[Music] all the meeting to order all rise for 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 roll call all members are present approval of the agenda we have 6A and 6B are being taken
off Janelle Kendall and Keith Yap and 7c approved summer recck agreement is taken off and 7g approv plans ins specs final hanger design and authorized bids is
being added is there anything else Vicky have anything no okay Council well you have the updated yes I got the updated claims that's right consent schedule of claims is that total
is changed so I've got that do I have a motion to approve the agenda with those changes motion to approve motion by Joel do I have a second I'll second second by Heidi last minute discussion
call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I oppos motion carries five in favor none against approval of the minutes March 19th 2025 regular meeting you all receive them in your packet is there any
changes or clarification needed for within those minutes hearing nothing do I have a motion do approve the March 19th minutes so moved motion by Brad do I have a second second second by
Scott last minute discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed motion carries five in favor none against this now brings us to our public open forum is there anyone that would
like to speak to the council is there anyone that would like to speak to the council call a third time is there anyone that would like to speak to the councel our public open forum is now closed we have no public hearings we'll
move on to reports and presentations 6C Park board report Vicki so the park board met in regular session last night Tuesday April 1st we had the Public Works report and they discussed the progress on the camper
cabins our 2025 Trail project is Bid opening on 410 so you'll have that at the next council meeting we started discussion on the proposed 2026 Trail which is the one along the campground and then out to Hickman across Hoboken Crick they heard a request for the
summer wck contribution for the school uh they're recommending approval of the Lark Banner project and also they are recommending Campground rental rates for 26 that'll be on your next agenda the reason that we have to do that prior to December is because we start making
reservations May 1st for May 1st of 26 so the only action item you have tonight from the park board is 7D which is the banners okay any questions on the Park Board then we'll move on to Eda
report the Eda met today in regular session we talked about um we had the update on the info center Quick Trip project we're still hoping that they'll move it up into this year well that's remains to be seen uh we discussed the road accesses to Tractor Supply they
have that that drive by the bank and then also the city has platted right away a little ways further down and we're just discussing what might be the best access for that and if we should have some participation in that and then also they had the EDI Eda financials for 2024 for their operating projects and
grants and Tiff funds uh we have no uh recommendations tonight from the Ed questions comments okay we'll move on to action items 7A approved request for removal of
parking restrictions 4th Street North so uh Kira of sck Center the nursing home they've requested that the city remove the parking restriction along the south side of the building along Fourth Street North the Restriction first went into place when the adjacent door was the main entrance
to the nursing home and the parking was restricted in front of the door then following that the owner across the street requested that no parking be EXP extended further to the east so that there was no cars across from his house that he maintained that it inhibited his ability to back onto the street or to
back his camper into his driveway but with the recent construction and remodeling of the nursing home and the new Street the parking restriction is no longer necessary for cira's operations they have their main door out front now and the driveway was also widened during the project for the property owner
across the street uh so uh was deemed that their request is that we remove that restriction we would keep the parking on one side of the street only that would remain the street width is a standard 32 in or 32 ft and if you show on the overlay I gave you that's 110 ft
between the cars so there 110 ft there that's restricted to parking so with a request of Kira of sock Center is to remove the parking restriction as requested uh along four Street North adjacent to the nursing home questions was there any feedback
from the homeowner across the street Street I have not talked about I have not talked to him okay um at one time he had a narrower driveway and a bigger camper and so he wanted to have that wider space I don't know I think Chief Jensen has probably had some
conversations with him about different things up there in parking in the past um but no I have not talked to him about this proposal and there's not a need to do that you don't feel just curious is there any reason um we'd want to the situation that we're running into is
having all kinds of people in businesses wanting to restrict parking in certain areas to make it more convenient for them yeah and this actually kind of sets a bad precedent to be honest with you so okay um I can certainly reach out to him if you want to delay it um I'm probably certain he may
not like it because it won't be as convenient I can't say for sure though I haven't talked to him in a couple years are they using that entrance at all then uh the employees use it to come and go okay so basically employee parking along there that's what that is yeah that's
