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It was at the museum. >> Brain Williams. >> No. >> Good evening and welcome to the Chesca City Council meeting for Monday, August 3rd, 2026. I call this meeting order at 7 o'clock. Would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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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, Elise, would you please call a role? Council member Hatfield >> here. Council member Bennish. Council

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member Shavelin >> here. >> Council member Agra >> here. >> Mayor Hubard >> here. All right, that moves us along into the adoption of the agenda. Does anybody have any additions or corrections to the agenda? I know we had

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a item removed from the agenda that was non-pertinent. So just note of that, but otherwise I'd entertain a motion for approval. >> Motion to approve agenda. >> All right, we have a motion from council member Hatfield. >> Second >> and a second from council member Chevlin. Any other discussion?

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Otherwise, all those in favor say I. >> I opposed. >> Motion carries. Agenda is adopted. All right, that moves us along to visitor presentation. Is anybody here in the room for a visitor presentation that's not on the agenda? I'm thinking not. So,

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we're going to move right along to the next item on our agenda. Um, which is approval of our previous meeting minutes. These meeting minutes were from July 20th, 2026. Uh, does anybody have any addition or corrections to the minutes?

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Hearing no discussion, I would entertain a motion for approval. So moved. >> All right. A motion from council member Gra. >> Second. >> A second from council member Hatfield. Any other discussion? Otherwise, all those in favor uh signify by saying I. >> I.

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>> Opposed. All right. Minutes are approved. And that moves us along to our consent agenda. Uh this uh are items that receive little to no discussion. Although anything can be pulled off the consent agenda and added to the action items. Um or if there's any questions on

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anything, please feel free to speak up now. Hearing no discussion, um I would entertain a motion for approval. >> Motion to approve consent items. >> All right, we have a motion from council member Chevlin and a second from Mayor

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Hubard. [laughter] Uh any other discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed. All right, consent is approved and we are just trucking right along here um to the action items and we have one tonight and it's 8A. It is adopt

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adopt resolution 2026-69 ratifying the sale of series 2026B bonds. Mayor and Council Member, the item in front of you tonight is in relation to the construction of our new water treatment facility, which has started up uh in the space at the corner

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of Huntermark and Pioneer Trail uh on uh some land that we owned and some land that we purchased from Hazeline. Um so to allow that project to move forward, we had to uh go out and and uh sell revenue bonds for that. And uh uh we

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have uh well we had our sale about a week ago and it went very well. And we have null here to to go through the uh item and then Chris Hogan from uh Baker Tilly uh who helped us through that process and they can share what the

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results were. >> Thank you Matt. Mayor, council members, as Matt said, we completed the sale of the bonds that we previously the council previously authorized for issuance in May. That sale was completed on July 22nd. These are GEO water revenue bonds.

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So, the water revenues from the electric fund, excuse me, from the water fund are pledged to help repay these bonds and then the GEO pledge is also added as a way of providing additional security to the bond holders. So the effective bond

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rating for this is really a double A >> carries our GOA rating from standards. As Matt indicated, this finances the new water treatment plant, various water improvement projects, the deep wells that we have previously constructed the last two years, as well as some other

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water man type reconstruction projects. So the results of the sale were very good. I'm going to let Chris Hogan, who is our municipal advisor with the firm of Baker Tilly, um, review the results of the sale. Um, she was not able to be with us last month when they closed on

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the EDA lease revenue bonds. That was our series 26A bonds. So, Chris is going to review the results of the sale and give you some highlights. >> Thank you, null. >> Thank you, mayor, members of the council. Chris Hogan from Baker. I do

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work for the city and serve the as their municipal advisor. Um, and I'm here to just uh talk about the sale results of the city's 27.5 million general obligation utility revenue funds that did sell on July 22nd.

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So, um, the proceeds of these bonds already talked about were used for various water utility improvements, uh, construction of the north water treatment plant and cost of insurance. Um, additionally, there was, um, premium received that allowed the city to

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finance a portion of the Jonathan waterme project. The payment term overall for the bonds is 25 years with a level debt service. The security of course the bonds are general obligation pledge of the city but are expected to pay be paid

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with the city's water utility revenues with no cost are very bond sale pricing. Um it did result in a winning bid that had a premium 266,570,000 and like I said that money was put towards financing the um Jonathan water

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project. So they were able to finance the bondage 323 963 of that project. >> Can you pause there for just a second? I'm going to ask a question to you. >> Yep. >> That is PB right over by Crown Extrusions. >> Yep. So, it's actually behind Apex.

