We will call the Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Farable City Council meeting to order. Our first item is roll call. Council member Barnes here. Tumbla here. Ross here. Rowan here. Bunloo here. Teal.
Mayor Spooner here. and pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
All right. Next, we have approval of the agenda. Mayor Spooner, yes. I make a motion to approve. Second. I have a motion to approve by Dumboya,
second by Vad Sloo. All those in favor say motion. Next is our presentation Poppy week proclamation. I have an air of the office of the mayor of the city of
farable proclamation. Whereas the United States of America was founded upon the premises that all citizens should enjoy the blessings of freedom and liberty. Whereas the freedom and liberty that Americans enjoy longed for by the people
around the world and directed as a result of petty sacrifices made by American veterans whereas motans have made the ultimate sacrifice defense of this freedom. Whereas it's fitting and proper that we
recognize the courageous efforts of veterans who have sacrificed and secure this freedom and liberty for all Americans. Whereas American Legion Auxiliary, Veteran of Foreign Wars, Veteran of Foreign Wars
auxiliary copy as a commemorative symbol. Whereas each year stable veterans assemble and distribute memorial poppies creating a tangible tribute to the honor of our nation's fallen heroes benefit
the living veterans and their families. Now therefore I Thomas J. Spooner mayor city of far do hereby proclaim week of May 19th as hockey
week. Thank you. politicians older. But uh this year was a little different for the American Legion Auxiliary. Usually the veterans make the poppies, but this year they're able to make the poppies. So the
auxiliary poppies. So that was to take on be out and about. Uh we'll be add 23 to zero prevention and 23
three port believe it printing for dogs in Northfield support them uh support the uh Minnesota paralyzed
veterans to be able to go to see that facility pool there that the bottom of the pool uh moves so that the bedroom tables come down to from the ceiling. They out and support uh Poppy fundraiser
because has always been very good to us. All right. Our next item is approval of the minutes of April 22nd. Mayor Spooner. Yes. Make a motion to approve minutes for the April 22nd, 2025 city council meeting. Second.
I have a motion by Rowan, second by Donuya. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. All opposed. Motion passes. Request to be heard. We have not on that. Anything? Okay. Next item, consent agenda items.
We have items A through P. Anybody like anything pulled? I'd like to make a motion to approve consent agenda items 6A through 6P. Second. Motion by Vance Loose, a second by Ron
or Ross to approve 6A through 6P. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All opposed. Next item is public hearing. We have one public hearing tonight. Ordinance
2025-2 annexing certain land from Wells Township into the city. Harry Davis will give us the pres. Thank you, Mayor. Um, councel, please just give me one second just to set up. Okay. Thank you, mayor. Thank you,
councel. Uh, so the item in front of me today is an ordinance to annex land within Wells Township into city limits. Uh, the applicant is Kathy Kao on behalf of the Willie family and annexation is
just north of the industrial park. Here's kind of just a Google map image of of where it is. You can see the red dashed outline of the National Park. You can kind of see where Dy Point North is. This would be just north of that
location. And here's the entire property. Uh it's right next to uh you can see this purple line that outlines the current city limits. So um the area in question is 67.5 acres. It's
connected on two sides to city limits. The comprehensive plan does identify this location as commercial industrial mix. It is adjacent to the industrial park. So we really do anticipate more development located at this
location. It is also located near the planned exit for the future interchange between 150th and I5. Property will be zoned TUD as it comes into the city as it's required within our ordinance. Uh the applicants
have not proposed a different zoning district to bring this in. Um they are waiting until they have a specific developer targeted in order to focus on one particular zoning district. We did send letters by
certified and regular mail to all the adjoining property owners. Even those across I35 um and road rideways as well as Walls Township. We haven't received a whole lot more than just questions wanting to know what's going. So, we are recommending that city
council approve its first reading of ordinance. Happy to take any questions. Questions for staff. Can you put that map back up? Sure. This one or the the other one? Okay. This time I would entertain a motion to
