[0:02] To the flag of the United States of
[0:04] America and to the republic for which it
[0:07] stands, one nation under God,
[0:10] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:12] for all.
[0:15] [clears throat]
[0:15] >> Becky, we please do roll call. Mayor
[0:17] Clark
[0:18] >> here. Council member Anderson,
[0:25] » she's muted.
[0:26] >> Here.
[0:26] >> Council member,
[0:28] >> thank you. Council member Cone
[0:29] >> here.
[0:30] >> Council member Grove
[0:31] >> here.
[0:32] >> Council member Lion
[0:32] >> here. Council member Pierce
[0:34] >> here.
[0:35] >> Agenda item D is open forum. Open forum
[0:38] is the time for anyone here tonight to
[0:39] address the council on any subject over
[0:41] which the council has the authority to
[0:42] act or on any item on the agenda other
[0:45] than a public hearing. Uh does anyone
[0:47] here tonight either in the council
[0:48] chambers or in Zoom wish to address the
[0:49] council at this time? If so, please
[0:52] approach the podium or raise your hand.
[0:54] Uh, if you are participating via Zoom,
[0:56] please click on the raise hand icon
[0:57] located under the reactions controls.
[1:00] And if you're participating via phone,
[1:02] please raise your hand by hitting star9.
[1:04] After you are recognized to speak, you
[1:06] will need to state your name clearly uh
[1:09] name and address uh for the record. Um,
[1:11] and comments are limited to three
[1:13] minutes. Uh, all right.
[1:17] Go ahead. Um, Veronica Gak. I was
[1:20] elected in 2018 by Dallas County
[1:24] residents to be our so one of the soil
[1:27] and water conservation commissioners. My
[1:31] uh agenda was to get access to the
[1:34] equipment necessary for the De Moines
[1:36] Waterworks to be able to test for the
[1:39] PAS and people's chemicals that are
[1:42] contaminating our water. Unfortunately,
[1:45] even though Biden's infrastructure bill
[1:48] had 10 billion set aside for this, our
[1:52] governor uh at the time uh uh was of the
[1:58] opinion that we didn't need to know what
[2:00] was in our water and she refused the
[2:03] option of getting the funds to be able
[2:06] to test for the levels of PAS and POS
[2:10] chemicals.
[2:11] But then I I ran my suction second
[2:15] election to try again to get these since
[2:20] I had won the suit against the USDA NRCS
[2:26] for uh the PAS and POS chemicals in a
[2:30] different watershed in Iowa, the Cedar
[2:33] Valley Group aquifers. I had one results
[2:38] and the state of Iowa had agreed they
[2:41] were going to put up a 3D GIS web
[2:43] mapping system for the whole state so we
[2:46] could know what had already tested
[2:48] positive in our tap water. And so this
[2:53] last uh uh April, I paid for the P tests
[2:58] and other chemicals tests to be done.
[3:01] And you have to send yet today out of
[3:05] state to do these tests. I sent them to
[3:09] Southbend, Indiana, and they came back
[3:13] 22
[3:15] uh uh herbicide and pesticide
[3:18] ingredients. The worst one for me is our
[3:22] President Trump's family profits from
[3:24] Trump card, which is a herbicide in the
[3:27] middle of Iowa State University's chart.
[3:30] And that herbicides ingredients are 24D
[3:34] choline and glyophate. And this test
[3:39] result shows 24D choline at the top, way
[3:44] over the maximum containment level set
[3:46] by the EPA. Veronica down at the bottom
[3:49] the glyophate.
[3:50] >> Veronica, you are almost to your three
[3:53] minutes or you're at your three minutes.
[3:54] So, can you get to what you would like
[3:55] from us, the Walke City Council?
[3:58] >> We need to know, everyone here needs to
[4:01] know what's in their water. And we have
[4:04] a a local company uh that says they can
[4:08] the Adel Colligan company is saying they
[4:12] can do 99%
[4:15] removal of these chemicals. I got a bid
[4:19] on that today for that filter system to
[4:22] get installed in my house along with a
[4:26] whole house uh herbicide and pesticide
[4:30] uh uh
[4:33] honest filter that did not remove the
[4:36] PAS uh that I installed in uh September of 2025.
[4:44] But that new filter removed the E.coli
[4:47] and cififor bacterias that were causing
[4:51] so many of our kids to end up with uh
[4:54] bacterial lung infections and even
[4:58] bacterial bone. And
[4:59] >> Veronica, you're at your time.
