good evening everyone I'd like to welcome you to the ATGO city council meeting Roger can you have the record show that tonight is Monday April 14th This evening we have present our attorney our city planner our city engineer along with all council members and our city administrator At this time
I'll ask you all to join us in the pledge of allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands One nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all Thank you Our first item of business this evening is a special presentation from the Bank of Albert Good evening Mayor and Council Uh here tonight for to mark our 12th year of our relationship with the Bank of Elk River
Uh the parks and recreation department wanted to uh come before you and express our gratitude The bank uh upped their yearly donation to uh 8,500 which is awesome So we're excited to uh offer that many more things in 2025 and we're
very grateful for their partnership This year as I mentioned marks 12 years of this fantastic partnership with a grand total totaling $76,500 the Bank of Agro has contributed over those years So here tonight uh we have some bank members in attendance and
I'm going to invite Lean Felzer to come and speak on the behalf of the bank Madame Mayor staff members city council um it's a pleasure to be here I would like to introduce my uh my colleagues Julia Shriles our marketing director in
communications Alex Safe our branch manager here at the atigo facility and um as many of you know the bank of Elk River um has been a long-standing partnership with the city of Atago and uh we're
grateful for that and again we're pleased and excited to be able to sponsor the parks and wreck events this upcoming season And uh with that I just simply want to say thank you uh to all of you So thank you Thank you Thank you
Appreciate it At this time we want to do a check presentation and we'd like council we invite council to come down take a picture with every Great Thank you Back up There we go Now we're looking
cheese And let me get Julie's one And okay I can see ready Thank you Sorry Sorry All right we will move on to our next item which is our open forum This is the
portion of the meeting where you can come to the podium state your name and address and limit comments to five minutes or less Would anyone like to speak at this time good evening everyone Britney Moors 8997 Neighbor Avenue Northeast I am here tonight
to express my concern for uh maybe shall we say the mental health of a fellow colleague um seems that there are a disconnect between what maybe he's hearing and putting out there to the
residents about Sego and I think that's a little bit of a disservice Um I I do question actually his ability to effectively and efficiently promote and represent the
city I think you know I ran across my here's my concern is that I came across a an article that was written um and it it was recent and it just suggests that they they're suggesting that maybe
actually it's almost like false accusations Um just again with HPC there was paragraph three and this would be council member Dunlop by referring to your recent article Um you just sort of
talked about how your perspective of the building and how you felt that was being neglected Um you also had expressed that we were doing the city financial harm by
not doing anything with that building and you mentioned that you were at a budget meeting and that you brought this up and at that time I was also at pres present at that meeting and it was discussed that to put anything into that building at that at this time would be
fiscally responsible because of County Road 39 expanding and also Nashwa uh having a roundabout there Um and at that time there was no you hadn't suggested any other building repairs or
maintenance Um I can also attest that I was the liaison for HPC and I have asked Kevin is here actually which is perfect but that he check on the building and check the windows and the roof because that
was a concern of HPC um and he was going to have staff check on that quarterly and just keep an eye on things So when we talk about being fiscally responsible and prioritizing projects of the city the next page that
you wrote was an article or continue the article about how we have a let me actually I can tell you the fire department that's a big concern of yours is that we're you know investing in a fire department spending too much
money So I'm not sure if you remember but you were at approximately maybe five HPC meetings and you were assigned the alternate liaison Um but yet you chose to go to public safety and you didn't
really attend the HPC meetings So there's a little bit of lack of maybe information on your part and how you are relaying information to the rest of the city and the residents Um you know I the truth of the matter is
that we are actually investing in our history and we're stopping neglecting the things that we need here right now which is a fire department and a fire station If you continue to wait it's just going to be more expensive And then is that fiscally responsible to do that
in my perspective as you say you you say that often in your articles My perspective is that it's not fiscally responsible to keep waiting You have a duty as local government to provide public safety to the city of
Atgo So again I just I'm a little bit to and I'm being honest I mean I genuinely am being caring and I'm really kind of concerned with like either you're hearing you're comprehending I'm not sure but something is being very much
misconstrued with what with your words that you're putting out there So I think that's it Okay Is there any other comments for open forum gabe Davis 6689 Packagard Uh the Saturday I stopped
by by the park I was surprised this say there's about 2,000 people out there Yeah Lot of kids having fun Lots of grandma's grandpas parents That's always nice to see such a turnout
Next question I've got is the mulch piles you got by the fire department All those chips what's the city going to do with them are they going to be open to the residents to take those chips or city going to use them or what's going to happen to all that all the shredded trees and stuff i
