WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.060 Council meeting for tonight, Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. 00:04.060 --> 00:08.900 All older persons, our council members are present. 00:08.900 --> 00:11.060 Please join with me and Evan. 00:12.380 --> 00:14.660 I'm sorry, Dan Benning is absent and excused. 00:14.660 --> 00:17.300 Evan, you're gonna stand right here, buddy. 00:17.300 --> 00:20.060 Scott working on his mayor badge this evening 00:20.060 --> 00:22.900 for citizenship is gonna lead the Pledge of Allegiance with me. 00:22.900 --> 00:33.460 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for 00:33.460 --> 00:41.620 which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:41.620 --> 00:49.140 All right, man, I think you've met all the requirements you can go. 00:49.220 --> 00:54.420 I sat there once upon a time, packed 3855 with my scout troop and a while back. 00:54.420 --> 00:56.420 So I appreciate you being here tonight. 00:56.420 --> 00:59.060 All right, with that, then we're gonna move into public comments and appearances. 00:59.060 --> 01:02.560 Just a reminder to community members, you have the three minutes to speak and 01:02.560 --> 01:05.300 a maximum of 30 minutes this evening. 01:05.300 --> 01:07.780 This time we'll welcome public comments and appearances. 01:07.780 --> 01:24.260 Okay, Tracy Finch, port view drive, port Washington. 01:24.260 --> 01:28.300 Mayor, the question from ABC 12 could not have been more clear. 01:28.300 --> 01:32.780 Do you regret allowing 24 hour construction and yet you did not answer it? 01:32.780 --> 01:38.780 You avoided responsibility and the people of port Washington deserve better than avoidance. 01:38.780 --> 01:43.420 Before proving the around the clock construction, any leader should understand what an AI data 01:43.420 --> 01:46.620 center brings in its early phases. 01:46.620 --> 01:49.340 The research is consistent. 01:49.340 --> 01:54.460 The first six to 12 months are the busiest, loudest and most disruptive period of the 01:54.460 --> 01:55.980 entire project. 01:55.980 --> 01:58.780 This is when land is transformed into industrial zone. 01:58.780 --> 02:03.980 Private equipment run nonstop, hundreds of thousands of workers are on sites. 02:03.980 --> 02:08.260 Major civil, electrical and utility work happen all at once. 02:08.260 --> 02:10.980 This is the phase that impacts residents the most. 02:10.980 --> 02:15.180 You knew the original schedule was 7 to 7 p.m. 02:15.180 --> 02:21.260 But within minutes of meeting with Vantage, you approved a 24 hour construction five days 02:21.260 --> 02:23.620 a week with a chuckle. 02:23.620 --> 02:27.500 The decision was made without meaningful consideration. 02:27.500 --> 02:33.140 The people who live here, the people who trusted you to protect their well-being instead, 02:33.140 --> 02:35.660 instead the priority was placed on the developer's timeline. 02:35.660 --> 02:40.340 You also suggested that these residents should be used to farm nighttime noises because of 02:40.340 --> 02:41.340 farming. 02:41.340 --> 02:45.300 Anyone who has lived near farmland knows the comparison is inaccurate. 02:45.300 --> 02:49.940 Farm noises happen occasionally, not every night, not for months and not at an industrial 02:49.940 --> 02:50.940 scale. 02:50.940 --> 02:53.020 Your decision has consequences. 02:53.020 --> 02:56.500 Residents did not ask for heavy construction during the hours when families are trying 02:56.500 --> 02:59.580 to sleep, recover and maintain their health. 02:59.580 --> 03:03.620 You did not account for their stress, the disruption or the mental strain this would 03:03.620 --> 03:04.820 create. 03:04.820 --> 03:08.860 And when a community is placed under the level of pressure without support, the harm does 03:08.860 --> 03:12.140 not stay isolated to individuals. 03:12.140 --> 03:17.180 It spreads, it affects families, workplaces, schools and overall stability of the town. 03:17.180 --> 03:22.660 This is why the residents of poor Washington deserve access to a licensed mental health 03:22.660 --> 03:24.940 support at no cost. 03:24.940 --> 03:30.180 I am asking the city to consider providing a professional licensed therapist funded by 03:30.180 --> 03:35.700 the city to all residents living within a one-mile radius of the data center. 03:35.700 --> 03:41.140 This situation was created by the approval of your 24-hour construction and the community 03:41.140 --> 03:44.980 should not be left to shoulder the impact alone without proper support, the long-term 03:44.980 --> 03:52.540 consequences could not only individual well-being but the overall health of our community. 03:52.540 --> 03:58.060 It requires taking responsibility of your outcomes, your decisions, especially when 03:58.060 --> 04:00.460 those decisions harm the community. 04:00.460 --> 04:06.980 It means acknowledging mistakes, correcting the course and putting residents of poor Washington 04:06.980 --> 04:07.980 first. 04:07.980 --> 04:12.980 That is what the city needs from you right now, but instead your actions suggest unwillingness 04:12.980 --> 04:19.340 to face the consequences of the choices you made. 04:19.340 --> 04:20.340 Thank you. 04:20.340 --> 04:39.820 Speaker, James Perez, 2214, Stonecroft Drive, Town of Grafton, it has been my experience 04:39.820 --> 04:44.700 that you can learn a lot by carefully observing the actions of those more intelligent than 04:44.700 --> 04:45.700 you are. 04:45.700 --> 04:50.540 I am certain that some of the boys in the room are already saying that, in my case, 04:50.540 --> 04:53.700 that probably encompasses pretty much just thought everybody that must come in contact 04:53.700 --> 04:54.700 with. 04:54.700 --> 05:00.420 I don't think it is that bad, but let's consider again the words that we have all heard before 05:00.420 --> 05:06.620 written by Abraham Lincoln in March of 1865 in advance of his second inaugural address. 05:06.620 --> 05:14.340 It goes as follows with Malwis towards none, charity for all with firmness in the right 05:14.340 --> 05:21.620 as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in to 05:21.620 --> 05:24.820 bind up the nation's wounds. 05:24.820 --> 05:29.700 The mayor has a catchphrase that we have heard as well a number of times that you can't shake 05:29.700 --> 05:31.540 hands with a clenched fist. 05:31.540 --> 05:36.180 It is not quite Lincoln-esque, but the sentiments are the same. 05:36.180 --> 05:40.700 Perhaps now is the appropriate time to bury some hatchets, and that all of us go forward 05:40.700 --> 05:46.700 unite and in together striving to build a better port Washington for all of its citizens. 05:46.700 --> 05:49.700 Thank you. 05:49.700 --> 05:50.700 Thank you. 05:50.700 --> 05:52.540 Like Speaker. 05:52.540 --> 05:57.780 Name and address. 05:57.780 --> 06:03.300 Mike Beaster, 305 South Garfield Avenue, and it's the last time I get to speak from 06:03.300 --> 06:06.540 this end. 06:06.540 --> 06:10.380 I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the voters in Ward 6 for giving me the 06:10.380 --> 06:13.900 opportunity to be their voice here at City Hall. 06:13.900 --> 06:18.380 Seeing democracy in action as an incredible feeling as elected officials, we are responsible 06:18.380 --> 06:23.820 for being more informed than the average resident when making good decisions, however, no single 06:23.820 --> 06:29.340 input to representative democracy matters more than the will of the people. 06:29.340 --> 06:34.180 I vow to always take this responsibility seriously and make the best decisions I can for the 06:34.180 --> 06:38.020 people of the city, especially those in Ward 6. 06:38.020 --> 06:42.460 We represent the folks who pay taxes here, raise children here, and own and shop at small 06:42.460 --> 06:44.020 businesses here. 06:44.020 --> 06:48.300 We do not represent Larry Ellison, Sam Altman, or Dana Adams. 06:48.300 --> 06:52.380 This community belongs to we the people, our voices matter. 06:52.380 --> 06:56.180 And with that, I will once more invite Vantage to open a dialogue with the community in a 06:56.180 --> 07:01.500 town hall setting so that people can better understand what is coming and voice their 07:01.500 --> 07:02.500 concerns. 07:02.500 --> 07:06.460 I believe Mayor Ted is doing his best to communicate between Vantage and the city, but one person 07:06.500 --> 07:09.500 can't be expected to catch everything. 07:09.500 --> 07:15.820 Concerns like enforcement of noise levels, like what we see in Mount Pleasant, and why 07:15.820 --> 07:21.540 is we energies raising residential rates 9.2% next year to pay for new gas generation 07:21.540 --> 07:26.300 facilities when we've been told time and time again that this project won't affect our rates. 07:26.300 --> 07:32.100 We don't need billboards and misleading push-pull surveys, we need communication and transparency. 07:32.100 --> 07:37.700 My guess is that other older persons would also find this beneficial for their constituents. 07:37.700 --> 07:41.140 I also welcome further discussions with state officials and regulators. 07:41.140 --> 07:46.540 They have thus far failed to put the same effort into creating some basic protections for communities 07:46.540 --> 07:52.300 revolving around AI data centers as they did into pushing 2025X16 through. 07:52.300 --> 07:57.340 This bill put the city in a position to put even more money into tax increment financing. 07:57.340 --> 08:01.900 When phase two of this project will find more value locked up in TID than the entire current 08:01.900 --> 08:04.220 value of the city until last night. 08:04.220 --> 08:09.820 Finally, poor Washington is the best place in Wisconsin with a renewed focus on what 08:09.820 --> 08:12.260 the residents of this great city are asking for. 08:12.260 --> 08:15.020 I'm confident we can keep it that way. 08:15.020 --> 08:16.020 Thanks. 08:16.020 --> 08:17.020 Thank you. 08:17.020 --> 08:18.020 Next speaker. 08:18.020 --> 08:19.020 That's it. 08:19.020 --> 08:20.020 All right. 08:20.020 --> 08:23.780 That's going to move us into the agenda then. 08:23.780 --> 08:27.060 We have the first item here is the consent agenda, which is the approval of minutes from 08:27.060 --> 08:28.060 previous meetings. 08:28.060 --> 08:29.060 Is there anyone willing to make that motion? 08:29.060 --> 08:30.060 So moved. 08:30.060 --> 08:31.060 Second. 08:31.060 --> 08:32.060 Second. 08:32.060 --> 08:33.060 Any questions or concerns on that motion? 08:33.060 --> 08:34.060 All right. 08:34.060 --> 08:36.060 Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye. 08:36.060 --> 08:37.060 Aye. 08:37.060 --> 08:38.060 Opposed? 08:38.060 --> 08:39.060 Aye. 08:39.060 --> 08:40.060 All right. 08:40.060 --> 08:41.060 Motion carries. 08:41.060 --> 08:42.060 Next is under mayor's business. 08:42.060 --> 08:43.380 There's just a couple of things here. 08:43.380 --> 08:51.340 One is I just wanted to again thank the I don't know why I stood there. 08:51.340 --> 08:52.340 I stopped. 08:52.340 --> 08:54.460 Joe DeBore and captains are necky. 08:54.460 --> 08:58.500 They gave me an almost two hour tour of our new safety center out on the west side of 08:58.500 --> 08:59.500 town. 08:59.580 --> 09:04.020 And I just wanted to encourage community members to as they drive by there, ask any questions 09:04.020 --> 09:05.020 that they have. 09:05.020 --> 09:06.020 It's state of the art. 09:06.020 --> 09:11.500 So fantastic facility and we're going to be opening that up for tours to our seniors. 09:11.500 --> 09:15.900 In a couple of weeks, the seniors are going to take a tour with me through the senior 09:15.900 --> 09:16.900 center. 09:16.900 --> 09:19.340 So if you're a member of the senior center and you'd like to go, please make sure to 09:19.340 --> 09:20.980 contact them and register. 09:20.980 --> 09:24.700 So we're going to take a site tour of the building and then we're also going to take 09:24.700 --> 09:29.740 it them on a site tour of the construction project on the north side with vantage, which 09:29.740 --> 09:33.980 leads me to the second one, which is I wanted to thank the 30 plus people who attended this 09:33.980 --> 09:35.700 past month for the data center tour. 09:35.700 --> 09:39.180 If any of you are ever interested in going on the monthly community stakeholder tours 09:39.180 --> 09:43.420 of the data center, please shoot me an email and we'll consider you for that. 09:43.420 --> 09:48.140 With that then, as we go into May here on May 18th, so council members of any of you 09:48.140 --> 09:52.940 are available, that is the mayor for the day where I have the fourth graders from Lincoln 09:52.940 --> 09:58.620 Elementary and Dunwoody Elementary and St. John's the 23rd to come for their mayor 09:58.620 --> 09:59.620 for the day. 09:59.620 --> 10:02.620 So they'll come and be sworn in at eight o'clock in the morning and everyone is welcome to 10:02.620 --> 10:03.820 witness that. 10:03.820 --> 10:07.660 At their schools, respectively, each of the schools do it a little different. 10:07.660 --> 10:09.980 Some of the schools have the students run. 10:09.980 --> 10:14.020 Some of the schools have the young people appointed. 10:14.020 --> 10:16.900 Also as a reminder, if anyone is interested in sitting on any of the boards, commissions 10:16.900 --> 10:19.820 or committees for the city of Port Washington, please send me an email. 10:19.820 --> 10:20.820 There are several openings. 10:20.980 --> 10:25.860 It's become very difficult to ask for community volunteers to serve in those committees over 10:25.860 --> 10:26.860 the last few years. 10:26.860 --> 10:29.820 So if you're interested in everything from police and fire commission to the library 10:29.820 --> 10:35.420 to public works to CDA and everything in between, you can look up online or contact us if you're 10:35.420 --> 10:37.180 interested in those. 10:37.180 --> 10:40.380 With that then, I want to move into several proclamations here. 10:40.380 --> 10:45.380 I'm going to shift around the order to start out with two proclamations. 10:45.380 --> 10:50.460 One is for the month of April is something that, especially in our current time and current 10:50.460 --> 10:54.020 state, I think is very important for us to recognize. 10:54.020 --> 10:58.580 Port Washington is home to many military families. 