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evening everyone welcome to the city of port Washington common council meeting on Tuesday

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August 18th roll call we have alderman new myer who is absent and excused otherwise all older

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persons are present please join with me for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which

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it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you without that takes us into public comments and appearances please remember you have

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up to three minutes to speak and there's a maximum of 30 minutes this evening.

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Please state your name and address. My name is dean wegert 3708 east nor port in the town of port.

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Good evening. I bring good news of great joy that will be for all people Midwest environmental

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advocates took legal action after the public service commission denied their public records

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request seeking information about the projected energy demand from made us beaver dam data center

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the psc claimed the information was a trade secret and that withholding it served the public

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interest a dane county circuit court disagreed finding that the psc had acted unlawfully and

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ordered that the information be released this is a major legal win this should bring transparency

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why does that matter here well the same group the midwest environmental advocates is the

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organization that's representing the sierra club in its lawsuit against the dnr

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if you recall the dnr told vantage that port washington data center would require an environmental

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impact study because of the size and scope of the development and the amount of energy it would

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demand vantage complained and said that an environmental impact study would kill the project this was

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communicated to the mayor to the governor and to the dnr and then the dnr later reversed their

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decision and issued permits without an eis the environmental impact statement that blows

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my mind that a regulatory agency charged with project with protecting the environment and the

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people would issue permits without an environmental impact study especially if they were told that

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an empire environmental impact study would kill the project i mean doesn't saying that an environmental

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impact study would kill the project suggest to you that this is bad for the environment

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and the people i guess not okay well let's move on what pressure was put on the dnr to

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reverse the decision we don't know what did the mayor say when he was told that an eis would

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kill the project what did the governor say who is advocating for the environment and for us

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the people who live in the environment and who is advocating for vantage whereas our transparency

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i have hoped that midwest environmental advocates legal win in the beaver dam case

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is a sign that they will bring the same transparency here so that everyone will know why this project

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was allowed without clearly identifying the environmental impacts we will know that we will

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know why we the people of port were denied what was legally our right to know the full environmental

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impact of this project and to be able to offer public input thank you thank you next speaker

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name and address Tracy Finch port Washington, Wisconsin coming from a recent blog on jasmine

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substacks several things were said that this community deserves to hear first the mayor pointed out

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that his name Theodore means gift from god it's one thing to appreciate the meaning of your name

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it's another level entirely to use it as narcissism for your professional decision

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then he drove the journalist out of to the data center site claiming it's 15 minutes outside the

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city core past eight shops gas stations and farms in reality it takes about four to five minutes

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to reach the location of detail you continue to exaggerate um also you mentioned he mentioned

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rambling outsiders for causing uproar including charlie burns for mentioning port washington's

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project during one of his shows but the strongest opposition has come from port washington residents

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and neighboring communities people who actually live with the consequences of this project

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during the interview the journalist asked him directly knowing what how knowing you knowing

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what you now know is there anything you would have done differently to communicate with the folks

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you paused hit the brakes turn to face her and said nothing and it deeply is concerning to hear a

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mayor say he would change nothing about the how he communicated with the community that has been

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asking pleading and demanding transparency for months mayor that refusal is to self reflect is

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exactly why we are here tonight or i am we are almost a year into vantage data center construction

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project and the emotional strain on residence is no longer something you can dismiss people

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are reporting anxiety sleep disruptions stress from noise and traffic fear of the unknown impacts

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and a growing sense of abandonment these are not isolated complaints these are patterns patterns

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any responsible leader would recognize if you were listening you nor the vantage nor the town

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chairman michael did here has offered a single mental health support resource

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not a hotline not a counseling referral not a mitigation plan not even a basic knowledge of

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emotional toll this project is taking there is not one public document not one meeting record

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not one press release that shows otherwise the silence is absolute and unacceptable

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and let me be clear ignoring a community under the level of strain is not just

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neglect dense it is dangerous when people are pushed past their limits without support

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risk escalates fast crisis calls crisis calls rise families break under pressure

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me people make unsafe decisions behind the wheel at home at school or at a public event

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emotional strain emotional strain it becomes physical illness anxiety becomes panic stress

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becomes harm these are conditions under which preventables tragedies occur and when it'll see

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the city's leadership has been warned thank you Tracy whatever are there any public other public

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speakers amber chain part washington wisconsin and your address please

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she didn't give her address good evening your address please Tracy's here weekly we have her

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address what is your address i gave my address last month when i was here you can get it in records

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i'm gonna ask you again or you can step away from the podium and lose your right to speak

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how is that legal what what section is that legality you can thank you very much what

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section is that you can answer me i pay you we pay your paycheck you can answer what legality is it

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that you are requesting my those are the rules of the council please give your address

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thank you good evening my name is amber chain ward six i'm here today to express my grievances

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with those who have been elected to represent the best interests of their communities i am truly

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unable to comprehend how any of you think putting a data center that will be one of if not

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the largest data centers in wisconsin a few miles away from lake michigan is the best interest

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for all communities involved you seem to have forgotten that we coexist and the planet does not

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revolve around human consumption you seem to have forgotten that the planet earth does not need

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homo savvians to exist the homo savvient which is you mean everyone in this room needs clean air

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clean water and clean soil to exist the planet has rights that are non-negotiable hence why those

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who come before us did the work and fought for the environmental protection agency to be created

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i don't understand why you're willing to cause iris parable damage to the place you claim to love

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i don't understand how you can celebrate fish days every year exclusive to port washington

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wisconsin and then make the conscious decision to harm the very thing you celebrate the moral

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compass has been lost when those who have been chosen to tend to and take care of the land and

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put forth more effort to destroying it than protecting it i wish with my whole heart that

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people cared more about social and environmental justice than they do about financial gain

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how can you know that if this data center is completed it will require 1.3 gigawatts of

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electricity which is enough to provide electricity to all homes in muwaki county annually and still

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say this is a positive change to our evolution how can you say you are for the highest good yet

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you take action against it i as a representative of the highest good i'm asking you to begin to

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take action to rescind your consent which was against the wishes of the people

