Good evening and welcome to the Newport City Council meeting. Today is Thursday, October 2nd, 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 Sumar >> here. >> Council member Angman >> here.
>> Council member Taylor >> here. >> Mayor Elliott >> here. The next item on our agenda is to adopt our agenda. I understand we have a change to the agenda. >> Uh yes, Mayor and Council, I'd like to add one item to the agenda. This would
be 12A. It's a resolution 2025-69. This is for an amended joint powers agreement for utility services between the city of Newport and Woodbury. >> Thank you. And for those of us sitting at the DAZ, that's been added and it is
on the website, but it wasn't in the original uh published version of the meeting agenda um that was issued earlier this week. So, with that um adjustment or modification, do I have a motion to adopt the amended agenda?
>> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion from Council Member Sumner and a second from Council Member Schmidt. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed. >> The agenda is adopted. Next on our
agenda is a report from the Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center. So, welcome. >> Thank you, uh, Mayor. I'm Trista Martinson. I'm the executive director at Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy. And we're excited to be back here again this year. Um I think last year when I
was here, I had just started this job. So I've completed a full year. And it really is fantastic to be here in Newport. Um I put on your desk before you a copy of our new strategic plan. We have just adopted this last month at our board meeting. Um it is actually the
first strategic plan at R& we've been doing all this good work just on motivation alone. Um but now we thought we'd put things in a structure. Uh so it's a a strategic plan so you can see where we're headed. We really are um working to make sure we're serving more of the community being really thoughtful
and and making those environmental goals as well. Um, and then the other thing I wanted to share quickly just as updates before we get into the odor report, which is very riveting, I assure you, um, is that we have recently just released an RFP, a request for a proposal on a feasibility study on the
currently vacant Gradau site. Um, and so that RFP is out there to just take a look at what's possible. As you know, that site is empty uh, as Gradau shut down a couple years ago and it's right across the road. So, there's some big possibilities in our potentially in our future. So, just wanted to share that
that we're always thinking about what else we can do and how we continue to be good neighbors here in Newport. With that, I'm going to turn it over to Sam Hall, who's our facility director, and he'll give you your odor report. >> Good evening, mayor and council members and staff. Thanks for the opportunity to
come here today and give another up update. Uh, next slide, please. Um, you guys have probably seen this uh last year in the same report, but uh just want to highlight the next slide, please. um some of the benefits and really to highlight the good work we're doing for
the community and the people we serve. And I just looked at uh our compliment or FTE tracker today and we're currently at 120 jobs. And of those jobs um if the next three guys pass their screening, that'll be 69 union staff. And I looked
at our compliment tracker training tracker and of those staff there's 17 young adults in our apprenticeship program. And so that's an paid on the job training program to be either a processor or a mechanic at uh our our
location. And those jobs once they uh reach the journeyman status at the end of the two-year three-year cycle pay between $76,000 and $86,000 as a base rate. So these are people that are generally coming um to our place of employment with little to no uh trades
experience or job experience. Uh, one of the gentlemen, uh, he's, I think, was a detailer before. Another gentleman worked as a at a vape shop and we, you know, as long as long as I can come to work with a good attitude and on time, we can provide the rest. And so, that's really something that we're proud of.
Um, also on the flip side of that, I just had an employee that retired with 31 years of service >> and he's not and I he's not the one with the most tenure. I have probably a handful. I'm probably need two hands to count with 38 years of service. And so just want to acknowledge that along with
all the other good work we're doing today or have always been doing. I also want to highlight at the end of this year we're going to celebrate 10 years of the county's uh purchasing the facility. So that's a a milestone. We took over uh ownership eight years ago
but the the transaction actually happened uh 10 years ago. >> And so and when when we talk about what we do it it we're not here to make money. We're not here to increase throughput, but we're we're here to increase diversion from landfill. We're powering uh sorry, next slide.
So, this is kind of just some some non-financial benefits of the work we do. So, we we recovered 13,000 tons of metal from the waist stream. Um through the our partnership with Excel Energy, we we powered 12,000 homes with renewable energy. and the equivalent of
comparing it to going to landfill, we took about 20,000 cars off the road. And so really that's when we talk about what we do and why we do it. This is the metrics that we're talking about. Uh next slide please. So now um Nate who works with both engineers and he's
partnered with the facility since before we bought the facility. uh he and their their um their team provides the actual odor monitoring and he'll going to detail our our 2024 results and and the highlight. So, thank you.
>> Thanks, mayor, council member staff. Uh as Sam said, I'm Nathan Klet with both. Uh I have been working with the facility probably since the early 201s. Um so helped with the purchase and a lot of the good work that do that they do.
Um, and our staff also provides the odor monitoring. So, um, if there's very specific questions, I'd be the one to ask about odor monitoring. Um, there's a set schedule in the summer months when it's warmer and we would anticipate more odors. We're going out twice a week in
the summer, once a week in the winter months, and then once a month on the weekends as well. So, we're trying to cover all the different times when people might be out and might be impacted by odor. um tons as we've gone through the the years with SM. I can't believe it's 10
years already that it's been since the facility was purchased. Lots of building upgrades, lots of different things added, order control, um more doors, things louvers that are controlled. So, there's been a lot of um effort, engineering dollars that have gone into
making sure that they're being a good neighbor. Um next slide, please. Um, this is a map that shows some of the history as well as the monitoring locations in 2024. I guess that I'll call to most of the attention. We revised one of the locations. Um, uh,
OM1 170 was over by cold storage. It's moved closer to the city hall here. Um, it was also kind they were pretty close to one another, two locations. So, we decided to move it a little closer to here to get a little bit better representative sample. Uh, next slide.
Um you saw the six locations, the seasonal, this looks like to be a little bit of a repeat, but there's um through the years we've learned that west, northwest, and certain wind speeds are very much um signs that we might
have impacts or might be able to to um recognize odor. So, in addition to the once in the winter and twice in the summer per week on call as needed or as we know that there's going to be a wind speed or direction that may cause that we're really trying to come out when we
would anticipate odors helps to talk to them to the facility and say, "Hey, are you running your um odor control system? How much material you have on the floor?" We collect a lot of data to try and see what we can do to change operationally to try and help with any
of the odors. There's just a little table on the bottom that kind of shows all the data that gets collected at each location. And um Arie was lucky enough to have a intern on staff for about six weeks this year. So we gave her the experience of going out and putting the
little nasal ranger up to her nose. So that's a picture of Carly on the corner there. Uh next slide, please. You can go to the next slide. Um, this is a summary of the inspections that occurred in 2024.
