stand alce to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
resolution all the bonds of my project under >> sorry I >> myself All right, bring us next to the consent agenda.
Uh, what we have here is the April 21st, 2026 regular city council meeting minutes. B, the request to approve good county water renewal. C to request way rental fees at the prey. D request to approve library board
member Ali Zimmerman. E request to approve resolution 2622 delegate LBU County. F request to approve seasonal parking all administrative system. G request approve closure for graduation
grade. H request to approve assembly permit for car shows. I request to approve facade program amendment. J. request to approve seasonal employees.
K. Resolution 26.3 approving monthly donation. L request to approve joint agreement with Mindbot. >> Second. Have a motion and a second. >> I myself.
All right. That'll take us on to the next. But before we begin with the public input, I'd like to review our protocol for our city council meetings. The city council wants to hear from you and wants to hear your point of view. Public input is not required to be heard
at city council meetings, but we want to continue to hold public input at our meetings. The city council is asking hard policy choices that inevitably not all residents will agree with the decisions city council makes. Although
you may disagree with some of the decisions we have made, we value your input and we want to hear from you. During public input, please conduct yourself in a civil and professional manner. Personal attacks on staff or individual council members will not be
tolerated and you'll be asked to stop speaking and sit down. You will each be given two minutes to speak. Once the timer end, you may finish your sentence, but you will not be able to finish your speech. We encourage you to send in the rest of your speech so we can read it
after the meeting. I'm also going to ask you to avoid positive or negative reactions such as clapping or booing. City council is here to conduct city business and therefore ask for cooperation to make your our meetings and hearings run smoothly and
efficiently. Repeated warnings for failure to comply with these requests will result in you being asked to leave and may discourage public input being offered in the future. Thank you for cooperation this evening. We will now begin public input. When
your name is called, please state your name and address when you approach the microphone. First up is Reverend Davidson. My name is Ready Ericson. I live at 340 View Drive, Northeast,
Minnesota. I want to begin tonight by talking about um the question of do we really want to lower the temperature of this conversation around because if we do we need to be able to
have adult level conversations. I'll remind you that giving us time minutes to speak it's not the same thing as listening. Many of us in this room are married. Many of us are parents. Popping at someone is not necessarily
going to ensure that they hear you. And if any of you have been in a relationship where you talked to another person listened, normally it's not very good feeling when you learn that they weren't listening at all. If we want to lower the temperature, we
need to be able to have a conversation, a two-way conversation. And we haven't been having a two-way conversation this morning. From the beginning of the fall of 125, it's been very clear that there have been two different questions and two
different conversations going on about this project. One conversation the community wants to have is whether this is a good project for our community. But the other conversation that I leading from the actions, the words coming from the council is how do we
make sure this happens? How do we make sure that Google builds this type of skills center right here? That's different. That's a different conversation. We want to be heard as a community.
And there's consequences for not being heard. When I'm not heard, I get upset. When people are not heard, they get upset. That is a natural consequence of a decision that you are making. When you don't hear us, you don't listen. People
get upset. That's natural. I get upset when I'm not being heard, especially over something that matters to me. So my I implore you, let's have an open conversation sometimes. Thank you. Thank you.
Next up, I'll briefly reduction before. The public announcement that it was Google was accompanied by the world's largest battery. I think they made everything okay, but it just encapsulates that there's a couple things wrong with how it's going
to handle because the battery is 30 times larger in size and capacity than any battery system on the planet. It is untested. The true failure rate is unknown and is a completely different system than lithium ion batteries. It contains alkaline electrolytes
that are corrosive and pose a significant safety risk to responders and is a different risk than lithium. Hydrogen is produced as electrodes of their degrade. There is a fire and explosion risk of the world's largest battery scale and we've been given no
form of a safety plan or containment plan for either this or the 482 acre Delinian fire that's going to be on the opposite side of 52. It took 10 fire departments to put out the racist structure fired in West Conquer a couple weeks ago, and that
fails in comparison to the size of what you have dumped on us without informed consent. Yet, the best that you can do is send a couple firemen to a training on lithium best fires in your council packet.
