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A
Well
good
afternoon,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
and
welcome
to
the
Monday
March
21st
2016
City
work
session
at
this
time,
I
will
call
the
meeting
to
order,
and
we
have
a
couple
folks
that
are
going
to
be
here
tonight.
I
will
let
you
know
that
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
not
be
here.
There's
family
issues
in
Arizona
that
she's
taken
care
of
so
we'll
have
her
at
a
later
date.
So
at
this
time
Craig
I
see
you're.
A
B
Well,
good
afternoon,
Craig
Atkins
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Watertown
development
company,
and
we
just
first
of
all
I'd
like
to
let
you
know
that
we're
thrilled
with
the
opportunity
to
come
in
front
of
you
today
and
talk
to
you
little
bit
about
some
of
the
things
that
the
world
Watertown
Development
Company
has
been
up
to
and
I've
got
just
a
few
slides
that
I'd
like
to
go
through
to
kind
of
put
it
in
perspective.
When
this
letter
was
sent
to
us
and
then
my
subsequent
conversations
with
the
mayor.
B
I
think
give
you
kind
of
a
lay
of
the
land
in
terms
of
our
economic
health
or
our
financial
health,
which
right
now
is
extremely
strong,
which
is
good
news
compared
to
where
we
were
probably
five
or
six
years
ago.
I
will
also
tell
you-
and
this
is
an
offer,
standing
offer
for
any
of
the
council
members-
that
I'd
be
more
than
happy
on
a
one-to-one
basis
to
sit
down
and
go
through
those
financial
statements.
B
The
mayor
receives
those
as
a
board
member
on
a
monthly
basis,
although
he's
technically
not
allowed
to
share
those
and
then
I
believe
we
filed
those
with
Shelley
at
the
city
finance
office
when
we
have
loans
active,
maybe
once
a
year
as
well
as
other
lenders.
So
if
you
want
to
talk
about
an
organization
that
has
a
lot
of
sets
of
a
lot
of
financial
experts
eyes
on
them,
ours
certainly
certainly
fit
that
bill.
B
We
in
addition
to
that,
have
all
the
lenders
in
the
state
and
others
that
see
our
financial
statements
on
an
annual
basis.
So
just
to
give
you
a
little
overview
of
the
Watertown
development
company.
Today
we
have
a
net
worth
of
about
12.5
million
dollars
that
includes
real
estate,
buildings,
land
and
other
assets.
Our
current
equity
position,
so
this
would
be
any
fixed
assets,
cash
buildings
and
so
on.
B
B
We
won't
so
that
expense
wouldn't
show
up,
and,
as
most
of
you
know,
the
Watertown
development
company
is
funded
on
a
five-year
capital
campaign,
we're
currently
in
our
focus
for
capital
campaign,
which
runs
from
2013
to
2018,
so
we're
about
halfway
through
that
campaign.
In
that
last
effort,
we
had
established
a
goal
of
two
million
dollars
and
we
raised
2.1
million
of
that
and
I
see
we
have
a
little
typo
there.
Please
forgive
us,
but
the
city
provides
us
with
$100,000
annually,
which
makes
up
23%
of
the
total
33%
of
our
investment.
B
Come
from
public
funds,
city
County,
School,
District
and
with
every
dollar
that
the
city
invests
in
the
development
company
were
able
able
to
leverage
an
additional
3.2
dollars
and
the
reason
I
think
that's
important
for
you
to
understand
is
oftentimes
depending
on
the
campaign
cycle.
The
city's
commitment
is
the
first
commitment
that
we
reach
out
to
get,
and
so
that
obviously
helps
to
set
us
up
for
the
success
in
our
campaign.
And/Or
would
be
challenging
if
that
weren't
there.
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
do
as
part
of
the
five-year
capital
campaign
is
develop
a
five-year
strategic
plan,
and
this
is
a
really
brief
summary
of
what
that
plan
entails.
But
in
that
plan
we
also
have
some
specific
goals,
as
it
relates
to
job
creation,
workforce
development,
capital,
investment,
infrastructure
improvement
and
many
other
things,
and
so
these
are
increased.
Business
visitation
and
outreach
aggressively
market
watertown
nationally
and
at
a
regional
level,
cultivate
an
accessible,
well-trained
and
world-class
workforce,
communications,
collaboration
and
investor
relations.
B
So
if
there
were
a
special
object
that
we
might
get
involved
with
for
an
example
when
we
did
some
work
for
President
Obama's
visit,
we
partnered
with
the
city,
the
chamber
and
the
CVB,
but
the
development
company
and
the
city
actually
paid
for
the
materials
that
were
produced
for
that
effort,
planning
and
development
of
economic
related
economic
development
related
infrastructure,
which
we
refer
to
as
things
that
enhance
our
industrial
parks
or
facilities
and
buildings
that
we
currently
own.
Probably
one
of
the
best
examples
of
this
is
our
spec
buildings.
B
In
the
last
three
years,
we've
built
to
spec
buildings
filled
one
of
those
very
quickly
and
and
finished
the
last
one
about
a
year
ago
and
have
had
several
enquiries
about
that
building
and
then
Li
regional
collaboration,
which
is
basically
our
outreach
to
surrounding
communities.
This
is
a
philosophical
discussion
more
than
anything,
but
we
do
set
some
resources
resources
aside
for
this,
and
the
idea
is
that
it'd
be
very
challenging
for
us
to
go
to
Clarke
or
the
floor
and
sort
of
Henry
or
one
of
these
other
communities
and
tell
them
hey.
B
We
we've
got
money,
we
want
you
to
do
economic
development,
so
how
our
board
is
kind
of
position.
That
is,
we
have
these
resources
available
as
communities
approach
us,
because
in
the
smaller
communities
it
really
needs
to
be
their
idea
or
their
initiative,
and
then
we'll
be
more
than
willing
to
support
that,
and
I
can
tell
you
just
recently,
we
had
a
meeting
with
one
of
our
communities
just
to
the
east
or
just
to
the
west
of
us
and
are
working
with
them
on
trying
to
help
out
a
business
that
that
had
some
major
issues.
