00:00:11,630	Happy New Year. Today is January 7th, 2025. It is 5:30 p.m. and we are in the Bosh Froehlich meeting room at Mandan City Hall. Mr. Neubauer, will you please take the roll call. Here, Heinsohn, Comm Rohr. Mayor Froelich. And now we will have building official Jordan Singer, lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

00:00:39,730	Please stand. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Jordan. One announcement before we get to Jordan. Um, congratulations. All is right with the world. NDSU is national.

00:01:12,500	Champions again And in particular, Mandan’s own Jackson Duten Heffer. Uh, as part of the NDSU football team, so congratulations. Jordan Good evening, Mayor Froelich and Commissioners. I stand before you this evening for a recognition that we have as part of the community beautification recognition program.

00:01:42,530	Um, the committee likes to nominate and vote on and look at different community aspects, and I think this is one of those that is very important and, uh, is, is, is unique, um, to Mandan and the fact that we, uh, We really, we, we look for this, these, these type of things, um, there’s different aspects, landscape, uh, aesthetics, and then obviously it’s seasonal and holiday displays and that’s

00:02:03,370	what I’m here, um, for. For tonight’s, um, recognition. I just want to have, um, recognize Cole and Amy Berger, uh, for their property at 2824 Massarra Place, uh, here in Mandan, uh, we have a couple of pictures. They have a holiday light display.

00:02:27,730	That, um, was nominated and brought forward to the committee and, uh, as you can see, we have, um, just about any type of Christmas. And, uh, different holiday light in there, so.

00:02:46,000	Uh, we’ll leave Amy cause we, we know here at work that she didn’t really have a whole lot to do with it, but Cole, if you could, if you could come forward and come up here. Um, we just wanna. Just give them this certificate of achievement from the community beautification Committee. Um, on the. I, I don’t even know what to say. There’s just so much going on here, but I, I don’t know how many square feet are left.

00:03:06,770	I was gonna do a calculation before the meeting, but find out how many square feet of Um, we’re left on just the front corner of your property, but it’s not a whole lot, but, um, Anyway, well done from the committee.

00:03:27,630	Thank you for showing your, your holiday spirit, um, decorating your house and, uh, for those that didn’t see it, um, it was on the city of Mandan, um, uh, we had our lights tour a little code. It was also on there and, and hopefully again next year we can more next year.

00:03:48,530	So if you’re looking we’ll take whatever, but uh we, we really appreciate his committee, um, the work that you’ve put into this, um, showing off your place and, uh, um, yeah, and it was nominated, voted on by the committee unanimously. Um, to be, yeah, part of the recognition program. So thank you, Cole, for all your work and your property. So on behalf of the committee, thank you very much. Picture. We want to do a picture too, Cole. Yeah. Get up there.

00:04:38,630	I of Congratulations Cole and Amy Jordan. Could you just go over this program again. Ah For the Christmas lights, so the, the beautification committee. Um, recognition program has different criteria for properties not only um residential but commercial as well. Within the city of Mandan, uh, they need to meet one of the following.

00:05:05,900	It would be a, a landscape maintenance enhancement, a structural maintenance or enhancement. Um, and overall aesthetic improvement. I know in the past we’ve had, um, you’ve seen some different window displays that have even been art perhaps or or things like that, but things that spruce up the community, we really, um, lean on some of our members and, and people of

00:05:25,100	the community to nominate them and the form is obviously on the website, but we, we really like to showcase a lot of these pieces because they truly represent, um, what the citizens of Mandan are about.

00:05:45,830	So in this seasonal, uh, respect we are encouraging people to put out their Christmas lights, decorate their houses, and their businesses. Absolutely. And be submitted so we can bring him here and, and do that, but yes, absolutely we are, so as a testament to our downtown as well. Yes sir, thank you.

00:06:06,630	A Maryland commend the burgers for putting the nice nativity scene right out in front, which is to me the representation of Christmas, so I noticed that and I appreciate that, thank you. Yes, again, congratulations. Um, moving on to item D, approval of the agenda. You have the agenda in front of you. Look for a motion to approve the agenda. Second, we have a motion by Comm Braun, a second by Comm Heinsohn. Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call.

