00:00:12,930	Today is June 16th, 2026. It is 5:30 p.m. We are in the Bosch Froehlich meeting room at Mandan City Hall. Mr. Neubauer, could you please take the role? Commissioners Rohr here. Sjoberg here. Heinsohn here. Braun. Mayor Froelich. Here. And at this time, we will have Dennis Rohr.

00:00:37,000	Lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. This is Dennis’s last meeting. After 16 years as a city commissioner. So, Dennis. I appreciate that. Thank you. 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.

00:01:10,570	All right. We’ll start out with announcements and Jarek construction project updates. Mayor and commissioners, good evening. Let me pull up my presentation here. Same group of projects that I had last time. Um, starting out with Memorial Highway. Uh, once again, reiterating phase one is the east half that’s being constructed by reconstruction.

00:01:36,200	We’re expecting that to be substantially completed in the next three weeks. Um, leading and leading up to a 4th of July. Phase two is the west half that’s being constructed by Northern Improvements.

00:01:56,030	They are active, um, at East Main Street right now, as well as, uh, on corridor, doing some work. Um, at this point in time, uh, project status for East half, uh, construction is nearing completion. They’re, they’re very close to meeting that that target date. Um, my presentation has kind of, uh, is focused on expectations, uh, around 4th of July holiday.

00:02:18,630	Um, for this portion of the project, we’re expecting all travel lanes, turn lanes and medians to be completed, pavement marking to be installed will have signals installed, likely, but they will be operating in default mode rather than, um, like smart phasing and stuff like that. Um, our bike path and sidewalk are likely not going to be all the way complete, but nearly complete.

00:02:38,370	And then we’ll also have some minor signage, landscaping, and punch list items that will, um, need to be addressed after the 4th of July holiday. Um, for the West half, we have construction kind of ramping up, kind of in a different stage in that project.

00:02:57,400	Um, Main Street and Mandan Avenue intersection is expected to be complete by June 27th. Um, the railway underpass, uh, wall and the temporary asphalt, um, on the roadway is expected to be completed this week, so there should be traffic control out of that area. Um, Street right. Street light removal and westbound widening. Um, which should be complete next week.

00:03:13,430	And that’s on the corridor. Um, just on the north side of the corridor by Riverwood Avenue. And then we’re expecting work to begin east of Riverwood Avenue and have some traffic shifts in the coming weeks. Any questions on Memorial Highway? Oh, I should talk.

00:03:32,630	I should talk about one thing that we’ve been getting a lot of questions about. There is a lot of discharge happening in the northwest corner of Memorial Highway and Third Street. That discharge is from groundwater dewatering efforts for that west half project. So that is they have groundwater wells that are collecting and pumping it to that location at the northwest corner.

00:03:55,630	And then that is going through our storm system and ultimately discharging into the ditch on the south side of the tracks and getting out to the Missouri. Eventually. Mayor Jarek, I know Joe Biden, and I noticed that the the under the railroad parser, the asphalt there now is that that’s just temporary, you say.

00:04:12,900	Is that going to be all concrete later on? Mayor Commissioner Rohr. That’s correct. That is temporary asphalt. Um, just so we can get rid of construction or, um, temporary, um, construction traffic control devices prior to the holiday. I noticed the asphalt. I was wondering whether that was going to be asphalt under there or concrete.

00:04:32,970	No, that will be concrete eventually. Thank you. Moving on to our first street reconstruction project. Right now, um, they’re doing roadway preparation in the phase one area, which is shown in red on my screen in phase two. They’re preparing for storm sewer installation. People can see a lot of the, uh, reinforced concrete pipe staged out there.

00:04:53,330	Um, upcoming. We’re expecting phase one. Uh, curb and paving to commence. And as phase one in red shown here is closed up, phase three would be eligible for removals and closure. Um, once again, focusing on the 4th of July holiday.

00:05:17,630	Um, we are expecting 4th of July for phase three to be closed as it’s shown on our screen, but for phases four and five and one to be open for the 4th of July holiday. So that’s what people can expect. Um, Collins Avenue Reservoir. I have a picture from today shown on the screen here. Um, we’re doing a lot of the wrap up activities. There’s a lot of site grading going on.

00:05:39,200	Um, the concrete driveways into the site are being poured. Currently. The one shown in the picture here is curing right now. And once this one is opened up, they’ll move over to the east driveway.

00:06:00,170	Um, we’re expecting a lot of the traffic control and fencing to to be gone by the time 4th of July rolls around. And then we have irrigation light pole reinstallation and then some landscaping items to close out that project. Uh, project status for the downtown concrete work. Uh, the our contractor, Sare, has finished all 60 locations that we had asked them to complete by mid-June.

00:06:23,000	And in talking with Sarah, they do have capacity for additional locations. If if we if we wanted to add on anything prior to the 4th of July or anytime this summer, they are municipal concrete contractor for the summer. So we will be likely using them to make other, um, health and safety repairs as they come up.

00:06:42,730	So eighth Avenue northwest and 27th Street just want to take an opportunity to let everybody know that we have our second public input meeting on June 25th, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Mandan High School in the PLC room, which is the same room that we had last time. Um, we have sent letters out.

00:07:03,030	We are either in the middle of. We’re in the middle of the, uh, protest period or the protest period should be starting here soon. And then we have a 30 day protest period in which people can submit protests. And we would be, considering those at the next at the commission meeting.

00:07:22,270	Uh, after those 30 days are up. Uh, Lewis and Clark, uh, water main, uh, replacement project. We have asphalt, uh, paving nearing completion. They just have a few areas left on that. We have sanitary sewer lining. Um, continuing through the area.

00:07:43,270	I know that some people have worried about or have talked about some odor issues, and, um, I know that, uh, the contractor has been working on getting communication put together to let people or tell people to fill up their, their traps inside their inside their house to, to try and combat some of that odor, some of those odors.

00:07:59,670	And then we are expecting landscaping to begin this week. So that will address a lot of people’s, uh, uh, grass and, uh, sprinkler system concerns that are associated with these types of projects. Um, there’s another picture there of the final paving project.

00:08:26,270	Um, for the Red Trail Elementary Project three, a area we have concrete crews still working through the project. They’re working from west to east. Uh, roadway patching is in progress in the north portion of the project. And then on the far west side yesterday and today, we have started with our mine and Blend operations.

00:08:45,630	Um, through this process, the contractor has imported gravel that they place on top of the existing asphalt roadway. And then they’ll go through and do a mill in which the, uh, four inches of asphalt pavement gets mixed up with this imported gravel material. And then we will use that as kind of a repurposed base material for the future roadway.

00:09:05,930	So this is being done on streets that are designated for a full reconstruction. So people might see that people might see kind of what looks like an odd operation going on. But there is a method to the madness. Just want to let people know.

00:09:24,400	And then once again, we do have a lot more projects represented on our project website, and they can be accessed either through this QR code or at the URL shown on the screen. Any questions for me? Any questions for Jarek? Nope. Thank you Jarek. Yes. This time we will have new employee introductions from the assessing department. Kimberly. Good evening, Mayor and commissioners. Um, please join me in. Welcome. Grayson, Erling and Chuck Bradner.

00:09:58,370	Chuck is standing right next to me, and then Grayson. Grayson is originally from Bismarck and has spent the last ten years working in education before joining the Mandan team. Throughout his career, he has been passionate about helping students learn and grow, and he brings the same dedication and enthusiasm to his current role.

00:10:15,730	Grayson and his wife, Morgan, are proud parents of two wonderful children are excited to welcome their third child in July. When he’s not working, Grayson enjoys spending time with his family, taking advantage of North Dakota outdoors, especially hunting, fishing and hiking, and Chuck Bradner.

00:10:38,600	He is excited to be part of our assessing team this summer. He’s originally from Harried, South Dakota. He is a graduate of a University of Mary, and in August, he will start his 23rd year in education. He has spent time teaching in the communities of Bismarck, Ashley and Wishek.

00:10:55,370	This year, he will begin a new journey teaching sixth grade health at the Mandan Middle School. His wife, Renee is currently the high school principal at Wiskek and lives in Linton. They have been married for a year now. Um, they have. They have three. Excuse me. He has three stepchildren, ages 17, 21 and 21.

00:11:16,300	And a son who is eight and attends Lakewood Elementary. He enjoys being outside in the summer, watching college football, attending high school sporting activities, and watching documentaries. We are very excited to have these two gentlemen in our office. Welcome. Thank you. Now we will have a recap of buggies and blues and a. Look at the 4th of July festivities. Matt.

00:11:48,570	Thank you, Mayor and Commissioners, for having me here this evening. Uh, we had a very good, uh, buggies and blues this last, uh, weekend here.

00:12:09,470	If you’re around town, you probably heard the, uh, roar of engines and cars and and a lot of, uh, a lot of more traffic on Main Street, but, um, I’ve got a series of photos here that we had from over the weekend, whether it was, um, whether it was very good. Um, probably some of the better weather we’ve ever had for for buggies and blues. Um, for those that don’t know, buggies and blues is a three day, uh, music and car festival.

00:12:26,170	We have music, um, in Dykshoorn Park on Friday and Saturday night, and then we have our large historic car show on Sunday, um, around town and around the community, there were a number of car shows happening, um, and other events that were paired with buggies and blues.

00:12:45,300	Um, a new one this year was, uh, hot dogs and hot or, sorry, hamburgers and hot rods. That happened at Dakota Customs on Friday night, and they had a full house down there. Um, we also had the, um, Mandan flying planes and pancakes on Sunday. There was a kite event at the middle school.

00:13:04,100	Um, and, um, Scotty’s Drive-In over in Bismarck had a big car show, and then we had our cruise night on Saturday night. So if you were downtown Saturday, you saw quite a few. Nice classic vehicles driving around. But, um, in Dykshoorn Park, we had a wonderful three day of music with the large stage.

00:13:22,230	Uh, we had, uh, headliner with shirts and skins on Friday night. Um, a fan favorite that comes back every year. Um, zoom in on this one there. We had, um, uh, new for this year where our feature acts on Saturday, uh, the dream boats out of LA were here. Um, they are Canadian band, but they they originate out of LA.

00:13:41,800	And, uh, did 50s and 60s music. Um, very high energy. Uh, did a lot of acrobats on the stage, uh, entertained the crowd. I think we’ve had the most people dancing out on the grass in front of the stage than I’ve ever seen before. Uh, here they are. Here.

00:13:56,900	They were very entertaining, and we’ve already got emails and calls to kind of bring them back for a returning visit to Mandan. Uh, our headliner, uh, this year for 2026 was the Pork Tornadoes. Uh, really fun. Fun name. Uh, but they were very high energy band out of Iowa.

