Good evening and welcome to the Newport City Council meeting. Today is Thursday, July 17th, 2025. We'll begin the meeting with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. Will staff please call the role. Council member Schmidt here. Council member Sum here. Council member Ingamman here.
Council member Taylor here. Mayor Elliott here. Next on our agenda is to adopt our agenda. Do we um have any changes to the agenda this evening? I'll move the agenda. I'll second.
I have a motion from Council Member Ingamman and a second from Council Member Sumar. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? The agenda is adopted. Next on our agenda is the Ramsey Washington County Recycling and Energy Center presentation. We have a staff
member here. Um, that's not um Oh, I'm not sure exactly where they're at. We were expecting them here tonight, mayor, but I don't see them in the audience. Well, maybe they're just running a little bit late. So, we will move on and um possibly circle back to that. So,
next on our agenda is public comments. This is where members of the public can address the city council about any local government topic that is not included on the regular agenda. This is limited to concerns which are relevant to City of Newport affairs policies or practices. We ask that you come to the podium,
state your name and address clearly for the record, and to limit your comments to about 3 minutes. Generally, the council will not take action, but will refer items discussed at this time on to staff uh if appropriate. Is there anyone who would like to speak during public
comments? Okay, seeing none, I will move on to the consent agenda. Is there anything that needs to be removed from the consent agenda? Hearing none. Do I have a motion? I'll make the motion. Thank you. I have a motion from council
member Schmidt and a second from council member Sumar to adopt the consent agenda as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The consent agenda is adopted. Next on our agenda is the engineers report. We have our engineer John Herdigan with us.
John, I'll let you get us started. Good evening, mayor, members of the council. Uh, a few items for consideration this evening. Uh, starting with the 2025 street and utility uh, improvements project. We have our first part partial payment application for council to
consider. Uh, but first, a quick update. We've uh, we've we've certainly started uh, uh, digging in the neighborhood as as everyone in the in the area knows. Uh we've uh constructed our water man and sewer uh up Second Avenue starting at
15th Street and we've now cleared 16th Street uh and continuing to move north. Uh the we've also run into uh Rock now that we're on the north side of uh 16th Street, which we were expecting. Uh but that does slow progress down. And I know
folks uh in the area are are likely already uh sick of the construction and uh but they've they've been really great. Uh we had a uh one one generous family uh make the whole crew lunch one day which was which was awesome and they very much
appreciate it. Uh we are we uh Excel Energy is also replacing all the gas man uh within this corridor. They're putting gas man on both sides of the road so they don't have uh services crossing the road any longer. Uh this was a planned project
but they too have been slowed a little bit by the rock. Uh they are hoping to be done on Monday is what we're told and then we can also or hopefully the contractor can then uh bring in some additional uh crews to help uh or additional uh uh crew members to help
the the process move a little quicker. Uh we're we're expecting probably about two more months or so of uh utility construction moving up Second Avenue and then the additional work on 17th Street and then we'll uh start rebuilding the the streets. So we're at the beginning
but uh we are we are progressing pretty well. Uh there is a partial payment uh oh I guess there's two items for consideration here. One is the partial payment application. Uh our contract amount uh for this project is $3,914,426
uh less than 5% retainage. The contractor is requesting uh $299,83.36. This covers mainly their mobilization into the into the project and then the water and sewer uh um construction to
date. Uh we would look for council to uh consider approving partial payment number one. Thank you, John, and thank you to the resident for making lunch. They've been out there on some pretty hot days, so um that's much appreciated. Any questions for John on this council member Sumar?
Just curious how much the rain has impacted schedule? Not not much. I mean, they they did have a couple slow days with the uh with the rain over the last couple weeks, but uh this this group is they're they're working long hours. They're they're going straight seven to sevens generally
and then uh shutting the machinery down at 7. So they they they get a lot of work done while they're there. Uh the rain didn't slow them down too much and by and large the material that we're working with uh is is is pretty good. It it works pretty well within the rain. Obviously it needs to dry out, but it
didn't slow them down much. Well, and I'm glad Excel is coordinating uh this project. Typically, you do a project and then uh somebody else follows up 12 months later and digs everything back up that you've done. So, good work on that as well. And uh thank
you for your patience out in the neighborhood. Um Tom and I have lived through a total road reconstruction. We know it's noisy, disruptive, unpleasant. Um I know all I focused on is it'll be really nice when it's done. So, I just kept my eyes on that prize that was uh
several months away. Um, so thank you for that. With that, do I have a motion to approve part? Thank you. I also enjoyed road construction, too. Did you have a total road reconstruction in front of my house? I think so. All the way down to the mud.
Yeah, they And then they brought in another foot of film. Well, maybe I didn't endure as much grief pain, but uh So, I have a motion from council member Sum. Do I have a second? A second. Thank you. I have a second from council member Ingaman. All of those um in favor
of partial payment number one in the amount of $299,83.36, please say I. I. Those opposed. Partial payment is approved. And then Meyer Contracting uh also requested to permission to work Saturdays. They do not intend to work
every Saturday, but uh generally our our requirements are our working hours are Monday through Friday 7 to 7. and then any weekend work is uh at the discretion of the council. So we we require that uh uh the coun or the contractor formally
requests that in many cases that we've uh in the past reduced those hours down to five or like an 8 to 5 uh to give folks a little bit of a reprieve on Saturday generally no work on Sundays or holidays. So, uh, Meyer did request, uh,
to to work between the hours of 8 and 5 on on Saturdays through the duration of the project, and we would be we would request that council consider allowing them to do that so they can keep up and uh, make sure that we get this project completed this year. Thank you. And we do get these requests.
Typically, it's for one or two Saturdays. It's not for the duration of a project. Um, council, your thoughts on this? I'll move that. We want I think the people would rather have them out of there sooner. People in the neighborhood. Yeah. Yeah.
I would just for transparency, what is the risk to the project if this weren't approved? I guess it's hard to say now. Um it's there's always there's always a potential if we if we run into weather and prolonged uh weather issues that it
would become more serious. Um, I it's it's hard for me to say. Uh, if we if we don't get uh pavement or if we're not scheduled to pave by around Halloween, uh, then that we run the risk of not being able to pave the roads this
year, uh, which if we leave those roads gravel over a winter period, that can be pretty substantial uh, substantially damaging to that under uh, that base material. And if we only get one layer of uh pavement on, then it's difficult
for for the uh public works or or the contractor even to maintain the snow plowing because we really beat up the edge of the curb when uh when we don't have that full pavement lift on. So to play that back effectively, we want to minimize long-term damage to this project that we're putting a lot in
and expedite the timelines to deliver it. Well stated, Council Member Schmidt. You can use that quote. Do I have a second? I'll second. Thank you. So, I have a motion from Council Member Sumner and a second from
Council Member Ingamman to allow the contractor to work on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. as needed throughout the duration of this project. Any other comments? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed.
