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[Music] All right Please uh call meeting to order Please stand for the pledge of allegiance To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Good evening everyone and welcome Tom take the roll call please Mayor King present Council member at large Austin present Council member Posma present Hi
present Pusha Fiser present Waller present Baskin we have a quorum your honor Thank you Tom And uh just for the audience's information because council pusha is remote we're going to be having roll call on every every uh item So looking
forward or to a uh someone to make a motion to adopt the agenda So moved Second Tom council member Posma present or I Hely I Pashusta Fiser I Waller I council member Large
Austin I Yeah We're trying to get Joyce can you try and say something for us we're testing if we can hear It's not working We can't hear Joyce No Yeah we still can't hear her Jo got the right speaker
She is not muted Try again Joyce No Oh I can hear it faintly Yeah Sorry folks just a little technical difficulty here Anyone know it yeah Any IT people in the
audience if we can get the speaker to work deeper coming through computer Well Tom can you can we ever give you a thumbs up now and then we can just move on with awards and recognitions and this is kind of the this is the the good
stuff of the meeting So we're okay with the roll call on the uh adoption agenda Uh approving our minutes Looking for a motion approving the minutes from our March 17th 2024 meeting So moved Second Tom Joyce will give us thumbs up Council
member Posma I Heli I Basha Fisher I Waller I Council member at large Austin I Motion passes 6 your honor Very good Thanks Tom Item number three is under recognitions and awards We have a proclamation from the American
Association or for the American Association of University of Women And I will read that The proclamation reads "Whereas the American Association of University of Women's story began in 1881 when a small group of female college graduates banded together to open the doors for women's career
advancement and to encourage more women to pursue higher education And whereas the AAW has supported the academic achievements of many thousands of scholars from scientist Marie Ciri the first woman to win a Nobel Prize to astronaut Judith Resnik the second woman
in space And whereas the Austin branch of AAW was founded in 1937 to support education for women and girls And whereas the AAW advocacy efforts have propelled countless new laws including the Equal Pay Act first proposed in 1945
and finally passed in 1963 the Title 9 Amendment in 1972 the Family Medical Leave Act in 1993 the Lily Lead Better Fair Play Fair Pay Act in 2009 and the Paycheck Fairness Act which was passed by the US
representatives in 2019 but is awaiting action in the Senate And whereas the AAW mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research education and advoc advocacy And now therefore I Stephen M King mayor of the city of Austin Minnesota do hereby
proclaim April 25th and 26 2025 as the American Association of University Women's Women Days in Austin Minnesota And Sue Grill would like to come forward and and grab the proclamation Thank you Thank you Congratulations
hosting state and I'm going to be presenting that too right and when is that state meeting Sue for the AU next it's a couple weeks April 26th on my calendar Well now I feel like Hold on
Sorry everyone We'll get one of everybody here too It'll take a little bit Thank you Thank you [Applause]
All right Thank you to that powerful organization Thank you Moving on to uh more more good tidings here Austin High School wrestle wrestler Sam Winkls You want to come forward if you can bring your parents to that's great Might as well have a proud parent moment Uh Sam Winkls I met over there before the
meeting started Uh he is a allconerence wrestler He has a 100 career wins of which is a hundred more than council member Fischer ever had in wrestling He is light up here All state uh participant second place in the
heavyweight at state and section one AAA wrestler of the year Sam Winkls also plays football I understand he's an amazing leader and uh congratulations to parents for raising such a fine young man And Sam thanks for making Austin proud So Sam Winkls senior at Austin
High School graduating soon Congratulations on your rest You want to say some things i'll be down for a picture Oh yeah I don't want to hurt you [Applause]
Take him down Sam Take him home That's good He snapped me like a twig All right Also more recognitions We have Brent Dah a junior at Austin High School Brent can you come come forward please he is a swimmer All conference all state
section 1A swimmer of the year 100yard back uh backstroke state champion Uh I did the backstroke at the Austin High YMCA swim team back in the day What was your time 49 seconds and Yeah that's crazy talk That was like three minutes uh awesome high school pool record for
the 100 yard backstroke So congratulations on your year and you're just a junior Your competition last year he's a senior You have one more year Is is this going to be another year of championship or is there somebody that's a sophomore coming up the way the goal