00:06:35,530	Comm Braun, yes, Rohr, Sjoberg, Mayor Froelich. Yes. Consider the approval of the minutes from the December 17th, 2024. Board meeting I moved to approve the minutes. Second Motion by Comm Braun, seconded by Comm Sjoberg. Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call, please, Commissioners Braun. Rohr, yes, Sjoberg, yes, Mayor Froelich, yes. Agenda item F public hearing.

00:07:09,800	Consider a request for a special use permit for a Discovery Kids Childcare Center for Lot 5, block 1, Eastwood Acres, 4th edition. Andrew. Good evening, Mayor Froelich and Commissioners.

00:07:32,630	Um, this is a request from Steven and Ashley Featherston, uh, Discovery Properties LLC is requesting the special use permit to open Discovery Kids Childcare in this, in this location. The Featherstons are pursuing the purchase of the building, uh, to open the child care facility within it. Um, just give me one moment while I pull up, uh, the agenda packet here with the details to present, um. As I do that, I’ll try and get through a little bit more details here.

00:07:52,900	The property that they’re looking at was previously Dakota Supply Company. This is in East Mandan, West of the fast food restaurant on East Main Street. Um, the building that they’re looking at would have sprinklers installed and exterior play area added on to it. And be licensed for up to 249 child care spaces.

00:08:17,500	The applicant believes that the actual number will fall between 150 and 200 child care spaces as the kind of the the shell space is measured and then once it’s furnished and Divided and parted off further, uh, the number of licensed. child care spaces goes down with that as the measurement is uh furnished final measurement.

00:08:41,000	So here’s the location for those unfamiliar with it, uh, again, we’re in East Mandan. Zoning is CA commercial and the future land use for this property is commercial. I do have an image of it as well. This is the property viewed from. The East The Southwest. South and then and and overview. Showing the subject property.

00:09:12,000	Daycares are Uh, regulated by the city code of ordinances and the evaluative criteria. Mark are outlined in inside of that, um, we have A requirement for the use to comply with the city’s plan and be consistent with the city’s zoning regulations. We have operational restrictions in the ordinance and are proposing a cap of 15 children outside between 9:30 and 7 p.m.

00:09:34,830	and and no use of the exterior play area outside of that time. Um, we do check for impacts to adjacent properties. Um, it appears that the use will meet all applicable regularly, regulatory, um, restrictions and not result in any. loss of scenic or historic features to me and Dan.

00:09:57,830	We do feel that adequate buffers are in place to the, to the uses around there with this site. And that it’s accessible. Um, and includes adequate provisions for that. We do also have. Further standards for them. Uh, they will be in the process of state permit approval, and that needs to be provided to the city for our permit to be issued.

00:10:20,170	35 square feet of interior play area per child is required and is met 75 ft of exterior play space is met. There will be no adult. Um care provided here so that portion of our ordinance is just skipped over. Minimum parking is able to be met by the property. And drop off and pick up space will be separate from minimum parking.

00:10:43,730	There is a site plan that’s being prepared that will have a little bit more detail such as where the proposed staff parking and parking striping drop off spaces, uh, some of the site access controls which I’ll get into. We did present this to the planning and zoning Commission at their December 18th meeting.

00:11:00,230	They did ultimately choose to approve with a few conditions that were listed and provided to staff. That includes the submission of a copy of the state childcare license with the final headcount. Establishment of a potential shared use agreement with um. Sended Cornhole to the north, received um.

00:11:20,730	Fire water and fire sprinklers using a a private irrigation line and they may tap into that for this building as well. A later item on tonight’s agenda is a fire sprinkler incentive, so. If they do share that line, we would require shared use. For that piece of infrastructure. We are requesting modifications to the site’s access, um, in talking with the engineering department. whoop.

00:11:41,000	This isn’t an ideal part of Mandan, and we probably wouldn’t rebuild it this way if we could build it different, probably provide a little bit more space between the intersections if we could.

00:11:55,800	However, this is an existing building and we do want to work with the property owners to see if this use will work in that, in that location, given the immense need for childcare and Mandan. So the idea is to try and consolidate the access to the site to a singular location if I can have the screen. Right now, there is no control and a person could drive into the site pretty much anywhere. On their South property line here.