can turn this over Council won't have an answer to that But uh mayor I don't have an answer for you tonight but I could certainly check in with our construction management team and get a response back to the council Okay Thank you Mayor Yeah I can I can just say that the reason we're leaving them on site right now is
we didn't want to track out dirt till we have construction entrance built and that So that that's why they're being left at this time I don't again same with the city administrator I I don't know what the purpose is for if people
can have one Okay Yeah I'll get back to you later this week Okay Thank you Right Any other comments hello council and mayor Uh Jeannie Holland county commissioner Just wanted to let you know that uh the HOA bill
that I've been working on for on behalf of uh Adigo residents has cleared the judiciary It has cleared the housing and that's the Senate judiciary So it's it's cleared two of the main hurdles It's now going to hit the floor at some point and
it's just going through the house right now The sad thing is that now the big guns are coming out All the big construction managers have came out with uh their lobbyists So they're getting hot and heavy So if you know anybody
that is have been affected they should write or call the their legislators anybody on uh anybody that they have any contact with or even the governor Um we're just really hoping that we can
we can have this bill It will really benefit the residents of um all these HOAs As you know I've I said before uh 82% of new homes are in HOAs and 1.2
million people in Minnesota are under an HOA Uh the sad thing is is people say well why buy a house not in an HOA but that's kind of not the that that isn't the case There's there's a lot of HOAs
so we need to protect the residents and you know so that's where that's at Um I was talking to Mayor Stockamp earlier Uh daycarees uh we're seeing a lot of ownorous uh regulations coming down on our home
daycarees We uh when we were down on EDP day um me and Commissioner Shane and the Ray County EDP we're really pushing for we need daycarees and don't mess with the
the home daycarees coco now and the west they have no daycarees but coco specifically is one city that has no daycarees because they had three home daycarees that quit and then you know We we want them to be licensed but if they have all
these ownorous rules they're going to go rogue and that's not anything we want either We want good healthy options for our kids Um and if we if parents if parents don't have daycare then one of
one or the other can't work That help that hurts our businesses It's a it's a vicious cycle So we're really advocating for that um as well But the big piece that's really alarming is that the it really sounds like the governor's
proposal to put the DHS um the the funding for men choices So our elderly in in nursing homes that is going to be coming down to us to um take
care of It is a unfunded mandate of course so they want it to come out of property taxes We we figured that would be $2 million That would be And every million is a levy point And we're thinking that
we're going to probably be in a levy that might be a double digit We're really nervous about that Along with that is that every school is going to go out for a levy I know St Michael Alberville just said that they were going out for a levy or a bond They're
going to try to creatively uh the superintendent said try to figure out you know how to get that passed which will probably be impossible if everybody's taxes are going to go up because I'm sure you guys going into budget season are already seeing
increases And so that all just goes on property taxes uh like it's very dis it's it's very discerning uh disconcerning because you know we're going to I don't want I don't like the
idea of taxing people out of their homes and that's kind of where we're at We've been down there a lot We've been fighting uh we're very lucky to have Senator Hoffman who's the head of HHS We told him that you know we are not in
favor of it He too knows that pushing it down will affect his constituents especially in a growing area with young families in AIGO He has the part of Dayton that is in
Seiggo but um very great advocate for Ray County Um so I don't know it's not looking pretty and it sounds like uh from our legislators that that's probably not going to go away So if you get a chance as city council members
please send letters uh make phone calls especially to the governor to say you don't because that is in specifically in the governor's budget Of course they all have to wrestle it down All branches have to wrestle it down but unless they do some drastic tax
cuts um I I we really feel like it's it's coming our way So just wanted to make you guys aware because you know you're going to start thinking about that coming up this summer and um yeah it doesn't look good Do they get any constituents that come down they're
homeowners so they have to look them in the eye and you know you know uh Representative Hudson and uh Senator Lera always say they love to have constituents come down Um I think I don't think the governor's had a press
conference I don't think the governor has been seeing eye to eye to any of his people I from what I see he'll go to other states but he he will not have a look you in the eye experience But I I
do feel like if we can flood the phones his especially because we don't we just don't want especially in a seagull with there's a lot of young families that that would take that burden and um it's
just not good So well especially to the you know the the people who have been in not seo forever the original people in this area in Ray County they're going to get taxed out like you say Yes that you don't want that And if there's a day that you guys want to go down there and
go and visit they they said they love to see um their constituents and especially elected officials Whenever you go down there they know you're you have you're backed by a lot of voices So your voices
are are huge So if you can go down there I don't know if the League of Cities had their day uh on the hill Um but I just feel like it's very important that we really hit hit it hard and you know put
