55:02] think we've done a really good job of of

[55:04] building momentum on this and and

[55:08] building enthusiasm for it. So, thank

[55:09] you, Mackenzie. I wanted to touch

[55:12] finally on one other item and that's my

[55:15] port. There's a property down there and

[55:17] I don't need to call it out. If you want

[55:18] to go down there and see it, you're

[55:20] welcome to. Uh the homeowners have two

[55:24] small children. They live on the inside

[55:26] radius of Mahaska port. They are

[55:29] concerned with speed of vehicles. If you

[55:32] are in that area ever, uh they have a

[55:34] couple signs along the rideway that ask

[55:37] to slow down. uh they approximately six

[55:40] weeks ago spoke with a fence installer,

[55:44] a contractor, and expressed a desire to

[55:46] put in a fence in the front yard. And

[55:50] they looked with the contractor. They

[55:52] were assured that what they were doing

[55:53] could be done. They were told they could

[55:56] have up to a 48 in fence. They didn't

[55:58] want a 48 in fence. They cut it down to

[56:00] 42. It's a white pickup fence. I think

[56:03] it's a very attractive fence. It's been

[56:06] there for six weeks, more than six weeks

[56:08] now. Uh, at some point recently, the

[56:12] female property owner, Christina,

[56:15] began to doubt whether the fence was in

[56:17] compliance, and she contacted me. The

[56:20] city had not received any calls from any

[56:22] neighbors. They not received any

[56:24] complaints. She had not received any

[56:26] complaints. She just began to doubt

[56:29] whether there was in compliance. And the

[56:32] issue is it's on the public right away.

[56:35] It's a side of the street that does not

[56:37] have a sidewalk and they took it up to

[56:39] approximately one foot off the curb. Uh

[56:44] she was interested in potentially

[56:45] obtaining a variance

[56:47] and our ordinance allow variances for

[56:50] fences don't go to our board of

[56:52] adjustment. They come to council. But I

[56:54] spoke with the city. I spoke with Terry

[56:57] and confirmed with Terry and Terry said

[57:00] he would he could not support a variance

[57:02] that he would he would say that the city

[57:05] could not issue one. Uh this basically

[57:07] the rideway is part of the roadway. It's

[57:09] just not paved and there were all sorts

[57:12] of issues including liability

[57:14] uh problems with snow removal

[57:17] things like that. I contacted the owner

[57:20] and told her that the owner is a

[57:22] self-described rule follower. She was

[57:24] obviously disappointed. The fence

[57:26] remains there now, but arrangements are

[57:28] being made to either be located or

[57:30] remove it. I wanted council to be aware

[57:32] of it in case you of it now that it's in

[57:36] by the city, but that's my other.

[57:39] Any questions about that?

[57:41] Then the last thing that I would like to

[57:43] address isn't included in my report, but

[57:45] it's consideration of a request for

[57:47] amplified sound for a concert at 1009

[57:51] Melrose Avenue from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30

[57:54] p.m. on September 12th, 2026. That's

[57:57] next Saturday. That's the Iowa Iowa

[57:59] State football game. Uh, and just as a

[58:03] refresher to council, or maybe they're

[58:06] all aware of this and maybe they aren't,

[58:09] our noise ordinance, which was adopted

[58:12] in 2007, if I remember correctly, is

[58:14] prohibitive.

[58:16] It it says that activities can't like

[58:20] this cannot happen. Uh, really, it

[58:22] breaks things down into I mean, the

[58:24] purpose excessive noise is a serious

[58:26] hazard to public health and welfare and

[58:27] the quality of life. The purpose of this

[58:29] ordinance is to establish standards for

[58:31] control of noise pollution that

[58:33] interfere with the comfortable enjoyment

[58:34] of life, property, recreation or the

[58:36] conduct of business. And then it goes

[58:38] into specific activities provide are

[58:40] prohibited and there's three under the

[58:44] ordinance. One is construction equipment

[58:46] and it says it gives period of operation

[58:50] for construction equipment. And the

[58:52] second the largest section section B is

[58:55] no person shall you shall use operate

[58:58] cost to be used operate any radio player

[59:01] stereot and it goes on that any sort of

[59:04] amplified sound amplifying sound upon

[59:07] public streets or in any building upon

[59:09] any pre premises public or private. And

[59:12] it goes on and it talks about that. And

[59:15] then the section C, the third one is

[59:18] basically any other loud noises that are

[59:20] prohibited. And it talks about that.

[59:23] Again, it's prohibited. It doesn't give

[59:25] it doesn't outline any process to apply

[59:28] for a permit for it to happen. It just

[59:30] says thou shalt not under special

[59:33] exceptions. It talks about FARs. It

[59:36] talks about

[59:38] the city. uh the city if they wanted to

[59:41] have a concert in the park they could. I

[59:43] mean the city is allowed to make any

[59:45] kind of noise that it wants in the

[59:46] conduct of it of its business. But

[59:49] nowhere in the exceptions does it say

[59:51] anything about amplified music.

[59:54] The

[59:56] instruction

[59:58] part of it oh shoot where did that go?

[1:00:01] the it talks about

[1:00:04] if I'm doing construction and for some

[1:00:06] reason I can't conduct

[1:00:09] the construction that needs to be done

[1:00:11] during those hours then I can come

[1:00:14] specifically to city council and I can

[1:00:16] try to explain that and I can try to get

[1:00:18] an exemption but that is only for the

[1:00:21] construction noise the amplified music

[1:00:26] it talks about

[1:00:28] close to me so I can open it back up

[1:00:32] Thank you. Uh

[1:00:42] don't mind that section. Okay.

[1:00:45] >> It talks about

[1:00:48] that somebody can shoot. Hold on just a

[1:00:51] second. I apologize for this. I had the

[1:00:53] shut down.

[1:00:59] So under the construction unless aa

[1:01:01] permit thereafter has been obtained from

[1:01:03] the city of university height city

[1:01:04] council that's specifically for

[1:01:06] construction equipment under the

[1:01:09] amplified music

[1:01:19] you remember Chris said it was I think

[1:01:24] So, Steve Lynchure.