00:12:14,500	One of the things that the property owner can help with, and that’s in their control on their property would be to limit access to the property to a specific location, ideally as far west as it can be so that vehicles enter and exit the site. And approach East Main as controlled as possible. Versus today, there’s essentially.

00:12:35,230	Kind of a free for all lateral access to the site from the intersection of East Main and Twin City Drive, so. The idea being that vehicle entering the site would stay on Main Street as long as they can. For as orderly stacking as we as we can get to this site.

00:12:54,100	So that would be what’s meant for the condition of modifying the site’s access. The installation of an opaque fence along the western boundary of the exterior play area is required to provide some additional screening to the properties to the West.

00:13:16,370	Again, we’ve discussed the limit of the number of children outside and the preservation of access to the Send It Cornhole property, the plant requires this law to provide access to the rear parcel, so. Thank you for letting me get through some of those conditions. Staff is recommending approval and the planning and zoning Commission is recommending approval of the special use permit with the conditions that I outlined. Uh, this is a public hearing.

00:13:33,000	I can’t take any questions if you have them. Thank you. Any questions for Andrew? Hearing none, we’re going to open up the public hearing. Anyone has comments? No second call for comments. If none 3rd and final call. Hearing none, the public hearing is closed. Commissioners Wen Commissioners, uh, Andrew, thank you for you and your committee for uh.

00:14:15,730	Obviously ensuring that the, the requirements that we have for the city is met in terms of allowing the daycare. Um Daycares are very important. That’s one of the things that are asked for quite often within the communities and in Bismarck all over. They’re very important. And the people that work there, uh.

00:14:35,470	They, they don’t just hold the children as you will as a. An area just For them pass time before they’re picked up. That’s an area where the people that are involved in the daycare. Do a lot more. They. They build, they mentor, they teach. They help the children grow to be.

00:14:57,830	Important within their community and and important to themselves, so I think this is important. Andrew, the owners of the Discovery, business also on that building, is that correct? Mayor Frela Comm Sjoberg, the applicants are in the process of purchasing the building, and at the time of final permitting and licenser, they will be the owners of the building.

00:15:23,000	And at this time, the building is vacant. Um, Mayor Froelich Comm Sjoberg, it is largely vacant. They have a, a tenant in there, professional services tenant that will be vacating it upon um. That property transfer. Thank you. Thank you.

00:15:52,370	I move to recommend approval of the special use permit for Discovery Kids Childcare Center for Lot 5, Block 1, Eastwood Acres, 4th edition with the conditions provided in the staff report. Oh second that. With a motion by Comm Braun, a second by Comm Sjoberg. Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call please. Comm Braun, yes, Rohr, yes, Sjoberg, yes, Mayor Froelich, yes. Item number G bids. Consider bids for Memorial Highway.

00:16:22,770	East half Project Jarek Mayor Commissioners, good evening. Um, on December 20th, the North Dakota Department of Transportation opened bids for the Memorial Highway project, the east half of the Memorial Highway project. Um, we received Forbids ranging from about $38 million to $40 million our engineers estimate going into the bid was $36.2 million.

00:16:51,100	So the um The bids ranged from about 5% overestimate to about 10% overestimate. Um, the low bid came from Reedy Construction out of Aberdeen, South Dakota. Uh, they are a concrete contractor. They do a lot of work for the South Dakota Department of Transportation, and they also did, um, Bismarck’s Downtown reconstruction project 2 years ago, um, so we’re confident that they’re capable of taking

00:17:14,870	the project. Um The cities’s exposure to the bid is estimated to be about $10.9 million. This would be for the city’s contributions towards the street and storm sewer, as well as 100% or Um, 100% of the sanitary work that’s going to be done in the project as well as 40% of the water.

00:17:40,370	Uh, drinking water, work that’s going to be done on the project. Um, this is For, for our purposes at this point, it’s about 5% over as well. Pretty much in line with the overall project, the differences between the estimate and the bid prices, um, we’re still working with, uh, our consultants to to to uh use these new Unit prices to make

00:18:03,100	to refine estimates for the West half of the project, um, and we’re gonna have more and better information in the coming months. Um, we would recommend concurring in the award to reconstruction, and I can try and answer any questions, or we have um consultants from HDR and AE to us here to answer any other

00:18:21,830	questions that I might not be able to. Any questions for Jarek? You’ve done. I’m moved to approve the concurrence award of award to reconstruction as presented. Second We have motion by Comm Rohr, seconded by Comm Heinsohn. Any further discussion? Hearing none roll call please Commissioners Sjoberg, yes, Hans, yes, Ron, yes, Rohr, Mayor Froelich. Yes.

