Jun 18, 2025 Executive Committee Meeting

SO ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE DO THEIR GENERAL ZONING FOR, WE ADD THAT AS A LAYER ON THE COUNTY'S INTERACTIVE MAP.

SO, UM, ANYBODY IN THE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS IS DONE, SOMEBODY IN THE, IN THE TOWN OF BARTON OR THE TOWN OF AARON, UM, THEY'LL TO GO TO OUR MAP AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE SHORELINE'S ZONING MAP THAT THE COUNTY ENFORCES AND THE LOCAL ZONING MAP, THE LOCALS ZONING DATA THAT THE TOWN WOULD ENFORCE ALL ON THE SAME PICTURE.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE, THE APPROVALS AND WHAT THEY WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO, UM, MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR PARCELS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE.

WE'LL VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE NEXT RESOLUTION FOR GIS TO THE TOWN OF BARTON MOTION.

AND A SECOND PETE SUPERVISOR

[b. 2025 Resolution – Resolution Authorizing the Washington County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department to Provide GIS Services to the Town of Barton as Part of the Washington County Shared Revenue Grant Program]

TITE SUPERVISOR KEL.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION THEN? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THEY JUST GONNA COME BACK NEXT MONTH PROBABLY, OR? NO, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DECIDED JUST TO WITHDRAW IT PERMANENTLY.

UM, THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING REQUEST HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR NOW.

UM, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?

[c. Next Generation Housing Fund Request by Habitat for Humanity]

UM, FOR THESE TWO HOMES, IT WAS, IT WAS TWO HOMES, UH, A DUPLEX SIDE BY SIDE, UH, FOR $40,000.

UM, AND THEY JUST DECIDED, UM, NOT TO DO THE NEXT GEN HOUSING FOR THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT BEING THE CASE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D, THE BROWNFIELDS

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COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND REQUEST BY THE CITY OF HARTFORD

[d. Brownfields County Assessment Fund Request by City of Hartford for Centennial Park]

FOR CENTENNIAL PARK MOTION.

AND A SECOND PLEASE.

MOTION SUPERVISOR KELLY.

SUPERVISOR SHARUN.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, ADAM.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A FUNDING REQUEST FOR, UH, THE CITY OF HARTFORD, THEIR CENTENNIAL PARK SITE.

UH, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING $12,030 FROM THE BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT FUND.

UH, AND THIS IS THE COMPLETE, UM, SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK AND, UH, UPDATE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS WITH THE RESULTS.

UH, SO BASICALLY THE WISCONSIN DNR CAME BACK AND SAID, AS A CONDITION FOR APPROVING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS, WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE ANOTHER ROUND OF GROUNDWATER SAMPLES.

UH, THEY TEND TO LIKE TO, UM, IN ORDER TO CONFIRM, UH, ANY RESULTS.

UH, AND BASICALLY THIS IS GOING TO WRAP UP THE ASSESSMENT WORK FOR THAT SITE.

SO, UH, IN THE END, UM, THE CITY OF HARTFORD WILL HAVE TO, UH, PAY BACK 2000, UH, $406, UH, TO, FOR THEIR 20% MATCH TO THIS FUND.

SO, UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TOWARDS CASE CLOSURE.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE'VE ADDED A, A PART A PORTION, UM, TO THIS REPORT.

SO FAR, THIS SITE HAS, UM, UTILIZED $47,000, UH, OF THE BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT FUND.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN HELP ANSWER 'EM.

SUPERVISOR CHADRON, ONE LITTLE ONE.

ASSUMING THEY FIND SOMETHING BAD THOUGH, IT WOULD THEN CONTINUE, RIGHT? IT WOULD, IF, IF, IF THE GROUNDWATER SAMPLES CAME BACK SURE.

AND THERE WAS LIKE MORE, OR, OR YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN THE DNR WOULD PROBABLY WANT ADDITIONAL, UH, SAMPLING OR MAYBE ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION WORK.

