Mar 23, 2026 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND APOLOGIES FOR RUNNING LATE.

WE HAD A EXEC SESSION THAT WE WERE JUST WRAPPING UP, SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TODAY AND STUDY SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH PRIOR TO REVIEWING THE AGENDA.

THE FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION FOR ED CAIN. AND I BELIEVE FAMILY IS HERE, EVERYBODY'S ALL GOOD, RIGHT? AWESOME. SO CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING AND PROMOTING ITS HISTORIC CHARACTER AS A VITAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY, HERITAGE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY. AND WHEREAS COUNCIL BLUFFS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, HPC IS APPOINTED BOARD THAT WORKS TOWARDS THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS, LANDMARKS AND SITES WITHIN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING AND APPROVING EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS TO LOCALLY DESIGNED HISTORIC BUILDINGS, LANDMARKS AND SITES, AND. WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

COMMISSION FURTHER SERVES THE COMMUNITY BY RECOMMENDING THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, DISTRICTS, OBJECTS AND SITE WORTHY OF, SITE, EXCUSE ME, SITES WORTHY OF LOCAL DESIGNATION, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE CITY'S HISTORIC HERITAGE AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON LAND USAGE, URBAN RENEWAL, URBAN REVITALIZATION AND PLANNING ACTIONS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CONDUCTING STUDIES TO IDENTIFY AND DESIGNATE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND SITES, AUTHORIZING HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS AND UNDERTAKING OTHER PRESERVATION MATTERS AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND WHEREAS ED CAIN FAITHFULLY SERVED THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BLUFFS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FROM APRIL 21ST, 2014 TO JULY 2ND, 2025, PROVIDING A DECADE OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE, ED CAIN PLAYED A ROLE IN PRESERVING AND REVITALIZING HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN COUNCIL BLUFFS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE GOOSEBERRY 221 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND BROWN KELLY BUILDING 215 EXCUSE ME, 219 AND 222 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN THE HAYMARKET HISTORIC DISTRICT, ENSURING THEIR CONTINUED USE AND VITALITY.

AND WHEREAS ED'S PASSION FOR PRESERVING, THROUGH THOUGHTFUL GUIDANCE AND UNWAVERING ADVOCACY HAS STRENGTHENED THE CITY'S HISTORIC DISTRICT, DISTRICTS, ENHANCING THE PUBLIC APPLICATIONS FOR COUNCIL BLUFFS ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, JILL SHUDAK AND THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS HEREBY HONOR AND THANK ED CAIN FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND HIS MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESERVATION AND THE VITALITY REVITALIZATION OF THE CITY'S HISTORIC ASSETS AND EXTEND A SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE AND WITNESS, THEREFORE, I HERE WITH A HAND IN THE CITY OF THE SEAL, JILL SHUDAK, DO PROCLAIM. SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME FORWARD.

NO. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY.

HE REALLY LOVED THIS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.

WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING THE CITY AT THE END OF THE WEEK THAT HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE AND PRESENT PLAQUES TO BOTH OF THEM.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS OUR CHIEF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, GALEN BARRETT.

SO IN SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS FROM MAY 1998 TO MARCH 2026. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU GALEN.

SLIDE THAT. TALL. WHEN ARE YOU TAKING IT? I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

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AND THIS IS FOR FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN JAMES. WITH THE DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE LOYAL SERVICE AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED.

CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, SEPTEMBER 1999 TO MARCH 2026.

THANK YOU, JUSTIN, SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK [APPLAUSE].

THANKS.

THANK YOU. JUSTIN.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. ERIN, WE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS LATER ON.

RIGHT [LAUGHS]. KEEP YOUR PHONE ON, BUDDY [LAUGHS] COUPLE MORE HOURS.

I GET IT, I GET IT. THAT'S FUNNY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL REVIEW THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT?

[4) CONSENT AGENDA]

EVERYBODY HAS A PEN THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL.

AND THEY WILL BE HERE THIS EVENING. PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAVE, THE FIRST ONE IS MANAWA SEWER REHAB, PHASE 14.

WE HIT THE BUTTON. THANK YOU. THIS IS PROBABLY GETTING TO BE ABOUT LIKE A BROKEN RECORD FOR YOU.

WE ARE ON PHASE 14 DOWN IN THE MANAWA AREA ON OUR VACUUM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO WITH THIS PROJECT ALSO CREATE A NEW STORM SEWER OUTLET INTO LAKE MANAWA.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS. WE PUT THE INFORMATION FORWARD AND WE'D LIKE THE PLANS AND SPECS APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN GO TO BED. HOW MANY PHASES WE HAVE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION THIS MORNING [LAUGHS].

SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE PHASES INTO THE FUTURE.

20 PLUS. THAT'S EXCITING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, 14 LOOKS GOOD, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING.

FANTASTIC. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROJECTS TODAY, E.

OKAY, GREAT. WE'LL JUMP TO E THEN. SO THAT IS THE SOUTH.

I'M SORRY. RESOLUTION A OH, SORRY. RESOLUTION A.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A MINUTE. NO, NO, THAT'S A SYNC.

I APOLOGIZE. NO YOU'RE FINE. RESOLUTION G, THE MID-AMERICA PARKING LOT REHAB.

ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE BIDS.

THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT POSTPONE BUT PUT, TABLE.

THANK YOU. TO THE SECOND MONTH OR SECOND MEETING IN APRIL FOR THIS ONE.

OKAY. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. YEAH. WHY? WHAT'S THAT FOR? WHO'S ASKING? YOU'RE ASKING US TO TABLE? CARLEY IS.

MYSELF, AND LEGAL IS ASKING THIS TO BE TABLED.

OKAY, IT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. YEAH. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, CAN YOU TELL US WHY? THE BIDS ARE I CANNOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE BIDS HAVE HAVE 60 DAYS THAT THEY WILL STILL BE GOOD FOR. WHAT WAS. I CAN'T SAY MUCH. YEAH.

I CANNOT SAY MUCH. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION OVER THIS TOPIC.

OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T NOTICE CLOSED SESSION. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SEND YOU THE COUNCIL AND ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE EMAIL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE GOOD REASON, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST. THERE IS A REASON AND WE WILL WE WILL KNOW WHETHER TO MOVE.

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SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHY.

SO TABLE TO THE SECOND MEETING. YEAH, THE 22ND.

YES, PLEASE. THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING THEN SIX B. THIS IS THE RIDDLE RIDDLE SUBDIVISION.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY APRIL 20TH. OKAY. APRIL 20TH, NOT 22ND.

THANK YOU JODI. SO ITEM SIX B, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS SOUTH OF NINTH AVENUE.

THIS REQUEST IS BEING BROUGHT ON BY RYAN ROGERS ON BEHALF OF HAISSAM REALTY.

HE BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE AND IS LOOKING TO GET A NEW USER IN THERE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, HE NEEDS TO BRING HIS PARKING UP TO STANDARD.

IN ORDER TO HELP MEET SOME OF THE SETBACKS THE CITY HAS SOME VACATED OR PREVIOUSLY VACATED RIGHT OF WAY SOUTH OF THAT BUSINESS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE.

WE DID NOTIFY BOTH ADJACENT LANDOWNERS, WESTERN ENGINEERING TO THE SOUTH OF IT.

THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR PART. SO RYAN IS ELIGIBLE TO ACQUIRE BOTH PORTIONS FOR ROUGHLY $1,200.

SO AND SO WITH THE PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION, THIS IS NOW KIND OF THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT REMNANT RIGHT OF WAY WE'VE SOLD OFF.

WE JUST KIND OF ASKED FOR YOUR DIRECTION FOR US JUST TO KIND OF FINISH NOTIFYING ADJACENT OWNERS AND JUST MAYBE JUST FINISH SELLING IT OFF. GET RID OF THE REST. ABSOLUTELY. WE, WE DID THIS WHEN WICKERSHAM, RIGHT? WE SOLD THEM THEIRS.

ON THE FAR EAST SIDE. CORRECT. AND I, I THINK YEARS AGO WE SOLD OTHER PARTS OF IT TOO, IF I RECALL.

BUT YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DEAD ENDED ALREADY ON THAT EAST SIDE.

SO IT'S REALLY UNUSABLE UNLESS IT GOES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND IT.

CORRECT. AND I THINK IF IT'S ABANDONED FOR SO LONG, IT GOES BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ANYWAY.

SO ONCE THIS RESOLUTION PASSES, WE'LL START REACHING OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN VACATE AND DISPOSE OF IT AGAIN.

THEY'LL HAVE TO BUY IT FROM US. WE JUST CAN'T GIVE IT TO THEM.

BUT WE'LL START THAT PROCESS AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS IT.

OKAY, OKAY. ITEM 6.C. THIS IS IN RELATION TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE TIF INCENTIVES TO ARBOR CREEK. THIS IS THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED SLASH TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT NEIL DRIGEE AND CLINT BRUNO ARE BUILDING OUT ON RAILROAD HIGHWAY.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY 16 TOWNHOMES. THE TIF INCENTIVE IS FOR TEN YEARS $615,000.

AND THAT'S REALLY JUST TO COVER THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S ALL IT CAN BE USED FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THERE IS AN LMI SET ASIDE THAT THE CITY WOULD GET ROUGHLY 44.7% OF THE OVERALL TIF REBATE, WHICH WE CAN THEN USE FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE CITY FOR HOUSING, SITE ACQUISITIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ROGER, IN THE LAST MEETING, YOU ASKED IF THIS WAS OUR FIRST ONE OR THAT YOU KNOW, HOW MANY HAD WE DONE BEFORE? PATRICK CIRCLE WAS THE FIRST ONE. SO THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.

DANIELLE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE INFORMATION. SO THERE'S LMI THAT'S IN A DIFFERENT FUND AND THERE'S A NOTE IN THERE THAT WE COULD EITHER USE THE LMI FOR INFILL ACQUISITIONS OR CHRIS HAS A SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD DESIGNATE THAT MONEY.

YEAH. SO WE ALREADY HAVE OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP FACILITATE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, HELPING DEVELOPERS KIND OF BRIDGE THE GAP, DOING LAND ACQUISITIONS.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE ALREADY HAVE A FUND SET UP TO ADDRESS HOUSING.

LET'S JUST PUT THE MONEY IN THERE IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I THINK IF YOU CAN GIVE US A LIST OF EVERYTHING.

IF WE TAKE THIS MONEY AND PUT IT IN THAT FUND, GIVE US A LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT MONEY QUALIFIES FOR.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ME. SO YEAH, LET'S PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE.

IT WOULD BE. SO IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

COUNCIL. NO, I KNOW, BUT JUST FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, COLE'S NEW, DOUG'S NEW, RIGHT.

JUST SO HEY, HERE'S WHAT THE MONEY IN THIS FUND CAN BE USED FOR.

I THINK ALSO JUST PRESENTING IT SO PEOPLE KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THIS FUND THAT'S PROBABLY UNDERUTILIZED IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK IF WE HAVE IT, PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST PRESENT LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND PUT IT IN THIS FUND NEXT TIME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. SO, CHRIS, I WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW THIS THROUGH PLANNING, BUT NOW WE'RE IN THE TIF PORTION, WHICH TO ME IS A DIFFERENT IDEA THAN HOW WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLATTED THE GROUND AND REZONED IT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

DO I STILL NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THESE DISCUSSIONS? MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR MIMI, I DON'T KNOW. I'LL LET HIM ANSWER THAT PART. BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS THE LAST APPROVED PLAN. LIKE THEY HAVE NOT DEVIATED.

SO WHEN THEY WENT BACK THROUGH THE LAST TIME AFTER THAT LITTLE COMMERCIAL MULTI STRIP CENTERED OVER, THIS IS THAT PLAN. SO IT'S 16 TOWNHOMES BUILT ON A DEAD END HAMMERHEAD.

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WE APPROVED THAT SEPARATELY. THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST. THIS IS THE TIF PORTION THOUGH.

THE DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT. SO THE TEST IS HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE SUCH THAT YOU WOULD HAVE PRE-DECIDED ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? NOT ON TIF, RIGHT CHRIS? THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH. HE'S NEVER SEEN THE TIF. RIGHT. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN WE SAW THAT ORIGINALLY, THERE'S TWO PHASES TO THIS, I GUESS. LET ME BACKTRACK.

YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN WHEN IT CAME THROUGH TO PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO REVIEW THOSE.

SO ESTABLISHING THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA IS WHAT MAKES THIS BUT NOT THE AMOUNT.

SO YOU'VE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR NOW, BUT YOU DID PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

YES. CORRECT. YOU DID. I WOULD SAY THIS IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT, BUT MAYBE NOT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE, MIMI? BECAUSE SETTING THE URBAN RENEWAL VERSUS SAYING HOW MUCH THEY GET IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO ME.

