City of Watertown, SD 2018 City Council Meetings, 21 May 2018

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Agenda Items include Ordinance No. 18-04, 18-05, 18-06 and 18-07. Also included is the transfer of one retail (on-off sale) malt beverage license and one retail (on-sale) Liquor license.

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Good evening, good evening, I'd like to call to order the City Council meeting of Monday May 21st 2018 I, please rise and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Roll call please: okay.

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Absent Danforth here.

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T Robi here.

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Absent Thorson here.

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Hower here, why present.

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First, item on the agenda is approval of the consent agenda. Is there a motion? Second for approval by Councilman Y? Second, by Councilwoman nanti any discussion there.

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I'll have to recuse myself from items 1d ten, eleven and twelve.

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Noted any other discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay, motion carries next item on the agenda is public comment, and this is the time when the public may come forward and talk about any issue, preferably not one. That's on the agenda. So, if you'd like to do that, please step forward.

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Seeing none we'll move on item number three: is approval of the agenda so.

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By councilman, Bill Haller, second by Councilman Albertson any discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries item number four is spring litter blitz update.

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We have a member of the committee here to tell us about it.

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Thank you for having us here. We've had another good year, it's been fun, and so the project ran from April 27th to May 7th and we started with snow blizzards and all of that stuff that we've forgotten about, but I think everybody this spring. He had so many spring things to do when the weather got better that you know you can't get all get him in, but I since I compiled these things. I've had a few more groups, call me and say: hey: can we still do this? Can we do that?

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So it's all getting done so, but there are a few that we're not so we had 32 I, think actually 36 groups and businesses participated, so were groups took two or three zones. Several individuals worked in more than than two groups. Many groups have faithfully done this over the years, so we so appreciate that and their new groups are added there. So that is a great thing to number of workers.

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This year with about 550 total hours spent thousand 25 banks of trash 200 bags, plus two pickups full by two different groups and recycling bags 45.

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We do like to try to recycle things that we find, but sometimes they're, so dirty that we can't, but this is a community effort and it's an ongoing effort and we thank our partners, the mayor's office, the IT department, a Chamber of Commerce for our one 100 Watertown books, which is going to be given weight tonight, Watertown Area, Community Foundation, where people can pick up the supplies, the public opinion, the Watertown, radio and k.x energy. So we thank those thank you for the sanitation and Street department.

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They set up the collection site created a new sign for us this year and thank you to these groups. The Boy Scouts are the ones that $100 are one. They found $100 bill and more last year every year there seems to be a group that does this. The care group found a dead squirrel, never no Cub, Scout Pack 239. This is hard work, but it is worth it and they really made a difference. This is a new group. Thank you to the L ll s, they're retired Lincoln teachers.

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They found a kickball Great Western Bank made it a family affair. It's fun to do the nice weather see over that's a warm sunny days. There I was perfectly dakota bodies. I think they had a little competition to find beverage containers of all kinds. I couldn't put some of those pictures up, but they filled a pickup load and the United Methodist youth I think this is a learning opportunity for them and for other young people a lot of the LA I.

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You know, ATI students did a lot of things and they learned that they don't like to pick up litter. So maybe they shouldn't drop so much. Okay, Dakota Bank did a great job. Some classy pictures there, but they took its Indian Kiwanis Club found a lot of plastic bottles and a lot of stuff.

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One of the people at La Ti found a very dirty five-dollar bill.

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They washed it kept it. Oh.

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Kenan darling we're out there. Third graders found some more balls. Personna found a cow horn, they did a stretch at 2:12 out they where they were Yogi's and some cleaning clean and Greeners down a wheel, cap and eyeglasses and other things. Rotary Club and a good time reliable, found a debit card.

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You clean up around your area and Watertown Ford found car parts.

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I had to put the LLS up again: I think they were the I, don't what they call them. Some of the lazy Lincoln ladies but I, think they're actually lovely Lee Lincoln. Ladies, there are coffee group that said: hey. Let's go do this and zone one zealots, they found long underwear and just thank you to all the others who didn't sign up but who just picked up.

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I talked to a lot of people, so there's just a lot of opportunities for picking up litter and recycling, reduce the litter, put a litter bag in your vehicle in each one and just reduce reuse, recycle watch for us. Maybe in the summer maybe we may be out at National, Night, Out and other events and the winner of the 100 watt. Ertown bucks is I'm, just gonna. Let you look at another song.

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Was fair, I did not look.

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Just just know that there is a city law against littering and I, don't know. Maybe you could put some teeth into this I think people have just forgotten that it's not a good idea to you know toss what you aren't using anymore, yeah there's a place for it, and and we got our phone cameras and take a picture anyway. Let's all keep water, damn beautiful, like us on Facebook. Thank you very much.

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And that was barb Brinkman chairwoman for the 2018 of spring litter blitz, thanks barb for the record john Solem has arrived.

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Item number five is ordinance number 1805, amending zoning district boundaries by rezoning, a portion of out lot, six of Willow, Creek, Village Edition, and just for the record, it's not Willow Creek Village second edition it's just Willow Creek Village edition and I'm going to have Shane Waterman. Take this and a whole bunch of other items. This will be his first one of about a hundred tonight, we're sending him out with a Kabang okay. So first of all, I would like to open the public hearing for this and Shane. You can explain what it is.

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Thank You mayor this is a rezone of all that portion of out lot. Six lying north of second Avenue, which is depicted on my picture here on the bottom and 22nd Street southeast is the East boundary. The rezone does include the areas to the centerline of the right away. The previous zoning was our three in a court which was in accordance with their preliminary plan, and they wish to rezone it to r1 single-family residential and the plan is to.

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Replant this or plat this area, with r1 sized Lots, a couple of notable items on the ordinance 18:05 that you will be voting on is the plat. It does require that a plat occur within one year of the council action tonight, and also that the ordinance will have no force in effect, if such plat does not come forward. So we revert back to our three zoning if a plat is not brought forward and approved. So with that I guess I'll leave it short and answered questions. Okay,.

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If anyone is in the audience that would like to speak on this issue, now is the time so please come forward, see none I will close the public hearing and look for council action. Sarah motion by a councilman Solem second, by a Councilwoman manty. Is there any discussion, see not all look for action, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries. Thank you item number.

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Six is ordinance number 18 0 for amending zoning district boundaries by rezoning, a portion of Prairie Hills development, 2nd edition I will go ahead and open the public hearing and ashame to describe this.

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I apologize, this needs to be rotated.

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Okay, we'll just look at it sideways here for a second, we did receive a petition to rezone portion of a lot a a Prairie Hills development. Second edition, the portion dreary zone are these four Lots along this boundary of pom Pesce drive hatched in and in blue.

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Those lots are proposed to be planted if as RG residential garage district and not have residential structures on them so that, right now the developer is evaluating the wetland impacts that would be required here and the final buildable areas on each of those Lots would be determined by that wetland review. So with that, this is just a rezone to allow our G residential zoning.

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What that all okay.

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And some questions I should add that if this wetland business makes it such that they can't build on these Lots they'll, probably just let it slide and they won't plant- and this is rezone- will we automatically resend it if it's not planted within one year, so.

