got to this on the air and we're good All right All right Okay The time is 6:30 6:31 Um we're ready to get rolling Uh this evening we Is Chris Hood here tonight uh David is with us David is
with us As a Assaf Did I say that right yes Thank you Thanks David Good to see you And Kim Vanbe Vanbeck is here in person Craig Schulty is joining us online Bill Lovis myself and Michael
Gary So that makes all of us Is there anyone here for open forum this evening okay Um next we move on to the consent agenda Any questions about the meeting
minutes bills anything that way no I would make a motion to approve the consent agenda I second that Okay Any questions or anything then we're all right Let me do roll call Uh
Craig consent agenda Seems like Okay I I I Michael I Okay And with that um next up liquor store move in update We were all excited you're officially
open We thought this would be a great time for you to tell us all the wonderful things about your new liquor store City new liquor store I really don't know how a whole lot about it yet to be honest Oh wait a second I've been in and out of there a lot There is a lot of stuff you know about in there Yeah No
it's a great space Um we got the beaver house all cleaned out today Oh good All of our stuff is out of there out of the out of the cargo container Um we got we got a lot of stuff to put on shelves now again after moving out of
there Uh couple things with the building I think that the locks need to be switched so they lock from the inside of the liquor store instead of the city hall side I think it's an illeg I think liquor
stores have to lock the other way so people can't go through the doors Um what else most time-conuming thing with getting it set up was getting the credit card machines working So that's a pretty great deal if that's the only real snag
And then our label printer for our um price tags printed three labels and decided to not work anymore So lovely There should be another one of those coming tomorrow But if that's as bad as it gets that's pretty good Yeah So I
walked by one day and you had all those huge trucks unloading and I kided the guys like "Is this much nicer?" And they're like "Oh yeah." Yeah No the delivery guys are really happy It was neat to watch them just back right up and it's perfect They're weatherproofed and it's a great
receiving area Nice So if anybody'd like a tour Yeah just stop on down Have you been down there Bill not since it opened Yeah But you've been back like when they were getting stuff stocked and getting uh just it was kind of mocked up I mean
Okay The one of everything Yeah Yeah Yeah It's coming along I'm excited to see where we're going to be in a couple more weeks There's a lot of little inside things that we need to do but the bulk of it is over Yay You can That's awesome Have you been down there
too i have not Not yet I'm pl Oh we got to get in there Yeah You're still trying to figure out your space right mhm They'll take that'll take a little while Yeah How to set it up and but it's really nice to have space to figure out space in instead of
Yeah Yeah It's a good problem Yeah Mhm Be nice Well Cheryl was busy showing me how much she liked the counters and where she could keep all these behind the scene things that you don't want customers to see but you need access to I mean it's definitely more functional
than the previous two iterations of the liquor store Just having a door that doesn't make you pick a side when you walk in is great There you go You know yeah you have to worry about it blowing off the doors No that's that's perfect
We do have to talk to somebody about those doors too I don't know if they can time them a little different or something Are they slow they're really slow And like when people walk out a lot of times both of everything opens at once So it gets like there's a big Mhm
Yeah Like that really wind Monday when it was really cold and windy when they would all open you'd get a really good blast Oh that's good And I'm sure that those are all things that they can time out a little bit better so they shut a little quicker Open a little faster
Just a need to kind of get familiar with the space Yeah Yeah Well I looked in those beer coolers and and they have a quite an angle to the shelving So as a person who stocked many shelves with many heavy things I totally appreciate
that you from behind I'm glad you said that cuz you can see the difference between a like a gravity feed shelf and a and a refrigerator rack which is what was the first thing that we got in there pushing them forward Yeah I mean that might as well have been just a beer cave if we would have kept those in but now
Yeah I mean you could only get two packages on a rack you know two 12 packs of each thing and it was full which done Kind of defeats the purpose but yeah it's all working great Yeah I saw that one I went "Yeah and how many times I
would have to pull out put the newer product of something behind because you can't keep back you know overfilling someone from be or product from behind." But anyways So being able to back fill is very nice I know this I know my staff really likes
the space too It It seems really bright and new after being in the beaver house Like really bright and new It's pretty Come out Like even our our money drawers our cash drawers look all old and beat up after
being in this beautiful new shiny space Yeah Craig you have you haven't had a chance to come and take a peek have you no I walked through it when I was uh just uh the shelves were in place The
