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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO WE'LL START OUR REGULAR MEETING.
UM, FIRST WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
UM, SUPERVISORS, MARY BERG AND SCHWAB ARE EXCUSED.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THROUGH THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS MEETING WAS NOTICED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE RULES.
YOU HAVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY 10TH IN YOUR PACKET.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, THEY'LL BE RECORDED AS PRINTED.
UM, WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT FOR SEAN MANNY FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
UM, NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? SUPERVISOR TOMA.
SUPERVISOR SICE WITH THE MOTION MAKERS WISH TO SPEAK.
[a. Shawn Maney – Board of Adjustment – Town of Jackson Term Expiring 4/30/2025]
WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.AND IN THAT MATTER, WE'LL VOTE.
UM, OUR FIRST PERSONAL APPEARANCE, UM, WILL BE BY OUR EXECUTIVE.
UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING WITH WEST BEND MONDAY NIGHT, A JOINT MEETING, AND IT WAS PRETTY CORDIAL.
UH, WE GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON MAYBE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE CAMPUS, UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS GOING TO BE ONGOING, SO I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
[a. Report on Joint Meeting Regarding UWM-WC]
WE'LL WELCOME THE EXECUTIVE'S COMMENTS.AND, AND THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE AT THE MEETING.
IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO BE THERE, I THINK THAT WAS, IT WAS, UM, VERY GOOD AND APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SO MANY OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE AND AT SUCH A HISTORIC EVENT.
UH, THAT MEETING, I BELIEVE, UH, IS THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST A QUARTER CENTURY.
OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER FACE-TO-FACE, UH, AT LEAST AT THAT LEVEL.
SO IT'S, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SYNOPSIS.
I THINK EVERYBODY GOT A COPY OF THE PACKET THAT WE SENT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT IT.
UH, I WON'T DIVE DEEP INTO WHAT'S IN THERE.
I, WE TRIED TO GIVE A, A KIND OF A NUTSHELL OF THE HISTORY 60 YEARS NOW, UH, OF OWNING, JOINTLY OWNING THAT CAMPUS.
I, I WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, THOUGH, TOWARDS THE END OF IT.
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UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THE BASIC GIST OF IT IS THAT, UH, I, I PROPOSED AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE.OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT COMING FROM YOU OR THE, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT THIS STAGE, BUT I PROPOSE THAT WASHINGTON COUNTY OPERATE THE EXISTING BUILDING, UH, WITH ITS, UH, CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS INSTITUTIONAL ZONING.
UM, AND THAT WE DO IT WITH NEW PARTNERS, OBVIOUSLY UW NOT BEING THERE ANYMORE.
UM, I ALSO PROPOSE THAT, UH, WE, WE ESSENTIALLY DISCONTINUE THE, UH, JOINT OWNERSHIP OR JOINT EQUITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.
UH, BY VIRTUE OF THE COUNTY BUYING OUT THE, THE CITY'S PORTION, IF YOU SO TO SPEAK.
UH, WE HAD THE CITY'S APPRAISER DO AN APPRAISAL ON THE PROPERTY THAT CAME IN THAT FIT $5 MILLION UNDER THE CURRENT USE.
UM, UNDER OUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS, THEY HAVE 26% OWNERSHIP STAKE.
AND SO THAT PROPOSAL WOULD BE A $1.3 MILLION PURCHASE, UH, AND BUYOUT.
UM, AS, UH, THE CHAIRMAN ALLUDED TO, I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD, CORDIAL, PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATION.
UH, I WILL ADMIT A BIT TO MY SURPRISE, UH, THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY SPARKS FLYING.
UM, EVEN, EVEN WHEN SUPERVISOR KELLY, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, BIT, LITTLE BIT OF A FUSE, UH, IT, IT WAS PUT, PUT OUT PRETTY QUICK BY HIMSELF.
UM, AND, AND THE SAME HAPPENED ON THE OTHER END WITH, UH, ALDERMAN ALLEN.
BUT I, I, I THINK IT WAS ALL IN ALL IN GOOD SPIRIT.
SO, I'M, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE CONVERSATION.
UM, THE, WHAT WAS NOT IN THAT PACKET, UH, WAS THE VISION THAT I SHARED WITH THE GROUP THAT NIGHT.
UH, AND THAT IS FOR WHAT I CALL THE WASHINGTON, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SOCIAL CAPITAL.
UH, IN ESSENCE, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE, UH, WE BRING NEW PARTNERS IN, UH, ALL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT FACILITY IF YOU WEREN'T THERE, UH, AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO TOUR THE FACILITY AT SOME POINT, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TOO.
THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NOTICE IS IT CLEARLY IS A SCHOOL.
UM, WE MADE JOKES ABOUT HOW THE CLOCKS ARE ALL SET AT 11 MINUTES TO ONE.
UH, AND IT'S AS IF SCHOOL LET OUT AT 11 MINUTES TO ONE, AND EVERYBODY LEFT EVERYTHING RIGHT WHERE IT WAS, UH, AND THEY NEVER CAME BACK.
UH, IT'S REALLY WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
UH, IF YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S THE THEATER OR THE ARTS ROOM, OR, UH, THE BIOLOGY ROOMS AND CHEMISTRY ROOMS, UH, EVEN THE CADAVER, UH, THERE'S NO BODY IN THE CADAVER.
UM, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST USED MOMENTS AGO.
UM, SO IT IS A SCHOOL FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE IT THAT WAY.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN WEST BEND, UH, ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UH, THEY HAVE VISIONS FOR USING IT FOR, UM, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
EVEN AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK, THAT SAME DAY WE WERE HAVING OUR JOINT MEETING, THEY WERE HAVING A SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING DISCUSSING THE SAME.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SUPERINTENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL EVEN HIGHER END SPECIAL NEEDS USES THAT COULD SAVE, UH, ACCORDING TO THEM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR OR MORE, UH, IN CURRENT TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT THEY HAVE, WHERE THEY NEED TO TAKE THESE HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS OUT OF THE COUNTY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED REALLY WITH, UH, NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SPACE.
UM, SO NONE OF THEM ON THEIR OWN WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO USE, UTILIZE THE SPACE IN ITS TOTALITY.
AFTER ALL, IT'S A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, YOU KNOW, 200,000 SQUARE FEET DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU.
UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WINNEBAGO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL UP IN FOND DULAC, UH, KETTLE MERE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL, PRIOR TO THEIR NEW $10 MILLION EDITION THEY'RE PUTTING ON, THOSE ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 60 TO 75 OR 80,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THIS IS DOUBLE OR ALMOST TRIPLE THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
KETTLE MARINE LUTHERAN CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 550 STUDENTS.
UH, THIS FACILITY HAS THE ABILITY TO HOLD ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, UH, TONIGHT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING ON DINNER DATE, UH, WITH OUR FINE GUESTS FROM COUNTY GALWAY.
UH, I INSTEAD WILL BE GOING TO, UH, A DINNER MEETING, UH, WITH A, A NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL, UH, WHO'S INTERESTED IN ALSO UTILIZING THE FACILITY POTENTIALLY.
UH, I HAD THAT A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR ONER TONIGHT, UH, TO INFORM HIM, UH, OF THAT AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE ON BOARD, UH, IN ORDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT IF THERE, WE WERE GONNA HAVE OPPOSITION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, BUT IN, IN THE WORDS OF SUPERINTENDENT WIMMER, WHAT'S GOOD FOR STUDENTS IS GOOD FOR WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS GOOD FOR WEST BEND.
SO, UM, WE ARE, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC AT THE POTENTIAL.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING BUT DETAILS TO FIGURE OUT FROM HERE ON OUT, UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.
SO IT'LL CERTAINLY BE CON BE A CONVERSATION THAT COMES TO YOU IN PROBABLY MULTIPLE ITERATIONS.
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UM, IN THE END, UH, MY HOPE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE VISION WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS.FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, I, I BELIEVE IT OUGHT TO BE SOME VERSION OF, UH, UNIFIED OWNERSHIP.
WHETHER THE CITY DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO BE BOUGHT OUT OR THEY WANT TO BUY THE COUNTY OUT.
I OF COURSE HIGHLY DOUBT THAT.
BUT IN EITHER EVENT, ONE ORGANIZATION WITH ONE SET OF POLICIES, CULTURE, PROCEDURES, OUGHT TO BE THE ONE OPERATING THE FACILITY.
UH, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT UP SOME VERY GOOD IDEAS, AT LEAST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT ABOUT SHARING DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PROPERTY, SOME THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED AND PUT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL, OTHERS THAT COULD ACHIEVE A VISION SUCH AS DESCRIBED, UH, JUST BEFORE YOU IN, IN SUMMARY TONIGHT.
SO I, I THINK THE MEETING WAS A WONDERFUL FIRST STEP, NOT JUST FOR THE WA WASHINGTON COUNTY SOCIAL CAPITAL OR FOR THAT CAMPUS, BUT REALLY FOR A RELATIONSHIP THAT OUGHT TO BE ONE THAT'S THRIVING, UH, AND HAS RIPE, IS RIPE WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION.
UH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THAT CAMPUS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN HAS, I THINK, READ THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS TO PROVE IT, UM, HAS REALLY BEEN A ROCKY RELATIONSHIP MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, UH, QUITE TENUOUS AT TIMES.
SO I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE JOINT MEETING.
