:30 p.m. in council chambers. Tony, please call the role. >> Chazak here. >> Johnson >> here. >> Stun >> here. >> Jagger. >> Ericson >> here. >> Beven >> here. >> OD here. >> Here. We stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Next up, we have approval of the agenda. I believe we have some amendments. Mr. Johnson.
>> Yeah, I would like to add the uh to accept the resignation and authorize the back filling of the network administrator position. >> Add add to consent. >> Add to consent, please. >> All right. We will make that >> 5K.
>> And one other addition if I could or you want it separately? >> Uh so SPNW is going to have one other additional item. It's going to be a a fee and scope amendment for soil compaction. End of our SP&W. >> Move approval with the changes. Mr.
Chair, Mr. President. >> Uh motion by Chzach. >> Second. >> Second by Johnson. Any discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. That motion carries.
Next up, we have the consent calendar. This is a notice to the public that all matters listed are considered routine by the council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the time the council votes on the motion to be adopted by roll call. >> Approval of consent.
>> Second by Chzach, second by Bevans. Any discussion? Tony, please call the role. >> Chzach, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Stun, >> yes. >> Ericson, >> yes. >> Beans, >> hi. >> Oay. >> Yes. Next up, we have number six, public
forum. This is time allocated for citizens to bring matters not on the agenda to the attention of the council. Time limits may be imposed. It is 7:32. We will open the public forum. So, if you're here to address the council on anything not on the agenda, please do so
now. And if you are online, press star three. [snorts] Anybody on there? Max ask again if anybody wants to address the council on anything not on the agenda, please do so now. Okay, look like no
and we will close the public forum 7:32. Next up, we have uh zero presentations tonight. That's number seven. Moving right on to number eight, council committee reports. First up, we have personnel and finance committee chairman Gabe Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. We have three
items on the agenda. The first of which is our LMCIT premium renewal. And the motion is to approve the insurance renewal from M from LMCIT for the period of March 1st, 2026 through February 28th, 2027
while also lowering our mobile property deductible from $5,000 to 1,000. And I so move. >> Second. Motion by Johnson, second by Stunic. Chairman Johnson. >> Okay, so the premium renewal came back
uh favorable to us and the and the tax levy about $22,000 in savings over what we had budgeted. So that's nice. And we were the uh insurance people gave a presentation downstairs and they recommended we decrease our mobile
property deductible down to a,000 to be equal with our automobile deductible of a,000. So we did that and that'll come at a cost of about $1,500 a year. >> Okay. Thank you. Any more discussion, Mr. Chzach?
>> Um yeah, it's about the agenda request. It says economic impact on not um applicable I believe na um there is an economic impact it it's positive though right >> would that be a fair statement >> right >> could we could we maybe we could include
that when there is a a positive we we include that in the agenda request >> it was included in the agenda request Jeff >> is it at the end though >> is that the alternative no I did not put anything in the financial impact because I explained it above >> pardon me >> I had explained it above okay >> so in the alternative options and
effects on other comments. That's where I listed that it was 2,000 or $22,000 different than what we had budgeted in the working funds, the transit levy, sanitary storm, and EDA funds. So, the whole 22,000 is not just the levy funds, it's also those other funds as well.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Any more discussion? >> Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> Again, same sign. Motion carries. Chairman Johnson, >> thank you. Next up is uh appointing
election judges and setting wages. And this is a resolution and I move to adopt the attached resolution setting the wages at $25 an hour per head judge and $20 an hour for a regular judge. And I so move
>> second motion by Johnson, second by Bevans. Chairman Johnson, >> this is a slight raise for our election officials, but it is matching what Crowing County is paying this election cycle. So, we just think just to be competitive and be able to get enough judges to man our polling stations that
we should pay the same as the county. And also, we will be providing lunch, which the county does not. Anybody listening, sign up in Brainard. >> Excellent, >> Mr. Chzac. >> That's the sales pitch. I mean, we got lunch. Yeah, we got lunch. They don't
>> add it to the advertisement. >> That's what Yeah, that's what we promote right here. >> All right. >> I like it. >> Any more discussion? This is a resolution. Tony, please call the role. >> Chzac, hi. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Stunn. Yes. >> Ericson, >> yes. >> Beans, >> hi. >> OD.
>> Yes. >> That resolution carries. Chairman Johnson. >> Thank you. Last up is the hiring of a deputy public works director, city engineer. And the motion is to approve the hiring of Jennifer Schuman as the deputy public
works director, city engineer, with her placement at step three of the wage grid at a rate of 61.46 per hour to accommodate a previously scheduled vacation. She will be credited with 40 hours of vacation leave on her hire
date. She will not acrew additional leave until the point at which she would have normally earned the initial 40 hours. an initial vacation acral rate of 13.33 hours per month. This acrual rate will be frozen for the first six years of her employment after
which it will increase in accordance with the employee policy manual and the completion of pre-employment process and ISO move. >> Second >> motion by Johnson, second by Stunic. Chairman Johnson, >> thanks. We're we're really excited to to find a city engineer to come up here.
She's currently in Weisetta where she is the assistant city engineer and she has worked in that engineering department for nearly 10 years. >> Excellent. >> Any more discussion on the motion? Mr. Chzach, >> I like to see this because um Mr. Sandy
now has some direct competition [laughter] and he needs that. We got to keep him on his toes and I see this this individual as being just that person. So, good luck, Paul. >> Hey, thank you, Mr. Mr. Chzac, any further discussion?
Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Against. Same sign. That motion carries. Welcome aboard, Jennifer Schuman. >> Amen. >> Chairman Johnson. >> End of report. >> Thank you, Chairman Johnson. Moving on to 8B Safety and Public Public Works
Committee Chairman Ted. Tad Eric. >> Ted. Almost called you Ted. >> Was and still is. >> Thank you, Mr. President. >> Tough day. Uh with the uh amended motion, we've got seven items on our agenda. The first of which is improvement 2602. This the 2026 large patching project. The motion coming out
of committee is to approve the quote from Knife River North Central in the reduced scope amount of 54,512.90 for the 2026 large patching project. And I so move. >> Second. >> Motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Ericson. >> Uh just that staff solicited proposals
for this patching project. They did receive just the one quote uh this one from Knife River. Um you'll recall that at our last meeting we did discuss uh potentially exceeding that scope. Uh while we're still going to be doing the patching on Andrew Street, we had
discussed um enhancing we'll say the subgrade for a short segment of that. Um, and as you can see from the screen here, um, that, um, additional work would have totaled 11,000, putting us, you know, about $10,000 over our our
budgeted amount of 55,000. And so that is not included in the recommendation. The patching on Andrew is, but not the enhanced enhancements to the subgrade. >> Thank you. Further discussion, Johnson? >> Yeah, I fully support the motion. I just want to point out and give a special
thank you to Paul for recognizing that the budget is $55,000. So you found a way with even though the bid was 20% too high, you found a way to get it under $50,000 where 55,000 where it needs to be. Thank you. >> Very good. Thank you, Chairman Johnson.
Any further discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> Against. Same sign. >> Motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> Thank you. Our second item is a scope and fee amendment for SE uh professional services in relation to trunk highway
371B Willow Street roundabout. The motion coming out of committee is to approve the attached fee amendment uh for those services in the total amount of 18,785 and I so move >> second motion by Ericson second by Chzach. Chairman Ericson.
