--------- We're we're live. We'll go ahead and get the meeting uh kicked off. This is the safety and public works committee meeting, Brainer City Council Chambers, 7 PM. And we have three items on our agenda. First of which is to approve a final
payment of improvement 2525 large patching project and uh public works director Habagor. Please. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to turn this over to Jesse and all the other ones. I have to go down to PNF and present. uh one topic. So Jesse,
thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh so staff has a recommendation to the council to accept final payment for the 2025 large patching project. Uh we've attached the original proposal, which was $4,9940. Uh in the invoice, Anderson Brothers was requesting an additional uh payment of
$4,000 from additional mix that they utilized on the project. Uh staff is not recommending uh the extra materials be uh granted I suppose. Uh so staff's recommendation is to just approve final payment in the original amount of
49,940. Uh but we do have both options on the uh agenda for you to consider. All right. Thank you very much. Any questions or comments regarding this item? Um I'd just like to thank staff. Um, I I
appreciate their recommendation. It's uh it's unfortunate that they didn't uh contact us because I think if everything was um done properly, they probably, at least in my opinion, we'd be recommending that they get paid that additional funds. So, uh I think we're
doing the right thing if the motion is to follow staff's direction, which I'm willing to make unless there's something else. I was just going to add a similar comment. I appreciate that staff kind of took this approach and I like the u I'd
be willing to support the uh option number one to approve the initial final award amount. Is there a s is there recommendation? I'll second. All right. There's a motion and a
second. Any further discussion hearing? None. Those in favor say I. I. I. And those opposed, same sign. Hearing none, of course. Motion carried. All right. Thank you very much. And then our second item, um, I'm flying blind
here. My phone's dead and I can't find the bookmark here, so I got to rely on the big screen here. All right. Thank you. So our second item to discuss sanitary sewer lining uh priority areas and engineer Dean.
Thank you Mr. Chair. So uh per the council request uh we prepared some priority areas where we'd like to see uh the capital item that was discussed at the last meeting uh for sanitary sewer lining. Uh so we we indicated a few different areas attached some maps for
reference. Um what it boils down to staff's recommending prioritizing uh using a combination of factors. Uh one primarily being age. Um but also uh what site constraints do we have? For instance, are they uh running underneath
a building where trenching would be uh not feasible? Uh and then also the condition via televising if we were able to get through there. Uh some are in poor enough condition that we're not even able to run the camera through them. Uh so we're not able to even evaluate some of those. Uh but the ones
that we are able to televise if they're in poor condition. Um those we're recommending would be higher up in the priority list. Um some of the areas that we're pointing out specifically um really focused again in the the oldest portions of town. So you have uh North
Briner uh northeast Brainer kind of south of East Street. Um I would say maybe even west of Mill. It stretches out depending on how old you're looking at. Um, south and southeast Brainer, kind of north of Quins, west of 19th Street. Um, so those
are the areas that are really the oldest in town. Um, if you if you pull it up on our GIS map and that that page that he's showing now, uh, that's the lines that we have listed in our mapping that are over a hundred years old. Um,
age isn't necessarily synonymous with poor condition. We do have some really good soils in areas of town. Uh so some of these 100-y old pipes are still flowing pretty well. Um sometimes they do start to show uh joint separation, tree rust getting into them. Uh so that
it's not just age of pipe. Sometimes you have to look a little bit further beyond that. We have 60-year-old pipe that's in terrible condition as compared to 100-y old pipe that's still flowing pretty generally. All right. Uh so that's why we recommend you using a combination of
factors. Uh when we look at this uh I know one line that was discussed somewhat recently as well as many times was the lining of the alleyway that runs between Paul Ronald and Joseph uh due to its depth uh as we're replacing the water mane. Uh we kind of indicated that
a trenchless method here was going to be more feasible than uh the deep digging that's would have been needed. U however it's generally flowing pretty well uh and it's not some of the oldest in town. Uh so while it's been discussed quite a bit, it wouldn't necessarily be uh one
that staff would put at the top of the priority list. Uh there are other ones that are in really poor condition that uh we would prioritize a little bit higher. Uh but ultimately uh staff's looking for a discussion on kind of what the council's thoughts are on areas and the way that we want to prioritize
sanitary sewer u mainlining. All right. Thank you, Jesse. comments or questions on staff's recommendation or the approach they've they've taken? Yeah, couple. Yeah, Councilman Chzik. So, when you talk about
lines that are collapsed, I guess, or unable to televise, you would consider those the worst lines? Not always. Um, sometimes there's a belly in the the pipe. Uh, so a little
bit of a sag in the pipe. That doesn't necessarily mean bad condition. It just means that it may be laid incorrectly or it's just settled over time. Uh that doesn't necessarily mean bad condition. It just means we can't tell. Um we could have a belly in a a 10-year-old line and just not be able to get the camera through it. So, uh it's not necessarily
that's shoots to the top, but it definitely adds uh puts our antennas up quite a bit, especially on an older line that we can't televise. If there's a reason we can't televise it, if it's debris or if it's just water. So when when that happens, how do you determine
what what to do with it? If you if you need if you are you telling me that in order to determine the condition, you pretty much have to televise it. That's the best method we have right now. Yep. Okay. So if you can't televise it and it's old and he said I think you said
something about under a structure that you wouldn't find a main under a structure, would you? There's many uh mains underneath structures, especially North Briner and kind of in the downtown area. We have a lot of mains that kind of run underneath garages and buildings and all sorts of things.
