Megan. Megan. Yes. Good. Yeah. Good evening everyone. Welcome to Oido City Council Chambers. If everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic
for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please join me in a moment of silence. I would like to call our meeting to order. It is October 6, 2025 at approximately 6:30 p.m. and we have all
members of council present. We do not have any ceremonial items, so we will move on to the approval of the minutes. What is the pleasure of council? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from August 18th, 2025 regular session and August 25th, 2025 special session.
Is there a second? Second. And also uh friendly amendment to include the work session minutes. Oh, sure. Is that good with you? Yeah. Okay. Uh, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. All those against. The motion carries.
We'll move on to our public comment section. I do not have any written request to speak. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to address council at this time? Hearing none, I will close public comment and we will move on to the consent agenda. What is the pleasure of
council? I move we approve the consent agenda. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All right. I will ask the clerk to call the role. Motioner. Mayor Megan Slick.
Hi. Seconder. Council member Jeff Bodford. I. Deputy Mayor Natalie Tugert. I. Council member Keith Britain. I. Council member Alan A. I. The motion carries. We do not have any public hearings. First reading of
ordinances. So, we will move on to item number 10, which is a discussion item for the proposed right-of-way vacation. Mr. Cobb, thank you, Deputy Mayor. Uh, Mr. Kelly, if you could pull up that map. Thank
you. Uh, this is a request for council to consider vacation or give us direction regarding vacation of the ride ofway. Uh, that is shown in on the map there. Not what there's another map I will show you, but this is the rideway as it currently is. It's approximately
23.5 to 24 feet wide. Uh it extends from Franklin Street there in the south up to Geneva Drive uh in the north and it's between those two properties there. If we could go down to the next page. Uh
our the code of ordinances chapter 42 uh governs vacations of rightway and vacations can be requested by property owners. It can be requested by city council. It can be requested by the city manager as well. Uh they're not considered quasi judicial actions. And
there the chapter 42 uh has a set of criteria that the when there is a request for a vacation that the staff takes a look at. We look at whether there's a public purpose. Is it consistent with the comprehensive plan,
does it deny legal access to anyone? Uh is there any action on public safety? Any action on any impact to pedestrians or uh vehicular traffic? Uh does it affect any uh public services
like utilities? A lot of times when we get requests to vacate uh rideways, there will be uh telephone lines in there, cable lines in there, water, sewer lines, and so we will reserve uh easements over those anytime that we
have that. We took a look at this. If you remember, Mayor Slick asked us if if the council would be interested in vacating this rideway uh on September the 4th. uh the consensus of council was to bring it back as a discussion. So that's why we're here tonight is to have
that have that discussion and staff took a look at it as well. We looked at the right of way and one of the concerns that we had was that if we vacated the entire ride ofway, we had a concern about access public access to lot 34A there. So that's one of the reasons why we're we're recommending if you do
decide to give us direction to vacate the rideway that we only vacate the south 107 ft. And that would be the purple area there. The triangular part up there in the north would remain as public rideway. That would give uh lot
34A approximately 24 ft of uh access to a public rideway which is meets the land development code minimum 20 foot frontage requirement. So it would not make lot 34A a non-conforming lot. Uh, one of the things that we did look at is
that we we did determine in our initial analysis that this ride ofway does not have a public purpose. We haven't we haven't been able to determine it. Uh, it was a very old plat and probably at one time Franklin Street may have turned to the north. We're not really sure. Uh,
there's no we have not we have yet to locate any public utilities there. In this configuration, we do not deny access uh public access to private property. Uh we do not see any safety concerns there as well as any impact to
uh municipal services. Uh tonight we're asking for council direction as to whether or not to vacate what we would recommend the purple area on the on the wall there that that south 107 ft at the right point. Thank you, Mr. Cobb. Any discussion on this one?
I guess mayor, you brought this one up. Did you want to take us off? Well, much as I love the idea of a grid, we already vacated the portion of this rideway on the north side of Geneva Drive and it's only you maybe 100 ft to go around the
corner. So, this gives an opportunity for something that is a little bit more contiguous and uh let's the properties that in this area are kind of small have just a little extra room to be able to do something productive. Council member
Um, yeah. So, we talked about this earlier today and uh it occurs to me looking at the um the Google map here that the is the north of 34A is that not all the way to Nursery Street?