I AGREE. I WOULD AGREE AS WELL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP.

YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE OKAY ON THAT. OKAY, SO REALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GET US.

WE'LL GET 270,000 OF THAT 615 THEN. YEAH, WE GET 41% BACK.

YEAH. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ABOUT HALF A MILLION ROUGHLY.

THE TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS 615,000. WHAT WE WILL GET BACK THAT 44%.

RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT IT'S OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX IS CAPTURING.

I DIDN'T BRING THAT SPREADSHEET. I BROUGHT THE OTHER THREE, BUT IT'LL BE MORE THAN THE 215.

OKAY. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS JUST DOING THE 44% OF 615 IS 270.

SO. OKAY. AND CHRIS, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF THEIR DEAL THOUGH, CORRECT? IT'S THE ONLY PHASE. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. ONLY DOING ONE PHASE.

DEAD END. THEY'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT. OKAY. FOR AT LEAST THIS TIME.

FOR THIS PROPERTY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 6.D. SO ITEM 6.D IS RESOLUTION 26-115. THIS ITEM ALONG WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-124, ARE KIND OF PACKAGED TOGETHER.

THIS IS TO SUBDIVIDE THE 2900 BLOCK OF WEST BROADWAY INTO TWO TRACTS OF LAND, WITH THE WEST HALF BEING FOR A NEW SITE FOR CHIPOTLE, THE EAST HALF BEING FOR THE EXISTING ATHERTON'S GAS STATION SLASH CONVENIENT SERVICE STATION.

AND THEN THE OTHER RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-124, IS TO ACTUALLY ADOPT A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CHIPOTLE.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADHERE TO WITH OUR WEST BROADWAY CORRIDOR DESIGN OVERLAY.

JUST BASED UPON HOW THEY'RE BUILDING, LAYS OUT ONE OF THOSE BEING ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS THE BACK OF HOUSE FOR THEM, THE KITCHEN STORAGE AREA. OUR ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY, APPROXIMATELY 40% ON THAT FACADE WALL.

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT JUST BY NATURE OF WHAT'S OCCURRING INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THEY NEEDED SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.

IN LIEU OF BEING ABLE TO PUT THE TRANSPARENCY ON THAT FACADE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF DURABLE MATERIALS ON THE OTHER FACADES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS SOME LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAD TO MOVE AROUND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACCOMMODATE SOME PEDESTRIAN PATHS TO THEIR THREE ENTRYWAYS INTO THE BUILDING. AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIVE FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THEIR PARKING LOT AND THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS PLOT HERE DOES HAVE A TEN FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG WEST BROADWAY, WHICH THEN PUSHES THE BUILDING FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

SO THAT HAD TO GET SHRUNK DOWN. SO ALL IN ALL, THEY'RE MEETING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR WEST BROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

THEY JUST NEED SOME HELP ON THESE THREE ITEMS TO KIND OF GET OVER THE HURDLE.

AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF IT. IT LOOKS GOOD, I THINK. YOU KNOW, THE 40% ON ONE SIDE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VIEWING INSIDE THE BUILDING IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY, THE DENTIST HAD TO DO THAT AND IT HONESTLY COST THEM A TON OF MONEY AND IT'S RIDICULOUS.

SO I THINK HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS ON THINGS LIKE THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO GETTING PEOPLE LIKE THIS INTO TOWN.

SO I WOULD AGREE. I'M GLAD WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH, WITH THE CHANGES AND, AND THINGS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING THE POINT FORWARD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAST FOOD PLACES WE HAVE DOWN BROADWAY FROM PIZZA KING TO 35TH STREET A LOT. TAKE A GUESS HOW MANY? 37. 47. 48.

COMING UP WITH THIS. AND SO WE NEED TO I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD FIT.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS A DEVELOPMENT CONCERN, IT'S JUST THAT WE GOT TO LOOK FURTHER THAN JUST FAST FOOD.

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THE PEOPLE ARE ON BROADWAY. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

I MEAN, DODGE STREET, SAME THING IN OMAHA. BUT THERE'S OTHER MARKETING AREAS WE COULD LOOK AT.

WE GOT THAT WHOLE LOT NEXT TO MENARDS THAT WOULD FIT IN PRETTY WELL AND RUNS A, OUR.

THAT'S OUR MAIN CORRIDOR THROUGH TOWN AND IT'S FAST FOOD AND USED CAR LOTS.

AND WE NEED TO THINK A LITTLE LARGER THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S I'M JUST BRINGING THAT TO A POINT I THINK.

AND I DON'T KNOW, WHEN THESE GUYS COME TO TOWN, THEY PROBABLY LOOK AT MULTIPLE SITES AND THIS BECAME THEIR BEST ONE.

AND. YOU KNOW, WE THESE AS DOUG SAID, BROADWAY SEES 22,000 CARS A DAY.

IT'S THE MOST IT'S THE BUSIEST TRAVEL ROAD BESIDES PROBABLY THE POWER MALL IN FRONT OF LIKE ULTA AND DICK'S AND TARGET.

AND WE'RE ALSO ALMOST THE LAST FOR HEALTH IN THE STATE OF IOWA AS PER COUNTY.

AND SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT.

WELL, WE CAN'T DICTATE PEOPLE EATING HEALTHY, BUT I AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IF WE WERE LIKE WE WANT PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHIER. THIS WE CAN'T REALLY SAY NO TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SAYING AS WE GO FORWARD, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR MICROPHONES, MICROPHONE MICROPHONES. AS WE GO FORWARD, WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW MANY RESTAURANTS WE HAVE GOING DOWN THAT STRIP.

AND THAT'S QUITE A FEW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, STEVE.

IF TEN MORE WANTED TO COME, I WOULDN'T SAY NO.

I MEAN, BUT IF SOMETHING ELSE CAME UP LIKE A MASSAGE ENVY, WANTED TO GO RIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'D BE OPEN TO THAT TOO. I JUST I THINK THE TRICKY PART, IF WE WERE TO TRY AND PUT OURSELVES IN THAT BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, WE ARE NOT MARKETING EXPERTS. WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN TERMS OF DOING THAT.

SORRY, MAYBE ROGER IS, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF STUDIES.

THEY PUT THEM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OTHERWISE WHY ARE THEY SPENDING THE MONEY TO DO THAT? I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN BUT IT'S A FINE LINE BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU START PUTTING SOME BOUNDARIES UP, I WAS GOING TO COMMEND CHRIS THAT HE'S WILLING TO LOOK AT LIKE WHAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS TO GET THIS TO FIT. HOW DO WE DO IT RATHER THAN HOW DO WE NOT DO IT? AND WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO DO THINGS RATHER THAN NOT DO THINGS.

AND IT IS A FINE LINE. I UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS WE WANT IN CERTAIN AREAS.

I WOULDN'T PUT THIS. I LIKE THE DESIGN. I LIKE WHERE IT'S AT.

IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OTHER STUFF GOING ACROSS THE STREET THERE AS WELL WITH THE TEAR DOWN OF THE OLD BUILDING, AND THEY'RE PUTTING SOME NEW STUFF THERE. I'M ALL ABOUT IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE IN HERE, MORE BUSINESS IN HERE, LET'S DO THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I JUST IT'S IT'S TOUGH ON THAT BUSINESS SIDE TO SAY WE'RE THE EXPERTS.

I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE EXPERTS AT ALL. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THERE'S 47 ALREADY EXISTING FAST FOOD DOWN BROADWAY FROM PIZZA KING TO 35TH STREET. AND THERE'S OTHER INDUSTRY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, AND WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE'RE A VERY UNHEALTHY COUNTY AND THAT'S PART OF IT.

AND SO JUST GOING FORWARD. REALIZE THAT THAT IS A CONCERN I HAVE IS WE NEED SOME INDUSTRY IN THIS TOWN AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LONG TERM BENEFIT, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT TO OUR HEALTH AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD.

I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS DECISION MAKERS.

JUST FOR YOUR DISCUSSION, I WOULD TELL YOU, WE PROBABLY HAVE ALSO A SHIT TON OF GYMS IN OUR TOWN.

WE JUST APPROVED ANOTHER GYM ON NINTH AVENUE TODAY.

I AGREE. SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HEALTHIER.

I THINK THAT'S JUST. THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE 100 BLOCK AS FAR AS FAST FOOD EITHER.

I LIKE CHIPOTLE, DAMN IT [LAUGHS]. SO DO I. I'M JUST SAYING GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AS WELL.

I'M JUST MAKE A NOTE IS ALL I'M DOING. I APPRECIATE THE PROBABLY MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES ON WEST BROADWAY.

I KNOW, I KNOW YOU DO. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I KNOW YOU DO. CHRIS AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION ALREADY AND AND I AGREE WITH HIM.

IT'S A GOOD FIT. BUT IS IT THE ONLY FIT? WE GOT TO START LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 6.E.

THIS IS RESOLUTION 26-116. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR EAST MANOA SUBDIVISION, RIGHT ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF MOHAWK STREET THAT WAS RECENTLY REBUILT BY PUBLIC WORKS.

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THIS WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. THEY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING $35,000 PER LOT, AND NEW HOMES WILL BE BUILT OVER THE COURSE OF 26 AND 27.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT DISPOSITION, THOSE PROPERTIES.

DOES THAT 35,000 PER LOT. WHERE DOES THAT DOES THAT GO INTO THAT SAME FUND? NO. SEPARATE. CORRECT. YEAH. THAT GOES IN THE SAME FUND THAT THE CITY USES ANYTIME WE DO OFFERS TO BUY.

I THINK THAT GOES BACK IN OUR GENERAL FUND. I CAN GET CLARIFICATION, BUT NO.

JODI? I'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT.

YEP. OKAY. AND THEN LAST FOR ME WOULD BE ITEM 8.F. THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION 26-122.

SO THIS IS FOR A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A NEW PC PLAN, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A NEW HOLLYWOOD CASINO, WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE AMERISTAR LOCATED AT 2200 RIVER ROAD.

IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT. WE'RE ENSURING ALL THE ALL THE GAMING OPERATIONS, AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A NEW CASINO AND A PARKING DECK TO THE SOUTH OF IT AND REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REVITALIZING AND BRINGING MORE ACTIVITY AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE CITY. AND WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, SUBJECT TO ALL COMMENTS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

SO WHEN I READ IT, THE FIRST SENTENCE WAS PUT IN AS A AN ERROR AND NOT DELETED.

IT STARTS RIGHT HERE. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PACKET AND EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.

DO WE NEED DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING OR. IT'S OKAY.

YOU'LL JUST READ FROM THERE. WE HAD A AS LONG AS SHE KNOWS IT'S A SCRIVENER'S ERROR AND PUTS THAT IN THE MINUTES.

WE'RE GOOD. YEP. SOUNDS GOOD. THIS IS A HUGE INVESTMENT BY PENN NATIONAL.

IT IS MASSIVE MULTI HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT. AND THEY WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE CASINO.

PERFECT. DID THEY GIVE ANY REASON FOR THE NAME? DO THEY HAVE OTHER NAMES? HOLLYWOOD CASINO FITS THAT.

IT'S A BRAND. IT'S ONE OF THEIR. YEAH. ALL OVER.

YEAH. THERE'S LIKE, 5 OR 6 OF THEM. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH PLANET HOLLYWOOD, I DID THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I SAY. I WAS LIKE, OH, SLY'S COMING TO TOWN.

PERFECT. AND IT'S WRONG THING. THAT THAT'S A DEAL.

AND ALSO NOTHING AROUND HERE IS HOLLYWOOD, NECESSARILY.

THERE'S A HUGE HOLLYWOOD IN KANSAS CITY, TOO. OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU CHRIS. MAYOR STARS THE OWN. LIKE THERE'S ONLY ONE MAYOR STAR, I THINK. YEAH, MAYBE ONE OTHER ONE.

7.A IS A CHANGE TO OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL AMENDMENT.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS. I'LL TALK TO THIS ONE AND YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS THAT NEW VISIONS IS GOING TO BE DOING A CLEAN SWEEP PROGRAM. THEY CAME TO THE CITY.

SO OUTSIDE OF US, THEY ARE DOING THIS PROGRAM, BUT THEY CAME TO US TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, HELP CLEANING PARKS, PATHWAYS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, OUR LEGAL TEAM, JAKE TOOK THIS ONE ON AND ACTUALLY SAW THAT IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW FOR CITIZENS TO PICK UP LITTER ON OUR. RIGHT. YES, YES.

SO THIS IS CHANGING THAT. SO WE CAN GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER FOR OUR CLEANUP CV WEEK AND THE CHAMBER HAS A WEEK TO. ADOPT THE STREETS.

