Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Okay. Okay.

Order, roll call.

Alteringer?

Present.

Hockensmith? Connelly?

Here.

Holm?

Here.

McCoy?

Here. I have a pen.

Take a dig now. All right.

No, I don't think so.

Okay.

All right. That's it.

This time, we've concluded the business of the canvassing board. I would entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved.

Second.

All in favor?

Yes.

Connelly?

Yes. Holm?

Yes. McCoy? Yes. We'll stand at ease for a moment. We'll go ahead and call our regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors to order. Roll call.

Altringer. Here. Hockensmith. Connelly. Here. Holm.

Here.

McCoy.

Here. Action on the minutes from the previous meeting. Move.

Second.

Roll call.

Altringer. Yes. Connelly. Here. Yes. Holm.

Yes. McCoy. Yes. Any special claims?

No.

Action on the bill list is submitted by the county auditor. Roll call.

Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes. McCoy? Yes. We'll stand for 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. Go ahead and move to our public hearings.

Our public hearing is on granting temporary construction easement.

Is proof of publication on file?

Yes.

Is there anyone here wishing to speak? If not, I will close the hearing and ask for a motion.

Move it. Second.

roll call this will be on number six resolution granting temporary construction easement to jerry's homes on board managed land known as the high trestle trail near the intersection of wagle drive and ankeny alteringer yes connelly yes holm yes mccoy yes we're at that point in the meeting uh where we accept public comments from anyone in the audience wishing to address the board is there anyone wishing to speak today on any matters

This is regarding line item number 25. So good morning, honorable members of the Board of Supervisors. Thank you for inviting us to join you here today. We are excited for this academic partnership between Polk County and Des Moines University. I'm Dr. Wallace Bouvier, Dean for the College of Health Science at Des Moines University. Our mission at DMU is focused on improving lives in our communities by preparing competent and compassionate healthcare professionals. We've been fulfilling that mission by training graduate level professionals in medicine and health sciences for more than 125 years. Remarkably, almost 2,000 of our DMU graduates currently live in Polk County, and contribute to the health and well-being of this community every day. Polk County and DMU have had a strong history of working together, including the recent Regional Simulation Center at DMU 32 and the Safe Center at the DMU Clinic. Thank you to Director Van Loo at the County Health Department for her leadership in developing this partnership. I'm also thankful for Dr. Rochelle Reimer, who is chair of our Department of Public Health and Healthcare Administration for collaborating with Dr. Van Loo. My colleagues and I are very pleased to officially establish the Academic Health Center and the Health Department partnership with the county. DMU and the County Health Department have a rich history of working together on special research initiatives, student experiences, and workforce development. This memorandum of understanding builds on that history of collaboration and will create meaningful hands-on learning opportunities for DMU students. It is truly an exciting opportunity that will enhance our students education and help build the future public health workforce in our community. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you for being with us today.

Good morning. Julianne Van Loo, Polk County Health Department director. I just want to add a little bit of context so everybody knows what we're talking about. So today, we're asking our board to pass an academic health department arrangement, which means that Des Moines University and Polk County Health Department are really partnering in a serious way, in a more formal way, that really branches off the long-term relationship we've had. We're doing this because public health is a team sport. We don't have the capacity in our health department to do all of the data, the analysis, some of the high level strategic work that requires professionals with research and other related experience. We can't have the several team of epidemiologists we'd like to have. But one way that we fill that gap in managing that data and being able to make sure we're at the cutting edge of evidence is by partnering really strongly with all the professionals, the professors, the researchers at Des Moines University. So it's a really cool thing where we get to tap into their expertise. We get to give their students real world actual internships that matter in a place where they get to participate in their community. We get to make sure that folks who maybe wouldn't work through the lens of public health, maybe they're a DO student or otherwise, get to have that experience. So when they're in the waiting room or in the exam room, they know what it's like and how to educate clients. And then at the same time, we have the ability to challenge and push one another, to create a shared research agenda, to make sure we're leveraging the authority and the space we both have in the community. one way this is showing up is the polk county cancer coalition which they are helping us drive the data behind and we hope to have a polk county cancer plan by the end of the year but that's just one success of many so i just want to appreciate the board help folks know kind of what this evolution is about and thank thank you to our partners at des moines university thank you julian

Good morning, Will.

