Oct 15, 2025 Executive Committee Meeting

COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT MARTY.

IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? AND FINALLY, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET IN THAT CASE, WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING.

UM, THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING.

WERE IN THE PACKET.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE CORRECTIONS

[a. Proposed 2026-2027 Washington County Budget]

OR COMMENTS? I'M GOOD.

THERE'RE BEING NONE.

WE'LL LEAVE THEM AS RECORDED.

UM, SO NEXT UP IS ITEM FOUR, A, UH, RESOLUTION BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR 20 26 20 27.

MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SHARIN.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

THANKS EVERYBODY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UM, WANTED TO, UH, START OFF WITH A COUPLE OF, UH, HOUSEKEEPING KIND OF ITEMS. FIRST, A COUPLE THANK YOUS.

UM, SO FIRST THANK YOU TO MY TEAM.

UM, MARTY HALVERSON IS HERE.

UM, MARTY'S A WIZ WITH THE NUMBERS WITH THE SYSTEMS. COULDN'T,

[a. Minutes of September 17, 2025]

UM,

[a. 2025 Resolution: 2026-2027 Budget Appropriation]

ELIJAH DUR, ALSO A KEY MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

HE'S GREAT AT COMMUNICATING, UM, BUDGET POLICY

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DECISIONS.

AND THEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, MARGIE, KATHY, AND DAVE.

THEY PROVIDE GREAT SUPPORT, UM, TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

THE CABINET, UM, WE HAD A BIG CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

UM, IT WAS A MORE, MORE COLLABORATIVE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK, THAN I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH.

SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

AND, AND BY EXTENSION, THANKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND THEIR TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION.

UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY TEAM EFFORT, THIS BUDGET.

SO, UM, THANKS TO EVERYONE THERE, THANKS TO THE BOARD, UM, PARTICULARLY THE, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

UM, YOU'VE ALL ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES SINCE AUGUST, UM, AND PROVIDED SOME CRITICAL INPUT, UH, THAT WE NEEDED TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET.

UM, I THINK WE'VE ASKED MORE THAN MORE OF YOU THAN EVER BEFORE.

UM, AND YOU'VE BEEN MORE ENGAGED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAN EVER BEFORE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THANKS TO THE COUNTY EXEC'S OFFICE.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HIMSELF, UH, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

UM, WHILE WE NAVIGATED A BUDGET GAP THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN MY, IN MY TIME HERE.

UM, HE, UH, HE TALKED ME OFF THE LEDGE A TIME OR TWO, SO I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UM, ALSO THANKS TO LONNIE, UM, AND FRAN AND TARA IN, IN THAT OFFICE AS WELL, FOR JUST ALL THINGS, UM, GATHERING INFORMATION, HELPING COMMUNICATE INFORMATION, DEALING WITH MY FRANTIC REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO THANKS TO THOSE GROUPS, AND I'M SURE I MISSED SOME FOLKS, BUT, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A GOOD ROUND OF THANK YOUS TO EVERYONE.

UM, SO I'LL ADD THAT IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED ON THAT LEDGE A FEW TIMES.

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AGREED.

SO, UM, BIG THANKS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO, UM, NOW WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE, THE BUDGET IN TOTALITY.

SO TONIGHT MY PLAN WAS TO KIND OF COMMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL POLICY ITEMS, REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORY COLLECTIVELY ABOUT WHAT'S IN HERE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE LARGE POLICY ISSUES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT, AT COMMITTEE AND, AND EVEN BEFORE THEN.

SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF START WITH SOME OVERALL NOTES ABOUT THE BUDGET, UM, FOR TAX LEVY, UM, IN 26, WE'RE BUDGETING A CURRENTLY BUDGETING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CUT TO THE GENERAL COUNTY TAX LEVY, FOLLOWED BY A $275,000 INCREASE IN THE GENERAL LEVY IN, IN 2027.

UM, SO THAT GENERAL LEVY NUMBER IS ABOUT $36 MILLION.

IT'S BEEN IN THAT 35, 30 $6 MILLION RANGE FOR THE BETTER PART OF A ALMOST A DECADE, AND IT'S LOWER NOW THAN IT WAS IN, IN 2008.

SO THAT'S A REALLY A GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT.

UM, OUR BUDGET, UH, IS APPROVED BY YOU AT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE LEVEL FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S THAT SUMMARY SHEET THAT, THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE CREATE AND PROVIDE A BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT, THAT GIVES A LOT MORE DETAIL TO THAT AS WELL.

AND SO EACH OF YOU WE'RE GIVEN A BINDER EARLY IN THIS PROCESS.

AND THEN WE ALSO POST, UM, THAT DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, WE'LL, WE WILL ALSO, UM, INCLUDE THE FULL DOCUMENT IN THE PACKET FOR THE COUNTY BOARD.

UM, I, I, I THINK THERE WAS JUST A LINK IN THIS PACKET, BUT THE FULL, THE FULL BUDGET WILL BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

THAT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED PAGES, SO IT'LL MAKE FOR A BIG PACKET, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE.

SO WE'LL DO THAT, UM, FOR THE FULL BOARD.

UM, NEXT, YOU RECEIVED A MEMO AT COUNTY BOARD LAST WEEK THAT OUTLINES OUR, OUR AMENDMENT PROCESS, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY, ANY POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS OR IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THE BUDGET, I ASK, UM, THAT YOU CONTACT KAYLA.

SHE CAN HELP KIND OF COORDINATE AND FACILITATE THAT, THAT MEETING OR, OR THAT CONVERSATION, UM, AND, AND ANY POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.

UM, SO AGAIN, NOT GOING DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD THREE DAYS OF BUDGET MEETINGS IN AUGUST.

WE SPENT A COMBINED FIVE HOURS GOING OVER BUDGETS AT COMMITTEES IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, SO, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH OF YOU SAW DEPARTMENT BUDGETS TWICE, UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THE OTHER MEETINGS AS WELL.

SO GONNA AVOID GOING INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AGAIN.

BUT I WANT TO HIT THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS, UM, IN THE, IN THE HIGH POINTS BY, BY FUNCTIONAL AREA.

SO FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY.

BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR THIS MEETING.

SO, JUST TO KIND OF START OFF WITH, UM, EXECUTIVE AND, AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT REPORT INTO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, THIS ONE HAS A LOT OF SMALL BUDGETS WITH, WITH OVERALL, UM, RELATIVELY FEW MOVING PARTS.

BUT, UM, A COUPLE HIGH POINTS HERE IS, IS THAT THERE'S PERMANENT FUNDING FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY, ELECTION INTEGRITY

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INITIATIVES IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S BUDGET.

UM, THERE'S FUNDING FOR A COUNTY BOARD CHIEF OF STAFF POSITION, UH, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY BOARD PAY CHANGE THAT YOU ALL, THAT YOU APPROVED, UH, LAST WEEK.

SO THOSE ARE IN THERE.

UM, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF SMALL DEPARTMENTS WITH SMALL CHANGES THAT I DIDN'T INTEND TO, TO GO OVER, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BIG POLICY STUFF IN THIS AREA.

SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIGHT IN TERMS OF NOTES, BUT, UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE AREA, I'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO HUMAN SERVICES.

UM, SO HUMAN SERVICES, YOU, YOU HEARD ABOUT, UM, THE A DRC BUDGET, THE REDUCED, UH, LEVY IN THAT AREA, UM, FROM, FROM, UH, A, A GRANT INCREASE AS WELL AS, UM, SOME REDUCED DEMAND IN, IN THE HOME DELIVERED MEALS AREA.

UM, SO, SO LESS LEVY NEED IN THAT DEPARTMENT AREA THAN, THAN IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, HSD HAS ALSO REDUCED OVERALL LEVY NEED.

THAT'S A PATTERN FOR THEM.

THEY'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL BUDGETS IN A ROW.

UM, THIS TIME, UH, REDUCED THE LEVY BY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST YEAR.

SO, AGAIN, A CONTINUATION OF THE FANTASTIC REVENUE RECOVERY EFFORTS.

UH, SO BEING PRODUCTIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN BILL FOR, BEING EFFICIENT IN THAT BILLING, AND THEN WORKING TO RECOUP COSTS THAT WE CAN'T BILL FOR THROUGH THE OTHER MEANS AND MECHANISMS THAT THE STATE PROVIDES FOR US.

SO, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A HUGE EFFORT THERE.

UH, ANOTHER BIG IMPACT IN THE HSD BUDGET IS THE PLAN CLOSURE OF RIVERBEND.

SO THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER.

UM, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR A WHILE.

THAT'S A, UH, OVER $700,000 IN SAVINGS IN THIS BUDGET.

UM, SO THAT, THAT IS IN THERE AS WELL.

UM, FINALLY, I THINK THE, THE, THE LAST MAJOR NOTE I WANTED TO MAKE HERE IS THE FOURTH, UH, CRU TEAM IS FUNDED IN THIS BUDGET.

