Good evening and welcome to the Coot Rampage City Council meeting for Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. If you could please rise and join us 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. I did not even see the child here and I went, "What is that?" Doing the pledge. We love kids. It's just fine. Yeah. No, by all means, it's
all good. Uh, please call the role. Council member Grosoviaak here. Council member Butler here. Council member Novak here. Council member Gesler here. Council member Armstrong here. Council member Carlson here. Mayor Cook here. Thank you. All right. Why don't we adopt
this evening's agenda? So moved. Second. Motion by Geyser and a second by Novak. Is there any uh uh discussion or corrections? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. And the agenda is adopted. And we are up to the minutes
from the June 17th meeting. Mr. Mayor. Council member Butler. I move that council approve the minutes from the June 17th, 2025 meeting. Second motion by Butler, second by Carlson. Is there any discussion or corrections?
Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Abstain. Yep. And those minutes are approved. One abstension. Council member Novak. And we have six items on our consent agenda this evening.
And where is it? What happened to my numbers? There we go. Here we go. Um, the first one, item two on your agenda this evening is to accept the right of entry agreement with the Rapids Property LLC.
Um, we're looking for a right of entry agreement that will allow the city to enter onto the property for the purpose of maintaining the water main system, including hydrant flushing and exercising of the gate valves. Such an agreement is standard um for a new commercial development.
And this is for Rapids Property LLC on the old BP site at 2825 Rapids Boulevard. So, we're looking to accept the attached right of entry agreement with Rapids Property LLC for the
Rapids Strip Mall development. The next item on our consent agenda is to approve a therapeutic massage enterprise license for massage by Rachel Anne LLC, 12725
Riverdale Boulevard Northwest. Uh, Ms. Turner currently holds holds a Massage Enterprise license at 12685 Riverdale Boulevard and she is now submitting an application to move her business to 12725 Riverdale Boulevard inside Solo
Salon. She's paid the background investigation and license fee, provided proof of the required liability insurance, and submitted proper educational document documentation. Approval is contingent upon a successful background investigation. So, we're looking to approve the issuance of a
therapeutic massage enterprise license to Massage by Rachel Anne LLC located at 12725 Riverdale Boulevard Northwest pending a successful background investigation. Next item on our consent agenda is to
accept the 2024 annual comprehensive financial report. The city council held a work session just this evening, July 1st, to review the 2024 annual comprehensive financial report, the ACFR, with the city's external auditors,
Clifton Larson Allen LLP. Once approved, an electronic copy of this report along with a condensed summary report will be made available on the city's website. Um, following council acceptance, the report will be submitted to the
government finance officers association for considerate for consideration in the certificate of achievement for excellence and financial reporting program. And the city has participated in and received recognition from this program since 1975.
So, we're looking to accept the annual comprehensive financial report for the year ended December 31st, 2024. Next item on our consent agenda is um to receive the schedule of electronic
payments. Staff has prepared the attached list of electronic payments process since the last council meeting and we're looking to receive the schedule of electronic payments from 612 2025 to 625
2025. Uh, next item on our consent agenda is to adopt resolution 25-81 accepting donations and business sponsorships. And we have I'm just actually I'm just
going to list the companies and the associations that have donated um be or sponsored an event. Uh, Rapids Youth Hockey Association, Rapids Police Association, Rapids Super Senior Club, Papa Murphy's Pizza,
Rapids Crime Prevention Association, Dicks Sporting Goods, Rapids Crime Prevention Association, Northstar Towing and Service Center, um, Pepin Manufacturing Incorporated, Laura Durinsky Charitable Minnesota, Premier
Health Chirop Chiropractic, Xfinity, Elaine Stoolk, Rapids Community Strength Foundation, Rapids Super Senior Club, AARP Tax Aid Program, and then we've got several anonymous donors,
and uh we would just really like to thank all of the donors and businesses that supported our events and programs um for which would not be possible without that support. Um, so we're looking to adopt resolution 25-81 to accept contributions made to the city
between April 1st and June 30th, 2025. And then item seven on this evening's agenda, which is the sixth and final one on our consent agenda is to adopt resolution 24-82 establishing the city manager's salary.