UH, BUT THEN WE WOULD JUST, IT, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT STANTEC BASICALLY IS NOT ANTICIPATING THAT, UM, IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT, UM, AT THAT TIME, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST.

HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YEAH, HOPEFULLY.

MY, MY RECOLLECTION FROM THE SITE REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS THAT THAT SITE HAD A CONSIDERABLE PLUME THAT WAS FROM A, A FACTORY THAT HAD BEEN ADJACENT SOME YEARS PRIOR, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE TO REMEDIATE THAT.

A LOT OF THE CAP AND THE REMEDIATION WORK HAS ALREADY GONE INTO PLACE.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF TO TIE A BOW ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT BASICALLY.

SO, YEP.

SUPERVISOR KELLY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

IS THIS PART OF THE, UH, MOTOR CAR COMPANY? IS THAT WHERE THAT IS? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE, UM, SO WITH THE, FOR CENTENNIAL PARK, THE MAIN CONTAMINATION THAT I KNOW IT WAS, UM, IT WAS FILL, IT WAS INDUSTRIAL FILL.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE SOURCE WAS FROM, BUT, UH, IT WAS FROM A NEARBY, UH, INDUSTRIAL SITE.

IT WAS, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, IT WAS FURTHER WEST.

KISSEL WAS FURTHER DOWN BELOW THE MILL POND, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THE SAME, BUT I'M NOT STANTEC .

SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THAT MONEY ALONG, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE BROWNFIELD'S ASSESSMENT REQUEST BY ST.

GABRIEL'S FOR A PHASE TWO ASSESSMENT.

SUPERVISOR SCHWAB SUPERVISOR SCH.

SO MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.

[e. Brownfields County Assessment Fund Request by St. Gabriel’s for Phase II Assessment]

DONE, UH, AND THEN RESULTS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE END, UM, IT WILL BE 6,480, UH, WILL BE THE 20% MATCH THAT ST.

UH, SO THIS IS A, UH, ONE OF OUR CURRENT BROWNFIELD SITES, UH, THE OLD ST.

GABRIEL, UM, CHURCH AND SCHOOL.

UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING $32,400 FOR A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

UM, AND PREVIOUSLY WE HAD FUNDED A PHASE ONE, UH, THERE WAS POTENTIAL, UM, THERE WAS RECOGNIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, UH, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE SITE.

UH, SO THIS PHASE TWO WOULD GO ABOUT LOCATING THOSE STORAGE TANKS, IDENTIFYING IF THERE WAS ANY LEAKS OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION FROM THESE STORAGE TANKS, UH, AND THEN ANY OTHER POTENTIAL, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL WRECKS.

UM, THEN, I MEAN SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT'S A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, SOIL AND WATER SAMPLES.

UM, AND WE PUT IN A SECOND ROUND OF GROUNDWATER SAMPLES BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WITH THE DNR AS, AS THE CASE WITH THE CENTENNIAL PARK, UH, THAT THEY LIKE A SECOND ROUND OF GROUND, GROUND GROUNDWATER SAMPLES.

UH, SO WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND RE-ASK AND, AND DO MORE PAPERWORK.

UM, SO WE HAVE THAT AS A CONTINGENT.

IF THE DNR HAD THAT ALREADY, UH, ATTACHED TO THIS FUNDING REQUEST, UM, GROUND WATER MONITORING WELLS, THERE'S ALSO DRUM DISPOSAL AND WELL ABANDONMENT.

SO ONCE ALL THIS WORK IS

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GABRIEL WILL PROVIDE.

UH, AND IN TOTAL, THIS, UH, PROJECT SITE HAS UTILIZED ABOUT 44,000, UH, OR JUST ABOVE 44,000 OF THE, UH, BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT FUND.

SO THERE, BUT AT, AT PRESENT IT'S TRULY A BLIGHTED SITE.

IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL IT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, INTERESTED PARTIES.

BUT THEN, YEAH, NO REAL TAKERS SO FAR.

SO DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FIRST? I DID.

THAT'S NOT NECESS NECESSARILY.

UM, ARE THE DNR REQUIREMENTS, HAVE THEY BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE YEARS OR HAVE THEY BECOME MORE STRINGENT IN RECENT YEARS? UM, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK TO LIKE OTHER SITES, UM, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN, IN SOME CASES, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES OR THEY'VE BEEN, LIKE, EMERGING CONTAMINANTS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

PF OS IS AN EMERGING CONTAMINANT, UH, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO REGULATE MORE.

UH, REGAL PLACE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTS AS YOU SAW, UH, BECAUSE OF PFAS.

SO, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE MORE STRINGENT ON LIKE, UM, LIKE THE PHASE TWO RESULTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE MORE STRINGENT, IT'S JUST THESE GROUND WA THESE EXTRA ROUND OF GROUNDWATER SAMPLING IS MAYBE WHERE THEY'RE USUALLY OR TYPICALLY REQUIRING A SECOND SAMPLE OR A SECOND, UM, ROUND.

SO, YEAH.

AND, AND WHEN THEY REQUIRE A SECOND ROUND, IS THERE A TIME PERIOD IN BETWEEN OR AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAIN? OR HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW IS IT DETERMINED WHEN THE NEXT ROUND WILL HAPPEN? RIGHT.

THERE IS, UH, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE ISN'T AN, LIKE A TIME PERIOD.

IT'S, AND, AND USUALLY BY THE TIME THEY REVIEWED IT, THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH TIME TO PASS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A FLUX IN GROUNDWATER THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT TO CHANGE.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO THE SECOND ROUND WOULD OCCUR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND.

UM, AND, AND USUALLY, AND EVEN SOME CASES IT'S SIX OR, YOU KNOW, A YEAR, UH, PASS.

SO, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SPEC OR THEY, UH, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR LIKE A TIMEFRAME.

UM, BUT I COULD, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU WANT A SPECIFIC ANSWER, I COULD GET THAT TOO FROM THE DNR.

I WAS JUST, UH, YEP.

JUST CURIOUS ON IF THERE WAS A, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, REASON OR METHODOLOGY? YEAH, I, I THINK, UH, THE METHODOLOGY IS USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD EXPECT LEAKING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GROUND OR THE SOIL, AND THEN THEY WANT TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR OR AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THERE MIGHT BE A BIGGER, UM, RELEASE INTO THE GROUNDWATER.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND ROUND.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, THIS IS, THIS SITE WAS A CHURCH, A CHURCH AND A SCHOOL.

SO, UM, AND I THINK A CONVENT AND A RESIDENCE FOR THE, THE PRIEST.

AND THERE'S ONE OTHER BUILDING ON THE SITE.

I DO NOT RECALL WHAT IT WAS FOR, BUT FIVE IN TOTAL.

WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THESE? THERE'S STORAGE TANKS.

I MEAN, WHAT WAS FUEL OIL? SO, UM, JUST HEATING OIL, SO FUEL TANKS THAT, YEP.

BUILDING.

AND WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE LIKE ASBESTOS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, WE DID DO A HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIAL SURVEY AND, UM, THERE WAS ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL.

I, I DON'T RECALL THE SPECIFICS OF THE RESULTS, BUT, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT I COULD FORWARD THAT INFORMATION.

JUST AGAIN, LIKE SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, CURIOUS AS TO HOW ALL THIS KIND OF STARTS TO GET A FEEL OF MM-HMM .

WHEN WE DO THESE BROWNFIELD SITES, A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE OR WHAT THE NATURE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS.

AND WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

I OFTEN, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, BROWNFIELD SITES ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WALKING UP TO A CLOSED DOOR.

YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT.

YOU OPEN UP THE DOOR, YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, AND HERE ARE YOUR RESULTS OF WHAT THE CONTAMINATION IS ON THE SITE.

