Scott?

Here.

Waters?

Moore here.

Can we stand for a moment of silent prayer, followed by the pledge of the flag from the United States of America?

And the republic which is one nation undervisible with liberty and justice for all.

Don Kirkpatrick, please come up to the mic and tell us why you want to serve on the human rights commission.

Sure.

Hello.

Um, my mother-in-law is the person who told me about the commission.

And because I work for a community action agency, which serves a lot of different um people, ethnicities, I thought it'd be a very good committee for me to serve on.

Okay.

Are you related to Maynard?

No.

Okay.

Well, we always appreciate informed opinion and people that are willing to share their expertise.

So thank you so much for applying.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll go to the consent agenda, which is items three through 10 B.

You can consider these items to pass unanimously unless a separate roll call is requested by the council member.

Anyone want to speak on an item?

Please come up as I read that item.

Anyone wanting to speak on an item not on the agenda, please come up under citizen concerns.

Remember to always state your name for the record.

I'll move the consent agenda.

Second.

Three are reading of the August 11th City Council minutes.

Mayor, I'd like to ask Theresa just what we're doing on this item.

And so this item is tied to item 13 also.

Um what this really does for us is we don't close that SRL loan until the end of September.

So it allows us, and we've used a chunk of ARPA funds there, but it allows allows us to um spend money prior to the closure for up to 60 days, so it kind of bridges that gap.

So any funding that we or any expenses that we have on this project, so we don't have to um wait to continue with the project.

It allows us to use the SRL funds for that.

Okay.

Have we done that on other projects?

Yeah, we we actually do this every single year for any type of TIFF projects.

We have to do it um each year.

Uh this is something new with SRL, especially since this project is already happening.

Typically, we wait until the loan closes to start, but because we funded it with ARPA, a chunk of it was funded with ARPA.

Um that's kind of why this is a tad bit different than most SRLs.

So it's helped the avoiding the delay in a project.

Right.

Yep.

Yep, thank you for that explanation.

I appreciate that.

Welcome.

Five is a resolution approving a transit joint participation agreement with IDOT for a state transit assistant grant to support public transit services.

Six is a resolution adopting plans and specifications for the Pulaski Drainage Improvement Project.

Seven are actions relating to agreements and contracts.

A is a resolution approving a consulting services agreement with West Plains Engineering for the Arts Center HVAC Replacement Project Phase 2.

B is a resolution approving an agreement with what with Western Iowa Tech Community College for the placement of a mural on the north side of the Discovery Parking RAM.

Mayor.

Um Renee Billings, economic development manager.

I just wanted to let you know that we did strike a sentence in section 3.1 that said we would give advanced notice to the artist for any publicity or photographic reproduction, being it is a public building, that won't be possible.

So we did strike that sentence and wit was okay with that.

Thank you.

C is a resolution approving a school tripper services agreement with the City of Sioux City Community School District for Transportation Services.

D is the resolution need to abstain on C conflict of interest.

D is a resolution approving an amendment to the agreement with Piper Saddler to extend financial advisory services for one year.

E is a resolution approving a pre-design agreement with IDOT for the Gordon Drive Viaduct Reconstruction Project.

And I got it up here on the board.

And Gordon, this is we've had this before us, correct?

That is correct.

There haven't been any changes.

Nothing that you would see on here.

Okay.

Could you do you mind just walking us through this?

Walking me through it, please.

Um I can go to a different one.

That way it's a little larger.

So starting at Virginia, they're going to be swinging the viaduct south, putting in a new bridge over the Floyd and over the railroads to the south of the old existing Gordon Drive, bringing it back down, touching touching down for Cunningham, which will have a signal.

And then going back up over the old Bacon Creek channel and the next railroad.

Which is here, and then touching back down for traditional intersection.

At Lewis, and at Lewis, there will be some interchanging for uh trails.

We'll have a couple of tunnels going underneath Lewis.

There will be no pedestrian access whatsoever.