Okay. So, when you talk about a main, what size does a main end and you have a different I mean mains can be what 15 18 in, right? Correct. Six. The standard is eight nowadays. Uh they used to be installed as small as six. Uh so we do see 6 in in town. Uh pretty
typical for a residential area is eight, but they climb up from there. Okay. So then when we we're looking at the um the condition um would you would you say um worst is first that we'd want to look at first and then depending on I
get to not the age and all that. So the the the f different facets you indicated um if if we made a recommendation that you come back and that's what you're suggesting with a a more detailed approach and would you be able to also
include like uh cost an estimate on some of these and at what point in time I guess how much can we do at once in one year as opposed to uh if money weren't the um
the hurdle to get over. It's a lot of question. Yeah. Um I would say at at about $100,000 we're we're able to tackle about roughly four standard city blocks worth of length. Uh somewhere in that realm of 70
to $80,000 per foot. Okay. Sorry, 80 $80 per foot, not 80,000. So when we when we do that and you have the service lines tied into those, how does that weigh in with the property owners? Um
um I mean where again where does the property owners um costs come in with the sanitary sewer lines or isn't there any when it comes to the service line? They own the service line from the main um that is their responsibility. We do replace out to the right of way as part
of our reconstruction projects, but that's to prevent somebody that has to replace their sewer line from having to get into the new street. U but in general, the ownership is to the main uh when they come through and do a lining project, they do have a a mechanism to go through and cut out those service uh
service lines throughout. We we can't mandate that they replace their line though, can we? No, we can't. Um we can control the stuff within the rightway. Um but the stuff outside of it would be uh their requirement. Is there any way that if we were going
to do a project, we notify them um and then they is it up to them that to get an inspection to see what the condition is to see if they'd want to it would be advantageous for them to do it at a similar time, would it? We typically do that prior to reconstruction projects is uh we've been
in the practice, especially starting this year of indicating who our subcontractors are on projects. So that way if somebody has a concern on one of their service lines, this may be an advantageous time for them to look at getting that replaced since we have a contractor doing similar work. Okay. Um we don't necessarily have a way to
camera those laterals outside of a special service like we just did. Um but beyond that uh it becomes a little bit more challenging. We typically see uh somebody go through with a a smaller contractor in the area that just kind of runs like a push camera through there. U
and they they camera their line that way. So, when when I looked this over, if I could, Mr. Chair, um I I mean, you gave us a lot of good information. Um and and I think uh I mean, if I had my brothers, I'd just assume you guys come
back, follow the recommendation, see what's uh in most need, you know, associated cost, you know, give a plan, maybe if you can do a three, five years out at the very least to see where we can go with this. Um, I mean, if we wanted to do additional funding, could
you be able to give us something on a rate increase to to get that additional money? Is that something you could come back with as well to see what we'd need to do? So, we can look into these priority areas and find a handful of ones to fill up the next three three to five years um
to evaluate every stick of pipe that we have in the ground um and rank them all top to bottom. that would be a little bit more of a a staff effort to pull together and then we can prioritize that way. Uh so we we can get a pretty good idea just because the areas that we do
know are issues u for the next three to five years without putting a a heavy staff left into it. Okay. Thank you. That's all I have for now, Mr. Chair. Sounds good. Um I Well, I just wanted to comment too and I I like how staff you
laid this out um to kind of the last point you made. you know, you could come with a list of prioritized areas, streets that, you know, with the sewers that that need to be replaced. Um, but given based on this criteria, you know,
you could have one that something unforeseen happens and then now that's not your top priority, then we have to justify why we're pulling that one up. So, I kind of like how you've put together more of a criteria uh versus a list of projects to to to check down. uh that way when we really
have some flexibility that we're executing a criteria um evenly and we're able to respond to different you know conditions as they you know age or you know age kind of faster. So, uh, comment there if I can just tie into that. Um, that's kind of why we we recommend the
combination because if there's any that are like accessible within an alleyway that we can get down and repair even though it might be in poor condition, uh, it may not be something that we would want to prioritize over an area that's maybe not quite as in poor condition, but runs underneath the
garage. So, if there's a collapse, you know, there's nothing that we're going to be able to do uh to replace it without getting underneath the structure. Um, so being able to have that flexibility to just because one's in more poor condition, um, the one next
door could be more of a priority for lining depending on if our maintenance would even be able to touch it if something there to happen. Thank you. So, this one is of course just a discussion item. So, um, do you feel
like you have enough direction from the discussion we've had to kind of continue moving forward? I don't know that we need a motion. I do. I'll make one. Yeah. We bring to council a recommendation that staff comes back with a uh uh a more of a plan um include
funding potential if if it's uh something they can look at. I know you said that we can handle it, but uh yeah, my motion would be to uh request staff to come back with a uh I forget what your recommend. Could you read your recommendation to me real quick?
I've got it here. Um the discussion on the areas and prioritization of the sanitary sewer main lining program. That's the recommendation. They have a staff. Right. Yes, sir. Mr. Chair, uh we were looking for direction from the council at this
point of how you wanted us to prioritize and if you agreed with the areas that we were uh looking at kind of top of mind. We can refine a a more substantial list for the next three to five years if that's what the council wants us to do. Okay. to to to what I'm getting at is I
would rather staff come back with a recommendation how to proceed uh in following what their um criteria is in in the best way they see fit and then give us that recommendation. That would be my motion to come bring the council
essentially following the staff's recommendation here and I'll second that. Um and then of course motion second to further discussion then and I think that's a logical progression though you know staff's given their recommendation of looking for additional discussion about
um the criteria they've put together um your motion kind of gives them a little bit more um more direction than even what they're asking for. So u we'll put it to a vote. Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed same sign and motion carried.
Can I ask a quick question on that? Yeah, you bet. So, Jesse, um, with with the motion is is that are you guys I mean, I'd rather you guys determine the um the the uh um the different um elements
and decide what you think is best as opposed to I'm sitting I don't want to tell you what I think is best. That's why we hire you guys. If you I mean, you get that, right? Yes, sir. Mr. Council. Okay, that's where I was going with that. So,
Sounds great. Thank you. Uh that brings us to our last item and that is uh discussion of scope of work topics for 2026 Southeast Brainer reconstruction project. Uh engineer Dean. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh so next year's
reconstruction project, um if you're not familiar, we're looking at the area kind of in southeast that's kind of a postage stamp of the neighborhood north of Oak uh including 17th and East. Uh so a handful of blocks in there. Uh there's a few scope of work items that we wanted
to get the council direction on before um we enter the neighborhood meeting. Uh we wanted to get some ideas from the council what they'd like us to present to. Um there were some items in here that we really wanted to to look at closely. Um the first one would be uh
Laurel Street between 17th and 18th. and similarly um moving for further west uh on that as well. Uh it's a one-way narrow street that's serviced in gravel currently. Um but it does get enough traffic uh and it has enough grade that
it does start to cause this issue uh not only from a maintenance standpoint, but uh a storm sewer maintenance standpoint because it does have uh quite a considerable of uh dirt that washes down uh specifically 18th, but it just all wants to run downhill from there. Um so
one thing that we are recommending as staff is because of the number of access and issues we're me recommending a paved surface on that stretch of Laurel. Um this would address a lot of those issues, provide a better u surface and access for the residents that are along
Laurel Street. uh and potentially a new connection for the NP center as well as I mean we could do 18th as well but uh so staff is recommending that the paving of Laurel and because of its scenario nature you're looking at roughly about the half of cost of a normal block uh because you're not going to need the
full width of a street there u or curb and gutter on both sides we would look at probably just one side curb and gutter uh another item would be Maple Street uh from 18th to 19th uh it's gravel surfaced now while the rest of The area to the west of here is paved. Um there
are a few uh properties on 19th Street, about three or four, that would have kind of more of immediate access to this block. Um maybe a couple that could go to the north and utilize it. Uh we don't anticipate that it gets much of the traffic out of there at all. Um right
now we do have issues again with maintenance. Uh it is an area that we have to grade on on a somewhat regular basis as well as rebuild with gravel. Um, but during heavy rain events, we do have that gravel washing down into the low point at 18th Street and further into the wetland, which is something that we would have to dig that gravel
out. Uh, with that washing into the wetland area, uh, it does back up storm water, uh, because it wants to run into that wetland. Um, so 18th can get pretty deep pretty quick. Um, so staff is recommending that we could just remove
that chunk of gravel road. um maybe about twothirds of it. Uh there's a couple maintained properties on the far east end. Um we would recommend maybe leaving it in place for those folks there uh to have kind of access in and out of their property on the north and
south side. Um and then that will also provide our utility for having access to uh a electric cabinet that's about a third of the way in from the west end. Um removal of the road would just essentially be excavation down a few
feet. Uh this would have a little bit of impact for some private utilities, but it's something that we can coordinate them with with them if that's the direction of the council. Uh this would also help combine the two wetlands and provide more u storm water treatment throughout the area. And then finally,
some sidewalk. Uh I called out sidewalk on Norwood specifically. Um but it would expand a little bit into more areas to discuss. Uh so right now uh the sidewalk on the north and south sides of Norwood uh dead ends on 18th Street. Um staff
would recommend extending it further to 19th. Um and then as well as potentially to Oak. Uh if you look at the attached um walkable bikable map, you can kind of see the uh two priority areas of sidewalk on 17th and 19th uh which are
not there currently. uh we can add those to the project as well as extending the 18th to 19th which is not shown on the map. Um but that would eliminate kind of two dead ends if you were to extend the 19th one. Uh so that would be staff's recommendation is to include sidewalk on all three of those different blocks. Uh
so ultimately staff is recommend or requesting direction um from the council on how we want to kind of proceed further uh what they'd like to see presented to some of the residents in the area and address comments that way. Fantastic. Thank you. And with the 10
minutes we h we have remaining, any discussion or questions or comments on these this recommendation comprised of the three components. I I'd like a little more information on the You said it's a one block of maple,
I believe, you're looking at removing. Is that what I read? Yes, sir. And it's between 17th and 19th. That's two blocks. Well, the maple portion is between 18th and 19th, but Jesse, you probably got a better
That's correct. Between 18th and 19th is the gravel section. Uh, west of 18th is paved. Say I got last part again. The west of 18th on Maple is paved. West of 18th. Okay. So, so Maple Street, everywhere except for
that one block. You cross 18th on Maple and you're on gravel for a block. That is correct. Okay. And you're suggesting removing that? Yes, sir. At least about 2/3 excavated down to kind of connect those two wetlands that are on the north and south side. Okay. And then property owners on that
street. So on the north side, the city owns about 2/3 of that block and then the last eastern third is privately owned. Uh on the south side, the same owner owns the entirety of the block. And what would their what would their mode of getting uh do they use alley? Do
they use uh how do they if there's no street? What do they use? Uh they can go quickly south to either Norwood or Oak. Okay. Both are paved. Jesse, I believe you said, you know, with that you'd probably be only looking to take out about a third of that, keep or was it vice versa?
