[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.