EVANSTON — First on the agenda for the May 19 Evanston City Council meeting was a special proclamation read by Mayor Kent Williams. The proclamation asked for the community’s support of local businesses, as every dollar spent in a local store brings as much as $3.50 into the local economy and supports the critical infrastructure of the community.

“Now, therefore, be it resolved, that I, Kent H. Williams, Mayor of the City of Evanston, Wyoming do hereby declare June 2020 to be 307 First Month and encourage everyone to live, love, buy Wyoming,” Williams said.

A parade for the Cowboy Days parade on Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. was approved.

A limited malt beverage permit for the Strike Out Cancer Softball Tournament at the Overthrust ballfields was approved for Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13 from 7 a.m. to midnight and for Sunday, June 14 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. was approved.

A limited malt beverage permit for Evanston Cowboy Days for the annual Cowboy Days celebration was approved.

“We don’t know yet how Cowboy Days will be, but we have just put everything on the table for September and will see how it turns out,” Cowboy Days chair Dustin Matthews said. “We have lots of bands that aren’t working right now so they are donating their time so we will have music every day.”

The limited malt beverage permit for the Cowboy Days celebration was approved by the council.

Under unfinished business, Ordinance 20-13, approving and authorizing the final plat for the Riverbirch Addition was approved on third and final reading.

Riverbirch subdivision developer Mike Pexton addressed the Council.

“Forty years ago, I did my first subdivision,” he said. “It’s been a good ride, and I have been happy to do it.”

Under new business on the agenda were six resolutions to be approved.

Resolution 20-36 is an annual agreement with Cummins Inc. to provide planned maintenance for the electric generators used by the city. 

City Attorney Dennis Boal addressed Resolution 20-37, “This is the street deck lease with Rachel’s Inc., dba Kates, to lease two parking spaces to be used as a street deck. We have leased these spaces as a two-year agreement for the last three years and this year I made it a five-year lease agreement with the stipulation that either the city or Kate’s could withdraw at any time with a 30-day notice.”

Resolution 20-38 authorizes a subdivision contract with Yellow Creek Ranch Company Inc. to construct the improvements for the Riverbirch Addition subdivision.

Evanston Director of Engineering and Planning Dean Barker addressed Resolution 20-39, which approves the final plat for the old Town Hall addition.

“The owners of Ivory & Iron, Brandon and Amber Lamb, have requested that the original four lots be combined into one large lot,” Barker said. “They will build a garage with additional retail space on the northwest side of the old town hall building and turn the second floor into living quarters. They have already filled in the holes left by tearing down the old buildings and are improving the area.”

Barker said the area is zoned as regional business-established and the proposed lot complies with the minimum lot size requirement of the city code. The vehicle access to the garage will be from the alley. New retail space is proposed along Main Street.

Resolution 20-40 approved change order No. 2 for the Harrison storm drain replacement project was next.

Barker explained that this change order is for 2-inch bituminous plant mix asphalt repair and will be to the benefit of the city. The bid price is $15,629.

Evanston Public Works Director Gordon Robinson addressed Resolution 20-41, which is the annual agreement between the City and the Hach Company to provide the annual calibration services needed for the city’s water treatment plant at a cost of $8,562.