everybody to the July 14th, 2025 uh Bayport City Council meeting. We're all going to um stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. Thanks, Matt. Will you please call the role? Council member Dah here. Council member Gilmore
here. Council member Bliss here. Council member Hill here. Mayor Hansen here. Do we have approval of tonight's agenda or any changes to it? I move to approve the agenda as presented.
Thanks, Katie. Second. Thanks, Carl. All in favor? I I All right, let's move on. There's no proclamations, etc. Um, we have someone here for the open forum. This is a portion of the meeting to address the city council on
subjects that are not part of the agenda. City council may take action or reply at the time of the statement or may give direction to staff regarding investigation of comments expressed. A total of 15 minutes is allotted for public comment during the open forum. And we do have one scheduled guest for
the open forum, Mike Huntley from Youth Service Bureau. If you'd like to come on up and tell us what you know. Sure. Thank you. and I won't take 15 minutes. Okay, great. Good evening, mayor, council members, and residents of Bayport. Thank you for
inviting me to speak tonight about Youth Service Bureau. We appreciate your support. In fact, your support is necessary for our continued operations of our nonprofit organization. My name is Michael Huntley. I'm the executive
director of Youth Service Bureau. I've been with the organization since 1989 and I'm here after all these years because I love what we do and the purpose that we serve. Some of you might be familiar with YSB and for others this
might be new information. So I'll I'll give a little bit of background. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization in the state of Minnesota and we've been operating since 1977 and we have three offices uh one close
by in Stillwater, one in Woodbury and one down in Cottage Grove. It's all one organization with three locations. and we provide a variety of early intervention and prevention services for youth and families in our area. And
we're the only organization who works exclusively with youth and families doing this kind of work. Our services include diversion, family counseling, school-based chemical health support,
youth and family education, and a military family support program that's been running for 10 10 maybe 11 years now. And we're in the process of expanding that. and we're not there yet, but we are in the process
of expanding that to become a first responder family support program. So, we'll keep the military component, but we're going to be adding law enforcement and firefighters, their families. Thanks. And we have strong partnerships with the
local schools and with law enforcement. The financial support that we receive um helps us keep our fees very affordable as a nonprofit organization and we have a generous sliding fee scale that's available for families who need that to
access our services. It's one of the ways we can remove barriers to service. We also provide interpreter services to families who need that at no out-ofpocket costs to the family. In 2024, so the last full calendar year,
we served 635 unduplicated youth and their families. And we delivered uh 3,920 hours of direct service to those youth and families. And that number does not
include the public speaking presentations where we presented to just over 1,500 attendees here in the city of Bayport. to the best of our ability because some people put down like a a mailing address rather
than their actual city address on the forms. We know that we served at least six Bayport youth and delivered 53 hours of direct service to those youth and their families. Um, as a breakdown, um, five of those
youth were attending our school-based, uh, chemical health support services, and one of those youth was attending, uh, therapy with their family. 2024 was an eventful year for us at YSB. We had some turnover, which added
challenges to our ability to deliver services. and new staff also brings new energy and some new ideas. So, it's kind of a double-edged sword. And in spite of the turnover, we continue to produce impressive results,
and the quality of our services remains solid. We get a report card every year from Washington County, and these aren't our numbers. It's uh it's external numbers, and it's the highest it's ever been. I'm kind of excited about this. 94%
of the kids who came through our diversion services um in 2023 went through all of 2024 without getting reinvolved with law enforcement. And that's the highest percentage we've ever
had. So, I'm proud of that. I'm excited about that. In our counseling services, we receive reports from 72% of parents who say that the situation that brought their family in for services was either resolved or
made manageable. And that's our standard for success. Um, keeping things stabilized isn't a measure that we include in that. We're looking to really make a difference. And among the students who received our
school-based chemical health support, 90% of those youth report that they can now use more healthy coping skills instead of substances to help reduce stress and and deal with things that they're dealing with.
So, we're we're proud of the impact that we have and that is the power of early intervention with youth. and we are asking the city of Bport for $1,750 in 2026 in support of our services. That's a $50
increase from what we requested a year ago. Um, and that's due to our rising operational costs. And we have submitted a purchase of services contract for your consideration. We appreciate your support. Uh we
appreciate the partnership and um we have a website. It's www.ysb.net and it's easy to access. It has a lot more information than what I've provided. Um feel free to check that out. And are there any questions that I
might be able to respond to tonight? Mike, I have a question. Sure. Uh, so any of the state or federal cuts, have they affected any of your programming? So, we have a grant that we get from the state of Minnesota. It's a relatively
small grant. It doesn't come through federal funding. So, they have reassured us that that um looks solid and stable. And in the recent legislative session, um, none of that fund that we access has been, um,
reduced or cut. So, we're expecting to um scratch by but but Matt to to finish your question other than state or government funding what we are finding is that um grant makers and some of our
donations are shrinking a bit. It's kind of an uncertain time and at a time when we need funding the most to respond to the need it it's sort of reversed. um there's a little bit of reluct reluctance or hesitation in making those
grants and donations. So, every dollar that we're able to receive, I I promise we put to good use. Do you um now would maybe be a good time to plug? Is there like a big fundraiser or something that happens once a year? Something you can plug to maybe get
people stirred up and so we do an annual fundraiser every year. It usually happens at the end of April and we're we haven't secured the date quite yet, but we do an annual gala and it's kind of a festive celebration of our
accomplishments. We're going to try and do a better job of getting word out. Um, in fact, part of our plan is to make sure that all the city councils know about it and we'll ask if you can help spread the word through any announcements that you make.