10:58.580 --> 11:05.100 And when I grew up living on Portview Drive in the Kerry Apartments, our apartment buildings 11:05.100 --> 11:09.980 were filled with Coast Guard families from Milwaukee who are from all over the United 11:09.980 --> 11:10.980 States. 11:10.980 --> 11:16.220 And it just is something that is a special part for me to recognize that the month of 11:16.220 --> 11:19.660 April is the month for military children. 11:19.660 --> 11:26.380 Young men, women, who's moms and dads and family members are active in the military tend 11:26.380 --> 11:28.140 to move around a lot. 11:28.140 --> 11:33.140 They tend to shift communities and they tend to live with the anxiety and fear of their 11:33.140 --> 11:34.140 parents serving. 11:34.140 --> 11:39.700 So I'm very proud that we will be proclaiming this month in recognition of military children 11:39.700 --> 11:40.900 in the city of Port Washington. 11:40.900 --> 11:43.620 That proclamation will be able to be viewed online. 11:43.620 --> 11:46.820 There's some unique facts here about the state of Wisconsin. 11:46.820 --> 11:51.340 There are two million children in the United States who are the children of men and women 11:51.340 --> 11:53.100 who serve in the military. 11:53.100 --> 11:58.580 And in the state of Wisconsin, there are 10,000 school-aged military children across our state. 11:58.580 --> 12:01.660 And again, many of them live here in the state of Wisconsin. 12:01.660 --> 12:04.100 So I want to thank them and their families. 12:04.100 --> 12:06.500 The second one is another thing. 12:06.500 --> 12:09.780 And Tom, you're here, so you get to accept this one. 12:09.780 --> 12:13.140 My favorite building in the city is where I went as a kid all the time, which is the 12:13.140 --> 12:14.460 Anita Corn Library. 12:14.460 --> 12:19.060 If you have not visited there since the upgrade and the investment through Tom's work through 12:19.060 --> 12:22.900 getting the grant and Roger's work in getting the construction done, please do. 12:22.900 --> 12:29.540 But this is National Library Week is coming up April 19th through April 25th. 12:29.540 --> 12:35.100 And I just want to remind everyone to utilize the great functionality of our library, the 12:35.100 --> 12:38.580 resources and the awesome people who work there who can support you and us. 12:38.580 --> 12:42.580 So I'll read this one because whereas Wisconsin libraries have long served as trusted and 12:42.580 --> 12:46.460 treasured institutions and library workers and librarians fuel efforts to improve their 12:46.460 --> 12:48.420 communities, campuses and schools. 12:48.420 --> 12:49.420 And whereas the W.J. 12:49.420 --> 12:54.220 Anita Corn Libraries are organizers and information experts who for decades have guided people 12:54.220 --> 12:58.500 to the best information resources and librarians provide expertise service and guidance to 12:58.500 --> 13:03.260 patrons to access credible sources and information, making their own informed decisions about 13:03.260 --> 13:07.660 the worlds they navigate and whereas our library and librarians offer more books, more than 13:07.660 --> 13:12.020 books offering communities the opportunity to be engaged and deliver new services that 13:12.020 --> 13:14.500 more closely connect communities and their needs. 13:14.500 --> 13:18.020 And whereas our librarian librarians work to serve all community members offering services 13:18.020 --> 13:22.620 and educational resources that transform communities, open minds and promote knowledge growth, 13:22.620 --> 13:26.540 particular as a society continues to transition to the digital landscape. 13:26.540 --> 13:30.820 And whereas the Wisconsin libraries, librarians, library workers and support, supporters across 13:30.820 --> 13:33.420 America are celebrating National Library Week. 13:33.420 --> 13:36.220 It's this year for the 68th year. 13:36.220 --> 13:40.860 Now therefore I be it resolved as mayor of the city of Port Washington do declare the 13:40.860 --> 13:45.180 month of the week of April 19th through the 25th as National Library Week and encourage 13:45.180 --> 13:50.140 our residents to please go to the Anita Corn Library just to visit and participate. 13:50.140 --> 13:54.860 Tom I also want to make sure that most community members know that that is a safe haven for 13:54.860 --> 13:59.780 members of our community who are in transition and struggle and use all of those different 13:59.780 --> 14:02.660 resources to give themselves a firmer footing for their future. 14:02.660 --> 14:05.380 So thank you for creating that safe and inclusive environment for us. 14:05.380 --> 14:10.220 I want to give this to you. 14:10.220 --> 14:35.140 All right and then the last proclamation is for our friend Alderman Tierney down here 14:35.140 --> 14:38.220 to my right. 14:38.220 --> 14:45.420 Pat is someone who I have had the pleasure of knowing for many years and I think our 14:45.420 --> 14:52.000 relationship started in the early 90s playing softball for Willie's Wish, dominating the 14:52.000 --> 14:54.700 softball circuit in Port Washington and Softville. 14:54.700 --> 14:58.100 Yeah, you me and Joe de Lucia. 14:58.100 --> 15:02.620 But with that I wrote a proclamation here very cognizant of the fact that it's for a 15:02.700 --> 15:09.220 journalist so my word choice is very specific and I hope it is meaningful for you. 15:09.220 --> 15:14.580 But I do want to thank you on behalf of myself and the council for just being a very steady 15:14.580 --> 15:18.620 member of this council making the commitment serving on all the boards, commissions and 15:18.620 --> 15:25.540 committees and as you hear in a second I think the key things that really stood out for me 15:25.540 --> 15:30.140 in all my years watching you on council were three key terms which is your integrity, 15:30.140 --> 15:35.140 your curiosity and your kindness all feeling a common sense approach to governance and 15:35.140 --> 15:37.980 really doing a great job representing your ward. 15:37.980 --> 15:42.820 So this proclamation stands for this evening and the historical record that whereas the 15:42.820 --> 15:46.780 city of Port Washington thrives when its citizens commit themselves to the pursuit of the common 15:46.780 --> 15:52.900 good guided by a vision for sustainable and vibrant future and whereas since 2018 Alderman 15:52.900 --> 15:57.180 person Patrick Tierney of the sixth ward has served this community with an unwavering spirit 15:57.180 --> 16:01.220 of integrity ensuring that the trust placed in him by the residents of Port Washington 16:01.220 --> 16:07.140 was held as sacred and a paramount duty and whereas throughout Alderman Tierney's tenure 16:07.140 --> 16:10.740 he has approached the complexities of city governments with a city governance with a 16:10.740 --> 16:15.620 profound curiosity never settling for easy answers but instead seeking to understand the 16:15.620 --> 16:22.100 why behind every challenge and the how of every solution and whereas Mr. Tierney's leadership 16:22.100 --> 16:26.860 has been defined by a rare and genuine kindness treating every constituent city staff member 16:26.860 --> 16:31.180 and colleague with the dignity and respect that strengthens the social fabric of our 16:31.180 --> 16:37.420 amazing city and whereas he has been steadfast advocate for common sense approaches balancing 16:37.420 --> 16:42.020 the needs of today with the fiscal and operational realities of tomorrow ensuring that Port Washington 16:42.020 --> 16:46.540 remains a place where families and businesses can flourish and whereas Mr. Tierney's service 16:46.540 --> 16:51.020 has been driven by a deep and genuine concern for the future leaving a legacy of thoughtful 16:51.020 --> 16:55.400 stewardship that will benefit generations of Port Washington residents yet to come. 16:55.400 --> 17:00.480 Now therefore I Theodore Nitsky mayor of the city of Port Washington do hereby issue this 17:00.480 --> 17:05.560 proclamation of profound gratitude and recognition to all the person Pat Tierney of the sixth 17:05.560 --> 17:12.080 ward for his distinguished service from 2018 to 2026 on behalf of the common council and 17:12.080 --> 17:16.920 all of the citizens of Port Washington we thank you from our heart for your hard work and 17:16.920 --> 17:19.920 your dedication to our community. Thank you Pat. 17:39.920 --> 17:44.720 Okay that's going to take us then to presentation from public works on facilities and future 17:44.720 --> 17:46.000 planning. Rob. 18:00.240 --> 18:07.840 All right thank you so yes I've been asked to make a brief presentation on what we are doing in 18:07.840 --> 18:16.480 public works to manage and track our facilities condition the condition of our facilities rather 18:16.480 --> 18:22.840 and put that into a 10 year budget forecast so this is not this is in no way a substitute 18:22.840 --> 18:27.280 for what we do with the budget that's going to be much more detailed but I want to quickly 18:27.280 --> 18:33.280 go through what we've been doing what we are doing and what we will continue to do in the 18:33.280 --> 18:42.640 future to manage the condition of our building so I'm going to start with so I think most of 18:42.640 --> 18:47.960 the council knows about the the Kraus Anderson facilities condition assessment in 2024 and let 18:47.960 --> 18:53.040 me quick say that if you're following if anyone's fine along with the the PowerPoint that I gave 18:53.040 --> 19:00.800 you last week I've tweaked it a little bit so I have it flip flopped a tiny bit here but you know 19:00.800 --> 19:06.160 prior to doing that facilities condition assessment we have a few other studies that were more in 19:06.160 --> 19:11.840 depth for some of our facilities including the wastewater treatment plant we did a needs analysis 19:11.840 --> 19:19.760 in 2021 along with the water filtration plant that was also completed in 2021 we're completing both 19:19.760 --> 19:28.400 of those projects this year. Library which Mayor reference was first had a it's condition assessment 19:28.400 --> 19:36.480 performed by Plunkett research in 2021 so a lot accomplished in that year and then the municipal 19:36.480 --> 19:44.240 garage where we're both our street department and park and rec how's their maintenance equipment 19:44.240 --> 19:49.680 that was performed by Keeney architects in 2024 and we had the presentation in 2025. 19:51.360 --> 19:57.280 We also have a full report we've had a full evaluation on all the HVAC equipment and all 19:57.360 --> 20:02.800 our buildings of course that and the next one roofing are the really the big ticket items that 20:02.800 --> 20:09.280 we encounter when we are maintaining our buildings and so in addition to that work that had been 20:09.280 --> 20:17.200 done in 2022 just most recently in 2025 Garland again our roofing consultant provided us with 20:17.200 --> 20:23.280 information on all the roofs and all the our buildings so that we know when to anticipate 20:23.280 --> 20:28.880 those improvements and then finally is the Krause Anderson facilities condition assessment 20:28.880 --> 20:36.320 that covers several buildings including City Hall the library the recreation office 20:36.320 --> 20:41.440 pool locker rooms the senior center the Eggert house in the 1860 light station 20:43.440 --> 20:47.440 facilities that are not included in the Krause Anderson facility condition assessment include 20:47.440 --> 20:52.720 the police and fire building although they did go through and and evaluate their their 20:52.720 --> 21:00.720 conditions as part of a complete evaluation and essentially the the foundation for the needs to 21:01.520 --> 21:08.320 construct a new facilities they're of course not in in the report now as we're we're completing 21:08.320 --> 21:14.480 construction on the new public safety building and as I just mentioned the streets the streets 21:14.480 --> 21:20.960 and parks municipal garage is a separate study as is the water plant wastewater plant the pebble 21:20.960 --> 21:28.800 house which was performed by our own staff in 2023 and then the marina buildings also reviewed by 21:28.800 --> 21:37.520 staff so I just wanted to highlight a couple of big ticket items so so we're in a pretty good 21:37.520 --> 21:43.360 position I think with our HVAC systems it's just that the senior center is reached the end of its 21:43.440 --> 21:49.760 use life for furnaces and condensers same thing here at City Hall they both been functioning 21:49.760 --> 21:54.800 without too many problems but again they're at there they end near the end of their life 21:54.800 --> 22:01.280 expectancy the police building there's was near the end of its life expectancy but of course that's 22:01.280 --> 22:07.680 being replaced with the with the new building and then jumping down to roofs both police and fire 22:07.680 --> 22:13.760 were in need of roof so we don't have those liabilities anymore and I list that down at the 22:13.760 --> 22:19.680 bottom one point six million dollars in addition to the judge Eggert house now that's going to be 22:19.680 --> 22:28.240 replaced this year with the assistance of the advantage who made a contribution towards their 22:28.240 --> 22:36.000 improvements along with some private donations that they received the senior center is is currently 22:36.960 --> 22:42.400 forecasted for 2032 replacement the parks main office in the water park building 22:43.680 --> 22:50.320 I have pegged at 2028 on our facilities condition assessment it's 2027 in the in the garland 22:50.320 --> 22:55.520 report but they've had no leaks and so we feel we may be able to get another year out of those 22:56.880 --> 23:02.720 okay and then DPW Parks and Garage improvements so I didn't I didn't want to lose track of that 23:02.720 --> 23:09.280 because it's not in the facility condition assessment but the estimated design cost for 23:10.000 --> 23:14.800 additions and improvements to that building are six hundred thousand dollars and the estimated 23:14.800 --> 23:21.040 construction costs are 19 million dollars and so we don't have that we that hasn't landed yet on 23:21.040 --> 23:26.480 our 10 year improvement plan but we will be discussing that again at budget this year 23:27.440 --> 23:35.040 okay and so the Krause Anderson facility condition assessment so I wanted to have a slide