This is really important to the project. the Eastern Water Treatment Plant project because as the contractor is wrapping up signing contracts from our award, the last meeting um they they will be having a precon and trying to get to work and and uh I don't expect a ton of work over the winter. So, this $5 million bridges us well into getting the 17.5 million appropriation grants that's coming here afterward.

And in your packet is uh the amendment for 1,79,834. And that is the same dollar amount put into our uh PFA loan or sorry, I just said we don't have a loan. uh our PFA grant agreement um that marries up with every penny and dollar that the state has us tracking. Um so that mount amount does I'd like to point out that does align and that would be reimbursed through our grant program.

And really this is one uh site location that we've been after for years. So this is kind of a finality of all those efforts over the years.

I just want to thank you, Ryan, for you and your team. um you know way back when when we met in the garage the first time um and the constituents came out and people talked and he really listened and I just I know the people really appreciate that um kind of moving it out of the park into a new into the new area. Um so I just wanted to be known that it is very appreciative that you know we listen the city listened and that you guys really took it to heart with what the people were having to say. So thank you

At the end of the day talking to our our new city engineer uh he is frankly drinking from a fire hose. Uh there's a lot of um major projects going on in the city as you can tell by um a lot of our contracts here tonight and and the last few council meetings. But we have a lot going on and there's a lot he's doing and a lot he's getting up to speed on. And so to add to his plate um of the the neighborhood project, one of the best values for him in these proposals was looking at the team that just completed the project last year.

I just wanted to say, Ryan, I really just, uh, admire you listening to your, um, staff as well when they're kind of feeling burnt out on stuff. I know you guys have a lot going on in your department. So, I just want to say I just really admire you for really listening. Um, that's a lot and it's a hard job to do. So, I appreciate it.

Toddfield wall must get reconstructed. That's kind of an engineering fact that has been stated by Mindot and and we've observed that on the city end, too. So, this is a priority element of the 61 work going forward.

Custom form liner and that is that mold created uh from stone onsite uh and and colored to match approved by the city as I mentioned. And this option there would be no cost to the city as estimated to date. um it'd be covered in the minds 12% number. So that 12% number is they can use 12% of the construction cost of the wall towards aesthetics of the wall.

I am curious about a couple of things. um mindot in the school district I know have possibly have some feelings around this and just given that those can be two let's say vocal groups um how do they feel about do they have a preference in one of these over the other and then my second question because you know Ryan I never just come at you with one I always come at you with with two or three sorry um I see no ballards which I would have loved and I understand why and so just for the sake of safety because we don't want anything happening Dukes of Hazard style like that happened a couple of years ago. Is there a benefit to one over the other in terms of the form or the stone? Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

NRP is an ecological manufact management company specializing in invasive species removal, prescribed burns, drainage correction, slope stabilization, and similar work. our uh parks and recck department have had some experience working with them in the past. They're looking to move their primary operations from another city to this site here. So excited to have them as a tenant and as a business within the city.

no questions, but just grateful that you want to come and start your business within Hastings. We are so happy to have you and I'd like to make a motion to approve the proposed site plan requested by the Baker Foundation for uh an RP uh for improvements to industrial sites located at 2631 Industrial Court.