The next one won't be until April of 2026. Sure. However, if anybody would like to donate prior to that on our website, it's we've made it very very easy for people to make individual donations. They don't
have to wait until our gala. So, I have a question just about how your services are used. Is it um strictly through the police department? then they would connect the youth with you or can a can a parent reach out to you if they need the service or
Yes. Um yes, thank you. That's a wonderful question. The primary referral source for our diversion services is through law enforcement. Can you explain exactly what you mean by diversion services? Yes, diversion is an alternative to the
traditional juvenile justice system. So, um can I take a few more minutes? Yes. Maybe I will go 15. Yeah, maybe you will. You're only on about 10. So, all right. Good. Um, here's an example. If a young person got caught at a store shoplifting and it's the first time they
got caught, we all know, well, they probably don't have to go to court and be on probation and use up all those legal resources, right? That's where we would like the police if they're called out to the store to refer directly to Youth Service
Barrel. We'll run the kid and a parent together through a diversion service. Um, in that case, we do have a theft awareness program and the young person might also do some community work service hours. The purpose of diversion
is not to have kids walk away feeling bad. It's to help increase their awareness that they made a bad decision, but they can fix it and they can still belong in the community. That's great. And that's where we get the 94%. That
that's a diversion measure, which we're really excited about. Yeah. Wonderful. Thanks for explaining that. Any other questions? Thank you. Thanks for coming. and you're in the in the consent agenda tonight. So, okay,
we will approve that tonight. Very good. Well, thank you so much. We appreciate your support. Absolutely. Thanks for visiting. Thank you. Anyone else here for something other than what's on the agenda? Even there's someone in the hallway. No. Okay. Just checking. All
right. So, um we'll move on to the consent agenda. We're going to consider a resolution adopting items 1 through 15. the June 2nd um city council workshop minutes, the regular minutes, oh yeah,
from June 2nd, and then also the June 23rd city council special meeting minutes, June payables and receipts, June building, plumbing, mechanical, and zoning permits report, the service contract with youth service bureau, um awarding a quote for ashtree removal and
for ashtree replacement, uh hiring of Chris Jennings as full-time fire chief. Pay application number two from Drestle Contracting for the Point Road Culver Replacement Project. Bayport Fire Relief Association approval of the
SC25 form. Special event application from Not Just a Bar and Cafe for a customer appreciation anniversary party on July 26th. temporary liquor license from the Stillwater Knights of Columbus for the Anderson Picnic on August 9th at
Lakeside and a temporary liquor license from Bayport American Legion for the St. Charles Festival on September 14th at Perroll Park and a temporary liquor license from Bayport American Legion for Derby Days on September 19th at Perroll
Park for Party in the Park. Um, do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda? I'll move to adopt a resolution approving the consent agenda as presented. Thank you. I'll second. Thanks, Ethan and Katie. Roll call, please.
Council member Bliss. I. Council member Gilmore. I. Council member Dah. I. Council member Hill. I. Mayor Hansen. I. All right. That include the additional $50 that the contract. Okay. I was trying to get there.
Yeah, it says 1750. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I know. I took a long time to find it, too. It's right after all the payables and receipts and stuff. So, did we just hire our first full-time police chief? Yes, we did. Yeah, we did. Kind of a big deal. We all had a chance to meet with him, too. So,
um, welcome aboard, Chris, if you're watching. I'm sure you aren't. Sorry, Jake. Not you never know. Maybe I'll watch it later. You never know. access the police. You said police. I I started two and then
Oh, okay. No, we already have one of those and we're good with him. So, all right. There aren't any public hearings or unfinished business. So, we're moving on to new business. Mhm. Consider a resolution for variances to allow grading on steep slopes and allow
encroachment into the 40ft bluff line setback for a single family home remodel/reonstruction project at 13 Point Road submitted by Bruce Lens and Design. Sarah's going to present this item. Harrison, can I get
the projector, please? Thank you. Uh the property is zoned R1 single family estate and presently guided for residential use by the comprehensive plan. It is also located within the lower St. Corey River Shorland and Blufflin and floodplane management
districts. The property currently consists of a single family home. It's surrounded by a mixture of residential uses and the St. Corey River to the east. The existing house is considered substandard because it does not meet dimensional standards of the riverway ordinance, specifically
the 40 foot step back from slopes greater than 12% or those are defined as bluff lines. The existing house also does not meet the minimum elevation requirements of the flood plane ordinance because it was constructed with areas below the regulatory flood protection elevation.
