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So this is our monthly Warnaco Economic Development meeting. It's Tuesday, June 23rd. 26 5:30. So with that we'll do roll call order. >> Uh Mayor Ireland. >> Here. >> Daniel.

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>> Oops. >> Jeffy. >> Here. >> Jan. >> Here. >> Carl. >> Here. >> Shane. >> Here. >> Yep. Daniel just texted me. He'll be late, I guess. So With that we have um agenda to adopt.

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Anything anybody wants to add? The agenda that Kurt has? >> Make a motion we approve the agenda. >> I'll second. >> Comments? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> Aye.

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>> Opposed? Approved. I can't read the 26th meeting notes. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Comments? Corrections? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

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>> Aye. >> Approved. No public hearings. Businesses. What is the status of our branding project? >> Branding project, you can see in the very end back page, it's a

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informational article that I wrote for city council as well as you yourselves cuz you're a big player. So, the brand is done, tagline is done. We're working with Kane for certain colors for

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getting it on public vehicles. So, we've been working with that. That's as far as it goes, that's the last thing. So, it's been rolled out. >> Only thing I'm aware of is that uh the font on the tagline is being

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reviewed for some options. Hold on. Maybe a bit uh thinner. Uh thinner font, I guess, better way to explain it. I think Bill was going to ask Whitney for some options there. >> Okay. Yeah, it's been a process.

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>> I think I've got >> everybody in the city involved with all the the members of different organizations. And some people have had a say whether they've said anything or not is up to them. But it's been >> Yeah.

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>> So, I have approached Chad Tracy about replacing the vinyl sheet that's in both of our both northbound and southbound highway signs. But I was going to wait until we get a um the font

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finalized before we >> Okay. >> And right now, that to I understand it correctly, it's going to be like $3,500 to print both of them. >> Okay. >> Um So, we'll see how that all comes out. >> Okay.

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It could be >> They wouldn't change the design of the cabinet, they'd just change the insert. >> Cuz it's in there. >> Which is interesting, it has a a bow in it already, so it kind of matches some of our bridge and O and everything, too. So. >> And there should be a We couldn't find

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it. Hopefully find a grant to pay for that. To have them placed on the Are you talking about highway 52 signs? >> Right, yeah. >> Yeah. >> They'll fit. Exit 64 north or going north bound, south bound at South by West Center Street. They have a

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solar powered light on >> Okay. >> All right, in front of them I should say. >> Now, there is a grant coming up I was going to talk about a new business that we could use possibly for that. Talk about the new business. >> I'll let you know what that final number is. >> Good, then. >> That'd be great.

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>> Yeah. Take a look at it. >> I think it's worth mentioning that doing work like this for a branding project is no easy feat. And I think what's great about it is that we have an outcome. People might not agree with that or like it or those pieces, but to me that's not

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what is like most valuable out of this is that a work group came together, all kinds of different backgrounds, give input, and work through a process to come up with the end result. Um so it was really great to see the community come together and to do that. Uh though it's like you have to figure it

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all out as you go, it's still a really great accomplishment to um not easy to do sometimes, but it was great to see our community come together around it and work through it. >> Right. >> I agree. >> I don't know if you have one of the branding uh

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There's a What Wendy gave us to us is a eight and a half or eight and a half by 11 sheet showing all the different variations of how you can use the font. Black font, white font. And uh So it's just kind of an example of the

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standards that we're allowed to use, I guess. >> They're [clears throat] like branding guidelines. So when teams are using them, they kind of know how to apply them in different settings. >> Other specs is called out in it, too. So, everybody knows.

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I guess those are industry standard numbers, so. All right. Next item is EDA of our development of River Park Outlot A. >> Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to keep this on here, even though it's really unique.

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Uh Ryan and I got an email from Mike Flaherty, and we're not supposed to really speak about client attorney-client privileges to speak about. >> So, what I'm going to do is in the event that it does move forward,

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uh I have a little plan of what we can do as an EDA to s- you know, sell that land, uh have it platted, and so on. But, until that time, and I think you're going to speak about it, Ryan, at the July city council

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meeting. >> 21st city council. >> So, until that time, I won't dive into what's been said about it. It's just a unique legal situation with the land. But, it is a good opportunity for the city to sell that.