00:14:18,670	Uh, did a lot of good covers and mash ups of different, uh, different songs that, um, the various generations, younger generation recognized and were out there dancing and having a having a good time with, um, so they were very appreciative of being here. Loved the community.

00:14:36,270	Wanted to stay for the car show, but, uh, couldn’t had to get to another gig. Um, we had many, uh, we had about 13 food trucks that were headquartered in Dykshoorn Park. Um, over the three days, um, all of them did very well. Um, were very, um, crowds were were definitely visiting the the food trucks and stuff in there.

00:14:56,570	Um, the car show on Sunday saw probably one of our more record crowds. We estimate between 30 and 35,000 people were, um, on the street. Um, around there. Um, so it was a very large crowd, and the weather was nice. So that drew people out. We also had probably our record number of cars.

00:15:16,430	Uh, we feel our rough estimate is just, uh, well over about 500 vehicles were included in the show. Um, all of the avenues and the parking lots from the library through Bravera Bank were full with vehicles. You can see some of the other vehicles here.

00:15:39,870	Um, so overall, people enjoyed their time and we had a great, great buggies and blues. So that was the 33rd annual buggies and blues. And we’re going to start, uh, here in the next couple of months, planning for the 34th in 2027. Um, in terms of the what’s coming up. We have um, 4th of July is right around the corner.

00:16:03,200	And one of the new things we have this year is the pyro musical. Um, this is a, a large scale fireworks show that will be presented on July 3rd, uh, at 10:30 p.m., uh, just north of the Mandan Middle School.

00:16:23,670	So if you’re driving north on sunset, um, it’ll be right past the football field there, and we’ll have seating out on the prairie for people. So we’re encouraging people to bring their blankets, their lawn chairs. Uh, there won’t be any parking for the public out there, but, um, we’ll have plenty of space for everyone to sit and enjoy the fireworks. Uh, we just launched this last week.

00:16:39,600	Our our super secret sneak peek on our website, and we have a short video of it. And the soul world is a new world and a world for me. Um, but me. I am from somewhere in the back. As soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye. Man, we lit up your world like the 4th of July.

00:17:25,570	Hey, Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list. And a Statue of Liberty started shaking and fist and an eagle will fly. Um. So the, um, some fun facts about the show itself. The shoot site itself is about 700ft wide.

00:17:48,470	Um, so that’s about two football fields, a little more than two football fields wide. Um, it will include just over 5000 shots that will take place. Um, there is a wheel that will be suspended about 140ft in the air that will also shoot off about 500 shots throughout the show. Um, there’ll be a number of six, seven and eight inch shells that will go off.

00:18:06,630	So these are fairly large shells that need to be, um, the, the tubes that shoot them are buried in the ground. Um, so they are stable. Um, but this is going to be a show that, um, has not ever been seen in Bismarck and Mandan.

00:18:21,170	Um, and this is going to be a, um, a great show for the America 250. So we’re super excited to have this happen. Um, we expect a very large crowd to come out, and we’re we’re praying very hard at the weather is very nice. On July 3rd. Um, but that’s what I got for the update.

00:18:40,730	So any questions? Um, I definitely be an answer. Uh, parking that night, working people park. Um, parking will be, uh, very much like the the parade. Um, parking on streets in the. neighborhood. High school or school parking. Lots open. Mandan high school. And Mandan Middle School will have their lots available.

00:19:01,670	Um, the Mandan High School band will be doing a fundraiser, um, for their New Year’s Eve trip. Um, selling the parking spots in there to raise a bit of money for them.

00:19:17,230	Um, there is no fireworks allowed on Mandan Public School property, so we just want to make that clear for people that are coming over and using their, their lots. Uh, we’re grateful that they’re going to open their lots for the show, but, um, we’ve just been encourage people to park on the local streets.

00:19:33,930	Make sure we’re not blocking driveways or, or private property and always getting permission to park on on private land. But, um, kind of like the parade. Um, carry your chairs. Come on in. I think a lot of people in Mandan are used to staking their spot with their chairs. Uh, the site itself will open at 7 p.m.

00:19:48,800	on the night of the third, and we’ll have a couple food trucks out there, and we’ve got the Mandan, Boys Basketball club will be selling bottles of water. And we also have a scheduled, um, professional skydive that will kick off the evening around 930. Um, to pro jumpers.

00:20:07,900	We plan to land on the field with a American and North Dakota flag as part of our entrance. So there’ll be music out there. There’ll be yard games going on, so it’s kind of a big community backyard celebration with ending with some epic fireworks. And the parade. Are you? Full parade is full. We are full at this moment.

00:20:29,670	We have 76, uh, floats and then a few extra specials. And our grand entry. So it’ll be about 100 floats in total. Um, for the America two 50th parade. Very good. Any questions for Matt? I just want to commend Matt for the music. And bugs and blues.

00:20:50,970	You know, people spend, you know, probably good money to go to listen to some of these minds and concerts. And you come down here and for free and it’s excellent. So if you have anything extra, I’ll add, you know, get that kind of music back to that. That’s great. Great music you had down there this year. Yes, yes. Thank you.

00:21:07,700	Mayor, commissioners, uh, this event is not it’s only made possible by, you know, all of our sponsors that really help it to be a free event. And you’re exactly right. A lot of these performers like the Dreamboats and the Pork Tornadoes, do paid shows.

00:21:24,230	And so to get to see it free and in a park like Dykshoorn and downtown Mandan is truly special for the community. Um, you know, just, you know, thanks to the sponsors, but also thanks to all the, you know, um, community groups here in Mandan, the, you know, Mandan public Works, the police department that all helped out to, you know, keep the event safe, um, keep things flowing, uh, keep the streets blocked

00:21:41,400	for the big show. So it’s a big it’s a very large team effort when it comes to the, uh, the events downtown, especially when you’re parking 500 plus vehicles on Main Street. It is. It’s a logistical, uh, plan. But we did it very well, and everyone got in, and we had a great time.

00:21:59,830	Yes. Okay. Did a great job, Matt. And, uh, Pat Haug. Great job of planning. I came down Main Street right after it was over, and it was like nothing happened. It was all cleaned up. You guys did a tremendous job. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor.

00:22:25,000	At this time, we will have Chief Bitz to discuss fire department pinning and award ceremony. Good evening. Mayor. Commissioners. Uh, as mentioned, one of the more exciting times of the year when we get to recognize our men and women and, um, a couple of them are graduating the joint fire academy that we’re running with Bismarck Fire Department.

00:22:45,800	So we’ll be recognizing them and giving some, uh, promotion awards. And then also the special event on June or at this time at the same ceremony, we’re going to recognize, uh, Commissioner Dennis Rohr, who, as you mentioned, has served many years as a commissioner and former police chief and holds our portfolio.

00:23:00,900	So be a little open house, um, light refreshments and stuff to recognize, uh, those folks. The event is on June 30th at 2 p.m. at station one on the corner of Collins and first Street. So again, June 30th at 2 p.m. at Fire Station one.

00:23:21,600	Um, so we invite the public to come on down and check out the award ceremony. And, uh, see, uh, a few words to Commissioner Rohr. Hopefully. Just a point of interest. You know, I started out my municipal career as a fireman. Oh, originally. Interesting work for the Hays Fire Department.

00:23:38,130	I was a well noted because I was one of the first guys to leave in an emergency run and took the red lights right off the top of the fire truck. Duly noted. We will not let him drive, so thank you. Thank you. Mayor. Commissioners. Thank you, Chief Bitz. Now, now we will have captain Pat Haug talk about the general safety planning. Mayor. Commissioners. Um.

00:24:09,700	Just a little recap on buggies and blues and kind of some of the, um, security features we put in place. Um, I have some photos from that that day, as you can see here, this is the, um, east end of Main Street, where we placed our new Archer barriers. Um, right across from, uh, Silver Dollar.

00:24:31,000	Um, they were very, um, they’re very robust. And as, um, Matt Schanandore said from MPO, he could see all the way down and didn’t see any obstructions. So, um, so we did use these, um, we placed 32 barriers throughout the event. Um, I have some.

00:24:52,370	And then as you guys are aware, um, on the avenues, um, we had buses and patrol cars in certain areas, um, to secure those areas. Um. Mouses being a little, um, this is the West End with the barriers again, the Archer barriers.

00:25:19,630	Um, so, um, very successful, um, from the police department’s point of view, the we had no incidents. We had a few right at the end of buggies and blues. We had a few minor health reports. Um, but those were handled without any, um, emergency services or anything like that. They were just requesting some assistance to get out of the downtown area, to either go home or go seek their own medical attention.

00:25:41,930	So, um, Buggies and Blues was very successful on from the police point police department’s point of view for the upcoming events of July 3rd and July 4th. Um, we continue to work on our security features, um, for both events. Um, some of those features you will see, some you will not.

00:26:02,830	Um, so we will and we will continue working that, um, for the 4th of July, um, art in the park. You will see again our arch barriers be placed on Main Street and a buses placed on second, third and fourth Avenue northwest. Um, the buses will remain in that area.

00:26:24,200	The arch barriers will be removed for the actual parade. Um, there are other many security features that will be in place again, some that you see, some that you don’t. Um, some of the things that will be very visible is, um, foot patrol by officers are all our motorcycles will be out and in use.

00:26:42,330	Um, we will be using our new four electric, um, bicycles. And we will also have a number of TVs and, um, patrol cars stationed throughout the downtown area. Um, we are on track to have another successful and safe 4th of July for all of those events.

00:27:04,130	Um, just a quick reminder that Main Street will be closed on July 2nd. Um, so that vendors can load in for art in the park. So Main Street will be closed second, third and fourth. The detours for that will be Collins Avenue, um, from Main Street and Sixth Avenue Northwest. And those will all be clearly marked.

00:27:22,930	Um, and finally, what I’d like to do is take a moment to thank all of the entities that assist us in these security plans that we put in place, and those would be the Morton County Sheriff’s Department, the Bismarck Police Department, uh, the North Dakota, North Dakota Highway Patrol, the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal

00:27:42,670	Investigations, and Metro Area Ambulance to include the Mandan Mandan Public Works, Mandan Fire, the police department. So if you have any questions, be free. More than happy to answer them. So just to Matt, what was the final total for, uh, buggies and blues? Mayor. Commissioners, uh, we estimate around 36,000 people with our total total.

00:28:13,030	And you’re expecting, uh, how many at the fireworks? Uh, right now, our current plan is between 12 and 15,000. How many do you expect on main on the fourth? Um, with this being the America 250. Um, we’re expecting a bigger crowd.

