2017 2018 Common Council to order With the clerk, please read the quote for the day. Thank you mayor Effective communication requires more than an exchange of information when done, right communication fosters understanding strengthens relationships Next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from our last council meeting all the person wolf Thank you mayor. I make a motion to approve second. Thank you for that motion in support. Is there any discussion on those minutes? Seeing none all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye opposed motion passes Next move on to the public forum city clerk We have three people this evening first on the list is Delcey Johnson. Delcey if you could come on up and Delcey, can you give me your home address, please? 1306 North Third Street Okay, and you will have five minutes. Thank you Mayor van der steen city clerk Richards the administrator hoffland city attorney Adams Alderman and citizens I Join the men and women who spoke at the plan commission hearing and asking that you do not endorse Destroying a forest to create a golf course. I Question the need for a golf course and I am concerned about the environmental impacts I have not researched those issues, but they have been well documented by others who have done the research and Have the backgrounds and degrees to support their conclusions I'm also concerned about the implications for the people whose lives will be disrupted by such a development When issues arise these people will have no recourse the town will be helpless because the land is not in the town City council members will likely not care because the people who are affected are not their constituents The annexation will remove the land from the jurisdiction of those whose lives will be most changed because of it It was interesting to learn that Kohler bought two houses in the town to accomplish this annexation The attorney for the town however stated that the annexation is not contiguous and described it as a balloon on a string The leader of the Sheboygan Economic Development Corporation talked about the $87,000 in taxes that the city could would receive which could be used for road repairs I asked public works director Dave Bebel what it costs to repair a mile of roads The 2017 capital improvements budget includes 2.3 million for five and a half miles of street repairs Making the cost about $420,000 per mile Obviously $87,000 would not have much impact on the street repair budget I Attended one of the coal response input sessions at the three sheeps brewery The first listing station had a poster listing economic impacts It cited benefits to the city including $250,000 in room tax revenue I Challenged that because as you know a coal or does not contribute to the county's room tax Also, as you know, Kohler is building another hotel in Woodlake interestingly the $250,000 room tax benefit for the city has now been reduced to $88,000 how was that adjustment arrived at and this prompts me to ask other to question other Assertions like the projection of another 23,000 rounds of golf per year. How was that figure arrived at? How many grounds of golf are currently played? Do we know that there will be more tourism in Sheboygan because the golf course is located in the city rather than the town as The manager of Blue Harbor asserted will the projected sales and income tax figures be different if the land is in the city How do we know that 68 of the 95 full-time construction jobs will be filled by city residents? How do we know that a hundred and twenty four of the projected 227 full-time equivalent jobs will be filled by city residents At another listening station a Kohler employee explained that one of the reasons for the annexation was for better fire protection I'm not a golfer and I do not follow the sport and was not aware that fires on golf courses are a big concern At the plan commission hearing however a town firefighter said he thought the concern was for medical emergencies He stated that the town's response time is four minutes, which meets the NFPA standard He also talked about the staffing of the city's fire station on the far south side If the annexation is approved the fire department will have another reason to ask for more firefighters And this could be another possible use of the additional taxes of eighty seven thousand dollars It would pay for one more firefighter the average wages and benefits in 2016 of the foremost recently hired firefighters was eighty six thousand six hundred nine dollars I've heard of the seven wonders of the world But I was astounded to hear a color employees say that Sheboygan will be one of the ten most visited places in the world For golfers if Kohler builds this golf course Personally, I think the hype is getting a little much Deny this annexation and vote to protect our environment vote against destroying Deforest and a beautiful natural pace of land for a golf course that have actually needed could be built somewhere else The damage to the scenic area will be unreversible and Those who will be most directly impacted by the development will have no voice or recourse It has been argued that approval of the annexation does not mean approval of the golf course But we all know that it amounts to a tacit vote to do just that Thank you. Thank you. Delcy Next on the list is Terence Doyle Terence if you could come on up Terence if I could have your home address, please Okay And you will have five minutes, thank you Big enough ledge on there I guess All right, I'm Terence Doyle. I'm following up on the letter. I wrote to the Common Council city of Sheboygan I'm referring to the Watermanian project Broadway Avenue In the basic of the assessment process I'm asking the Common Council review its decision on how the assessments are applied To this water lateral project in the future projects Any method should have a committee Revealed apical laws that are available to make the decision on how the assessments are applied We discussed this a little bit a month ago and asked how what can be done? I copied it. I sent a letter. I copied all the state laws and the City ordinance the city of Sheboygan finance department gave me the statues of assessments Wisconsin Statue 66.0703 special assessments generally so what they use to apply the assessments Under that under that state statue of assessment represents an exercise of police powers The assessment shall be upon a reasonable basis as determined by the governing body Excuse me, I believe that's you the governing body of the city of Sheboygan when you get determined how the assessment is applied it does not Say exactly how it's applied you have that choice Under the you under the same statue 66.0703 Sub-14 uniform Uniformity requires the assessment to be fairly and equitably apportioned among property owners and comparable positions The municipality must use a method of assessment that produces a uniform and equal value for all affected properties This is not on your letters, but it's a footnote I put on here as assessed My property is devalued By the present assessment process Why is it devalued because I am