[a. Human Resources Quarterly Report]
[b. County Treasurer Quarterly Report]
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FARBUT THERE'S EVEN, UM, I FOUND MY GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS' HOMES TOO.
SO THAT'S ALSO KIND OF NEAT TO SEE THAT THEY PAID, YOU KNOW, THREE $43 AND 40 CENTS FOR THEIR TAX BILL WAY BACK WHEN.
SO, UM, NOW WE, NOW WE PAY MORE THAN THAT AT STARBUCKS.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR ON MY REPORT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE THINGS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? A COUPLE THINGS ROLLING.
SO, UM, GETTING BACK TO THE BANKING PORTION OF THIS, AS I WAS ASKED PREVIOUSLY, AND I THINK FOR OUR POSSIBLE VIEWERS AT HOME, AND I DO HOPE THERE ARE SOME, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATED BY THE STATE TO REVIEW EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, BUT WE DO IT.
UM, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST, UH, A DOES THIS IS LIKE A BID PROCESS OR, UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT IT.
UM, A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL WOULD BE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
CAN YOU PROVIDE IT? GIVE US A, GIVE US A, A BID, UM, AN IDEA OF THAT, OR THERE IS A, THERE IS A STATE CONTRACT OUT THERE THAT THE STATE HAS NEGOTIATED AND IF THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
SO REALLY THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS WE'VE BEEN MOVING ALONG WITH THE BANK THAT WE'RE WITH, UM, THROUGH THREE GENERATIONS OF THAT BANK.
UM, EXTENDING CONTRACTS, EXTENDING THOSE THINGS, DOING THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS IS THE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, WHO CAN PROVIDE IT? CAN THEY DO ALL THOSE THINGS? UM, AND THAT'S THE KEY IS WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED? UM, NOW WITH THE SALE OF SAMARITAN, UM, OUR ACCOUNT
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NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS WENT DOWN, BUT OUR SERVICES MIGHT BE JUST, MIGHT BE INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS AND ELECTRONIC, UM, BACK AND FORTH.SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WE CHOOSE OR WE STAY WHERE WE ARE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WITH OUR BANKING SERVICES.
I MEAN, AGAIN, FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, UH, IT'S SUCH A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE, UH, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY ACCOUNTS, NOT ASKING FOR EXACT AMOUNT, BUT YOU KNOW, KIND OF A BALLPARK, JUST HOW MANY ACCOUNTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTS MORE THAN 10 AND LESS THAN 20.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS THAT HAPPEN AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS.
SO EVERYTHING PULLS INTO ONE ACCOUNT, IF YOU WILL THINK OF IT THAT WAY, THEN IT'S ALL ON TRANSACTION BASED.
BUT WE'RE TALKING THOUSANDS OF TRANSACTIONS.
WE'RE ONE OF THE BIGGER CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA.
UM, DO, DO YOU KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING CHARGED PER YEAR FOR THE BANK RIGHT NOW? UM, SOME FEES I'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE PRETTY HEFTY BANK CHARGES.
SO WE'RE IN THAT 10,000, 10 TO $15,000 RANGE.
I'M JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, PER YEAR.
UM, IN THAT, WHAT WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS TO HAVE, PULL THAT OUT OF INTEREST EARNINGS OF A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT THAT WE USE AS A SHORT TERM SAVINGS ACCOUNT, SO TO SPEAK.
SO IT, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE BILLING US FOR THAT, BUT WE DO, WE DO GET A, AN ACCOUNT ANALYSIS EVERY MONTH AND TAKE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING CHARGED FOR WHAT WE'RE USING.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM THREE C, THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
AND FOR THAT WE HAVE OUR, UH, CHIEF OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. SCOTT SCHMIDT.
AND THERE IS A, UH, A REQUESTED MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF $24,000 FOR ARCHITECTURAL
[c. Master Plan Update]
SERVICES.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. CHADRON AND A SECOND FOR MR. KELLY.
UH, I THINK FIRST BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MASTER PLAN IN DEPTH, I THINK A LITTLE HISTORIES IN IN ORDER.
'CAUSE WE'VE NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SINCE, UH, THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UH, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE HERE, REMEMBER THAT WE WENT THROUGH A MASTER PLAN PROCESS IN 2023 THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE, BY THE BOARD.
AS PART OF THAT, UH, WE ARE ELEVATOR THAT'S AT THE END OF THIS HALLWAY THAT TYPICALLY UTILIZED WAS STARTING TO FAIL.
AND BASED OFF THE MASTER PLAN LOCATION, WE INSTALLED THE ELEVATOR AT THE OTHER END.
AND I'M GLAD TO SAY IT IS NOW OPEN AND RUNNING.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE AFTER THE MEETING, YOU WANNA TAKE A NICE LITTLE SMOOTH ELEVATOR RIDE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE WELCOME TO GO DOWN TO THE, TO RIGHT OUT THE DOOR AND, AND TAKE THAT ELEVATOR.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON THE MASTER PLAN ALREADY GOING FORWARD.
UH, THERE'S ALSO FUNDING IN 2025 FOR THE WESTERN PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO MAKE THAT A, UM, SECURED PARKING LOT.
BUT, BUT WITH THAT, UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DID LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN AND OPTIONS, UH, SET OUT A COUPLE GOALS IS, IS TO GET, UH, BASICALLY THE PUBLIC COMING IN ONE LOCATION AS WELL AS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE BUILDING DURING THE DAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT COME IN THE BUILDING AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THEY MIGHT COME IN THE, THE WEST ENTRANCE OR LOOKING FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER CLERK OF COURTS, OR THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING FOR THE COUNTY CLERK, CLERK OF COURTS.
SO ONE OF THE ASPECT IS TO GET THE, THE CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR, FOR ACCESS INTO THE BUILDING AS WELL AS A PRIVATE ENTRANCE, UH, FOR, FOR STAFF, UH, LOOKING FORWARD.
SO, UH, IT WAS AGREED THEN IN MARCH TO ACTUALLY HIRE AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO LOOK IT UP, UH, SOME PLANS.
AND THE FIRST PHASE IS TO GET SOME SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY FINALIZE THOSE SCHEMATIC SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS.
WHEN I SAY SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS, YOU'LL LOOK AT 'EM, THEY'LL LOOK VERY DETAILED, YOU'LL SEE OFFICES IN THERE, YOU'LL SEE WORKSTATIONS IN THERE, CHAIRS, DESKS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE IS HIGH LEVEL STILL.
THEY'RE STILL, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE MASTER PLAN, THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM WILL HAVE TO DO STUFF LIKE HVAC AND SPRINKLER HEADS AND DOOR SIZES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT IS STILL SCHEMATIC LEVEL.
UH, THERE'LL STILL BE CHANCES OR CHANGES LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE TO JUST MODIFY AREAS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IS SAYING, WILL THESE OFFICES FIT IN THIS LOCATION? YEAH.
DO WE HAVE FILE CABINETS SHOWN YET? NO STUFF LIKE THAT STILL HAS TO BE WORKED OUT.
BUT, UH, AT A HIGH LEVEL SAYING THAT, YEP, THESE, THESE WILL FIT.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE, WE HIRED AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND WE HAD MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED AND LOOK AT THEIR SPACE ANALYSIS AND SPACE NEEDS, NOT JUST NOW, BUT INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL.
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WENT BACK, MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS, SOME CHANGES, SOME DRAWINGS.UH, WE MET BACK AGAIN WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
LOOKED AT THOSE, UH, KARA, OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS MANAGER MYSELF, MADE SOME TWEAKS OF THEM AND BROUGHT 'EM BACK TO DEPARTMENT HEADS TO LOOK AT ONE LAST TIME.