UH, I COMMEND CHAIRMAN SCHLEI AND THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS FOR MAKING AN APPOINT TO MAKE THAT INVITATION AND THEN MAKE IT HAPPEN AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
WITH THAT, I'D TURN IT UP BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOTING THAT IT'S EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
UH, JOSH, COULD YOU COMMENT ON THE MONEY THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE FROM UWM FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS ALLUDED TO IN THE MEETING? YES.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY FROM THE STATE, UH, WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS THE GRANTING AUTHORITY.
UH, THERE'S, THE STATE IS AUTHORIZED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED, UM, STATE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR SIGN, UH, $2 MILLION GRANTS TO EVERY CLOSING CAMPUS.
UM, THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY NO STRINGS ATTACHED, BUT WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT IT'S USED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE BELIEVE THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SINCE WE WERE THE PRINCIPAL, UH, OPERATOR AND OWNER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CERTAINTY WITH THAT.
THERE AREN'T ANY, UM, GUIDELINES, WRITTEN GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED YET.
UH, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ENTITLED TO THAT $2 MILLION TO HELP WITH WHATEVER TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT THERE IS.
SO THAT COULD HELP OFFSET OUR ELECTRICAL UPGRADE COSTS IF WE HAD TO DO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD HELP WITH OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE BALANCE OF, UH, THIS YEAR, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET ANYONE INTO THE FACILITY, UM, I THINK ANY NUMBER OF THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
IT ALSO COULD BE UTILIZED FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT AT THE MEETING, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS OR PROPOSALS WAS TO DEVELOP A 20 ACRE, UH, PARCEL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH I GUESS IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE POTATO FIELD.
UM, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A, AN OPEN SPACE JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE CAMPUS IS TO THE SOUTH OF IT WOULD BE THE GIRL SCOUT CAMP, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA TO THE WEST IS RIDGE RUN PARK.
IT'S, I THINK SUPERVISOR KREBS AND SUPERVISOR CONRAD, DID YOU GO OUT THERE TOO? IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU GET BACK THERE.
IT COULD, THAT COULD BE, UH, $2 MILLION USED TO HELP GET SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE BACK THERE TO DEVELOP THAT AREA AND PUT IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A, AN OPEN PLAYBOOK, UH, FOR HOW WE LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, IT REALLY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO GET OVER THIS HURDLE OF WHAT'S THE VISION LOOK LIKE AND WHO'S GOT, WHO'S REALLY GONNA OWN AND, AND RUN THIS THING.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TO THIS POINT, UH, FROM THE TIME THAT UWM REALLY KIND OF STARTED TO GIVE US A CLUE THAT THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, WAS WE'D INTERMITTENTLY GET CONTACT OR INFORMATION BACK CHANNELED THAT THE CITY WAS REACHING OUT TO UWM AND WANTED TO BE INVOLVED, OR THE CITY WAS TAKING SOMEONE OUT TO TOUR, AND OUR JANITORS FOUND THEM WANDERING AROUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS HAS REALLY GOTTA BE ABOUT, LIKE, I THINK SUPERVISOR BOSSERT SAID TO ME ON A PHONE CALL, IT'S, YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY A HOUSE FROM THREE SIBLINGS WHO ARE FIGHTING OVER AN ESTATE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE AN EXECUTOR AND THEY GOTTA HANDLE THE DEAL.
UM, I THINK IT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ANALOGY HERE.
WE NEED JUST TO HAVE, YEAH, THAT WAS EXPERIENCE TALKING, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRY TRYING TO FOCUS OUR TIME AND ENERGY AND THEN, AND DELIVER ON WHERE CAN WE USE THAT $2 MILLION BEST.
YEAH, I THINK IF WE COULD KIND OF PARALLEL TRACK THAT TO GET MORE DETAILS, TIMELINE OF FROM THE STATE ON THAT.
SO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I, WE CAN SHORTEN UP OUR OVERALL
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TIMELINE THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OR RE REVITALIZATION OF THE PROPERTY.I'LL, I'LL ADD A COMMENT ON THAT YESTERDAY.
AARON DAHL, MIKE FOTI AND I WERE ON A ZOOM CALL KIND OF BRIEF WITH WIDA, WHO'S GONNA ADMINISTER THAT $2 MILLION TO KIND OF GET A START ON WHAT THE RULES ARE GONNA BE AND WHAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR DOCUMENTATION AND SO ON.
SO WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AND HE'S CHECKING SOME STUFF, AND I DON'T KNOW, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING BACK TO MIKE TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID OR NOT.
I, I'M CERTAINLY HOPEFUL, UH, WHAT DID SOMEBODY SAY TO ME, TRUST BUT VERIFY.
UH, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE INNOVATION FUND MONEY TO BE RELEASED.
THAT'S A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD HELP MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES EVERYWHERE.
AND THEY'VE BASICALLY TOLD US, WE GOTTA GO THROUGH RULES COMMITTEE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE HAVING PHONE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND ZOOM CALLS.
BUT I, I LIKE, WITH ALL THINGS I DON'T, I'M NOT COUNTING ON THE STATE TO COME AND SAVE US.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN PERFECT TO WORK WITH SUPERVISOR M**K? NO.
UH, I'M SORRY THAT I COULDN'T MAKE THE MEETING, UH, ON, ON MONDAY NIGHT.
UM, I DID READ THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION ON THERE.
I, I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT I'M REALLY SKEPTICAL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THAT, OR THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO BE REPURPOSED FOR EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, PURPOSES.
AND IN THE EDUCATION BUSINESS RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A JUST A, UH, A MASSIVE OVER CAPACITATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, ON ALL LEVELS IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, BOTH OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GONNA HAVE REFERENDUMS. I SAID 10 YEARS AGO, THIS TRAIN WAS COMING, AND JOSH, WHEN YOU AND I MET AND YOU ASKED ME, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HAD IS I SAID THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GONNA REALLY START DRIVING.
AND THAT'S A BYPRODUCT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, FEWER STUDENTS, UH, THEIR ENROLLMENTS YOU'RE GONNA SEE ARE GONNA BE FAIRLY STABLE THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND THE 10 YEARS AFTER THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY'RE GONNA FALL OFF OF A CLIFF.
AND SO I ALMOST CONSIDER AN IN-PERSON EDUCATION AND A PLACE LIKE UWWC ALMOST TO BE, YOU KNOW, ARCANE.
AND I HATE TO SAY THAT, AND I'M, I'M HOPING MAYBE THERE'S A, UH, YOU KNOW, A CHARTER SCHOOL OR THAT THAT CAN BE FRAGMENTED OUT.
BUT I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE OPEN TO REPURPOSING IT FOR SOMETHING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BECAUSE FRANKLY, I JUST DON'T SEE IT.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT 15 OR 20 YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN NEED THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE THAT'S EXISTING.
SO, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A REASON WHY THAT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL CLOSED, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS, RIGHT? SO, RIGHT.
UM, ANYHOW, FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH, YOU KNOW, THANKS A LOT.
AND MAYBE 15 YEARS MIGHT EVEN BE OPTIMISTIC, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE REALLY, REALLY BAD.
UM, UH, SO I I, I TRIED TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING MAYBE TOO QUICKLY.
THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS, UM, WHERE I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTI-GENERATIONAL USE BECAUSE THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THE DEMAND IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE, UM, WE HAVE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS WHO ARE INTERESTED, UH, ELDER CARE TYPE SE SENIOR CARE TYPE, UM, THAT HAVE INDICATED INTEREST.
IF WE CAN PACKAGE THEM, THAT'S WHERE I CAN SEE IT WORK.
IF WE CANNOT PACKAGE THEM, THEN I'D BE MUCH MORE HESITANT TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UNLESS THESE CHARTERS CAN COME IN AND BLOW OUR SOCKS OFF, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE IS GROWTH, UH, ARE PLACES LIKE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE PROVIDING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
UM, SO I, I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH YOU AND I, THAT WAS A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AS WELL.
SO IT IS, IT'S, UH, I THINK THERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT DEVELOPING PIECES OF IT AND TRYING TO UTILIZE A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION.
NOW, THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST NIGHT, THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER HOUSES A NUMBER OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE TYPES OF HIGH END SPECIAL NEEDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TALKING ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY THE SENIOR TYPE CARE, UH, A DRC, FOR EXAMPLE, WIC, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THE, THE PATH WE'RE GOING DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST WASHINGTON STREET IS, WE COULD PUT THAT ALL BACK ON THE TAX ROLL.
AND WE'RE VER WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
UM, IF ALL THESE THINGS ALIGN PROPERLY, THAT COULD BE A SPACE THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES LOCATED CLOSE TO WHERE, UH, THE, THAT POPULATION IS.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT COULD MOVE AROUND.
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CAN YOU GET 'EM TO GO OR CAN'T YOU? AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU GOTTA CUT BAIT, BUT LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES.AND EITHER WAY, ONE UNIFIED OWNER IS THE ONLY, TO ME IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE THIS JOINT OWNERSHIP IS, IS A MESS.
SO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE ALLUDED TO MY FIRST EXPERIENCE BUYING A HOUSE, UM, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUR SIBLINGS.
AND WHILE IT WAS A COUPLE DECADES AGO, SO I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY ALL THE DETAILS, I REMEMBER IT TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE TO GET THE OFFER ACCEPTED BECAUSE THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY SHOULD HOLD OUT FOR MORE MONEY OR HOLD OUT FOR ANOTHER BUYER THAT WOULD PAY MORE, OR JUST TAKE THIS OFFER AND GO.
AND IT TOOK A LOT LONGER TO GET AGREEMENT BEFORE BETWEEN FOUR PEOPLE WHO COULD PICK UP THE PHONE AT ANY TIME AND CALL EACH OTHER.
IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TWO GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS.
AND WHEN THEY DON'T AGREE, THEN THEY GOTTA COMPLY WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS AGAIN AND SCHEDULE A JOINT MEETING.
AND THEN THEY GOTTA SCHEDULE MORE MEETINGS ON THEIR OWN THAT COMPLY WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE STAY WITH TWO OWNERS, THAT'S A RECIPE FOR SETTING THIS SITUATION UP TO FAIL.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET A SITUATION WHERE IT'S ONE OWNER.
I DON'T NECESSARILY CARE IF IT'S US OR THE CITY, BUT I THINK ONE OWNER GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR MICK'S COMMENTS, UM, SIMILAR TO OUR COUNTY EX, WHAT OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS SAID.
WHILE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING SOME SIGNIFICANT DROP IN ENROLLMENT, A LOT OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE SEEING GROWTH, WHICH IS A REALLY INTERESTING TREND.
SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND BEYOND THE SPACE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO EXPLORE THOSE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.
AND IN THE, IN THE PAST, I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'M KIND OF AGAINST THE IDEA OF BUILDING A NEW BUILDING ON OUR CAMPUS AT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYERS JUST TO MOVE THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER ACROSS THE STREET.
NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, I HEAR WHAT OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVES IS SAYING TONIGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING WHAT'S IN THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER OUT TO THE UW CAMPUS, AND THAT BEING A WAY TO PUT THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.
AND I'M MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND I THINK THAT'D BE A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL.
SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR GALLS.
UM, I, I TOO AGREE WITH THE SINGLE OWNERSHIP, UM, BUT EXECUTIVE SHOWMAN, IT MADE ME STARTED TO THINK, UH, SINCE WE HAVE THIS, UH, INVITE FOR NEXT GEN HOUSING 2.0, WHAT ABOUT 2.1 OR 2.2, AND, YOU KNOW, USING THAT 20 ACRES, UH, OR EVEN USING THE BUILDING AND REDESIGNING IT, UH, FOR, UM, APARTMENT DWELLING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND FOCUS ON, ON WORKERS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UM, AT LEAST YOU GET THAT TAX ROLE OF BUILDING AGAIN, WHICH MIGHT EVEN HELP THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS YOU HAVE MORE FAMILIES, UH, MORE OFFSPRING AND MORE STUDENTS.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT NEXT GEN HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO THE BEAUTY OF THAT COMMENTARY IS THAT, UH, I THINK THERE'S AN, ESPECIALLY THE SUPERVISORS FROM WEST BEND WILL, WILL ATTEST THAT, UH, THERE'S SOME IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT BETWEEN COUNTY BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, ALDERMEN BROUGHT UP ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, WHETHER IT'S IN THE OLD SOCCER FIELD OR THE, THE POTATO FARM AS I THINK MARK ALLEN CALLED IT.
UM, IN ANY EVENT, THEY, THEY USED THE TERM NEXT GEN HOUSING AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND AGAIN, IN TALKING TO THE MAYOR TONIGHT, HE MENTIONED IT TOO.
SO I, I THINK THERE IS REAL OPPORTUNITY TO RUN PARALLEL PATHS, AS WAS SAID.
THE ONE, THE ONE THING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT HERE IS, UH, WHETHER IT'S CHARTER OR WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR WHAT, WHATEVER SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE ARE JUST LESS KIDS.
UM, AND THERE CONTINUE TO BE LESS KIDS.
SO IT, WE'VE GOTTA NAVIGATE THAT VERY CAUTIOUSLY, UM, BECAUSE IT IT TURN, IT CAN, IF WE DON'T MANAGE IT CAUTIOUSLY AND TRY TO ADD HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BRING MORE FAMILIES IN, IT CAN VERY MUCH JUST TURN INTO CANNIBAL CANNIBALIZATION.
AND THEN YOU'RE COMPLETELY DEFEATING THE PURPOSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S WHY I'M, I'M SORRY, I FAILED TO MENTION THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMPONENT.
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS THE BABY BOOMERS AGE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRY IS, AND, AND YOU'VE ALL LIVED THIS WITH WITH ME,
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UM, THE NURSING HOME MODEL IS GOING AWAY.AND PEOPLE WANNA STAY IN THEIR HOMES AS LONG AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, AND THEY WANT TO GO TO ONE PLACE FOR SERVICES AND THEN GO BACK HOME.
THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT NATIONWIDE.
THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVESTIGATE THAT SPACE AND DO IT WITH A FACILITY THAT WE ALREADY OWN.
IT'S, BY THE WAY, ALREADY GOT AN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN AND ALREADY GOT, UH, WORKOUT FACILITIES AND IT'S GOT ALL THE AMENITIES.
CAN YOU LEVERAGE THEM ALL? UM, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
AND I THINK IT'LL BE A HECK OF A JOURNEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF OR NOT.
WE'LL BE THE, WE WILL BE THE MODEL IN THE STATE IF WE DO IT.
OUR NEXT ITEM, UM, IS THE, I VOTED STICKER DESIGN COMPETITION.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOUR INNOVATION, SO WE ALL APPRECIATE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO READ THE COMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO WHEREAS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE CONDUCTED
[b. “I Voted” Sticker Design Competition Winner Commendations]
AN I VOTED STICKER DESIGN CONTEST FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY STUDENTS IN FOUR GRADE CATEGORIES, ENGAGING THEM IN THE IMPORTANT ELECTION PROCESS.AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 200 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED, AND THE PUBLIC VOTED ONLINE FOR THEIR FAVORITES TO DETERMINE THE WINNERS.
AND WHEREAS COUNTY CLERK ASHLEY RIKER ANNOUNCED THE WINNING ENTRIES ON AUGUST 5TH, 2024.
WE HAVE K FIVE THROUGH SECOND GRADE.
MELODY JENKINS FROM DECORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WEST BEND, RIGHT HERE, UH, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
NINA HYDE SMITH FROM SLINGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEPHEW, UH, SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
LUCY SMITH FROM SLINGER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE GRADE, UM, MAGGIE OR MAGDALENE LANIER, UH, FROM HARTFORD UNION HIGH SCHOOL, WHEREAS THE WINNING STICKER DESIGNS WILL BE GIVEN TO VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION.
AND IN ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS A POPULAR WAY TO SHOW CIVIC PRIDE AND REMIND OTHERS TO VOTE.
AND NOW THEREFORE, JOSH SHOWMAN, WASHINGTON COUNTY EXECUTIVE JEFFREY SCH, LIFE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR, AND ASHLEY REICHERT, MYSELF, COUNTY CLERK DUKE, HEREBY COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MELODY JENKINS.
LUCY SMITH, AND MAGDALENE LANIER FOR CREATING A PATRIOTIC DESIGN HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING IN OUR GREAT COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
YOU SEE YOUR RIGHT THERE, NINA.
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OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCTION OF OUR SISTER COUNTY GALLWAY.UM, THE CHAIRMAN IS MR. DOLAN, AND HE'LL INTRODUCE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS TROOP.
THIS MARKS 21 YEARS SINCE WE WERE AIRED TWIN AS COUNTY.
[c. County Galway Introduction]
THANK YOU.CHAIRMAN SCH UH, GLARE IS MORE AND UNDER THEM, MARCO EVA, FRIENDS OF GALWAY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FOR ME, UH, AS A COUNSELOR FOR GALWAY AND AS THE KUK FOR GALWAY TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY OF GALWAY.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UM, FOR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS.
AND WHEN I CAME INTO YOUR, UH, YOUR BEAUTIFUL BUILDING HERE TODAY, I SAW OUT IN THE WALL IN YOUR HALLWAY THE TAPESTRY THAT CAME FROM COUNTY GALWAY, AND ALSO IN THIS ROOM TO SEE THE NOD TO GALWAY IN THE GALWAY H****R BOAT.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION BELOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW FAR OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS COME.
AND I GUESS I WAS HERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING BROUGHT TO HOLY HILL.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING BROUGHT AROUND THE COUNTY AT THE TIME.
AND FOR US AS A COUNTY TO COME HERE TO MEET WITH YOU AND TO LEARN WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, IT'S FANTASTIC.
AND TO SEE THE NEXT GEN HOUSING PROJECT TODAY IN PERSON, AND TO HEAR THE HISTORY OF THAT AND HOW IT CAME TO EXIST, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE, UH, INITIATIVE.
AND I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOUR COUNTY FOR PULLING THAT OFF.
UM, WE IN IRELAND ARE GOING THROUGH A HOUSING CRISIS CURRENTLY, UH, AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN ASKING PEOPLE THAT IF WE SUPPORT YOU TO PURCHASE A HOME IN OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BACK.
AND THAT COMMUNITY INCENTIVE SCHEME, THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TRYING TO BRING BACK TO GALWAY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
GALWAY IS VERY SIMILAR TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.
TWO VERY, UM, TRANQUIL, COMMUNITY ORIENTATED, UH, AREA, PROUD AREAS.
AND I MET WITH SOME OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE IN GALWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE, BUT FOR US, HAVING BUILT THIS RELATIONSHIP OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
AND FOR ME AS A YOUNG COUNSELOR HERE, UM, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLY PROUD MOMENT AND HEARTWARMING AGAIN TO SEE THE NODS TO GALWAY IN YOUR BUILDING.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR HOSPITALITY AND FOR BEING SO KIND TO US ON OUR JOURNEY HERE.
I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU AND I MIGHT ASK, UM, THE COUNSELORS AND OUR DIRECTOR OF SERVICES TO STAND UP.