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to the construction of the vantage data center i as a fellow creature of existence

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a fellow creature of existence i'm asking you to use your power to protect the planet instead

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of using it to destroy it thank you thank you other public speakers

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okay saying no we're going to move into our agenda then

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under the next agenda item is a consent agenda the approval of the minutes of the previous

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meeting and accepting the monthly invoices so anyone willing to make a motion to accept the

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consent agenda move to approve i'll second all right moved and seconded any questions or

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concerns on the motion right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed all right the

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motion carries under mayor's business i just have a couple of quick little pieces for us first is

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i wanted to thank seedy smith and john crayon from the park and rec department today they

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installed the a heartport washington um sculpture down in coldock park that will be lit up tonight

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and then there'll be a groundbreaking for that once they have completed the base and all the

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different pieces and thank you to clover leaf for making the generous donation that would allow

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that to happen for us um a couple of quick little interesting facts about that the data centers

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are not the data center the lighthouse paint color is the same light how a paint color of

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the sculpture roger helped us out with that so he pulled the paint codes and they painted it the

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same color it's angled on purpose so that when you take a picture you see both the lighthouse and

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then you can see the sculpture from downtown so it's kind of fun today as they uh started to fill

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facebook and the world with just different angles of the that sculpture so that's pretty nice and

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hopefully that sparks uh the opportunity for the park and rec department to you know um work with

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other artists to get more sculptures along coldock park and that we get more people out there so

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just a big thanks to everybody who participated in that and thank you for that work um the other

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pieces just remember also school starts here in a couple of weeks and uh that means busing and

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kids on walking around and uh walking to and from school so make sure that we are grateful for that

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and careful for them and make sure that we are waving to our crossing guards and thanking them

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for their actions of putting themselves out there and then lastly i just wanted to acknowledge

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and thank melissa and the city team who's working uh on the e-bike regulations and rules uh i

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understand you're working with our all of our neighboring communities in ozaki county so we have

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similar expectations and rules i still don't understand for the life of me why we give 14-year-olds

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electric bicycles i can do 35 miles per hour and not put a helmet on them but we see them growing

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in poor washington so it would be nice that we have some regulations and that we're unified in

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that uh across the county so it's all i have um under officers and staff reports melissa

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thank you mayor um just on that end um quote the park's department was over in seederberg today

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they had their first meeting to work on unified rules um and i believe the county was also there

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on the inner urban trail so that we can adopt similar rules similar signage similar messaging

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because this is a nationwide problem that we're all dealing with so um it's good to partner with

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with our neighbors on that so both the police department uh i don't think they can make it today

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because they are moving into their new facility this week um but they could make that first meeting

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but john crane did attend for the city port washington today so thanks for mentioning that um on that

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end this pool is closing on the end of this week summer is coming to an end unfortunately i do

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want to say thank you to all of the summer staff and all of them um leadership team that work with

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those summer staff to get them trained up they do a tremendous amount of work and it's a great

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carries a lot for us not to have to hire full-time people all year round so they do a great job

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and i just wanted to acknowledge them and then also in the packet i wanted to bring your attention

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to the um in the department head reports there's lots of great stuff there from both july and

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august because we have a pause in july uh the there is a uh in a report from public works that

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have all the project listed out this is our start from our last meeting of giving an update on where

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we are with projects when they're going to go and we're going to continue to build that out so if

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you pay attention to that report um that's our our first step towards that so uh if you want to take

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a look at that and then um before i handed over to suesings i know she wants to say just a few

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things about the election i i wanted to just say the first uh four items actually five items on the

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agenda here are items that have been to multiple committees and um sometimes multiple times so they

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are very um some of them are very technical um but i just wanted to for brevity's sake

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be uh let you know that those have been hashed through quite a bit i have asked staff to be here

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to answer any questions but i've asked them to not go the whole whole gamut through the entire

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thing like they have at committees and some all of you've been through it multiple times um and

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then we are asking for first reading um on those top four um unlike the back which are um first

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reading only we want to do one reading only on the first four here so that is all i have mr mare

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before i almost forgot susan um just a quick update the person primary was held last week on

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august 11th we had a 35.45 turnout which was very good and um it was active all day and the results

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are in and uh on the way to the state for final confirmation um this uh election as it wraps up

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we go right into the next election which is the general election in november

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absentee ballots will be available to begin mailing out on september 17th so i want the public to be

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aware of that if they're interested in getting a absentee ballot by mail they can fill out an

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application with the city otherwise they can come in for inpersonally voting which we conducted

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the two weeks prior to the election and one other thing uh just a reminder the next common

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council meeting will be september 15th there will not be one held on september 1st

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thank you for that and please extend our gratitude towards all of the poll workers and volunteers

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who make those elections so strong in port washington certainly when they work very hard and we're

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lucky to have them yeah and then many times you come in here on the weekend and they're canvassing

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and everybody's in on their different pieces so and thank you susan for being an extraordinary

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clerk in the state absolutely thank you um the other thing too is um uh interim chief zarneki

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i have a question for you not to answer now but wondering in our monthly reports is there a way

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to do a year-over-year glance so like you show like they always you show the amount of counts

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for monthly calls in the specific areas is there a way to add a column and be like 25 and 26 just to

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show you don't have to answer me now it's just a wondering if it's not easy to do then i would

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expect you to do it okay all right and then i also just want to point out in that packet that

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the team puts together as always i really appreciate this i think we should be promoting the great

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work of the men women and people who support and serve the city of port washington you know like

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the fire department here working with the air army guard and the different pieces that are being

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done um because there is so many there are so many things being done in the city of port washington

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that um people don't understand how hard the staff works and i uh hope you guys had a great

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lunch today of appreciation because the summer crew and the staff the volume of projects that

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you complete in the summer to make port washington awesome we're just all very grateful for so

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we have for myself and the council we appreciate it okay that any questions or concerns to add or

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comments Jonathan rob could you just give a high-level update for this highway 33 resurfacing like

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project the timeline well super high level they're um completing the uh the concrete work on uh