00:28:34,930	Uh, normally a Saturday, 4th of July is is has seized, um, attendance just because it’s on a weekend. But we could see anywhere from 40 to 50,000 people. Okay, Chief Bitz, help me with the math here. We’ll just. We’ll just round up to, we’ll say 90,000.

00:28:56,270	So, Pat, Captain Hogg has been planning for a year for, uh, an influx of 90,000 people down on Main Street and within the city. And he’s done a tremendous job. And thank you very much, Pat. And your staff. Thank you. Any further questions for Pat? And also, 10th Avenue, highway ten will be closed. Right. Pat.

00:29:27,930	Uh, a portion um, so we will be putting a security feature in at 10th Avenue and, and East West Main that we haven’t done in the past to kind of control, um, the potential for a high speed vehicle to come into the downtown area where all the spectators are.

00:29:47,530	So there will be some, um, there will be a security feature in there so that if you are traveling eastbound on East West Main, coming into Mandan, you’ll be, um, forced to go south. And then any vehicles that would like to would be coming off of 10th Avenue Northwest and want to go east. They’ll be able to do so.

00:30:07,730	But we’re going to we are going to control, um, vehicle traffic coming in on Main Street from 10th Avenue Northwest. Um, you’ll also see some additional security features. Um, on Mandan Avenue and East Main, um, to again, kind of control, um, uh, what we call the vehicle and potential vehicle incursion was whether it’s intentional or unintentional.

00:30:31,030	Um, so we will have probably some very large trucks parked in that area to kind of control that area. Okay. Thank you. Pat. You’re welcome. Now we’ll move to public comment. Mr. Neubauer, are there any public comments? None. We will move on to the approval of the agenda. Uh. Mayor, for the agenda, I’d like to add to other business.

00:30:56,930	Uh, tonight, a discussion regarding setting a pause and accepting new applications for special event permits with alcohol on public property going forward. After this evening. Um, I’d like to see that added to other business for discussion tonight. New business. With that, I would look for a motion to approve. I’ll make a motion to approve as presented with that addition. Second motion by Commissioner Heinsohn.

00:31:38,200	Second by Commissioner Rohr. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Commissioner Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. We’ll move on to minutes. Consider approval of the June 2nd, 2026 Board of City Commission meeting. Minutes. I’ll make a motion. To. Approve the June 2nd, 2026 Board of City Commission meeting minutes.

00:32:06,830	Second motion by Commissioner Sjoberg. Second by Commissioner Rohr. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Commissioners. Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. We’ll move on to public hearing. Consider a preliminary plat for South Hart Terrace, fifth edition, Jordan. Good evening. Mayor Froelich commissioners. I believe we also have Rachel on the line.

00:32:32,730	Who’s gonna intro this one for us? Yes. I’m here. Good evening. Mayor. Commissioners. Um, so this is a preliminary plat and zoning change for South Hart Terrace, fifth edition. Um, I’m going to go through the background of this.

00:32:58,600	That’s in your memo, and then go back and go through its timeline of the, um, just the the process that we’ve worked through with the applicant and then, um, I believe Jared has some items to share. So, um, it’s going to it’s going to bounce around a little bit. So I’m just going to note that up front.

00:33:16,870	So this is the preliminary plat for title South Hart Terrace fifth edition, located in the northwest corner of section three, Township one, 38 North, range 81 West. Um, it’s within city limits. The portion has been previously platted as title South Hart Terrace. The fourth, which has been vacated.

00:33:35,470	Um, so we’ve met numerous times with city or with the applicant and city staff. Um, and the item was tabled originally back in fall of 2025. And I’ll go through that, um, distinct timeline. Um, we’ve had discussions with the applicant regarding the need for connectivity to the east based on concerns regarding both fire department access and a general need for connections between subdivisions.

00:33:54,530	Again, I’ll go into those a little bit more in detail. Um, but those discussions were based on a subdivision proposal and a PUD approval to the East, which has not moved forward in recent months. Um, and we did provide the applicant with a option for connection to the east.

00:34:12,870	And then they also had a second option for connection to the east, um, that was designed by their engineer. And again, we’ll come back to all of that. Um, so there was a total area of 47.82 acres that would be platted into six blocks, with a total of 71 lots.

00:34:40,130	Um, there are lots ranging in size from about 10,000ft up to, um, 389,818ft, which is a stormwater and drainage easement. Um, but the largest other regular lot is 38,219 um block one um accesses onto eighth Avenue southwest. Block two is accessed via eighth Avenue Southwest Cobblestone Loop, and a cul de sac that’s created by Seventh Avenue Southwest.

00:35:05,730	Block three is accessed via Sixth Avenue Southwest Cobblestone Loop um and fourth Avenue Southwest. Block four is accessed via Cobblestone Loop fourth Avenue Southwest, and a cul de sac at Second Avenue Southwest.

00:35:23,400	Block five is accessed via cobblestone loop and a cul de sac coming off of Cobblestone Loop that was labeled Lyford Court. But I believe in the one that made it onto the screen tonight. It’s inspiration court. Um, connection to existing roads is via an extension of eighth Avenue southwest, sixth Avenue southwest, fourth Avenue Southwest, and Cobblestone loop from kettle South Hart Terrace third edition directly to the north.

00:35:46,330	Um, cobblestone Loop is also proposed to access um to eighth Avenue. Um. There are also properties to the south between blocks one and five that are shown access to Fourth Avenue. Um, right of way widths are 66ft in width for cobblestone loops, and sixth Avenue Southwest, and 80ft for eighth Avenue Southwest and fourth Avenue Southwest.

00:36:14,630	The plat shows Eighth Avenue Southwest moving eastward from its current orientation, and shows multifamily lots on the west side of Eighth Avenue. City staff had requested minimal access points along Eighth Avenue Southwest as the potential build out and platting of the land to the south may include uses such as a hotel, conference center, or school.

00:36:34,970	The applicant has brought up these each um, through the process of our conversations. And so we are, um, attempting to plan for all future eventualities. Um, the plat that is in front of you, which has been updated since the Planning and Zoning Commission based on a requirement from their recommendation, now shows Fourth Avenue Southwest meeting

00:36:57,900	the south border of the proposed plat, allowing for additional access into the property to the south. Um, so there is no access to the east of this subdivision. And that’s what the majority of the second part of my discussion will focus on, um, city staff had facilitated conversations with the proposed Clover Grove subdivision, um, to the east

00:37:19,800	and requested that at a minimum, staff would like to see an eastward right of way preserved through dedication, um, or a memorandum of understanding, noting that when future um noting that future development um may require that that dedication be developed um the currently shown cul de sac on the east side of the subdivision that one labeled

00:37:43,300	Inspiration Court, doesn’t allow for continuation into the coulee between Cutler and Clover Grove. The applicant has noted that such, um, construction of the road would be very costly. Um city staff acknowledges that, but does in the interest of future connectivity, has requested preservation of that option. The Plat does not meet those requests.

00:38:07,430	Um city staff have noted that this is a a persistent occurrence on the south side of Mandan, with subdivisions that are self-contained rather than providing east west access, which leads to a lack of connectivity for vehicular and pedestrian traffic and a higher likelihood of future concerns. As the south side of Mandan continues to develop.

00:38:25,430	Um, so that Planning and Zoning Commission, there was a long discussion of this eastern connectivity, and I have some of the, um, exhibits that were shown at that meeting to show you as well.

00:38:45,800	Um, the applicant noted his concern that the eastern connection, whether it was one prepared by the applicant’s engineer or the one by the city’s engineer, was undesirable because it would remove well priced, high value lots from the subdivision since it would eliminate lot 13 and the proposed cul de sac, meaning that one lot would be removed, and then the higher valued cul de sac lots would be replaced with street frontage lots.

00:39:00,600	He also noted concern with the price of the road. Um, two neighbors who were in attendance also noted that concern. Staff did note that the request is for a dedication of right of way, rather than a built road.

00:39:16,670	Um, so the intention would be to require that the road be built at such a time as the property to the south develops and requires additional access and additional traffic management. Um, the future and use of the proposed south lot is uncertain. As we noted, we’ve seen a couple of potential uses floated as ideas.

00:39:34,400	Each of those have very different traffic concerns, so there’s a little bit of uncertainty about future needs. And so therefore we, um, the staff feels the need to preserve connectivity to the East.

00:39:51,700	Um, as a compromise, the Planning and Zoning Commission requested the addition of the extension of Fourth Avenue into the South property, which is shown on this plat, and then the requirement that when the south property develops or an entitlement is sought and easement or dedication to the east will be included.

00:40:08,570	So there’s some specific language that’s really long and has a lot of, um, uh, legal descriptions in your state that I’m not going to read to you, but it essentially says that when an entitlement comes in on the south side of the property, um, in the vacant area, most of which isn’t inside city limits, that at eastern access point would be required at that time, and that would go with a development agreement to be recorded with this plat and signed by the owners of those,

00:40:27,700	um, plots to the south of this proposed titles plat, um, both of which are either owned, operated or um, adjacent to the applicant in that it’s a, um, a nonprofit that he is, uh, working with. So, um, there is a requested zone change listed in your packet.

00:40:52,130	Um, those again, I’m not going to read them to you, but there are requests for R7 and REM. Um, so there would be several multifamily units on the west side. Um, the zoning is appropriate.

00:41:15,870	Um, based on the surrounding zoning, adjacent properties to the north and south are zoned R7 residential and agriculture to the east is zoned residential and agriculture, and to the west is public right of way in agriculture. The future Land Use Plan designates this area as low density residential, which is what the lot sizes um, in the portions with support staff remains and maintains concern regarding connectivity to the east. With this planning process, um, there are findings of fact in your packet which would, um, be updated.

00:41:42,400	Um, the staff comments for these findings of fact include that the proposed plat does not include sufficient easements and right of way to provide for orderly development and provision of municipal services. Um, and that the proposed subdivision is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Plan and other plan studies, policies and accepted planning practice.

00:42:02,670	Um, the zone change does fulfill the goals and objectives of the Future Land Use Plan and other plans. Public outreach was completed as required. Um, the recommendation from Planning and Zoning Commission was to recommend approval of the plat and zone change for title. South Hart Terrace, fifth edition.

00:42:23,000	If fourth Avenue Southwest were continued to the south, and that there was a requirement for access to the east to be provided with the next requested development to the south, um city staff recommend. Denial of the plat is presented because there’s no access easement preserved.

00:42:39,570	Provide a future right of way to the East from Inspiration Court. There are three suggested motions in your packet. Um, we’ll come back to those. I’m going to continue my presentation, but I need to pull up my packet here. Second. Oh goodness, I apologize. My laptop is being very difficult today. Okay. Believe I can share that.