cooler shelves weren't in yet We were waiting for those I was home uh middle of February Mhm Got it So I took a tour with the whole building was pretty much almost done Mhm They were doing punch list stuff So I'll be back
uh for the next meeting for sure in Right Mhm All right Well then you can do the walk through Um it's amazing how much I'm so bad with space but once you started putting product in there it's like wow we can really have a lot of
liquor I can't imagine what Two Harbors thinks they're you know what more did they you've got a lot there What is Two Harbor I don't think there's enough good stuff to sell to fill up a building that big You know there's got to be a lot of dead areas Yeah Yeah Oh well that's good
Now I did hear rumblings that just I didn't want to ask the details but we're still waiting on signs Yes Yes I think something's going on with those this week Uh Paul Wagel was in
asking me a couple questions which would lead me to believe that he's using the lift and the sign areas the next couple days So hopefully we get some signage Mhm And then the rest of the big marketing invitation and whatever is still to come to let everyone know Yeah
we're we're going to do a grand opening in May The whole building in in May seems like there's a few there's more people around also than April And it's kind of have nice to have a little time to settle in and get things kind of the way you want it before you show it off
in that respect Yeah sure Yeah for sure And then let people little advertising push I don't know where we sit with all our Canadian neighbors right now but that's kind of funny Um I got a call I think a couple weeks ago I got actually
got two of them in the same day from Canadians that were asking if they're still welcome in America No Well you're welcome here Absolutely Yes Come on down No you're not welcome Well I sometimes wonder if we do the
same thing Can we go up there but Oh that's good to know Yeah I think and I was talking to people about like tariff effects that will be happening I guess one of the biggest things is glass There's no there's no glass made in
America Oh so all the bottles everything are made overseas So okay So it's not just the aluminum it's the bottles No And it's not just the it's not just the liquor in that bottle either It's the glass too That's so you got to wonder if like cork
will fall into that same c you know all these little crazy things like that Everything is in plastic now That's it Go for the plastic Wow Okay Well we look forward to a great marketing plan to let everyone know that
you're where you are and you're bigger and better than ever Absolutely And the the can twirling Yeah We want that turling beer can that wrapped Whenever that happens it's fine It's okay Yep Okay We're just We love that one Looking
forward to it That was one of Craig's better ideas ever As long as it's hams Now we like waters Yeah All right Well um anything else you
want us to know no not at the time being We're just plugging away Well good Glad to know you were able to successfully actually get out on deadline that you'd set for paper house
No other un unforeseen No it went I feel like it went pretty smooth Great Well good I'm glad it's pretty much done Now do you have signs down there that's at arrow everyone up the street or are they doors yep They'll
figure it out But I also feel like people will figure it out pretty quick Yeah Well we'll hire somebody with one of those sandwich boards to walk up and down the sidewalk in the new sign twirler Yeah Bottle board
All right Well um thank you Yeah You're welcome Thanks everybody Yeah Yep Um next up somewhat by as it turns out by mistake was the street closure
request for care partners for their brain health fair That request actually belongs with the county because it is a county road So you can redirect as you
need to Does anyone um have any since uh Julie is here this evening irregardless does anyone just generally have any conversation or comments or questions about the event that but actual
permissions will land elsewhere Yeah Because this is a brand new event right yep Yeah So I just thought I'd show up just in case there were any questions Yeah Um I'm just glad you're doing it Seems like
it'll be great Yeah Yeah Sorry Sorry for the wrong direction No no All right I wouldn't have thought that Okay And I should know better And I'd sent out
or sent out an email earlier asking if we'd um with the Lions Club with some upgrades to electrical work but um Oh yeah So what happened uh Mike Ross said that they'll take care of it So that's okay And there was still even questioning Well we weren't sure and or
andor should have gone to the park board because that's park property But Mike said they'll figure it out So this has been a crazy agenda So that one you can forget thinking about Okay But we're still doing cannabis But we're still doing the second reading of the cannabis
which oh explains why David is joining us this evening Um so we'll move on to that Ordinance number 2025-01 Um is there any further questions or comments about
that we I don't believe we left that with any needed changes after last meeting Did we that we incorporated all of our Oh you're thinking Well I was just wondering about
the when if we should happen to have two applications at the same time if that needs to be part of this No first come first serve That's what we were saying Mhm That was
our um guidance Remember our special request i do And then we read it and talk about it Is that And there's a reason for that as you will remember I do Yep So there won't be but we will go in that
direction Okay Yeah So my guess is there will be nothing simultaneous completely simultaneous but um so anything else any
