To the flag. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you. The first item on the agenda this evening is approval of the regular agenda as presented. Is there any member of the council that wishes to make any additions to the regular agenda? Are those additions that you gave me? Are those do they need to be added?
>> Okay. >> Then we need to add two license renewals, one transit merchants license, and one VFW street dance. >> So I'll call those six I, J, K, and L. And also on the public utilities,
there's an additional item, Mike. >> Yes, >> 10B. >> Yes, >> we'll add that. And on the liquor and gambling agenda, item 9L, a temporary >> liquor license. >> Yes. >> Does that all of them carry?
>> Six. Six items. >> Think so. >> Okay. So I would entertain a motion to approve the regular agenda with those six items added. >> So move second. >> Motion's been made, seconded to approve the regular agenda. Discussion on the
motion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. Oppos. Motion carries. >> The consent agenda is before the council and all items with an asterisk are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a council member or a citizen requests in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered separately in its normal sequence on the agenda. Is there anyone in the audience or any member of the
council that wishes to either add or remove any items from the consent agenda? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as printed. >> So moved. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to approve the consent agenda. Discussion.
>> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Oppos. That motion carries. Uh the minutes of the regular city council meeting which was held on July 8th, 2025. And the minutes of the special city council meeting which was held on July
31st, 2025 or before the council. Is there anyone in the audience or any member of the council that wishes to make any changes to those minutes? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to approve both of those minutes. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to
approve the minutes from July 8th and July 31st, 2025. Discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? The motion carries. >> Okay, we have a council member that has to leave early.
So, I'm going to move a couple items out of their sequence. The first of which is on the finance committee and that's item 7D. I'm going to ask Jackie Buboltz to excuse herself for this item. We'll let you know when you can come back though.
>> Okay. Thanks. >> So Mike, if we just wait till Jackie's Sure. Okay. >> Go ahead, Mike. All right, Mr. Mayor. We have item 7D on the agenda. consideration to approving a purchase of services contract with the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and Tourism
Bureau. And I'll have uh Kelsey speak to that. >> Mayor and Council, this is a a new one-year uh agreement with uh the Chamber of Commerce who provides basically the staffing for the tourism bureau. Uh the language is exactly the
same as it's been in the past. Uh the only change has been to the amount. It includes a 4% adjustment to a annual price of $69,940. >> Okay. >> Mike. >> So, yep. Mr. Mayor, uh the finance
committee discussed it at their 3:00 meeting this afternoon. Uh we uh had no real discussion and just complete support. So, we have consideration to approving a purchase of services contract with the DL Regional Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau. And I so move. >> Seconded.
>> Motion's been made and seconded to approve the purchase of service contract with the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Tourism Bureau. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I >> I >> opposed. The motion carries.
>> Also, I would like to do item 7A >> if we could. Mike. >> Sure. Um, so finance committee met this uh afternoon like I mentioned. Uh, and we have the award for a sale of electric revenue bonds. And we will have Heidi
start out on that. >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, this evening we have before us uh Michaela Hwitt from Baker Tilly uh to help explain um the uh the result of our
electric revenue bond sale that we held this morning. Michaela, >> thank you. >> Good evening. >> Thank you. Good evening, mayor, members of the council. Um, I do have a PowerPoint presentation. I see if we can pull it up. Just a couple slides.
>> Okay. So again, um here to present the results of the sale of the um city's electric revenue bond series 2025B. Oops. Uh oh. Okay. Sorry. So the um the final bond um
size was 16,60,000 electric revenue bond series 2025B. The uh purpose for the issuance um was to receive proceeds to finance construction of a new generation and substation expansion project. Um a
little bit of the background on the interest rates, which is always an important component of the the bond issuance. Um back in early June when the city authorized the sale of the bonds, we were looking at a true interest cost of about 4.62%. Um we looked at uh updating those rates
next week or excuse me last week a week prior to the sale and we were looking at closer to 4.42% that also did reflect um rating reviews by both um Moody's and Fitch uh rating analysts agencies and I'll go through that process and I'll go
the final um bid award or the final lowest bid today um was a 4.26%. So, it was about 40 basis points less than what we were um looking at back in early June. You'll see here a summary of the nine
bids. So, the city did receive uh nine bids for this issue. The range of the interest rates is uh very close from 4.26% up to 4.29%. So, very competitive um rates were received. Um and again, the lowest bid was the 4.26% true
interest cost. Here's a summary of the uh the pricing um for the bond sale. The um all of the bids did include a premium offer, meaning that um the uh they were paid more than 100% for the principal maturities. And uh as a result with the
premium that was included, the new par amount was um the 16,60,000. And again, that was to finance the 17 million of construction cost plus funding the debt service reserve as a a requirement of a revenue bond. It is a 20-year um term of debt service
and 8-year call provision, meaning um the bonds cannot be refinanced uh earlier than eight years. As part of this process, um the uh we did go through a review of the credit rating. Um and this was it had been quite a few years since the um uh
utility had a rating. Um we worked with both um Fitch and Moody's. And the purpose of the rating is really to uh provide a measurement of the financial strength and ability to repay the debt obligation. Um it serves as an independent third-party assessment and
it really um is due diligence on the investors as far as the um the the strength of the um the um issuer. And again, the lower the higher the rating, the lower the interest rate that you would expect to receive on the bonds. So the first um uh or one of the
analysts was with um Fitch and they had assigned through the review a double uh double A negative on the bonds and the RA rating reflects the utilities very strong um rate flexibility, low operating costs and history of strong financial performance. So it really was
showing an improvement over the last few years um resulting in a higher um credit rating. Oops. So Moody's was the other um agency that u the utility worked with. They assigned a double A3 to the bonds um as well as
assigning a double A2 to the city and their rating reflects um city's maintenance of strong reserves and liquidity um utilities monopoly control over a growing service area and then strong debt service coverage on the bond issue itself. And one of the things to
point out with the with the projected um revenues um both from the project and existing revenues, we're looking at four times coverage um on the debt service. So that's very high coverage. Here's just a summary of where the um where the two ratings fit between both
Moody's and Fitch. And you'll see it's a very high credit rating at the double A3 and the double A negative um respectively between Moody's and Fitch. And here's the city's general obligation debt. Again, Moody's double A2 and S&P of AA.
Sorry, it's a jumper. Um, and this is just the bond buyer index, which gives the um the the average of the interest rates. Um, you'll see that they've stabilized over the last um several months. There was a big jump earlier this year and then stabilized since then. But that's one of
the things we look at is the volatility in the market to really try to understand. and we fell in a fairly stable week um which again is resulting in the uh interest rates that we received today. So with that um I'd be happy to answer any questions but the recommendation
would be to approve the resolution awarding the 16 million60,000 electric revenue bond series 2025B to the lowest bidder which was Jan uh Janney Montgomery Scott LLC um based on their low bid of 4.26%. So, does anyone in the council have any
questions for Michaela regarding the bond issuance? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And I would uh entertain a motion from the council at this time. >> Yes, Mr. Mayor. So item 7 A we have the consideration to a resolution awarding the sale of electric revenue bonds
series 2025B in the original aggre aggregate principal amount fixing their form in the specifications directing their execution and delivery and providing for their payment. Uh finance committee uh discussed uh we recommend approval and I so move >> seconded.