also responsible for maintenance of that 30 feet of Water lateral that means I have a if I were to sell my property I have to inform I have a possible maintenance cost Based on footage more than anybody else more than the other anybody else my Street or my neighborhood There's a few houses that are the same but there's a it's not the same across the board It is unreasonable to use the same method of assess group of property owners when it results an entirely Disproportionate result that could be easily be remedied by using a different method to assess one group of the property owners By a different method from that used to assess if the results are entirely disproportionate They're gonna footnote on this one also and this is not included I just received this information this week the short side of the street, which you know I'm not in the short side. I'm on the long side, but I'm on the short side the short side of the street I'm kind of standing up there On behalf of the short side They're actually being charged a hundred and twelve dollars per foot for short side for the same pipe I am being charged ninety three dollars a foot for the long side of the street. So how is that fair? That's not fair for the water lateral pipe. It's right here from the city or from the swimming water department Now so again, we're back to what's fair. What's not fair. It's not uniform That uniform let's say moving on to Next part here The the use of ordinance 122-98 which is a city ordinance. This is water. It's under a highlight of water main extensions Well, it does not apply for two reasons. It's not a water main extension, which is for subdivisions We've discussed that in the past To it should if it was to be used it should refer to Wisconsin State Statue 66 point zero seven zero one Special assessments by local ordinance and that's not what's being applied so I've had this discussion. I did have a meeting with the city attorney We discussed this my question about the water main extension Heading and he said well, we'll just rewrite the law. Well, that's why I'm here I want to change the perspective of the law a little bit You know, it's not it's not that I'm changing it for my own benefit. I have Multiple properties and this is the only one. I'm on the long side of the street. I want to check them all out So I'm kind of defeating my own purpose here, but I'm trying to create what is fair And what is fair to me is that you know water curb stop one curb stop for a house And you know in this in this line, we have 65 curb stops being our properties being serviced All right, so with that 65 properties being a service and You count each one as an individual you take the total cost of the Whole project and divided by the 65 the whole total cost of the bill bowls hundred twenty thousand divided by 65 it comes out to an average of one thousand nine hundred and sixty nine dollars Excuse me. Terrence your time is up. All right, your time is up Oh, thank you pretty quick started to get that done fast. Okay. Thank you always available for questions. I ask you to Please consider all your options Is there you have the power to change it anywhere you want? Thank you, Terrence last on our list is Roger Miller is Roger here Roger can I have your home address, please my I reside at 202 pioneer road in the town of Wilson, and I'm that town's planned commission chairman Thank you I'm gonna speak very briefly on your agenda item 4.1 Tonight, which is Kohler company's petition to annex into the city There 247 acre parcel just north of the state park along with a large portion of the state park and A mile-long narrow connecting strip while you're not scheduled to decide on this today. I understand it'll be on your June 19th agenda Tonight, I'm just going to pose Several actually three fundamental questions that I think deserve your consideration The first is the reason that the city has said annexation is needed is to provide city services to this land Claiming that the city's in a better position to do that than the town When in fact town sanitary sewers already surround the north and west sides of Kohler's land The lake is to the east state park is to the south so there's not even any route left That's available to the city Along the mile of distance from the city's closest sewer and there is no city master plan to accomplish this in Contrast there are four town sanitary manholes right along the north boundary of Kohler's property If it's not sewer is it then water supply? Kohler's applications to the Corps of Engineers and DNR for some wetland filling Describe the high-capacity wells that they'll use for golf course irrigation and they've done test wells to verify that so why oh and likewise there is not a Feasible route to bring city water to this parcel and Kohler company is not saying that they want or need it So why then is city annexation needed to provide services with other people have already spoken in the past to fire emergency services law enforcement and first responders Second question to ask yourself at the recent plan commissions public hearing of the 30 public inputs There were 10 speaking in favor of the golf course all repeating the same thing Countywide economic benefits now. What does that have to do with annexation? Do golfers at whistling straights? No or care. They're in the town of Mosul Is that less popular than black wolf run in the village of Kohler or? Is it tax revenue that the city is after which is estimated by Kohler to be less than $17,000 a year now subtract whatever annualized expense to provide municipal utilities for which there's no practical route With no city services provided what even warrant city tax revenue when the town is already providing all of the services that are needed third point Present zoning of the land that Kohler proposes to get annexed is park and open space Consistent with both the towns and the city's master's plan Why then is Kohler proposing that their land and a large portion of the state park be zoned high-density residential? SR 5 No housing is proposed on Kohler's land and no housing is going to be developed on the park land In fact, not a single house is proposed on any of the land cited in the annexation petition So ask yourselves why zone to high-density residential SR 5 When no housing is proposed That zoning and annexation is all that you'll be voting on when the time comes You will not be voting on a golf course. That's not part of your your petition The town would appreciate if you'd allow us equal presentation time to Kohler company at your June 19th meeting To provide information that's pertinent to this annexation issue I'm sensitive to the financial pressures the city faces because in my day job I'm presently working on at least half a dozen jobs right within the city limits And I'm accustomed to working with city staff and engineering on providing economic workable solutions I also have decades of experience and working with many other local governments and from that I know and understand that nothing is more expensive or costly than making poorly informed decisions. Thank you Thank you, Roger. That's it for this