CLEAN SWEEP AND ADOPT THE STREET. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.

SO WE CAUGHT THE AIR. THIS IS THE CHANGE TO THAT.

AND WE ARE UPDATING THAT POLICY. SO THAT WAY WE CAN.

SO NO COST HERE, RIGHT? NO COST AT ALL. IT'S JUST UPDATING THE AGAIN THE THE POLICY SO CLEAN.

CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES [LAUGHS]. GEEZ. CAN EVERYBODY ELSE, CAN I GIVE THEM A FIRST STOP MAYBE ON THE BACKSIDE OF SAM'S BECAUSE THAT IS A DISASTER RIGHT NOW. SOMEBODY OWNS THAT. I KNOW, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT.

WOW. THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH DOUG. HASN'T THAT GOTTEN HORRIBLE? IT'S SO BAD. I WE'VE SENT THEM MULTIPLE LETTERS OVER THE YEARS.

THEY CLEANED IT UP EARLIER THIS YEAR. ONCE SINCE I'VE TAKEN OFFICE.

YEAH. IT'S ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK. IT NEEDS IT.

YES. TRASH JUST BLOWS INTO THE FIELD AND IT'S GARBAGE EVERYWHERE.

IT'S. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 7.B, THEN, GENERAL CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE UPDATE.

SO THIS IS, IF YOU REMEMBER. OH, NO. GO AHEAD.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT I'VE BROUGHT FORWARD. SO IF YOU REMEMBER US TALKING EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS BEING DONE WHERE THERE WAS 51 DAILY REOCCURRENCES OF PEOPLE NOT BEING LICENSED,

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EARLIER THIS YEAR. THIS STRENGTHENS OUR ORDINANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DOING LARGE PROJECTS ARE. HAVE THE CORRECT LICENSES USING THAT.

THEY HAVE WORKMAN'S COMP INSURANCE ON THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THAT THEY'RE PAYING THEM PROPERLY. IT REGISTERS THEM WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THEN THAT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, OUR STAFF CAN GO AHEAD AND REMOVE SOMEBODY IF NEEDED FROM THE JOB SITE OR SHUT DOWN THE JOB SITE IF NEEDED AS WELL.

SO IT JUST GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES A STRONGER HOLD AS THESE LARGER PROJECTS ARE WORKING FORWARD.

AND WHO'S CHECKING THAT FOR US? SO THAT WOULD BE RODNEY AND HIS TEAM.

OKAY, SO WE WORKED WITH RODNEY WHITNEY AND MYSELF AND RODNEY WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS.

SO THEY'RE ALREADY ON THESE SITES. THEY'RE ON A SITE OR THEY'LL BE GOING MORE.

JUST I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THESE SITES, AND NOW THEY'RE JUST GOING TO START CHECKING MORE THOROUGHLY OR THEY'RE NOT ON THE SITES AT ALL. THEY ARE THEY ARE SCHEDULED ON SITES, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, RIGHT NOW THE CONTRACTOR KNOWS WHEN WE'RE COMING, RIGHT? SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO RODNEY AND I ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT.

SO THERE WILL BE SURPRISE VISITS TO THE SITE.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. RIGHT. THAT WAS YEAH. LIKE IT'S BUT THAT'S NOT COVERED IN THIS.

THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THEY ARE LICENSED, RIGHT? RATIOS AND THAT THEY HAVE WORKMAN'S COMP INSURANCE.

WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE IN THERE BEFORE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP.

THERE WASN'T A RED LINE VERSION THAT I SAW. YEAH.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT DID YOU CAN CLICK ON IT, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP. IT SAYS I OPENED IT AND THEN I OPENED IT AGAIN TODAY.

LIKE MAYBE I JUST DID IT WRONG, I MISSED IT. IT WASN'T ON THERE AS FAR AS I READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

ANY OF THOSE RED LINES YOU HAVE TO SCAN AS A PDF BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO ADD THE MARKUPS BACK INTO IT.

IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, BUT I DON'T UPLOAD MY OWN STUFF TO PEAK AGENDA, SO I WILL WORK WITH THE STAFF THAT DOES HAVE THAT DOES DO THAT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THE MARKUPS. THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST READING.

SO LET'S JUST SAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES OF WHAT WE.

YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. I MADE MY LIVING IN THIS FIELD IN A SPECIFIC WAY.

SO ALL OF THEM. THE RED LINE ONES SHOULD BE SCANNED WITH THE RED LINES AND LOADED AS A PDF.

OKAY. YEAH, THE FIRST VERSION. BUT YEAH, IF WE CAN GET THE RED LINE FOR THE SECOND VERSION, THAT'D BE GREAT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

8.A. I THINK, WHITNEY, YOU'RE BACK UP FOR 8.A AND 8.B AND C.

8.A, B AND C ALL RELATE TO AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH SINC.

SO THE FIRST AGREEMENT FOR A IS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO ALLOW SINC TO PURCHASE TWO PARCELS OF LAND WHICH THE IDOT HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY.

THESE ARE THE LAND THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PLAYGROUND THAT THEY PRESENTED TO THE CITY ON A FEW SESSIONS AGO, AND THE IDOT HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. I KNOW AT THAT TIME ZACH HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW WE NEEDED TO WAIT.

SO THEY BASICALLY THEY TOOK THAT LAND FOR THE ROADWAY AND THEN THEY NEED TO OFFER IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED IT FIRST.

THEY DID NOT OFFER TO BUY IT BACK. AND SO NOW IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SINC HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE TWO PARCELS.

THEY'LL PAY FOR THEIR MARKET VALUE. THEY'VE PROVIDED US CHECKS ACTUALLY TO SEND INTO IDOT.

WE JUST WOULD NEED PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH SINC, AND THEN TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE OFFER TO BUY TO THE STATE. YOU SAID A FAIR MARKET VALUE.

WAS AN APPRAISAL DONE THEN? ON THE PROPERTY? YES, [INAUDIBLE] APPRAISAL AND TELLS US THAT THEY WILL, THEY WILL ACCEPT OFFERS AT THIS STAGE FROM ONLY LOCAL ENTITIES.

SO PUBLIC ENTITIES. AND THEY HAVE TO BE AT OR MORE THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE.

VALUE. SO ONE PLOT CAME IN AT 50,000, ONE CAME IN AT 20,000.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. OKAY. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR US, QUITE HONESTLY.

SO THEY'RE JUST DOING IT AS BARE GROUND IS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT.

AND THE APPRAISAL I'M GUESSING. YES. AND WE HAVE TO.

IT'LL STILL BE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY. THE STATE LAND PATENT WILL COME TO THE CITY. BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO PURCHASE IT. SINC IS INTENDING TO PURCHASE IT FOR THE CITY. SO COULD SINC TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF THE GROUND AFTER THEY HAVE IT.

SINC WILL NEVER, THEY'LL NEVER OWN IT. IT'LL ALWAYS BE IN OUR NAME. IT'LL HAVE TO BE IT HAS TO COME DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE DOES IT WILL COME INTO.

THEY'RE JUST PAYING FOR IT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR NAME. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. AND THAT'S WHAT THE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THEM SAYING YES, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE OFFER TO BUY, WILL PAY. AND THEN YOUR APPROVAL WOULD BE BOTH TO ENTER INTO THAT AGREEMENT WITH SINC AND TO MAKE AN OFFER TO BUY FOR THOSE AMOUNTS.

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THE PIER IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE AMENITIES OUT AT THE RIVER'S EDGE.

THAT IS JUST AS WE DID FOR THE RIVER'S EDGE, OR SORRY FOR THE TREETOP WALK AND THE TOWER BEFORE, WE NEEDED A LEGAL AGREEMENT TO SAY, ONCE ALL THESE CONDITIONS ARE MET, WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF THE PIER.

SO WE'VE WORKED WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ON VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.

ZACK'S PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT, ALSO, JEFF IN ENGINEERING, ALSO THE MAYOR AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK TO TRY AND NAIL OUT BASICALLY ALL THE CONDITIONS WE NEED TO SEE MET SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH. AND SO THIS IS THE LIST THAT WE CAME UP WITH. AND APPROVAL BY COUNCIL WOULD MEAN THAT ONCE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE THE PIER.

SO I'M GUESSING PRIOR TO COLE AND I BEING ON HERE, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE SEEN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING MAINTENANCE.

AND IF THERE'S A FLOOD CLEAN UP AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

YES. ISH. ISH. ZACH IS GOING TO ENSURE BETTER.

I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME COST TO IT. I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE $2 MILLION ENDOWMENT.

YES IT WOULD. OKAY. THIS THIS IS INCLUDED IN THAT IN THE THE PIER.

DID WE EVER FIND OUT IF IT'S TWO AND A HALF OR TWO? IT'S TWO, TWO. BUT THERE WILL BE THE FIVE YEAR WARRANTY, WHICH IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIER AGREEMENT.

AND ALSO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A REVISION TO THE TREETOP WALKWAY IN THE MIDAMERICAN ENERGY ADVENTURE TOWER AGREEMENT.

SO THEY'RE AGREEING TO WARRANT WHAT, PROVIDE A WARRANTY FOR THE BUILDING FOR, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A SEPARATE ESCROW ACCOUNT THAT'S GOING TO BE SET UP WITH EXISTING MONEY AND SINC IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS LIKE THE I MEAN, THE MAINTENANCE FUND WOULD BE USED FOR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, MAJOR CATASTROPHIC MAINTENANCE WISE. BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND THINGS FOR THE WETLANDS OR THE HVAC SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTRICAL THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO AGREE TO COVER THOSE OUT OF THE SEPARATE ESCROW FUND, WHICH IN THE AGREEMENT, IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUNDING IT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO US BEFORE WE ACCEPT TRANSFER.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO US EVIDENCE THAT AN ESCROW ACCOUNT HAS BEEN FUNDED AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN IT, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT.

AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO UPON REQUEST, THEY'LL PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON ANY EXPENSES THAT THEY'VE PAID.

THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO. THE THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A REVISION TO THE TREETOP WALKWAY AND ENERGY TOWER AGREEMENT.

BECAUSE WE HAD PUT IN THAT THEY HAD TO CLOSE BOTH OF THE PERMITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN WITH THE CORE, WHICH IS A 404 PERMIT AND A 408 PERMIT. AND THE 408, THEY CAN PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION TO US BEFORE WE ACCEPT THOSE TO PROVIDE.

IT'LL TAKE A LONG TIME APPARENTLY, FOR THE STATE TO ACTUALLY COME BACK TO US ON THAT, BUT WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. BUT THE OTHER ONE DEALS WITH THE WETLANDS. AND IN ORDER TO CLOSE OUT THAT PERMIT, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TWO GROWING SEASONS AND ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE TAKING ROOT AND GROWING THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. SO WE ACTUALLY CAN'T SEE THAT ALL THE WAY TO COMPLETION BEFORE BEFORE WE'D BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THAT PERMIT.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO OBVIOUSLY DELAY TRANSFER FOR TWO YEARS. SO PART OF THAT IS ALSO THEY WOULD USE THIS MONEY THERE ALSO THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH MULHALL. MULHALL TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEM SO THAT IF THE PLANTINGS DON'T MAKE IT, THEY'LL REPLACE THEM.

AND SO THEY ARE AGREEING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME EXTRA MONEY TO MAINTAIN THOSE ITEMS, TO ALLOW US TO ACCEPT TRANSFER, BUT TO CONTINUE TO BE LIABLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE ON THAT.

SO REALLY, THE HALF A MILLION IS PROBABLY GOING INTO SEPARATE ESCROW THAT THEY WOULD CONTROL VERSUS US HAVING MORE CONTROL, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FIRM NUMBERS ON WHAT THINGS ARE.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN LIKE THE EXPENDITURE PROCESS.

WE REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE NOTICE TO US OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING IN.

AND THEN WHICH WAS THEY SAID THEY'D LIKE IT TO BE AT THEIR DISCRETION.

AND I SAID WE'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH IT IS AND IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU DON'T FUND IT ENOUGH, THEN SINC AS THE ASSIGNOR IS GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY LIABLE TO BACKFILL THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR DECISION TO ONLY PUT THAT MUCH MONEY IN THERE. OKAY.