[5:01] >> Yeah, we do do need to know what's in
[5:04] our water. Thank you. And we need
[5:07] >> to have tests done to prove. These are
[5:10] mandatory tests that are supposed to be
[5:13] done each year, but the city and the
[5:15] state have not done
[5:19] my
[5:20] >> No, it's your turn. Go ahead.
[5:22] >> My name's Charles Jeffrey Williams. I
[5:24] live at Southeast 680 Southeast Booth
[5:28] Avenue. Um I've lived here for about
[5:31] four years. Um, and on reason I'm here.
[5:35] to ask in the spring and in the
[5:38] fall I see the notices in the Walke
[5:40] Living magazine about if your grass in
[5:43] your yard gets 8 in too tall, you're
[5:46] going to get a citation. If you don't
[5:47] shovel your snow off your sidewalk
[5:50] within 24 hours, you're going to get a
[5:52] citation. I've gone on to the city
[5:55] website. I can't see any records of
[5:57] those citations.
[5:59] I'm just want to like to know where I
[6:01] can find them.
[6:03] >> Um I don't
[6:05] So
[6:07] we're not allowed to speak about topics
[6:10] that are not on our agenda. If you would
[6:11] like to stick around till after the
[6:13] meeting, we can maybe answer that
[6:14] question or uh Andy could answer it,
[6:17] although generally we don't post
[6:19] citations. But um Andy, our um head of
[6:23] community development, can answer that
[6:25] question if you would like to not wait
[6:26] till the end of the meeting. Is there
[6:28] anything else you wanted to address?
[6:29] >> No, I I Yeah, I gota wait till the
[6:33] meeting's over.
[6:34] >> If you want to speak to one of us if
[6:35] you'd like, he can step out with you now
[6:38] and and Yep. Yep. Thank you.
[6:41] >> Okay.
[6:52] » My name is Jonathan Aubberg. I'm a
[6:54] constituent of De Mo, Iowa. and I was
[6:56] here to talk about the city's agreement
[6:59] with the corporation block safety.
[7:02] Um I I would like to request an
[7:04] extension to my time to 5 minutes for
[7:07] parody with the procedure set west de mo
[7:09] city council to talk about our civil
[7:11] liberties some more.
[7:12] >> We we limit to three minutes
[7:14] particularly we have multiple but um
[7:16] please go ahead and uh you can always
[7:18] wait after the meeting and speak with us
[7:20] more.
[7:22] >> Sure. So, I conducted an investigation
[7:25] of the city of West De Moines and their
[7:27] use of surveillance technology
[7:30] through a lot of chapter 22 requests and
[7:34] um during the way there were a lot of
[7:36] interesting findings. I actually have 40
[7:38] plus findings and the media in Iowa.
[7:41] None of them have ever been asked to see
[7:43] my uh the evidence I received from the
[7:46] government. Um which I thought was kind
[7:49] of dubious. And so I think more people
[7:53] need to hear about it. I started a
[7:54] website to try and get my findings out
[7:56] there, dsminel.org.
[8:00] And so I actually filed a complaint with
[8:02] the attorney general uh last week about
[8:06] uh that company Flock Group doing
[8:08] business as Flock Safety.
[8:11] And also there are other parties
[8:13] involved. It's really not just about
[8:14] them. And I'm not an attorney. I can't
[8:16] say if anything was lawful or unlawful.
[8:18] It's not my place.
[8:20] Uh, but a lot of civil liberties groups
[8:23] who thank me. The American Civil
[8:25] Liberties Union of Iowa thanks me for my
[8:28] investigations I do into these kinds of
[8:31] 8 billion dollar surveillance
[8:33] corporations.
[8:35] And
[8:37] you know, this is something that really
[8:38] concerns me. This level of surveillance,
[8:41] all these automated license plate
[8:43] readers that use artificial intelligence
[8:45] to catalog our vehicles. To me, this
[8:48] just doesn't really feel like something
[8:50] that's congruent with the Constitution,
[8:53] with our Fourth Amendment, with our
[8:55] rights, with our civil liberties. And
[8:57] that's why I'm here to talk about this.
[9:00] And, you know, I wish I could get an
[9:02] extension in my time for that because I
[9:04] think our rights and our civil liberties
[9:06] are very important.
