going. What's different about today than any other day? We'll get started here in a second. I know. Let's just take the high ball ice. Let's put like colored liquid in there and just sit there and drink. It's kind
of like tequila's high. Put flat coke in there. Make it look like All right. Uh we call the meeting to order. Uh good evening. Welcome to the Chesa City Council meeting for uh June 2nd, 2025. Will everyone join me in standing for the pledge?
I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. Uh, Mayor Hubard is out this evening, so you
get me. Uh, we'll start with roll call at least. Will you call roll? Council member Heatfield here. Council member Bennish here. Council member Chevlin here. Council member Gra here. Mayor Hover. All right. Thank you. Move on to adopting the agenda. Are there any
corrections or additions to the agenda? If not, I'll take a motion. So moved. Second. Motion by council member Grath. Second by council member Bennishes. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor
signify by saying I. I. I. Any oppose? Same sign. Motion passes or agenda is adopted. There we go. All right. Next up, we have a proclamation. Um, so for those that weren't aware, um, Size Bar and Grill, who's been in our community a
long time, was sold recently and will have new ownerships. Ownership and since size has been such a important part of our community and really a home for many, it has a lot of regulars, um, we wanted to honor the owner, Terry Dirks, and the and just size bars legacy um,
with a proclamation. So, I'm going to go ahead and read that and then we'll get the proclamation to Terry um at a later date. So, uh in recognition of size Bar and Grill's years of dedication to the community of Chaza, whereas for over four decades, Terry Dirks has been a
fixture in the business community of Chaska, Minnesota, beginning his journey at size over 43 years ago and owning and operating the establishment for 39 of those years. And whereas Terry took the reigns from Lou, who inherited the legacy from the original owner and continued to grow the business from its
original location at what is now Shop 501 building to its current home in the historic mill building. And whereas in 2008, Terry transformed the legacy of size liquors into size bar and grill, expanding its offerings to include a full-ervice kitchen and bringing in his
sister Kathy on board as cook to build a family- centered community-driven establishment. And whereas his commitment has extended far beyond food and drink, offering warmth, welcome, and a space for connection, celebration, and even healing for generations of locals.
And whereas even during trying times, including the closure of the original location in June 2007, after 21 years of ownership, Terry remained deeply devoted to his patrons, ensuring the bar remained a sanctuary for good food, good company, and community spirit. And
whereas Terry has shown tireless dedication, clearing snow around the mill building since the 2008, hosting music bingo, karaoke, meat raffles, and bingo nights, and ensuring that size bar and grill remains one of the city's most beloved gathering spots. And whereas every community needs a place where
stories are shared, burdens are lightened, and memories are made. And for Chaza, that place has been nurtured, protected, and proudly carried forward by Terry Dirks. And now therefore, it be resolved that I, Michaela Hatfield, mayor prom of the city of Chaza, on behalf of the city council and the
citizens of Chaza, do hereby proclaim June 2nd as Terry Durk's day in the city of Chaza and extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Terry for his steadfast presence, his unwavering devotion, and his irreplaceable role in the heartbeat of our downtown. So, we celebrate your retirement, salute your legacy, and
thank you for making Chaza a more connected, joyful, and meaning meaningful place for all. So, thank you to Terry. It truly is, you know, I don't know if anybody has comments, but it's the best burger you're gonna get in town. Good people. It's always um just like a good vibe. So, I don't know if
anybody else wants to share anything. I don't know how you follow that up. That was really well written. And it's very true, right? I think um I certainly learned a few things as well. And so, that was good to kind of see get that because I don't
necessarily know how, you know, how much people know. So, yeah, for sure. Um, and I believe I don't want to get the facts wrong. I think they're going to close um for just a short bit. I think that's been some confusion. So, as they pass over ownership, there might be a few
days they're closed. Um, as they as they pass that over, but um very much is going to an owner and um will be open. Um again, I think it's just a few days they're closed. So, I don't know if we have more details on that, but I think they're closed today and tomorrow. Yeah,
I think they open up. They'll reopen. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, awesome. All right. Any, uh, we'll move on to visitor presentation. So, we have the tour to Tonka. So, Jenny, welcome back. Thank you.