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>> Okay. >> Uh, so we have a section of water mane that's in there that has been terrible. Yep. >> Like we have more holes in that street from us digging up than anywhere else probably in town. So, uh, like Chris said, we're going to use the premium

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from this to basically help pay the cost of replacing that pipe, which is a huge benefit to there's a couple of those businesses out there. >> Yeah. I just wanted to make sure that that was like noted in what we were talking about with that and I >> sure that those industries are going to

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be highly appreciative because it has been very cumbersome. Thank you. I'm sorry. Go please proceed Chris. Um I might also note just in comparison because like I said the city was in the market on the 2026A lease revenue bonds that sold um mid June and that was um a

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25 a 29year uh term and that rating that was at 3 point or 4.399. So this bond issue is just a few years shorter. It does it is rated one notch higher and it received 4.311 which is about a difference of 10 basis points.

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>> Okay, >> which you would if the market stayed about the same which it has and um that would account for um the one notch higher rating okay >> which you get for general application >> um again the rating process um we

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started this in conjunction with the 2026 a lease revenue bonds and um it was um an opportunity that the city had to host S&P analysts that came here and we uh we toured the city we had a great day

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and um exploring the city and seeing all the great things the building and um so that was a fun opportunity a great opportunity when the city's been in the market with some fairly large um bond issues so that was great um you know the

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um S&P provided well these bonds were ended up with a rating of double A which is what the city has had on their general obligation pledge bonds and then the lease revenue was one notch lower so bond sale provides a rating provides um

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investment investors independent analysis of the city's ability to their financial strength and the ability to repay the loss. So that's why not only is the process of going through the rating and receiving a rating is really important, it also um directly impacts

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what the rating what you'll get for bids and the rates that you receive. Um some of the credit highlights, I'm going to have to step back and look at this. Um this is from the credit rating report. So they'll always provide a highlight and this is just a summary because they go into a lot of uh detail

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there and they always also provide a factor which could lead to an upgrade as well as a factor that could lead to a downgrade. So I just highlighted pulled out a few things from the report. Um the highlights that they have in there uh the rating reflects S&P's view of the city's robust economy and the growing

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tax base. Uh the city has considerable revenue flexibility. uh proactive fiscal management and commitment to increase reserves while substantial managing substantial new debt is positive. The city has increased its general fund balance um over the

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last five years, the operating surpluses and budget annual addition of 300,000. Um, and the financial management is characterized by realistic budgeting informed by historical trends, five-year operating forecast, and a rolling 5-year

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capital improvement plan. Factors that could lead to an upgrade would be sustained improvement in available reserves coupled with a significant moderation in overall debt. And then they note that factors that

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could lead to a downgrade. If financial performance were to weaken, available reserves would decline or negative balance and non-general fund account pressure overall would pressure overall liquidity or the city's debt burden would increase materially more than the

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currents. And I was just going to note one thing that I missed but I kind of want to talk about is the market because um being the city's been in the bond in the market recently for two bond sales. Um I just wanted to note that the market that

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revenue bond series 2026. >> All right. Thank you um Chris for your uh program um and explanation. U does anybody have any questions at all? >> I know we've done this once or twice. Um

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but I always appreciate the explanation, especially kind of where things are at. Um you know, what could improve us, what could hurt us. I think those are all really good uhformational points that um are very helpful for the general public.

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Uh so with that being said I'm grateful to the work null that you put in um towards this and I'm excited that not only we are going to support the next phase for water treatment we are also supporting some water main construction

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in an industrial area that desperately needs it. So with that I would entertain a motion for uh approval. Does anybody want to make that? >> Okay. >> So motion correct. Good question. Um, I had two that Matt I had asked Matt

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earlier. Um, in regards to one of them was on page 12, Locality Media Inc. Um, what other business? Uh, Council Member Grow, why don't you kick it off since you led the meeting last time?

