I'll rise for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> First item on the agenda, public
comment. If anybody'd like to approach the council, make a public comment for anything that is not on tonight's agenda, you're welcome to do so. Just state your name and address. >> See no correct. Go ahead.
>> Yep. >> From Serenity Place. >> Sure. Um, I want to know why we're not enforcing the RAS laws or whatever for that field. The
thistles are so thick in there that frankly I don't claim to have a better yard, but I am really tired of picking thistles out of my yard from that field. On Fourth of July, we have a lot of foot traffic that goes along there to watch
the fireworks. They were so thick and tall that people couldn't even cross over to the sidewalk. Now, if that were my yard, I'd be fined. >> What are we What do we need to do here? >> You're referring to the vacant field lot.
>> Yes. Okay. Big field. We we do have a native grass ordinance or just like a grass ordinance to generally speak to and that's normally applied to properties that have houses on them. Um this might be a rare instance where people are looking to
apply to a vacant lot. So that's something that we can absolutely look into. >> Well, I I hope you do because it's really getting bad. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Sure. My name is Sean Tedra. I was just
introducing myself. I'm the person that put in for the ordinance text amendment on the light industrial for cannabis cultivation use with uh Corey Ellert. Just introducing myself to the council. >> Thank you.
>> Anybody else for public comment? Anything you'd want to discuss that is not on tonight's agenda? Seeing no other takers, we'll close the public comment period. Item number three, approval of the agenda. >> I move to approve.
>> Seeing a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item number four, consent agenda. >> I move to approve.
Second. >> Seeing a motion and a second. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. On to item number five, public hearing for
delinquent accounts assessed. David or Lori? I believe that is Lori. Uh we have one resident that requested to assess some um delinquent or past due
um water sewer bill. Um they've they've been on a payment plan and it it would just be easier for them if they could assess it to their taxes to be payable next year at 0% interest rate. We charge an assessment fee on that um should they not pay it within 30 days, which I'm not
anticipating. So it's a public hearing. It was requested by the resident um and we would it would be payable next year in 2026 with their property taxes. >> Okay. So, the action we're just looking
for tonight is to allow a public hearing and then adopt a resolution pertaining to that resident. >> Yes. >> Okay. Well, with that, we'll open a public hearing. I can't turn or modify my mic from where
we're sitting at all. I apologize. I can try and speak louder. So, with that, we're going to open the public hearing for delinquent accounts being assessed. If anybody'd like to speak pertaining specifically to this for this public hearing, you're welcome
to do so. I don't know if the resident is here tonight or not. No. Seeing nobody approach for the public hearing for delinquent accounts being assessed, we'll close that public hearing. We're looking for a motion for the resolution.
>> So moved. >> Second. Seeing a motion, a second for resolution 2025 048 adopting assessment for outstaying invoices. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by I.
>> I. Opposed. Motion carries. On to item number six, public hearing for 2025 street improvements. 2025 street improvement assessment hearing. I can I can kick that one off. Uh good
evening. My name is uh Randy Sabart. Serve as a consulting city engineer. Uh this evening when the the uh city contemplates making a public improvement under the chapter 429 statutes. They're required to conduct two public hearings.
The first public hearing uh was conducted back in April, which we call the public improvement hearing. At that hearing, the city uh presents the proposed project that uh uh it intends to undertake. Uh the second public hearing is tonight, the special
assessment hearing. At this hearing, the city describes what the proposed cost share or proposed costs are to the residents uh benefiting from the improvement. And so, uh Bryce, my colleague here, has a brief slideshow that uh we'll walk through. Uh if you
didn't pick it up, there were handouts uh at the front table with the same slides that contains the same information. So with that, we'll have Bryce uh start the slides. >> All right. Thank you, Randy. Uh my name is Bryce Johnson. I work for work with
Randy for the city of St. Joseph for the engineering on the engineering side. So as Randy mentioned, I'm going to run through the special assessment hearing slides for the 2025 street improvements. So the project locations are listed
here. Got 4th Avenue, Elena Lane, Ellie Court, 12th Avenue, Able Street, and Court. 13th Avenue, Pawn View Lane, Eagle Ridge Drive, and Eagle Ridge Court, Dale Street, Callaway Street, 8th Avenue, Minnesota Street West, Third
Avenue Northwest, and a portion of the Minnesota Street Trail. Those locations are shown here in purple with the the work along Minnesota Street shown in green and the trail section shown in in red.
Here we have the projected final total project costs. So you see the the project item on the left. In the middle we have the estimated cost at the time of the public hearing and on the right we've got the proposed final costs after receiving bids from the contractor. So,
as you can see, we've got construction cost, a contingency factor, feasibility report, design and construction engineering, legal, fiscal, and administrative costs to give us our total at the bottom here. So, again, our
our total cost uh was slightly reduced after going through the design process and receiving receiving bids. Here again, we've got the projected final total cost just broken out by project area.
So again, those some of those same areas that I listed before, we've got the type of improvement. For the most part, this is an edge mill and overlay other than Minnesota Street West and the uh Minnesota Street Trail. So again, we have our estimated cost at
the time of the public hearing here and the proposed final cost on the right. This is the preliminary project funding. So this was presented at the public hearing. This was our initial estimate
on the preliminary special assessment revenue for each area. And then we have this the city subsidy and then the total cost. So again, this is the preliminary project funding estimate. We've got our our totals down here of roughly $600,000
of assessment revenue and $410,000 of city subsidy. Here we have the projected funding after opening bids and going through the design process. So we've come to a special assessment revenue of
$524,443 which is 53% of the total project cost here again that 981,73 and then our city subsidy uh sitting at the remaining 47% of the project cost. Some special assessment info it has been
and continues to be the policy of the city of St. Joseph that when infrastructure improvements are constructed providing benefit to a particular area, those costs shall be levied against benefiting properties. The city did commission a special
assessment benefit report. This is a third party report that's done by by a third party uh that identifies a range of of market benefit uh for each type of improvement and each area. some more special assessment info. Uh
the city may assess up to 60% of street and overlay reconstruct costs. So that's what we're looking at here. So when we when we did our base assessment, we took 60% of the total cost and assess that to property owners after the market analysis was done that
red that puts a cap on many of the properties. And so what that does is it it'll reduce that total assessment number. As you saw in the previous slide, the total assessment revenue had gone down slightly. So 60% is the maximum that can be assessed on a street
or overlay reconstruct cost. So then 40% or more of that cost would be subsidized by the cities by the city. Special assessments are determined for surface improve improvements, excuse me, are calculated on the basis of a frontage
per lineal foot. So, the amount of your property that that abuts the the improvement area that that dimension is how you're typically assessed. Larger lots, larger assessments. So, the this is a summary of the special
assessment benefit report. So here we've got our areas again, the property types and uses, agricultural, residential, commercial, and then the maximum market benefit that was applied to each area.
