call to order the city council regular meeting of the city of Wyoming Minnesota July 2nd 2024 let the record reflect we do have a quorum member Luger member onstead member Schilling member joerger and mayor Iverson are present please stand
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 libery and justice for
all first on the agenda is the open Forum it's an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council on items that are or are not currently on the agenda items requiring Council action may be deferred to staff or boards and commissions for research and
future Council agendas if appropriate you will be limited to 3 minutes and we ask that you conduct yourself in a professional courteous Manner and refrain from the use of profanity failure to abide by this policy may result in the loss of your privilege to speak do we have anybody here tonight
that would like to speak open for him seeing none we'll move on to number one approval of minutes number one consider approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Wyoming Minnesota city council for June 18th 2024 if there are no comments or questions do we have
a motion to approve motion to approve by member Luger do we have a second by member onat okay all in favor I opposed so approved number two consider approving the minutes of the work session meeting of
the Wyoming Minnesota city council for June 18th 2024 if there are no questions um if there are no questions or changes do we have a motion to approve so moveed motion to approve by member lcer do we
have a second second by member onstead all in favor I I opposed so approved we'll move on to the schedule of the public hearing which is number three to consider a public hearing and approve an interim um ordinance of the city of Wyoming shago County Minnesota extending
the interim ordinance 200303 um prohibition on the operation of hemp businesses in the city under Minnesota State statue 462 355 subdivision for for an additional 120 days Mr lywood yes thank you mayor
members of council um through the Minnesota state legislature this year there was enacted statute 34213 that addresses the regulation of hemp within city jurisdictions um it restricts cities from prohibiting hemp businesses but we however still have the ability in our
either our zoning Authority or to continue an extension of moratorium um to not allow that so on July 18th 2023 the city council enacted a moratorium on such hemp businesses um in regards to why we work through Zoning for them but
that is that is set to expire this year but the new moratorium that we would be having a public hearing on tonight and asking the council adopt would essentially um not allow for those to go forward during the 202 legislative session it was changed where um
essentially they will be automatically allowed if the city does not take action as we're asking the council to do tonight so essentially we have two options would be to continue that moratorium for 120 days to the existing that we have or to adopt a zoning ordinance we don't have a zoning
ordinance ready for this there um just recently for the council awareness last week the office of canab cannabis management did come out um with draft zoning um or I should say draft ordinance um regarding cannabis and things like things involved with cannabis so staff will be looking at
that Mr W and I begin to have begun to have some conversations we'll probably have that back to the plan commission as well to start uh doing the diligence as we still have these moratoriums in place um that being said tonight we are asking the council to continue to extend that moratorium on hemp Place businesses it
was necessary that we have a public hearing between June 26th and July 11th to make sure that we comply with the statutes on this so we are asking the council to open that public hearing and then um to adopt that ex to continue um extending the interm ordinance 2020
20233 uh prohibition of the operation of hemp businesses under the city and then also we have a just a summary resolution um and number four is just resolution 2407 d67 okay so we need a motion to go into the public hearing please so move we
have a motion by member Schilling do we have a second second by member onstead all in favor I opposed so approved we are now in the public hearing so do we have anybody here tonight that would like to speak on the ordinance seeing none we need a motion to close
the public hearing so moved we have a motion by member Luger do we have a second second we have a second by member onstead all in favor I oppose the public hearing is now closed so we'll just move on to number four then or do you need a you can go to the
resolution and if you Council has questions we can talk about it that great do we need we need to approve so you would you would need to pass the ex number three the ordinance first and then we would also passed then the resolution for the
summary publication for the ORD correct okay all right so we need a motion to approve um can I ask a question first sure all right yep member Jager questions will 120 days be enough I believe so I think that's essentially
while we're allotted through this so we don't really have a choice um that is the maximum so so you better have something before1 20 days correct so we have been discussing like I said what um kind of what I just let the council know that the Office of canos Management did
finally come up with some draft um ordinance so we will be working on this from a staff standpoint and then um having to go through the Planning Commission process and then eventually on a council so we'll you'll probably see that here I would guess in the coming probably some drafts coming in the next month or two to continue that