go in. So moved. Second by Ross. Second by V. All opposed. Anybody wishing to speak on this matter, please come up to the podium. State your name and address for
the record. shocked. We usually have no one here. We seeing no one jumping forward. I will entertain a motion to close the public hearing. So move. Second. I have a motion by Dambooya and a second
by Ran to close the public hearing. All those in. All opposed. We are out of open out out of open session. Excuse me. All right. At this point, Mayor Spooner, yes. I'll make a motion
to approve ordinance 2025-2. Second. I have a motion to approve ordinance 2025-2 announcing certain land from Wells Township into the city by Ross. Second by Barnes. This is an ordinance
and we'll need a roll. Council member Barnes. Yeah. Ross. Hi. Rowan. Hi. Bonus. Hi. Mayor Spooner. Hi. Motion. All right. We're on to the next item. Items for
discussion. Our first one is ordinance 2025-3. approve zoning text amendments to match the land use in shore land with the DNR model ordinance. Once again, Harry Davis. Thank you, mayor. So, yeah, the
ordinance in front of you is to amend our zoning ordinance in order to match what the DNR has in their model ordinance for land uses within shoreland areas. Um, it's the city that's initiating this uh zoning ordinance amendment. What we have realized is that
there are a lot of uh situations that staff has run into over the years where we have a applicant coming forward whether they're a property owner or or they're a business and we have to look in three or four different locations in
order to determine whether a use is allowed within shoreland or not. Sometimes we're looking at the zoning ordinance. We're looking at shorland um which is in a different column right next to it and then we're also looking elsewhere in the code to determine that. And sometimes we find ourselves in
situations where none of those are really matching up. One might be permitted in one location, one might be conditional in the other and we might have another location that says it's not permitted at all. So, we've run into a lot of really tough conversations with
property owners, applicants, and so looking at what the model DNR ordinance has, it's a lot simplified, and it actually in a lot of cases improves some accessibility for those businesses and property owners. Um, so we're removing a
lot of shorland ordinances or ordinance references within the individual zoning districts, which is kind of part of the problem. And we're instead focusing it more within the shorland section with all the other uh special districts. And with that, what we're hoping to do is
really just look in two locations. Is it permitted, conditional, or not allowed at all within the underlying zoning district? and is it permitted, conditional, or not allowed at all? Looking in three places we're not looking for. Makes a lot easier for
staff to manage, a lot easier, follow along and understand. So, you know, I do have uh both of the tables for land uses for lake classifications as well as for river classifications. I'm happy to go into those more if you'd like me to. Uh
but generally when we're looking at a zoning text amendment like this, it meets a lot of our comprehensive plan goals about balancing between what I would argue you know city sort of public interests in making sure that our waterways are protected and private property interests where for a lot of
those people's sometimes it's existing development and they just want to be able to continue doing what they're doing there whether it's living operating a business or what have so good opportunity for us to kind of further some the comprehensive plan goals for zoning criteria. It does meet
a lot of our uh criteria and so we've we've provided some findings in the ordinance that follow that. Uh the DNR has issued a conditional approval letter. They're very happy with the changes that we've made. They were a little confused as to why we adopted it the way that we did. I'm sure that there's a whole reasoning behind that,
but this is way more simplified for them to understand and we hope for a lot of other people. So in summary, we feel like this is meeting a lot of the criteria and we've provided findings that supporting the ordinance amendment. So we're recommending that you approve
the first reading of questions for Mr. Davis. I guess I just have one and I think you answered. Is this going to make it simpler so everybody totally understand it? Yeah, it's gonna make it a lot simpler for me hopefully for everyone else.
Okay, thank you. All right, at this time I mayor Spooner. [Laughter] Uh, I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 2025-3. I'll second.