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>> So, hopefully in our 28th meeting, we can you know, get some direction from the council or what the council wants to do. Possibly so. That's our next EDA meeting is on the 28th, so.

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One week after council. >> [clears throat] >> It's surprising it took a lot of attorney time to look at the other details of it, so. So, very difficult. Next item is our housing study

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comprehensive comprehensive plan. >> Yeah, I guess what I need from the is a an of that we should uh pursue one of these. Uh I think the last meeting I was at, it's not May, it was April. We haven't really It wouldn't be that we would do it for

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sure, but um you know, I do think the city of Warner Robins could use a comprehensive plan because the one that we have is dated. Uh housing plan is going to have to be a major player because, you know, the city's going to need it. So, growth in the city and

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over the next 20 years. Um so, should I write up an RFP for these in the event that we do want to move forward? >> So, at our April meeting, we all along those same lines is the housing is

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Mr. Curry, 2006 comprehensive plan, housing is part of that comprehensive plan. And it goes in quite a bit of detail, so a standalone housing in my opinion, I think a standalone housing study would be more advantageous to use that money towards

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cuz there was money budgeted for both of these. Um it'd be more advantageous to put it on the comprehensive plan. >> Yeah. >> Your housing would be a part of your comprehensive plan, so I Another aspect of it, too, is that

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Daniel made this comment at the April meeting. I don't think it's in the minutes, but basically it was and it's a good point, you know, we the land we have is we really don't have much land, if you will. Um to look at a housing project, you know, we have

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the only there's two projects right now that are One is the 43 acres uh just north of uh two sisters and already um Carlos had it, but he sold it to a gentleman from South Dakota. Uh

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we met briefly with him here I'm ago. He's still not squarely, but he's not sure what he's going to do with it yet either. So, we haven't seen any plots, concepts, or anything. So, and the other one is the the drain field for Arnold Crossing.

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That was on across the street from around the white fence. About two RV dealers. That's the drain field that served that served Casey's. Um In the past it was Casey's and everything on Energy's Lane and People's

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Property with the two RV dealers. So, that's available for project sellers. Uh some discussion about developing that into a housing project. And last I heard was that PNC

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or I should say People's Energy Cooperative was going to have There's three developers that are looking to do some work with it. And they're bringing their concepts to PNC. Yeah, just to get some feedback. Marty Marty Walsh? Yeah, Marty is one of those

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asking him to do that now. Last time I talked that was his plan. I haven't I should follow up with him to just see if he's still planning on I spoke to him last week. He was He's still on the right track. So, it's still still the plan for the July 9th meeting. Um

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Typically it's it would have been the first Thursday, which is the second, but because of the weekend with the fourth they moved it to the 9th of July. So, that'll be the first insight to what those three developers are looking forward It could be some townhouses. It could be

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some two or three level apartments. We're not sure what they're proposing, but that's kind of the general comments. Not meant to be Yes, the one takeaway is not meant to be a single family housing project is my understanding. >> Yeah. Yeah.

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Oh. So, that'll would to see what those concepts are, and and where it takes us, and what this energy wants to do as well. So >> When did you say the last time the comprehensive plan was updated? 2000 >> 2006. And it's very, you know, back then it's

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all predicated about having a sewer system or and today it's even very applicable to what we're doing today. The single-family housing and multi-family housing and uh commercial really everything that was happening today is is um

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clearly I think it could be a 2000 15 comprehensive plan and still be applied because uh >> I was trying to recall like industry standard how long they're good for and it kind of depends. It seems like it depends on the growth, the rate of the city growth. We haven't seen a ton of

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growth. We've had some things, but if there's any other major changes that we need to address, but sounds like you're saying that from your perspective that comprehensive plan is still pretty much a document that can be used. There's not a lot of changes to it.

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>> discount because it's 20 years old, but it's still very applicable today, so but it does need to be updated is for sure. That's for sure. The town's grown substantially over 2000 people now. That was due to In fact, I will

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um send out a PowerPoint presentation. Bill, Melissa, um together a information presentation for the county commissioners. They were back in early June 2nd, I think it was. Early June.