Vice versa. Keep about a third and obliterate about 2/3. Okay. So there would be a small portion and then why do we keep the oneird of it? Because the two properties on the east end about a third of the east end are relatively maintained properties. Uh so by keeping that that kind of gives them
the ability to access off of their uh to their properties. Uh and again it also provides our our public utility and access to a believe it's a threephase power cabinet that's about a third of the way into the block. So on the east end of uh the block is there 20th Street there.
No but dead ends at 19th. Okay. So in order to access that onethird of a block uh that how do they access that? They would have to come up 19th. But there's no street between the 19th.
Okay. I come up. I'm sorry. I got You're going from 18th. I got it. Sorry. Yes, sir. Got it now. Yeah. No, no problem. Any any other comments or questions on on either of these? And I just wanted to mention too, I guess I'm looking at the
map that corner on Laur so the first item that Laurel um that corner between 17th and 18th or I guess the corner of 18th um correct me if I'm wrong that gets really muddy in my experience that gets really muddy a lot of wash out there. So that factors into this
recommendation as well. Correct. Yes sir. And then the sidewalks are you are you talk you're talking about both sides of Norwood and then uh also on the north south uh street which you mentioned is it just one side or both sides? That would be up to the council. Um it
is the right of way we can fit sidewalk on both sides. Uh staff would not necessarily recommend the north side of Norwood. Um that would get really close to a a garage with some steps that go up to a I believe it's a deck. um that would be probably impacted by that
sidewalk on the north side. Um and then the same thing on 17th and 19th. Uh one side would be more advantageous without getting into more impacts to some of the properties adjacent. We can do both. Um it would just be more impactful. Is the terrain fairly flat from the uh
edge of the street up to the property? Is it uh you have to will have to be a lot of excavation? It's variable uh depending on which location you're at. So some areas are flatter than others. Uh some areas would require a retaining wall, especially if we were to do both sides. And then when if the job goes forward
with sidewalks or not, um is the sidewalk portion of whatever we might do covered entirely by city or is that any assessment to the property owners? That is our typical process is the city picks up the costs for the sidewalk. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank
you, Jesse. You bet. Thank you. And thanks, Jesse. Any other questions or comments or discussion on e any of these items? Oh, okay. No, we're good. We're close on time. So, I'm um if not, be looking for a motion uh to
this effect. It was really just a discuss discussion item, right? Discussion and we'd like some direction from the council so that we have an idea of what we should be presenting to folks that are attending tomorrow's meeting. Yeah. So discussion and direction on the
scope of the items listed below. So that um paving the block of Laurel between 17th and 18th essentially vacating Maple between 18th and 19th and then uh sidewalk extension on Norwood between
18th and 19th. I would move to Did you have something? No. Go ahead. I would move to follow staff's recommendation on this and come back and and just so I'm clear, we can always change this, right? Once we give you We can change all the way through
design, right? If we need to. Okay, that's my motion. Yeah, then I'll second that. All right. Excellent. Motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Those in favor say I. I. I. And those opposed, same sign. Motion carried. Uh brings us to the end of our
agenda and we will adjourn. Part: 2
There you go. Hey everybody. >> Well, you're a minute late. Thank you. >> Is there three of you? >> Yeah. >> You ready, Max? >> All right, let's call to order Brainard City Council. It is Monday, August 18th,
2025, 7:30 in council chambers. Uh Tony, please call the role. >> Johnson, >> here. >> Stunn. >> Jagger, >> yes. >> Erikson, >> yes. >> Bevans, >> here. >> Chazak, >> here. OD >> here. >> Bad >> here. Please 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, we have the approval of the agenda. >> Motion to approve. Second.
>> Motion by Chzach. Second by Joerger. Any discussion? >> Please have the record show that Mr. Stunick is with us. Seeing no discussion, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. We have an agenda.
