Apr 21, 2025 City Council

[A.  Chris LaFerla - Community Action Initiative Update]

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A STUDY SESSION AGENDA CHRIS LAFERLA -COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVE UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES.

OH, SORRY JOE IS HERE. HI, JOE. OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU.

ARE YOU GOING TO COME? HE LOOKED LIKE HE LEFT.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME JUST A FEW MINUTES TO COME BACK.

I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY TO PRESENT ON THE CHAMBER'S 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I WANTED TO JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES TO REPORT BACK ON ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THIS YEAR.

JUST AS A REMINDER OUR MISSION AT THE CHAMBER IS TO STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS THAT ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CONSISTS OF THREE GOALS TO GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY, GROW THE POPULATION, AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

GOALS THAT I THINK WE SHARE AT THE CHAMBER WITH THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE AGREE ON THAT AND LOOK AT THIS RELATIONSHIP AS A PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING COUNCIL BLUFFS ATTRACTIVE.

FOR THE CHAMBER, GROWING THE LOCAL ECONOMY MEANS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING STRATEGIES AND IMPROVING UPON EXISTING PROGRAMING THAT ATTRACTS NEW INVESTMENT, SUPPORTS OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES, CREATES A VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND GENERATES JOBS THAT INCREASE LOCAL REVENUES AND IMPROVES OUR ABILITY TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES AND AMENITIES. AND I SHOULD SAY WE SHARE THESE STRATEGIC GOALS WHEREVER WE CAN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE ADVANCED SOUTHWEST IOWA CORPORATION, THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, THE COUNTY, AND IOS FOUNDATION. GROWING THE POPULATION FOR US MEANS EXPLORING STRATEGIES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE FAMILIES IN. AND GROWING THE POPULATION HELPS SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS WORKFORCE, HOUSING MARKET AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND THEN WITH ENHANCEMENT OF OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM BUILDING SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, GOOD SCHOOLS TO RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING OPTIONS AND CULTURAL AMENITIES, IT'S ABOUT CREATING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED AND SUPPORTED AND PROUD TO LIVE.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE PURSUING OUR 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CALLING COMMUNITY IMPACT INITIATIVES, AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT WITH THOSE WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, CREATE JOBS AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THIS YEAR, OUR BOARD APPROVED EXPLORING A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT DODGE RIVERSIDE AS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK INTO, INFORM OUR MEMBERS AND HELP SUPPORT SHOULD THE CITY CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

SO MY GOAL WITH THIS FIRST COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVE REALLY IS JUST TO GO OUT, MEET WITH OUR MEMBERS INFORM THEM, GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY STAND. AND MY REPORT HERE TODAY IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE DID AND WHAT WE HEARD.

SO WE HOSTED TWO INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS ON MARCH 5TH AND MARCH 11TH, OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS, WHERE I INVITED THE MAYOR AND BRANDON GARRETT TO ATTEND AND PRESENT A QUICK REPORT TO OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS ON WHAT A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT DODGE RIVERSIDE COULD LOOK LIKE.

WHY WE BELIEVE THAT COULD BE IMPACTFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.

WE HAD ABOUT 50 ATTENDEES AT THOSE MEETINGS. ALSO DID SORT OF INFORMAL PRESENTATION AT OTHER EVENTS, LIKE A CHAMBER MIXER. WE PRESENTED TO THE CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MARCH 27TH.

WE WERE ALSO INVITED TO COME AND PRESENT AT SOME OTHER PARTNER GROUPS, INCLUDING THE HSAC HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING, COUNCIL BLUFFS BUSINESS CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS A LOCAL BUSINESS NETWORKING GROUP, THE EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS A CHAMBER PROGRAM OF C-SUITE WOMEN EXECUTIVES APPROXIMATELY 40 MEMBERS IN THAT GROUP.

I COULD BE OFF ON THAT. AND THEN PRESENTED TO THE NOON ROTARY CLUB.

SO JUST SOME QUICK RESULTS I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF OR SO OF WE'VE PRESENTED OR SPOKEN TO WELL OVER 200 PEOPLE.