So as you can see, some of these are like agricultural, for instance, is listed. The max it's maxed out uh per the square foot. So it's 5 cents per square foot is the maximum benefit. And then we see residential homes, uh, anywhere from three to $4,000 per
buildable parcel. Twin homes, 2,000 per unit. And then we have our apartment units here on the bottom. So again, this frontage is determined and this is all part of the city's assessment policy that was that was put together and and voted on and has been
the city's assessment policy for some time. So there is some consistent consistency to how these how these assessments are are calculated. So a regular interior lot, your regular rectangle lot, a uh 100% of the side abudding the
improvement for an interior lot, a rectangular corner lot would be the sum of 100% of the short side and 50% of the long side footage is assessed. So if you have a 50ft front edge and 100 foot sideyard,
you will only be assessed for 50% of that sideyard if the improvement is on that side. For irregular lots, we we do a calculation essentially based on the area of the lot or the average the average widths.
The selected benefit assessment basis or methodology is meant to balance equity and distribution of the special assessment. All right, special assessment rates. So here again, we've got the project area, type of improvement, the estimated preliminary special assessment rates,
and then our our proposed final special assessment rates. So as you can see, uh all three of the categories, the special assessment rates did go down from our our preliminary hearing. So, we've got our 27 to 30 foot wide
street overlay, 32 to 33 foot wide overlay, and then on Minnesota Street West, the 41 ft wide street overlay. Trail uh the fog seal improvements to the trail portion of the trail are not are not assessed.
These special assessments may be paid in annual installments over time uh based on a term of 10 years. This year the interest rate will be 5%. No interest can be would be charged if the assessments are paid in full within
30 days of the adoption of the assessment role. First installment is payable on or before the first Monday in January of 2026. You can partially prepay uh or pay in full the assessment at any time.
Prepayment must occur within 30 days of the adoption of the special assessment role to avoid interest. Uh interest occurs up to December 31st and you must pay before November 15th or
interest will be charged through December 31st of the succeeding year. There are uh special classes for deferrals. If you are a senior, disabled, or on active duty, and the assessment is over $3,000, you can
request a deferral process for deferral. If you are in a special class, the city does have forms that one would need to fill out. You must apply within 30 days of the assessment approve being approved. Uh city council will make that final determination and interest would still
acrue during the deferral period. Special assessment appeals. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection by the affected property owner is filed with the municipal clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding
officer at the hearing. So that is the hearing that we are we are currently at. Council may consider these objections at an adjourned meeting. Uh the owner may also appeal an assessment to district court. must serve notice upon the mayor
or city clerk within 30 days of the adoption of this assessment and file such notice with district court within 10 days after service upon mayor or city clerk. This is a calculation example.
So one of our assessment categories was a 32 to 33 foot wide street overlay. That rate was 29 linear feet. If we have an 80 foot lot, this is our total assessment. If we have a 27 to 30 foot wide street overlay on a corner lot, again, if we've
got a say a 50ft front and 100 foot sideyard dimension, you would only pay half of that long side. So, this would be your assessment here. And if that corner lot was a combination of these two, 80 feet 80 foot in the front and
100 ft on the side, those two numbers would be added to find that property's total assessment. This is a schedule for the 2025 street improvements. We began back in February of this year with a feasibility report.
Here we sit tonight at the special assessment hearing where council may award the construction contract. Construction would be proposed to start in August or September of this year and be substantially complete in June of
2026 and ready for final completion in July of next year. Does anyone have any questions >> before we open the public hearing? David, did you have a statement to share?
Yes, thank you, mayor. Um, just wanted the council does need to be aware um we were notified or became aware that parcels um 84.53832 and 84.53828 uh both are owned by Timothy and Susan Borish did not receive notification of
tonight's assessment hearing. the council can take action uh excuse me can take testimony/objections from the property owners being assessed tonight and recess the assessment hearing to August 18th where the council would be able to take any testimony and or objections from Mr. or Mrs. Borish.
The council does not have to take testimony from any other property owners on the 18th as they have received notice for tonight's meeting. So, after testimony has concluded tonight and the assessment hearing has been recessed to the 18th for the property owners who did not receive the notice, the council may approve awarding the bid. Um, and
awarding the bid tonight would keep the city in compliance with the timing requirements from when the bids were opened and how they must be it must be awarded or denied within the certain time frame. So, deferring action on the bid to the to August 18th would put the action outside of the approved window
and would allow the biders to amend or resend their bid documents. All right, I'll I'll read it here. I'll I'll go a little bit. I can you hear me now? Is this better? Okay. Well, I'll do the best I can here
with this. So, there's two parcels, parcel 84.53832 and 84.53828. Both are owned by Timothy and Susan Borish. They did not receive the notification of tonight's assessments hearing. The council can take testimony and or objections from the property
owners being assessed tonight and recess the assessment hearing to August 18th when the council will be able to take any testimony or objections from Mr. or Mrs. Borish. The council does not have to take testimony from any other property owners at the on the 18th as
they have received notice for tonight's meeting. After testimony is concluded tonight and the assessment hearing has been recessed to the 18th for the property owners who did not receive notice, the council may approve awarding the bid. Awarding the bid tonight will keep the city in compliance with the
timing requirements from when the bids were opened and be it must be awarded or denied. Deferring action on the bid until August 18th would put that action outside of the approval window and would allow the biders to amend or resend their bid documents.
Yeah. And for the councils, we did receive two written objections prior to the meeting tonight for people that were not able to attend. So, >> thank you for that. That was a notice that we'd need to provide to you since one resident who's impacted by these
assessments did not receive notice. He will have the ability at a future date to a future city council meeting to speak to the council through his own public hearing. So, with all that, we now are going to open tonight's public hearing on these street assessments. And
you're welcome to ask the council or our engineers, Randy and Bryce, any question that you may have uh similar to the prior public hearings we just had. Just please approach the podium, the microphone, and just state your name and address. And you're welcome to ask any question that you'd like. So, you're
welcome to do that now. >> Well, so I could be first. Uh, I'm Nancy Notch and I live on 8th Avenue Northeast and I'm wondering why I'm getting assessed $4,000 for the patch that they're they're
repairing. That's one spot. Is that correct? >> No, the there's a full depth patch that's part of that part of the improvement along that street, but it's not the only that we're we're overlaying the entire length of the of the street. The patch
is is a portion of it. >> We just want to have whoever's at the podium speaking. I'm sorry. You're welcome to ask when she's done. >> They do that street. They're going to do that whole street. >> Yes. >> Okay. Who's all getting assessed for that? >> So, property owners on each side of the
road are are being assessed. Uh this is a this is an overlay. So, this is not a reconstruct. uh as as I know you're aware uh back when the the street was originally constructed in 2006 2007 when we look at looking at preserving
the street uh we do this overlay to extend the life that street the business owners everybody down there is getting assessed >> yes >> okay but what I don't understand is why
anybody's responsible for that road because it wasn't done correctly in the first place. >> They dug up they laid they had everything put in and it was in and it was leaking water all over. They dug it up again and they re redid everything and we were left with a patched road. It
was >> what the property owner is describing. >> It wasn't a nice road. It was patched. It was >> well the the it was a brand new street. what what she's describing is that there were um buried utilities that
complicated the soil types and the buried utilities that were in that street uh certainly moved after the original construction. So we I would second that from a prof from a profile perspective street was not >> I can't afford that. I'm 84 years old
and lived out live on I paid for that once and I'm I'm alone. I can't I can't afford $4,000 on that road. I understand, >> but and I don't understand why that's where it's broke up and it's
broke up from usage, you know, and there's a lot of traffic that goes down to the business places. So, we all get assessed. I get assessed more because it goes onto my property. Is that correct? >> You're assessed based on the footage that your property abuts the the the
street. That that part is correct. So on the front >> on on the front. >> So how much am I assessed that like 100 feet? >> I don't have your parcel handy. Uh if you know that you have 100 feet, that sounds about sounds about right. But we
have >> it's not the long side. So your yours is a rectangular lot. So you're assessed on the short side a budding uh 8th Avenue. This >> sounds sort of complicated to me.