>> Motion's been made and seconded to adopt a resolution awarding the sale of the electric revenue bonds as outlined by Michaela. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed. The motion carries.
>> Mayor, I'd like to say thank you to Heidi for all the work she did putting all this together for us, too. >> And make sure you use your mic so we can hear you. >> We got these brand new mics, but you have to put chaltto over the top of them. >> So, without objection, I'd like to do a
little more jumping around here. Uh, I would like to go to item 4 C. And at this time, I'll adjourn the regular meeting and call to order a public hearing to consider establishment of redevelopment project 44,
the redevelopment plan and establishment of tax increment financing district 44-1. And I would uh call on Larry Reman at this time to introduce this item. Larry? Yes. This is a workforce housing
district. So, it's a 9-year economic development district. It will produce 36 apartment units, market rate apartment units, and it will generate approximately $69,000 annually in tax increment financing. The
plan is to provide the developer with $427,94 in tax increment financing over the next nine years. And that's that's it in a nutshell. >> Okay. Is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak or ask a question
regarding the establishment of redevelopment project number 44 hearing? None. That public hearing is closed and I would entertain a motion. I think that's on the CDC agenda. So Wendy, your >> honor, um I would move that the council
uh pass a resolution approving redevelopment project number 44 and the redevelopment plan therefore and approving tax increment financing district 44-1 and the tax increment financing plan therefore and authorizing an interfund loan.
>> Okay. Is there a second to that motion? >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to adopt a resolution approving redevelopment project number 44 in the redevelopment plan and approving tax increment financing district 441 and the
tax increment financing plan and an inter fund loan discussion on the motion. Well, I'd just like to comment that um being on the development authority, this project is very much needed because we do need housing of all types from low income to higher and
income properties like this. But the the Spillman property, that property has been taxed at approximately $4,600 a year. When this project uh is completed and based on what the assessment's going to be, they're going to be property taxes of $60 to $80,000. So, it'll be
definitely better for everyone, including the city. Okay. >> I have one question. I I know I got this information at the committee meeting last night, but I can't find my notes. I apologize. How many housing units did you say? >> 36. >> 36. Okay. Thank you.
>> Further questions or comments from the council? We have a motion and a second on the table. Further discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed. That motion carries. And also Wendy, without objection, I'd like to go to community development committee item
number 5G. Item 5G is consideration to a resolution approving the conditional use permit to allow extraction of materials at 983 Richmond Road, Hog, Inc. And Larry, I believe you can. Essentially, this is a
conditional use permit to allow mining of the former Cleveland farm. We would like to remove approximately 500,000 cubic yards of material from that site, which will reduce the average height from 15 or lower it 15 feet to a more
buildable level for new industrial park lots. Uh the plan is to do this over a 10-year period and Hog Incorporated is leasing the property from the development authority dur Okay. >> All right. Um your uh your honor, the uh
CDC met last night and heard the information and I move that the council pass the resolution approving the conditional use permit allowing the extraction of materials at 983 Richmond Road. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to approve a resolution approving the
conditional use permit to allow extraction of materials at 983 Richmond Road. >> Discussion on the motion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. The motion carries. The Detroit Lake City Council has
adopted a rules of decorum for public participation in city council meetings. And I'm not going to go through the 25 rules that we've established, but now would be the time if anyone uh wishes to address the council. If you do want to
speak, I would ask that you come to the podium uh state your name and address and the subject of your comments. And please direct all your comments to me as the chairman of the meeting. So, if there's anyone that wishes to address the council this evening,
now would be the time. I think I think Janelle signed up. So, Janelle, if you'd like to come come up to the podium and if anyone else wants to speak, I'll still give you a chance to sign up on the signup sheet
even though I have it up here. >> Go ahead, Janelle. >> Hello, Mr. Mayor and council members. My name is Janelle. Um, the remainder of my personally identifiable information I've shared with Carrie and is available off the record. Um, I wanted to speak to I
believe it's item 5A if I'm not mistaken, the proposal to implement prayer/invocation prior to um sessions. I wanted to come here and um speak uh against this
measure. I do know that the lemon law was not repealed, but rather the lemon law was declared um something that was no longer going to be used as precedent moving forward at a federal level. However, I do believe that we can um
bypass a lot of the discussion that I'm sure will follow that at the federal level and keep things um focused on legislative matters and avoid bringing religion into the legislative sessions
at the city level. Um, particularly I wanted to speak to a few items that I that I read through in the proposal itself. Um, if you'll give me one moment, let's see. Um, I noted that the proposal
recommended that the content of the invocation, if it were implemented, should avoid political statements. And if that proposal were to be passed, I wanted to at this point ask what constitutes a political statement since
all aspects that one might potentially pray for if we're talking unemployment, food instability, financial concerns, housing problems, um lack of education, which tends to fuel poorly informed arguments, people's lives and families
being in danger. All of these are things that one might pray about and all of them are political. As the added states, homelessness itself is a policy choice. And so I also wanted to ask why there's a move to include prayer at city council
meetings, the city council being a legislative and therefore political body. So the proposed prayer by nature as a quote legislative prayer setting a quote solemn and reflective tone for lawmaking would thereby be inherently a political statement saying that
religious beliefs set the tone for lawmaking. This might seem all well and good if you're part of the in crowd, but um if you were to consider the hypothetical litmus test of a different religious belief other than the one that you hold
and the people that you know hold, would you still be in favor of implementing a prayer or invocation? Um, I know that the proposal says that other religions would of course be um permitted, religions other than
Christianity would be permitted to um hold invocations, which I appreciate. Um, but at the same time, given the demographics of the area in which we're in, there is an unspoken assumption that those invocations are going to be almost exclusively Christian
in nature. Um, again, if that proposal were accepted, I wanted to also point out that the verbiage of having non-denominational um content that that be um reconsidered because
non-denominational does speak exclusively to subsets of Christianity itself and not necessarily to any other religion other than Christianity. Um, I also wanted to ask how content guidelines would be enforced if the
proposal states the city cannot regulate the content of the invocation. If the council cannot quote police, monitor or edit the content, how will it be ensured that any of the other content guidelines are adhered to?
And um finally I wanted to um propose a or rather give an example of that hypothetical litmus test I mentioned earlier and um point out that if those who proposed this prayer prior to
sessions wouldn't want a member of the satanic temple giving an invocation if they expect most of the invocations will be Christian prayers then what's being sought is not religious freedom but rather religious preference.
>> Thank you for your comments. We'll take them under advisement. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. So, is there anyone else in the audience that wishes to speak? Are there any other agenda items that somebody would like me to adjust tonight? Otherwise, we'll just go back
to the top and move through that way. So hearing none, I will adjourn the regular meeting and call to order a public hearing to hear public comments on the proposed abatement of disease trees for 2025.
And with that, I would call in our public works director, Sean King. Sean, mayor and council, this is our um annual uh dead and diseased trees. were just uh we identified them earlier this summer and now this is to remove them disease
and dead trees. >> Okay. Is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to the issue of the proposed abatement of diseased trees in the city for 2025 hearing? None. That public hearing is closed and I would entertain a motion.
Okay. The public works committee reviewed this resolution and we ordering the abatement of disease trees for 2025 and I so move >> second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to order the abatement of the disease trees in the city for 2025.