here 23:35.040 --> 23:40.320 that showed it but there's really a ton of information and so I'm going to I'm going to jump out of 23:40.320 --> 23:47.840 here for one second and then bring up what I have is kind of a condensed don't lose it 23:50.800 --> 23:55.120 yeah it's super 23:56.560 --> 24:01.280 okay well I uh and now is this not going to come back up 24:06.000 --> 24:13.760 okay this is called clairvoyance I uh if I been up that's why I was up here early to unplug 24:27.120 --> 24:34.400 yeah would you like us to gather around your laptop rub yeah no or you could yes if I believe 24:34.400 --> 24:40.560 I I um included the the spreadsheet that is in your packet what I can describe is that it is a 24:40.560 --> 24:49.360 very detailed report from Krause Anderson which includes all the aspects including roof HVAC the 24:49.360 --> 25:00.320 exterior enclosure um electronics every every item of the building um is evaluated in that in 25:00.320 --> 25:04.800 that report and again it's because it's so comprehensive there wasn't a real good way to 25:04.800 --> 25:10.000 project it on the slide and so I apologize for the technology maybe we need to add the 25:12.560 --> 25:17.120 maybe we need to add the technology to our facilities condition assessment that it's a need 25:17.680 --> 25:24.240 of work but I only had a couple more slides and so I'll just describe them the things that we need 25:24.240 --> 25:30.480 to consider when we're doing our long range budgeting is um what is the condition and 25:30.480 --> 25:37.200 criticality and that's something in the Krause Anderson report so you know what what's the 25:37.200 --> 25:43.360 condition of the roof and and of course the roof is a very critical item if the carpets in need 25:43.360 --> 25:49.200 of repair it may be in terrible condition but it's not critical that we replace it right and so 25:49.200 --> 25:54.480 what is the item at the end of its useful life so we have a life projection for instance of the 25:54.480 --> 26:00.160 boilers is 20 years we're at like 20 years we're past 20 years and so but those are big ticket 26:00.160 --> 26:05.840 items so are they requiring a lot of maintenance so we track the amount of maintenance that we're 26:05.840 --> 26:13.200 we're spending on Bassett to come in and repair the the boilers or the air handlers or the condensers 26:13.200 --> 26:22.160 are they still functioning um and how do we even out our expenditure so if you could have seen 26:22.160 --> 26:29.200 the Krause Anderson report it would show that we have split up about a five million dollars worth 26:29.200 --> 26:34.400 of deferred maintenance over 10 years and that amounts to about five hundred thousand dollars 26:34.400 --> 26:41.040 in expenditures annually so that doesn't mean it's definitely going to be five million dollars 26:41.680 --> 26:46.640 each year because something that's forecasted out eight years may last 12 years or we may have 26:46.640 --> 26:52.720 to move it up so we just have that on our radar I see it as kind of a worst-case scenario 26:54.320 --> 26:58.080 having to spend that half a million dollars but working together with Mark our treasure 26:59.440 --> 27:06.240 we can forecast or or kind of have that expectation that we need to put money into our buildings right 27:06.240 --> 27:11.920 to keep them operating and so that's where it's that's where it is sitting right now 27:12.960 --> 27:16.400 and then finally what's the long-term plan for using our building so for instance 27:17.600 --> 27:22.880 police and fire who had liabilities for about the roof and their HVAC system 27:24.400 --> 27:27.840 you know we want to have wanted to have replaced them five years ago only to 27:28.560 --> 27:33.120 move out of the building right and next year or the same thing if there if this 27:33.840 --> 27:37.680 there's always been discussions about whether the senior center is going to stay in their 27:38.240 --> 27:44.960 current location or move so we want to so I if there's an expectation from the council that we 27:44.960 --> 27:51.680 may be moving any of our operations we need to know that because then we'll bandaid our systems 27:51.680 --> 27:56.480 until move out so those are just the importance of long-term planning 27:56.640 --> 28:08.320 and everything that was referenced here tonight is on the public works web page and so if you'd 28:08.320 --> 28:15.280 like to see that please go to our web page including this presentation which I'll have up tomorrow 28:15.280 --> 28:22.080 so but all the reports that I that I included in this presentation are on there on our website 28:22.960 --> 28:27.840 any questions for Rob I guess for me real quick Rob thanks for putting this together I think 28:27.840 --> 28:31.600 if anyone goes has a chance to go through the crowds Anderson study you'll see how comprehensive 28:31.600 --> 28:35.760 it is it's really nice to see like red yellow green what kind of work we're kind of looking 28:35.760 --> 28:39.440 under and I think one thing that we've done a good job of forecasting what the next 10 years 28:39.440 --> 28:42.640 looks like we didn't even have a five-year plan I think several years ago so it's really nice to 28:42.640 --> 28:47.840 see that since we've been so successful with the library the lighthouse that like create things 28:47.920 --> 28:52.880 like that seeing all this information in one place have you thought about grant money and 28:52.880 --> 28:57.680 potential for some of these some of these big ticket items that have you given any thought 28:57.680 --> 29:03.680 in that regard we are always looking for grants you know we've been so you mentioned Valley Creek 29:03.680 --> 29:09.440 one of the reasons we've been so successful with that is that I mean the funding for projects like 29:09.440 --> 29:15.200 that are out there so we're trying to meet those goals because they recognize communities don't 29:15.200 --> 29:23.280 one don't have that kind of money and two they might not have ecology or the the environmental 29:25.920 --> 29:31.600 value is as something that they are able to place money and so we've been a we've been really 29:31.600 --> 29:37.120 successful with grants and as was mentioned earlier I'd my hats off to Tom who got one of the only 29:37.760 --> 29:44.880 library grants I think in fact the only one in this region and and so we are always looking for 29:44.880 --> 29:50.480 ways to creatively finance any of these projects so I'm definitely proud of that and like the 29:50.480 --> 29:59.920 work we did on the lighthouse bringing in grants wherever we can and other questions I was up here 29:59.920 --> 30:06.480 practicing two hours before and of course it glitched during the presentation so my apologies 30:06.480 --> 30:13.760 for that no worries okay thank you Rob that brings us into the agenda then for the evening on 30:13.760 --> 30:20.480 committees council committees the first agenda item is consideration and possible action to 30:21.680 --> 30:26.560 approve a one day extension of alcohol premise for Port Washington Main Street festivals of the 30:26.560 --> 30:32.400 city of the arts oh I'm sorry I blew right past that thank you there are officers reports that I 30:32.400 --> 30:36.880 that I went past I was just very excited to make sure we could have beer at the arts festival 30:38.320 --> 30:43.680 so the first agenda item is an election update from the city clerk Susan is excused from the 30:43.760 --> 30:48.400 evening because working the elections takes you into two days of straight work so the total 30:49.360 --> 30:56.960 the spring election total votes cast were 4201 which is equivalent of a 50.88 turnout 30:57.920 --> 31:06.000 absentee balance issued were 1,328 and returned from the absentee ballots were 1,198 the referendum 31:06.080 --> 31:15.120 results were yes votes 2,672 with a no vote of 1,409 and alderman new mire alderman bending and now 31:15.120 --> 31:23.600 our newest alderman mr bister will be sworn in for their 2026 to through 2028 terms on April 21st 31:23.600 --> 31:28.800 our next council meeting so we extend our thank you to all poll workers and election workers 31:29.600 --> 31:34.400 for what they do to make sure that we have free and clear elections in our democracy 31:34.480 --> 31:40.080 also okay just a couple things I wanted to thank the clerk's office and the inspectors and all 31:40.080 --> 31:44.560 the volunteers and all the staff that put all the time and effort into an election it really is 31:44.560 --> 31:51.200 quite amazing what all goes on for a city election and I do appreciate all of all that work um and 31:51.200 --> 31:56.560 the elders that I'll stop with that and then we have a presentation a little bit later about from 31:56.560 --> 32:01.520 grave and they'll be talking about intersection improvements that have to do with the data center 32:01.520 --> 32:08.160 project so they'll be talking about what we'll be getting modified lanes increasing and then 32:08.160 --> 32:12.880 roger will be here for that too and then the next council meeting April 21st we'll be having a 32:12.880 --> 32:20.160 presentation about all of the tid five pre projects so that will go project by project especially 32:20.160 --> 32:25.360 the projects that will be happening in the first three years so there's a lot of work going into 32:25.360 --> 32:29.840 that and we'll get that available probably by the end of the week if not the beginning of next 32:29.920 --> 32:34.800 week for the public to view that but please come to that next meeting and um absorb all of that 32:34.800 --> 32:40.320 information that will be happening in the city that's awesome thank you okay I'll try this again 32:40.320 --> 32:44.480 consideration and possible action to approve establishments one day extension of alcohol 32:44.480 --> 32:48.400 premises for Port Washington main street festival of the arts and the issue is should the common 32:48.400 --> 32:52.960 council approve a one day extension of alcohol license for inventors brew pub on east Washington 32:52.960 --> 32:57.600 street and the Port Washington state bank parking lot behind steers saloon to allow participation 32:57.680 --> 33:03.680 in the main street art festival of the arts and the event is May 30th 2026 the city clerk has 33:03.680 --> 33:08.480 reviewed and approves this request as presented for the establishments listed on the attachments 33:09.760 --> 33:14.080 that is the report I'm covering for Susan any questions or concerns on that something we've 33:14.080 --> 33:17.920 done before in years past so I would make a motion to approve the one day extension of alcohol 33:17.920 --> 33:22.080 premises there's a motion a second any questions or concerns on the motion 33:22.720 --> 33:26.080 right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed 33:27.120 --> 33:31.680 motion carries that brings us into the second agenda item is the consideration and possible 33:31.680 --> 33:38.240 action on use of capital reserves to fund bike trail paving in 2026 the issue is should the 33:38.240 --> 33:45.280 you should we use capital reserves to fund bike paving in 2026 and the staff recommends approval 33:45.280 --> 33:51.920 to use capital reserves to fund bike trail paving Melissa I can start out and if Rob wants to jump 33:51.920 --> 33:57.040 in this is our collaboration with the county they will be doing some paving on inner urban 33:57.040 --> 34:02.720 trail and they approached us and asked if this section of the trail we wanted to have done because 34:02.720 --> 34:08.640 they could get it covered through a grant and it would be much more cost effective after meeting 34:08.640 --> 34:14.560 with our staff and them so if they get the grant then we're asking for permission to use capital 34:14.560 --> 34:19.520 reserves to do this work while they're doing the other work and I don't know if Rob has anything 34:19.520 --> 34:25.520 else to add the trails in poor condition during the for the portion that they're recommending that 34:25.520 --> 34:32.560 it be resurfaced and so we're enthusiastically cooperating with them and that's between sock 34:32.560 --> 34:41.520 road and LL correct yep okay any questions or concerns on that yes mr gasper just not a 34:41.520 --> 34:47.280 question concern just I'm going to recuse myself on this vote since I am the chief designer on 34:47.280 --> 34:54.080 that section of the trail are you going to put in curves or anything fun uh yeah they didn't 34:54.080 --> 34:58.880 really want that I want to loop the loop don't want to loop the loop all right I'll make a motion 34:58.880 --> 35:02.000 to approve the use of capital reserve funds there's a motion to approve is there a second 35:02.560 --> 35:06.080 I'll second motion is seconded any questions or concerns on that motion 35:06.880 --> 35:10.160 all right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed 35:11.040 --> 35:17.120 all right one recusal and one recusal all right the next agenda item is consideration and 35:17.120 --> 35:21.520 impossible action on the valley creek box culvert design alternatives on lake street 35:21.520 --> 35:25.360 the issue is should the common council approve a design alternative to valley creek that opens 35:25.360 --> 35:29.360 the culvert on both sides of lake street the staff is recommending that the common council 35:29.360 --> 35:34.880 approve that valley creek uh that that be designed to open the box culvert on both sides of the lake 35:35.600 --> 35:41.040 as I turn this over to rob here I do want uh the council to know that I have met with the legion 35:41.040 --> 35:46.480 as well as members of the fish take committee as they use a lot of that park and uh they they 35:46.480 --> 35:50.240 are very understanding to what could potentially happen down there as we restore to its original 35:50.240 --> 35:56.800 state rob terrific okay so we have with us the the stan tech team uh who will be making a 35:56.800 --> 36:02.480 presentation uh this evening um this uh specifically we're going to talk about the specific thing 36:02.480 --> 36:08.400 that we're going to talk about at this meeting is the design alternative to um completely open 36:08.400 --> 36:22.080 up the creek on both sides of of lake street it should work um and so you know we're quickly 36:22.080 --> 36:30.080 approaching um completion of