further but then I would just uh make the motion um to approve or to approve the second reading Yeah For of the ordinance 2025-01 a second for that Didn't correct
Oh did Craig say i think he did I'll second that All right Uh any further questions or comments okay with that I'm going to take a roll call for that Michael I Bill I Craig
I I And that is unanimous for that Um then we have one other added item I didn't do these out of order cuz I was looking at the wrong sheet sheet No I didn't Okay So the um we have two
actually added items And the first is the compact floor scrubber um that um our property maintenance group has put in front of us And there
is a recom recommended on that Um I am no no genius on these though I certainly remember at Bucks Hardware we hired an outside local person to come in with
those and boy it made it was made for a much cleaner nicer floor and good floor preservation and um much more efficiency in how things are done That's about the equivalent of my understanding So anyone else have any questions or thoughts they
want to offer on that no we have a flea to buy mops at the hospital and care center and they do a good job And is it this model is it
no I don't think they're this large Okay But it's same general concept It's the IMOP Yep Okay Okay All right Well got to take care of what you have right
So so is there So which one is recommended seems like there are two highlighted the third one right 24 Okay From Imperial 3938
Okay Would anyone like to make a motion for that uh I would move to approve the purchase of the IMAP The 24 in The 24 incher Yes Okay Would
you like to second that i second that Okay Any further questions comments all right Uh I'm going to do roll call vote Bill hi Michael Hi Craig
Hi Hi So that's unanimous with that Then the last addon for today um you may or may not recall that back in December
um we were awarded a grant Um we'd been working with the Great Lakes and St Florence um cities group initially for the East Bay um side of things and when it turned out that the
grant restrictions would not allow for the work that the um coastal engineers said it would require to secure East Bay We shifted gears and showed them the main harbor And after walking around the harbor with different water related
projects they came back and said with the parameters of this grant from the um uh National Fish and Wildlife Foundation um that the efforts um along the shoreline where that is it
ripe that I always say incorrectly and it washes out underneath all the time that they're always back and then over to Boulder park would more closely align with how their grant works The other thing and then we were awarded a grant
of 120 thou,000 in December to work on this We also explained to them that that's just a small portion of what eventually the city needs to do planning around the parking lot the Coast Guard station all of that And they're well
aware of that and by working with them now they understand and could be advocates and work with us on you know as we move forward with this um so we'd like to move forward with this and what um I want everyone to understand is on
that little di arrow diagram we're really looking at phase two now and that's just design work that doesn't mean anyone comes up and does anything it isn't a fully completed design but it moves us farther than the first They've
already looked at it once and given us thoughts This moves us a little bit farther There's no obligation that we go any farther There's no financial obligation It's our time We have to put time in which we would work with them
and they will handle all of the uh logistics from here on that We have a kickoff call I think the 22nd They just sent that out So um if we're going to move forward this we do need to sign an agreement with them and that's what I'm
asking for um this evening Questions on this uh do we have the agreement like what is yeah it's attached or should have maybe it didn't get yeah it's this very simple where I my outlines I'm sorry turned out
kind of darker in print but I just thought it was easier to read if you just looked at what what our responsibilities are in blue and what they will be doing in back So yeah cuz I did I did read that I was just expecting something more legally
easy but I see that Yeah Yeah I would I would make a motion to sign that contract for to continue doing that work I think it it's a good way for us to
learn more about what's in front of us and what the possibilities are Yeah Especially with the Coast Guard station as we know and as we heard from Host Child and Scout I mean not that they have that much that they can do but they
can be helpful and advocating Yeah And we've got just one other organization that we're working with and it shows you know how much effort we are putting in you know we've been trying this we've been trying that you know either an espace side or over here to work with
our issues So I think this all helps to tell a good story and it we'll learn more Yeah Mhm So anyways All right So would anyone like to second that second it Okay Any further comments
no I'm okay All right Uh roll call vote in approval for signing the agreement with this Great Lakes and St Lawrence C's initiative Bill I Michael I Craig
I I and so that is unanimous All right we are absolutely through our crazy agenda for this week Weha Yeah it's on It's off Uh council reports
Craig Uh no Okay No you get nothing No I know nothing Oh okay Bill Well the only thing I had
Alyssa kind of stole my thunder and she worded it very well in her weekly report about the tree board meeting Uh she said it boiled down to goal setting uh priorities and then managing the urban forest and growing the urban forest and