IS THERE SPECIAL INSURANCE WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR THIS WHOLE THING BETWEEN THE TREE TOP AND THE PIER AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I MEAN, FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE? I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING IS THE CITY LIABLE? I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ACCIDENT IS OR WHAT HAPPENS, BUT WE HAVE IT WILL BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH OF THEM IS THAT WE ARE THEY'VE ENGAGED. H.G.M. WHO'S OUR BRIDGE INSPECTOR TO TO EVALUATE EACH ONE OF THE 38 SPANS THAT LEADS OUT ON THE TREETOP WALK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE ACCEPTED INTO OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR BRIDGE INVENTORY OR OUR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY INVENTORY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH IT AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN THEY'LL REINSPECT IT EVERY TWO YEARS, JUST LIKE THEY DO ALL OF THE BRIDGES IN TOWN. AND IN ORDER TO GET IT SORT OF ACCEPTED INTO OUR PROGRAM, IT NEEDS THIS INITIAL INSPECTION AND THAT'LL HAPPEN AT THE PIER ALSO. AND THEN IT'LL BE ENSURED IN THE SAME WAY THAT OTHER STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES OF THE

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THEY WERE REQUIRED TO GET INSURANCE. AND THIS COUNCIL ACTUALLY REQUIRED WE WE DISCUSSED THE AGREEMENT AND THEN WE ACTUALLY REQUIRED, BASED ON THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF RON BRANNIGAN, WHO'S OUR RISK MANAGER, THAT WE GO BACK AND REQUIRE THEM TO INCREASE THEIR INSURANCE LIMITS.

SO THEY WERE SAYING, I BELIEVE 1 IN 5. AND WE WENT BACK AND SAID 4 AND 8, I THINK.

AND SO THEY'LL HAVE. DID WE NOT ALSO REQUIRE THEM TO LIST US AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED? THE ADDITIONAL NAMED INSURED. YES. YEP. AND THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT.

AND THAT WOULD BE WE HAVE WAIVERS OF SUBROGATION AND ALL THAT IN PLACE TOO.

OKAY. AND THAT'S PART OF THE ONGOING COST THAT WE'VE ALREADY SET OUT.

EFFECTIVELY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, US BEING NAMED ON THEIR POLICY WOULD PUT THEM IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FIRST.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD COME BACK.

BUT NO, WE'RE NOT SURE THE COST YET. WE'RE NOT.

NO, BUT THEY'RE COVERING THE COST OF THEIR OWN INSURANCE.

IT WOULD GO. I MEAN, YEAH, THE INSURANCE, THEIR INSURANCE IS ON THEM, BUT WE HAVE THEIR OPERATIONAL COSTS.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE. COST THAT I'M AWARE OF.

IT IS INCREASING BECAUSE EACH SPAN OF THE TREE TOP WALKWAY IS CONSIDERED ITS OWN ENTITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S INCREASING OUR INVENTORY SUBSTANTIALLY. YEAH.

OKAY. AND THE PIER IS TOO, THERE'S A WHOLE SEPARATE DEAL, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A FLOOD EVENT, DOES THAT IMPACT IT? AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY CAN'T GET FLOOD INSURANCE DOWN THERE, CAN YOU? BOTH ITEMS ARE ABOVE THE LEVY. CURRENT LEVY? YEAH.

THE PIER AND THE TREE TOP. WALK THE LEVEE. BUT THE BASE OF THE PIER IS.

YOU WALK FROM THE PIER, I AM ON, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PIER IS VERY SOLID, THAT THAT WENT DOWN TO BEDROCK.

SO THE PIER. I'VE BEEN TOLD, COULD BE HIT BY A BARGE.

AND THAT PIER IS NOT GOING. OKAY, LET'S HOPE NOT.

I HAVE A TOWER TO THE PIER. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

A LITTLE TOO FAR. THANK YOU. AWESOME. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE 8.D.

THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR ANOTHER FIBER OPTIC INSTALLER TO COME IN.

THEY ARE SIGNING THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE SIGNS.

AND THIS IS WHAT STATE LAW SAYS. SO. RIDICULOUS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE CAN OR NOT. IT'S THEIR AT&T SUBSIDIARY.

SO I JUST HAD TO DIG IN THE GROUND AND THE UNDER.

IT WAS RIDICULOUS. THE, WE CALLED USIC HAD IT ALL OVER.

WE CALLED IOWA ONE CALL AND HAD IT ALL MARKED AND IT WAS RIDICULOUS.

THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT'S IN THE GROUND. I CALLED MATT AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS CRAZY.

AND AT SOME POINT, HOW MUCH ROOM DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROOMS. WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF ROOM. AND HONESTLY, IF WE NEED TO REPAIR SEWER OR SOMETHING, THERE STUFF'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A BACK SEAT.

AND I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS I MEAN, WE NEED TO TALK STATE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THIS.

IT'S JUST CRAZY TO LET THIS LET THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

AND THERE'S NO YOU KNOW, I ASKED MATT, BECAUSE MY BROTHER IN LAW WORKS FOR USIC AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S SEEN IT SIX INCHES DOWN OR 30IN DOWN OR 12IN DOWN.

THERE'S NO, WE CAN'T TELL THEM HOW TO DO IT. WE CAN'T TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO PUT IT IN PVC. WE CAN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. AND IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. THEY WERE THE ONES DUMPING RIGHT OUT HERE THAT DAY YOU WALKED OUT.

I REMEMBER DUMPING SEWAGE RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT.

INTO THE DRAIN. YEP. NOT COVERING WHAT HE'S DOING.

NOT NOTHING. JUST GOT THE GO AHEAD FROM THE STATE.

WELL, THANKS FOR TELLING US WE HAVE TO DO THIS, TONY.

8.E. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH A CONSULTING FIRM TO ASSIST US WITH DOING A SANITARY SEWER RATE STUDY.

WE DO THESE PERIODICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REVENUE FROM SEWER RATE PAYERS ALIGNS WITH OUR ONGOING OPERATING COSTS OF THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.

IN THIS ONE, WE WILL LOOK AT A COST OF SERVICE STUDY AS PART OF IT, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT UTILIZE OUR SYSTEM MAY COST THE EXPENSE TO SERVE THEM MAY BE MORE THAN OTHERS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER CURRENTLY OUR RATE STRUCTURE, THEY PAY A DIFFERENT RATE THAN, LET'S SAY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS STILL PROPERLY ALIGNED.

WE MAY LOOK AT EXPANDING IT. I KNOW OTHER UTILITIES HAVE MAYBE MULTIPLE CLASSES OF USERS.

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LET'S SAY THAT'S JUST HYPOTHETICAL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AS ALL PART OF THE RATE STUDY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS.

SO WE KNOW WE WANT TO EXPAND SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE OUR CURRENT BOUNDARY OF OUR CITY AND EVEN AREAS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY SERVED.

THAT ALL COSTS MONEY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING REVENUE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE PLANS AS WELL AS FUTURE UPGRADES AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

SO WE DID IT ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS AGO. THE LAST RATE INCREASE WAS JULY OF LAST YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGH THIS YEAR. BUT THE HOPE IS THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STUDY SHOWS, WILL EITHER MAINTAIN THAT RATE OR WILL CHANGE IT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THIS ONE.

YEAH, IT THIS ONE SEEMS A LITTLE MORE THOROUGH THAN THE LAST ONE, RIGHT? THIS WHEN YOU SAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CLASSES AND DOING THIS, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, THE COST IS, YOU KNOW, SIX FIGURES, BUT IT'S NEEDED AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE NOT, NOT EVEN READY.

THE LAST ONE WAS MORE BASED ON WE HAD FALLEN BEHIND MANY OF OUR PEERS AND WE WANTED TO CATCH UP.

I THINK THIS ONE'S LOOKING MORE TOWARDS THE FUTURE, NOT JUST CATCHING UP, BUT WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND BE IN A BETTER PLACE SO THAT WE'RE NOT SHORT STAFFED OR HAVE TO AT SOME POINT DO A HUGE INCREASE BECAUSE WE FALLEN BEHIND, RIGHT? SO ALL THAT'S THE GOAL. WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME LARGE USERS.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY WITH THE STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW TO RESPOND.

AND WE HAVE MAYBE A A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD SUPPORT ALLOWING A LARGER USER TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WOULD HAVE A WAY TO PAY FINANCIALLY FOR MAYBE THAT THEY'RE PART OF IT.

DID THIS COMPANY DO THE LAST ONE? THEY DID NOT.

THEY DID NOT. WHEN WE DID IT FIVE YEARS AGO, WERE WE NOT ABOUT CAPPED OUT AT WHAT WE HAD CAPACITY WISE BECAUSE WE ALLOWED SUCH RESERVATIONS? WASN'T THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AND MADE THOSE CHANGES? THAT WAS DIFFERENT. OH, WAS THAT DIFFERENT, NEIL? YEAH. I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME CAPACITY AT OUR WASTEWATER PLANT, BUT THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS THAT MANY OF THE USERS THAT COME TODAY ARE ASKING FOR VERY LARGE NUMBERS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 1 MILLION OR 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THAT EATS UP TO OUR INTO OUR RESERVE CAPACITY VERY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT.

AND BUT WHEN WE START CHARGING FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO SAVE, THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T REALLY NEED THAT MUCH.

WE DID. WE DID GET SOME CAPACITY BACK WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THAT CHANGE.

SO THAT PROVED THAT THEY WERE JUST TAKING IT BECAUSE THEY COULD.

CHEAP RATE. REQUIRING THEM TO PAY FOR IT MADE THEM ALL.

AND THEY STILL DON'T PAY FULL TILT FOR IT, RIGHT? THEY PAY A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR THAT WHICH THEY DON'T DESERVE.

YEAH. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS AT THIS POINT WITH THAT STRUCTURE.

SURE. THEY PAY 80% OF THEIR ALLOCATION. THAT'S WHAT THEIR MINIMUM BILL IS BASED ON.

IF THEY USE LESS THAN THAT, THEY STILL PAY THE 80% OF THE AMOUNT THEY'VE RESERVED FOR THEM.

IF THEY PAY OVER IT, THEY OR THEY USE OVER IT, THEY PAY ACTUALS.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THERE'S A SMALL CUSHION THERE, BUT GENERALLY IF THEY WANT IT, THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR IT. I WISH I COULD PAY 80% OF MY BILL.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM. I KNOW, I KNOW. SO AGAIN, IF THEY GO OVER THAT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE BASED.

YOUR BILL IS BASED ON ACTUAL USE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD FORESIGHT TO DO THIS. YEAH.

I WANT A NEW PLANT, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE WHAT WE WANT.

A NEW PLANT IS PROBABLY SUPER NICE. 200, $250 MILLION.

ASK PEN, THEY'RE COMING TONIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANKS. MATT. 8.F WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT 8.G.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT H. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 9.I IS FOR DANIELLE.

OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST A PER STATE CODE. ANY TIME THAT WE ADD OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD A DEPOSITORY OR A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO THE LIST OF ALLOWABLE, WE DO THAT VIA THIS RESOLUTION. SO WE RECENTLY DID AN RFP FOR BANKING AND INVESTMENT SERVICES FOR A TEN YEAR CONTRACT THAT WAS AWARDED TO SECURITY NATIONAL BANK. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA WAS ANOTHER PROPOSER THEY DID NOT GET THE RFP AWARDED TO THEM, BUT THEY HAD ASKED THAT WE ADD THEM TO THE LIST OF APPROVED DEPOSITORIES TO BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM DOWN THE

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NOT OUR PRIMARY BANKING. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS.

I NOTICE WE STILL HAVE AMERICAN NATIONAL ON THERE WITH THEIR SALE, BUT WE HAVE TO ADD THE NEW.

WE COULD, IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO NAME THEMSELVES, BUT WE COULD COME IN AND AMEND THAT AGAIN.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANKS, DANIELLE.

9.A. ANY QUESTIONS ON LIQUOR LICENSES? OKAY. 10.A ONE.

TONY. RECENTLY HAD A GROUP THAT APPLIED FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR A FIRST AMENDMENT EVENT.

AND IN READING OUR CODE, A, THIS SITUATION KIND OF BROUGHT TO LIGHT A NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES IN THE CODE AS IT RELATES TO OUR SPECIAL PERMIT.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR CODE THAT LAYS OUT WHAT A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT IS, EXACTLY HOW YOU GET IT.

AND WHAT'S, WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE IS NOT ACCURATE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER OUR CODE.

AND SO I HAVE CONCERNS, CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS WITH THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN.

AND SO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, IT NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN. BUT IN A, I WANT TO JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON.

AND B, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS TO KIND OF PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE, MY RECOMMENDATION IN GENERAL WOULD BE TO JUST BUILD A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT SECTION.

THAT KIND OF DETAILS WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO APPLY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE HAVING ANY KIND OF BIG EVENT BUT UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND RELATED LAW, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE WE CAN'T REQUIRE IF SOMEBODY CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THE PERMIT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY FOR THEM TO REQUEST TO WAIVE THE PERMIT, THE PERMIT FEE.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF PUT SOME THINGS, I THINK DOWN INTO WRITING.