is to win again Goal is to win again Right on Well congratulations on your swimming career thus far and thanks for making Austin uh look good Thank you Mir's getting a workout Just got to give him a little trap door He can just kind
of wall That's the point All right More recognition Austin is just uh filled with folks that are doing doing good work in the sports world We have Derek Han Uh Derek is the head coach of the men's basketball team at
Riverland Uh attended the NJCAA national tournament for a third time in four years They defeated Genese with 74 to 70 win their end their season in the national tournament They finished 30 and4 overall The third time that's
this year third time in the past four seasons they reach a 30 win mark I did tell Derek that I might be the bad luck charm for the Riverland boys or men's basketball team because the one game I went to actually it could have been Craig Clark too He was there One of us is the bad luck charm because they were
undefeated until we got there But one thing if you watch coach Han coach one thing comes to mind It is well I think stroke is one thing but the the level of passion it's that word that he is on
fire on those sidelines and so you got a great group of of young men that are doing great things at Riverland and congratulations on your year I wish uh maybe I hadn't showed up because you would have been still be undefeated but there's there's going to be next year too so I'll be down for
[Applause] Thank you Tell your team congratulations The team is home on breaks and they couldn't make it So otherwise where we put them anyway but tell them thank you All right
Anybody else winded uh moving on to item number four is the consent agenda We're looking for a motion So moved Second Tom Council member Posma Hi Hi Hi
Pashusta Fiser Hi Waller I Council member at large Austin I Motion passes 6 Your honor Thank you Tom Item number five moving on to bid openings and awards Number five is a resolution receiving bids for tree removal Uh Jason Sehon
Honorable mayor and council Um City of Austin held a bid opening for this second round of contract tree removals on Friday February 28th We received 12 bids for this project which includes tree removal uh stump grinding as well
as ground restoration for 400 trees The bid specifications also identify um the possibility to increase the number of trees by 50% making it 600 total trees based on a mutual agreement between the city and the contractor Um the bid
summary I mean we received 12 bids They were all very competitive This is good news that we're getting all these bids Um we we reviewed all the bids We uh I interviewed both of the lowest biders and I've consulted with our city
attorney to clarify that council has the authority to award a bid to the bidder deemed most capable of performing the full contract on time and according to expectations This can be determined sorry determined by understanding the
bidder's responsibility skills workforce and overall experience This does not always mean that staff recommends uh awarding the bid to the lowest bidder Um and so after careful review of the bids received staff has determined that the
best interest of the city is to award the bid to Olsen Timber Company who is the second lowest bidder uh bid received Um but it's only about 1200 $12,275 more than the lowest bid Um we understand this might be a unique
circumstance uh to ask council to award the bid to uh the second lowest bid received but our found our findings are based on the bidder's experience equipment and capabilities to to complete the full contract according to expectations as well as on time This is
a big job This is uh upwards of 600 trees with the stump removals and the ground restoration The budget based on staff's recommendation would be uh from a generous uh grant from the Hormeell Foundation
[Music] $91,138.32 Uh capital improvement revolving fund which the city of Austin allocated uh funding towards um tree removals would be an a 50% match [Music]
$91,138.32 Um and again if the city and the contractor can agree upon um increasing the numbers to 600 trees this contract could go from 400 to 600 trees based on mutual agreement Um at this point staff's recommendation is to
recommend city council award the bid to Olsen Timber Company in the amount of $182,2764 I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have Very good Thank you Jason I appre appreciate your thoughtfulness on this bid Council any questions for Mr Sean jason if we bump
it to 600 trees does that extend the 5 to 8 week timeline or would they do it within that timeline standard so we did put in the bid specifications if we do extend to the 600 trees then we would consider extending the timeline of the entire project Okay Um this particular
company estimates 400 trees would be 5 weeks 600 trees would be 8 weeks Okay total time for that Anything else for Mr Seahhan i was looking for a resolution for item number five