What exactly are you planning to do with 800 plus acres of substation transmission lines, two different types of bus systems, solar panels, and diesel backup generators at both sides of 52, the only major thorough affair between Rochester and the cities were on fire
for days. If you were city leaders running companies, Google and Excel came to us as people with agency and not as lab rats. This question would have been answered
before the project approvals were given. >> Thank you. >> Next up, Jason Lund. Jason 1067800 district northwest. Uh I am a hometown homegrown person. I'm proud to be here to have privilege to
speak and just want to say that I support the elected officials the council um would be difficult decisions this one I happen to support the last one the next one probably don't support whether I support or don't support it
the project the issue I support the people and thank you I won't even take two minutes say I've been taught by my parents and my hurting parents. But if you want to be heard, talk forward. And
also, if you don't get your way, that's when it's time to show people by your behavior that you need to be heard and that you should be hurt because they don't bother you. Thank you. Good evening. I'm Susanna Love, 1315
County Southwest. I want to start with a powerful quote from the book by psychologist Carol Taverick called mistakes are made and not by me. Most people when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong do not change their point of view or course of
action but justify it even more tenaciously. Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification. What this book teaches is that over time and often without noticing people
change. People make terrible decisions. Typically, there's a slippery slope of manipulation, flattery, corruption, and other pressures. Even the best intentioned individuals get caught up in cycles of error.
We all know that a terrible mistake was made here in Ponies to convert nearly 500 acres into a massive hyperscale data center without first talking to the residents. But thankfully, decisions like these are not carved in stone. They can be
revisited, revised, and reversed. For instance, the city could choose to reszone the lands away from light industrial. Ryan companies would then have to go through a more thorough environmental impact review rather than the rushed and insufficient AD radar. Or the city could
amend it by laws to explicitly prohibit hypers scale data centers. Contrary to what we are being told, there are options. There are many options. Mistakes were made. And if you're willing to admit that maybe you were
wrong and you help us to revert on these mistakes, then we could forgive you. We could work with you. We might even celebrate you. Because the ultimate goal is not us versus you. It's all of us together against anything that threatens pine that threatens our intentionally
small small town our community. It really is all of us. Thank you. >> Thank you. Joe, 1315, County Road 3 Southwest. I've had the absolute pleasure,
privilege, and honor of having led hundreds of people in my last job, and I picked up a couple things. One of those passen integrity, spotting where it is and where it isn't. And I'm gonna play a
clip that is from K A TV. >> It took a recess to deescalate as tensions during a public input period. And now the council is explaining their side of the story. Council member Vernon Faul told ABC 6 News the walk out only
happened when they gled out to recess in order to deescalate the situation after speakers ignored the twominut limit to the public comment period. We have some situations in this town where some of the streets are in dire need of repair
and that is the main thing we had to get through and we couldn't even hear ourselves talking up front when we were you know done with public input and they just wouldn't let us move on with our agenda. So we had to deescalate the situation and recess.
>> All of us that were here and present last meeting know that that's not true. All of us that were here remember that we were not talking at all about those that would need to prepare. The truth of the matter is we were facing the lack of
courage to address the opposition to the data center during public input section of the meeting not any other portion of the meeting that was referred to in this video. And I asked why why fell lie? Why lie about something so trivial when we
all have the evidence? We all have the receipts. This meeting's recorded. People here are recording the meetings. We have irrefutable proof why lie about it. And if I know that you're willing to tell a lie about something so trivial,
that tells me exactly how much I can trust everything else. Thank you. from that red letters. Good evening. This evening I will address the health risk of color infrasound generated by
100 scale data center. According to Google, infrasound is low frequency vibrations. It may not be auditable yet can be still be detected by the inner ear and body miles from the hydro skill made.
Research has associated prolonged exposure with headaches, anxiety, nausea, dizziness, sleep disruption, stress, hypertension and other health concerns because sound can penetrate buildings.
Mitigation is difficult. Cooling systems and large mechanical equipment are recognized sources, which is why experts recommend environmental review, predictive modeling, and adequate setbacks from residential areas before approving hypers scale data center
projects. Residents here have repeatedly raised concerns about it for some, yet those concerns have not been meaningfully researched or addressed. If this facility is built at the proposed site at risk compromising the
health, well-being, and quality of life of P Island residents, what kind of leadership exposes the community to a project of this scale which prioritize potential revenue over residential safety for resident safety. Some
families may ultimately be forced from their homes because the health risks associated with the development are too high. Residents should not be treated as collateral damage or experimental ex subjects. Google Ryan cuties and finance
city government advances project without adequate environmental relief or meaningful community engagement. The process was marked by limited transparency, poor communication, misinformation, and failed leadership.