[1:01:26] All right. Here. Uh, so it talks about

[1:01:29] all the amplified music, whether it's

[1:01:31] tape deck, etc., etc., uh, unless the

[1:01:36] person has a permit or express

[1:01:38] permission from the city. Now, in my

[1:01:40] five years as police chief, when

[1:01:42] somebody called in and asked about

[1:01:44] having an event that included amplified

[1:01:46] music, I'm thinking of cases where they

[1:01:49] asked for a DJ or a wedding, a small

[1:01:52] family wedding if they were hosting the

[1:01:54] reception in their backyard or a

[1:01:56] graduation party and they wanted to play

[1:01:57] music in their backyard. Those requests

[1:02:00] went to the police department. That

[1:02:02] inquiry went to the police department

[1:02:04] and much like a permission to park uh

[1:02:09] contrary to posted signage, those

[1:02:12] requests go to the police department and

[1:02:14] the police department would assess the

[1:02:15] situation and say this isn't going to

[1:02:18] work or what exactly were you thinking

[1:02:20] of as far as amplified music? How can we

[1:02:23] help you make this be a success?

[1:02:26] understand that the ordinance is still

[1:02:28] in effect and if you try to do this and

[1:02:31] if we get complaints

[1:02:33] I'm going to send an officer down and

[1:02:34] the officer is going to tell you

[1:02:36] reposition your speakers turn it down or

[1:02:38] shut it off and if we continue to get

[1:02:40] you're going to have to shut it off but

[1:02:42] the requests that were considered were

[1:02:44] always the ones that I have personal

[1:02:46] experience with were for some personal

[1:02:49] event that was happening on the property

[1:02:51] and it was relatively small scale I am

[1:02:54] told by Mike the city clerk and by the

[1:02:57] mayor that in the past requests have

[1:03:00] gone to city council for events such as

[1:03:02] this. Uh and again the ordinance doesn't

[1:03:06] give a process for obtaining the permit.

[1:03:09] It's prohibited but it says unless the

[1:03:12] city expressly allows it. So when Mike

[1:03:16] was approached by the organizer of this

[1:03:20] event,

[1:03:22] Mike referred him, we contacted the

[1:03:24] mayor and referred him to city council

[1:03:26] as far as having it put on the agenda

[1:03:30] for council to consider.

[1:03:33] Council certainly can do whatever they

[1:03:35] want. This is exactly the type of an

[1:03:38] event that we as a individual person

[1:03:42] think that it'd be great to attend on a

[1:03:44] football Saturday. But as city

[1:03:46] administrator and reading through the

[1:03:48] ordinances, again, I read this to be

[1:03:50] prohibitive. This event is not uh the

[1:03:54] organizer. This is a a young and

[1:03:57] upcoming band that that they would like

[1:04:00] to promote and get some exposure. The

[1:04:02] property that they are proposing putting

[1:04:04] it on is down the corner of Boer and uh

[1:04:09] Melrose. Will it excessively contribute

[1:04:13] to the noise that is already going on on

[1:04:15] the other side of the bridge on a

[1:04:16] football Saturday? No, I don't think so.

[1:04:18] I don't think that it will. Will it

[1:04:20] contribute to fun in the streets? Yeah,

[1:04:23] I think that it probably will. But I

[1:04:25] still think the ordinance is prohibitive

[1:04:27] from a staff perspect

[1:04:29] perspective. I think the ordinance is

[1:04:31] prohibitive and having dealt with this

[1:04:33] before when for example the hotel wanted

[1:04:37] to and did host a band out there. I mean

[1:04:39] I think that I believe that the purpose

[1:04:45] of the ordinance was so that council did

[1:04:47] not have to consider these on a

[1:04:49] case-byase basis and set some very rigid

[1:04:52] guidelines.

[1:04:53] uh it does allow somebody to come in and

[1:04:56] petition council uh and it is certainly

[1:04:59] within council's prerogative to approve

[1:05:02] this but I just wanted to share the

[1:05:04] history and the thank you my orders. I

[1:05:08] think that we have council approved

[1:05:12] football rules and regulations and I

[1:05:14] asked Mike to put them up and I thought

[1:05:17] putting this on the agenda might be good

[1:05:20] at the beginning of the season so people

[1:05:23] can see that this is what council likes.

[1:05:27] And if you look down to maybe number

[1:05:31] five or so or

[1:05:33] >> it quotes ordinance 159 which is the

[1:05:35] ordinance that I was reading and then it

[1:05:37] specifically calls out that there's no

[1:05:39] amplified music.

[1:05:40] >> Yeah. No amplified music. So, I think

[1:05:44] that answers the question and this is,

[1:05:46] you know, football, but Troy, it's good

[1:05:50] to go through the history of it and what

[1:05:52] our ordinance says and uh I think it

[1:05:56] doesn't need to go in front of the

[1:05:58] council.

[1:05:59] >> No, a council

[1:06:00] >> with uh

[1:06:01] >> council certainly has the prerogative to

[1:06:03] do whatever they want. So, I want to

[1:06:05] make sure that they're aware of that and

[1:06:06] the petitioner in this case was referred

[1:06:09] to. So, I'm letting I'm letting that

[1:06:12] happen. I mean, I I I did not send it to

[1:06:14] Chris.

[1:06:14] >> The other thing that's happened was some

[1:06:16] outdoor vending of merchandise or food

[1:06:20] on private property and that also

[1:06:24] happened this game. And so I think it's

[1:06:27] good to bring this to the attention of

[1:06:30] all the residents in a public meeting

[1:06:33] that these things are not allowed and uh

[1:06:37] unless council wants to consider this

[1:06:43] » this

[1:06:44] request

[1:06:49] or a speaker

[1:06:50] >> not an ampi speaker

[1:06:53] >> what's the difference there I a regular

[1:06:56] like they're the regular speakers aren't

[1:06:59] going to last like my TV speakers might

[1:07:03] get really loud but not to

[1:07:06] >> Right. Well, it can get pretty loud.