the the design of the entire uh corridor um we had our 30 percent 36:30.160 --> 36:35.200 presentation at the october 14th board of public works and then we had a public information 36:35.200 --> 36:42.800 meeting that was very well attended on december 9th of of last year um all the way through our 36:42.800 --> 36:49.680 design has included opening up the box culvert east of lake street um but alderman gasper uh 36:49.680 --> 36:56.480 challenged our our design team to to come up uh with a day lighting um design that included the 36:56.480 --> 37:02.400 west side of lake street too so completely opening it up um and uh improving the way it 37:03.520 --> 37:08.640 handled stormwater and handled these major flooding events that we're experiencing so 37:08.640 --> 37:14.160 we made a presentation on that at board of public works at our march meeting it was unanimously 37:14.160 --> 37:20.400 approved by the board of public works and uh i also had reached out to the legion who um 37:21.200 --> 37:27.200 uh who had uh no issues with it and reached out to the marina we use uh some of that parking 37:27.200 --> 37:34.880 area for long-term boat trailer storage and um uh they were agreeable to finding other locations 37:34.880 --> 37:40.800 and i've reached out to ozaki county uh their administrator who said they'd be willing to work on 37:40.800 --> 37:50.160 us uh with us uh to use their parking lot um uh on main street so um so we've been 37:50.160 --> 37:58.240 met with uh support uh from this it's supported by um john crayon at parkland rack and um but we 37:58.240 --> 38:02.880 did want to because it's a it's a big change we think it's a great change but uh we wanted to 38:03.600 --> 38:09.760 present it to the um the council as well so with that our team is ready this is sarah 38:09.760 --> 38:16.000 magerris and hather schwarr from stanta yeah dig it away is it working good it's working for now 38:16.880 --> 38:21.200 hi everyone thank you for having us tonight my name is sarah and i'm here with my colleague 38:21.200 --> 38:27.840 hather um i just want to provide a little context before we dive into the alternatives that we're 38:27.840 --> 38:32.720 considering i don't know if everyone is familiar with with the design as a whole so i want to 38:32.720 --> 38:39.440 acknowledge the the holistic vision and the series of partnerships and funding pursuits that really 38:39.440 --> 38:45.280 led up to this point just to start so this what you're seeing here is what our concept design 38:45.360 --> 38:53.760 or 30 design looks like you can see that um it starts at noreport drive in fact we are designing 38:53.760 --> 38:59.200 further north of that into birchwood hills where there's ongoing restoration efforts 39:00.160 --> 39:06.640 um between the friends group and stantec and the parks department planting trees we'll be 39:06.640 --> 39:11.440 doing some streambake stabilization up in that neck of the woods erosion control and clearing 39:11.440 --> 39:18.320 of debris moving downstream toward hales trail we're looking at doing bridge replacements on 39:18.320 --> 39:24.640 both hales trail and noreport to improve the the flow of water through the system um grading back 39:24.640 --> 39:29.680 the banks of the of the stream itself if any of you are familiar with this corridor it's highly 39:29.680 --> 39:37.440 eroded clay bluffs and we want to relax those slopes increase the floodplain um habitat 39:37.440 --> 39:43.440 and flood capacity along this corridor and improve trail systems um so here are some real 39:43.440 --> 39:47.760 quick just cross sections of what different sections of the stream will look like uh we 39:47.760 --> 39:53.760 have proposed step pool systems in the lower left hand corner in the upper right hand corner sort 39:53.760 --> 40:01.280 of a cross section of a lower level floodplain something that might be referenced further downstream 40:01.280 --> 40:06.240 and then in the lower right hand corner there's a section of of stream that's up against the 40:06.240 --> 40:11.280 interurban trail that where there's a wall falling in currently um we're proposing to 40:11.280 --> 40:17.760 revegetate grade those banks and create a more accessible stream corridor where trails can be 40:17.760 --> 40:25.360 placed in the floodplain further downstream additional floodplain management erosion control tree 40:25.360 --> 40:32.080 planting uh we're proposing to do an overflow a wetland overflow complex uh what's in what's 40:32.080 --> 40:39.680 currently the Gunther Pond mountain bike park um relocating some of those features into different 40:39.680 --> 40:48.000 areas um there's we plan to to rebuild and relocate much of the mountain bike trails and then downstream 40:48.000 --> 40:54.560 is the daylighting at Lake Street which we are um talking about here tonight so this comprehensive 40:54.560 --> 41:00.960 approach also includes stormwater infrastructure improvements green infrastructure um with the 41:01.040 --> 41:08.400 attempt to slow the flow of our storms that are flushing down through this system um you know the 41:08.400 --> 41:13.840 and the the funding that we're using to complete the design is a big focus on floodplain 41:13.840 --> 41:20.240 flood management ecosystem restoration fish passage and recreational access so those are 41:20.240 --> 41:28.000 the components that we're focused on here um many of you have seen the 30 design the 30 design 41:28.080 --> 41:35.040 proposes that we leave a lot of the paving in place that exists we are still we would still 41:35.040 --> 41:41.520 have an extended uh culvert but a larger size culvert so it can handle additional flood flows 41:41.520 --> 41:48.080 and the day lighting at downstream would be about 200 to 250 feet toward the lake between 41:48.080 --> 41:53.920 Lake Street and the lake what we're here to talk about today is a proposed full day lighting and 41:53.920 --> 41:59.680 when I say full day lighting they'll still be a bridge so that Lake Street can cross the system 41:59.680 --> 42:06.800 it's about 100 linear feet compared to what what was a much longer section um there are many 42:06.800 --> 42:12.560 benefits to this from an ecological perspective and from a flood control perspective I'm gonna let 42:12.560 --> 42:17.360 our stream engineer Heather dig into the details and the pros and the cons of these different options 42:17.360 --> 42:27.440 thanks Sarah so um instead of uh apples to apples pros and cons table we have a table here for you 42:27.440 --> 42:31.840 that's showing the no day lighting the full culvert replacement kind of the existing conditions of 42:31.840 --> 42:36.320 where we're at is on the left in the middle is that partial day lighting that's that 30 percent 42:36.320 --> 42:40.560 that Sarah showed you which was day lighting that downstream section of the culvert but leaving 42:40.560 --> 42:45.200 the majority of the culvert in place and then the alternative on the far right there the full 42:45.200 --> 42:49.360 day lighting that's at 60 percent that's that last figure that you saw that was just the shorter 42:49.360 --> 42:55.040 section of culvert where Lake Street is so a few things that are just concerns or things that I 42:55.040 --> 42:58.560 know that that are covered as far as in the design that you're gonna have questions about is are 42:58.560 --> 43:03.120 shown here on this table and the first one is of course flood risk and stormwater treatment 43:03.120 --> 43:07.520 and if we look at the the no day lighting or kind of that existing conditions right now as you know 43:07.520 --> 43:11.360 that the flow is constricted through there right there's existing flooding that's happening 43:11.360 --> 43:16.640 those water surfaces will continue to be high in that reach there's still chances for debris 43:16.640 --> 43:20.720 jams any culvert that you put in there as far as that constriction you're going to have some of 43:20.720 --> 43:24.800 that and then there's not really a chance for that infiltration of stormwater to happen there 43:24.800 --> 43:29.600 and as you can get into that 30 percent design where we're shorting it up the flow is still 43:29.600 --> 43:34.000 constricted there's still a chance of debris jams but you do have that increased stormwater 43:34.000 --> 43:39.040 infiltration down that downstream end because you have more exposed natural land uh native 43:39.120 --> 43:43.760 vegetation to suck up some of that water um so there is some stormwater benefits there and then 43:43.760 --> 43:49.600 that full day lighting option we've done preliminary modeling basically shorting shortening a 600 43:49.600 --> 43:56.080 foot long culvert down to 100 foot we're actually seeing about three feet of drop of water surface 43:56.080 --> 44:01.200 elevations upstream on the culvert it's actually dropping by almost three feet right now so I mean 44:01.200 --> 44:05.920 that that's that's like we're in the conceptual modeling stage right now but that's showing you 44:05.920 --> 44:09.360 the level of change we're not talking about inches of water surface elevation we're talking 44:09.360 --> 44:15.440 about feet of water surface elevation uh it's giving you a wider floodplain upstream and downstream 44:16.320 --> 44:23.200 to allow that flow and debris to be able to pass um there's less there's 16 000 square footage 44:23.200 --> 44:28.080 of impervious pavement that's going to be reduced and then more stormwater infiltration 44:28.800 --> 44:32.720 and I can go through each one of these on recreational value too but I think if you think 44:32.720 --> 44:37.920 about it from what you have now from existing conditions to shortening up the culvert to removing 44:37.920 --> 44:42.480 it as much as the the full day lighting you know you're talking about more park space you're talking 44:42.480 --> 44:47.840 about increased public access to a stream and when I say increased public access it's not just because 44:47.840 --> 44:52.000 it's open too we're talking about safer slopes for people to be able to get down and actually 44:52.000 --> 44:58.000 access the corridor itself um and and just the benefits of it being able to interact with the 44:58.000 --> 45:03.120 stream I do want to point out that there is an existing playground in that area right now it is 45:03.120 --> 45:07.520 in the floodplain it needs to be relocated no matter what alternative that we choose 45:07.520 --> 45:11.760 um it's an older playground too so it's something that's going to be part of the plan but the placement 45:11.760 --> 45:16.640 of that playground is something that we can still uh you know discuss and you can see it on on the 45:16.640 --> 45:22.640 figure that Sarah showed you it's right now um next to where that the fish day's tent is is where 45:22.640 --> 45:29.360 it's located right now so we talked about the flood management we talked about recreation the 45:29.360 --> 45:34.080 other considerations are the ecological value shown here the cost and the long of the long-term 45:34.080 --> 45:40.000 maintenance cost so from an ecological value uh the existing conditions right the culvert 45:40.000 --> 45:46.000 some fish can get up through it but it's limited it's a little flow barrier right now um plus fish 45:46.000 --> 45:51.280 don't really like to go swim through a 600 foot long dark culvert they see that as a really big 45:51.280 --> 45:56.640 limitation so by shortening the culvert even to our 30 design more officially able to get through 45:58.160 --> 46:02.960 but by shortening even more to the just 100 foot long you actually will get daylight from the 46:02.960 --> 46:09.120 upstream and the downstream through that culvert uh more fish will want to go through uh in addition 46:09.120 --> 46:13.840 that gunther pond area will have areas for fish to actually spawn right there'll be there'll be 46:13.840 --> 46:18.240 floodplain benches there that that some fish will maybe want to spawn at and so it's it's really 46:18.240 --> 46:24.560 bringing up that healthy ecosystem for fish uh to be able to use this corridor cost we don't have 46:24.560 --> 46:28.800 a full estimated cost in every single one of these yet we're in that alternative you know we're 46:28.800 --> 46:33.360 asking you guys to think about if this is something that you know should be done but just from a broad 46:33.360 --> 46:38.560 sense of comparison right now with the the no daylighting full culvert replacement it's the most 46:38.560 --> 46:44.640 expensive option it's because a structure that's that long 600 feet long is more expensive than a 46:44.640 --> 46:48.400 culvert that's only a hundred feet long so that's why you see three dollar signs for the no day 46:48.400 --> 46:54.320 lighting and only one dollar sign for the the full day lighting so we do have a structural cost 46:54.320 --> 46:58.320 estimated right now for that shorter culvert based on just the bridge and the culvert somewhere 46:58.320 --> 47:05.040 around eight hundred thousand dollars uh to reduce it down to that the 30 design it's somewhere around 47:05.040 --> 47:10.080 close to one and a half to two times the cost of that so maybe like one and a half to two million 47:10.080 --> 47:16.400 dollars is what it is for that um slightly daylighted option and then when you think about maintenance 47:17.040 --> 47:21.440 the bigger structure is the longer the structure is the more maintenance that goes with it the more 47:21.440 --> 47:26.400 things that could go wrong so we just are pointing out here at the very last line like higher long-term 47:26.400 --> 47:32.240 maintenance costs for a bigger structure versus lower with something that's shorter so that that 47:32.320 --> 47:40.160 is the comparison table and i don't know if you want to go to questions or if you had something 47:40.160 --> 47:42.720 else you want to talk about zero i think we can go to questions 47:46.160 --> 47:48.160 do you want to bring up the boundary um 47:50.880 --> 47:54.720 i i don't i don't normally start i just wanted to start by thanking you for this that i 47:55.680 --> 48:03.040 it's very rare that a community gets to restore uh in daily and bring back the original navigable 48:03.040 --> 48:08.800 stream um even with the 60 percent i mean just with just having a bridge basically there in that 48:08.800 --> 48:17.840 small culvert i think that