Discussion on the motion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. And at this time, I would call to order a public hearing to receive public comments on the proposed street and utility improvements for Lin View Estates first edition.
And is the city engineer going to address that one? >> City engineer is second. Mayor, >> city engineer John Pratt. >> There we go. Uh mayor and council, we have a brief public hearing again uh
this evening. This is to address the proposed street utility improvements for the Lyn View Estates's first edition project. Um project is effectively just a fairly small uh 10 lot subdivision that's being proposed by a developer and part of the financing for the project
would involve special assessments and so we're required to hold a public hearing. Uh so I'll cover the some of the existing conditions uh the proposed improvements the the costs what the assessments look like and provide a opportunity for question and answer at the end. Project location. This um
project is just off of Shorewood Drive. It's about a 10 acre uh chunk of undeveloped uh land. Um where we've been to date in July we adopted the preliminary engineering report. Uh this evening, the council will consider uh
authorizing design after the conclusion of the public hearing. Uh if that moves forward, we would work on design through the month of August. Uh bringing those plans back to the council for approval and authorization to bid in September. And then um planning to open bids and
bring bids to the council in October, which actually would allow the project to start yet this year, which is a little bit unique from the standpoint that we don't typically start construction projects that late. But the nature of this one would allow a contractor to start uh quite late in the
construction season and effectively work on the project until uh the weather doesn't permit it and they can finish things up in the spring. Uh we would have an assessment hearing for the project uh sometime later this fall after we've received those um bids.
Uh existing conditions. Again, not a whole lot to say. It's a 10acre undeveloped field just off of uh Shorewood Drive. There are no existing um existing sanitary sewer, water mane, or other infrastructure within the development. We are extending sewer and water to the property as part of the
Shorewood Drive improvements uh that'll get underway here very shortly. As far as proposed improvements, uh fairly straightforward. We're going to extend sanitary sewer and water mane into the project from Shorewood Drive. I'll be looking at 8 in uh sewer mains
with 4in service laterals and 6 to 8 in water manes and 1 in uh water services. Uh one item to note is there is a kind of an optional water main loop uh that we're looking at that would extend from this project over to a trans a water
transmission line near the um existing standpipe property. Um so that's one item that we're still contemplating uh whether we'll include that or not. Uh the other maybe a little bit unique uh piece to this puzzle is there is an a
fairly large adjacent residential uh property just to the south of the proposed subdivision. It's highlighted on the screen there. That property does not currently have sewer and water. Um and there is no sewer and water in this portion of Shortwood Drive. So the the
project presented an opportunity to serve that property with sewer and water. Uh the property owner was receptive to that. um had some conversations recently with them and they've indicated they would like to um to proceed with that. So, we would be extending sewer and water service to one
property that would be effectively outside of the primary project area. Uh storm water, we would do little bit of storm sewer with the project. Uh fairly minimal uh the way this the topography is, we don't need a ton of it. Um but we would have curbon gutter to some inlets
on the street. Those would discharge to a number of uh infiltration swailes, which is how we would accomplish our storm water treatment with this project, and pretty minimal sight grading um outside of the the ride ofway on this project. We may have to do some minor stuff just to get water uh to where it
needs to go, but should be pretty minor. Uh we're proposing a 30- foot wide urban section street, which is a couple feet smaller than what we would typically do. Um but it's a very very uh short street with only 10 large lots abuing it. So the thought was
that a 34 foot wide street would be sufficient. There would be a culde-sac at the end of this end of this um street. Project costs uh the base project cost is just a shade over uh $500,000. And then we've got that water main
looping that I mentioned which would be about another $100,000 option. Um like I said that we're still contemplating that project to be funded uh mostly by special assessments uh in accordance with the uh the city's special assessment policy. Uh the little bit
that is being picked up by the city would come from the storm water and water utility funds. Uh essentially the the special assessment policy for these types of projects is that we would assess 100% of the sanitary sewer main water main uh service lateral costs. Uh
the water utility fund uh pays 100% of those water main looping costs. Um the street again is 100% assessed to the developer. And then storm water is a 50/50 split between the storm water utility fund and the developer.
Um based on that, this is how the costs shake out. So out of that that base project cost of $530,000, uh the city's share of this would be just under 30,000 with about just uh just a shade over a half a million dollars being assessed to the developer.
And again, that water main looping, if we proceed with that, uh would fall under the city share and come from the water utility fund. Um then we spread those costs out in accordance with the city's uh policy and in these cases we generally do a per lot
or per each uh allocation of the costs simply because the benefit is pretty uniform between all the properties that are involved. Um so we basically take all those costs, divide them um by the number of lots that are benefiting, which in this case results in
assessments to the Lyn View um development of just under $53,000 per lot. And that's for all the street, sewer, the water, storm water, uh everything. and then about $25,000
um to the lot that's directly south of the the proposed development that would get the sewer and water service. Their portion would be that 25,000. Uh as far as terms and conditions, um it is a being it's a 10 lot 10 lot
subdivision, the developer would be required to pay 25% of those assessible costs uh to the city before we would award that construction contract. And then the balance is assessed for a maximum of 20 years following substantial completion. However, the developer can request a five-year
deferral followed by a 15-year term, which is generally what most of the developers tend to do uh in these situations. But that decision will be made here um as we get the development agreement executed. And that's it. Mayor, any questions? >> Okay. Is there anyone in the audience
that has any questions or wishes to make any comments regarding the proposed street and utility improvements for the Lyn View Estates first edition? Hearing none, that public hearing is closed and I would entertain a motion. Okay. Um Mr. Mayor, I give full
consideration to the resolution ordering approvals and authorizing plans and specs for the street and utility improvements for Lake View estate's first edition. I so move. >> Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded to approve a resolution ordering the
improvements authorizing plans and specifications for the street and utility improvements for Lyn View Estates first edition. Discussion on the motion. I'd just like to mention that, you know, as we keep going along, every year specials keep going up, too. So,
this particular property, the lots are going to be average rate of about 53,400 for specials for those specials coming. So, as John Praset tell us, these prices keep going up, and that's true of this project, too.
>> Okay, further comments? >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. Oppos? Motion carries. At this time, I'll call to order a public hearing to receive public comments on the public nuisance at 15937 Long Lake Road. And
I'll call on our code compliance officer, Priscilla. I think that's your official title, isn't it? >> Yes, I believe so. >> Okay. Hello, Mayor and uh city council. The first um
on Becker County, the the reason why the address on the um agenda is the old address is because it wasn't changed on the county. So, that was the initial uh violation. Okay. >> Um cited. So, it's it's 2435 Long Lake Road. Um, it was annexed into the city
in 2022. In 2023, I met with the owner, um, Doug Branchard to discuss the numerous violations throughout the property. The goal was to work on the violations in phases. First phase was the yard, the exterior storage issues, and the second was the property
maintenance of the house and the accessory structures. This aerial image was taken in 2024 and shows many items still around the property. Although there has been some progress in the front yard, it is still in violation of multiple sections of the city code and
the zoning ordinance. He was cited for uh zoning ordinance violations regarding refu which is unlicensed and inoperable vehicles as well as piles of junk or items. I usually refer to people's junk as items because they
don't really like it being called junk. The exterior storage ordinance requires all items in the listed ex with listed exceptions to be stored inside or fully screened from adjoining properties. Mr. Branchard was cited for city code violations regarding unlicensed or
junked vehicles uh set forth in section 901.04 subdivision 13. Section 1002A.04 04 of the city code covers maintenance and requires the property be to be kept in a clean, safe, and sanitary
condition. On August 6th, I drove by and I took some photos from the ride ofway and then leading up to the front door. The camper, the truck, and the trailers and such should be parked on the driveway and not in the grass. Here's another photo of another truck
parked in the grass, as well as a right white rectangular storage container behind the shrub. Another angle of the truck in the trailer. You can see another car in the back. This image shows an unlicensed vehicle,
an inoperable vehicle right in the front. The flat tire in this photo shows that it is inoperable in its current condition. I observed more cars that appeared inoperable closer to the house, as well as items that per the zoning ordinance do not
meet the exception for exterior storage. the pile near near the red car as well as the pile in front of the garage. Another view of the exterior storage violation of section 3 subdivision 2N machinery, tires, and such.