SO WE'VE COUNSELOR GERALDINE DONAHUE, UH, OUR, THIS IS OUR, OUR DIRECTOR OF SERVICES, UH, JACQUELINE CARROLL, COUNSELOR MARY HODE, COUNSELOR KILLIAN KANE.
SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST FINISH BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH SOME OF YOU AFTER THE MEETING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THIS RELATIONSHIP OVER THE COMING YEARS.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH, UM, OUR MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION BY SCOTT SCHMIDT.
WHY DOESN'T IT TURN OFF? THERE WE GO.
[d. Master Plan Presentation Approval]
UH, BE BEFORE YOU AS THE MASTER PLAN.YOU MAY RECALL, ALL MAY RECALL THAT, UH, WE A MASTER PLAN UPDATE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WANTED TO TAKE IT A LITTLE STEP FURTHER, UH, COMING UP WITH SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS OF LAYOUTS WITHIN THE BUILDING AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
UH, IN YOUR PACKET AND ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL WALK THROUGH THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, UH, SEVERAL OF FOUR FLOORS, UH, THEN TALK, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY, AND THEN, UH, NEXT STEPS POTENTIALLY GOING FORWARD.
UH, AND AS AGAIN, YOU, YOU SEE THIS IN THE PACKET, THIS TO GO TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AS WELL TO SEE.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, THE, THE COUNTY CAMPUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 33, THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OR BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, SCREEN, THE STAFF PARKING LOT ON THE LEFT SIDE AS WHERE, TYPICALLY WHERE MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY PARK THIS EVENING, UH, THAT STAFF PARKING LOT, UH, AND THEN THE PUBLIC PARKING ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PLAN IS TO, IS TO GET ALL THE, THE TRAFFIC, THE PUBLIC TRAFFIC, UH,
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COMING IN ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE BUILDING, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THE CLERK OR CLERK OF COURTS OR COUNTY CLERK, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSED PEOPLE THAT WALK THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND NOT EXACTLY SURE, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WAY FINDING, YOU'LL SEE A BLUE STRIPE OUTSIDE THE HALL TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
AND IT JUST MAKES LOGICAL SENSE THAT IF EVERYBODY'S COMING TO ONE LOCATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER BUILDING, OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OR THE, UM, UBER AREA, THEY'RE ALL COMING TO ONE GENERAL LOCATION.
SO, UH, EVEN AS FAR AS GPS IS CONCERNED, IT ALL GETS TO, TO ONE LOCATION, UH, COMING INTO THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT, THAT YOU SEE GOING FORWARD.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING IS CREATING A STAFF ONLY PARKING LOT ON THE WEST.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, MOST LIKELY A SECURE PARKING LOT IS WHAT THE PLAN SHOWS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT BASICALLY STAFF WOULD BE ENTERING IN ON THE WEST AND AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THE PUBLIC WOULD BE COMING IN ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, REALIZING THAT THE, THE PARKING LOT THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW IS RATHER SMALL.
UH, THE FUEL ISLAND THAT SITS IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION HERE IS GETTING MOVED NEXT YEAR IN 2025.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.
THE FUEL ISLAND AND THE TANKS ARE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE THEM NOW.
AND THEY'LL BE MOVING OVER BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN 2025.
AND WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM ON BOARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT TO EXPAND THAT PARKING LOT IN THE OLD SCHMIDT ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, UH, TO GET MORE ACCESS AND MORE PARKING STALLS UP, UH, NEAR THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL CONCEPT ON THE, THE OUTSIDE OF THE DWELLING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHY, UH, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THAT ENTRANCE.
LET ME GET BACK UP TO, UH, FIRST FLOOR.
SO FIRST FLOOR IS WHAT THE, WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW, GROUND FLOOR, FIRST FLOOR, UH, WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING, AGAIN, THE EAST SIDE.
THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE JUSTICE CENTER, THE CURRENT ENTRANCE, IF YOU'VE, UH, BEEN DOWN AT THAT ENTRANCE WHERE THE SECURE ENTRANCE IS GOING INTO THE JUSTICE CENTER, UH, AND COMING TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
UH, AND THEN THE COUNTY BOARDROOM TO GET YOU ORIENTATED IS IN THE BOTTOM, MORE OR LESS MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
WHAT'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING IS, UH, POTENTIALLY AGAIN, WE'D HAVE ROOM FOR TWO SECURE ENTRANCES THAT, UH, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A, YOU, EXCUSE ME, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SECURE ENTRANCE THAT PEOPLE WILL COMING INTO BOTH THE JUSTICE CENTER, GO THROUGH SECURITY, UH, CURRENTLY THAT THEY COME INTO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
THEY DON'T GO THROUGH SECURITY, UH, THAT WOULD BE SET UP TO ALLOW EITHER A SECURE OR NON-SECURE.
AGAIN, THAT'S A DECISION POINT THAT'LL BE COMING, UH, YOUR WAY AT SOME POINT, UH, TO COME THROUGH THE BUILDING, UH, THROUGH THIS MAIN ENTRANCE.
RIGHT OFF OF THAT, WE HAVE A SMALL VENDING AREA AND A MAIL ROOM.
UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY CONFUSING FOR UPS AND, UH, FEDEX AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS WHERE TO DROP OFF, UH, PACKAGES.
AND SOMETIMES IT JUST LEFT IN THE HALLWAYS.
AND THIS PROVIDES A NICE AREA THAT'S RIGHT OFF SECURITY THAT THEY CAN BE PLACED THOSE PACKAGES, UM, UH, IN A NICE SECURE AREA.
OFF OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, WHAT I'LL CALL OUR HIGH TRAFFIC, UH, AREAS OF THE COUNTY CLERK WOULD BE, UH, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE.
UH, THEN A TREASURER, TREASURER AND REGISTERED DEEDS RIGHT BEHIND THAT.
A LOT OF THE OUTSIDE TRAFFIC IS COMING FOR, FOR THOSE PARTICULAR OFFICES.
THE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM, UH, WOULD HAVE JUST NOT ONLY THE DOORS ON THE CURRENT SIDE, THE JUSTICE CENTER SIDE, BUT ALSO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SIDE AS A POTENTIAL FOR VOTING, UH, LOCATION.
AGAIN, THAT WAY THEY CAN EITHER A, UH, DURING VOTING, NOT COME THROUGH SECURITY DESKS WHERE THIS WOULD BE SET UP TO HAVE EITHER SECURE OR NON-SECURE, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR A VOTING LOCATION THAT THAT'S CLOSE BY.
UH, TO THAT, UH, THE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM IS NOT USED EVERY DAY.
UH, BUT WHEN IT IS USED, IT'S, IT'S QUITE FULL.
COMING DOWN THE HALLWAY, YOU'LL SEE THE ELEVATOR, NEW ELEVATOR THAT WENT IN THIS LOCATION WHERE YOU'D BE ABLE TO COME DOWN THE HALL, GET UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR, THE LIGHT COLORED WOULD BE KIND OF PUBLIC FACING.
THEN THERE'D BE A SET OF DOORS HALFWAY THROUGH THIS BOARDROOM, SO THE PUBLIC COULD STILL COME INTO THE BOARDROOM.
UH, BUT THE BACKSIDE OF MORE OR LESS BE A THE PRIVATE OR STAFF SIDE ONLY.
SO, UH, LIKE, UH, THE COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR WILL BE ABLE TO PARK IN THEIR PARKING LOT, COME IN THE WESTERN DOOR, BASICALLY COME IN A SECURE AREA, UH, BACK BEHIND THE SCENES AND COME THROUGH THE, THE WESTERN DOOR HERE.
WE WOULD HAVE RIGHT BEHIND ME, THIS O THIS OFFICE SPACE WOULD BE ACTUALLY AN OVERFLOW ROOM IF WE HAVE A, AN ITEM WHERE THE MORE PUBLIC WANTS TO COME.
AND WE ALSO, IF, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE HALL, WE SET UP TVS OVER THERE AND SCREENS AND MONITORS, THAT'LL BE A, A BACK BEHIND US.
AND THEN ANOTHER CONFERENCE RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THE SAME THING IF WE HAVE A EXTREMELY LARGE EVENT, UH, DOWN HERE, UH, DOWN AT THE END OF THE HALL, AGAIN, IT, AND, AND GIS GENERALLY SPEAKING, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC COMING INTO THOSE DEPARTMENTS, UH, SITTING BEHIND A SECURED ENTRANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
THE, THE MODIFICATIONS FOR THE, THE FIRST FLOOR OR GROUND FLOOR, THE SECOND FLOOR, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE PUBLIC AND COMING OFF THE ELEVATOR, YOU'D HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT, POTENTIALLY UW EXTENSION, RIGHT BEHIND IT.
THIS, IT IS WHERE OUR SERVER ROOM IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN INSIDE THERE, I KNOW MOST YOU HAVEN'T, THERE ARE A HECK OF A LOT OF WIRES COMING IN
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AND OUT OF THAT, THAT ROOM.AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, KEEPING IT IN THE SAME LOCATION, UH, AS IT IS.
AND THEN A NATURAL RESOURCES AREA COMING OFF THAT ELEVATOR TO THE LEFT, UH, WHERE THE REGISTERED DEEDS AND CLERK ARE NOW WOULD BE THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
AGAIN, A LITTLE HIGHER TRAFFIC FOOT, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC COMING TO THAT AREA.
THE FACILITIES WOULD GO WHERE THE, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WAS RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOULD'VE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS AT OFFICE, AND CERTAINLY THERE IS A, A NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
AND, UH, IF THE PLAN MOVES FORWARD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UH, WITH HIM.