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So they have been the county commissioners have asked surrounding city surrounding cities come to the commissioners and share you know, what's happening. This case it was Canfield was uh talked about their water problem. Um they're up to ground water storage implications of all of problems they're

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are starting to happen through the water tank being in the ground. And we gave them Mel put together a presentation of the growth our both residential and commercial and she put that together and shared that with the county commissioners. It was very well received. Both of them were

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very well received. They've done it with Byron, Leona, so it was our turn for the presentation. So I will send that out to everybody when I get home tonight and it gives you an idea There's one figure that shows 2026

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Or Ocoee was a 17 fastest growing city in the state of Minnesota. about a 2% growth >> [clears throat] >> from 20 2020 to 2024. 1800 to 200

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2000, I'm sorry. So it's just a great overall where it's at right now. Any other Any other comments? No. I mean this board, are you I put an RFP in for There's Stantec and CEDA. There may be

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others out there, too. >> Correct. There's a couple companies. What would be nice is I could have Annie is the lady who from CEDA who does it. I could have her come to a EAB and she can give you the lowdown on what a comprehensive plan actually has in it. Then you can look at

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it. There's Pine Island just had one done a couple years ago. It's on their website. But she'll go down on what all it entails. And that may You may say, "Yeah, we think we need one of those." Or you may say, "I don't I don't think we need one at this point."

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I think she just had a child, so she probably won't be able to make it. But she has other people in her place. >> I think it would be nice to be able to understand collectively what's in it and

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talk together about it. And then also understand how the like community engagement work, what were the highest priorities that we're hearing from the community. I'm assuming we'll see some options for like where those are mapping over and if it all seems to align or not. Um but at

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least I can give us comprehensive like group understanding and then make some decisions based on what we're hearing from the community. >> So I'll go ahead and contact Annie and see what's if she can make it to July or August

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video meeting. She can give you a lowdown. It's not a sales pitch. Well, it's kind of a sales pitch cuz she's going to tell you what they do. But it's Cuz if I say Calplan, I'm sure a lot of people don't know what Calplan is. Maybe some of you don't. So you have no idea what it is.

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>> So is it correct there's $20,000 left in the budget after that? Is it half? I think we had 50,000 total budget that we spent uh 33 33,745

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for the cedar contract and then there's 20,000 left between a house study and uh pedestrian recreational trail planning is 5 to 10,000. And I think we could use that money. Could

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be charged comprehensive. And you can roll it into 20,000 into next year. >> Not necessarily. It or January due date or something like Set up a meeting.

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Just a brief update on uh trail the trail. So, right now within the next 2 to 3 weeks uh there's going to be all the trails and all of the current gravel paths in River Run Hills Park that have not been paved

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are going to be paved. Uh and then Ornelas Park from the loop around the parking to the shelter house and then there's a spin-off to go to uh to the restrooms and then I believe there's

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another path that goes down to the playground equipment. Which is scheduled to be paved. So, it was right in our CIP. So, So, that'll be this year. >> [clears throat] >> Like I said, I said that uh been trying for a long time to River Run Hills. I remember

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seeing a family push a stroller out or pushing a stroller down the gravel. Hopefully that part of it from the playground to the access lane was paved about 5 years ago, probably something like that. That will be complete, so that's great.

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Good. Move on to new business here. So, I've been approached by Mel, that Cain has been driving his own vehicle for several months now uh due to the fact that they don't have another vehicle for him to drive.

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And so, she asked about a possibility of a loan or not a loan, excuse me, a grant for anywhere from 15 to 20,000 dollars that the city could then use a match because they've been saving money from the CIP to get him a vehicle. Uh this summer the Smith grant, small

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town grant, is opening up and it's for about $20,000, which would be perfect. There are other grants available. So, I guess my question is I had planned to use to apply for the Smith small town grant for the vehicle to help King with the

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vehicle. But that Smith would also work good for those signs. That you want to put on. Um I could do the research on the other grants, apply for them. And then take the Smith opportunity, or

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should I just go for the Smith opportunity for the vehicle? And and then wait find other options for the signs. Does anyone know about signs though right now? >> I guess we'd have to check to see if