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Are still studying that right, they don't have the information back yet correct.

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Delineation is.

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There anyone else in the audience that would like to speak about this now is the time to come forward, see none I, will close the public hearing and look for a motion and second for approval.

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Is there a motion, a bunch of one councilmen l'olam and a second by councilman Roby, any discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries item number seven is vacation of a portion of 17th Avenue southeast in the interstate office edition resolution number 18, 21 and I would like to open the public hearing at this time and I see Chris silken and Michelle Kukai check from Watertown development company are coming forward. Would you like to explain what this is about.

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Sure, as you know, we have a major industrial expansion that will be happening and the footprint of that building and their site plan makes it so they need a little more land than we have just in the eight pieces that are between 15th and 17th, so most of 17th is unfinished. So what we are wanting to do is vacate 17th, Avenue southeast. There would be a turnaround on the east side where it where it would dead-end at and that would accommodate this large industrial project.

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You Shane, do you want to add to that? Yes,.

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I would mayor. Thank you. There are no substantial improvements on 17th Avenue, so we will not require any utility easements or any other encumbrances on this vacation. It would simply be a giving of the land back to the parent parcels as per codified law, but the gas main that is in that location is going to be converted to a private service. So there will be no public utilities involved with this. Okay.

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And the plank Commission has already considered this vacation request. Correct.

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And they've recommended approval and they used a new checklist that we're just starting to use to be more methodical about how we evaluate vacations and they specifically looked at the impact on public travel, the community betterment impact on emergency services and impact on city infrastructure and found that there's really no harm in doing this. But we stand to gain a lot from a major development which will be enabled by this vacation. So is there anyone else in the audience that would like to speak about this issue? If so, please come forward.

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C9 I will close the public hearing and look for a motion for approval.

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Councilman Albertson second, by Councilman, ville Hauer. Is there any discussion or questions I'm.

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Guessing that that road has received very little travel or is used very little as that a fair statement, yeah.

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It's an unimproved road, so it most people when they get to the end of the pay poor ssin. They turn around and there's very little. We have very little traffic out in that area anyway, I.

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Don't even think we plow snow in the winter I think it just stays untouched.

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Mickelson drive that you said that's going to be a turnaround chain. That's what we're looking at on there yeah.

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We're working out the details of a public turnaround here is similar to cold as a curse or a hammerhead style turnaround that we've required in other recent additions that.

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Land to the south is that privately owned. Still, this.

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This lot right here will be part of a stormwater facility. These three Lots here would be come contiguous with the big larger plan of the development. How.

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About the land of the south of that that.

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Is out in the cony at this.

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We are in the process of getting that easement drafted for the turnaround in that too, so that should be completed within the next week or so.

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Other questions or comments see now I. Don't look for action all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries. Thank you. Thank you.

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Item number eight is resolution of necessity for 13th Avenue South East sanitary sewer improvements, project number, 1821 resolution number, 18-20 and I will open the public hearing and ask Shane to give a description of this.

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Okay, Thank You mayor the city staff has been working with the developer on this long time, development over a period of a decade or so the street improvements it was paved in approximately 2010 or 11, and prior to that it was gravel and and somewhat unimproved.

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The developer has come to the city to try to work out some issues in order for this development to be gifted or the public improvements gifted over to the city for public use. Some of the deficiencies primarily are related to the sanitary sewer end of the project. At this point, this little circle down here is a private lift station and then the rest of the yellow route or red route.

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Excuse me is the force main also related to the sanitary lift station and those facilities need to be improved in order to be accepted by the city so where we have this project that will provide those improvements to bring it up to city standards so that we can accept it and that's the goal of this project, and once that's done, we would anticipate being having the avenue for the city to accept those improvements.

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Okay, this was plaited as a private road, and the owner would like to deed it over to the city as a public road. So is there anyone else in the audience that would like to speak about this? If so, now is your chance? Please come forward.

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Flying our Z with that, we put the live session in the road in to city compliance. As far as the road wise, the station we'd only do have one lift station talent, but we'll bring that up the standards as far as the city goes and the lift station. The road is a curb and gutter on it. Right.

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And I know we did talk about this almost 10 years ago, the city taking over and the catch to it was the sanitary sewer wasn't built to city standards, so it doesn't have SCADA, which is how we know at the sewer plant that there's a problem with the lift station, and so that needs to be installed and direct redundant pump and ability to hook in a generator and all that kind of stuff will happen. Then there have been some issues with freezing.

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That's why we're redoing the force main the force main exists and was installed, but it's shallow. So it's subject to freezing and so we'll be asking we'll be installing it at a greater depth. So that freezing isn't an issue, and then we should have a more standard facility that the city would be willing.

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And the council did discuss this with the staff a few months ago, quite a few months ago, actually maybe last summer or last, fall and directed the staff to move forward in figuring out. What exactly would it take to make this an acceptable facility for the city? So it seems like it takes forever to do this stuff, but we're making some progress scauldron. Yes, all right is there anyone else that would like to say anything.

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All right, seeing none I, will close the public hearing and look for a motion and second for approval, moved by Cosman l'olam second, by councilman. Why is there any discussion? Councilman feel Hart. There's.

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Just about just the one landowner that know.

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I was just gonna actually add to that. We did receive a petition from all, but one owner landowner along this project, and it isn't our intention to assess these improvements to each individual based on their pro rata share of the their phone age. So that's the way this project is headed and when we're done constructing the improvements, the assessments will follow in the fall and be come before you to be ratified and moved on to the assessment role. The.

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One that didn't sign was that person unable to be contacted, or do they oppose, didn't hear anything from that person? Okay, okay, but they've had an opportunity. They received a certified letter. Yes,.

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All property owners guys: okay,.

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Any other discussion, all right, I'll look for action, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries. Thank you item number. Nine is resolution of necessity for 2018 street improvements. Project number 1801, dash, D resolution number, 18 19, so I will open the public hearing and ass Shane gyoza. Give us a description of this.

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Okay, Thank You mayor some recent developments in the industrial park to the southeast part of the town, just to give you a point of reference, its Walmart 14th Avenue southeast and then it converts into 15th Avenue southeast. This is a small segment of 26th Street.

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This lot to the east is known as lot 34 and that was recently purchased and in order for the purchasers to get a building permit, we will need to improve 26th Street staff worked with the potential buyers and now owners and had discussed several options of how to move forward with the public improvements, and the consensus was that we do this by assessment.

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So again, this projects coming forward as an assessment project and all three Lots that abut this improved area will receive an assessment and again all land owners have been notified by notice and so we're moving forward with that and, as you noticed in the consent agenda, we also asked for authorization to bid this project so we're we're preparing it for bidding and then again, once it's constructed, the assessments will be calculated for all each of the properties.

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Right, thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak about this issue, so please come forward.

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See none I will close the public hearing and look for council action. Is there a motion to approve well by Councilwoman manty? Second, by Councilman l'olam, any discussion husband, l'olam sheen.

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On this row, does that also include sewer people in yes,.

