e e e e e e e e e everybody first be the pledge of
alleg IED to the flag of the United States of America and to the repu for stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all like welcome everyone to our March 18th
council meeting I hope everybody had a good St Patrick's day yesterday remember our Irish here in town we are going to move on to the consent agenda which includes a few items including our February 18th 2025
regular city council meeting minutes our March 4th 2025 special city council meeting minutes resolution 2514 approving donations and request through the hire fol manager and head guard a motion in a second to approve
the consent agenda any other discussion my Dela hi hon hi Vernon hi Brandy and David is I we'll move on to public input do we have any written
correspondence we do not Mr Mayor okay um we will move on to the Pine pick ball Association Mr strandell even yes sir good evening council members and honorable mayor
David um was requested I'm representing our Pine Island P wall Association I'm currently the vice president of the association fortunately president cannot be here so I'm taking the place uh it was requested that we come and ask for
permission to run our pickle ball tournament at chees Fest and that's something that we've done the past few years uh which would involve using the pickle ball Courts for Friday evening of cheese fest and Saturday and we'd be
running uh different categories of players different uh in pickle ball we have What's called the rating system called the duper so it's kind of levels of player you are so it's kind of a Handa system so you have players at different levels so somebody's not
playing somebody way better than them some so that's that's why we have all of those levels but um before I go into anything else I really want to express our appreciation for the pickle ball courts that are here and for just having
that opportunity have that amenity in our community I think is a big thing and uh I know I see it busy a lot in the summertime once the Nets are up so you can tell it's being used and we really appreciate it and appreciate the new surfaces on the courts that came in the other other day
and I know that was an expensive Venture so we really appreciate that um so last year if you remember our tournament was raining and we actually only had it on Saturday but we were able to move into
the gyms we already have those gyms rented or not rented but reserved for that so that morning quickly we had to call whether we're going to try to go outside or go inside so we quickly taped courts in both the maroon gym and the
Gold Gym and we made the tournament happen so last year we had 118 players we had 10 volunteers and many Spectators so we our best guest is we had 160 to 170 people here involved in the pickle
ball tournament and that may increase a little bit because we're adding the Friday night time as well so we would like to we I'm here to ask for permission from the city city to use these uh pickle ball Courts for the cheese fest again on Friday evening uh
June 6th and Saturday June 7th and our goal is to host at least four divisions of played like last year we have been in contact with cheese fest committee they're aware in fact that we're going to that here asking permission and would like the permission to run the
tournament uh we will communicate and advertise the schedule once one is finalized at the end of March and if you get permission the city to use cours for our event one other thing that I think is of interest is every player that participates in our Tournaments has to
sign a waiver so if there's any injury or accident or whatever they have signed a waiver so yeah um typically years P what we do
is that weend um and they kind of have free run of St seat of the park um just for the festival weekend um previous years we've had no no issues no problems um with you
guys having um so um as long as everybody's in agreement um I think that to the CH if they're okay with it I think that it's a pretty standard
what we would do um from year to year previously at least we appreciate we love to hear about everything in the numbers we don't that um but you I think everybody's in agreement with that we would typically differ I would say in this situation if
ches f is applicable to the use like they have that it's a big draw it's nice to see court so okay absolutely all right we like bringing more people to town and eating downtown and whatever else so all
right so and then Friday all right great thank you very much have any questions you know contact myself or anybody else in the pickle ball Association no no
I yeah yeah um well president's my daughter Laura but she was at the park meeting and they suggested we coming speak so yeah okay thank you very much next we'll have Laura from good
youah she's gonna be presenting some updates hi everyone unfortunately the topic that I'm going to speak about tonight is not is far less enjoyable than pick um as mayor said my name is Laura
San prink and I am an independent contractor hired by goody County Health and Human Services to work on the opioid settlement project um and I want to first off say thank you for the opportunity to come and share with you the status of this
project as Pine Island is an important Community um of goody County and thus a recipient um of these funds impacted These funds so first we'll provide a background of
the opioid settlement and um goody county is slated to receive $2.1 million over the course of 18 years and this began in 2022 and is anticipated to
last until 240 um when we when the county found out that it would be receiving these funds they determined that first we must do A needs assessment um to understand the unique
impact of opioids right here in our communities to then be able to determine what strategies would be effective in utilizing These funds so that we can address our current needs but also to prevent further