B
B
What
are
they
put
towards
and
the
reality
is
we
don't
specifically
dedicate
any
monies
that
we
received
during
our
capital
campaign
to
any
specific
project
that
budget
I
just
shared
was
a
pretty
good
example
of
the
broad
categories
where
all
the
funds
go,
and
what
that
does
then
is
helps
us
to
achieve
our
goals
and
and
objectives
that
we
outline
in
our
strategic
plan
and
for
an
example.
In
this
five-year
campaign
we
have
an
80
million
dollar
capital
investment
goal.
We
have
a
thousand
jobs
created
or
retained.
B
We
have
the
development
of
a
workforce,
Advisory
Council
and
providing
training
assistance
for
for
workforce
development,
so
we
really
do
and
then
marketing
and
and
other
issues.
So
we
really
do
that,
but
but
here's
an
example
of
what
those
monies
are
used
for.
So
in
the
past
three
years.
This
is
our
cumulative
prospect,
inventory
I.
Suppose
you
could
say
in
2013
we
worked
with
38
companies,
we
conducted
16
RFI.
So
that's
a
formal
written
request
that
we
provide
to
a
company
those
prospects.
Some
of
them
are
generated
internally.
B
Some
of
them
are
generated
as
recommendations
by
an
outside
source
and
some
of
them
come
from
site
consultants
and
a
majority
of
them
come
from
the
state
of
South
Dakota
through
goe
D,
and
that
just
gives
you
an
idea.
18
Hosting's
we
define
Hosting's
as
any
time
a
company
visits
that
and
one
hosting
could
really
equate
to
multiple
visits.
So
we
don't.
You
know,
say
that
XYZ
company
was
here
five
times
and
now
we
have
five
Hosting's
and
then
you
can
just
I'm,
not
gonna,
go
through
2014
and
2015.
B
We've
created
over
32
million
dollars
of
total
capital
investments,
that's
our
direct
involvement.
So
for
an
example,
we
might
talk
about
the
Town
rec
center,
but
that's
not
a
number
that
we
would
include
here.
These
are
projects
where
we've
actually
assisted
the
company
and
securing
financing,
or
in
some
cases,
we've
provided
financing
or
we've
put
together
a
package
where
we
own
real
estate
for
that
company
to
lease
and
then
buy
back
from
us
and
so
for
an
example.
B
In
the
last
three
years,
we've
generated
over
32
million
dollars
to
date,
indirect
economic
capital,
investment,
job
creation,
just
another
example
of
where
how
are
we
doing
and
where
we
add
on
our
goals:
job
creation
to
date,
225
jobs
in
2013?
That
was
a
rather
large
number,
because
we
had
two
projects
that
year
that
really
made
a
big
difference:
160
and
2014,
and
even
though
we
had
all
those
prospects
in
2015,
our
job
numbers
were
down
slightly
for
a
gamut
of
reasons.
B
B
Just
again,
this
isn't
inclusive,
but
just
to
give
you
kind
of
a
feel
for
some
of
the
projects
that
that
money
is
used
to
help
support
the
expansion
of
metrics
into
our
first
spec
building
in
the
pheasant
Ridge
industrial
park,
Dakota
bodies,
expansion
of
45,000
square
feet
and
ultimate
purchase
of
the
facility
that
they're
in
that
the
development
company
used
to
own,
and
that's
a
pretty
classic
example
of
how
it
would
work.
We
built
the
building.
B
We
leased
it
to
them
with
the
idea
that
someday
we
would
sell
it
to
them,
and
then
we
would
turn
around
and
use
that
investment
to
reinvest
in
other
projects
like
the
spec
building
Dakota
tube.
This
is
a
classic
example
of
the
WDC
and
city's
partnership.
The
city
had
some
land
in
the
airport,
and
we've
worked
with
the
mayor's
office
and
the
mayor
and
the
company
to
put
that
land
in
a
position
that,
ultimately,
you
can
be
transferred
to
them.
B
In
the
meantime,
the
development
company
owns
that
building
and
we're
leasing
it
back
to
Dakota
tube
Moffitt.
This
was
a
pretty
straightforward
deal.
We
authored
the
ready
loan
application
to
help
them
secure,
they're
financing,
and
so
they
had
a
majority
the
financing
in
place,
but
they
came
to
us
and
said
you
know
we're
still
a
little
short.
What
can
you
do
to
help
us
and
that's
what
we
ended
up?
Putting
together
JM
asks
glacial
lakes
rubber
and
then
wanted
to
highlight
just
a
couple.
B
New
businesses
we've
had
a
couple
other
new
businesses,
but
this
is
probably
one
of
her
larger
success
stories.
To
date.
The
new
business
originally
was
spec.
Sis
excuse
me
and
they
have
already
created
up
to
30
jobs.
They
feel
that
that
business
will
grow,
they
moved
into
the
former
Minnesota
rubber
building
and
in
the
meantime-
and
you
don't
even
know
about
this,
it's
the
first
time
it's
been
publicly
announced
they've
added
a
new
company
called
rvi,
which
does
electronics
testing.
B
B
Given
the
current
workforce
challenges
that
were
faced
with
marketing
initiatives,
many
of
you
remember
that,
as
part
of
the
president's
visit
we
kind
of
kicked
off
this
new
initiative.
We
took
some
of
our
marketing
materials
and
tried
to
develop
a
message
that
all
of
our
partners-
the
development
company,
the
Chamber,
the
CBB
in
the
city-
could
talk
about
during
that
two
to
three
week
period
of
time.
B
From
that
we
developed
the
Watertown
works
platform
and
since
that
time,
we've
taken
that
on
a
step
further
and
have
now
redesigned
our
website
and
and
enhanced
our
social
media
capabilities
to
include
the
Watertown
works
message,
which
is
really
Watertown
works
for
work.
Watertown
works
for
workforce,
Watertown
works
for
a
great
quality
of
life
and
if
you
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
go
out
and
check
our
website,
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
so.
I
will
tell
you
just
in
the
short
period
of
time
that
the
Watertown
works.
B
Facebook
page
has
been
up
we're
nearing
3,000
contacts.
