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Part 1 (Video ID: wYQsL0y6n_I):
- 00:04:00: Meeting Call to Order & Agenda Approval
- 00:05:42: Visitor Presentation: American Legion Poppy Month
- 00:11:08: Scouts Visit and Share Favorite Experiences
- 00:12:25: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Ceases Operations
- 00:14:01: Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes and Consent Items
- 00:16:44: Public Improvement Hearing: Street Reconstruction Project
- 00:27:54: Public Comment Period: Street Reconstruction Questions
- 00:30:25: Discussion of Downtown Reconstruction Project Progress
- 00:32:04: Resolution for Assessment Hearing and Paying Bills
- 00:35:04: Other Business: City Square West Funding and TIF
- 00:40:19: Community Events and Memorial Day Reflections
- 00:45:44: Public Safety Acknowledgement and Utility Billing Insights
- 00:50:07: KPMG Championship, Future Tournaments, and Adjournment


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Good evening and welcome to the Chaza City Council for Monday, May 18th, 2026. I call this meeting to order at 7 o'clock. Would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Uh, Lis, will you please call a roll? >> Council member Hatfield here. >> Council member Bennishes here. >> Council member Chevlin here. >> Council member Gra here.

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>> Mayor Hubard >> here. All right. Next we have adoption of the agenda. Um, does anybody have any additions or corrections to the agenda? >> I just think not that I think it was added to the agenda, but this is a new a

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new item for the improvement. >> Yeah. 8A the public improvement hearing. >> Yep. So everything went out to neighbors. The only thing didn't happen is the staff report didn't get in the packet. So >> Okay. All right. Well, that's all right. Um Okay. Well, with that, um, I

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entertain a motion for approval. >> Motion to approve the agenda. >> Okay. So, a motion from council member Hatfield. >> Second, >> and a second from council member Shlinin. Any other discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed.

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Motion carries. Agend adopted. Agenda is adopted. All right. Next, we have visitor presentations. Um, let's >> Yeah, let's go ahead and start with uh Miss Libby Fairchild up here.

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>> Good evening everyone. I'm fair child. You still ask for our addresses. 267 Minnesota. I've been before the council, not this council, but councils in the past for all the organization that I belong to. I'm here tonight to talk

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about poppy month. Um, some of you who've been shopping last weekend, uh, perhaps got poppies from the VFW. This weekend it's the turn for the American Legion and I'm a member of the auxiliary. This is my first year being in charge of it and so I have a lot of

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shifts available. So, um, um, I've asked city council and I if there are other ways that I can get to people that' be okay. They can check with the American Legion Post 70 and 57 and they know how to get a hold of me. But I thought I'd educate everyone just

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a little bit about how this all came about. After the Civil War, women's and religious organizations began the formal practice of decorating the graves of fallen soldiers. And in 1986, the federal government began creating military cemeteries for the Union dead.

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I recall hearing when I was in school that it was the women in the north decorating the graves of the Confederates. And I also learned later that it the it was women in the south decorating the Yankees graves. Doesn't matter. They're being decorated. And so Memorial Day was decoration day for many

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many years. And now it's Memorial Day because this practice evolved into Memorial Day which we celebrate today and was merged with the wearing of poppies in 1915 after the publication of the poem in Flanders Field by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae following the second

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battle of Yypes which is in Belgium. and I had to figure out how to pronounce that. So, thank God for the internet. It's yipes. The poppy in Europe and the United States states quickly became a symbol of the fallen military after the publication of the poem. The opening

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line refers directly to the site that Lieut Lieutenant Colonel McCrae witnessed as he walked among the crosses laid out to mark the sight of so many who died for their countries. While the poppies grew among the grave, they are also a resilient flower. The poppy can lay dormant for many years in the soil

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only to reappear in great numbers covering the fields which had laid bare for many years previously. The poet wrote of the heroes who appeared in great numbers to come to the aid of others against oppression and tyranny during the great war which was world war I and who would lie dormant until their

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call is heard again. I have the poem with me. Would you like to hear it? >> Absolutely. >> Okay. In Flanders Field written in 1915. In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row that mark our place and in the sky the lark still

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bravely singing fly scarce herd among the guns below we are the dead short days ago we lived felt dawn saw sunset glow loved and were loved and now we lay in lie in Flanders fields take up our

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quarrel with quarrel with the foe to you from failing hands we throw the torch be yours to hold it die if you break faith with us who die. We shall not sleep. Though poppies grow in Fllanders fields. Thank you. So if you see any of us

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around, we're distributing them. We accept donations. We don't sell them and all of the proceeds are used for veterans there. Thank you. Any questions? >> But um no, but I'm going to read a proclamation. So I suppose don't go

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don't go too far. So all right. So uh this proclamation is in recognition of Chaza American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57 Poppy Days. Whereas the poppy as a memorial flower for the American war dead is a tradition which began in the

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years following the first world war. And whereas veterans returning to their homes in the country in this country after World War I remembered the wild poppies which line the devastated battlefields of France and Flanders fields. And whereas the poppy is a

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symbol of hope for all veterans who served this great country through military service. And whereas the Chesa American Legion, auxiliary unit 57, adopted the poppy as its memorial flower to pay tribute to the war dead and aid the living veterans and their families.