[9:09] Um, looks like I have about a minute
[9:11] left. So some of my findings the um in
[9:14] the state of Iowa you need a you need
[9:16] certain lensure and permits and things
[9:19] like this to do operations in our state
[9:22] and when I a citizen investigator who's
[9:24] a college dropout started looking into
[9:26] this I filed a two complaints with dial
[9:30] I feel like they rolled my two
[9:31] complaints into one complaint instead of
[9:33] addressing both of them but I'm not an
[9:36] attorney. Maybe that's the SOP over
[9:38] there. I'm not sure. So, um, trying to
[9:41] find electrical permits and licenses for
[9:43] this company. Yeah, I might not be going
[9:45] the right place. Sometimes you go in one
[9:47] database online. Sometimes there's
[9:50] probably a different procedure there.
[9:51] But, I'm really kind of struggling and
[9:53] I'm curious, is the city, are you
[9:55] checking the lensure of the vendors that
[9:58] you're placing inside of consent
[9:59] agendas, which are usually for mundane
[10:02] and routine things like liquor license
[10:05] renewals.
[10:07] >> What's that? I' I'd like for you to
[10:08] speak to us and not to the camera,
[10:11] please. Uh this is a city council
[10:12] meeting. Gotcha.
[10:13] >> Yep. But your time is just about up.
[10:16] >> It is. You're right. Thank you. Thank
[10:17] you, council.
[10:18] >> You are always welcome to stay after and
[10:20] talk to us more.
[10:21] >> Um
[10:23] >> Okay. Anyone else for open forum?
[10:27] There are no hands raised in Zoom. Okay.
[10:31] Right. Item E is agenda approval. Can I
[10:34] get a motion? Move to approve. Second.
[10:38] >> Any discussion? [clears throat]
[10:41] >> Please vote. Council member Cone,
[10:44] >> yes.
[10:44] >> Council member Lion,
[10:45] >> yes.
[10:46] >> Council member Pierce,
[10:47] >> yes.
[10:47] >> Council member Grove,
[10:48] >> yes.
[10:49] >> Council member Anderson,
[10:50] >> yes.
[10:52] >> Agenda item, uh, we have none of those.
[10:56] So, agenda item I1, consent agenda.
[10:59] >> Move to approve.
[11:00] >> Second.
[11:01] >> Any discussion?
[11:06] Please vote. Council member Pierce,
[11:09] >> yes.
[11:09] >> Council member Grove,
[11:10] >> yes.
[11:11] >> Council member Cone,
[11:12] >> yes.
[11:13] >> Council [snorts] member Lion,
[11:14] >> yes.
[11:14] >> Council member Anderson,
[11:16] >> yes.
[11:18] Agenda item I2, uh, mayor's appointment
[11:20] and resolution, consideration of
[11:22] appointment or consideration of approval
[11:24] of a resolution approving appointment of
[11:25] a citizen member to the parks and
[11:27] recreation board for an unexpect
[11:30] unexpired term ending January 31st,
[11:33] 2029. I plan to appoint Roger Claxton.
[11:36] Can I get a motion? Move to approve.
[11:38] >> Second.
[11:40] >> Any discussion?
[11:43] Please vote.
[11:46] Council member Cone,
[11:48] >> yes. [clears throat]
[11:48] >> Council member Grove,
[11:50] >> yes.
[11:50] >> Council member Lion,
[11:51] >> yes.
[11:52] >> Council member Pierce,
[11:53] >> yes.
[11:53] >> Council member Anderson,
[11:55] >> yes.
[11:58] >> Item I3, consideration of approval of an
[12:01] ordinance to amend chapter 26 park
[12:03] regulations by amending section 26.12
[12:05] dogs restricted to rename section 21.12
[12:09] as dogs and to include dog park rules
[12:11] and res regulations. Sorry guys, I blame
[12:14] the heat. It has been a long day. Uh to
[12:17] include dog park rules and regulations.
[12:20] This is an introduction and a first
[12:21] reading.
[12:24] >> I introduce the ordinance and move to
[12:25] approve the first reading and title
[12:27] only. Second, Matt.
[12:29] >> Good evening, mayor and council. This is
[12:31] kind of it's a basically a cleanup item.
[12:33] Uh what we found is back when we opened
[12:36] the dog park, we passed all the rules
[12:38] and regulations via resolution, but
[12:41] they're not in our park regulations
[12:43] ordinance. Um so in order to seek
[12:46] assistance from the police department as
[12:48] it relates to uh hours of operation and
[12:51] those types of things, uh we did add the
[12:55] this section uh to include the park uh
[12:58] dog park rules and regulations under the
[13:00] park regulation ordinance. So, I'd be
[13:02] happy to answer any questions you might
[13:04] have.
[13:05] >> Thank you.
[13:06] >> Any questions?
[13:09] >> Please vote.
[13:10] >> Council member Lion,
[13:11] >> yes.