Um, you'll see a an inspection is each location that was gone to. Um, you can see that there were a total of uh 10 and MSW detections. It's noted as 503 is
there's no magic. It's just what it's coded in our system is 503 MSW. None of those exceeded the um ordinance with I believe that that's a seven. Most of those are generally around two or less than two uh on the nasal ranger scale,
which is basically the number of dilutions. So I can the more I dilute it, if I can still smell it, it's telling me it's stronger. Um so in 24 the facility was in compliance with the ordinance. Um, we also obviously pick up
some other nonMSSW detections. You have neighbors as you know across the river that is probably the second highest or I guess the highest um nasal ranger thing we pick up is a rendering smell. So we do notice that on a pretty regular
basis. Uh, next slide please. um obviously managing for 10 years. Uh some other facilities that are associated with R& terms of a facility that accepts the RDF as well as refu Walters refugees
and recycling who's a partner that's going to be pulling the food scrap bags. They're both using some form of the odor management equipment or odor monitoring combined with odor management. are actually both is actually doing Walter's um order monitoring as well and they
mimicked their procedures very similar because of the success that R&D has seen and it really helped with their cup process and things like that. So uh next slide well I'm not on there but I can >> any questions for me? Well, you know, I
just want to say thanks uh for coming out and it's always interesting kind of what's going on over in that facility. I think a lot of people aren't familiar with that. Um, but I did appreciate what Sam said about this is a notfor-profit
entity. This is owned and operated by Washington and Ramsey counties. they do need to make enough money to maintain the facility, you know, replace equipment and and plan for, you know, that kind of future capital expenditures, but this is not a
for-profit operation um that's looking to really make any money beyond what it what it needs to to run. So, yeah, very interesting questions. >> Trista, you mentioned the RFP. Can you
just explain a little bit more? Is that a partner? Is that your the R& looking to do that? Is it the counties or is >> Yes. Yes. Um so yes, we released a request for proposal. We had met with the port authority as well. As you know, that site is along the river and has opportunity for significant cleanup. And
as we're looking through our strategic plan on is there other ways that we could do more to process waste, our footprint is very small and that it's not any room to expand and we've maximized. So, um, we wanted to just know more about that property and what was even possible. So, we released an
RFP looking for partners to help us figure out what's even possible. Um, and that would be for us, Arie. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And would that be only the Newport uh property that Gerardo owns or would it be the St. Paul? >> The St. Paul, too. >> Yeah, it would be the whole property.
It's about 140 acres combined. >> Yeah. So, it's a it's a it's a maybe at this point. So, no other decisions have been made, but we thought we should at least ask the question of what's there and what's possible. >> And was the port authority interested in doing something there?
>> Yes, they would be a partner in that process and to think about how we would do that. Absolutely. Yeah. I think there's a lot of people interested in the cleanup of that site, right? And potential. Um there's, you know, I could talk endlessly about a vision and um as my staff know, I have big ideas, but
there are things like it has a uh barge parking availability. Well, as you know, we send lots and lots of trucks out of our facility every day. About 70 tractor trailers just leaving. Just so happens that 70 tractor trailers fit on one barge. So, thinking about what we could
do differently if we had access to something like that on the river, it would reduce truck traffic, which would save your roads. I see the public works director very excited about that. Um, right. And safety, but also the the carbon impact. So, there's possibilities there. We just want to explore what those potentially could be.
>> Great. Other questions? >> Council member Sumar, >> is any work been done to follow up with the rendering plant? Are they still are you are you still in conversation with them? >> We Sam, do you want to answer that? H
>> I think um council member mayor the answer we don't have a direct relationship however I have um updated the company we work with for odor control the company it kind of said hey they just reached a settlement I think it was the end of last year already and that you know they're have some
requirements with the city that so they're probably more willing to talk because I think they tried reaching out before so I don't have any direct relationship or direct >> I guess impact on what we do or what they do >> although I would say we're an example of what to what they should be doing. Um,
but no. >> Yeah. I think their only thing they have in common is they both generate odors, but they're not >> um business-wise connected one to the other. >> I understand that. I was just wondering if they had any opportunity to be in in meetings or to
know more about what is happening there because they're in the same industry. So, apparently there's not a lot to improve their situation. really in the same industry. One's rendering animal hides and >> and animal parts and the other is
>> I I've made attempts to make introductions, let me put it that way. >> Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, thank you so much for joining us this evening. It's always a pleasure to have you here. >> Thank you. >> So, um next on our agenda is public
comments. So, as we have no um members of the public sitting in the audience this evening, I will move on to the consent agenda. Um the consent agenda, all items listed on consent are considered to be routine by the city council and will be approved in one
motion. There will be no separate discussion unless a council member or citizen so requests, in which case the item will be removed and considered at the end of the consent agenda. Is there anything to be removed from the consent agenda tonight? Hearing none, >> I'll move the consent agenda. I'll
second. >> I have a motion from Council Member Ingamman and a second from Council Member Schmidt 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office
report. We have Sergeant Leot with us this evening. >> Good morning, man. It's not morning, is it? It's been a week. Let's say that. Uh, good afternoon everybody. It's good to see you all. Um, okay. So, a couple
things to talk about. I know I mentioned the last city council meeting, school was about to start. Obviously, that has started. So, a little friendly reminder for the public to stop for those school buses. Watch out for kids. Uh, I did happen to follow a school bus just one day and saw a car blow through it. So, I
stopped him and gave him a ticket. Uh, a friendly reminder, too. If kids are getting off the bus and someone blows through that, that is a gross misdemeanor. So, please be aware, use caution when kids are out there and the school buses are doing their job. Uh, speed has uh also been an issue
throughout the county and the metro. I would say there has been some serious crashes that have occurred. Uh, so we are still out there enforcing speed laws on local streets as well as the freeway when when necessary. Uh so please pay attention to people's limits as they're
driving about in the city. Uh something that Thank you. I also printed this as well. Um to highlight is that we the county and uh public health are partnering for a drug takeback program. So for any citizen that would like to bring some expired medications, this is
the time to do it. It's going to be held on October 25th here at the city hall between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. This is a time you want to make sure you do it. Uh some of the things that are accepted obviously are pills and the capsules um creams, gels, unused
epiens, inhalers, patches, liquids, powders, sprays. Uh some of the things that are not taken though are needles or used epiens, syringes. Um no chemotherapy drugs, no vaping devices either. Um if it if any company or owner
of a company is hearing this, this is also not the venue for that. that is something you have to coordinate with public health or at the Washington County hazard um facility to pick coordinate a pickup on that. So if you got some October 25th is a day and I
highly encourage uh people to bring stuff so it's not just sitting around loose. I would also have you can see a partner here. Um we have now officially started our additional deputy here in Newport. This is his first day officially starting in Newport. Granted,
not his first day as a deputy. He has completed the FTO program. Uh, and he has been working the street a little bit. And he was he asked he literally asked to come to work Newport and his first first phase, which is phase one on
FTO, there's four. He worked Newport and immediately said he loved it out here and that stayed true through the whole process. So, I knew this was the right guy to have work down here. He likes the idea of a small community and working with the uh public and getting to know people as well as the council. And if
it's okay, I'll let him introduce himself, his name, and maybe just a little background. My name is Matthew Gazner. Um I prior to being a deputy for Washington County, I worked in the Washington County Jail for just shy of two and a half years. And
prior to that, I served in the Marine Corps as an infantry rifleman >> and I was honor honorably discharged as a sergeant. >> Um, so >> what's that? >> Sego hop.