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The improvements include public extension of public sanitary sewer, some storm sewer, curb and gutter and street paving and private utility I'll call it private, it's public, but water. The municipal utilities will install a water main and then the develop or will put in water and sewer services and assess those costs as well will.

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That be capped at the end of it for potential to go north yeah.

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Road, yes, we have that included in our design. Okay,.

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Any other discussion see none all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries.

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Item number ten is application for a transfer of ownership, of a retail on sale, liquor license with sunday liquor sales and video lottery license from scrappy Inc doing business as Woody's sports bar and casino. At sixteen, twelve, ninth Avenue Southwest to Woody's sports bar LLC, doing business as Woody's, sparse sports bar LLC at the same location. I will open the public hearing and ask cristen. If there's anything else to say about this Thank.

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You mayor um I'll, just kind of briefly go over four 10 11 and 12 10 and 11 will be or transfer of ownership and number 12 will be because it is the time for the malt beverage renewal um item 12 is to renew that for the period of the July 1st 2018 to June of 2019. So thank.

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You, okay: is there anyone else in the audience that would like to speak about this see, none I will close the public hearing and look for a motion for approval moved by Councilman ville, our and second by a cosmic soul. Any discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying nay motion carries item. 11 is application for a transfer of ownership, of a retail on off sale.

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Malt beverage license from scrappy Inc doing business as woody sports bar and casino at 1612, 9th Avenue Southwest to Woody's sports bar LLC, doing business as Woody's sports bar LLC at the same location. I will open the public hearing and ask if anyone would like to speak about this, please come forward.

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Seeing no one I will close the public hearing and look for a motion for approval will by Councilman Y second by Councilman Thorson. Any discussion. Kosmic Wilk are just.

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Have a question we in our packet, we always see the information for the transferee I. Guess: there's paperwork that that some something from the transfer our side must sign off as far as okaying the transfer and we don't. We just see the one side, all the time, I'm guessing there's something from the side that could signed often as well or is this this in no.

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Our office does receive I, think it I, don't know what the exact name of it, but it's it's an affidavit from the other yeah. So there's two sides.

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That's really any other discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. It was opposed signify by saying, nay, motion carries item number 12 is renewal of a retail on off sale. Malt beverage license to Woody sports bar LLC, doing business as woody sports bar LLC at 1612, 9th Avenue Southwest, look for a motion and second for approval by Councilwoman man, T second, by Councilman l'olam any discussion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries item.

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Number 13 is consideration of a request by Thomas carnival to use the city-owned parking lot next to County Fair from Thursday May 23rd 2018 through Monday, May, 28th, 2018 and setup will begin on the 23rd Shane. Could you bring this up on your screen?

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Can you zoom in on that? Okay? This is the same location that has been used in years past and you can see it's behind County Fair and they block off half of the street 3rd Street, South, East or northeast. Excuse me yeah between the Senior Center and then the city-owned parking lot there will be used and those red dots are barricades that they can let vehicles through, but in general they closed it off just like they normally do so. I'll look for a motion and second for approval will by councilman.

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Why thank you boy, councilman Danforth! Is there any discussion there so.

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Half of the road will be blocked off, that'll still allow people to get in and out of the Senior Center and.

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I, don't think there's a lot of traffic drive through there, but they wanted to leave it open for emergency vehicles and whatnot and then plenty of room for people to come in and out of the Senior Center driveway Osmond long does.

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The city receive anything on this or is just something that we do as a public event type deal.

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Yes, the city does not receive any payment or anything. We we grant permission and it's you know it's a public fun time sounds.

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On a reason to not accept us or to deny it, but why did we get the notice two days before it's ready to go home just in case there was something that came up I.

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Can't answer that I think it's been the same folks requesting it every year, so I don't know be my first time doing this councilman Villar I know.

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A number of years ago, when I sat on the chamber of commerce board of directors that there had been some concerns expressed by some of the downtown business owners about use of their restrooms different facilities. I mean it. We had it and that this is probably six seven eight years ago. Any issues that have come up in in recent years along those lines that anybody's aware.

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That's a good question to ask, though any other discussion: okay, I'll, look for action, all those in favor signify by saying aye. It was a post signify by saying, nay, motion carries item number fourteen is acceptance of the South Dakota Department of Transportation traffic study for the intersection of Highway 81 and Kemp Avenue, and proceed with removal of the traffic signal at that intersection. So I will look for a motion and second for approval of the acceptance rule by Councilman l'olam second, by Councilwoman, aunty and Shane.

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Would you like to just summarize what we learned from the d-o-t, and this came with a recommendation from the public yeah? This.

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Has been kind of an ongoing process throughout the discussion of the conversion of camp and First Avenue southeast in the downtown district to convert them from one way to two way. Ultimately, the conversion of campus, the second street to happen, and one of our biggest concerns was the impact of the intersection of Highway, 81 and encamp Avenue throughout the process, and so we reached out to the d-o-t to make sure that they were comfortable with the traffic movements through that intersection.

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If we were to convert it, and one of the ideas was that if we wanted to upgrade everything to standards, we would have had a substantial improvement project at that intersection. That would have been born and mostly at cities. Cost of the rough estimate was a quote close to $250,000 and and when it really boiled down to it, the discussions led to do. We even need this signal, because the d-o-t did consider removing the signal a number of years ago when they redid that portion of highway 81.

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That project ultimately was not followed through at that time, but so they redid the study. The study is indicated that we should not have any impacts to the intersection and traffic flow. That would be significant and they looked at the 20-year timeline and traffic patterns should function well and, and so then the only concern was pedestrian crossings and we're. Looking at what the d-o-t putting you know what they call a hawk system, which is a special crossing system for pedestrians and once that's implemented, this intersection should be as safe as any along Highway 81. The.

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Department of Transportation takes any kind of change of traffic control very seriously and they are data-driven folks. They they don't do anything that isn't warranted, and so they would not move forward with any project without studying it, and they did study this and they found that there is no negative impact to removing the signal at Kemp and highway 81. There actually might be some benefit to it. So we think this is not a bad thing to do so, we'll be moving forward with that.

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If they're just waiting for our acceptance of their study, the council has already acted on this to change the road back to two-way. So this is just an acceptance of the d-o-t modeling and recommendation. So that's what we're doing right now or is there any other discussion or questions cost Munroe be I? Would.

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Just reiterate what the engineers said, our last meeting they're gonna leave the light there for a while they're, not gonna, pull it off right away. They're gonna leave the light and they're gonna test it and verify and validate what they thought. Thank.

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You for adding that they'll put it in flash mode and so it'll gradually ease out, and if we have a big impact on the traffic that wasn't anticipated with their modeling, they can reevaluate anything else. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries item. Number 15 is the first reading of ordinance number 18 0-7 amending zoning district boundaries by zoning mansell addition, southeast of sandy shores to r1 single-family residential district. There's no action required here but chain. Do you want to say a few words about this? Yes,.

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Thank you mayor. The city did receive a petition for annexation and come what comes with. That is zoning. So this being the first reading, there's no action as the mayor had mentioned, but they did petition to being brought into the city and with that, of course, comes other city things, they'd love to be connecting to municipal water, to connect to sanitary sewer and, of course, their taxation and Soni mister will change they're proposing to r1 single-family residence.