then touching on invasive species climate change and then the rough draft will be coming out in in May by the next meeting of the tree board No haven't heard anything from the animal rescue
people I assume that they're as I said a while back it's going to sit until spring and I think I remember them mentioning maybe April would be depending on the weather of course Yeah
But they were feeling good about the progress that they made and and the way it was starting to come together So but that's old news too from New York Oh thank you
Michael Nothing I will have because I library board tomorrow Oh well and we've all heard about the library sadly about the federal dollars that are not going to be coming So We don't know 100% how that's going to
look at but we'll have a meeting tomorrow and I'll hear more All right Um did everyone get the um League of Minnesota Cities Conference brochure in your mailbox or do you get those emails from
the league i should be getting those I feel like I'm not because I just went to their thing Yeah you should be Yeah I've been getting some leaked stuff I haven't checked the mailbox this week yet I usually do that on Thursday
Okay Up at the at city hall They're at city hall now Okay great Okay I'll go grab my pile Um there was nothing in my box last week Yeah I don't know when this arrived Well the conference it bounces between Rochester and Duth So
this shoots in Duth So it's super easy if you guys want to go down for the day Um there's uh I think it's a great opportunity to sit and visit with a lot of other people around the state and I always learn a lot that way And then some of the pre you know al beyond the
presentations and the working sessions and most of those sessions are usually interactive So it does give you a chance to either get into small groups and talk about stuff or I I really enjoy it and I encourage anyone else or Patrick to um
it's not just elected officials it's staff as well And a lot of times stuff we can go ends up being in Worthington or Alexandria and now we have something that's close by and easier for us to attend So anyways and as a smaller city
we get discounted rates and all of that So just food for thought there Um as Michael knows last Friday I um went to the county's um annual
um legislative update and Grant Housechild and Roger Scrabber were there and it's you know you get timed amounts to come through and say your pitch and some people got less than others Yeah and we got our time cut and I brought in
Dave Tiersteig and by the time our 15 minutes went to five and then they started watching the clock but never mind So I just gave them a a city map and highlighted the key initiatives we've been working on that all kind of
go around the the harbor including this grant we just signed and our work with the Army Corps of Engineers on East Bay our future you and we're still on target apparently with the Coast Guard And then I wanted Dave to have time to talk about the master park plan and the looking for
funding with the um regional designation and and all of that So well you were there Yeah Yeah So anyways we did that and there we go [Music] Um let's see Walk around the Harbor LMC
conference Um I went to the Grand Marray business coalition's meeting and the standout topic item for me was theft and especially around larger um times in the summer like a large city event or you
know they were surprised to see that Well um you know at a in a larger level you may have read in the Star Tribunas a month or so ago they busted a a couple who were going around the country um targeting Lullemon Then most recently
they uh busted some people who were targeting REI stores and they just busted a guy last week I don't know if he was the REI or just No he was something else 21 years old he and his partner I mean it got the amount of theft was enough to make it a felony for
for him And um so we've always heard that but it's like a mini version I think that ends up here And the really interesting thing is you know how do you combat that and still be you know appealing and welcoming as a tourist
community yeah And um so Tyler and Jessica joins Ben Franklin are gonna they've decided they're gonna the the group decided they're going to take their lead and like have sort of like one of those little WhatsApp app things
where you can just tell hey over at the tavern over at Blue Water or whatever whoever wants to participate here's the people and look for them And they had success last year and identifying because they take from one store and then they go in and get a beer and then
like so they're not always very far away But that was a a big item and I I think it's worth you know and it's not like every business in town attends this meeting They should but um anyways that was I I think a key standout Um the RFP
is out for Tac Harbor with the EDA Mhm Um and then um I would just ask like I think Patrick gets this and Alyssa but I would love to see a a wider use of Docu Sign going forward with all these
different things that we need to sign and a process and procedure to make sure like if you need my signature don't let me walk out the door tonight That kind of thing So we just efficiency is there But um that's it That's me for tonight Excellent So I guess that brings us to a
close We're ajourned We are adjourned Thank you Michael How's that there we go Thanks everybody Thanks David Thanks Thanks David Thanks Greg Bye Craig Yep Thank you Good night guys Oh yeah
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