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Now therefore, it be resolved that the city of Chaza does hereby proclaim May 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2026 as Poppy Days, and urges all citizens to pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of

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freedom by wearing the memorial poppy on these days. and witness whereof I have set my hand on the I have set my hand in the seal of the city of the cha the city of Chaza this 18th day of May in the year of our Lord 2026.

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Um I'll down or maybe I'll hand off and the lease will pop down. >> All right. So, if if you are in need of, you know, we got some scouts in the in the

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background. If you're in need of some volunteers, right? Maybe they've got volunteers. Maybe not necessarily them, but maybe some of the kids in their troop have volunteer hours. They know where to go find to fulfill those volunteer hours, right? Yes. So,

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wonderful. Thank you, uh, Libby, for stopping by. And speaking of the scouts, we do have some visitors here uh to witness a council meeting and I had an opportunity to have a chat with them prior to the meeting, but I told them I would be

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putting them on the spot. So, you three come on up. I would love for you to introduce yourself. Um maybe what city you live in and maybe tell me what your favorite thing is about being in the scouts. >> Um hi, my name is Logan. I live in

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Chaska and my favorite thing about being in Scouts is just hanging out with friends, going camping and doing merit badges. >> Okay. >> Um, my name is Evelyn. I live in Chaza. My favorite thing about scouts is going camping and all the new friendships and

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opportunities that you get to make. >> Wonderful. >> Oh, my name is Grayson Boer. I live in Chanhassen. My favorite thing about scouts is the skills you learn from it. >> Okay. Wonderful. Thank you guys for

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coming up and being brave to tell me what you like about the scouts. I know when I was in Girl Scouts, I really liked the camping as well. So, big hit. Awesome. All right. Uh, is anybody else here in the room? >> I have something else. >> Okay, we have one more visitor

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presentation. Come on down. >> Okay, so I had good news for the first one and I have a little bit of good news and bad news for my second announcement. Um the bad news is that the um beyond the yellow ribbon of Chaza has ceased

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operations. Um we have found that with a little group of five people that was just getting to be too much to do the things that we were doing and they really weren't aligning with the mission of Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. Um, we were doing holiday cards to go to all of the

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veterans homes, which meant we were writing Christmas cards to everyone and that really wasn't part of Beyond the Yellow Ribbon and we were sponsoring a golf tournament with proceeds to MACV. Uh, Beyond the Yellow Ribbon was uh formed to help service people. And the

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good news is in Carver County, we have a wonderful, wonderful group of people. They're the Carver County Veterans um council and they're doing so many of the things that we should have been doing beyond the yellow ribbon. So, we are ceasing operations. So, Chaza will no

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longer be a yellow ribbon city. >> It's kind of nice there was a break between my good news and then my kind of sad news. But >> this is true. Yeah. I mean, it's good to hear that they're being service, but it is always sad of hearing a group dispand. >> Right. Right. The five of us just couldn't do it anymore and two of them

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have moved out of the city of Chaza. So they're still participating even though they're in Chan and Eden Prairie. So we're ceasing operations. >> Yeah, >> just so you know. >> Well, thank you Libby for that report. >> All right. All right. Uh, anybody else

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here for a visitor presentation? Otherwise, we will move on to approval of the previous meeting minutes. These meeting minutes are from May 4th, 2026. Does anybody have any additions or

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corrections on the minutes? If not, I I would entertain a motion for approval. >> Motion to approve the previous meeting minutes. >> All right. So, a motion from C council member Venes. >> Second. >> A second from council member GR. All

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right. Um any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. All right. Meeting minutes are approved. Let's move on to consent items. We have a lot of consent items. Um, does anybody have or are these are items that are uh

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received little to no discussion because they're not controversial. Although anything can be pulled off of the consent agenda and have a larger discussion or does anybody have any questions or comments on on the consent items? I

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am unprepared but I think I have the only thing I wanted to say about I guess it's 7 I is you know it's exciting that we're kind of moving forward on the city hall plaza project um kind of going underway but

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>> certainly as you walked in today I noticed a giant hole >> yes it was >> certainly a good reminder that that it was appreciative that we're moving forward with that I kind of walked up there thought someone had tipped the cone over just to realize that though the cone was in the hole.