to write to try to make sure we're complying with the uh the moratorium time of 120 days all right any other questions member onad uh what does the 128 days take us to Yes um that is an excellent question the new
date the does it start from today does it start from January from publication adoption of publication so it' be published next Thursday's um shago County Press which would be the 11th
um essentially it would take us into November and it should be noted that Council did already adopt a moratorium on these hemp businesses that's set to expire and the statute allows us to extend for an additional 120 days um so many cities are taking advantage of that
extension just given that we really haven't gotten clear guidance um from the office of cannabis management um which is getting off the feet and then the league just came out with model ordinances so they should allow us enough time everybody knows are operating under similar similar
deadlines um and so our cannabis moratorium goals through the end of the year and this one will take us what when did you say November essentially okay any other questions hearing none we need a motion to approve the
um just looking here the extension of the ordinance 2303 um prohibition on the operation of hemp business do we have a motion so mooved we have a motion to approve by member Schilling a second by member onstead all in favor I I opposed so
approved number four to consider resolution 24767 a resolution adopting an approving a summ a summary publication for interim ordinance 233 an ordinance prohibiting the
operation of hemp businesses in the city under Minnesota state um statute section 462 355 subdivision 4 um for an additional 12 days Mr lywood uh mayor this is just essentially the summary
publication uh a resolution adopting that the summary publication saves the city money when we go to publish things in the newspaper because we can give a summary of the ordinance instead of having to publish the entirety oh sure okay all right any questions all right we need a motion to approve resolution
24767 I'll make that motion do we have a second second by member onstead all in favor I I opposed so approved consent agenda number 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
and 15 does anybody wish to pull an item from consent pull number 14 please and pull number 11 please number 14 and a number 11 uh so we need a motion to approve number five six 7 8 9 10 12 13
and 14 do we we have a motion to approve we have a motion to approve by member onstead do we have a second second second by member Schilling all in favor I I opposed so approved um number 11
that was um number lugers that was me okay yep um so in reviewing this I can see that the application meets city ordinances um here's my issue with this item uh Chick-fil-A has a long and extremely well documented history of discriminatory ctions and employment
practice uh based on discrimination gender and race um dating back to the 80s through as recently is last April um as a council member elected to represent all members of our community I can't support an application um that uh for a
business that doesn't welcome or accept um all members of Wyoming and so I would be much more comfortable um reviewing this after um and this would obviously be past the pass the application date but um or when the applicant wanted to
utilize the permit um I would prefer to um reconsider an application like this for this particular for Chick-fil-A um until we see the impact and the um effort to its Dei program all right any questions or
comments car none all right and then number 14 oh number 14 uh I just noticed when we got the price uh pricing for the next 3 years for our audit it's gone up 8.4% and uh I recall that when we H when
we um approved the previous contract three-year contract it was also a hefty increase and there were a number of comments about that and so I was wondering if given uh the the huge increases that they're giving us whether
this should go out for RFP and just do a check on to see whether it is the pricing is fair or we can do better okay um Mr lywood um we brought before the audit to the council tonight
that the increases are similar to what we saw um in the last three there was a change as identified within the U memo regarding the Fire Relief audit where we had seen a bit of an increase their new clientele um our current auditor is charging about 10,000 a year to do those
um through just discussion and negotiation those were brought back down closer to what they've been um I know that the city um councils obviously has the ability to go out for RFP at any any time um the relationship that we have with Bergen they are a very well
respected audit they run a good audit um I know in the past we've had an experience as the city as the council members too where we utilized a cheaper um audit firm that I will not name but it was um very challenging if you remember you did not receive that audit in time for your packet it went out late
and then once the night on the council meeting you received another audit that was newly updated by the audit firm um not to say that there aren't other um Auditors out there that are professional and can do a municipal audit there are um I guess from a a staff standpoint we
feel that the um increases are not substantial from what we've seen in the past um so we are recommending to continue the use of Bergen kdv but as I stated too it's always at the council's discretion if you want to continue that or if you'd like to um go out through our for our request for proposal okay
any other questions from Council no seeing none okay so what we're going to do is we're actually going to vote separately on each one so number 11 to consider a mobile food unit permit for Melissa Wright of Maplewood chickfila um we need a motion to approve all moved we