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on the the concrete work on the the curb ramps replacing the curb placing the ramps um driveways

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and um and i'm gonna look to roger for do you know when they're going to start removing the

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the asphalt surface because it's supposed to be completed by uh third week of september but i

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don't have that i would have to look up the schedule i can pull up the they started today

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okay i can pull up the master schedule but i yeah i don't i haven't looked at it lately

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yeah yep they did the okay

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okay mostly just said also that on the north side that the lights should be up and operating by next

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week traffic lights okay any other questions or concerns

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go ahead so hopefully everybody saw it uh it's a lot of facebook postings but the fire department

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moved all their equipment out to the new station uh this afternoon so it's kind of neat to see

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all the trucks moving talk to a lot of the firefighters and and everybody they're excited to be in the

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new facility um there's still a significant punch list of things to to work on but the

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fire department is operating out of the new facility as of five o'clock tonight and i know the police

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department it'll be operating there as of tomorrow so awesome it's pretty cool little prey you said

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all right and then doing did the old engine show up yet do you know when that's coming

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okay all right well that takes us into the um standing agenda items for the council under general

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governments and finance committee the first agenda item is consideration and possible action

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on ordinance 2026-03 and ordinance repealing and recreating ordinance 415-03 led and galvanized

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service line replacement requirements the issue is should the common council approve ordinance

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2026-03 and the staff recommends the common council adopt the ordinance upon its first reading

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there's two recommended motions there but i will open up the floor to roger for background and ideas

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thank you roger all right um as most have mentioned we we've discussed this at at several

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communities so the purpose of this ordinance is to make uh led service line replacement

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mandatory basically it helps the city uh manage the project better but it's it's really a big

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picture it's a it's a first step for overall community health and and get the led service lines

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the led water lines out of the city system

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any questions or concerns there are two recommended motions because of the way we are set up we are

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allowed to um suspend the rules requiring two readings for the council so that we can enact

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this ordinance to get moving on it so anyone willing to make that motion i'll move the suspend the

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rules regarding two readings before council may act on a proposed ordinance as it relates to

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ordinance 2026-03 okay is there a second i'll second that is moved and seconded are there any

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questions or concerns on the motion mr gasper um this is i'm not sure i'm really comfortable with

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i i agree with with this ordinance i'm not sure i'm comfortable with fast tracking it though because

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mr gasper the the only thing we can we can't have a discussion on that before the motion

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sorry or after the motion has been made

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our ordinance doesn't permit discussion on the motion or debate on the motion to suspend the

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rules okay easy um so there there's a motion and a second any questions or concerns no

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all in favor signify by saying aye opposed no okay well that motion uh do the math

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okay all right thank you for that yeah no it would not pass

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it has to be it has to pass by a two-thirds majority of the full council so that motion

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fails all right so then that moves us into a second reading of this ordinance because we cannot

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move to adopt it so that takes us to the next agenda item which is consideration and possible

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action on ordinance 2026-04 in ordinance repealing and recreating 473 stormwater management

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this uh the common council is being asked to approve 2026-04 and the staff is recommending

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the common council adopt 2026-04 upon its first reading roger so this ordinance is uh being

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rewritten and revised the essentially make us current with with current state law best practices

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and then it incorporates tmdl requirements total maximum daily limit requirements that will be in

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our at our 16 permit into our ordinances the make the overall enforcement of the ordinance is

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more efficient any questions for roger or other comments

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roger um you know we talked about this in ggf but can you just

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just um this is just a rewrite of existing ordinance to include new dnr requirements correct

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yes some of the requirements aren't arts would know but it catches all up with with rules that

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EPA and DNR have promulgated since since our last ordinance was what are two or three changes if any

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that we should be aware of uh so like a large large one is is the requirement for stormwater

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practices used used to be on a five acre basis it's not one acre you'll you'll see that in the

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erosion control also um it's it's some of the um the modeling and and um the technical standards

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is that DNR require for for stormwater plan and all not incorporated into your ordinance okay

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and then I asked you this before but if we adopt this or when we adopt this um it would take effect

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for projects starting after that point correct in any any ongoing projects that have submitted

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stormwater management plans would be underneath our current ordinance the the the data center

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project is already adhering to the new standards correct they are so we we knew these were coming

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when they came in and um especially on uh the pollutant limits phosphorus and uh total suspended

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solids they are they are hired they are held to a higher standard than our current ordinances we

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knew these were coming and we knew what the toll maximum daily limits were okay so we said hey

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meet these requirements thank you Roger

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any other questions as you guys put did you want to explain what you're gonna or was that

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specific to that last ordinance that was specific to the last ordinance just why it was not comfortable

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with uh fast tracking it tonight okay excellent thank you any other questions or concerns

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are there any concerns about um moving this forward in one reading

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I'll move to suspend the rules regarding two readings before council may act on a proposed

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ordinance as it relates to 2026 to show four okay there's a motion and a second all in favor

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signified by saying aye opposed or the motion carries that then allows us to move into a motion

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to adopt the ordinances or anyone willing to make such a motion so move there's a motion is there

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a second second moved and seconded any questions or concerns on the motion

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all right seeing none all in favor of adopting ordinance 2026-04 signify by saying aye opposed

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okay that motion carries that takes us into agenda item number three consideration

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impossible action on ordinance 2026-05 in ordinance repealing and recreating 446 erosion control

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the issue is should the common council approve 2026-05 and the

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staff recommends council approval of 2026-05 up 0.5 upon its first reading mr strum so

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so similar to the storm water that this is uh an ordinance update um it's been 20 years since

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it was last updated so so this catches us up with with current standards best practices

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um current rules and regulations um biggest changes uh and this end is

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for erosion control you're supposed to model how much sediment is leaving your site

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the limit is five tons per acre so that's now in our our ordinances

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also with the the five acre it takes the the five acre requirement down to one acre which

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matches denar or requirements and the other big one is is it moves our fees for erosion control

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which we've been implementing but it it's now stated in the cold make it clear

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okay any questions or concerns for roger i know ggf you guys you've reviewed this very well so