I have a motion to approve ordinance 2025-3 by Ross, seconded by Rowan. Ordinance. Oh, roll call. Council member Barnes. Hi. Hi. Ross. Hi. Rowan. Hi. Hi. Mayor Spooner.
Hi. Ordinance passes. Item B, resolution 2025-122, declare environmental assessment worksheet complete for Archer Data Centers. Once again, Mr. Thank you, mayor. So, uh, this is a resolution
looking at a, uh, upcoming development within Terbo. Uh they have to go through a series of of other approvals in order to bring this forward. The first of which is an environmental assessment worksheet, otherwise known as an EAW. It's from Archer Data Centers prepared
by their consultant Kimley Horn. Um, and the proposal tonight is just to release the EAW for public comment and review. We're not really going to get into or at least I'm not going to get into a whole lot of of the specifics with it. I'm more than happy to if you'd like, but
this is really just releasing it to the public for public comment. Um, the project's location is actually very close to one of the others that we reviewed tonight. uh just on the other side of Acorn Trail just north of the industrial it's currently within city limits and it's zoned uh
actually property you you can see here kind of by the by the color or the cyan outline around property. Um so I'll just go back to the maps. So this is uh looking just north of the industrial park. Uh right next to
it uh like I said it's it's zoned I2. The property uh is viewed here is outlined in can and then um the request like I'd mentioned before there there's a approval that they have to go through first some sort of of additional requirement and it's
because it's a enough square footage to trigger the requirement from the Minnesota uh environmental pollution board about whether or not something has to go through additional environmental review.
um just to get into a little bit of the background for it. So as soon as a project that is light industrial or warehousing and staff has determined that this is probably closest to that as a data center as soon as you get to 450,000 square feet or more um and the
applicant is proposing up to 500,000 square feet is when environmental review first part of that uh which it triggers is a mandatory EAW assessment worksheet. Uh the purpose of that is to determine whether an environmental
impact statement is needed or um the city of Farbo is the responsible government unit or the RGU for something like this. Uh in this case, the applicant has prepared the EAW. Um staff has reviewed it multiple times with them. We've sent it out to our partners
at Rice County for a few additional questions or few additional comments. um and they've been able to work through a lot of those comments with us. And so this draft EAW, we feel like it's it's appropriate
for public comment public. Um and like I said before, this is just determining that it's complete and ready to review. Council will have time before the final documents to further to ask a whole lot of other additional questions. Um, and we will have both the applicant as well
as our consultant team that's reviewing W available to answer any of the really specifics. Um, the overall timeline for this project, uh, you know, we're looking at probably at the end of this month,
uh, assuming that council does release this for public comment, uh, the environmental commission will review project as it stipulated founding of their commission. uh in June, the developer is going to incorporate the additional comments that
come out of the 30-day period. planning commission will review it and then city council will review and then we anticipate you know might be end of June might be early July uh submitting it to the environment board going through the
additional development entitlements that the preliminary and final plat site plan. So we are recommending that city council approve resolution. Hey, any questions for staff?
Thank you, Mayor Spooner. Um, so if I understand correctly, the planning commission is going to review this after we approve this tonight. Sure. So, the draft EAW that's provided in the resolution. So, that all that's
happening right now is that that is going out to the public. So, that's that that's all you're that's all you're approving right now is just releasing it to the public. Just the Yeah. So, okay. What happens after that is that there's the 30-day public comment period. After
that, the applicant is going to go back and revise the EAW based on those comments to make then they'll it'll be sent back to the city. City staff will have a moment to review it. Uh make any additional comments, then go through planning
commission and then city council. So, you're not approving this? Uh, I I understand now. I I just wanted to make sure that we weren't cutting the any commission out, but I I Thank
you. Yep. Any other questions? So, this hasn't triggered an environmental impact statement yet, but it could. It could. The likelihood of that right now is low based off of what we've seen.