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DRIVING UP RENTS, INCREASING HOMELESSNESS, LACK OF AFFORDABLE OPTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY WAS A TOP CONCERN FOR BOTH EMPLOYERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM, PARTICULARLY OUR HOSPITAL CEOS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, IS WE HAVE TEACHERS, NURSES, OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO LIVE IN OMAHA WORK IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, AND THEY HAVE NO OPTION FOR PLACES TO LIVE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.

AND WHEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES COME UP FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS, THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL BLUFFS WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYMENT OPTION BECOMES AVAILABLE IN OMAHA, CLOSER TO THEIR HOME, THEY'RE VERY LIKELY TO TAKE THAT JOB.

AND WE SEE A LOT OF TURNOVER SPECIFICALLY FROM THOSE HOSPITAL CEOS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD WAS WE'RE IN OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN, COUNCIL BLUFFS, AND WE NEED TO DO MORE TO GROW THE POPULATION.

PARTICULARLY AROUND HOUSING, SO THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT EXPANDING THE THE TAX BASE.

A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND CREATING LIFESTYLES THAT ARE APPEALING TO THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

THERE WAS SOME DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS THAT WE HOSTED, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT MAKE UP OUR OVERALL POPULATION IN COUNCIL BLUFFS COMPARED TO DODGE AND DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY.

AND THAT, I THINK, WAS AN EYE OPENER FOR MANY OF OUR EMPLOYERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY KIND OF HAVE A SORT OF GENERAL IDEA THAT OUR POPULATION IS IS AGING.

BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT OUR ABILITY IN COUNCIL BLUFFS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN YOUNG TALENT, AND A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT DODGE RIVERSIDE INCLUDED MANY OF THE LIFESTYLE AMENITIES THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE THESE DAYS. JUST SOME BROADER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, SCHOOL SUPPORT, GROWING THE TAX BASE IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS A HIGHER LEVY THAN THE LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES.

PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF LEWIS CENTRAL'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE THAT THEY HAVE IN THAT ATTENDANCE AREA COMPARED TO COUNCIL BLUFFS.

BUT ALSO COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO GROW IN TERMS OF POPULATION BASE SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP. AND ALSO JUST THE OVERALL HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY AFTER KIND OF DIGGING INTO THE DATA.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION REVOLVED AROUND WHETHER OR NOT A GOLF COURSE IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY, KNOWING THAT THE OMAHA METRO IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND WE HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR HOUSING.

ALSO, JUST KIND OF A SIDE NOTE THROUGHOUT THIS LAST MONTH, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY 4 OR 5 DEVELOPERS WHO JUST SAID, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS, WE WOULD LOVE TO SUBMIT AN RFP, WE'RE INTERESTED.

SO THERE IS CONCERN SUPPORT OR INTEREST AMONG DEVELOPERS.

I SPOKE WITH A FEW PEOPLE, AND WHEN I SAY A FEW, I WOULD SAY 4 OR 5 PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE THAT I'M SURE ARE NOT SURPRISING TO ALL OF YOU.

MOST OF THAT REALLY REVOLVES AROUND THE LOSS OF GREEN SPACE AND OR THE LOSS OF A GOLF COURSE.

GENERAL SKEPTICISM THAT A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS COULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, OR THAT A PERCEPTION THAT WE MIGHT BE TRYING TO BE MORE LIKE OMAHA THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.

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WE DO NEED TO GROW. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE HERE.

OUR BUSINESSES ARE TELLING ME THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, IN A BIG WAY, ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE THREE STRATEGIC GOALS OF GROWING THE POPULATION AND GROWING THE ECONOMY AND ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO THAT IS JUST A QUICK SORT OF SUMMARY OF WHAT I HEARD OUT THERE.

WE DID HAVE CHAMBER MEMBERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS, SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT I SUBMITTED.

EARLIER TODAY WE HAD OVER 100 CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT SIGNED ON TO THAT LETTER.

AND I LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE SUBMITTED THAT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF OUR MISSION AGAIN.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHARE THIS MISSION AND OUR GOALS WITH THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

AND I KNOW ON A ON A PERSONAL SIDE OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE.

THAT IS NOT LOST ON ME OR ANY OF THE CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO.

I HAVE EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND UNDERSTAND AND, AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE.