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all right again like the other ordinances you have the ability to uh adopt it in one reading

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i'll move to suspend the rules regarding requiring two readings before council may act on any

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proposed ordinance as it relates to ordinance 2026-05 i'll second that is moved and seconded

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there's no discussion all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed or the motion carries

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anyone then willing to make a motion to adopt 2026-05 an ordinance repealing and recreating

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erosion control so move there is a motion and now there is a second any questions or concerns on

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the motion all right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed all right that

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motion carries that takes us into the next agenda item consideration and possible action on ordinance

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2026-06 in ordinance repealing amending repealing recreating and revising portions

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of administrative chapters 8 20 and 70 of the municipal code the issue is should the city adopt

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the proposed ordinance as part of the city's ongoing effort to modernize its organizational

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structure eliminate inconsistencies clarify administrative authority and ensure that the city

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code accurately reflects current operations and applicable statutory requirements the staff is

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recommending the adoption of the ordinance upon first reading well so thank you mayor

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this update is reflects a lot of the things that we're already doing in the city it clarifies

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roles it clarifies names of positions like the senior center or in the buildings that they

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they manage it also goes through and makes it very clear what the authority of each committee is

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because I know you know we operate in one way and then you look at it five years later and

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and you realize you're not really operating that way so we change this to modify it how we

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actually are functioning and it really that does a nice I think job outlining for the committees

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it's often times the committees commissions and boards are unclear what their role is so

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we really tried to clean that up in here and then we did a few other things in here like we added

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fire the fire chief to the traffic safety committee that asked to be there he came to the meetings and

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I think you know no one would disagree we updated bid board membership that was a request by bid

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to on their membership updated the public works so various things that we have just been having

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on kind of in queue to update and do a full update when we do it with the e-code because every

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change we make we have to publish and then we also have to do work with e-code on every

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ordinance that's why you're seeing all of these come at one time so then we can do a much more

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organized fashion of an update to our code I did the thorough memo on this but does anyone have

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any specific questions mr. Benning I'll just add that working with Melissa on this when we've been

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at it for literally months and we've gone through it multiple times overlaying state statutes to

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you know make sure work in compliance with everything so I think this is much easier to read to

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understand and we'll blend very nicely with the charters that the the BCCs do every year

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you know again we we have consistency and when committees start and when their their annual

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meetings are and things like that so a huge kudos to a lot of people that were from staff

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who were involved in this and look to see this move forwards other questions or concerns

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wonderings right council will you have the opportunity again to suspend the rules to adopt

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the ordinances or anyone willing to make that motion I'll move to suspend the rules requiring

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two readings before the council may act on any proposed ordinance as it relates to ordinance 2026

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dash oh six is there a second second there's a second there's no discussion all in favor signify

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by saying aye opposed all right the motion carries is there anyone then willing to adopt

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ordinance 2026 dash oh six in order it's repealing amending repealing recreating and revising

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portions of administrative chapters 820 and 70 of the municipal code so moved there's motion

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in a second any questions on that motion seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed

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motion carries again that's a very thick packet and a lot of work and great diligence on that

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committee and our staff so thank you for that that takes us to number five consideration

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impossible action on private lead service line replacement program and funding recommendations

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the issue is should the city implement a private lead service line replacement program which

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includes a utility financial assistance component and the staff is recommending an approval of a

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private lead service line replacement with utility assistant component there's a recommended

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motion here but i'll let mark take over go ahead mark thank you this is a result of a lot of work

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that the department of public works has been doing over the last two years trying to

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identify not only the city potential lead service lines but also the private customer side lead

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service lines that's an ongoing effort as we try to whittle out the

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a fair number of unknowns yet however we're ready to move forward the board of public works

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approved a general program for replacement of all the public lead service lines this is a

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component piece of companion piece to that that will allow us to provide a

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an organized and conservative effort to facilitate the replacement of private lead service lines

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in the community coordinated with the public lead service line replacements as well as

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special programs for those customers who have remained to have lead service lines but the public

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side has been replaced in in past years um it's been through again board of public works

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and general government finance committee uh staff recommends adoption of this with a

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certain financial assistance component as to encourage the um the adoption of and participation

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of residents to complete this work and again improve the long-term uh safety of our water

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water distribution system. Any questions comments on this? Ms. Pastel. I just wanted to say

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mark for anyone in the public that is reviewing this document you're highlighting does a very

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good job in guiding people through to hit the highlights so they can have a better understanding

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of this policy. I really appreciate that. Mr. Gaspar. Um just uh the passes tonight does this need to

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have uh ordinance 2026-03 passed prior to approving this? No. No? Okay.

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Okay. That's a good question. Other questions? Ms. Miller. Mark do we know what our um what

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percentage of our reserves are going to cover that 2.4 million lead line program? Well based on

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the original estimates from a few months ago it will be about $250,000 per year um but again

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Department of Public Works is continuing to evaluate the unknowns um by regulation unknowns

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must be presumed to be led. So I would expect that number to go down um substantially uh plus

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you know we've made some pretty conservative estimates as to the cost per service line again

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the nature of this program allows the city to have a coordinated contractor to do multiple

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projects, multiple homes, hopefully reducing the individual cost of that. Um you know the utility

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right now has a couple million in reserves and it adds to that uh five to six hundred thousand

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a year so uh we don't see uh this this effort over a 10 year period being a substantial drain

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on the reserves of the utility. Okay and then to follow up on that nothing in our 10 year plan

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would displace this. I mean nothing else would be deferred because of this program. That's correct.

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Thank you. So this becomes an allocated piece in the agenda year over year and the funds are

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there correct. I just I want to I want to thank the team for this. I don't really realize if

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everybody recognizes in the community that well a big deal that we're offering the assistance

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to support and ensure that lead connection, lead pipes, etc. That that can be supplemented

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you know with the city instead of just purely on the homeowner. Majority is homes and business

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in the in the city of Port Washington are older. If I'm not mistaken it's pre 1980 what five

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roger or something like that 1990 when they still use lead on the outside. So I mean in the majority

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homes in Port Washington that would be considered kind of entry level or older that these families

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and and businesses have the opportunity for us to assist them so that they do not bear the burden

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alone. I think that's fantastic. So I really appreciate you guys being solution orientated

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and thinking of the people and homeowners on this. So I'm really proud of you for this.

