thank you We're early Good afternoon It's 4:29 p.m Um 4:30 p.m on Tuesday April 15th 2025 will call the city council meeting of the city of New to order Um at this time first item of business is the consent agenda Councilors what are your wishes So move Second Thank you We have a
motion and a second Any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I I That motion does carry Item 2.1 is an annual on sale and offsale intoxicating liquor license and Sunday license I'll up for a motion to approve the issuance of the annual on sale
intoxicating liquor license offsale intoxicating liquor license and Sunday license for Salon Milan Incorporated DBA the Franklin 126 North Franklin Street suit 100 and suit 200 including patio
for the period beginning May 1 2025 ending June 30th 2025 subject to compliance with all city and state requirements 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 Um item 3.1 summary of business conducted during board and commission meetings I get to start again You get to start All right Park and wreck meeting was held last night Uh park director gave the updates on the spring and summer activities Uh we also read through the
busy March report Uh we held the state banham tournament which was a big draw to New Alm Uh we did accept donations Those will be on the next council meeting One big item the park did announce that April 15th the uh consultant will be here for the
comprehensive plan Plans on two days in no meeting with staff working on that Uh also attended the EDA meeting Uh I'll defer that to the council president She was also in attendance not doubling up what she talks about And the last item I
did attend the uh youth network at the country club last week Always enjoyable to meet and greet and hear what juniors and seniors in high school have to say about perspective of new and what their goals are what they'd like to see their
wish list Uh that's it I have nothing new to report commission-wise but I too attended the network youth program and like Dave said that was a a little bit entertaining and uh I actually learned something from those kids So just I'm glad to be a part of that
Larry Mac we had the sister cities meeting last week Monday and we had a reception u for an award for the sister cities program for the Keith Roloff um in honor of him serving on the commission and was nicely attended by
his family and guests at the Kickle Clubs and uh something we look forward to every year Try to recognize someone for their volunteers service in the community you Councelor Schmidz Yes Uh Heritage Preservation continues to plan for
hosting the state convention in September and cable communications did not meet Um it was a busy week Uh first of all I went attended my first University of Minnesota Extension Service meeting Uh at that meeting the farm family of the
year was selected and will be recognized at the Brown County Fair Uh on behalf of the chamber there was a ribbon cutting for bricks and mini figs and uh that is an exciting concept having to do with Legos The business uh is in Mano but
they are part of the new home chamber family and they buy sell and trade Legos uh sister city commission uh councelor Mack uh already covered that we uh had the swearing in of two new police
officers uh last Monday morning and welcomed them to the law enforcement team EDA uh you're going to report on that No I I'll pass on that one Okay Uh network new It was fun sitting in again with those juniors and seniors from the
high schools to do the visioning with them Uh we also had new partnership uh update from New Brick on the possibility of doing some small houses uh like tiny homes in Newam So more on that uh to
follow And then um I attended the school board meeting uh Newick was on the agenda to discuss the CTE center and how they might uh help uh with that project So that's concludes my report Well very
good Lots of updates mayor Um I'll touch on the EDA The big news is that the sale of garden terrace um that is moving forward Um and so some different things are being explored into possibly another building on that property Um and then I also attended the network new youth
event It was nice to see everyone there and to hear from the students Um very surprised how much they are into pickle ball So if you're a pickle ball person look out cuz um but again just kind of seeing how things change and what their visions you know what they're envisioning Um and
again like many of the juniors and seniors that we've had years and years going in this um in this network Newm Youth Group you know a lot of them have plans to kind of leave New when they graduate and never come back but um I know that we'll be seeing a lot of them back in the community as well So um just
yeah another fun event there Thank you Any additional updates from anyone else Thank you We'll move on to old business Item 4.1 is a purchase agreement between Landhaven Development LLC Madame President members of the city council
uh the city council conducted a public hearing on the sale of this property to Landhaven Development LLC at your March 4th 2025 meeting Um the sale terms for this transaction
required the city to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Business Subsidy Act and a public hearing was a requirement of uh the provisions of that act I might note that there was no
public comment at that um meeting Land Haven has considered um other locations within the city for this project and has determined that this location best fits the size and scope of
their project Tony Golden serves as the president of Land Haven The subject property is located directly north of Walmart and west of Jacob Street Street address of the property is 2211
Jacob Street The property has been farmed in the past Uh the city purchased this property in 2017 and shortly thereafter platted the property into four lots with two streets
and the plat name was the Airport Industrial Park third edition At a work session held on June 20th 2023 the city council discussed appropriate sale prices and assessment terms for
these lots It was generally agreed that a sale price of a dollar for each lot and a 50% assessment payment would be appropriate And so that was originally assigned to lot 2 block