[1:07:09] >> Yeah. on

[1:07:10] >> we've we've had other experiences

[1:07:13] >> houses you know I mean we have several

[1:07:15] houses that we've had

[1:07:18] on both sides of that have big steepers

[1:07:22] I mean the red practices on grand avenue

[1:07:26] that uses amplifiers

[1:07:29] >> you can't they're they don't use the

[1:07:32] fire department but like you have you

[1:07:34] have to like walk at the there

[1:07:37] >> point of this is

[1:07:38] >> I I'm just asking

[1:07:39] >> we said that you know I'm paying but

[1:07:43] day there's a reason that we have

[1:07:45] business

[1:07:48] that the council for Nick Avenue

[1:07:51] >> I I have a good question the outer

[1:07:53] vending merchandise is food included in

[1:07:56] that if I'm paying for all of it and

[1:07:58] just the people

[1:08:03] » you're allowed you're allowed to sell or

[1:08:04] bend any any item that is

[1:08:07] >> or that is prepared on their body. So

[1:08:10] technically

[1:08:12] >> like Maggie's game last year, we got ice

[1:08:14] people coming this

[1:08:15] >> the Girl Scouts couldn't go buy water

[1:08:18] from the store and

[1:08:21] >> yet they could make lemonade and sell

[1:08:22] lemonade. So, uh, and as far as the in

[1:08:25] application, Tim, as far as the noise

[1:08:28] ordinance, I mean, the noises that are

[1:08:29] allowed on football game because it's to

[1:08:31] the disturbance of the neighborhood are

[1:08:33] different than what would be allowed on

[1:08:36] a Tuesday night because if I'm down on

[1:08:39] in Mike's backyard on golf, I have to be

[1:08:43] able to be heard over the sound that is

[1:08:44] coming, you know? So, it's it's not like

[1:08:46] there's some riskreward that's in in

[1:08:48] effect, but it is to the disturbance of

[1:08:50] the neighborhood. And in this case

[1:08:53] particular it's it's a it's a band that

[1:08:57] is is playing purely or being asked to

[1:09:00] perform purely to promote

[1:09:03] the band.

[1:09:04] >> Yeah. And that event but there's nothing

[1:09:07] there's no admission being charged. Let

[1:09:08] me be clear of that. There's no

[1:09:09] admission being charged. It is purely

[1:09:12] for exposure for the van.

[1:09:14] >> Are the owners of the property are they

[1:09:15] there that day?

[1:09:16] >> They are not. It is a rental property.

[1:09:19] uh that the owners I've not talked to

[1:09:21] them but Mike has confirmed that they

[1:09:23] >> I have spoken to them and they're aware

[1:09:26] of the resident and the owners

[1:09:31] that there's

[1:09:33] >> the owner was approached by the

[1:09:35] organizer promoter of this event and

[1:09:37] said hey could I do this and you and the

[1:09:39] owners of the property said we don't

[1:09:42] care

[1:09:44] in the concert a couple years ago Kitty

[1:09:46] corner

[1:09:48] That was a city function. So that's

[1:09:50] different.

[1:09:51] >> That is allowed and it wasn't Yeah.

[1:09:58] » I asked the police to look at how

[1:10:02] >> I mean it's on a postage staff property.

[1:10:05] >> Yeah.

[1:10:05] >> In the center of the city with thousands

[1:10:10] of people going by and the space they'd

[1:10:13] have whether they'd be in the front yard

[1:10:14] or the backyard. And you said you'd

[1:10:17] check out this last game what they were

[1:10:20] doing and I guess you took some pictures

[1:10:23] >> and before Chris chats just also for

[1:10:25] perspective of council

[1:10:28] there's point there has been a change in

[1:10:30] how Stella is doing service across the

[1:10:33] street they were directed by city to

[1:10:36] push their outdoor bar five feet I'm

[1:10:38] sorry 3 feet I believe closer to the

[1:10:40] building in part because the city was

[1:10:43] concerned about the congestion on the

[1:10:45] sidewalk. up in the street and the

[1:10:47] ability of people to move freely past.

[1:10:51] >> I think that same concern comes in if

[1:10:54] you've got a band.

[1:10:55] >> When I walk by the Yeah. You're looking

[1:10:58] and I shared at that point. Yeah.

[1:11:00] >> I think that it's reasonable to have

[1:11:02] that same concern if a band is playing

[1:11:05] >> across the street.

[1:11:06] >> Yeah.

[1:11:08] >> Well, anyway, Chief, if you were going

[1:11:09] to report, you have some pictures.

[1:11:11] >> I've got four photographs. Uh, three of

[1:11:14] the backyard. Uh, the backyard is

[1:11:18] pretty well eaten up by parking. Uh,

[1:11:21] when I went back there, there was

[1:11:22] probably,

[1:11:24] I'm going to guess, we're estimating

[1:11:26] between 50 and 75 people, maybe a few

[1:11:29] more in there. Uh, parking, like I said,

[1:11:32] it eliminated

[1:11:34] the cars are only one deep, but, uh, it

[1:11:38] ate up a lot of the parking stall. Um

[1:11:41] the front of the building has got had a

[1:11:46] recent remodel. Um

[1:11:49] if it were to occur there, the backyard

[1:11:53] would be the better choice of the two.

[1:11:57] Uh but with the parking,

[1:12:00] I don't think that's I don't think

[1:12:01] that's possible. Uh, and the Bright

[1:12:05] Yard, I think, would do something similar to what Stellas would

[1:12:10] do where it's pushing people out,

[1:12:12] especially if there was any attendance

[1:12:14] at all. Um, and there, my understanding

[1:12:17] is the gentlemen that are in this band

[1:12:20] are local, so they would have, I would

[1:12:23] imagine, a small

[1:12:25] a following of sorts.

[1:12:27] So that's uh that would be the front

[1:12:30] yard

[1:12:31] uh as it was set up on Saturday

[1:12:38] and there is some parking some vehicles

[1:12:40] parked there but also a number of people

[1:12:43] tailgating and and picnicking.

[1:12:47] >> The bottom line is that thinks it's a

[1:12:48] fun event but that it's contrary

[1:12:54] » green thanks for that sheet. Thank you.

[1:12:57] Uh, does council want to consider this?

[1:13:02] Sorry. Interested in considering this or

[1:13:07] it's not just this and it's in front of

[1:13:09] them. It's precedent and then we go back

[1:13:12] to where we were going to put my house

[1:13:15] on.