Good morning. This is item 44. First of all, I want to say I'm grateful to be here. So I want to say thank you guys for all the help that you have given the Starks right here and all the help that you have with this mission that we're trying to do with our youth, a youth that is not as hard to reach. And because of your help, we are actually reaching them. And the project that we're working on is basically housing for 18 to 24. And I had no idea. And I was talking to some people about this. I had no idea that... that when kids are 16 and 17 years old, they are, um, when a court order to go to like we'll work or go to, um, um, ellipsis, I had no idea that what we're doing was something unique that once they get, once they, um, like foster out of foster care or that they turn 18 years old, that they have no place to go and that we build something where, um, 18 year olds can actually, uh, have a place to stay. WITH NO COURT ORDER SITUATION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CAN GO SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SAFE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEM DEVELOP TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THEIR LIFE. AND TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SCHOOL AND BE A PART OF DEMORAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO ACTUALLY HELP KIDS GET AN EDUCATION AS WELL. I'M A BLACK MAN WITH A DURAG ON MY HEAD. I'm like, how am I here? How am I? When people will say you can't, you can't because you're black, you can't go to the next level here in Iowa. People say that. But to see that, um, that that's not true, that if you build relationships and you really believe in and Believe in God and believe in what you truly are fighting for. Anything is possible. And when people see your passion and see that you won't give up, even through some tragic situations, I think that inspires people. That's one of the things I want to do when it comes down to our youth. I want them to be fighters. I want them not to give up. I want them to understand that there's a whole new world out there. So I want to say thank you for believing in me, seeing the growth, knowing that this fight is real, And you are willing to be part of the army to fight against hate, destruction. And you're giving us hope. So thank you so much.

Thank you.

Hard act to follow. I'm going to be very brief. My name is Carol Maher. I live in downtown Des Moines. And I'm talking about item number 43, which is the DART all access employee passes that you're funding again for another three year period. I understand you've had this for a long time, and that's really great. And I also want to give a shout out to Supervisor Connolly, who has served for years, decades probably, on the DART board and her leadership there is quite impressive. I attend a lot of those meetings too. She held it all together when there was a little bit of drama recently. She held everybody together and that was really impressive. And DART has recently rolled out their reimagined network which has been fantastic and has really provided shorter wait times, faster travel. It's gone over really well. So by providing these all access classes for your employees and promoting it as a benefit and showing leadership on that part is really important. So I think it's key that when a business or municipality or others have this all access that you promote it constantly to your employees so that they realize it's there. Also, I encourage others in this room as well as the county to encourage any new multifamily buildings or maybe existing or new businesses or large corporate employers to make sure they provide unlimited access to their employees and residents as well. It's an easy thing to do and encourages more ridership, which we really need on DART. Because the more riders you have, the more federal money you get. So it's really important in the public health and youth upward mobility that we talked about earlier. Transportation is a key piece of that. And we are fortunate to have public transit that's in this community. So thank you for your support.

Thank you, Carol. Anyone else? If not, we'll go ahead and move on to permits.

Number eight and number nine are renewal applications for Class E retail alcohol licenses for Liquorland, located at 4995 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, and Casey's number 3075, located at 6981 Northeast 14th Street, Des Moines.

Roll call.

Altringer?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes. Resolutions.