The proposed project involves bringing in fill to elevate the site above the base flood elevation. The project also intends to alter and enlarge the dwelling to allow for additional living space, garage, and an outdoor entertainment area. It should be noted that as proposed, the project meets
impervious coverage, setback, and height requirements, and considerable efforts have been made to preserve existing trees as well as manage storm water erosion control and miniv minimize visual impacts using sight sensitive design and natural materials.
As staff has outlined in the report, variances to allow gradient on slopes greater than 12% and encroachment into the 40 foot setback are reasonable, justified, and in keeping with the intent of the ordinance. The defined bluff to be impacted by construction of
the proposed house is man-made and resulting from the initial construction upon the property. As a result, the topography has created a bluff line which prohibits adding the necessary fill to bring the property into compliance with the flood plane regulations. It also should be noted
that the grading plan has been designed to balance compliance with both the flood plane and bluff line protections. For these reasons, staff finds that the criteria set forth by state statute for variances has been met and is recommending approval of the application with the conditions listed in the staff
report. The planning commission held a public hearing on this application on June 23rd and no public comments were received. Following discussion, the planning commission voted to approve the application subject to the findings of fact and conditions of approval recommended by staff and a resolution
outlining the conditions is included within the packet. At this time, I'd be happy to take any questions from the city council and also the applicant, Bruce Lensen, is present and available for questions. Thanks, Sarah. Welcome. um
seems very straightforward and it was great that there wasn't any public comment and the planning commission didn't really have any questions or concerns either. So I didn't really I don't have any. Do you guys So we discussed these projects at WO so
Oh, you're already aware of these things. Yeah. And I know staff spends a lot of time with his staff and and Dan and dealing with all of it. So, um I don't have any thing to add.
So, I'm open to a motion if anybody's unless someone wants to talk about something. You're here. Did you want to say anything? Is there anything you need to say or want to say? You're welcome to. Pretty straightforward. Yeah. Yeah. It sounds like it's going to
be a great improvement to that that property. So I would just for for everybody here um I'm I'm the city's repres representative on the middle St. Cray wershed and and some of our other communities along the river um some of these um projects have
have gone wrong in certain ways. So, I I just um would hope that everybody keeps doing things on the up and up in Bayport for sure, but some of our neighbors to the south have troubles sometimes with the contractors following what's laid
out in black and white for them. So, okay, just making that clear for everybody. So, thank you for that. Other than that, I'm prepared to make a motion. I'll move to adopt a resolution approving a variance to allow grading on
on steep slopes and a variance to allow encroachment into the 40 foot bluff line setback for a single family home remodel reconstruction project located at 13point road subject to the findings of fact and conditions of approval.
Thanks. I'll second. Thanks Ethan. All right. Council member Bliss. Hi. Council member Gilmore. Hi. Council member Do I. Council member Hill I. Mayor Hannah
I. Motion approved. Thank you. Thanks for coming out. Good luck. These two these two are amazing. Oh, good to hear. That's great. Yes. Yeah. We agree. Thank you for pointing that out. It's nice to get good feedback sometimes.
Oh, yay. Well, that's awesome to hear. Thank you. I'll take care. Yeah. Have a good evening. Take care. Okay. Next, we're going to consider a resolution for variances to extend the roof line, allow grading on steep slopes, and allow encroachment into the
40ft bluff line setback and a conditional use permit to allow alternative flood proofing methods peers to elevate the existing single family home and remodel/reonstruction project located at 10point road. This has been submitted by Kell Architects
and Sarah is here to present. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, the property is zoned R1 single family estate and presently guided for residential use by the comprehensive plan. It's also located within the lower St. Croy River, Shorland, and Blufflin, and floodplane management areas.
The property currently consists of a primary single family home and a secondary single family guest house, which is slated for demolition as part of the project. The property is surrounded by a mixture of residential uses and the St. Croy River um mostly on all directions except for the north.
It's on the end of the point there. Uh the existing single family dwelling to remain is a legal non-conforming structure with regards to flood plane regulations and bluff setback requirements for the lower St. Corey River Bluff and Shoreline Management Area.
The proposed project involves modifying and elevating the existing home above the base flood elevation with the use of alternative flood proofing methods in the form of engineered peers uh which requires a conditional use permit to allow for additional living space within
the existing footprint of the dwelling. The roof line of the attached garage is proposed to increase in height but in compliance with the 35 ft requirement because portions of the existing home are considered non-conforming. of variances required to allow for this expansion.