BUT HOW IS IT DETERMINED IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT? THEY, THEY HAVE TO, THEY'D HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, COME WITH LIKE A BANK STATEMENT OR SOMETHING OR, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO OUTLINE ESSENTIALLY.

BUT WE CAN'T. THE WAY OUR OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY SAYS THAT ALL EVENTS HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO HAVE IT GRANTED TO YOU.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PROHIBITED AND REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

AND SO REALLY THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WAS AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING SO THEY COULD COORDINATE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY ENTITIES THAT NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT WE IN TRYING TO FIND HOW WE COULD EVEN GRANT THEM A PERMIT, I SAID, I CAN'T GRANT A PERMIT, BUT I DON'T THINK ONE IS REQUIRED FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT GATHERING.

AND SO I KNOW IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE WITHOUT STUFF IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I JUST THINK A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT WE CAN, THE CITY CAN DICTATE THE TIME, MANNER AND PLACE OF EVENTS, INCLUDING PROTESTS, INCLUDING FIRST, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF FIRST AMENDMENT GATHERING, WE CAN REGULATE THOSE THINGS.

BUT IN DOING SO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING IF SOMEONE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO I DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S $25 IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY CHARGE.

ARE WE GOING TO LIMIT THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT IT CAN BE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING YOU WANT TO DO THROUGH? WELL, SO, SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS YOU GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU'RE REQUESTING FOR A ROAD TO BE CLOSED, THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

IF YOU ARE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE AND YOU, YOU KNOW, SAY YOU WANT TO HOLD AN EVENT AT, YOU KNOW, DOWN AT THE HANAFAN PARK, YOU'D HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT IF YOU WERE GOING TO SELL ALCOHOL THERE.

IF YOU WERE GOING TO COMMERCIALLY SOLICIT, YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO BUSINESS IN A PARK IN THE CITY.

YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT IN ORDER TO TO BE A SOLICITOR.

AND NOISE IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE AT CERTAIN TIMES OR IN CERTAIN PLACES YOU HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

BUT I THINK THE, THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BETTER APPROACH WOULD BE TO JUST SAY BIG EVENTS SHOULD GET SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS. AND THEN WE CAN TAILOR HOW THAT APPLIES ACCORDINGLY.

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SO I USUALLY REVIEW THEM. YOU HAVE POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE MARSHAL.

EMA. YEAH. SO. SO IT'S USUALLY WIDELY REVIEWED BY A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE AFFECTED AND ALLOWS THEM TO WORK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF VOICE THOSE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO IT FOR MARATHONS.

WE DO IT FOR WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY REQUEST TO SHUT DOWN THE 100 BLOCK.

YOU KNOW, WE DO IT FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARGUABLY MAYBE DIDN'T ALWAYS NEED TO HAVE IT ACTUALLY ISSUED.

OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION. YOU JUST WANT US TO SAY.

YEAH, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF IT. AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE KIND OF IN THIS AREA, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT.

IF YOU, IF, YOU KNOW, FIGURE EASIER TO PUT IT ON THERE AND NOT USE IT THAN TO NOT PUT IT ON THERE AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] I WAS JUST SAYING CVB IS USUALLY TIED TO A LOT OF THE LARGER EVENTS, BUT MAYBE NOT SOME OF THE SMALLER EVENTS.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE IT FITS BEST, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF CVB SAID LIKE SHAMROCK SHUFFLE OR RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THOSE I CALL THOSE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE ONES LIKE ON THE RIVERFRONT, THINGS LIKE THAT. OH YEAH, IT'S HUGE.

BUT YEAH, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. CLOSING. DO WE.

TALK ABOUT IT LATER. I KNOW LIKE WHEN WE CLOSE THE ROADS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS.

BUT NOW THE CLOSURE WE GOT COPS AT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS.

DIFFERENT. ARE THOSE COVERED BY THE EVENT TYPICALLY? DEPENDING ON. IT DEPENDS ON THE EVENT. IS IT NONPROFIT VERSUS.

LIKE BIKE NIGHT, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THAT ON PAY FOR THE EXTRA POLICE THAT NIGHT.

YEAH. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE EVENT. YEAH. LIKE SHAMROCK SHUFFLE OR.

BARRICADES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YEAH. THE BARRICADES. I KNOW IT COSTS. YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. TONY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE ONE MORE ON STUDY SESSION THEN. AND THAT'S THE LIME SCOOTER DISCUSSION.

SO LAST WEEK I SENT YOU OUT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM ZACH AND MATT COX TO REVIEW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS HOW YOU WANT US TO THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DISCUSSION WITH BRINGING THE LIME SCOOTERS IN THIS YEAR? LET ME PULL UP ALL THE INFORMATION YOU SENT. I MEAN.

I'M OKAY WITH IT. IS IT MATT? IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION YOU THINK WE SHOULD? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM UNREALISTIC.

WE'RE JUST LIMITING THIS TO THAT AREA OR. NO.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS. SO WE SENT ALL THE INFORMATION OVER.

THAT WAS REQUESTED. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

THE THE FIRST QUESTION IS DO WE ALLOW LIME SCOOTERS OR NOT? IF WE SAY YES, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WILL COME AFTER THAT.

I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE THEY GO, WHERE THEY CAN'T GO, WHAT THE SPEED IS, HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW? IS IT MOTORIZED? RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN'T GO ON FIRST AVENUE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON THERE. THEY'RE NOT CLASSIFIED AS A MOTORIZED VEHICLE. RIGHT. WHAT ARE THEY CLASSIFIED AS? A BIKE? SCOOTER. SO IT DOESN'T MEET THE DEFINITION OF MOTORIZED.

ELECTRIC SCOOTER. YEAH, BUT THERE'S A LOT. SO IS IT TOO MUCH? IS IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN YOU SAY A LOT LIKE.

WELL, AND I'M NOT SO I'M NOT RAISING MY HAND, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW. SO WE HAVEN'T DUG INTO ANY OF THIS? YEAH. AND I'M NOT. SO TO BE FAIR, WE HAVEN'T DUG INTO ANY OF THAT BECAUSE WE NEED THE APPROVAL FROM YOU TO SAY YES OR NO.

DO WE WANT IT? IF IT'S A NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE TIME LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE.

SO IT'S EVERYTHING. WELL, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT TO US FROM OMAHA WAS FROM 2019 AND EVERYTHING.

THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PILOT STUDY. YES. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE WAS STATISTICS UP TO 2025.

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RIGHT. TEN COMPLAINTS IN 2025. IT'S GONE DOWN TRENDED DOWN EACH YEAR TOO.

BUT THE ORIGINAL STUDY, THAT'S WHEN THEY DID A STUDY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY DID THE PILOT WAS 2019.

SINCE THEN, THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED SCOOTERS AND THEY'VE HAD THEM EVERY YEAR FOR TRIPS AND STUFF. MOVING FORWARD.

THE HEARTLAND INFORMATION WAS FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE NUMBER OF BICYCLE RIDES.

YOU GUYS ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION. IF I REMEMBER LAST MEETING, YOU SAID YOU'D BE MAYBE OPEN IF WE WERE FAIRLY LIMITED ON WHERE IT WAS PUT RATHER THAN JUST ALL OVER TOWN.

WELL, I THINK AS A FOR THE FIRST YEAR. CORRECT.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. LIKE A PILOT, ALMOST OUR OWN PILOT KIND OF PROGRAM.

SEE HOW IT GOES. YES. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ACTUALLY THE CITY OF OMAHA, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE CITY OF OMAHA.

IT'S MOSTLY THE DOWNTOWN AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND BY THE BALLPARK AND OTHER AREAS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY EXCLUDE THE, THE OLD MARKET AND SOME OTHER AREAS.

SO IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A FOOTPRINT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE SIZE OF THE CITY OF OMAHA, IF WE WERE TO DO ALL OF CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, WE'D BE MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN OMAHA.

THE FOOTPRINT WOULD BE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO START. THE QUESTION IS HOW HOW BIG DO WE WANT TO START? BUT I DO THINK THAT IT DOESN'T HURT US TO START SMALL AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

I AGREE. BUT ULTIMATELY, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE SET UP A GEO FENCE AND SAY NO SCOOTERS ARE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA, THE ONLY WAY WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THAT IS CORRECT AND HAS BEEN PROGRAMED CORRECTLY, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PHYSICALLY TAKE A SCOOTER AND RIDE THAT AREA AND FIND OUT.

GREAT. WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER. YEAH, I WAS LIKE, I GOT A VOLUNTEER IN MINE.

AND THEN IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK OR A SHADOW OF A BUILDING IMPACTS IT, THEN WE HAVE TO ADJUST THAT WITHIN THE GIS PROGRAMING.

AND SO THAT THAT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT THEY LIKE AS THEIR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT. YES, YES. BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST ASKING US WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LIMIT THEIR SCOOTERS, BUT IT'S FOR US TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT AND THEN VERIFY THAT IT MEETS OUR NEEDS.

SO STEP ONE IS DO WE DO WE WANT THEM? YES OR NO? AND IF YOU WANT THEM, THEN THE STAFF WILL START TO REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

WE CAN ALSO HAVE I MEAN, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT LIME WILL COME AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY.

IF IF WE THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WANT THEM TO COME HERE.

I MEAN, I DON'T MIND THE SCOOTERS. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR STAFF.

MAYBE IT'S NOT. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS. IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE THE YEAR ONE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BECAUSE IT'S ALL NEW. YEAH.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROCESSES IN PLACE. BUT WE DO THE BIKES.

BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE. THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE BIKES. I ASKED MY 25 YEAR OLD SON, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU'RE THE GUYS THAT ARE RIDING THIS ALL THE TIME.

HE GOES, I'D RIDE IT IF I'M DOWNTOWN OMAHA AND I WANT TO COME OVER TO COUNCIL BLUFFS SIDE.

ABSOLUTELY. I GET ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH COLLEGE WORLD SERIES COMING. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE I'D STAY OVER HERE AND THEN RIDE IT OVER THERE FOR THE GAME AND THEN BRING ONE BACK.

I DON'T KNOW. HOP ON AT THE CASINO AND GO OVER AND PARK ON THE PARKING GARAGE FOR FREE AND DRIVE IT ACROSS.

CORRECT. I THINK SOMEBODY SAID LAST TIME THAT THEY'RE ALREADY HERE.

WE SEE THEM BOTH THE PRIVATE SIDE AND ONES THAT PEOPLE JUST THE PRIVATE ONES ARE EVERYWHERE.

YEAH, I WAS IN HILLS OF CEDAR CREEK THIS WEEKEND FOR TEN MINUTES.

I THINK I SAW THREE OF THEM. YEAH, I, I MADE COMMENTS LAST YEAR AND I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE LIKE, HEY, EVERYONE, TELL YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THE KIDS WILL BE ON, ON THOSE SCOOTERS, THE PRIVATELY OWNED ONES DOING THIS. YUP. WITH THEIR LITTLE BROTHER IN BETWEEN THEIR CELL PHONE AND THEIR BELLY AND THEY'RE JUST CRUISING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS ON STREETS THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE ON. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME KIDS GOT HIT THE OTHER DAY. I SAW ON ON ONE OF THEM.

IT JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE SECTOR SIDE ONES ARE EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE ALL OVER TOWN. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'D BE NICE BECAUSE IT'D BE KIND OF CONTROLLED, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL.

LIKE I'VE. I TRY AND THINK OF IT AS SOMETHING WHERE IF I CAME TO TOWN, RIGHT, LIKE WHEN I WENT TO NASHVILLE, WE HOPPED ON THE BIRD ONES OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

A GROUP OF US, AND WE'RE RIDING AROUND ON THOSE NOW.

NASHVILLE'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS. I GOT A LITTLE SKETCHY, BUT ALL IN ALL, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND.

TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT SITES AND SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE WENT TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SAFE, MAYBE STAYING IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA TO BE ABLE TO RIDE OVER TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEW HOLLYWOOD CASINO THAT'S GOING IN TO, TO HOP ON THE RIDE OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S HAVING AN EVENT TO, JUST TO, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THAT. FOR THE NEW RIVERFRONT FEATURES.

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THAT'LL BE INTERESTING CUZ THERE'S NO PARKING DOWN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE SCOOTERS ABLE TO PARK A LONG WAYS AWAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT WALK TO GET TO THOSE FEATURES NO MATTER WHERE YOU PARK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING LOTS DOWN THERE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT BRINGS SOME VALUE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE GOT TO WORK WITH IN YOUR STAFF CVB, RIGHT? LIKE DO WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THEM DOWN HERE TO THE DURING TRAINING DAYS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THE. I THINK THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT YEAH, I KNOW IT'S JUST A. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE PUTTING IN ALL THESE ATTRACTIONS TO A DRAW DRAW PEOPLE.