>> So, as you can see from the packet there, staff had been uh SE had rather had been tracking uh their time for some additional items that uh staff had um directed them. Um we had hoped that we would come in under budget and could include those items. Um their initial
scope did use up the entire budget. So these items, these four items, um design change uh for the aggregate base removal, um materials procurement delays for the rapid flashing beacons, and then additional time that they spent negotiating for the relocation of the
speedway sign. And then lastly, some additional turf restoration. those four items um did exceed the scope and uh staff's recommending that we um amend that fee and the the the fee and the scope in that dollar amount.
>> Thank you, Chairman Erikson. And this is all state aid eligible, I believe. >> Correct. Correct. Good. >> Any further discussion? >> Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I. Against. Same sign.
>> That motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> Thank you. Our third item is change order number three uh for improvement 2314 Hawkins Ronald and Joseph uh Alley resurfacing project. Motion coming out of committee is to approve change order
number three um in the total amount to $28,477 and I so move >> second. >> Motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Ericson. So, you'll recall that initially this project was simply a resurfacing um request from uh BPU uh
some time ago was that they wanted to address the uh utilities under underneath the alleyway there. Um due to the depth of that um the staff is recommending that we uh there was some I think it was five manhole covers um and
the um the casings that were included in those be replaced. Um and just made sense to do that and um that's the that's uh the nature of the request here. >> Thank you. Better do it now than to tear up the street in a couple more years and
make a new patch. Have to agree, Mr. Chzach. >> Yeah, Mr. President. Um Ronald and Joseph, if I I I I'm thinking that sooner or later those names of those two streets are going to be no longer seen on our agenda. I hope for a very long
time because they've been on there a lot in the last Yeah. So, I'm looking forward to this getting done. >> Thank you, Mr. Trezac. Anybody else have any discussion? >> Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> Against. Same sign.
>> Motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> All right. This is our fourth item. It's a resolution authorizing 2027 transit operations. The motion coming out of committee is to enter into an agreement, a grant agreement with Mandot for providing transit services. And I so move. Second
>> motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Ericson. >> Uh the this does come with a local match. This is our our annual uh agreement with Mandot for these services. Um the match is a 15% local share for operating costs and 20% local
share for capital vehicle costs. >> Okay. Thank you, Chairman Ericson. Any further discussion? Johnson. >> Yeah. To follow up on Councilman Chzach's request on a on a previous item, the financial impact on this one says NA and and Councilman Ericen covered it. There is a financial impact.
It's a 15% local match for operations, 20% for capital. I know we can't predict the future, but we can analyze the [clears throat] past and kind of show the trend of what that's been the last three years and the financial impact. Even though I know it's covered by fairs, it's public dollars. It's no
different than any other public dollar. So I would I would like to see the financial impact filled out on this one too. Okay. >> Just requesting more detail on that section in the future. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you, Chairman Johnson. Any further discussion?
>> Um yeah, Mr. Um, I would just like to uh um I guess give a um a little information that next year at this time we should have already approved a contract gone through the process of uh
it's not RFP, it's a quote for services for a new contractor. Um our three years is up coming up. We'll be looking at that at the end of this year going into the beginning of next year. So that's a process that we do every three years. That's all you got? >> Transit. Yep. >> Yep.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chzac. All right. Any further discussion? This is a resolution. >> Tony, call the role. >> Chzac, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Junick, >> yes. >> Ericson, >> yes. >> Evans, >> yes. >> OD, >> yes. That resolution carries. Chairman
Ericson. >> All right. This is our fifth item. This is direction on active code enforcement. We've got two properties uh that uh coming out of committee. for recommending um obtaining a administrative search warrant and abating junk and debris at both 2020 Pine Street and 113 Washington Street
Northeast. And I so moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Erikson. >> I would just add I like to mention that each of these properties has received the administrative citations appropriate and it's come to committee with the recommendation.
>> Thank you. Further discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. Motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. President. This is our sixth item. This is a draft
ordinance uh special events. Motion coming out of committee is to conduct the first reading of the ordinance at the next meeting and hold a public hearing at the July 6th city council meeting. And I so move. >> Second. >> Motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Ericen.
>> Yeah. I just wanted to um point out, you know, this is something where we've got a a process uh staff has a policy and a process in place. However, it's not codified in the city code. Um it makes it difficult for staff to require and enforce a special events application.
And so the proposed ordinance defines what a special event is, requires those holding special events to apply for and have a special event permit prior to holding the event. I just wanted to add that additional context. >> Thank you. And maybe I'm missing it in
here. There is no fee for the application. Correct. >> There is no fee for the application. There is typically an insurance requirement. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. >> Yeah, I have a question on this for Chief Rendy if I could. Sorry to
bushwhack you, Chief, but um um in this ordinance if passes um we give notification to whoever might be in violation of it. Um if they're on if they're in the park, they haven't filled out the application >> and then it says that it's a felony.
>> Is that No, it's a misdemeanor. I'm sorry. It's a misdemeanor if they don't comply. And so there's a time if you warn them, you have to warn them, and then there's a time period then if they don't comply. Do you have any idea? I know every situation can be different,
but do you have any idea how long you might wait to say if you said these people are there, they're not, you know, the application and they're they're supposed to be off the property, the park, whatever. >> What would you estimate amount of time you would give somebody if I know it's kind of a
>> I I I thank you. I I don't think I could put an actual time frame on it. I think if they're just a reasonable period of time for them to gather their stuff, get everybody together and get them out. So, um, as long as they're making a good faith effort to to depart and get out of
there, I think we're just fine with that. >> Okay, that's all I had. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chzach. Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Any further discussion, Mr. Mayor? >> Yeah, I just want to add that [clears throat] I I do like where this is going and I had talked with James about it and the park The park board has
talked about this on numerous occasions. It's really about getting our services and staff aware of what's happening in in the parks or on our streets. Um obviously if you go and come and dear half the park and set up a bunch of tents, there are services that are going to need to be aware that that's
happening. And this just makes sure that everybody's on the up and up. I do I do want to make sure we're being careful when with like an ordinance like this that it allows for staff to come up with policies that can can be shifted as we go and I believe James has has done a good job of that so that the policy can
dictate when insurance is needed when insurance is not needed. Um, but I think the idea of this is is sound just in that anytime something like this occurs, [clears throat] there is a need for our police to be aware of it or fire to be aware of it um or even just the park staff to be aware
that the garbages need to be emptied. So, it's a good idea. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think I think it also protects the event and the event organizers as well because if you show up and you don't have that application filled out, somebody might have already filled out
an application and all of a sudden you have two events and one of them is allowed, one of them is not. We're trying to avoid that situation as well. So, it's it's good for all parties involved. Any further discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I.