AND IF THEY NEEDED STILL IMMEDIATE CHANGES, WE WENT BACK AGAIN TO THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, MAKE SOME MORE CHANGES.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE TONIGHT.
SO THIS HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS BETWEEN MYSELF AND KARA, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT STAFF, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, ANY OTHER STAFF THAT WE MAY HAVE BROUGHT IN ON, ON THE CONVERSATION.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TO ROLL THROUGH THAT MASTER PLAN TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE QUALITY THAT WAS IN THE, UM, PACKET, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL EMAILED THE, THE LATEST VERSION.
AND UP ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE OVERALL SITE PLAN, UH, IN 2025 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
AND I'LL TRY TO ENCIRCLE IT AS BEST I CAN.
THERE'S A FUEL ISLAND THAT'S RIGHT THERE, AND THAT IN 2025, THE FUEL ISLANDS AT THE END OF IT'S USEFUL LIFE WILL BE MOVED OVER TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, THAT PROJECT IS, IS FUNDED RIGHT NOW IN OUR, IN OUR CIP.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT THE WEST STAFF PARKING LOT, WHICH I MENTIONED, WHERE YOU TYPICALLY WOULD PARK FOR THIS MEETING WOULD BE A STAFF ONLY ENTRANCE AT THAT, THAT ENTRANCE IN THERE AS WELL AS DOWN BELOW IN THE BACK.
AND THE PUBLIC WOULD ALL COME THROUGH THE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AS YOU SEE WITH THE BLUE LINE.
UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY GENERALLY GO WHEN THEY WANT TO GO TO THE COURT SYSTEM, UH, AS WELL.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, THE SHERIFF IS JUST NORTH OF THERE AS WELL.
SO IT'D BE KINDA THAT ONE STOP SHOP, GET EVERYBODY INTO THAT LOCATION.
UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW THAT PARKING IS A PREMIUM OVER THERE.
AND SO THERE'S SOME PARKING LOT CHANGES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
WE'D KEEP THE SIDEWALK THAT'S THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC.
THERE WOULD BE GREEN SPACE AND THIS WOULD BECOME A PARKING LOT.
UH, MOST OF THE PARKING LOT WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
UH, IT'S A NICE FLAT AREA RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PULVERIZING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT, BUT OBVIOUSLY JUST MAKING SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND, AND MAKING THIS DRIVEWAY THAT'S IN THIS LOCATION, UH, FLOW SMOOTH AND RIGHT INTO THIS, THE MAIN DRIVEWAY THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND NOW IT'S KINDA OFFSET AND GOTTA GOTTA GO AROUND A LITTLE CORNER.
AND IF YOU CALL FROM THE MASTER PLAN IN 2023, THIS LOCATION WHERE IT SAYS PUBLIC PARKING WOULD BE A POTENTIAL NEW BUILDING, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING ANYTIME SOON.
UH, QUESTION ON THE STAFF PARKING LOT, UH, WOULD THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNTY BOARD AS WELL? YES, I WAS GONNA GET TO THAT, YES.
I I JUST LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME RELATIVELY CONTENTIOUS THINGS,
AND, UH, SAFETY, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON KIND OF THE, I'LL CALL THE EXTERIOR POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT ARE COMING? NOPE.
AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE NOT FUNDED YET.
WE GOTTA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUNDING LATER ON AND THEN THANK YOU.
LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PLANS THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE BOARD.
AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TRY TO START AT THE JUSTICE CENTER ENTRANCE THAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN OR EAST ENTRANCE.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THAT'S A SECURITY ENTRANCE FOR THE MOST PART.
IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE COURT SYSTEM, YOU GO THROUGH SECURITY.
IF YOU'RE COMING INTO THIS BUILDING, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, YOU'RE NOT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE THERE IS A LITTLE RECONFIGURATION THERE TO HAVE, UH, YOU COMING INTO THE DOORS AND GOING THROUGH SECURITY AGAIN, THEN HAVING A, A POTENTIAL OVERFLOW SECURITY STATION.
AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE DECIDING ONCE WE START GETTING DEEPER INTO THE PLANS OF, DO YOU WANT EVERYONE THAT COMES INTO THIS BUILDING ON BOTH THE JUSTICE CENTER SIDE AND THIS GOVERNMENT CENTER GOING THROUGH SECURITY? OR JUST KEEP IT WITH THE JUSTICE CENTER.
AGAIN, THAT'LL BE DECISION POINT THAT YOU COME GOING.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONFIGURE IT EITHER WAY.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU LATER ON THAT THERE'S THIS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BUILDING THAT IF YOU DO DECIDE NOT TO HAVE SECURITY TO THIS BUILDING OR LATER ON YOU WANNA DO SECURITY, YOU'LL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.
I'VE BEEN POINTING THAT OUT THERE.
RIGHT BEHIND THERE, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS, UH, WHERE THE MAIL ROOM WOULD BE IS CURRENTLY A LAW LIBRARY.
AND WE'D HAVE SOME VENDING MACHINES COMING IN DOWN THE HALLWAY TO YOUR LEFT IS WHERE THE COUNTY CLERK WOULD BE.
THAT'S WHERE THE CLERK CURRENT CLINIC IS.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CLINIC IN IN MUCH MORE DETAIL LATER ON.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WHAT THIS LAYOUT IS TO GET SOME OF OUR HIGH, HIGH VOLUME, HIGH TRAFFIC FOOT TRAFFIC RIGHT NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUILDING, THE COUNTY CLERK TREASURER REGISTER OF DEEDS ARE MUCH MORE OF A HIGHER IMPACT AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS GOING INTO.
MANY PEOPLE COME TO SEE FACILITIES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, EVEN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS NOW HIS MAIN OFFICES OFF OF THE JUSTICE CENTER ENTRANCE.
AND SO THEY, THEY BE RAISED IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, UH, RIGHT NEAR SECURITY, UH, AS YOU COME THROUGH.
SO THE COUNTY CLERK WOULD BE AT THAT MAIN ENTRANCE.
UH, THE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM, UH, WHICH NOW IS CURRENTLY ONLY ACCESSED THROUGH THE JUSTICE CENTER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING DOORS ON THE OTHER SIDE ALONG THAT, THAT HALLWAY.
AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED AS A VOTING LOCATION AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING INTO WEST
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LOT LIKE THEY DO RIGHT NOW.AND VOTING RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE IS HOW THE VOTING CURRENTLY IS.
THIS WILL PROVIDE THAT VOTING ACCESS AND ALSO THAT'S THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SECURITY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH SECURITY AND VOTING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO, THAT'S WHY THIS IS CONFIGURED THE WAY IT IS, RIGHT NEXT TO AND DOWN THE HALL WOULD BE THE TREASURER AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICES.
AGAIN, HIGHER TRAFFIC, HIGHER FOOT TRAFFIC VOLUME IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
THE ELEVATOR THAT WE JUST INSTALLED WILL BE DOWN THE END OF THE HALLWAY.
SO THIS LITTLE SQUARE YOU SEE DOWN HERE WITH THE ACCIDENT, THAT'S THE CURRENTLY NEW ELEVATOR.
THE YELLOW HALLWAY, IF YOU WILL, WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU'D HAVE A SET OF DOORS, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE, HALFWAY BETWEEN, UH, THE TWO SETS OF DOORS THAT YOU SEE IN THE COUNTY BOARDROOM.
UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS PUBLICLY TO COME IN THERE.
THERE'D BE AN OVERFLOW ROOM JUST BEHIND US THAT WOULD BE OVERFLOW.
IF YOU HAVE A, A CONTENTIOUS ITEM THAT MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE AREN'T OVERFLOWING HERE, THEY'D BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT.
AND THEN ACROSS THE WAY, WE'D ALSO HAVE A LITTLE CONFERENCE ROOM IN CASE WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW TO THE OVERFLOW, UH, PLACE THAT WE'D HAVE PEOPLE THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO.
AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A SET OF DOORS HERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE KEY CARD ACCESS THAT YOU'D HAVE, UH, THAT BE IF YOU WERE COMING IN THE SECURED ACCESS, THIS WOULD BE A SECURED HALLWAY, THE, THE BROWN OR TAN.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO COME IN THE SET OF DOORS WITH THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY SIGN.
AGAIN, YOU'D BE SEPARATED FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THERE AND THE CONFERENCE ROOMS ACROSS THE HALL.
AND IN THE LITTLE BREAK ROOM WOULD BE WHERE IT AND GIS WOULD POTENTIALLY GO.
I CERTAINLY CAN MOVE ON TO THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT I WANTED TO, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, I'D BE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO, TO UNDERTAKE THOSE.
ANYTHING ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOOKS, UH, FOR QUICK OVERVIEW.
YEAH, AND I, I SHOULD SAY WE DID HAVE A, A LOT OF THUMBS UP FROM A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THAT WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, NOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS.
AGAIN, WE GOTTA FINALIZE THE PLANS YET OF ALL OTHER STUFF.
BUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I'LL START AT THAT ELEVATOR LOCATION.
UM, ON THAT, THAT SIDE OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU COME OUTTA THERE, THE, IT IS THERE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PAC ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, AND RIGHT BEHIND THERE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY BE THE UB EXTENSION.
AGAIN, HIGHER TRAFFIC FOOT, FOOT TRAFFIC THAT YOU SEE IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
A CONFERENCE ROOM MOVING THE LI LAW LIBRARY UPSTAIRS.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, SO IT WOULD STAY IN THIS CENTRALIZED LOCATION HERE.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEEDED JUST SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS, EXPANDING A CONFERENCE ROOM A LITTLE BIT AND ADDING A SECOND, EXCUSE ME, ADDITIONAL OFFICE.
AND THAT LITTLE OFFICE IS STORAGE.
INSTEAD OF BEING A, A WORKSTATION, IT'S NOW AN OFFICE AND A STORAGE LOCATION FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
SO SOME MINOR CHANGES FOR THAT, FOR THAT OFFICE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE THE YELLOW HALLWAY WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NATURAL RESOURCES WOULD BE IN THIS LOCATION.
THE MAIN DOOR, YOU COME OUT THE HALLWAY, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE HERE AS WELL AS ALL THEIR, THEIR STAFF BEHIND THERE.
FACILITIES, AGAIN, AS I SAID, NOT HIGH TRAFFIC, BUT WE NEEDED TO PUT THEM IN A LOCATION.
THEY WOULD BE IN THIS ORANGE, THIS RED ROSE COLORED, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTY TREASURER USED TO BE.
SO THAT'S AGAIN, ON, ON THAT SECOND FLOOR DOWN THE HALLWAY.
THE REMAINDER ON THAT SECOND FLOOR WHERE OUR CURRENT CLERK IS, WHERE THE OLD COUNTY BOARDS ROOM, COUNTY BOARD CHAIR'S LOCATION WAS.
UH, THERE'D BE CONFERENCE ROOMS, COMMON SPACES.
AGAIN, THEY STILL HAVE TO GET RECONFIGURED ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER.
PROBABLY NOT YET, BUT JUST GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR, WE'D HAVE SOME SMALLER ONES, SOME LARGER ONES.
UH, IF WE NEED TO MAKE THAT COMMON SPACE LARGER, EVEN FOR LARGER EVENTS, WE CAN CERTAINLY JUST SAY ONE BIG COMMON SPACE.
UH, AND SO THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE DETAILS WE WORK OUT ONCE WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, THE BIG THING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, IS THE CLINIC LOCATION.
AGAIN, RIGHT OFF THE WESTERN ENTRANCE WOULD BE THE, THE, UH, PRIVATE ENTRANCE FOR, FOR STAFF.
UH, THEY'D BE ABLE TO ENTER THE CLINIC, UM, IN THAT LOCATION, UH, ACTUALLY THIS LOCATION.
BUT WE WILL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT LOCATION EXACTLY, UH, FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT, UH, THIS WOULD BE RIGHT WHERE THE VETERAN SERVICES WAS.
SO THOSE OFFICES ARE EMPTY AS WELL AS THIS IS ROOM 2024, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH UPSTAIRS, WHERE A LOT OF THE SECONDARY MEETINGS ARE UPSTAIRS, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THAT'S ROOM 2024 OFF OF ALSO VOTING LOCATION.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOVING A CLINIC, UH, WE CAN MOVE IT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE RIGHT NOW EXCEPT FOR 2024.
AND THAT'S, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE JUSTICE CENTER IN THAT ROOM.
IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE, UH, VOTING, UH, IN THIS BUILDING GOING FORWARD, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THE, THE CLINIC A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
BUT THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AS WE LOOK AT THAT? AGAIN, THE RESTROOMS WERE JUST RE COMPLETED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAVING THOSE IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
WOULD THE PLAN BE THEN DO ON THE, UH, THE SELF ENTRANCE BY THE BREAK ROOM? THOSE DOORS WOULD JUST BE ELIMINATED.
THAT'D BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
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A NICE PLACE FOR A PATIO.THE BREAK ROOM WOULD BE PEOPLE TO GO TO EAT.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S SEVERAL OF THE OFFICES THEY, THEY EAT IN THEIR OFFICES.
UH, THIS GIVES 'EM AN OFF A CHANCE TO THE BREAK ROOM DOWNSTAIRS DOESN'T GET UTILIZED VERY OFTEN BECAUSE A LOT OF PUBLIC IS THERE AND ASKING QUESTIONS WHILE PEOPLE ARE EATING.
UH, THIS BEING BEHIND THE, THE DOORS, UH, MIGHT, IT USED HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE.
AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE A PATIO THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
KIND OF A CONCRETE AREA OUT FRONT AND DESK.
SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WHY NOT LEAVE THAT AND HAVE A PATIO AND SOME, MAYBE SOME PIGMENT TABLES OUT THERE IF YOU WANNA GO OUTSIDE TO EAT.
THIRD FLOOR IS NOT AS EXCITING.
WE WORKED WITH THE, THE OUTGOING CLERK OF COURTS AND, AND THE CURRENT, UH, INTERIM CLERK OF COURTS OR WHATEVER OUR OFFICIAL TITLE IS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME DOWNSIZING AS FAR AS FILE SIZE IN THEIR OFFICE.
AND SO WE'D BE ABLE TO GET SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS UPSTAIRS AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME AREA, AS YOU SEE, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY TO PUT SOME COMMON SPACE.
AGAIN, OFFICE SPACE IS WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING FOR.
UH, CONFERENCE ROOMS. WE'LL BE LOOKING OVER UP THERE.
SO BE USED AGAIN BY COURT, OF COURSE, COULD USE IT, HR COULD USE IT.
EXECUTIVE ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING COULD USE THAT, THAT OFFICE SPACE.