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We do anticipate the potential of a plat to split this into two parcels, so I have another buildable right. Another item that we're working on with them. That will come with this annexation and zoning is a part dedication and and that type of issues are going before the park board at their next meeting at the end of May. So that's where we're at right now and you know: you'll have more information when the second reading comes forward and.

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This was recommended by the Planning Commission. Yes,.

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I see there's a neighbor in the audience. Did you want to say something.

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You'd like to just come and state your name, microphone.

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I'm Ron deville I live at 1062, South Lake Drive right across where this property is going to be a next there's a few of us against this we've, it's quite a wildlife area, and so we're we're concerned about that.

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We're concerned about that channel that goes through there. Who is going to be controlling that part. That's on the on the east end of that of that that land right there now I live on I handle the the lake side of that channel. I have covered in there and I built spillway in all this. This sort of thing, but we've we're just we're against it, because it's a wildlife area there's a lot of wildlife activity there.

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We looked at it when, when.

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What's he going to do when he puts the utilities in there, and this is, was, are concerned and being a doctor, you know, what's going to happen, you're gonna build a big house in there. Hertz house now is up for sale again, so that utilities is not isn't for that purpose ducks geese weasels, they don't need utilities. So we're looking at we're. Gonna have an eyesore in there that channel over there we've get a lot of fish that go through there.

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I talked the Isaac Walton people and there's there they're talking some day have that Toby Slough as a rearing area for for fish to to go into Lake Camp Eska they're. You know everybody's talking about big ideas but where's that where's the money coming from well, we already have a culvert in there.

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There's a lot of fish moved through there, rough fish and and and game fish. Now this ends on the I'm thinking on the west, end of that there on the east end of that or the west side of that that that ditch there that canal that canal handles all the water while it goes into Toby's. So, first, but all the way to the curves that flows into Toby Slough if the lakes up high, it runs into Toby's.

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So if the, if the lakes down the Toby sue, runs into the end of the lake, so it's it's a it's it's. It has to stay there now, who's going to control at is what, if water, if your Nexus is watertown going to handle one side and the county, the other how's that going to happen. That's another one of our concerned: I last Tuesday I went to a the County Commissioners meeting and chairman myron johnson there.

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He turned it over to the say, he's going to turn it over to the zoning and the planning board in the county. So I don't know where that's at right now, so we're we're getting some opposition. It's just that we're just. We don't think it's that it should be turned over to the city. It should stay in the county.

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Let's see anything else, I'd that be about yet.

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Questions thank.

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You comes with a fork, a.

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Couple questions on the culvert and the canal: is there an easement, that's associated with that or how did that ever get in there and and how was it planned for to be a perpetual.

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Source for moving water well.

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Back back when that road, South Lake Drive was highway, 212 wait way back when there's a box culvert in there and it was an open ditch.

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As long as I can remember. We've we've lived out there since that my folks said the Sunnyside since 51, and we moved in this area here in 1958. It was an open, ditch. Well, we were I had kids fella fella fell off of there broke his shoulder with just even with the with the road, and it was. It was a to me. It was getting to be a hazardous type deal, so I went to the county they didn't want to do.

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Any farmer didn't want to do anything so I filled it up full of clay that got their attention the next year that the water couldn't get out of there. So it came right up to the edge of the road. So then the county got finally got excited and they opened up that. Ditch we put in a culvert and then I did the did the rest there. As far as a spillway into the lake and all that, so it's it's, it's been there forever.

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So that's in it as far as surface wise, that's you know, really the only one left. That's that's that connects Toby flew to the lake, there's probably underground areas there, but.

M

It's just there, but councilman will how're. We talked about maybe doing something with an easement on my side. That culvert is is disintegrating. It's it's rusting out. We thought maybe we could put a sleeve in there or something I have concrete over the top of it and everything. So the only way you're going to get at it just put a sleeve in there on the on the county side over there there's a small culvert that that they put in to extend it a little farther away from the road.

M

That's all it's ever been done to that. What.

A

Size are those and I'm assuming they're corrugated metal pipe. It's.

M

It's can I just it's about this big.

A

M

It's it's we crawled on it. Let's try it mayor, yeah, okay, good.

N

Yeah I got another question about good run, whether this is in the city or whether this is in the county that we're talking about the hatched area correct. Yes, whoever owns this, which is dr. Mansell right. He could build a big house on there anyway, right, there's nothing that he could do nothing that he could do when it's in the city that he couldn't do if it's in the county I mean. So there really is, there's no change, it's just a matter of which governing body is going to be the.

A

One that controls it you need, it's got one law, it's got one house on it, it would have to be. He.

N

Could tear that house down, he could sell it. He could add a great big addition on my point. Is you could do all of those things that you referenced anyway see there's.

M

Even if it stays.

N

In the county, yes,.

M

There's an area east of Kurt's in Mary, Lou's house, the original or the house went with that lot. It's big enough to or big enough a lot in there to build a big house in there and but Mary their house is for sale. Again, he's got a doctor in celle. He has that up for sale. No, so the only thing I can see is he's just thinking down the road that I mean it's just something that I'm kind of hasn't been my first rodeo I guess so. I.

I

M

That the only thing, the only reason they want, the sewer and water and all that is just- is to put a another house in there and then they big build big houses and it's just wildlife. Has it's been a wildlife kind of area for forever? And by doing this you know we're gonna lose some of that.

M

Talking about a couple of examples of wildlife, when my kids are growing up to weasels came into our house, you know I'm gonna stay, oh yeah. We got rid of them. Last December I had a care package from my daughter, and there was a piece of salami in there and I came out. That box is all tore to heck, and this is during the day and then this piece of salami is laying across the road a coyote got into it. So there's wildlife there there's we have snapping turtles, we have skunks.

M

We have all these different critters out there. Now we're a lot of that. Where are they gonna go? You know, because they're not gonna, stick around there. We have a deer population in there now on the island and and the ducks and the geese. You know they're just and it complements the lake too, because they fly back and forth you're getting to see wildlife, movement and or your you keep building on these on the on these, these types of properties and you're gonna eliminate a lot of that.

M

Don't that's! That's our concern. Loren Berg Kurt's brother. We call him Toby Toby Slough and we call him Toby he's against it. My brother David is against it. I'm.

O

Against it and.

M

There's a lot of people that are that are I'm hearing that are against it. You know, because we got to keep some wildlife area so it but, like you say you know, if they build a house, I can't say they can't would.

A

You be in favor of the city purchasing that to be designated as a wildlife area and spending tax dollars be.

M

Alright with me, if they could keep it, we.

A

I mean the same argument could be made for virtually any area that we annex that isn't developed. Yet this one does have some very special features. I agree with you completely, and it would be. We need to enhance the fishery in Lake Camp Eska, and this is a prime spot to do that for spawning.

A

It's a protected area which is directly connected and I think that we can make conditions upon the plat and I mean we can even preserve shore areas and restrict building to certain areas that the City Council has the ability to make those restraints on a property and I hesitate, though, to just not allow someone to annex because it has wildlife on it.