00:43:23,870	I’ve never done this on a city commission meeting. So hopefully this will work. Um, I guess. Can you see the presentation I have up? We can’t. Rachel. Okay. I think Jordan may have it. All right, go ahead. Perfect. Okay. Um, so in July of 2025, there was a pre-application meeting with the plat as shown.

00:44:10,470	So you can see that there’s still a, um, eighth Avenue continuing to the south along its current alignment. Um, with a road coming in from the west, um, meeting up with Cobblestone Loop. There are, um, there’s a road on the south that goes over to a cul de sac. Um, so this was the original.

00:44:32,200	This was July 2025. So almost a year ago, um, in August of 2025, we had a pre planning meeting. Um, plus we a staff, um, facilitated a preliminary discussion on connections between Clover Grove to the east and titles.

00:44:53,670	Um, and there was the preliminary plat planning and zoning, which was tabled because, um, the intention was that Clover Grove and shuttles would come back to preliminary plat together with this proposed connection. Um, there were at that time, um, concerns because Clover Grove also needed a secondary access, um, in order to make um their subdivision function with the number of lots that were proposed, um, which was part of the the reasoning between

00:45:23,130	requiring a connection. There was also some concern at this point that, um, the access points for fire management on this particular plat were, um, not sufficient. And I think we have alleviated those concerns. But by now, in June of 2026, um, in September of 2025, the staff, uh, received a proposed layout for the south lot.

00:45:48,730	So you can see more, um, additional residential lots extending to the south, fourth Avenue extending to the south, and also a connection to the east. Um, I believe this was the applicant’s engineer who had determined a route, uh, to the east.

00:46:13,070	And then in November, there was a, um, combined response from the team and the Clover Grove team that showed a proposed alignment. Um, and staff reviewed this, um, mostly focused on sewer concerns, water concerns, and the, um, I don’t know how relevant it is at the moment, but the connection to the South, um, from the southern west, access

00:46:36,600	of Clover Grove. I don’t know if you can see my mouse, but it would be right about here. So we had some concerns about how this this intersection would function. Um, but those are most of the comments that, that we had. So this was a good connectivity to the East.

00:46:52,100	Um, and then in January of 2026, the, um, we haven’t heard from the Clover Grove team in a few months. Um, and so this was simply from the titles team. Um, it was a review of the West Side of titles. There’s no East Road shown.

00:47:11,800	Um, but they had switched the alignment of eighth on the west side to accommodate some traffic concerns regarding the future use on the southwest vacant lot. Um. Okay. And then in March of 2026, the team provided an updated plat for review. The city team at met with titles to discuss, and the titles team notified the city that they wish to be on the April agenda for planning and zoning.

00:47:34,800	Um, so you can see here how how these lots would work. Um, there’s no connection to the South on fourth. And then in April of 2026, uh, the item was tabled at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, and the city engineer was directed to determine an alternate eastern path.

00:47:55,030	Um, I just kind of listed my mind process here. Um, but he can he can walk you through that. Um, and then in May of 2026, the city staff presented the alternate East concept. The team did not add it to the plat, and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.

00:48:14,470	With that requirement of the eastern access being added on the south vacant lot and on Fourth Avenue being continued to the south. Um, so that is where we are at with this subdivision today. I will stop sharing my screen and I will let Jerrick take over with the discussion of this eastern connectivity.

00:48:47,870	Mayor and commissioners, I have a copy of Rachel’s presentation here. I’m just going to go down to my portion here. Um, a little bit of what I, what we were what we’ve been talking about here.

00:49:10,830	Um, the planning and Zoning Commission that we, uh, or that we presented or that was where this concept was presented at, um, a lot was talked about how this road was technically infeasible. It was, I think, the word or the word snake Road got used 50 times.

00:49:31,270	Um, talking about how the, uh, how circuitous the road is and the grade of the road made this an impossible ask of the city to the developer so that that really kind of informed our independent process. Um, don’t have to read through this, but I’ll go through kind of what we what we did in response to that.

00:49:45,730	Um, down here, you can see Cobblestone Loop on the west and the, uh, kind of the township road going north south on the right here. Um, what we did was we tried to find a path of least resistance. So on this map, you can see elevations in the area. Um, here is a map of the slope of the area.

00:50:07,030	And then what we did was we tried to find a route that minimized the slope. As you get from the top of cobblestone loop to, um, 19th Street there. So this is what we used as what was considered to be an optimum path.

00:50:26,130	Um, as far as minimizing slope accumulation would look like, um, we took this back and plugged it into or I used I put it in AutoCAD. You can kind of see it here. Um, this black line is that, uh, optimum path kind of goes up against this property and then winds down this way.

00:50:44,400	And then we wanted to see what, uh, a typical section would look like and what the grading extends would be for road that followed that optimum path. And you can see this is a 37 foot wide, paved, paved roadway. This matches cobblestone loop.

00:51:04,670	So, um, we, uh, looked at that and then we looked at what grade it would have to be run at to meet the existing grade of the township road to the east. And it’s estimated to be at about 8.5%. 8.62% is what we came up with. Though the process isn’t perfect, it’s probably different than that.

00:51:24,870	Um, and then we kind of tried to show what, uh, like lot layout might look like along this existing road and then in working with the developer, uh, we had kind of just marked up his plan set to extend, uh, inspiration Court, which is a 66 foot right of way through the the frontage of lot 16, which is nearly 66ft of right of way.

00:51:51,700	So our kind of, um, ask was kind of predicated on the idea that there would only really be one lot lost. It was, um, technically feasible in that it wasn’t circuitous path or, um, a, a ridiculous grade. I think, um, Chief Bitz has said that 10% is the maximum grade that he’s comfortable with.

00:52:21,570	And then just as, as a, as an exercise to see, to give people perspective on what different grades feel like, I put together kind of a few alignments around town. This is a sixth, um up by Lakota Drive.

00:52:37,230	We’re looking this is kind of you can see my North arrow is pointing down here. So it’s kind of odd, but this is a 12% roadway. Um, I think this is 15th Street. Southwest is an 8.5% roadway. This would be a really good comparison for what the what that proposed roadway would be. Uh, Collins Avenue is 8.26%.

00:52:57,330	Really? Another good comparison for what grade? We’re talking about. And this is Lakota, 12.81%. Um, much steeper than we would want it. But, um, if you if you use it, it’s it’s still pretty traversable. And then another one will court kind of in that Macedonia area. Another nearly 8% grade. Um, I put those together just so people kind of have perspective.

00:53:21,430	Um, when we’re talking about, uh, what grades feel like and what is a reasonable ask. And, um, Rachel, I don’t know if you wanted me to cover anything else, but that’s that’s that was my process, my kind of independent process on feasibility. Thanks, Eric.

00:53:44,330	Um, the screen that Derek has up right now has the, um, road shown to the east, as drawn by engineering. Um, I believe that’s the the almost the exact alignment. Um, and so again, the request from city staff is that this, um, be included as a dedicated easement or right of way, but not requesting that it be built at this time.

00:54:09,800	At this time, there isn’t the traffic concerns, um, towards it. Um, and so it would maintain there in order to preserve right of way. Um, there are a few other properties in the area that all, um, you know, have struggled with the same lack of connection.

00:54:36,530	Um, one of those is Mario Court Southeast, um, where it should connect to 23rd Street Southeast. Um, and it just has never been connected. I know that there’s a coulee there, but they were clearly set up so that they they could be connected. Um, another is Macedonia Avenue, southeast.

00:54:56,430	Um, where it it terminates into a private property where someone has built a house, which is, you know, great. But, um, those types of situations where the, the development pattern has blocked off, um, connectivity between subdivisions leading to concern about how many houses can be built off of one access.

00:55:21,630	Um, concerns about, you know, having very long drives or walks to get somewhere that, you know, as the crow flies really isn’t isn’t that far, um, is really the staff’s major concern as far as the subdivision goes in the attempt to preserve that eastern access. Um, I will be quiet now. If you have any questions, I can answer them. Thank you. Any questions for Rachel or Eric? In the court jar? Yeah.

00:55:51,300	No questions. So, Rachel and Eric, this is a question. Seems to be, um, that this is, um, somewhat revolves around maintaining a right of way or an easement for future potential, but not building the road at this time. Mayor, Commissioner Sjoberg. That would be correct.

00:56:17,100	That would be staff’s concerns that there isn’t a right of way maintained, and not necessarily that the road needs to be built. Okay. Thank you. Derek, is there a possibility that the road is never built? Um, mayor, I would say yes, there would be a possibility.

00:56:47,370	When we were looking at, um, fire code, secondary access, remoteness requirements for this particular plat, it was close. It still didn’t quite meet those remoteness requirements for secondary access, but it was close enough. I think our our primary concern and and what would initiate construction of the road of, of an eastern road would be further development to the south, where it would get further and further out of compliance. Okay.

00:57:09,770	Mayor and Derek, just to to build on what you just said there. So what is the the threshold of growth, right? I mean, where where would that be set, where that, that memorandum of basically understanding is saying now this has to go in at that point, what is that threshold?

00:57:32,700	Uh, mayor, Commissioner Heinsohn, I don’t know if we ever landed on this many units or this many vehicles or anything along those lines. I think that we would we would be evaluating whatever use ended up to the South.

00:57:58,330	If it ended up being, um, a park, maybe that doesn’t generate a lot of traffic. Maybe that road wouldn’t. Maybe in the future the city wouldn’t feel that that that triggers it. But, um, I think we wanted the option or we wanted acknowledgement that it needs to be reevaluated.

00:58:20,200	Once those lost to the South develop, and that it is the intention to provide that connection to the East so that, um, we had some ground in those future conversations. So would it be safe to say if there was more, if there was, um, commercial or the school that was potentially tied that that would generate the threshold at that point? Mayor, Commissioner Heinsohn, I think that we feel that we feel that way. Yes. Thank you.

00:58:47,370	Any other questions? May I ask a question of Chief Bitz? Good evening. Mayor, commissioners. I’ll throw you under the bus here. I’ve got 23 years in wildland firefighting under my belt. And aspect would be slope. Correct? Correct. Yep. Okay, so with the addition of residential structures being built at the top of an aspect.

00:59:25,330	And no accessibility to the bottom of the aspect. Is there a potential for those structures at the top of the aspect to become involved in a wildland fire? Mayor. Commissioners. Commissioner. Sjoberg. Um, you’re correct.

00:59:49,870	Anytime we’re adding structures out to the top of hill or bottom hill connectivity, I’m always going to be an advocate for connectivity. Um, I don’t know what if it makes it exceptionally worse, but connectivity will always serve better. Um, to protect structures or property. I personally have been involved in some wildland fires where we had to. Pick up and go real quick, one of which we almost lost eight guys. Thank you. Thank you.