And this is a summary from our closed meeting. On June 17th, city council held a closed meeting pursuant to Minnesota statute for the purpose of conducting the city manager's performance review. In attendance at this closed meeting were Mayor Cook, all council members except for no council member Novak, and
city manager Matt Samwell. During the closed meeting, the city council discussed the city manager's job performance during the previous year, and the city council also discussed the terms of the city manager's employment agreement. Upon the conclusion of the performance review and compensation
discussion, the city council agreed to adjust city manager Matt Stem's compensation package. And the attached resolution establishes the city manager's annual base salary at 243650 retroactively effective to the city manager's employment anniversary date of
June 17, 2025. and the city council was further agreeable to adjusting the city manager's deferred compensation contribution to $5,000 annually effective this year. All other components of his compensation and employment contract will remain
unchanged. So, we need to we're we're looking to adopt resolution 25-82 establishing the city manager's salary. And that should be the last item on our consent agenda. Your honor, Councilman Novak, I move to accept the consent agenda. Second. We have a motion by
Novak and a second by Butler. Uh discussion on the consent agenda. Mr. Mayor, council member Gesler first. Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to uh congratulate the city on a clean audit report this year. Um and for having uh see thanking CLA for their partnership
in getting it completed as well. Uh so looking forward to having that published for the public to see. But uh good job to the city staff again. Thank you, Council Member Carlson. First question for Mr. Mr. Passner. Mr. Mayor, Mr. Pasner, does that mean we're getting closer to getting rid of that
BP? Council member Carlson, that's correct. Wonderful. Can't wait. Can't Can't wait till that thing disappears. I'd just be happy if they mowed. You know, even that would help. And then, Mr. Mayor, to echo uh what uh Council
Member Gistler said, uh boy, it sure was nice to have, you know, to to hear that uh financial report and to know that we're we're on the right the right course. And we've been on the right course for for quite a while. And it's just nice to see that that we're still on the right course.
And I'm very happy we're continuing on that course. Yes. With our city manager renewal of his contractor here. And uh and and and part of that is I recall you
bringing in Ashley and and and I and so that that whole package I'm just very very thankful. You know, we get all the really the great kudos over the finances and uh and we're thrilled that you're you're going to be here as our city
manager and uh welld deserved. Thank you. Anything else? Any other comments or questions on the consent agenda? We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed.
And the consent agenda is adopted. Item eight is to consider planning case number 25-7. Consider a subdivision variance and lots split 851 84th Lane Northwest. Anissa
Craravens. Anissa. Ana. Ana. Ana. Ana. That wasn't even three three tries. I was wrong. Mr. Padner, thank you, Mr. Mayor, council members. Um, so before you tonight, I do have a request for a lot split and a subsequent subdivision
variance for the property at 85184th Lane Northwest. the applicant uh is uh related to the owner of the home and the owner is hoping to split their residential lot which is a single family lot in the LDR1 zoning district into two
lots and build a new home on the second new lot uh which will be parcel B. Um and the variance request is for the uh width of the new lot which is required to be at 100 ft. However, the proposed new lot would only be at 81 ft of width
and that is measured at the 40 foot structure setback of the lot. So, the proposed new lot is a wedge-shaped lot, meaning that it gets wider as you go further back on the lot. At 40 ft, it's not at 100 ft, which is required. So, they are requesting a variance for that element of the lot. This is a bit closer
look at what the lot looks like right now on 84th Lane. And it is um home to one single family home right now. Um, and then the northern half of the lot is currently um, not utilized for any structures. So, the applicant
would be splitting that northern section of the lot off for a new home. And I did bring up this picture in the slideshow just to kind of show a little bit closer or a little bit with bolder colors and a little bit easier to read what the proposed new lot would look like. Um, so I'm showing the red line there being the
new lot line between the lots. The yellow line showing the um, width measurement at the 40 foot setback. And then if you can read it, the 40 foot setback in green. So that's where the width would be measured for all of the lots in this neighborhood. Um at that 40
foot setback. Uh and I did include all of the dimensions of the lots, both lots, showing that they are otherwise in conformance with the LDR1 zoning district. Um lot B, which is the new lot, um would be 22,000 square feet,
which is well above the 15,000 foot minimum. and the proposed home on the lot would meet all of the required setbacks. So, the only um item of the proposal that is not in conformance with the LDR1 zoning district is that width at the 40ft setback line. The proposed