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>> Uh, actually don't have anything. Quiet week. >> Quiet week. >> I was out of the country and came back and still catching my bearings. But >> Well, you were here. >> I'm here. All right. Uh, Council Member Shamlin, got anything? >> Uh, it was really nice to be at River

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City Days and the booth and meet a bunch of the um, residents and I got the pleasure of working with uh, Alisa's daughter at the booth and she's a wealth of knowledge around um, the construction we're going out here and what people want in the library. So, it was fun to

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get to hear other excited people talk about the city besides just us. >> Tabitha thoughts. >> Tabitha. Yes. Yes. [laughter] Um, and and my dog was our mascot. Huxy came. So, that was kind of fun because everybody stopped to pet Huxy and talked to Tabitha and Lisa and I kind of stood there in the background. It was very

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fun. Um, but it was nice to meet people and I think that there's a genuine excitement about the library. Almost everybody we talked to whether the ideas were new or not had ideas for the library and was excited about that. So, that was kind of fun to see and good turnout. I think overall I remember city days when I was there was

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busy. >> Yeah. >> Um, and I think we got rid of all the yo-yos. So, that was also a good thing. >> I gave uh Mayor Mark a very hard time because those yo-yos were under his watch. >> And we had I had picked the chip clips, which are very popular, which >> are amazing. There's one on my fridge.

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>> And uh Mayor Mark proceeded to throw things at me in retaliation. So, I'm just putting that on the record. >> Well, I will say that I handed a yo-yo to someone and it immediately fell apart. And not once did I have a chip that fall apart. >> There you go. >> Appreciate that. I also wanted to give a

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quick shout out to the uh Southwest Transit for that day. We rode the bus down there with the dog >> and it was lovely. They let the dog ride on. I don't know if it's cuz I was in it, council member, but they did let him ride and the kids and the strollers and all the things we had with us. So, that

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was very nice. Um, and it very easy. So, great job to Southwest. And then just a shout out to public works. They were in my neighborhood today taking down two big trees and it was completely clean. You would never know they were there when they left. And when I left at noon to go out, I was thinking that it would

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look like a war zone. So, great job cleaning up after themselves. >> Yeah, they do a really wonderful job. >> Yep. >> Great. Oh, all right. Uh, Council Member Hatfield, >> your turn. >> River City Days was fantastic. That congrats again on 50 years. That was

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really amazing. I really liked the parade on Thursday night. That was a lot of fun. It felt like a lot of people were there. I don't know. >> Oh, it was huge. >> So nice out or what? But there was a lot more people at the parade. So that was awesome. I wish I would have worked a Friday shift because Saturday was a little hot. So was Sunday. Um but it was

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like still so many people came out and I'm always amazed at how many people come out from other communities to that event. It's always really incredible. Got to talk about so many things. Stop lights, different roads, parking, parks, all sorts of things. Um so it's really fun to just like hear ideas. That idea

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box is always fun because people write things down and put it in there and so a lot of good conversation. I don't think I stopped talking for most of my 2our shift. So that was great. Um, a few businesses have been celebrating birthdays, but I just wanted to congratulate Southern Social. They're

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celebrating one year this week. So I thought that was pretty exciting. They've been a great addition to Chesa. [clears throat] Um, I was downtown this past weekend and it was bustling. And I just want to remind people that sometimes what you read on the internet is not what's actually happening because

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every time I go downtown there are people walking, especially on the weekends, people walking around, people eating, people sitting in the park literally everywhere. So I think sometimes the more you say, "Oh, it's traffic and big trucks and construction of which there is none." Um it's that's

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what you think is happening and it's not. And it was just really amazing to just be literally had to find parking. you had to drive around the block to get parking, which is great. That's a good problem because there were so many people on second specifically um at the different shops and walking over to Hoft

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and then sitting in the park. So, La Hermosa's uh patio was busy, size looked busy, so it was fantastic. Um some things coming up, the farmers market this week, the Chesa Middle

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School garage bands are playing in the park and I'm very excited about that. So, um it's a good week to go to the farmers market if you haven't checked it out yet. And then, um the Carver County Fair is coming up the 12th through the 16th, which is exciting. Um I'll be entering my chocolate chip cookies in to