The extended hours are approved. Uh next we have our sanitary sewer manhole and lateral replacement project. This is the project that we completed last year largely and the contractor has finished all their punch list items which was generally boulevard
restoration and we had to do a little uh additional patching or rework some batuminous patching. Uh Pember Companies has completed all those items. They've submitted their uh project closeout documentation. So we are seeking approval on the final payment. Uh
original contract was $1,365,459. Came in a little under budget at $1,332,000. Uh so the final payment request by from the contractor is $13,323.72. And just as a reminder, this would be releasing all the remaining retainage on
the project and we would u go to or seek to close this project out. Thank you. questions. Council member Sumner, don't we usually keep a retainage for a year? Uh, we generally keep retainage into the spring of the following year uh when the
construction takes place uh until those um punch list items can be completed. So, it's not necessarily how long or the a certain time frame, it's when they can complete those items and they've been satisfactory. Yep. And we still have a we still have a
a I believe a two-year warranty on the project itself. Uh but we can't hold retainage for that warranty. That's that warranty is held under a bond. Okay. Any other questions? Do I have a motion to approve? I'll make the motion.
Second. I have a motion from Council Member Schmidt and a second from Council Member Sumar to approve partial payment number six in the amount of $13,323.72. And that will final out. I'm excited to final out this project. As are we. That is great news. Okay. Any further
discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Partial payment number six is approved. And forgive me, council. I uh I don't see that I had my uh my third engineers update. Uh it was simply the uh another
weekend work request letter. I'm going to pop that one open just to remind me uh what I uh wrote last week. Uh it uh I know that we had a quick update on the sport courts, the Loveland Park or the Loveland uhh park sport court. They uh
we had our precon here a couple weeks ago. The contractor actually moved up their schedule. Uh so they have removed the uh uh the fencing and they're bringing in the uh pavement uh reclaimer on Wednesday next week uh to reclaim the
pavement and then beginning to build that uh base structure up. Uh they think that they they're hoping to have that repaved in a couple weeks and then we need about uh 28 days for that pavement to cure before we can put the playing surface on there. So,
there'll be a there'll be a lull in the in the uh project, but then they'll come back to do the striping, install the uh basketball hoops, uh pickle ball nets, tennis courts or tennis nets, and then the perimeter fencing. So, we're we're hopeful based on their schedule that the
uh that they'll be complete in by the end of August perhaps or or more likely first couple weeks in September. Okay, we'll go with early September. Early September sounds good. And the metal grates, are we recycling all that metal?
Uh on the the surface the uh those are plastic. Yep. And they're and they're getting recycled. Okay. Thank you. We might be able to snag some. I don't think anybody's going to be probably wanting to.
Uh the the next update that I had was for the water main interconnect uh project. Uh we also had a pre-construction meeting for uh for that project on July 7th. Uh uh members of Woodbury staff as well as the Cherrywood
utility contractor were present. Uh we have a lot of coordination through that Century Avenue corridor. Uh the city of Newport is constructing the water man only. The developer is putting in the sanitary sewer, storm sewer and rebuilding the road. Sanitary sewer
needs is the deepest. So they need to go in first. Then we come in with the water and then they come back. So it's it's a it's going to be a coordinating effort. The the contractor uh Annabbec construction um was in attendance. They uh they feel very confident that they
can work with uh A1 Excavating the city's contractor. So we're not anticipating any any problems, but we are going there's going to be a lot of coordinating. Um they will be um closing Century Avenue uh at Kalin Drive. So
Kalin is uh I guess the the second intersection south of Glenn Road. They're going to be closing uh at Kalin uh beginning on July 28th. They'll put advanced notification signs out next week letting folks know that it's going
to be closed to through traffic and that will be closed likely until the uh end of this construction season. Um it does impact three residents um within the city of Newport. Uh but those residents will certainly u maintain access to
their property similar to what we're experiencing here on the city's project. It'll be challenging at times, but they'll still uh they will maintain that access. Staff plans to meet with those three property owners here within the next couple weeks uh to to walk through
uh expectations for the project and also water and sewer connections, things like that. Great. And then the uh um the Annabbec construction is the uh the developers and or developers contractor. They begin
they've begun uh removing trees from the site. They're planning to do mass grading work here beginning next week and they're hopeful to have the sanitary sewer installed um by the first week in August. So we're going to be starting
our water main interconnection. I believe they're planning on starting pipe work on August 20th. Okay. Uh Anbeck has requested to work weekends as well. Uh they have been uh approved to work weekends by the city of Woodbury and they're really treating this
development as a single development. They're moving a lot of material from the Woodbury side of the development onto the Newport side to uh to grade out the uh streets and then eventually the building paths. So, we would uh they've actually requested to work from the
hours of 7 am to 7 pm on Saturdays. Um from a staff perspective, there is I think a less uh there there's less residents and less residents that are close by this development. Uh that we think that is warranted. Again, we want
to provide the contractor and the developer every opportunity to get as much work done as they can. Um, so staff had recommended that we um allow uh 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. work on Saturdays uh for the uh for the Cherrywood development.
Is that consistent with what Dave Woodberry's authorizing? And generally as we get later in the season once it starts getting dark out you know and later or earlier and earlier those uh well and dark or light out later in the
morning those work hours will generally reduce but you know through August and September they'll they'll certainly be maximizing that 7 to 7 time frame if approved. Yes. So if not approved, they'll still be working on the other
side of Century. So we the three houses you're talking about are just on the south end of this property. So one one neighbor in particular abuts directly onto this property. But the difference between them being
across the street and directly abuting, I think the noise and the backup and I don't know that we're helping anybody by not approving this. And if anything, we're prolonging just how many more days they're out there uh hauling dirt and
and working on this. So, and again, my understanding is this is the project duration request. Correct. Correct. Council member Sumar, I'll move that we grant that approval for the 7 a.m. start. Okay. Oh, second. Other questions at all?