two The assessment term was 10 years and the interest rate was 4.25% The staff utilized this same formula then in determining the proposed sale price for lot one block one and
that is the property that is being uh proposed for sale This resulted in a sale price again of a dollar for the lot and a 50% assessment for lot one of $115,000 The total value of the
financial assistance or business subsidy would be $217,000 The amount of the business subsidy does require an agreement Um this requirement is satisfied by the provisions in section 11 of the um
purchase agreement Total size of lot one is 6.85 acres Land Haven intends to subdivide the property into smaller lots to allow the construction of storage
facilities with the option of having enclosed dwelling units within those storage facilities Attached to the agreement is a site plan That's exhibit B showing the location of the 29 lots on the property
Each lot would accommodate one storage building Due to the type of project the creation and retention of jobs is not a goal of this project There would however be two goals for the project The first
would be a minimum expenditure of $345,000 for roadway and utility improvements The second would be the approval of the plat with uh 29 lots In addition the owner will need to
secure a plan unit development land use designation for the project This is necessitated by the zoning requirements that we have in place for the I1 zoning district Then secondly there will also
need to be a project development agreement So the conditions that have been identified that need to be need to take place prior to the closing on the property would include Land Haven
entering into a purchase agreement with the city for the property approval of the project development agreement and then lastly that land haven will secure a PUD zoning designation for the project
and property That would conclude the staff report Thank you Mr Snowberg I guess my only question with this is being this is uh uh zoned as I1 Um what what kind of
uh what are we going to do about blight if this is a developed area that people are living and working in and it's 29 sheds in a 7 acre area um in an industrial park area Would that allow
people to have vehicles galore and things stacked on the sides and Well the land use designation that we're going to use is a plan unit development and and there's an associated development agreement So within the development
agreement we would address those kind of situations there Thank you My question and comment is in regards to the um storage facility construction with optional enclosed dwelling units We keep tying back to that again and I just
I really want some more clarity on that dwelling unit like it's if it's an I1 zone is it is it zoned for dwelling units and what does that mean Okay In the I1 zoning district um dwelling units are are not a permitted use And so that
is why we're using the planned unit development zoning designation which allows for an expansion of the activities that take place um um on the property And so um that use would be
allowed through that plan unit development uh designation Um as far as the particulars of it um again the development agreement and the plan unit development application process would have to spell those types of things out
So we're kind of um halfway through the process We still have a ways to go yet with the approval of the other documents President and counselors uh I may have a question also Um Mr Snowreck we talk about
$345,000 in roadway and utility improvements that the new owner would incur Um does that include the um $115,000 in assessment reduction for
utilities No this includes money that will be spent on site to improve the property in order for the project to take place Okay So that does not include the $115,000
That's a separate matter And so um he will be assigned uh the responsibility to make that payment over a 10-year time period at interest rate of 4.25% Yes For the utility assessment Okay
Thank you Um and then I remember uh Mr Golden mentioning at a previous meeting that um these facilities are going to all be similar in architectural style and color and um is he going to be
building them all or are the individual lot owners going to be building their own sheds Mr Golden is here and I maybe will let him answer that question And I guess it doesn't matter who's
actually doing the building as long as um I what I remember Mr Golden saying is that there there's going to be a design and um all the buildings will match um the design
Um Councilman so our long-term plan once we get through the planning and development is that it will be an association The buildings will all be the same color and they will all look the same The difference being there's going to be three different
sizes potentially Are we going to build them all Um I don't know Are we going to allow people to build them to our specifications Of course But I will tell you that all the buildings this isn't going to be a nonprofessional looking facility is
the best way I can say it It's going to be a professional looking development Our whole goal is to have all the units same color The only variation we'll probably allow and I'm not going to don't hold me to this would be a
different color door maybe so they can distinguish their unit But in other words and if you if you can I don't have one I don't have an example to show you within new I guess but um let's just pick a color and they're going to be brown or be black
Let's pick a color But all the buildings are going to be the same color It's going to be professionally landscaped It's going to look like a development that should be there We're not going to have our associations is not going to allow the items um
unlicensed vehicles trash boat none of that stuff The association that we draw up will have very defined lines of what they can and can't do And the response I got from a lot of people that have talking to me is they love the idea for
the simple fact of you don't have to deal with a neighbor maybe having four unlicensed cars uh whatever the scenario may be but I think that'll be defined a lot more when we get to the plan unit development that we have to to do for