No, it doesn't go all the way. No, it doesn't go all the way to Nursery Street. Okay. Um Oh, I'm sorry. I was looking farther over. I'm sorry. Okay. Um, additionally,
uh, it's also unclear from the the satellite. Looks like B 0 comes farther south than like 33A does where the the lot line is. I guess I should say it looks like the rightway goes farther north
below 33A than it does on B 0. Is that That's not the road, but what we looked at, if you're talking about like up there below where it says plus - 24 ft. Yeah, right there. Yeah, that what we determined was that was part of the Franklin Street right ofway. And so we figured that it would not be
wise to vacate that part of Franklin Street is what we looked at. And that's why we we cut it. We aligned it with the south property line of 33A because that uh as I said, it would still we didn't look at it as part of that rightway. We
looked at it as part of Franklin Street of the Franklin Street right away. Okay. But but Franklin Street's rightway goes farther north east of B0. Yes. Yeah. That it's very interesting that the in the the part that the Frank
the east Franklin Street adjacent to B is roughly 25 ft in width and then Franklin Street east of B there at 33A is 50 feet in width. Is that little gray line kind of in the middle of that rideway area? Is that the
edge of the road? Is that what that's depicting? As far as that says Franklin Street, so there's a line right through the word. I'm not really sure. The little Franklin Street. Yeah. I'm not really sure if that is if that's the center line of the road or if that's what that really depicts to be
honest with you. And that's obviously not a survey. That's just the paralyzers website with the aerial overlaid on it. Those aren't always perfect by any stretch. They don't always line up. But that line doesn't doesn't appear to sync up with any one exact thing. Okay. Yeah. Thank you.
It just kind of cuts across thing different things when Go ahead. It doesn't seem reflected of the center line. When you said something about connecting it north and making a grid um
so there was a question I can't remember if you were already sitting up here. Uh but it was to to the north of this there was a request to vacate land immediately adjacent to the Smiddle County Library. So if you were to follow this proposed
vacated rideway across to the north side of Geneva Drive that was already vacated because the lots were too small and the owner asked and applied for it. But it was it's the same deal on the other side. It made a bunch of triangles and it was really difficult to work with the area.
The one the one last year. Yes. So I think the one last year was an east west chunk on Godwin Street, right? I I think it was north, south, and east, west. It was like all around both of those triangles. It was It was Oh, okay.
Mhm. Because Yeah. I I don't see anywhere where this could connect and make No, I can't I can't make a No, there's nothing there that makes sense. The the only thing I had thought that that was potentially for was for perhaps making a a right
turn coming east on Franklin or sorry, west on East Franklin and you wanted to turn uh and go uh east on 426. You would perhaps turn north on this piece and
then turn right on 426, but still there. I went and like looked at it and it it doesn't seem like it's too uh burdensome to to make the right just off East Franklin Street where it is.
So, you have any further questions? No. All right. Council member Britain. I'm good. Council member Bradford. So the property owner of
8.0 is not asking for this. Is that correct? Correct. None of the property owners are asking for this. Is that correct? Uh yes, we have we do not have any applications. We do not have any applications for this. Well, you brought it up. So what's the
impetus? Uh well, the the property owner has rented it to somebody who would like it to happen, but that person does not have the ability to apply because it's a rental situation versus an ownership situation. So, I think we all know that this is
where Brisketss Barbecue is, and it's a it's a tight squeeze over there. I don't know. I'm not for it, but I did. We ask Brisketss to come on out today because I think at the last meeting I asked if we'd get them out
here to see if they would support this or not. They are not here. I did not tip them off. Uh we we didn't ask. Uh, one of the things that we looked at is that if we were to go forward, our code does require us to notify all property owners
adjacent to the uh to the ride ofway and we would have done the notification then. We have to give them at least 10 days notice so that they can be here and provide input. Okay. Um, as far as concerns from the city's end, I I mean, you talk about turning right. I probably leave that
area more than like anybody on that entire street. Uh, I don't go that way. I go up Kimble Street. just makes it easier. Uh so I'm not worried about that. The only thing I could consider is if in the future we want to change the traffic pattern there, but I don't know how that sliver would help us out. So uh
Mr. Cobb, is there any concern from staff on needing this in the future for any reason? I couldn't see it myself and I I know when Mr. Scott and I got together today. We actually looked at the mobility plan and from a perspective
um that we I didn't see I could not see a need for it even long range. Uh and we have there are plans for Franklin Street, but none of them involve widening it and u well and even then we kept that
right away. It's mostly complete streets and it's mostly trying to make the connections over to Lake Jessup and then over to Lockwood. So, uh, there wasn't really anything in the mobility plan that called for utilizing this right ofway.