00:19:05,630	I remember h under the consent agenda. Are there any items you would like removed? Mayor fellow Commissioners, I would like each one to be removed from the consent agenda. Any other items? Here no, can I get a motion to a pass items 2 through. 12, so moved. Second Motion by Comm Braun is seconded by Comm Heinsohn.

00:19:39,830	Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call, Comm Heinsohn. Yes, yes, Rohr, yes, Sjoberg, Mayor Froelich. Yes. Item one is considered state watercom Commission funding for Memorial Highway, Jarek.

00:20:10,770	Mayor Commissioners, um, this is an amendment to our, um, Costs agreement with the State Water Commission and the purpose of this amendment is to include, um, State participation in the drinking water portions of the Memorial Highway project. Um, if there’s any questions or anything that I can answer specifically, I’d be happy to do so. What’s that amount, Jarek? Um, it was $348,000 and it’s being, it’s increased to uh $2.9 million with this amendment. So with that difference then. About $2.6 million higher. Thank you.

00:20:40,530	City Administrator Neubauer, would you please take the stand? Oh, I’m sorry, podium. Mayor Froelich and Comm Sjoberg, yes. We had a rather lengthy planning and zoning meeting this afternoon. And, uh, I think it’s high time that the, the work that’s Done within these hallowed halls, the city of Mandan. Meets its rightful recognition.

00:21:17,470	I asked Jarek And Andrew and Riley. Um, if they had any part in this cost savings to the citizens of the city of Mandan. And they, they admirably said they did not. Andrew said that he might have had part in one of the last meetings for just a brief moment or two.

00:21:38,730	And I commend them for their Honesty So I said, how far back did this go? and they said, well, probably at least a decade or so. It does take time to Take care of Financial awards in this amount. I’m sure that Greg, uh, can echo that observation from the financial standpoint. Um Since I’m new here.

00:22:09,100	Jarek and Andrew were new here. Um, we couldn’t. Pinpoint Uh, the names of those that were really involved as far as department heads or Elected officials I will say that one named continued to pop up. And Jim, that’s yours. Um This is a huge savings to the citizens of Mandan.

00:22:39,730	Um, on one hand, it could be said that The Memorial Highway project was initiated by the State Highway Department. Therefore, it is incumbent upon a state organization to Assist with cost sharing. On the other hand, Since Some of us here have only been in office since July 1st of last year. It’s been my personal observations. That you Or the common denominator. And It is your.

00:23:15,000	Integrity Your Honor Your honesty Your street respect. Your willingness to work with people. Of all backgrounds. You, sir, are the reason. At this $2.6 million savings can be passed along to the citizens of Mandan. You and you alone from this point. And for that I most humbly and modestly thank you.

00:23:55,000	You need the recognition too often you are the brunt of ugly coffee clutch jokes and rumors and disrespect that stops that ends right now with this commission tonight. It will no longer be tolerable to anybody that works within these halls. Beneath this roof we need to look to Jim Newar as an example. Of leading by example.

00:24:26,470	Thank you for setting a stellar example for the rest of us that work here and trying to do our best to keep this community thriving and growing into the future. Sorry to put you on the spot. But I, I couldn’t let this moment pass, so thank you very much, sir. Mayor Froelich and Comm Sjoberg, uh, those comments are certainly appreciated.

00:24:48,900	I will, um, and say that it is a team effort from our consulting engineers to the North Dakota Department of Water Resources, formerly State Water Commission to our finance department to folks in our engineering department, um, it It’s, it’s a group of people that continuously look to find ways to lower the cost to our

00:25:09,230	residents on projects like this, um, we’ve been working with, um, also the North Dakota Department of Transportation for we can go back. probably 20 to 25 years on Memorial Highway, so this is a pretty big step in moving forward, but again, um, the funding resources that come available on this project and

00:25:27,000	all others, it is a it is a team effort. It is not a one man show, and we work very well and we work very hard to, um, lower those costs for residents and also produce a very good product.