AGAIN, THE PLANS ARE IN A, A GOOD DRAFT FORMAT, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A, ANOTHER, UH, CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE PLANS ONCE THEY GET, UH, CLOSER TO FINALIZED.
UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS WHAT THE EXECUTIVE, UH, COMMITTEE LOOK THROUGH AND APPROVED BY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO, TO SPEND SOME 24, UP TO $24,000 TO LOOK AT MOVING TO CLINIC.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, USUALLY MOST OF YOU PROBABLY CAME IN THIS DOOR AGAIN.
UH, THE NEW RESTROOMS THAT WAS VETERANS AND, AND ROOM 2024, UH, WOULD THEN BE WHERE THE CLINIC IS.
SO STAFF COULD COME IN, UH, FROM THE WEST SIDE AND, AND ACCESS TO CLINIC AND THAT LOCATION AND WHERE THE CLERK IS.
UH, AND THEN THE VESTIBULE IN THE OLD COUNTY BOARD OFFICE, CHAIR'S, OFFICE, EXCUSE ME.
THAT WOULD ALL BE COMMON SPACE CONFERENCE ROOMS, UH, AND THE LIKE, AGAIN, DON'T LOOK AT THE FINAL CONFIGURATION, WE'LL BE WORKING A FINAL, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A FEEL FOR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, BRINGING THE BIGGEST KEY TO THIS SECOND FLOOR IS BRINGING NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALLY VIEW OF EXTENSION ACROSS THE STREET.
THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, NOT A LOT OF MODIFICATIONS, I APOLOGIZE.
THE LEFT SIDE, THIS AGAIN, IS SECURE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
IT JUST DIDN'T GET, UH, SHADED IN THE RIGHT COLOR.
A COMMON SPACE IN THIS LOCATION.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO STILL VERIFY, LIKE I SAID, SOME, SOME FINAL VETTING ON, UH, FILES IN THE CLERK OF COURTS.
IT MIGHT JUST BE A, A SMALLER CONFERENCE ROOM, AND THIS MIGHT BE FILES, AGAIN, FINAL DETAILS TO WORK, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, A ROOM POTENTIALLY WHEN CANDIDATES COME IN AND TRAINING FOR HR, HAVING A CONFERENCE SPACE ON, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, AND THEN A HALLWAY CONNECTING THE TWO, UH, AGAIN, IT'LL BE POTENTIALLY SECURED OR NON SECURE.
THEY GO THROUGH SECURITY TO GET THROUGH THE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH IS NOW, UH, IN THIS LOCATION WITH THEIR ENTRANCE WAY BEING IN A JUSTICE CENTER.
SO THAT'S THE, THE MASTER PLAN IN A, IN A, IN A NUTSHELL, AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, SEVERAL MEETINGS.
I WANNA, I WANNA, I WANNA THANK, UH, KARA HERDRICH AND, UH, GROUNDS FACILITIES FOR FACILITATING ALL THOSE MEETINGS.
ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND, UH, UH, MOST OF 'EM HAD ONE, IF NOT TWO OR THREE MEETINGS, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND, AND LOOK AT DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS AND, AND REALLY, UH, DIVE INTO SOME PRETTY GOOD DETAIL.
AGAIN, STILL CONCEPTUAL, BUT, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN WOULD WORK FOR, FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND SO THE LAST PAGE IN, IN THE, UH, PACKET IS, UH, THE POTENTIAL PRICE TAG FOR THIS.
AGAIN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVED, UH, THE FUNDING TO LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURAL TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO, TO MOVE THE CLINIC.
AND THAT'S, UH, JUST BARELY UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
UH, ONCE WE GET THAT, EITHER A, DEPENDING ON TIMING, WE'D COME BACK TO LOOK FOR, UH, SOME FUNDING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, OR AS PART OF YOUR DEBT POLICY LOOKING AT FOR THE FIRST SORT OF YEAR, UH, TO FUND THIS.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FINAL NUMBER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT, UH, EXPAND IT, UH, IT'S JUST OVER $5 MILLION, UH, TO MAKE THIS PART HAPPEN.
THIS BUILDING, IT WOULD BE A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU'D MOVE THE CLINIC FIRST BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S BASE IS BASICALLY VACANT NOW.
AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A, THEY MOVE THE FACILITIES NEXT AND THEN BE ABLE TO REMODEL DOWNSTAIRS AND MOVE THE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO BE, TO BE, UH, TO BE HAD ON THIS.
UH, BUT WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD THOUGHT PROCESS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, IN A HIGH LEVEL VIEW.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, WE'VE GOT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ON BOARD TO LOOK AT CLINIC COSTS.
WE BRING THOSE BACK, UH, TO SEE IF WE WANNA START THAT OR WAIT FOR THAT, THAT, THAT DISCUSSION AT A LATER POINT, UH, TO SEE IF WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE CURRENT MOVES IN THE BUILDING.
THE ATTORNEY, UH, HAS BEEN MOVED, AND HOPEFULLY MOST OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THAT'S ALL, ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, YOU SEE, WE TALK ABOUT APPROVAL ON HERE.
UM, WE PROBABLY SHOULD SAY YES OR NO AS TO GOING AHEAD.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION SUPERVISOR, KEL SUPERVISOR SHARUN.
UM, WOULD THIS MOTION MAKER LIKE TO SPEAK, COMMENT? NOT AT THIS TIME, SIR.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S BASICALLY THIS ROUGH FRAMEWORK AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING SECURITY, GETTING THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS TO THE
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EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE EVERYBODY GO THROUGH SECURITY.BUT THAT WAY ALL EMPLOYEES WILL COME IN FROM THE WEST PARKING LOT.
SO, WE'LL, IT'LL BE BIG STEPS TOWARDS BETTER SECURITY.
RIGHT? SO, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, I'M GONNA OFFICIALLY ASK THE QUESTION THAT HE'S ASKING.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE VOTING ON? ARE WE VOTING TO FUND THIS? ARE WE VOTING TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD? OR WHAT'S, I BELIEVE, WHAT'S THE VOTE? MR. SCHMIDT HAS AN ANSWER.
I, I CAN, UH, START TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND CERTAINLY THE MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIRMAN CAN CERTAINLY COME IN.
UH, A WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR FUNDING TONIGHT.
I WANNA MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO, AT A, AT A SECOND TIME.
IS THAT, DO YOU WANT US TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING FORWARD? WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN THE ARCHITECT COMES BACK WITH A PLAN FOR THE, UH, CLINIC BEING MOVED, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND WANT TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD AND KEEP BRINGING BACK TO YOU FOR THE NEXT STEP AND THE NEXT STEP? OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE, THE PRICE TAG OF THE PROJECT OR, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND SAYING, WE'RE DONE.
WE JUST WANNA STOP WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW? AGAIN, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE POTENTIAL MOVING, UH, STAFF OUT TO, UH, U EXCUSE ME, U-W-M-W-C, UH, THIS IS PART OF THAT OPERATION OR POTENTIAL OPERATION AS WELL, IS TO GET THE NATURAL RESOURCES OVER HERE TO GET WITH, UH, THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES THAT AREN'T HUMAN SERVICES OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELATED.
DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? DO YOU NOT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THIS GONNA COME BACK FOR THE SPECIFIC DECISIONS OR IS THIS THAT DECISION? YES, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE NEXT STEP WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHEN THE ARCHITECT COMPLETES, UH, WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE TO FUND THE WHOLE THING AT ONE TIME OR TO COME BACK IN A PIECE OF, DO THIS CLINIC FIRST AND START THAT MOVE AND THEN COME BACK FOR THE REST OF IT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TO GET THOSE, OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE BUILDING, THE, THE MOST COMPLEX THING IS THE CLINIC, UM, AS FAR AS COSTS ARE CONCERNED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED AT DOING THAT FIRST AND GETTING SOME BETTER COST ESTIMATES.
OFFICE SPACE AND SPACE LIKE THIS, WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR THE NUMBERS 'CAUSE WE, WE JUST DID THAT WITH THE ELEVATOR PROJECT.
BUT, UH, THE CLINIC MOVES ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, A CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE WITH SEWER AND WATER AND, AND THE AMENITIES THAT A CLINIC NEEDS TO HAVE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD FIELDS 'CAUSE OUR CLINIC WAS JUST REMOVED, JUST DONE, UH, I WANT TO SAY FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT I PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, THAT THAT YEAR.
UM, BUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS, IS TO, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS MASTER PLAN TO BRING THE PEOPLE POTENTIALLY ACROSS THE STREET AND, UH, SECURITY AND ONE ENTRANCE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, CLEARED IT UP OR NOT? SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR KREBS.
SO THIS WOULD, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT RIGHT NOW, MOVING FORWARD, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE START GOING INTO ACTUAL DESIGN.
YES, WE WOULD ACTUALLY COME BACK FOR FUNDING FOR DESIGN.
YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS SOME PRETTY GOOD, I MEAN, THEY PUT DESKS AND CHAIRS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND WALLS ON THERE.
SO IF YOU ZOOM IN, IT'S GOT SOME, SOME PRETTY GOOD DETAIL TO IT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THESE UTILITIES AND HVAC AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF ARE DONE.
SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE WORKING ON ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THOUGH? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING FOR THE CLINIC RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUND PRIORITY FUNDS.