what that was going to be my inquiry too if that was more for employee purposes or why they wanted that restriction removed but that makes sense okay any other discussion otherwise I'll look for a motion to approve removal of the parking
restriction I'll make a motion to approve motion by Scott do I have a second I'll second Joel I'll second any other discussion or last minute items I'm just going to uh plan to
abstain my daughter's an employee okay anyone else okay I'll call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed extensions I motion carries four in favor none against one
abstention 7B approve agreement with interim City attorney so as you know that our our City attorney is backing away from representation and so we've been having conversations with the city attorney for Fergus Falls that's nicore nickm Mo and
ell is the name of their firm uh regarding the prosecution of nursing complaints in addition to potentially developing a long-term relationship with the city uh what we're talking about right now is simply having somebody interim take over the nuisance complaint enforcement and then we we'll have a
later discussion about longterm uh Nick Adams our City attorney has had conversations with the firm as well I've talked to two of their attorneys one of them three different times about what this relationship would look like and so uh before we can actually use them I
would need a a motion or a resolution actually I would probably put it into entering into agreement with nickel Moore and ellig for legal representation for prosecution of zoning and nuisance violations uh their rate uh they have um said their rate would be $225 an hour
which is probably reasonable for what the city attorneys are generally charging at this time the attorneys that represent cities that are down in the metro area which are most of the ones that are picking up these small cities are in the5 to $600 an hour range so I
mean this is an opportunity for us to hit the ground running on these nuisance violations and get them keep them moving toward the court process and then on the other side we can be talking about a long-term relationship or maybe this is like um a test to see how our relationship works and then maybe we
want to enter into a long-term relationship and then so I'm bringing it in front of you to get permission to get that first step done let's get moving on these nuisance violation prosecutions and then we'll have the bigger conversation about a long-term City
attorney okay questions or concerns what's the timeline that we're looking at or the time frame for this agreement how long are we how long would we enter into it I think we would put that in there that it would be in forced until uh canceled by either party with 60 days
notice something to that effect CU if we enter into it longterm with them of course we would amend it if we're going to go a different direction then we' give them notice because it's it's hard to say how long it would take especially if we have them doing prosecutions um for nuance violations sometimes that can
drag out some time I think one of the things is is we need to have the agreement in place because we don't want these nuisance properties that we've got working on Fall by the wayside and a pure fact that
uh By the time even by the time we go out for rfps and try to go out that route and find somebody it's going to be a period of time by the time you sort through everything and interview and then find and have sticker shock on some
of them when you see that actual price of what they're charging so I think this here's the best thing to do for right now until we get to that point where we want to go so you need are you looking for a motion on agreement or a resolution just
car just approve entering into the agreement okay yeah so do I have a motion to approve entering into an agreement also move okay Brad do I have a second I'll second IDI is a second last minute discussion
comments call the question all those in favor signify with saying I I I I oppos motion carries five in favor none against 7D approved Banner installation so Andrea kerfeld on behalf
of Lark which is a a women's group that meets uh has presented a proposal to contribute $500 toward the replacement of banners on the downtown street lights uh the Banners are on Alternate poles of the flower baskets they would be installed when the flowers go up which is approximately Memorial Day uh she did
uh present a design I think the heral actually helped with that and uh the total cost is 78244 for 18 banners so they would contribute 500 of that so we would have the $282 uh contribution the park board reviewed the proposal last night they
are recommending that they move forward and rather than picking a specific design they said if it's no additional cost they would divide it up three ways so these are backtack banners so we'd have three different designs and they would be on 18 poles uh in the downtown area and the polls right now have
banners on and they've just faded really bad remember the little boy girl ones yeah and so this is just a little bit different just to to brighten it up a little bit and so the park board has recommended that we proceed with that proposal comments um I just have one
question on how this how this differs or what this looks like with the the proposed senior banners that are going up so the senior Banners are going up and they're coming down for graduation which is like the 23rd only going to be up for like 3 weeks and then these will go up they'll we'll they'll go up when