[13:12] >> Council member Cone,
[13:13] >> yes.
[13:13] >> Council member Pierce,
[13:14] >> yes.
[13:15] >> Council member Grove,
[13:16] >> yes.
[13:16] >> Council member Anderson,
[13:18] >> yes.
[13:20] Item I4, consideration of approval of an
[13:22] ordinance to amend chapter 169 zoning
[13:24] ordinance, city of Walke, Iowa by
[13:26] reszoning certain property from KMFSM
[13:29] to KMFSM/PD1
[13:31] of property to be known as the REN. This
[13:33] is second reading.
[13:35] >> Move to approve the second reading of
[13:36] the ordinance and title only.
[13:38] >> Second,
[13:40] >> Andy.
[13:43] >> All right. Uh, good evening, Mayor Clark
[13:44] and council members. Uh before you
[13:46] tonight is consideration of the uh
[13:48] second reading for the REN resoning. Um
[13:51] this property uh just a reminder is
[13:54] located uh generally north of Southeast
[13:56] Ashworth Road and east of um Grand
[14:00] Prairie Parkway. It's approximately 5.78
[14:02] acres in area and simply this is to uh
[14:06] the existing underlying zoning is of
[14:08] course already allows for the
[14:09] multifamily development. Uh the plan
[14:11] development overlay would simply allow
[14:13] them to add one more story to the
[14:14] building uh for this multifamily
[14:16] project. Uh that would be a total of uh
[14:19] 80 uh units targeted for active adult
[14:22] living. Um the proposed resoning is
[14:24] consistent with the Kettlestone uh
[14:26] master plan. Uh and staff recommends
[14:28] approval of the second consideration of
[14:30] the resoning. I'm happy to take any
[14:32] questions.
[14:33] >> Thank you. Are there any questions?
[14:37] Please vote.
[14:38] >> Council member Cone.
[14:39] >> Yes. Council member Grove,
[14:41] >> yes.
[14:41] >> Council member Pierce,
[14:42] >> yes.
[14:43] >> Council member Lion,
[14:44] >> yes.
[14:44] >> Council member Anderson,
[14:46] >> yes.
[14:47] >> Item I5, consideration of approval of an
[14:50] ordinance from in chapter 76, Walke
[14:52] Municipal Code Bicycle Regulations to
[14:55] rename Chapter 76's personal
[14:56] transportation device regulations to
[14:58] update the ordinance and include the
[15:00] regulation of personal transportation
[15:01] devices and upon the effective date
[15:03] repealing chapter 77 Wii Municipal Code
[15:06] skateboards. This is a third and final
[15:08] reading.
[15:09] I move to approve the third reading of
[15:11] the ordinance in title only and place it
[15:13] on final passage. Second, Chief.
[15:17] >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. We're
[15:18] here. Um, first of all, thanks to uh
[15:22] Steve for putting up with uh a year's
[15:24] worth of working through this and also
[15:25] thanks to Heather who is up until I left
[15:28] the station to come up here currently
[15:29] working on the education component of
[15:30] this. But, uh, as you've heard us talk
[15:32] before, this has been a long process to
[15:34] get to this point. Um we're excited to
[15:36] have the ordinance um hopefully passed
[15:39] and that provides us the framework
[15:40] that's necessary for the direct
[15:42] messaging related to our education
[15:44] campaign because up until this point
[15:45] it's been primarily please be
[15:47] responsible, please be respectful um
[15:50] with this ordinance passage that gives
[15:52] us the actual solid framework to um
[15:54] provide that messaging that's more
[15:56] directed on this is what is acceptable,
[15:58] this is what's not by city code. And
[16:00] then uh further down the line if we do
[16:02] run into continuous problems and it does
[16:04] uh create an enforcement mechanism. Um
[16:06] but again as I've said all along none of
[16:08] us want to write a child a ticket. Um
[16:10] that's not the goal of this. The goal is
[16:12] to uh put those boundaries in place and make sure that everybody's enjoying
[16:17] our outdoor space in a safe manner. So
[16:20] um I'm happy to answer any questions.
[16:21] There have been no changes since the
[16:22] second reading. So and I've had no other
[16:24] feedback since the second reading.
[16:26] >> I [clears throat] only have one
[16:27] question. Chief, is there an easy way to
[16:30] identify whether the emotos are 750
[16:34] watts or above?
[16:36] >> Easy in the eye of the beholder.