[1:13:18] » Well, and you're saying so future people

[1:13:22] will say, well, they had how can we say

[1:13:24] no to them? Exactly. Or they won't even

[1:13:28] bother. They'll just say, "Oh, they had

[1:13:30] a bandwidth." I mean, they know this has

[1:13:33] happened. And my concern was just that

[1:13:36] we've already said the trust. We haven't

[1:13:40] we still have the ability to have people

[1:13:43] complain about what they're being

[1:13:45] stirred by. We have to say something to

[1:13:47] you. But if we kind of lose that, we

[1:13:50] say, "Oh,

[1:13:52] I don't

[1:13:56] I think that Nick could say you're not

[1:14:00] dis I think that yeah the president is

[1:14:03] you

[1:14:04] can make noise but if you have a

[1:14:06] neighbor um complain then it'll get shut

[1:14:10] down

[1:14:11] >> and that is much easier to do when the

[1:14:14] police have had contact with them first

[1:14:16] and it's again a speaker in the backyard

[1:14:19] for a graduation party as opposed to a

[1:14:21] band that's playing. It's an advertised

[1:14:23] event for people that come listen to the

[1:14:25] van. The reaction is hugely different

[1:14:27] when the organizers

[1:14:30] of that graduation party first of all

[1:14:32] are trying to comply and not disturb

[1:14:33] their neighbors and know that they might

[1:14:36] have to shut it off and it doesn't

[1:14:39] clear that potential riot in the street

[1:14:46] for you to go and explain that.

[1:14:50] >> Okay. I'm going to ask a personal

[1:14:51] question, but just because I want to

[1:14:53] make sure I'm not like making an

[1:14:54] exception for myself. Um, so in the past

[1:14:57] we have had a food truck and this

[1:15:00] weekend have someone coming that I've

[1:15:02] gotten permission to park on

[1:15:06] place in the street for the couple hours

[1:15:07] that they're there. Should I have them

[1:15:09] park on my lawn?

[1:15:11] >> Is that

[1:15:13] >> I purchase it's all prepaid once.

[1:15:16] >> You're just giving it away. But I'm like

[1:15:18] I there I've gotten permission to park

[1:15:20] on the street before and if that's not

[1:15:21] allowed then I shouldn't be an

[1:15:23] exception.

[1:15:24] >> That's that that's basically catering.

[1:15:26] >> Yeah.

[1:15:26] >> You have I'm saying because I have them

[1:15:29] parked on the street. We don't do street

[1:15:31] parking. Am I getting the except Is that

[1:15:33] an exception that

[1:15:35] >> No.

[1:15:35] >> Okay. Like should I have them park in my

[1:15:37] grass?

[1:15:38] >> I think you ought to have them park on

[1:15:40] the lot.

[1:15:41] >> I would agree. still going to be looking

[1:15:44] >> get to park on the street and I don't

[1:15:46] get you know I mean being your neighbor.

[1:15:48] Yeah, that's what you're saying.

[1:15:49] >> That's what I'm saying. Like I don't

[1:15:50] want it to look like I get an exception

[1:15:52] by doing

[1:15:53] >> if they're if they are

[1:15:56] serving from the truck as opposed to

[1:15:58] unloading from the driver. I Yeah, I

[1:16:00] think that that would be

[1:16:01] >> okay. So I'll have them first. I mean

[1:16:03] you're talking game.

[1:16:04] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[1:16:05] >> Yeah. Right.

[1:16:07] That's so

[1:16:10] easy.

[1:16:11] That's what

[1:16:12] >> Thanks for going through that. Troy, did

[1:16:14] you have anything else?

[1:16:15] >> I do not. Aaron, I apologize for being

[1:16:17] longwinded, but she'll help me perhaps.

[1:16:21] >> Thank you very much. We'll go to the

[1:16:22] citizens report. Mike, we sent around a

[1:16:25] report. My report was longer than usual,

[1:16:27] too. Um,

[1:16:30] >> yeah,

[1:16:30] >> we're starting to receive regular public

[1:16:33] records requests and the four that I

[1:16:37] included this month, three all came from

[1:16:39] the same place. And basically, it's an

[1:16:44] AI data center that's looking to scrape

[1:16:47] information. So, we've got a pretty good system now of

[1:16:53] looking doing keyword searches for what

[1:16:56] they're looking for. And I happened to

[1:16:58] reply to them yesterday at 11:00, you

[1:17:01] know, on Labor Day that no, we don't

[1:17:03] have any of those. Immediate response

[1:17:06] back. Well, thank you. We'll take that

[1:17:07] off our we'll take that off our list.

[1:17:09] So,

[1:17:11] uh, yeah, I I think I think that's going

[1:17:14] to come pretty regularly. Now, I will

[1:17:15] say we did have one additional I don't

[1:17:18] know if if anybody ever looked through

[1:17:20] all this. We did actually have a student

[1:17:22] ask us and it was somebody from a Iowa

[1:17:25] City school district address. So I'm

[1:17:27] sure it's either a Westside Story or the

[1:17:30] Little Hawk newspaper asking about the

[1:17:33] city's dealing with slot cameras to

[1:17:35] which I could also say so we haven't

[1:17:38] done anything. So

[1:17:41] uh you may see more of these as as they

[1:17:43] come along because I think that's what

[1:17:45] it is. It's a lot of data scraping and

[1:17:47] that's what they want is to look for

[1:17:49] stuff from us there. I do have one other

[1:17:52] fun thing to talk about. Um, Sunday,

[1:17:55] October 4th, the Johnson County

[1:17:58] Historical Society will be having their

[1:18:00] annual celebration of history event

[1:18:02] right here in the community center. They

[1:18:04] reserve the community center. This is

[1:18:06] their annual meeting as a nonprofit and

[1:18:10] they are going to focus on University

[1:18:12] Heights and they've got some guy

[1:18:14] speaking for 15 minutes about University

[1:18:16] Heights history.

[1:18:17] >> What day is that?

[1:18:18] >> That's Sunday, October 4th.

[1:18:21] >> Some guy some guy may be telling you

[1:18:24] about it. So

[1:18:29] I think I I I've got 15 minutes worth of

[1:18:31] material I think. So, um,

[1:18:34] >> but that'll be there. And there's it's,

[1:18:37] uh, they're going to have refreshments

[1:18:38] and things. There tickets that are free.

[1:18:41] They just want to get a count to get an

[1:18:43] idea for how much food to bring and

[1:18:45] things like that. So, I'll I'll make

[1:18:48] sure that Lisa gets the full details and

[1:18:50] puts them on the web page. But since

[1:18:51] it's before next month's meeting, this

[1:18:54] month's meeting is as early as possible,

[1:18:56] next month's meeting is almost as late

[1:18:58] as possible.

[1:18:59] >> So, yeah.

[1:19:00] So, just to let you know about that, but

[1:19:02] that's all I have.