out the word if you have email lists or anything just to have people flood the um the the governor at this point because we just we can't that that would not be that would not be a good thing for Ray County or any county and any
resident So are you seeing it uh across the board like in other counties too are they It's going to be it they're going to do it to all the counties I I we are a little lucky because we're growing There is a lot of counties that are
that's going to really be a huge hit Um and you know of course the school districts I don't think I've heard of one school that that's not cutting And I St Michael Albergall said they're going to have to cut 19 staff next year Um so
a lot of ownerous they they too have uh unfunded mandates that were set set at them in 2023 Um and I'm sure the same thing goes forward with uh the Elk River School
District which ultimately you know I've heard that they're they're closing open enrollment at the Rogers High School because they are bursting at the seams Nobody's going to vote for a bond for high school for Odd Sego kids And we
need it We need a high school and ONGO So there's so many pieces that we need to protect here in in our area So um any anything that they can take off uh the burden off of the county and the cities
and the schools would be great So didn't want to give you that doom and gloom but that's where we're at What is the governor's proposal in regards to offset if he's pushing if they are if his his
um staff and himself are pushing this burden onto counties uh therefore citizens to pay for directly Is there an offset right now uh um from our
legislators there is no uh cost cutting that's going on They they do need to start cutting but that's nothing nothing cost cutting is on the table right now Yeah but they're they're taking they're shifting a burden of cost
and putting it on communities directly Correct Versus how it's been paid for which is I would assume through taxes Yeah Right Um you know income taxes Yeah So you would think that there would need
to be an offset to support why they would do that I know And the scary part is you know once once they shift that to the the counties it's not coming They're not going to take it
back I mean then that's going to be that's going to be our burden from here on out Um so that's the scary part too is that that aging population is getting smaller uh every year we're probably going to
see huge increases in our property taxes and you know and and you know we're already looking at what can we what's not mandated we're we're going to go we're already looking at it as as well as Shervin County has been looking at
what they can do to cut and they and what their analysis is going to be and I I don't think I've talked to one commissioner that's not very worried about this budget I can speak to the daycare because as Jeannie said she talked to me before
that um you know that is obviously a huge concern for our businesses in not only Wright County but Sherburn County I have sat in on a few of the coalition groups on that because those employers need people to show up to work and they can't find affordable daycare And so yes
we have daycare centers being built but as those are coming in the price to the price point to centers is much higher than home daycarees And it's also a choice of what works for your family right but um as I told Jeie a lot of people are concerned with the language
It did get stalled last year with their initial turnout of what the the changes the state wanted to um propose and impose on us home daycarees Um and people kind of dug their feet in and and sent letters to
our legislators and said this isn't going to work for home daycarees Um so I gave Jamie some ideas of how we could get the word out to because there are still changes that will impact what the families um lack of choices if people
shut down Yeah their business And and and to your point I know my grandkids uh they like the home care setting You know a lot of people like that small intimate home care setting for their children They don't want them in a big daycare
And the other thing is uh um talking to uh Christine Trikler who's who manages all of our uh licensed licensed daycarees She said what what she's afraid of and she's already seeing is that people will be unlicensed then And
that's scary too because then you're putting kids at risk and but she she did compliment your group you have a very she said very well uh connected group of home daycarees that have a great voice
down at the Capitol And so for that thank you Thank your your colleagues for that Yeah Because we just really can't lose daycarees It would be very detrimental to our our this county
But does anyone else have anything all right Thank you Yeah Thank you All right we are still under open forum Anyone else all right we will close the open forum and move on to item three to
consider agenda for approval Does anyone have anything that they would like to add or delete at this time madam Mayor yes I move to approve the agenda as written Is there a second second Motion by Ryan seconded by Tina Is there any
discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I I Those opposed same sign Motion passes Next item is our consent agenda A motion would be in order Madame Mayor Yes Right I move to approve the consent agenda as written Okay Second
Motion by Ryan seconded by Tina Is there any discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed same sign Motion passes Moving on to item 5.1 is our cold storage facility I'll turn this over to
Adam Mayor council thank you Uh back in February the council authorized an advertisement for bids uh for the cold storage facility Uh bids were opened on March 27th Uh there was a good turnout with 29 total bids over six scopes of
work Um so your packet materials kind of outline the project Uh there is a memo from uh the construction manager team uh KA uh that includes the low biders and also the bid tabulation uh for the entire set Uh there was one withdrawal
so that letter from that firm is included uh in your packet Uh there's a project cost summary breaking down construction and hard and soft costs Uh there is a resolution uh for the council to consider awarding bids and there's also a contract amendment So as we
