Please God. Good afternoon. It's 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025. We will call the city council meeting of the city of New to order. At this time, first item of business is consent agenda. Councilors, what are your wishes? I move approval.
Second. Thank you. Motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion does carry. Item 2.1 under licenses and permits is a raffles gambling permit for the Sertoma Club of Newm. All up for the
motion to approve the issuance of lawful gambling permit for Sertoma Club of Newm to conduct raffles gambling at the Brown County Fairgrounds 12th North and Washington Street on Tuesday, August 12th, 2025. Second. Thank you. We do have a motion
and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. I. That motion does carry. Item 2.2 is a raffles gambling permit for New Girls Fast Pitch Association. I'll make a motion to approve the issuance of a lawful gambling permit for the New Ms
Fast Pitch Softball Association to conduct raffles gambling at Jefferson Elementary School, 318 South Pain Street on Saturday, June 14th, 2025. Second. Thank you. Do have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. I. That
motion does carry. Also, item 2.3 is a liquor permit for the New Alm Chamber of Commerce. A motion to approve the issuance of a liquor permit to New Alm Chamber of Commerce to serve alcohol during the business of the year celebration located business of the year celebration located at German Park on
Thursday, June 12, 2025, subject to compliance with all city and state requirements. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion does carry. Item number 3.1 is a variance request
for 13 and 15 Liberty Street. Mr. Nisley. Uh, good evening, council president, counselors. John Nisley, Planer, City of M. Um, I'm going to abbreviate the staff report as much as possible uh to to shorten this up if you don't mind. Um, so the variance being requested here is to construct a twin
home 20 ft from the front of the property line. The required setback in that zoning district is 30 feet. Uh the property is located in the R3 medium density residential district where a lot of our twin homes are located in the city of New. Uh the proposed lots uh the lots
proposed for development are seven and eight and they're the last lots of that subdivision to be developed. They're on the far, let's call it northwest end of that uh development. There's a very steep slope at the rear of the lot and because of that steep slope. Uh there's water that seeps out the toe of that
slope and makes the rear of that property quite wet. So the applicant um and developer here is proposing to slide the houses closer to the front yard uh property line um and Liberty Street and be at 20 ft versus 30 ft. They're also
on a little bit of a curve or bend in the road right there. So when you actually look at it um in an aerial photo or from the site, they do line up fairly well with the houses uh immediately to the to the south. Um the proposed homes would match the other homes in that subdivision. There are
private covenants uh in the subdivision enforced by those uh those folks to make the homes look uh look the same. Um there was uh a number of uh residents in that subdivision that showed up to the planning commission meeting to
discuss this item mainly because of the wetness uh at the toe of that slope. Um but it was I guess the conclusion of that was the concern about water in that area was largely coming from other development in the area and how that should be managed versus these two
specific lots. Um so uh with that being said, the planning commission uh did recommend approval of the variance and uh their reasoning is is found in the findings of fact uh attached here in the staff report. They did recommend two conditions. Uh one that the applicant's
development of these lots shall not uh cause water to flow from these lots onto other neighboring lots and then two that the applicant shall pay the cost to record the variance uh with the Brown County Recorders Office. That concludes the staff report. Thank you, Mr. Nicely.
President and counselors, I would like to uh offer the resolution to approve with conditions the variance request by Sun Valley Properties LLC to construct a twin home 20 ft from the property front property line as shown in the site plan provided with the variance application
on the property legally described as lot 7, lot 8, Minnesota River Valley subdivision. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? I'm just going to add from the planning commission the the bulk of the conversation was about water and how it goes, but they've gone above and
beyond with and working with city staff and they bolted a mink and have a water storm water plan and you know development was causing water drama up on top on top up on top and they've tooken they've taken measures and a
couple weeks ago at the planning meeting they were in the process of getting their seating and other things under control too. So, it's just we had that 6 in rain last year and that was what they were citing. Gotcha. Thank you. So, there's no long-term worries about it
being kind of sloped and wet or anything like that. Like that 10 ft difference is going I mean obviously I'm not an architect or anything but there's kind of two separate items. The toe of the slope is naturally going to seep out that groundwater. Okay. So, that back of that property is always going to be
fairly wet. The developers are going to be proposing or they are going to be putting in a small swale and then they also have tile around the house to direct that water to the storm water system that's across Liberty Street. What's happening up on top is a different type of development that
slopes towards these properties that was newly graded last year. Um and there was like uh councelor Max said, there was a 6-in rain that breached a temporary storm water pond. water flowed downhill into the backyards of one of these residences and that caused the problem.
Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Thanks. Any additional discussion? Uh just the history of that property, the topography, there's not a lot you can do. That's that's the answer to it. Yeah, I'm fine with it. Okay. Director Jorgensson, please call
the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Wormka, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Item 3.2 is preliminary plot of the Highland Apartments edition. Mr.
Schnowberg. U Madame President, members of the city council. Um the street address of this property is 901 North Highland Avenue. Planning Commission recommended approval of the preliminary plat um at its April 24th meeting.
