So, meeting for Tuesday, September 10th, or September 15th, 2026,
please join with me in a moment. We have roll call. Mr. Gasper is absent and
excused. Otherwise, all other older persons are
present. Please join with me for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you. That brings us into our agenda for this evening, which is our first
agenda item is public comments and appearances. Remember that you have the
opportunity to speak for up to three minutes for a maximum of 30 minutes
tonight. Please remember to state your name and address.
Okay. Tracy Finch, West Parkview Drive, Port Washington, Wisconsin.
I've spoken at nearly every council meeting about issues affecting our
community this past year. Recently, I focused on mental health,
not as an abstract topic, but because residents in Port Washington have been
dealing with stress, anxiety, and sleep disruption tied directly to the
vantage data center construction. I've emailed the mayor asking for
acknowledgement of these impacts and for the cities provide
free mental health support to affected residents. I ask for leadership or even
just a basic response, but there has been no reply, no public
acknowledgement, and no visible steps taken to help the people who are still
dealing with the consequences of this project.
And that's silent matters because Mayor Nitsky is also the CEO of CESA 6,
an organization that teaches leaders to listen, respond, and support people who
are struggling. This organization emphasizes rapid feedback, strong
community connection, and creating safe, thriving environments.
These are leadership values he promotes professionally.
Yet here in Port Washington, residents who have been struggling for months
have received none of that leadership. Then based on what was discussed at
the August Public Works Meeting, it appears the city has essentially tied
its own hands while giving vantage free reign to do as they please
because if the city disagrees, vantage threatens to sue.
A clear example of is the well usage issue.
So the city's own fact sheet Q&A is effectively meaningless,
and because of that, residents are left wondering, and in some cases, believing
that people may already be living in trailer city, regardless of whether
that city claims it's true or false. Mayor Nitsky, you have failed as a leader,
and you need to own up to this massive disaster you brought to Port Washington,
both the city and the town. What's worse is that you have convinced some
residents to turn against other residents simply because those residents
have raised legitimate concerns about this project
has been handled and the impact is on the environment.
I'm asking again, publicly and on the record, Mayor Nitsky, will you
acknowledge the mental health impact of vantage data center construction,
and will you take the steps to provide free mental health support to the
residents who were affected? You need to own the mistake you made.
The storm you created in Port Washington, silence is not leadership.
Residents deserve better because I got a reply back from Bantish
that they are not going to do anything to help the residents
of Port Washington for their mental health.
Are there public speakers?
Please state your name and address.
Good evening. My name is Catherine Gardner. I live at 3689 East North Port
Drive in the town of Port Washington. My comments are related to the
vantage well permit application. I am concerned that vantage's use of
groundwater will damage the water supply. My town neighbors and I depend on.
It's not the 12,000 gallons per day vantage says it plans to use
that is concerning. What is concerning is vantage's consistent pattern of
stretching the limits. Throughout this discussion on well usage,
we hear much the same language as we've heard in the past referring to plans and
intentions not to commitments. So I remain concerned that their actual
groundwater use will grow much higher over time.
Based on the discussion at the August Board of Public Works meeting,
it appears the city is relatively powerless to control
vantage's groundwater use. However, to the extent possible,
I urge you to require vantage to report its water usage to you monthly,
to make this information publicly available, to ensure vantage caps these
wells immediately upon availability of city water to its property,
to define meaningful penalties for violation, and to hold firm when
vantage comes back to you for more. Your decision tonight on the well permit
may have negative consequences only for the town residents who depend on
their wells for safe water. Please be a good neighbor to these town residents
who shop at your stores and support your civic events. They are not just
suffering the inconveniences of construction. Town residents who live close
to the data center have had their lives and their properties
permanently damaged by your decisions and disproportionately bear the negative
consequences of this city business. Please don't pile more on.
I also think this is an opportunity to show your constituents
that you have the interest in and the ability to hold
vantage accountable to reasonable standards. Public trust in AI and data centers is low.
You brought this monster project into our community. Please demonstrate you have the
ability to protect the public from its negative consequences. Making even a minor
effort to control vantage's groundwater use would be a small step in the right direction.
Thank you.
Next speaker to name and address.
Hi there. My name is Julianne Wanderer and you may remember having me arrested in December.
As well as two others. I'm sorry Julie. Can you please also state your address for us?
405 South Co Avenue in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
You want to silence your critics but we will not be silenced.
I think we are all familiar with the proverb with great power comes great responsibility.
Each and every single one of you has the power to protect the waters of Lake Michigan.
Each and every one of you has the power to protect our natural resources.
Each and every one of you has the power to protect the health and the well-being of your
constituents. Instead of exercising that power and your moral obligations therein.
You allowed yourself to be swindled by multi-billion dollar companies.
You handed our natural resources to these companies on a silver platter.
Companies according to the experts who are operating at a financial loss.
These companies are not even financially profitable.
Throughout this process we have been lied to, kept in the dark and made to feel that our very
real and valid concerns do not matter to any of you.
Do you know and are you familiar with a thought experiment?
Here's one for you. If a data center is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a boom for the
economy, why isn't there a data center being planned in Door County?
Maybe because the county officials place a higher value on their natural resources.
Maybe because they know and recognize the countless inherent dangers associated with data centers.
They understand the dangers that the data centers present to their natural resources
and to their constituents. Maybe because they refuse to sell out to predatory companies.
Maybe because they have common sense and they recognize that a data center isn't in their best
interest. Maybe because they weren't blinded by greed.
This city has become a laughing stock to anyone and everyone who's paying attention.
They see the truth for what it is. Data centers are not good for the community,
not good for the environment. These companies are grifters and you guys swindled. Shame on you.
Hello, my name is Dean Wiegert. My address is 3708 East Northport Drive in the town of Port.
I read the agenda item memorandum from the city engineer on issuing permits for
vantage for the use of the wells and I was happy to see that the recommended motion to
quote report monthly usage to the city. I do however think that the motion should have included
the words on a monthly basis. This would clarify that the monthly usage will be reported each
month instead of annually as the DNR permit stipulates. If we wait an entire year to find
out what the monthly usage was, any infraction and monthly allowed usage won't be identified
until the end of the year. Catching problems early can prevent more problems. I also would
have hoped for a motion that included some language of inspection or verification by the city
of the numbers reported. Unfortunately, I don't trust vantage to police themselves.
And then finally, I would have hoped for a motion that would include language of penalties
or consequences if water usage exceeds what has been approved. I'm not a city council member.
I'm not even a city resident. I have no way of making these motions or suggesting it to my
older person. And that I feel is one of the biggest problems with this data center project,
the city annexed town land. And so now it is the town residents who are affected most but have
no representation. Interesting fact, I was here on the night in December last year when several
people were arrested. And earlier that night, we were lined up in front of the chamber doors
waiting to get in when one of the police officers standing by the doors was asking us why are you
still here? Why do you keep coming back? This is a done deal. We're tired of having to be here
and we're tired of all the overtime. This is true. Someone spoke up and said that they were there
because the people in the town had no say but are being impacted and feeling the worst effects
of the start of construction. The police officer's response was, well, why don't they show up?
Well, of course I had, though he didn't know me. And it convinced me that I needed to continue.
So you can thank that police officer in part for my presence tonight. Thank you.
Other public speakers?
My name is Sebastian Elicher. I live in Ward 1, 136 East Cleveland Street here in Port.
I want to start by confirming what Dean said a few minutes ago, what happened in December before
three women were arrested, not to say brutalized in these chambers. I stood outside and I heard
the conversation. So the first thing I want to say is it's true what Dean just said here.
This did happen. There was aggressive talking by representatives of the police force towards
citizens lining up. But I want to speak here with regard to TIT Project 5, which is on the agenda
for tonight. We are slowly but steadily approaching property tax season.
Excuse me, Sebastian. That is the tornado whistle.
It just turned off. I apologize, Sebastian. I just want to make sure we didn't have to evacuate.