In the intersection of Lewis, you can Gordon Drive.

You point where that is.

I mean, I can see it.

Oh, uh which one?

The the tunnels.

Yeah, the tunnels will be right here.

Here's one on the south side.

And then the north side is gonna be right on top of the Bacon Creek conduit, which is the next thing that we were going to talk about.

Bacon Creek conduit will replace the three boxes that we currently have, uh, one of them which is over a hundred years old or about a hundred years old.

Uh that's under Gordon Drive, and it'll be in between the new location will be in between Correctionville Road and Gordon Drive.

And that'll start at Ruston Street and continue west until it outlets into the old Bacon Creek Channel.

Uh street improvements will start on Lewis, will be starting at 3rd Street and following south to south of Leach Avenue.

We'll have new interchange there for Leach with improvements onto that intersection.

And Gordon Drive will also be improved all the way over to Fairmount.

The loops will be gone.

The loops, the partial clover leaf will be gone.

It'll be a traditional intersection.

Gordon, on the viaducts themselves, where where is the pedestrian walkway?

It'll be on the south side of Gordon Drive.

Only only on the south side.

Yes.

It'll be a trail, multi-use trail, excuse me, which will be uh able to sustain a snooper truck that they'll be able to drive on there to inspect it.

The two bridges.

How wide is that?

Uh I think it's about 12 feet.

It is on the easier for snow removal too.

I was just gonna say for a snow plow, small snow plow instead of a snowblower that wasn't working well or a brush or something, yeah.

Or a brush, yeah.

Okay.

Thanks for the re review.

That's helpful to me.

That was a resolution approving a development agreement or minimum assessment agreements with AJLB for property at 2800 Boulevard of Champions.

A directions authorizing payments.

A is the resolution authorizing payment to KP construction for the Virginia Street and 13th Street emergency sanitary sewer repair project.

B is the resolution authorizing payment to Siouxity Engineering for the Rebecca Street Reconstruction Project.

C is the resolution author approving fund transfer of the month of July.

D is a motion approving the list of total expenses for July, nine or applications for alcohol license and tenor boards, commissions, and committee minutes.

So that concludes the consent agenda.

We're voting by yes 5-0 hearings.

11 is a hearing and resolution approving the plans and specs for the MLK Transportation Center Heat Pump and Piping Replacement Project.

I'll move that.

Second.

The hearing is now open.

Anyone want to be heard?

Seeing none, the hearing is closed.

Passes 5012 is a hearing and resolution authorized assessing the $300 civil penalty against brew number five for violation of cigarette laws.

I'll move that.

Second.

Public hearings now open.

Anyone to be heard?

Seeing none, the hearing is closed.

13 is a hearing resolution instituting proceedings to authorize a loan and a disbursement agreement.

And the issuance of not to exceed 11 million dollars of the sewer revenue capital loan notes.

I'll move that.

Second.

Hearings now open.

Anyone to be heard?

Seeing none, the hearing is closed.

Passes 5014 is a resolution amending resolution 20160904 by authorizing a 90-day delay in demolition at 513th Ninth Street, the property owners.

A lift properties, the LLC, I'll move that.

Second.

Daryl, you would want to tell us a few words.

First of all, let me just say, no matter how the vote goes, the city doesn't have any money in this project, contrary to what social media would like you to believe.

This is a private development, not anything to do with the city.

That it's I'll ask the first question.

Do you believe it's realistic that this project can be done in 90 days?

No.

We have 90 days is what the c what the code allows, and and if there is progress, and this has been discussed with uh Lehi Tonga, the uh interested property or person in this property, that as long as forward progress has been made, the permits have been pulled, we will continue to work with them underneath those permits, even though it goes beyond 90 days.

You have large construction projects that do take more than that, but the but the uh code allows for 90 days today.

We've always managed them that way, and I don't see any different on this project.

Because your thought is just if you see significant progress within that 90 days or belief that it is moving forward.

Correct.