>> Yes. >> So, welcome. >> There you go. >> So, I'm excited to be here and uh serve the community. Well, thanks for joining us tonight and congratulations. Is this near the end of your first day or are you just starting
shift? >> I'm just starting shift. >> Okay. >> It gets a little rowdy after council meetings. >> I didn't tell him that yet, so I was going to wait until later. Um, but the good thing is by adding this deputy, it
enhances our coverage. Uh and even a prime example is this evening we have two afternoon officers working at the same time which has not happened in the past and it allows us to be able to respond to calls better to be very honest. So great >> uh with that said I certainly stand for any questions that anybody has.
>> Okay any questions comments? >> Well thank you so much. Oh, on the um drug drop off, can people bring in like over-the-counter like pseudafed or um vitamin supplements, anything like that that they think of has expired as well?
>> Yes, madam mayor. They absolutely can bring that as well. >> Okay, >> no problem. >> Great. Well, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next on our agenda is the uh fire chief's report and we have Chief Wy with us.
Good evening, mayor, councel. Um, couple things tonight. Just uh quick update on our calls for um service in September. We ended up with um 19 calls. Three of those were mutual aid. Two of those were cancelled before we arrived. So, um
didn't really get out of the city. Uh the third one was for a water rescue on the Mississippi. M >> um so we got the airboat out and helped a kayaker that had um swamped their kayak and got stuck in the middle of the
river in the channel. Uh rest of the calls were pretty routine calls, um alarms, um car accidents. Uh we did have one chemical hazard at an apartment on 10th Avenue. A resident there um set off a
flea bomb in their apartment there. So, we dealt with that. But all in all, pretty quiet month, which is, you know, a good thing, right, for our residents. >> Yeah. >> Uh, the other thing is Booya. Um, right now it looks like this will be the
most successful Booya that we've ever had. Um, both from a turnout and a financial stand point. Um, still working on the numbers on that, but um, unbelievable turnout from the community. I mean, it was it was packed for for
hours. Um, our local businesses came through in a just a huge way this year. I'd like to, um, especially thank Marathon Petroleum for, um, a $5,000 donation and Quaid and
Suns Refrigeration for a $2,000 donation. So, um, also like to thank the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Um, and Dep Matthew had everything to do with it. Um, but Washington County
Sheriff's Office had uh one of their boats here. They had the Bearcat here and they had a K9 demonstration during during the day. So, you know, you think about Booya and you just think about Booya itself. But, you know, I was looking at it um this
year probably through a different lens. And, you know, my my favorite part of the Booya was looking out and seeing the the neighbors, families, friends, just sitting and enjoying a beautiful day, you know, um chatting and um I'm sure
Tom and Marv saw them as well. We had um two former firefighters from the 1960s and 70s that were here in their dress hat and badges, you know, in addition to, you know, a number of former firefighters that
actually help on um Booya Day, you know, like Council Member Ingamman. So, you know, it's a proud tradition and, you know, you look back to the 1960s and, you know, they're still proud to wear that badge and that that fire department hat. So, um, that's what I see when I
look out and I see that crowd. So, but that's all I have. I'll stand for questions. >> Will we see you at next year's Booya? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Different role. Different role. >> RIP to work.
>> Yeah, that's right. I'm going to have you over helping out Tom. >> There you go. >> Well, it looks like it was quite an interesting uh month for you guys in terms of calls. some interesting uh things that you went out and worked on. Um any questions for Chief Wy?
>> Thank you so much. >> All right. Thank you. >> Um next we have the engineers report. We uh we have an improvement hearing scheduled for 6 o'clock tonight. So we will put that on hold until 6:00. Correct.
>> Correct. so that uh everyone um who wants to come and make comments or ask questions or just hear what's needs to be said has time to get here before we actually start the staff report. So for that we will then move on to the sup one quick thing.
>> I can provide a few project updates to uh to to go through the few minutes we have here before the hearing. >> Uh thank you mayor members of the council. Uh again a few updates. We have several projects ongoing. one of which is our uh 2025 street utility
improvements project. Uh they are pouring curb as we speak. Uh they started today. They plan to have all of Second Avenue complete with curb by the end of the week. Probably will be two very long days, but they will uh they do plan to have that completed. Uh they
will start on concrete aprons. So that's the first four feet of the driveway going uh up to the properties. uh as well as any concrete driveway work beginning on Monday. So, this is one of the one of the more uh inconvenient
times of the project. Folks will be out of their driveways for about a week and a half so we can let that concrete cure and then uh we can then do some grading work so they can get access uh in and out. So, this uh once we get over this hump, things will be uh much improved
there. So, we're excited about that. Um on the water system uh interconnect project, all the water man is in. We've uh finished paving the first lift on Century Avenue as well as the area that was disturbed in Loveland Park. Uh the
final lift and uh batuminous curbing on Century Avenue is going in on Monday. >> The uh metering uh manhole, how we'll measure the water coming in from Cottage Grove, that is going to be delivered in the first week of November. and then
installed and then the uh it'll take it'll take a few weeks uh probably into the past the first of the year to get that installed and up and running. We also have a pressure relief valve uh that needs to be installed since Cottage Grove's water pressure is higher than
ours. We need to to manage that uh manage that pressure. So, that one's moving along well as well. I got a minute. Uh the Cherrywood development uh they are working on the south portion of Sentry Avenue. So everything south of
Kalin Drive. Uh all the utilities are complete within the within the road corridor and then they are um working on grading that road. They're expecting to have curb in uh place in about 3 weeks and they are planning to get a first
lift of asphalt on Century Avenue uh before the before winter comes. They're also actively working on water and sewer utilities within the Cherrywood, the Newport side of that development. >> Anything else?
>> I do have one other item for consideration, but perhaps we'll uh we can talk about that after >> minute on according to my computer. Can you do it in one? >> I can I can probably do it. Uh the we had our pre-construction meeting for the Red Rock 3 uh or Red Rock Square 3
apartment building just up the road here off of Red Rock Crossing. Uh the contractor uh plans to begin work very soon, probably within about a week. >> Uh they have about five weeks of mass grading which will include a pretty significant amount of bedrock removal.