But I I just think there's >> I'd be happy to to meet with you separately and try to answer those questions for you. >> I mean, it was a trouble spot right from the beginning. >> I I would acknowledge that that it was difficult construction. Now, if we don't do this overlay, and this comes up
frequently with overlay types of projects, the goal is to stretch the life of that street to 30 to 35 years. And we do that by timing an overlay in that life cycle. And if we don't, we would expect the streets to deteriorate quicker. So, this is a normal cycle for
us for the city. Uh we've had a pavement maintenance plan uh since payment plan. Then I if I can't pay it now, I can't pay it later. >> No, >> ma'am. I did your your house number is
406. >> Yes. >> Okay. the So we we have your your frontage listed at roughly 28 feet. So your original assessment was roughly $7,400. The city the city would be paying the balance of that. So you're you're an example of a property that got
capped by that third party market analysis, benefit analysis. So your assessment is capped at $4,000. The city is actually paying 30 >> 3,400 and change of of the total assessment.
bad road to begin. They have been fill out of the tax money. >> I mean, there was another engineer there that I knew knew that looked at it and said it was not being done right. I don't know.
>> Well, guess I wasted my time. >> Thanks. Is there anybody else that has questions throughout the public hearing? You're welcome to step forward. My name is Ron Ike. I live on 134th
Avenue Northwest. I live on the corner uh right where the stop sign is. And um this is the third time I'm getting assessed since I've lived there. Uh I've dealt with the council before. Um not
too much changes, but I do have a few more questions. Uh does St. Ben's have to pay their share on all the road improvement or are they excluded? >> They're not excluded. They are a party
to the assessment. Okay, that's one. >> Um, so the county plows right up to my house on the corner. So, and I think it's been explained to me, but I want to confirm it. So, if the
county takes care of the road, why isn't the road striped or painted? And why does the bill go to St. Joe? So Minnesota Street had was turned back to the city of of St. Joseph's several
years ago. So when the realignment of County Road 2 occurred uh on the west side of town, uh Sterns County turned Minnesota street back to local to to the city. So it's now a local street. It's not Sterns County. The city does have a maintenance agreement when it comes to
uh winter maintenance uh with the city. So, uh, I have to defer to to Ryan a little bit about the at least with respect to the snow plowing operations where that cutoff is, but I can confirm that Minnesota Street is now a local street. It is not Sterns counties.
>> Okay. Well, then to go one step further, it needs to be maintained. It needs to be painted. It needs to be taken care of. And of course, I'm going to pay for that. So, thank you very much. Um, oh, is there an ear tag on this here? Um,
improvement pertaining to more lights that I'm going to have to pay for because the lighting a and also to go along with the lighting. Does every person in St. Joseph get assessed on their water bill
for all the lights that go all the way out to Kennedy? And if they do, once again, is it going to go up due to the roundabout? And how many more lights and how much more is my bill going to go up? Because to pay for lighting, in my opinion, for the rest of my life, and I've already paid for it.
We all have, the way I understand, is getting ridiculous. There's a lot of ear tags that get thrown onto these bills, and you really don't know about it until you get your water bill or whatever. So, it's it's it's a thorn under my saddle.
It keeps going up and up and up. So, the question is, does everyone pay for that? And if so, I haven't done the math, but that must be one heck of a lot of income coming in St. Joe. Where does it all go? It can't all just go for the lighting. They should be a lot brighter.
>> Lori, would you be able to speak to that? >> We do have um a street lighting fund. So we we used to cover the street lighting cost through the general levy, but we switched it to an enterp it's called an enterprise fund. So it does now get charged on the water bills to all
residents. So you're paying for a systemwide and it's basically covering the electricity cost to run the lights. Um any updates that we might need to do to those lights if we have to add some lights. That's all covered under that fee.
Are this uh bills and and stats accessible for me to look at? >> Absolutely. >> This improvement >> I think I have to do a little research because sometimes I don't think um balance and check comes out in my opinion but that's my opinion. Um
I think I got most of them answered. I probably forgot a few but so I've talked to Dave >> Y >> previously and he answered a lot of my question. He's very thorough with it. But so is this a concrete price? That is
what we're going to have to pay. >> Correct. >> There's no adjustment like maybe they could save some money or da da da da. So, so if for some reason the project would come down uh materially from the cost that we've presented tonight, the
city has, I think at least in my tenure, there's been one instance where the project came in significantly under budget and the city refunded uh uh special assessments. It was in the amount of $200 to $300. Um like I said,
in one at least since 2006, I think that's happened one time. So, it is something that we monitor. uh and discuss with administration if for some reason the project would come in materially under budget. This type of project where it's overlay of batuminous
surfacing um I wouldn't expect uh that it's going to come in materally under budget. If you noticed in the slide that Bryce had up uh earlier we only have a $39,000 contingency on on close to a million dollar project. So we're
expecting it to come out pretty close to budget at this point. Okay, thank you for your time. One other thing, um, I have hearing aids and there's a lot of other people can't. We have to do something so the system so that everything that was said prior to me
coming up here is pretty much like so as new as this facility is, I think we got to crank it up a little bit because there's a lot of people that haven't heard what's going on. So, it's going over our head. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you.
Anyone else? Is the public hearing still open? >> First question is when when is this expected to take place? >> And end of August, early September. >> Would you want to just state your name and address? >> Williams. >> Thank you.