This was not a democratic process. It was a portrayal of the community you were here to serve. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next, please. >> Good evening. Harry Kinsky with 21st
Avenue Northwest. I'm here to express my displeasure with the proposed data center north of town. As a homeowner, I'm concerned about the effect that this data center will have on property values in Pine Island. Uh utility companies have to build new
infrastructure to support these data centers and the increased demand for electricity will raise energy costs for all customers regardless of if the data center pays for initial infrastructure improvements. According to Excel Energy, electricity
bills in Pine Island have increased by 13.2% in the last two years. That's not including base rate hikes. This increase has happened without a single data center in the state of Minnesota. So, you can imagine what it would be like if
this was approved. According to the Pine Island City website, this project could employ 1,000 construction workers. However, these jobs are temporary. There will only be 100 permanent jobs as a result of this project. According to a study by Goldman Sachs, the increase of
AI usage has already cost the American economy 16,000 jobs per month over the last year, and job losses are expected to increase significantly in the coming years. The residents of Pine Island deserve to have a say in whether this project is
approved or not. Thank you. >> Thank you. Latin flags believe that's your last warning. Next is David Mont right. Sorry, David. >> Hi, I'm David 5591.
Um, so yeah, I'm David. I'm a public sector worker and a member of ask me local 319 team. I'm also a member of workers strike back. Across the country, cities, uh, counties and states are rapidly enacting, uh, moratoriums on the
construction of hyperscale data centers. Just last week, the city of Inenver Grove Heights in Dakota County enacted a temporary moratorum on data centers. And this comes on top of Egan, Rosemount Harbor, Apple Valley, and many other
municipalities across the country. Today, I sent to each council member a draft moratorum, which I also have with me here today. This moratorum will put a pause on all data center projects for one year. And I'm urging the Pine Island
City Council members, whether they're Democrats or Republicans, to make a motion and roll call a vote on this moratorum today. Continuing to greenlight this data center will be detrimentful to working-class people in Pine Island, the southeast Minnesota
region, and everywhere. And it will accelerate the cost of living crisis faced by working people. And it will take the environment. Both Republicans and Democrats on the Pine Island City Council are playing an active role in making sure this project
is completed and carrying water for for 10 billion years. And here in Pine Island, over half the council is up for reelection in November. And I would urge working people everywhere um that if they do not make a motion on this moratorum today, then we will throw them
out of office in the next election. That's why I'm also a member of worker strike bag which was founded by the socialist city council woman in Seattle Sean Sawant who is now running for Congress on the platform that we need to stop all data centers and the AI
layoffs. Um and so to any working class or young person who's watching this if you agree with this then I would urge you to um get organized and fight the proliferation of these data centers solidarity. Thank you, Nicole Mills.
Paul. Okay. Next. Toby Holiday. >> Sorry. >> I'll this as well. So, yes. Hi. Uh, I'm Toby Holidayiday. become a resident of Rochester and also a member of workers strike back which is
an independent organization fighting to stop hyperskilled data centers and AI layoffs fighting for free healthcare for all by taxing the rich rent control and many other policies working people need and deserve in the same manner these council members have continued to ignore
all of us the behavior displayed by them at last month's meeting was embarrassing and cowardly >> it was also the first time the council felt a fraction of the kind kind of power we have as working people when we fight back. Organizing masses of people
loudly and openly confronting our elected officials, Democrats and Republicans alike, exposing them as betrayers to working people and posing a political threat to their careers is what we must do. At public comments like this, it is most crucial that we do not
beg elected officials or make moral appeals to them to do the right thing. Instead, we need to make it clear that if elected officials do not adhere to our demands, then we will fight to throw them out of office in their next election. This is the same strategy that
was used by Shamasan's socialist city council office in Seattle. And it produced some of the biggest wins for working people in decades, like the Amazon tax, the now highest minimum wage in the country, and unprecedented renters's rights. This is why worker
strikeback has basically done your job for you and created a pine island data center moratorum modeled after the most recent proposal passed in road banks. Across the US, 69 other local jurisdictions have implemented active
data center moratoriums or restrictions with four of those designated as permanent bans. to course correct all of the betrayals this council has committed against the residents of Pine Island, everyone in southeast Minnesota, and our beautiful environment that we must
defend. We demand this council make a motion to review and approve this moratorum today or else solidify your reput reputation as being representatives of Google, big business, and the billionaires rather than the people who put you in those very seats.
