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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: zY_ZzETKbaQ):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Convenes, Agenda Approval, Employee Recognition Intro
- 00:01:33: Employee Recognition: Emily Braun, Police Department
- 00:02:23: Employee Recognition: Danielle Radkey, Public Works
- 00:03:35: Employee Recognition: Jamie Walberg, HR Assistant
- 00:04:46: Employee Recognition: David Johnson, Engineering Department
- 00:05:58: Employee Recognition: Hunter Hodac, Fire Code Inspector
- 00:07:11: Approval of Prior Minutes, Request to Be Heard Intro
- 00:08:30: Public Comment: Earl Tibido, One-Way Alley Issue
- 00:11:00: Public Comment: Karen Zeller, Data Center Noise Concerns
- 00:13:58: Public Comment: Spring, Environmental Concerns About Data Center
- 00:16:56: Consent Agenda Approval, Public Hearings Intro
- 00:18:10: Ordinance 2026-08: Storm Water Sewer Vacation Approval
- 00:19:15: Riverchase Apartment Development Agreement Amendment
- 00:20:56: Boards, Commissioner Reports, Announcements, Adjournment


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6 o'clock. Let's call the Tuesday, May 26, 2026 varable city council meeting to order. Item number one, roll call. >> Council member Barnes >> here, Timuya, >> Ross >> here, >> Rowan >> here, >> Sloo >> here, >> Teal

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>> here, >> Mayor Spooner >> here, and pledge allegiance. Item number two is approval of the agenda. >> So moved. Second. >> Motion by Ross. Second by Vance.

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>> All opposed. Pass. Next is presentations. The recognition and values and actions. Oh, yep. We're good. If I could get the first person, Emily Braun, to please come forward.

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Emily Braun is a re records specialist for the police department. During a front desk interaction with an elderly female who was actively speaking to a bank employee on the phone, Emily took control of the situation by speaking to

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the bank employee herself and becoming conf and becoming confident that the person on the phone was a scammer. After hanging up, Emily learned that the elderly had $9,000 of just just

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withdrawn cash in her purse and was headed to a cryptocurrency ATM to rectify an account shortage. Emily exemplifies her customer service duties by going above and beyond and

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demonstrating the city's values and respect and honesty with others. Thank you. Next is respect Danielle Radkkey. Danielle is the administrative coordinator out at the public works department. Danielle has gone to great lengths to

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provide the finance and better understanding of public works invoice and allocations. Rather than simply providing the information, she details the reasoning behind the invoices and why it's a matter to their department for budgeting

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processes. This is instrumental in strengthening and better understanding between departments. Danielle's willingness to share her knowledge is an asset to others and builds strong working relationships and reflects a team first

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mindset. Her respect and collaborative approach helps create a positive workplace culture. The next is Jamie Walberg. Jamie is our HR assistant. At a recent house fire in Farbull, a

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displaced family with little or no belongings after much of the house and everything in it was destroyed. Jaime, after finding out the ages of the individuals impacted, stepped up and provided bags for the individuals, including coats, clothes, toys, and

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more. Jaime is not only dedicated to her work in human resources department, but the greater community of Farbol. While it could fit into many categories, Jaime's dedication to the community is exemplary and is a clear clearly put on

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display with her recent actions and a David Johnson. David Johnson is our GIS coordinating of the engineering department. The police department recently implemented approximately approximately based dispatch protocol

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that assigned officers based on incidents type, staffing levels, and geographic locations. To make this possible, the department needed clear defined patrol zones to support accurately geographic data calls.

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David stepped up and went in above and beyond his regular responsibilities within the engineering department. David's work exemplifies the visionary values to help modernize and streamline critical city processes through which

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the use of technology And last but not least, Hunter Hodc. Hunter is a property and maintenance and fire code inspector. Hunter exemplifies accountability by stepping into a role with a permit technician to

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cover a coworker in a vital position who is out on leave. Hunter also embraced learning the new Tyler system at the same time to ensure that the department keeps moving forward with plan reviews and scheduling inspections.