AND WITH THAT, THERE'D BE A NICE LONG HALLWAY HERE THAT, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, IF ANYONE FROM THIS AREA WANTS TO GET TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE'S A BACK DOOR AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JUSTICE CENTER AROUND TO GET THROUGH THERE.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE A, A HALLWAY.
AGAIN, WE'D HAVE, THE DOORS ARE NOT SHOWN AT THE OTHER END OR AT THIS END THAT, UH, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY COULD GET INTO THIS BUILDING A LITTLE EASIER.
AND THEIR STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO COME THROUGH THE SECURED ENTRANCE, COULD GET INTO THIS WAY AS WELL.
BE KEY CARD ACCESS THERE AS WELL.
SO THERE'D BE A HALLWAY, UH, CREATED BETWEEN THERE, UH, BETWEEN THE CLERK OF COURTS AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SO THAT THEY'D HAVE ACCESS AGAIN.
AND THOSE DOORS WOULD PROBABLY AT THIS LOCATION, UH, RIGHT NEAR THE ELEVATOR.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY A, A PRIVATE HALLWAY GOING NORTH.
AND THEY DIDN'T PUT THIS LEFT HALLWAY AS TAN
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE TAN HALLWAY.
THAT WOULD BE IN, THERE'D BE A SET OF DOORS UP THERE BECAUSE, UH, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SIDE ON THAT.
SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE A, SO THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN AND GET DOWN TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE, GET INTO HR, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THEY CAN'T GET DOWN THE STAIRS AND INTO THOSE OTHER PRIVATE AREAS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, LIKE IT AND GIS AND WE'RE COMING IN FOR YOUR BOARD MEETINGS.
THEY JUST FORGOT TO TAN THAT IN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE THIRD FLOOR? OKAY, CARRY ON.
UM, AND SO WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT, THEN, THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA IS TO LOOK FOR, UH, UTILIZING, UM, FUNDING, UH, FOR THE CLINIC DESIGN, UH, THAT IS LOOKING AT $24,000 TO, TO MOVE THE CLINIC.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THAT IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP.
AGAIN, UH, WE GOTTA MOVE SOMETHING FIRST.
AND SINCE THOSE AREAS ARE EMPTY, THAT WE'D BE MOVING THE CLINIC FIRST.
UH, BUT WHAT YOU ARE COMMITTING TO IN GENERAL IS THAT CURRENTLY AS THE BUILDING IS SET UP, WE DON'T NEED TO MOVE THE CLINIC.
THE CLINIC HASN'T BEEN THERE VERY LONG.
THERE'S NO NEED TO MOVE THE CLINIC RIGHT NOW.
WHY YOU WOULD MOVE THE CLINIC IS TO AS FIRST PHASE AS A MASTER PLAN, AND KNOWING THAT THE BUDGET, WHICH WE'LL TALK TO IN A SECOND, IS $5.2 MILLION IN, IN ROUND NUMBERS.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING IT ESSENTIALLY BY APPROVING THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
NOW, AGAIN, WE PROBABLY WON'T SIGN THAT CONTRACT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
LET'S GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD WITH THE MASTER PLAN, AND THEN WE'D START IN ON, ON THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE, UH, CLERK, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE CLINIC MOVE AT THAT POINT.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, UH, TO POTENTIALLY BORROW THE $5.2 MILLION, UH, FOR, TO FUND THE MASTER PLAN.
AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE TONIGHT, UH, THERE COULD BE AN INTERIM STEP, UH, TO ACTUALLY FUND THE CLINIC, UH, THIS LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT FUNDING THAT IS, OR IT'S OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFER AND OTHER SORT, UH, BUT POTENTIALLY SET SHORTLY AFTER THAT BORROWING IS DONE.
WE COULD START IN, IN THE CLINIC MOVE AND GET THE PROCESS GOING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS FOR ACTUALLY ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE HERE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A STEPPED PROCESS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
YOU GOTTA MOVE THE CLINIC FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE THE CLERK DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE, CREATE NEW FACILITIES OFFICE BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
SO, UH, IT'LL BE A, A LENGTHY AND AND LOUD PROCESS, UH, HERE IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE THAN CLEAR IN THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, UM, THIS IS STEP ONE, UH, BUT YOU ARE CERTAINLY SAYING THAT WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE NEXT STEPS DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN SCHLEI, IF YOU'RE MUTED, PLEASE UNMUTE.
SO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE, UH, UP
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FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AS PROVIDED BY MR. SHORE AND SECONDED BY MR. COWING IS TO PROVIDE $24,000 OF STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDING FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.THE LONG, SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE REALLY THE MASTER PLAN FOR THIS BUILDING.
WHAT IS THE LONG, LONG RANGE PLAN, CERTAINLY OVERALL FOR THE COUNTY.
CERTAINLY, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK FROM THE POT LAWSON PLAN, AND LET ME, IF I CAN JUST SLIDE BACK, UH, TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD BE AT SOME POINT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS CALLED STEP ONE, IF YOU WILL.
THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE THING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING WILL BE TO PUT A, A BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION HERE WHERE AGAIN, WHERE THE PUBLIC PARKING IS, THAT EAST PARKING LOT THAT WOULD HOUSE, UH, HUMAN SERVICES HEALTH DEPARTMENT, A DRC, UH, VETERAN SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, BY DOING THAT, YOU HAVE ONE LOCATION WHERE EVERYBODY'S DRIVING TO, NO, THEY'RE NOT ALL IN ONE BUILDING, BUT THEY'D BE CLOSE ENOUGH WHERE EVERYBODY'S DRIVING TO THIS HOME.
SAME LOCATION OFF OF ROS COMING IN AND GOING, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE I GOTTA BE SHERIFF THERE, JUSTICE CENTER, GOVERNMENT CENTER, AND CALLED HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERMINOLOGY.
SO IT'D BE KIND OF A, A ONE STOP SHOP VERSUS NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE WESTERN PARKING LOT, THEY'RE MAYBE GOING OVER TO THE PACI WAS JUST OVER AT THE PAC LOOKING AT WEEDS AND SOMEONE'S OVER THERE DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
UH, EVEN THAT PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER, IT'S GOT A, AN ENTRANCE ON ONE FLOOR ALONG 33, AN ENTRANCE DOWN BELOW.
UH, PEOPLE ARE GET, GET VERY CONFUSED, EVEN THAT BUILDING.
AND I SAID, IF YOU SPEND ANY TIME IN THIS BUILDING, YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET ASKED OR LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONFUSED AND WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS I'M SURE BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THESE QUESTIONS, SO I WANNA BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM GOOD INFORMATION FROM THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH RIGHT.
UH, WITH THIS? AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF 'EM IS TO REDUCE CONFUSION WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, RIGHT.
UM, AND I THINK ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF OUR SECURITY.
UM, AS WELL AS, AS, UH, MAKING OUR SPACE USE MORE EFFICIENT.
YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY HITTING ALL THE NAILS RUN AHEAD.
SO, AND IS, IS THERE MORE YOU COULD ADD TO THAT? NOT MUCH.
I THINK YOU HIT ALMOST OF MY HEAD.
I THINK IT, IT'S MAKING USE OF OUR SPACE.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME OFFICE SPACE HERE THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, UH, A LITTLE BIT ACROSS THE STREET, BUT MOST, FOR MOST PART IT'S UTILIZED, UH, PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, BUT MAKING USE OF THE MOST USE OF THIS BUILDING, CONSOLIDATING, GETTING LIKE SERVICES NEAR EACH OTHER, UM, I THINK IS VERY BENEFICIAL.