Second All right Tom council member PM I Basha Fiser Hi Waller I Council member Large Austin Hi Motion passes 6 your honor Thank you Tom Moving on to item number six is a resolution receiving bids for
Oakland Avenue West Trail Project Stephen yes This trail will go from the new bridge over I90 West to the storage units and it will help serve an area of town that currently was not served prior to the bridge reconstruction project last year We had six biders on the
project Hansen Hauling and Excavating was the low bidder at $110,893 Uh again we have a Hormill Foundation grant that will pay a portion of the construction and engineering staff time on the project which would be 65% of the
project cost up to $120,000 max and the remaining funds will come from our capital improvement fund 49 With that we'd recommend awarding this bid to Hansen Hauling and Excavating Thank you Stephen Council any questions on item number six if not looking for resolution
awarding the bid to Hansen Hauling So move second Tom Council member Posma I Ellie I Pusha Gone Uh Fiser Hi Waller I Council member
at large Austin I I'm going to do motion passes 5 because it appears Joyce has been lost Okay All right Thank you Tom Item number seven is a resolution receiving bids for nature center trail project Jason or Stephen jason
Uh honor honorable mayor and councel Uh we conducted a bid opening on April 2nd for asphalt trail construction at the JC Hormel Nature Center Uh work will consist of grading and excavation covert replacement trail paving and trail
restoration Really want to give a huge shout out to the engineering department for all their help uh preparing the bids and um and and basically bringing this project home so that we could go out to bid Um the project let's see we received six bids which is great news Um the
project would be funded by a Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission grant of 80% of the project and Friends of the Hormill Nature Center will cover the remaining 20% Staff's recommendation is to uh award the bid
award the project to Yulan Brothers in the amount of $330,630 They were the low bid in this uh project Excellent Thanks Jason Council any questions item number seven looking for resolution It's all moved
Is there a second second Tom Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council large Austin I Motion passes Resolution passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Tom Item number eight's
a resolution receiving bids for Nature's Ridge Fourth Street and utility project Stephen yes This is a unique project for us out in the Nature's Ridge development where we'd be building the infrastructure for 14th Avenue Northeast a segment of 14th Avenue Northeast and
19th Street Northeast Uh with this infrastructure project it would open up the development of 30 lots in the Nature's Ridge subdivision Uh the base bid or low bidder on the project was JJD Companies LLC out of Blooming Prairie Uh
we had a base bid and multiple alternates on the project Uh the base bid would be the main bulk of the work to construct the roadway underground utilities and site grading Alternate number one is related to previous phases
of the Nature's Ridge development that uh are currently missing street lighting Phase one was to develop a price for adding street lighting to those previous phases Alternate number two is adding sidewalk to a segment of Nature's Ridge
One Um you may recall a couple years ago we at the city added sidewalk to 20th Street out in this neighborhood to help make some sidewalk connections This would also uh make a sidewalk connection alternate That's alternate number two
And an alternate number three would be again um to pave asphalt wearing course on previous phases of the project that have not yet been completed So what we would recommend for you tonight would be to award the base bid which would be
funded through assessments to the adjacent properties those 30 lots that are developed and also request that you award alternate number two You may recall that our standard policy is the first time sidewalk goes in to an existing property the city covers that
cost So alternate number two would be paid out of our um capital improvement fund uh for the local dollars but then uh the major the base bid which is the majority of what we're recommending here tonight would be assessed back to those
30 properties So we'd recommend awarding base bid an alternate number two in the amount of $995,428.14 to JJD Companies LLC Very good Thank you Stephen Council any questions mr Lang item number eight Looking for resolution awarding the bid
So move Second Thomas Council member Postma Hi Ellie I Fisher Hi Waller Hi Council member Large Austin I resolution passes 5-0 your honor Thank you Tom Item number nine is uh under the
uh bid openings and awards is receiving bids for 2025 asphalt street rec uh reconstruction project Stephen yes All of our projects were combined into one overall project for our street reconstruction program This includes 6th
Street Northeast 21st Avenue Southwest 6th Avenue and 18th drive Northeast and then a Mill and Overlay on 25th Street Southwest Alto together uh bids came in with Yulan Brothers being the low bidder at
