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e e e e e e e e thank you good afternoon it is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday March 18th 2025 we will call
the city council meeting of the city of New to order first item of business is the consent agenda councilors what are your wishes I'll move it again thank we have a motion and a second any further discussion those in favor signal by
saying I I I that motion does carry item number 2.1 is a public hearing on the proposed 2025 surface reconstruction project um this is in regards to the street department um construction
project and this is a public hearing if you would care to be heard please come up to the microphone and state your name and address for the record uh Madam president if I may before we open the public hearing sure just a quick summary on on the improvements so this is uh city council has scheduled a public hearing for the 2025 surface
reconstruction project as you stated this is a project that is done by City forces on streets where minimal subgrade correction is anticipated and no underground utility work is needed uh the proposed project allows for the REM removal and replacement of the existing
binous surfacing um this project was included in the 2025 Capital Improvement uh plan engineering report which you adopted on November 19th 2024 the engineering report recommends that the benefit for the project be
specially assist assessed at 45% of the full reconstruction rate which equates to $2,140 per adjacent single family residential parcel and an incremental benefit for multifam and non residential
Parcels it'd be my recommendation today that we open the public hearing and go through the project locations one by one um just do want to remind the council that in order to order in improvements um the council needs a four fist majority vote on on those uh
improvements being ordered in so um if it's uh all right with uh you madam president I'd recommend we open the public hearing yes so moved public hearing is now open we will read through the five projects um for the 2025 service
reconstruction project one is 23rd North Street from North Broadway to Terrace Drive project two is a someone's someone wants to speak on 23rd no that's okay hi uh Rick trol 729 23rd North uh I just wanted to State my opinion on the
project I think it needs to be done but there has been excessive truck traffic on my road for the last four years when I did North Broadway they had many trucks when they haed all the grab out of the Gravel Pit behind me for the last 3 years I'm an I mean there's over two 300 trucks full of gravel a day and
when it did Boundary Street last two years there was massive truck traffic on my street so I do not think that it's right for me to pay the full amount because I thought there were a little bit more than what should have been traffic-wise on that road I mean it's not normal wear and tear for two 300
trucks full of gravel tar sand whatever to drive on a city street a day thank you madam president City councilors uh in the past it's been the policy the city council and the assessment uh policies that have been
adopted that the assessments are are levied per parcel regardless of the usage um there hasn't been at least in past practice there hasn't been the determination to reconstruct the street not assess it because it was on a truck route or or uh and a more heavily
traveled roadway segment so I guess our recommendation would be to continue with that policy um to not differentiate between um you know what one considers uh excessive traffic or or non-excessive traffic on the roadway
segment well it's not one person's opinion I mean you could sit on my road any day in the last two years and see these trucks I mean my house is full of dust from these trucks I mean it isn't one or two trucks it's hundreds of trucks a day so I I there's a difference
between excessive and a little bit this is way excessive in my opinion is this reconstruction project being done early at all or is it on schedule we're uh the roadway segment is 26 years old so it's right in that 25 to
30 years old um expected useful life is the $2,100 is that able to be broken up or is it need to be paid in full in one so P the assessments know we're not adopting the assessments today that'll be a future public hearing um most likely in the fall of uh
2026 um the assessments are payable over a 10-year period uh we haven't sold bonds yet so we don't know what that interest rate is going to be um but they are payable you know any unpaid balance would be payable over a 10-year period okay thank you counselors I just wanted
you to know my opinion thank you so much and the road has been 25 years since it's had major work done 99 was 99 yep exactly correct yep christop RE 2 uh 713 23rd North just want to uh expand on that a little bit
uh the excessive truck traffic um for all the projects that have been going on uh when they were doing the pit at the bottom of the hill the retention Pond literally there was a truck going up and down that road every 35 to 45 seconds for the extended period of time Time
same with the Boundary Street and the extension of U was B Boundary Street the new one going down to the boan um when this road was origion designed was it designed for truck traffic and if
not would that have played a part in the way the road is now so the roadway that's a good question the roadway is currently constructed with a 5 in of binous pavement which is um above our normal resident street so it's we're proposing to go back at 4 in um what
would be a normal normal residential street but it was um constructed originally um slightly beefier than what we would consider a local residential street and you're saying it this time the reconstruction plans to go with the four Ines by 2 minutes instead of five
can you tell me why we would go back well now with the completion of Boundary Street or North Highland Avenue um that you know segment of 23rd is now sign no trucks so truck traffic should not be using that so um we felt it would be appropriate to reconstruct that with a
residential section I'd like to the thank you for the the truck signs that has definitely helped on on that street it's very it's quiet now um wish we could have done that a long time ago but um it is what it is as far as the assessment I also feel that we should not have to pay the
full amount due to the excessive truck traffic over the multiple years years of the construction projects thank you thank you madam president and counselors um I just had my question answered it was whether or not I understand that there
was a lot of traffic during construction but now that Highland's done North Highland and Broadway my question to the residents was um is there still that type of traffic and um the gentleman just said no it's there's truck traffic and it's signed that way
correct so there's two different uh situations the past situation in the present one thank you thank you councelor schmidtz hi there my name is Lacy and I am representing Bridgeway on 23rd the
Assisted Living that's on um we're located 720 23rd um my only question is you guys had quoted a rate that is due for residential does that price differ for us since we're a business Madam
president um Lacy yes uh let's I'm just scroll into that property so we when we assign the uh assessments to the parcels the multif family gets a different uh what we call assigns uh number of units compared to the single unit for a single
family home okay so we are proposing to assign two units to Ridgeway so that total amount would be 4,280 based on the Frontage along the project okay all right that's all I needed to know thank you thank you before we move on to project two is
anyone else care to be heard project two is 11th South Street from Payne Street to Jefferson Street third is fifth North Street from Broadway to German Street I think we have a from 11th project oh sure for project two sure
come on up I to know what they're doing as street is in perfect condition I will say it needs a seal coat but that is there's not a hole in it nothing so what is what's what what's the
program hi can you just state your name and your address for the record Roger London 1026 South Jefferson thank you all right than uh Madam president um Mr Lun um roadway was constructed back in 1977 our latest payement inspection
report gave that a rating of uh 32 which falls into that uh failed section um so we felt you know may just say there's not much traffic on that road for one thing and it's in perfect condition a seal
coat would do a marvelous thing for it it's been sealed probably I guess probably just based on its age it's probably been sealed um probably probably pushing 10 times maybe
you know at that age um it's just it's reached the end of its useful life and it's our staff's opinion that it needs to be replaced like I said it's got a score of a 32 and that's based on a score scoring system from zero to 100 why don't you go up 11 Street all the