AND AGAIN, FOR THAT PUBLIC FACING THING, IT'S, IT'S HUGE.
UH, THEY COME IN ONE LOCATION, IF THERE'S A SECURITY GUARD THERE, THEY GET DIRECTION RIGHT AWAY, UH, HOW TO GO, WHERE TO GO, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO COME INTO THE COUNTY, DO BUSINESS, HERE'S WHERE YOU GO, EVERYBODY GOES TO THE SAME SPOT.
THEY HAVE THE SAME STARTING LOCATION, UH, WITHIN A BASICALLY PARKING LOT.
AND THEN THEY CAN GO FROM THERE.
I THINK THAT THAT CONSOLIDATION.
AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, THE PAC BUILDING BASICALLY, ESSENTIALLY WILL BE MOVED OVER HERE, UM, THUS REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT, THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE PARCELING THAT LAND OFF IN THE FUTURE.
WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? THAT'D BE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
I I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A FANTASTIC POINT.
IT DOES GET US, UH, OUT OF MOST OF THE SOUTH SIDE IF THAT, UH, PAC BUILDING MOVES OVER HERE THAT, UH, THE LAND WE JUST SOLD THE SAMARITAN AND OBVIOUSLY THE HOMELESS SHELTER, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PARCEL, UH, COULD BE SOLD OFF AND OR DEVELOPED OR DONE SOMETHING ELSE WITH AT THAT, THAT TIME.
SO IT'S A, A ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, GETTING LAND BACK IN A TAX ROLL FOR THE COUNTY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING ALSO, IS THAT IT GOES BACK ON THE TAX ROLL AND THEREFORE IT, IT BECOMES A PRODUCING PROPERTY ONCE AGAIN FOR CITIZENS OF WEST BEND AND CERTAIN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO, UH, ADDING THIS MONEY IN IS REALLY A WAY OF MAKING US MORE EFFICIENT, MAKING US SMALLER AND PUTTING LAND BACK ON TAX FOLKS.
IT'S DEFINITELY A LONG TERM INVESTMENT.
UM, BERT, WITH REGARDS TO THAT OVERALL BUDGET, I NOTICED THEY HAVE A 6% CONTINGENCY.
DO YOU FEEL WITH PRA? I'VE WORKED WITH PRA IN THE PAST, YES.
WITH THE CURRENT ISSUE WE'VE HAD WITH BUDGET, WE THINK WE SHOULD BUMP THAT UP AT 20.
I THINK I
I, I, I THINK, WE'LL, WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DISCUSSION IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, THAT FINAL NUMBER, WHETHER IT'S 5.2
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OR, OR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.UM, AS YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU PUT A CONTINGENCY ON THERE THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, KINDA A SECURITY BLANKET AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY TO TRY NOT TO USE THAT CONTINGENCY WHEN AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
BUT WE ARE TALKING A BUILDING OF THIS AGE AND SIZE AND LOCATION.
THE ONE GREAT THING IS THAT, THAT PRA DOES HAVE THE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUILDING NOW, UH, HAVING DONE THE REMODELING DOWN AT THE, UH, DOWN THE FIRST FLOOR FOR THE ELEVATOR, AS WELL AS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SUITE.
SO, UH, AND JUST USING THESE RECENT NUMBERS, THEY HAVE NUMBERS THAT ARE LIVE, BASICALLY DATA OF WHAT WE JUST DID IN THE BUILDING.
SO AGAIN, WE SEE WHAT THE ECONOMY DOES BETWEEN NOW, NOW AND THEN, AND ELECTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, THE, THE NUMBERS, UH, COULD CERTAINLY SWING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING PRETTY COMFORTABLE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS WITH THEM, ALONGSIDE THEM GOING, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT OUR PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT WAS FOR THESE AREAS.
WE, WE'VE DONE THIS WORK JUST NOW.
WE HAD, WE DIDN'T LOOK JUST AT OUR LOW BID EITHER, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T JUST DOING THAT.
UM, THAT PRODUCT WENT REALLY WELL FOR US AND WE DIDN'T USE HARDLY ANY CONTINGENCY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, SO THE EXERCISE IS TAKING, UPDATE THE NUMBERS.
WE'D BE UPDATING THOSE BEFORE IT COMES TO THE, TO THE BOARD AGAIN.
BUT, UM, WE'RE FEELING PRETTY SOLID RIGHT NOW.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THE MOTION UNDER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHOULD APPROVE $24,000 OF STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDING FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE CLINIC MOVE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 3D 2024, RESOLUTION GENERAL FUND TRANSFER, U-W-M-W-C, MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, THIS ITEM CAME UP IN THE PAST AND WAS POSTPONED A LIST MEETING, UM, UNTIL THE, UM, WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CERTAIN ABOUT
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WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A MEETING HAS BEEN SET OR AT A, AN INVITATION FOR A MEETING HAS BEEN SET FOR A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.
IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS POSITIVE.
IT, IT HAS A POSITIVE FEELING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND, AND CERTAINTY ABOUT IT.
AND WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO PASS THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING I'VE SAID TO THIS POINT THAT, UH, IS UNCLEAR OR, UH, A MISREPRESENTATION EITHER FROM CHIEF OF PUBLIC WORKS OR, OR, UH, FINANCE NO.
VERY WELL, SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. KEL, I SECOND AND A, UH, SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR SCHULTE.
ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, I, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE MAYOR, UM, AND IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.
UH, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT HE IS CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF, OF COMING TOGETHER AND MEETING.
UM, I THINK HE DOES CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UH, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BUILDING AND WHERE IT MAY LEAD, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, UH, AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THE REST OF THE COMMON COUNCIL WILL JOIN THE MAYOR AND, AND BE AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER AS HE WAS AND, AND REALLY, UH, WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR OUR, THE CITY OF WEST BEND AND CERTAINLY FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, I DO BELIEVE HE WILL BE HERE AND, AND WE CAN START DISCUSSING THIS.
AND I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS MOTION FORWARD.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHADRON.
UM, AND I KNOW WE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WHEN IT CAME UP IN PUBLIC WORKS, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE MONIES THAT WE'RE SPENDING, WE'RE TRACKING THIS, RIGHT? SO THAT YES, WHEN WE GET IN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY WEST BEND, WE KNOW, OKAY, WE'VE SPENT X DOLLARS SO FAR.
THAT, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.
'CAUSE THAT MIGHT COME UP IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I STILL DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE WORDING OF THE RESOLUTION.
I WOULD PREFER THAT IT STATE THAT, UH, COSTS WILL SHIFT TO THE OWNERS AS OPPOSED TO SHIFTING TO THE COUNTY.
BOTH, BOTH IN WHEREAS TWO AND WHEREAS THREE.
UM, ALSO THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE HAVING POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AND CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND I, I THAT'S GREAT.
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COUNTY'S CLARITY THAT, THAT IF, UH, FUNDS ARE NOT AGREED UPON THAT, THAT MAY BE REDUCED FROM, UM, SALES TAX SHARING, BUT THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTED IN A FINAL RESOLUTION.UH, PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT ATTORNEY STERN COULD ENLIGHTEN US ON.
SO THIS IS WRITTEN INTO THE RESOLUTION, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU SAID IT MM-HMM.
IT ONLY MEANS THAT IT WE'RE ACTUALLY BUDGETING THE MONEY TO IT AND THAT THE OWNER IS STILL RESPONSIBLE, MEANING 22% THE CITY OF WEST BEND, AND CERTAINLY THE REST TO US.