evening. Thank you very much Next we'll move on to a presentation The 2016 tourism zone update by Amy Wilson from visit Sheboygan, Inc. They're president Amy Good evening As most of you know we usually give an annual update about this time of year And it's going to reflect on the state of tourism for This date the county and our Sheboygan area tourism zone and we usually receive all of that data back in May for the prior year So that's why we're doing it in June There's been some changes in tourism in the in the last year So I'm just going to walk you through those so you're up to date on that and then we'll run through this Do you have a slide, please? so Sheboygan tourism was embedded as a department of the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce in June 1st 2010 and It operated as a department of the chamber until this year At which time in 2015 and 16 there were changes made to the Wisconsin state room tax law Which required that? Municipalities no longer spend money directly that they contract with the tourism entity and that any adjacent counties or any adjacent Municipalities collecting room tax form a room tax zone and the Sheboygan area formed a room tax zone with the town of Wilson and the town of Sheboygan That zone is governed by a new room tax commission Which then has to contract with the tourism entity to provide marketing services and that is Essentially how visit Sheboygan was formed pulled out of the chamber as a department and became its own nonprofit To be governed under the room tax zone under the new state laws So basically from the beginning of this year through April 1st We went through that transition and on April 1st, 2017 visit Sheboygan began operating as its own nonprofit entity In flip slides, please So the positions on the Sheboygan area room tax commission are also governed by Wisconsin state statute And each city depending on their level of contribution to the room tax earns representatives And then depending on the level of total budget It tells you how many hoteliers you need represented on that board So our room tax commission consists of our chairperson Chad Peleshek from the city of Sheboygan Our own Mayor van der Stien who is the vice chair our secretary and treasurer who is Dan Olsen from the town of Sheboygan I'm our one of our commission members Dan Rostel in from the town of Wilson Cameron bop from pride hospitality and David Sanderson from Blue Harbor resort And so we can please advance the slide You'll see on the next slide the mission of visit Sheboygan no different than it was before To be an economic a driver of economic growth engaging with our partners to enhance the visitor experience while seeking new opportunities for sites attractions and Hospitality businesses that improve the quality of life for residents and visitors and the next line shows our vision Which markets the Sheboygan area as a great lake getaway with Exhilarating adventures on the water and invigorating recreation on land Surrounded by an eclectic mix of arts entertainment and Epicurean mastery all at an affordable price So the next slide will tell us what we're about to review for the economic impact And as I said, we'll go through the Wisconsin State tourism numbers the county tourism economics and then for our zone And next slide, please Sue and you can just keep advancing as I go down these numbers So in 2016 for Wisconsin visits grew by 3.3 percent and Room demand was up 2.3 percent and this is the first time that across the state We've topped selling over 17 million hotel rooms the average daily rate increased by 3.1 percent and overall room revenue increased by 5.4 percent and The next slide you'll see that leisure travel spending was 10.8 billion or 88 percent of all visitors spending Overnight market those who stay in hotel rooms was 66 percent of all visitor spending at about 8.2 billion dollars and Dave visits brought in about 4.1 billion More than a hundred and seven million people visited the state spending over 12 billion dollars Now if we break down that spending about 2.7 billion was spent on lodging and that's an increase of 5.8 percent 3.2 billion was spent on food and beverage, which was up 4.8 percent 2.5 billion was spent on retail, which is up 2.4 percent and 4.2 percent of the spending was spent on recreation at over 1.6 billion Which is actually the number we pay attention to most in our efforts as a recreational destination on the next slide you'll see the Shabuigan County seven-year visitor spending trend it begins at 2010 as you remember that's coming out of the recession and every year visited visitor spending since then has increased Up until our record-breaking year this year or last year 2016 between 2010 and 2016 visitors spending in our county increased more than 54 million dollars to now it's today over 223 million on the next slide you'll see the municipalities that have Room tax ordinances in place We're the only zone in the county and the others run independent tourism offices under tourism entities Our zone captures about 42 percent of the visitor spending And then you'll see a caller of course is very much right next to us Followed by Elkhart Lake Plymouth and Shabuigan Falls on the next slide You'll see the Shabuigan Actually, this is the Shabuigan area tourism zone room tax estimate estimate Over the the years from 2010 to 2016 the top line the blue line shows you the numbers that come into our budget That's what the tourism office spends to promote the area and the bottom line is what goes into the general funds for the city Now of course these numbers do not include blue harbors room tax Because those are designated right now to pay off the the conference center the bonds for the conference center which will mature in November of 2018 and then that room tax will also come into this process split On the next slide you'll see the Shabuigan area tourism zone breakdown and These do not also include blue harbors room tax But how our budget is broken down in the contributors of it in our zone and pretty much the amounts right now the city of Shabuigan Captures about 90 percent of the room tax collected in the zone on the next slide You'll see the room tax contributions to tourism. This is only the 70 percent. So this is where our budget is and You'll see that file that in 2017 and that's our budget for this year We always budget downward a little bit so that we can remain conservative and we don't have to worry about things outside of our control Possibly even a hotel burning down Whether that impedes travel anything can happen that we don't control. So we tend to budget conservatively. So you'll see the 2017 budget at the bottom and as you'll see 2015 if you go back the two years before that the over 546 or 546,000 was the total room tax for a record-breaking PGA year and then Mostly due to return visits from that record-breaking year. We also broke a record again in 2016, which we did not expect And now we'll look at how Shabuigan stands in terms of the Lakeshore visitor spending and we can go to the next slide suit So right here, you'll see a chart of the top nine counties along