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see if I can win. >> So, I'm doing that in the state fair, too. I'm pretty excited. >> Good for you. >> Um >> some uh Southwest Transit, speaking of, is celebrating 40 years this year. So, if you haven't seen the 40-year bus, it's driving around. Um and then also

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the winners of our contests, our art contests. There are three buses driving around with um art by two students and then one of the Southwest Transit employees. So those will be around. I can't remember when our next Southwest transit meeting is. But you want to see

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the buses. I think we're going to have all four buses there. >> I think I saw one coming off the highway cuz it looked really like >> Yeah, they're drive. They're out. >> Yeah, you can notice it. >> They've been wrapped. But I think at our next meeting for Southwest Transit, we're going to have all four buses at East Creek to get some pictures or we're supposed to. So, um, that's kind of fun

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that we're celebrating 40 years. I didn't know if I had mentioned it, so I thought it would. Um, and then some other things coming up. The public safety open house on September 14th. That's very exciting. I I remember when it did, everyone first moved into it, I was like, why aren't we doing one now? >> They needed to get I know. But I'm so

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excited for people to see it and get to experience it. So, um, that's happening the 14th. And then Touch a Truck August 20th at the Chesa High School 5 to 7:00. That's always a lot of fun. >> Yep. Nope. Chesa High School, not community center. >> I said chess High School.

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>> I know. That's what I'm saying. Note note that it's not going to be at the community center. >> I thought you said nope. >> No. No. Note like be aware >> it is not going to be at the community center. [laughter] >> So, that's all the things coming up, at least that I had on my list. Um, and

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then I had a question for Matt. So, in the bi-weekly you mentioned the Autumn Woods Park is being worked on. When we went through the process of for that new neighborhood, we se several residents had brought up the kind of walkability along Autumn Woods because there's no sidewalks. >> Yep. >> As a part of that park, I don't know if

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you heard that from the neighbors. Do we have a plan to make that feel safer at least? >> Yeah. Well, I can tell you that I >> Sweet. I don't know if it's come up at They've only had one meeting so far, so I don't know if it's come up at the meetings, but it's definitely on our uh

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radar from the uh meetings that we had when that neighborhood was was approved. >> Um we actually back at that point in time, right after it got approved and sort of that area for the park got cleared out, had come up with sort of a plan for how we were going to approach

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that and stuff. So, the intent would be to implement that as part of the park. >> Okay, that's what I was thinking. I just wanted to make sure it didn't fall off somewhere. So, there's still that intent and we'll see that happen cuz I know I was just driving along there the other day and people really jump out of your way and I was like, I'm only going 10

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miles an hour. So, I don't know if it was like the electric sound of my vehicle scared them because they didn't hear me coming or what, but um it does it does feel a little iffy there. So, I think it'll be good to have something whatever it is, traffic calming or whatever. I think there were several ideas at the >> there's actually a side some type of

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trail sidewalk. >> Okay, that'll be even better. That'll be fantastic. Okay, cool. That was It just made me think of it, so I thought I'd ask. Uh, and that is it. That's all I had. >> Great. Awesome. All right, Elise, >> Lieutenant. >> All right, Kiss up.

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>> Yeah, >> Matt, >> I'm out next week, so she's the boss. >> All right, stuff's going to get done. Party time. [laughter] >> Uh, okay. I've got a long little laundry list here, but I'll make it as quick as possible. Recap. River City Days. They

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did an excellent job. Thank you. A lot of people think River City Days is facilitated by the city. It is not. It is a group of passionate people that want to put that event on to help support nonprofit organizations and they do an excellent job of planning and facilitating that event. I know uh we

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support as a city with our public works and you know um public safety the event, but they do a really excellent job. So shout out to them on a really great event. Um, I could not believe when I saw pictures. I unfortunately tapped out early on Saturday just from the heat and

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being out there. >> Uh, I did not get to stick around for the headlining band and drone show, but man, that was really really wellreceived and very very cool and I think um, really well done. So, >> uh, and then discussions in the booth just like everybody else up here that