UM, SO THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S A, A TEAM OF, OF, UH, DO YOU CALL 'EM, IT'S A SOCIAL WORKER, RIGHT? UH, IT'S A SOCIAL WORKER PAIRED WITH A DEPUTY, RIGHT? SO, SO THE COSTS AND THE REVENUE FOR THE, THE SOCIAL WORKER POSITION SHOW UP IN HUMAN SERVICES.

AND THE DEPUTY, OF COURSE, SHOWS UP IN, IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT IS GRANT FUNDED IN 2026.

IT IS, UH, UH, LEVY FUNDED IN 2027.

SO THE COST OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR COMPUTERS AND EQUIPMENT AND SUCH IS ABOUT 275,000 IN THAT YEAR, TWO OF THE BUDGET.

UM, THOSE WERE THE NOTES I HAD ON THE HUMAN SERVICES AREA.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE INTO THE LAND USE AND PLANNING.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD.

YES, I WILL.

UM, SO ONE THING JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'LL NOTE THAT I, I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A $275,000 TAX LEVY INCREASE IN YEAR TWO IN 2027, THAT'S SORT OF TIED TO THIS, UH, THIS LEVY FUNDING NEEDED FOR 2027, UH, FOR THE CRISIS OR THE CREW TEAM, THE CRU TEAM.

SO, UM, THANKS FOR THAT NOTE.

UM, IN LAND USE AND PLANNING, UM, FUNDING, FUNDING IS IN HERE FOR THE, UH, ONGOING FUNDING RATHER FOR THE HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM.

UM, THE PLANNING BUDGET IS ALSO WHERE SEWER PACK HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN BUDGETED.

SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE, BUT THE $197,000 EXPENSE FOR SEWER PACK HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET FOR 26 OR 27.

UM, THE PARKS AND GOLF ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE BOTH BUDGETING FOR SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS THEY'VE GOT COMING UP.

UH, DO WE HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A STATEMENT ON THAT I FEEL WAS APPROPRIATE, UM, FOR THE SPAC? UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IT ON THE RECORD THAT I SPOKE WITH THE EXECUTIVE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, THE CHAIRMAN, UH, VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT SPAC.

UH, I'VE ALSO SPOKEN, UH, THANKS TO THE EXECUTIVE WITH, UH, OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE, UH, TAKEN THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES.

UM, I FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE RESEARCHED THIS QUITE WELL, AND I DO FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS WORTH, WORTH TRYING.

UH, I, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THIS TIME.

UM, AND AS THE EXECUTIVE SAYS, WELL, IF WE FAIL, WE'LL FAIL QUICKLY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL COME BACK IF, IF NEED BE.

BUT, UH, I WANTED THE PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME TO KNOW THAT I THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THIS AND, AND DO CONSIDER THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY WORTH OUR, OUR TRYING.

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THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.

UM, ONGOING FUNDING IS IN THE LAND RESOURCES BUDGET FOR THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM.

SO ANOTHER NOTABLE, UM, POLICY ITEM THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS BUDGET, UH, IS BUILT USING AN ASSUMPTION THAT, UH, ASSEMBLY BILL TWO 16 IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE BILL.

UM, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THAT BILL PASSES IN THIS BUDGET.

UM, SO THE PASSAGE OF THAT LEGISLATION WOULD, IT WOULD DRIVE SOME DRIVE REVENUE GROWTH OF ABOUT 300,000 IN, IN OUR BUDGET.

UM, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS BUDGET.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK WE'RE HAVING ON THIS.

UM, THE, I CAN, I CAN REPORT THAT THE BILL ITSELF AND THE COMPANION BILL ON THE SENATE SIDE, THAT'S SB TWO 18.

UM, EACH OF THOSE, UM, BILLS HAD A, A HEARING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

UM, AND WE, UH, HAD A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST LAST WEEK WHERE WE HEARD POSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AS WELL.

SO, UM, STILL, STILL REMAINING OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION GOES THROUGH.

UM, THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS I HAD ON, ON THE, UH, LAND USE AND PLANNING SIDE.

UH, SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTION I'D MOVE INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, I HAVE ONE, UM, AND MAYBE MS. LUDOVIC CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT WE'RE FUNDING THE SECOND FOUR H OR YOUTH EDUCATOR RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS LATELY ON, WITH UW EXTENSION ON WHETHER THEY MIGHT BUDGE FROM THEIR POSITION OF NOT FUNDING THE SECOND POSITION.

IS THERE ANY NEWS ON THAT? UM, WE HAVE HEARD THAT THEY ARE AND RECEIVED THE 1 36 CONTRACT FOR 2026 THAT INCLUDES US FULLY FUNDING THE EDUCATOR.

UM, AND THEIR NO NOTICE TO US DID SAY TO CHECK BACK AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING THAT, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD MORE DISCUSSIONS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY BOARD, UM, FOR 2027.

BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE AN ALARMIST JUMP RIGHT NOW.

ALRIGHT.

UM, MOVE, MOVE INTO PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, THE CLERK OF COURTS, UM, WERE BUDGETING FOR THE INCREASE, UH, THAT THE STATE FUNDED IN THEIR BUDGET.

SO YOU RECALL THE COUNTIES ASKED THE STATE FOR $70 MILLION ANNUALLY TO RETURN THE FUNDING SPLIT TO THAT ORIGINAL 50 50 PROPOSITION.

UH, THE STATE RESPONDED WITH 10 MILLION.

UM, SO THAT WAS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND, AND KIND OF A BIG DRIVER OF OUR BUDGET SHORTFALL THIS YEAR.

SO, UM, THE STATE HAS FLOATED THE IDEA OF SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMING TO COUNTIES, UH, THROUGH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BOOST WHAT WE GET IN COURT FEES, WHAT WE KEEP IN COURT FEES.

UM, AT ONE TIME WE HAD A REVENUE ESTIMATE IN THE BUDGET, ASSUMING THAT THIS HAPPENS.

UM, WE'VE SINCE PULLED THAT, UH, WE'RE FEELING A LOT LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

UM, NOT TO SAY THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT THERE'S A HEARING SCHEDULED, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE, UM, THAT, I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOT AS OPTIMISTIC HERE.

SO, UM, THE DA BUDGET, UH, INCLUDES DOLLARS TO CONTINUE, UM, THAT, THAT, SO, SO YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE, UH, THE STATE FUNDS AND ASSISTANT DA POSITION, UH, AT A PART-TIME BASIS, THERE'S MONEY IN THIS BUDGET TO BOOST THAT TO A FULL-TIME POSITION.

UM, SO THAT IS IN THERE, THAT'S A NOTABLE ITEM HERE.

UM, THIS BUDGET IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SHOWING A BUDGET AREA CALLED PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AT, AT SORT OF THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.

UM, THIS BEFORE THIS BUDGET, IT WAS CALLED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE'VE SINCE KIND OF CREATED AN UMBRELLA.

SO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE ADDING THINGS TO THAT.

UM, AS THINGS COME ONLINE, THE RADIO SYSTEM, UH, EMS, ANY OTHER KIND OF FUNCTIONS THAT GET FOLDED IN UNDER THE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER'S UMBRELLA WILL EVENTUALLY START TO GET ADDED INTO THIS AREA.

BUT, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS WHERE WE STARTED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

UM, THERE'S A CONTINUATION OF THE $1 MILLION OF EMS, UH, GRANT FUNDING, IF YOU RECALL.

WE DID THAT IN 24 AND 25.

UH, THE BUDGET PLANS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN 2026.

UM, WORK CONTINUES ON THE LARGER EMS PROJECT, RIGHT? THE RESPONSE TO THE STUDY.

UM, AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

A A LOT OF GOOD WORK IS STILL

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HAPPENING THERE.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE'RE HERE AGAIN IN A YEAR OR SO, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE 2027 BUDGET IN RESPONSE TO THAT.

BUT, UH, THIS BUDGET ITSELF HAS CONTINUES THAT $1 MILLION IN FUNDING IN 2026.

AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT, THAT BUDGET HAS A NUMBER OF, OF BIG BUDGET DRIVERS HERE.

UM, THERE'S SOME ITEMS DRIVING UP THE, THE LEVY NEED, UH, IN THIS AREA.

SO, UH, JAIL MEDICAL CONTRACT, THAT CONTRACT IS INCREASING $450,000.

GENERAL PERSONNEL COST INCREASES IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S, UH, DEPARTMENT IS 80% PERSONNEL.

SO THE COST TO CONTINUE A LOAN THERE IS IN, IN THE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, UH, JUST TO CONTINUE EXISTING OPERATIONS.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME REVENUE REDUCTIONS THAT, THAT WERE MADE, UH, MOSTLY IN THE JAIL AREA, HUBER ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND OTHER PRISONER BOARD TYPE REVENUES.