the Lakeshore Actually, these are the nine counties along the Lakeshore You'll see Shabuigan is positioned at number five which Actually makes sense if you consider Milwaukee's huge metropolis Airport And down on the southern end of the state Then you have Brown County with the Packers up at the northern and of course down Door County Which is a county-wide resort with over a hundred thousand room nights to sell every night Shabuigan County has 1,886 rooms to sell every night. So our standing isn't too bad. However, when we look at Racine County We do think there's some under-reporting going on there Now remember that Shabuigan County of course is just about in the middle of Lakeshore And it's also along the I-43 corridor, which carries about one-third of the state's total tourism spending So we're sitting right in the sweet spot on the next slide You'll see some of the reasons that we believe there's some under-reporting going on the State Department of Tourism And contracts with a third-party research Organization to do its tourism research and market reports every year And this is where we get the data that we compare to our data and then start to run the numbers After a few years of watching what we believe was under-reporting compared to our record-breaking room tax numbers We actually had a phone conversation with that company to find out the variables they use Few things we found out that won't necessarily be fixed since they do 72 counties So they have to somehow smooth this But our one of the thing one of the major things is our revenues in our county are privately owned So they do not publicly report to the Star Report, which is nationwide Reporting system that franchise hotels report their revenues to and with good reason they don't they're privately owned They're in major competition with resorts across the state They don't necessarily want to let out those numbers So we know that their revenues are only being estimated by our third-party research company And also one of the variables they use is the visitor gas receipts determined by zip code Obviously if you look at out-of-state zip codes in Sheboyton County, they're more than likely going to be business travelers Maybe leader travelers not necessarily business commuters But people who are here for long-term stays with their business and we do receive room tax dollars from them But if you look at it in Racine County so close to the state line Some of those Illinois receipts could just be passing through are coming in for a day trip They're gonna have a lot higher percentage about its state gas receipts than we do Also the industry employment wages and sales based are based on the US Census Bureau information And those are based on population Racine County has a higher population than we do. We're at about a hundred and fifteen thousand They're at about a hundred ninety five thousand so anything that we base on population is going to give them a higher number and That will also account for the visitor sales tax receipts based on population percentages They do believe that there's a certain percentage of every population that is visitors However, we know that that fluctuates Especially if we look at Door County So what we believe then To be the difference and here's the real teller if you look at the number of hotel rooms in the little chart at the bottom As I said, we have just under 1900 hotel rooms Racine County has about 1300 hotel rooms to sell every night Our visitor spending is it just over 223 million? There's 229 million But then if you look at the equivalent full-time jobs in our industry We employ just over 3,500 people in the county Racine County employs just over 4,000 So if we compare that to the number of hotel rooms, either we're really really good at efficiency or There are some errors in the reporting Looking at the numbers as we ran them through the spreadsheets and looked at the equations in our office and With our board and our commission We do believe that we're being under-reported by about as much as a hundred million dollars a year And visitors spending Especially when we consider and that's across the county now You have to consider to that the American Club, of course is the Midwest only Forbes five-star resort So they're probably incredibly under-reported If we go to the next slide We do have some expansion opportunities coming up in tourism to even boost the industry even more in our area and to present those I'm going to introduce Cameron bop who is the general manager of the holiday and express also on the tourism commission And he oversees the harbor winds and the americans for pride hospitality and Chad Peleshek Whose title I realized I forgot to put on this slide, but he has so many they wouldn't fit But he is also the chairman of the room tax commission Thanks, Amy Our vision and mission is driven by a destination of unique and niche attractions Coolers already proven that they produce with a staggering nine previous golf tournaments and the largest is yet to come 2015 PGA championship had an economic impact of well over a hundred million dollars The impact is still tallying Almost two years later. How can that be? These events draw tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people Visitors that bring an immediate economic impact during that seven-day event What the public doesn't realize and doesn't see is a dozens of staff that were here months before Months after the actual event We're talking about the design and construction of buildings security teams installing gates barricades and protocols and also Can't forget the food beverage and gift shop set up of the 200,000 people attending the 2015 2015 PGA championship How many dreamed of relocating here to start their family develop their business or even Common vacation annually You see the economic impact of a multinational event It's always more than what we see As a county, we're extremely fortunate to have the intellect of Chad and Amy governing our tourism expansion Under their leadership the hotel room tax has grown almost a quarter million dollars just the last seven years Their constant pursuit of tourism trends and execution through media and public relations have put our county In a real good in a very good place to capitalize on this opportunity in a new golf destination Chats not going to take over and share how we can prepare to foster our future growth through an expansion in our visitor center chat Thank you. If you can go to the next slide So as we know we're embarking on the final destination of getting the National Marine Sanctuary designation. We're hoping that That could come as early as this fall This has been about a three-year process. So we're excited to see what's gonna come as a result of that We believe that that preliminary numbers based on what's been Provided to us by a similar sanctuary in Alpina, Michigan, which is the only other Great Lakes sanctuary site and looking at their tourism impact is going to have significant increases in Tourism numbers here in our local economy. So with that we've we're proposing as we move as Amy mentioned earlier the Blue Harbor