NUMBERS 10 AND 11 ARE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO PUBLISH NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 28TH TO CONSIDER PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE NORTH POKE OUTDOOR EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND FOR THE 2026 BIOREACTOR PROJECT. Numbers 12 through 17 are resolutions authorizing auditor's office to publish notices of public hearing on July 28 on disposal of interest in county-owned real estate for a vacant parcel at 249 East 19th Street, Des Moines to 20 East 18th Des Moines, LLC. A vacant parcel behind 115 North 2nd Street, Polk City to Rocco, LLC. A vacant parcel at 1524 Clark Street, Des Moines to Grays Lake, LLC. A vacant parcel between 409 South 2nd Street and 401 South 2nd Street, 113 West Grime Street and 1110 West Church Street, 410 First Street and 401st Street, Polk City, to Darrell R. Walker Trust and Polk City Rentals, LLC. A vacant parcel between 731 56th Street and 727 56th Street, Des Moines, to John and Mackenzie Swanson. And a vacant parcel between 748 55th Street and 727 56th Street, Des Moines, to John and Mackenzie Swanson. Number 18, resolution approving the Sycamore Ridge major preliminary subdivision plat. 19, resolution approving subdivision inspection agreement for the reserve at Cherry Glen. 20, resolution approving change order to the Four Mile Creek stream restoration project, ARA3. And to number 21, resolution accepting title to abandoned property.

So moved. Second. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes.

Number 22, resolution approving memorandums of understanding with every step and Dr. Natalie Harding for provision of sexual abuse prevention training and then to the Polk County community as part of the Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program. And number 23, resolution approving amended agreement with Iowa Health and Human Services for Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program grant.

Move. Second.

Roll call.

Schringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes.

Number 24, resolution approving agreement with Iowa HHS for Care for Yourself grant fiscal year 27. 25, resolution approving academic health department memorandum of understanding between Polk County Health Department and Des Moines University. And number 26, resolution approving release of mortgage for 219 58th Street, Des Moines.

So moved. Second. Roll call.

Altschringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes.

Number 27, resolution approving amendment to agreement with Wesley Community Services.

Move. Second. Roll call.

Alteringer? Yes. Connelly?

Yes.

Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Numbers 28 and 29 are resolutions approving cooperative public service 28E agreement with the City of Clive and cooperative public service agreement with the City of Pleasant Hill for supplemental animal control services. And number 30, resolution approving memorandum of understanding for detention services with Henry County for the reciprocal housing and care of persons in custody of the Polk County Sheriff and the Henry County Sheriff, respectively.

I move. Second. Roll call. Yes. Connelly. Yes. Holm.

Yes. McCoy.

Yes.

Number 31, resolution approving retirement agreement and corresponding position modification.

Second. Roll call.

Altringer. Yes. Connelly.

Yes.

Holm.

Yes.

McCoy.

Yes.

Number 32, resolution approving county abatement. And number 33, resolution terminating tax suspensions.

So moved. Second. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes.

Number 34, resolution adopting court appointed attorney fees. And number 35, resolution approving Iowa State Association of Counties HIPAA program agreement.

Move. Second. Roll call.

Altsringer? Yes. Connolly? Yes. Holm? Yes.

McCoy? Yes.

Number 36, resolution relating to the financing of proposed projects to be undertaken by Polk County, Iowa, and establishing compliance with reimbursement bond regulations under the Internal Revenue Code.

So moved.

Second. I have a question on this one. Is this the one that affects the bonding for any housing issues? And have you got an answer from the state yet, Deb?

Good morning. Deb Anderson, budget director. Yes, this resolution basically says that we are intending to issue bonds at a future date for potential projects to be paid from those bonds. Those potential projects do include the housing commitments. Dominic and I recently, just yesterday, received some guidance from Bond Council. We need to still reach out to the entities to make sure that we can comply with those guidelines.

So they said yes, that we could use them for housing, or no?

No, not yet. They have not said. So this is somewhat date sensitive, too. So this allows us to move forward. But we also reserve the right to change what projects we would be funding with this bonding money. So based on bond counsel, we might have to shift some of what we're bonding for. So we don't have an answer yet, no.

When do you anticipate an answer?