WHAT I TENDED TO NOTICE THAT TYPICALLY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE EITHER NEUTRAL OR SUPPORTIVE, BUT THEY ARE FAR LESS MOTIVATED TO GO OUT AND TELL YOU THEIR OPINION OR ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS WITH OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS WAS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE AND HAVE A VOICE FOR YOU.

BUT ALSO TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL.

WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THIS PROJECT AND OTHERS, IF THERE'S AN INITIATIVE THAT IS GOING TO GROW THE ECONOMY, GROW THE POPULATION, OR ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, THE CHAMBER AND OUR MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.

SO THAT IS ALL THAT I HAD TO PRESENT ON TODAY.

HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS.

THANKS FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU.

A REVIEW AGENDA. ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?

[B.  Review Agenda]

I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT POP UP, BUT WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 2 OR 3 SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THE SOBER LIVING, DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONPROFIT SHELTERS.

WHAT, JUST SO I CAN THINK ABOUT IT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, KIND OF WHAT'S OUR STANCE MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S HIT OR MISS IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKES IT.

I KNOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND DIFFERENT CHANGES, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE THIS IS MORE OF A THIS IS A ZONING THING.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. WHERE'S THE ONE WE APPROVED? THAT ONE'S OFF OF HARRISON. HARRISON. YEAH. SO FOR US WE WE CAN'T LOOK AT IT BY THE USE ITSELF.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IT HOW IT RELATES TO THE ZONING CODE AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING DENIAL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR STANCE. WE'RE FALLING BACK ON OUR CODE EVERY TIME. IT'S GOING TO REALLY LOOK AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA AND IF IT NEEDS TO COMPLY IN CERTAIN WAYS. THIS ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, IS SHORT 20FT² ON THE LOT SIZE TO MEET OUR, OTHER WAYS THEY COULD HAVE DONE THIS BY RIGHT.

NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT IT IN CASE SOMEBODY REACHES OUT. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CASE BY CASE WHAT KIND OF NONPROFIT IT IS WE'RE STICKING TO CODE.

OKAY. BECAUSE THESE DO COME UP FAIRLY REGULARLY.

MORE SO NOW THAN THAN I THINK HISTORICALLY WITH THE CLOSING OF THE GLENWOOD RESOURCE CENTER AND IN THE FACT THAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN MONEY TO A NEW JERSEY ENTITY TO BUY HOMES, AND DO WE HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO TELL THEM NO.

WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE USE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE ANSWER IS YES.

SO WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IS MORE OF A BOARDING HOUSE, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE ABLE TO FALL UNDER THE MULTIFAMILY.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLD OR UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT'S PROTECTED, THEN THE ANSWER IS NO WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A FAIR HOUSING ISSUE. SO SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING IN A FACILITY BASED ON THEIR DISABILITY THINK VOTEC, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHERE THE I MEAN, IT'S A KIND OF A LINE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR THERE'S NO PROTECTED CLASS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

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THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? TRASH RACK. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH STUFF WASHES DOWN INTO THE SEWER AND ENDS UP IN THIS TRASH RACK.

IT JUST RAKES UP AND COLLECTS THE STUFF THAT GETS INTO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? COURTNEY, CAN YOU GO OVER THE I GUESS IT IS FOR YOU LATER ON ON THE HOW WE COME UP WITH THE TIF STUFF FOR POWER DRIVE.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT'S 15 YEARS, 75% CAPPED AT $9 MILLION.

CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, AND I DON'T HAVE THE BEST WAY OF EXPLAINING IT, HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE CAP, HOW IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE ROAD, ALL KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT'S I THINK IT'S I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF UNITS 180 SOME OR 220 I CAN'T.

THERE'S A BUNCH BUT. THIS ONE'S 240 I BELIEVE.

YEAH 240. BUT JUST HOW WE SET THAT TIF AGREEMENT AT 15 AND WHAT IT NEEDS, RIGHT.

YEAH. SO THIS PARTICULAR ONE THEY'RE DOING 100% AFFORDABLE.

SO IN NORMALLY IN A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TYPE PROJECT IF IT'S GREENFIELD SO GREENFIELD IT'S BEEN FARMED IN THE LAST IT'S ASSESSED AS FARMLAND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT ONE HAS BEEN FARMED. TECHNICALLY IN MOST MODELS WE CAN ONLY HAVE THAT TEN YEAR CLOCK THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING 100% AFFORDABLE THEY ACTUALLY CAN GET A 20 YEAR CLOCK.