SO LET'S LET THEM HAVE ACCESS TO IT. CORRECT. IF THAT BRINGS SOME MORE PEOPLE OVER FROM OMAHA TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, I'M ABOUT IT. OR IF THEY STAY HERE AT OUR CASINO OR OUR HOTELS HERE AND THEY GO, I CAN STAY OVER HERE, STAY OVER HERE, AND THEN I'LL JUST RIDE, I'LL JUST HOP ON ONE OF THESE DEALS AND JUST SHOOT OVER THERE QUICK. YEP.

I AM LIKE ROGER, THOUGH I DO REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM BEFORE WE GET TOO CARRIED AWAY.

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TEARING UP ALL YOUR RESOURCES TO TRY AND MANAGE THIS, ESPECIALLY AT THE AS WE PUT IT IN PLACE. THAT'S A.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES. I THINK WE ASKED THIS LAST TIME.

IS THERE ANY SEPARATE INSURANCE THAT WE NEED FOR THIS? LIKE IS IT IS THERE A COST? IT'S GOING TO BE LIABILITY. I'M SURE. THERE'S GOING TO BE LIABILITY TO THE CITY BECAUSE WE GET SUED ON ANYTHING IF THE WIND BLOWS THE WRONG DIRECTION.

I'M GOING TO GET SUED. AND SO YEAH, THE SIDEWALKS NOT FIXED.

IT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RIDES. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RIDING THEM ON THE STREET ONLY IN OMAHA.

AND THEY RIDE THEM ON THE SIDEWALKS CONSTANTLY.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT THEM ON THE SIDEWALKS. I THINK TRAILS IS PROBABLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE AS A CITY AND STREETS SOME, BUT NOT ALL. LIKE I CANNOT IMAGINE THEM ON WEST BROADWAY, FOR INSTANCE.

NO. NO CAINSVILLE NO BROADWAY AVENUE I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR EACH SERVICE. I MEAN, I KNOW NOBODY READS THE TERMS AND THINGS, BUT IT'S THERE IS NO LIABILITY. YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF THE CITY YOU'RE IN.

I JUST SIGNED UP FOR ONE THE WENT THROUGH LIKE A MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS IN DC TWO MONTHS AGO.

I MEAN, IT MAKES YOU GO THROUGH AND YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. YOU GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE ID AND ALL THE STUFF.

YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE LIABILITY CLAIMS FOR POTHOLES EVERY, ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL MEETING AND SOMEBODY DOES A HEADER IN A POTHOLE ON OUR STREETS WE'RE GOING TO GET SUED.

YEAH. I CAN TRY TO FACILITATE LIME PARTICIPATING IN A MEETING.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT TODAY THE PROVIDER FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA IS LIME.

I WAS THE WAY OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OMAHA READS IS THAT WE BASICALLY PIGGYBACK OFF WHATEVER CONTRACT THEY DO.

SO IF IN THE NEXT CONTRACT THEY PICK BIRD OR SOME OTHER COMPANY, IT WON'T BE LIME.

SO BASED ON THE, THE THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE A SAY ON WHO PROVIDES THE SERVICE.

IT WILL GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF OMAHA.

THEY WILL SELECT A PROVIDER. THAT PROVIDER WILL THEN EXPAND SERVICE INTO THE CITY OF COUNCIL.

YEAH, I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT. THEY ARE. I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR OWN AGREEMENT.

WELL, THAT'S MORE WORK FOR US [LAUGHS]I KNOW, BUT.

BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION, ROGER, IS THAT WE DON'T PAY FOR THE BIKES RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO GET THE MONEY FROM THE LIME TO COVER THE COST OF THE BIKE.

NO, I GET IT. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T LIKE BEING TIED TO WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT? WHAT IF BIRD COMES IN OR THERE'S THREE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. HEY, ZACH, CAN I ASK YOU FROM A PARKS STANDPOINT.

WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THIS? YOU KNOW, IT'S RECREATION.

IT'S KIND OF UP YOUR ALLEY WITH THIS. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE USED BY PEOPLE OR ARE WE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION? I BELIEVE THAT THAT YEAH, IT WILL BE BE USED BY PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECTS, WE'RE TRYING TO TO LINK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR RECREATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE TRAIL CONNECTED DOWN TO LAKE MANAWA AND GET PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND SERVICES.

SO YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE USED. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVEREXTEND OURSELVES.

YOU KNOW, LIKE MATT MENTIONED WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY IF WE OPEN UP OUR TRAILS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COVERING A LOT OF GROUND AND THAT'S A LOT.

I KNOW WE GOT ONE VOLUNTEER, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF, OF TESTING, YOU KNOW, THE GEOFENCING PARAMETERS AND MAKING SURE THAT SCOOTERS AREN'T STOPPING IN INTERSECTIONS AND, AND MAKING SURE OUR BASES ARE COVERED THERE.

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BUT I, YEAH, I, AGAIN, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, LA VISTA, RALSTON, BELLEVUE CITY OF OMAHA ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, COVERING OPERATIONS OF, OF HEARTLAND BIKE SHARE.

AND SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DECLINED. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR US TO PITCH IN TO THAT GENERAL OPERATING AND BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP THOSE OVER HERE. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY AGREE THAT IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THEM PEOPLE USE THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S THE TOUGH PART. I THINK THE IDEA IS GREAT, BUT IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE YOU TWO REALLY PROBABLY SUGGESTING TO US WHERE THEY GO. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT US SUGGESTING. I THINK YOU GUYS SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM AND WE PULL UP THE GIS MAP HERE OR WE HAVE SEPARATE MEETINGS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START SMALL AND MAYBE MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO, WE EVALUATE AND GO HERE. BUT I WOULD THINK AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S GEOFENCE DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T FOOT PEDAL THAT THING ACROSS TOWN AND WRITE IT DOWN THE HILLS UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

YEAH, YEAH. AND ONE POINT THAT THAT MATT HAD BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH OMAHA'S USE, IT'S THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PRESENCE IN, IN RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, SPACES WHERE ON OURS IT WOULD LIKELY BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE MUCH MORE VISIBLE OR AROUND YOU KNOW, RESIDENCES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE EXPANDED IT, IF WE DID. OKAY.

SO, OH, SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IN RELATION TO ROGER'S QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE INSURANCE, I'VE TAKEN A CURSORY LOOK AT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

OMAHA HAS PROTECTED THEMSELVES. THEY'RE NAMED AS ADDITIONAL INSURED WITH LIME.

COUNCIL BLUFFS IS NOT SO. ONCE THIS COUNCIL GIVES THE GO AHEAD, WE WOULD LOOK CAREFULLY AT THAT CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT AND MAKE SURE COUNCIL BLUFFS IS PROTECTED. REQUIRE THEM TO LIST US ALSO. YES.

YEAH. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE A COST TO THE TAXPAYERS.

SAY IT OUT LOUD. RIGHT. WHAT DID YOU SAY? IT WOULD HAVE A COST, RIGHT? YEAH. FOR ADDITIONAL INSURED. FOR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

WOULD YOU REQUIRE THEM TO USE ADDITIONAL INSURED IT. YOU WANT TO DO IT, FINE. YOU PAY FOR IT. YOU LIST ME, YOU COVER ME UNDER YOURS.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT WAS NOT NEGOTIATED FAVORABLY, REALLY FOR COUNCIL BLUFFS, IT WAS PRETTY SPARSE AND WE WOULD LEAVE THAT UP.

SO I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE QUESTION. YES, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

I AGREE. WE'RE NOT VOTING, BUT I WOULD SAY YES.

NO. BUT THE CONSENSUS IS THAT TO CONTINUE TO. I WOULD ASK YOU TO HAVE LIME COME TALK PLEASE.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON. CORRECT. YEAH. THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP.

THEN WE'LL MAKE THAT REQUEST TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ON HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE HERE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.

PERFECT. SO CAN I CLARIFY, DO YOU WANT ME TO WORK ON THE CONTRACT NOW, OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE PRESENTATION? YEAH.

I'D WAIT. OKAY. I KNOW THEY WANT IT BY COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IS WHAT THEIR GOAL IS, BUT WE'LL SEE 13TH OR SOMETHING. MAY 5TH. WHATEVER. WE DON'T KNOW YET.

YEAH, THAT WAS THEIR DESIRE. I MEAN, IF WE DON'T MAKE IT, WE DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

RIGHT. THERE'S A GOAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ZACH. OKAY. WE ARE HEADING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO THIS MATTER IS APPROPRIATE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER IOWA CODE 21.5, SUBSECTION ONE.

I'D MADAM MAYOR, ASK FOR A MOTION TO ENTER CLOSED SESSION.

MOTION TO EXECUTIVE. SECOND. JOE DISALVO. AYE.

STEVE GORMAN. AYE. DOUG REW. AYE. ROGER SANDAU.

AYE. COLE BUTTON. AYE. AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PLEDGE

[1) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE AND PRESENT, AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[2) CALL TO ORDER]

[3) CITIZENS REQUEST TO BE HEARD]

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THIS IS YOUR TIME. IF YOU HAVE, ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENING FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS MINNIE BRYSON WALSH.

I LIVE AT 4301 COTTAGE ROAD. I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS I.

AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THESE WAS BECAUSE SEVERAL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY YOU, WHEN YOU CAMPAIGNED, YOU TALKED ABOUT DODGE PARK AND THE FACT THAT YOU WANTED IT TO STAY AS THE DODGE FAMILY INTENDED.

WELL, DO ANY OF YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THE DODGE FAMILY INTENDED TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? THESE ARE LETTERS FROM THE DODGE FAMILY. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

SECOND. I GOT THESE FROM THE ARCHIVES ONCE FROM 1912 AND THE OTHER ONE FROM.

SORRY. ONE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE MOTION AND SECOND, TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

THANKS. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. SO WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THIS FIRST ONE.

IS THE ONE FROM 1912, I THINK. AND IT'S IT SAYS TO BE CALLED DODGE PARK.

AND MAINLY IT'S JUST DISCUSSING THE LAND AND THE SECTIONS, THE TRACKS THAT WERE ADDED.

BUT I DID WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY LAST ONE PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS THE 40 ACRES NORTH OF THE STREET RAILWAY TRACKS, IT IS PLANNED, WILL BE TURNED INTO A PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT AT SOME FUTURE DATE VARIOUS SHAPE AMUSEMENT DEVICES, BLAH, BLAH BLAH WOULD BE INSTALLED.

SO THEY INTENDED IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN COULD COME PLAY IS WHAT I READ FROM THAT.

IN THIS OTHER ONE THAT SAYS CLEAR NEW PART OF DODGE PARK.

ON THE LAST PAGE, THE LIKE SECOND PARAGRAPH FROM THE END, IT SAYS IT IS PLANNED BY THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE CHAIRS AND TABLES AT CERTAIN POINTS WHERE HIKERS AND MOTORISTS MAY REST AND HAVE THEIR LUNCH.

THE VIEW OF THE RIVER, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH PORTION OF THE DRIVE, IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

THEY FULLY INTENDED FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO BE ABLE TO USE DODGE PARK, NOT LESS THAN 5%.

HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS GOLF ON A REGULAR BASIS? NOT VERY MANY OF YOU. YEAH. OKAY. TWO. OKAY. OUT OF HOW MANY? AND THAT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT SHOULD STAY AS IT WAS INTENDED, NOT A GOLF COURSE THAT ONLY MAKES $30,000 A YEAR AND ISN'T ON THE TAX ROLLS. I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT ON THE TAX ROLLS ANYWAY, THEN RETURN IT TO US.

I RIDE MY BIKE ALONG THERE. I COULD GET OFF AND GO DOWN THERE AND SIT AND PUT A BLANKET DOWN AND GET HIT BY A GOLF BALL.

BUT SO EITHER YOU STICK TO WHAT YOU RAN ON AND CAMPAIGNED ON OR SAY, THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT, OR I MADE THAT UP OR I DON'T KNOW, I, I QUESTION IT, BUT I, I REALLY THINK WHOEVER, EVEN THE NEW PEOPLE WHO RAN DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LET'S DO WHAT THE DODGE FAMILY, WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE DO THAT RATHER THAN SERVE 5%.

THAT'S PROBABLY GENEROUS OF THE POPULATION. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEBODY SIT THROUGH THE LAST MEETING WHO DIDN'T WANT TO.

SO THIS IS WHAT USED TO BE AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

WELL, THEY CAME LATE. YEAH. THEY DID. THEY DID COME LATE. BUT THIS IS WHAT USED TO BE AT THE END OF THE MEETING. WE'VE MOVED IT TO THE FRONT. SO ANYBODY WHO NORMALLY SPEAKS AT THE END JUST WE HAD SOMEBODY SIT THROUGH THE LAST ONE THAT DIDN'T INTEND TO AND WANTED TO TALK AT THE END, AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. SO THIS IS NOW IS THAT TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I FELT BAD FOR THEM.