is this is incredible um especially because um you know that creek i'm 48:17.840 --> 48:23.600 i'm thinking back my whole life and just the different ways in which different generations have tried 48:23.600 --> 48:30.640 to fix that i mean i remember um when they threw pieces of old sidewalk down to try to retain the 48:30.640 --> 48:36.720 hills and that's my first question for you robber the team is what what year did they put in the 48:36.720 --> 48:43.680 big cement blocks uh just south of uh or just east of um elephant park do you remember the 48:43.680 --> 48:48.560 because those are all got collapsed in like the first flood that hit down there yeah prior to 2001 48:48.560 --> 48:54.560 i'm guessing maybe those lines all that is a 96 flood yes they were there prior to that but 48:54.560 --> 49:02.080 they're all i mean they're only held up by gravity until they're pushed down by gravity so and again 49:02.080 --> 49:07.600 addressing the bridges all the way up along there too yes and and i do have one request when we 49:07.600 --> 49:13.200 get that far if we get that far is in those bridge designs to put in respectful smart bridges versus 49:13.200 --> 49:18.160 just a road with a big tube underneath it and the only thing keeping us safe is a wood fence 49:18.800 --> 49:23.600 um because that's been completely redone in there and it's just such a beautiful corridor for our 49:23.600 --> 49:28.480 city that i don't know i just i think this is really this is wonderful but i'm gonna stop talking 49:28.480 --> 49:33.360 and i've got i've got other questions here but i'm gonna let council go other questions from 49:33.360 --> 49:37.760 council alder person pastel yeah i'm really excited about this project because i've got 49:37.760 --> 49:43.680 neighbors who've lost at least 30 feet of their backyard um along valley creek so i think this 49:43.840 --> 49:50.720 is extremely important can you review for us rob the the funding for this whole project where 49:50.720 --> 49:58.240 is this going to be coming from yep and so our stantic team can chime in with some of the other 49:58.240 --> 50:06.000 ancillary funding mechanisms but um this is uh this is included there's 10 million dollars included 50:06.000 --> 50:11.440 in tidd to five to cover this so this would not be you know our goal from the beginning my goal 50:11.440 --> 50:18.800 from the beginning is to do this project without having to rely on our taxpayers or to borrow for 50:18.800 --> 50:25.120 it and so we've been very aggressive in going after going after grants and um we're we're very 50:25.120 --> 50:31.920 grateful that it was included in tidd five this is of course in the same watershed that uh the 50:31.920 --> 50:40.160 vantage project is in the headwaters and so um it uh is essentially a part of this stream corridor 50:40.240 --> 50:45.600 and so we were able to include 10 million dollars in tip funding so that'll be paid by the increment 50:45.600 --> 50:51.600 from um that development on the north side and then also uh vantage did uh make a three million 50:51.600 --> 50:58.560 dollar donation to lnrp that will go towards this and we are currently uh seeking funding from uh 50:58.560 --> 51:04.400 national fish and wildlife foundation for six point three million dollars to fund the balance of 51:04.400 --> 51:10.320 that so right now they're still working on um they're they're just at 60 percent so the budget 51:10.320 --> 51:16.960 is still being developed but right now it could be uh as much as 20 million dollars to complete 51:16.960 --> 51:23.200 this project all the way from the north and in birchwood hills down to to lake michigan and so 51:23.200 --> 51:28.880 we are working again on putting the the pieces of the financing the pieces of the puzzle of finance 51:28.880 --> 51:35.680 this again without relying on taxpayers so i'm very excited about the opportunity and so 51:36.240 --> 51:42.400 um that's why we we are moving at great speed so that we can meet the deadlines for these grant 51:42.400 --> 51:48.640 applications and so we should know by the end of may i think if we are going to be invited to 51:48.640 --> 51:53.840 submit a full proposal for uh from the national fish and wildlife foundation they have funded 51:54.320 --> 51:59.360 uh over nine hundred thousand dollars of the design and so once you are in their pipeline 51:59.360 --> 52:04.400 in other words once they have put you in their funding program they want to see the project 52:04.400 --> 52:10.000 through to completion so we're very optimistic that uh we'll score well in a very competitive 52:10.560 --> 52:15.120 grant process cool thank you good question other questions 52:15.120 --> 52:20.080 ultimately that's not so much a question it's just a comment i've uh i'm sorry some of you have 52:20.160 --> 52:23.600 heard me say this at park and rec and you've heard me say it at public works too 52:23.600 --> 52:27.840 but i think i'm very enthusiastic about this project and i think that one of the things 52:27.840 --> 52:34.000 it's really important is to look at the entire project you know it just uh it just fits together 52:34.000 --> 52:40.000 so well and because so much to control flood waters and the actions we've had from way up 52:40.000 --> 52:43.680 at the beginning of it all the way down it's kind it's so completely thought through 52:44.320 --> 52:48.800 that uh and i think it's obvious if you study the whole project i really encourage anyone to do 52:48.800 --> 52:54.560 that uh one of my first uh right after i was elected one of my first uh meeting one of my 52:54.560 --> 53:00.160 early meetings with public works was right after we had had that huge flood that kind of overstorned 53:00.160 --> 53:06.720 the uh the culvert there and everything and uh i'm glad that we're you know finally maybe getting 53:06.720 --> 53:13.600 able to deal with that uh that whole problem now so again i'm very enthusiastic but goes well 53:14.400 --> 53:23.200 other questions mr gasper um sure um more of comments again um yeah when um when i looked at the 30 53:23.200 --> 53:29.360 percent and i pushed for them the head this direction um to me you're seeing the long box culvert it just 53:30.160 --> 53:38.800 wasn't a very nice park like environment and i wanted to be more of a of a park amenity for us for 53:38.800 --> 53:44.640 future generations going on and when you look at you like oh but we're losing park to the creek 53:44.640 --> 53:49.440 but you're really not the creek is still part of the park the slopes are going to be gentle you're 53:49.440 --> 53:56.080 going to walk down to it um in fact currently on the west side where the parking lot is it is so 53:56.080 --> 54:01.360 steep to go down there that it really isn't safe to go down by it and this will make that a much 54:01.360 --> 54:05.440 more gentle slope that people will be able to venture down there if somebody wants to go fishing 54:05.440 --> 54:13.040 right there it would be safe to do so um you know we also look at this area having had the flooding 54:13.040 --> 54:18.880 has older minterney mentioned and um the people in lighthouse condominiums have had their parking 54:18.880 --> 54:25.040 garage flooded out twice over the last 20 years and there they've had enough of that um and this 54:25.040 --> 54:31.360 should do the best pretty much that we can to alleviate that flooding but it's not only their 54:31.360 --> 54:36.080 building that's flooding each of those flooding events has run a whole and even some of the more 54:36.080 --> 54:41.520 minor ones has run a whole lot of mud into the water treatment plant that has been problematic 54:41.520 --> 54:46.480 in there and a couple in at least one of the cases we were a couple inches of water away from the 54:46.480 --> 54:53.840 water treatment plant having to shut down so this really is necessary for public safety in that you 54:53.840 --> 55:01.200 know we're our water plant is always at risk from this creek and this is about as I said the best 55:01.200 --> 55:06.560 we can do to alleviate that risk with the with the water treatment plant the current site so 55:08.640 --> 55:16.400 yeah I I very much like this alternative and you know we they took pains to make sure that 55:16.400 --> 55:23.760 every single parking stall was accounted for and replaced and they're saving um you know paved 55:23.760 --> 55:29.600 areas there's a lot more green space because of this while saving having just as many parking spots 55:29.600 --> 55:36.800 so unfortunately parking stalls are an unnecessary or are a necessary evil um you know it'd be a 55:36.800 --> 55:42.000 much nicer park without having to supply it but people like to be able to park and go to the park 55:42.000 --> 55:45.840 so um we've made sure to maintain all those parking stalls 55:47.360 --> 55:53.040 so it's your new um sorry yeah so thank you just to follow up on ultimate asthma observations 55:53.040 --> 55:57.600 about flooding how do you remediate as far as protecting the water treatment plant in the yacht 55:57.600 --> 56:03.600 club if we have a really large dispersion of water how what did we take into account for that if you 56:03.600 --> 56:09.600 can I'm sorry can you repeat how do we protect the water treatment plant and the yacht club if we have 56:09.600 --> 56:15.280 a huge flood how does that take into account for that for future I will say that this this 56:15.280 --> 56:20.800 plant doesn't necessarily take that into account I'll say that like it's not I could put together 56:20.800 --> 56:26.880 maybe a flood map that would actually show how the reduction in inundation area could be reduced 56:26.880 --> 56:33.200 right it with this open stream that's something that we could definitely map out for you to show 56:33.200 --> 56:39.200 the reduction as far as the inundation area goes but we haven't been asked specifically to look at 56:39.200 --> 56:43.120 the wastewater treatment plant yet as far as that goes but you do have a sustainability 56:43.120 --> 56:46.480 plan I believe for the wastewater treatment plant and flooding so that's something we can look at 56:46.480 --> 56:51.120 water field water field water field I'm sorry I'm sorry water field water field okay thank you 56:52.640 --> 56:58.720 yeah one more thing to just add to your to the answer if I may um you know at by by daylighting 56:58.720 --> 57:04.320 more of the channel we're providing a preferred route for any flood flows to go directly into the 57:04.320 --> 57:09.600 lake through the open channel what's happening currently is debris is building up and then that's 57:09.600 --> 57:15.120 forcing the flood water to go to other places and that's posing a risk to adjacent parking areas 57:15.120 --> 57:19.680 and the water treatment plant in a different type of way thank you I wholeheartedly support 57:19.680 --> 57:26.080 the project I think it's a great idea thank you I would just I'm gonna add here I just I really 57:26.080 --> 57:29.920 appreciate that we're finally taking a proactive approach to flood mitigation and poor wash instead 57:29.920 --> 57:36.720 of a reactive when we put up the gate reactive when we throw up walls reactive the navigable stream 57:36.720 --> 57:41.200 part I mean that's been a passion project for me my whole life trying to get sturgeon reintroduced 57:41.200 --> 57:47.440 in the Milwaukee River and just fish in here I am wondering how you are working with the design 57:47.440 --> 57:53.680 scope of the headwaters in the area that is now on the vantage project with their 60 to 100 57:53.680 --> 57:59.440 potential acres of retention ponds one of the main reasons we were told that area flooded 57:59.520 --> 58:05.360 year after year after year was because of the different agriculture agricultural drain tiling 58:05.360 --> 58:12.240 systems that didn't line up and just sent all the water into town rapidly so I'm just I'm hoping 58:12.240 --> 58:16.880 that that is proactive in the conversation as well which is what puts it in the tidd is because that 58:16.880 --> 58:21.440 is what flooded us traditionally for all those years so it's more of a comment and please make 58:21.440 --> 58:26.080 sure you guys are working together we were up there the other day they've already got I can't 58:26.080 --> 58:30.000 remember what it was 60 acres of retention ponds currently up there so I'm hoping that 58:30.000 --> 58:34.880 makes for a much quieter spring here in Port Washington yeah I know that you know it's counter 58:34.880 --> 58:41.360 intuitive to some to to most people that development actually improves the stormwater runoff but that's 58:41.360 --> 58:48.160 the case so with with every every development the city of Port Washington and this is a standard 58:48.160 --> 58:54.800 which was established even before I came here so I'm very proud that we have a stormwater ordinance 58:54.800 --> 59:01.280 that requires the 100-year storm to be reduced to a two-year pre-development runoff and so 59:03.600 --> 59:08.400 some of our only a few of our developers complained about it but I mean that means we're kind of 59:08.400 --> 59:14.560 in that sweet spot for making sure that we are that every development improves the situation 59:14.560 --> 59:19.200 for the people who live downstream of those developments and so it's really paid off. 59:20.000 --> 59:23.440 I have two other wonderings as we move forward with the project and as you're writing the grant 59:23.440 --> 59:29.840 and one is thinking back to when we had our young people here from TJ if there's a way to 59:29.840 --> 59:34.720 build in a community service project when we do the plantation plantings in the vegetation in there 59:34.720 --> 59:38.880 so we've got some youth ownership in the project and then the other one is 59:40.880 --> 59:45.680 really I had it's more of a question for John but are we going to go in there in this project 59:45.680 --> 59:50.880 and are we going to work to remove as much of the debris as possible or at least fell those trees 59:50.960 --> 59:55.680 so that they're more natural instead of getting washed up and jamming up the creek over time 59:55.680 --> 01:00:01.520 is that part of the scope of the renewal to remove all those right so the design the design of 01:00:01.520 --> 01:00:08.960 this incorporates actually that debris that's currently in the in the