We've
had
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
impressions,
which
means
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
individuals
have
accessed
that
website
at
one
point
or
another
cents
since
June
of
last
year.
So
it's
really
had
a
tremendous
outreach
and
the
demographics
on
that
continue
to
just
impress
us
as
a
result
of
some
of
that
work.
B
So
it's
always
nice
to
hear
that,
because
you
know
our
peers
are
looking
at
our
materials
and
telling
us
that
you
know
you
guys
are
doing
marketing,
work
and
advertising
that
that
were
envious
of
quite
honestly,
and
so
that's
always
exciting
to
hear
and
then
Workforce
Development
five
years
ago.
Workforce
development
wasn't
really
a
big
part
of
our
strategy.
I
will
tell
you
now.
This
takes
up
probably
20
to
30
percent
of
our
all
of
our
resources,
and
one
of
the
first
things
we
did
is
created
the
Workforce
Advisory
Council.
B
We
were
a
key
stakeholder
and
the
governor's
workforce
development
efforts
a
little
over
a
year
ago
and
to
this
point,
we've
had
10
to
15
stakeholders
that
attend
those
meetings
on
a
regular
basis.
It's
open
to
any
HR
professional
and
we
have
over
35
HR
professionals
that
have
participated
at
some
level
in
our
workforce.
Advisory
Council,
one
of
the
other
programs
as
it
relates
to
our
workforce.
B
Advisory
Council
is
our
attract
an
enhanced
program,
which
is
a
very
unique
program
that
was
funded
by
the
Governor's
Office
of
Economic
Development,
with
a
$50,000
grant
that
we
as
a
community
had
to
match
we're
using
those
grant
funds
to
provide
training
and
relocation
reimbursements
to
employees
directly.
So
how
that
works
as
a
company
approaches
us,
they
submit
the
application.
We
have
to
keep
the
name
of
the
employee
confidential,
but
the
attract
and
enhance,
and
the
Workforce
Advisory
Council
review
that
request,
and
then
they
can
make
an
award
up
to
a
thousand
dollars.
B
The
caveat
to
that
is
that
the
company
has
to
provide
at
least
a
thousand
dollars
in
matching
funds,
and
so
for
companies
that
already
do
this
and
several
of
them
do
where
they
provide
an
opportunity
for
an
engineer
or
a
salesperson
or
an
accountant
to
relocate
to
our
community,
and
they
say,
as
part
of
that
package,
we're
going
to
match
we're
going
to
provide
you
with
moving
expenses.
We
will
match
that
up
to
a
thousand
dollars,
not
a
big
deal,
but
it's
really
really
taken
off
and
we've
really
gotten
a
lot
of
interest
in
it.
B
A
lot
of
the
activities
that
we
do
are
to
build
capacity
and
some
examples
of
that
and
I
know
it's
a
little
bit
redundant
for
when
I
talked
about
earlier,
but
would
be
the
spec
buildings
capacity
capital,
which
is
an
angel
investor
fund
that
we
created
as
part
of
this
campaign,
where
we've
have
now
18
individual
private
investors.
That
of
each
contributed
at
least
$50,000
and
the
numbers
don't
quite
add
up,
because
some
of
those
investment
groups
are
made
up
of
one
or
two
people,
but
that
fund
was
set
aside
to
help
entrepreneurs.
B
That's
a
vendor,
so
we've
already
seen
some
rewards
in
that.
Some
of
you
may
be
familiar
with
what,
with
the
Commerce
Center
premier
bank
made
that
donation
to
the
city
and
then
the
city
donated
that
building
to
the
development
company,
with
the
caveat
at
the
development
company
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
CVB
and
other
nonprofits
use
that
as
their
home
and
I
think
that
building
has
been
a
tremendous
asset.
B
We
spent
a
little
north
of
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
on
the
renovation
and
remodel
at
facility,
and
now
we
have
a
third
floor
that
we
would
also
like
to
renovate
in
the
future.
So
you
may
hear
us
come
back
and
talk
to
you
about
that
at
some
point
in
the
future
that
we
could
use
as
kind
of
a
hybrid
incubator,
co-working
space
for
very
small
entrepreneurial
opportunities.
That's
been
a
little
more
challenging.
B
Concurrently.
The
development
company
has
also
set
aside
a
chunk
of
money
that
we
will
use,
and
the
idea
is
that
we
will
collaboratively
come
back
to
you
with
a
proposal
to
purchase
not
one
but
maybe
two
separate
industrial
or
Business
Park
properties
that
we
can
use
in
the
future.
And
this
all
stems
from
an
analysis.
We
did
several
years
ago,
which
said
at
a
current
absorption
rate.
We
will
run
out
of
industrial
park
and
and
Business
Park
property
within
the
next
five
or
ten
to
fifteen
years.
B
C
B
B
D
Craig
I,
don't
have
a
question.
I've
got
a
comment.
Our
office
I'm
going
to
accuse
the
put
and
plug
in
for
our
accounting
firm,
but
our
our
office
goes
way
back
with
a
development
company
back
to
its
origins
practically
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
it's
probably
understood.
The
development
is
a
nonprofit
organization
as
far
as
far
as
how
its
organized
under
the
the
auspice
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Service,
but
they're
still
occasionally,
but
but
but
that's
not
was
not
always
a
case.
B
So
and
in
fact
there
are
state
statutes
in
place
that
allow
economic
development
organizations
to
maintain
their
information
in
a
confidential
manner.
But,
as
I've
said,
it's
not
that
we're
trying
to
not
share
with
you.
What
that
looks
like
and
I'm
happy
to
do
that,
it's
just
not
something
that
we
want
to
necessarily
discuss
in
a
profit
setting.
You.
A
Know
Craig
I
want
to
make
a
couple
of
quick
comments
before
we're
done.
You
had
mentioned
other
cities,
you
know
Florence
cows
would
Henry
I
think
we
also
need
to
understand
that
some
of
these
businesses
that
you're
talking
to
have
expanded
into
these
other
towns,
which
is
good
for
Watertown,
because.
E
B
Well,
I
appreciate
that
we're
just
like
anybody.