1,698 $239.70 We'll use uh different funding sources for this project Adjacent property owners will be assessed We'll use capital improvement fund wastewater treatment plant fund and the storm water utility fund And with that we'd
recommend awarding this to the low bidder Yulan Brothers Excellent Thank you Stephen Council any questions on this item looking for resolution for item number nine So moved Second Tom
Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council member Large Austin I Resolution passes 5 your honor Thank you Tom Under public hearings item number 10 is a public hearing on street improvements on Oakland Avenue and 1st Avenue Southwest project
25103 The amount to be assessed is 1,95 3531 at 5.7% for 15 years Uh Stephen you had a little more of a presentation on this one Yes During the improvement hearing a month ago we went through in
detail the work that was going to be included in this project We skimmed over the assessment part of it and now I want to go through that in a little bit more detail Um and I have some updates from what you have in your backup material If if you go to the project funding page
which is on um it would be in your PDF 38 uh funding for this project We we're updating it as we go We're looking to bid this project here within the next month or so but we have uh state and
federal grants in the amount of $7.68 million We'll use municipal state aid funds of about $5.21 million Sanitary sewer fund we need about $1.7 million We have assessments on the project that are just over a million dollars for a total
project cost of $15.6 million And for the project as with our standard policy uh property owners will be assessed based on their frontage to the street If it is a residential parcel the
the rate is $68.82 per foot of frontage For a commercial property it is $98.28 per foot of frontage uh sidewalk assessments Uh we are not assessing for sidewalk on this project
It is all going to be replaced as part of the project cost There are about 178 properties on the both Oakland Avenue and 1st Avenue that we've sent out assessment notices to Um a lot of lots
in this area are 45 ft wide So if it uh many of those lots have been consolidated into multiples but if you still own a 45- ft lot and you have a residential parcel on that residential use your assessment is approximately a
little over $3,000 for this project Um if it's a commercial lot that assessment for that same 45 ft lot is $4,430 because we have a different rate whether it's residential or commercial And then there are parcels that can you
know I mentioned there are parcels that are um uh added together but there are areas where folks will actually own a whole block of frontage In those cases if it's a commercial block it would it could be up to a $26,000 assessment for
this project So wide range of assessments Um you could also look at a a property like McDonald's where they have a property on both Oakland and 1 Avenue They're getting assessed for both of them So it's even greater than that $26,000 assessment based on our
policy Uh as with other projects the um we have different assessment options one thing we did talk about about this project is because it is a multi-year project property owners assessments are all going to be locked in based on this
2025 rate there um even though their phase of construction may occur in 2026 or 2027 they'll be locked into the rate that we're giving them today They won't see any future increases due to rate increases that may happen in the future
Um so when they receive their assessment notice uh it'll be in the fall usually in August of the year of their street reconstruction they will have uh four options to pay that amount when they receive it They could pay the amount in
full by October 31st without interest They could pay at least 50% and the remainder would go on their taxes When it goes on their taxes it's spread out over 15 years with interest That was option number two Option number three is they could make no payment by October
31st The entire amount would then go on their taxes Again spread over 15 years with interest We're anticipating the interest rate on that 15-year timeline would be 5.75% And lastly if they meet certain
age and income guidelines they could choose to have that assessment deferred on their property taxes until sometime in the future when the property is sold We have there's different criteria That program is run through our finance department but there is an el eligible opportunity there for people just to
defer it with interest on their taxes Um we have we're trying to get information out about the project We have different ways that people can stay engaged with the project Our our best resource for that is to sign up for our
um text alerts on the project We would encourage everyone to sign up for those We have a QR code that folks could scan if interested to to sign up for those text alerts And uh with that I'll turn it over to council for the other any