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there's any funds left in the branding project. Do you know if there was? I don't know. >> Yeah, it's going to be tight. >> [clears throat] >> I'm I personally think if he's having a need to sign vehicle that's

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more important. >> Well, yeah, and and and probably going to be harder to find a grant for that if this vehicle this Smithfield grant if that covers a vehicle a lot of times you're not going to find that, but you might find

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the other type of grant money for community improvement or whatever, but I didn't realize he was driving his own pickup. The last time I remember him talking about his truck, he bought a new

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one and had to get new tires on the truck cuz I don't know, and somebody on city council told him that he should sell it. He used tires on the truck. But I think it's always kind of been a hard thing for city to keep up with

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that. >> He's not looking for a 2026. Yeah. There is a lot of older models still in the government surplus or state surplus >> Oh, nice. >> vehicles, so you can get a 2022 or 2019 and all be low mileage or

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no or new vehicles, so that's Yeah, it's just that when you work at the treatment plant >> [clears throat] >> stuff on your your using your own personal vehicle again >> Yeah. >> seats, so it's Nobody drives >> How many vehicles does the city run on by half of their maintenance and garbage

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city? >> Sure. >> That's a three. >> Huh? [clears throat] >> I think there's four. >> So, there's four trucks and there's not enough trucks to go around for >> At least five people >> the summer for sure cuz he They have uh extra workers in the summer, a couple

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extra workers, so I think that's where >> He's >> they'll fit >> My question is where's all the I see the people mowing the lawn, they ride the mowers. Uh to mow, so Um Yeah, that would be on my question is

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where all the trucks being used and where they being used all the time. >> You're absolutely correct. The city the employees should not have to be driving his own vehicle, but if there's four trucks what's the use of the trucks if they're going to do something and where they all going? With the trucks on them. I I think

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what's my question >> Just the mere fact he's having to use them means they're all being used. >> Yeah. Um I see them all the time out and about public works. I don't know what we're doing in the community, so I don't know. It's three for sure.

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>> Maybe it's four, maybe it's three. But I do whatever you have that this is the being used either >> I think we have to be careful about the expect what we're being asked. Cuz I I my expectation is the city is right being run as efficiently as possible. So, like what I would assume that they're efficiently running their

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vehicles. And think the question before us is there's a grant available and how do we want to prioritize they ask the grant. Is if we are as an EDA, we would normally maybe use that for a different project. That's Smith Grant by supporting our marketing and are we okay

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delaying our marketing initiative to support another initiative within the city. Correct? Like so, I think that's the question in front of us. >> Yes. >> I just don't want to I don't want to I hear what you're saying, but I don't want to it's not my role to test the integrity

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of the of the city or the organization. It's my role to help guide investment. And so the grant that we could be using could either go towards marketing or we could prioritize it and say give you direction to invest to use your time to

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help support the city in another way. It is I'm trying to like navigate the question in front of us. So I appreciate the conversation, but >> Yes. >> Again, I would disagree with that and the question was asked before you start spending money and vehicles and everything else. From my side of it is you got to get on the question what

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they're all being used for and how many people to do that. Uh that's a very legitimate question to do that. The sign is there already. Um that's really not pertinent in in the sense of the sign is already there. The Orinoco is not going without a sign.

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There is a sign that says Orinoco. And the logo's a little different. And so if they needed something different, I could understand going that way because the sign isn't urgent urgent to change up because you have something there. It's a little bit of a logo that

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you want to take one logo off, put a different logo on it. So I I if your logo's on a vehicle, you're going to get around town a lot more. You're going to see a lot more of the logos on the equipment than there are

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driving down 50th Avenue. So if that I guess my My is is that if a vehicle is needed or whatever, if you find out that's what it is, it's more pertinent to me to do something that way because you already have a sign in both directions because you already have a sign there

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and later on see what it come up with. That's why I asked the question. And so why would I say something like move it towards as you said towards the vehicle? The grant to look towards the vehicle for the community versus the sign. >> Another side of it is the Smith the

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small town grant that comes out every summer. Um is there something else within the city within Wornall coding you believe? >> Is that the same grant that's nonprofits? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> We used I think he used it to start the

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branding. And they had the small town grant um last summer to help out with the branding. >> Branding for me and >> [clears throat] >> So they they fund a variety of things. Some of them are parks. Uh in Zumbrota I tried to get one for the disc golf course.