>> Uh we learned that from the first three uh or from the first two apartment buildings as well as when the road was constructed. Uh so they will be within that five weeks they'll be planning to put in the uh uh storm sanitary and water main facilities. Most all of those
facilities are private, but we do since they do connect to the city's system, we uh we inspect those and make sure that they're uh installed in accordance with the the plans and specifications. The one item for consideration was the contractor did request to work on
Saturdays uh between 8 and 5. Uh now granted this will be um throughout the duration of the project but probably the more impactful time will be when they're doing this mass grading work and again they will be uh removing rock which can
get a little noisy. Um they the contractor is working for the same developer who owns the other two apartment buildings. So they can help us with that messaging to residents of the other two apartment buildings. We had the contractor did request to work from
8:00 to 5:00 on Saturdays, which is slightly uh um a smaller window than what our normal working hours are from 7 to 7 >> to accommodate some of that, you know, the weekend work and being a as good of a neighbor as they can. >> I am going to put that on hold as I do
have uh 6:01 p.m. So, yeah, good good try though. Uh but we'll come back to that and then any questions uh that we may have on the uh project updates. Um so it is now six o'clock and we will start with our third avenue improvement
uh project and hearing just so people sort of understand this process. We start with our city engineer kind of explaining the project. That is followed by the city council asking questions and getting clarifications about that project. Then I open up the floor for um
members of the public to make comments and ask questions about it. Then we close the public hearing and then move on um with a discussion or decision on approving a resolution to order uh plans and specifications for the project. So
that's kind of the process. If you're wondering when does the public get to speak, it's after John. We kind of get our questions answered. Sometimes our questions are the same as your questions. Um, sometimes they're not. Uh, but then when we do get into the hearing, you will need to come up to the podium and, uh, state your name and
address for the record so that uh, people watching can can hear the conversation. So, with that, I will turn it over to our city engineer, John Herdigan. >> Thank you again, mayor, members of the council. Uh so as just a quick reminder uh we did hold a an improvement hearing
uh back in uh October of last year which included a large portion of Third Avenue. So if this uh presentation looks familiar uh it's because it is. Uh I did not change it up much uh aside from uh
putting the uh appropriate um improvements to specifically Third Avenue. As we approached uh bidding the project last year, uh council decided to uh remove Third Avenue from the scope of those improvements and then focus on
Second Avenue and 17th Street because we wanted to make or we wanted a a project that was a little smaller to be better managed. And we had uh wanted to make sure the the funding for that project was uh was available so that it could be uh easily cash flowed. Uh so tonight uh
many of those same residents were noticed for a separate hearing because we you know the there was over a year that expired since that uh initial hearing. We wanted to invite folks folks back be able to uh solicit some feedback
and we also added one block uh to the original scope. Uh so uh again if this looks familiar uh there's very good reason for that. So, what we'll go through tonight, we'll have a quick introduction. We'll go through the project area. We'll review
the uh proposed improvements and then uh talk about the total costs, what that assessment uh uh anticipated assessment rates uh look like, uh next steps, and then we will open the hearing as the as the mayor mentioned.
Uh just starting out with what are assessments. So the chapter 429 uh uh of the Minnesota the Minnesota statute 429 uh gives communities the authority to uh levy and collect assessments for local
improvements projects uh that benefit adjacent property owners. uh the city has completed a feasibility study for this work and we believe that that uh the work is necessary and cost-effective and so this will be the first of two public hearings that we will hold for
this project. Uh this is a project where you are able to provide feedback to the council uh on the on the proposed improvements. And the second hearing will be an assessment hearing where you will receive a similar notice in the mail uh that you receive for this uh for
this hearing with exactly the assessment amount that your your property will be assigned. And then again, you will be able to come to a council meeting, o open that hearing, and then uh provide uh feedback and testimony on that proposed assessment. That that hearing
usually takes place once the uh improvements are near or finally complete. So, generally in the in the fall of the of the year that the construction takes place. So, this project uh we're looking at Third Avenue, uh on the north end
between 21st Street and then 15th Street on the south end. Again, the area that was added since last year was the uh southernmost block between 16th and 15th. Overall, it's a little over 3,300 feet of improvements and that it will
impact uh or benefit about 72 properties. Some of the improvements that we are anticipating for the project include widening the street from about 22 feet wide. In some areas it's a little bit narrower than that out to a city
standard 28 foot wide uh street and that will include concrete curb and gutter. The uh the 28 foot measurement would be between the face to face on the curb itself. and then adding storm sewer to do uh to collect uh surface water runoff
and route to uh treatment areas and then eventually to the Mississippi River. Uh we'll also be putting in concrete aprons. So that is the for each driveway that is the first four feet up that driveway uh toward the home and that
helps pro or helps keep water that's uh runs off into the street in the street rather than inundating the driveway and uh front yard areas. We'll also be doing a full replacement on all the water infrastructure, including all of our
valving uh as well as hydrants, replacing the sanitary sewer manholes and main lines within the project area, as well as uh replacing all the water and sewer services between the street up to the right of way. And then we'll also
be putting in curb stops for for water shut off uh uh located at each property line. This is what our typical city street section looks like. We have um generally a 2% grade on either side of or crowned
road. In some cases, we do need to modify that grade to try to fit the or modify the cross slope to try to fit the existing homes uh and the driveway locations. We do our best to try to keep that from being uh too steep or too flat
on one side. uh we do given that we have a lot of existing homes that can be a challenge. So generally we we try to design the road as best we can to make sure that we have positive drainage uh back from the garage to the street uh
unless that is uh is not the case currently and then we would uh we do our best to minimize that that impact to existing driveways. I know these are small so uh bear with me but as far as our infrastructure replacement again left side of the page
is uh the north end at 21st Street we have water and sewer utilities running the entire width of the proposed improvement from 21st to 15th. Uh those existing uh utilities being water and sewer they were originally constructed
back in the mid 1960s. The uh sewer material is a vitrified clay pipe which is rather brittle and sus suspect to or susceptible to a lot of infiltration, groundwater infiltration which is one of the primary
goals of the project is to provide a a watertight collection or sanitary sewer collection system to minimize the clean water that Newport ends up pumping and gets charged to treat at the metro wastewater facility. The water man
through this corridor is also uh was constructed back in the mid 1960s. It is a cast iron uh water mane which given our high bedrock areas is very sub or subject susceptible gez to uh to water
mane breaks with the shifting ground. Uh we do have several breaks, water mane breaks each year. And so replacing that uh that water uh will will help not only from a from a deliverability standpoint, but also just from an effort level for
for public works to uh to own or to maintain. Those two utilities given our high bedrock were actually constructed within the same bedrock trench. It's about 3 to four feet wide. So those uh utilities will be reconstructed back in their
original position to avoid excessive uh bedrock excavation which does drive the project costs up considerably. We'll also be looking at uh adding new storm sewer. Currently there is very limited storm sewer in the area. We have
some storm sewer here on 20th Street. um some minor or some storm on 16th and on 15th, but really no storm sewer that is running north or south through the uh through the project area. We plan to extend that storm sewer and this would
be in a new trench. So, the storm sewer costs uh include uh the bedrock removal necessary to construct that uh those facilities. And we do our best to keep those pretty shallow to try to save
costs and to try to minimize the lengths of some of those lines. But again, in order to provide that uh surface water management, we do need to put in that new storm sewer. uh for both the uh storm sewer work as well as the uh as
well as the sanitary sewer work. The city was able to uh to receive some grant money from a couple different state agencies to help mitigate those costs. Speaking of costs, this is our uh anticipated to or total project cost
summary. So, it's broken into four different uh four different schedules. The first being the street improvements, meaning mainly the surface improvements, including the curb and gutter, the pavement, driveways, uh restoration, and so on. That's a little less than 1.3
million. Uh the water infrastructure replacement is a little less than 19 or $900,000. That includes again the water man, valving, uh water services, and hydrants. The sanitary sewer about 730,000.
the including the manholes, sewer man, as well as the sewer services going toward each home. And then we have about $600,000 in new storm sewer that would be uh constructed. Our anticipated total construction cost is about $3.5 million.