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The nature of his position to en engage in difficult conversation with sometimes confrontational individuals yet goes above and beyond showing his willingness to listen, learn, follow up, and follow through with compliance

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measurements to make our community a better place for all. Thank you. Congratulations everyone and thank you to all of our employees. Next item is approval of the minutes of May 12th, 2026 and May 19th special

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session. >> So moved. >> Yes. >> Second. >> Motion by Barn, seconded by Teal. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All opposed. Minutes are passed. Number five is request to be heard. We

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have three of them tonight and everybody should know the rules. Residents will get to go first with a threeminute maximum. Please come forward. Earl Tibido, please state your name and address. Earl, 18 Frank Avenue, Perville,

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Minnesota. I'm here because of I have a one-way alley behind my house that runs along Maple Summer. I called the police. I've called, talk, contacted the city. People use it as a two-way alley. My neighbor that lives on the corner has almost been hit 15 times because there's no stop

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sign there when you go the wrong way. City didn't put up a sign. I put up a sign saying it's a one-way alley because nobody cares about it. and they're driving on my grass and his grass, wrecking my property, and I'm tired of it. Nobody wants to do nothing about it. I want to know what's going to be done

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with it. It is technically an easement. It is not an alley. So, I mean, I've called the law enforcement. I went to your city garage, everything about it, and nobody want whatever. Isn't it Is it Isn't it a law to if you

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drive down a oneway, it's against the law? Did you get a ticket? Well, just like a DWI, you get a DWI. That's a law, right? I mean, driving in a oneway on a the wrong way is a tickable ticketable offense, I'm thinking. So, why isn't nothing being done about

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it? This has been going on for years. And my grass is getting wrecked and my neighbor's grass is getting wrecked over this because it's only fit for one vehicle because of the maple lawn there, the summer's there and my yard's there.

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There's just I mean one path. So I'm getting very frustrated with it and I want to know what can be done. >> I don't have any answers for you tonight and we do not comment on public comment period and we're going to direct staff to get back to you. >> Okay. So, what do I got to do? Or

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>> they will get a hold of you, right, Mr. D? >> I don't know if they got my number. >> Yeah, if we have >> Is the phone number on there, Mayor? >> I don't think I put it on there. Did I? >> I put it on here. >> No, I can. >> I'll get I'll get the clipboard to you. We'll grab your phone number. We'll have someone follow up with you.

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>> All right. Thank you. >> Next one. Karen Zeller. >> Hello again. Um Karen Zeller, 1901 Crystal Lane, um Farbo, Minnesota. And each time I've come before you, I've tried to hit a different area of concern

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regarding the data center. Um so I don't keep repeating myself. Um so uh today I am planning to piggyback off of something someone else had said a previous person in one of the earlier meetings who talked about the noise uh

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level of a data center. I guess I was really naive. I hadn't even thought about noise. I mean I'm thinking about the environment. I'm thinking about all these other factors. Noise wasn't something I thought about. So I did some basic research which perhaps you guys have done too. Um, and I if I were

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really good at this um downloading stuff, I' I'd really have a lot of different ones to show you, but um I used Instagram and I found uh a multiple examples of the noise that are emitted from data centers. Now, keep in mind the

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one that only one I could get was it's a bigger center than supposedly proposed in Farable, but my understanding is from what I've heard that that is not going to stay small. Um, but at any rate, what I want you to hear is the noise of this

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data center. You want to live with this? That is that that that is one mile away at midnight. And I can tell you truthfully um when we

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moved to Farbo over 40 years ago, we live only a quarter of a mile from 35W. And I could open my windows at night, no problem. It was quiet. It was beautiful. You could hear um just ordinary noises,

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nothing. It was wonderful. Now I I can't open my I'm a quarter of a mile away and there's a constant hum from that freeway. It doesn't matter if it's 2:00 in the morning, 5:00 in the morning, 10 at night, 2 in the afternoon, constant hum.

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So that is something that I think you need to take into consideration. I mean, what the the other problem we have with these data centers, I'm finding out, is that they also emit a decel type of noise that is not heard by the human

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ear, but it is heard by animals and birds. >> 30 30 seconds. >> Okay, I'm almost done. So, will you please do some basic research in this? And uh gee, it'd be nice if I could quit coming every other Tuesday, but I'll be here. Um, thank you for your attention

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to this matter and your consideration of these this um thing in far that you're proposing. Thank you. >> Yes, you're up. >> You you know Spring 16922 Kabat Avenue.

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I have to say it was just a pleasure to listen to those awards. Um, and it was a shock to hear the recording of that was a data center somewhere. Right. >> Right. >> So, I have environmental illness and I also

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have preferences. I've lived deep in the city most of my life and I chose to spend my last years living in the country. When I go outside, I can see the stars and the moon. I can hear the birds. I can hear the freeway.