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was able to spend time in there. A lot of really positive discussions, a lot of excitement building, especially in our downtown area. people are seeing the changes, they're seeing the progress, and they're just very, very excited. So, thank you um to all staff and Tabitha [laughter] for helping out and like

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putting together theformational boards. A lot of people wanted to talk about City Square West, which was like very surprising and like a positive way because people are very excited. They just they're very on board with everything going on. Um so, that was wonderful. Uh recapping some other

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things. Uh the uh Chesca Cubs beat Watertown Red Devils last night. They are in the playoffs. It was an excellent game, 11 to1. It was a really fun night. Um the fire department played a tournament, softball tournament, and they won. And I guess this is like the

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first time in 20 years maybe that they have won. So congratulations to our fire department. Um that sounded like a really great time out there. And then also speaking of the fire department, um there was I think a good recap of, you know, we I have a thank you letter from

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the city of St. Louis Park expressing their gratitude for providing mutual aid to that um really large fire at the Helix Apartments um on the 17th of July. I know that they showed up and um worked tirelessly with a lot of other agencies

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and I'm thankful that nobody lost their lives. There was a few fire department uh personnel from other departments, not ours, that um got, you know, uh hurt or heat exhaustion, >> had heat exhaustion, like had some health things,

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>> but um you know, even though there's significant dam damage, I'm just glad there's not loss of life. So, um thank you to St. Louis Park for the for the recognition, but also just thank you to our fire department for being there and being um heeding to the call. And speaking of that, there was a fire

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yesterday in a residential neighborhood and I think it's just good to touch on it because we have changed over to the 24hour duty crew model and because of that our response time has quickened by more than 5 minutes. I know. And that because of that, from that fire that had

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happened yesterday, they were able to limit the spread of that fire to just the storage unit and those people are still able to reside inside their home and there's no damage to neighbor homes either or like they're able to reside in their homes too. And so I think that

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just really showcases the need that we put forward for the station and then the response that has come from that already with having them transition to that. So just want >> personally know those individuals community with them and they were very thankful for the response of neighbors as well. Yep.

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>> You know neighbors jumped into action and and everything like that. Uh so yes, thank you for bringing that up. >> Was it late was it in the night? >> No, it was like yesterday morning. I mean I could hear the sirens as I was sitting outside and then about two hours later I got a call from the chief and

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>> Yeah. Yeah. And it was a response from almost every city around us cuz >> you can always tell when a fire is bad because everybody's siren sounds a little bit different. And when you start hearing different sirens, you're like, "Uh, that's not good." >> Yeah, I was having a hard time pinpointing like where in 212 they were going. But like, yeah, I guess um Carver

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and U. Chanhass helped um >> assist in that. So, thank you to our great relationships with other communities as well. >> Um you touched on it, Council Member Hatfield. The farmer market is just being so successful. Thank you to all the hard work that staff puts in every

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single week facilitating that. We grow vendors every single week and you see the busyiness happen with it. I happen to pop in like towards the end in the six o'clock hour and it was still really bustling. So, and the band was going and it just like you said, lots of people

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downtown, lots of things happening. Um, >> I talked with a I talked with a business um that I frequent that had their booth down there for the first time last week. And I asked him, I said, "How did it go for you?" And they said, "Oh, it went good." You they sold stuff there, but he said, "Even more important, we actually

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had people come in the next day into the business that hadn't been there before." >> Okay. >> Um, you know, that now they knew that they were there. So, um, they they were really happy to be a part of it. >> It was really fun, too, this last week. Like it's fun to see some of the other

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businesses from outside of downtown. So you have like your vendors that are normal farmers market vendors. You have some downtown businesses, but seeing like Willie McCoy's and Southern Social bring free food. Like I didn't have to buy dinner that night. >> I know. I was really bummed. I got there too late and they were literally tearing down their booth. I was like, "No."

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Okay. I went time. It was good. It was Yeah. >> Yeah. It was still It was just fun to have like >> got a pizza from Redbench. It was so good. And Yeah. It's just like when you see businesses coming from other areas of town, they want to get in on it. That's like >> Yes.