we get them I guess okay I suppose yeah they haven't okay okay any other comments discussion otherwise I'll look for a motion to approve the banner project I'll make that motion motion by
Heidi do I have a second chair will second it last minute discussion concerns call the question all those in favor signify by say and I I oppos extensions motion carries five in favor
none against 7e Arbor Day Proclamation so this year Arbor Day 2025 falls on Friday April 25th and as part of our tree City initiative and to maintain our tree City status the mayor
shall annually Proclaim said date as AR day and encourage residents to celebrate Arbor Day to protect trees in Woodlands and we also plant a tree on that date and I do have the proclamation from uh the tree City USA program in the packet and uh then action that is requested is
to Proclaim April 25th as Arbor Day and sock Center questions or concerns how many years have we been doing that 18 it's been a long time hasn't it nikk not here I would have to ask her
I think it's more like 25 years I going to say at least 25 if not more I meant to get that information and I elected any other questions concerns otherwise do we have a motion
to Proclaim April 25th as Arbor Day motion to approve motion by Joe do I have a second second second by Scott call the question all those in favor signify with saying I I oppose motion carries five in favor none
against 7 F request for children at Play sign uh the property owner at 525 Grove Lake Street and I do have the aerial there she's the one with the long driveway on the angle Road there she's requested a children at Play sign be placed near her residence she stated
there often fast moving vehicles on Grove Lake that do not slow down when they're going from Getty to Grove Lake to fifth she's tried signs that you place at the edge of the street you know the little little green guy she goes they just get run over um she said there's 15 children under the age of 18
in that one block area she's also states that many times Vehicles not stop at the signs on fifth or oak or Grove Lake and I did put those stop signs on your map the city has in the past considered changing the through road so that they have to stop when they're going on to Fifth Street uh we did not pass that at
that time uh residents stated this has become worse when people are looking at the freedom Rock and they're not paying attention so I don't know if that's true or not these are this is information that I'm getting from her and so what she's asking is if we would please consider putting up a children at Play
sign comments well once the rock gets painted there's going to be a lot of people looking at it it's going to be even worse then right now it's just a rock should make it a roundabout put it in just just saying I mean if that's the problem but
well my fear is that it's still going to be ignored it's it's just a change of the process of that area so it's not people are used to doing what they're doing unless there's somebody sitting there and enforcing it I don't know if it'll really I mean that's probably not in the plans I
imagine have you Joe have you guys noticed I mean from your perspective call some gra last year we worked the area the tricky part of that is lot of the graic coming off of Main
or fif there shooting up so they're not going over the P speed limit but when you're sitting there yeah does seem fast com around that curve so even going around that curve at 20 30 m hour it seem to grow fast yeah so they're not necessarily are they driving at a a safe
speed for when they H Dr probably not but it's tough for us to enforce because they're within the speed lot too they're not driving but in my opinion they driving fast for those that area that is suppos to speed and a kid at play doesn't change the speed limit no
it doesn't no so I me if we wanted to really make an impact some different sign either a yield or a stop somewhere in that area slow it down yeah the sign will bring attention to some people yeah make a huge difference in my opinion
bot local traffic know right interesting so the one thing that I wanted to add is they just changed the state statute to give the city some authority to reduce their speed limit to 20 on these local roads without having to have a speed study done by the state that might be
something we want to consider to because if we get that in our code giving you the authority to do that then you can by resolution designate certain areas that meet criteria to be a 20 M hour road I mean I can bring that information forward too I mean that that takes some
time that doesn't satisfy her immediate concern with spring coming right around the corner so Joe you see the bigger issue as they come off Maine go on to fifth and then take that corner heading south west so the biggest issue in that area
is north and sou traffic on gy people are coming down GTI to curve on get on the fth Main Street there so the fastest traffic is coming north and south G people are coming off Main Street hitting the gas and they're coming
Northbound on getting they already doing 30 m hour you going in my opinion if we Tru would to make an impact stop sign uh G and six would make the most sense if you wanted to truly slow down
traffic a little bit for that that stretch of block nebor there put a stop sign on Street somewhere that SL popular what about if we're at fifth or Grove Lake and Getty right at that
corner stop sign there right there I know you got you got one in the other spot there too on Grove Lake where they stop halfway through yeah I mean obviously there's two right there to probably be not make a lot of sense slow the traffic down