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Um in Hayfield I wrote one for the food shelf for more shelves and a vacuum and they denied it which how do you deny a food shelf? So but if there's something in some or excuse me in Wornall coding you feel as

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if uh I'm no lawyer. >> In your opinion which one a sign or a vehicle, which one would you think so you don't just totally miss out on the grant, which one would you think they would more go for?

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So again they don't deny it. You can put in something they deny it and then you got neither. >> Right. >> So I guess I would I need your expertise on that. Which one would you feel that they would be more apt to lean toward getting a the city a grant for?

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I would say I think probably the vehicle because it's seems a bit more important for the community than than the signs and we can find other grants for the signs. But >> [clears throat] >> I would have to agree with your expertise and which when you write the

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grant, which one ever you think when you spend the time and effort to do it, you get the grant. >> That'd be nice if A lot of times >> We spent a lot of time looking at the application and all the requirements and the boundaries and the limits, you know,

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in your estimation, you think the vehicle would be worth the time for an application? >> Yeah, yeah, I do. Um When it comes out But cuz it hasn't officially come out yet.

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I can go How about this? When it comes out, I can say we'll go after the vehicle. And if I read it, be like, "Nah, it's not going to work." Something about it It's not going to work. Then we could go to the signs or go with something that one of you suggest for the city.

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>> So the small town grant is meant to be economic development. Is that correct? So I guess I I have I don't know then the reason for the request or anything, but I think Um if I was a a judge looking at an application for a pickup

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truck for a city I'd probably say Shoot, the city afford the pickup. No. versus a marketing sign which is kind of a branding process. It's all part of our awareness development, you know. >> And there are

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um there are other possibilities for a a truck. There are other grant possibilities out there as well. Um But in all honesty, we just got done with this brand of the city. Uh like just like you said, it'd be perfect for Smith to say, "Hey, we'll

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help you with those signs." To put them on in the city and read them. >> $4,000 versus some portion of 20,000. >> Yeah. Yep. >> But well, couldn't if you went that route, couldn't you throw in all of the

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decals and stuff and and uh, for the equipment and the trucks and the I mean, there's other things you're going to use that are branding for besides the two signs. >> The public works at point, they have a

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clothing allowance. Um, they have their own uniforms and everything, so they don't have to. Surely they do uniforms though. Uniform supplier public works has it. I'm not sure how much. It's a good question. I guess I don't

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know what the difference is for all of them. But there would be for details. And I have no idea what >> Yeah. >> Cuz you might be looking at first. The building too. So, >> Yeah, your in question of yours is that the people's cooperative always has grant money out there for a lot of things, too.

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And because there's new branding, you could ask for a grant for some of the details to refurbish some of the trucks off from the from the people cooperative. They have grant money for two nonprofits. The clothing, the branding, that the city could write

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and ask for them to help out with some of that money to do that, and they would grant that money. They grant it all to all kinds of cities all around. So, that's a possibility to save some money to do something else with it if they'd be willing to do that is something the city should look into and writing

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the I I wrote a grant for mine, and they gave it to me. >> Not to not to not to get down into the weeds, but is there anybody running the city right now? >> Running? >> City of Warnaco? We don't have a city manager, do we? >> So, there's no >> So, there's nobody who'd be able to

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write grants right now. >> Yeah, anybody that anybody can write that for them over there. You put your purpose down to them to write and they ask for it. It's just all REA all people's cooperative asks is what is your organization and what do you

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need to do? I wrote mine for mine for the Medal of Honor to do that and they the grant. The point is a simple thing. You just tell them this is what we're doing. The city the city secretary could write it and say for the city and the city could put it in over there, too. So, it is not a

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the grant process isn't hugely. They just want to know why you want the money for a good cause and you could put that in a very simple letter to them and the either board either says yes or no. I'm just trying to say that would help out with maybe some things that you can do. And

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it could be one of the signs that they would help you with one of the road signs. >> process. I'm not used to that when it comes to grants. Usually, it's you know, how old is your town? >> This is real simple over there at theirs. You know, it doesn't help us those abilities of the town.