Okay. Well, I guess if we have no use for it, there's also no reason to keep it. So, so what what exactly is the rightway along Franklin Street? Is it that little sliver or is there Well, the Franklin Street and I don't know, Mr. Kelly, can you pull your mouse up there? I I don't have my pointer so I
can't. But if you look where he is right now, that's that's the Franklin Street Rideway. And it if you go down, then he goes to the south and then go to the west. That's the north edge of the Franklin Street Rideway. Of course, the the south edge is uh down is runs is the
gray line running down below there. So that would be the Franklin Street right away there. Okay. So that's not much when you get to Geneva Drive. It's roughly from what I could tell it's roughly 25 ft in that area and then when
it gets east of uh B uh then you jump to the 50 foot ride of play which is our standard. Oh, so there is a 25. Okay. All right. Okay. Any further questions? I'll ask the clerk to call a roll. Well, is it even a role? It's sort of a discussion. I guess we need to bring it
back. Vote on this or just give you I just need direction whether or not if you want us to initiate the ride ofway vacation is what I need to know. Okay. Why don't we just go down the line? I I think so. Yes. Council member,
uh I think we can initiate it, but it it'd be good to hear from the property owners what they think about it, but I mean they'll they'll be noticed. So I guess so. Council member Britain. Yeah, let's we can go forward, but you know, I reserve
the right to change my mind. Sure. Council member Bradford. No, I'm up for work. Okay. Um, I would also like, you know, to get some input from the owners, but I guess you have direction to move forward. We we'll initiate the process and first
thing we got to do is we got to get a sketch and description because we got to be able to describe it in the resolution and then we'll do the 10day notification and then get it on the council agenda. Okay. And then when it's on council agenda, we notify the owners and they can come out at that point. We Yeah, we have to give them at least
10 days notice. Okay, perfect. All right, we will move on to the city manager report. I have no report, Deputy Mayor. The city attorney's report. I have no report. I'm going to keep fishing here. Council member,
well, uh we had October Fest the other week and uh it was it was a great festival. So, uh, thanks for, uh, Parks and Rec for for putting that on and, uh, I think it's about all I got. All right, Council Member Botford. Yes, I concur. Great job, uh, Mr. Beldin
on, u on the event and then I know we got Park and Brew coming up the first of November. So, always a great event for us as well. So, your team did a great job. Everybody seemed very happy and uh, festive. So, nice job there. So, good job. That's all I got. All right, Council Member Britain.
Ditto. All right. I I'll I'll have a report. Uh I went to Calo last Wednesday and it was at Seminal State um on their main campus and they went over their future master plan that they have to do every five or 10 years. Um so I mean they were
it was a wish list. It wasn't all funded. They stressed that but um all the campuses they have they showed what kind of their dream vision was. But it was interesting for the Ovito campus. they were really focused less on building more buildings and more on kind
of tapping into the ecological area around it. So, it was more looking into the trails, maybe doing some education on the ecology over there and then a couple things to extend campus. But, uh it was it was pretty cool. If you can get a your hands on one of those master
plans, it's interesting seeing where they're going and they are um above enrollment numbers from precoid, so they're doing pretty well as well. Uh, Scout, I don't know if we've brought that up out here. I think maybe you have, but Scout's rolling out by October
15th. So, that's the uh affordable ride share that the countyy's putting together. Um, they have like 30 to 40 drivers already. So, later this month, it's a really affordable way to get around town. I have a feeling it's going to be very popular because if you go through three zones, which is like the
max, it's like 12 to$14 to go from here to Almont. Um, and if you're a senior, it's half. And if you're on disability, it's a dollar a ride. So, it should be a really good program when it gets up and running. But, uh, I think you'll need some patience at the beginning. And then the last thing I wanted to bring up is
we all got some meetings about the Chamber of Commerce. Um, and they weren't between me. They were between the mayor and the chamber. And I just wanted to get some clarification on on things we vote on. So, like we voted
on giving $10,000 to the taste of a veto in the chamber. And then I'm reading these emails that's saying we're asking them to ask for that back. And I'm I just want clarification on if we as a council make a decision to do something, why are we going behind and then asking