[16:39] Um, [clears throat]
[16:40] not not particularly. What I will say is
[16:42] that um another component,
[16:45] [clears throat] excuse me, another
[16:46] component of the definitions for um
[16:48] low-speed electric bicycle, which are
[16:50] legal, okay, the class one, two, and
[16:52] three,
[16:53] >> a component of those is operable pedals.
[16:56] And so, um, if our team or if a parent
[16:59] were to look at something and say, "Is
[17:01] this a low-speed electric bicycle or is
[17:03] this an emoto?" Um, one of the telltale
[17:06] signs will be, "Is there operable
[17:07] pedals?" And if the answer to that
[17:09] question is no, then it's an emoto and
[17:11] it shouldn't be out and about. Um, so
[17:13] that's a a quick and easy way kind of to delineate that for the public. Um
[17:18] Heather has done a great job putting
[17:19] together some uh quick fact sheets and a
[17:21] card that we can hand out that shows
[17:23] what is and what isn't based on uh the
[17:26] different characteristics. Um we've been
[17:28] working on some website edits where
[17:30] people will be able to go in and click
[17:31] on uh my device is this wattage and it
[17:35] has operable pedals and it's this and so
[17:38] all of that's coming together and then
[17:40] the next piece of that will be our
[17:41] education component. Once this passes,
[17:44] um I should say if you pass it tonight,
[17:46] um then one of the things that we're
[17:48] planning is is standing up a couple of
[17:50] officers along the trail in different
[17:51] places on a couple different maybe a
[17:53] Friday night, Saturday midday, Sunday
[17:56] um at different times um to help with
[17:58] that education component and then uh
[18:01] looking at what else we can do to get
[18:03] the word out. But um it is complex. It's
[18:07] not easy,
[18:07] >> right?
[18:09] >> I have a question just for to kind of go
[18:11] along with that. So, if it's under 750
[18:14] and it does not have pedals, then it
[18:16] can't.
[18:17] >> If it's under 750 by our our code, um it
[18:21] depends what it is.
[18:22] >> Yeah.
[18:23] >> Okay. By our code, um for instance, the
[18:25] electric scooter is under 750 does not
[18:28] have pedals and they can operate that.
[18:30] >> Um but it it would depend on the exact
[18:32] characteristics that that fit within
[18:34] that. But typically what um what our
[18:38] community should rely on as a kind of a
[18:40] guideline is 750 and above and then
[18:42] operable pedals.
[18:43] >> And [clears throat] I think it's also
[18:44] important to note that while we can pass
[18:48] this tonight, well, it's possible to do
[18:51] that. It's also possible that the state
[18:53] may um introduce some sort of
[18:57] legislation along the way next year that
[19:00] could change things
[19:01] >> absolutely
[19:01] >> one way or another. And so people just
[19:03] need to be aware that for now this is
[19:06] what we have.
[19:08] >> That is uh yes. So I appreciate that
[19:11] point. Um it is possible the state will
[19:13] take this up in the 2027 legislative
[19:16] session. Uh at this point though our
[19:18] officers need a way to enforce this and
[19:20] so I'm very grateful for your work and
[19:22] continuing to push forward on this and
[19:24] um and appreciate that. I think the
[19:27] educational component will be incredibly
[19:30] important and I appreciate all of our
[19:32] staff's work on that effort because it's huge and it's very needed. Um so
[19:38] any other questions?
[19:40] >> No, I was just going to just a brief
[19:42] comment. I know I talk on this every
[19:43] time. Um just a brief comment. as long
[19:45] as this process has been um especially
[19:47] for you um over the last year plus um I thank you greatly for starting it when
[19:54] you did um because there are um
[19:56] certainly our counterparts in the metro
[19:57] that are just getting started um or just
[20:00] figuring out that they have a problem um
[20:02] and so to be ahead of it is what is
[20:05] going to save people from getting hurt
[20:07] and so I appreciate you doing that um
[20:10] and and taking the initiative. I know it
[20:12] was it was a begrudging process at some
[20:15] point [laughter] but um but it was
[20:18] necessary and we had to work through
[20:19] some of the things we had to work
[20:20] through to get where we are and there
[20:22] may be additional things we have to work
[20:24] through in a year from now. Um but I
[20:26] mean this is to have that initiative I
[20:29] think is is huge. Um and I think a lot
[20:31] of people are going to use that as an
[20:32] example too. Um so here we go.
[20:36] >> Perfect.
[20:38] >> See council member Anderson has her hand
[20:40] raised. Okay, Caleb.
[20:42] >> Uh, yes, Chief. I just had uh some quick
[20:44] clarification. If if we were to pass
[20:46] this this evening, when exactly does
[20:49] this take effect?