haunt to that end uh I engage 50 Community stakeholders with professional expertise Andor lived experience either direct or indirect lived experience um through focus groups and key informant
interviews to learn um to hear what what what is it like right here in goody County um for your um information these links I believe this PowerPoint has been shared with you these links are live and so if you are interested in reading the
full report um Andor the two-page executive summary you can just simply click on those links but um today I will just share with you the major findings and uh themes and recommendations that resulted
in that report um first I heard loud and clear that um our community members wanted to prioritize focusing on youth focusing on prevention um Early Education and awareness building I believe 100% of
those stakeholders mentioned this that they wanted to spend the funds on that topic I also heard um themes such as a need for connection amongst those in recovery um for example support groups and peer Recovery Specialists help also
a need to fill the service gaps along the whole Continuum of Care um with chemical health treatment and also desire to increase access to harm reduction strategies but also with that accompanying
education um increasing access to and awareness of creative recreational outlets and alternative modalities for selfcare was also a need basically teaching people how to cope so they don't turn to
chemicals um there was also a need to increase access to Mental Health Care enhanced treatment Court eligibility criteria if possible because that was a successful program and increased tracking and sharing of opioid related
data also I another theme I heard loud and clear was the desire for community members with that lived experience to be participants active participants in the decision making planning implementation and evaluation of the opioid related
program which was really neat there for that's what set um our our programming in 2024 in action we thought first um now we know well we know the results we know the themes the recommendations we kind of know the landscape of goody
County now we want to move forward and so the first thing we did was establish the opioid settlement advisory Council um and it is comprised of folks who either are um professional um experts
with this issue and or those with lived experience um many of our members on our team have both um and so um they also must be a member of goodu County uh def find as either living in or working within the
community and um we are just thrilled so far with the progress um the values that we have are that divers perspectives are necessary each member is valued and considered an expert and we truly have shared power um on this
committee I won't read all of these up but you can see that in 2024 um these were the backgrounds of many of our team members osac team members we really strive to have representation all across good County
from various communities as well as sectors diverse sectors that somehow touch the opioid crisis and those folks who have lived through this we have a couple two mothers who have lost Sons to opioid overdose um and several other
folks who are a part of the recovery Community together um this team established the vision statement for osac which is to promote safe and Healthy Lifestyles through the commitment to prevent opioid abuse and overdose striving to bring lived in
professional experience together by providing education through Community Connection instilling hope for our youth and bringing change that can be passed on for generations to come our process is very much modeled after samsa's uh strategic prevention
framework um that involves assessment capacity building planning implementation and evaluation and and it's definitely not a linear process and this year in our second year of the osac we're going to continue jumping into each of those stages again and for each
year moving forward so what did we do last year um it was our first year pilot program year um and um the feedback we have received um it has been a very positive uh we were able to allocate
$2,000 in our very first year these are just for one-year grants um and on the right hand side you can see the four investment strategies that the osac team determined were our highest priority right now we invited programs around the
county to apply for funding from osac if they fell into one of these investment strategies the pie chart you can see is how um we allocated funding by far
um um we excuse me we awarded funding for peer Recovery Specialists and sober Navigators and then also harm reduction access and education we our two largest um bu buckets of funding um this is our list of grantees
and I just want to make special note of something you all would probably be thrilled to see um almost to the bottom there you will see that the International Fellowship of chaplain or the SOS program um is receiving a grant
um this is a grant for just P Island schools um and so it's serving your kiddos right here um in the community um kids who are at risk and um some really great prevention programming um the rest of these are
scattered all throughout the count County um and serve we try again to to serve um a good portion of the county okay so besides just determining what who we will award funds to the
process of bringing those stakeholders together the osac team together itself was an intervention we learned through our evaluation efforts we learned that our team created this culture change um and brought it back to their own
organizations um a shift in and sharing power um we created a safe Blended space we also increased knowledge of loc local opioid epidemic um statistics and and the status of it we increase awareness of resources we we also um BR in more