SO THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TAX STRUCTURE.

SO TYPICALLY YOU THINK RESIDENTIAL YOU GET THE ROLLBACK OF THE 46% OR WHATEVER IT IS AT THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASSESSED AS COMMERCIAL SO YOU ONLY HAVE THE 10% ROLLBACK.

JUST THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS ONE COMPARED TO OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE. SO WE LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A $30 MILLION VALUATION.

WE DON'T PUT A MINIMUM ASSESSMENT ON THESE BECAUSE THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO CERTIFY THEIR RENT ROLL AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR TAXES ARE BASED OFF OF. SO A MINIMUM ASSESSMENT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD.

SO THE INCENTIVE IS FOR THEM IS TO SAY WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A $30 MILLION AVERAGE VALUATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO ISH AT THE COUNTY.

JUST NOT THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE THAT THEY CAN'T CONTEST BELOW. THEN WE LOOK AT THAT FOR THE 20 YEAR CLOCK.

SO FOR EXAMPLE ON THIS ONE WE COMPARED IT TO THE ONE WE DID AT THE ANNEX GROUP, WHICH IS ON SOUTH 19TH STREET, WHICH WE PROVIDED A SIMILAR INCENTIVE FOR $10 MILLION.

THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER PROJECT. SO THEY WERE EXPECTING AROUND $20 MILLION.

SO WE DID 15 YEARS, 100% TO GET TO ABOUT THE $10 MILLION.

AND THIS ONE, WE THEY WE MADE THE DECISION THAT POWER DRIVE WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AND IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE ROAD.

SO WE SAID IF WE GO BACK TO $9 MILLION, ABOUT $1 MILLION OF WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR WOULD HAVE BEEN POWER DRIVE.

SO THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO GET TO THAT $10 MILLION, TO MAKE IT COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED THE OTHER COMPANY.

GOTCHA. IT'S TIF IS VERY HARD TO VALUE. IN A PERFECT WORLD IT'S JUST THE FINANCING GAP. IT LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A $30 MILLION APARTMENT COMPLEX. YOU GET THE BID, IT'S $30 MILLION. BUT THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS $32, THE $2 MILLION DIFFERENCE IS THE FINANCING GAP.

AND SO IN A PERFECT WORLD THE TIF WOULD BE $2 MILLION AND AND WE'D GO FORWARD.

THE PROBLEM WHY IT'S SO DIFFICULT AND AT ONE POINT, THE 712 ORGANIZATION BROUGHT THIS GUY WHO WAS FROM WHEREVER ESPN IS FROM CONNECTICUT BEGINS WITH A B, YOU KNOW? ANYHOW, HE SAID, I'M THE INVENTOR OF TIF. I SAID, PERFECT.

I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU I SAID IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IF YOU BUILD THE SAME BUILDING IN COUNCIL BLUFFS IN OMAHA, YOU WOULD PAY AT THIS TIME AT THAT TIME, 217% HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES.

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AND SO IT'S NOT AS EASY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TO TIF.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE KIND OF COME DOWN TO IS A PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST IN MOST CASES, WE WON'T EXCEED A CERTAIN PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST.

WE TRY TO STAY AROUND 15%, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THESE HOUSING PROJECTS, WE'RE NOT WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT.

I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE FACTOR OF HOW MUCH WE NEED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.

SO I IT IS IDEALLY WE'RE AROUND THAT 15% AND WE'RE MORE THAN THAT BY FAR IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.

BUT I THINK THAT WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS WHEN WE DO THAT EXTENSION POWER DRIVE, THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT A LOT MORE THAN JUST THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOING TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION IN GENERAL, RIGHT BY SAM'S CLUB.

AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING ON 100% AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THAT AREA.

CLOSE TO GROCERY STORES, CLOSE TO SHOPPING, CLOSE TO ALL THE THINGS PUBLIC TRANSIT.

IN THIS CASE, WE'RE NOT DOING IT. IT'S WE'RE DOING 75%.

RIGHT. CORRECT. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO END AT COMPLETION DAY ONE, STILL BE RECOUPING MORE THAN WE WOULD HAVE HAD IT SET AS IT IS NOW.

CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE 70 THE 25%, WE WILL USE THAT TO HELP PAY BACK OUR TIF OBLIGATION OR OUR OBLIGATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TO.

THAT'S WHERE THE MILLION BUCKS COMES FROM. YEAH. YEAH.

OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

DO WE WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT? OH, WHERE IS IT AT? THE 38. YEAH, THAT'S ON THE RESOLUTIONS. YEAH.

OH YOU'RE RIGHT SORRY WE'RE ONLY ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YEAH.

THERE'S ONLY TWO ORDINANCES AND AND SO ANYTHING ON THE ORDINANCES OR THE RESOLUTIONS.

OKAY, 70. SO NOW I'M READY. JUST THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST.

THAT'S JUST COMPLYING WITH STATE CODE, RIGHT.

WE'RE JUST SAYING YOU CAN'T HAVE OPEN ALCOHOL.

YES. WE'RE JUST MAKING IT CONSISTENT THAT IT MATCHES.

RIGHT? BOTH SIDES? YEAH, BOTH SIDES OF IT. YOU STILL CAN'T BE.

IN THE PAST THE TIME, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING OPEN WHATEVER IT'S GOT TO BE BEHIND THE LAST UPRIGHT SEAT RIGHT. SO IF YOU THROW SOMETHING IN THE BACK AND YOU'RE TRANSPORTING, YOU'RE OKAY.

BUT IF ANYONE'S IF IT'S ACCESSIBLE, THEN THEY BOTH GET TICKETS, RIGHT? INTUITIVE. AND YOU CAN WAVE THIRD ON THE 6 A IF YOU CHOOSE, 6 A.

ON THE CHANGE ORDER THE $38,000. YES, VINCENT.

HOW IS THIS OUR RESPONSIBILITY? I MEAN. IT WASN'T PART OF THE THREE.

I MEAN, IT LITERALLY SAYS TESTING OF THE PUMP AND A PUMP THAT WASN'T PART OF THE $373,000? IT WAS THE THE DRAWINGS THAT WE HAD THAT WE PROVIDED THE ENGINEER.

IT SHOWED THAT A GRAVITY SYSTEM DRAINAGE WAS IN PLACE.

SO THEY TOOK OUT THE SUCTION PUMP, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE CONTROL PANEL.

WHEN WE FIRED UP THE SYSTEM, THE WHERE THE WATER WAS COLLECTING WAS NOT DRAINING EFFECTIVELY.

SO WE HAD TO GET A CAMERA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PERCENT SLOPE AND FIGURE OUT, AND THE GRAVITY SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED WRONG.

IT WAS BACK SLOPED TOWARDS THE DRAIN AND GRAVITY SLOPE JUST THE WRONG WAY.

YEAH. YEAH. IT WORKED, IT JUST WORKED TOWARDS THE DRAIN.

SO IT WAS SET UP THAT IT WOULD HAVE A GRAVITY FLOW FROM THE DRAIN DOWN TO THE PUMP HOUSE AND THEN BE RECIRCULATED FROM THERE.

SO IT WAS AN ERROR IN THE PLANS OR AN ERROR IN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE CONTRACTOR'S FAULT.

BUT WE CONTRACTED THEM TO FIX IT BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WASN'T WORKING.

RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW. CORRECT. BUT WE DIDN'T BUT THE ASPECT THAT NO ONE KNEW WAS THAT THE SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT IN IN 2017 WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.

THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T WORKING. IT WASN'T? NO IT WASN'T.

THAT PART WAS WORKING BECAUSE IT HAD A SUCTION PUMP.

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SO THAT SUCTION PUMP MUST HAVE PUT IN MUST HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AFTER THEY REALIZED.

SOMEONE BUFFALOED US IN 17 IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? WELL, THAT'S FOR SURE.

ADDED A SUCTION PUMP INSTEAD OF FIXING IT. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PLANS AND LOOKED AT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNDERGROUND, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A SUPERFLUOUS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE.

AND WE, THE ENGINEER RECOMMENDED IT JUST BEING REMOVED AS OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEING REMOVED.

IT WAS A FIASCO FROM DAY ONE. I AGREE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID IT.

MY FIRST YEAR AS MAYOR, IT TURNED ON IN WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I MADE LARRY FOSTER TURN IT OFF.