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>> Yeah, no doubt. It's very much very much needed. And then in the next one down with the bridge replacement, it I just thank city staff for putting that together. I mean that I had noted that it was estimated $2.73 million, but with

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the fundings from the state, it's only going to we're going to just do a bond request for $238,500. I mean, that's huge. So, thank you guys for putting in the hard work to make that happen. >> Yeah, it's it's a good program. I mean, we've replaced a lot of bridges in town and basically what the state does is

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they cover all the bridge costs and we have to just pay for the approach costs that go up to the the bridge. So, >> that's nice. Yep. So, yeah. Otherwise, those are my those are my things. Anybody have anything otherwise? I'd

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entertain a motion for approval. Motion to approve consent. >> All right. Motion from council member Hatfield second and a second from council member Chevlin. Any other discussion? >> All right. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. Consented.

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Agenda items passed. All right. That moves us on one action item. uh 8A public improvement hearing and scheduling the assessment hearing for the 2026 street and utility reconstruction project. >> Mayor and council members, the item in

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front of you tonight is the next step in the process of setting up our street reconstruction program for this summer. Uh we have start by just sort of identifying the pro uh project, going through an improvement hearing, go through an assessment hearing, get all the designs. There's a number of

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different steps we have to take uh under chapter 429 of the state statute to go through a a reconstruction project. We are now in the improvement hearing uh section uh part of it uh which is really sort of laying out exactly what the improvements will be. Uh staff has

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notified neighbors, has met with neighbors uh to sort of indicate what the improvements will be. And uh we have uh our assistant engineer, Alex, who's going to uh be doing a presentation to talk about the project and the work

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that's been done to date. >> I'll preise before she starts. Apologize for the it was my issue on the agenda, so you'll have to get after me later, but the the notices have all went out. I

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know Matt touched on it earlier, but the formality behind this is me not actually hitting send. So, all of the residents that are impacted by this year's project, they all did receive notice. Everybody's been well aware. Miss Mullikamp's been meeting with folks over

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the last couple weeks, talking about the bridge and talking about kind of the things that we left off last time, but we'll just kind of touch retouch about tonight. There's a couple things we need to accomplish part of the improvement hearing. Most of it is just a rehash of what we did last meeting, but apologize

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for the agenda. >> We're not having like the hearing tonight. We're just getting ready to >> schedule the improvement hearing. The assessment hearing, we have to actually establish a date for the assessment hearing. So, that's not tonight. Okay. >> So, we are doing a hearing tonight. >> Yes, we're doing a hearing, but it's not

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the assessment hearing. This is just the improvement hearing. >> All right. >> Yeah. And back there, Ken's laughing at Matt as we speak. So, if people don't know Ken, uh, Anderson is was our long long long time, uh,

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Sydney engineering consultant from Bonestro and then Stantech and now is happily retired, but decided he wanted to come visit us tonight. So, I told him he could give the presentation if he wanted, but >> yeah. I mean, old times sake, right? No.

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Okay. All right. Well, mayor, members of council, I'll I'll run through the couple of slides we have here today, picking up where we left off about a month ago when we were um accepting the feasibility study. So, we're talking about Elm Street just south of Fourth

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and then uh Third Street just east of Hickory. And then that diagonal red line there is the channel that we'll touch on as well. A reminder that the gray is everything that's been done. So, really cool to see that map, especially as a

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newcomer to the city. Um, here's a better map. North has shifted now to the right. The bus garage is on your right. The drainage channels on your right. Um, we identify there the roadways in orange that would get uh reconstructed with utilities replaced as well. The red

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bridge on Third Street is the bridge we've discussed that would get removed with the project and replaced with a drainage pipe. And then the yellow is the channel that is uh receiving much less drainage today than it was originally um I guess I would say

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designed, but it was a natural channel. So, it's being filled in with the project. The red Hickory Street Bridge is one that we're not going to be doing anything with at this time, but was identified because we did look at it in the study. So, um project costs. So, as we stated

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in the report, the project costs come in at about $2.7 million. That's made up of a lot of different categories, including street costs to put in the roadway and the pavement, uh, storm sewer, water main, the mainline portion that brings

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you drinking water, and then the water services to the homes. uh sanitary mainline, so the wastewater and then sewer, the sanitary sewer services. And then of course that channel filling, installing the pipe at the bottom of the channel, filling it, removing the bridge

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is that last line item on there that rolls up to the the total project cost. So with this project, as Matt was mentioning, there are assessments to benefiting properties. And so um we're calling tonight to set the date of that

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assessment hearing. and we've prepared an assessment map that just shows uh which properties would be on that assessment role. Um you'll notice that there are some nearby that aren't being assessed because they were assessed with previous downtown projects. So the

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assessment amount too, I think we covered this last time, but is consistent with um th those individual $7,500 amounts are consistent with past assessments from the previous downtown projects. So that hasn't changed.