empathy compassion and understanding of the affected populations and and thus less judgment um we increased networking and collaboration and even organizations had changed some policies to be more responsive um at their organization so
we were thrilled about that as well um this year this is a little kind of outdated so I apologize about that but we um have already recruited to fill gaps in membership we are up to a team
now 25 people um we will continue to monitor our progress not just the osac you know team's progress but the progress of all of our granes across the county we will continue to plan new investment strategies and release a new
request for proposals by the end of the year um so if you all are interested I will you know keep keep you updated on that um and then lastly our implementation these osac direct strategies are little uh well I shouldn't say little these are boots on
the ground projects that we will be implementing across the county um facing fentanyl will be community and school-based education perhaps we'll be reaching out to um uh P Island schools about that change the outcome is also
community and school based education that we're going to try to bring to various communities around the county we are also going to do some planning for um the possibility of having ladcs in schools and also increasing the number
of sober housing available and create a sharp boot pilot um we need safe disposal of the goodu county law enforcement center was experiencing um Sharps being disposed of in prescription
medication boxes and that was not safe so um we wanted to have something more suitable um and other other things um to be determined we will be working on this year and and the next several years it
takes a village and I'm proud to just share this work with you because of our wide variety of stakeholders who are a part of it and really help make it successful and again I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to share um and I can answer any questions if
there are I this is this is important I know there's a number of people in the community that might not be aware of of this work and I would say serving on the fire department we see you know
the very real issues with hope and what so I guess my question for you is when you're getting these Brands out to people uh how are you getting the word out to these groups Ian is there a way that you're connecting with with them
individuals that have access yes um so when we released the first RFP of 2024 um uh we asked all of our team members who represent all these different organizations to share widely
with their networks their professional networks their personal networks Etc and then also as I'm hired by goodu County we help to distribute it to all the different Community Partners and just like trying to think of all those
different sectors within the community who may possibly be interested in seeking funding we try to email them out or share social media or whatnot to the best of our ability thank you any
questions there are statistics I'm kind of a I kind of like that sort of thing so if you're curious about what it what the numbers look like in good Hue County if you click on that full report on one of those first slides and then go to the um data section in the appendix there
are links there that you can click on and see you know like real time data related to the opioid epidemic so thank you thank you again appreciate it so to Administration we have special
guests here with us this evening um we have two young ladies that are attending of high story right for exchange are going to introduce themselves welcome you too hi um I'm Mara I'm 16 years old and
I'm here with the flex program and I'm an exchange student from L yeah do you guys have any questions yeah I did lot of interested people which is good with
[Music] you I got to ask you got to experience the regression at least once yeah right and how would you rate that it was it was like compared to what I've
had time I had to share with when we had molan well thank you so much for coming up welcome we're glad you're able to experience Minnesota all right folks we're going to move into Administration we have a few
items here tonight resolution 2515 which is approving in the support for the North's D sanitary SE project de bonding building West year still working and so on your number four of Ling at the
capital and so we're working on retaining the rest of the funding um this resolution states that this is our number one priority for State bonding we are requesting 50% of the rest of the project um dollars are slim especially
since Aon B not pass last year and so um we've been communicating with legislators that essentially we would take less than that to keep the project going and be able to start on time um which would mean we'd be back asking for more in the future but obviously would
um essentially be a so uh we are also working on a federal Mark dos called Federal Congressional spending um Congressional direct spending and so we're working on federal
re no letters written and signed this will be a resolution of approval a motion in a second any other discussion we I'll say publicly I appreciate um our city staff work on this um been
communicating with our state legislator and as you know we are facing a lot of fun stuff in St Paul so appreciate their work on this and for
hion hi Veron hiy hi is I we are going to move into IMB which is Evergreen rent concession request I can start with the request uh the Evergreen Assisted Living director has contacted City Hall um essentially they
have a potential um renter for a unit um they feel that the carpet should be replaced staff is hesitant to replace the carpet in the unit just because there've been conversation on whether
carpet is being replaced or Lum um so we're wondering if either a counc would like to replace the flooring or if we would like to do that until sale a goes through or um the renter is asking if you he get something off rent for a
