City Council approves key developments and appointments

The Tea City Council met Aug. 19 with a large group of Scouts to observe the meeting for one of their merit badges.

The council approved the site and foundation plans for Wagzone Pet Hotel at 2000 E. Venture St. Planning and zoning administrator Kevin Nissen said the building will be at the corner of Sundowner and Venture. Detention will be on the west side of the property. The foundation plans have been stamped and reviewed. Councilor Lynn DeYoung noted that they want the stone on the west side of the building to go all the way down.

They also approved the site and building plans for the new American Bank & Trust building at 801 E. Gateway Lane. Located at the corner of Gateway Lane and Heritage Parkway, the building will have a drive-up on the east side and parking in the back. 

The council approved the interior build for The Tea Tree at 2001 E. Industrial St., Suite 2 and the plats for tract 1-3 in Harvard Industrial Park Addition and lots 1-5, tract 35 in Landmark Industrial Park.

They approved the hiring of Hausmann Construction to be the construction at risk manager for the proposed indoor athletic facility. They will set meetings with the public and estimating costs for different types of spaces.

The council approved the pay application for the Gateway Boulevard and Bakker Landing Avenue traffic signal from LT Companies for $251,400.90. HDR engineer Ben Scholtz said the payment covers most of the cost, but there’s still some landscaping and tidying up to do in the area.  

Council members noted that coming into Tea it has not been back up, but in the mornings it has been backed up in the left lane closer to Sundowner. Scholtz noted the signals will start talking to each other when Veterans Parkway gets finished.

They approved resolution 24-08-10, a resolution appointing representative to the Dakota Mainstem board of directors. Thad Konrad was appointed as a director and Justin Weiland as the alternate. Dakota Mainstem is an effort to bring more water to cities from the Missouri River.

Weiland said they have a letter of intent that they will talk about at the Sept. 9 meeting for a recreational trail.

The council went into executive session at 6:28 p.m. to discuss contract.