Good afternoon. It is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7th, 2025. We will call the city council meeting of the city of New to order. First item of business is the consent agenda. Counselors, what are your wishes? I'll move it. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a
second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion carries. Item 2.1 is a public hearing on special assessments for the 2024 and 2025 delinquent weed snow and tree
removal charges. Assistant director. Um these are just the um delinquent weed snow and um tree removal charges. Those that have not paid for snow removal.
um lawnmowing and other services are being assessed these um charges to their properties. The one question I bring up every year with our repeat repeat repeat offenders, I would still like to somehow by law
work on that where each time it gets progressively harder on them. I mean, most of us know the property we're talking about, but and yet I will make a comment. when I started being a counselor, this list has gone down.
Well, the fees get agree. It's gone down a little bit. I think some of what has to go into play with this is we can't kind we can't profit on it necessarily. Is that correct? And so that's why to to do a progressive scale would kind of pop us out of compliance. Um but you know
obviously there's ways we can look at other fees where we may be somewhat subsidizing but um I think I think what we see with this is for the most part what we get unless we want to open the can of kind of doing a study of you know hourly wages and how long it takes and
making that adjustment. That could be but I don't disagree with you counselor. I mean I I don't see anybody that's going to come up to the mic. So, uh, conduct the public hearing and offer the resolution establishing the special assessments for 2025 delinquent weed,
snow, and tree removal charges. Second. Thank you. We do have a motion and a second. Is there any additional discussion? All right. Assistant Mera, Assistant Director Amir, please call the role. Um, councelor Christians, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes.
Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion does carry. Moving on to 2.2 2 is our public hearing on special assessments for the 2024/2025 delinquent water, wastewater and storm water charges. Again, this public
hearing is now open. Yes. So again, this is for the um water, wastewater, and storm water charges that um as part of the utility bills that um residents have not paid and we are certifying them to the property taxes.
Again, seeing nobody coming to the mic, I'll make a motion to conduct a public hearing offer the resolution establishing the special assessments for 2024 2025 delinquent water, wastewater, and storm water charges. Second. Thank you. We do have a motion and a second. Any additional discussion?
Uh my question is I see a lot of uh overlap on these lists here and so and if they're kind of repeat, can you remind me that these balances get tied to their property taxes then? Correct. Yes, they do. Okay. All right. Any additional discussion?
Assistant Director Amira, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. Motion carries. Item 3.1 is a raffles gambling permit for State Street Theater.
President, counselors, I'd like to uh make a motion to approve the issuance of a lawful gambling permit for State Street Theater to conduct raffles gambling at the State Street Theater, one North State Street, New Minnesota on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026.
Second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. Item 3.2 Two is a temporary on sale intoxicating liquor licenses for New Small Business Owners Group.
I'll offer a motion to approve the issuance of two temporary onale intoxicating liquor licenses for Newm Small Business Owners Group, 20 North Minnesota Street, Newm for a SIP and shop event on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. Subject compliance with all city
and state requirements. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I I. That motion carries. Under new business, item 4.1 is Nicollet County uh CSAH37
snow removal agreement. Madam President, say councilors, uh this is a yearly agreement that the city enters into with Nicollet County for snow removal on the CASA 37 leg. So that's from Minnesota River Bridge on
20th South Street to Highway 14. Uh this agreement is increased from last year uh to $550 per month um for the months between um or for the four-month winter period.
Madame President and counselors, I'd like to make a motion to approve the Nicollet County CASA 37 snow removal agreement dated October 7, 2025 and authorize the city manager and finance director to execute the agreement. Second. Second.
Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. That motion carries. Item 4.2, hardship deferral for the 2026 installment due for the 2018 USA improvements.
Um, this is a hardship deferral that has been done for the past, I think, five years. um this person has a hardship or qualifies for a hardship on this special assessment and then upon the sale of the home it would be paid.
I'll offer the resolution to approve the hardship deferral for the 2026 installment due of $3,124 for the 2018 USA improvement charges for the property at 1 or 11163rd North Street legal description rear 80
of lot 14 block 185 north of center. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Assistant director Amir, please call the role. Um, councelor, sorry I'm pulling it up here. It's thinking. Councelor
Christians, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmidtz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion carries. Item 4.3 is vacate easement area for J. Scott and Garden Terrace. Mr. Snowbrook. Hello. Hello, Madame President. Members of the
city council, uh we have received a letter from Jay Scott who is president of Rebound Real Estate. Uh this firm is the owner of the Garden Terrace um addition property located on that property are two
apartment buildings uh one uh called Garden Terrace One, the other by Garden Terrace 2. Uh the property is located west of North Garden Street and south of Oak Street. This property is legally
described as lot 178 except the northwesterly 370 ft and then lot one lot and lot 2 block one garden Terrace Edition. The property has a street address of 10:01 to 1021 North Garden
Street. Uh the outlot parcel that I referenced uh will be platted as um lot three and is a proposed location of a new 39 unit
apartment building. Uh the subject property is in the process of being replplatted as garden terrace second edition and will contain three lots. Public hearing on that plat
will be conducted at your next meeting. Uh the new apartment building and its successor uses will cross portions of the existing easement areas. As a result, the property owner is
requesting the vacation of those areas on the Plat of Garden Terrace edition. New easement areas will be provided on the plat of garden terrace second edition and that is exhibit B in the attachments
to this particular report. The new eman areas would have a width of 10 ft would surround the property and would effectively replace the vacated areas. It would also provide adequate area for required utilities.
The new easement areas will not be uh in a location to serve all utilities. However, uh it will be necessary, it may be necessary to prepare a separate easement document for electrical and possibly some other utilities. We're in
the process of making that determination. A comparison of the existing and new easement areas uh can be viewed on exhibit A and exhibit B on staff report. Staff would recommend approval of the
easement vacation request for the following reasons. Number one, the easement locations would allow for the construction of a new apartment building. Two, staff is not aware of any need for the required easement areas now or in the future. And three, the owner
has effectively replaced the vacated easement areas with wider easement areas in the same as well as different locations. Um there are two conditions. The first is that the easement vacation
resolution will be effective with a filing of that resolution with the Brown County Recorders Office. and two, the owner will file the plat of Garden Terrace second edition with the Brown County Recorders Office. That would
conclude the staff report on this item. Thank you, Mr. Snowberg. Just one curiosity question, Dave, on outlot 178. I don't know if I've ever seen such a big easement area. Do you know why they're doing that? Um, that is for the storm water
retention pond. Thank you. That answers the question. President and counselors, I'd like to offer the resolution approving with conditions the request of J. Scott on behalf of Garden Terrace Newm LLC and
Garden Terrace Newm 2 LLC to vacate easement areas located in the Garden Terrace edition. Second. Second. We do have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Madame President, I just would like to add that I think this is a great residential development in
Ward 3 and uh will benefit our community immensely into the future. Thank you. I do agree with that. Thank you, councelor. Any additional discussion? Assistant Director Amira, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warmka, yes.
Councelor Schmidtz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. Does carry. Item 4.4 for is a fire department donation. I'll offer the resolution to accept the $250 donation from the Flying Dutchman Cycle Club. Second.
We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Assistant Director Amira, please call the role. Councelor Christian, yes. Councelor Warma, yes. Councelor Schmeidz, yes. Councelor Mack, yes. President Becker, yes. That motion does carry. Our last item of the day is item 5.1, report of
claims paid. I'll make a motion to accept the list of claims paid in the amount of $8,833,96129. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor signal by saying I. I. I. That motion does carry. And with no
additional business today, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.