certain number of months otherwise there is another we available it's just not their first choice those are the options is the car uh no I believe it's in one section
whereing was there some we tear normal stains um if we were retaining the building um we probably would look at replacement but again I'm not sure the would go with carpet Orum um because
we've had conversations if we rain the complex that we with over the carpet but I'm not sure if we want to place that prior to the sale um or if we want to offer the um discount off of rent for a
certain number of months or leave that un V and individual I would say on this one because it's City stuck between a rock and on one they they want to get these apartments rented out and that is one
one thing in the family moves walks in there t and they see carpets that you want you want Mo your parents you know so that's been a big issue I
would say based on our conversation with potential thater that facility given that the next buyers could potenti go through and is a s
we'll find out we do have a CL session council meeting to discuss Ian I'm open to the idea yeah there is another but you know that was back to El they are they not going to but we don't
know the time frame cor I think it's just one room um the the main area is my machine correct don't and that that's I should get second and that's that's where I was
say person like City want to make sure geted out that's how making money keep that place person that interested in address
that since the last Department any other discussion otherwise Del Vernon Brandy hi
name we are going to go on item C which is resolution thank you thank you any questions we're going to move on to item res or resolution 2516 which is including business license for the
Mobile Food unit um if you look in our pack they information for us this uh this is just a mobile food license for FK grilling they have had in
the past um they typically record in City Hall to sell across streets in the city motion a second proving the business license and we always appreciate want any other discussion
C hiy David is resolution 27 approving the DNR Grant application I can start talking about this um this kind of came out as fast
and curious and uh Mitch and I decided let's go for it um so this is a grant through vnr and so they will match up to um $350,000 of a
project soly a $700,000 project $350,000 um we have talked extensively about switching out equipment Trail Head Park for accessible equipment that um everyone would be able to use and that
is handicap fible and so we don't have the final FS however we do have the equipment being proposed before you go a handout and so there is a large structure um with ramps and then other
equipment um that can be used um by someone in a wheelchair or children in all ages and then there's also upper levels um includes the swing set you can't see it in the picture that the far two right
swings are accessible swings they're like the full seats um that we can buckle a larger child into and then we are asking some changes which are some the hand um stapled in the packet so the
inclusive world does not come with this it comes with a regular around I am asking that b switch out so it's a little bit more money but then way um it's wheelchair acable and just could play on
there and then I'm also asking for the monkey bars we added the quote since there are no monkey bars on this and then the last item um is the 35 foot skyw zip track we
are getting on this has kind of En culter it just to see what comes in as uh for the project but it would be the 35 Sky sit track however the final hand out shows the seat that would come with it so it actually be the
um accessible the zero g seat that be contract I just want to don't think we quite have room for um yeah but it would have that CH so um it would be inclusive for all so the
request before you we're still finalizing the grants we're working through it we were able to actually send it into the DNR we just receive comments back uh on please we could improve the grant for the most part um um it was really positive feedback so we're making
those changes it comes down to the dollar Mount like I said we're working with game time the reason we're working with them have because they are sa contract and so they're to and then um we do have to work with engineering so
the park Bo did approve $5,000 to SP $5,000 to H with for that Engineering Services because we do have to submit that as well so um game time and good St that Mitch are putting work to pull this all together um is due
at the end of the month a part of that is they they need a resolution um approving appliation support from the council so that is what is for you to somewhat approve this as a plan uh we have a rough estimate that all this will
run about $500 $550,000 I'm asking if you approve the grand application up to $600,000 and then once we get the final numbers back uh we'll put those to so this so the city would have to
match % of those funds again uh it's my recommendation that we lose money from um the land sale such right away uh so that we can get those dollars back and invest well that was a lot of
information iol motion second on this not to jump ahead or anything like that the City St you know is working diligently to look at what options we have with
existing you know so this isn't something that you know City staff was just jumping into willly so to speak there's some for going into this project and whether or not we be able to corre some equipment is old we would
probably dispose of but some made purpose um in another in another location and then if we were to get the r do want to find out until Midsummer and so we could order the this year but