No, that's okay. Go ahead. That's okay. I will allow his time. Thank you.
So my first, my other common concerns, TIT Project 5, we are slowly approaching property
tax, property tax season. And I think this is the first year where the city theoretically has
the option of increasing its levy. So citizens would like to know what your plans are with regard to
that. Especially since looking through the package for today, there is a very prominent project here,
which is the Valley Creek restoration project. Alderman Gasper, who unfortunately cannot make it
today, has been the leading figure behind that. And I think it's a great project. But there is a
$10 million shortfall for this project. Vantage is paying us something to the extent of $2 to $3
million. But the overall projects are $13 to $40 million. It's being stated in these chambers that
the city will apply to federal programs. Those federal programs no longer exist.
So my question is, how are you going to close that $10 million project? And do you anticipate
raising the levy over having the Creek restored? My final point here is, as we are approaching
the end of the first year of tit 5, are citizens going to see an overview of money that has been
invested in infrastructure? In other words, how much money is left from the, I believe, $170
million that Vantage invests in infrastructure here? When will that overview being shown to citizens?
I imagine this should be at some point toward the end of the financial year. Thanks.
Other public speakers?
Kim Tydrick, 4465 Wildersway, town of Port Washington.
I want to reiterate what some of these other people said. We don't want to keep coming back.
But we have to, because you're not listening. You're not doing anything.
I live in what is being called in Pennsylvania, a sacrifice zone. That is, the people that live
around this data center that are making all the sacrifices. And guess what? Because we're in the
town, we will see none of the benefits. None. There is nothing that I will receive from this
that is benefiting me on any level. Okay? So we suffer every day with construction noise,
construction traffic, the dirt, the fear of what's to come with the fact that there's still no
electricity there and they don't have enough to power their almighty AI. So what's going to
happen? Are they going to be allowed, as our almighty president says, to just run their generators
24 seven and spew those micro chemicals and everything else into our air? And guess what?
That's when the town or the city residents will start to be affected because those generators
and that those micro, whatever that they're spewing into the air from those diesel generators
are going to blanket the city. So then your constituents will really start to see what the
rest of us have lived through because they are still now running generators for lights all night
long. They idle trucks all the time. So that diesel is just polluting everything.
And we live in what is already a very strange microclimate because of the way that the lake
curves around here. Our air is already in a non-attainment zone. We will never be free of the
cancer causing chemicals in the air, according to the DEA. And yet none of you seem to care that
it's going to get worse. And what are we going to do? Little kids with asthma,
seniors with heart conditions, who is protecting them? That's supposed to be your job. You chose
to be on the board. You ran for elected office and you are all failing at that job.
Failing because you are not protecting the citizens and the environment.
So once again, those in the sacrifice zone, who by the way, it took my husband more than 20
minutes to get on to 43 the other day. It used to take him that long to get to Brown Deer.
So all your infrastructure improvements were too little, too late, and thank you.
Thank you. Any other public speakers?
Amber Chain, 1446, my second half. Thank you.
As I stand behind this podium today, I wonder who in this room with authority and power
actually cares about the impact we leave behind. The members of the City Council have expressed
they believe this data center is a positive progress for this town. As a representative of
the highest good, I do not agree. The council member state to the public that this data center
will not be using lake water. However, while the water may not be directly pulled from the lake,
if it is using ports water, it is lake water, because our water comes from Lake Michigan.
As much as I would love to place entire blame on City Council, I know that is not true.
Of the few meetings I have attended thus far, less than 20 people from the public have been in
attendance, obviously not the case today. In a perfect world, the people who were voted into
their positions would absolutely take into consideration the people that they are meant to
represent. But as we know, we do not live in a perfect world. Therefore, it is imperative that
the public hold the representatives accountable, especially when it comes to fighting for the
rights of the environment. Lake Michigan does not have the opportunity to express its opposition
to a data center being built five miles from its shoreline. It needs humans to speak on behalf of
it. This council keeps referencing the economic growth that will take place. I am here to remind
you, you cannot eat or drink money. And no matter how much you accumulate in this lifetime, it does
not follow you into the next. As we are aware, water, air, the other creatures that inhabit this
planet and the land itself are incapable of verbalizing its consent or dissent towards the
policies humans enact. And hopefully, we are all aware that the policies humans enact either
directly or indirectly affect all entities of existence. The silver lining is manmade policies
in contracts is the silver lining and manmade policies in contracts is if man constructed it,
man can also deconstruct it. It is never too late to do the right thing. God, Allah, Buddha, the
the highest good whomever you go by is demanding you do the right by all creatures of existence
and not just those who line your bank accounts. Thank you.
Any other public speakers? Okay, we're going to move into the agenda then. The first agenda item
is the consent agenda. Is there anyone willing to make a motion to approve the consent agenda?
So moved. Moved and seconded. Any questions or concerns on the agenda item?
All right, seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, that
motion carries. It brings us into Mayors business. Today, I just wanted to thank the Wisconsin
Historical Society for coming to the city of Port Washington today. They came and presented
us with the 2026 Board of Curators Historic Preservation Award for the Port Washington
North Breakwater Lighthouse Restoration Project. And the chair and CEO of the company came or of
the Wisconsin Historical Society dropped off a letter and it's just a great congratulations
to the city. Rob, I wanted to thank you for writing the grants and following through on that
council for supporting that vision and city staff for ensuring that we finally brought our lighthouse
or light pair up to speed. So I'm very grateful for that. Two million dollars came from the state
and the federal government as a result of that hard work. So Rob, I really, really appreciate
that as the city and we will hang this in place of honor. So congratulations to everybody for that
happening. Also, this is the National Hispanic Heritage Month and I have a proclamation to
recognize as such that will be sent to the schools and all of our public buildings.
This month, National Hispanic Heritage Week was put in place by Lyndon Johnson, President
Lyndon Johnson in 1968. And we have honored this for years in the city of Port Washington and we
will send this proclamation to those in the city of Port Washington for it to be displayed in order
for people to recognize the great contributions of the Hispanic and Latino Americans in both the
city of Port Washington, Wisconsin and the United States. And we thank them for their contributions
to our local culture. The second one is Diana, you want to pop up there? Well,
one of my favorite visits every six weeks, eight weeks is to the Port Washington Senior Center.
And this month is the Senior Center Month. We celebrate this in the month of September and it is a time
to shine a light on our senior citizens showing the entire nation how vital they are to the health
and well-being of our community. They offer a place for adults, older adults, to discover their
unique interests, talents, and aspirations. Therefore, the national theme this year is
powering connections. And whereas older Americans are significant members of our society,
investing their wisdom and experience to help enrich and better the lives of younger generations,
and whereas the Port Washington Senior Center has acted as a catalyst for mobilizing creativity,
energy, vitality, and commitment of our older residents of Port Washington, Ozaki County,
and Wisconsin. And whereas through a variety of services, programs, and activities with over 13,000
and 66 visits last year, seniors have been empowered in our community to continue to contribute to
all of the different ways that they can grow themselves with their own health, well-being,
and the well-being of each other and fellow citizens of all ages. And whereas the City of
Port Washington Senior Center affirms the dignity, self-worth, and independence of older persons by
facilitating their decisions and actions, tapping into their experiences, skills, and knowledge,
and enabling their continued contributions to the community. Now, therefore, I,
Theodore Nitsky, Mayor of Port Washington hereby proclaim September 2026's Senior Center Month,
and call upon all seniors and citizens to recognize the special contributions
of both the Senior Center and our seniors in an effort to make Port Washington a better place,
especially after last year with over 3,000 volunteer hours from our Senior Center.
Thank you, Diana, for your leadership at the Senior Center and all seniors, and thank you
for making it a vibrant place and bringing the Senior Center into the 21st century with great
programming. Thank you. Thank you. So I know that you have a full agenda tonight, so I'll make it
brief here. I just wanted to take an opportunity and summarize our 2025 charter goals and the outcomes.