way then why that one block so like uh when they introduced the project so what we tried to do is find segments that are um you know kind of one block segments where we anticipate minimal subgrade correction we don't have underground
utilities that need to be reconstructed and um staff felt it was appropriate U for inclusion within the capital Improvement program pardon me but I can't can't see anything going to do with it but that's
all I had a question for they wouldn't be digging it all up for any other purpose correct so it' be just a removal of the existing binus surfacing shaping and then repaving be at a lesser cost yep and those uh assessment rates are uh
reduced compared to what would be considered a four four four four four Lots along that lot correct yep so we' get divided up with four people right like I was stating um the
assessments are reduced based on the type of work that is performed so y That's what I wanted to find out but personally I don't think it needs to be done but thank you thank you Mr lond project 3 fifth North Street from
Broadway to Street 15th South Street from State Street to Washington Street and the last project is Summit Avenue from State Park Road to Golf Drive um at this time I will note for the record there were four individuals that
came up to speak um three regarding project number one one regarding project number two um with some questions um and some concerns I do appreciate people coming I mean the a lot of the questions on 23rd are from my ward and I I have spoken
with some of the individuals too and I I understand where they're coming from but this road has been there for 25 5 years and it is in tough shape at this moment blame it on whatever it might be the the trucks but 25 years of a road is going to have wear and tear and it's going to
need a Reclamation this isn't a a major one um and their one of their concerns was being able to split it up um the payment so it isn't $2,100 up front and the other half of things too is these roads can be aesthetically fine on the outside when you look at them but when you actually know what's going on
underneath them it's a much different story than what's you see on the shell of the outside so I can get where all these are coming from but they are things that need to be done not cutting up roads just for the sake of cutting up roads I'm in agreement with councilor
warut city engineer how long we been doing this again or we started budgeting knowing we had to catch up on our roads 10 15 years ago yeah I think maybe even longer than that um and president city council um we've been doing it ever
since I've been here and that's 18 years that long again nobody likes to pay the assessment but I'm in agreement we've got to keep up with our streets and whatnot and this is a way to do it were there any other um like written or other correspondents received on any
of these projects mam president City councilors I received just a couple emails with some um you know assessment questions I think it was three in total but no written objections to the project thank you and I think we have to be consistent you know we can't just say
this road gets less traffic or more traffic because we don't know where our future detour is going to have to be for x amount of time you know and and and maintenance so we're trying to be proactive I think we have to support
staff's decision to recommend uh the improvements there's no other action I'm going to offer the resolution closing the public hearing ordering the 2025 surface Rec construction project and authorize the street department to construct the project second thank you
we have a motion and a second I need additional discussion director jensson please call the role councelor Christian yes councelor warka yes councelor schmidtz yes councel Mac yes president Becker yes that motion does carry thank you for
everyone who came out today item number 3.1 is a taxi license well we need more is more reliable transportation in this town so I'll go ahead and uh make a motion to approve the issuance of a taxi license to a milare transport LLC owned by Elmer
redig 18624 US Highway 14 new wall Minnesota for a one taxi vehicle for the period beginning March 19th 2025 ending June 30th 2025 subject to compliance with all city and state requirements second thank you we have a motion on a second any
further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I that motion does car carry item 4.1 um summary of business conducted during board and commission meetings that's right number one I start okay I I attended the park and rec
commission meeting uh administrative activities were given to us uh you will note further down the agenda they'll be looking for a grant acceptance and also for us to award to a consultant for the park and wreck uh comprehensive plan
also attended the Eda meeting again uh business was conducted one of the better points was I know you're all aware of hopefully end of March or shortly after we will close the deal with uh rebound real estate and oills that was good news other
activities uh councelor warin myself attended the league of Minnesota cities on the hill day Capitol Hill I'm going to defer because I believe it was his first time and he can give a report on it yeah I uh missed my Brown County Solid Waste advisory committee cuz I was at the league of Minnesota City's City
day on the hill um it was a very interesting time for me and again eye openening cuz it was my first time being a part of these things but getting to see visit with our Representatives see what's important to them and just I mean actually heard from Governor walls too that came to speak to us it was it was
pretty uplifting to see we can't make changes on a federal level but we can make changes in a positive way for our own towns and it was kind of kind of cool and motivational to hear that and I know that's how how we operate as a council so yeah uh cable advisory has not met recently
and uh Heritage preservation commission is working on hosting the state um convention in September uh from the sister cities commission we've got dates assigned for our outbound and we've got dates assigned for our inbound uh students
here and then uh our zoning meeting will be moved to the 28th next Friday at noon for public hearing and there won't be a meeting on the 27th on Thursday so hear anything um I uh they've already
reported on Eda and sister cities but as the mayor I have a great opportunity to engage in community activities uh we had two ribbon cuting since uh I last reported uh true real estate uh and also
new Brew uh which is uh that is located within the M sweet m uh so we have yet another opportunity for beverages non-alcoholic and true uh real estate is in what uh many of you would know as the guten house building I knew it as a
silver latch restaurant uh building so that dates me um also I attended the new Al partnership meeting and uh the report uh that was provided by new brick on the potential small house or tiny house
project uh and the potential of that moving forward was was uh good news uh yesterday we did St Patrick's Day we did uh to have the 60th annual parade uh in
new is something for this German community and um I spent some time with Mary o Conor and she shared with me that she was the only one uh that she was aware of in the building and that was at the kaiserhoff that had attended all 60
of the St Patrick's Day parades so kudos to to Mario Conor and finally today I had the opportunity to do a presentation about new home to the bridging Brown County group and that was uh a great experience uh there were people representing the rest of the county
including uh comrey Springfield and sleepy ey that concludes my report thank you very much mayor um I don't have anything to report I was actually at uh a national Association of development organizations conference this month and I did miss the um the Eda
meeting but um just something just kind of branching off from that um the reauthorization of Eda happened for the first time in 25 years and that organization was pretty instrumental and helping to make that happen and that is good um as far as continuing to filter money into our communities where it's
needed so um just a little snippet from that any other updates I got one update so I was uh in DC for the national league of cities Hill day um and able to meet you know our our federal reps and Senators um which was it was fruitful
and it was good um a little chaotic uh with u the uh Congressional resolution uh wanting to be passed so there wasn't a shut down so um but some of the federal issues that we're looking at um would be um the tax exempt status for
bonds um they're potentially looking at getting rid of that um estimates are um if that does go away it would be a 2% increase uh on our cost uh when we do bonding projects so um we were uh letting our our reps and Senators know