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Um let's see next steps. So I bringing up the schedule again. I grade out some things we've accomplished. So um since our last meeting, what we talked about was the fact that the drainage channel that exists is actually within private

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property. And so our goal over the last month was to meet with all of the land owners of that channel. And we were able to do that. I think it was either five or six land owners that we went out and met with. Everybody was um in favor of filling in the channel and offering an

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easement to the city so that the city could then uh maintain that storm sewer pipe and maintain drainage through that area even though it would look like a a grassy area by the time you're done. It would look like a yard, but the city would retain an easement over that land

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and the owners were all um interested in moving forward with that. So, we'll continue that process. So, tonight, you'll see on the schedule here, we're looking to hold the improvement hearing and schedule that assessment hearing for June 15th. Um, and then at the

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assessment hearing, we would uh ask to authorize the project and prepare um to go out for bids. We'd accept bids by the end of June, maybe early July, and then construct the project on the back half of summer.

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And that's all I have unless Matt you want to chime in on anything? >> Uh maybe just some of the project costs. So um similar with downtown portions of the part of the improvement hearing is to understand you know what is the

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city's contribution towards these projects. So number of funding groups that contribute towards the city's downtown street program. So we have the street costs uh portions of those are come through a municipal state aid program. So part of it comes out of the

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street program which includes storm sewer uh contribution of a number of uh trunk funds that will pay for a portion of the utilities and then obviously we have a assessments that are covert

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intended to cover the balance. Uh we're tonight is not the assessment hearing. Um but uh the bulk of the project costs are being funded by the city. When we get to the assessment hearing, um

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there's going to be the next step in the process is we'll be reaching out to property owners and sending them terms of what the assessments are. Again, we've had neighborhood meetings with just about everybody out here. Um it's

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pretty routine for us to talk about assessments with those property owners long in advance. The assessments that are being proposed with this year's project are no different than the last I don't even want to say it number of years that we've been since we've been

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implementing downtown. Uh the $7,500 amount has been set for years and years. Um the every person that is being impacted with the assessments did receive an improvement hearing notice for tonight. Alex has done a nice job

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which is why likely nobody is here. Uh so that's good news. Um but the next step would be for us to have the assessment hearing. Um all of the terms of the assessment folks will receive it are well in advance. Um, and we'll be

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sending out those notices likely next week. Uh, we're shooting for the middle of June for when we would have the assessment hearing. So, we're targeting kind of that mid July construction uh in hopes to finish up everything

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before the snow flies. >> Just a question with filling in that ravine. the city as you said the city still owns it will m or they ease it who will m once it starts growing grass who will like mow it maintain it because a lot of those properties have fence like

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it's not part of their yard today because you wouldn't have as a part of your yard >> right so great question the way easements are so we will have rights to go in and maintain the piping that would go in the channel the easements would still be part of their yard uh so what

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they choose to do over the easement is up to them. Um, couple things that we were working with those property owners is to, you know, work through that. You know, how does it finish or what does it what does it mean to what's usable? You

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know, um, I think beauty is in the eyes of the holder and those folks will I mean they'll be able to recognize more of what their yard could be >> when they're done. But >> we'll just have an easement to basically go in and maintain the pipe. >> Sure. >> Yeah. I was just curious because you

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look at Google view, a lot of people have fences which may they may keep or they may choose to take down because now they have more space, but >> it makes sense to have a fence there at this moment in time, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Does anybody else have any questions for

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for staff? >> Yeah, if there's no other question, I mean, we can answer however. Um, we need to open the improvement hearing. >> Okay. >> And then if there's any public comments and things, I don't know if there's people online, but we'd have to open the hearing and close the hearing part of

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tonight. >> Okay. Um, all right. Uh, well, I open this public hearing at 7:24. Anybody would like to come up and speak to the uh uh not the assessment but uh

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the public improvement itself. This is your guys's time to shine. >> I think I heard >> I saw Grayson look like he was interested. >> This may not be Highway 41, but >> he's like, "Nope." Grayson was wondering

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if you and the city had to purchase the easement. >> Uh, yes. >> Yeah, great question. Uh, >> so well, we'll repeat the question because I don't know if our 1.2 million YouTube listeners can hear that.