proceed through these projects uh once you hit construction phase uh with the construction management team there is an amendment to that contract to take it uh from pre-construction throughout the construction phase So uh with that we have Ben Alrech from Carl Anderson here this evening can answer any questions
from the council Good evening madam mayor to council Hey there Good evening Can answer any questions you have yeah I have a couple questions Um so when when there's people that are in your looking through your
bid tabulation stuff it's um uh biders are identified as rejected did they not meet the qualifications or did they not bid the products that were specified yeah So if you go to um you go to our work school 80 for example both acre
doors and overhead doors in northland did not include the required PMP bond or excuse me bid bond and the responsible affidavit form Okay So those eliminated those two biders from contention Okay
Ram Yep Ram buildings they withdrew their bid at last second So you'll notice their bid value is $0 Okay Um they essentially withdrew That's the withdrawal Okay got it And then the withdrawal is on the It was on the back
Yeah So you had two withdrawals Uh we had two withdrawals for work scope 80 Um we had RAM buildings withdrawal from the 13G full wood building package And then finally um work scope 31A Julian M
Johnson was the withdrawal letter that you're getting in your packet Okay Um and they missed scope items Slab on grade was missed and sight fencing was missed Um two large important Yeah a little critical Well their number looked really good right so had they not missed
that no I appreciate you scoping it Um Okay So then who list your buildings okay Yep and Rachel Contracting was the next
low bidder for um work scope 31A in work package and they had everything during the post vetting process Yep I'm good with both of those Madame Mayor Yes Corey Um Adam could you maybe for public knowledge for people
who who might not know how the bidding system works maybe just give a high overview I mayor Sure Uh so it starts with an advertisement for bid authorization at the city council level We then post that to a public website We post it on the
city website where contractors from different work scopes are able to find plans and then put together a bid They submit that by a certain day and time Uh those bids are then opened and um our team at KA and and W go through
those bids to be certain that they meet all the requirements So the default is always always lowest responsible bidder but as Ben outlined there's certain requirements outlined in state statute and also within the bidding documents that those contractors are responsible
to submit and that's why you see some of those rejected included here Very good Thank you Any other questions comments motion would be in order Madame Mayor I move to adopt resolution 2025-16 accepting bids and awarding
contracts for the OSGO cold storage facility project and to authorize the city attorney and cross Anderson to prepare the AIA A132-202019 contracts and authorize the mayor and city clerk to execute the finalized
agreements I second motion by Ryan seconded by Michelle Is there any discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed same sign Motion passes Madame Mayor yes I move to approve contract amendment number one to
the AIA C132-2019 construction construction manager agreement between the city of Otgo and Carl Anderson Construction Company Second Motion by Ryan seconded by Tina Is there any discussion
all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed same sign Motion passes Thank you Thank you Moving on to parks and recreation 6.1 is the paddle pork stations Mayor and councel good to see you again
uh here before you tonight in your packet Um we are asking you to accept a quote and authorize procurement of paddle ports and potentially adopt a resolution if uh you guys so choose to move forward with this from the friends of the Mississippi River I do have a statement if you guys do uh choose to
move forward from friends of Mississippi River They're not able to attend tonight's meeting but they do have something to for me to read uh on their behalf Um but some backstory on this uh this has been talked about since 2017 Uh many of you are aware or have seen some iteration of this and uh we're lucky
enough now tonight to present before you the potential for a paddle port system Uh what is a paddleport system you may ask it is uh up on your screen right there on the right side It's an enclosed trailer with eight lockers on it that have an electronic keypad on them People
would either go on their laptop or their cell phone They would choose to you know rent the unit They'd get sent a code they sign a waiver and be able to rent either there's two tandem kayaks in these trailers and there's six singles All life jackets are included with the
rental and paddles Um so the proposed plan is to put one of these at the Norin Landing Park Um and then you would paddle uh eight miles approximately down to Carriage Landing Park And this was budgeted for in the 2025 capital improvement plan under fund 203 park
development Uh we had set allocated around $80,000 for the purchase of these stations and staff went out and solicited uh quotes from different vendors There's no vendor except the Soul Source System Services LLC who provides units such as these So the
total price for those units with the trailer was 70,31890 which was below the budgeted amount uh after kind of talking through this with friends of the Mississippi River who we do work with at Davis Farm Park and tomorrow night they're presenting before the park commission
Highlands River Point Natural Resource Management Plan Their ultimate goal is to have more park users or residents whoever use the Mississippi River So it really fit their mission statement So when we kind of pitched the idea that they had some money from Cargill that they were looking to spend they offered
to generously pledge $8,000 towards this project which reduces the total cost to 62,31890 Um so after you rented your unit up at Norah Landing you'd paddle down to Carrick return your uh kayak into its locker staff would then ensure