IF THAT'S YOUR CONCERN, I'M SEEING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? UNDER ATTORNEY, THERE, THERE ARE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE THAT DESIGNATE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONTRACTS, IF YOU WILL, THAT THAT DO SPEAK TO THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND I'M SURE THAT'LL ENCOMPASS PART OF THE MEETING AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES THAT INDICATE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF BOTH PARTIES TO, TO COVER CERTAIN COSTS.
AND, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THEN AS PART OF THIS MEETING, WE COULD CERTAINLY NEGOTIATE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.
SO, AND FOR CERTAINLY FOR YOUR YEP.
AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL, THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE COULD USE IT AS A CARROT.
I KNOW THE CITY IS NOT EXACTLY LOADED WITH CASH
I COULD ADD TO THAT, THAT WAS MY POINT AS WELL AS WE'RE TRACKING THIS MOVING FORWARD, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON AND HOWEVER WE DEAL WITH IN THE FUTURE, IT'S JUST THERE AND IT'S CLEAR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE E, ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 15 DASH ONE RELATING TO SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU FROM SUPERVISOR SHARIN.
IS THERE ANY NECESSARY BACKGROUND INFORMATION OR, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I CERTAINLY
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HAVE QUESTIONS.SO THIS IS MY AGENDA ITEM, THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS.
UM, IT'S JUST A CLEANUP REALLY.
UH, SO THE STATE HAD TO, UH, ADOPT A NEW PLAN FOR, UM, ALL OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, UH, BASED UPON THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION THAT THE PRIOR MAPS, UM, WERE NOT TO BE UTILIZED ANY LONGER.
SO THEY ADOPTED GOVERNOR EVERS MAPS.
AND, UH, THESE ADDITIONS TO THE WARD PLANS FOR OUR MUNICIPALITIES, UM, ARE DUE TO THE ASSEMBLY OR SENATE DISTRICT LINES CUTTING THROUGH WARDS, UH, THAT WERE ALREADY CREATED AFTER THE CENSUS, UM, IN 2020.
AND SO YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS OR, OR TWO SENATE DISTRICTS IN WARD.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE WARDS BASED ON STATE STATUTE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THAT IS WHY OUR MUNICIPALITIES, UH, DID HAVE TO SPLIT SOME OF THOSE.
AND I DO WANNA THANK OUR GIS DEPARTMENT, ERIC, UH, DAMCO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO HELP THEM COME UP WITH, UH, THEIR, THEIR NEW ADJUSTED WARDS, UH, NEWLY CREATED WARDS FOR THEIR MUNICIPALITIES AND IN A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME, BECAUSE WE NEEDED THEM BEFORE JUNE 1ST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME, SUPERVISOR KELLY.
SO DOES THIS IN EFFECT, ACTUALLY CHANGE ANY OF THE SUPERVISORS DISTRICTS AS FAR AS BOUNDARIES GO? NO.
NONE OF THE SUPERVISORS DISTRICTS CHANGE.
IT'S REALLY JUST THE DESCRIPTION THAT FALLS UNDER YOUR SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS.
UH, THE WARDS THAT ARE WITHIN THEM ARE STILL THE SAME, THEY'RE JUST NUMBERED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE SPLITS BECAUSE OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE DISTRICT LINES CROSSING THROUGH.
IT'S BASED REALLY ON, UH, REPORTING FOR ELECTION RESULTS.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPLIT THEM AND HAVE SEPARATE REPORTING UNITS FOR EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
SUPERVISOR CHADRON, I THOUGHT IN THE PAST YOU COULDN'T SPLIT A WARD.
UH, YOU CAN, UH, IN THIS INSTANCE YOU HAVE TO, YOU SPLIT IT AND YOU CREATE A NEW WARD NUMBER.
UM, IT, THIS HAPPENS TYPICALLY, UM, BETWEEN CENSUSES, UH, WHEN
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YOU HAVE ANNEXATION.SO LIKE THE CITY OF HARTFORD WERE TO ANNEX THE PORTION OF THE TOWN OF HARTFORD.
UM, IF, IF IT IS, UH, A DIFFERENT SUPERVISORY DISTRICT THAN WHAT'S CONTIGUOUS WITH IT, UM, WE HAVE TO CREATE A NEW WARD NUMBER BECAUSE AGAIN, FOR REPORTING FOR ELECTION RESULTS, YOU CAN'T HAVE, UH, ONE WARD SHARING A SUPERVISORY DISTRICT OR ASSEMBLY OR SENATE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTIONS, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE F ARPA FUNDING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE INITIATIVES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? IT'S JUST A GENERAL OH, I'M S GENERAL CONSENSUS.
THEN MR. DAHL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROCEED WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
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AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.UM, SO THE, THE A REPORT IN THE PACKET IS, IS FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ARPA GOING TO THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UM, TH THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE POOLED WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION THEMSELVES AND THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION AS WELL.
UM, SO IN TOTAL ABOUT $300,000 FOR THIS, THIS PROGRAMMING.
UH, SO THIS IS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEV, EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
UM, SO ENGAGING AND TRAINING, UH, CURRENT AND FUTURE CHILDCARE WORKERS IS BASICALLY THE GIST OF THAT.
UM, THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S A COMMITTEE OF THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UH, IS CHARGED WITH MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROGRAMMING AND METRICS AND RECIPIENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, CHIEF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, JAMIE LUDOVIC IS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME REPRESENTATION THERE, UH, FOR HOW TO, HOW TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS AND TRACK AND, AND APPLY SOME METRICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF WHAT I WANTED TO ADD.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM THE THE COMMITTEE? WE'LL TAKE THAT AS CONSENSUS THEN.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEM 3G ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FRAMEWORK UPDATES.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, CHANGES TO THE NGH 2.0 FRAMEWORK.
UM, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK.
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THE, UM, FIRST ONE IS THE MULTIFAMILY PRICE POINT.UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DID LOOK THIS OVER, UM, HAD QUITE A DISCUSSION.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE MULTIFAMILY ONLY NEXT GEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, UM, MAY OPT TO SET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLING UNITS AT A UNIT SALE PRICE FOR UNDER $350,000.
UM, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CHOOSE, UH, TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS, THAT OPTION OR THE ORIGINAL TIERED, UM, STRUCTURE, UH, FOR THE PRICE POINTS.
UM, THE SECOND MAIN CHANGE IS THE, UM, ALLOWANCE OF MINOR EXCEPTIONS, UH, TO THE PRICE POINTS AT THE DISCRETION OF THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, THIS WOULD BE ON A PROJECT PER PROJECT BASIS.
UM, THE DEVELOPER OR BUILDER WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME WRITTEN EXPLANATION, UH, DESCRIBING THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD WARRANT, UM, AN EXCEPTION, UH, TO THIS.
UH, THE THIRD, UM, IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE, IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S WITHIN A TID, UM, BUT IT'S NOT UTILIZING THE TID INCREMENT, UM, THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT $20,000 PER OWNER OCCUPIED.
UM, ON THE THIRD PAGE, UH, WE ARE EXPANDING THE LANGUAGE ON FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, UH, ADDING THAT BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS, UH, NEED TO BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
AND THEN, UM, POINTS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN ARE REALLY JUST SOME MINOR, UM, EDITS THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP.
SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AS WE TAKE THESE, WHY DON'T WE, UH, START WITH NUMBER ONE FIRST.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS, CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION A SECOND.