>> So, it will start the end of August already. >> Is that what I think? We haven't met with the contractor to confirm the schedule yet, >> but it we're anticipating that it could as as soon as this month, the end of this month. >> And what is the duration? >> Uh we anticipate the bulk of the work
will be done before the end of the construction season. The contract does allow for it to carry over uh into June of next year if there's some carryover work, but based on what we know today, we're expecting the bulk of the work to be completed this year. >> Okay. And then you mentioned the
contingency which I agree that's a low contingency. I would expect usually a 10% contingency but if you do not use that contingency is it refunded to the assessor or the assesses or do you >> again the council ultimately makes that decision depending on how much of the
project comes in under budget. So uh it it would it's too t too early for us to be able to make that that statement now. Uh but we will look at it at the end of the project after all the costs are accounted. >> Okay. So if you pay upfront which is
September 17th is that what it said? That's based on assuming it's going to August 18th to be approved. >> Correct. >> So then you would just get a refund sent to you if if it is under >> if if the council decides that that the material it's materially different from
what was assessed. The other thing to to keep in mind in this case is that the city is paying this isn't 100% assessed. The the city has $456,000 that they're contributing out of uh um other coffers. So that's a decision that
the council has to ultimately make. >> Okay. Um and then I didn't bring my letter with me, but I thought the letter stated it was five and a quarter% interest. Is it 5%? >> It is. It is 5%. >> Okay. Okay. All right, that's all I had. Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Tim McI of 507 West Minnesota Street. I think uh I was in the meeting when we talked about Minnesota Street. That was in April, correct? Is that the meeting? If I'm accurate, >> that timeline sounds correct. I think
you said these this road should probably last 20 years now. Uh is that what you're saying? Minnesota Street, >> that's the goal. >> We we like we want to get the road to 30 years. Uh 30 to 35 years in our climate with an overlay usually time between
that 15 to 22 year mark in the street's life cycle. We've seen a street last to 30 to 35 years. >> You overlay, you're talking like two inches or more? >> Inch and a half. inch and a half. Uh, one other thing, it doesn't pertain
really to the road, but could we put some uh more uh to regulate the speed on the road a little better? So, so that is something that the city took a look at and made an adjustment. Um,
do I have to help me out? I want to say it was 2019 when the state law after the road was turned back to the city of St. Joseph and the state law changed where the city council had more discretion in setting speed limits. We did move and
adjust the speed limit down. Uh so that pedestrian crossing that's kind of closer to the park and ride uh is where that reduced speed limit uh was changed. So, we don't have any discretion to be able to reduce it any further without
>> No, I understand that part, but it's it's more like a highway than it is a street, if you know what I'm talking about. >> It's a I talked to the PD and they do what they can. I mean, they can only watch watch it so much, you know. I'm
just kind of hoping it slows down. So the I think the council is aware in order to do anything further than that's been done to address speed, the city would have to do a speed study. >> And that's a little bit of a gamble because
>> uh the the speed limit can go higher based on prevailing speed. >> Yeah. I'm not I'm not pushing it or anything. I'm just bring it to attention. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um Pat Gangle again. Um Dale Street, 7th
Avenue and Dale Street on the corner. Um when you say an overlay and of an inch and a half, are you ripping up what's there and putting down? >> Nope. So they actually they won't other than this area on 8th Avenue where they'll do a full depth patch. um they
won't actually go all the way through the existing patuminous section. They'll come through with a with a milling machine which and they'll grind up uh right up against the edge of the curb and gutter, the concrete curbon gutter. They'll go down about an inch and a half there, inch and a quarter, and they'll
taper that. They'll taper that up to zero and it'll be 8t wide. So they'll mill a strip eight wide against the curb and gutter on both sides of the street and then they'll put an inch and a half over the entire surface. >> So they're gonna grind up what's there
and put stuff over it. >> Just a little bit. >> Just a little bit to give that to give that uh hot mix a place to go. We don't want to we don't want to just overlay and have an inch and a half drop into the curb gutter. So we we grind. So then that that'll be flush. The road surface
will be flush with the curb gutter. water, water, feet, tires, everything will just roll right over it. >> So, what I'm hearing is that this is just somebody's plan to to just do these
streets. Nobody I mean, does anybody go and look at them? Because I don't think it I don't think we need that. I mean, >> we we do. So the city has a a pavement maintenance plan since approximately 2011 and they're on their third third
generation of this plan. So as I described earlier, if the city doesn't do this, if we don't overlay a street at the right time, we risk losing the longevity of that street and then have to do a more costly
reconstruction in a shorter period of time. So these these overlays are designed and timed so that we can stretch the life out another 10 to 15 years. So it is strategic. Uh we there is a certain window in the life of a
street when we want to overlay and and your question is fairly common. People say well it doesn't look like it needs to be overlaid. Many people think that if you wait till it's riddled with potholes and cracked and falling apart that's when we should overlay it. Unfortunately, then it's too late. Now
we're talking reconstruct. So, we overlay streets when they are still in a good surface condition like you're seeing. If we wait too long, it's too late. >> Okay. So, when does 7th Avenue fall into this in front of Serenity Place there?
>> I guess I don't have the plan right here in front of me. Uh, but we're we're generally looking at that 18 to 22 year mark for when the street was originally constructed. 2028 >> 2028 it sounds like >> we're going to hit again >> on on 7th.
So again we're we're trying to time these correctly uh so that we get it in the right sequence. >> Well I got to tell you we paid for those streets initially going in and for now you to come back and I mean what are we
paying taxes for? In my mind the city should be paying 60% not 40. I think I this is ridiculous. So, but I got a corner lot. So, I'm gonna get $3,000 now. In two more years, I'm going to get one another 3,000
whatever because you can bet the price are going to go up then, too. I I I I'm not I you just not happy. This is just
the street doesn't need it. >> The only thing I would say to that is that all of these projects are publicly bid. So you're you're getting the lowest the lowest number that that you're going to get doing a public project. Um so the the cost is going to be whatever it is.
So if you know if if you you weren't paying for it via assessment, the the cost still has to be paid if these improvements are to be done. So your taxes may be higher either way or in the in the absence of assessments.
The assessments are not making the project cost anymore, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. The public hearing is still open. Would anybody else like to approach and have any further comment? >> So your name
>> Dennis Pakowski and Eagle Ridge Drive. >> Thank you. >> So these assessments like I asked a question last time. It's like I don't know of any other town that does this and I didn't really get a great answer last time and that's fine.
You know, but I would like to know like the city council, do you guys ever get together and think, you know, no other no other towns do this, but St. Joe's doing it. Did you guys ever think about that at all? There's other ways to to
generate the money besides taxes because we already pay enough taxes. You know what I'm getting at? Like, you know, there's other ways other towns do this, but they don't get hit. the people in the town don't get hit like this.