Next is a consent calendar. This is a notice of 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 council votes on the motion to be adopted by roll call. Do we have a
motion? >> Motion to approve the consent calendar. Joerger, >> second by Joerger. Second by Chzach. >> Tony, please call the role. >> Johnson? >> Yes. >> Stunn? >> Yes. >> Jagger? >> Yes. >> Erikson? >> Yes. >> Beven? >> Yes. >> Chzach, >> yes. >> OD,
>> yes. Consent is approved. Moving on, we have a 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. So, if there's anybody here that wishes to address the council on something not on
the agenda, >> not on the agenda. >> All right. Please come forward. We could ask you to just start with your name and address. Uh, mayor, council member, staff. Uh, my name is Denny Boolig. I live at 1 NFX
Street. I'm a longtime city employee, 28 years with the city. Uh the issue I have before you tonight is a long-standing issue I've had since I built on my house in or property in 1978. Um the issue is uh storm water discharge
into my backyard, which I think the city has done it arbitraril arbitrarily. and I'll try to get I should have got on the agenda, but I'm going to try to make this as short as I can to stay within your time limits. Uh
in July of 1974, Crowing County purchased the easement of the property where I currently live. They purchased this property for the for the purpose of uh storm water retention filtration pond for uh west. Well, you
can call it there's three different names for it. West Laurel Street, Highland Scenic Drive or County Road 48. Sub sub subsequently after that and uh that easement which I have a picture of here
and I don't know if it's typical maybe Jesse can see this uh the BMA first edition the easement. I have a plot right here and in the dotted area is the uh existing easement and on the plot it says that that easement was to be
temporary. It was to be revert back to property owners when proper storm water was uh uh >> restored installed in southwest Brainard. And what I don't know is it signed off by both the city and the
county. I don't know if that's typical of a a plat within the city. I think county signed off on it because of the easement is the only reason I can understand for doing it. But anyway, trying to move on here. In 1977, the
property was purchased and developed. Uh it's called a a BMA first edition of the city of Brainard and uh the plat is approved by the county and city and the first interactions that I've had had since
building the house to be able to when I built the house there was like four other people that are building at the same same time. So, I've been in talks for the last 40 years with two different uh county engineers and four different
city engineers. First one being Ron uh uh name back >> Kelly >> uh Ron Swininger. >> Swininger. Thank you. Uh so I had he come out and did a came out and did a
site inspection and we wanted to know uh they were the lofts uh Terry Mover was developing his uh uh plot at the same time. So we wanted to know which the best place to put our uh our uh septic
systems. Well, they came out and said, you know, if you all agree, put them out the back of your house and then when future uh if you give us an easement the back of your property, we'll tie you in the city sewer. So, that's the first interaction they had and that was back in 77. In 1993,
Annabbeck and Katy Lane, we petitioned to have the streets improved. They brought in city water, uh, sewer, and well, on the documents it says storm sewer, but there was no storm sewer brought into our street. It has, uh, modified curbs with no storm sewer, no
catch basins. So in uh 20 moving forward here under the time constraints in 2021 the Southwest Brainer Street improvements uh
uh were enacted and I got to jump backwards in 1993 when we talked to Jeff Holles at the time who was in uh he was a city engineer uh we questioned him about lifting the easement you know what has to be done get
that easement lifted on our property. And he basically said, "When we do the Southwest Brainer Street improvements, we will grab it at uh Corora Street and it'll be diverted and it'll uh go into the college, the big catch basin at the
college." Fine. 2001, uh the street improvements and covered all of Southwest Brainard. Prior to that, the a couple of streets were just had tar. They didn't have any uh storm sewers, no curbing gutter, whatnot. So,
in September 10th, this was when the main problem started. In September 10th, I met with uh uh Oh, nope. Take that back. I got 20 years of notes here. >> Yeah, I know. And we don't have 20 years
worth of of time. So, um, if we could get to a point where you're addressing the problem that is current right now and then we could probably come back and put this on a future agenda. Okay. >> It seems like it's a pretty lengthy item that you have there. >> I apologize for not putting it on the agenda. I'm here tonight under the
urging of Jesse. He came over and did a site inspection this spring. I hadn't had a chance to talk with him. U being a new uh uh >> Are you looking for for storm sewer installment? Is that what what your concern is or are you looking
>> My concern is I've lost thousands of dollars in value and in in property uh up until the point in 2001 when they did the southwest sewer instead of capping the the storm sewer like Jeff
Hollesather said it was going to happen they they tapped into it. Prior to that time I never had any water in my backyard. Now, I'm kind of a spokesman for three different people. The uh the first three residents that the easement
falls under, the first two don't have a backyard. Very small. Doesn't really affect them other than the loss of their property. My when I built my house, I uh uh cleared the property all the way to property line. Up until 2001,
I never had any issue with water. >> Okay. >> Okay. After 2001, all of Southwest Brainer is arbitrarily being dumped in my backyard, causing damage, causing loss of value, and add insult to injury.
They collect money. Uh, the city collects money for storm water retention or storm water collection. So, I've paid over $1,000 in storm water collection. I don't have storm water in the front of my house, and I'm paying $1,000 up to
date. It's probably over a thousand. The city with all the affected people that this water that's going in my backyard has collected tens of thousands of dollars >> Mhm. >> to dump water which I feel illegally arbitrarily in my backyard.
>> Okay. >> I asked Jesse during the site inspection and he responded with a a text message. The main question with all the engineers that I've talked to
that I've never got an answer from is under I asked Jesse in 2001, what were the storm water retention regulations in effect at the time that they arbitrarily tapped into the water on 48 and dumped
it in my backyard without hearing, without uh notifying property owners, nothing. I have a letter here from I won't read it but it's a letter from Crowing County Engineers Office because the the easement is held by the Crowing
County. There's no name of Brainer but Brainer is dumping water. Okay. >> A couple years ago uh the city engineer and county engineer got together and they we kind of had a compromise. They came in had agreement
on maintenance of that and the agreement and Jesse can verify it 70% city's responsibility 30% county that tells you the percentage of water that's going in my backyard 70% of it is from the city
and I've never had any problem with water in my backyard prior to 2001. So what I'm here looking for today >> is some direction. Yep. >> How we can get this >> Sure. Can we have this come into safety and
public works at a future meeting? >> I have a better idea, Mr. President. I think >> Okay. >> You you have a question? >> Um I I would uh recommend and actually make a motion that if you allow me uh to uh put together uh I'll be happy to sit
down with uh Mr. Bullig uh at least one other member of council that isn't on safety and public works. Perhaps the mayor. I have Mr. Mr. Bullock bring in all his information. We sit down with the appropriate staff, go through this and see what we can weed out and then
come back at a later date. >> Yeah, I I'd be more comfortable moving forward with an item so we can just get all the information as a council. Just being this is on public forum today for the first time and
>> not on the agenda. I think it'd be more appropriate to get the information to all of us. Uh we can have it on safety and public works. Hey, I'll make another motion then, Mr. Chair or Mr. President. I'll move that Mr. Bullock get together with staff and provide the information so staff can collect that and coordinate
it uh chronologically whatever staff feels is necessary for us to uh make a uh informed decision on it. >> Second motion by Chaz, second by Ericson. Any discussion?
>> Yes, Mr. President. >> Yeah, Mr. Chzach, >> I have talked to Mr. Bullig uh more than once a number of years ago and again here in the last few months and I think he's got a legitimate concern and I think we need to look at it very seriously. >> Thank you. More discussion.
See none. Let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Bowling. >> All right. If there's anybody else here that wishes to address the council during public forum, please do now.
You're online. Please press star three. I'll ask one more time if anybody would like to come forward. Looks like no. We will close the public forum at 7:44. Next, we have presentations. Looks like we have a presentation. The 2026 park board operating and capital budget. And
we have a couple park board members here. Is it just you, JD? >> It is me. >> All right. Welcome, JD. Just introduce yourself first. >> I am JD Burns. I am the president of the park board. Um, so up on the screen you have our 2026 uh budget request. Uh, for
2026 we are requesting uh just over $2 million, $2,74,884. You'll see that's a little over a 10% increase over 2025, which we had asked for a 20 28% increase in 25. Um, the majority of the increase is coming from
personnel expenses. About 8% of that is coming from personnel. So, uh, supplies have gone down, services are just a very minimal increase. And then when it comes to capital, um, we've got a $142,000 equipment expense. Um, equipment is essentially everything that's
nonstructures. So, if it's not a structure, it's your your other priorities that are just your day-to-day operations. Um, and then long-term facilities planning, we're asking for 457,386 to continue with our capital plan that we have in motion. And you'll see this
year we are going to spend 106,000 out of that reserves that we've had set up setting up for future growth and projects. Uh those projects this year we are planning initially are the memorial park playground which has moved up a
year due to some safety concerns and some deterioration that happened faster than we expected and one part the stone arch roof. So, the nice thing is is having that reserves going and that 2% a year has allowed us to move it up without having to increase the budgetary
ask. >> Do you guys have any questions for me? >> Anybody have questions? Mr. Chz, >> the stone arch roof, what's the estimated cost on that? JD, >> uh, currently estimated cost is at $6,000. >> Okay.