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I NEGLECTED TO DO THAT.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOTION SUPERVISOR SCHULTE AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, KELLEN.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? YEAH, THAT, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I, I HONESTLY, I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS READING THIS LAST NIGHT AFTER A 12 HOUR DAY AND, UH, OOH, MY HEAD ALMOST EXPLODED.
WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE AS FAR AS SELLING THESE UNITS? THE BOTTOM LINE, UM, WITH, UH, THE 350,000? YEAH.
UM, IT'S REALLY JUST, UM, THAT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE AN OPTION, UM, THAT ALL OF THE UNITS WOULD BE UNDER 350,000.
SO INSTEAD OF MEETING THE SINGLE FAMILY PRICE POINTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 40% AT 340, 40% AT 360, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING UNDER 420, THAT IT'S THE MULTIFAMILY, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME, UH, VARIETY, LET'S SAY WITH TWO BEDROOM OR THREE BEDROOM HOMES, UM, GENERALLY WITH THE MULTIFAMILY, UM, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME COSTS.
UM, SO JUST THE ALLOWANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING UNDER THAT 350 WOULD BE APPROVED THAT NO, I KNOW YOU AS A LAWYER, YOU CAN'T WRITE THAT.
YOU GOTTA WRITE IT LIKE THIS, BUT THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM ONE? GOING ON TO ITEM TWO? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? SUPERVISOR KELLY? AGAIN, IT'S A 12 HOUR DAY.
UM, CAN, IS THERE KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY GIVE US WHY THERE WOULD BE? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
SO LET'S SAY THAT, UM, SOMEONE HAS A A 40 ACRE PARCEL, BUT THERE'S A PORTION THAT HAS HIGH BEDROCK, YOU KNOW, AND THERE HAS TO BE, OR LET'S SAY A SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION CHANGE WHERE, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT NEXT GEN HOUSING UNITS ON IT.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A, A, A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UM, IS PRESENT THAT WARRANTS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN'T MEET THAT FOUR 20 BECAUSE OF THE HIGH BEDROCK OR BECAUSE OF THIS ELEVATION CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO, UM, COME TO ME AND SAY, OH, THAT'S TOO BAD.
YOU KNOW? UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REALLY WARRANT A CONVERSATION, UM, BEYOND JUST THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE PRICE POINTS AND SAYING NO, UM, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THOSE, UM, THAT THE BUILDER OR DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO, UH, PROVIDE US WITH A WRITTEN REASONING.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FORWARD THAT AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, SO IF THEY HAVE SAY, AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND, THAT MIGHT BE YES.
UM, SO I GUESS WHAT I'D BE CONCERNED WITH HERE, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS, UM, FRAMING THIS IN, IN THE FRAMEWORK
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL HARDSHIP.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S, LIKE, I'M SURE THERE ARE ATTORNEY STERNER SHOULD BE ABLE TO RATTLE THOSE OFF, BUT THERE ARE LIKE THREE KIND OF TESTS AND, AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THOSE AND KIND OF FRAME UP WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THOSE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES TO WARN IT MOVING, MOVING FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, NOT EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, I REALLY JUST WANT THESE TO BE A HIGHER PRICE POINT, SO I WANT THIS EXCEPTION.
THEY WOULD BE, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, UH, THINGS THAT ARE WARRANTED FOR THAT DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WELL QUALIFIED BY THESE THREE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO IF YOU RUN INTO THOSE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A DIFFICULT LAND PIECE OR SOMETHING, IF IT TRIES THE COST OF THE HOUSING TOO HIGH, WOULD IT BEHOOVE THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING? MAYBE SAY, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER THIS AREA.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA PUSHED ACROSS SO HIGH, IT'S NOT GONNA MM-HMM.
I WAS JUST GONNA BUILD ON TO THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN WHAT WE DISCUSSED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE VARIANCES, THE TYPICAL VARIANCE.
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THAT SHE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AT THE, UM, ADVISORY MEETING ON MONDAY? SO IT SAME QUESTION CAME UP.SO IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DRIVE UP THE PLACE RIGHT.
CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
DID YOU SAY DURING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT IT WAS GONNA BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY NGH AND AND AND THIS COMMITTEE? CORRECT.
AND THIS COMMITTEE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WITH THOSE, UM, EYES ON WITH THOSE PARAMETERS, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
UM, I GUESS SO WITH, WITH TID DISTRICTS, IF YOU COULD DUMB THIS DOWN A BIT FOR ME,
SO THE, THE, HOW ARE THEY COLLECTING MONEY FROM THE T AND CAN YOU KIND OF JUST GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE, THE, UH, FOLLOW AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, ACTUALLY WILL UTILIZE A TID.
UM, SO INSTEAD OF AS IT STANDS NOW, UM, FOR NEXT GENERATION HOUSING, UM, WE, THE COUNTY INVESTS THE, UH, $20,000 INCENTIVE, UH, PER OWNER OCCUPIED UNIT.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON, UH, WE PROVIDED THE, THE $2 MILLION, UM, TO THE VILLAGE TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WHEN THE HOMES ARE BUILT AND SOLD, UM, THEN THE 20, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY TIED TO A LIEN.
A LIEN IS PUT ON THOSE PROPERTIES AND THEN THE LIEN IS SATISFIED BY THE HOMEOWNER, UM, WHEN THEY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THOSE FUNDS GET REVOLVED BACK INTO THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUND.
SO WITH A TID, UM, IF YOU'RE UTILIZING THE TID INCENTIVE INSTEAD OF THE HOMEOWNER PAYING THAT BACK, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THE TID THE INCREMENT FROM THE TID THAT WILL REIMBURSE, UM, THE COUNTY INCENTIVE, UM, PLUS, UH, INTEREST ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE GETTING THOSE FUNDS UPFRONT.
BUT I MEAN, THE WHOLE IDEA IS, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THAT? WELL WHAT, WHAT THIS CLARIFICATION MEANS IS THAT IF THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT IS IN A TID, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE INCREMENT, THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE $20,000 PER OWNER OCCUPIED THAT THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD PAY BACK AND REIMBURSE THE COUNTY AS OPPOSED TO THE SCENARIO THAT I JUST WENT OVER WHERE THEIR TID PAYS BACK, RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER A T DISTRICT, BUT THEY WOULD BE IF THE TID WAS ONLY FOR LIKE SITE DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT THE 20,000 DOWN PAYMENT.
YEAH, AND THE, AND THE, THE OAKS OF JACKSON, AGAIN IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, THAT IS WITHIN A T.
UM, BUT THOSE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUNDS ARE NOT BEING PAID BACK BY THE TID.
THEY'RE BEING PAID BACK BY THE HOMEOWNER.
SO THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING LANGUAGE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IF THEY'RE IN A TID THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR NEXT GENERATION HOUSING.
AND WHEN YOU SET THIS UP, THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA WAS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE ROOTS, THEY NEED TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SKIN IN THE GAME.
SO HAVING A TID PAY BACK KIND OF DEFEATS THAT PURPOSE.
UH, AND DOES THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I WOULDN'T, I REALLY WOULDN'T PUT IT IN THAT, IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE, THE ROOTS DOWN IN A COMMUNITY IS REALLY, UM, WHO'S PAYING BACK THE FUNDS IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT TO PEOPLE PUTTING ROOTS IN A COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, WITH THE HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S WHERE THOSE NEW HOME I HOME BUYERS ARE REALLY CONTRIBUTING, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM THREE? MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, ITEM 5, 6, 7.