>> I. Against. same sign. The motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> All right. So, with the amended agenda, this is our our seventh and last item. Uh it's a scope and fee amendment. Motion coming out of committee is to approve the fee amendment for
professional services from in the total amount total amended amount of $5,725. And I so move >> second motion by Ericson, second by Chzach. Chairman Ericson. So what this is, it's similar to the other other amendment that we had uh earlier in the
agenda, but this is for soil compaction testing for Highway 210 uh for our utility, our water and sewer portion. Um we had Paul had explained to us that Mindot typically charges 1% of the local
utility costs for this. Uh and in lie of doing that uh because we couldn't use those funds um they reached out to and is able to get it done uh which sat satisfies both mindot and our purposes
in uh that dollar amount of 5725. >> Thank you Chairman Ericson. Any further discussion? Seeing none let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I >> against same sign. >> That motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> Uh, end of report. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Chairman. Moving on to number nine, unfinished business. First up is 9A, a call for applicants. And we have the honorable Mayor Bedau. >> Honorable indeed. Okay. The following boards and commissions have seats available. Charter Commission, two terms
expiring 2029. Two terms expiring 2026. Economic Development Authority, one term expiring 2028, one term expiring 2031. Library, one term expiring 2027. Public Utilities Commission, one term expiring 2026. Oh, Transportation Advisory Committee, two terms expiring 2027.
Thank you. And as council president, we have one term expiring 2028 on the airport commission, one term on the planning commission expiring 2028, and two terms open on the water tower committee. 9B.
This is a transit affairs uh city of Baxter item and this one was brought up by looks like presenter is uh Mr. Broyals. Go ahead. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I can kick this off and and Councilman Chzock, feel free if you want to jump in, but
Councilman Chzock sent an email to Chairman Johnson. He courtesy copied me. He was basically asking for some data regarding transit. Um some of the things he was asking about and the email is attached but he was asking for some historical data on fair revenues, local share contributions, fair structures,
ridership totals, projected future fairs and trip patterns. Um also the request is to consult with MDOT regarding local share management requirements. Great questions. Um, I talked to our transit coordinator and I asked um them what
kind of I wanted kind of rough order of magnitude what the level of effort was and they told me that it would probably take two staff a total of 20 to 30 hours. So just in light of that amount um Councilman Chzach asked Gabe and I to
bring this before the full council and ask the full council if you want staff to contribute 20 to 30 hours in compiling this data. Councilman Chzock, do you have anything to add at all? >> Yeah, the data is um important to to um for a couple of reasons. I I think if
you read what I indicated to uh the email I sent to Gabe and copy Nick um um we have a shared um we our local share it comes from fairboxes in every instance. Uh the county has had the
levy. Um we've uh provided dollars to Baxter and uh they've exceeded far above what they've needed for local share and this would historically show us that. It would then probably give us a balance of what they currently have or have available to them. It perhaps could give
a future uh of um what we anticipate local shares to be and how much could be collected. The reason for that is has to do with the fair structure and uh they they are far exceeding the fair structure we have for the city of Brainard. When you get on the bus in
Brainer, it's $3 if you call in ahead. It's $5 if you call the same day. Baxter is $7 if you call in ahead and $10 or 11 if you call the same day. So effectively that decreases it does not it does not
produce the wrership we could. Let's put it that way. And so, do I want does somebody want to get on the bus in Brainer and pay three bucks and go to a store and then pay seven bucks to come home? Not as likely as if it was a similar fair or the same fair to come back. So, that's the purpose of this.
And then to nail down who has the ultimate responsibility, a fair setting from the uh state of Minnesota. And that's why I'm asking that we direct staff to put this information together for us. And again, um it it doesn't have to be by the next meeting. It can be in,
you know, two meetings or whatever, but I think it needs to get off of dead center and something has to be done because we had this on our agenda and approved our staff to go to Baxter back in October and they refused to see our staff. So, I don't know why that is.
Apparently, they think they would have to levy someday if they change their rates, but if if you would see that coming, you could also adjust your rates if that was ever a concern. So, I'm just asking council approval to get this off a dead center. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. Is this data
something that you want brought back to council or is this something that you want sent to the transit committee? >> I I I you know, I guess it would depend on what comes up first when it's available. I think council can this was an action we took essentially back in October as council. I don't see any
reason why it can't come back to council to see how we move forward with it because we'd make the ultimate decision anyway. Okay. >> Over transit. So, >> thank you, Mr. Chznak. Any more discussion or questions for staff? We don't have a motion yet.
>> I would move forward with the uh recommendation to have staff proceed. >> Second. >> Would you like to add to have that brought back to [clears throat] council? >> Yes. And then um I would say this about the request. If this is pretty clear what what's being asked for if they see
that portion where it's asking what the potential um what is the item I had in there? I forget now. It had to do with the uh the ride the pickup rides in Baxter that uh go from Brainer that go to Baxter but don't return and vice versa. If they see that as burdensome
and not necessary, I certainly would defer to staff's uh opinion on whether or not that would be useful. I I looked at that and I go, I don't know if that's useful and how hard that would be to go through and find the data because that's that's a lot to go through. Okay. >> So, I'm sure that would alleviate a lot
of staff time to had to dig all that up. So, >> Okay. >> And I think we could convey that to uh transit or whoever's doing it to make sure that that's at their discretion. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Ch. Could you just restate the motion if you wouldn't mind? motion to have staff um as transit staff
compile the data being requested and then of course what I just mentioned about user discretion and uh and come back when whenever they're able to essentially. Okay, it's a motion by Chzach >> looking for second by Johnson.
Any discussion on that motion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I >> against same sign. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach, Mr. Broyals. Moving on to new business 10A. This is a
resolution authorization approving special appropriate appropriations for the Memorial Parks skate park. And this is James Cranvic, community development director. >> Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. President. So, a 2025 bonding bill allocated $750,000 towards the construction of a
skate park in Memorial Park. Skatepark Association has now raised $119,248 through local donations and events for the construction of a 15,000qt skate park and will continue fundraising until the project begins in order for distribution of the $750,000 in
allocated funds in the bonding bill. The park board um had to authorize the middle of the application to deed and city council must pass the attached resolution. Park board at the last meeting did approve the application. Uh the grant is reimburseable once per calendar month. funds would be
transferred from the skatepark to uh skate park association to the city if approved tonight. And with that, staff recommend a motion to the approve the attached resolution. >> Thank you, Mr. Crown. Does anybody have questions for staff? Mr. Chzach. >> Yeah. Um James, what is reimburseable
once per calendar month? Exactly. >> So, um I believe how it would work if there's a a pre a dollar amount listed in the grant agreement. Um at that point uh staff could initiate a reimburseable fund. So we the city has to spend the
money first um for construction fees for that month and then we'd be allowed as a city to reimburse ourselves um from that grant allocation once per calendar month. >> Okay. Thank you. That's all I have. >> Essentially it makes sure that those funds are spent appropriately. Right.
>> Correct. >> Mr. Beaven, >> two things. One, microphone. Oh, thank you. Two two things. One is is there any city input financially in this outside of the land for
>> just the land and the facility at Memorial Park. >> Okay. All right. Which is certainly a park board thing to approve or not. We just approved their budget. And then I asked in an email how much we spent on the last skate park that got destroyed.
>> And I did BCC city council to that. Um, from what we could find, um, 1998, uh, minutes from city council that appear to be $20,000. >> Okay. And the very last question is, who would make sure this one doesn't get destroyed? >> So, certainly that um came up with
ongoing maintenance. Uh, there was kind of a maintenance plan in here. I know one of the first questions I asked, would they be using any type of um wood wood products for any of their ramps or anything? This is um supposed to be a fully concrete um skate park. So certainly that will uh mitigate some
future maintenance on here. Um but I believe some lighting as well as security lighting. Um we've talked about cameras as well to to help minimize um vandalism as well. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> How concrete is this narrative and grant
application? Because like I'm seeing that it's saying that this facility would be open year round. So, is that putting us on the Are we gonna have to be removing snow and thawing out ice and making sure the skate park is safe in January? >> It's not. Uh, that was written by the
skatepark association certainly in our name. >> Yeah, we could remove that. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's concerning that we have random people writing grant requests for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the city of Brainard's name. I I'm not very happy. I'm going to I'm
going to support this, but I'm not very happy and I don't really agree with a lot of the things that are said here, especially being open year round. But as long as that's not in concrete as as it were. >> Well, well, the parkwork has approved this. Yes.