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Any other questions on this? Otherwise I'd be looking for a motion to approve the attached

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private lead service line replacement program with utility financial assistance component.

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I'll move to approve second. There's a motion and a second. Any questions or concerns on that

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motion? All right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? Okay the motion carries.

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Well done. All right that takes us into the next agenda item which is under new business

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presentation of the 27 to 20 36 10 year financial outlook for the city of Port Washington. The

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issue is what will be the perspective fiscal impacts and challenges of implementing the current

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10 year capital project planning schedule as well as maintaining current operational services.

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The staff recommends an ongoing annual review of these key metrics and the related financial

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implications to the city. Mark as you begin I just want to say thank you to you Melissa

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Roger the whole team Rob Bob all of the different directors within the city for putting together

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the both the capital plan and these financial outlooks. This is something we identified a few

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years ago when we wanted to become strategic as a city so that we just continually had

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navigational beacons to move ourselves forward that no matter who was on the council or who is the

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mayor or who is the city administrator that they knew and understood all of the liabilities and the

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capital pieces pieces moving forward as well as our financial outlook. I think your modeling

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was really really well done and I'm just really grateful for that. I wanted to make sure that

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you knew that because I don't again I don't think many people in the community are paying

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attention to the fact that we now know and are worrying about 20 36 and past councils in the

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council I was on in the early 90s we were not thinking 10 years out so this is really really

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good work and it puts us in a sustainable succession plan for the future. Great.

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All right one of the key underpinnings of this is includes the implementation of the 10 year

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capital project planning schedule and impacts that will have on these metrics so all of those

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projects have been incorporated into the schedules either for debt service when staff is modeling

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available reserves in the utilities to remain compliant with revenue bond covenants and other

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metrics. It also presents some information with a different lens on some of the cap you know how

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the capital budget for the next year is spent if you would indulge me for a few minutes I would

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like to go through kind of a flipping the page kind of discussion on this document so we start

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out with an overview just really illustrating the high level of commitment for future capital

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planning and maintaining of the city's infrastructure and facilities and vehicles and equipment

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this plan includes over 85 million dollars in general capital projects so it's a lot of work to

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be done in the next 10 years moving forward you know one of the things that the city is always

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wanted to to keep an eye out on a few key indicators that the city's debt service requirements

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to implement these types of projects are debt capacity under state statute that limits of the

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city's debt capacity the city's levy limit outlook as we look at not only capital projects but the

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budgetary requirements to sustain our current operating needs we look at then at our operational

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forecast to illustrate some of those challenges and then the we wrap up with a look at the city's

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TIFF districts and make sure that all of those districts are performing well and as expected

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and then at the end of the schedule we talk about the prospective impact on water and sewer rates

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again implementing these projects what the debt requirements going to be

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I think we all know that costs will go up year after year and so we try to model those and again

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give a prospective outlook at what we see for the financial performance of the utilities over

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over a 10-year period given what we know today and the the backdrop of the 10-year capital

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project planning schedule so page five of the plan just goes through a real straightforward debt

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analysis shows what our existing debt is and shows the future debt that will be generated to

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implement the projects identified and approved last last year earlier this month the fourth

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00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:02,880
so that's just a good summary view for for context page six we have

407
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:09,680
a graph that illustrates the city's debt capacity under state statutes

408
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,960
you know wasn't too long ago that there was some significant concern about us being able to

409
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:25,120
issue bonds for the public safety complex but the city's equalized value has continued to grow

410
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:36,160
as a desirable community which by itself then kind of leverages the amount that's allowable

411
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:42,720
under state statute the city's intent a few years ago was never to go above 4 percent

412
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:48,400
of the 5 percent limit unless it was a true emergency so we're well under that

413
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:57,520
looking ahead there's there's a big project on the north side of the community that's going to

414
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:05,200
add a lot of equalized values so that'll from a debt capacity issue really changes that metric

415
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:13,680
a lot in the next 10 years so we look look more towards debt management than debt capacity issues

416
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:20,000
as we move forward over the next several years page seven talks about our levy limits

417
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:25,120
it's a bit of a complex schedule I put some narrative there

418
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,800
but that's the trend of where our levy limits will be

419
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:40,640
under current current state statutes so again staff monitors that on an ongoing basis and

420
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:47,920
takes a strategic look at this to make sure that the city can properly manage these items

421
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:53,600
for continued provision of of our existing services under the state's levy limits

422
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:08,960
and that goes all the way through to page page 10 you know if anybody is really into it would

423
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:14,240
like to come by my office and talk in more detail about this I'd be happy to go through these

424
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:21,840
schedules but there is a lot to consider as we go through our levy limits and making sure we're

425
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:30,400
compliant with those and again that we we're modeling based on realistic assumptions and trends

426
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:35,760
our operational forecasts we have a table on page 12

427
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:48,800
in essence this table illustrates the challenges that the annual budget encounters when

428
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,600
costs are going up at three or four percent a year

429
00:44:54,400 --> 00:45:01,280
the model for for this for taxes property taxes for operations is at five percent

430
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:07,440
the challenges is that property taxes are only about one third of our revenues so

431
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:16,400
increasing one third of our revenue is five percent doesn't cover a three percent cost increase

432
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:24,000
over the long run so the red text on page 12 shows how that cumulatively will will strain

433
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:31,920
the city's ability to meet current operations so that is something we work through every year

434
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:39,280
when we come with a balanced budget the numbers reset and we and we keep going into the into the

435
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:46,080
future but this type of situation is is ongoing it's it's a structural challenge

436
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:56,960
the portion of property taxes for operations in a city of Port Washington is much lower than in

437
00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:04,080
many communities some communities property taxes pay for 75 percent of operational costs so we're

438
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:09,680
fortunate to have a lot of other revenue streams that help offset the need for property tax