and inspect uh the equipment that was returned each uh morning before the river rentals would start at 9:00 am as a proposed operational plan They would then uh like I said return to Norin Landing They'd be available for rent by 9:00 a.m People are able to book these 21 days in advance and they're able to
book right up to the 9:00 a.m start time So uh that's kind of staff's plan is each morning to get in and check that uh which units got rented and return the rented units back upstream Uh the proposed rate is $30 to rent for the day
So we didn't want to really put time limits on it with this being eight miles if you wanted to stop at an island if you wanted to fish have a picnic recreate on the river We didn't want to put you on a stringent timeline that you had to be back by this time So the proposed operational plan is 9:00 a.m to 5:00 pm uh which was vetted through the
parks and recreation commission and uh recommended uh it be kind of adopted And so there are late fees if your unit is not returned If you miss the turn if it ends up in Dayton if it's down the road um it's a $100 take it home Yeah $100 per hour that it's not returned I did
reach out to the vendor If there's something missing damage broken uh you they we have a form that we would fill out send to the system services LLC and the user would be charged for the damaged kayak the unreturned life jacket unreturned paddle So there is an
insurance policy there that the city wouldn't be out any money from that Um other than that uh like I said if it's accepted I do have a statement from friends of the Mississippi River At this time I'll I'll open up for some questions Council questions may Oh go ahead Right
Um I I think when we discussed this before there was a little bit of confusion around the time thing and it looks like if I'm reading this correctly it was kind of cleared up So it was okay So you just have to I guess the way it works is you just have to go into reserve before 9:00 a.m Yes And then any
and then as long as you've done that anytime after 9 well between 9 and 5:00 p.m you can go pick up that kayak It just has to be returned by 5 Mayor that is correct Okay So anytime after 9 you'd theoretically I guess be able to rent for the next you know the following day or something But okay Once 9:00 a.m
happens you can't rent that day right it's the next day Okay And then as far as the late fees and everything go is that something that's handled by the by the vendor we don't deal with the with um getting obtaining those late fees or anything like that mayor That is correct
So system services manages all payment and then remits payment to us at the end of the month for our contract Yeah we have we went over it at the admin from our questions last time Excellent Corey Thanks Madame Mayor Um
you brought up some some good things at the admin meeting about other cities who who have this too Could you talk a little bit about that for the public yep mayor So thank you for reminding me Yes I did reach out to the city of Cottage Grove who does have these units and they
rent out of them Uh the unit in the presentation was actually at Three Rivers Park District at Mississippi Gateway at the at the Rapids Dam Uh so both of them had very positive things to say no issue with System Services LLC very very pro program and thought it would be a really unique and cool
setting to be able to traverse eight miles Uh Cottage Grove just rents kind of on a back channel of Mississippi River This would be truly a river route and unique to the area and that um any of the liability falls with the third party vendor right cities
Uh the city is covered mayor under parks and rec community So I did reach out to League of Minnesota cities our insurance provider and uh city attorney Kendall and I have had discussions as well So sorry Dave Dave's like I'll come back I'll come back
Do you have comments on that well not just beyond what Nick said We talked about it I asked him to reach out to the league He did They indicated that there would be park and wreck immunity and insurance coverage So the city's not immune from liability but if anything happens there should be insurance coverage
Madame Mayor yes question in regards to service um or continued service um you know with I would imagine things get wear and tear that type of thing that would be contract through same organization the same provider uh mayor actually most cities and municipalities
reached out to they just uh they replace them like say they go to Shields they find the brand of the paddles and the life jackets they go to either Fleet Farm or you know Shields or uh it's not Cabllas anymore it's Bass Pro Shop something like that so
thank you madam mayor yes um I was wondering if you can speak a little bit to where the funds come from so they're park dedication funds right mayor absolutely I'll that city planner licked He was really excited for this question So I want to defer to him on this
Mayor uh so state statute sets up provisions whereby the city can require developers to make a dedication The city for parks purposes at the time they subdivide property The requirement is that they either dedicate land or the city can elect to require a cash fee in
lie of land be given over to the city This money uh when cash fee is accepted can only be utilized to make new improvements to the park system can't be used to do maintenance of existing facilities What it is intended to do is offset the impact of new growth to the
park system So the need for more parks more amenities uh to serve the growing population of the community Okay All right Any other questions i'm excited that we're finally at this stage Thank you for answering all of our questions We were very worried about how
residents what if it's raining in the morning So as to Ryan's point we we worked through all those things to make sure that everything would work out so that the rentals should be seamless for the user Mayor that's our intention Yeah Let's hope
Madam one last thing Um and we we talked about too the the labor you wouldn't foresee adding any labor because you would have staff over there kind of taking care of that area anyways Correct mayor That is correct So we have staff in on weekends to check trash