Um, you also indicated a um um Oh, I'm sorry. I lost >> main playground. >> Yeah, the playground. That's okay. You talked about growth. Um, it was uh I think two years ago, last year perhaps the talk about growth was
kind of we were talking about not growing, just taking care of what we have. Specifically, the growth is associated with what then? Is it the Buffalo Hills? Is it uh um where do you see the growth? >> Yeah, it would not be growth. We'd be replacing the playground that's already at Memorial Park. It deteriorated
quicker than we expected. It was in the capital plan a few years later, I believe 2028, but due to deterioration and safety concerns, we're moving it up to replace it sooner. >> Okay. So, it's you're not growing, we're just maintaining. >> Correct. Maintaining what we already have.
>> Scared me with that word growth. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. Anybody else have questions? You have more? >> I I do not. You have everything in the packet. >> Good. All right. Thanks, Judy.
Appreciate it very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. Moving on. We have council committee reports. First up, we have safety and public works committee chair Tad Ericson. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. President. We have three items on our agenda. Uh the first of which is to approve final
payment uh for improvement 252 2025 large patching project and motion coming out of committee is to approve the final payment in the amount of $49,940 the original which was the original awarded amount for the patching project
and I so move >> second motion by Ericson second by Chzach. Uh more to discuss? Yeah, just a little bit more. Um, as I said, this was the final payment. Um, and uh, there was actually an additional request from
Anderson Brothers of of additional $4,000 that uh, both staff and SPNW uh, committee are are not recommending that we we do. So, that's why we're recommending the original final payment amount of 49,940.
the additional 4,000 that they were requesting was for um pavement that patching that was deeper than four inches. Um when they encountered that, there was no communication with city staff uh until uh this final payment.
And so um I think you know as committee we discussed and staff had discussed had there been um communication at the time when they encountered that issue I think we'd probably been more than happy to accommodate that. Um but be being that there was no communication up until the
the very end um we are recommending not including that additional 4,000. >> Thank you chairman. Any more discussion on that item? Seeing no further discussion, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I.
>> Against. Same sign. Motion passes. Uh Chairman Ericson. >> All right. Thank you. Our second item is uh discussion on sanitary sewer lining uh priority areas. There was a motion coming out of committee to direct staff to further develop a plan uh consistent
with the criteria that they've developed and to put together a a financial plan um for a prioritized list of projects for three to five years. And I so move >> second >> by Erikson, second by Chzach. More discussion.
>> Uh thank you. So this was uh something that was on our our previous agenda. Um we had directed staff to u put together a priority list of projects. Um as was discussed they kind of came back with more of a criteria to which they could
apply to uh projects. um a criteria consisting of age of pipe um constraints whether the uh sewer be under a building uh other other uh deteriorating conditions uh versus more of a a list
that they would kind of tick down um and it gives the city a little bit more flexibility uh with them creating a criteria. So, um, again, the discussion was that they, um, put together a plan, um, that incorporates more of a
financial plan with that criteria. >> All right. Thank you, Chairman Ericson. Any more discussion on this? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Same sign. >> Motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. President. Our
final item was the discussion of scope of work topics for the 2026 Southeast Brainer reconstruction project. A motion coming out of committee was to take staff's recommendation which was to um provide uh planned surfacing materials
of Laurel Street between 17th and 18th Street. Um provide uh removal essentially vacation of Maple Street between 18th and 19th Street. And then finally a sidewalk and a sidewalk extension on Norwood Street from 18th to
19th Street. And I so move >> second motion by Ericson and second by Chzach. >> So with yeah with this uh motion and the discussion we had there was those three items. Um Laurel Street is in the capital improvement plan to be paved.
However, um this item is to bump 17th and 18th Street up and to include pavement for uh that one block of Laurel. Um it's a corner that has uh perennial wash out and spring and um it's constantly muddy on that corner.
And so that's um that's the first part of the motion. Uh the second part is uh given in that same area there's kind of two areas of wetlands that are bisected by Maple Street, an unpaved portion of Maple Street. And that's that portion
between 18th and 19th. And so staff's recommendation is to um vacate Maple between 18th and 19th. And that would allow the those wetlands to essentially be connected. Uh and then the last item was the sidewalk extension. Um the walkable
bikable committee had put together a plan um and it includes sidewalk on both sides of Norwood. There's a little bit of a gap. Uh that gap being between 18th and 19th >> Mr. President. >> Yeah. Mr. Dean had his uh hands up.
>> I think he's got hands up hand out. >> I just wanted to clarify the the vacation part. Oh yeah. The staff's recommendation would be to remove that chunk of Maple Street, the gravel portion. Um, vacating would essentially remove the right of way. Um, that that's not what we're recommending right now,
unless the council would like to direct >> more of a material removal. >> Correct. Uh, we would be able to down the road rebuild the street if we want to as long as we retain the rightway. Um, but I just wanted to clarify that distinction. >> Uh, the second would allow the U motion
to be amended and to not call it vacation. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> A friendly amendment. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. Uh, I have a question for the engineer real quick. That that drainage, I know that neighborhood in general has some
historical significance as being a little more wet than other areas in town. Does that take care of more than just that little area where the it's typically actual wetland or is it just just those two blocks that it kind of drains for?
>> Which part specifically are you looking at? the >> well the removal of removal of the uh is it Maple? >> Gotcha. Uh yes, we do have a few blocks that do drain to that intersection at Maple and 18th. Um and then further it drains through kind of a little curb cut
uh on the northeast corner of that intersection. There's not like a a storm sewer outfall or anything like that. It just surface drains off the roadway at that corner. Um, so what we end up seeing is some of that gravel uh surface washes into the intersection and then
further into the wetland. As that builds up, it starts to retain some of that storm water in the intersection of 18th and Laurel. Can't drain in there as easily. Uh, unless we were to come almost continuously remove that material on a regular basis. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, Mr. Chzac.
>> Yeah, Mr. Mr. President, I I'm not sure if our chair included the north south sidewalk that staff was recommending and this would certainly be something we can always amend. I I would like to see that also included in the motion to come back with that in the proposal.
>> Sure. >> Yeah. The discussion I remember was >> sidewalk along the north or south I think the south side of Norwood between 17th, 18th and 19th. Or is it just 19th the additional >> 18th to 19th?
>> Well, there was a north south >> and then a north south along 19th. >> Correct. Down to Oak. So on Norwood from 18th to 19th and then running south to Oak >> and 17th. Right. >> Clear on that. Tony friendly amendment
again. >> And then I just wanted to add one other comment on the Maple Street portion. uh staff had mentioned that city owns property uh on that segment and then the remaining property along that roadway is a single property owner and they have
access off of 19th Street. So there would be no would not be landlocking anybody essentially just in case anyone was wondering about access. >> Thank you. Any more questions, discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I.