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>> What is it, Le? Is it 47 now? >> Yeah. So, last uh last week, I think we had 46 booths. I think it ended up being about 42 or 43 different vendors who were there. I don't know what this week's numbers are,

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but they're trending very much the same. So, it is it is it is definitely a really cool vibe. So, check it out if you have not been down to the farmers market. >> There's somebody that makes baked good like scones and >> there's a bunch of bakers. >> Okay.

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>> Loaves. Go there AND CHECK IT OUT AND TRY THEM ALL. >> HAD IT LAST and they [laughter] were really good. They were delicious, but now I can't remember. They were [clears throat] >> No, it's it's good. So, just hats off to everybody that's helping out with that. It's such a success. Uh our police department had two really cool things

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happen. Um officer Martin uh facilitated um him with um uh Officer Rodriguez did the teen academy that was like six for five or six sessions. It was kind of the month of July and they had their graduation. So there were about uh a handful of kids that graduated through

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that have an interest in a future career in law enforcement and they built some really great relationships. It was really fun to interact with those kids at the end. I was there while they were trying out the police simulator um and trying out the drones and like understanding from officer panning and about the drones, you know, program and everything that we run. And so it was

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really a really great learning opportunity for myself and also for the youth that are interested. Um, and then he also put on the first annual youth fishing contest and they had over like they had 60 participants and it was huge and lots of really cool prizes and there

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were people that came for it specifically and then there were people that happened to be at fireman's park to play and because of the relationships you know that he had brought in they were able to get like a free rod to use and you know bait and you know get free hot dogs from uh the chamber and you know all this sort of stuff that was

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just such a great experience for them. So, I just thank you for that. I just think that really showcases the importance of the kind of community policing that we're putting forward to build those relationships and see that be utilized effectively. Um, National Night Out is tomorrow. Uh, so there's

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some neighborhood parties happening. If uh your neighbor's having a party, go there, join your friends, and get to know your neighbors and all that fun stuff. But there's also a food competition and I'm putting this out there and I think we should put this on our website, but we have a specific QR code if you would like to donate money

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to our local food shelf, Bountiful Basket, cuz we are in competition with Carver, Chanhassen, and Victoria, and we cannot let them beat us. We let Carver beat us last year. That cannot happen. If you cannot drop off actual physical donations to the food shelf um this

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week, go um use the QR code. go donate. They can spread that dollar far and buy lots of different um necessary food uh to fill their food shelves and spread that dollar farther and buy more have more purchase power with that. >> It's always a very fun neighborhood

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rivalry too. Yes. Because >> and I think the winning neighborhood gets Yeah. They get the jersey mics I guess last year. But every single year in Chescat, East Creek is second to Adal Wood. It has been like that for the last three years. So, and Adalwood has five times the houses we do. So, we just said that's cheating. But um you know what?

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It's really fun to just come together and do something nice with your neighbors. Yeah, >> a little competition is always fun. >> So join in on a party. Donate to the food shelf if you're not going to attend a party. Let's beat the pants off these other three cities. Sorry, ladies. >> And if you live in another community and

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you want to just scan the CHASA code, >> um we will gladly accept that as well. So I will be putting that out on my social media tonight with just the CHASA code. Um I would say that the uh we need to put that on our city website. loud and proud for tomorrow. It just needs to

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be the giant thing on the front of the website. >> Um, we cannot let Harver beat us again. >> Okay, so uh, one other thing to note, uh, well, I got a couple things. Um, you talked about, thank you to public works. There was a thanks that was sent

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to me for public works to clean up some glass that was in the Clover Ridge neighborhood. They did it very quickly and effectively, so thank you for that. And then also primaries are August 11th. Um there's some obviously higher level office primary uh that are um party

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aligned you know ballot wise but locally uh the sheriffs there's you know five uh candidates running for sheriff I think it's really important that um you know get out there um vote uh in the primary uh especially towards that particular

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election and um that is on Tuesday August 11th uh you can find your precinct information online as well Um, we also got a grant for the Southwest Park, it sounds like. So, it's not the number hasn't quite shook out yet, but

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it's somewhere around the $3 million range. >> Yeah, it's a little over $3 million. >> Splash bed's coming. >> Yeah. What's that? >> Oh, splash pad's coming. [laughter] >> Sorry. August 16th is coming. [laughter] >> You'll hear. But no, it is uh it's like

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three. It's under 3.1 and it's over three. So, whatever is in between that. >> Yeah. No, I I didn't want to do the math cuz it was like plus this minus this percent and I was like, I'm not going to do the math. I'm just going to say it's around $3 million >> when it all shakes out. But that is huge

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and that will go to support our new um park in the southwest area of Chesca. So, just wanted to mention that. Um great work to staff um for uh applying and you know going through the meeting and and doing the work to to >> particularly Ashley.