Yeah. Oh. Oh, you were. Okay. I I thought that when they put in storm water and sanitary sewer that they were in separate trenches, but I understood the way you presented it that they'd be stacked on each other. Is that not true? Uh, forgive me. They they'll be all
sharing the same corridor. So when I when I meant stack, they'll be at different elevations. Um, but when the the sanitary sewer goes down the middle of the road, and that is the that is the deepest. Our water mane will be 10 ft away. Okay. At a higher elevation, and then the
storm will be at a at a higher elevation yet likely on both sides of the road. Thanks for that clarification. Yep. Yeah. I was just going to ask for the the neighboring residents on the Newport side. Have we reached out to them and asked about this timing for the weekends
or has that not been communicated to them? I we have staff has not uh to my knowledge. Um and I guess historically we haven't reached out. Um just being sensitive to this specific project. I'm just curious what our
options are if we approve it and we get a lot of feedback that this is very disruptive for the summer months. Like what's the how does this work if we do get feedback? It's disruptive. Well, I I will say that we have uh uh representation uh our our inspectors
will be will be on site so we can you know even on weekends we'll uh if they're if they're doing particularly pipe work or any work that would be future infrastructure that the city would take ownership of will be will be on site. Um and we can work with the
contractor to hopefully minimize that work that's right next to those uh properties. I I can't say that we can completely eliminate it, but we can we can do our best to be respectful and and I and I do believe that the the
developer isn't interested in in upsetting neighbors, but obviously they're also very interested in getting the work done. So, I I don't have a great answer to that question, Council Member Schmidt, but we can certainly uh do our best to make sure that we're
being respectful to them. And it's something that we we could reconsider this weekend work setup if we get feedback that this is at the council's pleasure. Certainly. Is the risk to not approving this
similar to the risk to not approving the weekend the Saturday work for the um Second Avenue? Correct. Okay. It prolongs it immensely. Yeah. Yep. Okay. So, I have a motion from Council
Member Sumner and a second from Council Member Ingamman to approve Enbec Construction for work from 7:00 a.m. to 700 p.m. on Saturdays. This is uh matches the city of Woodbury approval and that would be for the
duration of the project as needed. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The working hour extension is approved. And that's all I have this evening. Happy to stand for questions, though.
Okay. Thank you. With that, we'll move on to our superintendent of public works. Uh good evening, Mayor Elliott and council members. Uh John pretty well stole my thunder for uh what's what to report, so I'd be uh happy to stand for any questions. Any questions on all those things going
on? None. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have the administration report. Mayor, members of the council, we have a couple items. Um, and our very good city planner, Nathan First, will have a a presentation here. Great. Thank you, Joe. Uh, good evening,
mayor, members of the council. So, the first item on our agenda is the Red Rock Square 3 project. I'm going to share the screen here and give that presentation. So seems like just yesterday we were talking about Red Rock Square 2 and now
we are at three. Uh this project comes with a preliminary and final plat request a PUD request similar to the second one second phase uh uh and an easement vacation. So and the easement vacation is the reason there is a public
hearing on your agenda this evening. Normally the city council does not hold public hearings but uh we we do hold them when we do an easement vacation at the city council. So, um, cutting to the chase on that. So, I think we're all very familiar with the the location of the project. It's in red on the screen.
I would draw your attention to the the two parcels there. There is a a shared boundary uh that cuts them kind of in half. Uh, that shared property boundary runs north to south. So, we have right now just two lots. We have a parcel with
the Red Rock Square 2 project on it and we have an outlot that is proposed to contain this third phase building. So the requests as mentioned uh we we're consolidating the preliminary and final plat. We have a PUB/Conditional use
permit and an easement vacation. An overview the the whole site in total both parcels are about 6 acres. The zoning is MX2 which is the city's transit oriented mixed use district and the future land use uh corresponds that
is a mixed commercial and residential area. Uh the net density for the third uh phase of this Red Rock Square project is at 24.5 units per acre and that is just above the requirement of 20 units per
acre at a minimum. So as a as a refresher, we have uh the platting process includes the preliminary and final uh plat stages. The preliminary stage is where we do all that really detailed work. Final plat generally speaking is where we iron out
all the details. This project was straightforward enough to consolidate those two reviews into one um preliminary and final plat review. So uh without further ado, here's the site plan for Red Rock Square phase three. This is the new uh the new
building, the phase 3 building on the other parcel that is currently un undeveloped or vacant. You'll notice that it it basically mirrors the phase 2 building. Uh generally the same shape. It's four stories in height. There is a surface parking area that you can see
just south of the uh storm water pond. There's a also parking underground that is under the building proposed. And on the north side of the site, you've got a mixture of that uh regional storm water pond that serves the Red Rock Square properties and the transit station. And
you've got a a wetland that is an existing wetland. Uh there's existing natural vegetation in that area right now. So here is the the preliminary plat document itself. Um we are looking at
changes to the Red Rock Square 2 property and um a platting of the Red Rock Square 3 property. So the changes to the Red Rock Square 2 property that are proposed really are to separate the wetland uh that is currently on the same
lot as the building. Separate that wetland from um the lot containing the building. This is something the developer MWF properties identified as they uh moved into their their financing for their project. They uh were alerted
to a requirement for the financing to have wetlands on a separate parcel. And so that's why they've come back and proposed to split off the wetland uh from the Red Rock Square 2 building. So is that the outlet A and outlet B? They're just taking that from one piece to two.