ALL RIGHT,
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM THREE H, NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUNDING REQUEST BY A AND N FOR SKYWAY PARK TO USE PERMIT, FEE INCENTIVE.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR KEL AND SECOND
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FROM SUPERVISOR CHADRON.DO YOU CARE TO SHARE ANY BACKGROUND
[h. Next Generation Housing Funding Request by A&N for Skyway Park to Use Permit Fee Incentive]
INFORMATION ON THIS ONE? ABSOLUTELY, PLEASE DO.UM, SO THE QUEST IS BY A AND N.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE DEVELOPING THE SKYWAY PARK, UH, SUBDIVISION.
IT'S THE SEVEN NEXT GENERATION HOUSING LOTS.
UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR THE REMAINING THREE LOTS, UH, FOR THE PERMANENT INCENTIVE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, IT'S $6,000 PER OWNER OCCUPIED.
UM, SO THOSE THREE UNITS, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH, AS YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE, UM, SO JUST DETERMINING WHAT FEES, UM, UH, ARE DEFINED BY THAT SAFE AND MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, UM, AND THEN ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEE INCENTIVE.
UM, THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW BASED ON HOW WE DEFINE THAT.
UM, BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH NEXT GENERATION HOUSING, WHICH IS THE COST OF THE PERMITS.
AND SO THESE ARE THE PERMITS THAT ARE FOR ONE OF THESE HOMES.
UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE THIRD PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE TOTAL, UH, PERMITTING FEES, UH, FOR ONE OF THESE HOMES IS $11,655.
UM, WHICH IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL.
AND, UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE, UM, PUT RIGHT TOWARDS THE, THE COST OF THE HOME THAT PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY FOR OUR PERMIT FEE INCENTIVE, UM, 9,754 ELIGIBLE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A CAP OF $6,000.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION FOR THAT INFORMATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE $18,000 FUNDING FOR A AND N CON, UH, CONTRACTING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT GENERATION HOUSING REQUEST BY A REGAL PLACE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR SCHUL, SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR KELLY.
[i. Next Generation Housing Request by Regal Place LLC]
REGAL PLACE LLC IS REQUESTING, UM, $960,000, UH, FROM THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUND.UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT IS PART OF A TID AND THAT TID INCREMENT, UH, WILL BE PAYING THAT BACK TO THE, UM, NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUND.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UH, AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE, UH, PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND IT REALLY CHECKS A LOT OF THE BOXES OF THE, THE COUNTY GOALS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, INFA DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE'S EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT TO A, A HIGHER AND BETTER USE.
UM, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR BROWN FIELDS IN HERE, SO WE'RE UTILIZING BROWNFIELD FUNDS FOR, UH, THE ASSESSMENT, UH, AND DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIAL CLEANUP IF THERE'S ANY, UH, CONTAMINATION THAT'S FOUND AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CHECKING THE BOX FOR NEXT GENERATION HOUSING.
IT'S GONNA BE PROVIDING 48 NEW UNITS.
UM, SO IF APPROVED, UM, WE'D HAVE A TOTAL OF 158 OF OUR THOUSAND UNITS.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SUPERVISOR? SHARIN, UM, SORRY.
960,000, DOES THIS FIT INTO THE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN BUDGETING FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM? YES.
NOW THAT WE'RE PULLING MORE AND MORE OR IT'S GETTING COSTLY, SO I KNOW WE NO, WE ACTUALLY YEP, WE ACTUALLY HAVE $5 MILLION AVAILABLE.
SO WE ARE IN WITHIN OUR HOLE YET, SO, MM-HMM,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM THREE J BROWNFIELDS COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND REQUEST BY REGAL PLACE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE.
IS IT SUPER? SUPERVISOR CHADRON AND SUPERVISOR SICE.
[j. Brownfields County Assessment Fund Request by Regal Place LLC]
ALRIGHT.UM, SO THIS IS ALSO THE REGAL PLACE, LLC.
THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY THAT YOU JUST APPROVED FOR THE, UM, NEXTGEN HOUSING FUND.
UH, THIS IS THE BROWNFIELD COMPONENT, UH, FOR DOING, UH, PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND HAZARD AND, UH, MATERIAL TESTING.
UM, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 72,000.
UM, BUT AS WITH OUR, UH, COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND, THERE'S ALWAYS A 20% MATCH.
UH, SO REGAL PLACE LLC WILL BE DOING THAT 20% MATCH, UH, FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF
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FUNDING OF $57,811.AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT, ALTHOUGH, UH, THE FULL AMOUNT IS BEING REQUESTED, UH, FOR APPROVAL, UM, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE PHASE TWO TESTING, UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY A HOLD ON DOING THE HAZARD AND MATERIAL TESTING.
THIS IS THE ASBESTOS AND LEAD TYPE TESTING, UM, OF THE SITE UNTIL, UM, REGAL PLACE LLC, UM, UNDERSTANDS THE FULL EXTENT OF ANY CONTAMINATION THAT'S ON THE SITE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR KEL? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, WHEN WE DO THESE BROWNFIELD THINGS, I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN EXACT COST OR IF THIS IS, UH, OVER THE AMOUNT.
IS THIS A QUOTE OR IS THIS THIS IS, YES, IT'S A QUOTE.
IF YOU LOOK, UM, FURTHER IN ON THE PACKET, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE PROPOSAL BY STANTEC.
UM, AND THEY HAVE ON PAGE FOUR OF THEIR PROPOSAL AT THE BOTTOM, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE PROBABLE COST AND THE, THE SCHEDULE.
SO THIS IS USUALLY A, A NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $72,264.
AND THEN WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS COVERED IN THAT? SO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOUR ON THE TOP OF PAGE FIVE.
SO YOU GET THE, THE PROBABLE COST AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE, YEAH, THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND WITH THE INITIAL TESTING, UM, THAT THEY NEED TO COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, TO DO SOME SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, THAT HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A POTENTIAL BROWNFIELD SITE AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY DO THE TESTING.
AND THEN I GUESS THAT'S WHERE, WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT.
IS THIS GONNA BE UNDER THAT AMOUNT
AND IT MAY, AND IT, THIS, THIS PROJECT MAY COME BACK, UM, LET'S SAY IF THERE IS, UM, CONTAMINATION FOUND, UM, BUT IT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT, UH, TO DO A, UH, REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN WHERE THEY DETERMINE HOW TO CLEAN THAT SITE UP.
UM, AND THEN POTENTIAL MORE FUNDING FOR THE CLEANUP ITSELF.
SO SUPERVISOR CHADRON, THANK YOU THAT EVERY QUESTION THAT SUPERVISOR KELLY ASKS THE PROMPTS A QUESTION FOR ME.
SO IF THIS ENDS UP BEING TOO CONTAMINATED, DOES PLAN A 22 BEFORE GO AWAY OR DO YOU THINK WE JUST CLEAN IT UP AND MOVE FORWARD AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE, BUT WHAT IF, WHAT'S THERE? RIGHT.
AND THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION, UM, AND A DECISION BY REGAL PLACED LLC.
UM, BROWNFIELD, I, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED ON THE BOARD NOW FOR A COUPLE OF THESE CLEANUP SITES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, ARE WE STILL IN GOOD HEALTH WITH OUR FUNDING FOR OUR BROWNFIELD SITES? WE ARE, YES.
THAT'S UH, MY BIG CONCERN BECAUSE WE GOT A REAL MESS ON OUR HANDS.
MAKE SURE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FINAL CONCERN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2024 AT 4:00 PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.