439
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:15,920
to support operations but nonetheless that itself also creates additional challenges

440
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:27,360
again i'm page 14 just a little different look at our our 10-year capital plan

441
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:36,160
um and really the the bottom of that table i kind of breaks it out by what what's the nature of our

442
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:46,640
ongoing project expenditures pages 15 16 and 17 look at our tiff districts all the city's tiff

443
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:54,160
districts are performing well i do want to note that staff will be bringing forth a resolution

444
00:46:54,160 --> 00:47:00,480
to close tiff district three this fall that district has now reached a point where

445
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:08,480
it has satisfied all its obligations and is eligible to close that'll be coming i believe

446
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:14,800
the current plan is to bring that with the budget presentation materials this fall

447
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:26,800
we do take a look at our sewer and water utility trends pages 18 and 19 for wastewater

448
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,960
there's no way around it we're going to be looking to maintain those services as cost go up utility

449
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:45,200
rates will tend to be need to be raised incrementally again this is a managed approach

450
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:52,800
to stay in compliance with debt covenants and and other characteristics for our utility to be able

451
00:47:52,800 --> 00:48:00,560
to operate efficiently to maintain sufficient reserves cash flow and and carry most of the

452
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:07,280
routine capital needs of the utilities so that's kind of what this looks at and then we do the

453
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:14,400
same thing with the water utility on page 21 and then just for reference the tenure

454
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:22,960
project planning schedule is attached on pages 22 through 30. Any specific questions?

455
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:31,200
I have a reflection for you about the proposed five percent increase year over year on utilities

456
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:37,120
for water and sewer if i'm not mistaken that's what i read was that was the estimate that percentage

457
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:44,000
yes so my my wondering is what can we proactively do to ensure that our

458
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:48,400
community members who will be on the receiving end of that increase so that we can keep up with

459
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,800
costs and etc and not be like we were was that three years ago where we had to do a 40 percent

460
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:57,360
increase or whatever it was how can we proactively and i don't need an answer now but i'm asking

461
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:02,400
you as a staff to reflect on this how can we proactively put that into the water bills so people

462
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:08,640
can forecast and recognize six months from now three months from now there'll be a an increase

463
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:13,360
here a slight increase in those costs is that a possibility so i don't need an answer i don't think

464
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:17,920
it would be fair to citizens so they don't wake up on july one and they they say forecast no this

465
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:22,160
is the first step in that process absolutely awesome thank you i see i see the five percent

466
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:26,960
for the wastewater but i don't see a number for the water utility rate increases markets in there

467
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:34,800
and i missed it uh it should be there on page 21 right now in 2028 we're looking at 15 percent

468
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:43,920
now one of the things that we strive to do is to try to avoid increasing both water and sewer rates

469
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:51,280
in the same year so we'll get through um another year now that the treatment plant projects are

470
00:49:51,280 --> 00:50:01,600
both coming to uh conclusion we'll continue to monitor our our usage and and cost and uh and

471
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:08,320
we'll see if we can adjust that to make that uh not the case but the public service commission

472
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:16,320
has already ordered the utility to do another rate case in 2027 so um that's not something that

473
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:22,800
we just choose to do um although it's probably could practice to do that periodically but

474
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:28,960
so we're already under order with the public service commission for the water utility and uh and

475
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:37,600
again you know hopefully we we keep modest and incremental uh increases uh over a long range of

476
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:43,760
time and certainly it built up to be a significant jump um like like we saw with some of our water

477
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:51,760
rates in the in the past four years mark those rates are directed to us by the psc correct

478
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:57,520
correct the public service commission establishes water utility rates based on a number of

479
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:04,880
criteria as the water utility is regulated by the state if you if i may in here go ahead you have a

480
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:11,040
quote that the psc psc make sure that the rates utilities charge are based on the actual cost

481
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:16,800
produce the heat electricity or water the psc also make sure the utilities are charging their

482
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:21,600
customers enough to stay in business and make the repairs and improvement they need so the

483
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:30,960
heat electricity and water is always there when you need it so while we're you know our employees

484
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:37,280
get raises as they should there are some costs that are never going to go down no matter how

485
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:43,280
automated this process becomes correct right so we're always going to be battling against

486
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:51,200
their pay and benefits and management so and the maintenance of all the maintenance and

487
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:57,280
replacement of all the assets right water mains sewer mains sort treatment equipment so on and

488
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:05,040
so forth so yeah yeah again if we don't have net new destruction we don't grow we die that's the

489
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:11,680
hard difficulty of uh school of uh municipal financing mr mister uh mark did i hear you

490
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:18,800
correctly that um our tax revenues only cover a third of the city's cost correct what are the

491
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:25,200
other revenue streams for people who aren't familiar well sir i mean in general we've got a pretty

492
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:31,600
substantial amount of state aid um you know we have license and permit revenues we've got room

493
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:40,880
tax revenues a whole variety of revenues um and uh i mean be happy to share it's in the budget

494
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:49,760
documents it's our general revenue section of that um we get um again you know i i came from

495
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:56,800
shorewood and i believe when i left shorewood property taxes were over 70 percent of the funding

496
00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:04,000
for operations and here it's 35 percent and that's that's a good thing but it also puts a lot of

497
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:10,880
strain because the only thing that we have a lot of control over is is the property taxes that

498
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:16,640
uh again that is it's a mere alluded to net new construction is really the one thing that helps

499
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:22,160
keep that from being a true uh devil in a detail sort of scenario

500
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:29,280
one one last thing and you would say state aid is going up or going down as a trend

501
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:35,040
well a couple years back we had a real nice boost in state aid which has really helped the city get

502
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:44,960
through um through that that time frame um generally speaking state aids are uh my model is one

503
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:51,440
percent a year in the over a 10 year period obviously special programs may change that we

504
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:56,560
reset the bar and remodel when we we'd have better information but they're they're pretty

505
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:57,920
pretty modest increases

506
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:04,320
other wonderings

507
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:11,520
yeah thank you the only the only one uh other recommendation i would have is that if we could