that we're not um on board with that uh and then um more for our fire department uh it was uh the OSHA is it's in the ru making session right now or Ru making process um OSHA is looking at pushing up
the timeline to um for fire fire equipment to replace uh and that would hurt um a lot of small rural fire departments um that don't use the equipment on a regular basis so we're trying to um have the Senators kind of look at that a little bit
more uh and then uh the last last kind of major one is um uh why am I blanking um the federal Lo or federal um preemptive uh for zoning um at a federal level getting rid of um you know the
single family um and being able to expand that to more R2 so um they're trying to look they're looking at potentially doing that at a federal level just Across the Nation so um lobbying against that still keeping that for local control uh so we'll keep you posted if anything comes through and that's very important because it would
essentially strip every community of its rights to choose how it develops um and to have some of those choices so if that's something that is of any interest to you please get involved um and it's kind of to the counselors something that we really want to follow as well because
again it completely strips us of our local control to develop and make our own choices at the local level and when that happens it's not good all right thank you very much any other
updates all right item number 5.1 is North Garden Street layout recommendation from the safety commission Mr stadheim all right thank you madam president City counselors um just going to give a quick kind of summary of discussion at the March 6 2025 uh safety Commission meeting uh
ultimately the commission uh unanimously recommended moving forward with layout option one um and I'll go through these options in a little more detail um and that includes the layout without the center Medan uh discussion from the commission for uh for their recommendation centered on the number of
driveway access points along this uh roadway segment we're talking specifically between 2 North and fifth North streets um for this uh uh project that's going to take place or proposed to take place in 2027 on North Garden Street and then also they had concerns
how that would potentially impact uh snow plowing operations if a center median uh were to be included with parking allowed on both sides you know on the other side of that you know we could look at parking restrictions during the winter months um that would
um better uh allow Street Department staff to perform those plowing operations um again the commission had concerns with the center median and Property Owners being able to access their property uh easily without having to U-turn or come from a different
direction um with the center medium being in place um and they thought there was the potential for increased conflicts uh with that uh U-turn movement or or um additional traffic movements that would be needed because
of a median being installed other concerns were um that residents uh if they wanted to back Campers or trailers into their property it may creates a little more um bottlenecking during those uh uh
operations um and we touched on the snow plowing a little bit as well so just a quick uh overall overview so this program or this project is programmed to take place in 2027 again from Center Street to fifth North Street and uh potentially with the inclusion of a mini
roundabout at fifth North Street um the mini roundout inclusion at fifth North was overwhelmingly um uh had overwhelming support so our consultant working on this project is SE and they develop the
two options that we'll be looking at here uh this afternoon so option number one is to reconstruct the existing 60ft wide Street into a 44t wide street so that would match what is north of fifth north um kind of in front of the
hospital and Garden Terrace um that's the same roadway um cross-section that exists in that area as well so that would be 12 foot wide driving Lanes 10 foot wide parking Lanes in E each Direction narrower Street would result in wider boulevards and driveway
approaches and we would we're proposing to reconstruct all of the existing sidewalk with new six- foot sidewalk um again similar to what's north of fifth North Street so here are a couple um exhibits showing that you know we previously we've talked
about we have submitted that variance application to the state of Minnesota for the 45 degree angled parking and I'll have that variance committee meeting at the end of the month um hoping we are successful with that variant's request uh again we are
proposing bump outs at first North and then at second North Street as well so the rest of the figure from second North to uh fifth North show that 44t wide Street The Wider boulevards um you can see if you look closely on the existing
or uh kind of where my cursor at that's the existing curb line drawn in so you can see we're really making those boulevards nice and wide um compared to what exists there today and again the mini roundabout at fifth North is also
shown as we go through here's kind of a cross-section view so this view is if we cut that street in half and look at at the ends that we cut it shows that 10t Boulevard 6ot walk and then the parking and driving lane configuration and here's more of a
rendering of what that looks like pretty much a typical residential street just it's 4T wider than what we typically have in the grid section of tone right then option number two is that proposed layout with the with the
center median um so the center median um staff's opinion would be you know it would help slow that traffic down a little bit more um you know because you're narrow narrowing that driving lane up a little bit more with that visual buffer on the driver side um it
provides a refuge for pedestrians um staff um ultimately felt that uh this would be an option that would you know better enhance the safety of the corridor as well but um again safety commission did have concerns with
it that that we went through and um concerning you know snow plowing and driveway access points but here's that cross-section view um plantings in the median are undetermined at this time that would be something we would work work on through project design but it could be
ornamental trees uh perennial shrubs or low maintenance uh Turf of some fashion and here's the rendering drawing of that proposed layout so for the council today we are looking uh for your guidance on how you want us
to proceed with our consultant engineer we are um at that point now where we need to pick a layout and move forward so our consultant can keep working on it um budgetary wise uh both options are coming in under the uh estimated budget
that we have for this project but the layout with the medians adds about $250,000 to the project because of the we're in in uh Essence we're doubling the mon kerban gutter in those three blocks so that carries that little higher price
tag um so we did hold an open house for this uh project as well and we had if I didn't count but probably around 24 residents stopped uh at the open house um I would say maybe 6040 in favor of the median but there was no overwhelming
majority for one option or another but we had good discussion with the residents that stopped out and um you know good good question and answer session as well so um but that would conclude the staff report at this time I'd be happy to answer any questions thank you Mr
stadheim I'm just going to share my first thoughts since nobody piped up um while the idea of the median is aesthetically nice um who it's going to cost more than $250,000 because you have to think about
all that Mowing and all the other things that go along with that and the maintenance um and just for something that kind of looks pretty um I my my natural inclination is to say to save the
money and I can see where people on that street there where their aggravation would lie of having to whip a UI every time to go to their house or like you said to back a trailer in that would be kind of difficult with a big median in the middle but um I do think it does
look aesthetically nicer but but I also like the extra big boulevards too I think that'd look kind of sharp too going down Garden if if I may address the council David schob 312 North Garden
Street and I've resided at that location for 42 years so I've been able to look out my living room window from my sofa and watch traffic on North Garden Street
and I have some observations that I would like to share with you um the first is that um I would support layout 2 which is the median I think there are two
reasons that you should take into consideration when you make this decision the first is Public Safety uh um layout one basically takes your roadway from the PVE surface from