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>> So, does the city have to purchase the easement? So the easements on this in this particular case because the property owners uh the channel area is actually a part of their property. Um

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what we are doing is not uh purchasing the easement. We're upgrading the portion of the property within within what they own today and simply just saying that in the end the city will have the ability to maintain the system

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the new system that's going in in their yard. >> So the real the concept behind it is that it'll create more usable lawn form, >> right? >> Um so that that sort of considered compensation that way. We did the same thing over on uh Third Street to the

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west of Hickory Street. Uh we had a channel that ran through there and uh put a pipe and filled that in. And um since then it's been just nice lawn area out there. >> Yeah. And as as noted um as Matt had said earlier, our assessments for all of

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our downtown reconstruction of the roads have all been the same. um the assessment piece really comes from the upgraded utilities and road surface, you know, that comes with it. So, I think the easement part of it isn't really the factor in that component.

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Any other kids have any other questions in the um I don't know. I know we're not we no longer take uh comments from um Zoom. Um unless there's somebody that maybe in the chat or something like that but we

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don't unmute any any number. So uh Christa if there is somebody you let us know but >> there is no one. >> Okay there is no one. All right then I'm going to close this hearing at 7:27 if no one else is coming forward. So all right hearing is closed.

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>> You know one thing may Alex if you could go back to that first slide that shows the whole downtown. So you can see after we get this done, the only streets that are left are just the ones around the City Square West block, which after this weekend's uh

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legislature, maybe we can take care of that. >> Uh we'll talk a little bit about that in a second. Uh and then the City Square Park around there, that's been more of a constructibility issue uh and what we can actually do and not do uh over there

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because of the sensitivity of the archaeological issues there. Sure. >> Um so um it we started this program and not one street in downtown was was uh actually constructed as a street.

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>> Um so it's it was a goal that the council back in I think 2010 uh set and um just about accomplished just about have every street reconstructed. So it's a about a $30 million project. So big big project.

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>> Yeah. And an unnecessary one with the age of the roads. So it's I know it's been a journey for both the residents and city staff and um I don't know visitors, but it's been much improved. So

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>> I think the cool thing has been how many homes have improved along the roads that have been redone. Um there's just something about it when those roads got reconstructed that people started reinvesting back into their properties and it's that's been neat to see.

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>> Yeah, absolutely. So, um okay. So, now that uh the hearing for today is done, we need to adopt the resolution 2026-47 uh to schedule the assessment hearing to

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be held on June 15th for the 2026 street and utility reconstruction project. So, I would entertain a motion uh to approve that. Make a motion to approve resolution number 2026-47 scheduling the assessment hearing to be held on June

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15th for the 2026 street utility reconstruction project. >> You just wanted I read it all. >> You just wanted to get some sentences. >> Yeah. Like we it would just be like such a short meeting if we didn't say my words. >> You know that's okay. >> Okay. So I have a motion from Council Member Hatfield. >> Second

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>> and a second from Council Member Bennis. You don't want to recite it all over again today? >> I think we should. >> No. Okay. Fine. All right. All right. Any other discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. All right. Motion approved.

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Thank you guys. Okay. So, that moves us along on the agenda to the bills. All right. Does anybody have a question on a bill? I was trying to find a question on a bill and I just couldn't. Other than I had a question from Matt. uh the lines

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and rotary trees. Is it just that we as a city fund the trees and they just fund the labor or do they give donations and we're just like purchasing the trees? >> So we we basically we purchase all the trees and then they reimburse us.

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>> Okay. I just I saw that on there and I was like >> the years that we've been doing it like this year we planted was it 95 trees up at Mcnite Park. >> Um so it's been right around 100 trees a year. Um, it's basically been sort of a

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three-way sort of split between uh Rotary, Lions, and the city. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I just >> The Rotary sort of came in frontended because of when they got their grant uh to do it, and then the Lions have been sort of filling in after. >> Can't let Rotary have all of the glory.

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Huh. >> Well, the city of Chaza is greatly improved by the competition. Okay, that was my only question. Does anybody else have a question? All right. Um, I already entertain a motion to pay the bills. >> Motion to pay the bills.

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>> All right. A motion from Council Member Chevlin. >> And a second from Council Member Benes. All right. Uh, Lee, will you please call a role? >> Council member Heatfield. >> Yes. >> Council member Bennishes. Yes. >> Council member Chevlin. Yes. >> Council member Grath. Hi. >> Mayor Hubard. >> Hi.

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>> All right. When you do that, I will just automatically follow you. Council member Gra with whatever you say. All right. So, that moves us along to other business and I'll pick on you again. Council member Gra, take it away.