UM, THEY JUST HAVEN'T BOUNCED BACK.

UM, YOU KNOW, COVID REALLY CHANGED THAT LANDSCAPE.

UM, AND, AND THINGS HAVEN'T REALLY BOUNCED BACK SINCE.

UM, ANOTHER LEVEE DRIVER IS EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, UH, IN THE COM CENTER, WE'VE GOT MORE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WITH, WITH THE, THE HARTFORD PARTNERSHIP AND THE GERMANTOWN PARTNERSHIP.

WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT THAN EVER BEFORE, AND THAT COSTS MONEY TO MAINTAIN.

SO WE'RE, WE ARE SEEING THAT AS AN INCREASE THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN THE BIG ONE TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS, IS COURTHOUSE SECURITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A BIG POLICY ISSUE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT POLICY ISSUE LONG AFTER THIS BUDGET IS ADOPTED, I BELIEVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THE BUDGET IS SHOWING REDUCTIONS IN COURTHOUSE SECURITY IN 2027.

OKAY? SO SPECIFICALLY THE COST FOR PRISONER TRANSPORTS AND THEN PERSONNEL COSTS IN THE COURT SECURITY COST CENTER ARE BEING REDUCED.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS 2027, RIGHT? THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS, I THINK, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW 26 IS BUDGETED STATUS QUO.

OKAY? SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY CAN CONTINUE IN, IN TO 26, 27, IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTION.

SO, UM, WE'VE TALKED A COUPLE TIMES NOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SHERIFF AND THE CJCC AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ARE ALL LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE.

UM, THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THE SECURITY ITEMS CERTAINLY ARE BEING LOOKED AT, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME POSSIBLE LEVY SAVING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT AS WELL.

UM, THIS WORK IS GONNA CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS PROBABLY.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN A YEAR FROM NOW, OR IN 10 MONTHS FROM NOW OR SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS OF ALL OF THAT WORK, UH, WE HAVE THE OPTION, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THE 2027 BUDGET.

UM, AND, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, RIGHT? WE, WE DID THE ANTI-CRIME PLAN B, WE DID THE BUDGET REPAIR BILL, RIGHT? SO, SO WE'VE GOT A TRACK RECORD OF MODIFYING THAT SECOND, SECOND YEAR OF THE BUDGET.

AND, AND I THINK THAT GOOD WORK CAN STILL CONTINUE.

UM, IN THE MEANTIME, ANY QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, EXPLANATION.

I THINK AS WE CONSIDER THE AREA OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL.

UM, EMS GRANT FUNDING IS MADE TO MUNICIPALITIES, NOT INDIVIDUAL, UM, DEPARTMENTS OR OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES, THOUGH, THAT GOES TO THE MUNICIPALITIES.

THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST.

WELL, IF YOU'RE CALLING IT EMS GRANT FUNDING, SHOULDN'T IT GO RIGHT TO THE EMS DEPARTMENTS? NO, THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT.

IT GOES THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITY.

UM, THEN A POINT FURTHER, AND I SAID MOST OF THAT THIS MORNING, MOST OF YOU WHO, WHO ARE IN THAT MEETING THIS MORNING HAVE HEARD THAT, UM, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUDGET AS PRESENTED, BUT HAVING SAT DOWN AND GAINED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, HAVING FROM, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THANK YOU.

UM, AND STAFF, THE MAIN STICKING POINT I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE IS THAT REDUCTION IN COURTHOUSE SECURITY, RIGHT? AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING IS FUNDED IN 26 AS IT WAS BEFORE, THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF MY CONCERNS, RIGHT? AND THERE IS, WE HAVE IN THE PAST DONE BUDGET REPAIR BILLS, BUDGET AMENDMENT BILLS.

UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR 2027.

WE CAN ALWAYS CONFISCATE MORE TASKS, TAX MONEY IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.

UM,

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I BELIEVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED IS RESPONSIBLE AND DEFENSIBLE.

THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNICATION CENTER.

MM-HMM .

AND, UH, THE EXTRA BODIES THAT WE NOW HAVE BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN OVER HARTFORD.

UM, NOW, AND I GUESS THIS IS KIND OF JUST KIND OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION AS FAR AS BUDGETING GOES, THAT WAS PART OF SHARED SERVICES.

UH, IT, YES, YES, IT IS PART.

AND IS THERE A GRANT COMING? I MEAN, THAT COMES OUTTA THE LEVY THEN, OR SHOULDN'T IT BE COMING OUT OF SALES TAX? OR HOW'S THAT? I MEAN, HOW'S THAT WORKING? IT'S, I KNOW IT'S JUST KIND OF A MATTER OF WHICH POCKET YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT OF, BUT UM, YEAH, WE, WE CERTAINLY LINK IT TO SHARED SERVICES.

'CAUSE IT WAS ONE OF OUR MORE PROMINENT SHARED SERVICES.

UM, IT, IT IS SHOWN IN THIS BUDGET AS LEVY, BECAUSE WE BUDGET THE SALES TAX IN ONE SPOT, RIGHT.

RATHER THAN PUT THE SALES TAX IN EACH OF THESE BUCKETS, WE PUT IT IN ONE SPOT.

IT OFFSETS THE LEVY NEED OVERALL IN TOTALITY.

SO IT SHOWS UP IN THE END IN THE OFFSET? IT WOULD, YEAH.

IT SHOWS UP IN ONE, IN OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL AREA, SO.

THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO, 'CAUSE I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE GONNA ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION AND I DON'T HAVE ONE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T QUITE GET ALL OF THIS YET.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS.

UM, MATTER OF FACT, SUPERVISOR GALLS REACHED OUT TO, TO TRY AND GET A, A FEEL FOR WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S ALL FUNDED THROUGH SHARED SERVICES WITH THE SALES TAX.

AND I HAD THE SAME, UH, SAME CONVERSATION WITH HIM.

SO, UM, WE, WE CAN WORK IN THE FUTURE TO KIND OF DO A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING THAT.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BUDGETED TODAY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PRESSURE ABOUT THAT MM-HMM .

UM, FROM OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

AND, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF I HAD A DOCUMENT OR SOME WAY TO SHOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN SHARED SERVICES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THEIR IDEA OF WELL JUST GIVE US MONEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THROUGH THESE SHARED SERVICES.

UM, SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WHO QUESTION ME OR, OR ASK ON THAT.

SO CAN YOU GET TO THAT THROUGH THE DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBSITE? IT, IT IS ON THE DASHBOARD THAT, THAT'S A VALUE.

BRAD IS ANXIOUSLY GOING OVER IT RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE GET THE PLAN WOULD ESSENTIALLY JUST TO KEEP, KEEP PAYING THE BILLS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP STATUS QUO.

IT, WE SHOW, WE SHOW THE VALUE THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE RECEIVING THROUGH THE SHARED SERVICES.

UM, UH, WE HAVE A DASHBOARD FOR THAT.

UM, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THE LINK OUT, UM, TO, TO YOU FOLKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PLEASE PROCEED.

RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THE, UM, THE LAST FUNCTIONAL AREA I HAD WA UH, WAS PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, SO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, UM, ONE NOTE THERE IS WE'RE BUDGETING IN IN FACILITIES AS IF THE YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER AND THE U-W-M-W-C BUILDINGS ARE BOTH SOLD AND CLOSED.

UM, THE LEVY SAVINGS FOR THE YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER, I MENTIONED THAT ONE EARLIER, THAT THAT'S THE 700,000 THAT SHOWS UP IN THE HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

THE UW BUILDING IS WHERE THE LEVEE SAVINGS WILL SHOW UP IN THE, UH, FACILITIES BUDGET AREA.

UM, I THINK WE'RE, SO WE'RE SHOWING SOME LEVEE SAVINGS TO BE SURE, BUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT'S NOT SHOWN IN THERE IS COST AVOIDANCE, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET TO BUDGET COST SAVINGS.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WE HAD BEEN PUTTING IN PRIOR TO THE CLOSE.

AFTER THE CLOSE WE HAD.

WE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE NOW PAYING THE UTILITIES ON THAT BUILDING.

WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOW SENDING OUT THERE.

UM, SO, SO THE COST AVOIDANCE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY TO CLOSER TO THE TUNE OF, UH, ACROSS BOTH YEARS OF THE BIENNIUM.

WE'RE TALKING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE, UM, TO JUST TO, TO KEEP THAT BUILDING, UM, KINDA MOTH IN THE MOTHBALL STATE.

SO THAT COST AVOIDANCE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S, I GUESS, SHOWN IN THIS BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT BUDGETING IT.

SO GO AHEAD.

UM, I HATE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT WE GOT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LEFT IN THE YEAR.

SO DO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAN IF THE SALES DON'T HAPPEN AS FAST AS WE HOPE? UM, THE, YOU DON'T SOLD 'EM SOLD .