>> That's correct. >> So, I presume the park board then takes responsibility for January in at the skate park. Yes. Yes. I mean, they do at the they do at the at Gregory Park across the street from my house when we flooded. There's park
board people doing it all working there all the time, every day. So, I'm presuming they're accepting the responsibility, unlike Gustoson Park, but in this particular case, they're accepting the responsibility of a 365 skate park and all that comes with it,
including what Mr. Johnson just said and all the vandalism that happened at the last time at the last skate park and the cost to the city. So I'm just I just want to confirm that. >> That's correct. Yeah, they are aware of
the maintenance. >> Okay. So just just so to be clear, we don't have our uh current park board leaison here, but we do have our former park board leaison that probably knows a lot about the discussions that have happened about this. What is the plan in the winter? Is there going to be a fence
around this that gets locked or is it going to be wide open? What is the plan? >> I don't believe there's going to be a fence around it. Um skate parks typically aren't open during the winter time. More like spring, summer, fall. So 365 would most likely um not occur, but
uh don't believe that there's going to be a fence around it. >> Okay. I mean, there there are plenty of winter days where we don't have any snow on the ground, especially the last few few winters. So it could still be usable. I'm just wondering if it's a also a a snowboarding train park certain
days of the winter. >> Mr. We don't have a motion yet, do we? >> No. >> No. >> Could we and I don't know there looks like there is somebody representing the skate park or I'm not sure. Is there Would you entertain that question or is that I'm not sure?
>> Yeah, absolutely. We have somebody here. >> Sure. Hi, I'm Paul Forsley of City of Skates. Uh we are a nonprofit organization that's been advocating for public skate parks throughout the state and we are the ones that initiated this grant program. Um to your questions
about winter skateboarding. Um I mean maybe put it in the frame of your basketball courts, right? The park system doesn't maintain your basketball courts through the winter, but if you have mild wet waters would be welcome to use the facility if it's not covered in ice and snow. Uh I
don't know of any facility in in the state of Minnesota that maintains an outdoor facility through the winter. Um so I I would not recommend you do that. Um and I think you treat it just like you would any other recreational field. Um you know, baseball, basketball,
tennis, if the weather's cooperative and they can skate it, they'll skate it. But if it's not cooperative, it's covered in snow, you're not maintaining it. Does that add up? >> It does. Yeah. It's more of a a common sense type of answer, which is is what I was leaning towards. So, thank you for
that. Um, I do just want to say this this group has raised an impressive amount of money and it's it's great to see it. I know a lot of people have been working there's been generations of people that have been working towards this goal since before 1998 and even
after that park eventually got torn out of the park. Um, but it's great to see where it's at now. The renderings that I've seen are very impressive and and they're going to bring skaters from miles around. So, I'm excited for it. If this gets pushed
through, but right now we are uh unless there's any more questions for staff, we're looking for that motion. >> I would move to approve. Mr. Chair, Mr. President, >> moving the approval of the attached resolution. >> Yep. >> Okay. We have a motion by chairman,
second by Bevans. Any discussion on that motion, Mr. Johnson? >> I'll I support it. I absolutely think we should have a skate park in town, but I will just restate to staff, to every department, head and to any random member of the public who might be leading people through this. You can't apply for a grant in the city of
Brainard's name without the approval of the city of Brainard. It's wholly inappropriate and I it upsets me to see it happening. And we're trying to get our commissions and committees within the city to even follow that policy. I don't know how we can get random
citizens, but we need to somehow do that. We can't be rewarding people for just claiming they own all of our bathrooms and improvements we've made at Memorial Park. That's just inappropriate to the highest level. But I I support the motion because I do want a skate park.
>> Thank you, Chairman Johnson. Mr. Beavens, >> thank you, Mr. Chair. I agree with what Chairman Johnson said and I would add to the point that I'm a little bit hesitant on the no contribution by the city. I heard that on the uh water fountain
thing and it ended up costing us 100 grand and I heard it 250 times that it was going to cost us nothing. We were going to raise all the money ourselves and we didn't. And I'd be a little hesitant on this one being that they're a little short on their estimated budget and what they have raised. Commend them
for raising as you did, but hope they have continued success to raise the rest of the money so it doesn't fall on the taxpayers. >> Thank you, Mr. Beavens. Any further discussion on that motion?
>> Tony, please call the role. >> Chaz, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Stunn, >> yes. Erikson, >> yes. >> Evans, >> I >> ODay, >> yes. >> That resolution carries. >> All right, moving on to 10B. This is an interim use permit for short-term rental
at 1526 14th Avenue Northeast. And this is uh James Cranic. Take it away. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh so, Katherine Pinky on behalf of Star Oak Properties LLC has applied for an interim use permit to operate a short-term rental at 1526 14th Avenue Northeast. The planning
commission considered this request and held a public hearing at their May 20th meeting. Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the IUP as presented with the following conditions. The interim use permit for a short-term rental at 1526 14th Avenue Northeast terminates one year after approval. That's because this is a new one. The
interim use permit shall terminate upon sale or transfer of the property. Occupancy of the short-term rental shall not exceed 10. All outdoor lighting fixtures shall meet the standards of section 515-4-8. All watercraft docked in the lake at the property shall be within the boundaries
of 1526 14th Avenue Northeast. Overnight guest vehicles and trailers must be parked in the driveway. Two additional vehicles may be parked on the street for daytime guests. Submission of the lodging tax report on a monthly basis to the finance department and the applicant must update the noise policy in the house rules to align with city code
prior to occupancy. And I can answer any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Kramvic. Does anybody have questions? Jonathan, >> do our short-term IUPs for short-term rentals have an expiration date on them currently or is it just >> They all do have expiration dates on
them. Um, typically a new one would be for a max of one year and renewals can be up for two years. >> Okay, thank you. >> Any further questions for staff? Chazat. >> Um, yes. when neighbors per uh say have concerns about what is going on at one
of these locations um and it gets reported to the city and it's found the city then determines there has been a violation does that is there a record kept then and so that when they come for renewal or can I know the IUP can be pulled if it's gets bad but does that reviewed at the time of renewal of an
IUP usually >> it would be um staff would make anybody aware if we had received anything within the community development department. >> Um, and the reason I asked is cuz I I hate I I'm not sure which of is this for the one year? I forget.
>> This is for the one year. This is the new one. >> I believe it was [clears throat] this one. I got some calls and the apparently the owner of this was telling people he wants the neighbors to call him directly if they have concerns. And I I would recommend then if there are concerns that they would call the city so that
gets on record for any renewals. Would that be a fair way to put that? You think >> that would be? >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Cranic. That's all I have, Mr. OD. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. And I I think it's fair for the the owner to request that call, too. But yeah, I think our our city staff should be aware of those
calls uh one way or another. But I think if they do call the owner and they're upfront with them, they can probably take care of the any problems a little quicker if the owner wants to take that responsibility, too. So, but thank you, Mr. Chzac. Any further questions for staff?