And then adding in contingency and and project overhead where the the total project uh excuse me it should say total cons total project costs would be uh approximately 1.5 or $4.5 million.
the anticipated assessment rates and I will mention that these uh proposed rates are the same as the uh 2025 street improvements uh cost or assessments are shown here. The street portion uh was $3,100.
The storm uh portion was $2500 and then the water and sanitary sewer each were 1,700. And again, it may be difficult to see, but we have the uh the the dots on the map indicating which properties would be
uh benefiting from each of those uh types of improvement. So, for example, if the if your uh water service uh was not being replaced because you get served from a a a water man that's under a street that we're not improving, uh
those properties would not be eligible for that water assessment. Conversely, some areas that uh may be uh accessible for uh storm sewer that may not necessarily abut the improvement because they uh because they do receive benefit
from a from a localized storm sewer extended to that area to to provide relief for that surface water runoff. Overall, this is our anticipated uh total project costs broken down by those four uh categories. The anticipated
units that would be uh accessible, the total assessed amount and then the uh excuse me, the units assessments and then the total assessments. We add a column or a row at the bottom to identify the total amount
uh of each item or of each construction category that would be assessed. The city's policy generally uh states that the city should target about 20% uh of the total project cost being assessed to the benefiting property owners. But that
cost should not exceed the benefit uh received by individual property owners. The city as part of last year's project uh received a benefit of benefit appraisal to determine what the benefit for these this type of construction and
the san or the assessment rates align with that uh determination of the of the benefit appraisal. So as you can see on the final column here the total assessment rate uh we did not achieve that 20% we were closer to 14% and
that's largely due to the cost of that bedrock uh removal which is a pretty significant portion of this cost and and part also that we can apply some of that grant money that we've received to try
to make up that that gap between the what we are able to assess based on benefit and that 20% target that we uh that we outline in our local improvement policy. So tonight uh kind of our next steps, we're holding the improvement hearing
tonight. We're soliciting feedback from the council as well as uh as well as the public. uh we may or the council may consider ordering the improvement after the close of the hearing and then if so we would begin that design uh very uh as soon as possible including a surveying
uh for the new or the added block on Third Avenue. Uh we're looking at trying to solicit bids uh early this year in December um uh as a hope that we can um fold this project right into our uh our
2025 street improvement project. perhaps gain uh some interest from our contractor that's currently working on site, but also because we did uh proceed with uh a design, the majority of the design of Third Avenue as part of the uh 2025 street improvements project. So,
the design effort is uh reduced and our hope is is that if we can get uh bids yet this winter that those will be very competitive because contractors schedules will be open and uh and and we're hopeful that that will that will be reflected in the total project costs.
We'd anticipate that construction would begin next spring uh April May and finish up right about this time a year October November in 2026. Uh and again, we would anticipate holding that assessment hearing uh around the November, October, November
time frame next year. >> Thank you. Yes, sa this was familiar. Um and I I want the public to understand we don't do these projects simply because the pipes have been in place for
60 years and it's just time to do it. We do it because they go in with video cameras and they look at what's really happening in these pipes and they can see water coming into a sewer system. They have images where, you know, a
connecting pipe which should line up this way is actually going this direction and there's a gap, an air gap as to where um either rainwater or uh natural spring water is getting into the sewer system. But it also means that
when you're doing the laundry or taking a shower or something like that, your what's going into your sanitary sewer system instead of actually flowing along the line can also be seeking out into the ground. And this is a specific uh
environmental concern. These um homes and this, you know, all of Newport really is quite close to the river. And so we don't just decide that we're going to do it because it seems like a good idea. We do it because they've gone out
and and documented these leaks and these problems. And I think the most recent thing I saw was a main um sewer line where the connector coming basically it wasn't from the house but it was the house and then we own a certain amount
of the line had basically cracked and collapsed. And I think your estimate was that that had happened around the time um the sewer system was installed. And so for 60 years, the sanitary sewer line
has not been functioning the way it's supposed to be. And so this is sort of, you know, an important part of what drives this decision making. This is needed and it's important and storm water management. I can't say I really
understood why that was important until I started giving presentations on inflow and infiltration. But to really manage where this storm water goes, it helps keep it from deterioration of sewer
systems. It helps us guide it in a way that we can get they're called catch basins. You see them on the side of the road. They're like grates. That's just where rain water goes down and and into the system. and we manage getting it to the river, but anything that goes down
that great also goes to the river. And I know um city administrator Hatch and I were at a meeting and they were talking about how a plastic bottle from Montana going into, you know, a great and into the Missouri River can eventually end up
in Louisiana. So managing where storm water goes, and they call them grit chambers. It's basically just any sort of garbage, but it also includes leaves and twigs and things like that that aren't good for the river. So, that's also a really important component of the
work that we're doing um as part of this project. So, with that, I will turn it over to questions for um John. Do you have questions, Josh? >> Yep. >> We've been through a few of these now, so we're a little more like we can follow a little better, but go ahead. Uh
estimated project duration >> uh construction uh normally be April to November. >> Okay. Um how many years to pay the estimated 9K assessment would property owners have? >> That's that's normally a decision that the council makes at the assessment
hearing. Uh historically that's been either 10 or 15 years. >> So quick math 10 was about 75 bucks a month. 15 would be 40 or whatever that math is. Um effectively. >> Yeah. And the the assessments are paid as part of your property taxes. Yep. And so they'd be paid twice a year, but
>> Okay. Sure. But monthly it would come up. >> Okay. Cool. And then last question is rough math. The city basically would be paying about 4 million for the project cost minus any grant money and then the assessments would eat about 650,000 up. It sounds like >> that math sounds.
>> Okay. That's all I had. Thank you. >> Okay. Other questions? With that, I will open it up for public comments. If you have any questions or if you want John, why don't you pull that map up that's got all the dots on it that say which homes Yeah, this one
um are going to end up with, you know, one, two, three or four assessments on them. Um so that people can kind of try to find maybe their particular property. But you can um come up to the podium. He
can if you need the map moving one direction, you can point and John will will move that uh back and forth for you to take a look at it. Um otherwise you can come up to the podium, state your name and address for the record and just any questions you have, anything you
need clarified. Some of you probably sat through this uh session about a year ago as well. Um so it's kind of the same thing, different different year. Hi, Randy Yuland. Uh, 1637 Third Avenue.