BUT WE'D OBVIOUSLY COME BACK TO YOU FOR ANY OTHER FUNDING FOR, UH, THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
WHAT I SEE, THE BUDGET THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME HERE, THE NEXT STEP FOR FUNDING THAT WOULD COME BACK WOULD BE JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FEES, OR A PORTION OF THEM.
AGAIN, DEPENDING ON TIMING, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW SOON THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM CAN GET ON IT AND GET THE PLANS DONE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COME FOR THE, UM, MOVING OF THE CLINIC, UM, AT FIRST JUST FOR A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR AGAIN, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR AND BORROW.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE TIMELINE ON THAT.
IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT MORE BE ONE BIG PACKAGE VERSUS SMALLER LITTLE PACKAGES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WOULD JUST SAY PUT CAUTION TO THE BOARD.
I WOULD, I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON BONDING IF, IF THAT'S THE AVENUE THAT WE'RE WANTING TO GO WITH THIS OR EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS IF THERE'S A LITTLE MORE PAY AS WE GO VERSION OF THIS, THIS TOO.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY ASK THAT WE AT LEAST STUDY THAT AND KIND OF GET MULTIPLE OPTIONS ON HOW TO FUND THIS SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT, THAT DEBT POLICY, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL IS, IS KIND OF HANGING OUT
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THERE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GOING TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER.SO THAT'D BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, I'M SURE.
WITH THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTINUING THE TALKS WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND WORKING TOWARDS THOSE, UH, THE TIMELINE WITH THAT.
UM, SO MR. YOU, YOU MADE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT BRINGING, I GUESS EVERYONE, UH, EMPLOYEES UNDER ONE ROOF, IF YOU WILL, UM, MOVING ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO WOULD THERE BE ANY EMPLOYEES NOT IN THIS FACILITY? YES.
I, I SHOULD PROBABLY BEEN MORE CLEAR ON THAT.
UH, THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE STREET.
THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE STREET UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE HERE.
IF THEY WANT TO STAY THERE OR MOVE TO U-W-M-W-C OR ANOTHER OPTION, AGAIN, ALL DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO MAKE IF THEY WANT TO.
SO, SO THERE'S HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OVER THERE, A DRC, HUMAN SERVICES VET, VETERAN SERVICES, UH, CURRENTLY EXTENSION.
AM I MISSING ANY? JULIE, JAMIE? YEAH.
IS THERE ANY CAPACITY IN THIS FACILITY TO BRING THEM ALL OVER IN THIS BUILD OUT? UH, UNFORTUNATELY NOT.
UH, IN, IN, WITHIN THE CURRENT WALLS, THERE IS NOT.
UM, IT, IT'S PRETTY TIGHT ON SPACE RIGHT NOW, AND I APPRECIATE JAMIE AND HER TEAM AND, AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALLY LOOKING AT, AT THE SPACES THAT ARE INVOLVED.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S ROOM TO BEING MAYBE ONE OF THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS OVER BECAUSE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY SPACE, IF YOU WILL, UH, THAT THAT'S OVER HERE.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT, UH, THE MORE DEPARTMENTS YOU BRING OVER, LIKE NATURAL RESOURCES, THE MORE OFFICE, EXCUSE ME, UM, CONFERENCE ROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD NEED.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE CHALLENGE IS YOU FILL ALL THOSE AREAS, CONFERENCE ROOMS UP WITH OFFICES.
YOU, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO, TO MEET.
RIGHT? NOT, NOT THAT I'M LOOKING TO, TO ADD MORE TO THE $5 MILLION.
AND BY THE WAY, MAYBE THE SUPERVISOR'S PREP'S COMMENT ABOUT FINANCING AND WHAT COULD WE CONSIDER? I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US, IF THIS IS A PROBABLY MULTI-YEAR, TWO TO FIVE YEAR PROJECT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT COMBINATION OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET, UH, AND OUR FUND BALANCE AND OR SALES TAX, IN MY OPINION, VERSUS TAKING OUT BONDS OR, OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I CONSIDER ALL OF US, UH, TO THINK THAT WAY.
UM, AT SAID THOUGH, WE, WE HAVE MANY PROPERTIES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTY THAT, THAT WE OWN ARE SIT AND BAKE AND NOT COLLECTING TAXES.
SO IF WE WERE TO FREE UP THAT FACILITY AND SELL IT OFF FOR SOME OTHER USE, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BRING THOSE EMPLOYEES HERE? MEANING AN EXPANSION? HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED? UH, THAT'S WHAT THE, AS, UH, WAS REFERRED TO OTHER FOR THE EXTRA BUILDING YEAH.
SO YES, THAT WAS LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE OTHER MASTER PLAN.
AND UM, AND REMIND ME WHAT THAT, WHAT WAS THAT PRICE TAG? A LITTLE, LITTLE HIGHER.
GOING A LITTLE BIT OFF HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
WELL, BASICALLY WE HAVE, WE HAVE OPEN LAND SPACE.
IF WE WANTED TO DO, UH, AN EXTENSION OR SOME KIND OF BUILD OUT ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING WAS, UH, ESTIMATED TO BE AT $22 MILLION.
BUT ACCORDING THAT WAS IN MAY OF 2023.
AND DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I WAS, HAD MY HEAD DOWN.
SO I CAN SUPPORT THIS PART OF THE PLAN.
UM, AND I DO LIKE SUPERVISOR GATZ AND SUPERVISOR KREBS IDEAS OF TRYING TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS HERE.
KIND OF A PAY AS YOU GO INSTEAD OF PURSUING BONDING OPTIONS.
UM, WE START TALKING ABOUT THE EXTRA BUILDING AT 22 MILLION.
I I'M NOT SOLD ON THAT BY ANY MEANS.
UH, AS YOU HEARD ME MENTION BEFORE, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IF WE PUT THIS AT THE UWWC CAMPUS, MOVE HUMAN SERVICES OVER THERE, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
IT'S MUCH MORE ECONOMICAL TO THE TAXPAYERS.
AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT LINE OF THOUGHT AT THE FOREFRONT.
BUT I WILL BE VOTING YES TONIGHT ON THIS.
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SUPERVISOR CONRAD.UM, JUST ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WE, WE VOTE YES ON THIS AND WE'RE VOTING, UM, YES TO ON MOVING FORWARD TO EXPLORING REDOING THE CLINIC HERE AT THE SITE, YOU SAID? CORRECT? UH, THE CLINIC, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL FOR THE CLINIC WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY EXECUTIVE ON A STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
SO THAT DESIGN IS IN THE WORKS.
AND THEN ANY FURTHER ACTION AFTER THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
SO WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT IS LIKE, DO YOU WANT US TO KEEP MOVING AND KEEP THAT, THAT BALL ROLLING? KEEP LOOKING AT THIS.
'CAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT CLINIC WITH NOW THE, OUR UW SITE.
WOULD THAT BE, UM, A BETTER PLACE TO, TO HAVE OUR CLINIC? HAS THAT, UM, BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL YET OR NOT, OR THE PROS OF KEEPING THE, THE, THE CLINIC HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THE OTHER SITE? YEAH.
AND THE CLINIC, UH, AND MAYBE I SHOULD, I I SHOULD HAVE, UH, PROBABLY DONE A LITTLE BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT THE CLINIC IS.
THE CLINIC IS, UH, UH, FOR OUR HEALTH, FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE CITY WEST BEND EMPLOYEES.
AND SO IT'S A, A CLINIC FOR JUST THE, THE TWO ENTITIES RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC, CORRECT.
EMPLOYEE HEALTH HEALTH CLINIC.
BUT THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS.
UM, BECAUSE REALLY THIS IS, UH, MOVING OUR 2050 PLAN AHEAD.
WE ALREADY HAVE DISCUSSED, UM, IN GREAT TEAL DETAIL A LOT OF THE 2050 PLAN, AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A CONCEPTUAL IDEA, NOT NECESSARILY A FINISHED PRODUCT.
AND EACH OF THESE IDEAS WILL BE COMING TO US AS THEY PROGRESS.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVING THE PUBLICLY, UH, AGENCY CENTER ACROSS THE STREET TO HERE, OR POSSIBLY, UH, SOME COMPONENTS OF THAT GOING OUT TO, UH, UH, THE UW PROPERTY OR PERHAPS A SEPARATE BUILDING, THOSE ARE CONCEPTUAL FOR DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY DOING, BUT WE MAY BE WORKING THAT DIRECTION AT SOME POINT.
I THINK JUST FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO JUST PUT TOGETHER, UH, THIS CON THIS CONCEPT OF, OF GETTING THIS STARTED AND THE BALL ROLLING.
YOU WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO COME AT THIS AND, AND DISSECT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, UH, WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND, AND APPROVAL WITH THAT, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME ACTUAL NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH THEORETICS, BUT ACTUAL NUMBERS.
SO I'LL ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD AND CONTINUING ON.
THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KRIEGER RUM.
I, I GUESS I'M STILL NOT TOTALLY CLEAR WHAT IT IS WE'RE APPROVING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.
ARE WE APPROVING THE $5 MILLION TONIGHT? OH, NO.
SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF ME INDICATING THAT I HAVE JUST, I WANNA SEE SOMETHING THAT I'M APPROVING.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S TO APPROVE ARCHITECTURAL, UH, UH, PLANS MOVING FORWARD, THAT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION RATHER THAN JUST THIS OPEN KIND OF, LET'S JUST APPROVE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA, UH, WHAT I'M APPROVING AND, AND I'LL BE A NO VOTE UNTIL WE HAVE SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE IN FRONT OF US.