questions or the remaining items on this related to this Uh thank you Mr Lang This is a public hearing so we'll start with council Any any questions for Mr Lang or comments on this project i would just only add that if you live or do business on this street highly
recommend signing up with that QR code for updates because it's going to be a long project and it's helpful to know when the next phase is starting or you know they might have to close the street one day for this or whatever Those text should come through on there So highly recommend Yeah well said Posty All right
we'll open it up to public comments Is anybody here uh in the audience wishing to speak on item number 10 here on this uh this project i know we have a lot of cane ball and pickle ballers here so it's hard to tell which one's here on the project which one's here for the pickle ball cane ball Any public comment on this
project all right hearing none Looking for a uh any any written objections Stephen no no written objections Looking for a motion to adjourn and continue the hearing uh on those properties for which written object they didn't get any So we're looking for just the resolution on
declaring the cost then So moved Second So resolution declaring the cost which is item number 10D Uh council member Posma I Hely I Fisher I Waller I Council member at large Austin
I Resolution passes 50 Your honor Thank you Thomas Item number 10E is a resolution adopting the assessment role So moved Second Time Council member Posma I Kelly I Fischer I
Waller I Council member Large Austin I Resolution passes 50 Your honor Thanks Tom Under petitions and requests We have item number 11 requesting approval of the fats oils and grease and point of sale ordinance Stephen I do not have anything to add besides
what we've talked about at previous work session and councils but I'll answer any questions council may have Council any questions mr Lang on this item Looking for a motion for the preparation of the ordinance So moved Second Tom
Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council member Large Austin I Motion passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Item number 11B for adoption of the ordinance So moved Second
Tom Council member Postma Hi Ellie I Fisher Hi Waller Hi Council member at large Austin Hi Ordinance passes 50 Your honor This is the second reading So just record a majority Thanks Tom Item number 11 C Summary publication of the
ordinance So moved Second Tom Council member Postma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council member at large Austin I resolution passes 5 your
honor Next time item number 12 is resolution approving parks and recreation and forestry comprehensive plan Jason honorable mayor and council briefly uh this the comprehensive parks recreation and trails master plan was brought to council at a work session at the last
meeting on March 17th Council asked us to bring it back this evening Uh and staff's recommendation is that council adopt the comprehensive park recreation and trails master plan as submitted Just to point out there were a few suggested edits from the work session and prior to
the work session So uh while those were minor they were at the beginning of the document um uh city administrator Craig Clark who's been involved with this process as well he and I reached out to MSA to make sure that those those
changes were consistent throughout the end of the the the rest of the document And so those were the only changes Other than that everything is the same uh in your packet that you saw at the last work session Excellent Thanks Jason Council any questions mr
Sehan looking for a resolution So moved Second Tom Council member Posmont Hi Kelly Hi Fisher Hi Waller Hi Council member Large Austin I Resolution passes 5-0 Your
honor Thank you Tom Last meeting Joyce Pasha read her resignation letter to the uh audience and council So item number 13 is just accepting council member Pasha's resignation declaring a third ward vacancy So moved Second Tom Council
member Posma Hi Kelly Hi Fisher Hi Waller I Council member at large Austin Hi Resolution passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Item number 14 is resolution approving the city of Austin and Austin Fire Association fire service contract That's in your backup material Looking
for resolution It's all moved Is there a second second Council member Posma Hi Ellie Hi Fisher Hi Waller Hi Council Member at large
Austin I resolution passes 50 your honor Thank you Tom Item number 15 is a uh motion approving the request for contingency funding for repairs to a retaining wall at the Veterans Pavilion Jason thank you After the 2025 budget
was submitted staff was made aware of a failing retaining wall at the Veterans Pavilion um between the pavilion and the uh band shell Basically um the retaining wall is in very bad shape and staff is recommending that we replace it as soon
as possible Um city administrator Craig Clark was uh briefed and updated on the retaining wall condition and proposed a sol or we proposed a solution So he asked that we bring this to city council for funding Um also director of