If not, we're looking for a motion on a approval. >> So moved >> with those with those conditions. >> Motion by Bevven. Second by Stunic. >> Mr. Chair. Mr. Beaven. >> This one also has NA for the financial impact and and there is an impact on
this. There's a license fee. >> And what is the license fee, Connie or James? um just the rental license and then the IUP application >> and the dollar figure >> rental licenses would typically be $50.
Um that's for any rental. >> Okay. It just says NA. >> Yeah. >> Details $50. M >> Mr. President, >> Mr. Jazz >> I I think the presumption of financial impact and and this is what I was
mentioning about the other item I brought up earlier was it's usually a cost to the city financial impact >> and and I think if we're going to have financial impact we should show both sides what's the revenue if there is any and what's the expense to the city if any but
>> like a plus minus column. >> There you go. >> There we go. >> There you go. >> You can format that. >> Thank you. Any further uh discussion on this motion? This I believe is just a regular vote. All right, let's go to a vote. All those
in favor say I. >> I. Against. Same sign. >> I. >> That motion carries. >> 51. Moving on to 10 C. This is an interim use permit for a short-term rental at 11231 15th Avenue Northeast. Again,
community development director James Krabbit. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh Jerry Lumen has applied for the renewal of an interimm use permit to operate a short-term rental at 1123 15th Avenue Northeast. Planning Commission considered this request and held a public hearing at their May 20th meeting. Planning Commission unanimously
recommended approval of the variance request with the following conditions. The interimm use permit shall terminate two years after approval. The interimm use permit shall terminate upon sale or transfer of the property. Occupancy of the short-term rental shall not exceed nine. All outdoor lighting fixtures shall meet the standards of section
515-4-8 of the outdoor lighting code. All watercraft docked in the lake at the property shall be within the boundaries of 1123 15th Avenue Northeast. Overnight guest vehicles and trailers must be parked in the driveway. Two additional vehicles may be parked on the street for daytime guests. Submission of the
lodging tax report on a monthly basis to the finance department. And I can answer any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Cranic. Anybody have questions for Mr. Kramvic or staff? Not as many questions on this one. If there are no questions, we are
looking for approval of those conditions. >> Second. >> Motion by Bevans, second by Stunic. Any discussion on the motion? >> Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I. Against. Same sign. >> Motion carries.
Moving on to 10D. This is a first reading of ordinance 1603 for the Shoreland Overlay District. again, community development director James Krabbit. >> Thank you, Mr. President. So, a little over a year ago, the DNR sent a letter to the city requiring an update to its Shorland ordinance to meet state statute. City had not updated the
ordinance in over 20 years. Uh staff modeled the ordinance after Crowing County Shorland ordinance as they have recently updated their regulations. Staff believe it was a good ordinance to begin work from. Planning Commission has worked on the ordinance over seven uh several months particularly particularly
negotiating impervious surface increases as well as reduce lot wis and lot sizes for non-riparian sewer lots uh while also conceding to higher standards in other areas primarily natural shoreline buffers if you go over a certain imperous surface percentage. Uh DNR
conditional approval letter listing the proposed deviations and higher standards is attached to the agenda item. Uh so with that staff recommend a motion to conduct the first reading of proposed ordinance 1603 and dispense with the actual reading. Note a motion to dispense with the actual reading must be unanimous.
>> Thank you Mr. Kravik. Anybody have questions? >> Chzac. >> Yes. Um Mr. Cranvic, how do you negotiate impervious surface? >> So there are certain things that are up for negotiation with the DNR. That's something I learned through this process. Um and there's certain things
uh the use table for instance we tried to negotiate and that was just kind of a hard no. something we can't. Um so impervious surface next to um the water may have been something that would have been tough to negotiate. Um but we negotiated impervious surface increases
for non um lakeside uh properties and ones that are sewer. So have curb and gutter um and our sewer properties. So they were open to that. Uh realizing that we have a lot of existing development in Brainard >> and and so um curb gutter the the water
and sewer services that does help then what is it does? >> Okay. Um and then of course there's imperous surface and then the lot size. Um how do you negotiate that? Same reason. >> Same reason. Yeah. Because they're um
non- riparian so they're not on the lake. And then they're also sewered lots as well. And this affects a thousand feet from the shoreline >> for for um yes for any lake it'd be 1,000 feet and then there's certain setback standards depending on what type of of lake it is whether it's general
development recreational development and and so on but it is uh the shorland district is 1,000 feet for lakes and then different for rivers. >> Okay. Do you know what it is for rivers? >> Uh 300 feet I believe. >> Okay. Thank you. That's all I have. Mr. President, what about for creeks?
If if it's a um tributary stream um so like Little Buffalo Creek, it also be 300 feet. It would be the Shorland district. >> Okay. >> Then it was already that way. >> It was already that way. >> Okay. [laughter] Just wondering
any further questions for staff. >> Seeing none, we are looking for a motion to conduct the first reading. >> Uh proposed ordinance 16003 and dispense with the actual reading. Motion by Bevans, second by Chzac. >> Stunn. >> Stunn. >> Chzac.
>> Jeff can have it. >> Go ahead and give it to Jeff. >> I don't want him to feel bad. [laughter] >> Any discussion on the motion? No discussion on creeks or anything like that. Okay. All right. Let's go to a vote then. All
those in favor say I. I. Against. Same sign. >> That motion carries. >> All right. Moving on to 10E. Ordinance 1604, reszoning the future land use map amendment, conditional use
permits, requests, and variance request for a 50-unit multif family apartment on Right Street. Again, this is community development director James Kremik. >> Thank you, Mr. President. So, Central Minnesota Housing Partnership and the Brainer H have applied for land use permits to construct a 50-unit multif
family apartment building at 10320 Right Street. Planning Commission considered these requests and held a public hearing at their May 20th meeting. Uh, Commissioners Duval, Gusoula, and Kramer uh recused themselves from the voting due to potential conflicts of interest. The remaining commission members
unanimously recommended denial of all applications and provided some of the following findings and comments. Uh, they are as follows. It will take away from future limits on what type of businesses can build there. Property is zoned industrial to create industrial uses with jobs, manufacturing, etc.
Housing is constructed in the industrial area. It will create issues later. Future applicants for other parcels will then be required to perform sound study as well as any existing businesses that may want to expand. We would be creating zoning and use conflicts by approving
this. This indeed is spot zoning. This is an industrial area with barbwire fencing and industrial noise. There's no place for families or children to walk or play outdoors. It would mock the future land use map if approved. The nearby crypto mining facility creates a constant hum and it is in the right spot
to do so. Uh so with that, the planning commission recommends a motion to deny the reszoning, the future land use amendment, conditional use permit request for a multif family apartment to exceed the lot size and lot width in the CN2 district and the variance request to not meet the off street parking requirements based on the comments and
findings provided by the planning commission. Uh if city council denies the land use request, staff will prepare a resolution with findings in the next meeting. Uh staff did also provide an optional motion for city council if you'd like to move forward with the project and I can answer any questions.