You ever you guys ever think about that? Trying to >> run the city a little bit different. >> The converse Bryce already outlined. If there isn't assessments levied based on individual projects and individual streets that apply to individual
residents, the opposite outcome is that we need to charge more taxes to all residents. So then you're paying for improvements around the city every single year whether it immediately impacts you or not. So I believe the goal of like this government which was
established long before any of us were here, most the residents in this room were here. We wanted to have taxes as low as possible to residents until a project might immediately impact them. >> Yeah. But you don't have to raise taxes just to do road improvements. I mean,
you know, think about talking to other cities. I don't know of anybody that has these assessments. You know, I know one time you said last time you said, "Well, Elk River has it." >> No, I I think what I was describing
Sartell, St. Cloud, Sock Rapids, all levy special assessment. So, you're feel free to to check with each of those jurisdictions. um the the Elk River and I believe it was a Dina, the two that I referenced last time were two that were
exploring uh using franchise fees. So collecting the revenue in a different manner using franchise fees. So some would say it's a tax by another name. >> Yeah. >> But that was a strategy that those two communities were doing at least in the
St. Cloud area. I think you'll find that special assessments are still a used tool. Um I I think there is different ways to you know to figure this stuff out but you got to try you know got look at different options because people in
St. Joe are you know I'll pay for it I don't care but damn people are getting hit pretty hard here you know so that's what I wanted to say. Thank you. If I may just answer the for
for the council's uh um benefit there. Um a city paying for the for the street improvements through the general fund or something along the and not assessing it is is in Minnesota is extremely rare. Um
really all the cities that I'm aware of that I I work with and work with do some sort of special assessment. Um, where they differ a little bit is how much they special assess to the property and how much the city takes a portion of it. But there's there's it's it's extremely
rare where where they don't. I know this I know this the state government had state legisl legislature has looked at this on several occasions trying to do something along the lines where we would do um street district street improvement districts where you would do a
neighborhood um so they kind of be built around the same time that kind of thing where you could collect a special levy from that particular area for the streets in that particular area. However, that has not passed. So, um those are are not available to us at this point. But I know this is something
that all cities really go through. What is the best most efficient way and the most fair way to to levy or to pay for street improvements? And um I don't want to be facitious about this or or think, but there's really no really really good
way or overly fair way. There's just kind of less bad. Um, so, um, yeah, it's it's something that all cities struggle with. What's the most fair way to to pay for streets? And but but just to answer the question, I I could think of one I believe city that that just pays it
through their property taxes. Otherwise, the rest I'm all aware of do it through special assessments. My two other comments I I didn't quite hear or if I got the answer. Are the uh
the uh ear tag of electricity going to go up after this? I didn't get an answer. >> Not because of this project. Not not because of this project. >> Not because >> there's there's no lighting improvements associated with this project. The other thing as far as you said it goes to the
lowest bidder and and that's as low as um it gets. Um I don't quite agree with that. I agree with the statement part of it, but back in 2015 when our area got assessed
for 20 to $30,000 per household, that was pretty concrete until the neighborhood got together and collected money to get lawyers. Lo and behold, out of kindness of
everybody on the panel, not you people of the previous, they dropped it down to 10 to $12,000 per household. So, I don't think that is the lowest possible price on improvements unless everybody gets together and hire a lawyer and then
we'll and then we'll go because it's it isn't going to stop unless something gets changed. we'll get assessed again and again and again and and my assessments I've had it up to here at 10,000 20,000
another two or 3,000 so the statement that you said I don't think is quite accurate it is for this job but maybe for the future I'm talking to all the people here that in here and in St. Joel, maybe it's time we hire
some good lawyers and and see what you can do for us because I I I'm just I'm tired of it. So once again, thank you for your time, but I don't agree with everything that's being shelved at us and and sometimes people
just have to fight back. So right now it's probably too late, but for the next time something to think about. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Anyone else? While the public hearing is still open before we close it.
Mr. Mayor, before we close, we should uh I know one of the written objections was from uh Miss Notch who did testify. Uh the other one uh typically we would read into record a written a written objection. So if you indulge me, I'll just read the one we received from Miss
uh from Eleanor Keel. Um so that it states um my family and I reside at 105 Able Court in St. Joseph. We oppose the proposed street improvements and resulting assessments to Able Court residents. We do not think that our street is in any need of resurfacing. We
think that it is a waste of our Earth's natural resources and our neighborhoods. financial resources to resurface our street. We see need only for minor minor repair even if even that of the minimal cracks that are present in the surface. Please take note of our opposition. We
are unable to attend the hearing on August 4th. Please reply to this email. Let me know that you received this email and advise me if there is something further we need to that we can do to state our case. Thank you. Uh Ellen Keiel, >> thank you.
With that, we'll look to close our public hearing if nobody else has any other comment. Our public hearing is closed. With that, we're looking for a motion to approve resolution 2025049 awarding the bid to Knife River.
>> So moved. >> Seeing a motion in a second. Any other further comment? >> All those in favor signify by I. I opposed. >> A vote of 41. It passes. >> I would like a roll call on this vote.
I'd like a roll call on this vote that we just took. >> Okay. If Right. So So we'll do a roll call. We'll we'll start um on it. So council member Schnetler. Yeah. >> Council member Kusner. Hi.
Mayor Spaniac >> I. >> Council member Beiac >> I. >> Council member Mooney. >> I. >> So the resolution 2025-049 wearing the bid to Knife River is passed on a 41 vote.
We are now looking for a motion for resolution 20250 adopting the final assessments. >> So moved. >> I will second that. Seeing a motion, a second. Any other comment?
All those in favor signify by I. I >> opposed. >> Motion carries on a vote of 32. >> I would like a roll call on that motion. >> Mayor, uh, council member Schnedler. Nay. >> Council member Kusner. >> I.
>> Mayor Spaniac. I. >> Council member Beiac. Nay. Council member Mooney I. >> Again, motion carries on 32 vote. Moving on to item number seven, Keer
Development. Keepers Keepers Development. >> Theres, you have that one for us? >> Jewel. Thank you, Mayor and Council. Um this is for the keepers development proposal. Um it is for a comprehensive plan, future land use amendment, a
reszone funding effect resolution and ordinance and a preliminary PUD plan for the oaks on 20th second edition. I'll try to speak a little louder there. Sorry about that. So, some background on the proposal again, uh, keepers, they're
proposing to develop three parcels located south of Quick Trip East into one market rate multifamily apartment building, 42 units, and again, the plan involves a multitude of land use approvals, including a land use amendment. the proposed land use change
from corridor commercial to highdensity residential. A reszone findings is a fact resolution and ordinance uh proposed uh resoning from B2 highway business to R3 multiple family residential PUD and uh a PUD preliminary
plan, excuse me, plan, a request for approval of the preliminary PUD plan for the 42 unit apartment building. Um should the council this evening um approve those requests, the next steps would be final PUD plan uh approval and
agreement, a preliminary and final plat and vacation of easements. Also site plan approval which is done administratively and then the building permit. So um on the screen before you are the three parcels uh totaling 3.02 02 acres
again located south of Quick Trip East and that would be into be into one market rate multif family building with detached garages. Uh the city's comprehensive plan land use map guides the properties for corridor commercial. Uh the properties are zoned B2 highway
business and the applicant um has developed and owns the apartment complex to the south known as the Oaks on 20th. You'll see that labeled on the map. And this would be the Oaks on 20th second edition phase 2.