Yep. So you'll see on the on the north side of this plan, outlot A and B, those contain the the wetlands and they would be continue to be owned by MWF properties as the as the developer and the um property owner, but they're simply separate parcels to to meet the
requirement of their financing. So, uh, also on this plat you'll see that we're, uh, platting the current outlot that can that will eventually now contain this Red Rock Square 3 project if approved. So, here's a little simpler uh, drawing
here. This is the final plat document. It just shows the location of those proposed boundaries. And again, it shows those outlots being separated from the lots of the buildings. I do want to mention that the uh Red Rocks Square 3 parcel will also contain the storm water
pond. So, it'll have the building, the surface parking, and the storm water pond on the same lot. That's important. That was important to staff as a a requirement to move forward. Um I just want to mention that we do have an easement vacation request as well. Um
the easement vacation request would effectively vacate all easements over this whole project area. Um that's going to basically create a a a clean slate for us to adopt or approve this final
plat that has new easements that are um determined to be acceptable by the city through its review. So, we're we're basically starting fresh with easements, easements that are going to work with the new property boundaries. Okay. Uh here's an image of the side of
the building. This is part of the um renderings that were provided to the city for the design. We looked at the bulk standards for this. So, long story short, uh the the properties both meet the city's uh standards for lot area, width, the
setbacks, and uh building height, etc. Uh we went through a number of other areas of review. You can see them on the screen here. Uh looked at the materials for the building, the design, open space, parking, landscaping, access to the properties, noise impacts, and park dedication. I'm going to run through
these kind of quickly and you can let me know if you have questions. So the building design, um this was very similar in nature to the the Red Rock Square 2 building. It's got very similar design. Uh the materials are very similar as well. Brick, uh stone,
decorative, masonry, these are all requirements of the ordinance. Uh when we look at the overall percentages of the materials similar to the sec red rock square building, we're
not seeing uh at least a 50% of those um call it class one or class 2 materials. So, we're looking at about 42% um of those materials provided. Really um when it comes down to it, staff are supportive of a PUD deviation
to allow for the proposed uh design because this building is consistent with the other two buildings that have been uh built in this area. It's using the same kind of design language and even very similar in terms of colors kind of trying to tie everything together. So,
um, based on what's been proposed, staff are comfortable with, uh, proposing or recommending a PUD deviation. Here's a rendering, uh, the the applicant provided from the north. This is like looking from, uh, kind of from the wetland or storm water pond area
towards the building. You'll see the internal parking area on the site, how you would access the underground parking to the building and kind of the massing of the building or the scale. Uh this is from the street red rock crossing. You can see the tot lot on the left of the screen that would
be provided for those residents of this uh this building and how you how the building would kind of appear from the street. So shifting into overall site review um the city does require open space to be
provided through this type of development in this area. uh this development is providing lots of open space in the form of the preserved wetlands and the other landscaped areas. So we're seeing at least uh probably actually in the neighborhood of about 50% of the site where a ten is required.
Um as mentioned they are the developer would preserve the wetland that's on the site through um conservation of that outlot. Uh in a review of the parking standards, the only area that the project did not meet the city's parking standards are be
are for those parking islands to be of a certain percent of the parking lot area. Um 5% of the parking lot areas comprised of parking islands. The city code requires 10%. I would just note that the site is really tight. The parking lot is
really constrained by the storm water pond and the wetland that's being saved. So I think you know from that perspective staff is very comfortable with recommending that um okay so it appears that with the wetland there's still plenty of like green space and natural
landscaping I guess for lack of a better word around the parking area. Yeah correctly. Yep. So if you look at this slide here on the right side you can see the the site plan and the green area is all wetland buffer. That's okay area that is really buffering the
wetland. So you can see there's there's quite a bit of open space particularly on the north and the east sides of this this site. Thank you. Council member Sumar. The islands also provide some water infiltration. Are they recessed or they're actually they're they're going to be above sitting above the parking
because there's curbing. So the parking islands probably wouldn't serve as storm water features, but they certainly would have landscaping in them that does have some benefit. And also what is exactly loading? I'm assuming that's backing up for access to the doors and so forth or is there
another reason? Yeah, we explanation for loading. So, parking and loading is what I would call this review, but typically we don't have a lot of loading uh concern for residential projects. We usually think about loading more with commercial where we've got things like loading bays and
and things like that to plan for. So, uh with this project, I don't think that there's a lot of concern with, you know, loading per se. Okay. All right, I'm going to keep moving here. We're also seeing uh bike parking um consideration for circulation around
this site for both pedestrians and vehicles. Uh landscaping, I do want to note here that there's a been a a change from me in the last couple days in the staff report. Um we went back and looked at the landscaping. The number of required trees felt really high compared to the
other Red Rock Square 2 project. And that is because um we in in initially in the staff report did not net out the storm water pond. You you cannot plant new trees in a storm water pond typically and so we will usually net that out in our review and that didn't
happen before. So we said that a PUD deviation would be needed. We went we looked at that again ended up netting out the storm water pond and finding that enough trees are actually now provided on site given that review. So um the the requirement for a PUD deviation there has been removed.
considering that part of the review. So in total 48 trees are required, 53 are provided on the plan. So there is a sufficient number of trees to meet the code. I would also note that a lot of the tree plantings are concentrated between the building and the uh railroad tracks which is a really nice way of buffering
this use from those kind of that loud corridor of the the rail traffic and and um auto traffic. Tree uh tree preservation, I would note, was managed during the Red Rock Square 2 phase where they did all the tree removals in this area. And as I
mentioned, we have the screening um of the parking area from the public right away. One of the last slides here from me on review. So, parkland dedication is of course an important thing where we have new development creating a demand on our
park system. Lions Park is very close to this area and so staff are uh comfortable with recommending a cash in lie of land for parkland dedication. So you would see that as we move forward with the development agreement when we calculate that num actual number based
on the fair market value of the land. Review comments. Lots of uh review has occurred on this project. Uh starting with the city engineering and public works uh departments. Um, we've got a number of comments in in John's memo. Um, one of the ones that I wanted to
identify was the corner of the building is in an easement area. Uh, we're conditioning approval upon or recommending approval be conditioned upon correcting that. So, I think we're confident that can get done. Um, I don't think that there's any other kind of out of the ordinary comments
that I would draw to your attention from from that memo. Uh the fire department recommended requiring stand pipes in this one as the other projects have had. So we're moving that uh forward as a condition of approval we were recommending to you. Washington County did not have any review comments on
this. Mindot actually just got back today with very formulaic letter comments. So we didn't really get anything to my you know just to my eyeuh uh from them. Um, and then the project will obviously have to meet the South Washington Watershed District rules.
Um, can you talk a little bit about the corner of the building and the easement area revisions required? What all is that? Is that going to mean they just shift the building or I think what it probably means is we redraw the easement around the building, but I'll let John speak to that comment.
Yeah, the the uh if you can jump back to the plat. Yeah. Uh so there is a you can see along the south side of the building there is a 13 foot drainage and utility easement. Uh there's no real reason why that needs
to be 13 ft. Okay. Generally speaking it would be 10 around a perimeter easement. Uh so they're going to reduce the width of that easement down to 10 ft and it'll no longer the building will no longer be in the uh in the easement. Okay. I was just wondering what we were putting construction and architecture
through. So, I'm glad to hear there's a solution and 10 feet is is normally that's bigger problem than this year. At this point, it's a line on a piece of paper, so it's a pretty easy one. Okay, thank you. Okay, I'm going to run back here.
