City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you for joining us at home. This is Monday, September 14th. This is a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Waverly, Iowa, and we are called to order.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Council, do I have a motion to approve the agenda?

I'll move the agenda as presented.

Second.

Any discussion?

This is a voice vote. All in favor say aye. Aye. Test unanimously. Council, do I have a motion to approve the minutes? Move to approve the minutes as presented.

Second.

Any discussion? Voiceville, all in favor say aye. Aye. Unanimously, and our guest council person.

Julie, would you like to introduce our guest council person?

I would love to. Mary Ventulo is a longtime citizen of Waverly and retired ER nurse, and just a lovely asset to our community, and I'm glad to have her with us.

You're welcome. We're glad you're here, and I'll come back to you at the end of the meeting and see if you have any thoughts or questions. Thank you. Glad you're here. This is the date, time, and place for a public hearing for review of the plan's specifications for contract and estimated cost for the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project. The Mayor and City Council will entertain any comments. After all comments, the hearing will be declared closed and the following action will be considered. Have you received any written or oral comments? I have not, Your Honor. Are there any public comments? I see none. The public hearing is now closed. Council, do I have a motion?

I move approval of Resolution 26-173, a resolution approving the plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimated cost for the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project.

Second. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. Harmon? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackey?

Yes.

Myers? Yes. Rothie? Yes. Wolfe?

Yes.

Mr. 1A, Resolution 26-174, a resolution awarding the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project. Council, do I have a motion?

I move to approve Resolution 26-174, a resolution awarding the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project to the Cedar Falls Construction Company in Cedar Falls, Iowa for the bid of $292,820. Second. Any discussion?

We'll call vote, please. Jones? Yes. Trangas? Yes. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Rothie? Yes. Wolfe?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Resolution 26-180, a resolution approving contract, bonds, and certificate of insurance for the Cedar Falls Construction Co. Inc. for the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve Resolution 26-180, a resolution approving contract bonds and certificate of insurance for Cedar Falls Construction Company Incorporated for the 10th Avenue Southwest Repairs Project. Second. Any discussion?

Wolf, I'll vote, please.

Kangas?

Yes.

Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Raffi? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

We have two proclamations to read this week. First one is National Sea Tracks Think Train Week. Whereas Sea Tracks Think Train Week is to be held across the U.S. from September 21st to 27th, 2026, whereas 2,273 rail-grade crossing collisions resulted in 764 personal injuries and were responsible for 287 fatalities in the United States during 2025, and Whereas educating and informing the public about rail safety, reminding the public that railroad right-of-ways are private property, enhancing public awareness of the dangers associated with highway rail-grade crossings, ensuring pedestrians and motorists are looking and listening while near railways and obeying established traffic laws, will reduce the number of avoidable fatalities and injuries caused by incidents involving trains and citizens, and Whereas the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Operation Lifesavers, Inc., United States Department of Transportation, and all local, state, county, and railroad law enforcement officers, first responders, and railroad corporations commit to partnering together in an effort to educate at a national level all aspects of railroad safety to enforce applicable laws in support of the National Sea Tracks Think Train Week. Therefore, I, Mayor Kristen Happel, and the City Council of the City of Waverly, Iowa, do hereby attest our full support, proclaiming September 21 to 27, 2026, National Sea Tracks Think Train Week, and we encourage all citizens to recognize the importance of rail safety education. Council, do I have a motion?

Move to approve the proclamation as read by the mayor.

Second.

Any discussion? The voice vote, all in favor say aye. Aye. Questioned unanimously. And our second proclamation for tonight, a bit longer. So this is for Constitution Week. Whereas, in this 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed to the world the revolutionary self-evident truth that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and whereas, In this 239th anniversary year of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States by delegates to the Constitutional Convention which created the enduring governmental foundation of we the people securing these self-evident truths, and whereas it is fitting and proper to ask our citizens to reaffirm the truth proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, reflect upon the personal and governmental actions necessary to reaffirm and protect these truths, as expressed in the Constitution and execute their duty as we the people by participating in their government thoughtfully and actively, and whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to these anniversaries through patriotic celebrations which will commemorate the occasion, and whereas Public Law 915 guarantees the issuance of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America designating September 17th through 23rd as Constitution Week, And whereas during September 17th through 23rd, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Revolutionary Dames will celebrate the Constitution and the 235th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Now, therefore, I, Kristen Happel, Mayor, on behalf of the City of Waverly, Greenwood County, Iowa, USA, proclaim the week of September 17th through 23rd in Waverly, Greenwood County, Iowa, USA, as Constitution Week, and encourage all citizens to study the Constitution and reflect upon the privilege of being an American with the rights and responsibilities which that privilege entails, remembering the rights lost are difficult to regain. In witness thereof, I appear unto set my hand and cause the seal of Waverly to be affixed this 14th day of September of the year of our Lord, 2026. Council, do I have a motion?