00:25:43,830	So appreciate those words, um, but again, I will, it is a, it is a group effort and it, uh, our thanks also go to the commission for allowing us to um explore all kinds of different funding opportunities, um, to lower again, try and do the most efficient job we can and also to keep the costs as reasonable as we can for our residents. Thank you.

00:26:04,800	That was exactly a response I had pictured. Thank you very much. And with that I moved to approve Amendment One as presented. We have motion to approve, consent. Agenda item 1. By Comm Sjoberg, a second by Comm Brown. Any further discussion? hearing none, roll call, please. Comm Braun. Yes, Rohr. Sjoberg, Mayor Froelich, yes.

00:26:43,630	We have no old business on to new business agenda item J. Consider preliminary engineering reimbursement agreement for the I-94 chip seal project, Jarek. Mayor Commissioners, um. This is a project that kind of ah was conceived of and put into motion fairly quickly. The Department of Transportation, uh, had some extra federal funds that they needed to obligate to a project in 2024.

00:27:13,630	Um, they reached out to us to see, um, what we thought about a preventative maintenance project going through our community. Um, this would be a chip seal of I-94, um.

00:27:34,900	I believe it, it would take place from the western edge of Mandan to the eastern edge of Bismarck, but, um, the piece that the city has a stake in is the is Highway 810, and this is the What I think most people would consider to be I-94 between Um The Memorial Bridge and the expressway Bridge. That segment, um, most of the interstate. The system is funded by the state and federal government at 100%.

00:28:01,630	That particular segment of road, um, is not considered interstate and the city has a 10% cost participation in that segment. So the district office reached out to us and asked us to think to what our thoughts were on getting this, uh, this work done, and, um, I reached out to finance department and they, they told me that uh they

00:28:22,000	thought that this this could Uh This could be paid out of sales tax and um so that’s why I have it here for you today to consider. Um. The total participation that the city would have in this project is about $35,000.

00:28:43,770	And uh as a preventative maintenance project, this is a very Good way to spend money, so, um, it’s our recommendation to enter into this agreement. Um, as presented, and this agreement is essentially just Stating that we support the project and we understand our cost participation responsibilities in the project and if for some reason we, we withdrew support of the project.

00:29:07,270	Um, we would reimburse the state for any engineering costs that they incurred between those two dates which would far exceed $35,000 I would imagine so, um. If you have any other questions specifically, I can answer them. Otherwise. You don’t have a map, you didn’t have it pulled up. I was. Some Memorial Highway. Let me, let me pull it up here.

00:29:34,730	Right here, if you can pull. Pull it up. The segment of I-94. Between expressway. And memorial bridges, so it’d be this segment right here. It is not technically I-94, but it’s, it’s not I-894. It’s not, it’s yeah, it’s labeled I-94 on um on Google Maps, and yeah, I probably talk about it as being I-94 in uh conversation.

00:30:03,370	But it is Highway 810. So what do we have there, mile? That’s a good question. About 3/4 of a mile. Give or take. So chippy both lanes. Chip Travelings off ramps on ramps, crossovers. Everything. So 3/4 of a mile for $35,000. OK. And Jarek the timing of this project? In reference to the Memorial Highway East.

00:30:42,900	Based on, based on how quickly the project got put together and and Um was being acted on, I would expect it to be constructed this summer. So there’s not gonna be any um problem with The east end of the Memorial Highway and this project going on at the same time? I hope you guys looked at it yet, or are you

00:31:03,170	going to look at it? Mayor Commissioners, I would not expect it to be an issue. Chip seal projects are very, um, quick, quick, they’re not very invasive, um, they’re not very disruptive, so. I would expect it to go fairly smoothly. Jack, do you remember the last time that was.

00:31:26,000	Redone from a melon overlay or what, you know, what it was. The last time it had any attention to it. I don’t know off the top of my head. Um, I would be able to find that information out for you, um. Routine maintenance like this is probably a 6 to 7-year cycle, so it may be fair to say.

00:31:45,870	That time time frame. But I will look into that for you. Thank you. Any other questions for Jarek? Hearing none, I would entertain emotion. I moved in and turned into agreement and authorized 1%. sales tax funds to pay for the city’s share of the project. Second We have motion by Comm Sjoberg, a second by Comm Rohr.