[1:19:04] >> Thanks so much. Any any questions for

[1:19:06] Mike? We'll go on to John Brown, the

[1:19:09] treasures report, date of the bills. Hi,

[1:19:11] John.

[1:19:12] >> Hey, thank you very kindly, mayor. Uh,

[1:19:14] business as usual for the city. Uh, a

[1:19:17] few items that uh

[1:19:20] I will speak to. Um, I do have one item

[1:19:24] to add to Mr. warrants and fairy

[1:19:26] brothers for $150 for paid by

[1:19:30] maintenance.

[1:19:32] And um

[1:19:35] I said business as usual, but the local

[1:19:38] option sales tax deposit uh that came in

[1:19:41] this month was

[1:19:44] drastically lower than what we've been

[1:19:46] getting. So me and my esteemed colleague

[1:19:50] Steve P will be meeting tomorrow for

[1:19:53] other things, but we're going to

[1:19:55] uh try to do some mental

[1:19:59] uh six more but soon because other

[1:20:04] neighboring municipalities have engaged

[1:20:07] that robot cells looks like our this

[1:20:12] could be an adoration or

[1:20:15] >> summer is slower

[1:20:17] sometimes you know and once fall picks

[1:20:20] up I don't know but I

[1:20:23] I'm sorry.

[1:20:26] >> Oh, really?

[1:20:26] >> Oh, I mean we got five more than five

[1:20:29] grand. I mean, it's like drastically. Uh

[1:20:33] it's enough that

[1:20:35] Steve and I are going to get together

[1:20:37] figure out can some

[1:20:40] try to get some intel, talk to area.

[1:20:44] >> They miscount delivery.

[1:20:47] >> Well, no, it's always possible. I'm not

[1:20:49] trying not a little saying. and just

[1:20:52] say, "Hey, we we got something that's

[1:20:54] really caught our eye, but we're going

[1:20:56] to look into it and we're going to get

[1:20:58] you intel and banks out to you because,

[1:21:01] >> you know, we don't want to ignore it and

[1:21:02] we're getting mid gear or whatever, like

[1:21:05] we got money problems."

[1:21:11] » Yeah.

[1:21:12] >> So, with that addition to the warrants,

[1:21:14] you have the list of warrants are there

[1:21:17] along with Ryan's payments that he asked

[1:21:20] for. Are there any other additions or

[1:21:24] corrections? Or are there any objections

[1:21:27] to paying the Lawrence?

[1:21:31] Hearing none, the warrants will be paid

[1:21:33] by unanimous consent.

[1:21:36] Thank you. Uh

[1:21:39] thanks for pointing that out. That's

[1:21:45] um

[1:21:46] we'll go on to uh finance. You have

[1:21:49] anything this month, Nick M?

[1:21:51] >> No.

[1:21:52] >> Thank you. We'll go to community

[1:21:54] protection fan achievement this year.

[1:21:59] » And I saw your report.

[1:22:02] I don't have a lot to add to the report.

[1:22:04] Uh Saturday was an experience. We had a

[1:22:07] lot of heat and net. Didn't help

[1:22:10] anybody. Uh but everything was

[1:22:12] manageable. Um, and it went the game

[1:22:16] pretty much went off without too many

[1:22:18] complications. So,

[1:22:20] >> other than it was terribly hot.

[1:22:22] >> Yes.

[1:22:23] >> And I know you said you got water for

[1:22:26] everyone. I saw you had water with

[1:22:28] carrying with you. That was very good.

[1:22:31] >> We did that.

[1:22:32] >> We're uh we're getting better and better

[1:22:35] about stocking the golf carts and what

[1:22:37] we have on it. Anywhere from medical

[1:22:39] needs to water to things like that. So,

[1:22:42] uh, and it's probably there or the

[1:22:44] bicycles are probably the best ways to

[1:22:46] get around this city at game day.

[1:22:50] >> Any questions for cheaper?

[1:22:54] >> Thank you very much. The fy features I

[1:22:56] added this month. No,

[1:23:00] we'll go on to engineers boards. We

[1:23:03] don't have much, right, Ryan?

[1:23:07] >> What a busy

[1:23:09] board.

[1:23:12] Yeah, it's been a busy month to try to u

[1:23:15] especially as you talked about last

[1:23:16] month. Um we had some projects that were

[1:23:19] kind of I guess I say stalling out right

[1:23:21] a little bit taking a long time but um

[1:23:24] thankfully I'm happy to report that the

[1:23:27] one in particular of the street got paid

[1:23:29] back just in time for else. So um I did

[1:23:33] issue um just an updated report uh with

[1:23:36] the holiday yesterday. I wasn't able to

[1:23:38] get all the signed documents I usually

[1:23:40] need uh for my report to issue to you

[1:23:43] like we asked for updates to um uh pay

[1:23:47] applications changes and quantities

[1:23:49] around. So I got most of I got all that

[1:23:51] stuff this morning once everybody was

[1:23:52] returned from the holiday. So uh

[1:23:55] included those signed versions with my

[1:23:56] updated report that I sent out this

[1:23:58] morning. Uh for I'll just kind of go

[1:24:00] through the lists hopefully fairly

[1:24:03] quickly here. the Melrose complete

[1:24:04] street project. We did submit the design

[1:24:07] team finished up and submitted uh the

[1:24:09] check plan submitt to the DOT. I have a

[1:24:11] DOT. Um so the DOT does review. We have

[1:24:15] a couple um a couple spots where we add

[1:24:18] some water main work uh to try to avoid

[1:24:21] conflicts with the design the storm

[1:24:23] shore design. So we'll we'll have to

[1:24:25] review that with the city of our city

[1:24:27] this month as well. And then we we have

[1:24:29] a final plan submitt to the DOT on

[1:24:31] October 20th. So those those dates are

[1:24:34] rigid. They have to be done by those

[1:24:36] dates in order to hit the the leting uh

[1:24:39] the bid dates uh for the DOT's

[1:24:42] scheduling. Um our RFBs at Sunset and

[1:24:46] Orest. So this one I I I did receive a

[1:24:49] final invoice from New Miller Electric

[1:24:52] um for the our RFBs, the the new bowls

[1:24:55] and flashing beacons at Sunset and

[1:24:56] Orrest Street. Um, so this one I do have

[1:24:59] a resolution for just to uh make sure I

[1:25:03] read it off correctly.

