I'll make that motion. >> I We talk about church and we talk about >> parks in Aurora. for all kinds. >> They're all kind Don't start.
attention. >> Oh, yeah. I don't think dress. Why not? Next >> question. How are you? All right, 5:30 on the dot. I will call the regular city of White Lakes Council meeting for Tuesday, May 25th
to 26th to order. Roll call, please. >> Councilors Grahams >> here. >> Jarvala, >> yep. Ecman >> here. >> Mat here. Mayor >> Scott >> here. We have a quorum. >> All right. Please stand for the pres. I aliance 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. >> Moving on to the consent agenda. Has everybody had a chance to read through
that? Any comments or questions for anything in there? >> I don't, this doesn't really have to do with the consent agenda, but on the just make sure that we switch the date. On today's agenda, it says the 25th, but it's actually the 26th.
>> Both right. >> All right. Anything else from anybody hearing? Nothing. I'll ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. So move. >> Motion from councelor Java. Is there a second?
>> I'll second. >> Second from councelor Grahams. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Hearing none motion. >> Moving into the guests and citizens forum. Is there anybody that has any comments or questions?
Nothing. We will move into reports from staff. City administrator Wyberg. >> I have nothing to report today. Library Director Lambie. >> Okay. Well, we're going to have an exciting summer. Um, in the lobby during June, we're going to be hosting the
seeds women poster exhibit, which is on loan from the Minnesota Digital Library. The exhibit features the Early Years of Minnesota Seed and Nursery Trade. This exhibit ties into the library kids summer program, which begins next
Monday. The theme is plant to seed read and our kickoff event will be from 1 to 3 in the library yard. If it's raining, we'll be in the arena. We'll have races, face painting, and seed planting. And the library will be closed Monday
afternoon for this event. The summer program runs for eight weeks. And we've got lots of great things for kids to do and learn the whole eight weeks. The White Lakes Garden Club um built us two small
gardens on the south side of the building here and on June 4th uh we're going to have kids plant vegetables and flowers in them. Uh they'll maintain and water the gardens this summer and we want to thank Doug for all his work on
those building those gardens. And then finally, I've included the 2025 annual library report with your packet and has any questions, let me know. >> All right.
>> Uh, not too much. We just finished up hydro flushing today. Uh, the storm ditching that's been going on behind like leads and Canterbury area that I believe got wrapped up the end of last week. If not, there's only a little bit left. Um, and then starting to
coordinate working on those lift stations that we talked about the last meeting. Um, So that's been keeping me pretty busy, but other than that, >> Sounds good. Thank you. Uh, city attorney Luiki, >> I have nothing to report tonight. >> All right, moving into reports from
elected officials. Councelor Grahams, >> nothing to report tonight. >> All right, councelor Java. >> Um, this month attended the, uh, East Range public safety board, uh, the scenic byway meeting, which was interesting on tourism. Also, uh we had
a East Range Water Board technical meeting for the city of White Lakes trying to discuss and decide on where the placement of the water transmission line would be through town and uh went through another meeting with the water board on the new joint powers
agreement with Ho Lakes joining uh planning discussion, discussed the new mobile home park situation with the owner cleaning up and removing all the old mobile homes from there and and hopefully being able to sell or lease
out new ones in there. And uh uh we had another regular waterboard meeting and there was also zoning questions were discussed at that uh mobile home court meeting. So we'll be presented with some of that information from the planning
commission. >> That's it. >> Sounds good. Busy week or busy month for you. Um thank you councelor Ecman. Anything from you tonight? Um, school's school's done tomorrow. Um, but arts and crafts starts on Monday, so along with
the library, the summer reading program, so it'll be a fun summer for kids. >> Right. >> That's it. >> Good. All right. Councelor Mat, >> um, the only thing I was going to bring up was I had a couple different people come to me and talk to me about the trailer park and the condition that it's
currently in with garbage everywhere. I have not been back there in a long time and I went back there and it is unreal. So I was wondering I was going to reach out to blight officer and see if that was something that she was dealing with or if that's I don't know if anybody's driven back there lately but
>> owner stated he's had people bringing garbage and trash out there and dumping it there. And he's also got an issue with people living in tents in the woods surrounding the park. He says they're working on cleaning it up. >> Okay.