them to give it back? Okay. Well, I was not asking them on behalf of everybody. They said, "What will make you happy?" And I said, "I'd love you to give the money back." So that is what would make me personally not be frustrated with their
level of intensity in Ovito. So us giving them $15,000 a year when we have a ribbon cutting coming up on Wednesday that they didn't tell anybody about. The business owner sent me an email and said, "Hey, are you coming?" And I'm thinking, "Where can I find this?" I looked on the chambers thing. It's not
there. I there's it's not on their social media. It's not on their calendar. They didn't send it in their email this Monday. Like they're just not doing anything. So for us to just keep on giving money without any oversight or thoughtful discussion on our end I think is it's frustrating me. But you know if
that if that is the default and I made it clear that unless they choose not to take the money then they get to have it. So that is that is where it's at. And of course they're going to choose to take the money. That's why would you not if
you can take the money and not produce a quality event like of course you do that. Well, I can understand if you have a different opinion than the other people up here. But I do think as the mayor of the city when you were talking to someone as a board that we approved something for, it did feel like reading
that that we are going back and saying you need to give it back and it it felt like as the representative of this board it it was us. So it and I know talking to like I got a call from them and they felt like they were being told to do that. So we need to be really clear that
if we're going out saying we have an opinion that differs in the board, this is not a requirement from council. They do not have to take action on it. It needs to be in this chamber if we're going to be changing what we agreed to do. Oh, absolutely. That's all I want to put out there and clear up. Um but that's all I have on that. So it
is up to your report. All right. Uh nobody mentioned the Hagardio veto game yet. So appreciate everybody coming out for that. It was a really good game. It was not a blowout, but at the end uh Ovito did prevail. So go Lions. I I am an alumni. Uh alumnus
alumna. I don't know how we do the Latin of that. So it was nice that it goes back to the Lions. Um and thumbs up on October Fest. That was fabulous. We had a lot of uh guests from out of town and it ended up being a really interesting event with the variety of people. Uh
coming up October 11th, this Saturday at 800 am, I hope all of you will consider uh swinging by Flakes and Fables. That is the next Eat Ovito. I want to say it's number 159 or so. Um so still working through eating at every single
restaurant in Ovito city limits. And that is the next one. And coming up on October 18th is the bike rodeo at Stinstöm. whether or not kids go there. All elementary kids uh and I believe this is correct, Chief, and and let me know if I'm not. All elementary kids are
invited to this. So, my my lot kids going to be going to that. Uh and the last thing I had on my list was that there is in fact a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, October 8th at 5:30 p.m. for uh Young Chefs Academy. This is allegedly being hosted by the Chamber of
Commerce, but I can find no trace of it in any of their websites or online or anywhere. I got an email on it. It's on my calendar. You did? Okay. Well, I I do know that they have asked me to stop attending these because they don't like me. Um, but I I do plan to attend anyway. So,
I'm glad that the owners are directly inviting me to things even though the uh chamber leadership is purposefully attempting to not let me know when these things are. I think the email goes out to everyone. I read it. Goes out to the chamber members. Oh, I I I get those, too. I I missed
that there was a ribbon cutting somehow. So, all right. That's all I've got. And I don't know if anybody brought up National Night Out. That's tomorrow. So, that's a good event every year and a fun one. So, I think it's at 6, 7, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 to 8.
6 to 8. There we go. And the foundation will be handing out hot dogs and chips and water. There you go. Hot dogs, chips, water, and a fun time. Uh, is there anything else as far as reports, we will go on to future meeting dates. Monday, October
20th at 6:30 p.m. we have a regular session. Monday, October 27th at 5:30 p.m. we have a work session. Yes, we do. And Monday, November 3rd at 6:30 p.m., we have a regular session. Is there anything else for the good of the order? No CRA meeting. We We will have CRA meeting.
What's that? On on the 20th. 20th. Okay. And a CRA meeting on the 20th starting at 6 o'clock. Uh it is 6:53 p.m. And this meeting is adjourned.