The applicant in this particular case is Chris Raymond on behalf of Keepers Incorporated. The owner of the property is Keith Marty. The property is generally located
um west of North Highland Avenue and north of 7th North Street. The area to be platted totals 9.9 acres. Uh the property currently
consists of parts of four outlots. The plat will divide the property into four lots and will also provide uh street rightway for the extension of 10th North Street. Um, the
four lots will have frontage on either 10th North Street, North Highland Avenue, or 7th North Street. The lots all have the required frontage on an existing or proposed
street. Um, the property is being proposed for platting as a planned unit development district. The plat has been evaluated therefore using the development standards for the R4 or highdensity residence
district. All four lots comply with city code standards for the R4 district. The proposed building locations also comply with city setback
requirements. The recommended conditions included the following. Number one, pay the parkland dedication fee of $4,200, and that's $1,50 per lot. Providing an electronic
file of the plat in an AutoCAD 2016 or newer format. Uh, number three, determine if a connection fee must be paid for access to a storm water quality pond located south of 7th North Street. The developer
in this particular instance has two options. They can either store the storm water on site or they can access a city storm water pond that is located um uh
close to Fifth North Street. So that's uh an uh option that they'll have to examine and I'm sure cost will be uh a major factor in their decision. Um the
developer shall also enter into a development agreement with the city of New Alm. Number five, this resolution or the resolution approving this request will be filed with the Brown County Recorders Office. And number six, the
owner andor developer will secure a planned unit development zoning designation for the platted area. That um would conclude the um the report. I I would note one additional
item that uh this is Torrren's property and as a result when you see the final plat for this property it is going to look a little bit
different. Um it will be expanded to include all of the property that Mr. Marty owns and that's just a requirement of uh of that process. Uh so just want
to forewarn you that it'll it'll look a little bit different. That would conclude the report. One question, I don't want to put the city engineer on the spot, but determining that connection fee, do we have any kind of guesstimate? So the
connection fees were established uh back in 2007 with the original EDA housing subdivision. So those are uh established and recorded and they were approved by the city council at that time. So those fees are established and they're based on acreage um that drained uh to that
pond. So well that part I got I mean determine that's us or them or that's what I'm getting. We will determine that should they should they connect to that portion of the system. If they construct their own system there's no fees. So, all right. Thank you. Y President and counselors, uh, two
consecutive housing items um up very good for for Ward 3, not only for W three, but the entire community. Um, so therefore, I would make a motion to approve with conditions the preliminary plat of Highland Apartments edition
located at 901 North Highland Avenue. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion does carry. Item 3.3 is preliminary plot of Sarah Hills fourth
edition. Okay. The city council may remember that at your February 4th, 2025 meeting, you approved a purchase agreement with Melvin Schugal for this
property. Um, we closed on that property with Mr. on March 24th, 2025. One of the requirements um of his purchase of the property was that it was to be
platted. So, the property is located at 1827 Ryan Road and 1900 Allison Avenue. and it is situated between those two streets and then it is north of
Maplewood Drive. Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval with conditions the plat at their April 24th meeting. Platted area totals 2.75 acres. The plat will subdivide the
property into two lots. The two lots comply with the city's um zoning standards for the R1 zoning district. Um it has been the city's intent to establish two lots in this
location uh with the platting of Siri Hills first edition which occurred back in April of 2005. There were four conditions and they were to pay the platting fee of
$260 with the base fee of $200 and $30 per lot. Pay the parkland dedication fee of $700 for the two lots. It's $350 per lot. Provide an electronic file of the
platin in AutoCAD 2016 or newer format. And then finally provide um two easement areas. The first is a 10-foot uh easement area on the front property line of both lot one and lot two. And the
second is a 5-ft easement area on the rear or alley property line for both lots. That would conclude the staff report. Thank you, Mr. Snowberg. President and counselors. uh another
third um housing project for W 3 in our city. Um I think this is fantastic and so I'd like to make the motion to approve with conditions the preliminary plat of Sarah Hills fourth edition located at 1827 Ryan Road and 1900
Allison Avenue. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion does carry. Under old business, item 4.1 is the orderly annexation agreement with
Milford Township. Again, Mr. Schneberg, thank you. Um, the city council approved an orderly annexation agreement, and I'm going to refer to it as OA uh with Milford Township at its December 17th,
2024 meeting. Uh the Milford Township Board approved the same agreement at its December 12th, 2024 meeting. Uh the city submitted the OA to
the Office of Administrative Hearings on December 20th of 2024. The office of administrative hearings then notified the city that the city and township had not followed the correct
procedural requirements in adopting the document. In particular, the city and township had failed to publish a notice of intent to adopt an OA and then adopt
the OA 10 days after the publication of that notice. This provision applied in our case since the OA was considered a new document and we had considered it to be
the renewal of an existing document. Um the city and township have now published a joint notice uh in compliance with the 10-day requirement and the city is able to
adopt the OA at this meeting. The township is scheduled to take action on this item at its May 8th meeting. the contents of the agreement, the exhibits, the maps all remain the same
from that that was found in the original OA. Um the I might also note that um the city and Cottonwood Township entered into an OA effective April 23rd, 2025
and that now has been approved by the um office of administrative hearings. That would conclude the staff report. Well, I'm going to offer the resolution to descertify the TIFF district. No problem. Oh, excuse me. 4.1. I'll offer
the resolution approving an orderly annexation agreement with Milford Township. Second line second. We do have a motion and a second. Uh any additional discussion? Yes. Uh President and counselors, I have a couple questions maybe related to the uh the
airport zones uh specifically airport B zones. Are there any of those involved with this? Um the yellow annexation area around the uh runway. Not to my knowledge. No.