The moratorum we brought forward would only be the next step in our continued fight against Project Skyway and all of the undemocratic decisions this council has made thus far. >> You're up for reelection this year. Please choose wisely. >> Thank you. Next.
>> Hello friends. My name is Steve. I came all the way from Minneapolis. I'm a Green Party candidate for governor. I used to be a corporate attorney for mid midsize uh tech firms. And I just want to tell you all that anybody trying to sell you AI nonsense is full of Anybody trying to get you to build a
data center does not have your best interest in mind because data centers only bring heat to your air and to your water. They don't bring jobs. Uh once they're done being built, they don't do anything good. And as governor, I will back all of you up. Do whatever
you got to do to prevent the data center from getting built in your city and you'll not spend a day in jail. Thank you. >> All right. Request to approve for fire items. pick this one. Uh the city was requested by the American Legion since it's the
350th anniversary of St. this 4th of July. American Legion wanted to do something um to help commemorate uh the occasion. They wanted to put together um
volunteers to paint fire hydrants along Main Street, red, white, and blue. So they did approach the city one for permission to paint the fire room and then two if the city would donate the paint for this project that they provided uh the labor pool volunteers.
Uh I spoke with public works and painting the fire agents. So not affecting fires at all. I also spoke with um pricing uh bucket of paint is approximately $1,200. If we did red,
white and blue would be $1,200. I'm asking council for permission to purchase the paint um for this project. >> So is there simply just red, white, blue striping? Is it design?
>> It's my understanding it would be red. Um each item will be a different >> um approval for $800 there. Thank you. If I can just fire I should have asked you earlier. Um you
indicate that public works um you know we got fire department folks as well. I asked because I suppose historically they were paying rent and help locate them. Uh so that's since you run by this.
>> Yeah. And I I believe you would put the red on top. So that would be more visible um for the red um on top and then I made sure you show >> they don't um so the still putting
together volunteers. So um I think they just want to make sure that would back it. You guys knew we got more information actually place once they were able to secure volunteers. They're hoping I can still self. So um they didn't want to
proceed in security volunteers and last time is there a regulation on the budget? I don't think he's seen different hybrids in other cities.
Yeah, I always worried about it to say that if we got a rendition of it like what they do mostly. >> All right. A motion and a second. Go ahead. I
>> Randy Vernon will be two foot. >> Next is resolution 2625 awarding the disable bonds for the 2026 street improvement project.
This is the handout that you have for you. Uh because the felt place today, we didn't have ready to explain. >> Thank you. >> So I do have uh handouts. Can I
approach? Yes. that was given our double A minus rad. here on the go and defend the recommendations for financing your street utility improvement projects this year. um the primary points of that
relocation to do a competitive public sale of bonds uh and secure credit rating in the meantime and um I see that you already are aware that the rating process we have been reappearing at the city's double A minus stable credit
rating which is a fantastic rating. Um I didn't suspect there would be any downward movement. However, the rating agencies did change their criteria. So, there have been some cities in the area that have not down a notch. Um, but fortunately, Pine Island is not one of
them. So, uh, we opened bids this morning and that's the result this page here. We received four bids. Um, you know, I usually tell clients we expect three to five bids. So, go right in the middle. Um, and you'll see that the net
effective interest rate there, the low biders, no normal security, so 3.8 change. Um, and you'll see a number underneath there that says after resizing. So, what I'd like to do is have you flip over to this page here,
and I'll explain what that is. Um, if you were to look in the lower left hand quadrant of the page, you're going to see two columns there with interest rates. One is coupon and one is yield. Um, I may or may not have touched on this last time, but basically
what's going on there is investors are willing to accept a yield of a certain percentage, but they want you to slap a higher interest rate on the box and they pay you a premium for that. There be any number of reasons. One might be they simply want to hold a bond with a higher
rate on it so that in the future if interest rates rise their bond will maintain value as opposed to lowering value. Um that generated quite a bit of premium. So if you go into the source of the news here you'll see there was $74,000
