providing the information here for us to know so we can go to motion for >> so move by all in >> favor
and then we will start meeting Hey Dean, that $60,000 grant. Did that come from IT RB or >> Okay. >> Oh, okay. >> I've seen where you can ask like Pete
Stabber or whoever to see >> who did >> they always did like him best. Roy, >> we must ask for more. >> Next year, ask for more. >> All right, 5:30. I will call the regular city of White Lakes council meeting for
Tuesday, July 28th to order. Roll call, please. >> Councelor Grahams >> here. >> Jarva, >> here. >> Ecman, >> here. >> Brent's working tonight, so he's absent. Uh, Mayor Scott >> here. >> No quorum. >> All right. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
>> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, tonight's meeting will be a
little bit different than our typical ones because we have a public hearing. So I will close our regular council meeting and then open up our public hearing. Uh and this is regarding uh amendment to chapter 152 of the city of
White Lakes land use ordinance title 15 to establish and amend residential use definitions, permitted uses, and dimensional standards. Um so I'll let Dean kind of give a little explanation.
Yeah, let's do a roll call. Um, so roll call for the um public hearing. Um, starting at 5:31. So, could we have roll call please? >> Councelor Grahams >> here, >> Jarala >> here, >> Ecman >> here, >> Brent Gun working, and Mayor Scott
>> here. All right. Okay. So, yeah, like it mentioned, this is just a amendment to uh um a current ordinance. And then for when we make um amendments to ordinances or do any sort of work with ordinances, we have to do um public hearings or
public readings. Um so, that's kind of what we're doing now. Um so, I'll just kind of throw it over to Dean to kind of give a little explanation to kind of what this is um and kind of why we're doing it. >> Okay. So, as mostly at well, you know, uh we've been working with the Northshore Development Company and
they're working off of grant money and they're rewriting or helping the cities rewrite their ordinances currently across the Eastern Iron Range and then some um this is at no charge to the city of White Lakes. So, so we're taking advantage of that opportunity and we're
having them update our city ordinance on planning and and zoning. So over the years, um, White Lakes, they've done Kobe Lake Edition. Well, it started with Viking Edition, Kobe Ridge, and, um, out at Patriots Point. So, every time they did that, things verbiage change a
little bit and things change and they added. So, what they what they took and they gave you a a number of presentations here, but what they they took our current ordinance as is. They went through and everybody has a copy of it. They struck through what they
removed and underlined their revisions and modifications. Um they've been also working with our planning group as far as um Jimmy Armstrong and that and Matt Royth and the planning commission and there they voted last week in favor in
support of all the additions and changes and modifications they made to our ordinances. They cleaned up a lot of the verbiage. um things were called the the same thing was called multiple different ways in throughout the ordinance you know as it um mig you know became a
platypus over the years. So um they've done a lot of good work. So all we need to do tonight is move this forward and it'll be end up on new business on the regular meeting and then we'll put it to a vote. So, if you guys want to take a time and and read through it again, if
you haven't already, and then if there are no changes, modifications, we'll push it forward to the the regular council meeting as a new business item to be voted on. Following it gets voted on, this is the first reading. It'll go to the August 11th meeting will be
another second reading. We won't have to put it to a vote at that time. Following the public following the second reading, it gets published in the paper. Once it's published in the paper for 30 days, it'll go into effect and then we'll update our ordinance as we do at every year at the end of the year with the
state. That's about it in a nutshell. >> No, very good summary of that. So, thank you, Dean. Um, so yeah, they just went through and cleaned up our ordinance um just regarding housing and those different sorts of things.
there are experts in the field um planning and zoning suggested that we go through with this. Um I didn't see any major um issues with it. So I can give you for instance right off the top right on the very first page first first paragraph
where the old ordinance said apartment building dwelling multif family and they change it to cluster development which is similar in nature but also more affordable retirement type little cluster villages. Well, I think we talked about it before like in the Bose school site. So, that that's a lot of
the work they did. So, it came out really good. >> Yeah, I was at the planning and zoning meeting where we went over some of these things and it these did seem to really streamline it, make all the verbiage the same. There was a lot of like words meaning the same thing, but they were used, you know, in multiple spaces. So,
it looks much better now, a lot easier to read and more straightforward. And there is a copy back there if you if anybody wants to look at one. >> Um so yeah, generally with these public hearings or or public readings, um just
required to ask if any residents have any comments regarding these kind of changes to ordinance. Give you folks a couple minutes if you um want to read through that quick. Um, but I'll ask three times just to confirm
and then um, if there isn't any additional comments for that, I'll I'll close the public hearing and then we'll move on with our regular council meeting and then in new business like Deian had mentioned um, we'll vote to her to approve it or not. So,
There's more to come by the way after this because then it it goes from this to um you know then we go to the zoning changes too. That'll be a whole separate step. This is just the ordinance. >> So yeah, all this is with the intention of making new development of housing
easier um more straightforward within town. which will hopefully attract some developers. All right, I think we've given folks a good chunk of time to to read through that and then it was included in our regular agenda for for people to read it
through. So, I'll ask um three times just to make sure that it's um okay. Um is there any additional comments? Is there any additional comments? Is there any additional comments?