So, um kind of summarizing the PUD requests here, we're really seeing only two requests for deviations from the city's ordinance. the facade uh percentages for the building materials and the parking lot landscaping area. Um in terms of the multif family building
use that is uh staff are bringing this forward as a PUD that that would approve the the land use itself. So, we also looked at the qualifying criteria within the city's ordinance and um smaller properties than it's like
five acres can receive a PUD uh if they meet goals in the comprehensive plan. We identified at least two goals that the city can make findings to support um that particular part of the qualifying criteria. Number of findings have been proposed in
the staff report and the resolutions. I've kind of just generalized them on the slide here. So generally speaking, the project meets the city's requirements for applications for PUDS for CUPS. It does not meet preliminary plat criteria for denial. It's
consistent with the comprehensive plan and the city's zoning district, the MX2 district. And lastly, the the final plat will be consistent with all of those things I've discussed above that. Uh staff are proposing 11 conditions for
approval should the city council move forward with this project. Nine of those conditions are very standard. There are things like requiring a development agreement and fees and permits uh in conformance with the engineering comments. Uh there are two unique conditions um on the final plat and
preliminary plat resolutions. One is that the easement be modified to remove the building corner as we discussed and the other is to actually allow for the building to potentially contain between 51 and 53 units. So, one thing I didn't mention but was mentioned in the staff
report was the developers still working on the financing for this project and it could be that they can fit uh up to 53 units. It's been proposed with 51 um but potentially could have 53. If it did have 53 units, it would be within the same footprint of the building. They
would be adding two units on on I think the top floor. So, there is a condition to allow between 51 and 53 units in the building. I'll also mention just on that note that we've reviewed the project in the lens through parking as well just to make
sure that there's enough parking and there is it does meet if if they have that many units. So, a public hearing was held at the city uh planning commission on meeting on July 8th. There were no public comments at that meeting. There were also no public comments provided either
before or after to staff. So, we don't we haven't heard anything from residents on it. Um the planning commission discussed asked some questions. They really asked a lot of good questions about the wetlands and I think felt comfortable at the end of that discussion uh and subsequently voted 3
to1 to recommend approval. So, That was the planning commission. We've got example motions on the screen that I can always come back to here. There are a number of resolutions and an ordinance for your consideration. And lastly, I would remind you there is
a public hearing for that easement vacation and the representative of the developer is here this evening. So with that, I can answer any questions. Thank you. So um before I open the public hearing, any uh questions for Nathan? I'll start at this end if you
don't questions. Any questions at this time? Questions? Okay. Council member Sumar, I just want to confirm stand pipe is the internal piping inside the building or is it as opposed to a fire plug outside? That's getting pretty deep into the weeds for me. Uh stand pipe is a really
important feature for fire service. So, it's going to be is the pipe that goes up the stairwell. Okay. You hook up tap. They can tap into it. Put a hook hook up on every floor. Okay. I've seen them. Okay. That's what I was thinking. Uh the the wetland
areas, this properties are split off. Does that impact in any way the taxes that can be assessed on that property? Um I think it's important to remember that those properties will still be
owned by privately by the developer. Um, and they will be of a different classification of a property like but the overall area will be the same. So I don't know that I can speak to any differences. Mayor, members of the council, I'm not
sure. I mean, frankly, this is affordable housing, so it might be taxed at a higher rate. I'm not certain. I can get back to the council on that. Yeah, it makes no difference. We're we're allowing this change. I just wondered if there's any impact on it. Yeah. The values in the building. I mean,
that's the Yeah. What the values in the building, the improvements. I mean, that's really the Yeah. What what the value that's 99% of the I mean, not quite 99% of the value, but that's really where the the value of this project is is in the is in that. I just want to make sure.
Yeah. Some it's it's new to my experience. Yeah. And I think for me this the split out it's wetland is wetland. um they want it really more for the financing component of what they're doing and it's not a change that would
prevent me from keeping this project moving forward. So, um other questions. Yeah. And then it was initially proposed that this was going to be a 50-year plus age group and it's no longer going to have qualification.
Let's wait until we um have him come up. it it I can speak a little bit to that but then I think the developer should also answer. So I guess the first part of the answer from me would be that the city did rece a concept plan for this property a a year or two ago and at that
time there were two ideas about what might happen here. One of the ideas was more of a general population and one was a senior uh senior project and the developer will have to answer as to which why they chose which one. Yes, if I remember the senior population
was around 100 units and the multifamily was around 51 and then potentially 53. But I I do recall that they were uh analyzing those two options. So yes, when when we have you step up um you can
address that to the group. Other questions? Those were my three questions. Okay, Council Member Schmidt, just a quick one and I unfortunately was unable to catch the July 8th um planning commission. I do see in the pre-eread they voted 3-1 in favor of recommending.
Is anyone aware of the reasons for going against this? I watched the meeting and I didn't hear anything. There was a question about park dedication and there was a question about um updating design standards as part of the zoning code. But
I would just add there was no rationale provided as to any any opinion. That's helpful. Thank you. And sometimes that happens. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Um, I did have a question. I noticed, um, on page 133 of the packet, the exterior materials they're looking at is sort of a brown
stone color. And I guess this is really a question for the developer, but I guess for the council to as well. We've got one building there that is relatively plain. And then we've got one
with the um kind of slate gray, dark charcoal gray. And then we've got this. And I'm trying to decide, is this like a neighborhood where every house kind of looks different or is it something where we would prefer that they look more uh
cohesive within the land? I I I kind of would like something more cohesive, but I understand that we're the building with the brown brick and we're the building with the charcoal gray brick. But I just it feels to me like three
different developers came in and did three different projects. I just feel like that's architecture. That's not our job as a council to sit there and tell them how to design their, you know, get into that level of detail. I think that's not I just don't see as a council.
Okay. But yeah, I mean, I get and I have a different um thought on that because this is an entry into our community. It comes right off of 494. And um so this is this is how things are going to be depicted as people come into
our community. So um I think my other question was well I'll wait for the developer to answer that question. So any other comments from council? Okay, with that I will open the public hearing. The time is 6:16 p.m.