construction would actually take place next year if we um did not get the grant then we could some just a quick quick question for staff unless we talk for a second before the meeting about how this is off the state contract and so we don't have to
separately bid it right we buy things off the state contract St is taking care of bidding requirements and so that's why we can buy it this way I guess it didn't D before to ask but um so to the extent we don't have a final quote or final number is that because the final
configuration we buy is set or they Haven appr the numbers and so this is the equipment that is included um in those numbers what we're waiting
back on is the final numbers for delivery installation and then it would include the polar rber flooring um and so that's we had to make final decision on exactly what we wanted so
that they could get for um they for rough estimates they said just double the amount of what the equipment actually cost so this equipment cost about $260,000 and so doubling
that I mean I'm always in all my CI fascinated how great this equipment has gotten this is no exception [Music] so that old fashioned all right motion discussion question let's see install would probably be next
summer like uh I think they can do it fairly quickly um I so what they usually try to do is they try to coordinate multiple cities so they sell all over um I know like
County Parks all of their G so they'll usually see what other areas in Southeastern Minnesota order and then they'll Build It Off from there so we don't have a time frame unfortunately we would probably push active Cheese Fest just so it doesn't disrup cheese pest
and so we would probably push for early summer but make sure that they don't and the number one question we have asked is this PO rubber flooring um it as well so that was our the
same yeah so um the water just flows through it course so it d yeah so we would over time the city would save money and not replacing wood chips yeah I know one some of the comments that the DNR had was um we have
already made some the improvements we do have hand accessible bathrooms we have pass to the par and so they take um a lot of those into account when they're looking at rings and so the fact we've already in park this is kind of the final piece to
it respons I believe so yes and that's something we have to talk internally on what we want to do um it depends on if we want to save some of the pieces and repurpose them that would probably be internal or we could hire someone
um yeah I think those are more questions I think we want to see if we get the Grant and then we have kind of the year until next year to decide what what we want to do if we want or we can sell to another City Planning Commission we have nothing
so we'll jump right into public works and Engineering which we have resolution 2518 which is amending the assessment Ro for Fourth Street Southwest Street all right good evening mayor and Council so a few weeks ago I was
contacted by Mr who lived or lives on the 323 Street project and he asked us to look at the calculation that was used in his assessment mode and what we found was that the sidey distance was actually
30 ft longer than what it actually is so um when we calculate the assessments we look at all the front yard side yard footages and we use the beads to do that well um his property deed was described for the center of Fourth Street um so
there was an additional 30 ft there um and then similarly as s their property description actually went add to fit the set District as well so uh so they were overcharged by 30 ft of side um footage
which ended up being about 15663 per for each resident so um we have two different circumstances here crws paid their um assessment in full um prior to ining any interest so it did
not hold and was not certified to the to the county because it was paid in Flor um clet started paying last year in 2024 I did check with the county and it's too late to have this rectified by
2025 so they would have to go on the 2026 Tex their tax statement so um so for their case we are proposing to re recertify amount um the amount of the assessment of the
$1,566 the full amount plus the interest paid on for the two years we wouldn't extend this to a 15year payback because they they would already be two years into it so we have a little bit to work out with the company on the exact amount of that interest um but that's what
we're proposing for them um for the cruises um since they PA in interests were we would not certify that with County since it's paid already so we would request we check no that's not all of them so that's um
like yeah exactly in the township and everything it is um and sometimes they are to this in the cities but you know when we're looking at the Deeds it was just it was an over we didn't verify yeah don't
look but that that is one way that we double check too we go through and we look at and then we do use GIS to to kind of just double check the work and it was this Cas so so apologize for that but that is you were Shor
so we did did run this by Bob and he had a couple comments for us but again um no that looks good to me so does that make any impact on theine that
money is that allocate somewhere else City where's that what happens to that money that charged yeah so then it would just come off of yeah right it's a resolution item I make
a motion to accept the resolution for the second the motion I second on resolution 2518 amending the assessment go for those properties any other discussion question thanks for your work Mr thank you other way the
hi Bon hi Randy hiav guessing Tak the next one which is request participate acoss the 511 Street Bridge or who that yeah and I I said on the agenda it says request to approve we really don't have any action for you we
more or less just want to let you know that the request will be fing with fut other y that's correct so in the so there's a spreadsheet that was included and that includes uh some of the local costs and non participating cost and their participating cost for for the