508
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:16,080
put together some sort of a visual graphic that's consumable to the community so they can see

509
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:21,600
all of this rich data i mean the spreadsheets are beautiful but at the end of the day like uh

510
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:26,720
mr bister's question like a pie graph that shows you know local aid is what covers this these

511
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:30,720
are our revenues these are those places i think they'll be very empowering for a lot of people

512
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:36,160
absolutely okay thank you all right that takes us into the next agenda item which is consideration

513
00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:41,760
impossible action on a state municipal finance agreement or an SMFA for inclusion of high visibility

514
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:47,120
crosswalks in a bump out at south spring street and the inner urban crossing for the 2029

515
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:52,800
wis wisconsin department of transportation curb ramp improvement project the issue is should the

516
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:59,200
city improve approve an SMFA to include high visibility crosswalks and a bump out at south

517
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:04,320
spring street urban in the inner urban crossing as part of the curb ramp improvement project and

518
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:09,840
staff is recommending approval of the SMFA to include high visibility crosswalks and a bump

519
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:14,160
out at south spring street inner urban crossing as part of the 2029 wis wisconsin

520
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:21,040
curb ramp improvement project rob okay this is something that uh that the board of public works

521
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:30,240
had approved back in um february to uh include high visibility crosswalks at uh at the intersections

522
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:36,800
of um uh where on the state highways so that would be south spring street in the north wisconsin

523
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:46,640
street and to include a bump out at uh at portview drive at the inner urban trail crossing um so I

524
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:54,720
this those decisions were supported by the port moves um active transportation plan and uh so we

525
00:55:54,720 --> 00:56:01,120
have asked the DOT to include that in the um handicap ramp replacement project which is currently

526
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:09,920
scheduled for 2029 um so before you as the uh again the statement is full uh financial agreement

527
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:16,720
that uh includes the cost for that work that we will anticipate um it will vary based on the

528
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:25,040
actual um work that is the the contractor's bid that we receive but um but before the DOT can go

529
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:31,600
ahead and include that in the contract uh they need this financial agreement uh to be approved

530
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:37,280
and this is a recommendation to the board of public works and uh the motion would be to approve

531
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:49,120
the smfa thank you rob any questions concerns or comments just just pastel yes um you and I

532
00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:54,160
communicated rob about this this was actually one of the conversations that we had a couple

533
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:59,680
of years ago on traffic safety this particular crossing on spring street which is very dangerous

534
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:08,080
um there unfortunately when you narrow a crossway there are some bicyclists who seem to think

535
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:15,840
they do not have to stop at all anymore um two good examples are the temporary bollards on norport

536
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:21,920
where i've seen multiple times bicyclists just flying through uh the permanent bump out on

537
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:28,080
hails trail down by the community garden is another place where bicyclists and it's not

538
00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:32,880
a huge population but there are enough who don't seem to think that they need to stop

539
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:39,600
and you and i communicated that in addition to this bump out which i can support 100 percent

540
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:45,440
we need to take a closer look at the angle of that bike path to try to slow down the bicyclist

541
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:51,280
before they cross spring street and you had suggested that that's a conversation we should

542
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:57,600
have at traffic safety if that's on the agenda i will definitely plan to attend because i think

543
00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:04,800
that is an important enhancement to in addition to this bump out so i can support this 100 percent

544
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:12,960
thank you miss miller i'm just looking at the fiscal impact you have 55 000 dollars is the cost

545
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:18,720
but then you have no dollar amounts down there so for the city it's no dollar amounts

546
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:27,520
but the exception of the the uh alternate crosswalk painting that we would like to have versus what

547
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:35,200
the state is willing to put in so the total cost to the city is 55 000 so okay apologize if that

548
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:42,640
was unclear okay so it is 55 000 it just isn't in the budget yet until it gets approved and okay

549
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:49,120
yes thank you for that clarification any other questions or wonderings comments

550
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:56,480
anyone willing to make a motion i will move to approve there's a motion to approve the SMFA is

551
00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:01,520
there a second second moved and seconded any questions or concerns on the motion all right

552
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:07,360
seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye opposed motion carries i think this is really

553
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:12,720
smart for that side of town okay the next is consideration impossible action on ordinance

554
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:20,960
2026-07 in ordinance amending the comprehensive plan future 2035 land use plan map for the purpose

555
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:27,920
of designating approximately 1.4 acres of land located at 365 north wisconsin street and 104 west

556
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:32,800
washington street as mixed use traditional neighborhood on the city of poor washing's future land use

557
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:39,280
map for proposed for proposed residential development on the city of port washington is the applicant

558
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:46,880
and this is the first reading mr. Harris so this is the first reading for uh queuing up uh the uh

559
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:53,520
current the police and fire block downtown for uh the proposed town home development so we will be

560
00:59:53,520 --> 01:00:00,640
amending uh the land use plan uh from its public utility lands just because it was a long time

561
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:08,000
public and utility local government site uh to downtown zoning or before residential uh so

562
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:13,680
we will have this uh at plan commission next week and then we'll have the public hearing and final

563
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:20,880
action uh at the uh second meeting in september any questions

564
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:30,000
okay well that's the first reading then that takes us into the next agenda item which is

565
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:36,720
consideration and possible action on ordinance 2025-08 in ordinance rezoning lands within the

566
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:42,160
city of poor washington and amending the official zoning map to rezone approximately 1.4 acres of

567
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:48,800
land located at 365 north wisconsin street and 104 west washington street to be for central business

568
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:53,440
district for the purpose to accommodate a proposed residential town home development the city of

569
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:57,280
poor washington is the applicant this is the first reading there is no action and the council is

570
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:02,800
being asked to rezone the subject property to pul public utility lands to be for central business

571
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:07,360
district for the purpose of developing a residential town home development consisting of approximately

572
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:14,560
20 town home units mr harris pretty much uh nearly verbatim what i just said uh on the previous

573
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:23,360
agenda item uh with the uh land use map uh being uh amended to uh downtown zoning uh we can come in

574
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:29,440
with the rezoning for b4 and set the table for the eventual development of the uh town home