THEY HAD TO BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE STATE OF IOWA.

LARRY CALLED UP TO FIND OUT WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE STATE.

IOWA, AND THEN COMPLETELY IGNORED WHAT THEY TOLD HIM AND NEVER CALLED HIM BACK.

NEVER GOT IT PERMITTED. I BECOME MAYOR, HE WANTS ME TO CALL THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND GET THEM TO PERMIT IT, EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER LOOKED AT IT. AND THE GUY SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT PERMITTING IT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.

LARRY WAS PUTTING IN MURIATIC ACID INTO AND HAVING A CITY EMPLOYEE GO UP ON A LADDER ON TOP OF A BACK OF A PICKUP AGAINST THE WALL. AND YOU CLIMBED UP. YEAH, THE HOSES WERE ALL BLOATED OUT BECAUSE THE ACID WAS EATEN INTO THE HOSES.

I WALKED IN THERE AND IT BURNED MY EYES AND I SAID, SHUT IT OFF.

AND HE SAID, WHAT? AND I SAID, SHUT IT OFF, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED.

AND I'M IN MY 12TH YEAR NOW. THAT WAS LIKE 11 YEARS AGO SO IT'S JUST.

WELL, WHEN YOU HIRED ME, YOU HAD ME MAKE THIS MY PRIORITY SO I'M GLAD AFTER SEVEN YEARS, IT'S IT'S COMPLETED.

THIS HAS TRULY BEEN, LIKE, PEELING BACK AN ONION.

AND THERE'S ONE GOAL OF FEATURE, ISSUES WITH THE PUMP HOUSE ITSELF AND THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WAS IN THERE.

SO THERE WERE SOME PIECES OF EQUIPMENT NOT RATED FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATION.

IT WAS RATED FOR RESIDENTIAL OPERATION BECAUSE IT SAT SO LONG, BUT IT WASN'T PROPERLY VENTILATED.

A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE WIRING UNBEKNOWNST TO US UNTIL WE STARTED FIRING STUFF UP WAS ALL CORRODED.

SO IT. IT HAS BEEN. BUT I AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT, BUT I GUESS WHEN WE CONTRACTED MCELHENNEY AND SAID WE NEED THIS FIXED, WE PAID THEM $373,000 TO FIX IT. AND WHEN I RUN A BUSINESS, IF A PROBLEM OCCURS AND THIS IS WHAT I DID, I JUST EAT THAT COST, RIGHT? HEY, THIS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS I WASN'T IF I GET IN AND I'M LIKE, OH WE HAD AND WHAT WAS BEING SHOWN TO US THAT WAS BUILT UNDERGROUND.

IT WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT INTO THE OPERATION OF IT AND WE REMOVED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

BUT WHY WAS IT DONE WITHOUT APPROVAL THEN? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THE WORK'S ALREADY DONE.

WELL, THIS WAS DONE IN 2017 I CAN'T. I KNOW, BUT THIS CHANGE ORDER WASN'T.

THEY DID THE WORK AND NOW THEY'RE LIKE, OH WELL, WE NEED TO CHARGE YOU AN ADDITIONAL $38,000.

IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL. THEY DID NOT SUBMIT THAT IN A TIMELY WAY.

THEY DID THE WORK WHEN THEY NEEDED TO. THIS THIS IS THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T DO TO TAKE TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE.

THIS IS MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE FOR THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T ISSUE THAT THAT CHANGE ORDER OR THAT THAT MISSED PAYMENT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THEM AND THE ENGINEER WHEN THEY WERE CLOSING OUT THE PAPERWORK ON THEIR SIDE. THEY THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE IN GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE WORK WAS DONE.

WHATEVER HAD TO BE DONE, IT SHOULD HAVE CAME TO US AND BEEN LIKE, HEY, WE WE MISSED THIS, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO DO $38,000 OF ADDITIONAL WORK.

THEY SO THIS HAPPENED OVER PROBABLY THE THIS SUMMER OR I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TIME FRAME.

WE DID DISCUSS THAT. I MEAN, WE THE CITY WAS PART OF THAT THAT THAT PROCESS.