The Commission on Aging consists of seven members appointed by the Mayor and myself as the liaison.
Alderman Pastel has served as the chairperson for the past year and done a fabulous job in
in helping us to move the mission forward. One of the goals that we worked on is to increase
class programming, especially events, by offering 14 or by adding 14 new offerings.
We successfully met that goal by actually adding 23. Just to highlight a few that stood out
kind of when I looked at the list, offering memory screenings in partnering with the
Aging and Disability Resource Center. The dementia specialists, they're conducted those memory
screenings and that is invaluable to folks to have early detection of dementia and downsizing
decluttering. We know as seniors that becomes a challenge sometimes as we're moving into
different living environments to know what to do with everything. So having a speaker on that
was excellent. We were part of the community mural project and that was a really awesome
partnership where folks who took part were able to do so indoors in a controlled environment
and now are able to be part of Port Washington history as they drive through they can see a
project that they were part of. We offered balance assessments from a physical therapy company.
We had a successful open house back in October of last year. We added a new programming offering
called Game Day that consists of both board games and card games. We partnered with St. John's the
23rd to offer intergenerational bingo, which was very fun. And the kids were excellent bingo
players. You would think seniors rock at bingo, but they they really showed us up.
We added a new feature called the monthly short story discussion in partnership with the library.
We added a journaling class of forest bathing and many more fun and exciting offerings.
In 2026 our goal is to develop seven new well attended programs classes,
presentations and special programming utilizing the seven dimensions of wellness.
Our second goal is to develop or was to develop standard operating procedures for the senior
center. The first part of that was to identify what areas we needed to have those operating
procedures for identified 40 areas and had worked on that. We will be continuing that
goal or have been continuing that goal into 2026. That was a pretty lofty goal to tackle,
but we're definitely making progress in that. The third goal is implement a data tracking system
at the senior center. The outcome is that that goal was met and that we did add a new data
tracking system in 2025 at the end of the year utilizing rec desk, which is a program that
the rec department had. So that allowed us to use it rather than purchasing a new data tracking
system as a cost saving measure. And then starting with January 1 members received
bar code cards, they look like this. They have our name and then it has a little one you can
put on your key chain and one you can put in your wallet. So when folks come in now,
there's a way that they just scan in and all of the daily activities are listed so they can
click on what they're all there for. So if they're there, say for cardio drumming,
Lakeside T, and then they're going to use the fitness center, they actually would all of those
areas would be indicated. Prior to this, we were just basically the total number there that was
mentioned. That's just how many times they entered the building. But this way, we're actually able
to look at programming usage and really see what folks are taking advantage of at the frequency
in many different factors. So prior to all of this as the mayor indicated, we were pretty much
using a three ring binder type of system to track what people were participating in. And if they
came for one activity, if they came for two, maybe they wrote times two maybe. And so we really
were not capturing program utilization. And it was a very old and outdated and very labor-intensive
process to track all of that very inaccurate. A lot of duplication of efforts as well. So this has
been a huge step forward in our overall operations. Also this year, we allowed, it's kind of part
of this goal, we incorporated the ability to register online for classes so people can do that
either using their home computer or their cell phone, which has also been a huge upgrade.
We also are now able to take credit card payment for the first time, which
that's a huge bonus to people to be able to do that. Not very many people carry around a lot of cash
or often have their checkbook. So we're kind of getting, I guess you could say, in the times now
with how things are done. So that's a good thing. And then for 2026, we'll be continuing to look at
this grant or this goal. But on a different twist to it that we're now going to be instead of
implementing data tracking, now we'll be able to use the information that we obtained through that
tracking to use it for purposes such as grant writing, evaluating programs, and having the
demographics that go along with it to be able to use the information for a variety of purposes.
Our fourth goal was to make the center a more welcoming environment for members and visitors.
And that goal has certainly been worked on and I would consider it met. We did a revamp of the
front lobby. We now have actually Susan's desk in our front lobby so that we have a welcome area
so that when folks enter, there is a familiar face greeting them. They can assist with
some of the things with the check-in process, answer some of the questions. So it's allowing
a volunteer opportunity, but it's also a way to have a human connection when you walk in versus
walking in and wondering where you go. So it's been a really good thing. We've done a considerable
amount of cleaning and organizing in 2025. Volunteers and members of the Commission on
Aging were instrumental in assisting with that project. When I hear people say the center is
so welcoming and it's such a clean place, I'm like, that is music to my ears because that's
exactly what we were going for. We want it to be a clean and welcoming space, but we also beyond
the physical appearance, we want it to be a place where people feel welcomed. It's not just about
clutter. It's about a feeling. It's about staff and volunteers and members of the center,
a combined effort in making each person who walks in for the first time feel welcomed or that they
belong. I love to hear people say, oh, it's such a friendly place. Oh, I felt instantly welcomed
there. And I think that's exactly what a senior center should be. And I'm so proud that that's
what it is. We will continue on that track into 2026 and actually have already met
the 2026 goal that was to utilize rotary club center beautification grant that we received
in amount of about $4,000 to continue creating that welcoming environment that interior painting,
new wall decor, window coverings in the dining room in those types of things. The fifth goal
was to create a fitness center that allows member to use the equipment during center hours to improve
their physical health and wellness. And that goal was achieved. The fitness center was cleaned,
revamped, and it is now open Monday through Friday 8.30 to 4, which are our center hours,
so it makes sense that it would be open the entire time. The sixth goal was to increase
center membership by 10%. We actually increased it by 25% by adding 85 new members and offering
them the benefits of being a member of the center. And this goal will continue into the new year.
I feel that having the goal of increasing membership is important and should be ongoing.
The seventh area was to increase community awareness of the senior center by increasing
community outreach. Quite a lot of work was done on this goal during the year. Speaking at civic
groups, having a booth at the farmers market to promote the center and the center survey,
adds our information in the Ozaki press letter to the editor appeared. We had the open house
that I mentioned back in October of 2025. We had 45 individuals attend and added that number
approximately 20 of those individuals signed up to become members during the open house.
In August of 2025, we held a large community event called concert in the park. We had about
180 people attend that event, and it was a wonderful gathering of not only members of the senior
center, but members of our community of all ages, grandparents there with their grandchildren,
or a group home with some folks with disabilities and just a wide range of community members
all coming together to enjoy music. We had some great sponsorships. So all in all, it was
like a way for us to get our name out there, a way for us to promote the senior center. We had
memberships signed up information, so a very nice opportunity.
Another thing that we have really increased our community outreach is getting the newsletter
out to different community sites. We now have the newsletter available in 20 sites throughout
the county as well as at the center, and it's also available online as well as on Facebook.
Also during the year, we have increased social media presence. I also do regular Facebook post,
and try to get as much interaction there as you can using the social media, and we have
increased our followers in the social media area considerably over the past year. I'm an active
member of the Wisconsin Association of Senior Centers, and last year we received an award
at the state conference. It was the Edison Bell Einstein award for creative programming,
so that helps to get the word out to and connect folks to what we do. So increasing our community
outreach is very important, and I think continuing toward that goal into 2026, obviously we have
been doing. I think the possibilities are literally endless on ways we can connect and
share the work that the senior center is doing. Our eighth and final goal was to determine community
needs by completing a public survey, and that goal was what we met. We completed that at the end of
September. We had 181 survey respondents complete that survey, and those results were
prepared and made available. We, you know, of course, dissected it and looked at what did we
gather from it, and are using that to, you know, make some adjustments in programming and ways
that we communicate about the offerings available. So, yeah, so those are the goals
both for 2025, and then what we've been working on for 2026.
Dana, at what age can you join the senior center? 55 or better.
And what are the, what are the dues? That depends on if you're a resident, if you're a resident,
it's 25, and if you're not a resident, it's 45, and then there is also a couple, right?
And what's your most recent news from the Wisconsin Association of Senior Centers?