home would meet all setbacks from all lot lines and the um the width issue would not then be pushing the home closer to any adjacent lots or anything like that. Um just for some context within the neighborhood um and uh generally um you
know bring bringing bringing what's being proposed into context. The um neighborhood does have some other lots with a similar shape um wedge-shaped lots front and culde-sacs. I've circled some of those lots in red um lots that are similar in size proposed lot or smaller. And then I did show um in
yellow the um width measurements of a few other lots in the neighborhood that are also less than 100 feet wide at the 40 foot setback. And the vast majority of these lots do widen out to be at least 100 ft wide further back, but at the setback they're not. And then I've also provided the area, width, and depth
of many of the adjacent lots, which I'm not going to go over in detail. But um one of the takeaways of this is that there are other lots that are generally the same size, shape, width, depth as the proposed parcel B um as part of this application. Um so with that, I did
provide um proposed findings of fact related to the variance request. And it's unusual. I know that the council um hears a request for a variance, but a subdivision variance is meant to be brought before the city council rather than the board of adjustment. Um and generally the findings that need to be considered are does it meet the intent
of the LDR1 zoning district? Does it cause any issues for public safety? Uh is the variance uh in response to a unique circumstance? Is what's being proposed a reasonable use? Um is the unique circumstance not created by the actions of the applicant? and is there an unusual hardship or practical
difficulty on the property? Um, and staff do believe that all of these findings would be met and I would be happy to go into any of those in detail on request. Um, but with that, city staff are proposing or are recommending and the city and the planning commission did also recommend unanimously approval
of the requested subdivision variance as well as approval of the resolution for the lot split subject to a few conditions. Notably, that the variance be approved. um that drainage and utility easements, the standard five foot and 10 foot drainage and utility easements be dedicated and that the um
new home abide by all of the Murka regulations as this lot is within the Mississippi River critical area. So that's all I have for a presentation. Thank you. Mr. Pastor, would you go back to that image just the last image you had, that one? Um because because I know
I I I watched the planning commission and the neighbors spent quite a bit of time talking about the the setbacks of the homes there. And now that there's some very unusual lot shapes that required those setbacks the way they are, and you got setbacks anywhere from
gosh, 97 feet to 150 feet of those other ones. Oh, here we go. Um sorry I had notes you know um but this one will be 40 feet correct and on the opposite exactly opposite
side of the culdeac the home the the driveway isn't on the culdesac but that one is exactly 40t off the culdesac as well that uh that the the side of the property is 40t off the culde-sac so it's this wouldn't be the first one
on that culde-sac and the home that's on The lot split is 56 feet. So, it's I don't know. I I I I get it. I I you know, when you you like things how they are, but I it just seems like it really
conforms well to our LDR1. We still got over 22,000 square feet and um I I am in support of it. Your honor, council, I move to approve the resolution 25-80 approving the proposed
lot split subject to the stated conditions. Would you like me to read those out? Um, hang on. Yes, I would. And I think in order to do that, I don't know what the order of the planning commission took it in, but I think we'd also have to
approve the variance with the stated findings and we probably would read those all out. So, I would suggest that we approve the variance first. Sure. And then uh if that's council's intention, of course, and then go ahead and approve
the lot split. That being the case, I would move to approve the requested variance as part of planning case 25-7. Second. Do you still want them to say based on the above six findings? That would be uh based on the above six. That would be preferred. Thank you. Okay. So that was
the motion and our second is on above six findings funding amendment. Yes. Yes. Second or yes. All right. Is there discussion on this Mr. Mayor? Council going back to the one picture that you had had had referenced. Is uh so the
house isn't shown there but there's going to be a house in there and it's going to be orientated where it's you know going kind of deeper. Are are we in compliance with the sideyard setbacks from the other property um property lines with that
configuration? Is there anything unique there? Are they right on the lines? Are they Council Member Grisco? The proposed home would be right on the side setback lines. So, the very front corners where the setback is or where the lot is the narrowest. Um but it is within the 15t
side setback. So, um, generally no, um, variance would be required for anything like that. That would be in conformance with the LDR1 zoning standards. Okay, that's the only confirmation I needed. Any other comments or questions on that?