SO WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE GRAVITY SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING AND I GUESS. WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND WE GAVE THEM THE THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND FIX IT.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT'S WHAT THIS SAYS. YOU GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO FIX IT, BUT IT SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING TO US NOW. THAT'S

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IT'S A $38,000 CHANGE ORDER THAT SAYS THE DIRECTOR NEEDS APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO GET DONE. YES.

THAT WOULD HAVE COME TO US IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS IS AFTER THE FACT, AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. YEAH, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

YES. I MEAN, THAT'S SO IT'S $373 PLUS THE $38.

CORRECT. I GUESS AGAIN, WHEN WE AWARDED THEM THE CONTRACT, THEY KNEW WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF I BID A JOB AND I GET INTO IT AND IT'S MORE THAN WHAT IT COSTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST EAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW BUSINESS WORKS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH.

WELL, EXCEPT THEY IDENTIFIED IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT DISGUISED AND IT'S BELOW GROUND AND PIPES THAT, THAT WEREN'T VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. AND THE PLANS SAY THAT.

I THINK THE ISSUE IS BACKFLOWS THAT IT'S LATE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, ROGER IT SHOULD HAVE COME TO YOU SOONER.

THE THE ASPECT OF THEIR BIDDING, THE WORK. AND THEY SHOULD EAT IT IF IF EVERYTHING WAS WAS EQUAL, MAYBE. BUT WHEN THINGS ARE I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS CONSTRUCTION, WHEN THINGS ARE UNDERGROUND OR YOU'RE OR A SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE HIDDEN COSTS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE THE TIMELINESS OF IT COMING TO YOU, IT HAD TO BE COMPLETELY RE-ENGINEERED. AND I MEAN, IT WAS IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

THAT WAS VINCENT'S PREDECESSOR, NOT VINCENT. AND I'LL TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER THE TIMELINESS OF OF, YOU KNOW, THAT CHANGE ORDER WAS LOST TRACK OF BY EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, UNTIL WE ARE CHECKING THE BOXES AT AT THE END OF IT.

SO FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S COMING TO YOU LATE.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A BIT I MEAN, 40 GRAND IS NOTHING TO SHAKE A STICK AT.

WE GOT EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE THAT RIGHT. IT'S JUST A IT'S A BIG NUMBER.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. YEP. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTIONS OR THOSE TWO ORDINANCES? ON THE SCHEDULE OF FEES CHRIS HAD ASKED ME THE RENTAL INSPECTION JUMPED QUITE A BIT.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. WE DID. I JUST THAT'S WHAT GOT US IN A JAM FOR A LONG TIME AGO.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GUESS HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? RIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CHARGING APPROPRIATELY. AND I'M SURE YOU ARE. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT JUST AND JUST COVER THE COST OF WHAT? FOR EVERYBODY'S KNOWLEDGE STATE OF IOWA IS CABIN EVERYTHING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO CAP THE THE INCOME TAX. AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CAP AND FEES.

AND SO I'VE ASKED ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE SURE THEIR FEES COVER THEIR COSTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A 2% CAP.

AND IF WE'RE UNDERCHARGING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER CATCH UP.

SO YEAH, WE JUST THE RENTAL FEE IN PARTICULAR.

WE GOT AN ISSUE YEARS AGO. I THINK YOU WERE HERE AT THAT TIME.

YEAH. YEAH. WE WE TOLD THE LANDLORDS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, EXCUSE ME, THREE YEARS AGO, EXACTLY THAT EVERY THREE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT OUR COSTS WITH RUNNING OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM SO THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING OUR COSTS.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO UP IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND THEY CAN PLAN FOR IT.

SO LAST YEAR, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THAT COST IS AFTER THREE YEARS.

AND WHEN WE DID THE RAISE A FEW YEARS AGO AND SAID, YEP, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR EXPENSES FOR 24-25.

WHAT IS THAT NEW NUMBER LOOK LIKE TO GET US TO THREE YEARS OUT? AND WE PRESENTED THAT TO THEM. THEY UNDERSTAND IT'S COMING AND IT WILL GO LIVE WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE HAD DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES THE $25 LATE FEE.

IS THAT STILL. WAS THAT DISCUSSED AT ALL WHEN YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THIS? JUST. WE AT ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT $500 TO MAKE IT HURT.