[1:25:05] Um, so resolution number 2661 is

[1:25:09] accepting the Sunset Street and Norris

[1:25:11] Avenue rectangular rapid flashing beacon

[1:25:14] RFB signs project as completed and that

[1:25:18] is essentially just to release

[1:25:20] retainage. We'd already paid for all the

[1:25:23] u the project work um up to this point

[1:25:25] except for the retainage amount of

[1:25:27] $668.16.

[1:25:29] So the invoice number two is final from

[1:25:32] memory electric was included in the

[1:25:34] Lawrencees as well. So move we'll do

[1:25:38] that now motion second

[1:25:41] by Tim.

[1:25:43] Okay, with discussion

[1:25:46] roll call vote

[1:25:47] >> second.

[1:25:50] Sorry.

[1:25:51] >> No, that's okay. Dwire

[1:25:53] >> I

[1:25:54] >> Herbald.

[1:25:54] >> Hi.

[1:25:55] >> Moore.

[1:25:55] >> Hi.

[1:25:56] >> Sher. I

[1:25:58] >> swelles absent. Motion carries. 401

[1:26:01] absent.

[1:26:06] And I haven't heard any complaints from

[1:26:07] the police department yet for the start

[1:26:09] of school year up there. So hopefully

[1:26:10] that's going pretty well. Good news. All

[1:26:13] right. Good news is the young people are

[1:26:15] becoming very accustomed to

[1:26:18] that. That'll be correct.

[1:26:20] >> Yeah. Excellent. It's good to hear. Um

[1:26:24] Melrose Avenue 2026 electrical service

[1:26:26] relocations. I did have an agenda item

[1:26:28] here to uh award approve award of this

[1:26:32] contract. I decided to defer that to the

[1:26:34] special meeting we have planned for the

[1:26:36] 22nd in a couple weeks here. Uh, a

[1:26:39] couple reasons which I laid out in my

[1:26:41] report, but one was mostly Tim Tim

[1:26:43] Greenwood from Steve's office was

[1:26:45] working with um working on an agreement

[1:26:48] with Paul Moore uh for some

[1:26:50] reimbursement of the electrical upgrades

[1:26:52] he wanted made to the system. So, those

[1:26:54] were included with our design um and our

[1:26:57] bid package. Um, and so just wanted to

[1:27:01] give us a little bit more time to get

[1:27:03] that coordinated with Paul, make sure

[1:27:04] everybody feels good and comfortable for

[1:27:06] signing that. and also so I can report

[1:27:08] to Paul what the bid numbers were and

[1:27:10] then also give me a little more time to

[1:27:12] follow up with this uh bidder uh and get

[1:27:16] some experience. Uh the Gumble

[1:27:18] electrical engineers I spoke with hadn't

[1:27:20] worked with this contractor before. They

[1:27:22] are headquartered out of Minnesota. They

[1:27:24] do work in Wisconsin, Iowa, uh the

[1:27:27] Dakotas, generally the Midwest and um

[1:27:30] region. Um they do a lot of solar work.

[1:27:33] Um, I'm told schools, cenos, and stuff

[1:27:37] of that nature. Um, so I'll just get

[1:27:39] involved with them. So, we work on some

[1:27:41] example projects. So,

[1:27:44] the

[1:27:46] idea

[1:27:46] >> 1007 109 Milrose Avenue driveway

[1:27:49] improvements sod was installed. You saw

[1:27:51] photos of that yard. New driveway. Uh,

[1:27:54] it was parked on this weekend. Um, so

[1:27:57] they've been watering that side. We are

[1:27:59] punch list. I've issued a punch list to

[1:28:01] the contractor. We're just re wrapping

[1:28:03] up a few things. Um I'll probably reach

[1:28:05] out to them to see if I can get a payout

[1:28:07] potentially for the special meeting in

[1:28:08] September and try and get that one

[1:28:11] brought up. They didn't submit anything

[1:28:12] this this last week. Uh overhead to

[1:28:15] underground utility trench. Um we've got

[1:28:19] constructions completed uh from the

[1:28:22] bridge to 1135 Melrose, which is to the

[1:28:25] west of the curve around Melrose. uh

[1:28:28] they weren't able to provide extra crews

[1:28:30] and were due to the ongoing road

[1:28:34] construction at George Street. So um I'm

[1:28:38] told they would have mobilized extra

[1:28:40] crews and board rigs if had they had the

[1:28:42] opportunity um in the space to work. Um

[1:28:45] so that project is behind schedule. Um,

[1:28:48] but they'll work in between games and

[1:28:51] hopefully they should be I believe they

[1:28:54] should be done by the end of September

[1:28:55] now, but they'll have to mobilize in and

[1:28:57] mobilize out every week um for the three

[1:29:00] home games in a row here and clean

[1:29:02] things up and they'll have to do shorter

[1:29:04] smaller segments

[1:29:06] uh of uh boring or trenching the new

[1:29:08] conduits uh around the George Street

[1:29:11] Back

[1:29:12] um

[1:29:14] and Melrose Avenue area. So, uh, that project, we do have a change order,

[1:29:21] uh, on the agenda tonight, um, or on my

[1:29:24] in my report tonight. This was, um, for

[1:29:27] some extra work at the hotel driveway.

[1:29:29] Um, they they hit an unmarked water

[1:29:31] service. I believe it's to the

[1:29:33] residential property that Greg Stillner

[1:29:36] owns right there at the entrance. Um, so

[1:29:38] they had to do an emergency repair and

[1:29:40] remove pavement there that wasn't

[1:29:41] anticipated to be removed. So, we added

[1:29:43] line items for 8 in pavement uh modified

[1:29:47] subbase and uh pavement markings to

[1:29:50] replace the pavement markings that were

[1:29:52] referred for Greg there at the hotel. Um

[1:29:55] so there's that work and then Mid

[1:29:57] American Electric in our discussions

[1:29:59] with them during design uh they

[1:30:02] indicated they would handle installation

[1:30:03] of conduits from secondary enclosures

[1:30:05] which are handles between their system

[1:30:09] and then the private services the meters

[1:30:11] at the couple residential properties

[1:30:15] uh during construction they've asked if

[1:30:16] we would have Midwest Underground

[1:30:18] install those. So we did not have a line

[1:30:19] item for the size conduit the 2 and 1/2

[1:30:22] in conduit that they need for that. So

[1:30:24] this change order also adds a line item

[1:30:26] with a unit price of $14 a linear foot

[1:30:29] of install only the kind that is

[1:30:31] provided by Mid American Electric. So um

[1:30:34] the total cost of that change orders

[1:30:37] $4564.50.