00:32:17,900	Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Comm Braun, yes, Rohr, yes, Sjoberg. Mayor Froelich. Yes. Item number 2 under new business, consider a growth fund committee recommendation for fire sprinkler assistance for 17 O2 East Main Street, Madison Comm, so, um, city planner Stromme kind of stole my thunder, but um we will be talking about the same

00:32:52,000	property as he just discussed that was approved for the special use permit. It’s been 002. Um, the Man and Growth Fund discussed this topic held on December 11, 2024. Discovery Properties LLC will be closing the sale of the building at 1702 East Main Street, this coming spring of 2025 with plans to convert it.

00:33:12,270	Into a childcare center. Discovery properties to LLC will operate as the property management company with Discovery Kids as the childcare center of a capacity of up to 200 children in order for the facility to meet all reg regulatory compliance standards required for children operations, the installation of a fire sprinkler system is necessary.

00:33:35,170	The estimated cost for installing the system is a little over $59,000. In addition to the sprinkler system, Nova Fire protection will install a fire smoke monitoring system with Poll stations and a central panel.

00:33:57,170	The applicant is seeking $10,000 in matching funds for the sprinkler system and will exceed the 50% match requirement as Comm Braun also pointed out a little bit ago that, um, this will alleviate the shortage of childcare in Mandan that everyone seems to be looking for him. And it, uh, with the location, it can also be accommodating for both. Mandan and Bismarck too.

00:34:21,100	Um, so the Mandan Growth Fund voted 70 with two members absent to recommend providing 50% matching funds, not to exceed $10,000 to be structured as a forgivable loan for the insulation of a fire sprinkler system at 1702 East Main Street. If you have any questions? Let me know.

00:34:44,630	Any questions for Madison? I moved to approve the 50% matching funds, not to exceed the $10,000 to be structured as a forgivable loan for the installation of fire sprinkler system at 1702 East Main Street. Second We have motion by Comm Heinsohn. Seconded by Comm Sjoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none roll call, Comm Sjoberg. Hi, Rohr, Mayor Frelick, yes. Item number 3. Consider re-executing purchase agreement for city-owned lot. 606 Collins Avenue. Andrew, Mayor Froelich and Commissioners.

00:35:21,470	Uh, well over a year ago now, we approached the commission with a request from Chelsea and Justin Morrow to purchase a property from the city of Mandan. I do have a location map on my screen. Here this is a property on the east side of Collins Avenue as you head north or head up the hill, it would be on your right.

00:35:37,470	Um, I came back and back taxes and is presently kind of partially occupied by a adjoining property. Uh, so in May of 2023, we did present an offer for $250 to the city, uh, to purchase this property with the condition that the, the buyer, hire surveyor and have it combined with their property so it doesn’t.

00:36:00,630	Fall off again in the future, um. Given the time lapse since the original approval and it. Needing to come back as a minor platt with the new mayor and new commission had felt right to reintroduce uh this so that it could be re-executed and we could take care of this.

00:36:21,230	It’s a recommendation that we Reexecute the purchase agreement and sell this lot to the Morros for $250 with the conditions listed in the purchase agreement. Uh, essentially that they have a surveyor prepare a plat, apply for it, have it approved, recorded, and get this taken care of.

00:36:40,470	Do you have any questions for me? Yeah, do you have a Google Earth image? I have something better, Mayor Froelich. Street level. This is the lot that we are looking at here. On the screen. Um, so, The courthouse would have been across the street to the West. And the blue lot, it’s what we own as the city that they would be buying.

00:37:05,270	We have an alley that runs east and then jogs to the south. Immediately north of it. Thank you, Andrew. Any questions for Andrew? Andrew, when we put outbids. But assuming this doesn’t happen all that often, but When I hear like $250 is a little bit, I think that’s. Pretty small. Like, do we ever set any type of thresholds for those sorts of things.

00:37:39,370	Um, Mayor Froelich, Comm Heinsohn, we do have a minimum that we need, um, we do. We’ve historically benefited from the assistance of a listing agent, Darren Schmitz’s been able to get these into the MLS and enlisted in accordance with basic city ordinance requirements. We do view this as a fairly advantageous process and we don’t.