Other components of the project include variances to allow grading on steep slopes and allow encroachment into the 40ft bluff line stepback for similar reasons and topography cited in the application for 13point road which we just reviewed. It should be noted that as proposed the project significantly
reduces the impervious coverage well below the 20% and meets other setback and height requirements. As with the project for 13point road, considerable efforts have been made to preserve existing trees as well as manage storm water, control erosion, and
minimize visual impacts using sight sensitive design and natural materials. As staff has outlined in the report, variances to allow grading on slopes greater than 12%, encroachment into the 40ft setback, and an extension of the roof line are reasonable, justified, and
keeping with the intent of the ordinance. The encroachment into a defined bluff setback is an existing non-conforming condition that is not being expanded and the alteration of the existing structure including raising the roof line will not increase the degree of nonconformity or alter the character
of the site. For these reasons, staff finds the criteria set forth by state statute for variances has been met. Also, the proposed peers are an accepted alternative flood proofing method defined by the flood plane ordinance which qualify for a conditional use
permit. Staff is recommending approval of the application with the conditions listed in the staff report. The planning commission did hold a public hearing um on June 23rd and no public comments were received. Following discussion, the planning commission did vote to approve that application subject to the
conditions in the staff report. Again, a resolution outlining the conditions is included within the packet, and I'm available for questions. The property owner and architect are also here for questions. Awesome. Thanks again, Sarah.
Um the design is just beautiful. Yeah, I I commend you folks for um taking making a structure that really blends in and and it it's very noticeable and it it it looks like it's going to be just a
fantastic project and sort of something that um should be held up to other people that live along the river to create something that blends in and isn't super ostentatious. And um it you guys nailed it and it's fantastic.
Definitely an upgrade. It's notable how few comments we got from WMO and the DNR. We usually hear quite a bit from them. So that's that's we worked very hard. Yes. Well, good for you. You did a great jobate and be able to reach a really
healthy project. Yeah. And the letter was very inspiring from Kell. the narrative about it just, you know, that you're trying to, you know, make it a a healthy, durable, energy efficient, all those things. It's low impact and it looks like it's all of
those things. So, and all that inspiration is from the homeowner. Yeah. We're just trying to create something that's buildable in that way. Wonderful. I don't think I realized it was still a part of the Hulings family either until I read that. That's special.
Yeah. Yeah. The historic thing is great, too. So, so I um the only question I had is how the this pier system works differently and what were you like Michelle's going to ask about that or what? Madame mayor, you don't know. Our city engineer was supposed
for that very question, but maybe someone from the architecture firm. Would you mind just coming here so people that are watching can hear you? Yeah. Thank you. So, you want to introduce yourself? Yes. I'm Megan Cal of Cal Architects.
Um, and Jason Anie of Anie Landscape Design is here too, Fernandez. So, um, we've worked for a long time on this project to, uh, have it come come into fruition to this point. Uh, there's more work to be done to get it buildable, but
here we go. Um, so the pier I wouldn't necessarily, it's been called a pier system throughout this process. It's a little more of I would call them shafts. So they are raising the building up. Um there's multiple shafts that are
supporting the building. And these shafts are really going to be designed to reduce the static pressure of the water. So we're not trying to fully uh foundation wall the whole perimeter of the building. We'd rather reduce that
static pressure so that the water can flow underneath it as it es and flows throughout seasons. So that's the point of that. Okay. Very smart. All right. Thanks for explaining that. Anyone else have questions or comments?
Anyone itching to make a motion? I'll move to adopt a resolution approving variances to extend the roof line allowing grading of steep slopes and allowing encroionment of the 40ft bluff line setback and a conditional use permit to allow the alternative flood proofing methods to elevate the existing
single family home. I picked a long one. and remodel reconstruction project located at 10point road subject to finding of findings of fact and conditions of approval. Nice. Nicely done. Second. Thanks, John. All right. Roll call. Council member Bliss. I.
Council member Gilmore. I. Council member D. I. Council member Hill. I. Mayor Hansen. I. All right. It seems so easy when it gets to us, but I know there was a lot of work involved to get to this point, but we're just like, "Oh, it's great." So, yeah. So,
did you have another comment, John? No, just congratulations and best wishes on your project. Yeah, great. We appreciate it. Yeah. Thank you. We'll give you a minute to take off unless you want to hear the rest of this fun meeting. Oh, and we will second that. Sarah and
Matt were great to work. Oh, yay. Awesome. Yeah. Thank you guys. Enjoy enjoy your new place. All right. So, next
next we have another resolution for this one's for a conditional use permit to allow alternative flood proofing methods for the existing single family home and addition project located at 297 Lake Street and it's submitted by Traditional Construction Services.
And guess who's going to present? Sarah. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh the property is zoned R2 single family urban and presently guided for residential use by the comprehensive plan. It's also located within the lower St. Quir River shoreline and bluffland and flood plane management areas.
Uh the property, excuse me, the property currently consists of a single family home and is surrounded by a mixture of uses with Lakeside Park to the north, River Park Marina to the west, St. Corey River to the east, and residential uses to the south.