it's going be going fast it's still be going fast if they're coming sou on I think the biggest one of the bigger issues is they're coming off fth so when they're coming off we're coming off fifth off the me they're just a gas hitting that gas and they take that corner fly up Grove Lake all the
way so I mean that's where my opinion we took some complaints on Master y traffic there we stopped a handful for just a case that on kids but we didn't rate the tickets cuz it's not enough speed for them to to crack it to get over 30 but they are moving like I get it lot of
people take that to bypass Main Street so I mean a child at Play sign isn't a terrible idea but I just don't see that going to make a huge effect I still to hit that gas but hurt either the same sense we worried about this down yeah
I'd have to say we'd have to get some sort of stop sign some make sense so like I drive that area every morning and afternoon with a bus and most of the traffic that I see that might be going any speed at all in the especially in
the winter time is coming off of Main Street and heading up to the arena and then that pedal is buried and they're having a lot of fun doing it but I've also come around that
corner heading back toward Fifth Street and there'll be six kids playing in the street and not an adult around well it's like okay who's at fault here we put the signs up to so you
know to me it's a two-way street as far and no pun intended that these people have to watch their kids they got pretty decent size yards there's no need to be playing on the sidewalk next to the curb
are we I mean I guess my question is we ain't really hurting anything by putting it up we're trying to be accommodating what's the cost of a sign I mean we the sign on the post would probably be 125 sign itn't change reducing the speed I guess you
you making an attempt and if it doesn't work then you have to take it to another level I don't know how else that's my opinion but I mean would be better off moving this stop sign off of Fifth Street where it's straight and put it at the end of Grove Lake coming on the fifth I mean it slow start slowing down
to go to that stop sign it'll slow down the north bom but it won't slow down the South bom is the only bad thing yeah right now you're not slowing on either of them yeah half half of it help there's already a stop sign on Grove Lake heading
north at getty and Grove Lake there's already a stop sign at that spot on that triangle or we take that move that over to Getty and but that one needs to be there because basically you know Getty always used to be the bypass for the 71
when they couldn't get underneath the bridge and that's just where the constant flow just kept going so I mean I'd like to help them in a way to slow traffic down and do something I mean unfortunately I think this I mean child that play sign is probably going
to be just ignored and people are still going to drive that little green man sitting on the curb if they're running that over they ain't going to see a 6ot sign well it's harder to run over one of those staked in the ground then there is a plastic fence and if it's something or plastic sign if it's something that we
can do like Brad said to at least you know accommodate see if it works if it doesn't then escalate it a little to a stop one thing too what we'll do is we got our portable speed sign I'm going to bring back out once other straightens out and I'll have B we'll work on
somewhere we'll get get that there for a while too just yeah DET a little bit something we can we'll do find a spot for that that's just that's right okay
well what's council's wishes I think for nominal uh fee or cost at this point to to show an effort and and help I mean if we can God forbid there would anything happen by not doing something this at
least shows that we've we've listened and we're we're trying to help so I think putting in a sign children at Play sign um would be my motion at this point okay so we have a motion by Heidi do I have a second I'll second second by Brad
any other discussion what about placement we good to go placement which way is worse coming south or going north probably coming off of Fifth Street going south we'll probably put one each Direction in this
situation because traffic is quite going fast each way so do I need to make that statement to have two signs one in each direction as part of my motion okay then I will change that motion or update that motion to that and and I think that between Ben
and Joe they would probably select the optimum location and I'll also second her Amendment or change okay we have a change to the motion one from Heidi and Brad re did his second for that
change I just not sure it's going to work and I ain't totally on board with with this not that any kid is you know I don't want to see any children hurt but I just got a feeling that
there's you know next meeting we could have three more places in town with the same request because well you did it for them and we're spending $400 now for someone for one person that
complain I think with the valid just like we do with very is if you have like a reasonable cause and you have background proof evidence to show there is reason to put it there 15 kids on one street to me sounds like evidence to put something there we've done it for um
Riverview Circle uh a few years ago up by I think wessels had nominated or had requested that up in that area um because they had the same number there was like 23 kids within two blocks that that it proved its value that's just my opinion mhm my