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>> I think there's I mean, I'm sure you're aware of this. I was just looking at Smith has their past 5 years of grant recipients listed. Most of them, I mean, their description without the application opens July 22nd. It says um they're seeking proposals

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from communities which impact culture, education, econom- economy, or social aspects of the town. Most of them fall within it seems like categories of comprehensive planning or planning efforts, marketing efforts,

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um improvements to parks, um uh a lot of improvements to parks, a lot of arts types of initiatives, um markets, murals, um

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So, there's a a wide range of things. Didn't see anything for vehicles. So, I think you're spot-on in like doing some asking and seeing if a vehicle would qualify for it cuz I'm not seeing anything like it. Doesn't mean it doesn't qualify for it, but perhaps it's just doing a bit more

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research to understand what it Do you know what the time frame is? It opens on the 22nd. When does it close? >> Uh it's a couple weeks. And then [clears throat] it's about a month until till you find out. >> So, I think the other part of the discussion that's interesting is like how do we best take advantage of this

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new brand? So, is it decals? Is it what else? You know, is it the signs? Are there other things we could be doing for um seeing the plan into action now that it's the pieces there or maybe there's another initiative within the city through parks or trails or other things, but be worth a

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conversation when others to find out what we want to prioritize. >> The parks really struck me as this grant too as Dutch Basin Creek. Uh recent over she's a councilman. I know I'm pretty sure they're aware of the grant. Some of your branding joy of Dutch isn't

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bigger than old equipment. If she had the old gold rush type thing but some of the branding through your town is you've had the flags on her. So, if you want to put the new logo on the flag on the poles like you put on, that's a branding thing and so people drive through your town they think of old. But it it would appear to me as what you

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just said that if they give they give us some money to do the branding and now that we've done it, now how do you apply that? And so that I would think they would look at that and say, "Well, we've given them money to do the branding. Now we'll give them some money to implement their branding."

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>> Yeah, what did you say the start date was on that July? >> July 2nd. >> The 2nd. Our next meeting is July 28th. >> Um >> But you said that we're coming bringing back some >> Yeah. >> thoughts based on your research and maybe talk to them.

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>> City and other >> Yeah. >> team members. >> I think it'd be good to hear about the other >> Those other parts within the city that are looking at >> That sounds like a feasible may not be possible for this specific grants. Uh I mean with the grants

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parks Brian, if you hear anything about you know through the park system that they may need If you hear anything through the park system in town they may need more space with minimal uh Yeah, I'll do our research and bring it

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back for our next meeting on the 28th. I don't know what day is >> You would write the grant then? >> Yeah. >> Or your staff would >> Yeah. >> Or your staff Is it true then that >> Well, the 20th we can decide >> who >> Sorry. >> That's okay. >> Just curious, Cain must be the only

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individual that works for the city that doesn't have a city provided mode of transportation or >> Right now I That's what I've been told. >> So, that's a good thing to know. That's >> He wants to use >> It's just one. >> Her husband uses sometimes to use

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>> They have five six wheeler. >> Yes, he does. My side >> There's trucks, but whether who's using the truck >> Well, sure. I mean if they manage with some vehicle utilization for it. I don't know who knows how it's managed, but

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>> I saw some afraid of her too, right now. >> Okay. So, I mean it's not just one. Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. I'll bring that to our next meeting. Yeah, for sure. Hopefully we make a decision just If we don't make a decision there, we

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just won't to apply for the grant cuz then it would be too late. >> You hurry up and get those lots ready to sell. >> I'll work on that. >> Just a couple new things. I looking back at the May meetings. Um so Greener's Pub, cocktail lounge, and Pretty Please and

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Thank You, which is three doors down from the front half of that. Uh it's really going to be nice. It's It's going to be all rough Steve for the pub. Uh he's got 10 for the ceiling and it's going to be really just nice bar and thick wood fire pizza oven. Um