We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. And that motion carries. Now, go ahead, Councilman Novak, you want to run to that next one? Certainly. Uh move to approve resolution 25-80 approving the proposed lot split subject
to the following conditions. One, the previous approval of the requested variance as part of planning case 25-7. Uh two, new drainage and utility easements must be dedicated along all new lot lines. Three,
any new development abide by the MRCCA regulations detailed in city code section 11-10001, including that a vegetation permit must be approved before any removal of vegetation can occur within the MRCCA bluff impact zone or significant
existing vegetative stand. Second. There's a motion by Novak and a second by Butler. Discussion. Um, I I guess I would just say to the neighbors, thank you for coming out to the planning commission. The planning commission did yman work on this and and
it we certainly listen to their concerns. Um, but I I it seems like we're going to agree with the planning commission on this one, but we'll see how the vote goes. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. And the motion
carries. So, thank you, Mr. Passer. Thank you. Um item nine is to consider appeal of massage therapist license denial. Um maybe Jing Sun maybe.
Um okay. All right. So, we're looking for our city clerk will provide an overview of the request and the reasons for the dial. Correct. That's correct. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Council before you is an appeal requested by the applicant, Miss
I want to say soon or suen. Uh, so the city has decided that through its code, the massage licensing or massage therapists should be licensed for general health, safety, and welfare. and there is an established list of requirements that those applicants need
to meet. We've gone through in the clerk's office and um we've discovered that there are some discrepancies and so the license was denied based on the incomplete or inaccurate information and
it it's listed in the memo there. failure to provide a valid current address as is required. Incomplete names and addresses of employers for the preceding five years. There was an inconsistency with the provided certified transcript on the for the
schooling. And then clerk staff was in unable to um or unable to confirm the applicant's attendance at the Santa Ana Beauty College where the transcript is from. Further complicating the matter, we sent the denial letter to the address that was provided by the applicant and
it was returned by the post office. So, we made a telephone call also over to the city of New Brighton where the address is and were we were told that that address does not exist. So, that is the reason why we made the determination in the clerk's office not to grant the
license. They do have uh the right to an appeal and that is what we are here for tonight. Um, we did take extraordinary steps in an attempt to notify Missuan that she was going to be on this council meeting agenda, but um, we were also
provided with an invalid email and a telephone number that is answered and hung up. So, we did contact the salon and ask the salon to ensure that that person was notified that their appeal would be and we got reassurance from the salon owner that she would let them
know. I don't see the applicant in attendance, but this is their opportunity to provide you with information that may clarify or provide enough information that would make us change our mind on that, but I'll turn it over to them if they are here. Let's
let's double check first. So, is the is this person is the applicant here? Is this applicant here? No. Okay. One other thing I would note, if I may, Mr. Mayor, uh, should the council decide to uphold the city clerk's denial, the applicant,
uh, there's nothing in our code that would prohibit them from applying again should they get their paperwork in order and provide a complete application. We would take a look at that and then make that determination at that point. All right, your honor. Um, Council
Member Novak, I move to uphold the city clerk's denial, finding that the applicant failed to provide valid current address as required by city code section 5- 2906 sub 2 sub A. provided incomplete names
and addresses for employers for the preceding five years as required per city code section 5-2 2906 sub 2 subd provided a transcript with an inconstance in oh good lord I can't talk