>> And he talked about in that planning and zoning meeting, they had him on Zoom talking about bringing in all new mobile homes. >> So he's claiming the garbage and all that in the yards is >> there's not outside, right?
>> They've got an issue, he said, with people from town bringing trash and garbage in and dumping it there. apparently thinking it's okay to >> add to the problem out there as it is. >> And then he said there's people tent camp like camping around it.
>> Yeah. Squatters. He's had problems with squatters living in some of those old abandoned homes. He talked about how they're going to have to redo the streets. They've got a brand new layout. If somebody wants to pass that down to take a look at it. They got a brand new
layout and they're looking at all new mobile homes. He he says he's going to have to redo the streets and the infrastructure, water, and sewer lines in the streets. And he's said he's trying to purchase that block of land
that Minnesota Power owns between the trailer park and um Andover, not Andover, um >> South here. He's got big plans. Whether they'll come
to fruition will remain to be seen. >> Well, I guess I'd like to know who from town feels the need to bring their garbage out to >> the >> That was when I heard that it was just mind-blowing. >> Just mind-blowing. >> Do they do the citywide like cleanup out there? Do
>> No, we excluded them from the citywide cleanup because of this. >> We spent a week down there ourselves. The cost would be phenomenal. >> Yeah, I drove out there, >> but he had pictures of the trailers he was hoping to move in.
>> And they're not going to be cheap. Well over $100,000. He he likes to use the term manufactured home. >> Yeah. >> Which there's a difference between manufactured modular. He didn't want to admit it, but he did admit to me that they were mobile homes. They're coming
in on a frame and they're nice looking. >> The the main style will be two-bedroom, he said, and they will also have three bedrooms available. You will not be able to have garages. What was it? A 12 by 12 structure, 144 square ft. >> Yeah.
>> Storage building. You will not be able to have ATVs, UTVs, or boats stored on your lot. If you're out there, >> I don't know how long that'll fly. >> So, he's making it kind of an HOA with different rules.
>> Well, kind of. Yeah, that's I mean they're they're the owner and they're they're going to come in with these trailers and they'll have a manager living in one of them and he said that manager will be providing security
so to speak for the park. And somebody from the board had asked him a question about guest parking because you you get two spots on your lot, one paved and one grass. but he said they may have to change that to a pave spot and just a
small storage shed for your lawn mower and snowblower and that was it. >> I like I said, I don't know how that'll fly up here because everybody's got ATVs and UTVs and he's got a perfect situation for boat owners there because
he could put a dock out there and rent dockage to people that lived in a park. >> Interesting. Other than that, I don't have anything So hopefully if he follows through on what he says, it'll get cleaned up.
>> Um >> until people just keep bringing garbage down there apparently. Um >> that blows my mind that that that's what's going on, but I guess it shouldn't. >> But yeah, if that's happening, I don't know if he should connect with law enforcement. >> That's Yeah, I mean, >> um but if it is his, then yeah, maybe
connecting with the light officer to make sure that he cleans up what's his and then um if people are bringing things in there that law enforcement either patrols or um keeps an eye out for that. But um yeah, thanks for bringing that up. >> It also falls on me, too, as administrator.
>> Falls on you, so we'll send you out there with a garbage bag and gloves. So, >> all right. Thanks for offering to do that. Um for me, um I don't have much other than um attended the u Memorial Day service yesterday. So, thank you to
everyone that made that possible. It was very nice as usual. Um and then thanks to the VFW for providing lunch and things like that. So that's it from me. Uh so we'll move ahead. Um nothing for old business, so we'll move right into
new business. Uh 11.1 EMT uh resignation. Um so it sounds like we have a EMT. Um just looking to resign from her position as EMT. Um anything to add other than kind of the supplemental information we have, Dean?
>> No, I don't have anything. >> All right. Any comments or questions regarding that? Hearing none, I'll ask for a motion to approve um EMT resignation for Julie Ritz Linen. >> So moved. >> Motion from councelor Java. Is there a second?