I MEAN, THE PHASE ONE WILL GIVE A KIND OF A GENERAL IDEA, UH, BUT THEN THE PHASE TWO WILL DO THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING TO CONFIRM THE PHASE ONE.

AND, AND USUALLY IT'S, IT'S PRETTY VERBATIM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME SURPRISES, UM, GOOD AND BAD.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU, THERE ISN'T ANY CONTAMINATION AT ALL.

OTHER TIMES THERE'S MORE.

SO YEAH.

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF REMEDIATION ON THIS SITE? UM, I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE PHASE TWO RESULTS WOULD COME IN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IF THE CONTAMINATION IS LOW ENOUGH, THEY MAY JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T ANY ACTION REQUIRED FOR THE THIS SITE.

YOU COULD JUST LEAVE IT IN PLACE.

OR MAYBE IT'S JUST

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SPECIFIC.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUM NUM, NUMEROUS WAYS THAT IT COULD BE REMEDIATED.

UM, YOU KNOW, BUT MOSTLY, I MEAN, IT COULD JUST BE CAPPED OR IT COULD BE REMOVED FROM, OR THE CONTAMINATED SOIL COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE AND THEN CAPPED.

UH, BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE REALLY SAW IN THE, OR SEEN THE RESULTS AND THOUGHT ABOUT, OR STANTEC HAS THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, WHAT REMEDIATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

SO.

AND, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO THESE COMMITTEES AND YOU DO THESE THINGS.

UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OR KIND OF A GIST OF IT.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT JUST TO GET A ROUGH IDEA OF, OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

GET A BASIC EDUCATION AND YEAH.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THAT SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

UM, NEXT WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE, UH, HORSE ARENA ISSUE.

UM, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS GONNA TAKE IT SOONER, BUT I KNEW THESE FIRST THINGS WOULD GO FAST.

SO, UM, SCOTT, ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS?

[g. Use of Strategic Priorities – Improvements to the Equestrian Complex at Fair Park]

IT BECAUSE THEY ARE, WHEN YOU MIX THE SAND WITH THE BARN LINE DOWN BELOW, RIGHT, EVENTUALLY IT'LL HARDEN UP A LITTLE BIT, AND SO THEY'RE HAVING EXTRA SAND ON SITE, THEY CAN THEN BRING THAT BACK IN FOR SOME TOP, TOP DRESSING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

MOTION AND A SECOND, FIRST SUPERVISOR, SCHWAB SUPERVISOR KELLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, IN YOUR PACKET WAS A, A DETAILED PRETTY REPORT ON THE, THE HISTORY OF THE, THE HORSE ARENA AREA FAIR PARK.

UH, THE, A ATTACHED EXHIBIT TO IT ALSO SHOWED THE, UH, NEAR THE ORIGINS OF FAIR PARK BACK IN 2000.

AND THEN THE CURRENT SITUATION IN 2024.

I APOLOGIZE.

I I DID, I DID MEAN TO INCLUDE A STAKEHOLDER LETTER FROM ONE OF THE, THE, UH, HORSE ENTHUSIASTS WHO ACTUALLY USES THE, THE, THE ARENAS, BUT I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE PACKET.

UH, WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU, UH, FOLLOWING THE MEETING, BUT I CAN ENTRUST YOU THAT, UH, SHE IS IN FAVOR OF WHAT IS PROPOSED IN, IN THE PROPOSAL HERE THAT YOU SAW TODAY.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.

UH, WE DID SOME MODIFICATIONS LAST YEAR, UH, DUE TO POOLING AND PONDING IN THE, IN THE WESTERN ARENA, ADDING SOME MORE SAND, DOING SOME ADDITIONAL TILING.