60 fet shrinks it down to 44 but essentially it's the same type of roadway that we have so you're still going to have the issue of speeding taking place um on on that roadway and
that's one of the problems that um I see um on the street um the um median provides I think for slower
speeds because you're going to have the curb side of the uh roadway but you're also going to have now a median so you've kind of got two barriers that's going to slow things down more the second thing that the median does is
that provides you with a Midway point when you're walking or cross ing the street which has always been somewhat of a challenge especially for the elderly and for kids I don't know how
many times that my wife and myself when we go on walks uh we get close to home and we have to run across the street to to beat the oncoming traffic um the second reason that I
think you should uh consider layout to is livability or in other words making it more residential right now on North Garden Street we have cars trucks motorcycles
farm machinery bikes school buses construction equipment semis we get it all and a lot of high school kids in the morning um we also get police cars
ambulances and Sheriff's vehicles on calls so we get sirens and lights all times during the day um so there's the traffic aspect and there is the uh noise
aspect so you have the opportunity with this particular project to take some of those negatives and try to turn those into positives and I would request that you
know this is this is an opportunity that's not going to come along um probably for maybe another 30 40 years so this would be the best time to obviously to do it so we want to slow traffic down we want to be able to stop
at the median and we want to I think increase property values because an an improvement like this would have a positive impact on values um uh in that
area um I also would like to note that visitors use a street they're going to Harmon Park they're going to the rec center they're going to the schools and so this stretch of
roadway serves as kind of a showcase for the community or could and I think a median does a far better job of providing one with an impression of the community than a
continuation of uh you know a typical um Street pattern the other thing I would note in our comprehensive plan there's a statement which reads that major roadway corridors should
provide a pleasing public landscape so I think uh you know you're adopted comp plan is providing you with some direction in in that regard regarding the concerns that were expressed I'll be honest with you um I
just never considered those uh or those weren't things that I saw let's put it that way um regarding accessing your property yeah there could be some people um having to do um u-turns I'll
acknowledge that um at the present time though people make u-turns and um the option is if you don't make a U-turn what you're doing is you're crossing a lane of traffic to get to the Lan the direction
that you want to go and the vehicles that are supposed to be using this roadway that's supposed to increase so um that type of movement isn't necessarily you know the safest uh to
make regarding trailers and campers if you drive the alleys on either side of North Garden Street that's where the trailers and campers are trucks there's all sorts of stuff off of those alleys much like
any other um alley uh in the community so I I know of one boat in that stretch that I've seen I don't be honest with I haven't seen the types of campers that um that are of a large size people
easily can back them into their driveways if if in my opinion if that's um if that's what they have um the the driveways uh tend to be a little bit short so they they don't necess they're
not necessarily able to accommodate larger um Vehicles when it comes to snow plowing um I guess I've never been plowed in in
uh 42 years and um I think that's because um it was very evident early on that um with a 60t wide stretch of pavement that if you get plowed in
you're going to be spending a lot of time getting plowed out or shoveling out so that lesson I think uh most people in that area know that and so I don't see a lot of parking on street last night I
went out at 10:00 one car on the street this morning at 8:00 one car on the street so I just don't um see that that's a that's an issue if
it is an issue I think M Mr stadheim said sign it take care of it that way I think that'd be great I think people have other places to be able to park when there's a um a snow uh coming
tonight would be a good opportunity to see that uh in action and I expect if you went uh down there tonight at about 10:00 look at the street see how many cars are on the street there won't be many it's not like fifth North or or
other uh uh major streets that seem to have more on street parking for whatever reason we don't have that down there that would conclude uh my staff rep or not it's not staff report my my
comments thank you Mr schre now president and counselors I have some questions and comments on uh this opportunity here um I think I heard um engineer stadheim say the project goes from Center Street to fifth north
um I thought it was just first North to fifth North we're going uh M president City councilors we're going slightly south of first we're not going all the way to Center Street but we are stopping short um kind of yeah a quarter of the way down but thank you and then I thought I heard engineer stadim say that
the staff recommendation was option two with the uh median um I'd like to make sure I'd like to hear from the public works director um on uh potential plowing issues or Public Works issues and when I said
staff um preference that was engineering department okay thank you madam president councilors City councilors uh Jeff Huffman uh public city of no Public Works superintendent um with a 14ot driving
lane our front plows are 13 ft that's not with our wing hanging outside of the truck so I mean it's going to be tight with a car parked there it's going to be very tight and if we would get a lot of snow cuz we're going to have to plow lift up our wing
go around drop our wing again we'd be putting a nice wind rill right beside that car so it's going to be very tight and if we would get a lot of snow it push is away from the curb you don't get tight to the curb over over
the years over the year and it the cars park out further then so it I can see this being a very big problem with our snow plowing if you would sign it no parking from November 1st to April 1st
we're fine with it it's going to be a problem snow plowing it the 14t lane in our front P like I said is 13 ft and then makes good sense is I mean there ways of making it a winter route
or like winter advisory route or something along those lines that residents have to know if sign no parking through the winter I'm fine with it I think that'd be fair especially if it's not a major parking issue the way it is but yeah that sounds like a
nightmare trying to sneak a foot in I mean uh question for city engineer does every resident down there have access to the rear for parking to their property uh man president City councelors both sides of the roadway have alley access
yes so basically it could be you know yeah could be addressed okay U Madam president and counselors I still have some comments and questions here thank you
um I fully uh support the safety first philosophy um I think bicycling and pedestrian movement is critically important for our Community as a whole um um I also agree that this is a unique and rare opportunity for us to consider
uh this type of an improvement um personally I'm leaning towards option two with the median um but another question for the engineer stadheim is are we doing this project because the roads failed or
failing it the road needs to be rebuilt correct okay so that's why this is coming and and it's is two years out we're talking the construction season of 27 construction season of 27 um just for some background we've received
roughly uh where we at three and a halfish million in Federal grant funding for it's through uh through menot it's STP uh small Urban funding for uh the to fund the majority of the roadway reconstruction for the project um so
being with that Federal funding involved in this project we have to do some Environmental Research and things uh things of that nature to get all the proper permitting for the project to move forward that's why we're starting so early on it and then really to develop project plans and project
memorandums and get all that through to the state uh uh mindat state aid office for review and what and it just takes time thank you um I'm also kind of questioning um the status quo um we
don't have an option to just rehabilitate as is um or that's not really something we're considering so the road was I think aged about it's about 70 years old from it was originally