IT WAS A LONG MEETING. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TONIGHT FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

[5.A) Child Abuse Prevention Month ]

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WHEREAS CHILDREN ARE A VITAL PART OF THE COUNCIL BLUFFS AND THEIR WELL-BEING IS STRENGTHENED WHEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS. AND WHEREAS POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES SUCH AS SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARING ADULTS, STRONG FAMILY CONNECTIONS, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE COMMUNITY BUILD RESILIENCE AND HELP CHILDREN GROW INTO A HEALTHY, ENGAGED ADULTS. AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHERE FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCES, THEY ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND WHEREAS PREVENTION FOCUSED APPROACHES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES BEFORE THE CRISIS OCCURS PROMOTE LONG TERM WELL-BEING FOR CHILDREN.

SUPPORT HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTER POSITIVE OUTCOMES ACROSS GENERATIONS.

AND WHEREAS BUILDING RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN AND CAREGIVERS IS A SHARED COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY THAT STRENGTHENS, THAT IS STRENGTHENED THROUGH COLLABORATION AMONGST FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND WHEREAS INVESTING IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, STRENGTHENING EFFORTS SUCH AS PARENTING SUPPORTS, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIPS, AND POLICIES THAT PROMOTE FAMILY STABILITY HELP CREATE SAFER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN CAN THRIVE.

AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY PREPARES TO OBSERVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN APRIL, THIS PROCLAMATION SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS, CELEBRATE THE STRENGTHS OF FAMILIES, AND REAFFIRM COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE AND A HOPEFUL FUTURE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

NOW THEREFORE, I, JILL SHUDAK, MAYOR OF COUNCIL BLUFFS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2026 AS CHILD ABUSE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO JOIN IN PREPARATION FOR THE OBSERVATION BY STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, BUILDING RESILIENCE AND PROMOTING POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WITH THE CITY OF THE SEAL, I DO PROCLAIM. SO I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE TO ACCEPT.

FANTASTIC. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE'D LIKE A PICTURE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR HELPING US CELEBRATE THIS UPCOMING MONTH.

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT TRULY TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BUILD AND SUPPORT THOSE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND TO BUILD A HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AND YOU GUYS DO THAT EVERY DAY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

AND YES, WE WOULD LOVE A PICTURE. SO IF WE CAN COME UP.

OH, CAN WE HAVE ONE MORE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. OH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND, GUYS.

OH I'M SORRY. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS HEATHER NAPIER, AND I AM A 48 YEAR OLD ADULT SURVIVOR OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE.

I HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS 30 MILE RADIUS MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I COULDN'T.

I COULDN'T EVEN THINK OF CALLING ANYWHERE ELSE HOME.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS HELPED ME GROW AND BECOME A STRONG.

PART OF ADULTHOOD. WHEN I WAS 13, I WENT INTO FOSTER CARE AND I DIDN'T HAVE FAMILY THAT COULD TAKE ME IN TO GIVE ME A SAFE HOME. I ENDED UP IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT HOMES.

I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED TWICE IN MY LIFETIME. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO OTHER FAMILIES TO CARE FOR ME AND PROVIDE FOR ME.

AND I JUST WANT TO STAND HERE AND SAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO GROW UP AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, IF THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TOOLS TO DO THAT WITH.

I AM A COLLEGE GRADUATE. I AM A MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN, TWO BIOLOGICAL AND EIGHT ADOPTED THROUGH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

ALL OF MY CHILDREN WERE TAKEN AT BIRTH DUE TO CHOICES THAT THEIR MOTHERS MADE.

MY CHILDREN ARE GROWING TO BECOME STRONG, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS EVERY YEAR AND FOR PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR CHILDREN TO SEE AND TO HELP US BECOME ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN THAT FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] I WOULD JUST LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU ON YOUR COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SHARE YOUR STORY. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE STIGMA AWAY FROM ABUSE AND REALLY RAISE OUR CHILDREN UP.

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I SHARE MY STORY WITH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO BE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE GONE THROUGH OTHER FOSTER CARE CLASSES FOR FAMILIES THAT COME IN, AND I SHARE MY CHILDHOOD STORY WITH THEM AND HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO BECOME BETTER FOSTER PARENTS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT THEY FOSTER. AND SO I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WRITING MY MEMOIR, AND I'M 31 PAGES IN. NICE. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] YOU'LL FIT RIGHT IN.

YOU SURE? YEAH. YEAH. PERFECT.

YEAH. I LOVE IT THAT WAY. SPREAD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH, I AM.ALL RIGHT. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. LIKE 20. THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THE SERVICES PROVIDED ARE WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU GUYS. YOU'RE ALL GOOD. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR COMING. ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. NEXT UP WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[6.A) Resolution 26-112Resolution approving the plans and specifications for the East Manawa Sewer Rehab, Phase XIV. Project # PW26-09]

ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION 26-113. A RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A SOUTH

[6.B) Resolution 26-113Resolution to dispose of city owned property described as the South 23.55 feet of Lot 2, along with that section of the vacated north/south alley adjoining said South 23.55 feet of Lot 2, all in Block 30, Riddle Subdivision, the South 23.53 feet of the West 50 feet of Lot 13, Block 31, Riddle Subdivision, and that section of vacated South 10th Street right-of-way lying between the South 23.55 feet of Lot 2, Block 30, Riddle Subdivision, and the South 23.53 feet of Lot 13, Block 31, Riddle Subdivision. Location: Immediately south of 1001 9th Avenue. Case #26-0002-PZOTB]

BLOCK 31 RIDDLE SUBDIVISION DIVISION LOCATION IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF 1001 NINTH AVENUE.

IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? IT IS. IS ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES RESOLUTION 26-114.

[6.C) Resolution 26-114Resolution approving and authorizing execution of a Development Agreement by and between the City of Council Bluffs and Arbor Creek, LLC.]

ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? OH, SORRY. I WAS WAITING FOR.

RON. JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND YOU MESSAGED ME. WE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE SET THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THERE IS NO LOW INCOME HOUSING.

THERE IS A 44% SET ASIDE THAT WE WILL USE AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

JUST SO YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CHANGES.

IT'S STILL THE 16 HOUSES. THERE'S NO LOW TO OKAY, SAME. SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION.

WHAT CHANGED? CORRECT. THERE'S NO CHANGE. THERE WAS NO TIF ORIGINALLY. NO. CORRECT. SO IT'S THE INCENTIVE PLAN THAT THEY'VE ENTERED INTO.

IT REQUIRES THEM TO GIVE 44% TO EITHER BUILD THAT AS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME OR PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS TO THE CITY TO USE ON ANOTHER PROJECT ELSEWHERE.

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THAT BEING THE CASE, THAT THAT. THAT'S. I KNEW THAT'S WHY YOU WERE GETTING UP.

AND SO THAT'S WHY. YEAH. AND I ASSUME THAT'S WHY YOU CALLED ME TODAY TOO. SO I, I DIDN'T GET BACK TO YOU THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST MEETING. I HADN'T GOTTEN BACK TO YOU. THAT'LL SAVE A LOT OF TIME. YEP. SO WHAT WAS IT? OF THE 607 OVER 200 WILL COME BACK TO US.

200. COME BACK AND GO SOMEWHERE. GO SOMEWHERE PURCHASING OR WHATEVER WE MAY DO. IT'S ODD. AGAIN, IT DID SEEM ODD THAT THE PROJECT WAS WELL STARTED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TIF COMES UP.

YES. SO THAT'S IT'S LIKE, I HOPE THIS ISN'T A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

WELL, THE WE PUT IN THE NOT URBAN REVIVE, BUT WHAT'S IT.

THE PROPERTY WAS ELIGIBLE FOR IT. BUT WHEN THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CAME UP, I HAD QUESTIONS TOO.

AND SO I WE ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING. RON, CAN YOU REMIND ME YOUR HOUSE NUMBER? 536 COLLEGE ROAD. AND JUST TO CLARIFY YOUR POINT, THE INCENTIVE PLAN GENERALLY COMES AFTER AND GETS AGREED AFTER THE PROJECT HAS STARTED. SO IT'S NOT ABNORMAL TO SEE THAT.

THE WAY HOW WE'RE PRESENTING IT TO COUNCIL HAS CHANGED.

AND SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THIS ORDER NOW IN THE COUNCIL.

BUT THE PROJECTS GENERALLY GET GOING, THERE'S SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT AND THEN THE COUNCIL AGREES ON THE ON THE FINAL FOR ANY TYPE OF INCENTIVE.

BUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS NOT CHANGED.

OKAY. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS GOES BACK TO, FRANKLY, 2019 BEFORE.

LONG TIME AGO. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ALL THOSE RFPS HAD TIF ATTACHED TO THEM.

YES. SO THAT MIGHT HAVE CREATED THE CONFUSION THAT IT JUST WENT HAND IN HAND.

THANK YOU. ANYWAY. ABSOLUTELY. I LIKE TO SAVE TIME.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL. ANY. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

RESOLUTION 26-115, A RESOLUTION GRANTING FINAL PLAT APPROVAL TO THE TWO LOT COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS ATHERTON

[6.D) Resolution 26-115 Resolution granting final plat approval of a two-lot commercial subdivision to be known as Atherton Square and being legally described as a replat of Lots 10 through 27, except the southwest corner of said Lot 10 and the southeast corner of said Lot 27 dedicated as City right-of-way, all in Block 2, Evans bridge. Location: 2900 & 2930 West Broadway. Case #SUB-26-001      ]

LOCATION 2900 AND 2930 WEST BROADWAY. IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? YES IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? GREAT INVESTMENT IN WEST BROADWAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

RESOLUTION 26-116 A RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE CITY OWNED PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS ONE THROUGH SIX EAST MANAWA SUBDIVISION.

[6.E) Resolution 26-116Resolution to dispose of city owned property described as Lots 1-6, East Manawa Subdivision.  Location: Southeast corner at the intersection of Mohawk Street and Comanche Street.]

IS PROOF OF PUBLICATION ON FILE? YES IT IS. ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED? NONE RECEIVED. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER.

SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND THIS IS THE START OF, THE SECTIONS WILL SELL TO SMALLER DEVELOPERS TO BUILD HOUSES, START TO RECOUP SOME OF THE THE FUNDS THAT THAT WE PUT IN.

BUT NOW THEY'LL BE UNENCUMBERED. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD TO SEE THIS PART HAPPENING.

SO. AGREED. ROLL CALL. MADAM CLERK. STEVE GORMAN.

ABSTAIN. DOUG REW. AYE. ROGER SANDAU. AYE. COLE BUTTON.

AYE. JOE DISALVO. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ORDINANCES ON THE FIRST READING.

[7.A) Ordinance 6672Ordinance to amend Chapter 4.12 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal by amending Section 4.12.080 "Solid Waste-Persons Permitted to Collect."]

SOLID WASTE PERSON PERMITTED TO COLLECT MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ORDINANCE 6673 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 13.07 GENERAL CONTRACTORS LICENSING OF THE COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION

[7.B) Ordinance 6673Ordinance to amend Chapter 13.07 "General Contractor's Licensing" of the Council Bluffs Municipal Code by amending Sections 13.07.030 "General Contractor's License Required,", 13.07.040 “General Contractor Defined,” 13.07.070 “License-Suspension,” 13.07.075 “Procedure of Violation Notification,” 13.07.080 “License-Revocation,” 13.07.120 “License-Generally,” 13.07.170 “Insurance Required,” and 13.07.190 “Violation-Penalty,” to add contractor compliance requirements relating to state licensure, Worker's compensation, Iowa Workforce Development registration, and Federal employment eligibility verification.]

13.07.40 40 GENERAL CONTRACTOR DEFINED.

13.07.070 LICENSE SUSPENSION. 13.07.075 PROCEDURE

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13.07.120 LICENSE GENERALLY. 13.07.170 INSURANCE REQUIRED AND 13.07.190 VIOLATION PENALTY TO ADD CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STATE INSURANCE, WORKER'S COMP, IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REGISTRATION, AND FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THIS IS A FIRST READING, AND WE HAD A LITTLE FAUX PAS WITH THE RED LINE STUFF TO COME THROUGH.

BUT FROM WHAT STAFF HAS TOLD US, THE PURPOSE OF THIS WILL REVIEW A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH SINCE WE GOT THE ACTUAL RED LINE SENT OVER TO US.

IN THE MIDST OF OUR OUR HECTIC DAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING SINCE 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

IF WE HAVE TO, WE CAN GO TO. IT'LL BE ON SECOND READING. CORRECT, CORRECT. AND BUT FROM WHAT STAFF IS SAYING IT'S IT'D BE GOOD TO CONTINUE FORWARD.