We
have
the
same
challenges
when
it
comes
to
hiring
staff
and
we
were
really
fortunate,
both
with
her
and
Tracy
to
to
get
a
couple.
People
that
and
we've
honestly
now
got
people
the
people
in
the
right
roles
and
that's
made
a
huge
difference
in
our
ability
to
respond
to
folks.
B
C
A
B
There
was
one
thing:
I
probably
failed
to
mention
today
and
I
think
mostly
understand.
That
is
you
know.
Economic
development
is
a
long-term
process.
I
understand
the
pressure
politically
to
make
the
next
deal
happen
and
the
story
I
always
use
is,
although
this
isn't
necessarily
in
our
wheelhouse
in
terms
of
projects
that
we
work
on
in
a
regular
basis,
is
when
Applebee's
announced
I
received
an
email
from
a
young
lady
at
the
at
the
Technical
Institute.
B
That
said
great
job
on
Applebee's
now,
when
you're
gonna
get
an
out
back,
and
so
that's
the
kind
of
mentality
that
we
have
to
deal
with
quite
often
there's
nothing
wrong
with
it,
but
it,
but
it
is
truly
a
long-term
process.
Some
of
these
deals
as
make
the
and
fourth,
as
mentioned
before,
when
the
company
is
ready
to
pounce,
we
need
to
be
ready
for
them.
That's
why
we
have
the
spec
building
other
projects
takes
months
years
or,
as
the
mayor
said
in
this
case,
to
Europe
two
plus
years
to
finally
bring
together.
B
B
G
I've
handed
out
a
couple
handouts
for
you,
and
so
you
can
look
at
them
at
your
leisure,
but,
to
begin
with,
my
name
is
Todd
Ches
and
I'm.
The
executive
director
of
the
first
planning
district
in
Watertown,
South,
Dakota
and
again,
as
Craig,
said
before,
I'm
glad
for
this
opportunity
to
come
and
talk
to
a
little
bit
about
the
first
district,
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
here
in
Watertown
and
in
our
area
just
a
quick
synopsis
of
who
the
first
district
is.
G
We
are
one
of
six
regional
planning
and
development
districts
located
in
the
state
of
South
Dakota.
We
have
sister
organizations
in
Aberdeen,
Pierre,
Rapid,
Sioux,
Falls
and
Yankton.
We
work
in
11
counties
in
75
communities
in
northeastern
South
Dakota.
We
were
created
in
1971
through
executive
action,
so
we're
a
creature
of
government.
We
aren't
government,
but
we
are
were
created
by
Governor
Frank
Farrar
back
in
1971
and
we'll
be
having
our
45th
anniversary.
G
We
are
a
membership
based
organization.
All
of
those
eleven
counties
and
75
communities
belong
to
the
first
District.
They
paid
dues
into
our
organization,
which
I'll
talk
about
that
in
just
a
little
bit
of
in
a
minute
that
helps
perpetuate
what
we
do
as
an
organization.
We
are
governed
by
a
thirty
five
member
board,
which
has
eleven
repartee
three
representatives
from
each
of
our
counties.
Currently
chiton
counties
represented
by
Brenda
Hatton
of
the
county.
G
Kraig
Atkins
is
a
past
chairman
of
our
board
and
is
there
at
large
member,
and
currently
we
have
a
vacant
spot
on
their
board,
which
will
be
looking
at
filling
here
this
summer.
We
also
have
the
chairman
of
Flanders
Santana,
sisseton-wahpeton
tribes.
As
far
as
membership
regarding
how
we're
financed.
G
It's
been
pretty
steady
for
most
years
that
I've
been
associated
with
the
district,
but
currently
23
percent
of
our
income
comes
in
the
form
of
dues
and
I
talked
to
that
all
communities
with
at
least
a
population
of
a
hundred
and
all
eleven
counties
paid
dues
in
to
our
organization.
We
use
those
dues
to
leverage
other
state
and
federal
grant
funds.
G
As
far
as
the
staff
we
have
twelve
full-time
and
one
part-time
persons
working
in
our
organization
collectively
about
a
hundred
and
ninety
years,
worth
of
experience,
I've
been
with
the
district
would
be
23
years
in
May,
a
very
seasoned
staff
that
are
there
to
provide
an
assistance
and
to
our
membership
and
whatever
they
need
us
to
do.
As
far
as
what
we
do.
Most
of
you
are
aware
that
we
specialize
in
put
together
applications
grant
applications
loan
applications
if
those
projects
get
funded
for
a
water
tower
or
stir.
G
Or
what
have
you
then
there's
a
lot
of
red
tape
that
gets
associated
with
there's
no
free
money
and
would
help
get
those
eyes
dotted
and
t's
crossed
planning
and
research.
That's
what
I
spent
most
of
my
professional
career
with
the
district
doing
is
working
in
areas
of
zoning
and
nuisance,
and
economic
and
Community
Development,
doing
research
and
analysis
on
a
wide
variety
of
issues.
We
do
some
very
specific
technical
specialties.
G
Geographic
information
systems
is
very
important
to
our
organization.
We
have
three
and
a
half
individuals
that
work
solely
in
GIS
and
we
have
a
relationship
with
the
city
for
the
last
12
13
years
regarding
a
geographic
information
system
technologies
also
with
within
the
umbrella
of
the
first
district.
We
have
the
development
company
and
the
development
company
is
a
certified
development
company
through
the
Small
Business
Administration.
We
have
four
employees
in
that
area
and
that
organization
partners
with
local
lending
providers-
and
we
have
our
own
funds
in-house-
that
we
use
to
leverage
projects
for
private
business.
G
New
creation,
new
jobs
and
expansion
of
existing
jobs
always
comes
back
to
what
are
we
getting
for
our
dollars
worth
of
dues,
and
the
easiest
way
to
look
at
is
just
the
hard
cash
that
comes
in
from
outside
sources
from
state
and
federal
dollars.
Last
year
is
about
little
under
a
quarter.
Million
dollars
was
paid
into
dues
into
our
organization.
G
We
were
able
to
assist
our
members
leverage
about
20
1.8
million
dollars
in
grants
and
loans
of
that
21.8
10.2
came
in
the
area
of
just
grants
outside
dollars
that
came
in
from
the
federal
in
the
state.