floodplain we are going 01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:15.120 to be using that to break debris to stabilize the the new bang embankments and so they're actually 01:00:15.680 --> 01:00:22.800 use that vegetation to reduce future erosion and to establish the the stream bangs 01:00:22.800 --> 01:00:28.320 and the rest of it that we don't use is going to be hauled out and so awesome I mean it's going to 01:00:28.320 --> 01:00:35.200 be essentially a clean a clean site once we are completed with this project fantastic yeah 01:00:36.160 --> 01:00:37.280 Evan do you have any questions 01:00:39.520 --> 01:00:42.320 okay all right any other questions or comments from council 01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:48.480 Mr. Mayor hold on Mr. Benning I just call on Miss Miller I'll call you next okay 01:00:50.080 --> 01:00:55.440 so just an adjacent wondering you talk about the fish coming back into this creek and all of that 01:00:55.440 --> 01:01:02.800 so would that be part of this plan to get the DNR involved to repopulate or to have spawning 01:01:02.800 --> 01:01:08.000 areas created or is that going to be an adjacent plan that we would do after 01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:16.960 if anyone knows we know I can speak to that it is a part of the comprehensive plan all of the 01:01:16.960 --> 01:01:22.080 the fish habitat improvements will be built into the design itself and we're working with Sea Grant 01:01:22.080 --> 01:01:28.480 Titus Selheimer is a PhD with Sea Grant and he's been doing research on the creek itself to better 01:01:28.480 --> 01:01:34.160 understand what species are trying to encourage to come up he's seen he's seen observations of 01:01:34.160 --> 01:01:41.360 salmon coming up from Lake Michigan suckers and we're hoping for northern pike so it's all part of 01:01:41.360 --> 01:01:49.360 it so so we wouldn't be stalking it or would we just allow it naturally come up because there is 01:01:49.360 --> 01:01:55.040 some restocking of our fish in Lake Michigan and other lakes so I was just curious it's something 01:01:55.040 --> 01:01:59.600 that we could talk about but as of right now it would be naturally occurring let let giving 01:01:59.680 --> 01:02:04.560 them basically a path to come up okay thank you and as far as DNR you know we've already been 01:02:04.560 --> 01:02:08.800 coordinating with them like like Sarah said the Sea Grant and and the DNR is aware of this 01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:13.840 and not only is the DNR aware but we've had the UWM students have been here doing the research 01:02:13.840 --> 01:02:18.160 with Titus from Sea Grant on this they've been coming up here and looking at fish and doing 01:02:18.160 --> 01:02:25.280 some water quality assessments we have some UWM students doing some mapping for us looking at 01:02:25.280 --> 01:02:33.440 trails we've had school-aged people coming here and doing tours with LNRP so the community 01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:38.000 the youth that aspect of it is something that has been brought into the project and we're going to 01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:44.720 continue to do that again it's just awesome I mean I'm older but I'm not that old but that that 01:02:44.720 --> 01:02:49.600 creek level has dropped so much over the course of my life through the erosion and I worry all the 01:02:49.600 --> 01:02:54.000 time about the west side of the bluff so I mean I think we've got a nice compounding effect here 01:02:54.000 --> 01:03:00.320 and I'd ask us to move as quickly as possible in this so Mr. Benning yeah I just want to say thanks 01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:06.640 to Rob and the team I gave him a list of questions on Monday morning with the timing of the packet 01:03:06.640 --> 01:03:12.000 and the holiday and elections and things like that so thank you for the feedback there I do have 01:03:12.000 --> 01:03:19.120 you know some concerns with the cost of this in my my recollection may not be right but I thought 01:03:19.200 --> 01:03:25.440 we had started out at a 15 million dollar estimate and now we're up to 20 million and so I'm concerned 01:03:25.440 --> 01:03:34.640 that that keeps creeping up so I'd like to get to a a good number that we understand fairly well 01:03:35.760 --> 01:03:41.280 I have concerns about losing more green space down there and I understand that you know 01:03:42.080 --> 01:03:47.680 the green space we will be kind of adding along the edge of the creek is this very beneficial 01:03:48.320 --> 01:03:54.960 but we're also losing green space kind of over on the north side of the driveway behind the 01:03:54.960 --> 01:04:01.840 van shell where we're adding a whole bunch of parking spots in there so just green space in 01:04:01.840 --> 01:04:09.280 that area especially with what we had to lose with the water treatment plant is getting valuable 01:04:09.280 --> 01:04:15.280 and the more we can retain down there the better so keep that in mind I think the other thing is 01:04:15.360 --> 01:04:21.680 that when we when we consider the bridge for the path along the lakefront you know when we have 01:04:21.680 --> 01:04:28.800 festivals that is the path for emergency vehicles to get in there because lake streets closed we 01:04:28.800 --> 01:04:35.360 need to make sure that bridge is capable of handling that that volume of traffic going through there 01:04:36.480 --> 01:04:42.800 as well so just and and mayor I I don't want to disagree with you but I have had some of the 01:04:42.800 --> 01:04:49.040 fish day people reach out to me and and very concerned about losing space down there for 01:04:49.040 --> 01:04:56.800 their festival thank you any other questions or concerns though is there someone willing to 01:04:56.800 --> 01:05:04.000 make a motion sure I'll move to I'll move to accept the staff recommendation and the staff 01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:10.000 recommendation again is to do the 60 day lighting correct Rob is there someone willing to make a 01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:16.320 second seconder second by ultimate tyranny any questions or concerns on the motion 01:05:16.880 --> 01:05:22.320 right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed aye all right motion carries 01:05:22.880 --> 01:05:28.800 thank you very much this we're very much looking forward to this thank you okay that brings us to 01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:33.840 unfinished business which is from the top of the hour our librarian is here to do a charter 01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:37.440 presentation which I blew right past the mic excitement to proclaim it his week 01:05:39.600 --> 01:05:45.600 so Tom you are up to do your charter presentation well it's really you have three minutes please 01:05:45.600 --> 01:05:52.480 state your name and address Tom Carson library director 424 Grand Avenue take as much time as you 01:05:52.480 --> 01:05:57.680 need he said three minutes so basically you have a copy of the charter in your packet 01:05:58.480 --> 01:06:06.000 so really our focus this year is getting used to all the new renovations and I will tell you 01:06:06.000 --> 01:06:13.920 we've received nothing but positive comments from our users especially which I'm very proud of 01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:21.360 is the bathrooms were finally redone that actually has been people have been shocked when they've 01:06:21.440 --> 01:06:29.200 walked into the bathrooms but also they really are using the study rooms and the conference room 01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:37.040 and the computer lab we're offering more computer classes which are gradually going up in attendance 01:06:37.040 --> 01:06:45.040 so our goal is still to be a community gathering space as well as an opportunity people to access 01:06:45.040 --> 01:06:53.520 information we are like all public libraries in this country we are changing it's really not 01:06:53.520 --> 01:07:03.040 about it's not just about the book anymore the print book our statistics for digital access to 01:07:03.040 --> 01:07:10.080 materials is gone up dramatically it's gone up dramatically around the state the state is working 01:07:10.160 --> 01:07:19.200 on trying to create more opportunity to people to access digital content I have to repeat this 01:07:19.200 --> 01:07:28.240 a lot because people think that libraries can get digital books really cheaply we cannot we actually 01:07:28.240 --> 01:07:38.880 pay about well the system the state system pays 76 dollars for a digital title and once they 01:07:38.880 --> 01:07:48.240 sir 26 times they got to buy that copy again so and the state knows that we need more money for 01:07:48.240 --> 01:07:55.360 the program there are organizations working with the state to provide more funds for the digital 01:07:55.920 --> 01:08:01.680 library we are one of few states in the country that provide digital materials to every resident 01:08:01.680 --> 01:08:07.680 in the state of Wisconsin you just need a library card and a password to access the collection 01:08:07.680 --> 01:08:14.800 yes it is heavily used there's like 400 holds on some titles but we're doing the best we can to 01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:20.160 meet those needs so I just want to invite everyone to come and use the library that's what we're 01:08:20.160 --> 01:08:28.720 there for we have well-trained staff we are have great programming especially for kids 01:08:28.720 --> 01:08:36.080 we really focus on literacy and getting kids started so when they get off to school they're ready 01:08:37.520 --> 01:08:47.120 and get them to enjoy learning so please come and use us we have everything done except we 01:08:47.200 --> 01:08:54.240 got to do a little way finding we have all the latest technology all our computers have been updated 01:08:55.040 --> 01:09:04.480 our Wi-Fi we now have 12 access points versus two so we really have improved that so feel 01:09:04.480 --> 01:09:09.840 free to come and use us any questions what's the current wait time of Theo of golden 01:09:10.720 --> 01:09:19.680 you know sir you could look it up it's a bunch but I will tell you we are participating in what 01:09:19.680 --> 01:09:27.600 they call the advantage program so if you're using digital content in the digital library always go 01:09:27.600 --> 01:09:33.840 the next step to see if we have it in our library system because we are spending a little more 01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:40.320 money to buy extra copies but it's only for those folks who live in Dodge Washington, 01:09:40.320 --> 01:09:42.880 Shabogan and Otaki County. 01:09:42.880 --> 01:09:45.920 Tom are there ways the public can support the library? 01:09:46.800 --> 01:09:52.160 Sure we always take donations you can be a member of the Friends group the Friends group 01:09:52.160 --> 01:09:57.520 helps us a lot because they they're in charge of the use book sale so and you can get some 01:09:57.520 --> 01:10:02.640 really good deals on use books I mean there's a lot some people bring in brand new books 01:10:03.440 --> 01:10:13.040 they're a buck versus $15 now they're not there every day but we also there's opportunities for 01:10:13.040 --> 01:10:20.800 programming our scene this year is dinosaurs for the summer we have some really great programming 01:10:20.800 --> 01:10:28.080 coming up and so yeah we take donations we are not taking books donations yet just keep that in mind 01:10:28.160 --> 01:10:33.280 people keep calling us but we got to create a little more space to take those donations 01:10:33.280 --> 01:10:37.760 awesome and I appreciated hearing that Mr. Harris is going to be in an inflatable dinosaur 01:10:37.760 --> 01:10:44.800 costume waving people in the summer so well that was very cool we did I actually contacted 01:10:44.800 --> 01:10:50.480 a company in California that brings we can get a 30 foot dinosaur 01:10:51.440 --> 01:10:57.760 um but it's two thousand dollars a day and I don't think that's uh the right way to use 01:10:57.760 --> 01:11:00.480 a day Bob wouldn't charge that we'll build that 01:11:01.920 --> 01:11:08.560 no it's actually a replica and they're 30 feet 30 feet high I mean they ship it it it 01:11:09.360 --> 01:11:14.800 it blows up with air and it'd be really cool but it'll feel too pricey I think for like $15 on 01:11:14.800 --> 01:11:19.760 Amazon we can get Bob their costume other questions for about the charter 01:11:21.280 --> 01:11:25.280 not so much about the charter but I do want to thank you and everybody who has worked at the 01:11:25.280 --> 01:11:32.080 library continues to work at the library um me and my family have been card holders since 1987 01:11:32.080 --> 01:11:39.040 when we moved back into town before that we've had other library cards but um most importantly 01:11:39.120 --> 01:11:44.240 though it's not only the members of our community who are physically here right now 01:11:44.240 --> 01:11:49.920 when my son was in the Navy serving in Japan in Spain he also used all of the services that 01:11:49.920 --> 01:11:54.720 are available online and for someone who doesn't have access when they're on on a ship in the 01:11:54.720 --> 01:11:59.760 middle of the ocean this was fabulous for him so I want to thank you again well thank you and 01:11:59.760 --> 01:12:05.920 so the statewide program is BadgerLink and the digital Wisconsin digital library all available 01:12:05.920 --> 01:12:12.240 you can be in China yeah and download books I know people who have done it uh so it is available 01:12:12.240 --> 01:12:19.600 so use these resources they're available okay thank you Tom yep thank you all right that moves 01:12:19.600 --> 01:12:25.280 us back into oh I'm sorry all the maternity do you have a question oh no okay all right that 01:12:25.280 --> 01:12:29.280 brings us to new business then the public works five-year planning for intersection improvements 01:12:29.280 --> 01:12:34.800 for the vantage data center uh Rob I'm going to turn this over to you and our friends from 01:12:34.800 --> 01:12:41.840 grave yep okay I'll kick this off and I'll first just for clarification um