Okay. All right. Okay. That was it. Thank you. Perfect. Any additional discussion? All right. Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Just a second. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Wcott, yes. Councelor Schmidtz, yes.
Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion does carry. Moving on to new business. Item number 5.1 is the descertification of TIFF District H5 in Milford Heights. Councilors, this TIFF district was um
has been around for for quite since 2007. Um all the debt has been paid in relationship to this district and all other financial obligations have been met. So there's no reason that we can continue to collect the TIFF funds related to this one. Um there are some
some residual residual funds that will need to be returned to the county as excess tiff as well as some um monies that can be uh forwarded to the EDA for them to recoup some of the funds that that they originally loaned the district. Basically just cleaning up a few few
year end things. So with that, I'm going to offer the resolution to descertify the TIFF district H5 Milford Heights as May 6, 2025 and allow staff to make excess TIFF payments to the county and any other transactions needed during the closeout process. Second. Thank you. We
do have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion does carry. Uh, as a followup, item 5.2 is transfer
funds from TIFF H5 Milford Heights 1 to the economic development authority. Counselors, this is related to that last TIFF district descertification is just uh necessary resolution order to transfer those funds to the EDA fund of $33,414.31.
I'll go ahead and offer the resolution to transfer $33,414.31 from the TIFF H5 Milford Heights uh 1365 to the EDA fund 260. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further
discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Wormka, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. Motion carries. Item 5 um three is the
BMX C request for temporary camping. Mr. Schugle. Thank you, President Ber. City Council, this is a request from the River Valley BMX Association uh to offer temporary camping in South German Park during their state qualifying event. Their state qualifier is a little bit
earlier this year. So, it's Thursday, May 29th through Sunday, June 1st. And this has been a a pretty regular request in uh for a number of years now. Um this would need your approval to do that as there is no uh overnight camping in
parks at at um on a regular basis and they anticipate between 1 and 10 campers to be in the area. No more than five recreational fires. we would notify the police department during this and um at the conclusion of these weekends, we
haven't seen any significant cleanup issues or any of that during these events. Perfect. Thank you. Again, at the park and wreck meeting, I mean, we've done this several years. There's been no policing on our part, no issues. I'll offer the resolution to authorize
overnight temporary camping not to exceed five recreational fires in South German Park near Third South Street for the BMX Minnesota State qualifier racing event on the nights of Thursday May 29, Friday, May 30, Saturday, May 31st, and
Sunday, June 1st, 2025. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Wormka, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack. Yes. President Becker. Yes. That motion
carries. Item 5.4 are park and recreation donations. Yes. President Berk. City Council. Uh looking for the acceptance of a number of donations this month. Uh the first one would be to the 80% to the Wreck on the Go program from New Public Schools
for their community education department in the amount of $6,400. Uh the second from Dan Bernick for $25 to the Friends of German Park in memory of Joanie Schug. And then the Isaac Walton League for two different donations. The first one for $2,000
towards the Pollinator Park for programming and supplies out uh in that area. And then also for $3,000 for new archery range targets at the archery range. And that total is $11,425.
Wonderful. Well, I'll offer the resolution to accept the following donations offered to the city of New Alm through park and recreation department for identified purposes. And thanks Joey for reading them in. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further
discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidtz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion does carry. Item number 5.5 is library donations and memorials.
I'll offer the resolution to accept donations and memorials to the new public library for the period beginning January 1st to March 31st, 2025. And I will go ahead and read those in. Uh first one from the New Alm Farm City Hub Club. Uh $86 for children's books. Uh
Friends of the New Alm Public Library, $200 cash donation for adult programs. Friends of the Newm Public Library, $200 cash uh for other for National Library Workers Day. Uh Friends of the New Public Library, $250 cash for children's programs for the Clifford's birthday
giveaway books. Uh Vicky Piser for $25 for undesated. Uh Brian and Elaine Scholes in memory of Jim uh Craft for $50. and Michael Vogle. $600 for a High8 machine totaling $1,411.
Second. Thank you. We have a motion in a second. Any further discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion carries. Item 5.6 is a fire department donation.
I'll offer the resolution to accept a donation of $750 from John and Rosen Fischer to the new home fire department. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Director Jorgensson, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidz,
yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion carries. Uh, in area six, claims and estimates, our last item business today is report of claims paid. I'll make a motion to accept the list of claims paid in the amount of $2,115
uh $734.11. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion does carry. And with no additional business, today's meeting is adjourned.
Thank you.