A

Almost every other place does to your place did before it was built on and it I mean any place before it's developed is habitat, and this is a very nice area, so I I get why you want to preserve it. I think that it deserves to be protected and maybe there's a compromise in there somewhere I don't know, but the the Planning Commission did recommend approval of.

I

A

It will go before the park board next I think before it comes back to the City Council for action, because there there is a park, dedication requirement that goes along with an annexation and with that Park dedication, you know we we can look at lots of different things, for wildlife, habitat and, and that sort of thing so are there other questions, councilman Villar.

G

It's a since the Planning Commission has records of proved this or recommended approving this. Does that mean it would take a supermajority in our part then to to overturn that or to change that not sure as Matt or whoever.

P

I'd have to double-check on that: okay.

A

If it's an approval, the approval would be in line and failed to approve doesn't require a supermajority. An approval would require a supermajority right if it's against the council or the Plan Commission.

J

Right, if you try to overturn whatever decision came out of the Planning Commission, it would take a supermajority as.

A

I understand you're, proposing to approve it that you'd have to phrase it negatively in order for it to be requiring as I just.

G

Wanting to make correct.

A

Before vote comes Ron.

G

Can I guess I'm, not arguing with with your opposition, doesn't sound like you've got a fair amount, but but I watched the Planning Commission meeting for a second time today, I mean there. Nobody came to speak against it at the Planning Commission. Well,.

M

I I was gonna, go there and I got talking to some people. He said. Well, you really don't have to be there. In fact, I ended up watching it on TV. So that's why I didn't show up. I was gonna. Go to that.

G

And also the man cells own, the property immediately to the east of that is that a correct statement? There's no plans to do anything with that unless.

M

That's right up to Lawrence property. There they own it all east, that's just still all okay, yeah.

I

They're not at.

M

This time not going to do anything with.

A

Any other comments, yeah.

N

Mayor I think going with you know: I get the I get the catch-22 here and I know we're only in the first reading on this, but you know: I, look at some of the other things that we've done around the community and certainly around the lake where we have no. We just did one tonight where for Dennis Arnold in that area, that's a wetland area, so I think it puts us in a very dangerous precedent to be the holders of the wildlife.

N

If that's a not our responsibility now there aren't, if there aren't regulations or laws that prohibit us from doing our. What we're doing, because there are landowner rights that we need to respect, and you know if this needs to be preserved. It should have been bought and preserved some time ago in Ron I'm, not disagreeing I'm, a wildlife guy, but I'm, but I also am very concerned about land ownership and the rights of landowners, and that's where I'm coming from so I just think it's a very dangerous precedent that would get set to disallow this.

N

For that reason, if there was not some law or some thing that drove us to make that decision, I think it'd be very, very serious scenario. I think right.

A

And if the council wanted to preserve as much as possible, they could ask for an easement area for the wetland and and up toward the top. The a lot of Phil will have to be brought in here to raise this up high enough to be above the floodplain, and so I mean you have that ability as a council to recommend that it be limited to a certain area or something along those lines in order to protect a sensitive area. I.

N

Just I'll ask you and Shane this question, but the the drainage from between the lake and Toby Slough if there are no easements for that, is that something that needs to get looked into to determine if it should be.

A

N

Maintain that that.

A

Doesn't do us any good for the other side of the road, but with planning? That would be the time that we would we.

N

Would look at we would want to maintain that I'm assuming well.

A

Well, we want to at least.

A

N

But I'm just lots.

A

Of these pipes that the city does not own or maintain that.

I

A

The easements, or so that they can't remove it. They can't build on the top of it that sort of thing they can't plug it without an easement where to the back to the South Dakota law, which says you can't block a drainage and establish drainage path. So that's kind of all. We would have it's pretty weak, but it's something it's better than nothing.

A

All right, okay,.

I

Well, thank you. Thank you.

A

The next item is number 16. First reading of ordinance number 18 0-6 amending zoning district boundaries by zoning Olive place addition to our one single-family, residential district and Shayne. You wanna tell us about this. One.

J

Thank You mayor um I'm screen is the area hatched and gray proposed to be zoned r1 again, this property is in the currently in the county proposed to be annexed and along with annexation, comes Sony and, as we discussed with the prior element, it also talked. We have to talk about all the other municipal items such as water service, sewer service and related infrastructures like sidewalks and roads. So that's all in the discussion process right now with city staff.

J

At this point in time it is first reading, on with regard to the zoning and second reading with regard to zoning, would come with the annexation at a future date and again we are taking the park. Dedication element to the upcoming park board for discussion, so.

A

4Th and 2nd Street West and that round circle is the water tower on 14th Avenue north. This is entirely surrounded by city limits on all sides. It's the last little remnant where the tree farm business used to be before it moved.

A

There any questions or discussion about this all right, no action required item number 17 is authorization for the mayor to sign a joint powers, agreement with the South Dakota game, fish and parks regarding the shooting range project, number 16, 19, Shane, Thank,.

J

You mayor again, this is related to item on the consent agenda, where we made a ward for the shooting range project 1619. This is the formal agreement that will be enacted upon council action with the game, fish and parks which establishes the cost share of the project and also the ongoing maintenance which the city will be responsible for, but essentially the agreement boils down where the game, fish and parks grant will cover most of the costs of the project. The project was just shy of three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars and approximately 91 thousand.

J

That would become the ultimate cost of the city, which is an enormous savings to the community and we're getting a great benefit for that project. So again, the recommendation is to award or approve this document so that the city benefits from that.

A

Okay, thank you. So the city will pay 100% of the project, cost upfront and will be reimbursed by the state. That's part of what this agreement says and then it says that the city will maintain it for a period of at least 25 years, which is considered to be the life of it and with maintenance.

A

We can extend the lifetime of the facility and then the agreement goes down to describe what maintenance is, what what is expected so that it's there's no confusion about what the city is accepting as a an obligation in maintaining this facility and who to contact. So I would like a motion for approval of the authorization for me to sign this in a second.

I

A

Move by Cosman dam for a second by Councilwoman man, T. Is there any discussion? Yes, two.

N

Questions first, one probably is a Kristen thing, but from a in the end, will be responsible for 25 percent or about ninety one thousand dollars whatever it is. How does that other 75 percent that you know that will be funding upfront? How does that work within the budget process?

N

Funds I'm, assuming funds are available to do this I believe.

B

In the 2018 budget there was I think it was foreign 50,000 covered, the actual gun range itself and 75 thousand was for the driveway. So there's definitely enough funds, especially with how the bid came in to do this project, but yes, the city in most grant situations. We do exactly this, we budget for the whole project because we usually pay it, and then we receive reimbursement. So then the reimbursements will go back into fund to 12.

N

Second, question is: what happens at the end of 25 years? I know references in several locations in the document that it it's for the lifetime estimated at 25 years. What happens on 26 year is that the agreement just go away and we.

A

Do whatever we want city land and since the state is funding 75% of this they're, asking that we keep it in this use for a period of at least 25 years? Okay,.

N

A

That they don't care. If we then.

N

Whatever happened happened after that, it's up to us, okay,.