The proposed project involves removing the main level of the existing home and relocating it to a vacant lot elsewhere in the city. The existing foundation will be used to support construction of a new home and an expansion is planned to the north of the foundation for garage space. To comply with the flood
plane ordinance, alternative wet flood proofing methods in the form of flood vents are proposed for the basement storage area, which requires a conditional use permit. As proposed, the project complies with imperous coverage and meets setback and height requirements. It should be noted
that a significant amount of concrete, buminous, and gravel rubble will be removed from the site as part of this project, which results in a reduction of impervious by almost 10%. This will result also in significant improvement over the existing conditions and will help to mitigate sentiment from
entering the river from storm water runoff. Staff is recommending approval of the application with the conditions listed in the staff report. The proposed wet flood proofing and flood vents are an accepted alternative flood proofing method defined by the flood plane
ordinance which qualify qualifies for a conditional use permit. The planning commission held a public hearing on June 23rd and no public comments were received. Following discussion, the planning commission did vote to approve the application subject to the findings of fact and conditions recommended by
staff. Again, a resolution outlining the conditions is included with your packet and I'd be happy to take any questions. I should mention um the property owner is unable to be here this evening, but the project was pretty straightforward and we felt comfortable um moving ahead
and presenting this at this meeting without them present. Did we lose our video to the public or just us? Just just Okay. All right. Um, thanks for giving us the overview and we again we have
everything in our packet. This one was interesting. The tuck under extra garage entered from the riverside is a unique thing I've never seen before. Sounds like he there's going to be a drive through the middle of the h basically
underneath. So then they can come around and park things on the other side. So thanks for coming up with that solution. And I know they had um too much impervious I believe and then you guys worked with them to figure out a way to um reduce that. So they're going to have
basically the way I understand is just two tire tracks to drive on instead of a whole drive through in that area. So I don't know. I love that you came up with a solution with them. So thank you. Um I'm sure if they were here they'd say
that you guys are awesome to work with. Um, anyone have any questions or comments about this one? Just had one on the DNR's note. They noted that um, impervious surface is reducing uh,
from about 30% to about 20% but the plans didn't quite look that way. Any thoughts to their question? Madame Mayor, uh, Council Member Bliss, there were several variations of the plan as we work through the project. Um,
so what was actually presented to the DNR and the planning commission is different than what you're seeing tonight. And that's because staff worked with the applicant to reduce that impervious. So, right. Thanks. Welcome. Thanks.
Anybody else? No. Okay. This one's a little shorter. I'll do it. Okay. I move to adopt a resolution approving a conditional use permit to allow alternate flood proofing methods for the existing single family home and
addition project located on TW or 297 Lake Street subject to findings of fact and conditions of approval. Thanks Ethan. I second. Thanks Katie. Council member Bliss I. Council member Gilmer I. Council member Dah.
Hi. Council member Hill I. Mayor Hansen. I motion passes. All right. On to considering amendments to appendix B zoning of the Bayport city code. This one's related to impervious surface
coverage regulations for rec recreational vehicles and travel trailers and permit fees for small bird/ fowl. Oh Sarah, again, please. Thank you, Madam Mayor. At the direction of the city council, staff has drafted
proposed amendments to appendix B zoning of the Bayport city code of ordinances related to impervious surface coverage, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers. Um staff is also proposing an amendment to permit fees for small birds and fowl which has been drafted for
consideration. Uh the first amendments um are to section 301 definitions and 601 districts which defines imperous surface noting a 50% uh impervious surface credit for decks
in the R2, R3 and B1 zoning districts with the exception of properties located within the riverway and flood plane overlay districts. Some of the projects that we included tonight would be included in those districts. um and the properties that have been developed as plan unit development such as
inspiration and or governed by a homeowners association which may have more restrictive covenants on those impervious surface regulations. It also clarifies that the maximum lock coverage includes both structures and impervious surface such as buminous concrete which
sometimes um is difficult for people to understand that it's all hard covered just houses and garages. M the second amendment is to section 301 definitions and section 731 recreational vehicle or trailer regulations. This
defines recreation camping vehicle. It also defines recreation camping vehicle park and recreational vehicles themselves which kind of follows along with the ordinance that was passed last month on golf carts and ATVs. There just needed to be a distinction between
camping vehicles and other recreational vehicles. And it also clarifies um regulations for quantity, location, duration, and permitted uses for recreation camping vehicles. Finally, the third amendment is to section 2729
livestock, and it's just to clarify fees for small bird and fowl permits. The fee is listed within that ordinance, and we want to move it to the fee schedule so it's easier to update and locate when needed. The planning commission reviewed the proposed ordinance amendments at the
June 23rd meeting. No public comments were heard and the planning commission recommended approval. Staff is also recommending approval and we'd be happy to take any questions at this time. Great. So, we got kind of three
different things I guess. Um the first one I just was curious if you could easily define what the difference is between the the R districts and why the R
one was it R1 is different or is it R what I can't remember my which R it was Madame Mayor I recalled the question that you yeah I answer the question unfortunately I don't have um a recent zoning map to put on the screen but here
on the wall and other people at home might have difficulty seeing it but the light yellow up in the corner is our only our one district and that's also included in the shorland blufflin and the flood plane ordinance which has a 20% maximum
for impervious. So it's confusing to people when they read the ordinance and it says 35% coverage but then you have to look in the riverway and flood plane to see it's actually 20%. So just to simplify the regulations I thought it since we were updating this section of the ordinance it might be a
good idea to perfect. I was wondering why because I thought it had always been 20%. I'm like why are we changing it now? But it's just that it said refer to that and then you would know that it was actually 20. And so the light yellow is basically Point Road, like the whole Correct. And that's the only R1 district. Okay.