This image shows additional items seen in the front of the red and the white truck as well as front of the green truck and near the accessory structure in the back of the photo. As I said, there has been some progress in the front of the home, but this image shows that there are still a good number
of items that are required to be stored inside and or removed from the property, such as the pile to the right of the porch. Due to the homeowner not meeting the deadline, staff recommendation for the council, staff recommen staff
recommendation for the council is to approve the resolution and to abate the nuisance. The community development committee last night recommended the property owner have until October 12th to clean up the property. If it has not been cleaned up, then the city can move forward with the abatement.
>> Okay. Are there is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to the public nuisance at 15937 Long Lake Road, which is also 2435 Long Lake Road. hearing none. That public hearing is
closed and I would call on the CDC chairwoman Spry. Your honor, the CDC did review this information uh last night at our meeting and um I would move that the council approved the resolution declaring nuisance,
ordering abatement, and assessing costs as a service fee at that uh address at 24 35 Long Lake Road with the amended um date of October 12th versus the seven days that had been initially in the
>> Okay. Is there a second? Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a resolution declaring a nuisance and ordering abatement and assessing costs as a service fee at 2435 Long Lake Road. Discussion on the
motion. >> I have one question that I forgot to ask last night. Um when you know the word abatement is removal of the items, correct? Um, do we have any sense of what it would cost to remove these items
which would then be assessed? I mean, do we have any kind of ballpark or anything? >> Due to the variety and the size of the items, I do not know. >> Hard to guess. >> Plan on getting a quote depending on your decision. I plan on getting a quote this week so that the homeowner knows
what that cost could possibly be >> come November 12th October 12th. and he'll have 60 days from today to to do what he can to Thank you. >> Okay. Further discussion? >> Well, I just like to comment this this property has been this way well over 10
years and um I've got many people out there since we we took this property into the city. We thought there was going to be cleaned up right away, but there's one excuse after another. And but my apology goes to the neighbors that have to live across the street or
near this mess that they have to look at all these years. And we've got to just move fast around properties like this because it's a it this is a real eyesore. This isn't just a couple garbage cans. It's a as you can see by the pictures is a complete mess. And um
I think sometimes we're we're burning Purcella at too many hats to wear because um the to take care of properties like this and we've got other properties like this in Detroit Lakes, but we have to ask somebody's got more time to clean up this city on property
like this. And I'm I'm certainly glad that we're going to get this cleaned up. And for the neighbors out there, October 12th can't come fast enough. Your honor, I have one more comment that I meant to make. Yeah, go ahead. >> Um, I just I really wanted to point out that these conversations have been
happening for three two to three years. This isn't a knee-jerk reaction by the city. You have been and I just want to thank you for all those efforts to try to help this homeowner reach compliance and and this is where we land. So, thank you. >> All right. Any further comments?
If not, all in favor of the motion say I. >> I. opposed. The motion carries. Priscilla, you might as well stay because we got two more to talk about. At this time, I'll call to order a public hearing to receive public comments on the public nuisance at 215
Central Street East. And I would call in Priscilla again. >> Greetings. The owner at 215 Central Street is Sheila Anderson and we have been in contact regarding the violations at this property since 2018.
To bring I sent her a notice of violation July 17th with the deadline to comply by July 31st. This aerial is from 2024 and as you can see there is a good number of items in the backyard.
Miss Anderson was cited for refu and exterior storage violations of our zoning ordinance. She was also cited for similar city code violations for inoperable vehicles and storing household items outside.
She was also cited that the overall property had not been maintained in a clean, safe, or sanitary condition as required by city code section 100a 102A.04. 04. This photo was taken in the front yard of on June 9th. You can see household
furnishings and other items that should be stored inside per the city code. This photo was taken July 17th from the right side. This is July 17th on the left side. The construction materials to the left are allowed to be part of an ongoing
project. Otherwise, they need to be stored inside. There was no active project on site and I checked our system and no permit had been issued for a project in the near future. Just over the hood of the red vehicle on the bottom right, you can see a tub in the front yard.
This photo shows similar state um on August 6th, but the tree on the left side of the property has been removed. The fence panels are lying near the front of the deck. This is from the left side that same day. Again,
the construction materials are still they're piled differently, but they're still there. As I walked up to the front door and took photos along the way, you can see household household items such as a vacuum cleaner and mattresses in the driveway.
I spoke with the 20-year-old son who gave me a tour of the backyard along with his niece who also lives in the property. It's a multigenerational household, so there's a lot of people living this in this one small house. To the right of the stairs, you can see
the tub has been moved and it is holding up the fence panels. To the right side of the front door, you can see household furnishings such as what might have been bookshelves, um, a box spring or mattress,
uh, tools, batteries, um, miscellaneous items. On the left side of the door, there's more household furnishings, perhaps a desk, as well as more tools, a heater, um, a number of items that do need to be stored inside.
This area is behind the truck that is currently in the driveway on the way to the backyard. You can see a sink on top of lawn furniture. This is the gate leading to the backyard. The tires are not allowed to be stored in the yard per our exterior
storage ordinance. This is directly behind the house. I noted a dryer, a pile a pile of straw under that tan tarp, and miscellaneous lawn items. The straw is an issue. It is a rodent attractant
on top of the fence panels. In this photo on the bottom right, you can see their fence panels are some kind of construction materials. Um, there are items piled on top such as seasonal decor, netting, and it looks like a stereo that is
>> I do not believe it is rated to be an outdoor system. The cluster behind the bins on the table, uh, the tires on top of the table and the numerous household bins on the left side of the photo put the property in violation of the refugees and the
exterior exterior storage ordinance. This is another shot back toward the house. Again, uh it shows piles of refu and exterior storage violations in the backyard. Shows there's a camper parked in the backyard. It must be parked on a hard surface. On a previous visit two
years or so ago, the grown daughter had moved back in and stated that her mother, Sheila, and her boyfriend lived in the camper because the boyfriend did not have a good relationship with the children who were living inside the home. Section one, subdivision 8 of the zoning ordinance does not allow people to live
in campers as it is not approved. It's not an approved use in the R2 district. The camper is not hooked up to a septic or a sewer, and there had been what looked like drainage under the camper during the visit.
