all right we going on with Verizon or we go on with the city website I got six as everybody ready Heather you ready Jessica staff ready terrible daily news we will call the February 11th 2025
meeting to order first item is council member Barnes buya here Ross Rowan V loose Spooner algi
moving on item number two approval of the agenda R second all those in favor I motion passes presentation introductions we have
none approval of the minutes of January 28 2025 city council meeting and the February 4th 2025 special city council meeting second we have no requests to be
heard item number six consent second motion a second yeah I'm just going to make one comment 6n the social media policy I'm
going to vote in favor of it I think this is something that's definitely going to come back sooner than later lot of things any further discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I all
opposed motion public hearings resolution 202-21 to support the Minnesota initiative fund application in connection with kgp telecommunity unic
L uh so kgp telecommunications LLC is currently located at 3305 on Highway 60 West um they're in search of a new headquarters location and if they're able to acquire enough financial assistance would prefer to remain in the
community and grow in the community uh so the resolution before you today is uh in support of an application to the Minnesota investment fund through seed um as kgp is Seeking a $100,000 forgivable loan through the state to go
toward a future project have appr previously approved uh a similar resolution uh but they were working on a different site uh and the application material record this is correct correct I would also add I I
requested that kgp s a representative um they weren't able to get anybody here tonight uh but Matthew drevo The General Counsel and vice president did send a written statements I placed it uh in front of you got it shortly before the meeting all right any
oh this is a public open the public hearing motion to hearing deal and second by all in favor I I we are now and public hearing now
Peter oh we got to close the public hear public [Laughter] hearing motion to close the public by Advance lose second by I we are out of public
hearing oh Peter resolution resolution 2025 5-23 declare of the assistance of Slum and blight conditions in the general Central
business district area of the city related to small cities development program at a previous meeting the council did amend the spend plan for the small City development program income so this income that we've made off of loans
made through that original program um we did send that formal uh spend plan amendment to deed we have not received back a a response to uh formally approve it but that I suspect that it will it will go forward as planned um so there's a number of startup items that are necessary to be able to spend those
dollars towards the streetscape improvements um and so we need to designate the the target area that we'll be working in the project area as slum and blight to meet uh the federal HUD uh designation for spending objective so this
resolution has also been passed uh previously back in 2018 uh and the the extents of the downtown area remain the same as that once again all mys involved with
by Ron second by Teal all those in favor hi we are in public hearing public here everyone on me got to right last one we're going to
P by theal second my V loose to close second to now item C approval associated with the Redevelopment of Grant application on 924 First Street
North think Biz LLC which is a entity operated by rebound Real Estate Group um has a approached the city um asking for assistance applying for redevelopment Grant through deed um they approached us fairly last minute with the application
deadline being February 3rd um we were able to to pull something together and request an extension from the state we are are able to turn into some materials uh through February 12th so tomorrow morning uh so there are three resolutions before you that and I'll
briefly explain what they do uh the first resolution establishes the property at 9241 Street Northeast as substandard um and says that we meet the the state statute for designating that property as blighted and substandard um it also uh specifies that the property
meets the requirements to be in a future Redevelopment Tiff District um these resolutions do not approve any TI funds or or open the district that would have to be done with a separate application and a request from the developer uh but simply stating that if they do move forward with demolishing the building um
that we have a time limit of 5 years to establish a Redevelopment Tiff District uh the last two resolutions are simply the support for the application to be able to formally uh submit it to deed as well as a commitment of a local match so
the city is the applicant on this grant um and it requires a 50% local match the developer um has committed to providing that 50% project Equity attached to the res so there'll be no City funds outside of Staff time
uh put towards project I no one take a motion 5 O loose now on to the first one resolution 20 motion on item number
second by Teal second by dya all six match Grant application [Music] all item number eight items for
discussion a bids boards commissions and reports I just have a a few things um to so tomorrow at and I'm going to next week on board commission reports
anything else today we had discussion last week about an upcoming program Library educational program I'm gonna I'm just going to turn this over director thank you mayor Spooner and
City Council on February 20th at 6: pm bucka Memorial Library will be hosting a library Legacy program through celo our Regional Library System Minnesota's hooded history clan in the 1920s
Minnesota the program has been touring the celo region since 20123 and will be presented by Nancy Valen Court a local historian and librarian Valen court has spent years researching the presence of the Klux clan in Southeastern
Minnesota like most most of our offerings this event is an educational program exploring the history of the Klux clan in 1920s Minnesota in no way does offering this program indicate that celco W Memorial
Library or presenter support or condone the activities beliefs or ideology of on the contrary program is intended to shed light on the Clan's presence in our region a presence which has long been
covered up in order to foster a deeper understanding of the history of prejudice and discrimination in Southeastern Minnesota by confronting this history the library hopes that the realities of prejudice and discrimination are not ignored or erased but rather
acknowledged as a part of the ongoing work toward a more just and inclusive Society the library strives to serve the public with a wide ranging educational topics and interest we know and we accept that we
play a role in furthering the cohesiveness of our community we also know we won't always be able to provide programming or content that is in it is interesting or suitable for everyone that's okay because we all have different beliefs
understandings and opinion we hope that by offering a variety of programs share our stories we can help bridge divides andity usually this program is held at the same time as a gallery exhibit
called testify Americana From Slavery to today from the collection of Allan and Diane paage when we booked these two programs last fall we were unable to schedule them at the same time like to share
details about the testify exhibit Library will be hosting testify Americana everyy to today a photo gallery exhibit from Monday March 31st Wednesday ail
3rd exhibit is free and open to the public during normal hours of operation of the library former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice NFL Hall of Famer Justice Alan Page and his family are again presenting
this impactful exhibit of africanamerican art artifacts presented at the H County Library in 2018 objects in this exhibit junks deposed artifacts from an often painful
shared history inspiring imagery and works of art help us Rise Above It Diane Sim page set of the collection that she started we hope that by coming to grips with our past
come together in the future wel Memorial Library hopes that will all join us of these important Council are there any I really from us I
think thank you for coming to clarify uh because um we very concerned about why the program February
federally oriz black history month so um other people couple of people told them that at the time that I never had much information on
out to the city adors and where necessary to library director what's going on with that so um just want to take this time to say thanks for coming to clarify
this um so I was just thinking whether this program could be res and africanas slavery host there in February I think that
is suitable month for that since that is more about the history so you know people thanks for clarifying thank you ad at the this is very much an
educational fly on right goodby the [Applause]