Um it just barely hits that threshold by 50,000 going through an EAW. Uh to go through EIS [Music] would 650,000 square feet. I'd have to look that up for you. But um part of the
EAW is also determining whether or not so this is just the first step and staff doesn't see anything at this point. No spooner. Yes. I make a motion to approve resolution 2025-122.
Second. Have a motion by Vance Loose, a second by Ross to approve resolution 2025. I all oppose. Motion pass. Next item is resolution
2025-120 approving plans and specifications to establish a bid date for the municipal airport airfield pavement rehabilitation project. Director Travis Block. You're good. Yeah, we can see it.
Can see it. Well, your home screen. What's the presentation? You can see it. You can see it. See your your your PC? Yeah. Your screen. That's one. That monitor is being different from everything else. Yeah.
Oh, no. because I can see your just your computer screen, but I can't see your presentation. Should be able to drag your presentation. I'm only seeing I only have one screen. If you if you just click hold on
the top of that and start moving your presentation, does it start to back for the general public. This is not there. How's it? There we go. There we go. Don't touch anything. Yeah. I have no idea what
I actually have to touch something because there's not going out to video. I don't know what's going on because it should be at video because it wasn't clicked. Alice, I think we're good up here. You're good up there? Yeah. You can't
see it on your screen. Okay. Yeah. Thank you, Mayor Spooner, members of the council. Uh resolution 2025-120 is seeking approval of the plans and specifications and establishing the bid date for the airport airfield pavement rehabilitation
project. Uh the scope of the project area you can see this map on this part of the presentation is just shows the portion of the airfield that the work will be done. So mainly the apron area in front of the fixed base operator
building and or our the the maintenance hanger um taxi way to the west that extends out towards the runway and then the taxi way that also goes back towards uh some private hangers. This area was last the
the taxi way was last worked on in 2004. Now you can see this picture here just shows the the taxi way some of the deficiencies that we're looking to address the cracking uh of this aged pavement. It's getting to such an age that uh this is the time now to to take
care of this to do maintenance on this to extend this life cycle well into the future. This this screenshot here shows the apron area with similar you know pavement conditions. A lot of cracking is taking place and and some alligating
alligator type pattern of the pavement. Last work in this area was done in 2010. And this is another shot from the other direction of the apron. Uh just showing again more of that pavement condition. Then one final shot of kind of backing up by the fuel farm there
where our fuel system is and just showing kind of a whole scope of where the work is going to be done. This image here show is from the plans that show kind of the primary work area. You can see there's gray and
yellow hatched areas in this. Those are areas that have been determined ineligible for the federal funding portion of this project due to the proximity their location to buildings and or uh deemed being unusable by
aircraft meaning they're too close. Uh so an aircraft could not pull in there. Uh so they're therefore the the feds are not willing to pay uh contribute to their you know the funding of that. So that will increase the un our fund the sponsor fund portion
of that project but is critical to do this in all in one project so we have a nice seamless project. So this is you know that will last well into the future. So just kind of a summary of that taxi lane E the one extending kind
of back up towards the hangers there that's going to receive a full depth removal and some installation of storm sewer and subdrain and then pavement with an intent to improve those conditions for a longer period of time get take care of that water under there. Uh the airport
generally is a very wet environment on that piece of property. So this is going to help you know alleviate some of those things in the future. Taxi lane B is going to have some patch and crack filling in a mill and overlay. That's the portion of the and a little bit of storm sewer. That's the one that goes
kind of towards the runway. And then the apron, we're going to take out the tie downs, do some patching, crack filling. That's going to receive just a millin overlay as well with a little bit of uh storm sewer insulation and then reinstall the tie downs.