[20:51] >> So, it has to be published um upon
[20:53] approval of the council, which Becky, I
[20:55] think that's typically a weekish.
[20:57] >> It'll be next Thursday, but it'll be
[20:59] published in the Dallas County News or a
[21:00] summary of it will be published in the
[21:02] Dallas County News.
[21:03] >> So, that that has to happen um before
[21:06] any enforcement mechanisms can take
[21:08] place. However, that does not stop us
[21:10] from going forward with the education
[21:11] piece of that. And I know Heather's been
[21:14] working uh with her team on uh a news
[21:17] release and getting the website updated
[21:19] and all of that. And that stuff can
[21:20] happen ahead of that publication, but
[21:22] the publication's the official um notice
[21:25] that it's been passed. And then like for
[21:28] an example, if if one of your team were
[21:31] to give like a warning to um somebody
[21:36] writing something that is no longer
[21:38] appropriate,
[21:39] do we have kind of that like a plan of how that's handled in the beginning
[21:44] while this education is getting out to
[21:46] notify like let's say a parent for
[21:48] example or how do you handle that if you
[21:50] just run across a minor along a trail or
[21:53] a sidewalk?
[21:55] >> Yeah. So, it it really falls in line
[21:56] with anything else that our team does
[21:58] involving juveniles and depending on a
[22:02] multitude of factors, but you know, if the juveniles receptive and they're
[22:06] close to home and we say, "Hey, take the
[22:07] thing home. You can't be riding on it."
[22:09] Um, then that may be the end of it. Um,
[22:11] if it's a continuous thing with the same
[22:13] kid over and over, then we'll
[22:15] [clears throat] reach out to parents. If
[22:17] the juvenile is not receptive, we'll
[22:18] reach out to parents. If it's a safety
[22:20] issue, then we can reach out to parents.
[22:22] Um, but it it truly revolves around uh
[22:24] the officer's discretion at the time
[22:26] based on what they think is most
[22:27] appropriate. And um we you all heard me
[22:31] say it before, but we have an amazing
[22:33] team. Um they use common sense and
[22:36] discretion every single day in
[22:37] everything they do. And um rarely are
[22:40] they out of line or out of step with
[22:42] what what I expect of them. And so I'm
[22:45] sure that they'll handle it uh
[22:46] appropriately. But it it is up to the
[22:48] officer's discretion based on the facts
[22:50] at the time.
[22:51] >> Okay. Thank you.
[22:55] >> We know that there are certain areas of
[22:57] town where we have more
[22:59] >> um more action than other areas of town.
[23:03] Will we be posting anything like a a
[23:07] laminated poster that that describes
[23:10] what is not really very easy to post
[23:14] those things. We can put signs at, for
[23:16] example, parks and on trails, uh, but on
[23:18] a street corner, they're not going to
[23:20] see it. And it's not really um but I
[23:23] think you've spoken uh about you know
[23:27] being able to not just have the
[23:29] educational component but having
[23:30] officers uh through that educational
[23:33] period uh posting at some of these areas
[23:36] where we have more issues and uh
[23:38] speaking directly with kids who are for
[23:41] lack of a better term violating
[23:43] and and moving forward from there. Any
[23:45] additional comments you'd like to make
[23:46] on that?
[23:47] >> No, I I would echo that. That would be
[23:49] part of our focus on our the educational
[23:51] piece where we put people out along the
[23:52] trails. Maybe we put them out in an area
[23:54] where there's a lot of activity and
[23:56] explain to the children why this
[23:59] decision was made and and what needs to
[24:01] happen next. Um, you know, our team's
[24:03] pretty good about explaining the why
[24:04] behind what we're doing rather than just
[24:06] saying you can't be here. Um, and I I
[24:09] fully expect that to be part of that
[24:10] education campaign. And then of course
[24:13] as we go back to school, um we worked
[24:15] with the school district last last year
[24:17] on this this uh topic. We made a video
[24:19] with the school district on this topic.
[24:21] uh they're willing to send out
[24:22] information um for us and I have no
[24:25] doubt that relationship will continue
[24:26] and we'll continue to work with them on
[24:28] um on making everybody safe and
[24:31] ultimately to to uh counselor Pierce's
[24:35] point, you know, we don't want to see
[24:37] somebody seriously injured or killed on
[24:38] one of these and we want to get some
[24:40] guard rails in place before that happens
[24:43] and we need parents to help us do that.
[24:45] Um but this this provides that
[24:46] framework.