Well, two things. One is I'm going to be the delegate for our area for 2027 for a two-year term,
and then I just was notified on Friday that I will be receiving an award at the state
conference. The name of the award is the Rising Star Award, and it's for senior center directors
that have been in their role at their senior center for two years, unless, or excuse me,
three years or less. That is excellent. Congratulations. That was very cool to see.
Thank you. Yeah, we're very proud of you for that, and thank you for all you do
for our seniors, all the warm and pastel that you have anything you wanted to add as chair of the
COA. I just wanted to say that the senior center is full of energy. It's hopping all the time.
People are happy. If you're 55 or better, and you don't belong to the senior center,
consider it. It's pretty cool. Thank you. Any other members from council? Any
wonders or questions? Excellent. Thank you very much. We're very proud of you.
Thank you so much.
All right. That then brings us to the last agenda item under mayor's business. The
appointment of the city clerk, Susan Westbeck, as our cemetery commissioner. Is there anyone
willing to make that motion? Motion by all the person bending, seconded by all the person
pastel. Any questions or concerns on that appointment? Seeing none, all in favor,
signify by saying aye. Opposed? All right. Motion carries. That brings us into officer and staff
reports. The next is the presentation on the TID number five projects.
Okay. With this tonight, we have Ben Wood from Strand Associates and Aaron Grohl from Kapoor.
They were in front of the council back in April, providing an update on the status of
tax and incremental district number five project planning. And so they are with us here
tonight to make an updated presentation. If anyone either following along or wants
to look at it later, it's available on the website. It's part of the agenda packet for this evening.
Okay. Thank you, Rob, for that introduction. My name is Ben Wood, engineer with Strand Associates,
along with me is Aaron Grohl from Kapoor. As Rob mentioned, we're going to be giving an update
from information that was shared in April. One of the reasons that we're back here tonight is
it's been a mission of city staff to provide regular updates for the sake of working together
with the community and across the community, including many touch points with stakeholders,
both with various departments within the city and other stakeholders within the community.
Tonight, we're going to cover an overview of the TID project plan. We're going to look at broad
project maps and schedule. We're going to spend most of our time getting into the individual
project descriptions and follow up with the summary. As a brief overview of the TID project plan that
was put together by ELLERS, the city's financial consultant, this is a developer finance TID
that contains in total approximately $180 million of city-led infrastructure projects,
all of which have the basis of need under the categories of expanded service area,
redundancy and resiliency and capacity. This map shows that overview of the TID and the TID projects
many have seen this map or variation of it before, but I want to break down just what we're looking
at here. The yellow area is the current vantage data center development area. The pink is a
future phase of that under common ownership. The blue areas that are kind of around the
south tip of the yellow, that is unincorporated Canalsville, an area within the town of Port
Washington, that the city has an obligation through past inter municipal agreements to provide
water and sewer utilities to that area. Then the green areas that kind of flank both the
east and the west of the TID 5 data center area, those are areas that once water and sewer utilities
get expanded up that direction could conceivably at some point in the future expand. It's not
a promise or an obligation, but rather this planning has to be done in conjunction with the
southeastern Wisconsin regional planning commission and they encouraged that the city
consider what logical adjacent areas could get on utilities at any point in the future
just to plan for that scenario. Individual projects are labeled on here. I understand
that you can't see them, but I just wanted to provide some context here that there are projects
on the north side of I-43 in the TID area directly that serve the TID area and there are projects
within the existing or preexisting city limits that are necessary to increase capacity or improve
redundancy and resiliency in order to serve that area with utilities. This is an updated
Gantt chart schedule of the known, I shouldn't say known, I should say the city TID projects
that are actually progressing at this time in order to serve the part of the TID that's under
construction right now. Again, I know that there's a lot here and we're going to go through each
of these projects line by line in future slides and then I'm going to show this slide again at the
end, but I just want to let you know that each of these projects is being planned out,
being cognizant of how the different projects may overlap or intersect one another.
The overall bar or the arrow represents the total duration of the project starting at design,
going through permitting, all the way through construction completion. The star on each line
represents when those projects would go out to bid to a contractor and be awarded,
at which point some actionable items would come back to public works on the council.
And then the hatched crosshatch bars here represent when we expect active construction to take place.
The first project is 26-1 and I'm going to turn it over to Erin to explain the first couple of
projects. Thanks, Ben. Good evening, everybody. Thanks again for having us. As Ben stated a little
bit earlier, you've seen different variations of this and these are updates to what you've seen in
the past. So this is what we call 26-1, it's water and sewer extension. This runs along
Mink Ranch Road to the west of Kontrunk Highway H, also on Highland Drive to the east of H and
then up Kontrunk Highway KW, approximately to the boat storage facility. This has over
8,000 feet of water main and 3,000 feet of sanitary sewer and this serves the Canalsville parcels.
The main project purpose for this is to provide looping for water and sewer up to the
TID-FRI projects, but also to serve the Canalsville obligation area.
The project schedule is the construction, the design is complete. We have already gone out to
bid and received bids from contractors and we anticipate on recommending award,
potentially recommending award in October. The projects are currently under review by the
city attorney. As far as construction is anticipated, we expect from January through
October of 2027, pending DNR and PSC approvals.
26-2 is water main extension only, no sanitary sewer and this runs along Kontrunk Highway KW
up to Lake Drive and then connects into the TID-FRI projects for a second connection for
water main, a redundancy connection point. This is about 11,000 feet of water main. We're planning
on utilizing trenchless water main installation. The reason for that is to try to minimize impacts
to the property owners, business owners that are along KW and up through Lake Drive.
We'll have open cuts for where the hydrants are and we will be installing a pressure-reducing
valve up on Lake Drive and then also automatic flushing hydrants in two different locations.
Again, as I just stated a second ago, the purpose is to loop to the north connection point and also
to serve the Canalsville obligation area. We also received bids at the same time as when we went
out for bid for 26-1. They're under review by the city attorney and we anticipate recommending
award in October. This schedule also is anticipated from January to October of 27, pending DNR and PSC
approval. As far as key considerations, coordination with the agencies, coordination with neighboring
communities within the town, also coordinating with a DOT. This map to the right side just shows
detour routes. Just for instance, a lot of the collaboration that are the city staff, our staff
working with the town, working with the county, working with WISTOT to gain permits to make sure
that what we're presenting here and as far as traffic control detour routes, all will work as
best as possible for the residents in this area. We're cognizant that this makes impacts to those
that drive through here. We want to try and make sure that we construct these projects in a way
to minimize the amount of impacts that they have. So that's a key part to our design.
The next project is 27-2. This is sewer and water extension as well. This is a long
kind of trunk highway H basically from the intersection of H and KW and Highland Drive and
Minkeringge Road. So this extends basically up to the railroad tracks and it has about 2,400 feet
of water main and 1,800 feet of sanitary sewer. Again, purpose for this is to serve the obligation
area in Canalesville and also to provide a secondary loop to the water main that will be
extended on county trunk KW. The design is ongoing for this project. We anticipate on bidding this
winter with 2027 construction in the second quarter towards through the end of the season next year
and we are pending permits for this project.
With that, I'll turn it back over to Ben.
All right. The next project is wastewater treatment plant planning. This is ongoing
currently and anticipated to go through roughly the middle of next year. There are actually two
plans that are happening concurrently right now. The first one is the wastewater treatment plant
facility plan. This is a plan that's required by DNR when forecasted demands are approaching
80% of the current plant capacity. They require this so that you can address how you might upgrade
or expand the plant proactively. The scope of this plan includes reviewing options for expanding
the plant. You can see that the site down there in the lakefront right now is pretty tight.