So here is um a map of the land use uh plan within that comprehensive plan. Um you see on the screen is where the property is located. Again guided for corridor commercial. Here is a map of the zoning um
districts. And as you can see in the map, it's zoned B2, which is the red there where the arrow is. And the surrounding properties to the north, um, that is zoned B2 highway business. To the west, B2 highway business, to the
east, B2 highway business. To the south is multifamily as well as um a portion R1 single family with a PUD overlay. Part of this process does require public um input. Uh the planning commission
held public hearings on the land use requests on June 9th. The city council also received public input at their council workshop on July 21st. U public input received included concerns on pedestrian and vehicle conflict, safety,
vandalism, traffic, noise, and property values. The planning commission reviewed the land use requests at their meeting on June 9th and recommended approval with the following conditions. Add trees on the south of the western most garages. Those trees have been added and
you'll see that on the next slide um with the revised PUD site plan. Add direct connection to 20th Avenue Southeast and eliminate um access on 18th Avenue. That connection has been removed. add six foot side a six foot wide sidewalk along 18th Avenue south
these at the time of development um and keepers uh will construct those sidewalks as well as on um Minnesota street south keepers has requested that uh construction of the sidewalk improvements um occur when improvements
are made to Minnesota street uh so they do request that that be at a later date and then uh lastly if connection to the self-propy the um pedestrian stays at speed bumps before the ped crossing. That connection connecting um north and
south to their first phase has been removed. And here's the updated uh PUD site plan. Um it's showing u the axis that comes off at 20th Avenue Southeast. Uh there is emergency access um from
18th Avenue should uh fire uh vehicles need to access. And I mentioned that the north there is no north south connection to their uh first phase in the development. They also note on this uh PUB plan uh the construction of uh sidewalks on 18 18th
Avenue South as well as Minnesota Street. Here's a coloring ren um um rendering of the project. Um you'll see one of the conditions of approval or recommendations by the planning commission was to add uh trees and they they they show that on this plan on the
south property line. Um so they provide that screening as well as that those garages detached garages provide that screening as well. And then again you'll see that the access is now showing off of 20th Avenue Southeast and eliminated off of 18th Avenue.
Another um visual of the coloring renderings of the exterior. So, a purpose of a PUB um it's to allow for flexibility. It's being requested um as R3 zoning doesn't allow the prop,
excuse me, proposed 42 unit density. Um staff had requested storm water dedication. So essentially when Minnesota street does get constructed, we need to make sure that we have um we make it we have the ability to have storm water um ponding that's required
by the state MPCA. So this allows for that. They've added capacity to that storm water. Um again I mentioned they they uh included a larger storm water area and I'll show that on the next slide too where that uh ponding is proposed and
they would dedicate that to meet that need. So, this is the same map that I had up before. Um, if you look on the the northeast side of the property, that is the large storm water ponding that would accommodate not only this development,
but also um accommodate for the the future storm water ponding needs that we would need, the city would need for um Minnesota Street. So, PUDS must demonstrate that they serve a public benefit, which includes addressing housing needs at varied
income levels, offering diverse housing types and designs, preserving open space or natural features, providing recreational opportunities, and supporting mixeduse development. This is right from the city's ordinance. The project adds 42 market rate apartments.
So, it's providing that the variety. Uh, three other multifamily sites remain in the city with two not being shovel ready. Future growth favors highway commercial development along 75 and a proactive opportunity to capture future storm water ponding on Minnesota Street
at no cost to the city. The current PUD rules ex exclude those ponding areas um from the density calculations and this uh PUD agreement would allow for the higher density in exchange for dedicating um the um oversight storm
ponding areas. Again, this is also the criteria that you'll want to weigh your decision on. It's right from the city's ordinance that it not be detrimental to the surrounding land uses, is compatible with future development, has adequate
streets and sidewalks for anticipated traffic, can provide required utilities and services, includes required parking, recreation, landscaping, and utilities in each phase, and meets the PUB standards and aligns with the comprehensive plan. conforms with the
city's subdivision ordinance design standards. So, when you're reviewing this um land use amendment, um you want to take uh note of your comprehensive plan and have an understanding of that. That uh plan
document sets forth a vision and goals for the city's future. The plan addresses future land use, housing, utilities, and so forth. Um the amendment supports the goals outlined in the St. Joseph comprehensive plan and those are on the screen and they're as
follows in your housing um section. Uh you have a goal to create a diversity of housing options within the city. That's also within your PUB ordinance too. Um but it's included in your um comprehensive plan. Another goal is to assist in planning and construction of affordable housing options. Uh the
strategy uh in includes encourage renter and owner occupied developments that offer a mix of housing costs. Um, also within your comprehensive plan goals, you have community facilities and utilities. A goal to provide potable water, sanitary waste collection, and
surface water management to existing and future development in a cost-effective, environmentally responsible manner. A strategy to achieve that goal is to prioritize infill and redevelopment of existing areas to maximize
use of existing water and sewer infrastructure systems. Additional findings to consider is that multifamily residential development is less intense than commercial development. That the surrounding properties to the north, west, and east
are guided for corridor commercial. That the amendment will provide a buffer and transition between lowdensity residential and commercial development. that the site is an infeld development project with utilities meaning that majority of the surrounding properties are developed and they have those
utilities so it's shovel ready. So why apartments and why zoning change? Uh there are three sites in the city zone for multifamily. Uh two of those sites do have to be final platted yet. One has utilities and is owned by an an interested developer. The other site has
utility issues. um one shovel uh ready site has not proceeded due to cost of construction, interest rates and so forth. Factors influencing multifamily interest include uh 30% of households are one person
households and uh 38 is the average age of the firsttime home buyers. In the 80s, this number was in the mid late 20s. And 2024 saw the highest number of multif family housing construction since 1973.
There's higher interest rates and affordability pressures in the housing market, student debt, generational and lifestyle attitude changes, younger demographics, wanting flexibility, smaller smaller households, and there's market demand. The average vacancy rate
is 4.7 in St. Joseph and the outlying Sterns County neighborhood. Bear in mind that the St. Joseph is actually less than that. So when um I had the developer um at the direction of council um they asked about vacancy rate um it
was such a small market in St. Joseph. So it's actually lower than that that actually had to pull from the surrounding cities and that was included in your packet. The average vacancy rate in Sterns County is 3.1%. So, this is a a list. Currently, it's
zone B2. Um, so before this might be kind of hard to read for the um the people in in the in the audience here, but essentially uh B2 allows for a variety of commercial uses um any uh district or any excuse me use in the B1
district. Um but retail uh uh restaurants, motel, hotel, things of that nature. Quite a variety of uses are currently allowed. Um this is a map of the uh future transportation network. Uh the the 20th
Avenue is an arterial street. Um Minnesota Street is a collector roadway. Both of those carry higher amount of traffic. Arterial. Um uh there's limitations with driveway connections which is why staff initially
um had requested that uh access off of 18th Avenue because there there was a concern in regards to um limiting access offerial roadways. However, uh the with the public input that had been received, that was eliminated.