constructed it's far beyond its useful life um The cbon Gutter is in really poor shape um but I mean leaving the arrangement the way it is now the same bituminous width curban gutter um we both of these two options are
changes um to the status quo was the the present design considered um no it was not the the existing 60ft wide pavement especially from 2 to fifth is um very unique in that um regard that we just
don't have roadway segments that wide um on our local system um we don't need the 60 ft it's um way too much impervious surface for the type of roadway that it is um so at a minimum it we feel it's um
necessary to reduce that roadway width um 60 foot wide streets promote excessive speeds and which we've probably all experienced in that segment and I've bicycled uh the entire length of garden from the extreme North to the
southern Terminus many many many times and um that one stretch from fifth to Center fifth North the center is uh kind of a breath of fresh air from a bicyclist standpoint for safety um but I do understand these these new
options uh possibly my last question has to do with maintenance on the center medians um I understand the situation we've had for quite some time on Center Street and Broadway with medians um are there any low maintenance I I there's
probably no options for no maintenance but are there any low maintenance options uh for medians yes there is concrete no madame presidency counselors we've done a our office has done just a little bit of research just you know what what
could we plant there if the medians are chosen and we go forward with that and we've been looking at like uh sge type planting um ornamental trees maybe some um flowering perennials things of that nature we believe the sge would um provide that ground cover that would be
needed um and then also provide opportunity for a very low maintenance planting um but we haven't progressed far enough to really determine yet this is what we want to plant but we would have the two years to really sort through that and figure out exactly what
we would feel it be appropriate thank you I also support The Greening of our community so I will still State my preference for option two with the median thank you I have one more thing to add this route is on our priority route because the hospital's close by so
on a snow event we plow by there a lot we keep going you know to keep them priority open during the snow event so just so you have that in mind one of your request to the commissioner here was uh is Council on board that we make that a snow emergency route no parking x
amount hours or months cuz I do realize what it is like to plow a 14t street with a wing and a car on it it's impossible with that Center medet in there you can't PL anywh you're you're stuck
I would request that you have no parking from November 15th to March or the end of the March April 1st no parking at all cuz otherwise if we during the day if it's snowing and there's a car there we're going to have
trouble I mean I just want to make sure everything's really getting thought about and there's been a lot of very very good points brought up but to say that putting a median in is going to reduce the amount of fire truck and ambulance and motorcycle and bicycle and you know kids driving to school like
that traffic that this is this is the road this is where they go you know that's there's there's no other way for them to go unless they go up and then go on Highland and um you know so I'm looking at both and you know I am I'm always for for safety and for safety
enhancements and but I'm just I I just I'm not sold on the median just yet I don't know I don't know I just I feel like the maintenance on it um and again I'm all for Greening but again you know we have lots
of parks and every I just I don't know give me some comments say my opinion is I I do prefer the median I like the safety factor of it with the parks that we have there with the amount of little kids with the amount of teenage kids that have to cross that road biking or walking I like the idea of them having
an island to get to I also would strongly agree with it being a winter route that we there is no parking if we do do this that I think that is the only option to do because yeah you have a day that snows a foot like it's maybe supposed to yeah that car there's no way
you're plowing that and I do like The Greening I I mean I'm very the renderings are beautiful I like the idea I like the idea of people driving a little slower on that in the safe routs to school plan um it would having it a little tighter like that that does make
people a little more cautious of what they're doing you know when I looked them over this week in both plans and you know option two stood out to me and you know and also trying to be consistent with our comp plan that we're trying to be safer roads walkways and we have a rare
opportunity here that was you know Mr schelberg gave as an example that the road doesn't get redone you know every day and you know and it's a wide Road wider than normal Road within our community so I I like option to and as city engineer
St him said uh majority of this is covered by a grant I mean that assessments aren't going to be out of control for such a major project like this so that's quite helpful I guess another question for the city engineer would be is this going to be like a 4 in
uh thickness Road or a five or six or because it's heavy of traffic Road mam president city counselor so roadway design will be a 10ton street and we generally even beef it up a little bit um heavier than that so yeah it'll be uh you know what would considered a truck route papay
and we got 70 years out of this road if I'm hearing now and I'm assuming the park director just stepped up these three blocks will fall under the park department for maintenance I know it will I mean yeah we we haven't had those internal discussions yet for future maintenance
but uh conversations we need to have if we're going to move forward with this option council president bedar city council I I do have one question not Rel related to the maintenance but to safety measures that um bump out demonstration
um that was temporary is a permanent bump out part of this project as well right across from Harmon Park if you remember that so with or without either option is that bump out still part of this project yep okay yep so yeah and actually be enhanced with r rfbs and and
whatnot so there'll be other enhancements in the proximity of the park as well and I mean that's really something that is the important piece in of the things that I'm I'm trying to consider because I'm really trying to look at like and I love this idea and I you know I want the green and the space
but I just want to make sure that we're really considering everything and having that um safe way to cross from First South to Harmon Park I mean that is very important and then having that on again on Fifth North having that roundabout
there um I just I don't know maybe I'm missing this and I used to live right in that area for 10 years um how many people are crossing you you know second or third or fourth South you know to go to the other side of Garden Street that I'm not aware of but um I don't know I'm
just yes obviously I'm for the median and the safety thing but I just want to make sure that we're really considering everything you know moving ahead but mayor I would like to see what comments you have again Green Space is always great um but
I I know from um observing Center Street and Broadway there's been plantings and then there's been no plantings because maintaining them seems to have been an issue and there's been shrubs and then there's been no shrubs so um they while
they're great I think that we have to make sure that we are committed uh to taking care of them uh Garden Street from from fifth North to Center is the Gateway uh to a lot that goes on when we
look at our recreation center and also Harmon Park and Herman uh all uh that we have to uh share with our community as well as visitors takes place down there uh I have been concerned about the
safety of crossing over from Harmon uh cross Garden Street to get to your vehicles and I like what they have been doing with a I try to explain this to Residents that are grossing to me about
that it shortens the distance the amount of roadway you have to cross and so I advocate for that but I'm also when I was listening to the conversations if we uh look at option one we are narrowing the street so you
don't have as much Street to cross uh we are making the boulevards wider which gives you Green Space option as well so I am sitting here listening to both sides and I can't sit here right now and say which option I prefer this is new
for me to look at and I'm going to have to uh look at it and digest the information that we've heard today I think both of them are going to be an improvement for the community and there's pros and cons for both of them let me be a monkey with the wrench because that's what I do um looking at