>> I. Again, same sign. >> Motion carries. Chairman Ericson. >> Uh, end of report. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Moving on, we have Personnel and Finance Committee Chairman Gabe Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. We have five items that took us slightly over 14
minutes to cover downstairs. Try and get it quicker here. The first item is to consider the reallocation of state of affordable housing aid funds for Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity. And the motion is to approve the
reallocation of $70,000 of SAHA funds for the construction of homes on South 10th and 13th Avenue Northeast. And I saw move. >> Second. >> Motion by Johnson. Second by Bevans Johnson. >> This is money we already awarded them and they but when they initially applied
it was for a house to be constructed at 426B Street. They still plan on developing B Street, but the two they want to build first are on 10th Street and 13th. So they just want our permission to use this money on those homes. >> Thank you. More discussion, Mr. Mayor.
>> Yeah. So, two homes are getting built with that money that was allocated earlier in the year. >> Two single family single family homes. >> Wonderful. >> Yeah. >> More discussion. See none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> Against. Same sign. Motion carries.
Chairman Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Next up is a sale of a couple of vehicles and the motion is to use enterprise fleet management to facilitate the sale of our 2004 Chevy
and our 2006 GMC and ISO move. >> Second >> motion by Johnson, second by Stunic Johnson. >> These vehicles have been or will be replaced through the leasing program, but these are from before we did lease vehicles. So, we just own them. They've been their
useful life is over. We're going to try and sell them. >> Thank you. More discussion. Seeing none, let's go to a vote. Those in favor say I. >> I. Against. Same sign. >> Motion carries. Chairman Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Next up is a
revised public utility director job description. And the motion out of committee is to approve the revised public utility director job description as presented and to utilize the guarantee from GMP consultants for the public utility hire director hiring
process and to start that process now and I so move >> second motion by Johnson second by Bevans. Johnson, >> there was some discussion down in committee on if we are satisfied with all of the actions we've taken with the job description and clarifying the
charter or if there's still possibly some questions hanging out there that somebody might want an answer to. We decided let's go forward with the hiring, but if somebody does still have any questions or wants any answers to anything regarding this job or position, let's still have those discussions and
bring bring any questions to the city administrator. Thank you. Any more discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. Those in favor say I. I. Against. Same sign. >> Motion carries. Chairman Johnson. >> Next up is continue discussion on
software purchase requests. The motion is to authorize staff to get a subscription of Neo gov perform and I so move no sorry civic plus next
request not neo gov perform and ISO >> I'll still second it >> all right >> motion by Johnson second by stunn uh discussion on that Johnson >> yeah so we uh this was on our agenda the last time we asked staff have to come back with a detailed list of all the software we do
subscribe to and on its utilization. And John did a great job putting this together. You'll notice the city spends nearly $500,000 a year on software and 215,000 is from the uh enterprise
funds in the water and light department and the other 283,000 is just other government scale software. none of it does the two the performs the functions these two pieces of software they're asking for
given what the budget is looking like right now we decided not to go forward with both of the pieces of software but staff did say they would prefer next request they prioritize that piece of software first so we are going to go forward with that >> all right thank you chairman uh Mr.
Trezac. >> Um I guess my question is for staff. Um regarding data requests, that's software specific to assisting staff with data requests. Correct. >> That's correct. >> Okay. Um and there there's a phenomenal
number of data requests being made just based on what it was reported for last year. And uh I get a lot of questions from people about data requests. And uh with this particular software um well I
guess my question is kind of when it comes to responding to data requests it all takes time. So, are there ever is there ever a time that staff can think of where something of importance or some day-to-day
staff responsibility is ever put off to honor a data request? Does anybody have a example of that ever happening? >> Mr. Chzac, I'm going to speculate yes. I'm going to I'm going to turn that question over to John Davis andor Tony
Gage. They are probably our two resident experts on data requests. >> So they might have some specific examples, but I suspect the answer is yes. >> Go ahead, Chief. >> Yes, I I can share with council that does happen. Um actually quite
frequently where we set aside other task processes to fulfill these. um primarily when we find that the data request is made by the subject of the data then the clock is ticking with our 10-day window and uh based on the complexities that we're seeing with some of these data
requests it's when we receive them we immediately at times put aside what we are doing and start focusing on that. A lot of times that is uh maybe consultation with the city attorney looking for some guidance based on some of the complexities of this and you know
that all has to be done with inside that window. So yes it is really quite common for us to set aside other tasks to fulfill these. May I Mr. >> Yeah Mr. >> Thank you chief I appreciate that. Um and then on kind of on a similar note um when it comes to the data practice law
it's my understanding uh there is no required time to respond but I know I think uh I think we maybe have a a kind of a rule of thumb to try to get data back within a 30-day period but in that in that instance so what I'm wondering
is everything depends on the amount of data the read how readily available it is um whether there's a lot of uh redaction of non-public or private data and that takes a lot of time and so when it when it comes to that that this
software I'm understanding will help with that type of redaction of private and personal u non-public data is that what I understand >> yes sir >> okay fantastic I appreciate it thank you any more discussion seeing none let's go to a vote in favor
say I >> against same sign >> motion carries chairman Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Our final item was the 2026 debt levy. Conniey's put in a lot of work here and ran some
calculations and it looks like the levy, even with our new debt issuance we're planning to issue this fall. It looks like the debt levy for 2026 will be only a slight $55,000 increase over 2025.
And then she had some questions that that we'll further talk about at a later meeting on how we should possib the different ways we could structure this debt issuance we're issuing in the fall that we could do uh state aid bonds,
state aid bonds or go bonds. There's all kinds of things we can do, but Conniey's looking into the state aid bonds and might bring something like that forward to us. But this is just informationational on where we're at and what the debt levy looks like. Connie made some assumptions and some minor tweaks to it and it's I I
think it looks great. So, thanks Connie. >> Thank you. That was just a discussion. >> Just discussion. >> Mr. President, may I ask? >> Yeah, Mr. President. >> Um, so when it comes to our uh state aid, um, we're always in in the rears on that. I I don't know if that's the right term, but we're always borrowing against
it constantly, and I think that was mentioned in the memo. Um I didn't quite understand there was a proposal in that to get ahead of that and I if that could be explained how we see an option to get ahead of that um borrowing on it all the
time and then the state will I guess uh perhaps not allow us to do that if we don't get ahead of it. Is that a fair way to >> Connie and maybe Jesse I know I've talked to both of you guys about that. >> Yes. So yes, Jeeoff, you are correct that we are usually run our state aids in the negative, which is not always
bad, but with our 2025 construction projects, if we request state aid advancements for all of those projects, we will be up against or over our limit, and we may not be allowed to get reimbured for all of our 2025 projects. Therefore, we're looking at issuing
state aid bonds for the right right street and tenth project. Then what would happen then is they would al um take our state aid allocation to pay the principal and our maintenance funds to pay the interest and that would hope that would help us get out of the
negative for in the future years. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Mike. >> Yeah, Mr. Johnson. >> If I may answer that too, it's a good thing that we are allowed to access our state aid funds ahead of time before the inflation hits and everything gets more expensive. There's no penalty, there's
no interest. We have as a rule advanced as much as we could because it's a good financial move with no downside. Apparently, there is a statutory limit that we can't exceed. So, we don't want to get to the point where we're going past that, but I don't think we want to
get to a point where we're we're in a surplus of state aid dollars that we're just not using to feel good about ourselves. I think we always want to keep advancing. >> Thank you. >> All right. Anyone else? All right, Johnson. Anything else?