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I KNOW WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT PROJECTIONS FOR SALES TAX AND WE WORRY ABOUT EVERY FEW DOLLARS, BUT THERE'S, AS IN THE PAST, A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN SALES TAX THAN WE EXPECT.

IT'S GOOD THAT WE BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY, BUT THAT'S A BIT OF A SAFETY NET.

YEAH, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THAT STUFF AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR HERE, SO, ALRIGHT.

UH, MOVING INTO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO THE HIGHWAY BUDGET GETS A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF LEVY SALES TAX, UM, TO FUND THE WORK THAT IT DOES ON COUNTY ROADS.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE THE OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DOES WORK FOR.

UM, YOU'LL SEE EXPENDITURES IN THAT BUDGET KIND OF SWING, UH, IN, IN SOME EX IN, IN, IN SOME CASES THEY SWING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

THAT REALLY JUST REPRESENTS THE FLOW BETWEEN THE PROJECT WORK THAT THAT DEPARTMENT DOES ON, ON THE, THE MAJOR PROJECTS.

UM, THE TWO SIGNIFICANT ITEMS I THINK I WANTED TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, IN HIGHWAY, UH, FIRST IS THE RELATED TO THE BRIDGE AID AND THAT BRIDGE AID LEVY, UM, THE BUDGET FUNDS, BRIDGE AID TO MUNICIPALITIES, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $225,000 IN EACH YEAR.

100,000 OF THAT COMES FROM THE BRIDGE AID LEVY.

UH, THAT'S THAT TAX LEVY THAT GETS LEVIED ON PROPERTIES IN TOWNS AND IT'S USED TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

THE REMAINING 125,000 IN EACH YEAR COMES FROM ONE TIME SOURCES, RIGHT? SO THINK THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND IS WHAT WE USE FOR THAT.

UM, WHETHER OR NOT TO INCREASE THAT BRIDGE AID LEVY TO THE FULL 225,000, UH, THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

UM, IN THE END, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO USE THOSE ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES.

UM, THE REQUESTS ON THIS, UH, TOWNS, TOWNS ARE ABLE TO FILE PETITIONS TO PETITION US TO USE THIS MONEY.

THOSE REQUESTS CONTINUE TO COME IN.

I MEAN, THE 2027 REQUESTS YOU, WE CAN EXPECT THOSE TO CONTINUE TO COME IN FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 10 MONTHS OR A YEAR.

UM, SO I THINK DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF REQUESTS AND THE URGENCY OF THESE REQUESTS, UM, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE DECIDE TO REVIEW AGAIN IN MID, IN THE MID BIENNIUM REVIEW.

UM, BUT WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE TO GAUGE WHAT WHAT SORTS OF PETITIONS AND REQUESTS ARE ARE CONTINUE TO COME IN ON THIS.

UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR KELLY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, THIS ONE TIME FUNDING, WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THAT? UH, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE SURPLUSES THAT WE END THE YEAR WITH, UM, IN THE, IT IT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE SPENT LESS THAN THAN WE THOUGHT, WE END UP WITH A SURPLUS, THE FUND BALANCE GOES UP.

THAT'S THAT FUND BALANCE REPORT THAT YOU GET.

UM, YOU GOT A REPORT, UH, THE MOST RECENT REPORT SAID THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.

SO REMEMBER WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY, A LOW AND A HIGH, AND THEN ABOVE THE HIGH WE HAVE A PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.

THAT'S THE DOLLARS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING HERE IS SPENDING DOWN THAT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.

IT'S IT'S FUND BALANCE.

UM, BUT WE, WE CALL IT, UH, WE'VE GOT A SPECIFIC CARVE OUT OF THAT THAT WE USE.

IS SALES TAX TIED INTO THAT? IT WOULD BE, YEP.

UH, POSITIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE SALES TAX WOULD'VE DRIVEN THAT BE A PORTION OF IT.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD DRIVE THAT FUND BALANCE NUMBER UP.

'CAUSE I, I HAD RECENTLY, I HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH SOMEBODY THAT SAID, WELL, THE BRIDGE AID DOES IS WE PAY FOR THAT.

THAT DOESN'T COME FROM SALES TAX.

AND I SAID, I THINK, BUT I MEAN, IT MIGHT NOT BE DIRECT, BUT KIND OF CERTAINLY DOES IT COMES FROM THE SAME POT THEN THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

IT IT, IT'S ALL, YES, IT'S ALL IN THE SAME, IN THE PAST THAT WOULD'VE BEEN TRUE.

UH, GO AHEAD.

WHAT COUNTY EXECUTIVE WANTS TO ? I THINK WE'RE BOTH GONNA JUST ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING.

GO AHEAD.

SO, UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE AID IS ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC PROPERTY TAX.

IT ONLY GETS TAXED TO TOWNS AND ANY TOWN CAN APPLY.

UH, IF THAT APPLICATION COMES THROUGH AND IS APPROVED BY YOU.

ALL THE TOWNS ONLY ARE TAXED THAT AMOUNT, NOT THE CITIES OR

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VILLAGES.

IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE I'M ADVOCATING STRONGLY TO NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO HOLD THE SAME AMOUNT WE'VE USED IN ROAD AND BRIDGE AID IN THE PAST, AND INSTEAD USE FUND BALANCE OF WHICH SOME COULD BE COMING FROM SALES TAX OR EXISTING FUND BALANCE USE.

SO COULD BE PROPERTY TAX, IT COULD BE SALES TAX, IT COULD BE FEES, RIGHT? UM, BUT HISTORICALLY, AND TYPICALLY ROAD AND BRIDGE AID IS REFERRING TO PROPERTY TAXES TAXED ONLY TO TOWNS.

SO THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.

AND UNDER THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET, THERE'S A SLIGHT DEVIATION FROM THAT THAT YES, BASED ON THE IDEA OF KEEPING THE PROPERTY TAX LOW.

CORRECT.

THIS BUDGET IS PROPOSING NOT TO DO IT THE NOR THE WAY WE NORMALLY HAVE.

AN, AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE IN 2028 TO THE TUNE OF 150 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S, SO I'LL STOP THERE AND THEN I'LL ALSO TELL YOU, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY AT THIS TABLE OTHER THAN MAYBE THE CHAIRMAN WAS ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, BUT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.

THE COUNTY BOARD REFUSED TO DO ROAD AND BRIDGE AID AT ALL.

WE, WE AUTHORIZED THE FIRST ROAD AND BRIDGE AID MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, 17 BUDGET, 2017.

SO COMING UP ON 10 YEARS AGO, AND BOTH THE CHAIRMAN AND I , YEAH, OKAY.

THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT FIRST YEAR.

AND IT HAS STAYED THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 10 YEARS TO THIS POINT.

SO PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS $0 AND 0 CENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

BUT IT USED TO BE JUST BRIDGES.

AND NOW A WHOLE PASS OF CULVERTS ARE FALLEN INTO THAT TOO.

THE STATE LAW HAS CHANGED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO A LOT MORE FUNDING, BUT I, I THINK IT'S A FLAWED SYSTEM IN PART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON, FOR EXAMPLE, IF INDIAN LOWER BRIDGE WAS BEING REPLACED FIVE YEARS AGO WITH RODENT BRIDGE AID, THEY'RE TAXING PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF AARON THAT ARE CERTAINLY NEVER GONNA USE THAT BRIDGE.

BUT IF YOU LIVE IN THE VILLAGE, RIDGEFIELD, YOU'RE NOT GETTING TAXED.

IT'S A, IT MAKES NO SENSE.

IT, WE'VE JUST ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

IT'S WEIRD.

SOMETHING IN GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

RARE.

NO, NO.

, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

PLEASE PROCEED .

LET'S MOVE ON.

ALRIGHT, THANKS.

UM, THE OTHER ITEM IN THE HIGHWAY BUDGET I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS THE SHARED SERVICES AID TO MUNICIPALITIES.

UM, THAT NUMBER WAS 460,000 THAT'S BEING REDUCED TO 322,000.

UM, YOU HEARD A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT THE SHARED SERVICES AND THE 4.6 MILLION IN SHARED SERVICES, UH, AID.

THAT IS AN INCREASE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE DID LAST BUDGET.

UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE SALES TAX AND THE TAX LEVY THAT GETS USED TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS, WE SORT OF WANT TO INDEX THE GROWTH OF SHARED SERVICES TO THE GROWTH IN THOSE REVENUE SOURCES, RIGHT? SO, UM, TO AVOID HAVING SHARED SERVICES GROW TOO MUCH FURTHER THAN THE, THAN THE REVENUE THAT FUNDS IT, UM, WE REDUCED THE AID THAT'S GOING TO THOSE MUNICIPALITIES, THE, THE ROAD AID, UH, TO THAT $322,000 NUMBER.