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>> Yes. >> Yes. Ashley was key on that. Uh construction in our plaza here at City Square or City uh Hall um is happening if you haven't noticed, but just give yourself a few extra minutes if you are [laughter]

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um down here. And uh plenty of parking around around the block um but just might take you a few extra minutes to actually get in if you're coming into city hall or the library. So, >> and you guys both went the wrong way cuz there were stairs right there. >> Very exciting things happening with that stairs. And then lastly, uh, next

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meeting is August 17th, but we do have a EDA EDA meeting following this. So, does anybody have anything that I did not mention in my laundry room list of things that I love to talk about because I love talking about Jessica? No. With that being said,

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um, I would make an motion I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Okay. We have a motion from Council Member Hatfield. >> Second. and a second from council member Gro. All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. We are adjourned for our council meeting and we are going to head

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right into the meeting for the economic development authority uh at 7:37. I don't know if I usually call the time, but I'm going to tonight. Um I call this meeting to order. So roll call, please.

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>> Commissioner Heatfield >> here. >> Commissioner Bennish. Commissioner Shlin >> here. Commissioner GR >> here. >> President Hubard >> here. All right. Next, we have the adoption of the agenda. Does anybody have any additions or corrections on the agenda? >> Motion to adopt the agenda. >> All right. I have a motion from

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Commissioner Hatfield. >> Second. >> And a second from Commissioner Chevlin. Uh all those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Uh agenda is adopted. Now we have approval of previous meeting minutes. These meeting minutes were from Jan July

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20th, 2026. Um, does anybody have any addition or corrections to the minutes? All right. Hearing none, I entertain a motion for adoption. I make a motion to adopt the meeting minutes for 72026.

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>> Second. >> All right. So, have a motion from Mayor Hubard and a second from uh Commissioner Gra. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. All right. meeting minutes are adopted. And that leads us to our one discussion item which is correlated

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to on our consent agenda. It's adoption of resolution EDA 2026-71 calling for a public hearing on the establishment of TIFF district number 26 Big Woods Business Park. >> As mentioned before, this is an

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identical item that was on the council meeting. It's just calling for a public hearing uh for establishing kiff district number 26. the council and the EDA have to both uh actually take all actions on that because uh it involves

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both the EDA and the city. >> Does that so silly question do we have a public meeting just once during the council meeting meeting or do we do it both in the council and in the EDA? >> We do it in both but the public hearing is just in the council site is okay or is it the EDA?

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>> I think it's actually both. >> Is it both? Okay. >> Okay. Um, but in essence, it's weird for us because our EDA are the same people as the council members. In some cities, the EDA is a completely different group. Yep.

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>> And so, you know, then, you know, basically the city's giving permission to the EDA to do certain things. It's a little different when you're the same people sitting up here. It's like you're giving yourself permission. So, >> yep. >> So, staff is recommending it.

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>> Okay. Yeah. Recommend. recommendation for approval. And just so people know, the public meeting is for August 31st. Um, but otherwise, any other questions on anything? I know it was on our consent agenda. It's pretty straightforward. So, I uh

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entertain a motion for adoption. >> Motion to adopt. >> All right. Motion from Commissioner Sheplin. >> Second. >> Second from Commissioner Hatfield. Any other discussion? Uh, hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Opposed. Motion's adopted. Uh the hearing is

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established. All right. That leads us over to other business. Does anybody have any other business that they want to talk about that's EDA related? >> No. Okay. That would then lead us to entertaining a motion to adjurnn.

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Does anybody want to make that >> motion to adjurnn? >> All right. Motion from Commissioner Hatfield. >> Second. >> Second from Commissioner Shepun. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Guess what? for a journ. Thank you.