Move approval of the proclamation as read by the mayor. Second.

Any discussion? It's a voice vote. All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? That brings us to public comments on items not on the agenda. Please limit your comments to five minutes unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer. All remarks should be addressed to the council as a whole and not to any individual member. Are there any public comments? Hello. Hello. Say your name.

I am Cindy Bancroft. I live in Waverly at 108 Iowa Street. And I'm just here. Appreciate the proclamation recognizing Constitution Week. I am here to talk about Voter Registration Day. National Voter Registration Day is tomorrow, September 15th. I just wanted to bring that to everyone's attention and to talk about the day. And I'm going to read a little bit of the proclamation, just kind of paraphrase. So National Voter Registration Day is a nationwide nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to ensuring that eligible Americans have the opportunity to register to vote, update their voter registration, and have access to trusted information about the registration process. Many eligible voters may miss participating in elections because they are unfamiliar with the process, or they may think they are unable to participate because they missed a deadline or did not update their registration after moving or changing their name. While it is preferable to update as early as possible, we are very fortunate in Iowa that we can still register the day of the election at the polls with the proper ID and proof of residence. So I would like to encourage all the citizens of Waverly and Iowa and the United States to seek out trusted government sources for their information about the elections and voting, like the Secretary of State website, the Bremer County Auditor website. You can call your local library. They'll be happy to share resources with you. And there are also many civic organizations that can provide trusted, accurate information, like the League of Women Voters. I encourage you all to talk to your friends, family, neighbors about voting and registering to vote. So thank you for hearing me.

Thank you.

Thank you. Very important message. Thank you.

Are there any other public comments? C9 Council, you have received the consent calendar. Is there any discussion?

I move approval of the consent calendar as presented. Second.

Is it Boyceville? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Passed unanimously. Let's bring this to regular business. BNKD Inc. Presentation of Revised Redevelopment Proposal for Former Washington Irving School Site. As I've mentioned before, this is my parent's company. I am not a stakeholder and I will not be participating in the discussion.

Good evening, I'm Derek Apple, BNKD, here for the follow-up from last time's presentation. There was concern about the backs of the building that faced the street not being decorative enough. We have remedied that, I guess I said. Now that's what they will look like to break up the siding and make it more characteristic. We were unable to with the current floor plan, flip it so we could make the front and back. The layout just wasn't working inside the building to make that happen. Yes, questions? The ADA units that were requested in the current layout that we have for R3 with the current buildings? We do not believe we can get a unit or two in there to be under $300,000 and make that work at the price point that the city wants. We can make it more expensive, but with the price point that we are aiming for, It's not in this current layout. We do not believe we can make it happen. If it is rezoned to PD, then we believe we can make that happen with this layout. With this layout, the one in the bottom left corner, we could make ADA just... and make that happen.

What about the duplex? Can you make that ADA? On the current, on the R3 one?

On this one? On this one, the duplex would actually be deleted just because of spacing and how that all lays out.

So this one we're looking at right now Yes. is 22 units.

Yes, it would be likely more, if we did an ADA building, it would be more of a 18 or 19 units versus, because that duplex is going to get deleted. And on the ADA footprint, the individual units are wider. Because of how everything lays out inside.

And that would probably be that singleton there in the corner. Yes. The 88. Yes. As a person who lives a block away, of the three layouts for that street and things, I like this one the best. I think it gives, the other two give a blank wall to the folks living on 6th. And that's just unattractive. This gives you an angle. You get the attractive, you know, front, the back. It goes with the, you know, if you dress, you've got the sides facing the bike path. looking nicer that'll be good for the people using that bike path by the way it's really very popular there's always somebody on that because we can see it from our front porch and um then if you put you know you've got the 88 compliance for the four plex which would then i assume be a two plex likely more of a three plex um i don't we didn't actually completely lay it out but the rough floor plan i believe it'd be at least a three at least three a single level single all on slab

Yeah, this is the layout that I thought was the best. And for this to happen, it would have to be rezoned to PD for this one. To what? To PD. Plan development.