Hearing none and asking three times, um we will move ahead um with uh adjourning uh the public hearing. So I'll ask for a motion for adjournment. >> Motion from councelor Jaras. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second from councelor Grahams. All those in favor?
>> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um so we will close the public hearing and then we will reopen um our regular council meeting um at 5:38.
Um so yeah, we'll move ahead with uh our regular agenda. Um so moving on to the consent agenda as everybody had a chance to read through that. Um Dean had printed off a new one before the council meeting just I had made made note of a little change that we had to make. So we
changed that. So, is there any comments or questions uh regarding anything in the consent agenda? Hearing nothing, I will ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Motion from councelor Java. Is there a
second? >> A second. >> Second from councelor Ecman. All those in favor? >> I >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um, and then, um, before we move on to the guest and citizens forum, uh, I'll draw folks's attention to the
license agreement that, uh, Dean had passed out before the council meeting. Um, kind of like with Buckyy's thing, last council meeting. Um, this was something that kind of came in after last week's, um, Wednesday kind of
deadline. Um, and it's really important that the to the snowmobile ATV club that we um get this on the agenda and approve it um before Friday because that sounds like when it's when the deadline is because we want to make sure that they're able to access some some funds
to get some u some work done. So, I will ask for a a motion to um include this license agreement for the uh snowmobile ATV club into our agenda as 12.3 in new business. So, is there a motion for that? >> I will make that motion with one
question for Ryan. >> What's the money going to be used for? >> What's the money the funding going to be used? >> So, my suggestion would be to keep it limited to adding it to the agenda and keep substantive questions until it's added. >> Okay.
So you said a motion to just add it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Motion from councelor Java, second from councelor Ecman. All those in favor? >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. So yeah, we'll we'll get to that in um new business. >> Um sounds like it's important. Uh so
moving along to the guests and citizens forum. Um is there anybody that wishes to speak? >> Oh, here. Hearing nothing, we'll move into reports from staff. Uh, city administrator Wyberg.
>> I don't have anything to add right now, your mayor. >> Okay, sounds good. Um, moving on to city attorney Luiki. Anything from you tonight? >> Uh, I don't have anything at this time, mayor. >> All right, sounds good. Moving on to reports from elected officials. Councelor Grahams. Um, I was going to,
um, ask about some of the chamber funds that were donated on behalf of the chamber for different city projects, but during the open forum, we already discussed some of those, so I don't have any I'll report those back to the chamber at the next meeting. Other than that, I don't have anything to report.
>> Perfect. Uh, councelor Jarvala, anything from you tonight? >> Uh, we got a uh, planning commission meeting that we attended. A discussion was made of rewriting the zoning ordinance which we just discussed and the planning commission felt that it was
good the way it was sent it on to the city council. Uh we've got the scenic byway committee is planning on a trip for the next meeting in August as far as hitting some of the historic sites along
the way such as uh uh Toy School out in Toy um Petrol Hall in Brimson possibly the uh lookout skybo lookout and other sites and are
trying to find what they can And that's about all I have. >> All right, sounds good. Uh, Councelor Ecman, >> um, I would just like to thank the water carnival committee, public works, EMS, law enforcement, all for the great weekend and having all the people in
town. Um, I'd like to thank our fire department for going up to Elely and fighting those fires up there in the Boundary Waters and keeping them safe. Uh, the library summer reading program closed on Saturday. They did their
little prize wheel and all that. Arts and crafts is ending on Thursday and we're doing a little popup market, farmers market August 9th down at the point. That's about it. >> All right, sounds good. Thank you. Um on
my end, same as Jill, thank you to the water carnival committee and all the the city staff that that made that possible and for that quick cleanup afterwards. Um they had things kind of and span pretty much right after it happened. So, thank you to all of them. Um, kind of explained this during the
public forum, but Dean and I had met with ILR last week and discussed kind of the funding of various current and future projects. Um, kind of one of those um funding streams that we had gotten was $60,000 thanks to Senator Hoschild. Um,
and that will be to assist with further work at the arena. Um, and we're looking at adding some more things to do there. um like adding a golf simulator and then some exercise equipment right now. So, um we're excited for that and thank you to him for supporting us uh and the
arena. Um and then yesterday, uh Dave, Dean, and I had attended the East Range Water Board's kind of ribbon cutting event. Um and we were able to touch base with elected officials kind of about us jumping on board with that. Um just an update with our end of things. We're
nearing the end of engineering and are moving towards kind of the important part of getting funding for the project. So those are all of my updates. So moving ahead with the agenda, nothing for old business, so we'll move right into new business. 12.1 wave fee for
pavilion and lower level of community center um for the annual picnic for the garden club. Um so we do this every year for the garden club. Um, in previous years they had used the the point um the shelters down there. Um, but I think a
couple years ago they started using the the new pavilion and have really liked that spot. So, they're just asking for um to use that space for their for their barbecue. And I think um waving the fee is a nice way of um thanking them for all the hard work they've they've done.