Good evening, council members. Thanks for having us back. I'm here tonight with um, one of my co-workers, Alyssa. So, we both work in Minnetonka Community Ed and work a lot with this event. So, we're excited to share some updates. It's our 20th year of Tour to Tonka this year, and I've had the chance to come
here many times. So, I've seen some of you through the years. So, um August 2nd is Tour to Tanka. And we can go on to the next slide. We'll just give you a preview of some things to come. Again, our 20th anniversary. We're looking to do some fun, um things to celebrate
that. If we go on to the next slide, that'll share a few of those things. No, it won't. Uh that's coming up. um thanking our sponsors. We have a lot of great sponsors who support the event in a lot of different ways. Some are financial, some they're um organizations
get involved and help um different aspects of the event. Shield sends bike mechanics, we have Boyer Building, they help us put up a big structure at the start of the event. Um Domino's provides pizza. So, we've got a lot of great um community involvement from a lot of these sponsors. So, we thank them very
much for their support. You can go on to the next slide. And this we talk about our 20th anniversary. So, um we sell lots of tour to Tonka gear at the event, but we are creating some special um 20th anniversary merchandise that'll be
available for sale online. Um we're going to create sort of an archive display of shirts and materials of events from years gone by. Um, and then we do have something we call a legacy rider, and that's a person who has participated every year as either a
participant or um, a rider. And we have about, I think, 49 of those folks still um, engaged in the event. So, we're hoping to get a nice group photo of them at the starting arch um, prior to the event and really celebrate their commitment of 20 years being involved in
tour, which is amazing. If you go to the next slide, um, these are our shirts for the rider. So, they're a little bit of a throwback to our very first shirt with a little bit of an update on them. Um, but we think they'll be really fun. All of our
participants will receive a shirt as well as if you volunteer, you'll receive a shirt as well. Um, but we're excited to kind of have a an old school updated shirt for that. On to the next slide. Um, talk a little bit about
registration. So, we do have 835 riders currently registered. We're doing really well in terms of comparison to previous years. Um up 7% and lots of states coming already planned um as well as um
Minnesota riders from 113 cities. So we have a big draw. We have a 100 mile distance that often draws people to you know that with that goal of completing that century ride to come. Um but yeah, the numbers are looking great across the board and we know those will continue
out throughout the next couple months. Next slide. Um, this is sort of the breakdown of right now the distances that riders have signed up for. So, the lowest amount in our 16 mile, highest in the 100, but kind of a good spread
throughout the different distances. And go to the next slide. Uh, talking a little bit about our routes, we have five routes this year um from 16 miles to 100. Um, and they go through 25 different cities
depending on the ride that you choose. Obviously, our 100 mile going through the most cities. Um, and Chesca being one of them. So, they come through um, if you go to the next slide, I think that's the map. Um, you can kind of see all of the different
rides. The blue is the 100 mileers. They're going all the way out to Delano and Winstead, and they're making quite a uh, journey around the west of the Twin Cities. Um and then the 16 mileers certainly stay much closer to home um
from our start at Minnetonka High School start and finish there. Um but through Chesca we have a rest stop at Pioneer Park um which is always very popular. Um it's a stop for our 100 mileer. So we expect about 600 to 700 riders to be coming through Chaza
um on Pioneer Trail and uh the rest stop will be open from 10:30 to 3:30. So, it's a busy rest up and it's really spread out throughout the day because they're getting further along in their journey. So, there's a lot of separation between them as they as they make their way here. You can go on to the next
slide and I'll turn it over to Alyssa. So, as Jenny said, my name is Alyssa. My day job is adult programs in community ed, but for uh Tour to Tonka, I'm the route captain coordinator. So, I work handinhand with the volunteers. Um so uh
Turonka is a really heavy lift. Uh we need about 600 volunteers to make the event happen. Uh and there are many different types of volunteers. You know we have people who come for three hours and do packet pickup. um or you have the people at the rest stops that are um
handing out food to all the riders all day or u my route captains who are in charge of a certain part of the route and they're putting up all the signage um and making the route or the event run smoothly. Uh if you would like to volunteer, you could take out your phone
right now and scan that QR code. We'd appreciate it. No, I'm just kidding. But if you could go to the next slide. So since 2006, Tour to Tanka has raised over $100,000 for the ICA food
shelf in Minnotonka, which is super awesome. Uh, and this year, Louise, we our marketing specialist, is uh really trying to up that number even more, especially for not only for the 20th, but just because it's such a great cause. Um, and it's a great way to give
back to our community, which is what community ed is all about. Go to the next slide. I I can keep going. Go ahead. Yeah. So, uh along with volunteers, uh we really rely a lot on our law enforcement and
our safety partners. Um so, this is just some great things that riders have said about uh that law enforcement on the route. uh they feel safe because there's officers at every major intersection or fire um personnel um and they just feel
like like safety is really important. So, we really do appreciate all of those um law enforcement and safety partners that do give us their time um to make sure the event is safe and fun for everyone.