Um the bright yellow is the R2, which is mostly what downtown is zoned. And then there's just a small section of that orange strip, which is zoned R3 at this point for future development. Okay. Oh, B1 also this applies to which would
be the pink parcels in pink identified on the zoning map as well. Good. So, it's low impact office use basically and the prison site. Okay. Well, I appreciate you're doing it. I know we talked a long time ago about
trying to be a little more flexible with our impervious surface calculations and how we thought decks didn't it didn't really seem fair to count them as 100% impervious when obviously they're not. So, I appreciate you're looking at this,
coming up with some good wording and working through all of that. And then, of course, the other stuff is pretty much just kind of cleaning things up, right, based on recreational vehicles. And then the livestock one is just like a no-brainer. Of course, we don't want to put fees in the actual ordinances
anymore. So, um, does anyone have questions or concerns or comments? I know that in both an application letter we received tonight and the school project, there was a question about pvious. Is that the right word? Uh pavements. Oh yeah.
Uh does this leave anything open for that or uh is that just not addressed at all? Madam Mayor, Council Member Bliss, we did discuss that internally as staff and I guess our thoughts were that system is just not advanced enough yet
to take away the maintenance responsibilities on the property owner and truly make it pvious long term. Um there may be a potential to add that as a credit in the future, but I know other communities and I think um our city engineer commented maybe at the planning
commission last month that it's not really recognized or credited in other communities or by the watershed at this point. Thanks. So I don't know if everyone heard Carl's question, but it was about like pvious pavers that you can and I think we actually allowed the school district to
use some of that for their for a very small part of Yeah. a small part of their parking lot, but they have the equipment to actually manage it. So, that's why we let that count. Basically, I think they were just within a few percentage points without that.
Yeah. So, good question though. Thanks, These are good cleanup items and Yep. I think it's a fourth no-brainer today. I'm ready to make a motion unless anybody else has something. Anything
from planning commission that you need to add or anything? Okay. All right. Good. Go for it. I'll move to adopt amend amendments to appendix B zoning of the Bayport city code of ordinances related to impervious surface coverage regulations for
recreational vehicles and travel trailers and permit fees for small bird fowl as presented. I second. All right. Thanks, John and Katie. Council member Bliss. Hi. Council member Gilmer. Hi.
Council member Dell. Hi. Council member Hill. I. Mayor Hansen. I. Motion passes again. Now let's move on to considering amendments to appendix D the fee schedule in the code of ordinances. And
Matt's going to present says I'm only presenting caseradin on all of them. Which is true. Well, you did the whole workshop while show you lunch now. She did give me the smallest one though.
So, uh again, this one is pretty straightforward. Just updating the fee schedule on two of them um for what happened tonight or the previous night or previous month and then the permit rightway excavation. So, um for the
animals up to four animals per property. Previously, that was in the actual zoning ordinance. We moved it to the fee schedule. Um the golf cart, it was decided on $50 per year, so that's being added. We've actually had people coming in already
and asking for what do I need need to do to register my golf cart. So, um it's definitely making its way around. So, um and then the permit for right away. So in Bayport and most other cities, we charge uh like utility companies and um
people who need to use our right away Excel Energy um for for the use of it. Well, not the use of it, but the ability to put stuff there. So we charge them an amount and then a fee um for an inspection. So before these were
separated out, it's just one more item to check off the box. We just combine them. So, ease of use on our end. Okay, with that stand for questions, straightforward, I guess. Um, but a lot a small bird and fowl here in
Well, it used to just you used to only have get to have two chickens, I suppose. You paid $25 for up to two and now it's up to four. It's a bargain. Yeah, I like that. Um, okay. It all makes sense to me.
Mhm. All right. I'll move to adopt amendments to appendix D fee schedule of the Bayport City Code of Ordinances. Second. Thank you guys. Ethan and Carl. One more roll call. Council member Gilmore.
I. Council member Bliss. I. Council member Dell. I. Council member Hill. Hi. Mayor Hansen. I. Motion passes. Your condition. All right. Um, city council liaison reports. Um, Katie, you want to start?
Yeah. So, um, BCAL did not have one last month. The it's coming up on Thursday this week that I'll go to. And then the planning commission, which um, most of them we talked about already. There was no one that um spoke at the
public hearing for any of the homes or the um ordinances that we changed. The only one that we didn't hear of was Bay Haven and they talked um about their development. Um they have a new person
that's doing the apartments. It's at home apartment. They're the develop developer, builder, and the project or the property manager. So they do it all. It will be about 70 units in that apartment building.