have a motion to approve by member Schilling do we have a second I'll second that all in favor I I opposed so approved number 14 to consider um a quote from Bergen kdb for audit services to the city of Wyoming
and Wyoming Fire Relief Association for the year 2024 25 and 26 do we have a motion to approve so moved do we have a second I'll make that second all in favor I I opposed so approved uh number
uh let's see acknowledgement receipts of reports of officers boards commissions and department heads number 16 17 18 19 19 20 and 21 does anybody wish to pull a report for further discussion seeing none we'll move on to
new business number 22 to consider resolution 24763 a resolution expressing support for the proposed use of tax increment financing for an AB affordable what did I miss something skip 21 Communications
no I put I said 21 did I say 21 um I think we had the dog park on Communications I'm sorry Mr McFarland totally forget what I said about 22 let's go back to 21 and Oldtown Oldtown Hall Park dog park update Mr McFarland
uh honorable mayor and members of council this is simply a Communications item to inform you that construction on the Old Town Hall D dog park uh was completed uh and officially opened as of May 20th uh construction of the dog park was a Halfacre fencing um to allow for that enclosed area and then as well as a dedicated parking lot that is connected
to the existing um Police Department's parking lot so it's at 7665 Wyoming TR Road Oldtown Hall dog park and it's officially open as of May 20th so will it be open year round um so answer that I guess we're assessing it as it goes um
last we had talked it was the idea that we'll we'll see what winter looks like and and kind of what the water retention there looks like as well okay will we have any other amenities such as a place for people to sit well we have a sign that says it's dog park because I drove by the other day and I'm like I don't know if anybody would know what that is
so yeah uh at Great questions at this moment um we have not discussed that at the the park advisory commission I can State we do have just a dog park rule sign that stated it's a dog park but nothing large on the side of the road that states that's what its purpose is for but certainly open to those discussions okay well I know it's something that our residents have been
asking for so it's exciting to finally have that any other questions no seeing none now we can move on to new business thank you Mr McFarland number 22 what am I just blowing it no this is
this is myself you're not blowing it um we do have the next two agenda items um Mr Jared Amman from R Walton is at another um Municipal meeting that was ran over so and I believe he will be here soon but I was going to ask the council if we could start with item um number 24 and do the Duffy development
first if that would be acceptable to the council and then we'll go back and do the router as I believe time allows and he should be present I know he very much wants to be here and has okay sent me a couple emails saying that he's doing his very best and we can still keep it number 24 though right we're not not going to have to redo anything is that
Council fine with that all right good I was thinking it was me so we're all good all right number 24 to consider resolution 23765 a resolution expressing support for the proposed use of tax increment financing for an affordable housing
product project by Duffy development company Inc Mr lywood I will start uh we also have Michael who here from Baker Tilly and she'll do be discussing uh some of the analysis that was completed for this project so um both of these projects tonight and the the first being
that we're discussing The Duffer senior Duffy senior apartment this is a project that will have to go through an mhfa um application process and then if the project were to receive um tax credits towards it then we would uh re-evaluate the project at that time and go through
a formal Tiff application and process um we have the city's financial analyst Baker Tilly has done um a preliminary review B based on the numbers that the developer has been has provided and we did go through um some of those numbers at a council presentation and workshop
overview on the use of Tiff and the analysis completed regarding that for Duffy development and what that means in regards to the Tiff and essentially the financing Gap that they're seeing and what they're um requesting from the city so this would be a 63 unit housing uh
senior rental uh unit Department that would be located on the uh essentially the Northeast um side of the current uh Fair viiew area where they have the existing e and user sites um this would be going through um a couple different
things the the project would be evaluated approximately $23 million and the developers also requested $140,000 $140,000 Grant from the shago county HRA Eda to support the Duffy development um which they have approved at this time um at this point I'm going to give an
opportunity if the developer Mr Duffy is here if there's anything that you'd like to say about the project um if not we can probably um turn the presentation over to miss Hood to kind of go over some of the financial aspects in the Tiff I'm just here to answer question okay thank
you thank you good evening mayor members of the council again Michaela huitt with u Baker Tilly um what is prepared and in your memorandum um is a summary memo um related to the um initial um tax increment Revenue projections for the
proposed project um I know we had conversation at the last work session regarding tax increment financing as a tool that um communities commonly use to finance or to help provide financing assistance for um qualifying projects
um to um build on the summary anal or the summary description it is a 63 unit senior housing project um the developer is seeking um financing through Minnesota housing to fund the project project there is a significant Gap um to