[24:48] >> Thank you. Thank you. All right, please
[24:51] vote. [clears throat]
[24:52] >> Council member Lion,
[24:53] >> yes.
[24:54] >> Council member Pierce,
[24:55] >> yes.
[24:56] >> Council member Cone,
[24:57] >> yes.
[24:58] >> Council member Grove,
[24:59] >> yes.
[24:59] >> Council member Anderson,
[25:02] >> yes.
[25:04] >> Item I six, consideration of approval of
[25:06] an ordinance for the Division of
[25:07] Revenues under section 403.19, Code of
[25:10] Iowa, for the Walke Consolidated Urban
[25:12] Renewal Area 2026 ordinance parcels.
[25:15] This is also a third and final reading.
[25:17] I move to approve the third reading of
[25:19] the ordinance and title only and place
[25:21] it on final passage.
[25:22] >> Second, Nick.
[25:25] >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. This is a
[25:29] change to our existing urban renewal
[25:31] tiff ordinance uh for the consolidated
[25:34] area. It covers 2026 additions as well
[25:37] as uh projects that we know are coming
[25:39] in the near term. Those [clears throat]
[25:41] projects are highlighted in yellow. And
[25:44] this is the there's been no changes uh
[25:46] since the previous two readings, but
[25:48] happy to answer any questions.
[25:50] >> Thank you. Any questions?
[25:54] >> Right. Please vote.
[25:56] >> Council member Grove,
[25:57] >> yes.
[25:58] >> Council member Cone,
[25:59] >> yes.
[25:59] >> Council member Lion,
[26:00] >> yes.
[26:01] >> Council member Pierce,
[26:02] >> yes.
[26:02] >> Council member Anderson,
[26:04] >> yes.
[26:06] Item I7, the crossing at Alys's Road,
[26:09] Plat 6, Hive View Walke Expansion at 105
[26:13] East Hickman Road. Item I 7A,
[26:16] consideration of approval of a
[26:17] resolution approving final plat. Can I
[26:18] get a motion? Move to approve. Second,
[26:21] >> Melissa.
[26:22] >> Good evening, mayor and council. And I'm
[26:23] going to go ahead and present on both
[26:24] the final plat and site plan at the same
[26:26] time. Um, the owner and applicant is Hi,
[26:29] Inc. Uh, the property is located west of
[26:31] Northeast Alysses Road and north of
[26:32] Hickman Road. It contains 12.84 84 acres
[26:35] in area. It is zoned C-1B, large scale
[26:39] commercial district. The existing
[26:41] grocery store building was constructed
[26:42] in 2013 and then in 2019 they added the
[26:46] Isisles online structure um within that
[26:48] parking lot just north of uh northeast
[26:51] uh Venture Drive, the private street. Um
[26:55] a previous site plan was approved for
[26:57] the expansion of HY, but nothing has
[26:59] been built since that was approved. The
[27:01] current project includes an addition to
[27:03] the existing grocery store building to
[27:05] the next
[27:07] um
[27:08] slide there so you can kind of see what
[27:10] they're doing on there. Uh so the
[27:12] addition um will include an aisles
[27:15] online and pharmacy pickup uh just to
[27:18] the west of the building and then also
[27:20] additional loading docks at the
[27:21] northwest corner of the building. The
[27:24] proposed addition is just under 5,000
[27:25] square feet in area and then the
[27:28] existing aisles online structure will be
[27:30] removed from the site and that area will
[27:33] be returned to standard parking stalls.
[27:35] The new loading dock area will include
[27:37] separate driveway access for trucks
[27:39] along the west side of the site. Um they
[27:41] will also add landscaping um just to
[27:44] provide screening along both the west
[27:46] and the north sides of the site there.
[27:50] Um the final plat includes combining
[27:52] there's an unplatted parcel that part of
[27:55] that parking lot exists on right now. Uh
[27:58] you kind of see the line on there. So
[27:59] it'll just um plat that whole um lot
[28:03] that exists where the H high store is on
[28:05] today and then the unplatted parcel into
[28:07] one large lot and that again that's
[28:09] 12.84 acres. Uh no changes are proposed
[28:13] to the exist existing access points into
[28:15] the site. Those will all remain. Uh the
[28:18] proposed site plan will add a total of
[28:19] 24 parking spaces.
[28:22] Parking requirements are being met.