receptacles Uh change over the shelter between events and birthday parties and whatnot So the weekend's not a concern and daily operations Uh kind of why it's set up the way it is is it it aligns perfectly with our maintenance hours here at the city Sure Good Thank you
Okay we have no more questions Yes Just really quickly I do want to point out the you know the our parks directors already kind of mentioned it but the the friends of the Mississippi River and the donation that they're um including in this uh is is really
um great to see because the friends of the Mississippi River as you already said they they've already done extensive work at um Davis Farm Park They created this really in-depth natural resources management plan I've been very impressed with what they have done for us and tomorrow they're going to be doing that
the Highlands of River Point Reading through that plan I mean it's it's amazing the amount of work that they do Um and now to give us $8,000 to be able to do this uh paddle board things it's really amazing So thank you to them
Absolutely It was a generous surprise Um and but it as you said it meets their mission and their goal of getting more people on the river So we're grateful for that Yeah The the work that they've done has definitely made the area more enjoyable for our residents So
all right Motion would be in order Madame Mayor yes I'd like to motion to accept the quotes for the System Services LLC Um Ry M trailer Inc
in the combined amount of 70,31890 for purchase of two paddle port stations and trailer and transport trailers motion We'll do one motion and then there's
two second motion to We got to vote first A motion and second it mayor Who was the second ryan was Is there any discussion on the first part all those in favor signify by
saying I I All those opposed same sign Motion passes Madame Mayor I'd like to motion adopt to adopt resolution 25 uh 2025-17 accepting a donation from friends at the Mississippi River Second
We all want to second that Motion Uh Mo Michelle made the motion Tina seconded that Is there any discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I I All those opposed same sign
Motion passes We do have their statement now I do have their statement Okay Alex Ros their conservation uh director So he uh couldn't be here tonight due to some uh scheduling conflicts but really wanted to make sure that he expressed his gratitude for our partnership So he said "Friends of Mississippi River and
our land conservation team write to express our gratitude for the city's appreciation for our contribution to Carrick's Landing New Paddleport Station Friends of Mississippi River has enjoyed working with the city over the past two years to plan for and restore habitat and natural areas at city parks and to
improve public access to recreation and the Mississippi River This is just one example of the resource that we hope to bring to the city in years to come Friends the Mississippi River sincerely sincerely appreciates the partnership and the work of Nick Jacobs and Feather
Parks and we're excited that I didn't write that in there and we're excited for the potential to continue and expand our great work together in the coming years Uh relatedly for u council member Dunlap did request them to be here and they were like I said they were sad they
wouldn't but here's a funding breakdown which really puts into perspective what they're doing for the city of Oiggo So the friends of the Mississippi River Outdoor Heritage Fund grant for Davis Farm Park is $70,25 Um and that partial restoration has been started fall 2023 Will wrap up
by June 2028 Friends of Mississippi Rivers Cargo Grant $8,000 that you guys just accepted Friends of Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant for Highlands 22,720 Uh Friends of Mississippi River Outdoor Heritage Fund for
grant 187,500 um which work will take place from June July 2025 to June 2030 The total amount so far 288,245 So it's really impactful the work they're doing Absolutely Awesome
That's amazing Nick are they are we going to have a like a grand reopening of Carrots Landing some point will Mayor has proposed this summer to have probably a July timeline but we'll we'll keep you guys posted So Okay Great Thank you Thank you Thank you
And we're gonna want to see a real copy of that since we all laughed at the same time I think that was Ross's idea back in 17 All right moving on to city council reports and updates Does anyone have
anything madam Mayor yes Um the OPC will um not be meeting next month and we'll resume the following Okay Madam Mayor a number of updates All right so for those who didn't attend bag
hunt this past Saturday it was a blowout It was amazing Um it was so cool I've never been I've been to a number of different um like Easter bunny hunts you know Easter related um scavenger hunts and stuff like that with my kids over
the years and this is bar none the best honestly that I've seen So great job the parks and wreck and all the volunteers It was amazing We had 2,200 people show up to the event Um could be a little bit higher than that but they're um double checking their counts um from my
understanding Um um so there was a lot of different activities There was uh touch a fire truck and a police car That was great Those gentlemen that were standing there um from Bre County great guys Um I really was grateful for them servicing
our community talked to them for a little bit Um there was t uh plant a carrot There was DJ with dancing Um it was so cute Little kids out there jamming it Um uh there was a bubble booth who um was um sponsored and uh
volunteered by um former council member um Britney Morris Um there was pin the day tail on the bunny pictures with an Easter bunny um which somebody was um in a costume that was sitting next to me here um which is awesome Thank you for
volunteering Um and of course the egg hunt itself There was other things going on Um there was also um a spring shopping extravaganza There was some new um new people that will be um at the farmers market So they got their free