>> What is the date of it? >> August. Was it >> Oh, you told me too. the garden club members. No, I think so. >> I don't because I have not made it there. All >> right. I want to say it's August 18th. >> I think I think it's the 18th.
>> Yeah. Because I think they had um I think they had planned on doing the 11th, but that's um primar primary election night. And I think a couple of them are election judges, so they pushed it back. >> But I I would say August 18th, but I can >> Yeah.
Tuesday, >> right? So, um those folks should know and if not um Doug or Ladonna or um >> one of them would know. So, reach out to them if if need be, but I think it's yeah, that August 18th. So, um is there
a motion to wave that fee for their use of the pavilion and lure? Um >> I'll make that motion regardless what date it is. >> Right. So just yeah blanket approval whatever the date is. So um motion from councelor Jarala. Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> Second from councelor Grahams. All those
in favor? >> I I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um yeah and a big thank you to them for all their hard work. That's the the least we can do. I think uh 12.2. So going back to um the the changes that we
had went over in the public hearing regarding that amendment of chapter 152. of the Ho City of Hight Lakes land use ordinance title 15 to establish and amend residential use definitions, permitted uses and dimensional standards. Um so this piece of it um
I think it's a lot of the same information. So um there's not real a real need to um explain it again or go through um everything. Um, so it sounds like we're just looking for a motion um
to approve the first reading. >> What a question. >> Yeah, >> use of the funds. >> Oh. >> Oh, can can we're not on that one. >> Not not there yet. >> Oh, I >> that's for the zoning thing. >> This is for the zoning thing.
>> So, we added we added it after. >> I heard it wrong. >> I heard it wrong. I thought he said uh >> no worries. But yeah, so this is >> Oh, thank you. Somebody showed. >> So, yeah, back to the ordinance piece of the the buildings. Um so, just looking
for um a motion to either approve, deny. Um doesn't sound like there's any revisions that that folks had. Is there on the council that they wanted revisions? I think it looked pretty good on my end. The planning, like we said before, the planning commission um recommended its approval. Um so just
looking for a motion to um approve uh the first reading and then >> so there's a motion from councelor Java. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Second from councelor Grahams. All those in favor? >> I I any opposed hearing? None. Motion carried. And then um just a motion to
authorize the scheduling of the second reading um for our following council meeting. So that would be >> 11th >> 12th >> 12th >> because yeah we moved it because of primary election. So we'd be looking at uh authorizing the scheduling of that
second reading on August 12th. So is there a motion for that? >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion from councelor Graham second by councelor Java. All those in favor >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um so yeah we'll do that second reading next council meeting and hopefully get that approved and start
working on our housing project. So, we will move on to that addition we'd made earlier. So, 12.3 um license agreement for the Ranger Snowmobile ATV pub. And we'll finally get to Dave's question. >> Finally get to ask my question. >> Right.
>> Hi, Royard 434. I'm here on behalf of you have a question. >> I just wondering what the funding is going to be used for. >> Okay. So, the uh land use uh thing that we're asking for right now, the land use permission uh has to be co-signed by the
city. Uh this is to build the trail from the Stone Lake Road all the way out to seven Beavers Bridge, which is the new bridge that we had built a few years ago. >> Okay. >> Uh it's a substantial amount of money that this project is encompassing $1.3 million
uh which can't go forward without this easement site. So, that's uh is going to be used for to build a new trail, ATV trail. It will also cover part of our existing snowmobile trail. >> Part of that trail that goes outside of town.
>> Yeah. The one that goes uh out there down the Sky Road and turns off into the swamp. That's just going to remain the snowmobile trail. The ATV will trail go down the dirt road down 410 >> uh right at the end of the road there.
When you get to Stone Lake, it'll continue off on the road right there. >> Okay. >> So, it's uh 4.3 miles, I believe, through there. Pretty pretty substantial amount of money for that short trail, but it's uh a lot of wetlands in there. And so,
we have all the uh permissions done. This easement is the final the final stage of the heritage uh study has been done. Everything else to meet the state and federal regulations is on that. So,
we're hoping in the perfect world that this goes out to bid on August 1st. >> All right. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. >> Um and then sounded like Joel, you had read through this or helped draft this up. >> That's correct.
>> Um so, everything looks good to you? >> Yep. >> All right. Um any other comments or questions from anybody on the council regarding this license agreement? Hearing none, I will ask for a motion to approve um the signing of this agreement.
>> I'll make that motion. >> Motion from councelor Graham. Second from councelor Java. All those in favor? >> I >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. And that is it for everything on the agenda for tonight. So I'll ask for a motion for adjournment. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion councelor Ecman, second by
councelor Jarala. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. All right. Thank you.