room tax is going to be paid off Blue Harbor Convention Center is bonds are going to be paid off in November of 18 2018 so in 2019 we would see additional increment coming into the tourism for tourism promotion development based on The room tax collected by Blue Harbor. So what do we see ourselves doing with this? One of the first things we'd like to do is plant ourselves in our own visit Center visitor center from potentially on south pier although we're looking at a number of sites This visitor center would include a number of different Exhibits so there could be some shipwreck exhibits the science on the sphere exhibit that had been Put into spaceport. Unfortunately with the news We heard last week about the closure of spaceport and the science on the sphere exhibit is directly related to the sanctuary That exhibit could come back and be part of a visitor experience Interactive robotic exhibits for stimulating ROVs, which are remote operated vehicles shipwreck boat tours and then Really dividing into a new niche that we have never been involved with in which is group tours So the idea would be to get more bus tours charter bus tours into this market to experience what we have here So it's preliminary as to where we see ourselves going, but we really feel that there's some markets that are untapped that we can expand into as we move forward and Really showcase Shabuigan from a tourism standpoint with the development of a new visitor center in the near future So that's kind of where we're at if there's any questions the three of us would be happy to answer them. Thank you Any questions see none, I thank you very much for your presentation the night Next move on to Mayor's announcements First of all, I'd like to ask Tim Kaker to come forward After 42 years in exec is the executive director of big brothers and big sisters of Shabuigan County Tim Kaker has retired as of last week Over his tenure Tim brought a real passion to his role of providing adult mentors to children who needed some acceptance and guidance in their life When Tim began his time at the agency in 1975 Mentors were matched with just over a hundred children and it would still be two years before big sisters International and big brothers association would merge forming big brothers and big sisters of America Kaker will leave the agency in a strong position in the past year big brothers and big sisters of Shabuigan County serve 433 children over the past two years big brothers and big sisters of Shabuigan County increased the number of matches by 14% and maintained a match retention rate of 92% on the traditional community-based matches and 79% for the school-based program known as lunch buddies It has been good to see the strong partnership that the organization has developed with the Shabuigan Police Department and the Shabuigan Fire Department Both chiefs and many of their officers are mentoring children in the big brothers and big sisters program I personally had the opportunity to serve on this board at a very exciting time when the school-based lunch buddy program was developed At that time this new program allowed the program to see about a 30 to 35 percent growth in the matches administered by Tim and his staff Last month big brothers and big sisters national leadership council recognized big brothers and big sisters of Shabuigan County with a national quality award for team leadership and quality community programming for the third straight year Big brothers and big sisters of Shabuigan County is the only chapter in Wisconsin to have been recognized with this award for three consecutive years in one of less than 40 nationwide I hope you'll joining me in thanking Tim for developing an effective agency that works to mentor children at risk The prevention that's provided to these students leads to many positive outcomes and brighter futures for the mentored children His efforts together with the volunteers that are the life but of the program and made Shabuigan a stronger community Tim on behalf of the city of Shabuigan I say thank you for a job well done and wish you all the best in your retirement and as a small gesture of Appreciation, I'd like to present you with the key to the city of Shabuigan.  It's been I'm deeply honored by this There are a lot of people even sitting in this room that have given much to big brothers big sisters including our police chief and our fire chief and Roman here is on our board of directors. Mike is a former board member Jim born as a former board president Sue once worked for us Chuck is currently a lunch buddy I feel like I'm at home, but thank you very much. It's it's an honor Next I'd like to call up Barb. Theme Barb Theme served as the city of Shabuigan from October 11th of 1999 through June 2nd of 2017 is the administrative assistant for the wastewater treatment facility in her early years With the city Barb also helped out at the Maywood environmental Park Barb was extremely dedicated Professional who was always friendly and made everyone who worked at or visited the facility feel welcome Barb was the key to helping the facility operates smoothly to meet its permit required reports in a timely fashion This was especially important in the transition period between retiring and new management Barb was an excellent employee and a tremendous asset to the city of Shabuigan She worked independently and was very self-motivated Over the last several years Barb continued to work with the consultants on and the subcontractors on the hauling receiving and billing software as a part of the wastewater treatments facility nine million dollar dewatering and drying project Barb's continued troubleshooting and suggestions were key to the city receiving a billing system that served the facility's needs Barb Theme's contributions and knowledge were invaluable to the Shabuigan regional wastewater treatment facility and to the city of Shabuigan Barb was the go-to person for the wastewater treatment staff For a daily HR and purchasing questions. She was also very detailed and accurate with all of her work Barb's work never had to be questioned or repeated Barb will definitely be missed by the city and the wastewater treatment facility staff Barb I'd like to present you with a certificate of appreciation from the city of Shabuigan For your seventeen and a half years of dedicated service as employee of the wastewater treatment plant from October 11th of 1999 through June 2nd of 2017 and Congratulations on your retirement Next I'd like to call David Adams forward David Adams retired on June 2nd of 2017 after 26 and a half years of service as a Shabuigan police officer Dave was born in Shabuigan at St. Nick's and graduated from South High and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee while at UWM he met his wife Marsha who fall and he followed her back to Shabuigan after graduation He tired of working as a Wisconsin Correctional Service in Milwaukee and therefore applied for a job as a Shabuigan police officer Dave thought when he applied that would be a temporary job till he found something he really wanted to do But after making it through the hiring process