So we're looking at ways and creative processes to try to see if that plant needs to be expanded
how that could be done most effectively. The second plan that's going on right now is the
sanitary sewer service area plan update and that encompasses the areas that you see in the color
coded map to the right there. That plan is actually something that is authored in a process
that's led by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. They're on track for a second
quarter 2027 completion of that plan. Next is the water booster station, water facility,
and associated water means. There's a lot of information on this slide but know that
Strand was involved in doing a comprehensive water system study in 2023 and 2024. One of the
outcomes, I'm sorry, 24 and 25. One of the outcomes of that study brought to light that the existing
booster stations out in the system, one of which there's a picture of the interior,
is significantly aged and passed the typical useful life. They're still serviceable but the
equipment is at a point where it needs to be replaced. As a matter of fact, one of the booster
stations had a catastrophic failure within the last year and a motor had to be replaced.
We looked at this situation and recommended replacing the two existing aged booster stations
with one new consolidated booster station. The top middle graphic just demonstrates that we did
a siting study, evaluated seven different sites within the city that would be suitable for a
booster station and the selected site that is shown on the upper right is on Oakland Avenue and
it's actually adjacent to one of the existing two booster stations. The graphic on the bottom
has that recommended site highlighted in the darker blue and then because the station is going to
be consolidated, it'll have more pumping capacity in one location in the city than the previous
station did and so we're recommending upsizing water means along the yellow route that provides
necessary hydraulic capacity in the pipe on the suction side and discharge side of that station.
I want to call your attention back to the top middle graphic. You can see that map is shaded
with some purple area and some green. Those represent the different hydraulic pressure zones that the
city's water distribution system operates under. The water treatment plant from the lake
pumps directly into the main zone which is highlighted in purple and then these two existing booster
stations boost that to a higher pressure to serve the higher elevation areas of the city as you get
farther away from the lake. TID 5 is in that green or elevated booster area and therefore this
project is TID eligible because it also helps supply water to the TID 5 site.
This project we are hoping to start design on the booster station yet this year with bidding
by quarter three of twenty twenty seven. We anticipate multiple bid packages that the booster
station and facility might be a separate package than the water mains and the water mains themselves
could be broken up into multiple bid packages to time those projects well with other construction
projects that the city may have going on. Booster station is complex with a lot of electrical
equipment and controls that have some longer lead times. So we're actually showing five
quarters of construction with the hope to wrap that up by the end of 2028.
The next project here is the Valley Creek restoration. Rob and his team have been in front of
the council on a couple of occasions explaining the background and overview of this project
which is shown in the graphic here on the right. This is a stream restoration project that helps
with flooding control and particularly with treatment plant resiliency. Rights down on the
waterfront of course are the wastewater plants. There's a park that separates it from the
drinking water treatment plants. It's a tight area down there and the plants have been impacted by
flooding in the past and it is projected that the stream restoration project will help kind of
restore some of the natural ability of the waterway to handle the flood events better.
The design of this is in progress. This project is partially not entirely but partially funded
by TID and the city has applied for partnership funds that they expect to hear back on whether
or not the applications were successful in approximately the next month or so and just know that
as a key consideration here that Aaron's team, my team and the team that's designing the stream
restoration or in coordination to kind of sequence the projects in a way that will minimize disruptions
for example to the inner urban trail but also will be done in a logical sequence
relative to the various projects the city has going on.
The next project is the Jackson Street Interceptor. Survey is underway for this. Design will be
ongoing. It's not because the design is overly complex but because we wanted to program this
project for the bulk of the actual construction work to take place in 2028 city staff advise that's
where it would fit in well relative to other projects that are in the normal capital improvement
plan. This will upsize approximately 700 feet of 15 inch sanitary sewer to 30 inch. It is
not on the direct interceptor route that serves TID 5 but it's adjacent to it and ties into the
same downstream pipe near the treatment plant site and upside the sizing the sewer provides
extra capacity in the overall collection system and provides some surcharge relief from events
that have historically happened on Jackson Street.
That brings us to the sanitary sewer upsizing that actually more directly serves the TID 5 project
area. The entirety of that route is shown in the map in this pink line as the Gantt chart implies
that's being broken up into three different bid packages with the first package that is going
to be designed to go out to bid is the lowermost portion the 27-1 that is closest to the treatment
plant. The second project is the furthest upstream and then the middle project 30-1 at this time we
do not believe that part of the interceptor needs to be upsized. We believe that it has
adequate capacity right now. We learned that after studying it further after the TID plan was finalized
so there's budget for that in the TID plan but we don't think that we're going to need it. The
reason why is when this whole stretch is completed segment 28-2 will be 21 inches.
Segment 30-1 is already 21 inches and then segment 27-1 will be
upsized even further to 30 inches, 30 and 36 inches as it gets closer to the plant.
The purpose of this is to increase capacity, mitigate surcharging and we expect to,
the core team is already under design and their portion of this strand will be designing the
portion that's actually on the grounds of the treatment plant and we expect to get started on
that yet this year.
Shown here are obviously five different projects. They're in all under the broad category of utility
looping. On this map these include the water main projects that continue on the east side of TID
5 and loop north and just back around west. Also shown are the sanitary sewer extensions that
are necessary to serve the remainder of the areas of Canalsville. Note that in the far upper right
here all these projects are under the caption development dependent. There have been no site
specific development plans brought forth for the pink area or the northern phase of the
lands owned by Vantage but the logical layout and timing of some of those projects will likely be
intertwined with the timing and how that were to develop. So we've pushed most of these projects
out a couple of years before design starts so these are kind of our best guess at this time.
The light blue and dark blue projects I will point out do provide service to
the obligation areas within Canalsville. So far Canalsville has been open to kind of
deferring some of those projects until a higher level of confidence of exactly how to design them
and for what is determined. So in summary specific city-led projects are being
refined and are becoming actionable. Contract award and agreement actions will be upcoming
as soon as the October meetings as Aaron stated. What we presented here tonight represents
approximately $100 million of city-led TID 5 projects that will likely take place over the
next five years. Reminder that financing is by the developer. There's extensive project
coordination ongoing between projects, governments and departments, community and organizations.
Overall this plan will be revised as the projects progress.
Showing one more time. This overall schedule. And now they have a little more background and context.
You can see how they all line up. But other than that we would just like to open it up for any questions.
Council any questions or wonderings? All heard from Spassel?
First, Strand and Kupur, thank you very much for putting this together. I do have one clarifying question.
On your slide number 16 it says 4300 feet of 21 inch sewer near Terrace Drive.
Will Terrace Drive actually be impacted by this? Will you need to upsize on Terrace Drive? I'm
asking primarily for the residents that live on that street. Yes that is the intent. So it is
intended to upsize all the way up to the far north end of the current dead end of Terrace Drive.
And while that project also is designed we don't have the full design constraints quite yet.
But we anticipate that there will be road reconstruction, repaving other things
which to be determined but if certainly it will go to the end of the north end of Terrace Drive.
Yep. Thank you.
So I have like three separate questions for you. I want to thank you again for presenting
this. This is the second time I've had the opportunity to hear this. And the last time I
asked you questions that were really more focused on the city but tonight we have packed house
with town residents. So I want to address some of the comments that they made.
And I know the city of Port in our contract with the town are giving them 150,000 a year
for the next five years to the tune of 750,000 dollars that will reduce their tax obligation
or provide this town to be able to provide more services for them.
So along with the opportunity for town residents to hook up to city and water should they choose
and still not annex which is usually what happens when you offer a city and water and sewer that
they can do that without it. Do we know if the town hall will be part of that project?
Yes. So far the design team has had conversations with the town chairman and the intent is that
the town hall is interested in connecting to municipal utilities as soon as they're available.
Okay. So do you know if they're going to pay for that or we're just doing it
gratis or do you not have any idea? I'll tell you the best of what I know right now and that is
all of the infrastructure in the public right of way which would include the water main,
the sewer main, the water service lateral to the curb stop and then a portion of the sanitary
lateral usually to the property line. That is all part of the vantage paid for
TID projects. I don't know that it's been hashed out yet the private portion of those
laterals how those are getting paid for. Okay. It has. So so the city's obligation is to do
the public right away and then the private the property owners it is their decision whether or
not to hook up to those laterals including the town of Port Washington and just for clarification
this is through Canelesville not the entire town of Port Washington. Yeah thank you.