administrative services Tom Dankert recommended the funding for this project come from contingency funds Um in your packet tonight there's a detailed description of the project scope I'll just do a quick uh brief overview Um I
do want to say much of this work we will be able to compete uh complete in-house um with the parks crew uh the streets and water I'm sorry the streets and sewer departments have also offered uh to assist and we very much appreciate um
uh those departments for their support So a brief summary is we will remove the existing retaining wall Uh along with that comes removing the the lower portion of the sidewalk and handrail uh all the fill dirt uh behind the
retaining wall um we would contract out the pore of a new retaining wall using decorative standard concrete wall So we feel that the standard concrete color will be a good match for the um pavilion And then the decorative is a kind of a
stamp that'll almost look like uh layered bricks And our hopes that it'll kind of come to a close match to the building but almost more importantly it's not a smooth surface that might encourage graffiti and we're in a uh we're we're experiencing a lot of
graffiti in in Austin the last couple years So um then we would also while we're um doing the work with the sewer department to divert two down spouts um underneath where the the retaining wall would be to
connect to the storm drain Um we we believe that this is part of the reason this fail this retaining wall failed One it was built with landscape block which isn't really designed for retaining walls Two uh the the the water from the roof actually comes out between the wall
and the building So all that water that's coming in that area could push that that that wall out Um and then after that we would replace the sidewalk inhouse uh replace the guard rail rail uh fill dirt put some black soil on top
and we would install some lowmaintenance um native lowwater uh required landscaping Um staff's recommendation to council is to authorize staff to proceed with this project using contingency funds in the estimated amount of $20,000
Excellent Thanks Jason Council any questions Mr Sehan jason another timing question from me And I know especially when you're pouring concrete it's always weather dependent but do we think that this can get done by the 4th of July yes that is that is the plan Awesome Uh
thank you Uh nothing no further questions Looking for a motion So move Second Tom Council member Postma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council
member at large Austin I resol motion passes 5-0 your honor Thank you Tom Item number 16 is a resolution approving a contract for engineering services for realignment of the southeast trunk sewer Stephen yes At a previous work session we talked about the needs in the southeast area of town This is one
proposal from WHKS in the amount of $24,000 to review the southeast trunk sewer that runs through the Kaufman Park and Wild and uh uh what's the elementary school down there woodson Woodson Woodson Thank you Um so
we we have multiple projects planned for this neighborhood in the in our 5-year CIP and we feel that is important to review the trunk sewer alignment the capacity and determine if the current route is the best route or look for better routes for it before we construct
the roadways above them in future years So uh I think this is an important study to also look for things that may be causing sewer backups in this neighborhood as they relate to the trunk sewer So with that we'd recommend this proposal from WHKS to review the
southeast trunk sewer Thank you Stephen Council any questions looking for resolution for item number 16 Bill moved Second Tom Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher Hi
Waller I council member Large Austin I resolution passes 50 your honor Thank you Item number 17 is a resolution approving a drainage study of the Ellis and 6th Avenue Southeast ditch Stephen yes This is the second neighborhood that we talked about during that meeting
where ne 2026 we have about $3.5 million worth of infrastructure improvements planned for the Ellis Ditch and 6th Avenue Southeast area We feel it is important to complete a study to ensure that we're spending those dollars wisely
as they relate to um flooding from the Ellis ditch sanitary sewer backups that we seen this past summer during the high water event Uh we'll look at the roadway condition and we'll look at possible upstream storage if there are any
opportunities to hold some of that water and prevent impacts downstream So it's a a very it's a larger more comprehensive study for this area And um the proposal that we received from WHKS was in the amount of
$73,000 for this study and we'd recommend approval Thank you Mr Lang Council any questions looking for resolution approving the drainage study So moved Second Tom Council member
Postma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller Hi Council member at large Austin I Resolution passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Tom Item number 18 is a resolution approving an amendment to the Minnesota DOT limited use permit for the Oakland Avenue West Trail Stephen yeah this is