worth of premium generated because of that. And so we used that premium to reduce the bond issue. So, when I was here last time, I had sized the bonds at 2.77 million and now you can see we're down to 2.695 million and that's the
result of that premium coming in. We're going to use that cash to buy them. Um, over on the and that's the reason for the resizing because a different interest rate that's listed on the unit. Um, on the right hand side in bold, you're going to see the net effective
interest rate there of 3.83%. That's about five basis points higher than what I showed you a month ago. Um, yields did rise. I did try to build in a cushion for the market movement when I was here last time. Um, it went up slightly higher than what I had built in
for cushion. What does those five ASUS points mean? Very little. Um, over the life of this entire term, um, it means a difference of about 6,200 bucks over the It's about $400 a year difference. So, you know, city fighting is that right
use a technical term. So, um anyways, we feel like it was a good result. Um uh one other change is you'll see in the source of the news the city cash contribution um is 71,000. Last time I was here was 64,000. basically
offsetting the capitalized interest which you go down to the bottom right in the account balance. It covers the first interest payment for us and we didn't include that in the borrowing. Uh but when I talked about that $6,200 total
cost difference I factored that in that there's a little higher cash on the front end than we had. But but all in all very very close to what we talked about a month ago. Why don't I stop there and take questions? >> Any questions?
>> Um there's only one action needed for us to move forward and that is to adopt the resolution that was provided by Kennedy and Raven. Um, should you do that, uh, we are scheduled to close on June 1st and, uh, just so you know, um, today we
did require a 2% good faith deposit. Um, so we confirmed with the city, they actually received that. So if for some reason we approve this and the buyer was to try it back out and way, we keep that money and we'll go with plan B. But that
hasn't happened in like 160 and nonetheless. All right. 156 project. I got a motion and a second I >> will be. >> Thank you very much. Is there anything
else you like me to stick around for? >> All right. Next. No. needs to refrain from the outskirts. Public over next I can't take over the water side. Um so
I do different water as well. Uh they put the structure together and the typical side together next weekend. They have started to pour um concrete lab um back in the pump. Um it should be
finishing and then Jordan does and then I believe >> starts tomorrow. >> It starts tomorrow. So uh we are on schedule for the water. Um, so we might have some proof work
that we're um figuring out. We're working with public works um to maybe obtain some bolts for the turf on that grassy area um instead of grass. Uh so
where those go might be for you um in the future. Just the grass is hard to maintain and it has the filter um no matter how you're trying to manage that. And so was obvious. We're looking at different the same thing that early learning center.
>> Yes. Yep. Exactly. That kind of started their um um looking at that option, but we do not have those uh for you this evening. They'll possibly alter meeting. So, we may have to roll off portion of that grass.
And a lot of kids was super excited when they placed open. >> Yeah. Cheese. Thank you. Next up is is resolution 2624 accept
theation problem. >> Good evening. My name is Hines. I here in Leight Brighton today. Um on Thursday 14th we opened the bids for the Hillrest water tower rehabilitation project. We received uh
the city received nine bids. Uh the low bidder was BRZ Cody Inc. with a uh bid of $395,000. Um so tonight the the resolution 2624 is um exempting that bid. Um are there any
questions I can answer about >> when is that going to start? >> Um I think we'll need to go through and get the contract signed. It could be a couple of weeks. I >> think it was July is what I read in the
packet. July and August when so like July >> yes and I asked a question of probably uh I can't remember this tower is this
does this tower have any public or private wireless facilities on it is it both or >> it has public. Um, one of the items on the consent uh, agenda was the uh, good county uses of course for the water
tower um, to put their armor ready system on. Uh, we have been working with the county. They are going to be erecting a um, temporary pole to move the equipment to that pole while we are rehabbing the water. >> Yeah, just that that's good to hear that
the young is reasonable to work with. I suspect that you know some of the private riders are difficult though but that's it sounds like you got it again so very good thanks and I think contract expired already >> yeah
all right anything else question >> second have a motion I >> will be. >> Next up, the sidewalk discussion for the east side of First Avenue Southwest and