The next slide might be you can go to the next there. which is the end. So, Saturday, August 2nd is Tour to Tanka. Uh starts out at Minnitankka High School and Clear Springs Elementary and then everyone finishes at the high school. Um so, we're hoping folks will be interested to
join us to ride or to volunteer. It's a great community event and we thank Chesca for their continued support of the event and we're happy to answer any questions you have. Any questions? Congratulations on 20 years. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, it's exciting. It's always
exciting to see the riot the numbers go up and get bigger. So, that's exciting. And definitely I'll put a plug in for volunteering. I think it was long ago. I think I was a police explorer actually when I did it. But it is it is fun to see all of the riders go by and um
hopefully it's nice out and you get to just kind of hang out um and you know do whatever it is you're doing but get to see all the activities. A lot of fun. So, just a plug for volunteering. Um, if somebody's listening and they want to volunteer, uh, best place to go. Yeah.
Sign up. Um, if you go to the tour to Tanka website, there's a link to volunteer, there's a link to sign up. Um, and all of the route maps are on there. Lots of good good stuff to check out. So, if you go to Minnitanka Community Ed's website and click down on Tour to Tanka, you'll find everything there. All right. Thank you guys so
much. Thanks for coming. All right. I don't see anyone else for a visitor presentation. So, we'll go ahead and move on to approving the previous meeting minutes. So, any corrections or additions to the previous meeting minutes?
Not hearing any. So, I'll take a motion to approve to approve. Motion by council member Shland. Second. Second by council member Gra. Uh, any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. post. Same
sign. Minutes are approved. All right. Uh, moving on to consent items. So, as a reminder, these are items that don't necessarily need a discussion, but do need approval. So, we can pull any off or ask any questions or comments.
Um, any I guess without any questions, comments on consent. It's exciting to see the Beckman Coulter one because that just means they're moving ahead more. So exciting to see that. Perfect. All right. Um, any other
questions, comments? Motion. I make a motion to approve consent. All right. Motion by council member Gar. Second. Second by council member Benish to approve consent. Um, any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppose. Same sign.