00:38:02,630	Want this to go to a highest bidder situation given. In almost any situation, a lot that comes back to the city has some peculiarities to it, so in this case, we consider a a multitude of factors when determining the appropriate.

00:38:24,630	Purchaser, um, unfortunately it is the adjoining property owner and money is kind of a minor issue compared to it just being put back into private property ownership, the I did include this in the uh staff report, I believe, but we also consider the cost of applying for a minor plat, hiring a surveyor.

00:38:42,730	Uh Carry some cost, of course, and we, we want to be considered for that one trying to offload these, so we don’t get a lot of money for them often, but when we do get to sell them in a situation like this, it makes sense to, to take the opportunity to, so are there any other questions I can take on this one? Thank you.

00:38:59,230	mayor Andrew, I just noticed over the years when you when these things pop up, I know, uh, right on 14th Avenue where the bank was falling in those, those loss, usually those loss don’t have any value.

00:39:14,900	In terms of real estate or other things, so the city is kind of saddled with these things, and we have to do the best we can to get what value we can add them and quite often that’s not. What we consider the value of real estate quite often, but it’s, uh, That’s what we have to settle for sometimes due to the, like you mentioned, the, uh, the beater train or non-billable or whatever other

00:39:32,370	problems result from these lots. Comm, I agree. Thank you. Commissioners I’ll move to approve the sale of 606 Collins Avenue contingent upon the conditions of the purchase agreement. were motioned by Comm Sjoberg is seconded by Comm Rohr, and he further discussion. Hearing none, roll call, please. Commission Heinsohn, Rohr Sjoberg, Mayor Froelich, yes.

00:40:09,370	Agenda item K resolution and ordinances. Item number one, consider a resolution. Authorizing a loan application for the 2025 reconstruction project of Monte Drive, Jarek. Mayor Commissioners, um, this is a necessary step in our financing of the 2025 reconstruction project, um, SRF requires a resolution by the um by the board authorizing um Providing information related to the project and providing.

00:40:43,370	Um answering questions and documentation, um, this resolution with authorized administrator Neubauer and finance Director Welch to provide information necessary for loan applications. Um, the SRF loan program is a 2%. Um, interest rate, um, program, and um we are expecting the entirety. Of the Monte Drive reconstruction.

00:41:18,100	Project to be able to be funded through this 22% um loan program, and that’s going to translate into A lot of reduced costs for the residents in that area, so, um, if there’s any specific questions, uh, I can answer, um, I’d be happy to do so. Just to Re Refresh. Uh, anybody watching, can you bring up the Monte Drive project. Boundaries.

00:41:40,630	Absolutely. So I do have it pulled up on the screen. I can try and do my best to describe it here. Lewis and Clark Elementary is right here. The Monte Drive project is the sort of triangle that’s defined by 6th Avenue Northwest. Boundary Street And sunset Drive.

00:42:03,100	There won’t be there the only work along Sunset Drive would take place in this, uh, far northwest corner, most of the sunset Drive will remain untouched for this project, so primarily within those bounds.

00:42:28,630	And when you say reconstruction, what does that entail? Reconstruction would be water main reconstruction primarily, though we would be doing some sanitary sewer improvements in the area as well as reconstructing the surface of the road in a way that doesn’t result in, um, a lot of differential settlement and scarring that you can see at some other areas around town. So we’re not doing the whole road, we’re doing the pathway of the water lines. That is the reconstruction portion, but we are doing um full width.

00:42:50,370	Um Rehabilitation To the surface of the road in support of the water main reconstruction. Sidewalks involved? Not sidewalks. But EDA ramps. Um, and that is related to the full depth melon overlay.

00:43:15,730	Mayor Jerry, a lot of this has to do with the, uh, proficiency of fire prevention, fire suppression making sure that ample water is available for fires that may not be there right now. Mayor Comm, that’s correct, yeah, we do have, um, Water, um, pressure throttled in this area currently.

00:43:41,470	Um To try and prevent some of those accelerating water main breaks that occur and have occurred during fire events, um, this project would include the establishment of a new pressure zone. And that would allow the city to increase water pressure not only to this area, but some other areas around town as well. OK, thank you. Yep. comedy breaks have been in that neighborhood in the last. 15 years, 15 years, I think it was 27.