Oh, plan development. And that's because of what?

R3, the impervious services only allows for so much square footage to be covered by driveways, roads. And if you do PD, then it's per the plan.

And that's because of the wider nature of the ADA-compliant building? Makes it a bigger building and takes up more service area?

There's just more buildings in this one. Yeah, you've got five buildings in this. You've got five buildings in this versus... What was the other one?

It had three and two?

Yeah, three fourplexes and a duplex.

Oh. So I think that's what I was confused about when I was going through the packet earlier. seeing the 22 units here, and that was confusing to me because that's what you had originally started out with, and then backed it off to 14, and I wasn't understanding why you were back up to 22 now, but am I correct then it's because you would propose rezoning?

Yes, this would be proposed to rezone it.

So, can you tell us a little bit about that? I don't understand the parameters on the impervious, I mean I understand what impervious is, is that for being able to handle rainwater?

It's just what R3 requires for, it's just what it is zoned at for, so you get more park space and it's not a complete, it's not like a complete apartment building complex.

Okay, so it has nothing to do with being able to handle the elements or infrastructure or anything like that?

No, that's handled with storm sewer and detention areas.

Okay, thanks.

So you're basically looking at 19 units

Roughly, yes.

Okay, four by four and a three. And so the design you showed us last time that we thought was more aesthetically pleasing would now face inward, which, as Bard said, would face the neighborhood. The dry run or the bike trail would get the view that you put up tonight that's new? Correct. Okay. And you'd have two entrances onto the street, looks like, with this?

Correct.

Okay. And we talked a little bit last time, James, after the meeting. Are the garbage trucks going to go in there, or are they going to need to pick up garbage on the street?

I'm going to defer that to Justin, since this I don't believe is being built to city street specs, correct, to be a private drive? It is a private drive, correct. So usually we don't go on those, is that correct? So we do not go on private drives with the garbage trucks?

So they need to take their cans or recycling out to the street?

They'll have to go somewhere to the street, yes, ma'am.

Okay. So the people who are in the ADA-compliant building are going to have to figure out how to get their trash cans out there to the street?

That is correct.

Okay. And then Citi won't do any plowing that will be handled by the HOA?

Correct.

Bart, have you heard from anybody in the neighborhood?

Not directly, not since the first time this came up a couple of years ago. Their thing was that they really, the fear was that it would be either turning into student housing, that kind of thing, or just less kept up buildings, hurting the property values and the view in the air.

So the ADA compliant building, everything on one level, still two bedroom?

Yeah, it would be two bedroom, yes.

Okay, and what do you think for price?

Still that 300 range that we're aiming for. Since now we've gotten so late in the season, we won't break ground until spring and prices every year go up. So I can't guarantee you what price we will be at until this either gets approved or whatever happens to then get prices nailed down in the spring.

And how much of a building do you need to have spoken for before you'll start it? start construction on it?

I'll start the first one and then I won't start the second one until the first one is at least 50% full.

And how would you do that? Would you start one of the non-ABA and one ABA compliant?

Up for I do not exactly know right now but that would probably be the target to do.

I still have a concern about the lack of storage space and I fully understand when we're looking at a certain price point there are things you have to give up but I'm trying to think about potential buyers at that $300,000 price point I think are almost going to have to be dual income families and with no basement and just a single car garage, and you had said that there's some storage in the upstairs closets, I think you said.

Yep, in the hallway there's a fairly large closet, and then underneath the stairs going up is also storage area.

Okay. So I'm just concerned about, you know, obviously cars, garbage cans, toys, bicycles, all of those kinds of things. It looks really great when we look at the AI rendering with the pretty lighting and all of that stuff, but I'm trying to think of, okay, as a young family or whatever, what would that look like if I was living in it? And I have a concern that that it would be unsightly because I don't know where people are going to put all their stuff. And I don't know the answer to that. But I guess this is where I feel like I wish we could just come up with some creative solutions for it. Or would it be more important to have a double garage or whatever? That's my, I just don't want us to go and have this beautiful development and then have it.