Consent passes. All right. And we don't have any action items, so that's easy. Thanks for making my job easy tonight. Uh, so we'll move on to bills. Any questions on bills? I think there's one consent for adopt the ordinance for
Did I ask something? No, it's all consent. It was all consent. Yeah, it was all in one. Okay. No questions on bills. Motion to pay the bills. Okay. Motion to pay the bills by council member Gra. Second. Second by council member Shavelin. This is a roll
call vote. So any discussion? No. Please can you call roll? Council member Banish. Yes. Council member Shavelin. Yes. Council member. I. Mayor Pro Hatfield. Yes. All right. Bills are paid. Great. Um so we'll move on to other
business. So we'll start with council member GR. Um I was able to the memorial Memorial Day um celebration. It's such a just neat event. I've gone several years. I
tend to try to make it a priority. Life doesn't always allow me to do that, but um I just it's fun to see the speakers, the young adults. You I find myself getting a child that's close to the age going, don't know if my child would speak speak like that and speak so
eloquently and write that and and calm and confident. Um, you know, I thought the focus speaker did a really good job of kind of presenting the realities of um, his experience and how things were
viewed and um, the importance of of saying thank you. And it's just it it's fun to see the gathering of of solemnness but celebration, if that makes some sense, right? Like it's, you know, people are there. It's kind of an interesting because you're talking some very serious
concepts and and memories and and things and then you have kids playing the playground and having fun, right? Like it's just it's interesting kind of uh kind of you and I like to kind of sit in the back. So beautiful weather again. I know I remember days where it poured and we
all gathered in a really small space, right? So just I I think that's great and it just again we talked a little bit last time about how awesome that space is and how some cities have not built such an awesome space. I'm just thankful right like that is such a space the sky
and the scenic background and just kind of you can be reflective and um so that was really fun um and really special. Uh, I also mentioned uh close to my heart uh because I don't think we'll have another meme. Maybe we will. Um, but the Chesca Baseball Classic is June
13th through the 15th. That is different this year. This is the first year that that moved. It used to be in May, like the second week in May. I think it was actually Mother's Day. Now it's Father's Day. Um, that change was made largely because uh a lot of cities started putting their tournaments. And so you
try to try to balance it out so you get the teams to come in. Uh but if you're curious, I mean it's uh ages 9 through 11. Uh all the city fields, shout out to the city works and continue to make those spaces look great because a lot of people will come to the community. It's a great way to showcase uh Chaza. It's
good for businesses because people need quick bites to eat in between. Uh so if you find yourself not doing anything and you're wondering what's all that cheering, uh check out a field. Just go check it. I mean, it's um I say this because I observe this a lot of places,
but it's easy to think about all the stuff you see online about negiveness of youth sports, and it's not always rosy, but it's just sometimes nice to go and just observe kids having fun and competing and and the camaraderie and and everything like that. So, again,
that's June 13th through 15th, and that will be really at all city fields. So, super fun. Um, I noticed we had some structural damage downtown. We had a vehicle run into a median. Is that Trying to figure where
that is, but I've driven by a couple times. So, um, that's always sad when that happens. Yeah. Don't do U-turns. Yeah. Don't use U-turns. That's actually the biggest issue that we've seen. Uh we've seen
uh at Second Street and Fourth Street the two walls that are there uh come out uh for some reason people do U-turns there and they just decide they're going to hit the wall and keep on going. Um
and we've had it happen to both the walls and so we've actually looked at um they're three sectioned walls. We've actually looked at uh actually pulling it back so it's a two-section wall uh so that we won't run into that and then it'll stay looking nice uh serve its
purpose. But also be cognizant that obviously people are doing that. So yeah, it's like it's not safe to do that. I mean so beyond just like hitting those, there's not enough space even for small cars that can turn on a dime to make a U-turn at those spots. So it's
just like not safe. I mean besides hitting the wall. Uh, other question, a couple other questions I had, just looking for updates because I ask and then I'm sure other people ask. The bridge on the bike path, what's the status? I drive by that every day. I think it was I think it's right around
the 16th of it's like the middle of June when uh all the black top will get completed. um because they have to put the approaches up to the bridge and then they also have to do the um when they cross like say Hickory Street uh they