I I THINK TO, TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROVING IS THE, THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S IN THE PACKET RIGHT NOW IS THE, ARE YOU, LOOK, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE EVERYBODY COMING IN FROM ONE ENTRANCE? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE CLERK AND REGISTERED DEEDS BEING DOWN IN THE FRONT, UH, BASICALLY WHERE THE TRAFFIC, HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME IS? WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE THEM UP ON THE, ON THE THIRD FLOOR? AND SO ARE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH AS FAR AS, UH, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE BUILDING AS A WHOLE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO ONCE WE GET TO THE NEXT PHASE, SO WE CAN HAND THIS TO AN ARCHITECT AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR, YEAH, THE WALLS MIGHT CHANGE.
IT MIGHT BE MOVING A COUPLE FEET HERE OR THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY TAKING THE RE CONCEPTING IT, NOT REDOING THE CONCEPT.
THE CLERK IS STILL GONNA BE RIGHT IN THE FRONT REGISTRIES, TREASURER RIGHT BEHIND THAT TO REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS APPROVING KIND OF THE CONCEPT DRAWINGS AND SAYING, YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, UH, GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THAT, WHEN WE COMES BACK TO THE BOARD OF APPROVING AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM, UH, THEN WE WOULD, UH, OBVIOUSLY BRING PLANTS BACK TO YOU AGAIN AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BORROWING AND POTENTIAL STUFF LIKE THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT DOING IS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE CONCEPTS THAT YOU SAW HERE TONIGHT OF ONE MAIN ENTRANCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, A STAFF ENTRANCE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THEN THE, THE MOVING PARTS INSIDE THE BUILDING OF,
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UH, THE CLERK REGISTER NEEDS BEING THE FRONT, UH, GIS AND IT BEING THE BACK, UH, THE SECOND FLOOR BEING A CLINIC, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES CAN BE DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITIES AND A LITTLE CONFERENCE ROOM, IF YOU WILL, UP ON, ON THE THIRD FLOOR.SO I'D SAY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT AM I APPROVING TONIGHT, YOU'RE APPROVING THAT THE CONCEPT DRAWINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET AND NOTHING MORE.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, PROBABLY EVEN A MONTH FROM NOW, WE'LL LOOK BACK AT THIS AND THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING, UM, A RESOLUTION WOULD SAY WE'RE APPROVING THE CONCEPT OF MOVING AHEAD WITH WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
UM, AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON IT, UH, FOR APPROVING THE CONCEPT OR IF THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED.
UM, I, I'M NOT AT ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS GLOBAL, UM, APPROVAL WITHOUT A RESOLUTION BECAUSE THERE'S NO RECORD.
THERE'S NO RECORD OF WHAT WE DID.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? WELL, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF IMPROVING SECURITY A LONG TIME AGO, AND FOR ANY OF THIS TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO MOVE THE CLINIC.
UM, BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT, GO ON.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO THAT.
I'M SAYING I WANNA HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE IN FRONT OF ME TO APPROVE.
DOES IT SAY IN OUR MINUTES THAT WE'RE APPROVING A CONCEPT OR THAT, OR, OR WHAT IT, OR DOES THAT ENTAIL, UM, HAVING THE ARCHITECTURAL GROUP MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST THAT PORTION? UM, IF I LOOK BACK AT THIS, MAYBE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, I MAY SAY, WELL, YOU APPROVED THE WHOLE PLAN, AND I BET I'M NOT READY TO DO THAT.
I'M, UNLESS I KNOW WHAT I'M APPROVING RESOLUTION, THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, WOULD IT PLEASE THE BOARD IF WE SET THIS BACK FOR A MONTH TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION SO EVERYTHING'S IN WRITING AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
I, I I WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THAT AND I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE YES TO IT.
SO I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO THAT EFFECT.
UM, LET'S LET JODY TALK FIRST.
I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA BACK UP AND JUST ASK A QUESTION.
UM, DO WE REALLY NEED TO APPROVE ANYTHING? THE STAFF HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PLANS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AT IN NAUSEAM BEFORE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS REALLY EVEN APPROPRIATE FOR A RESOLUTION? THEY'RE JUST AS THE STAFF BEING KIND IN SHARING THIS WITH US AND THEY'RE JUST, HE'S LOOKING FOR US TO NOD AND SAY, YES, WE'RE, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE CONCEPT MOVING FORWARD OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT IN THE PACKET.
SO MY QUESTION IS, DOES IT REALLY NEED OUR APPROVAL OR IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION? THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SUPERVISOR KREBS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THE POINT OF THE STAFF BRINGING IT TO US TONIGHT, SO IF WE DON'T GET TOO FAR ALONG AND THEN WE SAY WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMENTS, SO I I DO APPRECIATE US GETTING THIS ON THIS UPDATE AS THEY GO THROUGH IT.
UM, ONE THING THAT WOULD GIMME PAUSE THOUGH, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECT FEEDBACK ON THE LAYOUT IS WITH THE UW WC CAMPUS, REALLY JUST STARTING TO COME INTO LIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITIES TO IT.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW, I WANNA SAY DELAY MOVING FORWARD ON THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT USES THAT BUILDING MIGHT STILL, WE MIGHT STILL IDENTIFY.
I'M NOT A HEALTHCARE PERSON, BUT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO SHIFT THE CLINIC OVER INTO A SECTION OF THE UW CAMPUS, UH, AND BRING A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT IN,
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IN THEIR PLACE IN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN? SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS MOVING WITH THE, WITH THE PLANS AS FAR AS WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE, CREATE THE PHASING OF IT AND, AND REALLY START TO GET BETTER.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE ARCHITECTS ARE WITH THE BUILDING FOR IF THEY NEED TO DO SURVEYS OR, OR WHATEVER THEIR NEXT STEPS ARE.
BUT I WOULD KINDA LIKE TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND WITH THAT UW CAMPUS STILL, BECAUSE LIKE, WE JUST HEARD 22 MILLION FOR JUST THE PUBLIC.
UH, THERE WAS A, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR WHICHEVER DEPARTMENT IT WAS, IF THERE'S REPURPOSE OF THAT UWWC BUILDING, THOSE ARE BIG SAVINGS.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING TO LOOK AT TWO CAMPUSES MAYBE, OR THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF IT.
SO I, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR DOWN EITHER ROAD UNTIL WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE REALLY HAVE AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT SUPER HELPFUL, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT MY BRAIN GREAT FEEDBACK.
SO DIRECTOR SCHMIDT, IF WE WAIT A MONTH TO GET A HARD RESOLUTION, DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS ON YOUR END? NO.
I MEAN, WHEN I PUT THIS FORWARD, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA JUST BE AN UPDATE AND NOT APPROVAL.
SO I WAS KINDA THROWN A LITTLE BIT THAT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA LIKE THAT.
UM, SO NO, UH, IT, IT WON'T CAUSE ANY DELAYS AT ALL IN THAT CASE.
UH, LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR.
BOSSERT SUPERVISOR PRIDE MORE.
THIS IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND DIRECT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO WRITE UP A RESOLUTION FOR NEXT MONTH.
ANY DISCUSSION? SUPERVISOR CONRAD.
UM, YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, SUPERVISOR KRIEGER GUND, UM, MAKING THE POINT TO THE DETAILS OF WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE QUITE APPROVING AND I WAS CURIOUS TOO, SAY IN THAT RESOLUTION, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY COST, UM, WITH GOING THE NEXT STEP OR, YOU KNOW, UM, ARCHITECTURALLY OR NOT? AND IF THERE IS TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESOLUTION, UH, THERE WON'T BE IF IT'S, IF THE RESOLUTION GOES NEXT MONTH, NO.
THERE'D BE NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHATSOEVER.
DO WE VOICE VOTE THIS OR ELECTRONIC? OKAY.
JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT THE MOTION TO PO TO POSTPONE AND BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION AT A FUTURE DATE WITH THE INTENT THAT THIS BODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT FUTURE DIRECTION IS EXACTLY.
UM, AND THAT, AND, AND I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S NEXT MONTH OR THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AS THE UWM CONVERSATION PROGRESSES, IT IS A MOVING TARGET.
AND SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PUB PUBLIC WORKS CHAIR WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE BRINGS BACK IT AT APPROPRIATE TIME TO MAKE SURE THIS BODY CAN HAVE FUTURE DIALOGUE.
OUR NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT REPORT AND THE FUND BALANCE REPORT.
I BELIEVE MAGGIE COULD SPEAK, BUT MARGIE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE THERE.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING ALONG.
[e. American Rescue Plan Act Report]
OKAY.THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO 2024 RESOLUTION RE RESOLUTION 20, WHICH IS GRANT APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FOR GLACIER HILLS LAKE FARM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MOTION, SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KEL, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR BOSER.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BESIDES WHAT WAS IN THE PACKET?
[a. 2024 Resolution 20: Grant Application – Funding for Glacier Hills Lakefront Development Project]
UM, NO, I DO.SORRY, DO NOT, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WHOEVER HAS TO PACK IT UP, IF THEY CAN GO TO THE, THE RENDERING.
UM, I DID WANNA JUST POINT OUT TWO QUICK THINGS, UM, BECAUSE IT CAME UP IN YOUR EARLIER CONVERSATION.
THIS, THE RENDERINGS AND BUDGET THAT YOU SEE IS A CONCEPT.
SO WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUAL DESIGN BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THIS PROJECT FUNDED YET.