the trail that you just approved earlier tonight for Oakland Avenue West This is a um amendment to an existing agreement that allows us to complete work within the Mandotway and we'd request approval of this amendment Excellent Thank you
Council any questions mr Lang looking for resolution approving the amendment So moved Second Thomas Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher I Waller I Council member Large Austin I
Resolution passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Item number 19 is a motion reviewing a variance uh for removal of green space from Sterling Pharmacy Howie mayor and council members at the April 1st 2025 meeting of the Austin Planning Commission the commission reviewed a
request from the petitioner Aro Properties LLC for variance from city code section 11.023 which requires 20% green space in a B2 commercial zoning district The petitioner proposes to remove the green space to create
additional parking needed for peak traffic increase due to the merger of twoies into one The current Sterling drug would be vacated for the former Medicap location which was bought by Astro After review the planning commission with five members present recommended approving the variance with
the condition that the petitioner work with planning department on aesthetic improvements uh related to the removal of the existing green space and that it be contingent upon adding capacity to their current drive-thru area Um which was not
something addressed by the planning commission That's a separate issue The petitioner asserts that they must do both or will remain at their current location Um the vote was as follows Five in favor and zero opposed The planning commission made the following findings
regarding to this regarding this request At the v the requested variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the zoning ordinance That the variance if granted would not alter the essential character of the locality in which the property is situated that there are circumstances unique to the property not created by the land owner
that the land owner intends to use the land in a reasonable manner not permitted by the ordinance and that there are circumstances unique to the property not created by the land owner uh and that it will be used in a reasonable manner uh not permitted by the ordinance Do you have any questions about this particular item thank you
Holly Council any questions if not looking for a motion for it number 19 So moved Second Council member Posma I Ellie I Fisher Hi
Waller I Council at large Austin I Motion passes 5 Z Your honor M Thomas Item number 20 is a motion reviewing a variance for a sideyard setback for a shed by Brienne and David Wolf Ali U Uh at the same meeting of the planning commission the commission reviewed a
request from petitioners uh for a 12 1/2 ft uh for a variance from the 12 1/2 ft setback on corner sideyards located with an within an R1 single family residential district The proposed structure would be set back 5 feet from the north property line again instead of
the required 12 ft After review the planning commission with five members present recommended approving the variance with the condition that the structure be a minimum of 15 feet from the neighbor's driveway The vote was five to zero and the commissioners made the same findings as they did in the
previous request Very good Thank you Holly Council any questions on item number 20 holly are you sure that the petitioner filled the form out correctly oh boy Looking for a motion for number 20 So moved Second
Council member Posma I Ellie Hi Fisher Hi Waller Hi Council member at large Austin Hi Motion passes 5-0 Your honor Thank you Tom Item number 21 is a resolution accepting these two donations $1,000 uh donated by the Morning Lions
Club to the Lions Park and $200 gift donation from Maynard and Robin Acriman for the 2025 flower program Thank the Thank them both parties for their generosity Looking for a motion or resolution accepting those donations So
move Second Tom Council member Posma I Hely I Fisher Hi Waller I Council member at large Austin I Resolution passes 50 Your honor Thank you Thomas Uh lastly item number 22 is a motion granting the
planning and zoning department the power to contract for the removal of junk and/or legally stored vehicles at the following location 22A is the address is 813 8th a southwest the Brian property looking for a motion so move second Tom
council member Posma I Fischer I Waller I council member Large Austin I motion passes 5 your honor thank you Tom now we will be uh addressing pickle ball I know uh for sure in the work session but is there any other citizens in the audience
wishing to address the council on items that weren't on this agenda All right Uh Craig we got some reports from department heads Uh yeah I we have a city county and school district meeting on next Monday the 14th
at the McFale room where we met previously at 4:30 If there's any agenda items council would like to see please let us know Um otherwise we look forward to seeing you there And Julie and Stephen have a couple items I believe Julie you got the microphone we both do