A freezer, a dryer, and a toilet can be seen close to the house, and piles of construction items that are not being used are stacked next to the home on the right. A number of items piled outside are again a rodent attractant. Due to the homeowner not meeting the
deadline, staff recommendation is for the council to approve the resolution and abate the nuisance. The community development committee recommended the property owner have until October 12th to clean up the property. If this is not cleaned up by then, the city can then move forward with the abatement.
>> Is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to the issue of the public nuisance at 215 Central Street East? None. That public hearing is closed. Chairwoman Spray. >> Your honor, uh CDC did review this
yesterday and I would move that the council approve a resolution declaring nuisance ordering abatement and assessing costs as a service fee at 215 Central Street East. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to declare a nuisance, order the
abatement and assess cost as a service fee at 215 Central Street East. Discussion on the motion. Well, once again, I want to apologize to the neighbors that have to live alongside this mess. I've had calls from these neighbors for years and nothing gets
done. For years, during our August budget meeting, I've been advocating that our city has a a day cleanup week um to help clean up because this isn't happening in just a few neighborhoods. There's houses like this throughout town
and when you let it keep growing and growing, you get bigger messes. I I hope that this year during our budget meeting we'll be able to set money aside so that we can prevent this type of neighborhood happening. And um I'm glad that we're going to have to get this thing cleaned
up by October 12th as something should have been done many years ago. Further discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. That motion carries. At this time, I'll call to order a public hearing to receive public comments on
the public nuisance at 421 State Street East. Priscilla, >> so Jerome and Lynn Hendricks own 421 State Street East. I have met with Lynn on numerous occasions in the last two years. On July 16th, a notice of violation was sent with a deadline for
compliance of July 31st. They were cited for refuge and exterior storage zoning ordinance violations as well as city code violations for unlicensed and inoperable vehicles and household furnishings being stored outside. While inspecting for compliance
on August 6th, I noted that there hadn't been much progress aside from the lawn being mowed. There were inoperable vehicles present in the right ofway, in the driveway, construction materials not part of a
project in the yard. Inoperable vehicles and construction materials from this angle as well. Recreational vehicles are allowed, but they need to be stored on a hard surface. The household appliances pictured in the center near the shed are
not allowed in the yard. It looks like there is a chair and possibly a I don't know what those appliances are. They could be a washing machine. I didn't go into the yard to check because I did not have permission.
Without walking into their backyard, I it appeared garbage had accumulated between the shed and the boats. You can see bins and other items stored outside the shed. Here you can see tires and other items piled up in the yard.
Due to the homeowner not meeting the deadline, the staff recommend recommendation for the council is to approve the resolution and to abate the nuisance. The community development department uh committee recommended the property owner have until October 12th to clean up the property. If it has not been cleaned up, the city can move
forward with abatement. >> Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to make any comments or ask any questions regarding the public nuisance at 421 State Street East? hearing none. That public hearing is closed. Chairwoman Spry.
>> Uh yes, your honor. The uh committee u review this as well and we unanimously agree to uh move to approve a resolution declaring nuisance, ordering abatement, and assessing costs as a service fee at 421 State Street East.
>> Second. The motion's been made and seconded to approve a resolution declaring a nuisance ordering abatement and assessing costs as a service fee at 421 State Street East. Discussion on the motion. Well, I can't u
go without saying something about this house. This house is right behind our old public works building across from the freezer plant. And um it's been in that condition for many, many years. And it's just uh for for us expecting fellow
citizens to live alongside something like something like this is absolutely ridiculous. So once again, I hope that this year during our August budget meeting, we can set money aside so that we can have a cleanup day here in Detroit Lake so this type of stuff
doesn't happen anymore. >> Further discussion from the council. >> All in favor of the motion say I. I >> opposed. Motion carries. Thank you, Priscilla. >> Thank you.
>> So, at this brings us to the community development committee and I would call in Chairwoman Spray. >> Thank you. Um item 5A is consideration to establishing a policy regarding prayer before city council meetings. Um this was placed on the agenda for the
CDC to review the um recommendations for establishing a policy on how we would implement the resolution to begin our meetings with prayer. Um the uh CDC committee um and the rest of the council
have seen the recommendations. Just for a little review because I'm not sure what everybody's involvement has been. Um shortly after the resolution, we received a letter from the county at city attorney, excuse me. Um identifying some legal liability that could pose a
risk to the city. Uh following that uh a memorandum was shared with the committee um with some recommendations for possible policy um items that the council could consider as we uh as we
implement this resolution. Um this uh Mr. Ramstead indicated at our meeting yesterday that he can't tell the council what to do. he can only provide legal opinion and um and and so that is what he has did. His concern with the legal liability and making sure that we
have a policy that does its best to protect um the city from those kinds of uh legal liabilities. Um the council, excuse me, the committee, I'm sorry, I had this all in my head. I was going to be very clear. Um,
after reviewing all of the items in the memorandum, the committee agreed that our next best step is to have the city attorney actually write a policy with those items included in that policy for the entire uh council to review and uh
consider at our next meeting. We have three members absent tonight and given the uh seriousness and uh respect with which we want to manage this matter. Um we all felt that it was important that all of us be present to consider this and uh and weigh in. Um some of the
items that we talked about were um that kind of took precedence was uh a recommendation in the memorandum that any invocation occur prior to the regular business of the meeting. So before our meeting is called to order, that is one of the recommendations of
when to enter into an invocation or prayer time. Um that the use of the word god was ex allowable or acceptable legally because many faith-based
reference their deity as God. However, the word Jesus Christ would be very specific to a particular uh religious belief or denomination. And so so some of these things are in that um are in those recommendations. Um and so our
recommendation at the end of this is to establish the policy, develop a draft and allow the entire council to review it. So we would just table this matter. It was just a discussion matter. There was no intended action on the agenda um and bring it back at a later date once
the entire council has the ability to look at that draft policy. >> Okay. So without objection from the council, we'll table this item until the next city council meeting in September. >> Go ahead, Wendy. >> All right. Item 5B is consideration to a second reading and adoption of ordinance
number 544 reszoning an area from RA Agricultural Residence District to R2 1 and two Family Residence District at 865 Shorewood Drive. And I'll hand it off to um to Larry, but just a reminder, this
is a second reading. We've we've uh considered this before. >> This would be the second reading to reszone the property that is now going to be platted as Lyn View Estates. So, it's pretty straightforward and it makes sense and it fits with the comprehensive
plan. >> Um the councils that did it again, the committee did review this uh with Mr. Reminant uh unanimous unanimously recommend that the council adopt ordinance number 544 reszoning the area
from five from RA to R2 1 and2 family residence district at 865 Shorewood Drive. And I so moved >> second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to give second reading and adopt ordinance number 544. Discussion on the motion.
>> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries and ordinance 544 is adopted. >> Item 5C is consideration to a resolution denying the variance to allow up to 16 boat slips instead of six boat slips at
1897 Bridgeview estates uh Bridgeview Estates Shared Lot and Dock Association. And I will hand this off again to uh Mr. Remen. Yes, this was a request from the Bridge View Lot and Dock Association for a
variance to allow 16 boat slips instead of the six boat slips that they have on a controlled access lot. The DNR sent a very good letter explaining why we should not approve that variance. The planning commission also uh listened to all of the arguments
of the applicant and reached the conclusion that the applicant did not show that they had unique circumstances in their property that would give them the legal justification for a variance and the planning commission unanimously
recommends denial of the request. Your honor, the CDC uh reviewed all of this information as well and unanimously recommend that the council, I apologize, uh uh approve a resolution
denying the variance to allow up to eight 16 boat slips instead of six boat slips at 1897 Bridge View with Estates. And I so move >> second. Motion's been made and seconded to adopt a resolution denying the variance.
uh for up to 16 boat slips instead of six slips at 1897 Bridge View Estates. Discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. >> Item 5D, consideration to a resolution approving the variance to allow a
setback of less than 30 feet for construction of an attached four 40x 25 ft garage at 600 Shorewood Drive. Larry, >> this is an item that came before the council last month. They referred it back to the planning commission for
review. The owner amended his request from a 14t setback to a 19 ft setback. It was also pointed out that the road rightway in that area is much wider than normal. So, he's already 9 ft further
away from the road from the road surface than other properties. And so with a 19 foot setback, the planning commission felt that it would be possible for him to park in front of his garage without extending into the road right away. And they have recommended approval of the
variance as requested. The CDC did review this last night at our committee meeting and uh recommend unanimously that the council uh approve a resolution approving the variance to allow a setback of less than 30 ft for
construction of an attached 40x 25 ft garage at 600 Shorewood Drive. And I so move >> second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a variance at 600 Shorewood Drive. Discussion on the motion. Um, I would just like to I think this is the
one if my notes um are correct that I think I specifically asked you that the the property in this instance met the statutory requirements of showing that there was a need for this. Correct.
>> They the planning commission made those findings and they are listed in the resolution that you're >> All right. Thank you. >> Further discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. >> Item 5e, consideration to a resolution
approving the final plat of Long Lake Acres at 2445 US Highway 10 West. And again, I'm going to hand this off to you, Mr. Roman. >> Thank you. This is a three lot commercial plat on Highway 10. It's on the north end of Long Lake. Uh the
owners are planning to build storage sheds there. uh and that is a permitted use in the B3 district. >> Thank you. Uh the committee reviewed this as well and uh recommend that the council consider approval of a
resolution for the final plat of Long Lake Acres at 2445 US Highway 10 West. And I so move >> second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to adopt a resolution approving the final plat of Long Lake Acres. Discussion on the motion.
All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Item 5F is consideration to the request from Trey Garns authorizing a one-year extension on a variance to allow a 15oot sideyard setback and a 20ft yearard setback on an
I1 light industrial district for construction of a 10,400 ft flex space shop condo at 1070 Randolph Road and 1065 Fortune Avenue extended to August 12, 2006.
Um my understanding is there was nothing unusual about this. There was some construction delays and those kinds of things and the committee considered this uh request and unanimously recommend that the uh council approve this resolution and I so move. >> Second. Motion has been made and
seconded to approve a request from Trey Garns for a one-year extension on the variance at um 1065 Fortune Avenue till August 12th, 2026. Discussion on the motion.
All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. >> And we've covered 5G. 5H is consideration to a resolution approving the amended variance to allow a 20ft setback from the property line adjacent to the road right ofway and a setback of 41 ft from the
ordinary ordinary high watermark for construction of a twostory home at 1217 West Lake Drive and my understanding is this has been brought before uh we uh recommended they go back to the planning commission and they have done so and Larry if you can just kind of bring us
up to date on that. Well, essentially a month ago, we approved a variance with a 43 foot setback from the ordinary high water mark, and the applicant has since been out and measured more closely and apparently needs to have a 41 ft setback
instead of 43 feet. And that's the only change or that's the only amendment to this request. The CDC reviewed this and uh recommends that the council approve the resolution uh for the amended variance to allow the
20- foot setback from the property line adjacent to the road rightway and a setback of 41 ft from the ordinary high watermark for construction of a two-story home at 1217 Westlake Drive. And I so move second. Motion's been made and seconded to approve a resolution
approving an amended variance at 1217 Westlake Drive. Discussion on the motion. >> I have a question. Um the what's in our packet, there's a 33.1% imperous surface coverage. We had some discussion about
that. Uh yes, they did request 33.1% imperous surface coverage, but the um approval was just for a 30% uh coverage, and they would have to apply for a mitigation permit to have that.
>> So, do we need to do we need to change? >> So, that in the resolution, while it says that's what their request is, it does only allow them to have the 30% impervious. >> Okay, that's that's clear in here. >> That is clear. Further questions or discussion? >> Thank you, Larry.
>> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> Motion carries >> and we'll move to the public works committee. Chairman Zean. >> Okay. The first item is 6A. U this is consideration to approving a memorandum of understanding with Lake View
Township. And I'm going to call on our engineer John Pratt to go over that with us. >> Nope. I think this one's the city administrator. City Administrator, >> Mayor and Council, you may recall a few months ago, uh, the city completed the
annexation of the Wendle property on the south end of 270th Avenue. At the time, it was we did an orderly annexation agreement with Lake View Township. Uh, the township had requested an agreement um, in this case anou
outlining uh, how that portion of 270th Avenue was going to be maintained. I have to apologize because this kind of fell through my folder and thought we had approved it but we didn't approve it. So I'm asking council to approve it now.
>> Okay Ron. >> Okay with that u the committee reviewed this and give recommendation for the memorandum for uh for understanding with Lake View Township and I so move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a memorandum of understanding
with Lake View Township. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. >> Next item is 6B. I'm going to have John Patterson engineer to go over with our monthly status report.
>> Mayor and council. Uh still plenty going on with construction. Um wrapping up a number of projects from last year including the street rehab. uh Willow Springs would comment that we are working on a solution where we would be addressing some of what would be failed
uh turf establishment along Willow Springs. Uh we've had a few own calls on that. So we are uh engaging a contractor to to address that issue. So that'll be forthcoming in the next couple weeks, but that's really the last remaining thing on the Willow Springs project. Uh
Southwood Shore Estates uh contractors indicated that they're going to begin work on some of the site grading for that subdivision uh within the next couple of weeks. Uh so we should see some activity uh starting up out there. Uh west downtown, we're actually just waiting for a little bit of paperwork
before we issue final payment on that one. uh the water tower project. Um the crews have basically finished up what they um classify as the ground steel fabrication phase where they've they've basically done all the fabrication on
the steel bowl that will go on top of that concrete pedestal um further down the road. But they do as much of the fabrication on the ground as they can. Uh they've completed that and within the next week here it sounds like the coding crew will show up and start uh doing the
painting on what they can on some of the logos and graphics and things like that. Um be a little bit of site work later this fall and then right now the schedule is to hoist the bowl uh into place sometime uh early next spring. So
more to come on that. Uh no activity yet on the H Heartland State Trail trail trail head project. Um hoping here we see some activity in the next couple weeks on that. Uh Forest Street is moving along. We've got curbon gutter
complete. Uh base course pavements down. They're working on grading uh for sidewalk and the sidewalk contractors coming in later this week to get as much of that done uh as they can here in the balance of this week. uh but should be wrapping up most of that work um by the
end of August. There will be some stuff that trails into uh September a bit, but I'm hoping we can have things largely open here um towards the end of the month. Uh Westlake Drive phase three and the beach project. Continuing to make
work on that project. Uh right now trying to get um the first set of the contract documents which address the street, get those finished up and submitted into Mandot for review and approval. Um and sort of the same is true with the beach project. That's just
a little bit further behind but uh catching up here pretty quickly. So, by the end of the month, the street uh portion of that should be completed from a design standpoint, and probably within another month, by the early part of October, we hope to have the beach
improvements pretty well nailed down. So, we just had a a committee uh meeting and review meeting on that here um within the last couple of weeks. We'll have one more of those uh before we finalize things and get that thing out for bid later this fall.