575
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:35,520
building and site plan and again we'll have this at plan commission next week and then at the uh

576
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:42,320
september second meeting in september all right any questions or concerns feedback

577
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:48,400
all right that is the first reading that takes us into the final agenda item for the evening

578
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:53,200
discussion and possible action regarding a development agreement with pfd redevelopment

579
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:59,040
llc for the property at 104 west washington street and 365 north wisconsin street in the city of

580
01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:07,520
poor washington ozaki county tax id number 16 0 9 8 dash 1 0 dash 0 1 dot 0 0 1

581
01:02:09,840 --> 01:02:17,120
council this is the development agreement that is related to the um development at the

582
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:23,120
former police and firesite now um that bob referenced in both the camp plan amendment

583
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:31,440
in the rezone um we worked with next sundor from final line on this to um to finalize this agreement

584
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:38,880
we the city agreed to or accepted an offer to purchase from pfd redevelopment um a few months

585
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:44,640
ago on this and this kind of formalizes the agreement there it formalizes the uh payment

586
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:51,040
structures as well as the obligations of both the city and pfd redevelopment will have um after

587
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:57,920
if council approves this the next step will be to approve the um ordinances that are will be on

588
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:04,720
for a second reading on september 15th um and then closing will occur in late september with

589
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:08,000
work to begin shortly after that happy to answer any questions

590
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:12,640
there are any questions

591
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:25,840
but we do need a motion to approve yeah i'm i'm sorry is there a recommended motion

592
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:29,920
the recommended motion is to approve uh motion to approve the development agreement

593
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:33,280
is there anyone willing to make that motion i'll make a motion to approve the development

594
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:37,840
agreement there's a motion is there a second second moved and seconded

595
01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:42,720
any questions or concerns on that motion right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye

596
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:50,400
opposed all right that motion carries it takes us into the final agenda piece which is public

597
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:54,080
comments and appearances is there anyone willing to make public comments and appearances

598
01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:58,400
Tracy please make sure to state your name and address oh mally you want it

599
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:09,840
fine oh excuse me 1142 west port view drive i'm speaking without sugar coating anything because

600
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:16,800
people of port washing to deserve honesty accountability and leadership that serves them not a legacy

601
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:22,240
project not a personal victory lap and not a city reshaped for wealthy while longtime residents

602
01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:27,600
are pushed out you've made public claims that you cannot control especially claims like our electric

603
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:33,600
bill won't go up because of vantage that's ridiculous that isn't leadership that's wishful

604
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:40,160
thinking presented as fact residents are seeing the rate increases and you know full well that a

605
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:46,400
nearly one gigawatt industry industrial facility will strain the grid in ways you cannot predict

606
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:52,080
or prevent when you make promises you cannot keep you don't just mislead people you gamble their

607
01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:58,560
financial sustainability and this community is done being told fairy tales you've also ignored

608
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:04,160
the human cost this project has caused real mental and emotional harm families are stressed

609
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:10,320
anxiety anxious and overwhelmed people feel displaced in their own hometown if you want to make things

610
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:17,200
right start by providing free mental health support for residents who need it not as a pr not as a

611
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:21,680
committee to explore options but as a real service when your decisions create community

612
01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:26,960
wide distress it becomes your responsibility to help prepare the damage and most importantly

613
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:33,600
you need to show people that you actually care that means owning your mistakes that means acknowledging

614
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:39,440
you would do things differently saying you wouldn't change a single thing despite lawsuits and rate

615
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:45,360
concerns land losses and community division tells residents their experience don't matter

616
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:50,880
it tells middle class and lower income families their struggles are invisible it tells long

617
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:56,160
time residents that the city they built is being reshaped for wealthier newcomers while they are

618
01:05:56,160 --> 01:06:03,200
priced out of their own own hometown mayor this is your moment to prove your capability of humility

619
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:09,120
accountability and genuine leadership because right now residents see a mayor chasing money

620
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:16,160
prestige and development and a city becomes less livable for the very people who built it

621
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:21,440
if you want to make things right stop making promises you cannot keep provide mental health

622
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:28,800
support for those harmed by this process and openly admit to mistakes that you brought us here

623
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:34,640
poor washington deserves the poor washington doesn't need a mayor chasing wealth

624
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:41,040
poor washington needs a mayor who stands with its people before a crisis not after one so

625
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:48,640
build your storm down any other public comments or appearances

626
01:06:54,640 --> 01:07:01,040
yammer chain 1446 was second half thank you um i'm going to read a poem i hope it really sticks

627
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:06,080
to you guys i've never read in front of a city console so bear with me it's called the wrongs

628
01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:13,440
of my ancestors i'm trying to write the wrongs of my ancestors because while i had no power in

629
01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:19,920
what they did i have power in what i do i'm trying to write the wrongs of my ancestors because every

630
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:25,920
time i start my car or use my phone it is my individual sovereignty adding scars to entities

631
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:32,080
across the seas i'm trying to write the wrongs of my ancestors because i had no choice in the

632
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:37,680
legacy i was born into but i have a choice in the legacy i leave behind i'm trying to write the

633
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:43,760
wrongs of my ancestors because yes there is hierarchy and humanity i do firmly believe but it has

634
01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:49,360
absolutely nothing to do with the hue of your skin i'm trying to write the wrongs of my ancestors

635
01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:54,640
because today is the tomorrow we dreamed about yesterday every day is a gift first and then it

636
01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:59,200
becomes a choice and i have a choice in what i do with my presence and that is why i actively

637
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:04,560
make the choice to try and write the wrongs of my ancestors please be good ancestors and remember

638
01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:10,640
that descendants far beyond what we know are depending on our choices right now thank you thank you

639
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:17,360
other public comments or appearances all right seeing none that takes us to the end of the

640
01:08:17,360 --> 01:08:22,080
meeting is there anyone willing to make a motion to adjourn so there's a motion to adjourn is there

641
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:29,280
second seconded uh-huh any i'm not asking any questions or concerns all in favor of a journey

642
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:33,680
signify by saying aye opposed that motion carries good luck this school year