today inconsistencies due to a date discrepancy and the city's inability to confirm the applicant's attendance at Santa Ana Beauty College second there's a motion by Novak and a second by Butler Is there any discussion on this
hearing? None. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. All right. And we upheld the denial. Item 10 is to consider appeal of a massage therapist license denial. Um maybe Jing
Jing Yang. Mr. Mayor and Council, I'll just save you the uh information related to the code. It's all the same for this one. We found similar um inconsistencies in this application. Um as listed here, the incomplete names and addresses of the
employers, an inconsistency with the previous addresses and a timeline for attendance at the massage therapy program, uh inconsistency with the date on the transcript and the inability to confirm the attendance at Santa Ana
Beauty College. Um, again with this one, should the council decide to uphold the denial, there is the opportunity for the applicant to reapply once the paperwork is in order. With that, I'll yield the to the applicant if they'd wish to
speak. Yeah. Um, just before that, so let's just so there's no waiting period. If we uphold the denial, they just need to get their stuff together and come back and and reapply. There's no there's no cooling off period
or anything. Mr. Mayor, that's correct. There's nothing in the code that has any sort of a time frame on that. Okay. Mr. Brody, did you lean forward like you were going to say something? No, your honor. I'm just going to agree with the city clerk. Some of our other licensing provisions do have that sort of uh
prohibition or a time prohibition for reapplying. Massage therapist is not one of them. Okay. Okay. Um, so then what we will do is we'll open the the um the ambo up for the applicant if they would like to come up and share their side of
this. I guess I would just point out that if you just get your things in order and reapply, you're might be ahead, but you're you're welcome to present the appeal. Hi everyone. Sorry um I'm Chinese so my
English not um really good. So can I help her here? Please do. Thank you. Oh I think first of all she wants sex everyone give her this chance to explain. Yeah, there is
some incorrect uh information on the application. The main consideration was the Tennessee um the address, right? But she was pull her uh account
out. That was 2020. 2018 wasn't 19. She was providing Listen, actually you're appealing to us now. Oh, sorry. So, she she she was uh her
massage school. She should be at massage school 2019 March, but she thought she was in Kansas for 3 weeks. 2019 March, but she just
got distracted by herself when she fell out of the application. when um City Kirst noticed that pointed out she did confirmed with her uh bank account.
She wasn't in Canas 2019. It was 2018. So that means She was made mistake on that on the application. And do you understand that if you get
all of your documents together that you can just reapply? Okay. Because I I mean, we're not exactly getting any evidence here that's going to cause us to overturn a denial.
Yeah. Yeah. I can't I can't re reply. What was that? Oh, she could she she she really apply. Okay. If got blind. Is that okay? Yes. Okay. Thank you. All
right. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We still need a motion. Were you going to do that? Sure. I don't know. Yeah. Mr. Mayor, council
member Carlson make a motion to uphold the city clerk's denial, finding that the applicant provided incomplete names and addresses of employers for the preceding 5 years is required per city code section 5-2906 sub 2 clause D. Provide inconsistent
previous addresses and discrepancies in the timeline listed for attendance at massage therapist program. provide transcripts with inconsistencies in the dates and the city's inability to confirm applicants attendance at Santa Anna Beauty College. Second motion by
Carlson, a second by Butler. Is there any discussion on this? Mr. Mayor, Council Member Novak. Um, ma'am, as a business owner myself in the city of Rapids, I look forward to you reapplying and getting your business going here, and I wish you all the success, all the success in the world.
Any other discussion? Mr. Mayor, who is that? Councilman Novak Grisco. Question for Miss Lensmeer here on the city clerk. I I just noticed just an observation that both of the applicants were in attendance at Santa Ana Beauty College.