So, last year we were going to lose 2 feet of our yard. Now you're talking 3 feet. You're going to 28 feet wide. >> Yes, we're going to 28 feet wide. That's the That is the city standard width. Yeah, that is what we put in on Second
Avenue and what we had planned to last year. >> Last year you told us we were going to lose two feet. >> I I have the paperwork at home. I didn't think I had to bring it because I didn't think things were going to change like that. Second question is, so are you going to take three more feet out of my yard for a 10-ft easement?
>> Well, the the width of the right ofway for Third Avenue is about 50 feet wide or is 50 feet wide and that's generally centered on the on the road itself. Mhm. >> So, it's anticipated that all the improvements will be contained within
the public right ofway with the exception of uh driveway replacement work. Sometimes we need to replace additional portion of the driveway to make sure that we make a smooth transition and to promote that positive drainage. Yeah. >> And then occasionally we will need to
grade uh do some grading work outside the rightway. But we don't anticipate needing any kind of uh easements to complete the work. >> Okay. Cuz like last year when I was looking at the maps and had everything set up here nicely, I have really nice flower beds set in my yard and they were
safe. Now you're going to be halfway into them if you take more out of my thing. Then do I have to move them? >> Uh again, Randy, I we didn't we didn't change the width of the road. So the the the 28 foot width is the standard that
we've done on our past at least four or five street projects. The paperwork last year did not said we were going to lose two feet. Now you went from 22 to 28. So that's three feet aside. >> Well, it is it's difficult to say how much you would lose. I don't know. We we
we will center the road within the middle of the rideway. >> Y >> and then we'll go 14 ft in each direction. And so if the rideway is 15 ft or 50 ft wide, that means from the curb to the property line will be 11 ft.
>> Okay. >> Roughly. Now that can change because we do have to to fit a few other uh circum or a few other factors. If the if the landscaping that you have is outside the right ofway. Uh we will do everything
that we can to avoid impact >> cuz um my neighbor to the left has a fence and it's 10 10 and 1/2 ft from the street like it's supposed to be and I went a little behind that. So, if I have to move it, is he going to have to redo
his whole fence, too? >> I can't speak to where that fence is in relationship to the right of way. If it's within the right of way, the city uh does not allow private improvements within the the right of way. >> So, if the fence is within the right of way, it will likely need to be uh
removed. uh if uh there are circumstances where there's surface improvements or landscaping that's within the right of way and if we can if we can avoid that we will. If we can't, we will we'll work with property owners
to give you time to uh move those uh those improvements. >> When uh when will we know that? You know, is that in the next meeting? It'll we'll likely have a neighborhood meeting in advance of the of the project to uh to understand some of those
details. Like you say, it's difficult to get down to that level at at a meeting like this. Y >> u if you were able to attend the the neighborhood meeting, we certainly plan to have another one so that we can look at specific um >> uh specific uh properties and impacts.
>> Okay. >> I will tell you that uh we're not planning on doing much of any redesign work. So on the third avenue that was a part of last year's project. So if you I still encourage you to attend the meeting, but if uh if you were part of that last year's project, you'll see a
very similar road design. >> Okay. Yeah. Because we were here and you guys had people set up and they were showing us everything and we were chatting. It was very informative and it was very greatly appreciated. Awesome. >> That was, you know, because you had lots of information, asked lots of questions, so that was good. it it's not 100%, but
I've got an aerial photo up right now that looks like it would potentially be outside of the rightway, so it should be fairly safe. >> Okay. >> So, it's never perfect. That's >> because my neighbors, they just bought the house not that long ago, nice young couple, and I'd hate to see them all of
a sudden have to come up with this expense of having to move their fence back because we didn't think it was going to be that far back. >> We're We're not in the We're not interested in making people move things for nothing. So if you know if there is if it impacts the project uh that's when
we'll have that conversation. Uh you know obviously we don't want those improvements there but it's again we're not interested in uh moving things needlessly. >> Awesome. Thank you so much. >> Yeah. Thank you for coming. Other uh
people any questions on this? I think if you do have specific questions about your property, uh the neighborhood meeting is also a great place to do that. I'll mention when they came through and did my road, I had landscaping in the right of way, had to
move a boulder, had to move a lot of landscaping rock um that was in the rightway. So, um even I have been guilty of putting stuff in the rightway without really realizing that it shouldn't have been there, but it's all moved back now. And and perhaps just to elaborate, we do
our contractor, we do put uh a bid item in for uh removing landscaping. Now, that is a contractor that will remove it. You generally they don't take quite the care as the property owner would to remove it. Um we would not be putting that u we would not be putting that
landscaping or improvements back in. But again, we we try to get a newsletter out ahead of the project, give folks time to do some of that um some of that cleanup work or removal work. Uh the other item I would mention is if there's irrigation
systems. We don't get a lot of irrigation systems due to the high bedrock in that area. Um but we would ask too that those irrigation systems are marked. Um we we've worked with our contractors in the past that if if folks are able to mark their sprinkler heads,
we know they're there. We can work around them and then we can lay them back into place. So it's not the sprinkler heads are the probably the one thing that we we certainly uh don't have a problem with in the in the rightway because we do understand that folks want
to get their grass growing right up to the uh to the edge of the road. Would anyone else uh like to speak at this time? >> John, is this project up on the website yet? >> I don't believe we have a project page
for this uh for this project. I think we can work with city staff to get a copy of this uh presentation and then perhaps our a little bit more of our detailed uh project location. Okay. >> We can work with staff to get that up there. And was your email or phone
number on that last slide? >> It uh it certainly was. >> Okay. So, if you think of a question later or if you're not able to attend tonight and are watching this um on uh video, um you can always reach out to John uh with any questions. I know a lot
of times people don't like to be on camera. Um but you can reach out to John with some uh questions if you'd like to as well. So, there's lots of opportunities to talk to him. um about your property and and about this project.
>> I'm just waiting to see if anybody else wants to come up. Okay, here we go. >> Hi. Uh Michael Ostroski. I'm at 1686 Third Avenue. I just had more of like a nerdy technical question about the I know they did the underground gas line.