We have had them before where they've they've taken you know much longer than that, but there's always you know progress moving forward.

This is a big project.

Um it's sprinkler systems, it's fire alarms, it's gutting everything.

There's reconstruction of you know of walls, rotted materials, and things like this.

Um he was able to provide all the required documents with the estimates of repairs from electrical, plumbing, mechanical systems, uh sprinkler system companies, fire alarms, as well as letters of credit from a bank, and he did provide us with a hundred thousand dollar cashier's check for the bond requirement.

Daryl, then you come back as it as we near the end 90 days for an extension then?

No, I would just keep moving forward.

Unless they failed with the terms of the contract, then if they fail, uh, or the agreement I should say, if they fail the to meet the requirements of the agreement, then at that time it would be just go right to demolition.

Do you have an idea of how long the project may go?

I mean, is it like a 12-month?

I would say six would be pushing it, so probably close to nine, as long as you're able to move forward quickly.

It's gutted at this point.

There's nothing left inside of it, all the trash, debris, uh, falling plaster, all of that kind of materials have been removed from the building at this point, which is demolition is takes a lot of time on projects, um, especially when there's as much material as there was here.

So, which was a lot.

And what are they gonna do with the house out back?

The house out back right now is not there's not a placard on that property for the house out back.

There's actually five buildings on this parcel.

And we have had issues with them in the past, and they have made repairs to a lot of those buildings.

Um the one that's faces the alley, the how the building that looks pretty much like a house out back.

That actually in the back portion that's housed the boiler for several of the buildings that are there.

Um the boiler failed at one point, and the the uh owner at that time chose to put a smaller boiler in just to service that building only.

So the other buildings have had to find alternate heat sources, which they have with the exception of this one that we're talking about tonight.

And what are they gonna do for heat?

They're gonna do electric heat.

It's been it had a the previous one of the previous owners did put a new uh electrical service to the building to accommodate the elect the additional electrical draw that would be there, um, and that still is in place.

And there's also a uh dedicated sprinkler line as well that goes to the building now.

That was one that was done by a previous owner.

Um so the the water connection line will have its own source.

I have two questions.

Uh do you know what their investment is going to be to bring this building back?

Have you got an estimate?

Uh between 900 and 950,000.

Oh, okay.

And are they able to secure that property?

Are they they will have to secure that property?

Are they going to put a construction fence around it or what are they gonna do?

I don't know the answer to that question.

I'm sorry.

We asked them to put a property fence up.

Sure.

So that'd be cloud and no fires and no what happens.

Okay, thank you.

I think there's just concern, and I would share Julie's concern that you know, if progress is being made, that's a good thing.

But if the site isn't fully secured, you know that that can be taken away very quickly, you know, as we've seen done on a couple other properties recently.

And so look, it's obvious to me that um that that property is in pretty dire shape.

Um I appreciate that we have an investor that's at least interested and done some of the legwork in order to get you that information and bringing in a hundred thousand dollar bond, I think says a lot.

Yep.

Um and then at the end of the 90 days, if we've been able to make progress that gives us hope that there will be a completed project, I would have no problem adding additional housing, you know, depending on what what that looks like and what that is.

And if he's unable to, you know, fulfill that agreement at the end of those 90 days, then I guess we have that bond to be able to move forward with what we're talking about here today.

So it wouldn't be on taxpayer burden, if you will.

Exactly.

It saves taxpayer dollars to be able to the mayor's point.

I mean, we don't have an investment, and I would rather recoup as much demolition money as possible.

Absolutely.

You know, we can do that.

Absolutely.

And if not, hey, then we have apartments.

But hope springs eternal, mayor.

Well, and this guy's a good morningside graduate, I think, isn't he?

I know his brother is, and I believe he is too, but I'm not sure.

And is what and oh, is it cousin?

I was gonna say not everyone could add it at morning inside maybe.

All right, you're off the hook.

Only just begun.

Yeah.

AI to get it going.

I will do that.

Thank you.