Full of crap. Yeah, I mean, people have a lot of stuff, but that's why you have an HOA. And I think... I think it's also each buyer's responsibility to figure out, can I fit my stuff in my condo? You know, I mean, I look at the ledges, right, which has the patios, the back patios are facing the street, and it's pretty attractive. You know, I don't see a lot of people that have a bunch of stuff sitting out there. You have people who have full-size houses that their yards are full of stuff. Right? And so I hear what you're saying because you don't want it to start to look like somebody's storage closet. But I don't know that we can account for every thing that a person might do with their condo. And if we want to keep it at this 300, maybe 350, who knows what the ADA building, hopefully not over four, right? we're just constrained to a certain type of dwelling. And so I think if a person is a buyer, if they're dealing with a realtor or whoever, hopefully they're gonna look at it and say, I have too much stuff for this space. There are two closets and I've got six closets full of stuff. That's what you hope, right? And I don't know that we can control for that or prevent it. I hear what you're saying, and I think that's part of what the neighborhood was concerned about with student housing, rental housing, row housing, that it's just going to turn into looking like somebody needs to have a rummage sale. But I don't know how we can control how much stuff people have or whether that's our job to do that.

Is there an issue with rezoning it?

I don't think there would be. I mean, that's up to PMZ to do the recommendations based on what's being asked, and it'll be brought to you then, good, bad, and indifferent. So PDE has been done. Obviously Prairie Links is a very large land development, and so it's not uncommon. So I really can't comment that it is an issue or not.

I guess... but you would see it as being an option?

Well, absolutely. Okay.

And by doing that, Derek, you're not going to make other changes. I mean, you're going to take out the duplex. It would allow for basically more concrete in this space, and it's going to look like that, except a three-plex.

It's going to be that with an ADA in the corner. So you'll have your four-plexes that you've got the plans for, and then the ADA units I do not have a drawing for at the moment.

Okay.

And you're able to get 19 units on that, so that'll help keep the... Yeah, 18 to 19. It just depends what the 88 ones come out to actually be.

Will that affect the price?

Well, yes, because the more units you have, the more it eats up the infrastructure cost that has to be put in the water sewer, storm sewer road. So it helps bring it down.

And have you all built ADA-compliant buildings before?

Yes. Apartments? Ledges.

Okay. They're all ADA? Yeah. Okay. And are they mainly one bedroom?

They are one and two.

One and two.

Okay.

And there's a broad picture on ADA. If you're going to be 100% ADA-compliant for wheelchairs, different criteria than... just having zero-entry showers and 36-inch wide doors and things like that. But there's countertops for people that are in a wheelchair situation are lower and the cabinets are lower. So there's a whole different picture. So if you're saying we're at 100% ADA, it takes more to get to that point than... Excuse me, just white doorways and zero entry showers.

Can the basic floor plan be the same for the wheelchair user versus just somebody who might need to have a walker or whatever? Okay. How about the garage layout? Do they have to be wider than a typical garage? Not typically.

Garages are considered an accessory. You know, it's a luxury. A lot of people have to park outside under a carport or just outside. Right. So the ground just don't generally play into that. Okay.

What's the next step in this process?

Today we were just wanting to have a review, second time through, kind of look at what you would ask for, and if you're satisfied with what you have, to move towards an actual vote to approve the concept and move forward. I mean, I think, does that fair counting kind of end down the path that we were looking at?

Yes, I think we were looking from the first direction on what you want the next step to be.

I feel like I need to make one other comment.

I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about you guys as developers or contractors. I'm 100% comfortable with that. My questions have come from just not feeling maybe that we've fully explored all the possibilities. Please don't take any offense at my questions.

None take whatsoever.

Well, I would recommend moving forward with the understanding that we're going to do the diagonal private drive. It's probably more appealing that way. If we can, put a three-plex, or at least a duplex in that southwest corner, ADA compliant or handicap accessible.

I would agree with that. I think that's a good direction to go.

Yeah, me too. I appreciate that you addressed our concerns and are trying to address them.

Thank you for the changes. So if you decide to go this route, then you're talking the rezoning, the whole gamut of that.

Yes. So do we set it to 20?

It isn't going to happen tomorrow, I guess is my point. No, you never. the 21st, and then you would either stop completely or move forward with your process for resuming. But it would end at council then the 21st. Next Monday.

So what we vote on tonight is... Well, we're not voting tonight.

We're just looking at the presentation.

Oh, okay.

We would just, as staff, move forward with a vote to confirm or deny on Monday, the 21st. Since we're backed up due to the holiday, we have four in a row. Right.

When does P&Z meet again?

First Thursday. First Thursday. First Thursday.

And Derek, it'd be helpful next week if you could come back with a drawing of that with the duplex gone.