uh funding for the project. There's a uh three kind of three different pots of money that's going to be used for this. Uh federal funding being the significant portion of it. Uh a little over 1.1 million. Um state funding of 31,185. And then the airport fund uh
right now approximately of 179,65. We're looking at a total construction estimate cost of just over 1.1 million. Originally there was 32,000 budgeted for the airport portion on our typical participation uh ratio that
happens with the project this but I said due to those areas not being eligible that increases our our contribution. Um but there are currently uh a budget amendment will be necessary for that but there are currently a couple things in in 2025 that will help offset that. Uh,
one was the mower purchase was a much reduced scope of a of a piece of equipment. So, we're able to pick up about oh, it was total about $67,000 of it. We'll be able to offset with that just and that and then a crack ceiling project that we're likely going to
forego just because of some timing. And then uh this this project is going to take care of a lot of deficiencies. So, we're going to be able to forego that. This just kind of shows a little bit of how we get to that federal funding and the state funding kind of match this. So the entitlement funds that you see there
on the left of that column, $150,000 a year, those are funds that we receive from the federal government that we're allowed to accumulate for four years and then we can use those on a project. So we're in our fourth year. So we need to take advantage of using those or would be required to just basically lose those
and and transfer those to some other facility needing or you know wanting those for a project. uh on the right the uh bipartisan infrastructure law, the bill funds there. You can see that that is kind of a something that we've not had in the past that we're going to that
we've been accumulating those as well. And this is just a a great opportunity to utilize those funds and essentially this project would not be able to be the scope that it is without that, you know, $585,000 of additional federal funding that we're going to be able to use for
this project. Then also showing just the state portion and then the what would be our initially was our local match out of the project and just kind of a a overall cost. This graphic is just showing kind
of overall what uh the costs we have broke down by things such as you know the engineering design the preliminary design of it the geotechnical the bidding some of those costs we've already had we've already experienced with the engineering design of it and then some of the other ones like
construction admin and material testing etc. And then the construction costs are are based on an estimate at this time. Don't know what those costs are when they come in. We're uh we're we're hoping for favorable bids as we've seen with some of our other street projects. Uh this project is kind of a similar uh
project that hopefully some of the similar biders in that climate will be able to you know bid on this. So that's kind of what we're that's kind of what we're hoping for with this project. So, with the project schedule, uh, we're at tonight with approving the plans and specification. We're looking to receive
bids on June 4th, award a contract on June 10th, and then, uh, begin construction August 18th with a final completion in October. And I would just also like to add that all this is also contingent upon getting the grant. We've, my 14 years of this, we've not
not gotten a grant, but these are all uh contingent upon that. and that action will be coming then and when in running congruent with the uh receiving bids and that stuff. So those things will be right along track with that. So with that I recommend
approving resolution 2025-120. Any questions for director? Uh thank you Mayor Spooner. So um the local are the the local is the city correct? So just to simplify it, the local should be around 30,000, but
because there's some additional work that we need to get done, it's going to cost about another 170 on top of that. It's going to be about 179 total, about an additional 140 pro approximately of the work from the unfunded areas. Well,
doesn't it say the uh total estimated cost for local funds is 200,000? That that was that is a I'm sorry that is a that's a kind of a high side padded estimate on on our part as I after I prepared the memo I was looking into into it further with the consulting
engineer and that it's at right at right now that we're figuring is 179 but we could probably just be comfortable looking with the 200. Are you um are you confident that all the extra work that we're paying full for is necessary and
needed? Correct. Uh without that uh we would there is an option to not do it and then leave that portion of the airfield not you know with that original pavement. We'd be looking within a couple years of having to do something and then potentially interfering with
the with the work that we have done causing conflicts. You know you have another additional large pavement seam there which is quite substantial which could create a lot of difficulties. I understand. Thank you. to uh director black. No further questions.