146 Street project. >> I'm going to take that one as well. So, I I know that my colleague Adam has been here in the past and brought this up to your attention, but we wanted to continue the conversation and hopefully get that additional clarity and direction from the council. Um the the conversation has been regarding the
sidewalks. Um the historically the city has had a complete streets policy where sidewalk is to be installed on all new street projects wherever it's feasible. Another feasible example may be grade or maybe there's a garage that would be too close to the headway. Um, as part of the
planning when when we accept completed the the plans and specifications for this project, we did plan for sidewalk on the the entire area of the project on First and Third, 1st Avenue and Third Street Southwest. The area that we're looking at is First
Avenue Southwest. Um, considering whether sidewalk should go on the street portion of S Street. Um there's been some some conversations with residents regarding how close the sidewalk is to the front of their homes. And so what we're hoping is to get some clarity from
the council tonight. Um whether we want to inform the plan as is or we want to remove that portion of SP. Um there's just a little bit of urgency with that as the contractor is getting ready to mobilize and they're going to start doing removal and we don't want to remove trees if it's not. So, I'm happy
to answer um any questions or continue the conversation, but there's those two um considerations in that the the policy has been to maintain happy side lock on both sides of the street, but then also there are examples of areas in town where that hasn't been um fully
implemented. So, >> yeah, in those areas, just clarify whether there's a road or it's too close to the residents. I think closest one here was like 12 ft. So it was set back I believe in distance.
>> Yeah. Um I guess the other portion of that too is that there's when you go farther south on 1 Avenue on the south side of Fourth Street, there's not sidewalk on the east side of that street either. So continuing, you know, where do pedestrians go once they get to
Fourth Street, you know? Um so that's kind of the consistency that that Aiden experts. Uh but you're I think you're correct that there's 12 feet for that that res and that's from the right of way to the front of that and typically side office
>> and there was the uh this push back and that's the fee for >> Yep. So uh typically the tree removal companies would come in they mobilize once and they do all the tree removals. Um it is a unit price contract. So there is um a unit price for for additional
trees. So we know what that price would be, but there might be a little bit of conversation about them. So it would be a a smaller fraction of it. >> What is what is the technical distance between like the front door and the
sidewalk? Does it vary so much? In in older neighborhoods, it does vary. Um I think a typical setback would be 20 to 25 ft. Um if you notice on the west side of 1 Avenue that those houses are set farther back and they are more in that
20 25 foot range. So the the 12 foot is you know the concern is Sunday walk on the sidewalk and see >> everybody is just >> question side west side first. >> Yes correct. So, as it's planned today,
it's on both sides. And then I think the the question is is we would leave it on the west side and make your own bits, but there would still be side first. >> Yeah. Part of our goal for the city is to make it, you know, change friendly
and safe for our residents. And we are trying to use sidewalks wherever possible. >> But 12Ts, >> it's like shaking a hand as they're walking by. Yep. It's not as close as some of that. >> No, I I realized that. But
>> and I think both is that to the garage portion or the house. >> That's the door. >> The door. >> I'm pretty sure >> if you walk, you know where that was. >> Um
you guys, I really think that we should be on one side. I wish that that someone just had for street some of them. Um and I feel like that with a continuation of the sidewalk going down third all the
way to Main Street and then the one side being there's no continuation of the sidewalk on the east side >> past continuation over. >> Um I think that it just being put on one side would be fine. Um, but that's again
me speaking. Um but ultimately I mean we do there's been quite a few other people that have had their actual so I don't
>> close it consistent with the whole birth And then I mean also the other point of view is if you look at it we there was a structural reason we didn't do it on the second half. So that's not a reason for this. like
just the nice thing is it'll give you the sidewalk past the house to corner I have to deal with that because that's my reason why people um and
motion. >> Yeah, council. The only uh pending matter we've got is the litigation related to a data center. Um, and there is no involvement on that when you so I don't have any.