SO THE REASON IT WAS REDUCED IN THE ROAD AREA, UM, INSTEAD OF SOMETHING ELSE IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE IT SHARED SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING THESE DOLLARS TO FUND PEOPLE WHO THEN PERFORM THOSE SERVICES FOR MUNICIPALITIES, WE, IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO CUT, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF AN IT POSITION THAN IT IS TO REDUCE THIS ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UM, IS SEEING A REDUCTION AND NOT ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THAT EXPLANATION, UM, SHARE THAT AS, AS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUDGET, UH, FOR HIGHWAY AS WELL.

UM, THE LAST PIECE, I, UH, THE LAST NOTE I HAD WAS ON THE TRANSIT, UH, THE TRANSIT BUDGET.

UM, SO THAT BUDGET IS REFLECTING THE COST TO CONTINUE EXISTING SERVICES IN TERMS OF CLIENTELE AND THE RATES CHARGED TO THAT CLIENTELE.

UM, THE SHARED RIDE TAXI CONTRACT IS, IS BEING BUDGETED INCREASE.

SO THAT'S BASED ON AN RFP THAT'S JUST WRAPPING UP.

THE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.

UM, BUT, BUT THE BUDGET DOES REFLECT INCREASED COST AS A RESULT OF THAT.

UM, THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW SHOWS A LEVY NEED OF 400,000, UM, AND ANOTHER INCREASE IN 2027.

UM, THE BUDGET IS ASSUMING THE USE OF ALL AVAILABLE ONE-TIME REVENUES IN THAT PROGRAM AREA AS WELL.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE

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UM, SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UM, AS, AS ONE KNOWN THING AND ONE KNOWN CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS HERE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF MY NOTES ON THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF, IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD ANYTHING TO ADD.

UM, BUT THOSE WERE THE MAJOR POLICY ISSUES I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND THANK YOU AARON, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET.

I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE CABINET MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND AS AARON, UH, INDICATED, UM, THE COUNTY BOARD HAS TAKEN AN EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME, THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET CYCLE AS COMPARED TO, UH, CERTAINLY THE MOST OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTRA AND DILIGENT WORK, INCLUDING MEETING WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, FOR PROPOSALS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORDINARY, UH, AT LEAST HISTORICALLY SPEAKING IN, IN RECENT YEARS.

I DO WANT TO POINT TO YOU, UM, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DRILL FOR SOME TIME NOW AND HAVE BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THE DATA TO PROVE IT, BUT I NOW HAVE IT.

UH, AND THAT IS, I, I CONTINUE TO IMPLORE THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY BOARD, UM, TO HOLD THE LINE ON PROPERTY TAXES IN 2026, UH, FOR THE EXPLICIT REASON THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS GO UP DESPITE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CUT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, UH, THAT THIS BODY DOES.

UM, FOR MONTHS I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT BASED ON HOW THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS WORKED, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES CERTAINLY HAVE SOME INCREASES.

UM, BUT MORE SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING DEMONSTRABLE INCREASES, UM, WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

UH, WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTY, UM, PUBLISHED, UH, SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION FOR THEIR, UH, FOR THEIR BUDGET, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX LEVY IS 9.29%.

UM, THE TAX RATE, UM, WHICH I'VE JOKED WITH MANY OF YOU MANY TIMES, UH, IS SIMPLY GOVERNMENT MATH, UH, IS FLAT, SO THAT'S FORTUNATE.

UH, BUT THE TAX, THE TAX LEVY, THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION, WHICH REALLY MEASURES THE SIZE OF GROWTH OF A ANY DISTRICT OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY, IS UP BY ALMOST 10%.

UH, THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY AN INCREASE OF FOUR POINT, EXCUSE ME, $4.6 MILLION.

UM, THE WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTY, UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UH, STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS WELL AS, UH, GEOGRAPHY, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, UH, FOR FOLKS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY.

I, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT SAME THING IN EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE, IN THE COUNTY, AND FRANKLY IN THE STATE.

UM, AND I WANNA MAKE CLEAR, I DON'T, I I'M NOT PLACING BLAME ON THE DISTRICT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

THE WAY THAT THIS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR APPROVE THIS BUDGET, UM, THIS LAST BIENNIAL STATE BUDGET, THEY BASICALLY PUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A POSITION WHERE THIS WAS THE ONLY THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED SHORT OF THEM MAKING SIGNIFICANT CUTS, UM, TO THEIR PROGRAMMING.

IT SHIFTED ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR MEETING, UH, PER PUPIL AID TARGETS, UH, TO THE PROPERTY TAXPAYER.

IT'S THE RESULT OF THE 402 YEAR VETO, UH, LAST BIENNIAL BUDGET FROM GOVERNOR EVERS, WHICH WAS CODIFIED IN THIS STATE BUDGET, UH, BY THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE, AND THEN OF COURSE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN WHAT I'VE SAID WAS GONNA BE COMING, IS COMING.

IT'S HERE.

UM, YES, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE IS SMALL IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, BOTH FOR OUR $36 MILLION LEVY, UM, BUT EVEN MORE SO FOR WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THE ENTITIES ON THE TAX BILL.

AND NONETHELESS, YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.

AND WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN DO.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND, AND GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

I CONTINUE TO IMPLORE BOTH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY BOARD AT LARGE, UH, TO NOT JUST HOLD THE LINE, BUT MOVE THE NEEDLE, UH, IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO CONSISTENTLY TELL ME THAT THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS AFFORDABILITY.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT, GO FIND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M SURE THE, THE PAINT THE PICTURE IS NOT MUCH MORE ROSY.

UH, AND, AND I THINK EVERY SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO'S GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE

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REALLY BEEN HANDED A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST JUST TO NAVIGATE IT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTEMPLATION AND YOUR WORK AS, UH, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NONE, AND WE'LL VOTE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY, UM, IN REZONING A PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AARON, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS FOUR B NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUND REQUEST BY LANG URBAN SUSTAINABLE HOMES TO APPROVE FUNDING OF 240,000 TO DEVELOP 12 UNITS.

MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SCH.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SHARIN.

GOOD EVENING.

HELLO.

HI.

SO WE HAVE, UM, OUR FIRST REQUEST.

WE HAVE TWO REQUESTS, UM, FROM, UH, LAYING URBAN SUSTAINABLE HOMES.

UH, THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR, UH, 12 UNITS, UH, $20,000 FOR NEXT GEN HOUSING FOR A TOTAL OF $240,000.

UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, AN INFILL PROJECT IN THE BARTON DALE SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF WEST BEND.

[b. Next Generation Housing Fund Request by Lange Urban Sustainable Homes – Approve Funding of $240,000.00 for LUSH to develop 12 units]

UM, WE EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN, UH, FULL SUPPORT, UM, OF THIS PROJECT AND BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH OUR COMPANY.

UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WILL BE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR AND COMPLETION IN 2027.

UM, THE 12 UNITS, UM, ARE PRICED, UH, WELL WITHIN OUR NEXT GEN HOUSING PRICE POINTS.

UM, I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE APPROVAL TODAY IS, UH, TWO CONDITIONS.

UH, FIRST THE SUCCESSFUL, UM, EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, BETWEEN LANE HOMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, UM, AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF WEST BEND COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, I DO HAVE, UM, RANDY AND RJ LANG, UM, ARE WITH US, UM, THIS EVENING.

UM, THIS IS A, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.

I DID TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, VERY BRIEFLY AT THE LAST MEETING.

IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL, UH, STICK-BUILT HOME.

UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY EFFICIENT WAY OF BUILDING HOMES.

AND, UM, THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, COMPONENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR KEL, UM, ON THE, UM, COMMITTEE REPORT, DEB, UM, IF YOU GO DOWN INTO DISCUSSION, UH, IT SAYS THE BUILDERS ANTICIPATE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY BY JANUARY 31ST, 2025.

MM-HMM .

IS THAT A TYPO OR HOW DID IS OR DID THEY CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY? I'M SORRY.

IT IS A TYPO.

I JUST, IT CONFUSED ME WHEN I READ THROUGH IT AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YEP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY OR SOMETHING ALREADY.

THAT WAS IT.

I'M GLAD YOU, UH, PUT THE CONDITIONS ON BECAUSE WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON ZONING, I DIDN'T, I WAS HOPING WE WEREN'T GOING TO PASS THE MONEY UNTIL THAT WAS COMPLETE.

SO, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NEXT UP IS NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FUND REQUEST.

UM, IS IT FOR THE SAME DEVELOPMENT? IT IS.

IT'S FOR THE SAME DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS IS FOR THE PERMIT FEES, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $36,000.

ANY QUESTIONS? SUPERVISOR SCHWAB OR YOU MAKE A MOTION? MOTION.

MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KEL.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'RE BEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

AND ITEM D IS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE VISION AND CONCEPT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE ONE OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT SITES.

[c. Next Generation Housing Fund Request for Lange Urban Sustainable Homes for Construction Permit Fee Incentive]

UM, IS THIS A ACTION ITEM OR JUST DISCUSSION? ACTION.