>> Thank you, Mr. Cranic. Does anybody have questions? >> Um Mr. President, >> Mr. Trez, >> I have questions, but I don't think they're for Mr. Kravik. Is anybody here from the H? Is Mr. Sharper? >> Sharper is here. Yep. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Can you help me there? Eric, I I got
um so there was a I think uh approval by the board, the H board to to pursue uh uh do the surveying. Was that ever completed? >> The the survey was completed. That's correct. >> And what was the cost of that? Do you
remember approximately? >> So I don't have the invoice of that. We put down money towards the or to the city of Brainard along with CHP to complete that work. >> Okay. Okay. And then there was uh um we had to find out the the value of that
property, the assessed value. Do we know what that came to be for the 5 and a half acres? >> So the appraisal has not come back yet. >> Is it an appraisal or is it >> correct? It is an appraisal. >> Okay. Because it wasn't identified as an appraisal. It was called a That's okay.
Um so if this does get appraised, it it has a value of far more than $1 an acre. And then I understand this will then help the developer with um the the application for the grant I believe to the state which gives them gives them points and that those points would be
attributed um to the developer as a method of uh perhaps uh getting a better uh look at by the state to give the money and also to improve their chances. Is that kind of a fair way to put that maybe? >> Yes, that's accurate.
>> Okay. Um, and was there a plan if this did go forward or does go forward and you apply for that uh grant? I know you want to be a partnership, the HRE is looking at being a partner with this development. Would there be some sort of tradeoff based on that assessed value
then uh being considered by the developer and HA to uh come back with a higher percentage of um partnership as opposed to just the dollars that were going to be contributed by the H and plus the cost of these other things.
>> Yeah. So I guess best way to answer that uh Councilman Chzach is you know we have not hammered out all the details of what a partnership agreement would be to this point yet. >> Okay. uh the general discussions and and I know executive director Hemsh from CHP
is online as well um to answer any questions that you may have but you know it looked like the partnership was going to be right around that 51% CHP 49% Brainer HR is what we were preliminarily talking about uh and so hopefully that can answer your question
>> okay and then I and I I did watch the HA April meeting and you said you would come back in May with a PDA and that never happened or did it and I missed it? >> No, it did not because we are not uh based off of what we saw here with the planning commission. Uh it did not make
sense for us to preliminarily go to uh the full PDA at this point knowing that if council does not choose to go forward uh that PDA would be null at this point. Well, had you come back to the uh HA board, that meeting was on the
28th and the planning didn't approve their uh give this direction until the 20th. Uh were you be able would you have done that PDA in that 8 day time period? >> We have been in communication with Sophia Ley through the city of Brainard to draft that PDA and we're just kind of
on hold at this point knowing kind of where we're at with with the planning commission. >> Okay. So then if the uh council approves this tonight, you're going to have to rush that PDA to the H board. >> So the the calendar that we had laid out, we knew that it was tight calendar.
Uh the intent was to have the PDA if this were to get approved to be in front of I believe council at your next meeting and then for the Brainer Day at their June meeting to review both of them uh at that point. >> Okay. I think I might have one more if you let me, Mr. President.
>> Yep. The floor is yours. >> That's all I have. Thank you. So, thank you, Mr. Sharpen. Appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach, Mr. Sharper. Anybody else have questions for staff? Okay. If there are no further questions, we are looking for a motion. Staff is
recommending to deny the resoning uh based on the future uh land use map amendment conditional use permit request for a multifamily apartment [snorts] and to exceed the lot size lot width in the
CN2 district and the variance request to not [snorts] meet the off- streetet parking requirements based on the com comments and findings provided by the planning commission. So move >> second. Motion by Ericson, second by Bevans. Any discussion on that motion?
>> I'll just say I think the planning commission did get this right. I wasn't sure which way it would go. I was there at the initial meeting with the EDA and there was some that were very much so in favor of this and some that were kind of
on on the fence on it. Um, but I do think it is spot zoning. If we had another chunk of property that wasn't in this uh industrial zone and exactly where it is, I think it would work a lot better. So,
if we can identify somewhere else where we can put this, I think it's worth revisiting again. Any further discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I >> I against same sign. That motion
carries. >> All right. Next up, we have 10F. This is uh direction requested for a referendum on the YMCA. And I believe the presenter listed on this one is Jeff Chzac.
>> Yes. >> You want Mr. Broilles to start this? And then >> Yeah, go ahead. Nick had the agenda request. So, >> my pleasure. Thank you, Mr. President. As the council is well aware, the YMCA is um considering they're thinking about a community pool project. They've asked the city for $4 million. Um the city
would have to issue debt if they wanted to contribute that 4 million. At the April 6th meeting, our municipal advisor did provide some funding options and the staff presented some debt service costs and also some estimated levy impacts at that meeting. The motion coming out of that meeting was for staff to take no
action and to continue to work with the YMCA. wanted to bring this back before council today. Obviously, an option would be to take this to the voters. If this is going to be a referendum question, if that's something that the council desires, we would have to have language due to the county by August
11th. So, my question for the council tonight is, would you like to direct staff to work with our city attorney to draft a referendum question um for the November election? And then if Councilman Chzock has anything. >> Thank you, Mr. Broyals. Mr. Chzock. Yeah, I I didn't um I didn't know what
the council was going to do on this. I mean, it was um it looked as if um there may be support. Um I know I think two of us were outspoken on uh were against it and um I I I was I I'm not in favor of
it. I would uh kind of like uh let's uh if you're if you're if the council is willing to do something, let's uh either vote it up or down or let's leave it up to the people. uh we have a deadline to get this done and if it comes back say at our next meeting we may not agree on
the language. So we're just waiting for another meeting and if we keep doing that who knows what can happen. So um that's why I asked to have it on the agenda to see if the council's interested in putting it on the ballot and then coming back with language and and then of course a dollar amount. I
know they're asking for four. I guess we could put on there whatever we want. Sky's the limit, right? You know. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Chazak. >> Any other discussion? >> I I Yeah, I I kind of understand what
Mr. Chzac is doing here and I kind of appreciate it. I mean, you can't can't beat whatever the voters say on this. My only concern would be voting on it tonight rather than two weeks. And I can't recall when I asked Shane Riffle
from the Y if there was a timeliness. And the reason I asked that was I was thinking referendum. >> Mhm. >> But that doesn't happen until November. And I think there was a timeliness. >> I believe if I remember correctly, you did ask him or one of us asked him and he said by the end of the year if I
remember correctly. Is that >> Mr. President? >> My Hold on please. My point is if we held off two weeks, gave him a chance to reanswer that or re-evaluate that question, still gives us plenty of time by August 11th. And so I I just think in
fairness because I we're all trying to remember what his answer was to reask the question with plenty of time to still make the August 11th deadline. I I think I would support having staff draw the question up so we could see it
at [clears throat] the second meeting in June, but I would be hesitant to sub to to to approve the referendum without rehearing the answer or specifically clarifying the answer to that question. I actually think it's a good motion. I
mean, a good idea that Jeff came up with, but I'd like to hold off two weeks. So, if I had to vote on it tonight, I would I would probably say no just just to give Shane a chance to to answer that again. >> Thank you, Mr. Beavens. >> Mr. Mayor.