A

Any other questions or discussion see none I, look for action, all those in favor signify by saying aye. It was a post signify by saying, nay, motion carries item number 18 is authorization for the mayor to sign the local government certification form in the state of South Dakota emergency solutions grant application for the beacon center I saw. This was up on the screen. A moment ago we had a presentation from the beacon center at the Finance Committee meeting and the Finance Committee recommended approval of signing this form.

A

It isn't necessary for the council to authorize me to sign this form, but it's a gesture that we do support what the beacon center does. They provide a very important service to our community. It's it's a shelter for men, women and children, and it's a very critical thing for a community to have and we're lucky to have such a nice facility. It's. It is very nice, it's not at all rundown, it's it's!

A

It's actually very beautiful and well-run and clean and their activities for people to do it's just a really great, safe place for people in our community who need it. So I am enthusiastic ly going to sign this I would like your recommendation for me to sign it.

N

A

By Councilman Albertson, second, by Councilman, Ville Hauer, any discussion see none all look for approval, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries item. 19 is authorization for the mayor to sign an agreement with protec roofing for a new roof at Station, one on an original truck room Bay only in the amount of $25,000 and I'll look for a motion. Second, for that ruled by Councilman l'olam second, by Councilman, Y and I, see Doug crayons. The fire chief is here to tell us about this. Thank.

Q

You so the this is a Station one downtown. You see the middle section air that was actually the old truck room, Bay I think built in 1960.

Q

We did a total remodel on the inside of that and then 2013 when we built on the other two sections, the outer sections that roof was not replaced just the roof top because of the fact that it I think it was last done in 1998 or something like that, so we felt it had a few years left in it, and so that's why we held it at that time in 2013. So it's been a an additional good five years since you'll notice, the air conditioners set up on top of that.

Q

Also on the one side, there's a egress door, roof access rate up right about there. So with that being said, we we've been working on this project for a couple years to get a some rough quotes and stuff. So we ended up getting two quotes. We have money in our budget this year in our CIP budget for a new roof. On this we worked with a local contractor.

Q

I did get a couple different options on that quote, and the one we're recommending was just to go with the base rate on with protec roofing, a local company. We did go out and get an additional second quote from an outside outside of Watertown a company and the the second quote did come in at a hundred and eighty dollars cheaper than Pro check roofing, but with the local contractor. That's service start our buildings. I met. I guess my recommendation is for the hundred eighty dollars to go with the local contractor.

A

Alright, is there any discussion, cosmo allah, hey.

E

Chief, are we looking an alternate one alternate two on that or.

Q

Good question so we're just taking the first in the first. First, all.

E

Furnace because.

Q

One is actually for additional r-value, which we have a very good utility rate on that building and that lower truck room with it really heats easy. So there's good r-value there. The second part is actually to put a little bit more of a slope on it, and we didn't feel that the contractor didn't feel it was necessary either because of the fact that we got good drainage, okay organism. Thank.

E

A

Other discussion see none all those in favor signify by saying aye was the post signify were saying. Nay, motion carries okay, you stay put Doug. The next item on the agenda. Number 20 is authorization for the mayor to sign an agreement with glacial lakes, energy Magellan pipeline and Watertown Fire Rescue for a foam trailer partnership agreement, I'll, look for a motion second and then we'll discuss it well by Councilwoman, manty and second by Councilman, l'olam right Doug. You want to tell us about this. Yeah.

Q

So we have a unique partnership that we've been looking at for for a while, since since glacier Lakes has built on their new tank farming and added production out there, they were looking into a foam trailer. So what they did is uh yeah.

Q

As you notice, uh the city of Watertown doesn't currently own a foam trailer with the fire department. So we don't have a lot of need for it, but occasionally there's a there is a need for a foam trailer and what a foam trailer is anytime. You have a large fluid spill with a with a hydrocarbon type product, we'll put a big blanket of foam down for vapor suppression on this so keeps the vapors down, keeps it from igniting or will actually put out a fire because it controls the vapors.

Q

So we would use that occasionally, but we don't have enough need for it to have a foam trailer on our own, so I'm Magellan also did not have a foam trailer at their facility. So we worked out a three-way partnership agreement where, where the I'm sorry glacier Lakes has purchased the foam trailer and the foam they're responsible for the the product, housing it and maintaining it, the product Magellan has purchased some equipment for Watertown Fire Rescue some application equipment to put this foam down. If we ever need it.

Q

So, with the mayor signing into this agreement, the foam trailer will stay out there and be their responsibility for the maintenance and then the application equipment that was donated to Watertown Fire Rescue will be on our fire trucks to put the foam down, and so we have the 24 hour 24 hour access to this foam trailer. If we would have a tanker spill in in our fire district as well as Magellan. So it's just a three-way working agreement, so we all don't have to buy a separate foam trailer. So this.

A

Is really a unique and good agreement for us? Yes, it's really a great deal for all three parties. Everyone benefits and everyone contributes and plus our own city attorney. Matt Roby now will probably be copied all over the country when other people try to do this cool thing too. So yeah.

Q

Thank you Matt. He did put a lot of work into getting this ironed out and stuff. The other nice benefit is we're able to use this foam trailer and work in both facilities out there and doing training and stuff and making sure that we're ready for the incident- and that comes before so yeah.

A

This is a great partnership, so thank you. Any discussions or questions see none all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries thanks. Doug.

E

Yeah dog I just like to thank you and your staff for our fire ops, 101 that a few of us went to the other day. I was very enjoyable and very interesting to go through that. So I just wanted to give you guys say: I, thank you, because I really enjoyed myself and I, think John and Josh did as well. So we thank you and, if you'd pass it on to your staff, we we truly did appreciate it. Yes,.

D

Thank you very much. It was a lot of fun and sign us up again. I.

A

Was really sorry to miss it, but I got a pretty personalized tour ahead of time, because I wasn't going to be there and saw what a great job you guys do out at the the airport fire station and by the way, as long as we're giving kudos out the FAA is was recently in town looking at our Airport operations and I asked them what the what our greatest strengths that our Airport is of things that they review and the without hesitation. The inspector said.

A

Your Airport Fire Rescue facility is fantastic and it's extremely well run so good job, Fire Department. Thank.

Q

A

Lucky item number 21 is approval of alcohol consumption at Bramall, Park Zoo, on June 22nd 2018 for the zoofari fundraiser and I will look for a motion and second for approval well by Councilman, Bill Cowher second, by Cosmin, l'olam and I. Think we have someone here to talk about that Jamie. Would you like to tell us about zoofari Jamie strips from the zoo.

A

This is kind of your baby.

R

Isn't it it is. Thank you zoo, fari is an event we've been doing. This will be the fifth year that we will have the event and the Zoo closes at 3:00 that Friday to the general public, so we can kind of turn it around for the fundraiser and it's a 21 and over only event, great.

A

Never mind never mind, sorry how about discussion! Any questions for Jamie.

D

Jamie, so this is a 21 in over event, but do you also have a family event, then, as well on.