[28:24] Landscaping requirements are also being
[28:25] met, including those landscape buffers
[28:27] that I talked about. Um the building
[28:30] elevations,
[28:32] um they're proposed to match what is
[28:33] existing. Uh they're to be constructed
[28:36] mostly of brick, pre-cast concrete
[28:39] panels, ephus, and glazing. Uh staff
[28:42] recommends approval of both the final
[28:43] plat and site plan, and I'd be happy to
[28:45] answer any questions.
[28:47] Thank you.
[28:49] Are there questions?
[28:53] Um my only question is uh can you speak
[28:56] a little bit more about traffic flow and
[28:59] vetting of that process given that there
[29:01] have been issues with that in the past
[29:03] on this site?
[29:04] >> Yes. So the traffic as far as are you
[29:07] talking mostly for the trucks or just in
[29:09] general?
[29:10] >> Um both.
[29:11] >> Okay. So the trucks um will access the
[29:15] um
[29:16] so let me go here. So this this area at
[29:19] the northeast corner or sorry the
[29:20] northwest corner that's the additional
[29:22] loading docks. They have some existing
[29:24] ones right here. Um so that'll still
[29:28] remain over there on the northeast
[29:29] corner. This will be only for truck
[29:32] traffic right here. And of course
[29:34] emergency vehicles if they need to
[29:36] access it are able to access it as well.
[29:38] Um they can go in off of the access off
[29:42] of Alice's Road through here or I
[29:45] believe um potentially off of this um
[29:49] >> drive there's aisles that there
[29:56] » and then the parking lot that is um so
[30:00] that existing aisles online building is
[30:02] right here approximately.
[30:04] >> They're just returning those all to ex
[30:06] to drive. So, you'll be able to drive
[30:08] all the way through those drive aisles
[30:10] and then just turning returning them to
[30:13] normal parking stalls
[30:16] >> and they'll likely have the truck area
[30:19] marked truck entrance or something.
[30:20] >> Yes, it is only for truck access only.
[30:22] There's not Yeah. And then the the
[30:25] access. So right now like the front of
[30:27] the building has that um drive aisle for
[30:30] like the um pharmacy that is going away
[30:34] and they're putting like parking there's
[30:36] some parking spaces and whatnot. So only
[30:38] these um to the west of the building
[30:41] will be the drive aisles for both the
[30:43] pharmacy and for the the aisles online
[30:45] pickup.
[30:48] >> Same access for both. There's different
[30:52] lanes, but so there's two going into it
[30:55] and one will be the the aisles online
[30:57] and one will be the pharmacy. Okay. And
[30:59] then once you pull through there's it'll
[31:00] be marked which one you're supposed to
[31:02] be in for each. And there's I believe
[31:04] >> and they exit [laughter] the same way.
[31:06] >> And then they exit out the same way on
[31:07] the south side.
[31:12] » Okay. Other questions?
[31:16] » Thank you. That'll be nice for those
[31:19] employees that have to do that in the
[31:21] bad weather.
[31:23] All right, please vote.
[31:25] >> Council member Cone,
[31:26] >> yes.
[31:26] >> Council member Pierce,
[31:28] >> yes.
[31:28] >> Council member Lion,
[31:29] >> yes.
[31:30] >> Council member Grove,
[31:31] >> yes.
[31:32] >> Council member Anderson,
[31:33] >> yes.
[31:35] >> Item I 7B, consideration of approval of
[31:38] a resolution approving site plan. Can I
[31:39] get a motion? Move to approve.
[31:41] >> Second.
[31:43] Melissa,
[31:44] >> anything further?
[31:44] >> I have nothing further to add. Thank
[31:46] you.
[31:47] Any other questions?
[31:49] >> Please vote. Council member Pierce,
[31:51] >> yes. Council member Grove,
[31:53] >> yes.
[31:53] >> Council member Cone,
[31:54] >> yes.
[31:55] >> Council member Lion,
[31:56] >> yes.
[31:56] >> Council member Anderson,
[31:58] >> yes.
[32:00] >> Agenda item J is reports. Nick,
[32:03] >> no report.
[32:06] >> Report.
[32:07] >> Uh, no report. Another hot but very
[32:10] successful arts festival last weekend.
[32:12] That was fun. Um, otherwise, no. Rob,
[32:15] >> no report.
[32:19] >> I welcome the cooler weather.
[32:22] [clears throat]
[32:22] >> I was just gonna say that the uh I was
[32:24] excited to see a good turnout at the
[32:26] arts festival as well.
[32:28] >> Perfect. With that, I will take a motion
[32:30] to adjurnn. So move.
[32:32] >> Second.
[32:33] >> All those in favor? I
[32:34] >> I
[32:36] >> have a good week everybody.