Do we find any anomalies or any issues with that college that Mr. Mayor, Council Member Griscoiac, that is one of the concerns. We don't just take the transcript. We call there to verify and I've been unable to do that. We will try again. Oh,
we can't reach the beauty college. We reach the beauty college but we are given an email, a private email that's not related to the school in order to confirm attendance which sends up a red flag. So, we'll need to work through that. Okay. Yeah, just an observation. Thank you.
All right. Any other discussion? Mr. Mayor, council member Carlson, I do encourage Miss Yang to get everything in order and then and then try again at the same time. Miss Lens Meyer, I applaud the work that you do uh in vetting uh
our licences and our applicants. Um we vet people very carefully who do business in Rapids and so I applaud you for your efforts and Miss Yang, just come on back and get some get your information together. Thank you. All right. Any other
discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. And that motion carries. Item 11 is to adopt resolution 25-79 accepting grant funds from the Creek wershed district and approve the
water quality grant cost share agreement. Mr. Hammers, you've been so quiet this evening. Mr. Hammer. Mr. Mayor. Thank you, councel. Uh this is something we have discussed on a few different occasions. This is uh the culmination of a couple more grants. So
we're considering two grants really in one agreement here. The first being uh completion of a funding package for our enhanced street sweeping. Uh we've we received one previously um for purchasing trauml equipment. This one covers uh the additional costs for that.
This one covers the cost for the contracted street sweeping which pretty much leaves it's just staff time. uh to administer the program and and make sure that we hit those areas correctly and fill out the proper notifications and
and reimbursements. So, um the second is the CCTV truck. Uh we previously discussed potentially the city upwards of $110,000 on that. Uh this brings $75,000 forward for that to go with the PCA grant for 225. So, we're up to a total of 300,000. That leaves about
35,000 for the city to fund on that uh as well. So, um, we've talked about both of these a couple of times. We've been before you with a few other grants. This just helps kind of leverage one matching grant against the other and and get us a pretty good deal to, uh, improve water quality as well as um, groundwater
through uh, INI looking through our sanitary sewer. So, great for the environment, great for the city, uh, good good program, great support from Concrete Watershed District. So, I'm happy to answer any other questions council may have. Excellent. Any questions for Mr. Himmer on this? Mr. Council member Butler. I move that
council adopt resolution 25-79 accepting grant funds from the Creek Wershed District and authorized execution of the water quality cost share agreement. Second motion by Butler, second by Geisler. Is there further discussion on this? Mr. Mayor, Council Member Gesler.
Mr. Hmer, great job going to get all the all the grant funding for all these projects. Really appreciate the hard work there. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Gistler. I'll give this one to to Josh and Danny. Got got a good team. Mr. Mayor, council member, was it Chris Koviaak down there? Definitely want to
adopt this resolution accepting these grant funds. But did did we already order that truck because we already authorized the purchase of it? Correct. Uh, council member, yes, you had already authorized the purchase of it. We're still looking into some of the software items related to it. We want to make
sure it's a full package. So, uh, we haven't pulled the trigger on it yet, but we're getting close. And the only reason I asked is uh uh at the at the uh meeting in the park, they were kind of showcasing that this piece of equipment is coming and I was just wondering if it would be ready for the next meeting in the park to kind of show what this
little unit is and the camera that goes with it and everything. Probably won't receive it till later in the fall. Got it. Okay. Good job. Thank you. All right. Any other discussion on this hearing? None. All in favor signify by
saying I. I oppose. And that motion carries. And we are up to other business or I'm sorry, open mic. Anybody here to address council for open mic this evening. Open mic. All right. Where I don't have any reports on
previous open mics and we are to other business. There's a lot going on over at the Ice Center right now. Boulevard Plaza is buzzing. The uh Fourth of July carnival starts tomorrow.