R

Saturday, so Friday is adults only and then Saturday. We do the same thing the drinks and so people can bring their families back and if you purchased a ticket for a Friday night, that would also get you in for Saturday. So a lot of people will come to the evening event and say: I think my kids would have a great time at this and then we'll see them again on Saturday, because we love Jamie.

E

What times that thing run till six.

R

To nine thirty.

E

Six, nine, thirty. Okay. That gives you time to clean up and everything. Yes! Is there a contingency for weather where's, our rain.

R

Or time it's a kind of rain or shine, it's so hard, because we have different cultural booths that come and set up and right now we're at fifteen different cultural stations plus four different entertainment acts and that's just too much to set a rain date for so just pray. It's nice weather.

A

Anyone else all right, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those are posting. A five is saying, nay, motion carries.

E

R

A

R

To go, we didn't yet we were waiting for approval, so.

I

R

You have thank.

A

You all right item number 22 is authorization for the plan Commission to initiate investigation and analysis of tax incremental financing district number 7 I look for a motion in a second for approval, move by councilman Danforth second, by Councilman, l'olam Matt. Would you please explain what this is about? Yes,.

P

So this is not actually statutorily required to take this action. Previous City Attorney, Vince Foley had recommended that this be he as he put it a belt and suspenders type of action where we, the City Council, formally tasked the Planning Commission with the the task of investigating the the TIF process the WDC is here to, and they may be able to input anything if anybody has any questions, but I believe at this time we're just waiting for some information from Terrax for this to go forward. So.

A

Tax increment financing district will be for the benefit of the the new Tareq's facility. I, don't know what what are the boundaries of the district proposed to be. We know that Michelle and Chris.

K

Well, our our office Tracy and our office has been working on drafting a entire TIF plan that is now with Toby Morris just too for him to take a look at it. That will define the boundaries of that. It will be in that area. Will compass that entire project area, and just basically the footprint of the Terrax project, the and the surround their whole footprint of the land that they will have? Yes,.

A

Yeah their their properties, yes, their property, yeah, okay,.

A

Any other questions.

N

So, in the end mayor, this will be purely a Terrax heavier than correct TIF related or Tareq's related TIF. There.

K

Will be some public improvement work in that area as well? There will be the the finishing off the road there. There will be some drainage improvements there. That will be for the benefit of that entire industrial park, but.

N

There won't be any adjoining Lots that would.

K

Be so about anybody, ultimately, it would be okay yeah. It would be just that I think.

A

It's beneficial to have this action by the council to kick it off and state a consciousness of the process, starting which starts with the plan Commission. So at least the council knows it's going on and it's an opportunity to ask questions.

O

A

It gets too far along councilman Hart I.

G

Guess I've got a question: this is going to the Planning Commission. What's gonna come back to us, then I mean then. This has already been pretty well decided that this TIF is gonna. Go forward relative to Terrax mana I'm a little bit confused on what we're doing here.

S

Well, it was proposed in the original proposal for the project, and then you have to go through the process to make sure that it meets all the needs. Financially. There's some cost-benefit stuff that were waiting on a final project cost gets approved by the State Department of Revenue then gets final approval by just to make sure that it as well as cash flow for a lack of a better word. But right.

A

It's a pretty big project and there are a lot of moving parts and you have to discuss all these things before it actually comes together, and it's just recently coming together. So step by step were crossing all the t's and.

S

We had to wait on certain points and in project costs before we could submit the application. So that's why it's coming after a little bit right.

A

Any other councilmen albertson so.

O

This isn't passing the buck. The blame, oh.

A

No, it would come back to you. There's there's an established process that we need to follow and it includes the Planning Commission. Okay,.

I

A

This is just acknowledgement that the process has begun.

A

Are there comments all those in favor signify by saying I was a post signify by saying, nay motion carries. Thank you.

S

A

You item number 23 is authorization for the mayor to sign South Dakota do T work order for consulting services for the 2018 bridge inspections and I'll. Look for a motion. Second, then we'll have some discussion well by Councilwoman man, T second, by Councilman, Thorson, okay, Shane.

A

J

Thank You mayor on March 19 of 2018, the Council passed a resolution 18-10 that essentially the state requires the city to commit to being included in the participation for the bridge inspection project which happens annually. So this document here is the culmination of that effort to be part of the d-o-t bridge inspection for 2018, and it is essentially the agreement between the city, the d-o-t and the consultant so and.

A

The consultant is infrastructure, design group correct.

J

That's who we chose in that resolution, 18-10, okay,.

A

Are there any questions or discussion all those in favor signify by saying aye? Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries I. Remember 24 is authorization for the mayor to sign an engineering agreement with infrastructure design group in the amount of twenty three thousand nine hundred ten dollars. Seventy cents for the sanitary sewer, improvements on highway, 212 project number 1802, look for a motion, second, for approval, moved by Councilman, Ville, Hauer and second by Councilwoman, manty, all right Shane. You want to tell us about this. Thank.

J

You ray: will you put my screen up on the on the screen.

J

The South Dakota DoD informed us when they did their final bridge review, an inspection that the the proposed bridge that they're gonna replace over the Big Sur River here on highway 212, when they're piling driving their pilings that are required for the new structure.

J

They're concerned about the existing 21 inch, concrete, sewer main, which is essentially located where the blue line is on this drawing and in doing so, then they've recommended that the city relocate that sanitary sewer line, and this is kind of the 11th hour of the whole process of approving the design work for highway 212. So with that I infrastructure design group assisted the water telling municipal utilities on reviewing their plans for the water main upgrade for this same project area.

J

So with that, we thought that there was an advantage in requesting a proposal from infrastructure design group, then to also help the city proper with the relocation of the sanitary sewer. So this short form agreement is the culmination of that discussion and effort so that we can move forward with the design and ultimately, construction of this, and the proposal includes construction late fall of this year. So that we're ready in advance of the beginning of the d-o-t construction project next spring, so any questions. Oh, you have to try answer any.

A

Questions or discussion see you not on the fraction, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying, nay motion carries. Thank you. Shane I think that was your last item ever.

J

No, we got old business and new business, yet.

A

Item number 25 is resolution of intent to enter into a lease agreement with 8ey aviation for fixed-base operator services at the Watertown Regional Airport. This is resolution. Number 18, 24 and I would like a motion and second for approval and then we'll discuss, move by Kozma Solem second by Councilman l'olam, and we have a couple of people here. I know: Todd serve the airport manager and I'm.

T

John Yost, okay,.

A

U

A

U

John came with today to kind of just explain who he is and what he's about he's looking to purchase the FBO, the fixed based operator out at the airport last year. One vision bought the FBO and is now selling it to mr. Yost it'll be called a chi-wai aviation. He wanted to kind of keep a local name, which I thought was neat, so John I'll turn it over to you yeah.

U

T

Is my wife Brenda? She has a degree in accounting and she'll be out at the office every day and my oldest son Brandon he's a commercial pilot, instrument-rated multi-engine and licensed aerial applicator. We all three, our youngest son Ross and also is a commercial pilot inspirated with his working on his CFI certified flight instructors rating. Excuse me Brandon Lake area tech out here, and he said. Aircraft mechanic rawson is a junior at SDSU and and he's looking forward to her.