Um at the last council workshop meeting on July 20 uh 1st, there was discussion on traffic, including potentially completing a traffic study. Uh the developer did request that this item be placed on this agenda. Um as such a trip generation analysis memo has been pre
prepared by the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Um trip generation manual 11th edition was used to um estimate trip generation for daily AM and peak for the proposed multifamily apartment
development. So for comparison trips were estimated if the three existing parcels were developed under the existing zoning of B2 highway business. The proposed land use assumption for the current vacant parcels assumed to be strip a strip strip mall plaza. This
land use accounts for a variety of commercial land uses that are typically seen along and near highway corridors. The existing parcels as they are zoned today B2 are expected to generate approximately 1,089 daily trips while
the proposed zoning as R3 is expected to generate 283 daily trips. So, for you this evening, um we're requesting council take action um the following um motions before you. A
motion to approve resolution 2025-01, a comprehensive plan future land use amendment. This item does require a super majority. And then second, a motion to approve or
deny resolution 2025-025 approving the reszone findings of fact. And related to that is a motion to approve or deny ordinance 2025-007 establishing the reszone from B2 highway business district to R3 multiple family
residential PUB. And then the last motion is a motion to approve or deny the preliminary PUB plan. >> Before we jump into discussion, Theres, just for clarity, the first potential motion is the only one that's meant to
be voted as a supermajority because it pertains to the comprehensive plan. Correct. >> That is correct. >> Okay. The others are traditional votes. >> They are. >> Thank you. Well, >> I want I want a clarification on that. Okay. If number one doesn't pass with
the super majority, then it's a moot point. We don't do any of the other three. >> We would ask that you take action on all three. Those are active land use applications. So, we would still um ask that you act on them. We would uh at that point though, we would um recommend
that you deny um the reasoning findings because they really wouldn't come into play. And then and then the other ones also uh we would ask that you deny those too. >> Yeah. If I mean city the city attorney recommended that that they be voted on
and if so if the first one does not pass then the rest would be a motion to deny based on the fact that it's not in compliance with our comprehensive land use plan. Well thank you for all that trice. Uh with that we will open discussion before
anybody may want to entertain making a vote. Well, I guess I'm going to start um app appreciative and and and again, not putting down the business that wants to come in an apartment. It's it's the
safety in the area. And if I understood that right, they wouldn't put the sidewalks in until the rest of everything else happens, which was approximately 15 to 20 years from now. Correct. or the sidewalks.
>> That is their that is their uh request is to delay that. However, you know, you could you could require them to do it. >> Well, I mean, that's my most important part. And I did request uh a traffic study, which really isn't. This is an estimation. This isn't what exactly
what's going on right now. And it's not including the other two apartments that are in with that. And I'm not trying to poo poo all over this. It's safety. It's the people that are living there already. We have a company which happens
to be an animal which I'm completely fine with. Um, as it is zoned now, and if that were to come in too. Um, I I I I feel that there's a screwed number where they're saying there would be more traffic if there was businesses there
compared to an apartment, which again, it's people living there. So, they're it's condensed. It's there. they're staying there and they're moving constantly. So, I think that's more movement than if there was businesses where those clients are coming in in and out for those businesses, but there's no
sidewalk. Um, again, there's no safety. There's a lot of kids walking from those other apartments in that area. And as much as I appreciate some of the changes they did, um I just to not be able to
join up with us and be able to do a real traffic study and really look at what we the infrastructure needs to happen first because we're just as a city, we're inviting more problems onto our cops, onto our public s you know um with snow
and it's just there's too much that we're inviting to be able to accept more people to come into them this particular area. And so I I just I do not feel comfortable with saying yes. Yes, we do need housing, but
not at the expense of the people that are already living in the area. That's what's important to me is the safety and for the safety if those already apartments that are there. it it if you were to build that there's still no
safety for them for them that are going to be living there. So, um that's my biggest concern is the safety of the people that are existing already in that area, not to mention the turn lane. Um it just
there's so much infrastructure that needs to happen first. As it's currently zoned for it in B2 highway commercial that it is you had stated that one of the allowable businesses that could be executed that
would not require council vote is a hotel. Correct. >> Yes. likely um looking at the site they would still need to consolidate the the parcel into one. So they would have to go through preliminary and final plat approval um and that would require um a
public hearing a planning commission and it would ultimately go to toward to to the council. Um, however, preliminary and final plat is a technical you you're just making sure that it meets the subdivision ordinance essentially in regards to um again the technical
drawing um and providing for easements, things of that nature. So, it's not really on the development plan at that point. >> Okay. I I asked that question just because as a frame of mind I'm looking at this is we have a proposal of a
apartment before us and it's going to take four different unique votes in order to get us there if we want to have the apartment and if we leave the property build as is a B2 highway commercial there's a lot of other things
that could appear there in the future there could be three individual businesses commercial there could be a hotel, a motel, and just future outcomes could generate a lot more traffic than an apartment, and it could bring different risks or dangers or outcomes
that we wouldn't want to see either. I look at this as there is a housing need, not just in St. Joe, but everywhere. So, it is filling a void there for the city. And also, if we have this apartment, it's actually going to be less traffic
than other outcomes. I know this to be true because where my b personal business is. It's not in St. Joe, but I see how many people come and go out of strip mall areas or just smaller individual businesses firsthand. And
it's a lot. The the trip generation, that coin term, it's it's quite high. So, I can appreciate that we'll actually have less traffic in the future if it were to become an apartment. I do appreciate that we are getting a storm
water retention pond out of this that we are getting additional sidewalk. These are things that the city's not going to have to pay for. It's going to be levied against this developer who's looking to do this apartment. So, this is a multifaceted issue. It's a multifaceted problem
through whatever lens you want to view it through. And I do see that there's a lot of pros and cons. And for me personally, I think there's slightly more pros than cons. >> Just remember the sidewalks aren't coming right away. They're coming when
needed. >> You can put it in your motion. >> How do I do that? >> I believe that'd be applicable to the fourth one. Correct. If we were to require that they build the sidewalks at the time of building
the apartment. That is correct. >> So if we actually get to the fourth motion at all, that'd be an amendment you can make to that motion. Any other comments from the counselors? Is there an economic projection on this?
Um, weighing that against property values. >> I don't have that. I don't have that data with me. David, I don't know if you have any insight to that. Um, you know, I will say that in respects to economic development, um, as far as commercial
and industrial development, you need housing. I mean, they go hand in hand. So, that's what the comment I'll offer up with that as far as the economic impact. >> And I guess you're talking about tax revenue kind of thing. Okay. Yes. Yeah. As far as as far as tax revenue, um, multif family housing is taxed at a
higher rate than single family dwellings are. uh and depending on what the commercial type of use is, um commercial can be taxed at different rates as well. Um the one thing I will say about this particular development um with with it
being housing as well is right now they they haven't asked for any any subsidies or any tax breaks or anything along those lines which um is helpful to this. So sometimes depending where it is they'll ask for things like tiff or tax
incentive or um property tax rebate uh that has not been asked for. So whatever whatever added value gets added to that particular property then would that the property tax revenue from that would go directly to the to the city school and county.
So, um, so yes, so it would be there would be, um, we would get quite a bit more tax revenue from that than from from the apartment building than we would obviously from the bare land that's out there right now. Any other comment from the counselors
upon construction? What is going to be upon possible construction? What is going to be the um detour for 18? It's a good question, Randy. Would you
have an idea of that? >> Are you Are you referring to it during the construction of the of the apartment complex itself? >> Correct. Are they going to just be on their own footprint type thing? >> So, there there wouldn't be a need
because the site's already served by utilities, so we wouldn't have to disrupt or they wouldn't have to disrupt any of the public streets for utility access. Uh the the only disturbance that I'm envisioning at this point would have been the driveway connection at at 20th
as proposed and that still would be limited to >> and that's that's going to be coned off and Okay. >> Yeah. There wouldn't be any interruption to traffic on 20th or Minnesota street um because of their operations.