UH, IT TURNED OUT WHEN WE, UH, DISTURBED THE AREA ABOVE THE EXISTING TILING, IT, IT DID FREE UP ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO ABOUT EIGHT INCHES OF SAND.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU'VE SEEN THE DRAFT HORSE CARTS, UH, THEY DON'T LIKE TO PULL IN SEVEN TO EIGHT INCHES OF, OF SAND, UNDERSTANDABLY, EVEN THE PLEASURE HORSES THAT ARE GOING AROUND THE RING TROTTING OR RUNNING DON'T APPRECIATE GOING FROM A, A SPOT OF EIGHT INCHES OF SAND ON THE SIDES TO FOUR INCHES ON THE ENDS OF THE ARENA AND BACK AND FORTH AND KIND OF MIXING.

SO, UM, THERE WAS A, WE FINISHED THAT PROJECT JUST BEFORE FAIR.

IT DIDN'T RAIN BEFORE FAIR TOO MUCH, AND SO IT DIDN'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND, AND SETTLE DOWN, KNOWING THAT IT HAD ABOUT 12 YEARS OF TIME TO SETTLE DOWN FROM THE LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.

UH, SO BY FLUFFING THAT UP AND GETTING RID OF THE WATER, CREATED AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM THAT'S OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS OUT THERE, AND I WANNA, I WANNA THANK FAIR PARK STAFF AS, AS WELL AS THE HORSE ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE OUT THERE FROM THE, FROM FOUR H AS WELL AS THOSE THAT OWN, UH, DRAFT HORSE BARNS, AND TAKING THE TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, TAKE SOME TEST HOLES, UH, TALK TO EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AND ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S NEEDED.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE HORSE ARENAS OUT THERE FOR ALMOST ITS INCEPTION OF FAIR PARK.

UM, AND, AND TO GET TO THIS PLACE, I, I CAN SAY AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PERSONALLY NOW FOR, SINCE 2001, I THINK WE'RE IN A FANTASTIC SPOT AS FAR AS ALL THE, THE PLAYERS ARE INVOLVED IN.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL COME TO THE TABLE, OFFER UP SOLUTIONS, UH, AND, AND GET SOME BUY-IN TOO.

IF YOU SAW FROM THE, THE PRICE INTO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST, UH, COMING TO THE COUNTY LOOKING FOR, UH, TO DO ALL THE WORK, BUT ACTUALLY THEY WENT OUT AND GOT THE QUOTE.

UH, THEY'VE COME UP WITH, UH, A PORTION OF THE FUNDING, ABOUT A QUARTER OF IT, PLUS OR MINUS, UH, GOING OUT THERE TO GET DONATIONS FOR THE MATERIAL.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY BUY-IN FROM, FROM THE, THE PEOPLE ON, ON THE HORSE CLUB, UH, AND HORSE ENTHUSIAST SIDE.

SO, UH, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE.

AND I THINK WHAT THIS DOES IS IT, IT FINALIZES ALL THREE ARENAS.

THE, THE WARMUP RING, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO BARNS, RARELY GETS USED, UH, BECAUSE OF IT'S THE CONDITION THAT THAT'S IN THERE AND SO BAD.

AND EVEN, UH, THE EASTERN RING, THE LOWER RING, UH, IN ITS CONDITION THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE OCCASIONAL HORSE GO DOWN THERE JUST TO WARM UP.

BUT, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, SINCE WE HAD BOUGHT THE SAND LAST YEAR, UH, TO THROW SOME SAND INTO THE EASTERN ARENA, UH, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

UH, NOT USING THE WARM UP RING AS A WASTE DISPOSAL SITE AND ACTUALLY GETTING IT TO WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, PUT OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO I THINK WITH UTILIZING THE FUNDS, AND AGAIN, UH, THE, AGAIN, WE SPENT ABOUT 16,000 OUT LAST YEAR.

WE'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT 15,000 THIS YEAR.