Option One um you know there I I talked with with Joe um about this there is a potential third option whether you know cuz again speed you know you have the bump outs just at Harmon Park area the rest of the block is still you know that
that distance um and you can potentially put bump outs at every intersection to close that distance and slow cars down as they're going through the intersection and I'm pretty sure we all attest that the bump outs work you know at uh Fifth Fifth North by the school
there um so again that potentially is another option where we would just bump the curbs out if you go with option potentially if you go with option one that is something you know as a compromise where the street is still open you know we can get the plow
through allows a little more wiggle room for ambulances to get through um than having a median there but again you know that's just another piece of that that more kind of like a hybrid option that cuz we could easily put those
um bump alzer curb extensions at the north side of second third uh fourth might get a little there's a driveway we have to contend with might get a little tricky but I think that would be something that could be accommodated as well president and councilors I just have a few more comments to add with
this discussion um over the decades I've seen an enormous amount of pedestrian traffic from the new ax campus Cathedral to Harmon Park um not only during the football season but at other times um and also option two is only um proposing
three medians it's not like many many many medians it's only three uh The midblock Crossing um on Garden Street by the recreation center is phenomenal and super safe and very effective I've seen
enormous numbers of Youth and adults use that um and I fully support bump outs where wherever and whenever feasible thank you I've got a question for the city engineer this project kind of reminds me of like North Highland up near the high school so we've got Center
medians and where homeowners have to go down a block and you know turn around or urn and could be very similar but is the road about the same width there you know or do we have off the top of my head we might be proposing
slightly narrower but it's going to be very very close y yep I seem to recall North Highland was designed to actually have four lanes of traffic two lanes might be a couple feet wider but okay well president counselors I'm
willing to make a motion uh to direct staff to move forward with layout option number two for the 2027 North Garden Street project for the area between 2 North Street and Fifth North Street second all right we do have a motion and
a second any additional discussion I guess the only additional discussion would be this potential hybrid third option that was brought up of uh no median but bump outs at each and every intersection
um I do like having that potential and again it's not that I don't want the median and it's not that I'm not thinking about safety issues but I'm trying to think practically I'm really thinking longterm you know what makes the most sense um when you think about
roadways Now versus 20 years ago and the safety enhancements that are available through lighted crosswalks um through the bump outs you know through some of this untechnical technology um that has helped to make our roads and streets safer you know I
just adding all of that extra grass and the trees and the brushes and the shrubs I mean we're trying to really like get our park and W um budget in check and this is and we just keep adding we keep adding we keep adding and we just we can't I don't I I don't know that I can keep doing it so for that reason I would
I would absolutely be in support of kind of hybrid option number three but I can't be fully in support of option number two if you go with option two would the park can enforcement be involved okay is there any discussion on option
three the super secret hybrid option that gives you some flexibility oh okay sometimes hey this the first time if I'm the only one I'm the only one well I'll make a comment I think option three is something we certainly
should um consider or could consider I like the bump outs uh to cross in those areas again uh because of the uh a lot of foot traffic that we have on that uh Corridor I still like the option of the islands with kids and senior citizens
trying to get across it it's it is safer if you really think about it some of those areas people are going fast okay any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I opposed
I that was hard all right um item number I need to call a rooll then oh yes thank you director jensson please call the rooll councelor Christian yes councelor warka yes councelor schmidtz yes councelor ma yes and president Becker no but the motion passes um thank you so
much item number six under new business um columbarium at the city cemetery here I'll knock this one out of the park I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve the purchase of an installation of a 168 Niche 7t High octagon columbarium with a 5-ft sidewalk around the columbarium at
the city cemetery second you have a motion in a second any further discussion uh Council War has been doing his homework on just going to say I love this idea yes absolutely um those in favor signal by saying I I opposed that
motion does carry item 6.2 uh the plrc Prairie Lakes arts and cultural heritage uh music festival grants acceptance Mr shugal yes council president beer City Council on February 18th you authorize staff to apply for the Prairie Lakes Regional Art Council art and heritage
heritage cultural Grant uh staff applied for $6,000 for the summer concert series and happy to announce that we were awarded that $66,000 so asking for acceptance today those funds would be go to perform performers at summer concert
series as well as free activities in the park well I'm going to offer resolution accepting the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council for the Arts and cultural heritage arts and music festivals Grant and the amount of $6,000 for the summer concert series in German Park second
thank you we have a motion in a second any further discussion thank you for what you're doing with this Joey that's awesome program very good use of the park so thank you for doing that yes thank you director jensson please call the role councelor Christian yes
councelor wora yes councelor schmidtz yes councelor Mack yes president Becker yes that motion does carry item 6.3 Park and Recreation master plan consultant selection once again Mr shugal yes council president bger city council uh
this is a request to award uh a service or consulting services to isg for our Parks and Recreation master plan as you recall this was a budgeted item for 2025 the process went uh to RFP we had nine qualifying proposals come in we had
a scoring committee from there uh score those all nine proposals narrowed it down to the top three uh and the top three then presented at a park and wreck work session uh commission work session and at our regular meeting on March 10th
the park and rec commission regular meeting they selected isg um and are recommending that for approval um if approved tonight our City attorney then would um finalize the contract and um then ask for authorization from the city
manager and finance director to sign thank you very much president and councilors I'd like to um make a motion to award the Consulting Services contract to isg Group Incorporated isg for the Park and Recreation master plan in the amount of
8 9,600 including the POS possible additional Services of up to $15,500 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
6.4 approval of proposed grade changes for exempt level positions all right thank you president beor and counselors so um in 2024 the city conducted a compensation and classification study um with flarity and Hood the findings were
presented in a close session um in August of 2024 the study recommends implementing exemp level exempt level grade changes in mid 25 to reflect updated duties qualifications departmental needs and
then address also uh the salary compression issue that we have these adjustments will help ensure the city remains competitive in attracting and retaining Talent while also maintaining Fair Ness and consistency across the workforce so um the necessary
adjustments were uh B budgeted for and currently wages average just a144 per hour above the median for comparable positions um highlighting uh the importance of of these changes so that we can remain
competitive that's all I have if anybody has any questions I mean being you did a good job and we we all knew this was coming I'm going to approve the proposed grade and point adjust M for exemp level positions effective June 22 2025 second