>> I'm sorry. >> How many days do we have until the 90 is up? >> You know, >> 90 >> the 90 days from when it goes to the hearing. Don't we have 90 days until they can issue a >> Yeah, I'm I'm actually not litigation council. So, I don't have that in my mind. Exactly. But you're right on the
timeline for a judicial decision that >> you say and really exciting news for the sanitary district. So, uh the state legislature did pass a bonding bill for the sanitary district. So, they were
awarded $12 million. Um it's not quite what we wanted for the whole project, but it will get the project going. And so, now uh the board will decide how they want to phase that project. And there was some last minute wording on
how we what we included in the bonding bill. so that it uh keeps it open for us to have for future um move. So that's really exciting. We work on the project since 2019. So yeah, can you remind me
what the goal is to that request? >> So the the overall project is like $121 million. Um we've already received $10 million for the design work which was almost complete. Uh so with this uh the
previous bonding bill was an allcash bonding bill. So there was no local match requirement. This is a go bonding bill which means that there is a 50% um or 100% match. And so the sanitary district will have to match that 12
million of section um being funded through that. And then in addition to that uh the state legislature also funded uh the PAG program which is the point source implementation grant program and that would also be a funding source for the sanctity district. So
that program was funded with $30 million. Um and we are on the project list for so as soon as our project is ready for anything else. Good news, Elizabeth. Unfortunately, um
funding this fiscal year is going to be a challenge. Uh we have heard from Mstead County that our new formula that they're trying to uh implement will give us $11,000 less than we thought this year for um finances. And also Bookview
County looks like they'll be getting anywhere between 2700 and $2,700 and us depending upon their where they end up with their funding. So um I'm just trying to get everyone on the same page
and prepared for there. I'm not sure what we're doing as a library to address this yet. We are meeting with the board. uh they've got a special meeting scheduled for the 28th for next month uh Tuesday uh to talk about that. So I just wanted to bring that forward so you all
are aware double check it is on the I'll double I'll let you all know I've got 28 written down here. Hopefully that's the right thing. It might be that I have to fix the wrong day and ride. Otherwise, summer reading is coming
quickly. Uh we've got some good stuff coming up. Summer reading sign up for those interested is the first week of June. I think we'll be at all the elementary school library sessions starting on Friday. So, I'll miss her for a full week. But the kids will love
seeing her. They always have very much enthusiasm when she is around. and then they always love coming in that first meeting and making a big breakfast in the library. So that's always exciting. The only other news is that I've got a conference that I was invited to from
the INLS that's the Institute for Museum and Library Services. That's a federal agency. Um it's a programming conversion conveying that that conference it's a conveying um just talking about America 250 um for
the anniversary this year. So, I'm really looking forward to going to that in Ohio. So, that'll be kind of fun exciting to me. Any questions that you all have? Hopefully, I'll have more information after my meeting this coming week with the board about funding. Um,
but yeah, I'm not sure um where that's going. Any questions? That's pretty much if Yeah. wantstead county and they're keeping us at a 1% of the entire levy. Um but yeah, you
they're looking at a 10% decrease in funding for the libraries that would be against the contract that we currently have with them. So there's going to be some negotiations and some strong words, I'm sure.
>> Big from Dodge as well. um they only offer the minimum maintenance of effort that they're required to by law. So that's um I don't have one good thing is I don't have to worry about them going down. >> Thank you very much.
Thank you so much to say thank you to you. Uh second I want to take the time to also say thank you for two months ago I believe before we
uh let me do it for redoing our office be glad to say that our office is done and I like to invite each and every one of you finally here and see Mr. Dude,
they did a real nice job. So, thank you again. Did a nice job. EDA. >> Yes. I just wanted to go with a real quick update on um so is going to start work on that tomorrow. Um, and the plans
finished up over uh this week and next week and then June 1st done by us assuming that we get good weather. But I also just want to thank public works and those guys spent a lot of time getting on
their job description but their way to get it done. So that's why >> you that's the one when we sent out to all organizations that's the one that >> with the next meeting is Thursday the 28th
There's >> Sam for our problem. >> Oh, and the parking um party's done that page. Um there's still some um landscaping
stuff that needs to be done but very fire department. Um the good news is that calls are down from the month before this month. Um it's all is good working with the um chief best
committee. Sounds like you got everything dialed in for the festivity and that is about it that I have right now. Thank you 7:34 management nothing more than the code. So just a
county tree bridge is not being monitored obviously bridge replacement but other than that nothing extra >> of course going back in after we get done. >> Yeah. Thank you.
All right. Anything else you want to ask? Okay. Mr. Committee, anything you got any minutes available? Anything you'd like? No, nothing else.
Thank you. All right. Like I said to K motion second Eating the first one.