replacement of the 511th Street bridge and uh so the local cost would include some of the approach work so some of the uh streets heading up to the bridge and then some of the um design elements on the bridge to um some of the U concrete
textures and things like that that the um Cy and state don't pay for so that total about $76,000 based on the the little bid from I um Constructors and um and then the engineering um all of that
except for $10,000 gets paid um and then the street surfacing work or the approach works so 10,000 that is paid for by the city share as well so that total is $996,000 and and to date the city is paid out the close to 136,000 so
U there should be some funds returned to the to the city for so but that's something that we'll we'll work through get closer so just again like it was one bring it to your attentions that going from current asph
to the bridge right correct yes a little that's correct I remember I think I remember that we went back and forth a littleit on the agreement the contract we that finally got mailed to the wall okay and and this uh this is consistent
with the County's uh cost participation policy that's also reflected in that agreement cor okay drone he's that oh yes all right we're moving on to item C which is request to approve the quote
for sanitary manhole [Music] whining Council mayor uh yeah I got uh six manholes that are right on Main
Street the Old Brick manholes and they're starting to fall in the bricks are so I'm really concerned I want to get online so that we got a little support there because if they ever collapse we're going to be in trouble so
um I got three quotes the L one coming in at 29550 Summit infrastructure um I do have a sample of what the L will be like in the manhole they they spray the one layer they spray the foam then they spray
another layer over and then I do have a manhole that's not old down and when it floods it's like a pressure washer going through the manhole so these guys are going to take
care of that they grouting same thing so hopefully it works um for the money if I have to dig it up it's be way more than $4,000 so I can't buy the man
$4,000 hopefully this works just the ground water comes up that station we pump double if not more than double so we hope hear a lot of that
motion second quotes in there then you looking at for time frame Frost out now they should be pretty yeah they probably take them three
days and we'll avoid chees pass it'll be done well in advance of Che any other questions all right we got Bob on I had a nice time counil with mayor and fire department uh
talking about fire department things time for me to get a chance to that best lot of people good feed whoever did that very easy to look at all right goty right into Department
updates I'll be quick um to council member Call's comments I will point out in the fire department report uh at the the roal fireboard annual meeting the third partment presented each Township with one of those reports and in the
city as well so it's fun to see graphs so was nice uh everything's in my report but staff has been busy we have a lot of things happening um and it's it's really exciting to see that so I will say
Stephanie and Rachel are Al rest get training so they're going to the Minnesota something clerks and finance officer Association conference so Stephen and I will be holding down the court for the
rest of the week so uh yeah we're gonna kind of see I think we might be in the office in the morning but we'll see what the weather does whether the head on work from home today [Music] I that Tre look nice out
front yeah I'm looking forward to it first thing yeah it well the winter we'll be actually planting hopefully and be getting them made for that so that's exciting to have that whole garden be uh redone so um kind of
in connection with that I just wanted to let you all know that the seat keeper one toown one title programming went really well this year um I did not have my final numbers when I wrote my report but we had 144 people go through the why treaties matter exhibit that we have offered good um we did have a couple of
classrooms come through from the middle school and high school and that really um Sparks some good conversation with the students so it was I was very impressed by it yeah so if you have didn't get a chance to see it go to the state Capal it's on permanent display
there um we are doing a food drive this month I noticed uh earlier last week that the food shelves had posted that they were in dire need so it's food share it's food share month and so I decided let's go ahead and do this I had a huge Anonymous donor this weekend I
don't know who it was I wasn't there my staff didn't know who it was but we they they gave me basically 10 different cases of food items to uh add to that donation so I was very honored and thankful for that from them so whoever
you are thank you very much that's pretty much all I have this month we will be um as I mentioned that the pat Garten is going forward um we have some grants that are pending right now I should be hearing back this week on getting some signage um and whatnot to
finalize and finish off that CL question thank you so much thank you things thank you very much so it is solar and so I no this especially in winter
theor it's the Char they decreasing busy and Sheriff's Office all right we are going to be going into close session which is pursu Minnesota statute
sections when oh t how are you fantastic had a good meeting the other night anything you want to add just had our plan last
night you Commissioners were up to see thank you so much all right pursu toota statute section 13d 05 subdivisions 3C three the meeting will be closed to discuss offers counter offers for the purchase or sale
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