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It's two and a half miles away. It's fairly dim. And um that's why I'm there. So I heard people last time, two weeks ago, saying, "Well, we couldn't stop

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this one. It was a done deal. It was too late." I do not believe that. And so I'd like to respond be before I put my house on the market. Right now I'm busy putting my garden in. Um I I would like

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to ask each of you to consider what matters, what is important. There are things for which which provide value to the community and for those things we make a little more

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room. Uh, for instance, without those gravel pits, we would have trouble with our roads. So, I don't like them, but I like having a road to drive on. Um, I have yet to see any value

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that this data center provides to the people of Farabo and the area. I see that there's a tax abatement offered. Um, and I hear people saying, "We have to do it." Well, we have to do it so the billionaires can make money.

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Um, we have to do it because somebody somewhere thinks that industrialist civilization should move faster and get bigger and pave everything in sight. And I disagree. I grew up in the 50s

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and some of you did too. remember what that life was like when a kid could ride their bike down the road and not be very worried. Okay, let's have that life. That completes tonight's request to be

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heard. Item number six, consent agenda item 6A through 6T. Would anybody like anything? >> Mayor Spooner. >> Yes. >> I'd like to abstain from voting on 6M

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and 6R. >> Anybody else have anything? >> No. >> No. Mayor Try to get him to say it, but >> Mayor Spooner. >> Yes. I'll make a motion to approve consent agenda items 6A through 6T.

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Second. >> Motion by Ross, seconded by Tal on 6A through 6T except for Peter's two abstains. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All opposed.

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>> Motion passes. Tonight public hearings we have none. Request to be heard. Ordinance 2026-08, a vacation of a vacate a portion of a storm water sewer at 105 Riverchase. Dave Wanberg.

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>> Uh, thank you, mayor. This is the second reading of the ordinance to vacate an unnecessary storm water easement at 105 Riverchase Court. Um, we have made no changes to the ordinance since the first reading. Um so we are recommending that you approve uh the se second reading of

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the ordinance and then with the separate action approve the summary publication. >> Right. Any questions for staff? >> Seeing none I'll entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Teal, second by Ran. All those

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in favor of the ordinance 2026-8. This is a roll call. Council >> member Barnes. I Ross. Hi. Rowan >> I >> I >> mayor >> Swer >> I ordinance passes

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ordinance summary publication I need a motion >> so moved >> second >> motion by Van Sloo second by Barnes all those in favor signify by saying >> I all oppose that passes

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our item B is uh a third amendment to the purchase and develop agreement lot one block two Riverchase Apartment Duchaine will give us this acting. >> Thank you mayor, members of the council. Uh this item was added at the very last

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minute tonight, but earlier today city staff was contacted by the proposed developer of the second phase of Riverchase edition. This is the redevelopment of the old Lockerby property down there off of Willow Street. Um we were scheduled to close on the sale of the property. It's city-owned property to the developer

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this Friday. Um, subsequent to that scheduled closing, uh, the developer ran into some concerns with their lender about some additional environmental testing that the lender would like to see them do. So, they would like to get that scheduled ASAP. So this third amendment to the development purchase

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agreement actually just extends the period with which they have to close to uh July 29th I believe and or July 31st to close before or on and then also extends their due diligence period for environmental investigation to the end of June to allow us being the late

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edition. We thought we'd just put it on the discussion items here in case there were any questions but it's been done twice. This will be the third time to extend the development. and I'll entertain a motion. >> Mayor Spooner. >> Yes. >> I'll make a motion to approve the third amendment to the purchase and development agreement for lot one block

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two of the Riverchase edition. >> Second. >> Motion by Ross, second by Barnes. All those in favor signify. >> I. All opposed. Passes. >> Bids. We have none. Boards and commissioner reports, announcement, project updates. M.

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>> I have a few. Uh the Straight River Art Festival is this Saturday at Central Park, 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 pm. Uh farmers market and Aquatic Center, they both open on June 6th. And then our safe summer kickoff is June 4th at North

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Alexander Park at 5:30. >> What else? >> There is a um a chamber mixer at uh Thursday afternoon at Farwell Transportation at 4:30. We approved some really nice donations to the safe summer kickoff tonight. So

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that's that's awesome. Thank you to those people that donated. >> All right. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Barnes, second by Vance Loose to adjurnn. All those in favor say I. >> All opposed.

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>> We are adjourned. Thank you everyone.