thought is is that it's it's given us a path of if this doesn't seem to impact it we know I mean next steps has to be some type of a you know yield stop something but at least I guess we don't know if we don't try it and I I I don't
disagree with you Warren that it's probably we could have multiple ones come up but I think I agree with Heidi it's they're kind of case by case you have to look at each situation so but yeah and you know it may not be impactful but we're we're showing we're going to do something to try to make a
difference to slow it down I mean again you know the alternative is we start throwing stop signs or something up there and say well we're going to really slow you down and impede it and I mean the drivers have to deal with it or or what it is but you know here's step one
and see see where we go all right while we have a motion in a second any other discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed I motion carries four in favor one
against 7g approve plans inspects final hanger design and authorized bids so at the airport board meeting it wasn't April 16th it was March 16th the board made its final recommendations on the proposed box hanger project the recommendations were incorporated into
the plans and specs for the pro project and are presented for final approval the project is to construct an 80 by 90 box hanger with bid alternates those alternates include include the reduction in size to an 80 by 80 the addition of INF floor heat and a decrease for the
installation of a 60ft door versus a 65 so we had our Optimum hanger but then we have a couple um options that we may make some changes the project is be funded with federal state and local dollars the 2025 projects the federal share is 95% the state is 2.5% and the
city's local share is 2.5% the city has funds in the for the local share in the airport fund the total cost of this with engineering and construction all in is 1.2 million and I did give you the site plan to show uh where it's going to be
uh the green square at the airport is actually where it's going to be and there's some other costs as well that we are doing we have to we have to move the awas which is the automated weather observation station and some other um grading expenses but those grading is going to be taken care of by our city
staff so they already be included so what we're looking to is approve resolution 2025-the the bids and then once the bids come in then we'll make that final determination if we're going to go forward with the project yes comments
questions hearing nothing do I have a motion to approve resolution 2025-the by Brad any other discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I oppos
exensions motion carries five in favor none against unfinished business rental code modifications so the policy committee met today with the inspector for the rental at 8:30 this morning and we looked at the rental C code and then had
discussion with him on the barriers that he seen to enforcement of the code there's some minor changes that we'll be making um most of it has to do with uh when people do apply and then he shows up and then they're either not there or they're not done or they haven't gone
through it ahead themselves and so there's multiple visits to go back to try to get compliance and so we're making some changes included in the letter that they get tell them what their responsibilities are preconstruction the checklist so they have a better idea of what we're going
to be looking at and then also we'll be look at proposing one code Amendment regarding like a daily fee if you don't comply by a certain date so that'll be coming from a in a future meeting for you to approve that in the interim we're changing the letter and getting those pieces in place
so you'll have something at an upcoming meeting to do those amendments to the ordinance on the rental code questions about that okay City attorney RFP so this relates back to the city attorney that
we are uh have the interim agreement with for the nuisance complaint of prosecution I've reached out to other resources in search of a City attorney including other cities League of Minnesota cities um I don't know if you want to go through the formal RF RFP
process now if we want to wait and see how this other attorney is working out because Nick Adams will continue to provide us General councel until we get something in place so we're not going to be left high and dry without an attorney so I don't know if you want to pause the RFP for now until we work with the other
attorney for a while first or if you want to go through the process now and let them be an applicant for it if they wish I think like I mentioned before for me anyway I think that we can put that RFP process to rest for a little while
until we know how good this one's going to work and if he even wants to keep working with us once he finds out all what we're handing him in that case with the 60-day process would that allow enough time for a
formal RFP process like if they gave us a 60-day notice and said sorry oh you mean if they gave us a 60-day notice and then we had to find somebody it's kind of hard to find one in that time frame but in my experience when attorneys are leaving in they don't want
to renew they're pretty good about working with you okay it's not like it's cut and dried so do we remove it or table it just curious we you want we should be able to what I don't know everybody kind of general consents that we're just going
to wait on the RFP or do you want to make a motion or how does the council want to handle it I mean I guess if everyone's in agreement with General consent that'd be fine I mean to see how this relationship goes if we want to pursue it or we need to go out and options the only action I would think