Um I'm just curious the will the airport be shut down at all? Will it affect any of our renters? Uh there there will be uh impacts to all to everyone who uses the airfield? Yes. that those will be addressed through project sequencing with issuing of NOTMS and then our fixed
based operator coordinating with you know users of the airport on what areas are going to be uh you know unaccessible at certain times like you could stagger out certain correct the project will has a
sequencing phase that allows maximal use of the airport you know try to minimize that disruption but there will be times when there's certain areas that will not be able to be utilized just because there'll be like especially the area that's going to receive uh the full depth reconstruction that will see the
most significant disruption. Uh I don't have that exact portion in front of me for the project, but the whole project is only expected to take about two months. And and this is just an educational question. I learned that the airport doesn't ever
just you throw it a few years. 2004 is one that I heard. Does it usually last longer than your average pavement then? Uh, depends. Yes or no? I mean that like I said that is a very wet area. So that what what the pavement out there sees is
basically just sun exposure and then there is some heaving that can happen when that when the ground is expanding and contracting which causes the cracking and then the water enters in there and then creates issues. But uh it it's hard to say that it would la one would think yes that that would last
that it would last longer but like I said the the ground conditions out there typically have the largest influence on the life cycle of it. Don't use salt to use seal co um there there is uh seal coating that can be done. We have not we do not do
that. We have not done that in the time that I've been here. Um there are some uh there's a little bit different process that has to be done due to you can't use a a traditional seal coat because of the the aggregate can't be exposed with propellers and that type of thing. They do kind of more like a
slurry over it. But uh we've been our pavement has we've been really fortunate. It's got a long pretty long life cycle and uh we fig we feel that this is our the best approach to you know continue having success that way into the future.
Same question for me. Yep, we had the same questions. I would just like to point out that uh while this won't kind of line up um July 9th is a council chat that will be at the airport um combined with our residence academy. And so the plan is
that um there will be uh some tours that we'll be giving um for council. We won't have the anything under construction at that point. Um, but we'll be able to give you the this is what's going to be happening and when and we'll have a contractor by then as well.
Okay, let's talk about the uh federal dollars. So, have we taken possession of the money, the 150k for 2022? Th those those funds are we will take that action when we when we submit a grant application. then all of that funding
will be part of that grant application. But we don't get it per year and set it aside. We we have we have we've been banking them. We haven't we don't we haven't physically been taking it. We just roll that over every year because we didn't have an eligible project and then after four years then we have to
commit to that and then that's what we will be doing when we apply for the grant. Let me rephrase the question. So out of the total 1.185 million, how much money have we gotten from the federal government in reality, not commitments, but reality? Zero.
Right now until we apply for the grant. And so there is a chance that because of things that have changed that they could say no. There there always is that. But as I previously stated, this is all contingent upon the on receiving that grant. If we don't receive the grant,
then we just we're done. Then we're then we're at a standstill. Correct. Okay. Nothing further. Any other questions? Mayor Spooner. I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2025-120.
I'll second. Have a motion by Ross and a second by Ran to approve resolution 2025. I I all opposed. Motion passes. Next item is resolution 2025-109 approval of preliminary
development agreement extension between the city of Farbo and Rebound Real Estate LLC. Director David Wenberg. Thank you, Mayor and Councel. The city of Farbo owns a
2.69 acre parcel at 105 Riverchase Court just south of the vioaduct. And on February 13th, 2024, the city of Farbo and Rebound Real Estate LLC entered into an agreement um that gave both parties one year to negotiate a purchase
agreement for that property. And then earlier this year on February 4th, Rebound requested a 180day extension to that agreement to allow sufficient time to um explore moving forward with the purchase of the property. Um at the
council meeting on February 11th, the council um passed a resolution which denied rebounds um request for 100 80day extension, but approved a 90-day extension. That 90-day extension is set to expire on May 14th, which is
tomorrow. Um so, um earlier this month month, Matt Ganter on behalf of Rebound submitted a formal request to extend the agreement another 60 days, although they do feel that they can have a proposal to us within 30 days, but have asked for
another 60 days just in case. Uh Matt Ganter is here and he's prepared to um tell you more about where they're at in this process. Um they do report that they've made significant process in preparing development plans and they're
hold something together. Meanwhile, city staff is aware of another developer who has expressed interest in that this particular property. Um and if you choose to not extend this um agreement
another 60 days um that developer is aware that it could expire as of tomorrow. Um and they would be interested in looking at this and exploring in further detail if they can pull something together. Um the important thing for you to know is that this property has sat undeveloped for