SO IT IS A CONCEPT AND I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY THE PICTURES OF THE DOCK,
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UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM FREEZE LAKE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS ABOUT THE SWIM AREA AND THE KAYAK LAUNCH AND THE ACCESS TO THE WATER.THAT, THAT PICTURE SPECIFICALLY, WE KNOW ALREADY WE ARE LOOKING AT A, A DIFFERENT VERSION OF A FINAL DOCK DESIGN.
UM, SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT, AGAIN, IT'S A CONCEPT THAT THE PROJECT, UM, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE WANT TO SECURE TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING BEFORE WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH FURTHER DESIGN INVESTMENTS IN THE PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S AT ABOUT A 40%, 30% CONCEPT TO GET TO THAT BUDGET NUMBER AND ALLOW US TO PURSUE GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, THE SECOND POINT I JUST WANNA MAKE, UM, BECAUSE OUR GUESTS ARE HERE.
UM, SO THIS IS A PARK PROJECT NEAR HOLY HILL IN THE SCENIC PET MAR MARINE AND, UM, WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE DON'T USE PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX DOLLARS FOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARKS.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE TOMORROW.
UM, SO THIS IS A, A LARGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ABOUT BETWEEN AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS, UH, PRIVATE DONATIONS TO MATCH AND PURSUE OTHER, UM, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS MADE AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS SOURCES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S GRANT MONEY FOR LAKE ACCESS AND FISHING THAT COMES FROM RECREATIONAL FISHING FEES AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO THERE'S A, A VARIETY OF POTS OF MONEY THAT THE STAFF IS KIND OF WORKING ON A PUZZLE OF HOW WE CAN GET TO A TOTAL PROJECT COST ON THIS PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE SECURED WHAT WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO MATCH THOSE GRANTS.
SO THAT IS WHY THIS IS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT TO APPROVE PURSUIT OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.
UM, KIND OF AT A BROAD LEVEL OF, YES, WE WANNA DO THIS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE TECHNICALLY WOULD BE A FINAL APPROVAL, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, FOR A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, AND I THINK I, I'VE MENTIONED IT TO THIS BODY BEFORE, UH, BACK IN 1,971, UH, A YOUNG DENNIS AND HIS AUNTS AND UNCLES AND COUSINS.
UM, WE USED TO RENT OUT THIS PROPERTY BACK WHEN IT WAS PRIVATELY HELD BY SAINT AMELIA'S, UH, AS, AS OUR, UH, VACATION SPOT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR PARK IS A, IS A HUGE PLACE IN MY HEART AND IN THE HEART OF ALL MY COUSINS AND, UH, ALL MY ANCESTORS YOU MIGHT SAY, BECAUSE THEY PASSED ON SINCE.
UM, SO TO THINK THAT THESE MANY YEARS LATER THAT I COULD EVEN HAVE A HAND IN, IN MAKING THIS, UH, AREA BETTER OR BRING IT BACK TO LIFE THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN WE HAD FISHING AND SWIMMING THERE, UH, IS REALLY JUST, UH, A THRILLING OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, UH, FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN AROUND ON THE BOARD, WE HAD TRIED TO DO THIS PREVIOUSLY THROUGH PURCHASING WALLY AND BEE'S PROPERTY.
WE TRIED A COUPLE TIMES, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE INTEREST IN THIS PARK IN HAVING BETTER LAKE ACCESS, UH, SWIMMING, FISHING, UH, YOU KNOW, KAYAKING.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE LAKE AND JUST UNFORTUNATELY NOT VERY USABLE AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED FOR THIS PARK.
WE'VE JUST NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT BEFORE.
AND WE SEE ALSO A MAJOR COMMITMENT BEING, UH, FORMED BY THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.
SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO THE GOAL HERE, UM, THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDING AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT ALREADY.
SO, UH, HATS OFF TO THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY GIVEN AND AND SEEN THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PARK.
AND SO I'M, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY WORTHY AND IT WILL BE QUITE A FEATHER IN THE HAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF JEWEL PARKS AND I THINK THIS ONE COULD BE THE MASTER JEWEL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WANNA THANK SUPERVISOR KEL FOR HIS COMMENTS AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF 'EM.
YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO WE PUT TO BED THE ISSUE OF HIGHWAY ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS IN HARTFORD, WHICH MY FIRST TERM ON THE BOARD WAS A HOT ISSUE.
NOW ANOTHER HOT ISSUE FOR MY FIRST TERM ON THE BOARD EXPANDING THIS PARK IS COMING BACK UP AGAIN.
WHEN WE MADE THE CHANGE TO HAVING PARK FEES, OUR COMMITMENT TO
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THE VOTERS WAS THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA LET OUR PARKS DIE ON THE VINE.WE WERE GOING TO SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER MORE AMENITIES TO EXPAND OUR PARKS.
THIS ONE LAKE ISSUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, OR LAKE ACCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE ON THIS, UH, ON THIS LAKE AND THIS PARK.
THIS IS A CHANCE TO FINALLY GET THIS DONE.
I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT THIS.
LET'S MAKE THIS PARK THE BEST PARK THAT IT CAN BE.
I TOO AM STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UH, I WAS ON A FIELD TRIP WITH THE LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE WHERE THE CONCEPT WAS LAID OUT.
ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN ON TWO FIELD TRIPS OUT THERE SIMILAR.
UM, MS. LUDOVIC, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING ALSO AT A GRANT POSSIBLY FROM THE PIPELINE COMPANY THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH HOMESTEAD HOLLOW PARK THAT'S IN THE PROGRAM IN THE PACKAGE.
UH, SO A PRIOR RESOLUTION FROM THIS GOVERNING BODY ACCEPTED A DONATION FROM TC ENERGY FOR THIS PROJECT, OR THIS ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY NAMED AS AN EXAMPLE.
THAT MONEY IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE A POTENTIAL U ONE OF THE USES TO MATCH.
SO THAT IS KIND OF COUNTY MATCH MONEY ALONG WITH POTENTIAL PLEDGES FROM THE ENDOWMENT THAT WOULD BE USED TO SECURE THE OTHER GRANTS.
THE, THE GRANTS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT, UM, FOR STORM WATER RUNOFF, SPECIFICALLY KIND OF WATER QUALITY GRANTS BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT IS FOR WATER QUALITY ON FREEZE LAKE.
UM, THERE'S A STORM WATER BASIN.
A LOT OF IT IS ACTUALLY STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S WHY THE PRICE TAG IS SO HIGH.
UM, THE HILL IS, IS IN BAD CONDITION AND THE, UM, UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, NEEDS REPAIR.
SO THAT PIECE OF IT WAS ALREADY ACCEPTED AND PLEDGED TO THIS PROJECT.
NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF TRYING TO PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER OF THAT AND THE ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE TO PURSUE THOSE GRANTS IN TOTALITY FOR WHAT YOU SEE.
UM, I GUESS I CAN ALSO COMMENT THAT YOU SEE THE RANGE BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE BOARDWALK.
THE ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE DID DISCUSS THAT, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UM, THE WOOD IS ACTUALLY PREFERRED AS IT RELATES TO THE MAINTENANCE AND THE WARPING THAT OCCURS AND THE ABILITY OF CREWS TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE LOWER COST OPTIONS THAT YOU SEE, UM, IN THE, IN THE ESTIMATE ON PAGE 31.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE.
WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ELECTRONICALLY.
IT DOES REQUIRE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY UNANIMOUS.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 21 TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF EXCESS RIGHT OF WAY TO AN ADJOINING LANDOWNER ALONG HIGHWAY GA MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? SUPERVISOR TOMA.
[b. 2024 Resolution 21: Authorize Sale of Excess Right-of-Way to Adjoining Land Owner]
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO COMMENT? I HAVE NOT.ANY QUESTIONS OF DIRECTOR SCHMIDT? THERE BEING NONE.
THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE DIDN'T VOTE.
SUPERVISOR KRES, WE DIDN'T GET YOU YET.
SECOND TIME IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 22, WHICH IS A GENERAL FUNDS TRANSFER FOR U-W-M-W-C.
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
THIS IS COST TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND THE WATER TURNED ON FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
[c. 2024 Resolution 22: General Fund Transfer – UWM-WC Maintenance of Building and Grounds]
OH, MOTION A SECOND.LIK AGAIN, THIS ALSO REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
OH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? WELL, I DID HAVE A COMMENT.
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NOT PAYING THEIR PORTION TO HELP OUT? BECAUSE IN THE 2014 OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, WE AGREED THAT WE'D TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING.SO, AND WE PUT THIS OFF A COUPLE TIMES TO HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD START TO WORK WITH US.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THE MOTION AND HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH 'EM.
OKAY? THEY DON'T OWE US ANYTHING EITHER WAY.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
OUR LAST ITEM IS ORDINANCE ONE TO AMEND SECTION 15 ONE RELATING TO SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS.
UM, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
[d. 2024 Ordinance 1: to amend Section 15-1 relating to: Supervisory Districts]
A LOT OF EXPLANATION.IT'S BECAUSE OF THE REDOING OF DISTRICTS AND THE REQUIRED SHUFFLING IN CITY DISTRICTS TO MAKE IT WORK.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND THANK OUR GIS DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK, UM, WITH THIS REDISTRICTING.
THEY WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED AND NEEDED TO CREATE NEW WARDS, UM, AND HELPED THEM ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL BY THE FILING DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE, THE, UH, FALL ELECTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? THERE BEING NO COMMENT.
THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
SUPERVISOR GALL, YOUR VOTE HASN'T REGISTERED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, BEFORE I CLOSE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS MIKE FOE'S LAST FULL BOARD MEETING.
HE'S ACCEPTED A POSITION OUTSIDE OUR COUNTY, SO WISH HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.