You
know
it's
not
us,
it's
really
our
membership
setters
investing
in
themselves.
We
don't
have
the
dollars
in
the
closet,
but
we
know
where
the
closets
are,
and
we
just
try
to
make
those
connections
between
our
members
and
those
funding
entities.
G
So
if
you
can
see
the
return
on
investment
in
2015
district-wide,
it's
about
42
dollars
for
every
dollars
worth
of
dues.
Since
2008
since
I've
been
the
director,
we've
been
averaging
a
little
over
$28
and
return
on
investment.
When
you
take
a
look
at
Cottington
County,
just
this
last
year,
dues
was
about
46,000,
with
all
the
entities
included,
grants
and
loans,
about
7.3
million,
of
which
three
and
a
half
million
was
in
the
form
of
grants.
$77
return
on
investment
$26
over
the
course
of
the
last
seven
eight
years,
Watertown
specifically
last
year.
G
Eight
thousand
about
$9,000
in
dues
is
what
the
city
pays
our
organization.
We
had
one
project
that
generated
a
eighteen
thousand
dollars
in
grants
for
the
cities.
We
should
take
a
look
just
since
2008
about
2.1
million
in
grant
dollars.
So
$2
was
our
return
on
investment
last
year,
but
we've
been
averaging
about
33
a
year
over
the
last
seven
or
eight
years.
G
The
other
thing
I
would
just
briefly
talked
about
our
development
company.
We
did
actually
do
two
loans
in
the
city
of
Watertown
last
year
about
four
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
on
total
project
costs
about
one
and
a
half
million.
So
that's
just
very
cursory
review
of
things
that
we
do.
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
specific
projects.
G
You
all
know
Luke
Muller,
he's
here
quite
often,
and
actually
he's
here
a
little
bit
more
for
the
next
several
weeks
early,
maybe
a
month
or
so
working
as
the
urban
planner
for
the
city,
he's
gonna
be
working
on
a
part-time
basis
to
fill
that
gap
until
Shane
finds
a
replacement
for
Jeff,
but
otherwise
Luke's,
always
here
on
Tuesday
mornings,
talking
with
staff
and
working
as
a
conduit.
Luke
also
is
the
zoning
ostracod
in
King
County
through
our
office.
So
it's
really
good
to
have
that
communication.
G
So
we
intend
those
planning
department,
staff
meetings,
we
act
as
that
conduit
between
the
city
and
the
county.
We
maintain
a
lot
of
GIS
data,
the
the
database
we
assign
addresses
here
in
Watertown
we
host
a
website
for
individual
staff
and
the
public
to
access
GIS
data
base.
We
did
the
grant
last
year
for
a
warning
sirens,
which
was
18300.
We
did
apply
for
a
solid
waste
grant
application,
but
that
one
wasn't
funded
last
year
last
year.
G
I
think
really
a
big
thing
that
was
probably
a
year
and
a
half
in
the
making
was
the
development
of
the
joint
jurisdiction.
Zoning
ordinance
between
the
in
the
county
that
was
completed
about
this
time.
Okay
I
was
last
summer,
but
we
had
started
it
over
a
year
ago
and
currently
for
about
the
last
year
and
a
half,
we've
been
working
on
updating
the
comprehensive
land-use
plan
for
this
city
and
I
think
once
Luke's
finishes
his
work
as
the
urban
planning
here
over
the
next
few
weeks.
G
We'll
have
that
project
wrapped
up
before
the
fourth
of
July
is
our
anticipation.
So
again,
we
just
appreciate
the
working
relationship
that
we've
had
with
the
city
and
the
staff
and
and
your
leadership,
and
we
look
forward
to
you,
know
another
successful
year
and
I'd
be
more
than
glad
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
A
Thanks
Todd,
if
anybody
has
any
questions
for
Todd,
you
sure
welcome
to
to
address
it.
I
just
want
out
front
say
how
easy
it
is
to
work
with
first
district
and
and,
like
you
say,
with
Luke
here
every
week
on
Tuesdays
and
letting
us
know
what's
going
on
in
the
county,
what's
what's
kind
of
close
to
Watertown
and
what's
what's
going
on
it's
it's
very
beneficial
for
us
and.
G
I,
just
should
also
just
make
the
state
since
Craig's
here
too,
and
he
sits
on
my
board.
We've
we've
always
had
a
great
working
relationship
with
a
development
corporation
and
doing
pet
projects
for
them,
and
one
thing
that
Craig
didn't
talk
about
recently
is
an
outreach
project
with
the
Development
Corporation
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
money
but
Craig's
time,
working
with
the
town
of
Bryant
and
in
creating
a
tax,
increment
financing
district
for
a
project
for
them
to
expand
so
shot
out
for
that
organization
as
well.
G
Think
today,
if
we
hit
50
percent,
we
hit
a
homer
right
now.
We
generally
aim
35
to
45
percent
and
and
grant
sources.
If
the
project's
right,
the
good
thing
is:
there's
there's
pretty
adequate
dollars
for
water
and
sewer
projects.
Street
projects
are
always
a
hard
thing
to
finance.
Public
buildings
again
are
very
difficult
to
finance
anymore.
G
You
know
fire
departments,
emergency
man,
never
see
service
centers.
There
are
dollars
out
there
for
that,
but
it's
getting
more
and
more
difficult
to
find
dollars
to
you
to
track
down
specific
projects.
So
we
have
to
start
thinking
about
doing
it.
Our
own
I
think
the
city
does
a
very
good
job
with
their
capital
improvement
planning
process.
It's
something
that
we
try
to
instill
encourage
our
other
smaller
communities
to
do,
because
you
have
to
have
those
sinking
fund
set
up
for
for
rainy
days.
A
D
G
A
A
H
F
H
H
H
There
we
go:
okay,
2015,
the
income
for
the
water
town,
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau,
the
city
of
water
tone
contributed
two
hundred
and
fifty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
the
water
tone.
Business
Improvement
District
contributed
$16,500,
so
our
total
budget
going
into
2015
was
two
hundred
and
sixty
eight
thousand
dollars
our
actual
budget.