have to put the black top in there too. That'll be fun. We'll connect this all. And then lastly, do you have any update on 41 Ingler anticipation? I noticed for example the they cut the median out to allow that vententral turn through to
what road is that goes behind the Oh, White Oak. White Oak. Y um any update on when we anticipate that? Yeah, we anticipate actually the day of our next meeting, which is the 16th, is probably going to be the day that they switch over. Um they're doing some work on
Ingler in front of the public safety center now with putting in some storm scepters. U but they have half the road always open so people can get to the apartment building or get to I think it's red oak circle uh that's up there. Um but everything will shift. They'll
open up Bavaria and then go over and close 41. That is all I have. Mayor Pro, Council Member Shland. Um, so I have a shout out for the U community workers. They the dance warehouse had their recital this
past weekend at Southwest Christian High School. And with Bavaria closed, everybody thought it was going to be horrible, but they had a temporary stoplight up and it was a breeze to get in and out of there. Um, so great job on, you know, public safety for planning that. Great job to all the girls that dance there, too. I have two daughters
that dance there. And it is amazing when you see how much work those girls put into dancing and then to get on stage and put on these productions all weekend. It is it is amazing. So, congratulations to all those kids. Um, my children and I went to fishing with friends this weekend and that was a again a really great event, very well
attended. They loved their fishing rods and their tackle boxes and walked away so proud with them. Um, but the volunteers were so excited every time a kid, even if it was that big, caught a little fish and and um just so supportive of teaching these kids that skill. Um, and then finally, shout out
to all the kids who are ending school this week, public and private, both are all um starting their summers. And so, congratulations on another year of hopefully really good studies, really good sports. And to the seniors, best of luck in your next chapter. To just piggyback on that, I think it's also a
good reminder of being aware of your surroundings now when you're out about. More kids riding bikes, more kids scooters, you know, it's just that it's like going back to school, traffic changes, school ending traffic changes. So, just be mindful of
the neighborhoods will have more people in them. Absolutely. Movement. Perfect. Thank you. Uh, Council Member Vanish, I don't have much. I just want to say congratulations to the Chesa High School class of 2025 and good luck in your endeavors wherever that may be. and
always try to have fun. So, yeah. Good. Elise, anything? I would just note that I believe all of you received the business newsletter updates. There's a fun new thing that Julie has been working on with Council Heap and Mayor
Hubard highlighting our local businesses. So, take a look at it. It's a fun video to see. This month, it was on the forge and those beastro. So, I watched it. That was that was interesting. Open the beastro. Yep. Oh,
I didn't know that. Y and I would maybe suggest in future light agenda means we should just play the video during the meeting, but in future ones. Absolutely. Uh, thank you. Anything else? No. No. Sorry. You don't have anything else? I forgot that I already talked and was talking.
So, yeah. Awesome. But those videos are just well, it's the topic. Uh, we have a lot of fun doing them. Um, but they are just very good highlights. We have a lot of amazing business owners. So, I think we've filmed four. So, there's more coming. Um, and it's just great to get
to hear about the businesses. So, uh, they're in the business newsletter. They're also on YouTube. So, if you want to go check them out, I don't know if we're going to put them on our city page at all, but, um, they are on YouTube. So, if you're listening and you want to check that out, um, and hear about the forge or embellish and what that all entails, um, you can go watch it there.
So, thanks, Lee, Kristoff, Matt. Uh the only thing I'll mention is uh we uh had a a meeting with the owners at Town Square uh uh building uh today. Had a good meeting about stuff that they're doing to try to improve uh things that
are happening down there. And they've actually uh you know, you know, from a public safety perspective have made some pretty significant improvements down there, which is good to see. But one exciting thing I wanted to share is that
uh they did confirm that uh uh is it called Chaska Chazat Thai and Sushi uh is going to go down there. Uh the person who owns that actually owns a place in Hastings and also in River Falls,
Wisconsin. And I had a chance to go on today and take a look at their reviews and it looks delicious. and the reviews were fantastic. So that's awesome. Um, so I think the thing that's sort of neat about that is we don't have another restaurant like that in the community.