Yep.

And just a sample floor plan of what it might look like for an accessible. That'd be helpful.

And if you got out and rid of the duplex, you could actually spread the fourplexes out, couldn't you? Correct. Give them a little more space in between? Correct.

Okay.

Yeah, if we can see that, that it's newly approved, this is what you're actually going to get. That'd be great.

Any other comments, questions?

It's handy to have Bard here, I think, given he's living near it. That helps.

Purchase to Resolution 26-175, a resolution setting the date for a public hearing on the proposal to convey interest in real property to Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community. Also, do I have a motion?

I move approval of Resolution 26-175, a resolution setting September 21st, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall as the date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposal to convey interest in real property to Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community.

Second.

Any discussion? So this is the Red Cedar?

Yes, ma'am.

Correct.

So roll call vote, please. Mackey?

Yes.

Myers? Yes. Rothie? Yeah. Wolfe?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Kangas?

Yes.

This is the first reading of ordinance 1182, an ordinance amending appendix C, vacations of the Waverly Municipal Code of Ordinances. Council, do I have a motion?

I move to approve the first reading of ordinance 1182, an ordinance amending appendix C, vacations of the Waverly Municipal Code of Ordinances for the vacation of the sanitary sewer easement and stone metal subdivision. Second.

Is there any discussion?

We'll call vote, please. Myers? Yes. Rothie? Yes. Wolfe?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackey?

Yes.

Resolution 26-183, a resolution setting a public hearing on the proposed vacation of the sanitary sewer easement in Stone Meadows subdivision. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve resolution 26-183, a resolution setting October 5th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall as the date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed vacation of the sanitary sewer easement in Stone Meadows subdivision.

Second.

Any discussion? So roll call vote, please. Rafi?

Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Carmen? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes.

This is the first reading of ordinance 1183, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the city of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning of R3 multifamily residential district to R2 residential district and amending for zoning and future land use maps and setting a date for public hearing. Council, do I have a motion?

I'll move approval of the first reading of Ordinance 1183, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the City of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning from R3, multifamily residential district, to R2, residential district, for parcel ID 0904276007, and amending the zoning and future land use maps, and setting October 5th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall as the date, time, and place for a public hearing. Second. Is there any discussion? Looks like it already went through P&Z and was approved.

So they want to make those private residences or just single family residences. Am I understanding that correctly? Yes.

If you have humanity on behalf of Cedar Valley, friends of the family, are doing the rezoning, you'll be able to put housing in there.

And that's permanent owner-occupied housing?

I believe so. Okay. Okay.

Any other discussion? We'll call vote, please. Rafi? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes.

First reading of Ordinance 1184, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the City of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning of 1300 20th Street NW and 1302 20th Street NW from A1 Agricultural District to R3 Multifamily Residential District and setting a public hearing and to also amend the zoning map. Do I have a motion?

Okay, I'll move to approve the first reading of ordinance 1184, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the city of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning of 1300 20th Street Northwest and 1302 20th Street Northwest from A1 Agricultural District to R3 Multifamily Residential District and sitting October 5th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers at city halls at date, time, and place for a public hearing and also amend the zoning map. Second.

Any discussion? I just had a question for clarification. So they're asking for rezoning to multifamily residential, but it sounds like they're going to put accessory units of some kind.

Yeah, the verbiage is not something I care for on this. Basically, they're adding additional garages for the people in Eisenach that have the ability to use them then. It's not a accessory building like a rental unit, which you might find in that code section too, but it has to be rezoned to that to allow for accessory units to be in there. But these are for garages for people that exist and have them in Eisenach itself, not for the general public to come out and rent a spot to put their items. So it's bringing another accessory for the people, an amenity for them to be able to purchase and have there instead of, again, some place for their stuff. put more things in. And so that's what they're trying to do. It's just the way the verbiage comes out, it makes it sound like it's more rental units or something like that. But you have to live there to have that. So at least that's the understanding I have from Paulette Bartles.

Thank you. Do you know where the, will there be like a road or a driveway to it from within Eisenhock? Or does it kind of come out onto 20th Street?

That I'm not certain about. I mean, obviously it will have to be some access point. But I would think it would make sense to have that right off of 20th, since there really is a street coming into it already. You certainly do an outer road right in front of them. You'd have access points, parking to pull in, et cetera. And then you'd also have it to go back into the units. But whether or not that's finalized, that part I do not know.

It's basically storage for them.