UH, YOU CAN SEE BEFORE THAT WE LAST SPENT FUNDS BACK IN 2012.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIONS IN 2000 AND, AND THREE, UH, THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

AND THAT, THAT SAND WE DID BUY, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, WE ABLE TO STOCKPILE

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THEY FIGURED.

SO, UH, HAVING EXTRA SAND ON SITE, UH, SO THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT, UH, WILL NOT GO TO WASTE OVERALL.

UH, SO I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, IS A GREAT PLAN, A WORKABLE PLAN, UH, THAT, UH, A LOT OF STAFF AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE, THE PLAYERS THAT I MENTIONED, INCLUDING FAIR PARK STAFF, UH, PUT A LOT OF TIME IN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS COMPLETED BEFORE THIS FAIR AND, AND REALLY MAKE IT A, A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR EVERYBODY THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HORSES GETTING HURT OR PEOPLE PULLING OUT AND ALL THAT STUFF LATER ON.

SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.

SUPERVISOR.

KELLY, NOT REALLY MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT MS. AMAN, UM, MS. LU CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND WE TALKED ABOUT A BIT AND, UM, OUTSTANDING WORK HERE, SCOTT.

YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE DRAFT FORCES AND YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE A PROBLEM WHERE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SHOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MASSIVE HIT TO OUR FAIR AND, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY ABOUT, WHICH IS THE AGRICULTURE PARADE AND THE POLLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S I THINK, REALLY CENTRAL TO THE SHOW THAT WE PUT ON.

THAT IS FAIR.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE COLLABORATION FROM THIS DOCUMENT BETWEEN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COUNTY JUMPING IN, YOU KNOW, AND SAYING, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN PITCH IN.

WE, WE'VE GOT THE TRUCKS, WE'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT.

I THINK IT'S JUST OUTSTANDING WORK AND, AND VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD TO DO IT TOO.

I MEAN, WITH THE FAIR IS IS LIKE ONE, SO, SO I, I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO YOU, TO YOUR STAFF, UH, TO THE FAIR PEOPLE AND, AND, AND THE HORSE SHOW PEOPLE, UM, FOR ALL GETTING TOGETHER, THIS TYPE OF COLLABORATION SHOULD BE POINTED OUT.

UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WERE THEY SOME OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT MET LAST YEAR AS THIS YEAR TOO? SO THERE'S THAT YES.

CONTINUITY OF 100%.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, I TALKED TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE STAKEHOLDER LETTER THIS JODY DURING FAIR, LAST YEAR.

WHILE SHE WAS OUT IN THE RING WITH THE HORSES.

SO YES, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE LONGER THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT THAN TRY TO WORK THINGS, BUT REALLY THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING IN A REALLY POSITIVE DIRECTION.

GREAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, THANK YOU.

I'M ALSO GONNA SAY THANK YOU.

YOU WEAR A LOT OF HATS AROUND HERE, AND NOW YOU'RE A HORSE ARENA EXPERT TOO, OF THEM .

UM, BUT KUDOS TO YOU AND I, THERE'S A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION WITH THE PEOPLE AT FAIR PARK THAT THERE WASN'T BEFORE.

AND IT'S GOOD SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.

CHAIRMAN SLIDE.

UM, YEAH, JUST, JUST NOTICING THAT SO OFTEN WE SEE PEOPLE COMING TO GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS AND SAY, WELL, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME.

AND IT'S REALLY REFRESHING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT FROM THIS THE MOST, WE'RE ACTUALLY WILLING TO, TO INVEST AS WELL.

SO, UM, AS YOU SEE THEM, LET 'EM KNOW THAT IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND THANKS TO YOU AND FAIR PARK SUPERVISOR AS WELL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THERE.

NO, I, I'M GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, AARON HAS ASSURED US WE CAN FIND MONEY IN THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

WE WOULD JUST NEED, UM, A, A VOTE FOR, OF APPROVAL FOR, FOR THAT.

SO WE, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY BALANCE IS 278,000.

SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT IT THERE.