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kitchen so >> You know about that. >> I helped him he called me up on my forklift and ordered trucks for us refrigeration equipment for him. So he asked me if I come down and help him with that. So I So he gave me the address and I am I don't know if I want to do that. >> It's going for June, but >> Same with the flower place. I've helped

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her out with some things, too. Probably July open before for sure, yeah. >> Great. >> You want to try a pizza from Greener's Pub? >> [laughter] >> We want to know if Thanks for the offer. >> Thanks for that pizza oven. >> Thanks for everything. >> Yeah. That pizza oven he had to get it to hold it from lift to lift. He asked

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me if mine and mine's 5,000 and that wouldn't touch the pizza. >> Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> 7,600 or something like that. >> It was It was 6,000 with a crate and everything it was about 6,000. I said, "Well, my lift only does five and I'm not going to He said the last guy that tried that

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bought from those people probably was a lift like mine and they ended up with no pizza oven cuz it was fell off. >> [clears throat] >> And then you got a disaster. Well, there's a lot of stuff in it, but I've been inside it's very nice. I mean it's going to be very nice inside and the cool garage doors.

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>> What's that? >> Cool garage doors. You can see them from the road. >> Yeah. >> Both ends. >> He says he's only going to be open I think till 10:00 that night. I mean he's not going to be open late. You know, either you either got or you're not. What's with the gas station?

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>> There was a guy sitting outside of it the other day. >> There was a guy sleeping or whatever up against the fence. He I saw him mowing the lawn and the next thing I come by he's like he's What is with the gas station? >> The city's revoked their liquor license. They revoked their cigarette license. Uh cuz they're they're Our hours are

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inconsistent. They're not open. Regular hours. So. >> They're selling gas now, aren't >> They're selling gas. >> I saw somebody guess there both the other day >> Still only 91? >> What's that? >> Premium. Is it still only >> I don't know. I haven't

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>> I visited the other day and the other two were >> shut off. >> Yeah, you can't get diesel couldn't get diesel regular fuel before. And they have the he only one on The same thing's going on in 37th Street in Rochester the same station. It was owned by the same person. >> I know. >> Same Same thing Well, whatever the same

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thing's going on there. I just kind of curious how someone can have that kind of a property and do whatever and not do any business. What kind of a loan's out there? Maybe it was cash cash and carry on it. I don't know. >> It's right there. >> Dang.

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>> What I think about our role I think what's troubling is we drive past it every day of course, but it's there's two things for me. I think one is the main maintenance of the outside of the building and the trash that sits outside often times does not get picked up for weeks. And then the other piece

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is the inconsistency of people coming off to hit a gas station and not having what people want and people being frustrated and that impacting the brand of our of our city. So, those are just things that I'm kind of sort of aware of that I know we don't have a lot of control over, but it's disappointing to

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see just the state of the site where it used to be really a central place that the community stopped in. And now um it's not well maintained on the outside and the inconsistency because of opportunity to get an on Especially with the traffic that two

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sisters is getting and the convenience that it provides being right next door. So. I know we talked to everything the state licensing. But because they don't have a license now, it's not it's a county enforcement issue right now. So.

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And we've asked uh but the deputy there periodically stopping there on suspicion of there you know, like I don't know. Liquor license approval I went in. So we heard they were selling it. So I just went and bought a

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bottle of wine. The door to the liquor store was closed and the outside is broken. So they said come around to the front. I went to the front, went through the door that's supposed to be locked but then I bought it. I got a receipt. And uh so.

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Gave it to the sheriff and what he does with but he's trying to he's trying to get a hold of two and stop the license. I know they stopped the lottery. I'm a friend of the lottery and they stopped they're in 37th Street in Rochester. They pulled out of those places.

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So it's just like you said. Unfortunately. >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Anything else? That's all I have. Walk walk on items I guess we touched on a couple. There'll be a lot of activity here next week or crack sealing in fifth street.

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Uh River Park. Uh seal coat later on. I've got those three coming. I have patching. Paving for the next two weeks. It's going to be busy around town. So. All right. With that I'll make a motion to close at

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6:14. I'll second. Favor say aye. Aye. All right. Thank you very much for coming.