Studio, onebedroom, and twobedroom. And the parking is still going to be the same. So they have a new person from what we saw the last time that they got it. Um, the only concerns that planning commission had with Bay Haven was really
the traffic for everybody going in and out only on one street. But the um engineer said that wasn't going to be a problem because the traffic is going to be minimal. Not a it's not like a whole
bunch of people they say. So, okay, great. And we will be reviewing that at some point in the future. We just don't have every all the ducks in a row yet for it to be at the final stage for us. So, thank you. Um John, did watershed
meet and you had all those things to look at? And you you guys saw the the the result of a good portion of our meeting last month. All about Bayport last month. Yeah. There there was a few a handful of problems that
happened to our neighbors to the south that these people come in with this equipment and you know when the only tool you have as a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And they get being aggressive with these big pieces of equipment. they do
irreversible damage. So, I I guess um what what I would say is if people have questions and on these projects going on, you know, reach out to the city and and it it's people seeing things that are are how these things get
reported and right cuz um we're not down there monitoring them every day, but the neighbors can see what's happening. Hopefully people are, you know, doing everything on the up and up. And it it seems like our projects, we don't tend to have those problems in our town for whatever reason. So,
we're very scary. That's why that's probably a a feather in the cap to our staff and just our city. So, um and there will not be a meeting this month, but we do have a what is it? Workshop on the river coming up.
Oh, is anyone going to that? It's up in sorry in Taylor Falls. Okay. So, we have that. I think it's the 28th. Carl 30th, I think. 30th. Sound great. Awesome. Great. I'm glad a couple of you are able to go. I think it worked out for me this time.
It is the 30th. Yep. 30th at 5:30 in Taylor's Falls. How fun. There's It's always interesting. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Ethan and the cable commission. Uh the cable commission did not meet, but I do have a little bit to report. They had a massive flood in the new
building. They had a some sort of water line break and the fire department was out there. They had to like break holes in the wall, the foundation to get the drain. I mean, it was a pretty big nightmare. So, I haven't heard anything else beyond that. Um, when we'll be able to be back in there
and how much the damage is going to be and all that business. So, I this is just the last email I got from her, so I haven't heard anything else. So, hopefully insurance is going to cover whatever. Yeah, I would hope. Okay. Good luck with that. That'll be a process. Are super fun to work with,
aren't they? Yeah. Thank you, Ethan. Y and Carl, you've got Lake Elmo Advisory Advisory Lake Airport Advisory Commission. Uh yeah, we met. It's a group that's made up of half airport users, half local municipalities. And during that time,
they give an airport representative a chance to present what they're doing. But uh and then a a city representative or a community representative to present what's going on. And we had a commissioner Cox actually presented uh some capital improvement plan information that kind of affects the
airport. But some of it was notable and it affects it'll affect us as we commute as well, including 2026 2027 uh Lake Elmo Avenue and 36 and some construction that we'll all experience over the next few years. Oh yeah, they're putting Lake Elmo Avenue under
36 basically. Uh yeah, that's right. Or over under path. I think that one's an underpass. And then uh noise complaints continue to be an issue from a small number of properties around the airport, but many from a small number of properties around.
So that hasn't changed. No. Okay. All right. Thank you, Carl. Um let's see. We were um I think were all of us at the ice cream social. That was that long a long time ago. You couldn't
make it because of the night job you have. But so thank you all. That was way back in the beginning of June, but we haven't had a meeting since then, I don't think. I think it was the next night or something. We're going to go do the ice cream. But that was really fun. And thank you all for for being there. Um Bayport Community Action League
invited us to go scoop ice cream. And I swear I had the hardest one. I know you guys think I'm crazy, but um I also had the chance to attend um Mayor McComeber's funeral. It was very nice. Um that was on the 6th. Um I guess our
fire department, I don't know if PD was there, too, but they participated in a drive. They drove her through Oak Park Heights after, which was really sweet. That escorted her through. So, um let's see. I went to a regional council of mayors twice since we last
met. On the 9th of June, it was about water conservation and how cities can help and encourage less water use. And interesting to hear how some of the larger cities have systems where like they can um literally alert someone if
their bill if they're like racking up a bill like they'll get a phone call or an email and say, you know, your your water bill is running high. I think we just do it all sort of manually. someone calls and says, "Why is my water bill so high?" And they go, "Well, you probably have a leak, right?" Um, but yeah, and
just just thinking about how water really needs to be thought of as a more precious resource. And I think we do. So, Matt and I talked a little bit about how we can do better at that, but I think we've been making making strides and reducing our water use, um,
especially watering lawns. Uh, went to the fire relief on the 9th. um we approved that um documentation at in our consent agenda tonight. So there's a lot of talk about that at that meeting, but really not much else. Um Matt and I also
had a chance to meet with the fire advisory group. So that's the representatives from the other communities where we offer fire services. Matt gave a historical overview of sort of the service or the contract that we've had with the other
cities. He also looked at um well he sent us all the past feasibility studies and things that they've done about projects uh or about that about like having a contract or or joint powers or all the different things. So there was two or three different reports. He
didn't go over all of that, but we we were all we sent that. And then Matt's going to be looking for speakers for our next meeting to provide an overview of how like a fire district compares to a joint powers agreement and how that differs from what we're doing now and
just kind of how um other entities have worked together in other places. So, he's working on getting some good speakers for us so we can get some more background on what might be a good way for us to go. Um, we did fire chief second interview, so
hired the fire chief. Um, tonight, let's see, we all did the budget workshop, library board. Jill does such a great job summarizing everything in our packet that there really isn't much for me to add. And she lost her voice, so we didn't talk a whole lot at the last
library board meeting. Um, let's see. I met with County Commissioner Bethany Cox. She's been great about just being involved and I don't know if you guys saw she had a letter to the editor in the gazette just I think today or yesterday just kind of saying how great it's been these first six months to to learn and she is really
good about that just reaching out and and making sure she knows what's going on in all of her her cities. So, um Matt and I had fun meeting with a resident about chemical use on city property and we're doing the best we can to keep reducing all the herbicides and all of
that that we can. I know a few years back we tested it out in a few small areas and Matt said things are going pretty well there. So, we might expand that reduction of chemical use into more areas. He's looking into that. And I got to go
to the groundbreaking for the new Lake View Hospital at the northeast corner of 36 and Manning. It was a huge crowd, so that was was good to see. and they kept the presentation short.