COULD YOU SAY WHAT THAT BEING SAID? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I BELIEVE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS TWICE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I THINK.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THANK YOUR WORK.

UM, OUR LAST, LAST ITEM IS, UH, THE MATTER OF THE VACANCY ON THE COUNTY BOARD.

UM, SO I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.

UH,

[f. County Board Vacancy - Advise as to the scope and nature of recruitment efforts]

AND EACH TIME THE CLERK'S OFFICE PUT OUT A NOTICE, UM, ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD, AND THEN WE INTERVIEW 'EM AT THE COUNTY BOARD LEVEL AND PICK ONE.

UM, ANY SUGGESTIONS TO REVISE THAT SUPERVISOR? SCHULTY, THANK YOU.

NO, NO, NO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT TO REVISE IT.

I'D BE CURIOUS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE

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THINK OR FEEL ON THE COMMITTEE HAVING BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THAT PROCESS.

, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, JUST EXACTLY AT THIS TIME, UM, ROCK RESIGNED IN JUNE AND IN AUGUST I CAME WITH A, IT WASN'T AN INTERVIEW PER SE, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION.

BASICALLY IT WAS THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.

UM, AND THEN THE WHOLE BOARD VOTED.

I DON'T RECALL IF IT WAS PAPER BALLOT OR ELECTRONICALLY, BUT OKAY.

I THINK IT'LL BE A CLOSED BALLOT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED, UH, PRESENTED THEMSELVES WITH THEIR RESUME OR THEIR CVS, AND SO I, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY THOROUGH.

THE WHOLE BOARD GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE INDIVIDUALS, THE CANDIDATES, AND, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A GOOD PROCESS.

UM, I DID TALK TO THE CLERK ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

UM, SHE'S WILLING TO DO WHAT SHE DID BEFORE WE COULD DO A SPECIAL ELECTION, BUT THERE ARE NO OTHER ELECTIONS THIS YEAR UNTIL NEXT APRIL.

SO WE'D BE BEARING EXTRA COST FOR THAT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO.

SO, YEAH, I DON'T THINK ITS, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY NECESSARILY, I ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE IS DEFINITE INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THERE ARE CANDIDATES GOOD, UH, DECENT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE POSITION AND SUBMIT AND TEAM THE PROCESS WORK FANTASTICALLY WITH YOU.

CERTAINLY.

UM, AND, UH, IS LIKE, THINK THE THIRD TIME I'VE SEEN IT.

WELL, WE'VE SEEN IT.

IN OUR, SO I THINK IF IT ISN'T BROKE, LET'S NOT FIX IT.

AND, UH, UM, I THINK WE, WE BRING FORTH THE APPLICATIONS AND YOU AND SEND PEOPLE FORTH TO THE COUNTY BOARD AND HAVE MS. RIKER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NOPE.

WE'LL, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON REVISING WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AS FAR AS THE PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT SENT TO THE MEDIA TOMORROW AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND, UH, SHARE THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

MR. STERNER, WOULD IT BE THE INTENT OF THIS, UH, COMMITTEE THEN TO HAVE THOSE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AT A DATE CERTAIN, SO THAT THIS COMMITTEE COULD CONVENE PRIOR TO THE JULY 9TH COUNTY BOARD TO VET THOSE CANDIDATES AND THEN ASSUMING THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE COUNTY BOARD WOULD TAKE ITS VOTE AT THE MEETING THEREAFTER? YES, SIR.

VERY GOOD.

SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? I THINK A CONSENSUS IS FINE.

SURE.

ARE WE ALL AGREED? MM-HMM .

THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

VERY WELL.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING.

OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JULY 16TH, 2025.

[Next Meeting Date]

UM,

[a. July 16, 2025]

AND I WILL NOT BE HERE.

THIS MEETING WILL BE RUN BY MR. SCHWAB.

I'M TAKING VACATION.

[Adjournment]