[1:30:40] So

[1:30:42] um I don't know if we could have a

[1:30:44] simple motion just to approve that

[1:30:46] change order. M please.

[1:30:49] So moved

[1:30:50] >> motion by Nick second second by

[1:30:53] McKenzie.

[1:30:55] So this a simple motion. All in favor?

[1:30:59] >> Say I.

[1:31:00] >> Anyone oppose? Motion carries 4 zero and

[1:31:03] one absent.

[1:31:05] >> Thank you Ryan. And then uh for that

[1:31:07] same project, the joint joint trench

[1:31:09] project uh we had a pay application um

[1:31:12] pay application number two was for

[1:31:14] $137,000213

[1:31:18] 23 I'm sorry $137,21322.

[1:31:24] Um we review those and agree they they

[1:31:27] represent the amount of work that's that

[1:31:28] was performed since last pay

[1:31:30] application. So recommend approval of

[1:31:33] that uh amount and it's included in the

[1:31:35] mark.

[1:31:37] So um

[1:31:42] back

[1:31:44] >> you need to do that right now.

[1:31:48] >> I don't think I need anything extra

[1:31:49] unless anybody's got that on the

[1:31:51] warrants.

[1:31:52] >> It's on the warrants. Yeah. So I don't

[1:31:53] need anything special for for that

[1:31:55] unless anybody's got it. Thank you.

[1:31:56] >> I thought I saw it under warrants. Yep.

[1:31:58] >> Yeah, it was including warrants.

[1:32:01] Um,

[1:32:08] yeah. So, there's more detail in the

[1:32:09] report on that, all that stuff. But, uh,

[1:32:12] Melrose Avenue panel replacements. This

[1:32:14] is the the project that was supposed to

[1:32:16] be from Sunset down to George Street,

[1:32:19] replacing panels on Melrose and doing

[1:32:21] some underground utility work um along

[1:32:24] Melrose and and at the George Street

[1:32:26] intersection. We have reduced their

[1:32:28] scope down to just finish what they had

[1:32:30] started uh which is detailed in my

[1:32:32] report here um by issuing an instruction

[1:32:34] to the contractor to just uh

[1:32:38] finish the phase that they had begun and

[1:32:40] then not continue the the remaining

[1:32:42] phases of work which would have included

[1:32:44] a detour on Mars Avenue and Eric as

[1:32:46] we've talked about bridges. Um

[1:32:50] they got the paving in. Um they

[1:32:53] completed the final segment of sidewalk

[1:32:55] today on the west side of George Street.

[1:32:58] So they got that removed and replaced

[1:32:59] today. Um so all things are looking

[1:33:02] pretty good for this weekend that we

[1:33:04] shouldn't have a huge muddy mess over

[1:33:07] there. They should be able to get the

[1:33:08] rest of that area rocked in uh on 1215

[1:33:11] Melrose. Um

[1:33:12] >> that was the part that damaged. Is that

[1:33:14] on place there? No, that was this is

[1:33:16] just part of the originals.

[1:33:18] >> The damaged parts. I'm probably going to

[1:33:21] we'll talk about that at our next

[1:33:22] progress meeting with that. I think I'm

[1:33:24] going to probably have them wait until

[1:33:26] we have a 3-week window in October um or

[1:33:30] by or at least in a way or by week um to

[1:33:33] start and then they can they have some

[1:33:36] driveway pavement they've damaged and

[1:33:37] some sidewalks they've damaged that

[1:33:39] we'll need to remove and replace. So,

[1:33:41] um,

[1:33:42] we just haven't gotten that far far yet,

[1:33:45] but that that would be kind of a

[1:33:48] punchless little wrap-up thing and the

[1:33:51] gravel in next yard that I got to get

[1:33:53] something.

[1:33:54] >> Uh, I might have to take a 5 gallon

[1:33:56] bucket.

[1:33:58] >> Are you going to wash down that street

[1:34:00] again before Iowa State gets so dusty?

[1:34:04] Residents are

[1:34:06] >> upset.

[1:34:08] Um there's potential I'll speak with I

[1:34:12] they're just not really responding to my

[1:34:14] requests to do certain things at home.

[1:34:16] >> Well, it might rain tonight.

[1:34:20] » Yeah, severe thunderstorm.

[1:34:23] >> So,

[1:34:24] >> here it is.

[1:34:27] Chance of rain today. So,

[1:34:28] >> I I

[1:34:30] emergency managed. I just thought of

[1:34:32] that.

[1:34:34] Uh this project I've also got u they

[1:34:36] have an intake left to set and then

[1:34:38] board the street the intake throw back

[1:34:40] and then uh they'll just be back filling

[1:34:42] siding the parkways. Uh just so council

[1:34:45] knows I I think this is new since our

[1:34:48] last meeting. I spoke with both

[1:34:49] properties on either side of George

[1:34:51] Street and both elected to have their

[1:34:55] yards rocked in for the football season.

[1:34:57] So they will remain locked until we next

[1:35:00] spring we we will have to dig that out

[1:35:02] and saw the yards next spring. Um just

[1:35:05] due to the amount of area that is that

[1:35:08] was disturbed down there. Um we would

[1:35:10] have been sing the entire yards just for

[1:35:12] that to be destroyed with football

[1:35:14] traffic. Uh we did the same thing at the

[1:35:16] hotel empty lot for Greg Stner where he

[1:35:19] agreed to let the the joint trench

[1:35:21] contractor store equipment and materials

[1:35:23] there uh which was very beneficial and

[1:35:25] helpful for their operation. They've

[1:35:28] also rocked in areas where they

[1:35:29] disturbed we we left as much grass as we

[1:35:32] didn't need to take out. Right. Right.

[1:35:34] Um for the Melrose patching we have a

[1:35:38] change order here also. This one is

[1:35:40] because essentially just working days

[1:35:41] they requested for various reasons. Um

[1:35:44] there's no extra cost associated with

[1:35:46] this one. The other thing that's added

[1:35:48] is I'm just put in this change order

[1:35:50] that we did reduce the scope of work for

[1:35:52] them and that we will suspend liquidated

[1:35:55] damages on Fridays through Mondays on on

[1:35:57] game weekends so that they're not being

[1:35:59] charged damages uh when we're

[1:36:01] essentially asking or forcing them to

[1:36:03] leave town with their equipment. Um so

[1:36:06] not providing an option right to work on

[1:36:08] Saturdays. So um so that's what that

[1:36:11] change order is. Um like I said there's

[1:36:14] no additional cost associated. So again

[1:36:17] another simple motion on that change

[1:36:19] order for approval. It adds three

[1:36:20] working days. So moved.