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>> Well, I guess you alluded to a conversation about funding, so I'll just actually kick it over to you for that because I'm curious to hear. >> All right. Um well obviously one of the big things we've been working on uh for legislation for the past

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I don't even know how many years >> six maybe five >> six six years we've been talking about the project for probably 10 uh is city square west and uh so uh for the we did receive $5.5 million in bonding back in

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2024 but since then we've been unsuccessful in getting the additional dollars necessary for it. This year we took a little bit different of approach. We still went in for the bonding request, but we also went in uh requesting a tax increment financing

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district extension uh of 10 years. And um and actually requesting them to allow us to do that upfront so we know how much we're going to get. Um which we found through testimony was not the most

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common request. I think it's a smart request because you'd rather know what you're getting into than than not. >> Um, so the bonding uh bill went we did not get funded in the bonding, but we did we were one of four TIFF

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legislations that actually got included in the tax bill. Um, and there was multiple ones that made the request, but uh we we made it in, which is good. And uh we there's still some steps we have to go through uh because it's an extension

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of the tiff district. We have to go through the county and the school district to make sure they're okay with us extending uh that tiff district life. Uh but if uh but if we complete that process uh we are very close to

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financially making that project a reality. Um, so you know, it's like I told my wife, I said, "This is like a decade in the making." Uh, for for everybody who's been here talking about it. Um, it this

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is a big deal for us. Uh, so really really happy about it, excited. There's a lot of work to do, but it's like I told Nate today, now we have a pathway. Uh, we have we have a a path that we can take that I think we can be successful with.

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>> Appreciate that. Yeah, I was trying to search all we could trying to figure out if I got in or got out or >> Can you since we have a few minutes and it probably be great for the young folks in our room, but also just so that I understand. >> Yep. >> Well, how is bonding different than TIF?

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Like I know that TIFF is a tax, but it's a a break on taxes. >> So bonding, >> isn't bonding similar? >> So no, bonding is actually state dollars uh that they actually provide to a project. Uh and so in essence uh you're

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in essence given cash. >> So is it like a loan though or >> No, it's not a loan. It's it's like a grant. Okay. Uh but it's cash that they provide to whatever entity is doing a project. It doesn't have to be a city. It could be other entities that are doing it. >> Tax increment's different in that it's

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our dollars. >> Okay. Um, so with tax increment, what happens is that there's a base value on the property and taxes are paid to the county, school district, and city based on that base value. That base value

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stays intact. Taxes go to county, city, school district just like they normally did. But when you do a redevelopment on top, now your taxes are higher. >> So that incremental difference between the new taxes and the old taxes, we can use to put back into the project. Got

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it. >> To make it happen. >> Okay, >> that's a good question. >> Y >> it's kind of like refining getting like a refinance of your home to put your home more value. >> It's almost like an equity loan because you're taking more money on it by saying you're going to improve it >> because the value goes up.

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>> The value goes up. >> Yeah. >> Y >> Okay. >> And we don't I mean I suppose we don't know but we don't think there will be push back from the county. I can't imagine the school district having much. >> I think those are just conversations. I think they're just we just have to have

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conversations with it. It's it is this is not a typical ask. >> It wasn't a typical ask to the legislature. >> Um >> probably why cut in so different >> but it's uh but it's it's one that uh >> just relaying my memories of Senator

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Rest and >> yeah it's it's one though that I mean I think the county and the school district are very aware that that's a high priority project for the city. Um, so it I I agree with the mayor. It's going to be sitting down and having conversations about, you know, this is our path to get

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this done. >> Yeah. >> And largely it benefits them too because >> absolutely >> it's going to draw people. >> Well, it will have it will have housing as part of it. So I think on both entities >> and and nobody will lose any tax value of what's coming to them and then once

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the tiff district is off then all that value then goes back to the county school district. >> Right. No, I think it's a good thing. Yeah. >> So, >> okay. What's still me? Uh, I'm just going to go right off a couple just a few things just to pull right off the

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your um bi-weekly farmers market starts June 11th every Thursday through the summer in the PO on the east side of 41. That's exciting because that'll be the first time it's in the PO. >> Um, >> and a PO is a midblock pathway by >> a midblock midblock pathway. Yes. East

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side of 41. >> Um, so that's looks that's exciting. I know we've put a lot of time in, you talk about projects, a lot of time in for the whole area, right? To have that space. Um, it's a sign of summer when the farmers market set up. So, that's good. Uh, and then I'll just mention

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Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day to be held at BFW and American Legion on Veterans Park at 10 a.m. in a short parade prior to the ceremony. Hopefully good weather. It's always iffy when you're outside as I listen to it like pouring right now. Um, so hopefully that's good. But uh uh it's easy to I'll

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just mention that it is easy to celebrate weekends, Memorial Days, and sometimes you get caught up in the world of forgetting about what the true spirit of that holiday is. So take time to reflect on what Memorial Day means. Support the the poppies as we talked

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about. Um and uh also have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend. That is all I have. Are you guys marching? >> They're doing the parade. You guys in it? >> I don't know. >> No, this year.