It's an extra garage or something that wide, yes, ma'am.

Any other discussion? We'll call vote, please. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Kangas?

Yes.

Mackey?

Yes.

Myers? Yes. Rafi? Yes.

First reading of Ordinance 1185, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the city of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning of 229th Avenue Northwest from R2, residential district, to R4, multiple family residential transitional district, and to also amend the zoning and future land use maps.

Do I have a motion? I move to approve the first reading of Ordinance 1185, an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the City of Waverly, Iowa, providing for rezoning of 220th 9th Avenue Northwest from R2 Residential District to R4 Multiple Family Residential Transitional District, and to also amend the zoning and future land use maps.

Second.

Any discussion? I apologize. I missed. Thank you.

I just had a question of whether there was any more detailed of a plan for how they're going to use the space. I mean, I know we got that drawing, which includes the river, but they don't, their property doesn't go down to the river. It doesn't look like. No. So that was my question. Is it just to tell us which direction that's facing? Because there's single family homes right there.

Yeah, I'm not sure why the river's there. I mean, it must be quite a long area. The house is missing in there if that's going to be the river. I think it's just directional, so you know exactly where it's going. Instead of a north, it's towards the river itself.

Okay.

But I don't think they have a plot of how much is going to go in there. You at least have not seen that as part of this.

Okay. And is there any rule in that area about how many stories a dwelling can be?

Depending on the zoning, it would be. R4 would allow for multiple stories versus R3, which would only be two. So like how many stories? How many do you want?

Well, I'm not saying I want any. I'm just asking a question. I mean, is it unlimited stories? Does this go to three or four stories?

You know, to get a little out of my field. I don't know if you would, by chance, want to comment, part of P&Z. He's more knowledge than I'll ever have in this field. I hate to put you on the spot, and I apologize for that, but I want to make sure we don't get this incorrect.

John Meyer, I'm appearing as an interested citizen and also from Planning and Zoning. R4 does allow up to a 45-foot tall building. And the concern from the two property owners related to they're on the west side of the property, and they were concerned about having a 45-foot building right on their property line. The ordinance says also 10 feet of offset. So if you read the agenda memo, we approved it at Planning and Zoning. making sure that the site plan review had additional buffer, either additional setback. The concept they were talking about is a lower profile building, putting it farther to the northeast part of the lot. The building, they showed, yeah, it really doesn't represent it very well. But it would be tuck under garages and above that, but try to get into the topography so that it wouldn't be this... massive wall in front of those properties.

So the people who are concerned are the houses south of the Vets Post?

There's two houses on the east side that are in the R2 zone. On the west side.

South of the Vets Post.

On the west side of the lot.

Are you talking about the houses that face the water tower?

The street that goes into the Veterans Post.

Thanks, John.

Appreciate it.

Any other discussion? Little bubble, please. Harmon. Yes. Jones. Yes. Kangas. Yes. Mackey. Yes. Myers. Yes. Raji. Yes. Wolf.

Yes.

First reading of Ordinance 1186, an ordinance vacating the public utility easement located on lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13, as shown on the final plot of the ruling Meadows subdivision, phase one. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve Resolution 26-176, a resolution fixing October 5th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall as the date time would place for a public hearing on the vacation of the... Oh, I'm sorry, and I read all of that for no reason.

Good job.

I will move to approve first reading of Ordinance 1186, an ordinance vacating the public utility easement located on lots... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 as shown on the final plot of the Rolling Meadow subdivision phase one.

Second.

Any discussion?

It's a roll call vote, please. Jones. Yes. Kangas. Yes. Mackey. Yes. Myers. Yes. Rafi. Yes. Wolf.

Yes.

Harmon. Yes.

Resolution 26-176, a resolution fixing date for the public hearing on the proposed vacation of a public utility easement located on the north 20 feet of Watts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, are shown on the final plot of the Rolling Meadows subdivision phase one.

I move approval of Resolution 26-176, a resolution fixing October 5th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall as the date, time, and place for a public hearing on the vacation of the public utility easement located on lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 as shown on the final plat of the Rolling Meadows Subdivision Phase 1.

Second. Any discussion?

Just so you're clear, this was planted a long time ago. There are no utilities in here. There's nothing in here. We're not sure why we still have it. We don't believe we'll ever put anything in there, so we are just going to vacate it and be done. Yeah, we're not going to just clean it up and be done.

We'll call vote, please. Kangas?

Yes.

Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Rocky? Yes. Wolfe?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Resolution 26-177, resolution awarding the 2026 Cemetery Road and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project. Do I have a motion?

I move to approve resolution 26-177, resolution awarding the 2026 Cemetery Road and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project to Baker Enterprises, Inc. of Waterloo, Waverly, Iowa, for the amount of $100,330. Second. Second.

Any discussion?

What was bid alternate A?

Let me dig in.

I was trying to figure out what that...

I'm trying to think about the territory versus asphalt, or if you would call.

Yeah, the alternate is for the north parking lots, like where the employees park, or occasionally we'd get a citizen... that would park there. That, we were kind of right at our budget number, so that's still usable. It has usable life, and we can come up with another way to keep that around for longer, so we pass on the alternate.

So that's on the street, Paul? Like on the north side? Yeah. Thanks.

Any other discussion? We'll call vote, please. Mackie?

Yes.

Myers? Yes. Rothie? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Kangas?

Yes.

Resolution 26-178, a resolution approving contract, bonds, and certificate of insurance for the 2026 Cemetery Road and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project. Do I have a motion?

I'll move approval of Resolution 26-178, a resolution approving contract, bonds, and certificate of insurance for the 2026 Cemetery Road and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project.

Second.

Any discussion?

Roll call vote, please. Myers? Yes. Raffi? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes.

Matthew?

Yes. Resolution 26-179, a resolution approving a quote to spray and fertilize in a Carlington cemetery and authorizing the mayor to sign the agreement. Do I have a motion?

I'll move approval of Resolution 26-179, a resolution approving a quote from True Green Commercial of Cedar Falls, Iowa in the amount of $4,770 to spray and fertilize in Harlington Cemetery and authorizing the mayor to sign the agreement.

Second.

Any discussion?

Wolf, I'll vote please. Rafi? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Harmon? Yes. Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes.

Resolution 26-181, a resolution approving contract bonds and certificate of insurance for the reconstruct apron and T-hanger taxi lane and authorize the mayor to sign the contract. Do I have a motion?

I move to approve resolution 26-181, a resolution approving contract, bonds, and certificate of insurance for the reconstruction of apron and T-hanger taxi lane project from Boomerang Corporation and authorize the mayor to sign the contract. Second.

Any discussion?

Wolf, I'll vote please. Wolf?

Yes.

Carmen? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Matthew? Yes. Myers? Yes. Rothby?

Yes. Resolution 26-182, a resolution accepting the downtown lighting project as complete. Do I have a motion?

I'll move approval of resolution 26-182, a resolution accepting the downtown lighting project as complete.

Second.

Any discussion?

Roll call vote, please. Harmon? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas? Yes. Matthew? Yes. Myers? Yes. Rafi? Yes. Wolf?

Yes.

Brings us to mayoral appointment. Council, do I have a motion to approve the mayoral appointments?

I move to approve the following mayoral appointments. Barb Schmidt to be appointed to the Leisure Services Commission due to a vacancy for a term ending December 31st, 2027. Second.

Does the voice vote on favor say aye? Aye. Question unanimously. Council, you received the reports from boards and commissions. Do you have any discussion?

No, we skipped. Oh, we skipped them? Yeah. We already actually did that in 3A. No, I'm sorry.

Yeah, you're right. We're good? Yep. Okay. That brings us to staff updates.

We've got a couple staff comments here. The first one is a reminder of the 2026 Goose hunting seasons the first one opens on September 26 and this is in city limits I believe in order to be able to do that you need to get a letter and you can visit leisure services or the city to to get that so the first one is September 26 on the goose hunting uh secondly Coleman Park got a 30 sign finally after now the bridge is in. So that's the beginning of a little project going on over there with a couple more limestone blocks. So look for that. And then, of course, we want to say thank you to everybody for the day of caring on Friday. We had four projects that we were involved in. We had Nestle and WSR students standing on the rail trail bridge. We got a great jump on that. Wells Hollow and the middle school. planted 11 trees around Cedar River Park and at Berry West. The chamber in First Bank helped us put Garland together over in our building that will go on the Green Rounding Bridge. He has a design committee and the new WSR students helped with the plan for the changeover. So we got a ton of work, a lot of community going on Friday. It was a great day.