And I did a bunch of chamber events, some coffee talks at Shopcole, we did a ride to end Alzheimer's ribbon cutting. They're doing that in Still Water this year. They used to do it in like Maple Grove, so that was a big deal. Um, a team meeting, uh, which is the
ambassadors, so I'm an ambassador to the chamber. Uh me Pueblo had a ribbon cutting. Cute little Mexican restaurant over the strip mall kind of by you know Target like over that. You know I have to drive to the holiday gas station to get to that little strip mall. Yeah. Yeah.
That strip mall. Really cute. I would uh check that place out. Sunrise Rotary had their 40th anniversary. I went to their ribbon cutting and then a new chiropractor in Oak Park at a ribbon cutting. And then I just want to take a minute to just say how cool it is that
Bayport has two restaurants that were named in the Star Tribes 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now. Did you guys see that? No, I did not. So, both Olio and Manger made the list.
The new one in Stillwater, but Oh, really? I'm I'm talking about that. No, I'm just kidding. We just were talking about Oak Park Heights. I I do all that stuff. You know why I go? Because there's people there and I want to I get a chance to say what's going on in Bayport and come on down to Bayport. So that's that's my reason for
doing all that. Well, those are both of those restaurants are absolutely amazing. They are. It's ridiculous that we have two restaurants of that kind. I know. We are so fortunate. So um yeah, I just uh wanted to give them a shout out. I told Riley, one of the owners of
Olio, I'm like, I feel like a proud mom. I'm like, you guys are so so awesome. So yeah. So um that's it. And staff reports. In the interest of time, we should just skip them. Just
Sarah doesn't want to talk. We get done. We've been here so long. We can get done in under an hour. Did you have something quick to say about safety camp? Oh yeah. Okay. Take your time. Yeah. Well, the fire chief is not here. the only one here. So, I feel like I
extra time. Um, to answer your question, Mayor, um, Mary McCorm's funeral, we, uh, assisted with the traffic control. Oh, you did? We off intersections at the request of police chief. So, we were there, just not so much in the actual, uh, escort.
So, yeah. Um, couple things to put out there. The speed side is out currently. if you would like it in your neighborhood, shoot me an email um and we will add you to the list. Right now, we only have one person uh on that list currently. So, uh
we will be I think it was pulled back tonight and is charging and we'll probably have it out in the next couple of days, but we'd like to get it out wherever the citizens would like to see it. Uh do keep in mind that the location that the speed trailer is at is not
always where the speeders are going to be. Meaning, sometimes the sign is two or three blocks. away because we want to get the speeders that are going by your house. Um, and so in order for the speed trailer to pick it up, it's not usually parked directly in front of your house.
So, um, just keep that in mind. So, um, sometimes the location will seem a little unusual, but we do take into account things like why it's parked next to a stop sign is because we're actually looking at the traffic to the north or the south of the stop sign.
Uh, a couple other things. Um, we did a couple escorts for the lacrosse uh, girls uh, state sendoff. We did the girl scouts first aid badge. Officer um, Leowski helped them with that. No problem. Uh, the big thing is we are in the middle of safety camp right now. So
today was very successful, very warm. Uh, we had to make a trip to public works and the fire hall. Um, the old fire hall to borrow some fans, but we made it work. Uh, went very well today. Hopefully just as good tomorrow. looking like the weather's going to cooperate, so that would help as well. Um, nightite
is August 5th. We are currently accepting donations. If anybody has some raffle items that they want to donate to us, um, to raffle off that night, uh, we'll be hitting it out. Uh, Officer Leowski and Officer Tesy will be knocking on some doors this week and
next week to try and solicit some donations for our event. So hopefully everyone will come out and say hello. I will stand for questions. Thank you. You're free to go. Thank you. So, we're waiting. All right. Madame Mayor, um Madame
Mayor, um both Sarah and I will yield to questions. Um pretty much all our stuff had been covered tonight. Okay. Does anyone have any questions or would you like to make a motion? Move to second. All right. Thanks. All in favor?
Just I I All right. Woohoo. 1 hour. Did it in 1 hour before the bells were done. That is impressive.