thank you we have a motion and a second any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I opposed that motion does carry item 6.5 first consideration of ordinance number 25- TBD chapter 4
cannabis and hemp retail business and temporary cannabis events um I just want to make sure David are you are you online so are you able to hear me now yeah we can hear you now okay perfect um yeah um council president counselors um before
you have the first consideration of um the Cannabis uh and hemp retail and business um temporary events um registration and David uh from flan Hood um did a very good job putting a draft
together and then um myself Danielle and Janine um technically the uh people who are going to be overseeing the registration uh and with the help of Nicole have gone through the draft uh and made um recommendations for David to
um put together the the initial draft was really good I think it it works um with kind of the framework we've been given so far um from the office office of cannabis management um so the things that are in um the ordinance that we really want you to
consider were things that we have talked about before um the first one was the limitation on registration um you know we talked about potentially doing three um it is our recommendation to have two at this point uh and if for whatever reason a third life license comes in
it's easier to go up to three then down um so we would be recommending um to at that point at this point um the fees for both registration and renewal uh and doing research um it is we are recommending 350 uh for registration and
700 uh for Renewal uh this would be in line with what uh Mano is doing for their license uh licensing fee um the hours of operation um it's stated in there Monday through Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. and Sunday 10:00
a.m. to 10 p.m. uh I would recommend just making it 10 to 10 all week long just simple and easy um uh operating hours for temporary can cannabis events I would recommend the 10 a.m. to 10: p.m. just be consistent uh across the board and then the on-site consumption
at um temporary can cannabis events there are three different options um available and we would recommend um you know having the discussion uh and maybe David can chime in on the three different um onsite but basically one is
not allowing it second one would be not allowing um or allowing it on in private businesses to consume but then they also not have to regulate smoking because smoking is still technically illegal uh
and then the third one is allowing it um outside but in a commercially graded fenced area um so again and David if you want to chime in a little bit more on the spefic specifics to those um you know again not that
I'm I would say probably the first option is probably the way I would go it just makes it a little bit easier but David if you want to chime in on the three different options to explain a little bit more so Council has more information yeah thank you and thank you Council um three options essentially the
statute lays out that the city can regulate or prohibit on-site consumption at these cannabis events um you know I think with a lot of this sort of cannabis stuff we're not certain at this moment what these events will necessarily look like um but if the city's interested in these restrictions
you know I think it could be addressed certainly in the ordinance here whether that's prohibiting onsite consumption um limiting it to uh events happening inside essentially where the Clean Indoor act will Clean Indoor Air Act will apply prohibiting smoking inside
and then under the Draft rules is where you get that language that there is Onset consumption it's to be done in sort of a separate fenced off area and so that that's why that language is in that last option if and so you know if if the option is um to potentially allow
it City would still have the option as each event permit comes in to deny or approve or we could put in the blanket you know denial um of on consumption in the ordinance I would I would strongly be favor if I'm just jumping in there of of
not allowing any form of consumption in business I just think that's the safest way to go and I finally had my first voice of uh discontent that came to speak with me this last week here and that was his main thing he goes I just don't want to smell it in any form of business I don't want to smell it
outside that was a big deal for him he didn't want it at all but we're past that part um but um and I also like the 10 to 10 option I think that's that's Fair that's safe that's easy to monitor um but yeah
I strongly would say no no consumption on premises I would agree with that also and I I like to 10 to 10 too and try to be consistent I'll agree with what the councelor Mack and War could just said I that's what I support
also that would just be for temporary cannabis event so because I know um depending on the license they get for retail there potentially could be on-site consump in that right that one business I support it as well um in
regards to the hours of operation I do like giving them another 10 hours of week to operate I don't know that we should restrict that um if 8:00 a.m. is okay Sunday 10: to 10 that's fine but during the week you know I think they should be allowed to open at 8: a.m. if
they want and if they don't want to be open till 10:00 they don't have to be um but I don't I I I'm not for restricting um the business hours for something like that if we're already giving them at least 12 hours a day I think they can make their own choice I did look up a couple of other states that I do this and for some
reason 10: a.m. is one of the chosen times for open operation I don't know why that is it's just a constant and like quite a few I just looked up retailers and it caught a curiosity um what is this what is the statute on
that there so basically the the state has set set the hours U Monday through Saturday 8: to 10: and then Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. but they have given local jurisdictions the ability to limit that first two hours to move it to 10
you can do nine or 10 but um you can't you cannot change the hours of closing we don't even have any of our potential businesses here tonight to ask them if you know they're in favor or not you know I'm assuming they probably come at
the second consideration yeah this is first this is first so so again we can kind of walk through so um are is the council okay with two licenses yes yes for to start okay perfect yes uh and you're okay with the
registration and renewal fee so registration would be 350 and then the renewal would be up to $700 yeah yes okay and then hours of operation um I know there was some discussion so however you guys want to
move on that one president counselors uh I do kind of like the uh consistency aspect that the manager has mentioned um but I also prefer you know not over regulating so to speak When a business person wants to
open their business uh to customers I also kind of view some of this aspect um as related to our alcohol ordinance um and uh I agree I think with with president beter that um we can
allow businesses to open at 8:00 a.m. if if they want to um we're not talking about 6:00 a.m. or something like that uh 8: a.m. is a traditional opening for certain many businesses so that's point yeah that's you're right they may choose
to open at 10 regardless but so I guess not strong in that one but we're doing the first reading today you know they can come to the second reading and we might uh hear that there'll be some news about this in the local paper and everything so we'll get the
feedback so for the initial you want to keep it 8 8 a.m. to keep it there and we can have a discussion at the second I'd say okay yep and then temporary cannabis uh events are you fine with 10: a.m. to 10 p.m. or do you want to do the potentially 8 to 10 no 10 a.m. to 10 for
events I don't know you guys I agree with uh I mean I view these temporary events as similar to maybe a beer garden um so I think 10 to 10 is fine with me right and then kind of the last one the onsite consumption just a no-o no go
okay wait onsite consumption at temporary Canabis y so does that mean on I have a question on that on-site consumption is that all forms of cannabis including like liquid and gummies and those kind of things for for the attorney uh yes the thank you Council
that would that would apply to all consumption president and counselors they still come back to this thought of these cannabis temporary events um are they somewhat similar to a uh you know temporary beer garden uh where you would
have music and activities um I mean we we're not allowing cannabis in Parks M correct so this would be on private property um I just know that Nationwide I've seen
and heard about these events um in different states and different areas um and you know part of the event I'm sure is um consumption I presume sales and educational components are