Did they on second? Did they not do that? They just run all they must have exposed the air and did something differently or >> they uh so Excel was uh replacing the uh the existing gas man on both second and third. By the time they by the time
Excel initiated their project, they were under the impression that we were going to be doing both second and third. >> Sure. So they replaced an existing uh steel gas man on one side of the road with uh with gas manes on both side of the road and plastic for that matter. Uh
it they they don't like to cross the road with gas services. They like to have uh parallel lines. >> So the work that was done on third uh that that you folks had dealt with uh for the majority of the summer, the same work was done on Second Avenue. We just
were right over on top of them doing other work. So it probably looked a little more invasive on on second. >> So will they just dig around that when they do the next year? >> Yep. And we there are other utilities that the contractor the contractor digs
around and they they have our plans. So they they knew where our facilities were going to be. So we're hopeful that that's minimal uh impact. If there is, they they have to move it and they they understand that. So >> cool. Yeah, that's all the question I
had. Cool. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else? Well, again, you can reach out to John separately if you'd like to um with individual questions. There will be a neighborhood meeting. There will also be
an assessment hearing about a year from now. Um also related to this project. Correct. Okay. With that, I will close the public hearing and um so the next step in this Do you want to talk about
the resolution, John, a little bit? >> I certainly can. If I can get my computer to cooperate again. >> This basically what this resolution does and doesn't do. So the the and forgive me, I was looking for the resolution number, but there's a resolution in the
packet that uh would order the improvement and direct staff to complete plans and specifications. As I mentioned, a portion of this project has been designed. Uh when we when we split the third avenue out from the original
project, we uh we updated the 2025 plans to make a complete project set. We still need to do that for uh for Third Avenue. So where those two projects intersect, there's a little bit of work to put a pro or to uh put a biddable project
together as well as the uh the south end between 15th and 16th. Um so again hopefully we can expedite that process and get that uh bid yet this uh winter in December is what we're targeting. Um so the resolution would order that
improvement uh direct constru or plans and specifications following uh the completion of plans and specs. We would bring those back to the council. We would have another resolution to order bids for the improvement.
>> Thank you. So, any questions on that? Do I have a motion to approve? I'll move the uh motion of 2025-68, the uh resolution ordering the
improvement and preparation of plans and specifications. >> I'll second that. >> Have a motion from council member Ingamman and a second from council member Sumner. Any discussion? >> All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed,
>> the resolution is adopted. Back to your other item about Saturday work. >> Picking back up on Red Rock Square 3. Uh again, they the contractors requested to work uh 8 to 5 on Saturdays. Uh
according to the devel developers agreement, permission must be uh granted by the city council to do that work. And so we had uh we brought that question, we told them at their pre-con that we would bring that question tonight because they had planned to start work um here within the next couple weeks or
probably the next week. So if the council uh would kindly consider uh allowing uh the contractor to uh work uh 8 to 5 on Saturdays, I I think that it would be appropriate to do it for the duration of the work, but obviously that's at the at the council's
discretion. Knowing that this project is going to run all the way through to next spring most likely, that seems like a lot of Saturdays that we would be approving weekend work. And I understand it's the bedrock
cracking that makes the most noise. Um, but that just seems like a lot of Saturdays >> to me. >> Agreed. And um I I I do think that impact is is lessened once the building is framed.
>> Uh and you know and so if you have a drywall contractor coming in to work on a weekend that probably has very little um okay >> impact. Um so you know but I mean and Matt you can maybe help if I uh if I misspe here. My understanding is they
have about five weeks of grading work. They have about five weeks of uh flat work doing their um concrete foundations before they'll get their uh their pre-cast work done. And so they plan to
have that building framed by April of next year. And so beyond April and and uh forgive me the you know framing work can be irritating as well. >> Yeah. Um, so you know they they would
plan to have that framed um and probably weathertight by that April May time frame. Uh, next year. >> Did we do this for Red Rock too? >> We did. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Questions? Council member Sumar,
>> I just wanted a confirmation. Same thing that you asked was >> Red Rock 2. >> We previously did this did not have an abnormal amount of complaints. Uh I think that they've shown some discretion in the fact that I've pointed
out that a lot of the heavy um work with the with the bedrock is early on in the project and that's going to be the most disruptive. So I would favor it. >> Okay. Do you need just a plain motion from us or
>> just a plain motion? >> Plain motion. So, do I have a motion to approve uh Saturday work from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm for the duration of the Redwalk Square 3 project? >> I'll make that one. >> I'll second. >> I have a motion from council member
Sumar and a second from council member Ingamman. Any further discussion or questions? >> Just to confirm, we can revoke this at any point if it is too intrusive. >> Amen. And then the other question was um if we didn't approve this until after
framing was complete like do we have any idea how much that would extend their timelines if they just work Monday through Friday? >> I don't um you know it is it's one day out of out of six. So would it extend a few days? I I I think they're the the
the main purpose is to try to be laying their uh concrete flatwork in the warmest conditions they can. So if we even a few days at that point, you know, if we're if we're pushing that flat work into the uh beginning of December or mid
December, it that will start to slow things down because they I think that's what the contractor is trying to avoid. So that's super helpful because then my perspective would be could we extend Saturdays through the completion of that work and then revoke it. Is that an option?
>> Revoke it anytime. >> Well, I guess my question Yeah. I I'm trying to avoid like unnecessarily 8 a.m. Saturdays for an entire winter. Like that that sucks. So I'm trying to figure out what's the is there a middle ground here that would be preferable?
And if they are trying to get specific work done by the end of the year, couldn't we just approve that work and then once that's done the Saturdays go away? >> And I think it would be perfectly reasonable to grant it through the end of the year and then ask them to come back or
>> um ask them to make another request and then we can uh leading up to that we can uh get feedback from the property owners. I will I if I remember correctly others may as well I I know they have very good soundproofing in that uh in
that closest um building. >> That's not to say they won't hear anything. Uh but they there is uh some mitigating uh factors there. >> I appre Yeah, I might be overly sensitive here and if I'm the only one that's perfectly fine. I might suggest end of year and I'm happy to review it
again, you know, in January. I think that might be a really good compromise. I don't know how people feel. I'm I'm a framer. I believe they should. I I mean I I really I don't anticipate I really think it's about you know the biggest thing is getting that concrete and sometimes you want flexibility to
have that Saturday. I don't expect them you know but yeah you are >> I just I think this is a reasonable thing and I I don't think it's going to be abused. If it is yeah we have to bring it up. I mean it's like you this is it's also unique that yeah this this is being built for the same you know
company that operates the two manages the two they're going to care about the sound so it isn't you know it's I mean I think everybody's going to be have it you know looking out the framing part of apartments is it's it's noise but it's it's really that you want to get this concrete in so you can do the framing in
the winter I mean but yeah the framing is >> get it done it's >> not I mean I don't know can in that in that in that setting air. You know, again, with the sound mitigation those buildings have, it's going to be windows close in winter. It's not going to be a a very intrusive even if you know, I
mean, it's compared to Yes. If it was immediate proximity, I I think it's a low risk situation for for this concern, but >> mayor, members of the council, if I may, uh, with Red Rock 2, it was actually a
similar time of year when they started. Um, and they did get that Saturday authorization. I I don't think we ever received a complaint. Um, I mean, and you know, I know they were doing similar work, especially with the removal of the bedrock, which I think is probably the
loudest. Um, you know, there's traffic, there's trucks. Um, and I don't think they worked on that many Saturdays, but I think it just really depends on kind of that subcontractor and the availability. So, >> I I Okay., you know, and and if we do
get complaints, we would bring it back to council for sure, especially if we told them and then they didn't respond. But generally with with this management company, because we have had issues with different things on the property not related to construction, and they they've generally been responsive.