quite some time now. and and in in fact before rebound looked at this, we had a a similar agreement with another um firm that was looking at memory care on that site and that did not move forward. So, this site has sat vacant for quite some
time and there is some urgency to for the city to be able to sell this property and get it developed and get some taxes coming off of that. Um so that really is important um here in terms of um the way you can look at
this. If the city com uh council is confident that it can reach a develop uh a development and acquisition agreement with rebound in the next next 60 days, it could move forward and extend that. Um alternatively, the city council could choose to let this expire um and then
open it up to anyone. I do want to point out that in Minnesota that when it comes to disposing of municipal property, there isn't a need to do like an RFP or a need to have competitive bids. The city can negotiate and handle that
property however it decides. Um so there would be an opportunity if you choose to um you know to open it up um and you could have a variety of approaches to say hey let's let's get something in 30 days from anyone that
wants to. So again what rebound is asking for is an an exclusive approach u for 60 days to say we can come to terms with you that's what we'd like to do. Um so you've got some options before you. Um the resolution that you have before
you tonight is to approve a 60-day extension u based on the request that came to you from rebound. Um you can choose to deny that if you want and you can give some feedback or some direction on how you want to deal with this property if you
want that. I'm happy to answer any questions and I know Matt Ganter from Rebound is here and is happy to um tell you where they're at in this process. Ross or stop. Uh, thank you, Mayor. Um, Director Wberg, um, I understand you
can't disclose the other potential developer, but have we had um a relationship with them before? I mean, have they developed in the city before and has it gone well? Yeah, we've had relationship with a number of
developers and No, no, no. The one No. Yeah. specifically the one that is waiting in the wings. Yep. I think that would be fair to say. We have had good experiences with them. Um, is it fair for us to know what their project is or
is that outside the The other developer that has expressed interest in it is, you know, understands that the council was looking for something unique with this development and was open to either like something like senior cooperative housing or 55 plus housing similar to
what rebound. So the same information that um we provided to um rebound we've also provided to this potential developer. I just wanted to I just wanted to kind of clarify whether
the person so to speak waiting in the wings um you know if they've developed within the city and if we were you know if if they hadn't developed anything and we were starting from zero that would cloud uh cloud this decision a little
bit but that's all qu now else like to hear from the developer That's all right. All right, you got your couple minutes. Thank you for uh taking our time. Um, so what I wanted to share is just kind of what we've been doing here
couple months and what we need to so in the past couple months we've out to a few different contractors been able to reduce our per unit cost by about 20. few things that have gone into that helping us uh
develop that has significantly project. Uh additionally we've gotten both our management group and our interning uh to suggest that so that also basically where we had taken
it project uh steps here in the next couple months. Able to do that in about 30 days. Um hoping that you guys will approve here. We can just continue to get it all ready to go.
And oh, one other thing was we did uh talk management who manages a lot Any questions for the developer? Yes. Wanted to thank you for being interested in in establishing building and
and that's what we want. That's what we're pushing for. So, I thank you for your interest. And however tonight turns out, please don't be sued to to leave or to not try it again. Thank you,
mayor. Um, so if we if we don't give you another 60 days, what do you have in it for hard costs or lost cost besides time? So yeah the basically the
pre so the pre-esign costs and correct yes yeah so in general a bit of a yeah it would be pre-esign costs it would to our architects correcteral when you are construction group they will give
architectural group, right? Okay. Thank you. Great. Thank you. All right. We're going to bring it back here to the council for action uh and comment period. Uh I'm going to go first. Uh I'm going to vote in the negative on this. Uh this is an
extension that they they've had. I was frankly against it in February. Uh they not only that before they they had a year um this is a piece of property. Uh I know in my heart uh we will have
another developer very interested in this. So I think that this is something that the city council needs to look at. Uh granting extensions. They've had plenty of time. Um, at this point in time in February, they should have
been close to finishing their project where they're at. I think it's time to move on. We've had several other sites in town that have had this one. Had one out, say an old department store that uh developer keeps coming
back. How many years in a row now? I think it's time to move on. And I'm going to move I'm going to vote in the negative on this. I disagree. I think you made some good points and when this was brought to the docket um was it February I believe that
was the discussion is is there anyone else interested did agree to a a half we are at that time it is disappointing that we're not further in this um with that said it was stated that if we don't approve this This is pretty
much Mr. Mayor, do we make a motion and then vote nay? Well, there's two things you could do here. you who could make a motion or you could simply just not take action. Correct.