>> That was justformational. End of report. >> Thank you, Chairman Johnson. Next, we have uh number nine. This is unfinished business. First, we have a call for applicants. The honorable mayor Bedau. >> Absolutely. Thank you. The city of Briner has positions available on the
following boards and commissions. Charter Commission, two terms expiring 2025, two terms expiring 2026. Library, one term expiring 2027. Public Utilities Commission, one term expiring 2028. The Transportation Advisory Committee, two terms expiring 2025, one term expiring
2026. >> Thank you. And as council president, I have one term expiring 2027 for the planning commission and two terms for the water tower committee. Next, we have 9B. This is a final reading of proposed ordinance 1591 to
amend section 515-3 allowed uses appendix appendix A table of uses. Uh this is James Kanick. Go ahead. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh so staff and planning commission has spent significant time reviewing the table of uses and recommend approval of the
ordinance. Uh highlights of the amendment include adding and deregulating uses in the makers and employment as well as the general industrial zoning districts. uh deregulating churches, daycarees, and schools in commercial zoning districts while still uh maintaining them as conditional uses in residential
districts. And then also um allowing indoor cannabis cultivation in existing zoning districts where commercial green houses are allowed. Uh so with that, staff recommends to conduct the final reading of proposed ordinance 1591 and dispense with the actual reading. Again, uh must be unanimous to dispense with
the actual reading. Approve proposed ordinance 1591. And then finally, approve the attached resolution approving a summary publication of ordinance 1591 due to the length of the table. And I can answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. Kramvik. Anybody have questions for staff?
>> Like no. And we're looking for a motion to conduct the final reading of proposed ordinance 1591 and dispense with the actual reading. >> So move second. Motion by Stunnix, second by Bevans. Just a reminder that this has to be unanimous unless we want
to hear the entire thing. So those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. against. Same sign. >> Motion carries. Next. Moving on. We are looking for a motion to approve proposed
ordinance 1591. >> So move. >> Motion by Bevans. Second. >> Second by Stunic. Any discussion? Tony, please call the role. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Stun, >> yes. >> Jagger, >> yes. >> Ericson, >> yes.
>> Feans, >> yes. >> Chzach, >> yes. >> OD, >> yes. Motion carries. And finally, we are looking for a motion to approve the attached resolution approving a summary publication of ordinance 1591. >> So move. >> Motion by Johnson. >> Second.
>> Second by Bevans. >> Any discussion? >> Tony, go ahead. >> Johnson? >> Yes. >> Stunn? >> Yes. >> Jagger? >> Yes. >> Ericson? Yes. >> Beans. >> Yes. >> Chzach. >> Yes. >> OD. >> Yes. That ordinance moves forward.
>> Next, we have a consideration of the development agreement with St. Francis. Uh I believe this is is it James or Jesse? Jesse, go ahead. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh so staff is returning with a follow-up from the last council meeting. Uh we made the uh
revisions per the recommendation of the council and ran that through with uh the St. Francis staff and they approve of the the changes. So, the ultimate uh only changes to this agreement from the last time is the addition of the 5-year uh limitation to remove 9inth Street uh
following the vacation. And I can answer any questions. >> Thank you, Mr. Dean. Anybody have questions? Like there are no questions. >> I would uh move to approve the uh development agreement with St. Francis.
Second motion by Chzox, second by Bevans. Any discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Against. Same sign. >> I. >> Motion carries.
61. All right. Looking at the final item here. >> Didn't we do Lonfest last time? >> Next item. We have a consideration of approval of Lonfest event application with revised conditions.
And this one, Mr. Havagar, go ahead. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. The police officer staffing requirements have been decreased to reflect the event size and the organizers event emergency plan. All documents have been reviewed and submitted to the city and they are
uh all in compliance. Staff is recommending approval of Loomfest 25. With that and take any questions, >> Mr. Jez? >> Yeah, I believe I read in their flyer they were going to going to sell 2,000 tickets. However, in this uh information
we received in our packet, it says if tickets are sold beyond 2,000, there will be additional um police officer staffing. Um am I correct about that number of ticket sales they were proposing to sell? I thought that was
like the limit. They might wrong on that or >> well they indicated that they were going to be selling a thousand but then they would like to go up and with the police officers uh document which is attached there. If they do go over 1,500 plus it just all laid out that more officers
would be uh on site and the event organizers would be paying for that. >> So it was a thousand not Okay. >> We originally Yes, it was a thousand. >> Thank you. That clears it up. >> Thank you. Y >> anybody else have questions? Seeing none, we are looking for
a motion. >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by Chzach. >> Second. >> Second by Jagger. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, let's go to a vote. All those in favor say I.
>> I. >> Against. Same sign. >> We have Lonfest. All right. Next we have uh new business which there is none today. Moving forward quickly staff reports.
Tony, anything. >> Chief Davis, >> nothing to add. >> Max Hannon. >> Oh, come on. Max >> Sean, anything? >> N. >> All right. Connie, >> nothing to add. >> Mike Aagor. >> Yes. Two things. Uh this Thursday we have a regrand opening of JC Park and
it's going to be more of like a sports clinic. Uh the YMCA will be there. also a Brainer backsor baseball association will be there putting on a little skill builders for the individuals that show up and we're just encouraging everyone to be there. It's this Thursday the 21st
at 4 p.m. And my last one is just the transit uh division as you all know is uh getting a new software. That program has been up and running now for uh you know several weeks now. We had a little hiccups in the very beginning, but it's really going very well and I hope to
have a further little report for you hopefully next month. >> Thank you, Mr. James Kravik. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Just a few items here. So, the planning commission will be re reviewing a potential sign ordinance to enhance design standards at this next Wednesday's meeting. Staff are recommending the commission hold a
public hearing at the meeting after that, which would be in September. And then just wanted to point out from the consent calendar that uh the Flapjack Festival and Touch a Truck will be on September 20th. Uh this will be the third year in a row that we'll be holding kind of the both events together at the same time and and near the same
location. So good time to come out and get all you can eat pancakes and have kids get in trucks and honk horns and have some relay races. >> Excellent. Thank you, Attorney Langel. >> Thank you. >> Chris Schubert, >> Jesse Dean. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh even though
we're very very busy in construction season now, we're always looking at future years too. And uh as we talked about on a previous item uh on safety and public works, uh tomorrow is our plannedformational meeting or neighbor neighborhood meeting for the southeast reconstruction project. Um so if any of
you have time, you're welcome to come and uh join the residents there. Uh otherwise, we'll be uh meeting with the residents and uh talking about the upcoming project. >> Where and when? >> It'll be tomorrow night here at uh city hall at 6. Thank you, >> Eric Sharpenter. Anything tonight?