our next step Thank you Mr Golden I thought that's what I recall you mentioning at a previous meeting here in in this room Thank you Thank you Tony I I've got a qu couple questions here So the question would be then you know say there's an electrician or a plumber that
is a oneman shop or twoman shop or they might be a would that be something that they would be able to use in your development Sure As long as they agree to your agree to our association what we have defined in there I mean they don't
park their vehicle in at night I mean if we got to use a little common sense you know there there may be a vehicle outside but there's not going to be turning into a But but so a small business could be operating out of X Y and Z is what you're envisioning and stuff like that
Sure Okay Okay And then I got a question maybe for Dave Yeah You know being we're kind of leaning and I'm just going to ask the question because we're we're an I2 and we're looking at adding some
residential Has city staff had any conversation how we're going to handle utilities versus is this going to be like residential utilities or commercial utilities Just I'm just asking the question Madam President city councilors um Mr Golden does have a engineering
firm um you know planning out the utilities for his subdivision utilities to serve the site would um be able to you know uh support any type of business that may want to go in there or light industrial um depending on the
stipulations that are within the the uh um association documents and things of that nature of what's going to be allowed in there But it's utilities should be adequately sized to handle pretty much anything that uh someone could think of for for the subdivision
That's that kind of answers my question The other part of it maybe twofold is that you know right now you have residential utilities at a certain rate and then you have commercial utility at a certain rate Are they all just going to be like commercial or that's going to be a question for the public utilities
Yeah that's why I'm just you know asking you know might come up you know about I've got one other question Dave All right I1 right we're going to have this development agreement in the association
Will the I1 zoning regulations still apply the the window the planned unit development zoning regulations will apply That'll supersede So anything that was in the planned unit development
application that is approved by the city council would apply and anything that is in the development agreement will apply So the I1 zoning in essence kind of disappears That's
And just for a little bit of context down the road um right now up at the state capital they are looking at doing this particular thing by right um at the state level mandating that um we as a
city would upzone our industrial and commercial areas to allow residential kind of know but we are trying to I know there's a lot of rural communities in very strong opposition of that because again it essentially strips every local
authority of their ability to make their own zoning and development decisions There's a lot there's a lot of opposition to the bill as it is What I like about this project is when I heard uh Mr Golden share with us that it would be an association and
having lived in an association situation uh those guidelines are are seriously taken by those who either rent lease or own within that association So that was very good news
I appreciate that clarity as well Yep Well I like the idea It's I think a good use of uh 7 acres of land and uh don't want to stand in the way of this So I'll offer a resolution to authorize the city manager and finance director to sign a commercial property purchase
agreement with Land Haven Development LLC for the properly legally described as lot one block one airport industrial park third edition Second Thank you We have a motion and a second Any additional discussion Director Jorgensson please
call the role Councelor Christian yes Councelor Worm yes Councelor Schmidz yes Councelor Mack yes President Becker yes That motion does carry Item 4.2 today is a mindiga discretionary match grant agreement number 1058265
Right Madame President city councilors this is the last grants agreement for uh to fully fund the development of the citywide comprehensive safety action plan Um as you may recall the city has received $200,000 in federal grant funds
for this $250,000 project and this grant would fund the local match which is $50,000 Um so we applied for uh the state of Minnesota had this technical assistance grant um through IIGJ funds
Um so it's just a great opportunity to fully fund this project um you know without having the uh funds come out of the city budget So President and councilors I'll offer the resolution approving MINDOT agreement number
1058265 and authorize the city manager and finance director to execute the grant agreement and any grant amendments on behalf of the city Second Thank you Okay we have a motion and a second Any additional 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 4.3 is airport consultant selection Once again Mr Stoddeim Madam President city councilors So as previously
authorized staff solicited and received statements of qualifications from consulting firms interested in providing on call engineering services uh at the newm airport for the next 5 years Uh per FAA uh guidance um and circulars uh this
is a process the city has to go through um on a 5-year basis uh for its consultant selection process advisory circular is uh 150 114E and there's a whole um section on guidance on how we
proceed with this process So city staff uh and the selection committee consisting of myself assistant city engineer Winshill um planner Nisley and city manager Dalton refued the proposals and ultimately are recommending the city
move forward and enter into negotiations with Mean Hunt uh to provide these services for the next 5 years Mean Hunt's been our airport consultant probably for over 20 years
Thank you Mr Stoddheim Authorize city staff to initiate discussion with Me and Hunt Incorporated to fully define the scope of the work and airport consult professional services to be provided 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 4.4 is amendment number one to task order 2020-03 for airport engineering services Madame President city councilors this amendment to task order uh 20203 is for