That's a good question. I don't know. They're still reviewing it. Um, we plan a call probably the end of this week, but it would be up to them and how they interpret the law. Um, so hopefully by next week we would have an answer.

What's the time sensitive party, right?

There are, there are other projects that I, that we need within 60 days of incurring expenditures. We need to have this resolution in place. So this resolution includes the capital improvement projects, for that general services is incorporating. So in order to have it all in one resolution, this resolution needs to be approved very soon because we're already starting to incur expenses.

So what all would this include, this resolution? Capital improvements and what else?

I think it's basically capital improvements, housing commitments. Again, this is just saying in future, we may issue bonds for these items. And if we do incur these expenditures, we will have the legal ability to reimburse ourselves from future bond issues for these purposes. So it's just setting a maximum amount at this point in time. Got it. Thank you.

Thank you. Roll call.

Altringer?

Yes.

Connelly?

Yes.

Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 37, resolution approving private placement engagement with Piper Sandler and Co. Move.

Second. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 38, resolution approving settlement agreement. Numbers 39 and 40 are resolutions abating taxes for Ankeny Christian Academy for property at 1710 West First Street, Ankeny, and for Conservatory of Worship Arts for property at 7297 Northwest Fisher Lane, Ankeny. 41, resolution approving economic development funding to the Greater Des Moines Partnership. 42, resolution approving corrected amendment to funding agreement with United Way of Central Iowa. 43 resolution approving agreement between Polk County and Des Moines Regional Transit Authority for Polk County employee unlimited access ridership 44 resolution approving an earmarking funding for starts right here and number 45 resolution approving the amended bylaws of Prairie Meadows racetrack and casino I

Move. Second.

And just wanted to note that we did do a board staff. We do have the Greater Des Moines Partnership with us in attendance today, but we've done a board staff and been updated on the great work of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, and so certainly endorse this funding for our continued relationship and the work that they're doing in our community for economic development. Good to have you today. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Numbers 46 and 47 are resolutions approving community betterment grant awards and community sponsorship awards.

I'll move. Second.

Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes. Communications? Yes.

Number 48, Polk County Veteran Affairs fourth quarter report fiscal year 2526. And number 49, manure management plan update from Mud Creek Feeders.

Receive and file.

Number 50, City Development Board findings of fact and conclusions of law in the matter of City of Granger voluntary annexation within the urbanized areas of the cities of Grimes and Johnston. 51, City of Des Moines application for condemnation in the matter of condemnation of certain rights and land for the Douglas Avenue improvements from Earl Hay Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway project. 52, City of Des Moines notice of consultation meeting on Metro Center Urban Renewal Plan 38th Amendment and Carpenter Urban Renewal Plan First Amendment. And numbers 53 and 54 are Iowa Department of Transportation notices of meeting in the matter of condemnation of certain rights and land for the improvement of Primary Road US 69 in the City of Des Moines.

Refer to Public Works and County Attorney. Budget actions? Any budget actions?

None.

Appointments? Move.

I'll move them.

Second. Roll call.

Alteringer? Yes. Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes.

Prior to going to comments, is there a motion on ?

but we always go straight to roll call and permit .

Any board comments today?

The only comment I want to make is thanks everybody for being here today, but I had an opportunity to visit Will keeps his project yesterday, I believe. And I'm very proud of the work that you're doing. And really, it's going to be a real game changer for those kids that are opting out. They have no place to go once they are out of 18. And they hit the streets. And now they have an opportunity, I think, to really change their life. And I appreciate everything that you're doing to make that happen. So I'm proud to pass that resolution today for you. And then Carol, thanks for your comments on DART. It's really going well so far, so good. Keep our fingers crossed. And Jen, I think this partnership with DMU sounds very good. I think that you'll learn a lot from each other. DMU has been a great partner, and the great things that they're doing over there is quite remarkable, really. So thank you. Well said.

Hearing no other business, I would entertain a motion to adjourn.

I move we adjourn.

Second. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Connolly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?