>> Anything else? Adam Kevin Mooney. >> No, I guess I can't put my caveats in there until uh four. >> Correct. If if this were to pass the first three motions, you can make an amendment to their plan on the fourth.
Well, with that, um I'm just going to formally close our discussion and we're looking for a motion on the first part. And to just reiterate for the audience, this does require a supermajority vote. That's a supremely rare instance since we're making an alteration to our comprehensive plan. So if this is to
pass at all, it would be a 50 vote or a 41 vote. Anything less than that, a 3223 1405, that's a failure of this vote. We're looking for a motion. Make a motion to approve resolution
2025-01, the comprehensive plan for future land use amendment. >> Second. >> Seeing a motion and a second. Any further comment? >> I'd like a roll call vote.
>> David, can you execute that? >> Uh, yes, Mayor. I certainly can. Uh, I'll just do the same order we had in the past. We'll just go down the down the aisle. Council member Schneetler. >> I. >> Council member Kusner. >> I. Mayor Spaniac.
>> I. Council member Beiac. >> Nay. >> Council member Mooney. >> I. >> The motion does pass with a super majority votes of 41. With that, we're looking for a motion to
approve or deny resolution 2025 025 for the reszone findings of fact. I so move. >> Second. >> Seeing a motion, a second. Any further comment. >> I'd like a roll call vote. >> This You're welcome to have one. This
one does not require supermajority. >> I'd like a roll call vote. >> Yep. You're welcome to have one. >> Uh, council member Schler. >> I. >> Council member Kusner. >> I. Mayor Spaniac. I. Council >> member Beiac. Nay. >> Council member Mooney. Hi.
>> Motion carries 41. We are now looking for a motion to approve or deny ordinance 2025007 estab establishing the reszone from B2 highway business district to R3 multif family residential PUB.
I will so move looking for a second. >> Second. >> Seeing a motion a second. Any further comment? >> I'd like a roll call vote. Okay. Council member Schetler. >> Hi. Council member Kusner >> I.
>> Mayor Spaniac I. Council member Beaniac. >> Nay. >> Council member Mooney. >> Motion carries 41. I believe we're going to be making some amendments. So before we make a motion to approve or deny a preliminary PUD
plan. I'm looking for feedback from the council for any alterations you would like to see for this PUD plan. You want to start with Adam? The ditch is to be completed upon construction. >> You're referring to like the north sidewalk.
>> No, the the um holding pond, the >> Oh, gotcha. Okay. >> Yes. >> Storm water retention pond. >> That one. >> Um the I think the sidewalk should be put in at the uh time of construction. I think the refuge capacity should be
doubled or the frequency should be doubled. what whatever um keepers will jive with. >> Um just to add more clarity to your amendment um I wouldn't leave it in the hands of the developer. Do you would you
like to see it doubled or leave it as is >> just for clarity of the motion? >> No, I I either want it doubled frequency or capacity waste. So let's just do capacity. >> Okay. Does anybody else have any further input
outside those three items? >> Sidewalk being connected all the way to the front on to is that 20th? So sidewalks completely connecting with all the way around the building.
>> So it connects on west, north, and east facings. >> Yep. Okay. All three. Um make making sure that the trees um that that is um on the
18th Avenue and backside. I think that's going to be um garages though, correct? On the back side here. They're taking down all those trees.
>> Trees. Do you mind pulling up the the colored image for us? The black and white one is difficult. >> So yeah, they do have some I would almost like to see more more trees than
so abuing that. And then you're saying the ditch >> the storm water that is >> right here. Oh, and right here. Yeah, more trees. >> Um, point of clarification there. Are we
leaving the emergency >> access point on 18th? >> Yes. I I would personally advocate for that with >> my standing on the fire department. >> So, is that still going to be accessible then for the cars? >> No. What that is is it's it's green
space. It's grass. And I might not depict this the best, but they're going to have reinforcements buried underground there so that in the case that somebody comes in off of >> but that paved. >> Correct. It is not as grass. But if a fire truck had to drive over that, they
wouldn't sink, get buried, and get stuck. >> So that'd be one spot that they don't want to have trees cuz we might need a truck. Can you return us to our last page? Thank you, Trice.
Is there any other input? I'm going to make a motion. Hopefully, I can recap our input. I make a motion to approve the preliminary PUB plan with the amendments that the storm water
retention pond be constructed at the time of building the apartment as well as the refuge capacity for this apartment be doubled. That the sidewalk is completed at the time of construction on its west, north,
and east facing. It's continuous and connected. and for shading to the residents west of the apartment. There be more trees planted on the 18th Avenue western side. That is my motion.
>> Second. >> Seeing a motion and a second. Any further comment? >> I'd like a roll call vote. >> David. Council member Standler. >> I. >> Council member Kusner. >> I. >> Mayor Spaniac. >> I. Council member Beiac.
Council member Mooney. Motion carries 5. >> I believe that's all four items pertaining to this. Correct, Trace? >> Correct. >> Thank you. Moving on to item number eight,
department reports. Anything to report, Dwight, Ryan, Lori, David? >> I do have one. If if uh nobody else has any, I hope um uh August 15th at the end of the day um I'm going to mess up the
time, but probably about is it a half an hour early or something? >> 3 to 5. Um the city would be will be holding a wellness um this came out of our wellness committee. The city would be holding a get together amongst staff
um for um again it's it is part of our our wellness committee. uh they have been working on um various things for the for the employees to promote wellness etc. Um it's actually been quite successful. It's something that um
is becoming more and more popular with cities around there. So they requesting that we have a small get together on the 15th. So I just want to make the council aware of it um that we might be closing just a little bit early. Um, but we would we would have that posted and and
try to give enough notice that um that we would be unavailable for a short period of time on Friday the 15th. >> Thank you. >> Where are you going to have it? >> I think somebody's dropping in. >> What when is it going to be from
>> where? >> Nice. >> The new park. That's right. I I'm not part of the planning committee. So, >> any other department reports, >> mayor and council reports? >> Just that the farmers market is
celebrating their 25th anniversary, which I'm very proud um for that. And so, I'll be going out there. I hope everybody does, too. starts. So, of course, it's through 3 to 6, but they're having a little ceremony, too. So, just very proud of uh St. Joe and being able
to have that. >> I have one that we kind of discussed before this meeting started. We may be looking to cancel our August 18th work session. So the agenda items on that could be moved forward to the future because our capital campaign for the
community center is hosting event at the same time and we're looking to have city staff and residents attend that. So I know there is robust conversation coming around a native plant ordinance that was brought up tonight and there's been
other parcels in town that want to be discussed and we may be looking to move that into September. That is all I have. >> With that, we're looking for a motion to adjurnn. We >> move to adjourn. >> Second. >> Seeing a motion, a second. All those in
favor signify by I. I. Oppos. Motion carries. We adjourned.