SO. SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT TAKES THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND PUTS THEM INTO THE CITY CODE FOR BUILDING TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THE LICENSED EMPLOYEES ON SITE DOING THE WORK OR THE CORRECT RATIOS WITH HELPERS OR INSURANCE OR AND THAT THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ENSURES THEN THAT THERE IS WORKMAN'S COMP INSURANCE FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ON SITE AND EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION CHECKS AS WELL.

IT ALSO THEN HAS THEM REGISTER WITH THE CITY.

SO THAT WAY, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THE CITY INSPECTOR CAN GO OUT AND EITHER FIND SEND SOMEBODY HOME OR SHUT DOWN THE JOB SITE IF NEEDED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION 26-117.

[8.A) Resolution 26-117Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute an Agreement for Payment of Land Acquisition Costs with Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact (SINC) and to offer to buy the two IDOT parcels from the State of Iowa. ]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, SINC IS PAYING FOR THESE PARCELS OF LAND, NOT THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

CORRECT. THEY'RE BUYING THEM AND THEY'LL, AT NO POINT WILL THEY BE IN SINC.

THEY WILL LEAD THEM DIRECTLY TO US. BUT THEY THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR IT.

ABOUT 70 G'S. AND FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THIS PROGRAM, THIS IS WHERE THE PROPOSED NEW PLAYGROUND WILL BE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. CORRECT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION 26-118. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE PIR

[8.B) Resolution 26-118Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute a Transfer and Assignment of the Pier from SINC to the City of Council Bluffs. ]

SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION 26-119, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE

[8.C) Resolution 26-119Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute an Amendment of Transfer and Assignment of the Treetop Walkway and the MidAmerican Energy Adventure Tower. ]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. RESOLUTION 26-1 20. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A NON-EXCLUSIVE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT WITH FORGED FIBER

[8.D) Resolution 26-120 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Non-Exclusive Public Right-of-Way Agreement with Forged Fiber 37, LLC, to install, maintain, operate, and control a fiber optic infrastructure network in public right-of-way.]

MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. I'D STILL LIKE THESE TO BE DONE MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME.

BUT ONE SECOND. HOLD ON A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THIS IS A TERRIBLE LAW BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND DO THIS.

BUT WE WE'RE REQUIRED TO TO LET THESE FOLKS IN AND YEAH, DO THESE THINGS.

IT'S TERRIBLE. BUT WE HAVE TO. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TERRIBLE THING.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TOO. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S CONTINUAL DIGGING.

AND HOW MUCH ROOM DO WE REALLY HAVE IN OUR EASEMENTS TO CONTINUE? WE DON'T. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE CITY, YOU CALL, ONE CALL AND HAVE IT MARKED. IT'S MARKED EVERYWHERE.

YES. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A NEW COMPANY IS COMING IN MONTHLY.

YEAH. AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST FORGE FIBER, RIGHT? NO. THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY, IT'S IN GENERAL, EVERYBODY THAT IS.

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AND SO WE HAVE MET. GET WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH, WE'LL APPROVE IT. THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH.

WE COULD NOT APPROVE IT AND THEN DO IT ANYWAYS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE VOTE ON IT, HONESTLY. THIS AT LEAST GIVES US THIS GIVES US INFORMATION.

YEAH. WHO TO CALL IF THEY TEAR UP YOUR YARD, WE CAN.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO THEM SO WE KNOW WHO'S THERE DOING THE WORK.

AND WE CAN, IF THEY'RE NOT UP TO STANDARDS, WE CAN GET WITH YOU AND THE COMPANY AND GET IT FIXED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YEP, COME ON UP AGAIN.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, FOR THIS MEETING, I LIVE AT 919 BIRCH STREET, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 51501. AND YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE? BLAISE, B L A I S E. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME? OH, MARTIN, M A R T I N. MARTIN. OKAY. THANKS, MARTIN. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE GOOGLE FIBER BOX THEY PUT IN. ALL THE DIFFERENT FIBER? YEAH, YEAH.

I'M NOT THE HAPPIEST WITH IT BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY PUT ONE IN MY YARD WHEN I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MY HOUSE CLOSING.

THEY JUST PUT ONE OF THOSE BOXES AND JUST DUG UP MY LAWN.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY KEEP REPEATEDLY JUST TEARING UP MY YARD ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S LIKE THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER PLACES TO PUT.

I WONDER WHY THEY PICKED MY YARD JUST TO TAKE UP THAT BIG AREA.

YEAH. SO THERE IT SHOULD BE IN THE EASEMENT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR YARD, SO CLOSE TO THE STREET BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREET OR CLOSE TO THE STREET.

WELL, IT'S INSIDE THE SIDEWALK. IT'S TEN FOOT INSIDE THE SIDEWALK THEY CAN GO AND THEY DO NOT.

THEY DID RIP UP MY LAWN. THEY DID. THEY SHOULD PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS.

AND IF THEY DIDN'T, YOU SHOULD CONTACT US. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND THEY DID. IT DOES SEEM LIKE THEY THEY KEEP DIGGING HOLES AND THEY KEEP MAKING IT UNEVEN WHERE I HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING DIRT IN, LIKE THERE'S A BUNCH OF SINKHOLES. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? WE LET US KNOW IT'S 37 DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

YEAH. IT'S JUST NOT ONE COMPANY THAT'S IN THE CITY DIGGING.

IT'S MULTIPLE COMPANIES. EACH COMPANY HAS THEIR OWN FIBER THAT THEY KEEP GOING BACK IN AND LAYING SEPARATELY AND SEPARATELY.

CENTURYLINK, COX, AT&T, GOOGLE. THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM GET TOGETHER.

AND WE DO MORE THAN ONE AT ONE AT ONE TIME, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THEY HAVE IT SET.

SO SO IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE RIGHT? IT'S GOOGLE FIBER THAT DOES IT.

AND I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE EITHER PAYING ME RENT FOR IT OR THEY SHOULD BE GIVING ME FREE INTERNET, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO EITHER. EXACTLY. WE FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GONE UP THE HILL YET, BUT THEY'RE ON MINE RIGHT NOW. IT'S LIKE IF I CAN'T USE OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY FOR STUFF, THEY SHOULDN'T USE MINE, RIGHT? I AGREE. AMEN.

WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES RESOLUTION 26-121. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CAROLLO ENGINEERS,

[8.E) Resolution 26-121Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc. for professional services in connection with the Sanitary Sewer Rate Study. Project # PW26-04            ]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. FOR RESOLUTION

[8.F) Resolution 26-122Resolution authorizing and setting the Drainage District annual assessment for Mosquito Creek # 22, Sieck # 32, and West Lewis # 35 for fiscal year 2027.Resolution to amend the adopted planned commercial development plan on property legally described as being part of Government Lots 1 through 3 and the adjacent abandoned River Road right-of-way, all located in Section 4-74-44, and being more particularly described in the city council communication for Ameristar Casino Hotel.  Location: 2200 River Road. Case #PC-26-002]

SO THAT JUST NEEDS TO COME OUT. AND IT STARTS WITH RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE ADOPTED PLAN.

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING PART OF GOVERNMENT LOTS ONE THROUGH THREE AND THE ADJACENT ABANDONED RIVER ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, ALL LOCATED IN SECTION THREE, 74, 44 AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE COUNCIL CITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET FOR AMERISTAR CASINO.

HOTEL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION.

ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

PAUL ZAK, 2200 RIVER ROAD, COUNCIL BLUFFS. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER AT AMERISTAR CASINO.

I WAS HESITANT. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY AND THAT'S OKAY.

COME ON UP. BREAK UP YOUR DISCUSSION. I KNOW YOU'VE REVIEWED A VERY LENGTHY AND DETAILED PROPOSAL THAT WE SUBMITTED, SO I'LL BE SUPER, SUPER BRIEF. EXCITED TO BE HERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO INVEST OVER $200 MILLION INTO OUR OUR PROPERTY.

OUR NEW FACILITY WILL HAVE AROUND 1000 SLOT MACHINES, 24 TABLE GAMES.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER SEPARATE HIGH LIMIT TABLE AND SLOT ROOMS. WE'RE GOING TO ADD TWO NEW RESTAURANTS TO THE FACILITY AND KEEP EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD BEFORE.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER 560 PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGE THAT'LL BE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING.

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. THAT WILL BE THE MOST DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND UNDER ONE ROOF IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.

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DURING THAT TIME, WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN TAX BASES IN THE CITY.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 550 TEAM MEMBERS, 270 OF WHICH RESIDE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.

OUR LEADERS SERVE ON BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS.

YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NEW FACILITY WILL HELP BRING OUR GAMING LEVELS BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THE EXPANSIONS IN BOTH CARTER LAKE AND IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WHILE I'M HERE.

WE APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT. HUGE INVESTMENT.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT DONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR A LOT OF YEARS, LIKE YOU SAID.

AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE AS MUCH EXCITEMENT HERE AS WE DO.

TO BE ON THERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DOCK OUR BOATS IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR MARINA THERE AND, AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIVER, WHICH HAS HELPED MANY PEOPLE TO BE SERVED SERVICED OUT ON THE RIVER.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. HAPPY TO DO IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CAN I ASK ON BEHALF OF ME AND MY WIFE WHAT KIND OF RESTAURANTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE? [LAUGHS] SURE.

ONE WILL BE AN ASIAN RESTAURANT WHICH WILL BE ON THE CASINO FLOOR ITSELF.

AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE A FAST CASUAL, WHICH WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO GIVE THE NAME OF, BUT IT WILL BE THE ONLY ONE PROBABLY WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES WHEN IT OPENS.

FANTASTIC. YOU CAN CALL IT JOE'S [LAUGHS] THAT'LL BE THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO BOTH PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR AND FOLKS WHO ARE NOT OF AGE.

THERE'S A SEPARATE SIDES TO IT. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED.

AWESOME, AWESOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ANYONE FROM THE OFFICE OR AUDIENCE, I SHOULD SAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[8.G) Resolution 26-123Resolution accepting the bid of Carley Construction, LLC for the Mid-America Center Parking Lots Rehab, Phase 6. Project # BM26-01]

APRIL 20TH, 20. OKAY. APRIL 20TH. SORRY. SECOND.

CONCUR. YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION TO TABLE HAS PASSED. RESOLUTION 26-124 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADOPTION OF A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT

[8.H) Resolution 26-124Resolution requesting adoption of a site-specific development plan for a restaurant (Chipotle) on property legally described as Lot 1, Atherton Square.  Location: 2900 and 2930 West Broadway. Case #MIS-26-001]

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ROGER.

ROGER. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS SOON AS I GOT ELECTED.

WE DID. GETTING THE CHIPOTLE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED [LAUGHS] IT'S A WELL, I SHOULD SAY.

I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS FROM THE DEVELOPERS THAT WE WEREN'T AS FLEXIBLE AND OPEN TO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO. AND, I THINK THEY CAME BACK TO THE TABLE AND WE SAID, LOOK, WE, WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME LEEWAY HERE AND WE'D LIKE SOME OTHER THINGS HERE. AND. IT WAS A GREAT COMPROMISE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A BRAND NEW BUSINESS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT AND WHICH WILL HELP LOWER THESE PROPERTY TAXES WE TALKED ABOUT AT 06:00 THIS EVENING.

AND LAST MEETING, WE APPROVED CHRIS GIBBONS AS HEAD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST PROJECT THAT HE TOOK FROM FROM THIS.

SO WAS VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. RIGHT. AND I TALKED TO CHRIS AND WORKED WITH HIM A LONG TIME IN PLANNING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS FINDING WAYS TO GET THINGS DONE, RATHER THAN PUTTING UP ROADBLOCKS AND NOT GETTING THEM DONE.

AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. LIKE ROGER SAID, WE HAD TO COMPROMISE ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT WE WORKED WITH THEM AND WE GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR EVERYBODY. SO WITH THE CHIPOTLANE FOR DRIVE THROUGH. THAT'S TRUE. RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES RESOLUTION 26-125.

[8.I) Resolution 26-125Resolution approving city depositories as required by the Code of Iowa, Section 12.C.2.]

SECTION 12.C.2. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND CANCELLATIONS.

[9.A) Liquor License Renewals1. AMC, 3220 23rd Ave.2. Sakura Sushi & Hibachi, 3502 Metro Dr. ]

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 10.A WAS TAKEN CARE OF AT STUDY SESSION, SO NO MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE ON THAT.

[10.A) Discussion and Possible Direction to the City Attorney and/or City Clerk Regarding Research Requests1. Special Event Permits Under City Code]