H
What
we
ended
up
was
two
hundred
thirty,
two
twenty
seven
dollars
and
obviously
the
major
drivers
and
the
difference
there
were
the
payroll
benefits
and
taxes
and
some
of
the
advertising
commitments
that
had
been
anticipated:
the
executive
director,
of
course
retired
in
August
of
2015.
So
that's
where
the
difference
came
there.
H
H
Of
that
eight
hundred
and
seven
thousand
dollars
we
did
host
a
hundred
and
nineteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty-four
Hotel
overnights,
just
a
off
the
top
of
my
head
average
cost
of
that.
So
we
roll
into
a
pretty
large
number
of
red
that
came
in
the
BBB
tax
got
1%
of
that
which
was
a
hundred
and
one
thousand
dollars
of
the
807.
The
other
tax
came
from
the
gas
and
food
and
all
of
the
others.
H
H
One
of
the
biggest
expenditures
I
know
two
years
ago
when
I
was
on
the
CVB
Board
I
I
came
to
the
council
when
we
were
gonna,
spend
the
forty
five
thousand
dollars
on
the
new
website
and
a
lot
of
what
we're
doing
now
is
including
accountability
for
our
spending
and
with
all
of
the
social
media
and
all
of
those
types
of
things.
That's
really
easy
to
see
where
those
numbers
are
increasing.
H
2015
was
the
first
total.
You
know
complete
year
that
that
website
was
up
and
running
I
think
we
got
it
going
in
March
of
last
year,
and
so
it
wasn't
a
whole
year,
but
we
do
spend
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
keep
up
the
website
and
also
adding
some
bells
and
whistles
along
the
way
that
we
maybe
need
to
add
to
make
it
more
efficient.
H
H
2015
our
website
had
two
hundred
and
ninety
seven
over
two
hundred
ninety
seven
sessions,
the
bramble
Park
Zoo,
was
in
the
top
three
page
view
of
each
month
of
the
year,
and
when
you
look
at
some
of
those
statistics,
the
visitors
to
the
bramble
Park
Zoo
was
a
record
seventy
thousand
visitors.
Last
year,
the
family
was
our
major
focus
last
year
for
our
peak
season
marketing
campaign,
and
so
we
did
see
that
there
was
some
success
with
reaching
those
families
and
the
hits
to
the
zoo
page
in
the
zoo
site.
H
H
All
of
the
25
followed
our
2015
marketing
plan
that
we
co-opted
with
the
state
of
South
Dakota,
which
we've
done
every
year.
For
many
many
years
we
did
pull
some
some
visitors
in
from
Louisville
and
Kansas
City
in
Chicago
and
Kansas
City
and
Chicago
have
proven
is
where
we're
doing
some
of
our
peak
season
plotting
for
2016
that
those
are
pretty
strong
markets
for
us.
So
we're
gonna
change
things
up
a
little
bit,
though
this
year.
H
As
far
as
you
know,
I
I
don't
have
really
what
what
the
mindset
was
and
going
into
all
the
marketing
I
know
that
a
lot
of
it
had
been
a
lot
of
the
same
types
of
things
for
a
long
time.
What
we
have
going.
This
is
a
real
small
list
of
some
of
the
new
things
that
we
have
going
on
partnering
with
all
of
the
entities
and
water
tone.
You
know:
Art
Walk,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
different
events
and
sponsorships
that
they
already
have
going
on
our
peak
season.
H
Marketing
campaign
is
gonna
target
the
bucket
list
or
for
the
first
time
we're
really
excited
about
that
because
they
spend
money
12
months
out
of
the
year
instead
of
the
families
that
spend
at
3
months
out
of
the
year.
So
we've
got
some
pretty
exciting
things
going
on
there,
partnerships
and
servicing,
creating
and
growing
new
events
with
the
water
tone.
Events
Center
I
think
that
there's
just
a
lot
of
relationship
building
going
on
and
teamwork
going
on
right
now,
so
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
I.
H
Think
2016
is
gonna,
be
an
exceptional
year
for
the
CVB.
So
I
don't
know.
If
you
have
any
questions,
you
know,
we
appreciate
your
support,
encouragement
and,
if
you
haven't
been
to
the
state
tourism
convention,
I
would
highly
recommend
that,
as
a
council
member,
you
take
that
in
just
so,
you
can
kind
of
get
the
dollars
and
cents
of
what
the
visitor
is
all
about.
Because
from
a
sustainability
standpoint,
the
visitor
is
very
important
to
her
community
and.
A
That
is
exciting
to
go.
There
I
mean
to
all
the
people
that
are
pumped
up
to
get
folks
here
to
Watertown
and
and
kind
of
what
different
cities
are
doing.
You
can,
you
can
talk
to
them
and
you
can
see
what
the
state
is
doing
and
Julie
we're
really
excited
to
see
kind
of
that
new
feeling
of
excitement
gonna
go
on
there,
so
I'm
gonna
open
it
up
for
questions
for
you.
If
anybody
has.
A
H
H
Camp
Asaka,
actually
it
for
2016
marketing
campaign
and
I
I
mean
there's
just
so
much
going
on,
don't
even
put
it
in
there
was
gonna,
be
probably
too
much,
but
we're
gonna
have
all
new
video
and
all
new
photography
done
this
year
for
Watertown,
it's
well
overdue.
So
we
didn't
put
that
into
our
co-op
budget.
For
this
year,
Lake
Camp
Eska
the
golf
courses,
all
of
the
things
that
have
kind
of
been
left
out
before
we're.
I
J
H
And
it
will
be
I
guess
with
that
and
with
the
new
multi-purpose
Center
I
plan
to
meet
with
all
of
the
the
folks
that
are
pertinent
to
both
of
those
things
so
that
I
can
get.
You
know
all
of
the
information
that
I
need
to
market
that
will
get
it
on
our
website
and
there's
different
things
that
we
can
be
doing.
There's
symposiums
sports,
symposiums
I'd
talked
to
some
of
the
folks
at
the
Rec
Center
and
even
Steve
Moore
about.