That that would be correct if uh Mayor Spooner would say is is does anybody want to make a motion and there's no motion then that dies for any being no yes Mayor Spooner I I don't think it's I mean I understand the whole philosophy behind it but I don't think
it's fair to uh to die so I will make a motion to approve the 60-day extension for resolution 2025-109. Have
a a vote on it. If I get a second, you know, and if we don't get a second, then it will die. Any other further discussion? All right. I have a motion to approve resolution 2025- favor. I want to do a roll call. Council member Barnes.
Buuya. Ross. Hi. Rowan. Hey. Nay. Mayor Spooner. Hey. So unfortunately your development agreement.
All right. On to the next item. B administrator if I could um if if you have some additional direction on how you would like to proceed, you know, with others. Um, so I to be clear, anyone could rebound, could
continue, as council member Barnes mentioned to get their proposal in, but you would entertain a proposal from anyone at this point? 100%. This is open. They're they're tactically not out of this yet. Okay. Back with if they
have a signed sealed uh agreement they're willing to sign, we would definitely entertain it. But we have another developer that we've worked with in the past. Yeah, they're ready. I know they are. So,
hey, thank you, mayor. All right, on to bids. We have none. Boards and commissions reports, project updates. Anyone? Um, just uh some some heads up. So, May 20th is when Allison Bernett is going to be back in town and we'll have our SWAT
analysis review. um just in full clarity of what's going to be discussed. Um I have provided you a copy of that ahead of the agenda going out and um ahead of the meeting. If you lose it before Tuesday, there will be copies at the meeting. So um but just to give you a
chance to know what's happening. Um this is a 2hour session, 1 hour 45 minute session. And so uh is starting at 5:00 pm on next Tuesday the 20th something that will work for all of you? Okay. Um, the great hall at the library
is taken. So, Buckham West will be the location. And so, we'll put out some more email reminders ahead of the the 20th as well, but the 20th, 5:00 p.m. Buckham West. Administrator Ginser, is there a uh when's the next council chat?
Oh, thank you for bringing that up. I forgot to write myself a note. The next uh council chat is tomorrow at 6 pm um also at Buckham West and it is going to be a panel of individuals that work directly with affordable housing uh
talking about um different trends and things that they're seeing. And uh um yeah, I think we're going to have an interesting conversation and discussion with with some experts in the room. And and just to be clear, Buckham West is the former senior center, correct? Not
Buckham West Library. Correct. Correct. Um and then one other announcement. Uh there is also something else happening tomorrow from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the same room um at the Buckham West Senior Center large room, and that is uh Paul
Powaskky's retirement party. So, uh, we hope that everybody will be able to make it and wish Paul well as Friday is his last day, which just happens to conveniently occur right before aquatic season gets. So, thank you to Paul for his
service. And, um, yeah, join us on Wednesday. So, just so everybody knows, I'll be filling in for uh, Royal on the KDHL interviews. Yeah, we got Memorial Day parade. There's nice. All right, seeing none, I'll take a
motion to adjurnn. So move. Second. Motion by Duoya, seconded by Vance Loose. All those in favor with