um DMR legacy grant. Again, that's a a series of projects out there that's being funded by that grant. A number of them are completed, such as the parking lot, uh improvements for the uh uh the biking and trail head facility out
there. Uh they're working on the Nordic uh ski trail. They've got that graded and are working on installing the snow making equipment that's going to go along that uh Nordic loop. um still have lighting and things like that to do out there. Uh there were some additional
single track uh mountain bike trails that were installed. Those have been completed. So kind of getting into the 70 80% complete category with that. Um Shorewood Drive, uh bit of a curveball on that as of this afternoon. Uh it
sounds like the contractor wants to start work on that project starting Monday. Uh the first piece of that will be the installation of that sewer and water mane that I I mentioned earlier that we need to get to the Bristland property. Uh so there'll be sort of focused construction in that area for
about a week and a half uh before Mark Santa gravel comes in and starts uh the reclamation process and the remainder the remainder of the street. So things are going to be uh winding up uh out there over the next several weeks. uh
trunk highway 10 Easthore Drive intersection study. Again, we've been meeting pretty regularly with Mindot and some other stakeholders on that. Uh there's an open house scheduled for August 14th, which would be this Thursday, right here at city hall. Uh it's a public input meeting uh where
they'll uh present uh all the different options that uh have been evaluated. Uh Kelsey, do you remember what time that meeting is? I think five. I'll let Kelsey dig for a minute. I think it's at five right here in the
council chambers, but um so there'll be an overview of all the different options that were looked at um along with what's being recommended. Uh this is one piece of a larger project that Mindot's going to be doing in 2029. Uh basically from the east side of
Detroit Lakes to Freys on Highway 10. Uh but this is focusing a little bit more on some intersection improvements out on Highway 10 and Eastore Drive uh and 290th Avenue. Um 270th Avenue uh at this point we had
a public hearing last month on that. Uh right now what we are aiming for is to have bid that this winter and um make those improvements right away next spring. Um so that's sort of where we're targeting that project at the moment. Uh, People's Park, we dropped that one.
I need to remove that. Uh, the Bristland subdivision is is Lyn View Estage, which we already covered here this evening. So, any questions? >> Any questions for John? If not, we need to approve the monthly city engineers report.
>> Okay. I would like to make sure that we motion that we go ahead and approve his status report. And it's been very busy. And I so move. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to accept and approve the city engineers monthly project status report. Discussion.
>> I would like to say that u a big thank you to John Pratt because he's been working not only on all the projects we normally do in a regular year, but with all the all the planning for next year for spring of 2026, he and his crew have been very busy getting all these plans
put together. And it uh it's a it's a big job. and um he's come through with all of it. It's it's extra work and uh he's done a great job on it and I just want to say appreciation for the work that you do on that. >> Thanks, John.
>> Do we need to vote? >> We need vote. Yeah. >> All in favor of the motion say I >> I opposed. Motion carries. And Ron, there's four items on the first item we're going to call it 6 I. Uh this is a license agreement for telecom construction as excavation. Uh it's for
no yearly license and I move that we accept it. >> Second. Motion's been made and seconded to approve an excavation license and that was for who? >> That was that was for Talcon Contractors. >> Okay. All in favor of the motion say I.
>> I opposed. Motion carries. >> The next item is uh going to be 6J. It's also a excavation license a renewal. It's a for xz yi concrete and uh I some move that we approve for their license
agreement. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve an excavation license for Zaic concrete. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. Motion car. Carries.
>> Okay. The next item is 6K. Uh this is for a food truck license. Uh it's under uh Anony's textmex license for the annual fee of $995. And I so move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to
approve a transit merchants license for Anony's text mech. Discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. >> Uh the next item is 6L. Uh this is for the VFW street dance that they're going
to have on August 23rd uh from 6:00 to 10. And uh I move that we go ahead and let them have that dance. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a special event permit for the VFW for a street dance. Discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I.
>> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. >> I've got one other item here, the honor. Okay. Uh the public works department now is now in charge of birthdays and uh we do celebrations. We don't do it all the time, but we make special requests here
and I want all of you to join in with me and wishing Heidi, our finance officer. >> A big birthday. I I went around town. I was going to get candles for the cakes, but I couldn't find enough. >> We're going to get some in for her. But anyway, she does a great job for the
city and uh we just want to wish you the best and uh and happy birthday to a fellow north. Let's sing happy birthday to her. >> All right, let's just >> happy birthday Heidi. >> All right. Happy birthday, Heidi. >> That's all you're
>> okay. So, we'll go to the balance of the finance committee and that's Alderman Sterns. >> Yeah. So, we'll start with item seven. Wait, >> I'm sorry. I think there's one more item uh for an easement on Westlake Drive. >> Yeah, this one >> that John handed out
>> and I can go over it. >> I'll let John speak to it. >> Okay. >> So, Ron, do you want to take that? Here it is right here. >> Okay. Okay. This is Eastman Westlake Drive. Uh we just got there. So, I'll let uh uh
John go ahead and give us a review of this and then I'll come back and >> Yeah. Mayor, council, sorry this was a late addition here today, but essentially what's in front of you is uh for the council to consider granting a permanent easement uh from the city to Becker County. Uh this is in
relationship to the the Westlake Drive and Beach improvement project and included a map that shows the area that we would be granting that easement for. And the reason we're doing this is there is a a a lot of different funding mechanisms associated with this project, meaning outside funding sources. Some of
them are in our name, some are in the county's name. Ultimately, we're trying to make sure we leverage all of those to the maximum possible extent. And granting this easement allows us to use some funding that's essentially in the county side of things. Um, and leverage
those funds for that area. So, >> all right. So, Ron, we'll need a motion. >> Make a motion that we go ahead and approve this permanent public roadway parking and trail eastment. And I move >> second. Motion's been made and seconded to approve a permanent public roadway
parking and trail easement between the city and the county of Becker County. Discussion on the motion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. Back to you, Mike. >> All right. Item 7B from the finance committee. We actually uh had a brief
discussion on this. It's regarding the funding for a DM DMR parking lot. Um because of some cost savings. Uh there doesn't need to be their request at this time. So we're tableabling item 7B. >> Okay. Without objection, we'll table item 7B. >> All right.
>> And that brings us to public safety committee. >> Oh, we got Don't worry. I got another one more. >> Item 7 C, a consideration to a resolution authorizing acceptance of a Minnesota Department of Education library construction grant of $749. $749,999
for roof restoration and accessibility improvements uh to the Detroit Lakes Public Library. And I will let the uh birthday woman Heidi speak to that. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council. Um this is sort of one of the last items that we need to in order to submit all of our
information to the Minnesota Department of Revenue in order for them to sign our grant agreement for the library construction grant. So, if you would please um approve this or consider approving this this evening, then I can
submit everything and hopefully we can keep this project moving forward. >> Okay, sounds good. >> All right, so we have item 7C, a consideration to a resolution authorizing acceptance of a Minnesota Department of Education library construction grant of $749,999
for roof restoration and accessibility improvements to the Detroit Lakes Public Library. Finance Committee discussed and we recommend approval and I so move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a resolution authorizing acceptance of the library grant.