H
Maybe
we
send
some
people
from
water
tone
to
some
of
these
symposiums
and
I'm
kind
of
approaching
those
kind
of
things
a
little
bit
differently,
where
we're
kind
of
signing
on
some
of
the
attractions
and
some
of
the
people
that
are
their
businesses
sports
and
you
know
let
them
come
along
because
you
know
they
can
talk.
The
talk
and
I
can
go
there
as
the
CVB,
but
they're
the
experts,
and
so
we're
gonna.
Take
some
folks
along
to
some
of
our
shows
that
can
really
be
nice
dynamic
and
talk
and
speak
well
about
water
tone.
H
H
H
Some
shows
that
we've
never
done
before.
I
know
that
there's
some
of
the
markets
that
do
you
know
go
after
just
different
types
of
shows,
rather
than
the
hunting
and
fishing,
which
is
primarily
what
we've
been
doing
so
we're
gonna
offer
some
opportunities
to
some
of
the
attraction
folks
and
the
hotel.
Yours
and
you
know,
if
any
you
guys
want
to
sign
up,
you
guys
can
go
represent
us
at
a
show
here
there
you.
I
I
Maybe
I
guess
Commission
is
an
word
I'm
looking
for,
but
you
know
I
think
it's
time
we
probably
look
at
some
of
that
with
some
of
the
new
projects
that
we
get
coming
along
with
the
with
the
ice
and
softball
and
the
new
multi-purpose
facility
and
enough
spending
a
lot
of
money
on
it.
But
I
think
it's
time
we
put
together
a
committee
and
and
start
looking
at
some
of
that.
So
in
those
people
that
Julie
were
talking
about
her,
definitely
the
ones
that
they
need
to
head
that
up.
So
I.
H
Guess
when
you
you
talk
about
money
and
the
mayor
knows
that
I'm
not
afraid
to
come
to
you
folks
if
I've
got
I
mean
I'll,
do
my
diligence,
but
if
I
really
believe
that
we
need
something
at
the
CVB
I'm
going
to
come
and
ask
you
to
help
us
with
that.
But
when
you
look
at
the
return
on
investment
for
the
visitor,
if
we
do
it
right,
we
can
afford
to
spend
some
money
on
it
and
it's
well
worth
it.
So
that's
some
of
the
best
revenue
we'll
get.
A
H
H
A
E
E
The
drawing
in
front
of
you
is
our
mill
and
overlay
and
proposal
for
2016.
You
can
see
it
has
segments
all
over
town.
We
have
some
in
the
north-central
area.
We
have
some
out
in
the
Far
West.
This
is
an
important
corridor
street
over
here
by
some
metarex
as
facilities.
We
have
some
core
areas
in
the
downtown
or
like
I
call
it
the
Greater
downtown
area,
but
in
the
residential
area,
adjacent
to
downtown,
be
our
Bruin
Avenue
or
pick
up
here
as
a
piece
that
needs
some
attention
we
have
section
on
here
by
Terry
readlyn.
E
That's
really
needs
some
attention
as
well,
so
we've
got
a
overlays
scattered
out
throughout
the
community.
We
do
have
some
smaller
segments,
alleys
that
were
in
need,
but
I
want
to
particularly
bring
your
attention
to
that's
unique
and
new
this
year.
As
this
light,
blue
piece
is
a
portion
of
1st
Avenue
starting
at
3rd
Street,
West
and
ending
at
highway
81.
E
That
is
our
proposed
micro
surfacing
project
for
this
year
and
with
that
I'll,
can
you
show
you
a
little
bit
by
via
some
pictures
of
what
microservice
thing
is,
and
it's
a
really
benefits
between
two
categories.
You
know
you're
used
to
in
our
normal
chip
seal
projects
where
we
spray
oil
on
the
ground
and
then
spread
rock
over
it
and
then
knead
that
together
with
rollers,
this
is
a
little
bit
of
a
hybrid
between
that
chip,
seal
project
and
our
traditional
mill
and
overlay
project.
E
This
is
made
of
actually
penetrates
the
surface
of
the
material
that
it's
being
sprayed
on
and
here's
a
better
example.
This
is
nice
and
sealed
over
here
where
the
micro
seal
has
been
applied,
and
this
is
the
old
porous
surface
right
adjacent
to
it,
and
you
can
see
here
that
all
of
the
asphalt
that
was
originally
on
this
surface
has
been
bled
off
or
scraped
off
by
where
and
you
can
actually
see
the
individual
rocks-
and
this
is
the
purpose
of
the
micro
seal
is
to
rejuvenate
the
surface.
Yes,
then
Don.
What.
E
What
will
go
into
it
slowly,
but
and
on
higher
use
roads
for
now,
one
of
the
unique
things
about
micro
surfacing
is
you
actually
have
to
take
all
of
any
pavement,
striping
that
you
have
out
on
the
road
surface,
you
strip
that
off
by
sandblasting
or
milling
it
slightly
too.
Otherwise
that
bleeds
through
it.
This
is
such
a
thin
application
that
that
those
lines
will
actually
somewhat
reflect
through
this
surface
or
if
it's
new
enough
paint
it
actually
is
that
burst
of
the
adherence
and
penetration
of
this
material
into
the
surface
blow
it.
E
So
so
that's
one
thing
that
you'll
see
when
we
get
ready
for
this
this
operation
is
that
they'll
be
out
there
grinding
those
stripes
off
or
getting
rid
of
the
pavement
stripes,
and
then
we've
got
of
course,
reapply
the
striping
over
the
top
of
this
surface.
When
we're
done,
and
that's
just
a
matter
of
procedure
so
chain.
E
Is
very,
very
highly
technical
construction,
in
fact,
the
closest
contractor
to
our
region
using
the
st.
Cloud
Minnesota
and
just
to
give
you
an
idea
how
far-reaching
and
for
competition
these
projects
are
the
current
contractor.
That's
hired
to
do
the
work
of
this
nature
and
Sioux
Falls
for
the
summer
is
from
Arizona
or
Utah
I
can't
remember
which,
but
one
of
the
other
bidders
is
from
Kansas
City
Missouri
area.