and being sworn in as an officer in the police department on January 4th of 1991 he soon found that he had discovered his true calling They've spent the first 12 years of a career on the second and third shifts until moving to the day shift in 2003 during his time with the department They've been involved in many important aspects of the Shabuigan police department outside of his duties as a patrol officer He served for over 10 years on the emergency response team and was also Selected as a department canine officer Dave and his apartment Darrow served together from 1994 to 99 They spent many long hours together on the road as well at home Sadly Darrow passed away and there are many great memories of the two partners One interesting story regarding Dave when his partner Darrow occurred on the 4th of July in 1996 the city was celebrating the traditional 4th of July holiday and As many know the 4th of July celebration was a little bit different in the 90s compared to today's family friendly environment Around 9 o'clock Dave and his partner were alerted that two officers on the beach near the land park were attempting to make an arrest An angry crowd of intoxicated individuals sounded surrounded the two officers Calling them to call for assistance The crowd was throwing sand and objects at the officers as they attempted to main control the two individuals who had to created a disturbance Officer Adams reacted by carrying his canine partner through the sand and crowd to the location of the two officers in order to protect them his appearance Along with his partner quickly changed the attitude of the angry crowd and the officers were able to escort the subjects Peacefully to the awaiting car. It's unknown if the crowd was calmed by the presence of Dave or his canine partner But he likes to believe it was him He was also actively involved in providing school and community presentations with his partner as well as assisting Area school districts correction facilities with canine searches. He was recognized with numerous times for his professionalism and willingness to assist Within the department David has participated in the hiring process by being actively involved in the assessment center assisting in court services Presenting at the citizens academy and the Chamber of Commerce criminal justice state he also provided intruder alert training and workforce safety and Secure and security to public and private organizations David's outgoing personality and knowledge was always appreciated by the attendees David also has been recognized for the times At the apartment for achievements over his career One such action occurred in November of 1993 where David was involved in rescuing a male from a swampy area of the Pigeon River On a waste property a male had become lost during a critically cold night and a caller contacted the police stating They could hear a man yelling for help from the swamp The caller did not know the exact location and due to the high winds David also Along with other officers made their way to the swamp at 3 30 in the morning and found the man who would have succumbed to the Bitter cold if not found the man received medical care and survived Over the past year Dave played an integral role in the transition to a new radio system By learning how to program and update and the software on the new radios Dave assistance with the programming of the radios helped ensure that the transition was smooth Dave has served the city of Sheboygan into residence for 26 years He provided the service of expect that's expected of a police officer putting himself at risk at times But mainly by helping to solve problems Building positive relationships in the community His personality humor knowledge and willingness to serve are appreciated by all Dave now plans to enjoy his retirement by spending time with his Wife Marsha and their three children Dave. I'm very pleased to grant you with the certificate of Appreciation for 26 years of dedicated service to the city of Sheboygan from January 4th of 1991 through June 2nd of On Friday May 19th the city of Sheboygan and Esslingen celebrated their 50th anniversary of sister cities at a banquet in Esslingen, Germany a delegation of 34 persons from Sheboygan traveled to Germany with Chief Mike Romus and myself to participate in this event I Included this included in this delegation were members of the mayor's International Committee people-to-people and residents of the Sheboygan area Since January 16th of 1967 when the city of Sheboygan Common Council Recognized and endorsed the sister city partnership with Esslingen and the ninth mayor to preserve and participate in this partnership With our colleagues in Esslingen City government during this time many young students have enjoyed and learned from the visits to both of our cities These exchange students have made lifelong friendships and their families have adopted the student family of their other partners At the banquet speeches and gifts were exchanged by the mayor's on behalf of Sheboygan I presented a large engraved vase to Esslingen and Lord Mayor Zieger presented me with this picture that's on the wall It's a it's an ad that appeared in the Sheboygan press 50 years ago when the the partnership began We also participated soon after we arrived and planted a Ceremonial sugar maple tree in Mirkle Park in Esslingen the sugar maple of course is the state tree of Wisconsin During the past 50 years many individuals had the privilege and responsibility of keeping this relationship strong and meaningful I extend a special thanks to the past city councils and the present one the mayor's International Committee The former mayors people-to-people the youth chaperones the city staff and local families who participated in the student exchanges All have helped to nurture and strengthen this very special relationship with our friends of Esslingen We were able to reach this milestone and celebrate this anniversary because of all those efforts over the last 50 years Thank you Next we'll move on to a hearing Item 2.1 is hearing number 3 of 1718 relating to amending the city's official zoning map and to change the youth district Classification of the property located at 2010 South 19th Street parcels 1 4 3 8 7 0 and 1 4 1 3 8 8 0 from class Ui urban industrial to class in our 6 neighborhood Residential is there anyone wishing to be heard or anyone wishing to be heard? Yes, sir Please give us your name and address Good evening. My name is Brian Cook C. O. O. K. E My business address is 4902 North Biltmore Lane Madison, Wisconsin by 3 7 1 8 Here on behalf of the applicant to propose approval for the rezone of three parcels that constitute alliant energy substation at 20 South 19th Street on the west side of the intersection with Union Avenue The substation occupies Primarily the northerly parcel we want to rebuild the substation as a life cycle replacement to do so we want to add a new switch gear enclosure that will kind of encroach into the Sutherley two lots so in order to accomplish that through the conditional use permitting process we need to rezone the three parcels so they're