>> Nothing this evening. >> Thank you, Administrator Broyals. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to I just I would be remissed if I didn't say it's a very busy It's been a very busy summer. We're in budget seats and staff is doing an exceptional job. So, I appreciate that. Thank you for all your hard work. Um, and I don't want to steal
the mayor's thunder. Several members of the public, I'm not going to. Several members of the public got to attend a civic event and uh second annual for me. Really enjoyed it. But I'll let the it was in honor of our local mayors, so I'll let the mayor talk about that. >> All right. Next up, the honorable mayor
Bedau. >> Well, I appreciate if you're not stepping on my toes here, but uh he's speaking of the uh Lakes Mayor's prayer breakfast, and I want to thank those individuals for putting on that fantastic event. Once again, bright and early though. My gosh, do they like to
get you up early and send you all the way to Grand View. So, I'd like to say to them, come on this way a little bit. come on this way a little bit for this mayor's prayer breakfast. But a fantastic event. Uh speaker was wonderful once again. Uh very lively chap. Uh spoke very loudly about a lot
of things but had a very good message and I really appreciate it. Uh thank you to everyone for inviting us and for having our city administrator there with us. So uh secondly and maybe just lastly I want to say H Street open. I don't know if you've been down it or
not, but safe routes to school is a fantastic program and I really appreciate it and it looks fantastic. And for somebody that has grown up in Northeast Brainard and used H Street on a regular basis, what a game changer. It's these types of projects are so
important for us to try and keep our youth healthy and safe. And I just want to say thank you to our entire staff for that entire project there. Looks great. I noticed a couple things. Trees. Mhm. >> electrical for those trees. So, I don't
know if you know or not, but I'm a big Christmas guy. So, if we don't get some Christmas lights on those trees, I'm going to be disappointed. End of report. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Moving on to council member reports. Uh we'll start with Mr. Chzac. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh back uh
piggybacking what Mr. Havoc talked about the transit dispatching software. I had a chance to use that and uh I just emailed my request like I normally do. I got a phone call within like two minutes confirming that. Uh also got a response
back from the dispatcher. Um the day before my bus was to arrive 24 hours got a phone call. Your bus will be arriving tomorrow at whatever time the day of the ride. It it actually there's a little bit of confusion. It doesn't tell you when the bus is on its way. It tells you
when it's arrived, which is cool because uh now if I forget, I can get out there within three minutes. And I have forgot before. Um again, I got a return ride. Um same thing. Um it it it works really
good and uh people uh I guess it takes a little bit of a learning curve and everything. Uh it just seems to be going really well from what I understand. And it's uh I think it's going to really enhance uh the service. Uh everything's on time from what I understand. No tardy
buses. Um it's working good. So I'm glad to see we got it and so far so good. I appreciate the staff getting that going and recommending it. And u that's all I have. >> Thank you, Mr. Chzach. Mr. Jagger. >> Yeah, thank you. Uh just real quickly,
we'll do our uh airport report. So uh on Monday the 11th, uh we had a meeting at uh at the Briner airport. Uh, Congressman Stabber was nice enough to stop by and uh, share a little of his time with us regarding our upcoming uh, EAS contract, which you've probably
heard about. Um, and I can report that uh, Congressman Stabber was was very eager to uh, share that he is fully on, you know, on the same page as we are uh, with what a gym we have out there for an airport and and anything that he can do
or his staff can do to uh, to help us out there. he was more than willing to to do that as well. And he also followed up with a uh with a letter of support for the Sky West following our Tuesday 12th meeting uh where myself uh Mr. Planser as well as Mrs. Ruling were able
to appear in front of the Crowing County Commissioners and did a a brief discussion regarding our EAS contract with them. happy to say that they also passed a unanimous vote in support of the uh Delta connection to uh to to
Minneapolis St. Paul. And so with that, we're hoping for the best. As you know, it's not in our hands. It's in in the hands of DOT. Uh but we certainly feel that we've done everything that we can do. And I'd like to express my appreciation to those of you that have uh uh uh helped to write to write
letters that have been forwarded along. uh all of you uh your work is is much appreciated with that and we'll hope for the best and report as soon as we know. We think it may be by the end of uh August, but it may be end of September. So, we'll let you know as as soon as we can. So, I should also point out that we
had a part 139 inspection. This is a federal inspection of our airport. Uh these are certainly not easy, you know, slam dunk uh boilerplate inspections that go on out there. Uh I will say that we uh our inspection we
passed with flying colors. We in fact received a letter of commendation which is not an obligatory uh letter received by the FAA. Uh and for that I would like to publicly thank our ARF employees out there uh Mrs. Ruling, Mr. Planser and uh
we also had some help from our friends at St. Cloud who have been very accommodating and helping us through this transition. So big shout out to uh Mrs. Loftess and Mr. Tol from St. St. Cloud. So, that's what's going on at the airport. Uh, as well as work through
still working through budget budget. It's been very busy out there. Uh, and just one more thing I will say uh is uh I wasn't able to attend. I had something going on, but I did have a lot of family members who attended the uh the movie in the park and it was uh the raving reviews on how well that was. And uh
that kind of parlays into my wanting to speak just to the park board at the tremendous amount of work and effort that has gone into this budget. is so nice to see a budget presented that is forward thinking that is not reactionary that looks like it's been thought through. I I just want to extend my appreciation to all the park board and
everyone who helped to put that budget together. It's easy to read. It's understandable and it looks like there's actually a plan that is put being put in place. And I think you can see evidence of that when you visit our parks. They're beautiful. And absolutely no doubt about it. there's been an an
incline in the uh in the quality of our parks in our area, both maintenance and otherwise over the past few years. And I just want to shout out to the park board because I know that comes with tremendous resistance. I've been there. That's all. Thank you very much, >> M. Jerger. C >> can I ask which movie?
>> It was Cars, I believe. Cars. >> Yes, because I was able to attend Jamanji and I will say Jamanji still holds the the family, still holds the audience. People love it. Cars wasn't there. Can't tell you. Chairman Ericson. >> Uh thank you, Mr. President. I'm looking
forward to the upcoming planning commission meeting this uh this Wednesday, the 20th, uh 6 PM. Um and on a a personal note, um many of you know I I lost my uh dear mother earlier this month, and I just wanted to express uh my gratitude to the mayor um and council
and staff for the many kindnesses and condolences. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, chairman. I have nothing. Mr. Beaven >> partied like a rock star the last two weeks. National night out for the entire city of Brainard at Gregory Park hosted
by the North Side Residents Association and the police department did a great job. Gobs of people. Sheriff's had the horses there. It was an absolute hoot. And then that was on the 12th and the week before that on the 5th was the
downtown residents national night out um bring back the night national celebration and both were absolutely fantastic. >> I don't want to mention the charter commission. I don't know that we're going to have a quorum.
>> Maybe there's a charter commission meeting Wednesday at 4:30. I'll be there. I might be the only one there and I can't vote. >> Thank you, Mr. Beavenons. Chairman Johnson, >> nothing to add.
>> All right. Thank you. And uh I just want to mention the obvious out there. These these streets projects that are going on. We see the orange cones that we some of them we hope would be gone by now, but things happen and things slow down other things and they're there, but it's
amazing how fast everything comes together and those cones start to disappear and the streets are improved. It happens fast. Hopefully have everything finished up tomorrow, right, Jesse? I want to extend condolences to Chairman
Ericson and your family. Um, it's a tough thing to go through, but we're we're all here for you. Um, I also want to congratulate the owners of BIR and everybody that worked out up there. Um, it sounds like it was a big success. Again, a big thing that brings a lot of
people to our city and our area. So, uh, with that, I think we're probably all ready to head home. So, looking for a >> motion to approve. >> Approve. adjourn. >> Motion to adjurnn second to the 6 pm >> uh
>> August 20 25th 6 pm meeting in uh city council chambers. >> I'll agree to that too. >> Okay. Motion by Stunnick. >> Second. >> Second by Bevans. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Against same sign. We are adjourned.