that we'd need to do is if we're going to go out for an RFP then we'd need a Mot to authorize it but for right now I don't think we need one does that outfit in Fergus provide General Council too is it just more nuisance they do they do
okay so it's something that we could but they were they were just a little concerned at the distance you know an hour yeah and one of the things I think they they had mentioned too is whether how many cases they end up in St Cloud with so then they're two hours away so
but you know most of our stuff the County Attorney takes care of anything that's criminal so it's just general councel stuff but they want be nuisance set right so there shouldn't be a whole lot but okay so any other
comments okay then we'll move on to upcoming bid openings just to remind you we have the bid opening for the 2025 Trail project that's April 10th at 11th and for the 2025 full depth Reclamation project is May 1st at 11: you know you're certainly welcome to come to
those bid openings uh for these smaller projects usually we maybe get one or two contractors might come the rest of them will just drop it off but it's interesting to kind of see what they're doing so I'm just letting you know that remind you that those are the dates for those and of course then they'll come to the council
after questions on that okay we have no new business consent agenda that has changed schedu of claims unpaid claims of $162,450 for a total of the same the two
changes were on the schedule of claims an addition of a th000 for the sock Center Fire Relief for the state retire Aid and then the materials to Midwest lock and door um from
39,6 4490 that's the two Chang to bring us to that total um we have resolution number 2025-the allocated to the senior center
$7,500 from Community Connection of sock Center to be allocated to the ambulance department $100 from Roman and Mary CER to be allocated to the police department and on behalf of the the council and the rest of the city I want to thank those
people for their contributions we also have gambling application for exempt permit request from the Knights of Columbus Council 4863 for Bingo Andy raffle on August 6 through 10th 2025 at Sterns County
Fairgrounds is there any questions or concerns about the consent agenda do I have a motion to approve the calendar as presented motion to approve motion by Scott do I have a second no second second by
Heidi last minute discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed motion carries five in favor none against informational items a couple things it's severe
weather Awareness Week next week April 7th to 11th uh Monday is weather alerts and warnings Tuesday is severe storms Wednesdays floods and Flash Thursday is a Statewide tornado drill day our Sirens will be going off at 1:45 and 6:45 on
Thursday the 10th so it kind of catches people off guard when it's not that first Wednesday and then Friday there's heat waves um also the local border review is Monday April 7th at 202 or 2025 at 1:00 that's here so I hope I need to I have to have a quum of you in
attendance for that you do have your spectrum channel lineup change letter and then the other thing is the precon meeting for the Birch and pine project is Monday at 10:00 here at City Hall and that's where the contractor will come in with his subs and the utilities and everybody will come and will'll be
working forward with the schedule I sent out to all of you the newsletter that was sent out to all the residents so we got that sent out and then also we sent out updated preliminary assessment amounts to everybody and so we've got that um with all the tree activity there's been a revolving door here at
City Hall people asking questions and so we've been helping them been going pretty good so the first part of the project will be from Fifth Street working South if you saw on the map that's kind of our phase one and then going south further will be phase two and then we'll go back up to that stuff
north of Fifth Street for the Final Phase and that's all based on the way the sewer fls so you you you I'm sure you understand that so if anybody has questions the phone numbers are on the newsletter for the city engineer and also the engineer on site we'll have
someone on site from stantech at all times he's the same person that was on site for author's Edition so he is familiar with the city and then of course they can always stop here at City Hall so right and I did request from Keith Yap a full-size set of plans because trying to show people on my
computer just isn't working so question if you have any questions on the project I can try to answer them Keith of course we excused him from coming tonight tonight for the freeway I guess is kind of nasty questions on either of them items
um I'm going to ask is there how many of you are going to be able to make it on on Monday Monday one for the one o00 meeting yeah I I should be able to make it okay and I'll be here you'll be here I didn't know if I I won't you and be it depends on if I got
to be in this fall that day or not but I if I'm around I'll definitely make it okay because I know you and I are the only two certified so but we need three people here for sure so otherwise if we lose it it goes to
County St Cloud and we don't get it back no so I will make a point to them if there's nothing else then I will uh call for a motion to adjourn so moved motion by Joel do I have a second second second
by Scott call the question all those in favor signify the say I I opposed motion carries five in favor none against meeting adjourned [Music]