Because Darrell, I think this was on in 98 when I left.

I'm sorry, what's that?

I think this was back about 1998.

I think it was on when I was here before.

Um, that was the first time it was taxed.

I understand.

I got to know everybody involved.

Yep.

Anyone else?

You heard anyone else be heard?

Okay.

Passes five zero.

Citizen concerns.

Is there any citizens that would like to be heard?

Please come to the microphone and state your name, if so.

Seeing none, Mr.

O'Kane.

Uh today is get out the vote.

So if you are a West Sider, you can go to the Carpenter's Union on West 19th Street and cast your ballot for this special election.

That's everything.

Send it to your normal.

We'll let you vote.

I'd already voted.

That's where we can.

I already voted.

All right, Julie.

I've already voted as well, so vote early and fulfill your civic responsibility.

Um there's a lot of construction projects going on around Sioux City.

I read on social media, some frustration, some people are happy.

We are gonna continue these projects until the weather stops us.

Um, I think our fourth street, historic fourth, and Floyd is getting near completion, is it?

Is that right?

Looks really good over there, so that'll be opened up soon.

And they're a little bit ahead of progress, aren't they?

Gordon, I'll have to do that.

They got a big bonus, don't they?

If they are incentive disincentive, they get a medium-sized one, not a big one.

Uh yeah, a hundred thousand dollars if they get it opened by next week.

Or it's schedule.

Actually, I think it's on Wednesday of next week is when the bonus it's looking good.

And Monday is when it's scheduled to be opened.

Yep, it's looking good.

So doing the walkthrough tomorrow.

Glad to have that one done.

Um, lots of projects all over the city, so be patient.

Um, be kind to the construction workers and anybody you run into around if traffic backs up a little, it's all progress and it's much needed repairs.

That's all I have.

Alex.

I don't think I have anything uh specific, Mayor.

I I've reached out to a lot of city staff concerning a lot of different projects, but everyone seemed to get different disputes or needs handled, and I just appreciate all the due diligence diligence of staff.

I think they work extraordinarily hard, and I appreciate their willingness to answer calls and be flexible and be patient and work through difficult situations, and I'm just thankful for that.

That's all I have.

Okay.

Last week, Mayor, I received some calls regarding our process on the city manager search that we're doing, so I called Mike Colette on Friday, and I would like to have some direction or how we are proceeding, or how can we let the people know where we are now that the candidate that we had a unanimous vote on has withdrawn from uh accepting the job position.

So and Janelle can speak to this too.

So Janelle and I didn't have a call with our recruiter um last week, and I think the what direction we're going right now is we'll take uh recommendations from a recruiter, give those to council, and then get direction on how you want to proceed.

If you would like to proceed with other candidates that were already applicants, or you want to go out for something part over the process.

So if we do if I have someone in mind from that list that was presented to us before by the recruiting consultant, I should bring that up to his attention.

Or you could forward that and we would pass it on to you, or we could get feedback.

Okay.

Otherwise, we're we are reopening the project for additional candidates.

Um we will Mike and I will have a discussion with the recruiter this week.

Um there's a multitude, I shouldn't say a multitude, but there are a couple things that could happen.

We could relook at the candidates that applied previously.

We could reopen if there's any other candidates that he has in mind, because he works with many communities throughout the Midwest, so maybe he has something that is in mind, but we can get those uh recommendations from him and present them to the council so we can get direction going forward.

And our contract with the recruiter allows us to we we can do that, and the expenses that we will incur as a city would be the travel expenses and the um what other expenses did he have?

There's something else.

Advertising.

Advertising expenses.

That is correct.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be any additional no additional charges other than those two items.

Okay.

And we can proceed on that basis.

That that's what I'm hoping we can do to keep it moving, then would be my would be my choice.

Thank you, Janelle.

Thank you, Mayor.

Move we adjourn.

Second chainer.

Hi.

Scott.

Yes, I water.

Aye.

More.

Aye.

Okay.

I Dan.

Thank you.