runs Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. And uh we're waiting to see what Mr. Ericson's gonna put up this for a promotion. But uh ah there we go. Wednesday noon to 10 carnival food trucks, Lions Tent, and pull tabs. 5 to
10:00 p.m. Wednesday is the Rapids High School all class reunion. 6 pm is the parade. It begins at 111th Avenue in Mississippi Boulevard right at by the uh fire station 3 in Anoka Ramsey Community College. Uh there's no parking near the
route there and you can watch live on CTN 859 and YouTube. Um Mississippi Elementary is a pretty good spot too to catch it when it goes by. Um 6:30 to 10 p.m. live music by Vitamin J. 7 to 8:00
p.m. Rocky meet and greet. And 7:30 to 9 is firefighter bingo. Does that start earlier than that? I thought it was like 5:30 or so. All right, here we go. We're up to Thursday. Kind of the same thing. Uh, Carnival Food Trucks, Lions Tent,
Pull Tabs, Firefighter Bingo is 4 to 9. 5:00 is the Kunabs Police Association bags tournament. 5 to 11 is the car show. And 6:30 to 10 is live music by Arena. And then Friday is the Firecracker 5K. You must pre-register
for that. Uh 9:15 a.m. is the kids sparkler dash, which is free. Noon to 7:30, Carnival Midway. Noon to 10, food trucks, Lions Tent Pull Tabs. 2 to 4 p.m. a public safety meet and greet. 6:30 to 10, firefighter bingo. 7:30,
live music, The Rocking Hollywoods. And 10 p.m. The greatest fireworks show you'll find anywhere. No, it's a heck of a fireworks show at 10 p.m. all off the roof of the fire station 3, which is cool in itself.
Um, so yeah, it's a lot going on. It's going to be a great time, Mr. Mayor. Council member Carlson. So, this uh celebration was going on for dang near 70 years. We're going in the 50s on it. It's been in different places, but it's been going on for about 70 years.
Um, I just want to point out that uh with this going on, we will not have a concert in the park this week, right? No farmers market on Wednesday and no concert in the park on Thursday night. And yeah, this when uh when we moved
this from St. Creek Park because it was going to be completely re refurbished down to the boulevard, we got a lot of push back and it's like all we did was move it back to where it came from. You know, it started out down in Rapids Boulevard. So, actually, back then it
was Highway 10, though. Yes. Yes. County Road by the Red Family. Oh, you're right. Right. Mr. Mayor, kind of by that Red Family Center, Mom. Yep. Yep. Red. And Mayor. Yeah. Council member
Armstrong. really quickly. I appreciate whoever put in the the information packet the permanent location because I get asked oh when's it coming back to St. Creek? It's to the best of my knowledge permanently located where it is now. Yeah. Well, you put $6 million
into a sporting sporting facility and it's really hard to run midway equipment over the top of that. Council member Geyser. Uh, and just a reminder for the W4 folks, road closures for the parade and for folks coming to
see the fireworks, traffic is always slow. Take your time, get there early, be ready for a delay out. Please be patient with everyone. Uh, doesn't need to add any more chaos to the all the people coming in and coming out. So, please enjoy responsibly.
And a shout out to the reserve officers that are going to be there every single day dealing with this. the reserve officers, the explorers, all of them. Yeah. Deputy Chief Jacobson, how are things looking over there for security, for the police, for
everything? Mr. Mayor, Council, we are all ready to go. Excited to see everybody out there this uh weekend for a safe and fun time. All right. Very good. Okay. Well, is there any other business to have before council this evening? Move to adjurnn. Hang on. Hang on. We
have one more meeting in the park, right? We do. July mayor and council, we do have a summer in the city meeting at heart on July 22nd. So we got a couple of weeks before that will occur and we'll have one more regular meeting in between but okay one left. Okay, very
good. Thank you. Now go ahead council Novak. Move to adjurnn. Second. Motion by Novak, second by Butler to adjurnn. All in favor signify by saying I. I. We're adjourn.