day there if they wanted that Um and so I talked to a couple of those people wonderful people I'm looking forward to farmers market season starting Um so we have a number of online signups available Pickle ball yoga class um at Sego uh cleanup day is May 3rd So I want
to remind everyone that Yeah Because it is Arbor Day month or Arbor month Um so think of the planet and do the right thing um farmers market um vendors sign up right now for people that want to do the um have their stations and stuff Um
so that's important but um more importantly for those that attend like myself it opens June 23rd So that'll be coming up Northwoods Community Garden Plot registration is open as well as um Cra Festival sponsorship and exhibitors
I just sent someone over to they wanted a community plot Yes Um uh on a right county level um there is um coming up here this month on uh April 26th Saturday in a couple weeks here um it is
uh a free day Creek Park Day So the state of Minnesota waves the entrance fees um for all 73 state parks They do this four times a year So if you have nothing better to do on that day I would show up Um the next park and Rex meeting
is 4:15 So that's tomorrow night It's going to be busier tomorrow night We have public safety We do have public safety tomorrow night Y does anyone else have anything under city council reports and updates i just
going to say thanks to Nick and Connie I how hard you guys worked and uh it's flawless I mean everybody had a good time a lot of people I could only see out of one eye out of that thing that it was it was a lot of fun Nick did
you have to go very far to pick up more more prizes and candy good This little baby came through when you're grand Yes So this is like the first egg hunt I've ever missed from what's when I started it and it was kind of this full circle moment that my
family and my I have a I'm a new grandma Uh my grandson got to attend it So um that was pretty fun to get a picture to see how big it's grown And my son my own children obviously are old now They haven't come to these events for a few
years unless I make them volunteer And so for them to be now um here enjoying it themselves I mean the text messages were like "Holy moly you're going to need five Easter bunnies There's so many kids here." So great So um again
congratulations for another outstanding event You guys work really hard too Madame Mayor I learned a little bit at the event such as you're the one who kind of started it I did start it Um how many I dug out my stuff What year was that again i've been here a hundred
years I don't So it started out with u and then it's just kind of grown from there They evolved and um amazing turnout This was the record a record-breaking year It's my understanding So great job Thank you everyone for putting on such a great
event Even you know I think other our neighboring cities were having that event too Kind of that same thing So that's awesome Yeah it's pretty exciting We keep the magic alive here in those events So all right Um no one else has anything
We'll move on to staff reports and updates Uh we do have consider scheduling a special meeting on April 29th Yes mayor council uh Chief Roush at the prior meeting did communicate uh a date of April 29th Uh this would be a
joint uh work session between the city council and public safety commission uh to be presented with additional operational aspects uh in the planning phase for the fire and emergency service department So uh requested meeting time would be 6:30 located here at the
Prairie Center if the council would be agreeable to that 6 All right We need a motion 6:30 on the 29th 6 Mayor that's correct Yeah that works I'll make a motion
to approve that date second Cory made the motion to accept April 29th starting at 6:30 here Tina second Is there any discussion all those in favor signify by
saying I I All those opposed same signed Motion passes All right We are sooner staff reports and updates Adam Uh mayor just one additional reminder for the local board of appeal meeting is next Tuesday at this location starting at 6
PM Uh one staff update Sabrina shall be returning from maternity leave later this week So we're excited to have her return You're probably most excited Uh other than that I've got no further updates Mayor do we have any updates on
how many um people potentially have signed up for next Tuesday i do not have that information mayor off hand but I have talked to one of the assessors and there's been probably around 20 phone calls that
they've fielded from owners here in Oiggo and they're hoping to resolve those with the property owners ahead of the meeting Okay great Audra Thank you mayor I have no updates All right
No updates Thank you Mayor All right Damn Mayor uh there is a planning commission meeting for the first time in six months uh on April 21st next Monday at 7 p.m We've got four items on the agenda including a preliminary plan office building environmental assessment
worksheet and a zoning ordinance member Madam Mayor real quick were those all public hearing items yes Okay no updates mayor To the man in the back Well there's two minutes Kevin do you have anything but
who are you Jumping right into it No no we're not We're just going to pretend like everything's normal All right Uh jumping right into it I met with Northstar Regional Treatment Center this morning Um I apologize formally to Connie I
forgot to mark down that I need to take a room here Oh So we stole the room without telling her Apologize to Connie So she actually responded She's like "It should be fine." So uh met with them Um they've been really good about keeping
an open line of communication with the Right County Sheriff's Office Um kind of as I've discussed before we get we get called there on a frequent basis Um that's not necessarily a bad thing I've tried to encourage them to call if there's anything that we could assist on or mediate any sort of medical questions
anything that we could assist with They want to keep an open open line of communication with us so that we can uh make sure we're staying on top of things um sounds like they've got a pretty good group of people that have graduated from the program who have actually returned back as employees Um so that's been