So I'll put something out. Connie and I will be touring around a film crew tomorrow. So if you don't want to be filmed, you don't want to be in town. We're going to hit a number of different spots. As you recall, we discussed this earlier. It's a production for the City of Waverly. We've selected is one of a handful to be premiered at the ICMA national conference attended by about 5,000 governmental professionals across the country and that is actually happening tomorrow and so when that is done we'll have hours of b-roll footage to use they'll create two different videos for us to utilize which will be broadcast in California at the conference and so Weather looks okay. It's going to be a little dreary out, a little gray maybe, but still. We'll be hitting a number of areas around. We'll have individuals in there. Julie Myers has been part of it. So they will be focused as well as our president Warburg, some individual business owners. It's a good mix of the community around. So again, if you see something odd, don't call the police. You're aware now. We should be with them. But hopefully it gets done and gets done on time and we can get that put to bed and then finally receive that by October, mid-October when it will be broadcast.

Do you know what you're wearing?

I'm not in it.

No way. We watched those other ones and the administrators were always in them.

Some were and some were not as crafty as I am. So I'm not actually in it. We have more important people to view than myself sitting here doing paperwork. We will...

I don't think anybody should advise that.

I'm just saying. This is built for radio. It sure isn't built for TV. Anyway, that will be happening tomorrow. Don't hog. Don't be obnoxious. Don't scream away. We don't have time for that crap. We got stuff done. It's a tight schedule. We got to maintain it. We won't get through it in a day. So, yeah. Be on your best behavior, for God's sakes. One day.

It's going to be in your job evaluation, James, that you shirked your video duties.

That's all I have tonight, Mary. You didn't hire me for my looks, I'll guarantee you that.

Could you stop? We've got to get to the council. I'll echo what Paul said. I was down at the community orchard Friday morning and we needed all the help we could get because there's a bumper apple crop this year. So people from Exchange Club were there, Denver Savings Bank, Poet came, Wartburg, a couple of staff from Wartburg and their giant bucket so people could get the top of the trees and then another financial company I can't remember the name of but Thanks to everybody for helping.

Yeah, I don't buy that. Holy cow.

That was a whole lot of apples. A lot of apples, yes. Councilperson Kangas.

I just appreciate the lighting of the dam on Friday night. That was very nice. I would like to again bring up the idea of having a policy to put something in place where citizens could offer a dedication and have some kind of rental essentially for the for different days for birthdays or something like that. Obviously, the city could set aside specific dates like the 4th of July and September 11th that we control Christmas on name for that, but other dates throughout the year that would be a small, essentially a small donation that would be dedicated for a period of time for people. Since we have that ability. school colors put up.

Do we have something for school colors going up?

Yeah, I'd have to look at the plans exactly or what we have scheduled, but there is a color. I don't know if it's orange and just black, so it's going to be back and forth colors. I'm not sure exactly.

Well, don't put up orange for the Go Hawks, Justin. Is there a yellow?

Oh, sorry. Yeah, there is a yellow or a gold. Yeah, there's a goldish. I think that's

Councilperson Herman. Nothing tonight. Councilperson Jones.

I would just reiterate what was brought up earlier and encourage everybody to use your constitutional right to register to vote and then follow up and vote. We're pretty special to live in this country where we take it for granted.

Councilperson Myers. Nothing tonight. Councilperson Nepe.

Yes, I just wanted to thank the folks responsible for getting the band shell repaired. I noticed it got all finished and looked nice for the symphony concert last weekend. So thank you for the timing. It was really nice and it looked sharp.

Councilperson Wolfe.

Continuing with the voting theme, if it is Disability Voting Week as well, if anybody needs resources on how to vote with a disability, the Iowa Developmental Disability Council has great information on their website.

Great. Thanks, Jen. That brings us to our guest councilperson, guest councilperson Miriam Hulot. Do you have any thoughts or questions, comments?

Yes, I think my thoughts are I really appreciate all that you do here and here.

I do. There's a lot of work that's not seen in this community, and I appreciate it. Thank you very, very much.

Thank you. And that brings us to my comments. I also participated in the Day of Caring. We moved my nonprofit last Friday, and we had some workbird boys from the basketball team and their coaches show up, and they were workhorses. So I appreciate them for showing up. I appreciate everybody who was involved. I was looking through all the projects and stuff, and it just really got me in the feelings that we have such a community that we showed up for each other. on a day that's kind of a tough day. I also went to the Remembrance event at Coleman Park, and that was wonderful, so thank you to those who put it on. And with that, council, do I have a motion to adjourn? Move to adjourn.

Second.

All in favor say aye.