T

It's been a junior he's a senior now I guess, but he's gonna get his rating and and his instructor rating him fines I'm doing a flight instruction down there and then helping us when he's done with that and as far as me, I went to school here, Lake area back in 85 I got out and my wife and I got married in 84. I met her here in Watertown, so it's kind of like coming home.

T

I learned to fly, started learning to fly here and finished up in Rapid City, but yeah I met an aviation ever since aircraft mechanic pilot commercial and smitten Multi aerial, applicator sort of been doing for the past several years.

T

My brother has a business doing that out at Hays, South Dakota, so I got involved with him in 2003, but we had a vo in Iowa or C from 1996 to 2003 and then I got into aerial application, but I still been engaged with with aircraft maintenance and I was a director maintenance actually out here at at the airport, for one of the operators for six years from o3d to 2009, I believe somewhere near, but so yeah we were excited about. It always been intrigued with the airport. It's a nice Airport. It's a nice community.

T

We're excited about getting to work there. I'm gonna be a little bit spread thin. This next couple of months with I, have some obligations with the sprain that I got to finish up, but I'll, be here as much as I can my wife will be your full-time and and once we kind of get through I didn't intend on this happening. It just kind of showed up and and we're excited about it, and it's both.

T

My wife and I had discussed it at length before we decided to do this, and so yeah we're wanting to get flight instruction going again and maintenance is a big thing. I've been doing maintenance for a long time. I've been an authorized inspector with the FA, since 1990s all do been involved with all aspects of that from repair work to major repairs and exporting and importing aircraft. We did that three years so yeah we got. We got a lot of background in Aviation's.

T

What we do and- and we see a beautiful facility on a nice airport and we're excited about making it busy again excellent.

A

T

That's our plan.

A

Thank you. It's nice to meet you all yeah, yes, councilman, Roby, uh Todd,.

F

Would you just kind of lay out the relationship or the difference between the new group 8ey and one vision? So everybody knows what those divisions are sure.

U

So one vision is the current owner of the FBO. They are part 145 stationed in Sioux, City Iowa and over the past year their obligations have been leaning more towards heavy aircraft, 50 seat jets and larger, and so, when John and in one vision got together that was kind of others. Whole thing sparked off and John's passion is a small aircraft. He will still maintain the 50 seat jet in Watertown as I understand, but his passion is the small aircraft of the world and we have 54 of them at the airport. So so one.

F

Vision is not going away, that's my point: what's their role, gonna be one.

U

Vision is looking to put up a 1:45 station in Watertown. Correct. Would.

F

You do five 145s I'm.

U

Sorry apart, 145 station is a heavy check facility for 50 seat jets and larger, so they will, they will do inspections on a 50-seat jets and larger inside and outside the aircraft. My.

F

Purpose of asking those questions I just want to make sure what understands. There's still the opportunity we've got. I mean great opportunity, the small end here with a new FBO operator. We still have the opportunity on the high end, the big jets that has not gone away. Correct, yeah,.

A

Good things for our Airport and the next meeting we'll have a public hearing right. Yes,.

U

Correct there'll be a public hearing next week, but.

A

On a different action related to this.

P

This will be a the public hearing will be then to enter into the lease agreement.

A

Yes, but this is just the notice of intent right.

P

T

A

Okay, any other discussion or questions all right. I'll look for action, all those in favor signify by saying aye, there's a post signify by saying, nay motion carries. Thank you.

U

A

Okay, we're down to item number 26 old business. Is there any old business councilman ville car.

G

Actually, she I'm not gonna, let you quite off the hook yet do you want to give us an update? I know: you've been involved in this in the past. What's the latest on the pheasant lane situation out there, okay.

J

So we went through a process where we invited questions or input from people that owned all the Lots along pheasant lean asking them what their desires were they thinking of rezoning, were they thinking about building what what did they want and we got quite a bit of feedback from the folks, but no consensus.

J

So basically, we've left it that each individual property owner would have to do an improvement or participate in a greater improvement in order to get building permits, to improve their properties and that's by our standard ordinance procedures and and all of that, so brandy Hanten, is in the audience and she did most of that investigation and betting with the public and she might be able to add a few details to that flush that discussion out, but essentially we aren't moving forward with any specific project. At this time.

J

That'll come from interest brought to the city from private individuals.

I

V

That Shane summed it up pretty well, so we just sent the letter out to all of the adjacent landowners and let them know what it takes to improve the right-of-way. What our standards are and then gave them through our design standards that we're working on readapting and re improving, but the means to go through if there would be a variance or of some sort that you all would so it would have to be something that would be brought to you and we'll start with that like when they come for a building permit request.

V

That would be the trigger point. So.

G

How does this relate specifically to mr. Murrell hold, who, what that's, what kind of drove this whole thing going back a year or so no yeah.

V

So Padma hold did had the request and he Ruiz owned his property. He rezone it to RG residential garage and then so when it came time for him to get a building permit, we realized that well, obviously doesn't Lane and then he has gross gross Street as well. That are both adjacent to his property and they are both unimproved and they're. Also as a resolution passed by council in like 1982 that there's no access on the North Lake Drive, so there wasn't a simple solution, and so we tried to figure out.

V

You know it's that's a big task for a private landowner that usually the developer does before they walk away, but the property was transferred back then, and nothing was ever improved.

G

So we're there's nothing more that at this point that what were tasked to be doing on this staff know.

J

If mr. Mahone wants to come forward with another or attempt to get a building, permit, we've outlined what steps he would need to do and what improvements he would need to do in order to get that permit and that letter went out to all landowners along pheasant lane. So they all know what the requirements are.

A

Is there any other business.

G

Quick update at the last meeting, we had a presentation by the h-2a 20 group about highway 212 lighting possibilities, and the decision was to put together a little task force. That group is meeting tomorrow right well, one o'clock tomorrow, so hopefully I have something to report in that it upcoming meeting.

A

Thank you any other old business, councilman Albertson just.

O

As maybe a question about procedure, we I talked last time about the library having the furnaces one completely out and another one marginal, because it's an old one, also same tape. So really the question would be what what would the procedure be now to move forward on doing something about the heating of that library before next fall and I had asked the DD to just get a general idea? Not not any bids, obviously, but just a general idea about what that might cost and the bids are the quotes are from here to here.

O

So I know there have to be more specifications before we could do that. But just what would the procedure so I can report back to the library board this month now as to how to move forward to get something done. So we don't let that get away.

B

Deedee and I have been talking to, and at this point, with kind of the range of the quotes I believe the plan is at the next meeting, to ask for authorization to bid the project and then, of course it was not budgeted. So at that point, once we know what the bids come in at the council will probably ask to then approve a contingency transfer as well. So that's kind of the next two steps. Thank.

O

A

Anything else all right is there any new business.

A

Seeing none are there any liaison member reports? None. Okay.

A

We do anticipate the need to go into executive session tonight to discuss and consult with our legal counsel on contractual matters, and we do not expect to take any action when we come out. So I look for a motion, second, to move into executive session by Councilman Y, second, by Councilman l'olam, any discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed signify by saying Nathe motion carries. We are in executive session.

A