actually we've actually been noticing that on our end that uh um some names have come back and like I think it's it's good for just the overall culture there for some of the people that have come back and helped out uh now as employees Um again they they've been
doing a good job of communicating with us and deputies have good things to say about it Uh second piece I know the I94 expansion thing is going to happen MDOT usually does I shouldn't say MDOT does a good job with their modeling about what type
of traffic congestion they can expect from all these different projects However one of the things that they can't anticipate is Google Maps Um as congestion starts happening Google Maps decides to go start throwing a whole bunch of detours all across the city and
places that you wouldn't have expected it because um I recently spoke with a homeowner not here in Oiggo uh but how uh a road got redone and Google Maps started sending Amazon drivers directly through their property on a field road
So um and now that property owner can't get Google to turn that knot into a road So they're like going through all these like formal ticket processes So um I'm just trying to be aware that that very well may happen Um every time we
have a road closure on Sego there's there's unintended consequence somewhere And so we just want to be on top of it to help the traffic because the last thing people want is um people driving through the neighborhoods at mock tents So um we'll be working on that and kind of keeping an eye out as the as the
congestion happens We're spending a lot of time on shoplifting cases Not that that's a gigantic surprise Benny Deans Um a lot of the a lot of the different retailers in the north side of the county whether that's Target Home Depot
um I would say Target especially they've been really pursuing aggressively the type of shoplifting that they're encountering Um with that does come with a lot of time Uh we just had one here in Oiggo that it ended up being like four different squad
cars in three different locations Um dealing with shoplifterss that had committed a felony level amount We had another one the literally the very next day here that ended up being another four squad cars tied up in two different spots trying to um get that stuff solved
So um Target's actually been great Um they have uh a good reporting system so that it makes it really easy for us to turn that into a criminal case that we can pres present to the county attorney's office Um they have pretty much everything ready to go for us So as much as I want to say man we do put a
lot of time and effort into it Target seems to be doing a really good job too of trying to handle it on their end And usually and fortunately we have a county attorney that uh is uh very accommodating when we need to make decisions as far as arrests andor a book and release depending on the situation
So uh the final thing I have is you guys may be kind of experiencing it here but we got to it's it's happening is the uh our email domain is changing So just be prepared for emails to be coming in as different names and stuff like that We got to get all that transferred over Ben's gonna make it look like it's spam
Well it just you know I know how different organizations So I already sent one to outside organization They it had been flagged as um spam a fishing thing or something like that Yeah So we're trying to slowly phase that in So for now it's it will be received one way
and we'll get it figured out One question about Target So you said that they're good partners Mhm So if someone is shoplifting are you guys getting the call the second they're out of their building because they have security too Correct Yes Okay
Bear with me I'll try to keep it short Is depending on the situation So a lot of times they have already dealt with that person If they are calling in on somebody typically that person has already committed a pattern of theft from Target Okay um whether it's our
store maybe a store Rapids Monosel whatever the case is but they already have a track record of that particular person they know that for us to charge them with a crime that person actually has to make it past the final point of sale So
technically please don't anybody take this the wrong way on YouTube If you start putting a whole bunch of stakes or expensive merchandise in your clothing while you're walking around Target that's technically not a crime You have to walk past the final point of sale for it to be a crime So we kind of have to
we kind of have to time that correctly so that we can prosecute because if we go and go run up to them while they're in the store and they have everything hit they can go "Oh yeah you're right I'm sorry Or I was gonna I was going to check it out I just I didn't feel like grabbing a card so I just started sh shoving everything in my pockets." So we
kind of have to time that correctly So Target knows that and so they will try to time it so that we can basically intercept them as they are walking past the point of sale before they get to their car because we don't want them to sleep Yeah I just wasn't there's there's when you said four cars are wrapped up in
this situation So it's a finesse because they may be calling like hey they're look they're literally leaving right now and we got to come flying across the city So one vehicle leave but then security will come out and confront them Okay So the one we had four we had one running down 85th Street We had one that ran over to Holiday We had a car that
had taken off but somebody still needs to show up to the store and be like "What kind of crime do we have?" Determine what kind of level of sure interception we should have doing this So it's a little bit of a finesse on how to Well thank you for finessing and getting this Thank you
That is all Okay Does anyone have anything Mr Alman say welcome back Yeah Yes I'll come back [Laughter] Thank you All right If no one has anything else then a motion to adjurnn
would be in order So moved Second Motion by Tina seconded by Corey Is there any discussion all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed same sign Meeting has ended Thank you all for attending