>> Yeah, I was just going to say I I actually took this the opposite. I didn't I took this as we wouldn't be approving moving forward with the referendum but moving having staff come back with language for the referendum which I think is a good idea because it signifies to the public as well that this is a direction that we may be
heading in and then the public can actually speak out as well. There may be people in the public that are wildly for or against this and it's probably in our best interest to hear them as well come speak on whether or not those are issues. Um, but I I I didn't I didn't read this as approving it as the
referendum myself. >> Gotcha. If you read it, it does say drafting the referendum. So, >> that's the word I was focusing on, but I wasn't going to read it for you. >> Yep. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, Mr. Chzach, do you have another comment? >> Yeah, I I guess um I'm I'm not qu when
when Kelly read that just now drafting. I I missed that. I I'm just looking for staff to come back with proposed language. That's it. >> Yep. and then we can shoot that up or down um >> or change it >> or or whatever. And and that's why I said that's why I wanted to get it done off dead center now. So if there are
changes, it comes back in the meeting in July and then if there was other changes and then and then again, Mr. Ripple, Riffle will have two weeks to come back to us and get something on our agenda if he wants to discuss it. Uh the deadline was tax credits, Kelly, if I'm not
mistaken. He had a deadline to get things submitted to get some sort of >> I I think you're right. >> Yeah. I just don't remember what it was, Jeff. >> Yeah, that's what it was. But and I don't think uh and if we do that was where he wanted the council to say, you know, approve the four million and then
we can apply for these tax credits. That's what I got out of that, but I could be wrong. I that's what my memory tells me. I don't I bet you Connie knows. [laughter] >> She says no. >> No, >> we could look it up. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach.
Any further discussion, questions for staff? All right. Well, if not, then we're looking for a motion to direct staff to work with the city attorney and drafting a referendum question for discussion.
>> So, move second. >> Motion by Ericson, second by Bevans Johnson. >> I'll support the motion to draft the language. I think I think Councilman Chzach is is dead on it may take a handful of meetings to get the language hammered out. I think it's premature to decide to go to referendum. I think that
might be the the correct path to take at the end of the day, but I think that's a decision we make the first meeting in August. >> And I I stand by the last motion that I made that we want staff to continue working with the YMCA to figure out how these bond proceeds could be paid, what
type of benefits would be provided to the Brainer taxpayers who are taking on this debt and all of those unanswered questions. I still would like to get that figured out. while concurrently working on getting this language figured out if we decide to go in that direction. So, I support the motion.
>> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Yeah, there are definitely a lot of details to be hammered out before this would even be finalized or put on as a referendum or voted on one way or another. I would be open to having a public hearing on this if we if we decided to do so as well. >> Um,
>> I'm on vacation that day. >> You're not going to be here that day. Okay, Mr. Mr. Chz, >> I I would appreciate if that staff would come back with language that clearly indicates there will be a levy increase which will increase your property tax, likely increase your property tax. So,
we make sure people know what they're voting for. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chzac. Any further discussion on the motion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Against. Same sign.
>> That motion carries. And that does it for new business tonight. Moving on to staff reports. Tony Gage, >> Chief Holmes, >> nothing on the the new fireh hall. You want to tell us about it? >> The lack of firewall. >> It's a shell. >> It's looking really nice.
>> Yeah. So they're finishing up demolition this week'll start >> and operations currently out of Northeast right now. Working out okay? >> Yeah, they're working out good. Yep. So operating out oftheastvenue
and then we have trucks. >> All right. Excellent. >> Mr. President, >> Mr. Chz, >> yeah. May I ask the chief a question or maybe you could answer this? When did our fire chief become a construction manager? >> That's part of the underlying job.
>> Oh, you mean you used to do that, too? They used to do deconstruction during fire, but in this case, we're >> We haven't started construction yet. Yeah. [laughter] >> Anything else, Mr. Chz? >> Thank you, Chief. >> Thanks, Chief. Chief >> Rundy report.
>> Thanks, Chief. Max Hennon, anything going on at CLC? >> Looks like we got somebody from Lakeland News. You want to update us on anything? [laughter] Teresa, >> I know you got some nothing today again. Okay, that's fine. Connie Hillman, finance
>> do um filings for city offices close tomorrow, June 2nd at 5:00 pm and currently we have no candidates who have filed for ward two or ward four, excuse me, ward four. >> Thank you, Connie. >> Eric Sharper, H. >> Nothing further tonight. Thank you.
>> Thank you, James Cranic. >> Thank you. I have a few items tonight. Uh so I can say with certainty that the uh annexation agreement uh proposed annexation agreement for Riverside Drive will be on the next meeting with options for city council to consider. Uh also the um dermatology clinic on uh in our
industrial park did uh the property did close last week and uh a building permit was issued today for that project. So that should be underway very soon. So excited uh excited for that project. And then finally, at the next EDA meeting, which is this upcoming Thursday, uh the
EDA will be considering a proposed development for the city hall parking lot, which has been uh for sale for a number of years for a multi- family apartment. Then city council will review the proposed development at the next city council meeting. >> Thank you, Mr. Cranic. Attorney Langel,
>> here. Thank you, >> Britney. Come. >> Yes, I have. We do have something. Um, I have an update on our life insurance plan. So, per state statute, we must go out to RFP every 5 years. Um, I've been working with Bill Demer with
um, Integrity Benefits and we will begin the RFP process beginning on June 9th and it will close on June 30th. So, I will have more information at the July meeting. >> Thank you. >> That's all. Thank you. >> It's like she's been doing that all her life. >> Very good at it.
>> Sandy BU or public works. I'm sorry. new to this above >> everything at this moment. [laughter] >> I'll just give a quick update to the council on all the active construction projects going on in town right now. Um the final lift of pavement on Beach Street was placed last week. We're just working through some punch list items on
that road project. Um South 10th Street, the project that is uh was held over from last year that is under very active construction right now. Um the water man should be completely finished by uh this week. We're hoping um all the final connections are made um with a little bit of work probably legging into next
week. From there they will start rebuilding the road curb and gutter. Um right now the current schedule has them finishing that project in early August. Um they do seem to be um either right on or ahead of schedule um on that project. Um so we're hoping continued progress
out there and the weather to cooperate. Um our South [clears throat] Brainer resurfacing project that opened bids here a couple weeks ago. Uh the contractor Knife River does plan on starting that project this week. Um that's resurfacing on uh Graden Avenue, uh Hillrest,
um Spruce Drive, Delmare Drive, Delmare Circle, uh Pine Street. Um that'll be a pretty quick turnaround project. Um the hope is to have that uh completed before the 4th of July. Um the Highway 210 project is uh moving along pretty well.
Um they're going to start a utility installation here later this week with sanitary sewer by Nelson Dorne Funeral Home and a couple of water main crossings on that end of town. Um we continue to um work on or start development of our 2027 street project.
Um the BPU Commission did review the updated 10-year capital improvement plan. Um and we will be um presenting that to the council here um once we uh hopefully get um our new city engineer, Jennifer Schuman, onboarded and we can kind of get her up to speed on the
tenure capital plan. Um bring that to council uh before that September 1st timeline. Um but everything uh this summer here seems to be going really well. The weather's been cooperating and all the contractors are making good progress. Uh the last one is Ronald Joseph Alley. There was curb and gutter
going in there last week and finishing up this week. uh that should be hopefully wrapping up here uh by the end of June. And so it'll be maybe uh besides Highway 210, a lot of our local street reconstruction reservicing projects should be kind of wrapping up here uh hopefully before the fall. So
it's all going very well. >> Yeah. >> Questiony Johnson. >> Yeah. You said the South Brainard project will be done by the 4th of July. Is that the 4th of July 2026? >> Yep. >> That's impressive. >> Mr. I also have a question for for Mr.