00:44:02,500	I think I’d presented the number 26 and then there was another one the next day, so. my yard again. Yeah. Cherokee, uh, shared a photo of a cast iron. Water main pipe with me today. Is that handy? I don’t have that handy with me right now. I’m sorry. OK, no, that’s fine. Sorry, sorry for the last moment. Here, but, um. That It was frightening.

00:44:34,370	They can’t think of another word. For that Uh, except frightening. Yeah, some, sometimes it is, it is. Yeah, you wonder how it stayed together that long. And we have Relatively close proximity of of I-94. Motor vehicle accidents that might happen on the on and off ramps there that would require significant amounts of water.

00:45:03,900	Um, from that area, we’ve got a uh Lewis and Clark Elementary School. Um Uh, this has to be done. Mayor Comm, yeah, I no options to get a. What is it, a 2%. Loan loan rate on this is, is, is outstanding and, and absolutely imperative. I would agree. Jerk I want to go back to my sidewalk.

00:45:37,000	So there’s no sidewalks involved in this, but when the, the line broke. Uh They dig into the sidewalk, correct. So how do you avoid? Not tearing out sidewalks and replacing water lines we would be there would probably be some sidewalk work associated with reconnecting service lines to the new main, but the main would be relocated into the

00:46:01,500	roadway. Um 8 ft I think into the roadway off of the curb, um, and we would abandon the cast iron water main in place. So the amount of The amount of disruption to sidewalks would be limited to where we need to do service line work. It would be replaced in those situations, yeah. It Thank you. Yes.

00:46:31,000	I moved to approve the resolution authorizing loan application as presented. Second We have a motion by Comm Hainon a second by Comm Rohr. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Messrs Braun, yes, Rohr, yes, Sjoberg, yes, Hein, yes, Mayor Froelich, yes. Thank you. Item number 2. Consider a resolution establishing rates and charges for water meters.

00:47:00,230	Mr. O’Keefe Good evening, Mayor, Commissioners. Today I’m presenting a resolution regarding the water meteorites as part of our annual process, staff conducts an evaluation of the cost to purchase water meters. And works closely with the finance department to establish the price charges. Charged to the citizens purchasing meters for new construction.

00:47:22,230	It is important to note that these rates are subject to change based on market conditions and supply chain fluctuations. So the final price will be confirmed at the time of purchase. We ask for your approval of the resolution to ensure a fair and transparent rate structure for our community, I recommend to approve the resolution.

00:47:42,630	Establishing rates and charges for water meters for new construction from the utility maintenance department. Thank you. Any questions for Shane? Carry none I moved to approve the resolutions establishing rates and charges for water meters for the new for new construction, excuse me. From the utility maintenance department. We have a motion by Comm Heinsohn and a second by Comm Braun.

00:48:15,100	Any further discussion? Hearing none roll call please Comm Braun Rohr. Sjoberg En, yes, Mayor Froelich, yes. Item number 32 consideration of ordinance 1459 for Cove at Lakewood planned unit development. Andrew, Mayor Froelich and Commissioner’s Ordinance 1459 was presented for its first consideration at the City Commission meeting on December 17th.

00:48:45,730	There have been no changes made to it since that meeting. We have not received any comments related to it since that meeting. Again, ordinance 1459 pertains to the development of Covette Lakewood and southeast Mandan. Um, it’s the recommendation in the packet for it to be approved.

00:49:12,370	Do you have any questions for me this evening? Any questions for Andrew? Hearing none, what are your wishes. I moved to approve second consideration of ordinance 1459. Second. We have motion by Comm Sjoberg, seconded by Comm Braunn. Hearing none, roll roll roll roll yes, Mayor Froelich. Yes, motion passes. Any other business before the commission. Seeing none, future meeting dates for the board of city Commissioners January 14th.

00:49:50,130	2025 at 5:30, special meeting, working session, long range financial planning. January 21st, 2025 at 5 p.m. Commission meeting, I do believe, Mr. Neubauer. January 28th, 2025 at 5:30. Special meeting, working session, long range financial planning. February 4th, 2025 at 5:30. Commission meeting. February 11th, 2025 at 5:30 special meeting working session, long range financial planning. In February 18th.

00:50:29,770	2025 at 5 p.m. So January 21st is at 5 p.m. February 18th is at 5 p.m. And with that, We are Adjourned.