[1:36:23] >> Second.

[1:36:24] >> Okay. Motion second. This is simple

[1:36:27] motion. All in favor say I. I.

[1:36:30] >> Is anyone opposed?

[1:36:32] >> Motion carries four zero and one. Thank

[1:36:36] you.

[1:36:37] >> Yeah. And that projectation

[1:36:40] uh pay application number three for

[1:36:42] $78,0007

[1:36:44] no I'm sorry $78,798

[1:36:48] which was included in the war list as

[1:36:49] well. Um thanks John. I got that in late

[1:36:53] today this morning. So

[1:36:55] >> um we had for that

[1:36:58] >> no should that's on

[1:37:01] >> it was in warrants. So

[1:37:02] >> okay thank you. Then also included in

[1:37:04] the warrants was a a font or another

[1:37:08] invoice number two for a payment marking

[1:37:11] word. LL Pelling was waiting on that

[1:37:14] road project contractor before painting

[1:37:16] the west side of Koser Melrose

[1:37:18] intersection. And then the the

[1:37:21] restriping between Sunset and Koser was

[1:37:24] included with that project work. So

[1:37:27] luckily Pelling was on that work. So we

[1:37:29] got that all done last week. It should

[1:37:31] be all completed. But this invoice

[1:37:34] strictly for the the cities we pay the

[1:37:38] parking spoke. So it was $25462.

[1:37:44] So the only invoice remaining for that

[1:37:45] one will be the retainage next.

[1:37:53] Didn't have much updates on sidewalk

[1:37:55] repair. Just a reminder that there's

[1:37:56] going to be a grand avenue sunset

[1:37:58] intersection water man work happening. I

[1:38:01] didn't get a chance to get an update

[1:38:02] from Iowa City, but what they told me

[1:38:05] last month was September time frame was

[1:38:07] what they were looking at that. So, I'll

[1:38:08] reach out to them for updates. Um,

[1:38:12] then we had Medic submit a couple

[1:38:14] rightway permits to add the new electric

[1:38:16] meters that we've approved new addresses

[1:38:18] for. So, we'll be straight right away

[1:38:20] permits.

[1:38:23] >> I wanted to ask this media com what are

[1:38:26] electric meters?

[1:38:28] Uh, I don't know what there's. I think

[1:38:30] it probably looked like a a pedestal

[1:38:33] meter similar to where holes u added for

[1:38:38] the the speed cameras that never went

[1:38:40] on, right? Like at Kosure. Um,

[1:38:44] it's a it's a meter. They need a they

[1:38:46] need a power source apparently to to

[1:38:49] power an amplifier for their system. And

[1:38:51] I I'm not an expert on their um coax or

[1:38:55] fiber networks, but they run both

[1:38:57] coaxware and they use they they now use

[1:39:01] like amplifiers to increase their signal

[1:39:03] strengths is my understanding

[1:39:05] >> from speaking with them. So they have to

[1:39:07] play

[1:39:07] >> so they're going to screw up my internet

[1:39:09] again.

[1:39:10] >> Yeah. Yeah. Probably a couple times.

[1:39:12] Yeah. um they they they will have an

[1:39:15] electric service there now at those two

[1:39:18] locations that we've addressed for in

[1:39:20] order to install these amplifiers

[1:39:25] » for power.

[1:39:27] >> So that's all I've got.

[1:39:29] >> Any questions for Ryan

[1:39:31] >> at the moment?

[1:39:32] >> I I heard a lot of compliments about you

[1:39:34] getting that Melrose open from people

[1:39:36] outside of University Heights who pay

[1:39:39] attention.

[1:39:40] >> Yeah, I had a lot of people calling me

[1:39:43] who had their football partners calling

[1:39:45] them

[1:39:48] asked, "Will more my response be

[1:39:49] available?" And uh even the guys from

[1:39:52] Midwest Underground on Graves Law were

[1:39:54] there people that worked for Advanced

[1:39:57] Traffic Control that parked there that

[1:39:59] were messaging that

[1:40:00] >> we were pleasantly surprised.

[1:40:02] >> A whole lot of people interested on

[1:40:03] that.

[1:40:04] >> Hopefully even better before Iowa State.

[1:40:06] >> Yeah. I would like to say, I guess just

[1:40:09] on behalf of the the folks in my office

[1:40:12] on that Melrose and George Street

[1:40:15] intersection,

[1:40:16] we had a lot of staff coming out um at

[1:40:20] the request of the contractor for

[1:40:23] various reasons for for compaction

[1:40:25] testing, for um concrete testing, for

[1:40:29] survey, um for construction saking, and things weren't ready, right? So,

[1:40:35] they made a lot of extra trips that they

[1:40:37] normally would not make. They were

[1:40:39] rescheduling things because I was asking

[1:40:42] them to. Uh, you know, pushing other work off uh and working late um a

[1:40:49] couple of us came in on Saturday um

[1:40:52] which then got cancelled due to rain,

[1:40:54] but um for paving of course and things.

[1:40:56] So, uh, I I'm just glad that everybody

[1:41:01] dealt with my requests and we got to

[1:41:03] have time before the fall. See you. So,

[1:41:07] appreciate it. Thank you.

[1:41:10] Any questions for Ryan? I

[1:41:13] don't need to spend through enough.

[1:41:16] >> Thank you, Ryan. We'll go to building

[1:41:18] Sony sanitation. Do you have any update?

[1:41:20] Okay, we'll go to P government and you

[1:41:22] sent around a report.

[1:41:25] >> And uh you have any questions for Lisa's

[1:41:28] report

[1:41:30] and does anyone have announcements that

[1:41:33] >> I will not be here next month. I will

[1:41:36] not I would be so I will not be next.

[1:41:44] » We go on to adjournment.

[1:41:47] Is there any objection to adjournment?

[1:41:50] Hearing none, the meeting is adjourned

[1:41:51] by unanimous consent. Thanks everyone.

[1:41:53] Thanks for coming.

University Heights City Council Meeting of 09/08/26

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