So it's just another more variety and and you know another reason for people to come downtown, too. So they opened they had sort of sounded like they were aiming for probably the middle of July uh time frame when they would actually open up, but uh they have some
renovation work to do. But um between that and we have you know obviously new size and we have the southern social we'll have another a lot of new places opening up down here. That's exciting. Yeah. We don't have any tie in town. Going to be very exciting. Just lots of
restaurants. Quick thing to add on to that. There's a new bubble tea um vendor. I took the dog for a grooming appointment and it's I don't know what that road is where you turn behind that say there Crystal Lane. Crystal Crystal Lane. Yes. Um anyway, so that is a
really fun place and they have these things called the it's a like a corn dog because it's a hot dog, but it's surrounded by mozzarella cheese. So it's they're cheese dog and then deep fried. I did not need to know that. No, it's so good. Actually, we actually ate four of them. So no, that's what I'm saying is I didn't even know that. Too close. My
kids had those. They're very They're so good. And then they have fresh donuts that they make right in front of you based on the mochi. Mochi donuts. Mochi donuts. Those are ice cream. And then of course all the bubble tea and milk tea that you can imagine. really fun owners. I actually took some pictures with them this week that I'll post. But um really
fun. It's a the second of two. They have one in Rapids and this one. And uh cute little addition to downtown. And then behind them is a new thrift store called The Dive Spot, which um if you have household items, clothing, furniture, any of that kind of stuff,
they are always accepting. But it looks like a really cool new place where maybe um you know business downtown could pick up and you can find some light cardboard junk, some fun finds. So, thank you. Anything else, Matt? Nope. Okay, perfect. I just have a few things. Um
first, I want to just congratulate the whole team on being a Star Tribune top 150 companies to work at. That's incredible. And I saw the nice display as I was coming up the steps that looked really nice. I don't know whose idea that was, but just kind of showcases. I
guarantee it wasn't my idea. I had a feeling that if it looks nice, it wasn't my idea. So nice. Vicki. Okay. I figured it might have been a Denise and Vicki thing, but it looks really nice. So, thanks Denise and Vicki for putting that up, but also just the staff because that takes a lot of effort to do the survey
and everything. Like, it's not just something where they like pick out. It's involves a survey and everything. So, congratulations on that. And the thing that I really like about it, I mean, we it's great, you know, to to have that the recognition, but it's what's really
great is the survey tool that they have gives us a year-to-year like applesto apples comparison about where we've been and where we are now. Um, and we had, I think it was 90% 89% uh participation
rate uh with our employees, which is super high. Um, so it's it's it's been a good useful tool to provide feedback to say, you know, where areas that we're doing good, but where areas that maybe we could improve. Yeah, that's really a
team effort. So, thank you, Matt, and all the department heads because that means you guys are doing a good job. I think that's the biggest reflection and people like working here and and that's important to having a good place to live. You want the employees running the city, working in the city to like their job. So, that helps. So, congratulations
on that. Um, and then a few events coming up. Uh, Chesca Pride Celebration will be on June 21st, which is always a really great event. Um, picnic with police is June 25th. That one is also always a hit. So, there's lots of things end of June going
on. Um, one coming up though, June 10th, the kids concert and ice cream social. I think that one's always a really popular one or something. The concert is. So, um, I don't know if the ice cream social has been done before. I can remember, but um who doesn't love ice cream? So that's on June 10th at 6. Um so those
are a few things coming up. I don't know if I missed any others. Um of course at the end of July or mid July, July 12th is Fire and Ice. Put that on your calendars. And then July 26th or the weekend of July 26th is River City Day. So summer in Chesa is always a lot of
fun. So that's all coming up. Um Memorial Day definitely thank you to the Legion and the BFW. They always do amazing job. um just really honoring um those that have been lost in um war and whatnot and the veterans too, you know,
different than Veterans Day, but still honoring um everyone. So, they always just do a phenomenal job. So, um thank you to them. And I think that's it. Our next meeting is Monday, June 16th. And then it sounds like we are going to do the
fifth Monday instead of the July. So, we'll meet June 30th, I think, is the date. Yep. um instead of the July 7th because of the holiday. So um and just a reminder that uh Junth on June 19th is uh it's a
state holiday. So offices and things will be closed. So all right, that's everything last. It was a quick meeting. So um take a motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Second. Okay. Motion
by council member Benes. Uh second by council member Chevland. Uh all in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Same sign. You're adjourned. Thanks everyone. 7:31.