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>> Got to see what happens. Huh? >> You did last year. >> Yeah. >> I think they're doing it smaller, more condensed, >> right? >> Um, right. I think >> Okay. >> So, I don't know. It's going to be like the full >> thing it normally is. >> Okay.

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Well, look forward to seeing whatever happens. So, >> uh, Council Member Shep. >> Oh, going this way. Um, >> why not? >> You know, I honestly don't have anything, but I will say that I saw the

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thing come for asking residents if they were interested in joining the library um, task force. And so, I would encourage people who use the library or who don't, but would like to learn more about the new library coming to join that. And um I think it'll be a really

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interesting fun project and not a large time commitment. So a great way to get involved in your community. >> Bless you. >> Bless you. >> Yes. The library task force is going to be comprised of some entities but also some citizens users of the library and they'll meet four times. >> Yep.

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>> Um give your input, help shape what our library looks like. So >> you know somebody direct them to our website to fill out the application. be awesome to get someone who doesn't use the library >> feedback, right? To understand what

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prevent why they or why would >> or what would be in the library that would cause them to >> Yep. come >> run all the way down there. Yeah, I agree. Hear all the voices. All right. Uh Okay. All right. Council member Benes, >> I just like to remind everybody with

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Memorial Day weekend approaching from public safety perspective that uh everybody be mindful of driving, being careful out there. There's going to be a lot of foot traffic, a lot of bike traffic, I'm sure. Um just remind everybody to be safe and make good

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decisions. So, >> well said. >> Thanks. >> Wonderful. All right, Council Member Hatfield. >> Yeah, just a couple of things. Uh it was a beautiful weekend. So um got to be downtown a little bit. Grabbed a coffee. Rust and Luster opened which was a great

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grand opening in the previously Linda Seller spots. So just a lot of new businesses downtown. Um reinvestment similar to the homes. Lots of reinvestment in those businesses. Um and just really cool to see. So that was nice. Um Taste of Chasco was fantastic

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as usual. Also beautiful weather for that. Um and it was nice to see everyone. Um, on a more somber note about that evening, I do want to extend my condolences to the family member of the um, person who was caught in the river and passed away, but also thank our public safety. It was a very visible

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because we had so many people downtown, very visible response. People were sort of wondering um, what was happening and they could see the helicopter and so just thank you to our public safety for all they did to try and save that individual and find them. Um, and also just for being so proactive. I know I

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could hear people asking what was happening and um and as the message went out on social media, they quickly kind of understood so they could know that they were safe being in the park. It wasn't related to anything happening there. So, thank you to our public safety um for all they do uh in those

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moments for sure. Um and then uh just I know Libby isn't here anymore, but just on the note of poppies and Memorial Day, if you see um auxiliary members or volunteers handing out those poppies, uh those donations very much stay in our community helping our local

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veterans and are usually a large part of um what the budget for helping veterans each year is. So definitely if you see someone uh or see someone handing those out at any of the locations um grab a poppy even just wear it. That kind of

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visual remember remembrance is huge and if you can donate that's a great certainly a great cause that like I said stays local here um with those donations. So uh I think that is all I had. >> Okay. Wonderful. All right. Elise

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Kristoff Matt. >> Nope. Oh, okay. Uh, all right. Well, yeah, just to recap, I think I um echo Council Member Hatfield, the Taste of Jasco was was a

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great event. Um, it was on the backdrop of something happening in our community that was very unfortunate of somebody going in the river. Um, I share the same sentiment of just being thankful that we have great agencies, um, Carver County

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Sheriff, our police department, our fire department, and some other agencies, Henipin County, that were able to help respond and be able to, um, recover um, that person so that their family can have closure. Uh, even though it was

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very unfortunate. I also just as like a recap, I was walking two days prior along the the levy trail there and it just looking at the river and just, you know, this time of year when the river is just at its normal uh status, it's not overflowing or flooding, it just looks very calm and gentle. So, I just

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think anybody that is recreating over by the river just to really take caution and just know that it's still a river. It's got a current and that, you know, a good situation can quickly turn into a bad situation. So, just really use caution when you're down um swimming

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along the river. So, um uh I uh other business um so part of what I get to do as far as with, you know, Taylor tribes. I go around and I get to

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like sample fun things around the city and kind of learn different departments and kind of see, you know, what is entailed in someone's job. And um a lot of it's always really fun and um active moments. This last week or the week prior I went down to utility building