part of these events um and David and maybe this is a question to you would we be able to change that to not allow on-site consumption for um flour and cannabis products but
still allow the low po low potency hemp edible and or beverages like low low potency stuff and just ban the the smoking uh thank you I might have to look into that and
get get back to on that I think you know sitting here now the city's allowed to you know adopt restrictions on that okay um you know there are already restrictions in the law that uh require that you you cannot you know smoke Vape uh cannabis you know where it can be
inhaled by you know people under the age of 18 um that's already a restriction that they would certainly have to comply with at any of these cannabis events okay um you know they can't they can't permit smoking indoors uh already um so
I think it sounds reasonable to me but I can double check and and report back to councel okay that's fine okay mayor any comments um I guess explain to me what a
temporary cannabis event would be I pulled up that definition I mean Bas basically it's an outdoor I mean potential outdoor retail event um where you could let's
see how about we read it right off the the chart temporary cannabis event means a cannabis event lasting no more than four days organized by a holder of a cannabis event organizer license pursuant to Minnesota State Statute 34239 and subject to all the
requirements of the state statutes that's what it is there you go no consumption at that event temporary cannabis event temporary we're only going to up to four days yeah so we
so yes you would be able to but a local unit of government can restrict can restrict that it would be allowing a Woodstock 2025 yeah they can have access to areas where consumption of adult use cannabis
flour adult use cannabis products um are allowed um is allowed but shall be restricted to individuals who are at least 21 or older older I don't know I'm feeling good about all these but number five I still maybe need a little bit more
information um kind of wonder where they would host something like that for you know if we're within 500 ft from a park you know so far from school so far from right you know on Privateer you know all the
things I mean if we did say that we don't want to allow it like gets written would that just mean we're not in favor of temporary festivals being held in town yeah pretty much I mean you can have a
temp a festival but you can't use it it's not a really good Festival but that's my question president counselors I'd just like to revie these three options um number the first option is not at
all um and the third option is to allow it in a commercial grade fenced area correct yep can I get another explanation on that second option um the second option thank you Council
the second option uh prohibits use in a sort of outdoor area at the event okay so it prohibits It Outdoors but you could do it in indoors yes okay yes but you cannot smoke indoors under the
statue so it would be Edibles and and beverages inside yeah so that could be like like an open house maybe if they're having you know an event and they're going to do anything that's smokeless Fairgrounds
would probably be a good example of that where you can have stuff outside but you would go inside to one of the buildings to potentially consume but no smoking anywhere yeah um in
option two you just use the fair grounds as an example but would our Civic center be considered like part of our park because it's our public space but there's a school right there yeah school and it's a public space learning curve here and the scenarios
you know and I would say you know after this is adopted and the office office of cannabis management gets up and running there will be changes to some of this um moving forward what works what doesn't work um so this is everyone's kind
of best attempt at the the information that's been given us so far um to try and comply and do the things we need to do and we can do jump in sorry on the just following up on the question regarding smoking um so under
under that statute subdivision AE um you know believe the city if the city were leaning towards you know potentially permitting some on-site consumption and restricting smoking sort of more generally I think that would be permitted under the law okay if that's an option the city's considering
thank you and just kind of from the what I'm gathering from the conversations that kind of sounds like how we're leaning potentially well president and counselors um I'm kind of leaning towards the potential of less regulation on this and looking at um option three
if they're going to have an event um I think they're going to want to have all aspects of the event a available to them so that's just where I'm thinking at at
this point in time I guess if they come to want to hold one of these events they'll come before the council for permission in a designated location that meets the requirements and then between now and then we'll we'll look at what commercial
grade fencing is and what that'll look like um again we know how fencing works sometimes at events MH so any other comments so have we kind of come
to a leaning on number five I guess I guess I I would say I would lean um with councelor Schmidt's you know to not regulate and if they come to to us with an appropriate location that meets the needs and you know we always still have
the ability to do those one by one but I think with their restrictions as it is people are going to be hardpressed to find somewhere in new home that that would work but I don't know yeah I guess I'm I'm okay with that
too I'm okay regulation I'm fine I'll go ahead and I'll make a motion to conduct the first consideration of ordinance number 25- TBD amending chapter 4 adding a new section 4.68 of the co uh city code of the city
of New Alm relative to cannabis and H hemp retail businesses and temporary cannabis events regulating the sale of cannabis and hemp products in the city of newal second thank you we do have a motion and a second any additional
discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I that motion does carry um at this time we do have an addendum um under new business um so I would be looking to suspend the rules so that we can take action on this singular item I
would make that motion thank you we do have a motion in a second to suspend the rules and add the addendum those in favor signal by saying I I I that motion does carry um on the addendum tonight we have one item under new business item 1.1 which is in
regards to a Minnesota Department of Public Safety pre- disaster mitigation Grant agreement M president city councilors um after almost a year from our notification of Award of these federal funds uh we finally have a grant agreement to
execute um so we are looking for approval of that Grant agreement and this is with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety this is a pre- disaster mitigation Grant agreement um and authorizing the city manager and finance director to execute the agreement for the city so these are FEMA funds uh that
were awarded to theity as part of the congressionally directed spending award um that we submitted in 2023 uh so we were noted notified in Fall of 23 of that we were included in the bill the bill was signed into law in
early 2024 and that's when we started the process working with FEMA at the time to complete the FEMA Grant application that FEMA Grant application was approved and then um FEMA funnels that funding through to hscm and we had to complete a grant
agreement with with HSM so this process has taken quite some time we're at the finish line so we can begin project design and hopefully construction this fall but I'm not sure with lead times if we'll be able to get that completed this construction season or not so happy
answer any questions you may have President and counselors uh I'd like to offer the resolution approving the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Homeland Security and EM Emergency Management division 2024 pre- disaster mitigation Grant agreement and authorize
the city manager and finance director to execute the grant agreement on behalf of the city second thank you we have a motion and a second any further discussion just the discussion uh president counselor is that this is um an anti-flooding uh infrastructure I think it's critical and important to
protect our infrastructure and and uh the levy we have now on the Minnesota River thank you thank you and ask that is correct um flood mitigation is well very important in our area with our uh proximity to so much
water any additional discussion director jensson please call the role councelor Christian yes councel waru yes councelor Schmitz yes councelor Mack yes president Becker yes that motion does carry and with no additional business today our meeting is adjourned thank you