And then do we know of any other benefits that the town of Port residents will receive due to
all these projects that we are our city taxpayers are going to be paying for.
I'll just speak to the benefits directly tied to the projects and that is and I'm going to
back up to the overview figure for that actually. So as as the mayor pointed out
Canelesville which is in the blue shaded areas on this map the city is obligated to provide service
to Canelesville and that will be met and then just by nature of needing to loop the utilities
even further it's actually more properties than originally intended by those agreements
that will have the opportunity to connect to municipal utilities if they so choose
to do so those will be available to them. Thank you and then Miss Miller can I just address
your question because there's some things they don't know about so in that in the last agreement
with the town of Port Washington we had negotiated a reduced fire service contract as a result of
this agreement as well as all of the water etc and then we had put in place a more firm boundary
agreement about further annexation and almost uh you know not continuing to annex certain
properties within the within the town. Thank you and second follow up is the the grant was
mentioned mentioned by another individual for the Valley Creek project and you or Rob might be
able to address this the grant that we've been writing about and we'll be applying for still
exist still has dollars available. Yes it does so that was we made our application in June and we
anticipate in October finding out if we are awarded our three point if we are awarded 3.8
million dollars from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Coastal Resiliency Fund.
Yeah that that fund is alive and well. Thank you and my last question is how flexible is this
plan especially with you didn't know it specifically 27-1 28-2 and 30-1 that those were
development dependent. Describe what a development dependent issue might arise that would change
that. Yeah I'll answer this in a couple of parts. I would say um the higher degree of confidence
is for the projects more at the top of this chart in the top of this plan as Aaron mentioned 26-1 and
2 have actually already bid. 27-2 is at approximately a 90% design. The wastewater treatment plant
and sewer service area plans are probably 50% of the way along and the other projects kind of in
the black and gray there are are about ready to kick off except for the Valley Creek project which
is also Rob I would say is at about a 90% design stage. Yep being September 15th we received the
the 90% plans today. There you go. Yeah perfect. And then 27-1 design has started on that and
that's kind of at the middle of this page and then all the rest of them on the way down is kind of
how we see them kind of shaping up with the best that we know now but we'll undoubtedly be back
with an update on those projects. Now the second part of the question which is what's an example
of a developer dependent project? This is a great question where I can kind of nerd out on the
engineering a little bit. So the pink areas here that are in TID 5 as I mentioned we have not received
any site specific development plans depending on how that develops. The lay of the land generally
flows toward the lake right and water rolls downhill. So there's actually a split in the pink lands
where where two-thirds of it kind of toward want to flow toward the east and that's how you would
logically try to route a sewer interceptor to kind of serve that area with sewer but the other
western third of that depends on how they develop the site. That sewer could flow all the way from
west to east and then south through an interceptor or instead of that it could just go south and
that's in until we know that we don't know okay should sewer be extended up KW first and when
or should sewer go all the way around county LL first and when exactly. That's honestly really
at the core of why those are developer dependent is we would want to really wait and see how they
lay out their buildings and would want sewer service. So like any project whether it's small in your
own home sometimes when you get halfway through it you realize it's far more complex or you have
a whole lot more issues than you thought you would have and so you have to pivot so it's not a lie
that this was our plan but sometimes things have to change. So it's not misspeaking.
It is dealing with problems in an adult fashion. So I thank you for your time.
Sure yes and Aaron and I of course are happy to be here and your staff has been great to work
at work alongside. I do just want to also point out that at the time the TID project plan was put
together I would say there was that was what we would refer to as like a concept level design
just looking at existing ground contours you could sewer it this way or that way
but both options are covered in the TID project plan. So we're kind of at a phase where obviously
these projects are taking shape as we build that confidence and the scope is getting better refined
and just to reiterate your own point like once we learn more they'll get refined even more and
there are some things that could change but it's all under the umbrella of what was planned for
in the TID. Thank you. Any other questions or wonderings?
I'm sorry. We don't engage with the community. Thank you.
Council? Okay all right that brings us into the next agenda item which is the and thank you
gentlemen for that report and extensive work on that. Appreciate a good Gantt chart.
Our monthly department reports were presented to us. I just wanted to point out and say thank you
to the teams supporting that together. Again community if you have the opportunity to review
the amazing work that's being done by every department in the city I think that's really
important to go through there and I just wanted to give a special shout out to one of our firefighters
Tom Shabruno who is celebrating his 44th year of service to the fire department with all of the
other anniversaries. I think that's fantastic. That brings us into the city administrator update
and she is not here this evening for that which then brings us to the city clerk for hopefully
some election updates. Yes thank you. I just want to let everyone know that the ballots have been
printed for November and have arrived and the first mail out of all absentee ballots to those with
applications on file will be this Thursday. Absentee ballots can be requested by mail through
from this point forward if you haven't already through October 29th. If you are doing mail out
absentee I would recommend knowing for many years working with this program that you need to allow
at least one week minimum to receive the ballot and one week to return it if you are out of state
or out of country of course that's extended substantially. If you're interested in person
early voting which is also absentee voting but it doesn't have the mail component to it.
We will be holding that here peroition city hall in this room from October 20th through the 30th
and that will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the exception of the final day on October 30th it runs
until 5. Election day is November 3rd. Polls open at 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. If anyone has any
questions is interested in voter registration because they haven't completed that yet or has
questions on absentee voting. Please contact City Hall and we'd be happy to help you.
Thank you Susan. Thank you to all the volunteers and your team that does a great job every single
election. Appreciate it. All right that brings us into the next oh I do want to back up to one
thing I forgot under mayor's business and I wanted to thank Roger for working with
vantage in the Department of Transportation. I would agree that the north side of Port
Washington right now is ridiculous with the stoplights not being timed together as well as the
attempt to try to make those roads better that is very difficult for everyone on the north side
of town so thank you for reaching out to them and working with them to expedite that being cleaned
up. Okay that brings us into the agenda items under general governance and finance committee.
The first agenda item is consideration of possible action
on an ordinance 2026-03 in ordinance repealing and recreating 415-03 lead and galvanized
service line replacement requirement. This is the second reading for this and I'm going to turn
that over to Roger. All right as as mentioned this is the second time this has been
before council for for reading and essentially this this makes lead service line replacement
mandatory underneath the conditions outlined in the memo. This was approved at the general
government finance committee on August 4th and we recommend approval of the ordinance.
Any questions?
I'm wondering Mr. Benning.
I'll move to approve.
There's a motion to approve. Is there a second?
Moved and seconded. Any questions or concerns on that motion? All right seeing none all in
favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? All right the motion carries. Thank you for that. The next
one agenda item is consideration of possible action of alcohol premise extension for Port
Washington Main Street for the fall festival. The issue is should the common council
recommend approval of a one-day extension of alcohol licenses for Sir James Pub,
Twisted Willow, Verbosity, Book House, John's pizzeria, the plaid cardinal schooner pub,
the steerage dining saloon, Bernie's fine meats, fork and tap,
dino orchards and moonlight tavern to allow participation in the fall festival.
The staff is recommending approval as presented for the establishment solicited on the attachment.
Susan.
Unless any of you have questions this festival runs annually is put on by Port Main Street in
the downtown area. There is closures on Franklin Street and a few of the side streets
to accommodate that that festival on that day. The extension of premise includes the
beer and wine service from these establishments in plastic cups only and they would be able to
be consumed within the grounds. All the paperwork and fees have been paid everything is in order
so we're recommending approval. Fantastic day in Port Miss Miller.
Just a curiosity do is it one bulk with all of these like they pay one fee or did each
business have to pay at separate fee? The extension of premise that you're proving are for businesses
that have annual alcohol licenses and the state statutes handle those differently than temporary
licenses for festivals such as nonprofits. So they they have to provide the product
within their own establishment as allowed by law and it can be carried outside of their
establishment off their premise. So that's what you're proving.