Discussion on the motion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. >> And there's nothing I don't think on the public safety committee agenda. >> And so we're to the liquor and gambling control committee. And
>> yes, Mr. Mayor, we have item 9A. uh consideration to approving a temporary expansion permit. So, Zorbas uh is helping host uh an October Fest on September 20th. And so, they are asking for permission to ex basically expand
their premises out into the pass the street out into the park so they can have uh so people can transport their alcoholic beverages to that area as well. So their sales will remain to you know in the on the property but there would be allow them to have liquor
outside. So uh so liquor and gambling control committee discussed we so we have a consideration to approving a temporary expansion permit for Zorbus for September 2025. Uh, I recommend approval and I so move. >> Second it. >> Motion's been made and seconded to
approve a temporary expansion permit for October Fest that Zorb is on September 20th. Discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. >> Um, attached to that is item 9B. Uh and
uh Bucks Mill is asking for approval to for a temporary into intoxicating liquor license uh on the same date at the same location. Um and it should be noted that the mayor would be tapping the first keg. Um so uh liquor and the liquor and
gambling committee uh discussed that and uh so we have consideration to approving a temporary intoxicating liquor license to Bucks Mill for September 20, 2025. And I so move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a temporary intoxicating liquor
licensed to Bucks Mill Brewery for the October Fest on September 20th. Discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. >> And is there one other? So 9 L. Yep.
>> So uh along with the VFW's party on August 23rd, they need a liquor license for a temporary liquor license. So, uh, liquor and gambling discuss that and I recommend approval and I so move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve a temporary liquor license for
the VFW for their uh, street dance. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. >> Mike, you're on a roll. >> Yeah, I'm the closer, I guess. public utilities commission uh met uh this
morning and we have uh we reviewed some bids for a control enclosure at the new jet substation. Um and so there were two bids received. Um one was for 649,565 and the other one was for over a million2. So, uh, doing the simple math,
uh, the, uh, and knowing that they both met spec specifications and, uh, uh, the engineer did review them and found the the Tracty LLC bid to be acceptable at the $649,565.
Um, so the public utilities commission discussed it. Uh, and we have the consideration to accepting bids for control enclosure at the new jet substation and awarding the contract to track D LLC. I recommend approval and I move. >> Seconded.
>> Motion's been made, seconded to accept the bids for the control enclosure at the new jet substation and award the contract. Discussion on the motion. >> I have a really quick question for curiosity more than nothing else. What
does that extra $500,000 entail? >> So, the metal enclosure is a specific build building that the metal enclosed switch gear goes in. All the control equipment for the substation goes in. The battery charger, the rack of batteries. Um, yeah, it's a lot of money
for a 20 or a 30 by 50 building. That's the going rate for substation closures right now. to be so different though those two bids is just incredible. >> Okay, further questions or discussion? >> All in favor of the motion say I.
>> I opposed. Motion carries. >> And there's one other item too, Mike. >> Yep. Item 10B uh your honor. So uh just got this this this afternoon after the uh public utilities commission did meet. So, back at the uh June 10th council
meeting, the council approved an FES contract with uh the Western Area Power Administration, also known as WAPA. Um on uh July 17th, WAPA updated their general power contract provisions. And and in it, there are two changes that do
need to be acknowledged by our council and approved by our council. And one is Vernell can say these a lot easier and a lot better, but the GPCP17 um and then also the GPCP 44 and uh Vernell did review them felt comfortable
and actually uh they he feels that specifically the GPCP17 is very beneficial. Um 44 is not that big of an issue. So, uh, I have the motion to approve the updated general power contract provisions of the
firm electric service contract with WAPA and I so move. >> Second it. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve the amendments to the uh, fees contract. Discussion on the motion. All in favor of the motion say I.
>> I. Oppos? Motion carries. I have some recommendations for some of our advisory boards and commissions. First of all, I'd like to recommend the name of Tasha Restad to be appointed to the Arts and Culture Commission. And I would entertain a motion to
>> move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to appoint Tasha Restad to the Arts and Culture Commission. Discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. I would also recommend that uh Nate Hunter be
reappointed to the Detroit Lakes Development Authority. And I would entertain a motion. So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to reappoint Nate 800 to the development authority. Discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. I would like to
recommend to the city council that we reappoint Josh Hograbber to the development authority. And I would entertain a motion. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to reappoint Josh Hawkrabber to the development authority. Discussion.
>> All in favor of the motion say I. I >> oppose. Motion carries. I would like to recommend >> that we reappoint Chris Jaskin to the development authority and I would entertain a motion. >> So move. >> Motion's been made and seconded to appoint reappoint Chris Jaskin to the development authority. Discussion.
>> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I motion carries. I would like to recommend that we reappoint Dan Josephson to the DLCCCC board and I would entertain a motion. >> So moved. Motion's been made and seconded to reappoint Dan Josephson to
the DLCCCC board. >> All in favor of the motion say I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. I would like to recommend that we reappoint Ryan Hill to the DLCCCC board. And I would entertain a motion. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and seconded to
reappoint Ryan Hill to the DLCCCC board. Discussion. >> All in favor of the motion say I. I. >> Oppos. Motion carries. And I would like to recommend the reappoint of Carol Oberhozer to the library board. And I would entertain a motion. >> Some move. Second.
>> Motion's been made and seconded to reappoint Carol Oel Oberhozer to the library board. Discussion. All in favor of the motion say I. >> I. Oppos. Motion carries. Thank you. Uh any items that need to come before the
council yet this evening? Kelsey? >> No, mayor. Uh just one clarification that um Mandot open house is Thursday. Uh it starts at 5:30. Uh there's a formal presentation at 6 and wrap things up at 7 and that's in regard to that
intersection of East Shore Drive and Highway 10. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Uh just some information and announcements. The balance of the budget committee meetings schedule is listed on the council agenda.
There's one more joint governance meeting that'll be uh hosted by the county on October 7th. And the balance of the city council meetings are noted uh with uh the November meeting being on Monday due to Veterans Day.
So with that, anything else further? Dr. >> No. >> Mike? >> No. >> Jackie? >> No. Ron, >> just want to say a big thank you to the BFW for putting in their handicap dock here this week is ready to be used for everybody that's handicapped. And I thank them for their their fundraising
and having it all happen. And also to uh Sean King for having his crew come in and put all that into the water. And uh also we're talking about Sean King and the public works. They've done a great job all the time, but this summer they're keeping our parks and streets
and everything going. is I want to say thank to Sean and also thank for his for his crew for getting everything done. Thanks very much, Sean. >> Yeah, we had the ribbon cutting for the handicap uh dock yesterday and it sounds like the
DAV and the Veterans Group or the VFW are going to continue to fundra for a couple additional projects. So, that's great. Wendy, anything further? >> Nothing for me, >> Craig? Good. >> All right. The business of this council has come to a conclusion and the meeting's adjourned.