RIGHT. LIKE YOU SHOULD REGISTER. BUT THEN THIS WOULD SEEM MORE APPROPRIATE JUST IN GENERAL DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? WE DID NOT. WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THE $25 AND IT'S PER UNIT IS THE THING.

YEAH. IF IT'S A MULTI UNIT RIGHT. SO FOR US THAT AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE GET PEOPLE TO REGISTER ON THEIR OWN AND THEY HAVE THEIR LATE FEE IF THEY MISS REGISTRATION. BUT IF WE FIND A LANDLORD THAT OR SOMEONE WHO OWNS A PROPERTY AND THEY HAVEN'T REGISTERED OUR OLD CODE WOULD ALLOW US TO CHARGE THEM THAT $500 FEE.

BUT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTARILY COMPLY FOR LIKE, HEY, JUST GET REGISTERED, LET'S DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND GET IN THE SYSTEM.

[00:35:03]

OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCES OR THE RESOLUTIONS OR THE PERMITS? I THINK SO. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA? SEE YOU AT 7:00. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[2.  CALL TO ORDER]

AND I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[3.  CONSENT AGENDA]

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[A.  Resolution 25-111]

NOW IT'S TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION 25 -111.

THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE KENMORE AVENUE SANITARY SEWER RECONSTRUCTION.

PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT 25 - 24. IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? YES IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER? IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. NOW IT'S TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION 25 -112 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND

[B.  Resolution 25-112]

IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? YES IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED. ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER? IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING RESOLUTION 25-113,

[C.  Resolution 25-113]

IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? YES IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THIS RESOLUTION? IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MADAM CLERK. ORDINANCE 6646, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 9 "TRAFFIC" OF THE 2020 MUNICIPAL CODE

[A.  Ordinance 6646]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ORDINANCE 6644, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT GENERAL PROPERTY TAX IS LEVIED AND COLLECTED EACH YEAR ON ALL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE KANESVILLE URBAN RENEWAL

[A.  Ordinance 6644]

CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, COUNTY OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER TAXING DISTRICTS BE PAID A SPECIAL FUND FOR PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON MONEY ON LOANS, MONIES, ADVANCED AND INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING BONDS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED, INCURRED BY THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH KANESVILLE URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

AYE. SAME SIGN. MOTION TO WAIVE THIRD. SECOND.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

[A.  Resolution 25-114]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION?

[00:40:05]

AND FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT, THIS IS KIND OF PERTAINED TO A COUPLE THINGS.

FIRST OF WHICH THIS PERTAINS TO SOME SOME FAULTY INFORMATION WE GAVE THE CONTRACTOR, IT SOUNDS LIKE ON ON THE WHOLE AND SOME AGAIN, JUST MISINFORMATION WE HAD. WE INSTRUCTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT IN FACT DID NEED TO BE THERE, SO THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALL THAT BEING SAID, IT IS SOMETHING THAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE COME TO US WHEN OR BEFORE IT HAD BEEN DONE RATHER THAN NOW AFTER.

BUT THINGS BEING AS, AS THEY ARE, IT'S COMING TO US NOW TO TRY AND WRITE THE BOOK, WORK ON IT.

ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AYE. RESOLUTION 25-115 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SITE

[B.  Resolution 25-115]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. RESOLUTION 25-116 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTIES TO THE POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY TREASURER FOR UNREIMBURSED

[C.  Resolution 25-116]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. RESOLUTION 25-117 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

[D.  Resolution 25-117]

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. RESOLUTION 25-118 A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE CURRENT SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR 2025,

[E.  Resolution 25-118]

SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND CANCELLATIONS LIQUOR LICENSES 8A 1 -7 .

[A.  Liquor Licenses]

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MADAM CLERK, ANY OTHER BUSINESS? NONE THAT I HAVE. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

[10.  CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD]

THANK YOU. I'M GABBY DOUGHTY WITH 1003 HIGH STREET.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AGAIN WE'RE NOT A SHELTER.

WE ARE A GROUP HOME. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GOING INTO HEARING NEXT MONTH, I THINK.

YEAH, THEY SAID A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE IN FAVOR OF OR OPPOSED CAN SPEAK AS WELL FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES.

OKAY. SO SAME THING. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

YOU BET. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. WE'RE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.