OKAY, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR KEL.

SUPERVISOR SCHWA, SHARIN SCH SHARIN.

YOU WANNA NEGOTIATE? MARRIED YOU TOGETHER.

THANK YOU GUYS.

BENEFIT.

SORRY.

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AND THE PRESENTATION WILL BE KICKED OFF

[d. Washington County Redevelopment Task Force Recommendation for the Vision and Concept Plans for the Future Development of Phase I the Washington County Redevelopment Sites]

BY ASHLEY RIKER, WHO WAS CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M GOING TO JUST GO OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS, UM, VISION AND, AND, UH, TASK FORCE.

WHAT WE WERE TASKED WITH IN, UM, COMING UP WITH A PLAN, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE ONE OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VICINITY REDEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH WAS THE PROPERTY, UM, NORTH OF THE COUNTY, BUILDINGS WHERE REGAL WEAR IS OR SYNERGY OPS, UM, THAT PROPERTY, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, FARMLAND AND, UH, THERE'S SOME MARSHY AREA JUST NORTH OF THE JAIL AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UM, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PORTION, WHICH IS, UM, WHERE THE PAC OR PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER BUILDING IS, UM, AND SOUTH OF THAT, KIND OF SURROUNDING THAT BUILDING PROPERTY.

UM, SO OUR, OUR TASK FORCE MET, UM, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, UM, OR ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST AND FINAL TIME ON AUGUST 28TH OF THIS YEAR.

UM, AND WE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, UH, A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THIS COMMITTEE THE PROJECT VISION AND THE THREE CONCEPT PLANS THAT WE'LL GO OVER IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, UM, FOR EACH OF THE PARCELS IN PHASE ONE.

UM, SO WE FIRST STARTED MEETING IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, UM, AND IT WAS TO REVIEW THE COUNTY'S INTEREST IN REDEVELOPING THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CAMPUS SITES AND TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, FOR FINALIZATION, UM, AND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE MET THROUGH MAY OR FROM MAY THROUGH AUGUST.

UM, AND WE MET FOUR TIMES, UM, WORKING WITH VANDERBILT AND ASSOCIATES TO COME UP WITH THAT PLAN.

SO I KIND OF MENTIONED THE SITES, UM, BUT OUR, OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE AS MANY, UH, NEW OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, UM, ON THOSE THREE SITES.

UH, AND WE ENDED UP COMING UP WITH 198, UH, NEW OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, UM, IN THE CITY OF WEST BEND.

AND THE SALE PRICE FOR THESE UNITS, UH, REFLECTS THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING, UM, GOALS, WHICH IS, UH, NO LESS THAN 40% OF THE UNITS PRICED UNDER 340,000, NO LESS THAN 80% UNDER 360,000 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDER THE $420,000, UH, PRICE POINT.

UM, SO AGAIN, THAT NORTHERN SITE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, WHICH IS REGAL WEAR, UM, WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY CURRENTLY A NEXT GENERATION HOUSING PARTNER, UM, IN SME, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SITE LOCATION.

UM, BUT THIS, UH, PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF HERE, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE, UM, EASTERN AREA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY, UM, JUST OPEN LAND.

UH, SOCCER FIELDS HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THAT SPACE, OR THE SOCCER GROUPS HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THAT SPACE, UM, CURRENTLY.

AND THEN IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE A CHILDCARE FACILITY OR PLANS FOR THAT, UM, JUST NORTH OF REGAL WEAR, AND THEN A PARK THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD BE RUN BY THE CITY OF WEST BEND, BUT THAT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SITE SO FAR? UM, OKAY, SO THEN THE CENTRAL SITE IS WHAT I MENTIONED, AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, GOING, UM, NORTH ON SCHMIDT ROAD, JUST NORTH OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE JAIL, UM, THERE IS, WE LEASE OUT LAND TO A FARMER, A LOCAL FARMER, UM, AND IT'S WOODED AND THERE'S SOME MARSHY AREA.

AND SO WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE THE ACTUAL CONCEPT PLANS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, UM, OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THERE'S ABOUT 47 HOMES THAT'LL BE DEVELOPED IN THAT SPACE.

UM, AND THEN GOING SOUTH OF 33, WHERE THE PAC IS LOCATED, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER, REDEVELOPING ALL OF THAT, KEEPING THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY GARDEN LOCATED WHERE IT IS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO REDEVELOPING THE LAND WHERE WEST BEND TRANSIT RENTS, UH, SPACE JUST FOR STORAGE OF THEIR TRAILERS.

UM, AND JUST REDEVELOPING ALL OF THAT LAND AND IN TOTAL IT'S ABOUT 22 ACRES FOR THAT SITE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR 97 UNITS.

AND I DID NOT MENTION, UH, FOR THE NORTHERN SITE, UH, THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 54 NEXT GENERATION HOUSING UNITS IN THAT.

SO 54 THERE, 47

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IN THE MIDDLE SITE, AND, UM, 97 IN THE SOUTHERN SITE.

SO TOTALING THAT 198 UNITS SUPERVISOR, KELLY.

SURE.

UM, AND, AND I, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN HERE AND I, I KIND OF HAVE IN A BLANK.

SURE.

UH, THE SOLAR FARM, THAT IS NOT A PART OF THIS PLAN.

UH, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT FARTHER EAST.

WHAT'S, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OR DID YOU GUYS DISCUSS THAT OR WHAT WAS THE LEASE ON THAT? UM, WE DID NOT DISCUSS THE SOLAR FIELDS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LEASE ON IT, BUT I, 10 MORE YEARS.

YEAH, IT'S, I'M SORRY, 10 MORE YEARS.

10 MORE YEARS.

BUT THERE'S A SOLAR FIELD ADJACENT TO YEAH.

BUT THAT'S REGAL WEAR, THAT'S THEIRS, CORRECT.

THAT'S REGAL WEARS.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST TRYING, I'M INTERESTED IN REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT .

OH, SURE.

UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT REGAL WEAR, I'M GLAD THEY'RE OUR PARTNER IN WORKING WITH US, AND THAT'S AWESOME.

RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT TOO.

I'M REALLY TRYING TO PUSH FOR OUR DEAL HERE.

RIGHT.

UM, AND HOW MUCH LAND DOES THE, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN ENCOMPASS? HOW MUCH? I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE ACRES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

OH, IT'S ONLY 1, 1 1 ACRE.

ONE ACRE, SORRY.

YES.

ONE ACRE WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SWALLOW ONE.

GREAT.

IT'S, SO IT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

I THINK DEVELOPED IN THE NINETIES, IF I'M RIGHT.

NINETIES.

UM, I THINK, I THINK IT, BUT SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS CREATED WITH, UM, UW EXTENSION, AND WE AT THAT TIME HAD, UH, INDIVIDUALS, JUVENILE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE JAIL THAT WOULD GO AND, AND PARTNER AND LEARN HOW TO GARDEN AND, AND, UM, LEARN LIFE SKILLS THAT WAY.

UM, AND THEN IT BECAME WHAT IT IS TODAY WHERE IT'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND PLOTS ARE RENTED.

UM, THEY DO USE IT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS WELL.

UH, EVERY PLOT IS RENTED AND, UM, THEY REALLY ARE GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO, WHAT I WILL SAY, WHEN WE, UM, DID HAVE, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PRESENT, UM, WE AS A TASK FORCE WERE VERY, UM, VESTED IN HAVING THAT STAY, AT LEAST SOMEWHERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT JUST MADE THE MOST SENSE TO BE WHERE IT IS ALREADY JUST BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN, UM, CREATING THE PLOTS AND THE SOIL AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT A VIABLE PLACE FOR GARDENS.

UH, ALSO IN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SMALLER LOT SIZES, UH, WE HAD THOUGHT THAT IT POTENTIALLY COULD BRING FORWARD SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE BUYING HOMES IN THAT AREA AND HAVING THEM, UH, GARDEN IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN TOO.

SO AN ASSET TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

AND, AND, UH, ONE FINAL THING I REALLY LIKE AND AGREE WITH, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THERE MM-HMM .

RIGHT? SO TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL BE IN HARMONY WITH WHAT'S CURRENT RIGHT.

AND EXISTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.

YES.

UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT SHOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT IN WEST BEND, AND PART OF THE THING THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR, IF I'M BEING HONEST, IS THAT THESE BUILDINGS JUST DON'T FIT IN WITH THESE OLDER BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, THESE GIANT NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE SITTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TOO, WHEN REVIEWING THE AREA, THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, ON THE NORTHERN SIDE, GOING ALL THE WAY SOUTH OF 33 WAS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, SO YOU GOT A LOT OF CAPE CODS AND BUNGALOWS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT THESE MODERN RIGHT.

YOU KNOW? RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, YEAH.

EXACTLY.

YEP.

JEFF, UM, REGA WEAR IS FULLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS.