Do it all. The gut curbon gutter on the alley. I had a a person who lives on that alley ask about that. Why is that the only alley in the city that has curbon gutter? >> That was put in there for drainage. Um and so that alley has so much topography
in it that it's hard to get water to go where it needs to go. And so the curbing gutter helps the water get out of the alley and out to the adjacent streets. And so, um, and it is, you know, really the residents that live on the west side of that alley, it is really their only
street frontage, um, that they use on a daily basis to park. It provides for better driveway access. Um, and so it's certainly, um, it's kind of a combination of drainage, um, needed for drainage, and two, um, providing those residents with an actual kind of street
surface rather than a typical what an alley would look like. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Sandy. And what what was the start date for the new engineer? >> That is not determined yet. I think pre-employment background before she gives her notice to her current employment. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> July 4th. >> Yeah. All right. I don't think we have anybody online today. Do we Max? Okay. Next up, we have administrator Broyals. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to mention on behalf actually of Councilman Jerger as the airport liaison. I think if he were here, he
would give this update. Um there's been some members of staff, the two administrators, the two finance directors from the city and the county. So the two administrators, the two finance directors, the attorneys, also Kevin Joerger and Steve Barrows. We've been meeting uh on a few different occasions. Um we are intending on
bringing a draft ordinance before council at the next meeting. Um that will essentially um among other things it will talk about where the levy distribution will come from, what portions will come from the county, what will come from the city. Um
it will be uh some proposed language that talks about the makeup of the airport commission and what the constituent parts are from the city and the county. Um but that will be coming before the council here in a couple weeks. And other than that, I enjoyed my vacation last week. We are still
actively recruiting for the public services director. Um we've got we went through the first round, made an offer, we couldn't come to an agreement. We've got a couple we've gotten five more applicants just in the last week and a couple of them looking really really
good. So optimistic about that and uh hoping to uh conduct some interviews here shortly. Other than that, that's all I have. >> Thank you, Mr. Broyals. Next up, we have the honorable Mayor Bedau again. Oh, honorable times two. Uh, follow up with
with Paul's conversation about 210. I had an opportunity to work with the chambers staff over there um on the campaign they have going to keep people informed as to what's going on and during this process. I will say that uh
made a small request of Mandot uh to just be give us a brief update on on like Wednesdays or sometime in the middle of the week. Just a brief update. Two sentences would be fine with me. Detour same for the weekend so that when you get a question or the chief gets a question or anybody gets a question
about if there's changes to the traffic, we just have a basic response without having to come back to staff and do a bunch of leg work. Are we changing things? Are we keeping them the same for the weekend? It'd be nice. So, um, extend that out verbally right now. It'd be a nice little literally two
sentences, two words would be fine. Detour same works for me. Please uh >> detour different works for me as well. Just anything anything would be great.
Following up with the road construction, I had the opportunity to attend the Snowd event on uh South 10th Street. A little bit of a water issue. I want to thank staff for taking care of that or working with the construction company to take care of that. They were without water and we're hosting an event that
night. I want to thank everyone for getting that done. I don't know if I would have got pulled pork without it. So, I want to thank you for that. Uh, thank you to the Snowios. It's a group that you forget about. We've got a trail that comes through town and they're the group that does the grooming of that trail and I really want to thank them.
They got a nice little setup over there. I want to thank them for inviting me. And also want to apologize to the construction crew working on South Tenth. If you saw a little black rig with a whole family of people just come barreling through your road construction process as though they own the place. It
was me and I don't read signs. So just apologize for that. And then lastly, >> we were going to get over. >> You know what? I hear you over there, Stunic. I got tissues. You want some tissues? Cuz you're probably going to need them when you start talking.
I want to thank the people of Piers. My son is a baseball player in during the summer in Minnesota. We have a thing called town ball and it's a great great uh event that happens throughout the entire state. Little communities get
together and they play baseball. My son last year played for St. Matias because for some reason Brainer does not have a town ball team. So, where I'm going with this is a challenge to the the citizens and and the alumni of Brainard. It's time to get a town ball team back in Brainard. But I want to thank the city
of Piers because my son played for St. Matias last year. His coach in college plays for St. Matias. So, he cannot play for them. So, he had to go to Piers. And I will say this about Piers, they do baseball, right? They have three or four
teams and we were there. The radio, they're on the radio. town balls on the radio. There were, and this was my favorite, there were two old-timers that were sitting there. There was a game on Sunday and there was a game on Monday. My son pitched on Sunday. Wonderful. Kicked the crap out of the the other
Pierce team. Just knocked the snot out of them. On Monday, he was not pitching. They were struggling a little bit. But there were two guys that were sitting there, a couple old-timers, and they looked at each other and they said, "They don't got it today." And they just folded up their stuff and they left. Dang it, people. in the city of Briner,
we deserve to have those old-timers here waiting to watch baseball every single summer. And so I I don't know who I got to talk to, but we are going to get a town ball team here before my time in the city is done. So whether or not that's this year or next, we better get started. >> You don't got it tonight, Dave.
>> I don't got it tonight. Fold it up. You guys can start doing that. When D start talking, he doesn't got it tonight. Fold it up and just start walking out. >> End of report. >> Hold up. We still got a few reports left here. >> End of my report, Mr. Mayor, >> let's start with Stunic. >> Oh, I'm not I can't top that.
>> He pretty much said it all, didn't he? >> Yeah, he pretty much did. >> Call me in for that, too. >> Hey, Bevans, you're out, too. >> I'm out. >> These guys are pretty >> I'm with the old guys, >> Mr. Chzac. >> Um yeah, >> coolers down here. >> I um had the pleasure of having my first uh meeting with the um wonderful Briner
H board. Um it's fun fun committee. Um I'm looking forward to what comes next. And uh that's all I got. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. Chairman Ericson. >> Yeah. Just uh congratulations and uh welcome to Jennifer uh coming on board
and um as the liazison of the region 5 development commission. Region 5 has our transportation advisory committee similar to our own TAC and uh outgoing engineer Dean used to sit on that committee and so I'd ask Paul what the plan was going forward if that'll be Paul or Jennifer likely sitting on that
committee. So, I look forward to um letting the region five folks know that they'll be getting uh Jennifer Transportation Advisory Committee. >> Thank you, Chairman Ericson. >> Chairman Johnson, >> employees, the packets come out the Thursday before
the council meeting on Monday. Please stop resigning on Friday. Two meetings in a row we had to add an agenda item. Put your resignation in on Wednesday, please. >> What are you going to do? Fire them if they don't? just asking just as a favor. [laughter]
>> All right. Thank you, Chairman Johnson. I don't have much to add tonight. Um looking forward to the EDA meeting Thursday. Look forward to seeing what that plan is. Um to possibly put a apartment building right next to us here. So, we could be looking out at that window
building instead of >> somebody's home, >> a parking lot. Might be kind of nice. Uh, and I will say, uh, it's nice to see the way that these these streets projects are coming along this year. We had a a tough one last year and we did
have a lot more rain last year. So, as much as we all want a little bit of rain, hopefully it just comes at night and it keeps going smoothly. So, with that, looking for a motion to adjurnn. >> So, move second >> by Stunnick, second by Bevans. All those in favor say I.
>> I. Same sign. >> We're ajourned. Driver.