But if the fee is $5 is a $5 for all of them or did each business have to pay $5?
That's what I'm asking. Those are the temporary licenses that we issue to the non-profits.
That's a $5 or $10 charge. Is that what you're thinking?
I don't know what the charge is.
Yeah. Did Bernie's pay $5 or just Main Street pay the fee?
And Main Street would pay for theirs. Yes. And Main Street handles.
So what I'm hearing is that each business had to pay whatever the fee was. It wasn't like one,
this group of people only paid for one. The each had to pay a fee. Is that what I'm hearing?
No, they do not. Okay. They're there. That's paid by Main Street.
I understand what you're saying now. I apologize. Thank you. I'm sorry.
Other questions or is there someone willing to make a motion?
Make a motion to approve. There's a motion to approve. Is there a second?
I'll second. Oh, go ahead.
Mary Lou, you get the second. Any questions or concerns on the motion?
For October 3rd Fall Festival, seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye.
Opposed? Motion carries.
That takes us into consideration and possible action to approve the use of water utility reserves
to fund the East Path Improvement Project in 2026. The issue is, should the Common Council
approve the use of water utility reserves to fund the East Path Improvement Project and the staff
is recommending the approval of the water utility reserves to fund the East Path Improvements
in 2026? Who's taking this one?
I'll get it started and then. All right.
Dan, technical question. We reviewed this in the General Government Finance Committee.
Went through the financials piece of it. Mark assured us there's money in the reserves.
This was planned for 2027. We're moving up to 2026, kind of end of the year,
take advantage of some synergies with the contractors that are already on site.
So that's really what the action tonight is about.
Dan. Excellent. Dan.
Yep. Thank you. I learned, Beni. This is a, I just wanted to give a visual of what this is
going to look like. This is from the South Newport Shores Park in Latin looking North.
The bump outs to the East are where our shore well tanks are.
So the southern portion of this path gives the utility better access to the west part of the
east part of the building and then our underground tanks were in the past. We had a pretty
tough time accessing these tanks and then the south part where you see the brick work on the
building that's actually the new tank. So this allows better access for utility as far,
and then as well as emergency vehicles if they need to get to the path to get to the park or the
rotary. I'm going to go. This is from the north looking south. So the north part portion of this
is more open for residents and visitors. So we're planning on giving a little bit more green
space back than what was previously there. There used to be a pretty large hill for where the
grass met the rocks. So the plan is to kind of level that out. It's about 22 feet of green space
before it hits the path. And the path is going to be about 14 feet wide. So we're taking the path
a little bit more towards the plant, widening it a little bit, and then giving more green space back.
I just I have one wondering for you or a request and that is at the beginning of that pathway,
will there be a planter or a bawler that's going to stop the ability for vehicles to pull in there
or a temporary one that can be pulled if you do have to bring in vehicles? Yeah, and also the curb
getting into the path will still remain. So there's still going to be a curb. But yeah, okay,
just for safety. Awesome. Other questions? I just have two comments. So we had discussed this
pretty well in public works. And part of the reason why the path is so wide is so that emergency
vehicles could get back there. So we need something removable. And then secondly where it ends is where
Valley Creek would be daylighting. So we wouldn't be ripping out anything new. It would just be
up to that point. Correct. Is that a motion? Sure. I'll make a motion to
approve the recommendation of the staff. Which would be for the water utility reserves to fund
the pathway. Is there a second on that motion? Seconded by Alderman Benning. Any questions or
concerns on the motion? All right, seeing none. All in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed?
All right, that motion carries. That takes us into the next agenda item.
Get from the planning commission consideration and possible action on well permits for the data
center. The issue is should the city grant private well operating permits at the data center and
the staff is recommending the city grant the well operating permits for the existing wells. Roger.
All right. This has been addressed to previous public works meetings in the board of public works.
Recommended approval of the well permit for operating purposes.
Essentially the purpose of our ordinances to prevent cross connections into our water main.
These wells are in compliance with that and therefore we recommend approval of the operating
permit. Okay. Any questions for Roger?
Sir. The permit only last five years. Is that correct?
Yes, our ordinance specifically states five years. And then clarification around the monthly
reporting usage on an annual basis and on a monthly basis. What was the rationale there, Roger?
It's very easy for us to get monthly readings on that. I'll have to discuss with PSC
whether we can report that because typically we're not allowed to report specific users
water amount. But since they're not drawing water or paying us for that water,
I think we're able to make the data public. But that's something I have to look into.
Miss Miller. So just a little clarification. This monthly report will be given to us
monthly or we will receive 12 months at the end of the year. We'll we'll take specific monthly
readings. So yeah, they have they have meters on their well. He's easy enough for us to get a
reading. And we're allowed to go on their property and do that. Yeah. And we're going to do that
at a condition. Okay, great. Roger, I have a question. Are there are there stipulations for
this in for like businesses in the town or other people who have wells? I'm totally in favor of
monitoring it. No, there are any any city properties that have wells. There's a handful. So they do not
report their usage on the well or or we just do a five year inspection to make sure that they are
not connected into the public system. And then just for my own assurance for the public, this
this is only for usage to for you know, water use for drinking water, toilet flushing, etc. This
is not being used for anything else. They're not pulling for concrete batching, etc. That is
correct. And in that area, in the town of Port Washington, where would the nearest large capacity
well be to the to that property? If you go east on Lake Drive past L.O. 943, there's there's a I
believe it's a goat dairy and they they have a permit for high capacity. Well, okay. All right,
thank you. And I do appreciate the monitoring. And if we can share that publicly legally,
we should. Are there any other questions? Yeah, all the room pastel.
And there's monitoring of water usage. Is there anything that is done as far as the sewer use,
holding tanks, anything like that that might be monitored? Or is it strictly water usage?
Well, the typical is that we monitor water and then sewage is the same amount. They do have
holding tanks that they're using. And my understanding is once in a while, they'll take that to a
remote site to dump. But I believe that they take it to a different wastewater treatment plant item.
I guess I don't have knowledge of which other plants they go to.
All right. Any other questions?
Is there anyone willing to make a motion on the staff recommendation?
And I should say, if they do remote dump at our site, we do track that volume and record it and
send a bill for it. Yeah, let's clarify remote dump because that just sounds like they just get
to put it wherever the heck they want to. That's that is. So we have a remote receiving station
for the city of Port Washington. Yeah, before we bring in a lot of
right, we bring in a lot of sewage from around the region as an opportunity for not a lot,
but we bring in sewage from around the region or the potty haulers.
And it's a revenue source for the city of Port Washington. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Because remote
dumping just sounds like that doesn't sound good. All right. Is there anyone willing to make a
motion then on the staff recommendation? I'll make the motion. There's a motion. Is there a second?
That's it. Moved and seconded. Any questions or concerns on the motion?
All right. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? No. All right. The motion carries.
That takes us into the next agenda item from the Planning Commission, which is consideration
possible action on amendment of a conditional use grant. We will be delaying this decision
for this evening. We have to repost this for a public hearing. So if you're here for that agenda
item tonight, that and council, we will be delaying that item. So that's going to bring us
on to agenda item number 10, which is a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the city
of Port Washington's Comprehensive Plan 2035. I'm going to call that hearing to order. The
purpose of the design of this is the designation of 1.4 acres of land located at 365 North Wisconsin
and 104 West Washington Street as mixed use traditional neighborhood on the city of Port
Washington future land use map for proposed residential development. Notice is given that this
hearing is to accept public comments on the proposed amendment to the city of Port Washington's
Comprehensive Plan 2035. Are there any speakers on this for this public hearing? Any speakers
for the public hearing? Any speakers for the public hearing? Okay. I'm going to close the hearing.