the next steps with the development of plans and specifications for the AWAS uh the automated weather observation system site work uh at the airport MDOT owns and maintains the system Um so this would be reimburseable by a 100% state
funed grant Uh this next step is like I was alluding to would be to deliver the site work to make the site ready um for Mindot to come in and install the new weather equipment Uh so included with this project would be a turf access road
uh minor grading and then uh installation of the electrical service to the site I'm going to offer a motion to approve the amendment number one task order 2020-03 for airport engineering ser services S services to meet and hunt
incorporated professional service contract in the amount of $51,811 and authorize the city manager to execute the agreement amendment contingent on the city receiving the mind office of aeronomics grant for engineering services Second Thank you We
have a motion and a second Any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I I That motion does carry On to new business Item 5.1 is task order 2020-08 for airport engineering services
All right Uh Madame President city councilors this is the first of uh three task orders that are coming before you today and they all relate to bids that were open previously with the pending contract approvals uh for the fuel system and apron expansion project at
the airport along with some airfield pavement u maintenance Uh the first one here is for the airfield pavement maintenance project Um again we opened bids for that project So the next step is this new task order to provide engineering services for the
construction observation and contract management uh for the delivery of the airfield pavement project Um as you can see within the agenda item the uh tasks associated with that
are the administration and also project close out once we get to that point So in this what project involves uh crack fill repair um of the primary runway pavement along with the pavement on the
parallel taxi way I'll make a motion to approve task order number 20208 for airport engineering services adding the task to meet and hunt incorporated professional services contract in the amount of $55,23 contingent on the city receiving
the federal grant for the engineering services Second Thank you We do have a motion and a second to any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I That motion carries Um item 5.2 two is task order number
2020-09 for airport engineering services Thank you madam president city councilors Uh this one is for the apron expansion project Again um same means and methods but uh we have to track each of these separately um to make our
entitlement and AIP funding work Um so this is really to uh deliver the construction portion of this apron expansion project President and counselors I'd like to make a motion to approve task order number
2020-09 for Airport Engineering Services adding the task to the Meat and Hunt incorporated professional services contract in the amount of $94,794 and authorize the city manager to execute the agreement contingent on the city receiving the federal grant for
the engineering services Second Thank you We have a motion and a second Any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I I That motion carries U 5.3 is task order number 2020-10 for airport engineering services
Right And finally uh Madam President city councilors this is for the fuel system civil site work uh for new fuel system at the airport Um as you may recall we had to split this project into two separate um schedules due to the bid
prices So this would be just the site work only the access road and then uh prepping the site for the new fuel system which will be bid at a later date Um while the other previous uh task orders that you approved were 95% funded by the federal government this one is
funded 70% by the state um of Minnesota Thank you Mr Stutter I'll offer a motion to approve task order number 2020-10 for airport engineering services adding the task to meet and hunt incorporation for professional service
contract in the amount of 68,590 contingent on the city receiving the mind office of aeronomics grant for the engineering services 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 5.4 2026 budget calendar and requests for funds application President and counselors Before you is the proposed schedule for the 2026 budget process and the
applications for the nonprofits that request funds from the budget each year Um after approval of this schedule um letters and applications would be sent to the people who have been or have applied in the past for these funds Um it will also be available on the website
for anybody else who would be interested Um and then just to point out a couple of other things Um those applications will be due on June 27th Um there is a work session with council to review those applications on July 15th Um and then you'll approve the budget requests
at the August 5th meeting And there is one more work session and they're scheduled right now on August 19th for that last look at the budget before we approve the preliminary in September Wow And it's only April Mot motion to approve the 2026 budget
calendar and application for funding requests and set the dates for public or budget work sessions on July 15 2025 and August 19th 2025 following the regular city council meeting at the city hall council chambers Second Thank you We
have a motion and a second Any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I I That motion carries Item 5.5 reassessment of unpaid Lakeside Village 2025 special assessments
Madam President city councilors this is uh my la last item today I promise Um uh couple items of note here before I start I do have a couple typos in here So it should be reassessment of the 2005 special assessments not 25 And then
um there has been some partial payments made on these assessment amounts So the actual amount should you choose to make a motion to set this public hearing um I'll just read into the record is $2,917.88 per parcel that we will be
discussing So these are the final lots um within Lakeside Village Edition that have the pending um assessments that need to be reertified So after these uh assessments are potentially reertified