>> I'll second. >> Second from councelor Matson. All those in favor? I >> I'm going to abstain from that one. >> Councelor Ecman will abstain. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. All right. Moving to 11.2. letter of support for
MN169 and MN1 intersection project. Um so this is the area by the Y store um where they've had a few bad accidents over the past handful of years. Um I know we had sent a letter of support previously um anything to add to this Dean. Was
this from the county that sent this? >> This is the county. It's Yeah, it's the same as the one you guys signed last year >> to Secretary Duffy. So apparently they didn't get their funding for this year.
>> Um so yeah, just in reading through it sounds like bad some bad accidents that had happened out there that were in the news. I remember hearing about them. Um so I guess they're just looking at um just making the area a little bit safer and I know we had mentioned last time we have residents that go up to Fortune Bay
and we want to make sure that they're as safe as they can be. So, um I think it'd be yeah a good idea if they can make that area a little bit safer. Um any other comments or questions regarding this letter of support? Um and again, it's just for them to um better get
looks like if it's to Secretary Duffy, it would be for federal funding. So um yeah, any comments or questions? Hearing none, I'll ask ask for a motion to approve this letter of support.
>> Yeah, I know we approved it for the current year. So, yeah, I'll make a motion to approve it for funding for next year. >> A second. >> Motion from councelor Graham, >> councelor Ecman. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion
carried. And then we will move into 11.3 uh arena naming rights agreement with New Range Copper Nickel. Um we have Johnny from New Range. Um he just um had talked about attending. He had already attended the the previous meeting when
we talked about this. Um just to answer any questions, right? >> Yeah. And I'm I'm answer questions. I I think I able to update you guys last month. Um been able to Yeah. Didn't prepare anything. I know I gave a little update last month and it's
more of my you know, attorneys have been talking to each other to make sure everything's good. But if uh councilors had any questions, I think it's pretty straightforward um in terms of, you know, yeartoear and um hopefully that can change if we get into production and and things are looking good on our end,
but um it seems like a really meaningful way to support the community and um was really happy when when Bucky kind of approached it. It all came about from a dasher board conversation. So, it turned into something kind of cool. So, I'm just looking um you know, if there questions happy
Um, yeah. Doesn't sound like anybody has any questions for you. >> Perfect. I'll just stick around in case they do. >> Sounds good. All right. Yeah, thanks for coming. >> Um, city attorney Licki, you were able to look through it or did you draft this one up or >> Yeah, we had I did and then they came
back with some uh changes and we were okay with those. So, uh, we're good with the the format that it's in in now. >> Um, good. So yeah, we've been talking with New Range for a handful of months just looking at ways to um work with each
other and partner with each other and then obvious obviously with the arena and um levies and things like that, we're just trying to find different creative ways to bring in some extra funds so we can try to hopefully um not increase levies as much as we we need to. So this was hopefully offset some
costs related to the um arena and then just the city in general. So, we would be looking at um naming the the arena um the the new range um arena, right? >> Copper nickel. >> New range copper nickel. >> New range copper nickel.
>> I think New Copper N. >> Okay. >> You say it's in here both ways. Oh, is it >> the city hereby grants to New Range for the term exclusive rights named New Range Copper Nickel Arena the arena name or New Range Arena the arena name.
>> So either or >> either or we can call it whatever we want >> exactly how details want to go. >> Yeah, I like new arena. It is easier to say. >> Yeah. Has a >> We don't have any mockups yet. So,
that'll probably be the next after we get this deal done and then get some mockups. >> Yeah. Yeah. Very excited about this. So, >> um any other questions or comments for this? City attorney Loki said it looked good.
So, um is there a motion um for approval of uh the arena naming rights agreement? Motion from councelor Java. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Second from councelor Grahams. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carries. Very exciting. We'll we'll be
looking forward to Yeah. seeing what the sign will look like and think it'll look nice. >> And I hope this beginning, >> right? >> Yeah. Perfect. >> All right. >> The city of New Range. >> Yeah.
>> New city. Will that cost >> change our >> that's at least 10,0001. >> All right. So that was everything that was on the agenda. So I'll ask for a motion for adjournment. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion from councelor Ecman. Second from councelor Jabla. All those in favor?
>> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Thank you. That was a fast speed, right? >> Yes, it was.