01:00:19,770	Any other questions for Chief Bitz? Thank you. Any questions for Eric? If not, at this time, we will open the public hearing. First call for comments. AB you know the drill. State your name. Good evening. Mayor. Commissioners. A Ulmer with independent land surveying and engineering. I like your new digs here.

01:00:47,400	It’s a little better than what you had before. Um, as you guys know, I’ve been around for quite a while, and in this development for quite a while. Uh, third was the start on the south side of 19th Street. There was a master plan with titles. Third that presented that southeast cul de sac.

01:01:04,800	That master plan was approved at the time, with city staff. We had discussions about fire access. We had discussions about east access down that hill. It was ruled at the time that it was not needed. Okay, fast forward titles.

01:01:25,030	Fourth, I was with my previous employer with titles third and fourth, uh, that that plat was approved and filed with the southeast cul de sac. As we’re presenting, uh, that Cul-De-Sac where that whole plat was actually sold to a different developer who actually vacated that entire plat because he wanted to make some tweaks. He wanted to do some duplex lots on the on the east. That was LNH developers.

01:01:47,900	They actually got that plat titles fifth approved at city commission. We had plans done. We had everything ready to go, and they did not pull the trigger on construction. They did not file that plat. Uh, fast forward again. Uh, Mike LeFrak bought all the property from the previous developers.

01:02:10,830	Uh, one big sell point was the future cul de sac in that southeast corner. Um, he bought the property, he went forward. The access to the east was not brought up until the neighbor, Clover Grove needed a secondary access.

01:02:35,400	And all those times that I’ve dealt with this property alone for many, many years, that second access to the East was not brought up until the neighbor wanted to put more than 30 lots in a very small area. So once they triggered it, that’s when we were asked to look at a secondary access in that connectivity.

01:02:52,670	Um, I just wanted to put the kind of the history of this property and involved. Mike LaForge did own the South. What, 8060 acres he has transferred that over to Montessori property. He is part of a board, but he does not own it anymore. So it is not his sole decision to make any decisions to the South, property.

01:03:16,530	Um, yeah, I can ask answer any questions that you would have for history of the property or any. Any questions for Abe. Another. And I guess one more thing to point out is if if some kind of road would be required to the east, We would be required to have.

01:03:38,330	Clover Grove build their development to try to get water and sewer to that road coming up that hill, so we would be reliant on them to come. And if they never come, then that road would also. Never be. Built. Any questions for Abe? No thank you, Abe. Thank you. Anybody else? Public hearing. Um, I don’t know if you can hear me. This is Will Gardner.

01:04:13,600	Am I able to speak? You are. Okay. Uh, so I’m all. I’m also the realtor for the for the buyer. Uh, the owner of the property. Um, just a few points. I made the articulated the the real pain points for us in that the. You know what we were what? My client was sold.

01:04:36,600	What he what he purchased. Um, is is really this is going to really, um, affect, um, affect him and his investment here. Uh, he’s actually more of a philanthropist, but the but the idea was that there would be some revenue coming from this project. And, um, you basically taking the most beautiful part.

01:04:57,470	I mean, Mandan are the beauty that we have in Mandan is our hills. It’s the curse and it’s the beauty, and we. And when we need to embrace the beauty of that of the cul de sac. Lots up there, they’re going to be one of the most beautiful lots.

01:05:12,370	Uh, that that’s going to be for sale in all Mandan because of, of the, the beautiful draws behind their the views. And I just, um, I, I hope the commission can embrace that and, and see that the other part to it to is, uh, Jarek went above and beyond his, um, the call of duty to help us

01:05:36,930	find a way of getting the road, a road to work. But that’s the road that he did. Was based on. And, uh, the the point of where that road comes down is at the very, very, very top of that dirt road that’s there, which I don’t feel is going to be realistic, because that is that

01:05:57,270	that’s like at the top of the hill there, which is already they’ve. Clover Grove wanted to shave that hill way down. And so that’s assuming. And so imagine like having a it’s an 8% grade. So it’s like going up Collins.

01:06:13,600	So imagine at the bottom of Collins and an icy day having a stop sign right at the bottom of that hill. That’s at an 8% grade. That’s if that’s if we can do that. All that’s best case scenario. And that’s if that hill stays there. And then where’s all the dirt going to come from to to build up the rest of it.

01:06:29,270	Um, it’s it’s a real pain point because 8% is is not a nice is not a nice grade grade of a road. I don’t like going up April. When I go up to Collins, I don’t like going up that road. So I’ll go up sunset.

01:06:40,470	I’ll go up some other way. And so it’s not a it’s not a very nice road. The neighbors I don’t know if they’re there tonight, but the neighbors all around that if connectivity is for the benefit of the neighbors, it was all the neighbors that, um, that are next to this.

01:06:56,730	They don’t want a part of this. They’ve all they’ve all in the planning zoning meeting. They petitioned and they and they were fighting this road. So this connectivity is for the benefit of the neighbors.

01:07:11,930	Why are we fighting this? Why are we why do we know better than the people? Why do we know better than the neighbors? Um, so those those are my two points. And then, um, the last point is the, uh, I really, uh, I really, on behalf of my client, Mike LaForge, I really urgently asked the commission to please approve this plat.

01:07:33,870	If there is concern in the future of of wanting to get future access down. There is still part of the lower level of the property that can be accessed on that, on that, on that southeast corner, there is still access that can be given to that land. On that point.

01:07:52,900	I don’t think that is necessary, but if it is, it doesn’t have the access road, does not have to go through the heart of that cul de sac. It can go through the bottom of the southeast corner and, and access can be given that way. So I’m, um, I’m asking the commission. Please consider, um, maintaining the beauty of Mandan and what we have to offer. And please. Will you done? Yes. That’s it. Okay. Thank you.

01:08:22,370	Thank you. Will anyone else? Third and last call. Public hearing is closed. Uh, Derek, I would ask you to approach the podium. I want to go over this timeline again on titles third, fourth and fifth. The vacate after the fourth and then the fifth. Yes.

01:08:57,600	Um, so I, I wasn’t here for the majority of those, um, I don’t know, maybe. And maybe, um, Abe could clarify when the most recent, uh, either fourth or fifth application happened, but, um, in my experience through this project, um, this was really the only time that I had encountered it.

01:09:25,600	And, um, I know that Abe had kind of presented it as, uh, Clover Grove needed this, so that. So then that’s why we have to do it. But in our mind, we had simultaneous applications coming by. They both needed the same thing. This makes a lot of sense.

01:09:45,330	That was kind of the, the, uh, the logic that we were approaching it from rather than, um, saying, you need to fix their problem. Okay. So you have the plat approved on titles third and fourth, right? This is the assumption everybody’s going under. So therefore it’s already written in stone. It’s already approved no matter what you do going after that. But then it was vacated. Correct? Correct. And what happens at that point? I’m going to.

01:10:09,500	Have what happens legally at that point when it’s vacated. Is the plat still in existence? Returns back to basically a large lot? No. Mayor and commissioners, to answer your question, if you vacate a plat, it goes back to raw land. The annexation would stay. Um, but the plat would go back to raw land. Pretty much. Okay.

01:10:34,470	So let’s just cross out third and fourth. Okay. And then titles. Fifth was approved in 2022. Um, with LNH developers Development. And we had put water and sewer plans, grading plans, everything. The plat was approved. We never filed it because they never went forward to actually build it.

01:11:00,630	It was the time when very expensive water and sewer infrastructure, everything else, uh, shortage of materials, everything of that nature. You had to buy a hydrant from this or from that. Uh, supplier. And your curb stops from another supplier. You could barely get materials. And they were very expensive, so they put it on hold.

01:11:21,270	One of those developers actually passed away in a tragic airplane crash. Uh, at that point is when the other developer, the other partner, decided, I’m not going to do this on my own. And and started to put the property up for sale. Okay. So he never filed the revised plat. No, in 2020. So. And in 2022.

01:11:44,200	So legally at that point, where are we at? There is no plat. Legally there’s no plat. Okay. So we’re still back. To three of the the master plans were approved. Uh, there’s a certain limitation, I guess, that Derrick might know how long master plans and stuff. Would be.

01:12:00,370	Okay, so it going forward with this? Um, there was no plat, and so when the when Mr. LaForge did file it and what Eric’s saying at that point then, because now we have raw land, we don’t have anything registered.

01:12:24,400	But there were two developments that came forward simultaneously, right? Plus, we have the potential for a third to the south that was mentioned that has been mentioned abundantly. Yes. Discussion developer. Yeah. Okay. So take into that. Is engineering on a line. Uh, partially because I feel in my professional experience, we meet our secondary access requirements and the neighbor did not.

01:12:50,630	So we I feel, in my opinion, we’re and with the history of being on the same property and the same plat over and over, I feel like this is the first time it came up, was when the neighbor wanted more than 30. But again, being on the same property. But then everything changed to the east and to the south.

01:13:08,570	Correct? Uh, now correct. In the east has changed multiple times to over the years. Right. So. Okay. Thank you. And at this time it is at the opinion of engineer planning and fire that this meets your requirements. Yes or no.

01:13:38,470	Mayor, um, I can’t speak for Chief Bitz or Rachel, but in my opinion it does not meet the requirements that, um, we we were seeking during the process. Yeah. From the planning perspective, mayor, and commission, I would say that connectivity is a best practice. Um, that has changed over the years.

01:14:07,800	It was once considered to be less important than it is now. I would argue that there’s always a reason to attempt to do better. So I would I would agree with Jarek and my professional opinion. Okay. Any other questions for Derrick? If not, thank you. Derrick. Mayor Eric, I quick question. So we’ve talked about the southern connectivity potential option.

01:14:37,200	Do we have any idea what that would look like? Um, mayor, Commissioner Heinsohn specifically, um, southern connectivity from the the that’s provided by fourth. Shon on the fourth. Yeah. So East should say eastbound connectivity south of coming off of fourth. They’re on this change.

01:15:04,400	Um, Commissioner Heinsohn the best bet that we have is shown on the exhibit that I have on the screen right now. Um, this was developed through the process. Well, I don’t know if it can be brought up. Sorry. About to be on the screen is kind of the the the best. Look at what that future connectivity could look like.

01:16:00,500	Um, it includes the extension of fourth to the south, as well as the, um, what was discussed at length at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The snake road that connected to the East. Um, we were okay with this option as well.

01:16:29,100	Um, but, uh, this was this was highly contested at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, which is why we developed our own, you know, I don’t want to say no nonsense, but just just independent feasibility of a connection to the East. That was just straightforward. Um, I’m not a developer.