That brings us into the subject agenda item, which is consideration and possible action on
ordinance 2026-07 in ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan future 2035 land use plan map
for the purpose of designating approximately 1.4 acres of land located at 365 North Wisconsin
Street and 104 West Washington Street as mixed use traditional neighborhood on the city of Port
Washington future land use map for proposed residential development. The city of Port Washington is the
applicant. This is the second reading, which means we can take action and the council is being asked
to review and adopt an ordinance amending the city's comprehensive future land use map to designate
approximately 1.4 acres of land from government institutional and utilities to mixed use traditional
neighborhood to accommodate a proposed residential townhome development. Mr. Harris. So this is
part of the process of lining up the former police and fireblock for that townhome residential
development that you have all seen previously. This is the first step to rezone that property
from public utility lands because it was the police and fire station and it is to change the
land use map from public utility over to the down to a traditional neighborhood mixed use
traditional neighborhood on the city's future land use map. So this is the first step and this
will allow for a future rezoning to rezone it to be for and allow for that townhome development
to move forward. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Harris? Hold on one pastel. Just clarification
regardless of who's building on this. This rezoning needs to be done, correct? Yes, correct. Thank you.
Thank you.
Other
wonderings? Are we willing to make a motion? I will make a motion to adopt ordinance 2026-07.
There's a motion. Is there a second? Second.
Moved and seconded. Any questions or concerns on the motion?
All right, seeing none. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.
Opposed? All right, that motion carries. That takes us into agenda item 10-3 which also needs
to be delayed until we can post for a public hearing for that. So that takes us to number four
which is consideration and possible action on an easement agreement with the town of Port
Washington for sewer and water utilities to be provided by the city of Port Washington.
The issue is should the city approve an easement agreement for sanitary sewer and water
main installation from the city of Port Washington into the town of Port Washington. The staff is
recommending approving the easement agreement to provide utility services to the town of Port
Washington. Mr. Strahm? Yeah, so you heard on the tip to presentation is this would be
a part of project 26-1. The best route for sewer and water is the cut through the parking lot of
the town hall. That involves the most efficiently serve that little community down there.
So
I guess I had a discussion with the town chair right before this meeting and their attorney would
like to make a change to condition number eight on the easement. So the recommended motion would
change to approve the easement agreement for sanitary sewer and water made to the town of Port
Washington subject to the attorney's agreement on the easement language. This easement was prepared by
Chris Smith of von Breason. So
I need to have a discussion with him regarding it.
Yeah, so the approval would be continued upon that there's some semantics in there that they
want to adjust. Nothing that changes the scope of the contract at all in any way. We've done that
before contingent upon final attorney approval. Any questions upon this issue? Was there anyone
willing to make a motion to approve the easement agreement between the town and the city of Port
Washington so we can run water and sewer? There's a motion. Is there a second? Second.
We've been seconded. Any questions or concerns on the motion?
The motion does include the it is what you read.
Condition upon an attorney approval. Okay. All in favor signify by saying aye.
Opposed? All right. That motion carries. That takes us into agenda item 10's 5.
Consideration and possible action in stormwater maintenance agreement for Highland Point North.
The issue is should the Common Council approve a stormwater maintenance agreement with Highland
Point North LLC and the staff is recommending that the council does approve the stormwater
maintenance agreement? Roger. All right. So this also is a pretty typical agreement that we make
with with any development that occurs that is required to put some stormwater detention
pond or or other treatment or flood control device for stormwater on our property. This
essentially ensures that they will maintain it. If they don't maintain it, the city has the right
to go on to the property and maintain it and send them a bill for the work.
So our recommendation is to approve. Any questions? Mr. Benning.
There's a motion to approve. Is there a second? Second. There's a second on the motion. Any
questions or concerns on the motion? Seeing none. All in favor signify by saying aye.
Opposed? All right. The motion carries. That brings us into agenda item number 10-6.
Consideration and possible action on a resolution 2026-09 accepting the
dedication of public infrastructure on Highland Drive and Lake Drive. The issue is should the
Common Council approve resolution 2026-09 accepting the dedication of rectangular
rapid flashing beacons from vantage data centers management LLC and the staff is
recommending approval of resolution 2026-09. Roger. All right. We're going to start tonight.
One of the conditions that that we put on advantage when they were they were doing work on Lake
Drive and then this also included Highland Drive and it was in the overall language also from
DOT for all the other intersections they were doing was that they put these rapid flashing beacons
where the inner urban crosses roads in their jurisdiction. I guess so they've installed
the rapid flashing beacons. They've been inspected. They're operating and since they're in the city
right away they essentially they are handing those beacons over to us.
Roger, I had a question and it may have been reviewed in committee but is there an anticipated
liability to the city for costs for maintenance of this down the road and do we know what that is
and is it significant? It would be relatively minor. I mean we have these rapid flashing beacons
in other places in the city and at this point the maintenance cost in them has been nailed but
I imagine at some point in time the LED lights change us over panel or new lights.
Thank you for that. Other questions? Otherwise is there anyone willing to make a motion?
I will move to approve. There's a motion to approve. Is there a second?
Moved and seconded. Any questions or concerns on that motion? Seeing none all in favor signify
by saying aye. Opposed? All right that motion carries.
That takes us into consideration a possible action to approve resolution 2026-10 a resolution
for inclusion under the Wisconsin Public Employers Group Health Insurance Program.
The issue is should the Common Council approve a resolution authorizing the City of Port
Washington to pursue participation in the Wisconsin Public Employers Group Health Insurance Program
specifically the high deductible health plan HMO standard HDHP PPO without dental P17 subject
to receipt and acceptance of the final underwriting results and rates. Staff recommends council approve
the resolution authorizing the City to pursue participation in the Wisconsin Public Employers
Group Health Insurance Program subject to the conditions outlined in the resolution.
Susan are you taking this one or Matt? Robin? Actually I'm sorry I didn't know Robin was here.
If you have any questions? Yes. Does anyone have any questions for this? I didn't see you over there.
Sorry. Any questions about the move? Just clarification this is strictly approval to investigate
the advantages or disadvantages right it's not approving a plan okay then I will move to approve.
There is a motion to approve is there a second? There is a second. Any questions or concerns on
that motion? Seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? Motion carries.
Thank you for staying tonight Robin. The next agenda item is consideration
possible action and denial of claim by Nadia Petnam. Sorry.
Should there's the notice of claim damages presented to the City by Nadia pursuant to Wisconsin
State Statute 893. I'm sorry 893.80 B disallowed. Staff recommends to disallow the notice of
claim by Nadia upon advice of counsel. Mr. Nugent. Thank you. This was a claim that the
City received essentially for a slip and fall on a sidewalk. This was tendered to Sivmic.
They conduct an investigation and they are recommending disallowance. That's staff's recommendation as
well. Who is Sivmic? Sivmic is our is the City's insurer. Thank you. Any questions on this?
Anyone willing to make a motion? I'll make a motion to disallow the notice of claim.
There's a motion and a second. Any questions or concerns on the motion?
Seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? All right. Motion carries.
The second agenda or last agenda item then is consideration and possible action on
claim for damages against the City by Noel Kelly. The issue is should the notice of claim for
damages presented by to the City by Noel Kelly pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute 893.80
B disallowed. The staff is recommending to disallow the claim upon advice of counsel. Mr. Nugent.
This is extremely similar to the last agenda item. Again, the City received a notice of claim
for the claimant was injured in a slip and fall incident on sidewalk. The claim was sent to Sivmic
who again conduct an investigation and is recommending this allowance of the claim. Staff is also
recommending that the City disallow the notice of claim. Any questions or concerns? I'll make a
motion to disallow the notice of claim. The motion is there a second? Second. Second. Any questions or
concerns on the motion? All right. Seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed?
Motion carries. The last agenda item is to adjourn. Is there no one willing to make a motion to adjourn?
Second. There's a motion to adjourn and is moved and seconded. All in favor signify by saying aye.
Opposed? This meeting is adjourned. Go Pirates.