As there are no residents in the audience, um, and I don't see anyone standing out in the hallway waiting to speak. Close the meeting. I will close the public hearing. It is
6:16 p.m. So, the public hearing is closed. we'll have you step up and um you can answer some of the thoughts and questions we had. Absolutely. Thank you, mayor and councel. Um my name is Marty Okonnell. I work on behalf of the developer MWF
properties. Um I know you guys are all familiar with our group having done both the Red Rock Square 1 project which was completed in 2017 and then the Red Rock Square 2 project which was completed uh October 2024. Um we're excited obviously
about this opportunity to um build a third phase to kind of finish out the Newport transit station area with Red Rock Square phase 3. Um I think there have been a lot of good discussions and questions um talked about so far. So just to answer a couple of the questions
that did come up here. Um it sounds like one of the big questions is why we're choosing to do general occupancy non-agger restricted housing versus senior housing. um two kind of parts that um the answer to that. One is we've seen uh through both Red Rock phase one
and Red Rock phase 2 which are both non-agger restricted buildings uh really strong demand for additional um general occupancy um and family oriented housing. Um Red Rock Square 2 back when it opened up in 2017 was 100% lease the
day it opened and it's maintained basically 95 plus% occupancy since that day. Red Rock Square 2 uh which opened in October 2024 leased up in about two and a half months which is also extremely quick for the size of that building. Um usually those buildings
take more like three or 3 to 6 months to lease up fully. Um so through that demand um that we've seen through both our phase one and phase 2, we think it's um very appropriate to do uh another phase of housing that's um going to be targeting you know the same um
demographic and populations. Uh the other aspect of that is uh the Red Rock Square phase 3 project is financed with um uh tax credits that come through Washington County. And one of the scoring metrics behind um those uh tax
credits is doing um a lot of two and threebedroom units which are designed to essentially house um you know families with children. and two and threebedroom units are not exactly conducive to senior households which obviously um look for more like one-bedroom um size
units. So, um that's kind of the answer to why we're choosing to elect to do non-restricted housing. As far as the exterior materials go, which is also a great question. Um it's kind of something that our architect that we lean heavily on our architect to choose. Obviously, there are city requirements
that we have to um meet and our architect um does ask us questions on if we want to, you know, cohesively design our building to maybe match the phase one and phase two building versus um do different colors to kind of um
differentiate itself, if you will. Um you know, if if if uh the public or you know, council members want to see different colors and stuff, we can certainly explore um doing something like that. But I think the materials that are being presented here today, we'd look to keep pretty much the
exact same. And I'm happy to stand for any other questions as well. Questions for Marty? No. And I think, you know, I'm the shade of brown is beautiful. So I don't I don't have any issues with that. It was just
really a question of when I drive through other communities and they have a development of apartment buildings, it all looks like it all belongs as part of the same um construction.
And so this designwise looks very much like Red Rock 2. It's just the brick is a little different. And it's I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to stand on this. I'm not going to change my vote on this because of the color of the brick, but
it's it's just it kind of struck me that oh, they it's it's a third building and it's it's yet a third kind of option here. Council Bringman. No, I kind of I kind of like what I'm looking at here. The stone a little bit more. Yeah. Yeah. It's very pretty.
Remember the song, Little Houses Made of Ticky Tacky, and they all look just the same. Well, this is a little differentiation. So, I like the idea of a little bit of differences. The overall architecture is very similar. It complements one building to the other and I think it it does a nice job of
welcoming people to Newport on that that end of the city. So, okay. I would I would favor it with a little color variation. Well, thank you for those thoughts. I appreciate that. I just ask I mean one thing I appreciate one of my early concerns was about the railroad and the
setback and I appreciate that was accommodated along along the way and I just wonder you know just kind of a learning for you know as we keep having developments one of the big questions is always that mitigation I see you're doing the vegetation are you doing anything in the building itself with the design on that like the railroad side to
mitigate sound windows you know other things with that's a great question so we've we looked at the noise closely as I know that's been uh kind of an ongoing concern Um we uh we did what's called a HUD uh stray cat test um which is basically designed to look at estimated
noise levels from the surrounding railroad and highways and then it outputs a level of sound attenuation that the building should achieve on the interior of the building. Um and based on the materials that we are utilizing in in this building we exceed the
recommended atten attenuation levels that we're supposed to hit. um that HUD straight cat test is a test through HUD and anytime a project has HUD funds which we don't in this case but anytime a project does have HUD funds you're required to meet the requirements of that test. So it is a pretty stringent
test and I think it's a good kind of baseline measure of the attenuation that um we should be looking to achieve. The other aspect is um as far as like outdoor noise levels go um we've put our tot lot um on the west side of the
building which kind of helps shield the tot lot um from the noise along Highway 61 in the railroad. Um same thing with the building entrance. It's kind of tucked in on that side of the building. The east side of the building, which is kind of that railroad buffering area, if
you will, um has a lot of trees that are going to be planted there. And as those trees grow and mature, that will also just further increase kind of the um attenuation uh of noise from kind of the highway as it travels to the the
building. Um and then on top of that, um you know, a lot of the materials we're using are the same materials that we use for Red Rock 2. I've been in, you know, the Red Rock 2 building multiple times, and it's actually a very quiet building to be in, even the corner units. um you can't
really hear the freeway noise or highway noise outside. So, I'm confident that based on that uh the noise levels will not be an issue at this third phase. Thank you. Other questions? Thank you for that information. I think
uh if you want to put up the slide with the Thank you. Well done. So, um, with that, I would entertain a motion to approve resolution 2025-49. Are we going to do these one at a time? Yep. We have to do them one at a time. Okay.
I I'll move. Second. Thank you. I have a motion from Council Member Ingramman and a second from Council Member Sumar. Do you want to read the motion? The top one. Move to adopt resolution 25 or 2025-49
approving the preliminary plat and PUD CUP request by MWF properties for the Red Rock Square 2 and three sites and uh with the findings
and conditions therein. Thank you. Any further comments on this? All those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed. Resolution 2025-49 is adopted. Next we have 2025-51
or sorry 50. Do I have a motion? I'll move to adopt resolution 2025-50 approving the final platinum PUD requested by MWF properties for the Red Rock Square 2 and three sites with the findings and conditions therein. Have a second.
I'll second. Oh, give it to Tom. It's quite a treat to get to second one of my motions. Okay. I have a motion from council member Taylor and a second from council member Ingaman for 2025-50.
Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The resolution is adopted. Next resolution. Uh 2025-51. Do I have a motion? Go ahead, Mr. You get to read the long one. I'm
I'm going to move the short one. I I think we're approving this one, too, probably. So move to adopt resolution 202551 approving the easement vacation requested by MWF properties for the Red Rock Square 2 and three sites with the
findings and conditions therein. Have a second. Second. Have a motion from council member Schmidt and a second from council member Sumner for resolution 2025-51. Any discussion? All those in favor say
I. I. Those opposed. The resolution is adopted. Next, we have ordinance 2025-03. Do I have a motion to adopt? I'll move to adopt ordinance 2025-03 adopting PUD standards for the Red Rock
Square 3 project. Do a second. Thank you. I have a second. A motion from Council Member Sumar and a second from Council Member Ingaman. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The ordinance is adopted. Next, we have
uh resolution 2025-52. I'll move that one, too. Thank you. Move to adopt resolution 2025-52 authorizing summary publication of ordinance 2025-03. Have a second.
I'll second. Have a motion from council member Sumar and a second from council member Ingamman for 2025-52. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The resolution is adopted.
Thank you so much Mr. Okonnell for coming and we appreciate your time tonight. Yeah. Thanks, Mayor Council. Looking forward to another great project. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing the new brick. Yeah, absolutely. Mayor, members of the council, he did say they'd have it done in seven months this time. Okay,
don't hold us to that. Do you have a waiting list for this building? I know with Red Rock 2, you had a waiting list. Um, so we don't start doing pre-marketing efforts until about like 4 months until the building opens. Uh, but given the demand for Red Rock 2, would expect a waiting list for this third phase as well?
Yeah. Okay, great. Expected open date, hope for open date. It's a great question. Uh, so we hope to break ground in October. Um, and if we do break ground in October, I'd expect it to open uh probably September of 2026. So
26. Yep. Correct. Probably late summer, early fall of 26. So a year. Yep. About a year from now. Just over a year. The other building is just beautiful. The walkthrough was just stunning. Those nice apartments. Yeah, that's great to hear. Yeah. Cosen
um architects designed that building. Um uh Marty, can you step up to the mic? Sorry. Online they can't hear or the recording can't hear you. Apologies. Um yeah, the um the cost and architects will be on the third phase and they've we've worked on with them on
a lot of other projects and they do a wonderful job designing these buildings. So yeah, that's all. And just for what the public missed, the waiting list about four months prior. Yep. The waiting list uh we will we'll open up pre-marketing efforts about four months prior to the uh building opening.
Um and so we're happy to field any interest um at that time. So 4 months prior to building opening would probably be um like spring of 2026 and then um you know I expect the building to open in Septemberish of uh 2026.
Okay. Thank you so much. Y thank you mayor. Thank thank you councel. Yep. Good night. Next on our agenda we have one more administrative item. Nathan. Okay. Hello again. Uh we are talking this uh this time about a cup
proposed in the flood plane by LTS telecommunications. So this is a uh proposed fiber optic line that LTS telecommunications is proposing to uh directionally bore under the Mississippi
into the city through the city's uh through the Mississippi which is the the city's floodway district. And so uh that is why a CUP is required. Um LTS telecommunications is doing actually about 2 miles of work within the city.
Most of that does not require a cup. Only the segment within the flood plane requires the cup. So that's about 750 ft of the total uh over of over about 10,000 ft. So um there's a small segment
that does require the cup uh for for that reason. On the map here you can see uh the city the there it was a depiction provided by the applicant and their consultant that shows the location
of the floodway and you can also see the alignment of the proposed fiber optic line. So the line as mentioned would cross under the Mississippi through that directional boring. It would arrive into the city of Newport through a right of way that um connects to 17th Street. So
the alignment of the fiber optic line within Newport would be entirely within the city's ride ofway and not within any private property. So I know that the city engineering department has re reviewed already a number of requests for fiber optic installation in this area and uh so this would be having to
go through that same process if this is approved. So yeah, go ahead. Is it the entire red line that we're looking at? Yes. So what you're seeing here right side of the page and
go left. Okay. You're seeing a little snippet of the overall plan. Uh the red line on the screen would be the alignment of the fiber optic utility. And there are uh there are plans to as I mentioned bore this under the river. There are two bore pits that would be located in the
project area that would be used to um bore bore the line under the river. Uh those areas are about 10 by 10. So pretty small area. Um the conditions that staff are recommending for approval would um require the applicant to
restore those areas after the the boring is completed. So the city's planning commission reviewed this project and proposal uh and made a number of uh findings based on criteria that are in the city's ordinance. So um those findings are for
conditional use permits. You can see them on the screen. They're summarized in the staff report. And as I mentioned, staff, if this is approved, are recommending conditions for approval. Uh first of all, that the um applicant also receive a right-of-way
permit for uh this installation within the city's rightofway, uh receive any required reviews by the watershed district, and have a uh no rise certificate um provided to the city. They actually have already satisfied
that condition by providing a no- rise certificate. So I didn't mention that but um in conversation a certificate of no rise. So no rise which means there's no impact to the flood plane. Correct. And so if we get beyond that I'm going to have to
look at John to help me explain it. So uh we can certainly get into that a little further. But in conversation with the city engineer we required a no ride certificate and did receive one from the applicant. So, we got that. And the last thing is to have those areas that are
disturbed for boring uh be restored to an acceptable condition at the discretion of uh the superintendent of public works. So, we're going to make Matt make Matt be the bad guy. So, there's no pits or anything, no access
designed for them to get into this. Once it's once once they drill it, it's just going to be covered over again. Correct. There's not going to be In theory, you shouldn't have no, you know, you shouldn't be able to tell what that they were in there. Okay. Yep. They would have to excavate if they
needed to make a repair. Yeah. And so, uh, the city at its at the planning commission meeting on July 8th did hold a public hearing. We did not receive any comments from any members of the public on this one either. Um, I don't know if
you know this, but your planning commission chair is a expert in fiber optics. if you watched the meeting or were there, you definitely heard him uh give kind of a education to everyone on on fiber optic utilities. So that was great. Um the planning commission had that discussion about this item and
ultimately uh you voted unanimously to recommend approval to you this evening and support was based in part on uh the city and its residents getting more options for for internet service and and fiber optic uh capacity. So that was the
primary reason for their support. So talk about the difference in fiber optic gas. Is that something that Mr. Taylor knows all about? Hang on. It's done for the flood pain, but it's really to answer the question, the capacity of
this area would be higher for fiber optic service. It's I I might explain it and I'm not the expert the planning commission chair is, but it might be as though you're kind of increasing the size of a pipe. you're you're allowing more information to move in this area. So, that's all I needed.