I KNOW WE'RE ENCROACHING ON THEM, AND MOST PEOPLE, MOST MANUFACTURING DOESN'T LIKE TO BE LANDLOCKED.

UM, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY A GOOD PARTNER IF, UH, YEAH, IF THEY'RE FINE.

THEY WERE FULLY INVOLVED IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM AS WELL FROM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM REGAL WEAR.

UH, SO THEY WERE FULLY PARTICIPATING IN, IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

EXCELLENT.

AND YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

VERY GOOD.

UM, AND THEN JUST TO RECAP, THERE ARE, UM, 81 NEW OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS UNDER THE $340,000 PRICE POINT 79 UNDER 360,038 UNDER 420,000.

UM, SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL OF A A THOUSAND UNITS, UH, NEW OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

UM, SO I, I'LL START GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IF THAT WORKS

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FOR YOU.

AND THEN I WILL HAVE BRIAN FROM VANDERWELL COME UP AND SHOW AND TALK ABOUT THE, UM, ACTUAL CONCEPT PLANS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PRIOR TO ME MOVING ON? OKAY, SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND.

UM, THE VISION PROVIDING ATTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, DEVELOPING A CONCEPT PLAN AND, AND VISION FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM WATER STREET ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCHMIDT, UH, ROAD.

AND, UM, THE GOAL WAS TO PRESENT A PHASE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THOSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UH, TO YOU ALL, UM, TODAY.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE MET FOUR TIMES, UH, MAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MISSION, VISION AND ROLES, UH, THE OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING CRISIS.

SOME OF US OBVIOUSLY WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE ISSUES, BLESS YOU, UM, THAN OTHERS.

BUT WE STILL WENT OVER THAT, UM, WITH ALL OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THEN REVIEWED THE COUNTY SITES THAT WE WERE COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR AND DISCUSSING.

UH, FOLLOWING THAT, WE MET IN JUNE.

WE HAD THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PRESENT.

UM, EXISTING, UH, CONDITIONS OF THE SITES WERE DISCUSSED AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING HISTORY, UM, AND THE ZONING AND COMP PLAN.

UH, JULY WE MET AND HAD THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLANS REVIEWED WITH THE TASK FORCE.

UH, AND THEN IN AUGUST, UM, WE HAD A REVIEW AND CONSENSUS, UH, DECISION MADE REGARDING THOSE FINAL CONCEPT PLANS AND DISCUSSION REGARDING SOME OF THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE OWNERSHIPS.

UM, SO THAT IS IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS WELL REGARDING SOME OF THOSE.

AND, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE, UM, THE ACTUAL, THERE'S A, I THINK TWO PARKS THAT ARE IN, IN THE PLAN.

SO PHASE ONE, THE VISION THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PROVIDING THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING USES DAYCARE PARKS AND OTHERWISE IN UNDERUTILIZED LANDS, UM, AND PRIVATE LANDS, SATISFYING THE NEED FOR NEW HOUSING AT ATTAINABLE PRICES, UH, REGARDING NEXT GEN HOUSING, AND WE WENT OVER THIS, THE STATS REGARDING HOW MANY UNDER THREE HUNDRED FORTY, THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY AND 420,000, UM, DIVERSE DIFFERENT HOME, UH, FORMATS INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY, REAR LOADED, SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX AND TOWN HOMES.

UM, PROVIDING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WELLNESS AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH NEW PARKS, TRAIL CONNECTIONS TO THE EISEN BOND.

UH, NOT SURE IF YOU SAW THAT IN YOUR PACKET IN THE MAPS, BUT THERE ARE NEW CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS GREAT, UM, FOR SOME OF THOSE NORTHERN AREAS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE TRAIL, UM, BECAUSE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND JUST A LACK OF CONNECTION.

SORRY.

UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL, AND CREATING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND USES, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COHESIVE, UH, WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE YEP.

COULD YOU TELL EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON THE TASK FORCE? EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S NAME? NO.

, A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU TOUCHED ON.

LIKE RYAN WAS A PART OF THAT.

INVOLVED, UM, WAS AWARE OF, OF THIS PROJECT AND, AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING, UM, EVEN TO THE POINT OF THE, UH, YMCA SOCCER GROUP THAT WAS USING THE AREA BY REGAL WEAR.

RYAN REGAL FROM REGAL WEAR.

UH, YEP.

YEP.

UM, WE HAD CHRIS JENKINS, UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UH, WE HAD, UM, TWO PE ONE, UH, REALTOR THAT WAS A PART OF THE, THE TASK FORCE.

UH, ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE, UM, FROM AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION.

UM, OH, RILEY HANSEN WAS A PART OF THE, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO THINK LIKE GOING THROUGH ALL THE FACES ON OUR TASK FORCE.

UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A CITY OF WEST BEND? CITY OF WEST BEND WAS ALSO A PART OF IT.

JOHN CHADRON WAS A PART OF IT.

UM, AND I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXACT LIST WITH EVERYONE'S BACKGROUND IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WE DID HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON ALL THE AREAS THAT THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY WOULD TOUCH.

UM, AND WE DID TRY TO BE VERY AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL FIELDS THAT ARE NEXT TO, UM, THE PAC DEVELOPMENT, THE SOUTHERN SOUTHERN AREA, UM, THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, UH, SAMARITAN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE THAT WAS

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SO, UM, I WILL LET BRIAN GO OVER THE CONCEPT PLANS AND THE HOUSING EXAMPLES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

BRIAN MUNSON.

I'M A PRINCIPAL URBAN DESIGNER WITH VANDER WALL ASSOCIATES, AND I HEAD UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN, UH, DEVELOPMENT FACILITATION WING OF THE PRACTICE.

SO IN SHORT, SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON FINDING WAYS TO NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF HOUSING, BUT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT HOUSING AT A SITE BY SITE BASIS.

AND, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, BUILDING UP ON, UH, THE OAKS AT JACKSON PROJECT WORK, UH, THAT OF COURSE HAD A GREAT OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT HAD A GOOD, GOOD TURNOUT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, FOCUSING BACK ON, UH, THE PROJECT HERE, THE GOALS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, THIS JUST DOES NOT WANT TO BEHAVE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT'S SO, LET'S GO JUST USE THESE.

SO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING AT DIFFERENT SCALES THAT REFLECT BOTH THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE SITES AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITES.

EACH OF THE THREE SITES HAVE VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, EXISTING CONDITIONS TO DEAL WITH AND SURROUNDING CHARACTERISTICS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING HOUSING ON THESE SITES, THAT IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND WHAT'S AROUND US AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY AND FRAMEWORK TO DELIVER ATTAINABLE HOUSING PER THE NEXT GEN HOUSING GOALS, UH, WITHIN THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

SO THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY, OF COURSE, COMING FROM BOTH STREET ACCESS OR MORE CONVENTIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, HOUSES, AND INCLUDING SOME ALLEY ACCESS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AS A WAY TO DELIVER DIFFERENT SIZE HOUSES AND DIFFERENT LIVING CONFIGURATIONS THAT GO RIGHT TO THE HEART OF DELIVERING ATTAINABILITY IN DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS.

COUPLED UP WITH THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT TRANSITIONS AND DENSITY WHERE WE HAVE ITEMS SUCH AS TWIN HOMES OR DUPLEXES THAT COULD BE STREET ACCESSED OR ALLEY ACCESSED.

WE ALSO HAVE, BOY, IT'S JUST SENSITIVE TODAY, TOWN HOMES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE SOME ADDITIONAL DENSITY, BUT STILL FOCUSED AT OWNER-OCCUPIED COMPONENTS.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MAKING SURE THAT THE CHARACTER OF WHAT'S BEING DELIVERED RESPONDS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUNDS US SO THAT THIS ISN'T AN ABRUPT TRANSITION, BUT RATHER AN EXTENSION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN AND OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW HOUSES, NEW LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND PRICE POINTS THAT SUPPORT, UH, THE OVERALL PROJECT GOALS.

BOY, WE'LL GET THERE.

OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LOOKING IN ON EACH OF THE THREE SITES, THEY SAID THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD TO REFLECT.

SO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, OF COURSE, ADJACENT TO THE REGAL WEAR FACILITY REPRESENTS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE A BLEND OF HOUSING ALONG THE EAST SIDE ALONG SCHMIDT ROAD.

SO TRANSITIONING FROM THE OPEN SPACE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE TO CREATE AN INTERIOR STREET, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE ALLEY ACCESS SINGLE FAMILY ON EITHER SIDE, AND THEN SOME TWIN HOMES OR DUPLEX FACING OUT TO SCHMIDT ROAD.

AGAIN, CREATING MORE OF THAT WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT EXTENDS FROM OAKFIELD STREET DOWN AND INTO THE SITE.

AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO THE WEST WHERE WE HAVE AN ALLEY TRANSITION OVER TOWARDS THE EXISTING FACILITY TO THE NORTH ON THE SITE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE ANOTHER USE THAT WOULD SUPPORT NOT JUST THE HOUSING THAT'S COMING AND THE HOUSING THAT'S ALREADY AROUND US, BUT THE WORKERS AND THE FAMILIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGA WEAR FACILITY.

IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A POTENTIAL DAYCARE SITE, UH, THAT COULD BE THERE AND ACCESS TO OFF OF SCHMIDT ROAD AND TO THE WEST.

AS MENTIONED, A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE THE EISENBERG TRAIL CORRIDOR THROUGH A NEW PARK FACILITY WEST OF THE REGAL WEAR, UM, MANUFACTURING SITE CONNECTED VIA A TRAIL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EAST.

AGAIN, OPENING UP ACCESS AND USABILITY TO THAT TRAIL CORRIDOR ALL IN.

UH, THIS ANTICIPATES A RANGE OF HOUSING, UH, FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, BOTH STREET ACCESSED AND ALLEY ACCESSED AND TWIN HOMES FACING OUT TO SCHMIDT ROAD.

WE'VE INCORPORATED 54 UH, HOMES INTO THIS SITE.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THE PRICE DISTRIBUTION STARTS TO WORK, UH, WITHIN THIS SEGMENT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOTED THAT THE FORMAT OF THE HOUSING HELPS SUPPORT THAT PRICE DIVERSITY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SMALLER ATTACHED PRODUCT THAT ALLOWS US TO GET INTO THAT THREE 40.

WE HAVE SOME ALLEY PRODUCT IN THE 360 RANGE, AND THEN SOME SINGLE FAMILY FRONT LOADED PRODUCT IN THIS AREA IN THE 360 RANGE AS WELL.

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MOVING TO THE SOUTHERN, THE MIDDLE PROPERTY OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE WE WERE LOOKING A SECOND AGO, THIS SITE HAS MUCH LESS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.

UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE EXISTING WETLANDS, THE SLOPES, THE FLOOD PER LANES, UH, THE TREES, UH, AND ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTHWEST.

THIS SITE REALLY FUNCTIONS IN A MUCH SMALLER SCALE, BUT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER SOME OF THAT MIDDLE AND HIGHER PRICE POINT HOUSING JUST BY THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SITE.

WE'RE VERY LIMITED BY THE ABILITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE WETLANDS AND SLOPES TO THE SOUTH, TO OFFER CONNECTIVITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH OUTSIDE OF TRAIL CONNECTIONS, BUT STILL OFFER SOME HOUSING POINTS IN HERE.

UH, THAT WOULD BE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL PROJECT AND OFFER SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE POINTS IN RESPONSE TO THE ADJOINING ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.

SO HERE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT 47, UH, HOMES, ALL OF WHICH WOULD BE A MORE TRADITIONAL STREET ACCESS SINGLE FAMILY.

AGAIN, OFFERING CHOICES, UH, FOR RESIDENTS AS THEY LOOK IN THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND, UH, HOUSING NEEDS, UH, BUT ALSO REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE JUST REALLY ARE CONSTRAINED ON THIS SITE, UH, BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS.

MOVING TO THE SOUTH IS OUR MOST AVAILABLE PORTION.

THIS, OF COURSE, OPERATE OPERATES RIGHT NOW IS THE PAC.

SO MOVING FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO THE SOUTH, OF COURSE GRADE BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE LAYING THIS OUT.

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GRADE TRANSITION THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE WEST OF INDIANA, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

AND SO REALLY DOES INFORM THE STREET GRID ON THIS SITE AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERISTICS ON THIS SITE.

SO FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO THE SOUTH, WE HAVE OUR HIGHER DENSITY UNITS ALONG WASHINGTON STREET, SOME ALLEY ACCESSED, UH, TWIN HOMES OR DUPLEX WITH A SLIGHT SETBACK FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO HELP BUFFER SOME OF THAT CORRIDOR.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE TO THE EAST, THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE SOME TOWN HOMES, UH, AND TRANSITION AND SCALE TOWARDS THE, UH, THE SAMARITAN CAMPUS, UH, BOTH IN FORMAT AND SIZE OF BUILDING.

THEN WE STEPPED DOWN, UH, WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE PUBLIC STREETS OF EDGEWOOD WILLOW, AND THEN DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY GARDENS WITH A SERIES OF ALLEY LOADED SINGLE FAMILY THAT WOULD ALTERNATE FROM KIND OF A FLAT SITE TO SOME TUCK UNDER GARAGES WHERE WE ACTUALLY TAKE THE GRADE DOWN BELOW, UH, FOR THE, THE REAR GARAGE.

SO IT'S DOWN ABOUT 10 FEET THAT LETS US STEP THE STREET GRID DOWN, UH, AND AVOID HAVING COSTLY RETAINING WALLS OR CHALLENGES OF GETTING ACCESS OFF OF AN ALLEY, UH, UNTIL WE STEP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTH.

AND THEN WE HAVE HOMES THAT WILL ACTUALLY FRONT OUT TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS.

A COUPLE OF OTHER ASPECTS TO POINT OUT ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

IN ADDITION TO OF COURSE, DELIVERING SINGLE FAMILY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD THIS TO MEET MODERN STANDARDS.

SO YOU'LL SEE ALLOCATIONS, UH, FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER RUNS DOWNHILL, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE AMOUNT OF AREA WE WILL NEED, UH, TO TREAT THE STORM WATER, UH, RESPONSIBLY ON EACH OF THE SITES.

AND THEN COUPLE THAT UP WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE SO THAT WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOLKS OR GIVING FOLKS OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE SMALLER LOT HOMES WITH SMALLER AMOUNTS OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, WE'VE COUPLED THAT UP WITH SOME PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WITHIN CLOSE WALKING, UH, RANGE FROM ALL OF THE HOMES.

SO IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE AN OPEN SPACE ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE, AGAIN, DRIVEN BY THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SITE.

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GRADE THERE.

SO A GREAT OVERLOOK POSITION THAT WHERE YOU COULD HAVE KIND OF THAT VIEW DOWN INTO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND THE PARK BEYOND, UH, COUPLED UP WITH SOME TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND THEN WRAPPING AROUND TO A SETBACK ALONG WASHINGTON NORTH OF THE TOWN HOMES THAT CAN PRESERVE SOME OF THE EXISTING MEMORIAL TREES, UH, THAT ARE PRESENT ALONG THAT FRONTAGE.

SO ALL IN, WE'RE AT 198 TOTAL UNITS, UH, BETWEEN THE THREE SITES.

UH, THIS OF COURSE BEING THE 97 UNITS, SO THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF THE SITES, UH, LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PRICE DISTRIBUTION WORKS, UH, IN THE LOWER CORNER THERE.

SO THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ON EACH OF THE THREE SITES IS 198 NEW OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS AND EVERY FORMAT WOULD BE FOCUSED AT THAT.

SO, BUT IN THE TOWN HOMES, THE DUPLEX AND THE SINGLE FAMILY ALL FOR SALE, WE HAVE 81 HOMES PRICED UNDER THAT $340,000, UH, TARGET 79 HOMES FALLING WITHIN THE 360,000, AND THEN 39 HOMES IN THAT 420,000 PRICE POINT, WHICH HELPS SUPPORT BOTH SALES PRICE AND MOMENTUM, UH, CHOICE OF HOUSING FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHILE STILL MEETING THAT NEED, UH, FOR SOME MORE ATTAINABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO WORK WITH IT.

WE WANTED TO THANK THE C THE COMMITTEE.

THANK THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE SEEING THIS KIND OF PROJECT, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING THAT'S MUCH NEEDED, NOT JUST IN WEST BEND, BUT ACROSS, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNTY, IN FACT, THE

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ENTIRE STATE.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTS.

QUESTIONS, ANYONE, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, UH, CHRONOLOGICALLY, I'M ASSUMING, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, SO STARTING IN THE NORTH AND WHAT WOULD BE THE ANTICIPATED START DATE, UNLESS I MISSED IT IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO WE GOT A COUPLE STEPS TO GO THROUGH.

UM, WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH A PLATING AND ZONING PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAT EACH OF THESE PARCELS TO CREATE THE PARCELS.

UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP OF MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND TO ADDRESS SOME ZONING QUESTIONS ON HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT ALL OF THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN, OF COURSE, BEEN A PARTNER ALL ALONG SO THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UH, BUT I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE IN TOWARDS ENGINEERING, UH, SHORTLY SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE, THE PHYSICAL COST TO CONSTRUCT THE STREETS AND DELIVER THE LOTS WITH A GOAL TOWARDS BEING POTENTIALLY IN A POSITION WHERE YOU COULD GET, UH, INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THESE COMING OUT RIGHT IN, IN EARLIEST PARTS OF NEXT YEAR.

ANYONE ELSE THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE REST OF YOUR COMMITTEE.