01:16:48,830	I wanted to see if I could connect less cobble cobblestone loop to that township road. And if that road was technically feasible, this may be a better option. But. And it was, it was provided by the developer. But then at the subsequent meeting was scrutinized as if this is what we were asking them to do.

01:17:08,100	So that is that is why that is why that whole independent effort came up. And this may be the better option. There might there might be a third or a fourth option that is actually the best. But I think that the frustration that we’ve had is that it has.

01:17:29,700	The conversations have been we are not going to provide access to the East rather than some, rather than a collaborative effort to find something that works for everybody. We have hypothetical what ifs, right? And we talked about the threshold. So and to Abe’s point of having to meet the other developer right. Coming from. To me this makes sense.

01:18:07,170	I know that’s an it’s probably an expensive road, but it accomplishes east west access or east round access doesn’t cut the lots. And you know, those prime lots. But I get what the what’s in front of us today. And this is this is hypothetical. What? But if we’re approving a memorandum of what might happen tonight or looking at that, there’s too much hypothetical for me at this point.

01:18:35,830	Mayor. Commissioner Heinsohn. Yes. And then and then I think that the other caveat is that the current layout shown on the screen utilizes the land that is going to be platted in titles fifth. And if we approve the plat tonight, that land would no longer be available.

01:18:50,200	And this concept, um, would be, uh, deprecated at that point in time. And we would have to make that connection to the east, south of titles. Fifth, at some future point. So Derek, again tonight we’re only looking to preserve a right of way or an easement. We’re not building a road at this point.

01:19:23,370	So it’s only to preserve. On one piece of property. And I understand I understand the developers need need to make a profit. I get that fully more than you know. Believe me. But we are looking to preserve an easement or a right of way, not build the road. At this time.

01:19:47,870	So in the event that future stuff could pop up, we would not need to take that one property. Is that correct? Mayor. Commissioner Sjoberg. Yes. Not not necessarily that this is what the right of way, even that the road needs to be built. Not even that the right of way needs to look like this. But the connection to the East.

01:20:07,570	Is still. Protected, needs to be the the ability to connect to the east, and the acknowledgement that a connection to the East needs to be made, needs to be preserved. Or yeah, the acknowledgement needs to be made, and then the ability to do so needs to be preserved. Thank you.

01:20:27,130	Is the city interested in the landowner’s perspective on this? I’m sorry. Will. The public hearing has been closed? If there’s no other questions for Derek. Thank you. Commissioners. I’ll be the bad guy again. Motion to deny. I moved to deny the preliminary plat zone. Change in development agreement. Conditions as presented for title South Hart Terrace, fifth edition.

01:21:20,230	A motion by Commissioner Sjoberg. I second. That, and I would add, I think there’s more work to be done. I can’t make this decision. So I second the motion. We have a motion by Commissioner Sjoberg, second by Commissioner Heinsohn. Any further discussion? Mayor, just one question.

01:21:45,330	By this, not how much of an impediment is this to the developers outcome? Jarek. Um, mayor. Commissioner. Rachel, maybe you would be able to expand on, uh, what a timeline for reapplication would look like. Um, I’m not as intimately familiar with those proceedings.

01:22:26,230	Um, mayor, commissioners, the timeline, um, I mean, obviously, the vast majority of this subdivision is fairly well vetted and understood. It’s just that eastern portion that is, um, in question. Um, and that connectivity in question, um, they could come back for a preliminary plat as soon as the I would think the July it’d be tight, but the July Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Abe.

01:22:58,970	Uh, Ballmer with ILC again, as I understand it in the past with a denial. It is one year for the entire property. Unless there is a substantial change which is agreed upon with city staff. Is that city or is that in code? Amy? I don’t recall offhand. I can take a quick look. Rachel.

01:23:27,330	Um, might know as well. Um, mayor, commissioners, I think that, um, Abe is correct on that. I think I was, because we are so well understood on this application.

01:23:44,270	I think city staff and I so Jared or Jim, correct me if I’m or Amy, correct me if I’m wrong on this, but I think the city staff would, um, accept that application sooner than a year, assuming that that change has been made. Okay. So we have a motion and a second. No further discussion. Commissioner Robert. No, I just I don’t see that we’re closing the door necessarily.

01:24:15,470	We’re just saying that, uh, that there’s got to be more of a change to meet the city’s expectations. But it doesn’t. Um, I don’t think it stops the projects. It doesn’t, uh, make a full impediment to what they’re trying to do, but, uh, just this one issue here, it sounds to me like this right away is something that has importance.

01:24:39,030	It’s looking down the road, looking at potentials in the future. And that’s that’s important. Okay. So again, I’ll repeat the motion by Commissioner Sjoberg. Second by Commissioner Heinsohn. No further discussion. Roll call. Commissioners. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Hi, Sean. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes.

01:25:09,300	We will now move on to the consent agenda. Are there any items you would like to remove from the consent agenda? Mayor, I’d like to remove item six A and 60 from the consent agenda.. Six A and 60. Mayor, I’d like to remove item two. Item two. Consider Memorial Highway. Change orders 39 and 40. Okay.

01:25:41,870	With that, can I get a motion to pass? I’ll make a motion to to approve the consent agenda. With the exception of the suggestion to remove those specific items right now, at this point in time. And those items will be moved to new business. So we have a motion by Commissioner Rohr, second. Second. Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please.

01:26:06,030	Commissioners. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn. Yes. Mayor Froelich. Yes. We will move on to new business. And do we want to do them right away or get salary study out of the way? Mayor Froelich. We’ve got some. We’ve got people here for both issues. The items on the consent agenda and items on the salary study.

01:26:37,930	So it’s a horse, a piece, I believe. Okay, well, then let’s go consider Memorial Highway change order 39 to 40 Jarek.. Mayor and commissioners, um, there are a pair of change orders on Memorial Highway, um, totaling just about $40,000. Uh, $40,000 increase.

01:27:02,500	And they are related to some utility, uh, changes that need to be made in the field to accommodate the construction. Um. To date, uh, the our net increase or decrease in change orders in this, uh, in the utility sub project is just around, uh, $480,000 of savings so far in the East half project.

01:27:31,600	So, um, if there’s any specific questions that I can answer, um, I’d be happy to do so. So, Jarek the net decrease of about shy of half $1 million. Um, with these change orders will be. Down to, uh, what, 440,000? Do I read that right? Um, mayor. Commissioner, I believe that it would be closer to, like, $475,000 if these items were approved tonight.

01:28:07,030	Good thing I didn’t measure. Good thing I didn’t major in mathematics. Thank you for that correction. So thank you. Absolutely. Okay with that? I’d entertain a motion to consider the change order 3940 for Memorial Highway. I’ll make a motion to to approve the change orders 39 and 40 for Memorial Highway.

01:28:34,230	Second motion by Commissioner Rohr. Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Commissioner. Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Mayor Froelich. Yes. We’ll move on to item six. A silver dollar, 4th of July street dance. Chief Ziegler. Uh, Mr.

01:29:01,600	Mayor, commissioners, I have a representative from the silver Dollar here that is willing to answer any questions. Reference this application. Great. Uh, this good mayor? Uh, good. Tie in to Captain Hogg’s presentation. Um. With safety being a primary concern of our events going forward and in the increased security measures that Captain Hogg has put in place.

01:29:32,130	Um, on your application, on the application, both Chief Bitz and Director O’Keefe had conditional approval, uh, pending approved method to protect attendees from the vehicular traffic. Excuse me. Um, I’ve spoken with the applicant. Um, and I believe, Corey, if you want to speak on this, but what your plans are for physical barrier on Main Street. Yeah. Uh, mayor, commissioners.

01:29:53,800	Good evening. Um, Corey. Mall with silver dollar bar. Um, I’ve talked with TS. There are some five foot jersey barriers as opposed to the ten foot, uh, barriers that we can put in place. Uh, there are lot smaller, easier to move, less equipment.

01:30:11,830	Um, that was just kind of a quick thing I put together at the last minute. Uh, it is available to us to use. I haven’t had a chance to search any other ideas at that point, but. But it was something kind of quick and fast. We put together. Okay. Any other questions for Corey? Thank you. If at this time, what would be your.

01:30:39,700	Recommendation? For them or for the motion? For the motion. For. The motion. For the motion, I would move to approve the special event permit for the silver dollar. 4th of July Street dance. Any stipulations? Yes. I should add that for, um, physical, the addition of a physical barrier to impede vehicular traffic on Main Street. Into the event. Space.

01:31:05,830	Into the event space. Thank you. Second, that. Motion by Commissioner Heinsohn. Second by Commissioner Rohr. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please.. Commissioners Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. Uh, we’ll move on to item 60. Last call, bar Street Dance and Beer Garden June 26th, 2026 for McQuaid Softball weekend. Chief.

01:31:41,600	Mr. Mayor and commissioners, uh, we have a representative from the last call here to fill in any details necessary for this application. Mayor, commissioners. Terry Sonnenberg, last call bar. Happy to answer any questions. Perfect. Uh, mayor Terry, thank you for being here.

01:32:09,500	Just a couple things from your application that I had concerns with. Um, just want to make sure that the the form that you had had the older rate. I see that you, um, signed for PD to be there for the four hour minimum. The the application had the $45 rate versus the new $75 an hour.

01:32:26,230	So I want to make sure that you’re you’re aware of that because it, you know, it’s it’s additional cost that you’d have to bear. Um, and second, I just want to make sure that, uh, there’s a garbage plan coordinated, um, as there’s another event in the park the next day that is coordinated through the MPO.

01:32:44,130	And I just want to make sure that the garbage plan is, uh, tackled, that that evening in preparation for the event the next day. There. Those are the two pieces. Thank you. Mayor and Commissioner Heinsohn, uh, we have spoken with, uh, uh, chief of police.

01:33:03,900	Um, the extra cost isn’t going to be a that’s that shouldn’t be a problem. Um, I’ve also been in contact with Matt Schanandore. He’s more than happy to help us out with any garbage or any type of things that we need. Extra coolers. They’ve been very supportive of this particular event. Okay. Thank you. Mayor Terry, did you do this last year or two or is this the first time.

01:33:27,900	Uh, mayor and commissioners, this is the first year. This is we’ve we’ve tried to we’ve tried to do this. We only purchased last call bar about three years ago. Um, we’ve been trying to get something like this together for a while, and this will be our first year.

01:33:42,870	Okay. Because I didn’t recall a this particular event last year at all. No. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Entertain a motion. Thank you. Terry. I’ll move to approve the special event permit for last call bar street dance and Beer Garden for June 26th, 2026 for McQuaid Softball Weekend. Second. Motion by Commissioner Sjoberg. Second by Commissioner Heinsohn.