Okay. Yep. So, there's an example motion on the screen here. Staff are recommending approval of this project. Okay. So, questions for Nathan beyond the other ones we've asked already. Any questions? How big of a pipe are they putting in
underneath? I think this would be a pretty small line. Um, I don't know if um John has any idea of what what that would be like for a directional boring. I'm trying to figure out is it like a 4-in pipe or is it like a It's a small line. Yeah,
a small one. Okay. Um, and they haven't been to the wershed yet. Uh, asking for their permits. They'll have to receive a review of the and approval by the wershed. And you said they're going to go 15 ft under the river. Does anybody mention
there might be bedrock down there? I think they'll have to I don't know what the solution is for that. So, I'm sure they're aware of that in this area. The the applicant and their engineer have done a lot of due diligence, I would say. Okay. Uh they've worked uh with the US Army Corps of Engineers to make sure that
they've got an acceptable location to cross underneath the Mississippi that will help to avoid some of those kind of pieces of critical infrastructure in this area. So, there's definitely been a lot of due diligence. Hard to say that they've mapped the bedrock though for this area. There's a major pipeline right through
there too already. So, I mean, it's it's a heavily utilized corridor for this stuff. If if my PDF uh opens in time, I can hopefully tell you what size that line is, but I don't wouldn't hold my breath. Well, just a you know, a couple of other
things. This was a good spot because it's the river is very narrow, so it's um that was also important for their selection. And I know when I initially read this, I was real concerned because it's in the flood plane and it involves the river and you always want to be
really careful with that, but this is not unusual. Many cities have uh fiber optic lines running underneath uh waterways within their communities. So this isn't new technology or or experimental. This is a proven
a proven type of work. So I think with that it was just more kind of how much disruption there was going to be and how much dirt was actually going to end up getting displaced underneath. But for a small pipe it's it's really going to be almost nothing. So okay I think with that um any other
questions for No other questions. I'll take a motion to approve resolution 2025-53. I'll make that motion. Move to adopt resolution 2025-53 approving the CUP request by LTS
Telecommunications to install a fiber optic utility line in the city's floodway district with the findings and conditions therein. Do I have a second? Second. I have a motion from Council Member
Sumar and a second from Council Member Taylor. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. The resolution 2025-53 is adopted. Anything else for us? Mayor, members of the council, there is
no additional business items. I would be happy to stand for questions. Are you requesting Saturday hours, too? From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Uh, actually from 6:00 a.m. until 18 hour days. So, we will uh move on to mayor and
council comments. Um, just a reminder, we've got Pioneer Day coming up. They will have a movie night Friday night uh on the 8th at sunset, which is roughly around 8:20, I guess. Um, and also then Saturday, they'll have a 5K run for both
adults and a shorter run uh for children. And um there will be the parade. And starting from noon to 4:00 in Pioneer Park, there will be vendors and activities for the kids, the bounce house and the um petting zoo and some
other fun things for kids to do. I also want to remind people you can auto pay your utility bills. They're coming due uh this month. So, if you would like to automate that and not have to worry about being late on your payment arriving, you can go onto our website
and pay your utility bills and sign up there. You can still get your little card in the mail if you would like and email reminders that the bill is coming due. And um are you going to talk about the bus line? I didn't know about it, but I saw your notes, I got excited, so you can talk about it. Okay. So, in what I think is exciting
news, but I also kind of am a realist that things can change. Um they have bumped up the timeline from 2027 to the end of 2025 this year to start bus
service at the transit site. That bus service would go to the Gold Line in Woodbury um to the north and east sort of and then to the west to the airport and Mall of America with some other stops in between. There are a lot of
things that need to come together to make that happen. the the biggest item is uh drivers. So, if you're looking for a driving opportunity with uh Metropolitan Transportation, this could be uh your chance to do that. But, I
think it's great that it's it's just a great service that can connect into the Gold Line and a great service that, you know, it can connect to jobs and and other things um and still get back to Newport. So, more to come on that. We'll stay informed on how the hiring process
goes for that. So, that's what I have. Um, Council Member Ingaman, I have nothing. Council member Taylor, I guess I just say on that transit thing is I didn't know the specifics of the timeline with this route, but they're trying to implement a whole range of routes by the end of 2027. So, which projects get the priority and over get
phased in. So, it isn't necessarily moving this one up from 27. It's just that they have this whole package that they're trying to implement partly I think through a new sales tax and some other things they've given the revenue but it takes it's the capacity that that you're hinting at there that they have to work on to implement these
range of routes across the metro. So yeah. Yeah, they've done a lot of work on that and and council member Taylor has been our representative to the that uh corridor commission. So thank you for your work on that. Council member Schmidt. Nothing formal. Council member, did you say the mall and
the airports? both airports. Uh the big airport. The big one. Okay. You can light rail from the big one to the to the the Humphrey, but not the ex the there's a St. Paul airport. Not that one. No, it's the international airport and you can Yeah. connect to terminal 2 using light rail.
Okay. Yeah. Council member Sar. Yeah. Just a second. Okay. I attended a CAP meeting and learned that Kristen Sersland, who's been our our our intermediate or our our individual that we work with, is going
to be leaving the refinery and that Holly is already left for a different assignment. So, she is gone from the city's work. And then I also interacted with a gentleman named Tim Conrad. He's from South or St. Paul Park. He's on the
council and he and I were just talking about the interest that we would have is mutually supporting the city's activities. And so we'll mention again that the Pioneer Days is Saturday, August 9th, and Heritage Days, our neighbor, is August 15th through 17th.
So these are two things coming up in the future. and I attended the Pigsai Lake dump site meeting and once again they're talking about ways to to deal with the contamination at that location. The problem is that it floods and carries that contaminant
down through the Mississippi River and the the the multiple options are very expensive and and involved, but we're we're nearly at the point of making a recommendation to come back to the legislature on that. And then I also
attended the community uh area group meeting and it's important because that's a source of funding for Newport and projects that we have in Newport and I know that we've uh been able to take advantage of several sources of fundings for that. Right,
Matt? We've gotten the the shared the the back truck and some other things through them. So I think it's good to have a representative on that group too. So I had to do these things for new.
Thank you. With that I would uh entertain a motion to adjurnn. So move. I'll second. You all want to stay longer. That's so nice of you. Okay. I have a motion from council member Ingamman and a second
from council member Schmidt to adjurnn. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Uh, thank you for watching. We are adjourned.