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and I watched um the disconnect day. That was not fun. Um but it was necessary. And I think sometimes being in this role is not all about what's really fun and exciting, but what you know what impact things have in the

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community and how it impacts to be able to see that and kind of have takeaways from that. And so I just want to give a lot of um credit to our utility billing department for um having really great interactions with our um

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community members that kind of over tough situations and kind of um having you know dignity and just making sure that people are directed to resources to kind of best help them. Uh it was a lot of really great takeaways even though it

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was really really challenging to be kind of witness to that and it's just challenging all the way around. Uh and so it was interesting to be a part of that and kind of have some takeaways from that. I think just at maybe at like more of a state level that would be

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great to kind of lead up the ladder to say, you know, this could maybe be more of a help to everybody involved if like the cold weather rules were maybe revamped a little bit so that it's not so harmful um on those individuals uh to kind of try to catch up after such a

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long period of time. So, so those are things that are challenging but still really beneficial to be part of to to watch. So, uh, I got to meet with these lovely Cubs or no, boy, boy scouts, girl scouts, the scouts here tonight. So, that was fun to be able to interact with

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you and I participated with the Cub Scouts for their bike rodeo and I got to drop a watermelon off a ladder last week. So, that was really fun. Um, and show the necessary part of having a bicycle helmet to help make sure that you're you're not seriously injured if

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you get into an accident. Um, you talked about the task force. So, we have both our library task force uh applications open, but we also have the downtown master plan um revamp task force open. So, if maybe you're not into wanting to shape the library, but you want to help

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shape the downtown area, apply. We would love to hear from you. So, uh, and we talked about Memorial Day, talked about the legislative update. I think that that's it other than um we

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have the KMPG coming and I don't know if there's anything or >> KMPG KPMG >> KPMG >> KPMG sorry um that's coming up as well as Chaza Rocks the music fest those are things that are kind of coming up here

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later on in June but >> yeah the uh KPMG is the women's PGA championship and that's uh right around June 25th uh in that sort of weak area there. Um >> is that at town course or at

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>> that's at okay. Yeah. >> And um one other sort of legislative update um there was language that was also included in the tax bill um to help attract the PGA to bring additional

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major tournaments to uh to Chaza to Hazeline. Um, so they had uh I don't completely understand it yet, but it's a sales tax exemption uh that they'll receive. Uh, and uh it's meant to attract tournaments between 2030 and

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2039. Um, you know, right now we have the RDER Cup coming in 2029 and they're really sort of looking to that next decade about what are going to be hopefully the the next major tournaments that come after that. Yeah, it's become

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increasingly competitive for communities or cities to host, you know, these bigger entities. And so I think >> ask a sort of dumb question about what we were talking about previously. >> If the bond or the tiff district gets

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approved and all that, how fast do those do I mean taxes are paid over several years. So are we looking a long time out to start this project or would this be something no >> between 20 and 30 and 2039 we would have available to help draw people to this city or like

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>> so what uh the way we would handle because the taxes get the taxes or tax increment gets collected over 35 years. >> Yeah. So 25 years though, right? >> So in essence what you do is there are tax increment bonds

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>> uh that you can sell uh on the market and then uh you know basically you get the money like a like a bank mortgage uh upfront to do the project and then the tax increment that we get each year then is used to pay the debt service.

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>> Okay. So the intent would be uh we you know we're currently working with the developer on next >> I remember when we came. Yeah. >> Yep. Um so the the intent would be uh to try to put oursel in a position where we could do something hopefully next summer.

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>> Okay. That's what I was then so we would have not that that's like the biggest draw in the world but we would have that as like a place people could spend money and time and whatever if they use Hazel team. >> Yeah. If if we can get it going then then it it should be done by that point.

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>> Perfect. Uh, and then I guess lastly or uh legislatively I should say just uh say thank you to our representatives um representative uh Ree and repres and and

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Senator Coleman for helping get those um like get the bonding tour even though we weren't on there and and get the the hearings for the tiff extension to help make that happen and then also voting in support of that. So, um, appreciate that

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as well as our lobby, uh, team that really kind of helped be on the ground, boots on the ground over at the cap to kind of make it happen and our city staff. So, a big team involved. Uh, and that's it

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for me. Um, I don't think we have anything. Does anybody have anything else? All right. So, our next meeting is June 1st, Monday. I will not be here. Just so you know >> that's you. >> That's all. You better put that in your calendar.

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>> Make sure I'm here. >> Better make sure you have your meeting voice on. >> So, but uh otherwise I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> All right. Motion from council member Chevlin. >> Second. >> A second from um council member Benish.

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All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. All right. We're adjourned. Thank you everyone.