01:34:12,230	Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Commissioners Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. Um. We have a new item to the agenda. Do you want to go to salary study? Let’s go to the salary study. Let’s take a break on that one. Amy. Yes? Good evening, mayor and commissioners.

01:34:40,530	Uh, tonight, under our agenda, we have the salary study report and recommendations that was completed just as a background or reminder, earlier this year, commission approved, uh, the city to run a salary study, external and internal review of our, uh, compensation plan. So we do have the results of that.

01:35:09,530	And on the meeting virtually, I have three representatives from cadre. Uh, we have Jan Hansford. We also have Steve Conder and Greg Reese, and they will talk a little bit about their findings and their expertise. So just to introduce them before I let them speak, uh, they have been in business for over 27 years.

01:35:40,330	They’ve completed over 800 salary studies and compensation reviews, and they specialize in, uh, municipal government. Uh, so that is their main client, along with counties. And this is also their third time working with the city of Mandan. Okay. So with that, I will bring them up and they have, uh, some items to present. All right. Thank you so much, Amy.

01:36:00,800	It’s a pleasure to be working with the city of Mandan again. Uh, I’m joined by my business partner, Jan Hansford. Jan, would you like to say a word? Yes. Good evening. We have greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the city of Mandan again. As Amy said, for the third time, you have a very professional work group. There.

01:36:21,430	And we also have Greg Reese, our principal consultant. Greg, would you like to say something? I will just echo what Steve and Jan have said and say. It’s, uh, been a real pleasure to work with the city of Mandan again. I’m good to be here tonight. We have a very brief PowerPoint.

01:36:39,230	Uh, Greg is going to start the started, and then Jan and I will chime in as appropriate. So, Greg. Okay, so I hope I’m sharing my screen now so that everybody can, uh, can see it. So a good way for us to begin is by, uh, we’re just reminding everybody of the objectives of the study.

01:37:01,470	There were really two main objectives that were put before us when we were asked to review and upgrade your current classification system and pay plan for all the employees of the city.

01:37:19,670	And then we were asked to collect salary survey data in order to produce a recommended pay plan based on job analysis, job evaluation and the salary survey data that we collected. And in order to achieve those objectives, there were a lot of steps involved in the process. In the process. But the most important steps are here on the screen.

01:37:39,570	Uh, we began by current job descriptions to to department heads so that they could review and update those and then share those with us so that we could see how jobs may have changed since last time. Uh, we then interviewed department heads, um, in regards to all of the different positions in their department.

01:37:55,930	Once we had the information from the updated job descriptions, and once we had completed the interviews, we were then able to conduct an internal analysis of the jobs, and then we were able to conduct the external analysis which involved the customized salary survey that we conducted for you. And that survey.

01:38:18,330	Uh, we went out into the marketplace, uh, and got responses to the survey from these, uh, from these organizations in North Dakota, the cities of Bismarck, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot, Valley City, West Fargo, and Williston, as well of as Burleigh County and the state of North Dakota.

01:38:42,870	In South Dakota, we had responses from the cities of Aberdeen, Brookings, Fort Pier, the City of Pier, City of Rapid City, and the City of Spearfish. All right. Thanks, Greg. Now, based on this information, we came up with a pay scale that we say is 100% of the market. What I mean by that is, if you had ten organizations, five would pay more than you.

01:39:02,200	In five, we paid less and put you right in the middle of the market. And that is table, uh, table to be, which is on page seven of the report, if you have it. Now, we wanted to show you a couple of plans. One that was a bit higher and one that was a bit lower.

01:39:19,670	And Jan are going to walk you through, uh, that process. Let’s look at table C, which is on page eight of your report. And we’re going to start. We’re going to use the police officer as an example. So Jan what is the minimum rate for police officer on scale C which is at 97.5% of the market.

01:39:43,700	Okay. Police officer is a grade 17. And that minimum salary is $62,980.16. And so if we had an officer that was making $60,000, where would they move ten. To the $62,980.16. And if one was making $63,000, where would they move? They would stay at the 63,000. That’s right. Because you have an open range plan.

01:40:19,200	Now let’s look at, uh, plan B, which is on page seven, which is the 100% of the market. Again, what is that grade 17 minimum rate for police officer. $64,554.66. So somewhat again, if someone were below that, they’d move up to the 64.

01:40:46,200	If they were above it, they would just stay within the range. And let’s look at page six, scale A. And again Jan, what is that. six. Go ahead. $66,168.53. So this is 102.5% of the market, just slightly above the mean. Now let’s go to page ten of the report. The cost of implementation. And again plan A is 102.5% of the market.

01:41:16,800	Uh plan B is 100% of the market. And plan C is 97.5% of the market. So Jan, what are the costs for each of those plans? Okay. Plan a $570,754, which is 5.12% of current payroll cost. Plan B is $396,903, which is 3.56% of payroll cost, and plan C is $242,443, which is 2.18% of current payroll costs.

01:41:57,700	Okay. We also wanted to show you an equity adjustment, uh, because we compress the salary somewhat, uh, by implementing the new pay plan, uh, the full equity adjustment is an employee with 1 to 3 years of service as of December 31st of this year.

01:42:18,630	Would move out one step and employ with, uh, four or more years of service. Would move out two steps. And then we showed you an alternative to that, that just a one step increase for employees with one or more years of service. And Jane, would you go over the cost of those, please? Yes. And each step is 2%.

01:42:39,100	So plan A, um, the full amount, which can be up to 4% total would be $365,124, or 3.12% of payroll. Plan B is $360,430, which is 3.12% of payroll. And plan C is $356,428, which is 3.13% of payroll. The modified, which is just one step or 2%, which plan a modified is $220,039, which is 1.88% of payroll cost.

01:43:25,870	Plan B modified is $216,910, which is 1.88% of payroll cost, and plan C modified is $214,160, which is 1.88% of payroll cost. Thanks, Jan. Amy, uh, would you like to tell the, uh, commission the plan that you and Jim and the finance, uh, department have would like to recommend? Yes. Thank you. Steve.

01:43:57,330	So, um, in looking at all of this information and recommendations from the consultants, worked very closely with, uh, city Administrator Jim and also the finance department to forecast and look what is affordable and what the city can recommend. I also think it’s important to note that it was found that we’re at 90% of the labor market, and 94.

01:44:27,800	5% of Bismarck, so the city is recommending plans. C the standard version, so that we’re able to get to 97.5% of the market and also offer to equity adjustment steps for current staff. And I would say, Amy, it’ll be almost even with Bismarck. Um, if you implement plan C. Okay. Do. you guys. So any any questions? Any questions.

01:45:01,370	And I just had a couple other additional recommendations from the city. And then I’ll open it up for any questions at the end for Chandra as well. Uh, but uh, with their recommendations, there’s 20 different grade changes that they’re recommending we complete within the classification plan.

01:45:26,030	And then also something the city is really excited about is 12 recommended career ladders for current positions, in addition to the ones we already have. So we feel like that’s a really great step in the right direction when it comes to succession planning and employee retention. To create ladders for employees to move within the role.

01:45:50,030	But also really beneficial for departments to have competence and, uh, employees that have been with departments for a long time and are able to move up, uh, the city, like I said, recommends plan C, and we are also there is a small percentage of staff that would receive less than 3.

01:46:15,870	5% after the classification changes are complete and the equity adjustments are given. Um, because the employee cost index, which is uh, a resource used from the Bureau of Labor, that is at 3.5% this year or this last published report. So we’re recommending that everyone receives a minimum of 3.5% increase for 2027.

01:46:47,770	And then we also feel it’s important to have some type of benchmark or guide going forward. When we do these salary studies, uh, to know what I guess, what we’re looking for or what we’re looking to get to.

01:47:10,730	So city is also recommending a proposed compensation market alignment policy, which is really just used as a guide to help us as these things come forward in the future, to get to a minimum of 97.5% of the labor market. Uh, with that, I know Steve already touched Steve, and Jan already touched on the fiscal impact, but plan C would be 598,000, as well as an additional 10,000 approximately to add on that minimum, 3.5% for all employees.

01:47:39,630	Um, I also wanted to note that, uh, the finance department did model this into their ten year plan, and it is considered to be sustainable long term. I do have the summary of those recommendations within your packets, but, uh, myself, finance or anyone on the cadre team is available for any questions you might have.

01:48:06,630	Mayor Amy, how how much life span does this particular study have? I know I’ve been around government for 40 some years and they’ve always had it, and some are supposed to be self-perpetuating, but they never are. And they keep changing and changing.

01:48:24,230	What is the lifespan of a study nowadays? Right. And I might open that up to Steve to touch on a little bit. He does have that in his report. And, um, you know, predictability I think is anywhere from 3 to 5 years. Uh, if we. Didn’t catch the eye, didn’t catch the question.

01:48:46,670	So the question was, how long is the lifetime of of one of these studies to where it would be needed to do? Again. I used to say probably I used to say, uh, maybe seven years, but now I’d say every 3 to 4 because the market is moving fast and, uh, not as fast as it was several years ago, but probably every 3 to 4 years.

01:49:04,270	It’s wise to to do a checkup and to do not a full study, but an update like this is. Okay, I know one of the problems in the past, some is that you have a consultant coming out recommended pay plan, but sometimes the cities don’t follow it.

01:49:24,830	They have little differences here and there, and then the ultimate result is you have a kind of a mixture of different things that have to be realigned again, and I presume that in the city manner, we’re going to be pretty consistent in following the recommendations of the consultant, as they recommend to keep this thing viable. Yes, mayor, commissioners agreed.

01:49:46,570	Uh, we I think following that plan and also looking at the market and giving yearly increases is really important to stay up to date with those numbers and not have such huge increases when we do these studies.

01:50:06,430	I think that’s another good point as to why we looked at doing a smaller scale study now to try to stay on top of some of those changes versus waiting 7 to 10 years and having a lot more corrections to make at that time. I know pay plans can be very complicated, and what affects one thing affects another, and it’s quite a process.

01:50:31,330	Any other questions? For me, Amy? What did you say was our we’re currently at percentage wise. Uh, Mayor Froelich, we are currently at 90% of the labor market. Of the entities that were surveyed. I remember a few years back, and Greg begged me, I think the city of man was only about 75% of the city of Bismarck at one time. With our salaries.

01:51:03,830	One of the reasons I bounced over to Bismarck. simple newborn kid. See you. That is something. Yes, definitely. We have to look at who’s across the river and who our biggest competition is. Okay. Any more questions? If not, thank you to everyone. Sorry you had to wait so long. Yes. Thank you for having us.

01:51:39,070	Okay. With that, commissioners. Mayor, do we have three separate motions here? Uh. Three second. Yeah. Okay, okay. I move to approve the comp compensation studies, salary and grading structure and open range salary. Pay plan C is presented by Condron and Associates with implementation effective. The first pay period of 2027, beginning December 27th of 2026.