them Go for it Julie Yes Um I just wanted to give the public um some heads up You're going to be hearing a little bit more from the Austin Public Library here in the next few weeks We have very exciting news We're getting a new integrated library system The last one
we got was in 2002 So our current system is 22 years old So what we're getting is going to be new and wonderful However it's a little terrifying to be turning off our system and starting something new So the week of April 28th The
library will be closed on Monday as we make sure everybody knows what they're doing and that the staff are ready to go The system will be shut down and then starting April 29th on Tuesday we'll be open our regular hours but what you're going to be able to do on Tuesday and Wednesday until the system is brought
back up on May 1st on Thursday is going to be somewhat limited So be watching for announcements If you have your library card you can come on in on Tuesday and Wednesday and check out books or materials from the library But there won't be any holds you won't be able to request We aren't going to be
able to make changes to your system or to your account because that system will be shut down Nothing will be due There'll be no overdue fees Um it's the meeting rooms will still be open We're going to have events going on that week but um just a little bit of a heads up
that that's coming and we're going to be getting lots of information out just short of smoke signals and skyriting Okay Thank you Julie Stephen I just wanted to announce that our MS4 storm water annual meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday April 29th at 4 p.m here in the council chambers and it is open to the public Excellent Thank you Stephen Uh city council let's start with uh Becky Nothing your honor Nothing Mike I
was driving down Oakland today and saw utility markers going crazy So that project is getting ready to start real soon it looks like So heads up on that one Um and then I was at a meeting today where Trish Herren announced that she was stepping down as a county
administrator to take a new job farther north So just wanted to thank her for all the work that she's done from our county and worked with Austin She's been uh there the whole time I've been on council We have a great working relationship with the county and wish them luck in finding somebody to fill her shoes so we can keep that going
Thank you Mike Jeeoff nothing Your honor Laura I want to remind folks that um 4th Avenue Fest our unofficial kickoff to summer is on Wednesday June 4th It'll be um at Horus Austin Park which is uh between the library and the pool Um nice
night out celebrating the arts and uh healthy living in the community I also want to say congratulations to Lynn Thompson who recently accepted the position of parks supervisor he had been serving as a uh interim in that position for many months And um thank you to
Jason and the uh parks department for your um diligent um search uh for the right candidate and I'm excited um for that department I should also mention the HR director uh Chief Wikman participated in that um search So that's
it Thank you Thanks Laura Paul your honor All right Before I read the April anniversaries I just want you we were among really good athletes today and I want to be sure and share with the council that I was involved in the papa shot for their our city engagement for
the final four and out of a minute to try to put a little basketball in a little hoop I I made it four times and that was tied for last with two other people Um so I I'm but I'm still proud of the fact that I got four God darn it There was a lot of participation I know
Mr Clark was in the finals whatever that means Don't quite know who won Um but there was a lot of lot of good participation and it was great to see So appreciated Trish and the wellness committee uh that that did that We learned you better stick to the tater tot I skipped Yes Second place tater tot
dish right do have that title So uh the April anniversaries we're always proud of our our uh employees that stick around for so very long Tom Dankert our finance uh director a 29 years of service Tom congratulations Tim Hansen
Fire Department 23 years Tim Rogers park wreck and forestry 17 years Spencer Walner Park Rec Forestry 14 years Steve Turner park wreck forestry 12 years Courtney Schmidt library 12 years Andy Jensen park recreation forestry 11 years
Dave Joseph sewer maintenance for nine years Greg Rocher street department seven years And Mike Huller from the police department seven years Uh thank you for all those folks for their years of service and look for uh many many more So with that looking for a motion uh to adjourn to our next meeting on
April 21st 2025 So moved Second All in favor i Roll call Council member post one I Kelly I Fisher I Waller I Council large Austin Hi Motion pass People are getting restless Pickle
ballers want to talk So we'll take about a fivem minute break till Marty can rewind the tape and we'll get a work session going