the the title of this 01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:47.280 item is really just the intersection intersection improvements for vantage data center the public 01:12:47.280 --> 01:12:52.800 works five-year planning that's going to be at our uh at our next council meeting and a preview of 01:12:52.800 --> 01:12:57.760 that at our upcoming board of public works meeting uh next week so we have representatives from 01:12:57.760 --> 01:13:04.240 grave they are engineers who are working for vantage and designing intersection improvements 01:13:04.240 --> 01:13:12.080 that will facilitate movement of vehicles both workers and oversized trucks to and to and from 01:13:12.080 --> 01:13:20.400 the site we have Alex Monal and our model sorry and you got a model okay sorry Alex Monal and 01:13:20.400 --> 01:13:26.400 Jim Lisa here from from grave and so I'll kick it over to Alex all right thank you thank you all 01:13:26.400 --> 01:13:31.520 for inviting me and Greg here tonight to talk a little bit about the roadway improvements 01:13:32.240 --> 01:13:38.960 um I wanted to to start off by saying you know we we looked at you can see on this map which is 01:13:38.960 --> 01:13:45.920 the tid five area um the red circles are the locations the intersections that were included 01:13:45.920 --> 01:13:53.120 in our study this these were identified um in conjunction with the city um Ozaki County and 01:13:53.120 --> 01:14:00.720 the Wisconsin DOT because it does include an interchange with i43 um we really focused on 01:14:00.720 --> 01:14:05.680 improvements that would be required for two different um two different reasons so the first 01:14:05.680 --> 01:14:13.200 would be flow and traffic operations and reducing congestion um and impacts to the motoring public 01:14:13.200 --> 01:14:19.440 because of the increase in volume and then we also looked at improvements focused on geometrics 01:14:19.440 --> 01:14:24.720 because of some of the size of some of the vehicles that would be coming through you know the the 01:14:24.800 --> 01:14:31.040 larger delivery vehicles so all of the improvements at these intersections and along the roadways are 01:14:31.040 --> 01:14:41.040 focused on addressing one of those two issues at these intersections so the first area that we 01:14:41.040 --> 01:14:51.520 looked at is highway h um with the interchange at i43 this is exit 100 um so highway 32 and h 01:14:51.520 --> 01:15:00.800 on the north side of town um starting at the north end so the intersection of uh h and kw um 01:15:01.920 --> 01:15:08.480 no significant improvements adding a right bound uh right turn lane for the northbound 01:15:08.480 --> 01:15:13.600 approach so that that northbound traffic can move out of the way out of the through lanes and make 01:15:13.600 --> 01:15:20.720 their turn um a little bit of pavement widening there for vehicle tracking um as we move to the 01:15:20.720 --> 01:15:26.960 southbound and northbound ramp terminals with i43 those would be kind of the biggest areas 01:15:26.960 --> 01:15:33.280 where we wanted to focus on improvement um those we are looking at adding temporary signals to 01:15:33.280 --> 01:15:41.520 both of the ramp terminals um and that is really to help provide progression along h and make 01:15:41.520 --> 01:15:47.520 sure that there aren't impacts on the ramps um with the amount of volume that we are expecting to 01:15:47.520 --> 01:15:53.760 the site during construction um there could be delays potentially on the freeway if we weren't 01:15:53.760 --> 01:16:01.280 to put signals in and also potential um potential delays on county h thank you for coming tonight 01:16:04.720 --> 01:16:10.960 so putting in these signals um and in tying them connecting to the signal at ll um immediately 01:16:10.960 --> 01:16:16.960 south of the interchange will help provide that progression along county h and make sure that 01:16:16.960 --> 01:16:23.440 your movements off of the ramps are uh occurring so that you're not seeing those long delays and 01:16:23.440 --> 01:16:29.520 impacting the motoring public um when we worked with the dot on these one of their biggest concerns 01:16:29.520 --> 01:16:36.880 was making sure that we're not creating long queues um whether it's on h or on the ramps 01:16:37.440 --> 01:16:42.960 keeping traffic flowing with progression so um in addition to any of the the 01:16:43.280 --> 01:16:49.280 the temporary timings themselves there will be coordination between all three signals so that 01:16:49.280 --> 01:16:55.840 you can create that progression as you're moving through the corridor uh we are also looking at 01:16:55.840 --> 01:17:03.040 adding some turn lanes so at the um southbound ramps it's kind of hard to see in this image but 01:17:03.040 --> 01:17:10.640 right now there is only one northbound left turn lane to go south on i-43 we are proposing to take 01:17:10.640 --> 01:17:15.600 the middle lane which is currently a through lane and make that a shared through left turn lane 01:17:15.600 --> 01:17:22.640 to help reduce that queuing and really make sure that we're not impacting uh the through traffic 01:17:22.640 --> 01:17:29.040 that is trying to go on h so um that involves widening the on ramp so you'll see there's um 01:17:29.040 --> 01:17:36.640 we've added some pink shading that's uh an expansion of pavement to um allow for two receiving lanes 01:17:36.640 --> 01:17:44.640 so that we can pump more traffic through and minimize those impacts to the public 01:17:44.640 --> 01:17:54.640 at highland lane so now we're moving kind of northeast a little bit so this is um taking ll and 01:17:54.640 --> 01:18:03.440 highland drive um highland lane is the underpass that goes under uh 43 um we are looking at uh 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:09.840 we are looking at uh an enhanced pedestrian trail crossing so this is also right where 01:18:09.840 --> 01:18:16.800 the inner urban trail crosses highland drive um looking to really enhance visibility and safety 01:18:16.800 --> 01:18:24.160 there um making sure uh right now we are looking at um putting in rectangular rapid flashing beacons 01:18:24.160 --> 01:18:30.480 which is the wigwag lighting that you can push a button and there's um lights that flash to notify 01:18:30.560 --> 01:18:35.840 drivers that there are pedestrians or people biking on the trail making those crossings 01:18:36.960 --> 01:18:43.120 one of the other things that we are proposing on ll is some widening to account for a free flow 01:18:43.120 --> 01:18:52.320 southbound right turn um for people exiting um we're going to be restricting left turns out of 01:18:52.320 --> 01:18:58.720 that movement to go north on ll uh just because of congestion allowing that movement would um 01:18:59.680 --> 01:19:06.240 it really create congestion and delay on highland drive and highland lane so by expanding the 01:19:06.240 --> 01:19:13.520 cross section on ll to the south we'll be providing space for a free flow right turn lane on highland 01:19:13.520 --> 01:19:25.040 lane then lastly on lake drive at the north end of the site so the top image is at kw on the west 01:19:25.120 --> 01:19:32.960 side and the bottom image is lake and ll on the east side um we're proposing adding right turn 01:19:32.960 --> 01:19:38.320 lanes for those counterclockwise circulation patterns and that's really to get the traffic 01:19:38.320 --> 01:19:45.520 coming to the site out of the main lanes of travel so that anybody that's slowing down 01:19:45.520 --> 01:19:52.800 to make a turn is not impacting through traffic um separating those movements helps avoid any 01:19:52.800 --> 01:19:57.200 potential safety issues with rear ends for vehicles slowing down and just help separate 01:19:57.200 --> 01:20:02.960 movements and gives everybody their own lane and then it also minimizes any congestion issues with 01:20:02.960 --> 01:20:13.200 traffic slowing down so these are the improvements that we are recommending um have been approved 01:20:14.560 --> 01:20:18.000 the concepts have been approved by the wisconsin department of transportation 01:20:18.960 --> 01:20:25.760 as far as schedule and timeline goes uh we submitted plans last week to the dot we did get 01:20:25.760 --> 01:20:31.920 some comments back we've been working with them um in the dnr on um getting appropriate approvals 01:20:32.560 --> 01:20:36.560 and we have a meeting with them scheduled tomorrow to talk about some of the temporary 01:20:36.560 --> 01:20:42.080 signals logistics we are expecting to get those permit approvals within the next several weeks 01:20:42.080 --> 01:20:48.320 and the vantage team is working on pricing and getting those um improvements set up and we are 01:20:48.320 --> 01:20:55.200 expecting that though they will be installed within the next two months or so so i would think by 01:20:55.200 --> 01:21:04.880 may you'll be seeing a lot of these improvements coming awesome uh moosa and just um for clarity 01:21:04.880 --> 01:21:10.000 and i know rob spoke to this but this isn't an action item this is just an update um the title 01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:15.680 is like a little bit wonky but where we are working with the county on most of this 01:21:15.680 --> 01:21:20.320 road construction work so that they're getting the revenue for that and they are not doing they 01:21:20.320 --> 01:21:25.920 can't do the traffic signal pieces um so we're working externally on that but i just want to 01:21:25.920 --> 01:21:29.360 let you know it's not an action item it's just an update these are requirements from 01:21:30.080 --> 01:21:34.800 the dot to make sure that this is a safe project but like yeah eventually we'll get more clarity 01:21:34.800 --> 01:21:41.120 on the timing and like five-year plan this will all come piecemeal as a this work this work will 01:21:41.120 --> 01:21:52.560 all be done pretty rapidly um within the next six months yes this work is being done to eliminate 01:21:52.560 --> 01:22:00.720 or minimize uh congestion during construction so these improvements will actually be removed 01:22:00.720 --> 01:22:05.200 once construction is complete so like the temporary signals we're not putting in permanent 01:22:05.200 --> 01:22:10.240 signals at the ramp interchanges the volumes won't need that post-construction so they should be 01:22:10.240 --> 01:22:16.000 installed very soon in the next you know month or two months two to three months 01:22:16.800 --> 01:22:24.000 and then we'll be removed post-construction and and and none of this involves any 01:22:24.480 --> 01:22:29.760 eminent domain issues this is already owned by the east of the state the county or the 01:22:29.760 --> 01:22:35.520 municipality that's for by or by vantage or by vantage yes correct okay thank you 01:22:37.200 --> 01:22:40.720 other questions mr good i was going to call you mr gimpson 01:22:42.960 --> 01:22:50.000 yeah um looking particularly by the i-43 ramps my initial impression was that it looked like 01:22:50.000 --> 01:22:57.040 overkill but i can see that dot would require that no matter what um so i was going to ask for 01:22:57.040 --> 01:23:02.240 the temporary signals um it is truly going to be temporary dot is not going to require us to 01:23:02.240 --> 01:23:07.040 put up monotubes for just a couple years because i have worked on a project where they did require 01:23:07.040 --> 01:23:12.880 us to put up a monotubes that we knew would come down in three years uh that is not currently uh 01:23:12.880 --> 01:23:17.280 on the table our plans the temporary signal plans that we put together and have submitted 01:23:17.280 --> 01:23:25.120 for review um do show polls it would post um so i i would not expect that they will be requiring 01:23:25.120 --> 01:23:31.200 anything like that um it is the intent to remove them post-construction the the warrants were not 01:23:31.200 --> 01:23:37.040 met for permanent installation okay um would the the turn ramps in is the intent to remove 01:23:37.040 --> 01:23:42.480 them post-construction to or are they going to stages without the signals or potentially get 01:23:42.480 --> 01:23:46.640 striped out if we don't need them you mean the widening yes the widening for the like the turn 01:23:46.640 --> 01:23:54.240 lanes or the the extra lane down the ramp and so that the pavement could be removed it could be 01:23:54.800 --> 01:23:59.760 left and striped right now the plan is that it would be removed um all of the pavement markings 01:23:59.760 --> 01:24:08.080 so um particularly at the uh southbound off-rams for that dual um shared through left lane um we 01:24:08.080 --> 01:24:12.880 have a pavement marking plan that shows the temporary condition and then a removal and restoration 01:24:12.960 --> 01:24:17.760 plan as well that shows everything going back to the conditions that it is right now so that will 01:24:17.760 --> 01:24:22.800 return to two through lanes and a single left turn lane in the future okay yeah actually the 01:24:22.800 --> 01:24:27.920 for the traffic on that on that bridge it's four lanes but it could be just a two-lane bridge 01:24:27.920 --> 01:24:33.760 would be completely adequate under normal conditions yes the DOT really overbuilt that in the 70s 01:24:36.560 --> 01:24:39.440 yes target roads here on wisconsin public radio 01:24:40.400 --> 01:24:44.960 mr gasper do this does this for a living so it's always interesting i have no idea what 01:24:44.960 --> 01:24:50.080 you're talking about what was it pipes pipe pipe what is now a month so like a lot of tube is 01:24:50.640 --> 01:24:56.720 DOT it sounds like a Disney thing it's it's about a up to a 36 inch wide pole that comes up it's 01:24:56.720 --> 01:25:02.800 on a base that goes down about 16 feet into the ground in fact i don't know how we'd ever really 01:25:02.800 --> 01:25:08.320 would remove those other than blasting them they're um they're they're huge with full and full of 01:25:08.320 --> 01:25:13.440 steel they're overkill and they're really expensive and referenced in the calm plan update 01:25:15.440 --> 01:25:21.360 all right so no other questions or clarifications on the report for us mr mare yeah mr betting 01:25:22.480 --> 01:25:30.560 just a couple comments questions um how long is you anticipate the temporary signals being in 01:25:30.560 --> 01:25:38.640 place the