01:52:10,570	Second motion by Commissioner Rohr. Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Commissioners. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. I’ll move to approve a minimum employee increase of 3.

01:52:43,230	5% based on the March 2026 Employment Costs Index to coincide with implementation of the salary grading structure and open range salary plan C affected the first effective. Excuse me, the first pay period of 2027. Beginning December 27th, 2026. Second motion by Commissioner Heinsohn. Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Commissioner Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn Yes, yes. Mayor Froelich. Yes.

01:53:11,930	I move to approve the compensation market alignment policy as presented to provide guidance for future compensation decisions and supporting long term budgeting and compensation planning. Second motion by Commissioner Rohr. Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Commissioner. Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. We’ll move on to emergency water.

01:53:39,270	Main replacement public works recommendation location 14th Street Northeast Collins Avenue. Mr. O’Keefe. Good evening. Mayor. Commissioners. Item here is an emergency water main replacement near 14th Street Northeast and Collins Avenue, just south of Eagles Park. Over the past several weeks, public Works we have responded to multiple failures in this section of the water main.

01:54:03,800	While we have been able to make the initial repairs, additional failures have continued to occur after our repairs. Our evaluation indicates that it’s not a single isolated break, but rather a deteriorated section of aging asbestos cement pipe that has reached the end of useful life. Uh, this water main has had many repairs.

01:54:25,930	Unfortunately, the repairs are no longer providing reliable long term solution. The situation is further complicated by the fact the pipe is installed significantly deeper. Uh, when we’ve been excavating, it’s about 15 to 18ft underground, creating additional excavation risks, safety concerns and costs. At this time, three commercial customers are relying on temp water service.

01:54:50,300	While we’re working toward a permanent solution. Because of this, we are asking the commission to declare this project an emergency. The designation is not to not intended to eliminate competition. Rather, it will allow us to shorten procurement timelines and move forward with the project. We will still obtain quotes from at least three qualified contractors to ensure competitive pricing.

01:55:12,670	Responsible use of taxpayer funds. Uh, if approved tonight, public Works will immediately begin working with our engineering team to develop an expedited plan to plan, set and bid package so we can solicit contractor pricing as quickly as possible and begin construction at the earliest opportunity. Our recommendation is replacing 500ft of the water.

01:55:33,600	Main abandoned the existing asbestos cement pipe in the ground and restore reliable service to the affected businesses. This approach eliminates the deteriorated section, reduces further emergency repairs and minimizing that excavation risk and safety. This is a long term solution for this area. It also does help the looping process for the neighborhood to the. East.

01:55:58,070	You guys have any questions? I am. Which way is the pipe running? So you’re on that embankment. Is it running south? If you’re sitting on the embankment at the corner of 14th and Collins, it runs east right down 14th, right on the north side, underneath the sidewalk. So we’re going to tear up 500ft of roadway.

01:56:18,370	Mayor. Commissioners, our goal is what we’ve solicited is probably due at Jack and bore in this location. And we’ll get it up to that eight foot. So we’re not we’re not going to replace down at that 14 foot again. We’re going to put it up. The current standard of the eight foot below ground.

01:56:32,800	And our goal would be to Jack and Bor. We’ll have a couple spots where we’ll have some asphalt and concrete to get the boring machine in, but it will be less invasive than open trenching the whole 500ft. What size pipe is this? This is an eight inch main. Okay. Any other questions for Shane? Nope. None.

01:56:56,230	Okay. Thank you. Commissioners. I’ll move. Go. Go ahead. I’ll move to declare the water main replacement project at 14th Street Northeast and Collins Avenue as emergency work. Due to ongoing infrastructure failure and impacts to commercial service reliability, this declaration is intended to expedite project delivery and reduce the duration of temporary water service to affected businesses,

01:57:24,070	and does not waive competitive pricing requirements. Public works will solicit at least three qualified contractors prior to awarding the bid. Quotes from qualified contractors. I further move to approve a budget amendment of $200,000 within the water and Sewer utility fund to complete this emergency replacement project.

01:57:58,730	Costs include specialized trench lists, installation contractor services, temporary water service systems, traffic control and site safety measures, and restoration and contingencies associated with deep utility work. This project was not anticipated in the current budget due to the emergency nature of the failure and escalation beyond standard repair. I also moved to approve proceeding with the proposed replacement and abandonment of existing water main as presented.

01:58:25,930	Now I’ll second that motion. Do you want to repeat it? Not by memory. Motion by Commissioner Heinsohn. Second by Commissioner Rohr. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Commissioners. Braun. Rohr. Yes. Sjoberg. Yes. Yes. Mayor. Mayor Froelich. Yes. Now we will move on to the additions on the new business agenda. Discussion of events. that be appropriate.

01:58:57,930	Commissioner. Hi, Sean. Yes. I’ll keep. This moratorium on events. Yes, mayor. Yep. Uh, I’ll. Keep. It pretty short. Um, what? An evaluation of these two tonight. Um, uh, applications for special events that include alcohol and public space, public places.

01:59:33,200	Um, streets, um, city streets, Dykshoorn Park Heritage Park, um, I would like to see, uh, a committee, a committee formed to evaluate these, these events to, uh, to prioritize safety and consistency. Um, we’ve made a substantial effort with police department and others to to increase the safety of things.

02:00:00,200	And I feel that having a committee take a look at some of these, take a look at all the events, uh, ones that come through, not only the police department with special events, but also that come through in association with the man in progress.

02:00:20,730	Having a committee evaluate these and and make some potential recommendations on how we can, uh, be better, consistent and safer for our residents. I’d like to see that formed. So a moratorium on new applications that are not scheduled, that until the committee meets and and starts, um, maybe tweaking our guidelines a little bit. Evaluation of them. Mayor. Mayor. uh. Commissioner, I saw another thing, too.

02:00:46,870	I like the heritage park owner. You know, there can be a lot of different events. Different people want to do things down there.

02:00:57,770	Um, do we have a centralized authority who says, okay, this is a if you want to have something to you, you go talk to you talk to Matt with the MPO, or do you come to say, who do you come to specifically? And, you know, it’s pretty open ended right now. It might be a good idea to to centralize some authority in terms of what you’re having and who a person could go to and know the rules specifically according to that.

02:01:17,870	Uh, Commissioner Rohr 100%. That’s I think, one of the the biggest examples of, um, when there’s multiple there’s potentially multiple parties. And who is responsible for, uh, the execution of it, the safety and the consistency. Clean up scheduling. Scheduling cleanup. Yep. Okay. Ryan, this is not directed only to events.

02:01:56,800	that are inclusive of alcohol consumption. So I’ve noticed that there are more and more dry weddings happening because our son and daughter in law have gone to several of them. So if somebody wants to have a wedding in Heritage Park, that would be a place where the engaged parties could go to get that permit. Perhaps stuff like that. Um.

02:02:28,300	And I would just I think the initial piece is the, the alcohol related ones, because there’s more. Uh, more pieces involved in, in, in that piece. Um, so my recommendation would be to only include a moratorium on the alcohol related ones applications at this at this time. Okay.

02:02:58,300	Thank you. I would discount, uh, a wedding party of 200 or whatever coming into Dykshoorn. And, you know, the garbage. If they’re, uh, picnic tables, uh, electrical use, if they’re going to have a band. I mean, that all has to be back to Commissioner Aurora’s point.

02:03:20,470	It has to be coordinated. So how do you want to make your motion for this committee to study this? A motion to task. Uh, administrator Neubauer, with creation of the committee and. And exception or lifting the moratorium on new applications. Upon first meeting of the committee, um, and setting that the committee going forward. That work.

02:04:07,030	Mayor Froelich and Commissioner Heinsohn, we will get the process rolling. Excellent. So do we need a motion? And a second? I need a second to the Brian’s motion. Yeah. Assuming that was was that a motion? Lengthy. But yes. Yes. So yes, we would need a second and a vote. Second motion by Commissioner Heinsohn.

02:04:30,070	Second by Commissioner Sjoberg. Yeah. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Commissioners Rohr. Yes. You notice how I put Commissioner Rohr. First on the. Last vote? It’s been giving some good speeches today. Yes, Commissioner. Sjoberg. Yes, Commissioner. Heinsohn. Yes. And Mayor Froelich. Yes. Last item on the list. Resolution and ordinances.

02:05:01,200	Second consideration of ordinance 1487 to amend and reenact section 241-2 on the Mandan Code of Ordinances relating to Traffic Penalties. Chief Zeigler. Uh, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, uh, there hasn’t been any comments or anything referenced. The, uh, doubling of the fines.

02:05:23,470	Uh, like I explained last time, that was a mistake on the ordinance when we were changing the speeding under century code. It got taken out that we could double all of our fines. So we just I put it back in what it was so. But there’s been no comments to the best of my knowledge. Very good. And without any questions for Chief Zeigler, if not, I would entertain a motion and make. The motion.

02:05:43,930	I’ll make the motion except the ordinance 1487 with the second hearing on this for the traffic penalties. that associated with the police department. Okay. Motion by. I need a second. Second. Motion by Commissioner Rohr. Second by. Commissioner Heinsohn. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Commissioner Sjoberg. Yes. Heinsohn. Yes. Rohr. Yes. Mayor Froelich.

02:06:16,300	Yes. And at this time, I would like to thank Commissioner Dennis Rohr for 16 years of service to the Commission. Being on the Commission for two years. I don’t know how you made 16, but thank you very much. And also, you are our police chief. For how many years? 21. So 37. I’m did the math quick.

02:06:42,500	37 years of service to the city of Mandan. So I would ask everybody to stand and. Oh. Step away from this. On June 30th, I my gratitude runs deep to the community, to many others who put their their faith in me and challenging me to be part of Mandan. growth.

02:07:07,570	Over the years. It’s been a good challenge, but it’s been for me, very educational and informed me in many ways as well. And and looking ahead, man is going to be facing some important decisions. But I know that the people in charge, they’re the ones that are coming up.

02:07:27,330	The mayor here and you commissioners and new commissioners and department heads, others, they’re worthy and quite capable of meeting those challenges. So I’ll sit in the background now. I’ll be facing a. Crowd. And I just hope with that motion I made on traffic penalties, that I’m not the first guy to be picked up and. Have to pay him. Again, congratulations here.

02:07:49,900	Now a full time drummer. So the future meeting dates for the board of City Commission. Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday, August 4th at 2026 at 5:30 p.m.. We’re looking forward to a wonderful July 3rd and fourth.

02:08:16,030	Um, and at this time, be kind to your neighbor. Be kind to yourself. And it’s onward and upward.