that would clear the books on that 2005 project that went into forefeiture So as we have in the past um this is just at the uh sale of a property is just reertifying those assessments to the new owners um so they can start making payments on those Um those assessments
were finalized back in 2005 and they're payable over a 10-year uh repayment schedule at 5.5% simple interest So this first step is just setting the date of the public hearing and we will get the notices mailed out and then um we'll have the public
hearing um on May 20th should you choose to move forward with the reassessment Thank you I'll make a motion to approve the reassessment of the following unpaid special assessments Uh Lakeside Village Edition uh in the amount of
$4,168.40 on each lots 2 through 10 block 6 Lakeside Village Edition phase 1 and set the public hearing for Tuesday May 20th 2025 at 4:30 p.m Second Thank you We have a motion and a second Any further discussion Discussion I is do we
have a different number Not I think councelor warm said 4,000 It's 291788 Yep 2091788 Yes Thank you We do have a motion and a second Any additional discussion Those
in favor signal by saying I I That motion does carry Item 5.6 is a one-year license and service for a Mic drone Chief Madame President counselors um in front of you there's a request of um us
purchasing a license for $2,800 for our our drone Um program has been pretty successful This is basically a renewal because the original one um was part of our original purchase kind of built into the price
and um part of it I think is a little bit of a marketing thing on on behalf of the company but we've been very pleased with it and we'd like to continue I'm in front of the council because the request is that we would use our public safety
aid which is part of the 290 fund and I would need council approval to use that I have verified with our finance director and there's ample funds to cover this purchase Thank you Chief President and counselors I'd like
to make a motion to authorize the New Police Department to purchase a one-year license and service subscription with Verex Unmanned Solutions in the amount of $2,800 which provides drone sense support for the Mavic drones using the
public safety aid 290 fund financial reserve account Second Thank you We have a motion and a second Any further discussion Those in favor signal by saying I I I That motion does carry Um 5.7 is the retiring K9 Dino from the New
Police Department Chief Madame President counselors um in front of you is a a resolution um requesting permission to retire uh K9 Dino and transferring ownership to the handler
which is Eric Bro Essentially um Officer Bro accepted a position with the sheriff's office as a deputy sheriff We've um you know with that he's assigned this dog We've done some
research I did some research um checked with you know what options are available to us Considering the dog's age dog has approximately um 18 months to two years as far as a working career in front of the dog um
talking with uh some consultants and the original person that would have we purchased the dog from who would be a subject matter expert Mcdana um we don't have many options with it because transferring the the handling
responsibilities at this point re isn't very realistic and um so there's there's really no options In the past we've always when we've retired the dog transferred ownership to the handler and that's the request that I that I have
We planning to replace Dino At some point we are Um right now I wouldn't have the staff to do it It's a huge commitment I have two people right now that are on the field training
officer um process which is 12 to 16 weeks of a commitment And again I have two of them on there So I I really don't have the ability to free up anybody at this point And this wasn't expected as expected by me that he was going to be
um going on to the sheriff's office So I haven't budgeted for the dog either But at some point we would like to replace the position So we have two squads correct that are fully equipped for we do and and regarding the squad
car I had mentioned that in here just briefly what I plan on doing is using that as a spare squad car So at some point I've budgeted for basically three squads this coming year I'll only be
going with two and I I'll be talking with the city manager about that and the finance director but um I would be using this as a spare squad car to replace called squad 5 which is um our one of our Fords And then it would also be a
backup for um Officer Kister who is our other K9 handler If there's something that would happen with his squad car we would have another K9 squad that's that's ready to to fill in President counselors and chief I have a quick question about K9 Hank How many
years do we have left of normal service would you estimate with K9 Hank I would estimate somewhere between five to six years Thank you Um every dog is a little bit different you know Basically you you'll get somewhere
between six to eight years Eight years on the is on the very high end as far as the working career that you know the dog still you know hopefully likely would have enjoy some life after that but the the canine as far as a police canine um
it it's hard on their joints and they have to stay very fit to be able to do something like that And just with an aging body it you know there's just some point where the dog can't do it anymore Dino is a a very good dog but
um a little heavier So you know the the likelihood for that dog um you know the estimates again we'll run them as long as we we ethically can in in most cases but um Hank is just a little leaner dog
and likely would probably get like another year 18 months out of it above what Dino's um working career would be If if that answers the question Thank you Chief Um President counselors I'd like to offer the resolution authorizing
the retirement of K9 Dino from the New Police Department and transferring ownership of K9 Dino to Eric Bro Second Thank you We do have a motion and a second Any additional discussion Director Jorgensson please call the role Councelor Christian yes
Councelor Warmut yes Councelor Schmidz yes Councelor Mack yes President Becker yes That motion carries Thank you Thank you very much With no additional business today's meeting is adjourned