D
E
E
Yep
and
that's
because
that
this
is
my
surface,
it's
supposed
to
it's
kind
of
like
painting
your
walls,
it
that
oil
impregnates
those
little
ones,
but
it
doesn't
have
the
structure
to
bridge
the
inch
gaps.
You
know
like
for
crack
sealing
so
but-
and
you
can
see
a
couple
of
these
pictures
when
I
talk
about
see
how
they
deliberately
went
next
to
the
stripe,
they
didn't
actually
go
over
striping.
E
You
see
them
see
how
they
stopped
on
either
side
of
of
some
arrows
that
they
wanted
to
pave
so
there's
different
techniques
that
people
try
to
do
we're
not
going
to
get
that
fancy
here.
We're
gonna
just
try
to
like
this.
One
here
is
paving
along
side
the
stripe
rather
than
over
the
stripe,
but
we're
just
gonna
pave
over
ours
and
and
or
you
know,
remove
the
stripes
and
repaint
them
we're
not
going
to
get
too
too
crazy
and
trying
to
preserve
a
little
piece.
But
so
this
is
unique,
we'll
try!
It
learn
from.
E
K
E
The
brookings
is
and
Michels
and
others
will
probably
follow
suit,
and
if
we
get
to
where
we
have
a
regional
project,
these
guys
are
going
to
come
in
and
they're
gonna
beat
each
other
up
pretty
bad
on
giving
us
good
prices
and
then
they're
going
to
come
into
a
region
and
do
the
whole
thing
so
they're
gonna
do
Sioux.
Falls
they're
gonna
do
Watertown
all
in
one
one
period
of
time
and
not
have
to
do
that
now.
E
A
A
I
A
F
E
F
E
Dyno
flecked
it's
called,
but
basically
they
go
along
and
they
thump
the
road
with
something,
and
then
they
measure
how
the
sound
reflects
back
to
the
unit
and
what
they
can
do
is
tell
you
how
strong
the
pavement
is
and
what
the
underlying
subgrade
will
also
with
withstand
in
I.
Don't
know
all
the
technological
pieces
of
that,
but
that
can
all
be
done
in
lieu
of
taking
all
these
individual
cores
which
we
would
have
had
to
supply
information
to
the
company
and
then
they
would
have
they
incorporated
into
their
program
and
all
that.
E
A
Deflection
testing
work.
You
know
this
is
something
that
we've
been
looking
at,
and
I'm
gonna
just
break
in
welcome.
Beth
welcome
back
good
to
see
ya.
This
is
something
that
we've
been
looking
at
for
a
couple
of
three
years,
almost
no
to
to
have
a
pavement
management
system.
I
know
that
Sarah
was
very
involved
in
this
early
on
and
and
I'm
glad
to
see
us
moving
forward
with
this.
You
know
our
roads
are
so
expensive
to
to
fix
and
replace
yeah.
E
A
E
Think
this
is
a
I'm
gonna,
ask
permission
to
amend
our
agreement
with
this
company
to
include
this
twenty
nine
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
tonight,
and
we
think
it's
a
cost
value
that
we'll
get
easily
offset
from
what
our
original
plan
was,
and
you
see,
though,
you'll
see
in
the
memo
that
we
prepared
for
tonight's
meeting,
the
specific
dollars
and
and
the
advantage
that
we
see
that
this
will
do
for
us
rather
than
do
the
traditional
pavement
course.
But
if
there's
any
questions
on
this
item,
I
certainly
would
answer
them.
E
Otherwise,
you
know
I
just
wanted
you
to
have
some
more
background
of
why
you're
seeing
an
amendment-
and
we
do
have
some
grant
dollars
from
the
state
in
Rome
in
our
contract
there
to
include
a
portion
of
this
at
the
80/20
split,
and
that's
also
shown
on
that
memo
on
this
council
item.
So
it's
good
news
I
think
we
should
take
advantage
of
that
sheet.
I
A
K
A
E
Know,
unfortunately,
the
way
in
not
just
the
community
water
town,
but
throughout
the
region
we
tend
to
be
pothole
chasers,
we
fix
roads
after
the
potholes
develop,
hopefully
through
management
systems.
We
identify
those
before
they
become
potholes
and
can
fix
them
sooner
and
make
things
last
longer.
Shane.
E
Yes,
the
state
of
South
Dakota
uses
this
type
of
pavement
management
assessment,
I'm
sure
that
Minnehaha
County
and
the
city
of
Sioux
Falls
did
that
as
well,
because
their
road
systems
are
so
enormous
that
what
you
could
do
this
for
in
a
week
or
twos
time
would
take
you
for
more
rustic
welcome
core.
So.
C
The
state
has
done
that
they've
got
their
own
van.
That's
that
the
South's
go
to
do
T's
a
leader
on
this
they've
developed
a
lot
of
the
technology.
They
do
and
they've
driven
every
street
state
highway
in
the
system
and
that
they
grade
the
highways
and
they
have
substantial
cost
savings
on
knowing
where
to
invest
and
when
and
quite
frankly,
what
not
to
invest
for
the
highway
it's
in
such
bad
shape,
then
right,
the
pothole
chasing.
You
might
tend
to
fix
it.
There's
times
you
just
let
it
go,
then
get
it
out
for
total
replacement.
E
May
do
some
of
that
if
we
feel
something
doesn't
add
up.
In
other
words,
if
we
look
at
their
data
and
the
data
says
this
things
that
cobblestone
road,
but
yet
when
you
walk
it,
if
it
looks
better,
we
may
have
to
do
some
coring
on
occasion,
I'm
fearing
that
it'll
be
just
the
opposite,
some
roads
that
we
thought
were
pretty
good
shape,
we'll
probably
find
that
aren't
up
to
par
and
we'll
need
more
aggressive
treatments.
E
E
Want
it
to
be
this,
we
don't
want
the
soil
to
be
at
the
saturated
time
of
year,
so
in
other
words,
we
wouldn't
even
attempt
that,
right
now,
because
of
the
frost,
it's
kind
of
sporadic
throughout
our
street
system.
Yet
we're
probably
looking
at
the
first
part
of
June
or
something
depending
on
spring
moisture
for
this
type
of
work
and.