construction is expected to last for about five years okay that's for phase one or 01:25:38.640 --> 01:25:48.880 phase one and two phase one okay so okay um and then the traffic coming northbound and 43 01:25:48.880 --> 01:25:57.360 and the off ramp that then wants to go northbound on ll has to cross a couple lanes to get to that 01:25:57.360 --> 01:26:05.040 left turn lane if you know if we got a consideration there that we don't back up traffic blocking 01:26:05.040 --> 01:26:12.960 cross is trying to cross there or can't get across there yes so the signal phasing is set up there 01:26:12.960 --> 01:26:21.600 is a southbound at the the ll and h intersection there is a southbound left turn there um green arrow 01:26:21.600 --> 01:26:29.680 phase and so that movement that path from the off ramp making a right turn to then go south and 01:26:29.680 --> 01:26:35.680 make another left turn onto ll that is one of the patterns that the signal timings are um will be 01:26:36.320 --> 01:26:42.160 set to address and accommodate that movement okay because it i mean it's a little hairy today 01:26:42.160 --> 01:26:49.520 even trying to get across two lanes and i just didn't know with the lights holding up traffic um 01:26:49.520 --> 01:26:55.520 how that was going to work so so the lights will actually assist that because the southbound 01:26:55.520 --> 01:27:02.000 traffic on h will be stopped when the the right turn traffic i mean you will have right turn on 01:27:02.000 --> 01:27:11.680 reds but um there will be i guess i'm more concerned about northbound 43 off ramp traffic 01:27:11.680 --> 01:27:18.240 queuing up for the stoplight and then if you got eight or ten vehicles backed up there that are 01:27:18.240 --> 01:27:26.560 coming down and queuing up to get either straight or or left turn so that's it gets more my concern 01:27:26.560 --> 01:27:33.520 is the volume coming off 43 and wanting how many of them don't want to turn left on ll going north 01:27:33.520 --> 01:27:43.360 on ll okay this way over here yeah on ll yeah so if you're making this this movement coming down 01:27:44.240 --> 01:27:53.360 and then that direction so if i've got vehicles queued up on on the off ramp from 43 north 01:27:53.360 --> 01:27:59.040 and then that light turns green for me and i've got to get all those vehicles today it's usually 01:27:59.040 --> 01:28:05.360 one or two vehicles i could have six or eight vehicles lined up there yes so the lights will 01:28:05.360 --> 01:28:12.720 be timed so that you can make that movement kind of all together and that's something that we will 01:28:13.200 --> 01:28:18.640 be monitoring and and working with the dot on who's managing these timings um 01:28:19.760 --> 01:28:25.920 traffic flows fluctuate throughout the day and the timings um we have different timing plans for 01:28:25.920 --> 01:28:30.880 different movements and flows so that might be a pattern that you see during the morning peak 01:28:30.880 --> 01:28:38.240 hour as people are driving to the site um and you might have a different timing pattern or 01:28:38.240 --> 01:28:44.640 prioritize different routes at different times of the day so we work with with the dot who manages 01:28:44.640 --> 01:28:52.880 the signals to adjust timings as needed okay thank you okay that looks like those are all of our 01:28:52.880 --> 01:28:57.120 questions thank you very much for coming in this evening and presenting this and looking forward to 01:28:57.120 --> 01:29:01.520 a little safer north side there absolutely thanks okay that brings us into consideration a possible 01:29:01.520 --> 01:29:07.040 action on resolution 2026 dash 04 approving governmental responsibility for targeted runoff 01:29:07.120 --> 01:29:11.840 management and urban non-point source and stormwater management grants the issue is 01:29:11.840 --> 01:29:16.800 should the city approve resolution 2026 04 to authorize the director of public works to apply 01:29:16.800 --> 01:29:23.760 for dnr targeted runoff management trm and urban non-point source grants to fund improvements to 01:29:23.760 --> 01:29:33.520 valley creek the staff's recommendation is approval of resolution 2026 04 rob okay so um following 01:29:33.520 --> 01:29:40.000 it up on how we are planned to fund the valley creek improvements these are two more grants that 01:29:40.000 --> 01:29:48.080 the stantec team has identified both supported by the department of natural resources dnr and 01:29:48.640 --> 01:29:54.800 they require prior to submitting these grant applications that the council passed a resolution 01:29:54.800 --> 01:30:00.400 supporting them so it's two different grants that we intend to apply for the non-point 01:30:00.400 --> 01:30:06.880 source pollution grant and a targeted runoff management grant and so those will support 01:30:06.880 --> 01:30:14.960 two aspects of the project one being the stormwater management best management practice bmp 01:30:14.960 --> 01:30:21.120 on the west side of upper lake park which was also mentioned by the mayor this evening to um 01:30:21.200 --> 01:30:28.000 attenuate erosion on the the bluff and the other is uh to 01:30:30.160 --> 01:30:38.960 help pay for what we call RSCs or um all right I'm having a moment here but regenerative storm 01:30:38.960 --> 01:30:50.880 water conveyance uh at various discharge locations along the creek so um so one is a 70 01:30:50.880 --> 01:30:58.240 percent uh grant funding rate the other is 50 percent we have matching funds provided both by 01:30:58.240 --> 01:31:02.960 the vantage uh donation that I mentioned before of three million dollars and the 10 million 01:31:02.960 --> 01:31:13.040 dollars that has been um allocated in the tiff um and so uh staff is recommending approval of the 01:31:13.040 --> 01:31:21.760 resolution that is in your packet any questions anyone willing to make a motion on the recommendation 01:31:21.760 --> 01:31:27.600 to approve resolution 2026 dash 04 permitting him to go after these grants I move uh to approve 01:31:27.600 --> 01:31:34.800 resolution uh 2026 dash 04 there's a motion is there a second second there's a motion a second 01:31:34.800 --> 01:31:39.280 any questions or concerns on the motion all right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye 01:31:40.080 --> 01:31:45.040 opposed all right motion carries just as a reminder council when more than three of us have our 01:31:45.040 --> 01:31:50.800 microphones on we get feedback consideration impossible action on the approval of an easement 01:31:50.800 --> 01:31:55.840 to we energies for electric utility on east jackson street should the city approve an easement 01:31:55.840 --> 01:32:00.400 agreement for electric utilities for we energies to provide power to the peer street landing 01:32:00.400 --> 01:32:05.360 development the staff recommendation is to approve the easement for we energies roger 01:32:05.520 --> 01:32:11.920 all right um so the peer street landing development was approved at the last 01:32:12.480 --> 01:32:17.360 council meeting and uh as as part of their development they're they're removing some 01:32:17.360 --> 01:32:22.400 power poles bearing bearing power lines and transformer that serves this area 01:32:22.400 --> 01:32:25.360 is on one of those power lines so that that's coming down needs to be on the ground 01:32:26.160 --> 01:32:33.200 so um just a little point of clarification this transformer serves the house adjacent to the 01:32:33.200 --> 01:32:39.600 city parking lot on the north side of pure street and and then also the one of the buildings 01:32:39.600 --> 01:32:44.400 have from franklin street so it serves two properties across the street from the pure street landing 01:32:46.400 --> 01:32:50.640 pure street landing has a transformer for their development on their property 01:32:52.800 --> 01:33:00.080 um so anyway as as a result of of these design and and action taken um 01:33:00.720 --> 01:33:05.360 we energies needs is putting this transformer on the ground they need space for it and they're 01:33:05.360 --> 01:33:16.000 requesting an easement from us okay all right any questions or concerns i would just um as 01:33:16.000 --> 01:33:22.720 a comment say um i'm not sure it's the best place to put it but i don't know where's better um it 01:33:22.720 --> 01:33:27.840 it it's it's a it's a spot that if we were ever to want to redevelop that parking lot i have a 01:33:27.920 --> 01:33:32.880 feeling no matter where we put it there it's going to be in the way and we probably can't make the 01:33:32.880 --> 01:33:38.080 right decision on it because it's no matter where we put i think it's going to be in the way there 01:33:38.080 --> 01:33:45.840 but since it is uh not just exclusive to the one parcel but um also benefits the others i guess i 01:33:45.840 --> 01:33:52.880 would move to approve this item we have a motion is there a second i'll second move it in second 01:33:52.880 --> 01:33:57.200 any questions or concerns on the motion seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye 01:33:58.800 --> 01:34:04.080 all right opposed that motion carries that takes us into the last agenda item this evening 01:34:04.080 --> 01:34:07.840 which is public comments and appearances are there any public comments or appearances this 01:34:07.840 --> 01:34:14.640 evening all right seeing seeing none i would like to give the floor to alderman attorney 01:34:15.360 --> 01:34:23.680 just thank you mr mary just wanted to uh express my thanks to everyone uh both on the council and 01:34:23.680 --> 01:34:30.320 the staff and the two mayors i've worked with and the three administrators and um to appreciate 01:34:30.320 --> 01:34:38.400 educating me as we go along i was thinking today that in late 1979 it was in just october i was 01:34:38.400 --> 01:34:43.600 just finishing up a four-year hitch in the navy i had about six months to go i was at an instructor 01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:48.720 at great lakes and i was living in canosia i had a part-time job at the newspaper and i went down 01:34:48.720 --> 01:34:53.760 to the newspaper to drop off some copy one day i ran into the sports editor and i was always 01:34:53.760 --> 01:34:57.680 kind of looking hey need any stories covered you know anything i can do to get a new clip 01:34:57.680 --> 01:35:02.800 chris is probably the only one that knows what a clip is but uh the uh he said well you know i'm 01:35:02.800 --> 01:35:05.760 looking for some guys to go out and cover the state championship football game we're really 01:35:05.760 --> 01:35:11.040 excited about this trampers in it it's one of the first state championship games ever played 01:35:11.120 --> 01:35:15.120 it'll be great it was in ashkash and i said i said who are they playing he said port washington and 01:35:15.120 --> 01:35:22.800 i said oh where's port washington and a year later i was sitting in this council chamber covering 01:35:23.360 --> 01:35:28.720 the port washington common council as a reporter and up a year before that i didn't i wasn't sure 01:35:28.720 --> 01:35:36.400 where the city was located so uh that uh was quite a change uh and i just wanted to say that uh 01:35:36.720 --> 01:35:42.560 the whole time that i've been on the common council or before that when i was covering the city 01:35:43.120 --> 01:35:49.840 there's always been kind of a matter of uh too many things needing and we don't have not enough 01:35:49.840 --> 01:35:56.320 dollars and um it got uh and always we've talked about things that were kicked down the road 01:35:56.320 --> 01:36:01.040 deferred maintenance and this type of thing and having kind of gone through some of the history 01:36:01.760 --> 01:36:06.000 it's hard to blame some of those people that kicked things down the road when i moved here 01:36:06.000 --> 01:36:13.760 i checked inflation was 15 percent and unemployment was almost eight it was 7.9 percent and we went 01:36:13.760 --> 01:36:19.760 through we went through the great depression when we had so many open storefronts downtown we the 01:36:19.760 --> 01:36:25.840 mayor has mentioned that we saw our once thriving industrial base just kind of shrink over the years 01:36:25.840 --> 01:36:32.960 and uh i think you know and things kept getting pushed off so it's hard to blame people but i think 01:36:33.040 --> 01:36:39.520 you know in the last 18 months we had an opportunity to do a reset and it you know no matter what 01:36:39.520 --> 01:36:44.560 people think it was not an easy decision i don't think it was easy for anybody i lost all kinds 01:36:44.560 --> 01:36:51.200 sleep over it and uh in a way it would have been easier to say no let's not do this you know it's 01:36:51.200 --> 01:36:55.680 you know i think we could but then i think we would have been kicking financial issues down the road 01:36:55.680 --> 01:37:00.880 and i think somebody would have been able to blame us for that and uh you know like we could have 01:37:00.880 --> 01:37:07.120 waited for that absolutely perfect potential development that everybody would have loved 01:37:07.120 --> 01:37:12.560 and wouldn't have caused any trade-offs and we'd still be waiting and they'd be waiting in the 01:37:12.560 --> 01:37:19.600 perpetuity so i you know i think i think we took a responsible approach and i'm uh you know i'm 01:37:19.600 --> 01:37:25.600 i'm gonna live with that and i want to do want to say it it's been a pleasure to work with all of you 01:37:26.480 --> 01:37:35.120 and uh i have never had any reason any reason at all to doubt any of your integrity or to doubt 01:37:35.120 --> 01:37:40.720 your sincere desire to do what is best for the city and what is best for the people that live here 01:37:40.720 --> 01:37:46.800 and i'm proud to have worked with you and and i hope i'm not going to go die tomorrow or anything 01:37:46.800 --> 01:37:51.120 so we'll see you around but uh it's been a pleasure it's been a pleasure thank you 01:37:51.120 --> 01:37:58.720 with that would you like to make a motion there's a motion to adjourn is there a second 01:37:59.840 --> 01:38:02.880 second by all room and puzzle any questions or concerns on the motion 01:38:04.960 --> 01:38:12.880 pass this to him please all right all in favor signify by saying aye opposed the motion carries 01:38:12.880 --> 01:38:17.680 the meeting is adjourned go pirates and good night thank you pat