>> Okay. >> So, >> all right, I'll back off. That's that's fine. Yep. >> Yeah. And I, you know, I think on the other end of this too is if they get to work five Saturdays, that's just one week sooner that I'm not having to deal with a whole another week of noise. Sure. >> You know that it's it's it's it's x
number of days. >> Just depends on how you want to compress it. Okay. With that there, I hear no friendly amendments being offered. So I will call the question. All those in favor of allowing the Saturday work from 8 to 5:00 uh signify
by saying I. I. >> Those opposed and they have their permission. Anything else for us, John? >> Well, I have to apologize, mayor, because I had one other thing that would have fit much better in my uh minute that I had. Uh the sport court uh is
complete. We did our final walk through yesterday. Uh, I believe the grand opening ribbon cutting is scheduled for the 16th right before our next council meeting. Uh, Matt and I walked it with a contractor. It It looks really great. Uh, the color the color scheme looks
good. It's uh it's a great surface. It feels good. It feels really big. >> Um, and um, we're we're real pleased with the result. So, looking forward to getting folks out there and using it. >> Now, does it need a few more days to cure? Is all of the painting and all of that is done? They've got all the
netting up in between the courts and all of that. >> Use it. Really, the only thing that they need to do is the site restoration, you know, and that's typical that, you know, they're going to have to come in and and dress up the uh the the grass around and they have some uh erosion control
blanket that probably needs some attention, but the the facility itself is is ready to go. >> Okay. So, we're on a soft open up there so people can start trying it out and uh we'll have our ribbon cutting uh next two weeks from today at about 4:00. Uh
refreshments provided and other fun activities. Bring your paddles and your rackets and your basketballs and and you can give it a try. >> We can put that on like the city website that it is open for use. I mean, I know we're all focused on the grand opening. People are focused on the use of it
because it is it's open for use. I mean, I just want people to be aware. >> I mean, >> they can go there. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Because I mean, it's kind of one of those things. It's right now the city website is talking only talks about October 14th, but we got some beautiful weather right now. So, kind of want to use it.
>> Well, I will say the unspoken thing about the sports courts. We now have pickle ball in Newport. >> Three courts. So, >> no fight. >> Yeah. We put a paddle thing up there, right,
for reserving the courts. The paddle. >> No, they haven't. We'll worry about the etiquette stuff later. I thought we thought that was part of the plan. >> Yeah. >> To reserve paddles. >> It there's little things to deal with. >> No, there there's hangers where you can hang your paddle >> and that's how you reserve the court to
play. >> Yeah, this you're going to learn a lot about football. So, >> okay. More to come. >> News to >> two weeks. Two weeks to get those up. Okay. Um, thank you, John. With that, uh, we will move on to the Superintendent Public Works report.
>> Uh, good evening, Mayor Elliot and council members. I have nothing formal this evening. Uh, but I do have a few updates for you. Um, hydrant flushing is nearly comp complete for the fall. Uh, we're moving up towards Bailey Meadows, which is the area where we typically
finish up at. Um and we uh have been seeing improved um water clarity just through changing our methods of how we've been flushing. So that's a great thing to see. We anticipate that only to improve further with having treated
water and uh hope to go down to once a year if possible. Um once hydrant flushing is done soon after we'll probably start sweeping leaves. It doesn't feel like fall at the moment, but it's coming, I assure you. And uh so just a reminder, you can't sweep your
leaves out into the street like we talked about earlier. Um you know, they end up in catch basins, end up in the river. It's more phosphorus and and uh sediment in the river. Um and also, you know, if you see the sweeper coming and you're outside working in the yard and
your car's parked in the street, you know, anything you can do to get out of the way helps clean up the streets that much more and makes it go faster. So the guys definitely appreciate any kind of, you know, assistance that way. So with that, I'd be happy to stand for any
questions. >> Thank you, Matt. And I learned something about the problem with this uh with leaves and grass clippings and all of that getting into the river and turning into phosphorus is it takes the oxygen out of the river and that kills the
fish. So, it's important for the health of the river that we keep everything out of the river as much as possible. So, >> yeah, just cleaner water in general and you know, that's always the goal. So, >> questions for Matt.
>> Thank you, Matt. >> Thank you, >> Administrator Hatch. >> Mayor, members of the council, uh, one formal item tonight, um, resolution 2025-69. This was a a late ad, so I do apologize for that. With that said, um this has to
do with the Cherrywood development, which is occurring on Century Avenue. There's 117 homes in Newport and then uh a number of homes that will be developed in Woodbury. Newport has a a long-term joint powers agreement where we have
provided sewer service to some homes in Woodbury. and uh you know so these newer homes that will be built as part of the Cherrywood development need sewer service and water ser service. So we did amend uh this joint powers agreement um
adding obviously the water and then reviewing the pay structure and the fee structure and things like that. We did have the city attorney and then staff met and we went back and forth with the Woodbury a number of times um including on the operations and how these you know
these services are going to be um maintained. We're comfortable with it uh and the developer needs this agreement as soon as possible in order to finalize their construction financing. So, I I
did get this this uh agreement today uh and I wanted to bring it to council tonight in order to get this thing moving. So, with that said, very comfortable. This will provide fees for our uh water and utility funds. Um and
uh you know, that's important. So, with that, I would ask for a motion to approve resolution number 2025-69, uh, approving the amended Newport Wood, uh, Woodbury Joint Powers Agreement for utility services.
>> Any discussion, questions on this? >> Okay, make a motion. >> Thank you. >> I'll second it. I have a motion from council member Sumar and a second from council member Schmidt to adopt the resolution uh 2025-69.
>> A resolution approving the amended joint powers agreement for utility services between Woodbury and Newport. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. >> The resolution and agreement are adopted. >> Mayor, I have nothing else formal. Uh
happy to stand for questions. Seeing no questions, we will move on to mayor and council comments. Um the uh park board met uh last week and they've scheduled a winter family fun night. That will be on Saturday, January 31st
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Loveland Park. This is where they've been hosting it for the past few years. Um, they're starting to talk about activities, but I'm sure that the uh tug-of-war with the fire department, always a much anticipated event,
will be scheduled again. And that's usually a fun time to get out, meet your neighbors, meet some new people, um, if you're new to the community. So, um, with that, uh, Council Member Ingamman, >> no, I have nothing. >> Council member Taylor, Council Member Schmidt, >> nothing formal. Council member Sumar.
>> Well, I think all of us attended the >> uh meeting with uh with uh the the planner >> planning commission >> the planning commission on uh the resolutions and so forth as we push
ahead with that that work. And also the library has quite a few events coming up on the 22nd. There's going to be a large amount of the time during the day where you can kids can come in and paint pumpkins. So look into that at our library. You don't have to reserve a
pumpkin, but they they strongly recommend it >> to make sure they don't run out. >> Yes. >> Okay, >> that's it for the my reports. >> Thank you, Bill. Uh with that, I would uh take a motion to adjurnn.
>> So move second. I >> have a motion from council member Ingramman and a second from council member Schmidt. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Thank you for watching. We are adjourned.