congruent and then go through the Land division approval process All right. Thank you very much for those comments Is there anyone else wishing to be heard? You may step down Is there anyone else wishing to be heard all the person wolf? Thank you mayor. I make a motion to close the hearing Second thank you for that motion and support all those in favor closing the hearing please signify by saying aye Opposed motion passes next we'll proceed to the consent agenda items 3.2 through 3.17 Are before us all the person wolf. Thank you mayor I make a motion to accept and file all our all our oaths accept and adopt all our C's and pass all resolutions and ordinances Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on any of the items in the consent agenda? See none will the clerk please call the roll for passage 16 eyes Motion passes Item 4.1 is our own number 41 of 1718 by the city Planning Commission to whom is referred our own number 32 a of 1718 by the city clerk for an application from Reinhardt attorneys at law at the request of the Kohler company and closing the annexation petition for lands in the vicinity of Stahl Road County trunk KK and 12th Street County trunk V in the town of Wilson recommends approval and Of the report of officer Alderperson Bellinger. I would move to accept and file Thank you for that motion. Is there a second second? Okay, that item is before us. Is there any discussion? Seeing none mayor Mary Lynn Just to verify that We are not voting on the annexation itself, but merely on the Application and that will be filed. That's correct and that the ordinance has to be drawn and that would be Possibly on our next agenda any other discussion All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. I opposed Motion passes item 4.2 is our own number 42 of 1718 by the director of planning and development submitting a request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA great lakes environmental research laboratory to dock a 55-foot NOAA research vessel at South Pier from June 5th through June 23rd of 2017 and waiving any docking fees Alderperson Wolff. Thank you mayor. I make a motion to suspend Second I have a motion to suspend. Is there any objection to suspension? Seeing none, please proceed Make a motion to approve We want some explanation of suspension, why are we suspending? We're we're suspending the docking we're waiving the docking fees Because what's going to happen is the NOAA is going to dock and have some community involvement While they're doing some ozone testing Off off the shore of Sheboyin. Why are we suspending now? I know that's what they're doing. They're supposed to be here tomorrow. Okay Chad, did you want to add anything to that? If they're not here already, they will be here tomorrow and by the time the council would take action on it They would be all done Because the next council meeting is until the 19th so they'd have four more days after that So that's the reason for the suspension is that they're coming into port as we speak Honor further discussion Alderperson Boren Thank You mayor. I was maybe Chad could answer this for me If we had a private 55 boat coming into Sheboyin, and they were going to be docking there from June 5th to June 23rd Approximately what would the rental be? That's a good question. It's handled by the marina Under the large yacht facility. I would say somewhere probably in the range of 2,500 bucks For that period of time. Thank you All our person down to you. Thank you and just in reviewing the The resolution it is clear that the city will reap considerable benefit from this particular proposal And so even though we are waiving the fee. I think the information that we will get particularly since we're always concerned about Being labeled one of the dirtiest counties in the state getting information about ozone levels and so forth I think is is very important. So even though we are waiting to see I think we're going to get a lot in return as well as Having the boat open to the public at night. I think it's a really nice Coordinating between agencies and I would strongly urge that we pass this Thank you for those comments any other questions See no other discussion All those in favor, please signify by seeing I Opposed motion passes item 4.3 will lie over Items 4.4 through 4.11 will be referred to various committees Under resolutions item 5.1 is resolution number 23 of 17 18 by Alderperson Wolf providing the amendment by and between the city of Sheboygan and Eighth and New Jersey LLC Alderperson Wolf Thank You mayor. I make a motion to suspend and pass resolution Second we have a motion a second to suspend Did you want to give an explanation? Yes, the closing date on the property has been moved out to June 15th Thank you. Is there any objection to suspension? Seeing none, please proceed Chad did you want to come and explain So this is the development that will happen on South a street next to the Saint Cyril church that development now has a name It's called the High Point apartments Under the current development agreement that's in place the closing on the land Which they're purchasing from the city was to occur no later than May 31st They're working through the building permit process as we speak at the building permit is probably going out later this week So they have requested that they'd like to get their building permit in place And then they will close on the property shortly thereafter So there's a tentative scheduled date for June 14th to close on the property the other piece of the amendment is When we disperse the TIF incentives, so this body has approved 1.7 million Previously the previous council did as the incentive earlier this year we Have allocated another four hundred thousand dollars that four hundred thousand dollars is coming from the state trust fund And that process is taking we'll take a little bit longer So we're gonna disperse out the 1.7 million On the closing date on June 14th and follow-up by the end of July on the four hundred thousand dollars And the agreement is just being updated to reflect those otherwise. They're on task to break ground the week of June 26 and then it's about a year construction time frame Thank you very much Chad Is there any other discussion on the resolution? Seeing none with a clerk, please call the roll 16 eyes Motion passes Next we'll go on to items five point well five point two through five point eleven are all going to be referred to various committees And then under our reports of committees 6.1 is an RC number 23 of 17 18 by law and licensing to whom was referred our own number 295 of 1617 by the city clerk submitting licensed applications recommends a taxi cab drivers license application number 1520 denied based upon her record of violations Related to the license activity or failure to cooperate with the staff investigation in her failure to cooperate with the committee all the person holds you Thank You. Mr. Mayor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted Second we have a motion and support under discussion. Yes, is there a gloria rod Is not here The committee had voted to deny her license due to the previously stated reasons and she did not appear at any Thank you very much. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none will the court please call the roll for passage all the person Ballinger. Did you have a Okay, okay Said to clear that lights. All right 16 eyes Motion passes Item 6.2 is RC number 24 of 1718 by law and licensing to whom was referred our own number 17 of 1718 by the city clerk submitted license applications and recommends the taxi cab Drivers license application number one five five six be denied based upon his record of violations related to the license activity His history is a habitual law offender and his failure to cooperate with the committee all the person holds you Thank You. Mr. Mayor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted second is Thomas holds here tonight Thomas if you want to come up to the podium Thomas's application was recommended to be denied due to the fact of his Records of violations regarding license activity There was a money theft due to identity theft as well as regular theft times, too There's concerns because these items have direct influence on the licensing of a taxi cab driver He has a history of habitual law offender and his failure to cooperate with committee. He was given two Certified males that were signed for but yet here at either of our meetings If you have need any questions regarding that we certainly can return to the city attorney But with that being said I open the floor to Thomas for his explanation Thomas, please go ahead. My name is Thomas. Oh, so I Trying to better myself. I am out here looking for a job I'm not out here doing a crime. I'm out here to do a job and I have a family of support and I drove cab in support in Marinette. I drove cabin Manitoba and I do have license from those state from those towns That I could present here in in here right here from Marinette and from Manitoba reason I can't drive in Mandra because they're not hiring drivers right now and I've been called from the Cab company every other day asking me when am I going to get my license to drive for them?  I'm trying to do a job and support my family and better myself And if you guys will give me a chance, I would appreciate it because I'm trying to better myself not to harm anybody Thank you for those comments Any follow-up? Yes, Thomas. Do you live in the city of Sheboygan? To Rivers and We had invited you to a couple meetings. Is there a reason why you didn't I didn't have my neighbor had got my mail And he did not know I lived there So he sent the letter back. That's what he told me one of them. I yeah one of them And I've received the other one that Would you like to bring this back to committee? There's a recommendation that I did not do that that we denied the license Okay, moving on a discussion all the person born Thank You mirror All the person whole shoe was there a recommendation from the police department on this gentleman Alderman born he never made it to any of our meetings for there to be a I'd like to refer to the city attorney as they did the background This particular party. Thank you There's a new system on how this works And this is a recommend a joint recommendation of the police department city clerk's office and city attorney's office Was made to the law license and committee to deny the license And that was based on his record of violations related to the license activity and his record as a repeat A law offender if you wish I can go through the Violations, but they're fairly lengthy He did not appear at his hearing on the denial and but he was he was provided a Letter inviting him to be there. We do have a signed certified letter appearing that on May 12th a Signature was of someone living at his home Signed for the letter, but he did not appear at the hearing which was scheduled for May 23rd Thank you for those comments any other questions Okay, then the motion is Before us would declare please call the roll 15 eyes 1 no The motion passes and the license is denied Moving on to ordinances general, let's see ordinances both 7 1 and 7 2 will lie over and Items 7.3 through 7.5 will be referred to various committees Under matters laid over 8.1 is our own number 21 of 1718 by the city planning Commission to him was referred general ordinance number one of 1718 by all the person bidders and Nelson in our number 13 of 1718 by the city clerk for an application from Alliant Energy Requesting an amendment to the official zoning map from use district classification urban industrial to use that district classification neighborhood residential in our six and recommends passing the ordinance all the person bellinger I Would move to accept and file and pass the ordinance Thank for that motion. Is there a second? Okay That is before us for discussion See no discussion with a clerk. Please call the roll 16 eyes motion passes Item 8.2 is our own number 22 of 1718 by the city planning Commission to whom was referred general ordinance number 2 of 1718 by all the person bidders and Nelson and our own number 14 of 1718 by the city clerk for an application from Alliant Energy Requesting an amendment to the official zoning map from use district classification urban industrial to use district classification neighborhood residential and our six recommends passing the ordinance all the person bellinger Move to accept and file and pass your ordinance Second motion in support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none will the clerk. Please call the roll 16 eyes motion passes next we'll go on to other matters city attorney 9.1 is a resolution by all the person drawn Authorizing the purchasing agent to enter into a contract for the purchase of one new fire engine for the city of Sheboygan fire department that will be referred to the public protection and safety committee 9.2 is an RO by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending December 31 2017 and June 30 2019 that'll go to line licensing 9.3 is also an RO by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending December 31 2017 June 30 2018 and June 30 2019 that'll also be referred to the law and licensing committee Next we have a contemplated closed session all the person wolf Thank You mayor make a motion to convene in closed session under the exemption provided in section 19.85 sub 1 sub e of the Wisconsin stats where competitive and bargaining reasons Require the closed session related to the to land In the town of Wilson adjacent to I 43 Development opportunity on parcel 5928 1470971 adjacent to County trunk, okay, and possible acquisition of 606 North 9th Street second Thanks for that motion and support Is there any discussion? All their personal bellings are you ringing in before did you want to make a comment? Yes, I just I just had a question. Why are the other matters not on our board docks? They will be tomorrow All right, and then the motion to go into closed session is before us with the clerk, please call the roll 16 eyes motion passes for Viewers at home, we're going to be journeying in closed sessions. So this will end our broadcast for this evening and we'll take a Three-minute recess