complete the project um again within the memo the the total development cost is about 23 million with construction being 17 million um and then additional fee additional costs related to acquisition um contingency professional fees
developer fees um tax credit fees and then financing fees um sources of funds would include um uh First Mortgage Bond financing tax credit proceeds um sasago County um Eda funding a deferred developer fee and then uh tax increment
as a request from the city there is additional Gap funding that the developer is also seeking through mhfa um at this point the request for tax increment assistance is is one of the tools that again communities have to provide financing um for projects the
actual amount um of tax increment should it be awarded tax credits would come at a later date with the actual um application for funds um in order to use tax incr um dollars for this project it does have to be a qualified um housing project meaning that um there are there are um
restrictions on the incomes of the tenants that at least 20% of the um occupants need to have um incomes no greater than 50% of the area Meed income or 40% of the units occupied by individuals at 60% of the area meded income as a component of providing any
tax in crimin assistance there would be a tiff agreement between the city and the developer um that uh includes those requirements for um ongoing um certification of the income requirements for those tenants based on um initial estimates of
of value and these are high level values based on the uh information on the project but the um estimated taxable value is about 11.37 million um that is projected to generate total tax increment dollars of about 782 um, over
the maximum 26 year term of a housing District um trying to understand what the present value figure of that is in today's dollars um a discount rate of 6% interest that is um 316 to 320,000 which is the amount um the not to exceeded
amount that would be in the resolution for the city council to consider um there is also included in the memo is the the mix of the unit types um efficiency Studio one and two bedrooms with the estimated
um uh monthly rents and both the rent and the income limits for these projects or excuse me for this project and for the units um it would be um 100% um affordable at both 30% and 50% um um rent and income limits which would more
than meet what the requirements of a housing tax increment District would be so with that I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have on tax increment financing or on the project um details um itself of numbers so all right so um questions
from um our council member Schilling I actually have no questions okay member jger I did have a question at the work session you said that ebena would be managing the facility yes I did okay uh is it going
will the facility then be branded Fairview like you know how we have Meadows on Fair View Fair View legs there'll be another name like Meadows or something like that we haven't come up with it but ebener is going to manage it as if it's all one facility okay thank
you uh the only thing I could say with this while I support some of what's in the resolution I can't support the use of Tiff on this project you're already going to get a tax break in the form of a very low tax rate classification and the 26-year term of a
tiff is a very long time it's it'll be decades before the city receives the additional taxes generated by the improvements to the land meanwhile the city's spending is going to increase the levy is constantly increasing uh you know we heard at our
budget meeting what you know additions we need to staff and to equipment uh going forward and so it it just leads me to ask you know one of of the taxpayers going to get a break they could sure use that tax increment in order to uh help
defay some of the spending and you know again when are the taxpayers going to get a break and they could really use one now not 26 years from now and yes I do understand this dis intent but I like to be upfront about what it is I think
it is just the intent in regards to the the Tiff really isn't wouldn't be a break you're not receiving any in regards to the taxpayers you're not receiving there's no taxes that we're receiving on that land other than what it's worth right now so there really isn't any strong value on it so that's how Tiff Works essentially a project
like this in regards to the some of the city council's goals is to have a diversified housing stock and allow people to age in place within the community and not have to leave the community so I think why we brought this project to the city council was hitting one of those goals and initiatives the council has identified so um that simply
said yes there potentially could be a tiff with it this is right now just a letter of intent for that resolution and the the potential if they did receive tax credits to move forward with the Tiff um it' be next year if we did such uh Mr Duffy again the age who's
going to be able to rent from there it's 55 and older is 62 it's 55 and over um honestly the the people living there generally are a fair amount old older than that yeah but the restrictions 55 thank you um M Luger any
questions nope no questions all right member on I have no questions Mr lwood I wonder if you can help me with a couple things couple questions that I have um so when you build a project of this size obviously there's permits there's
water and sewer there's a whole bunch of other things that go in with this right that um correct me if I'm wrong I believe that the develop developer pays for that can you help maybe help us understand how that works sure for for a development like this one they still
they still need the developer even though there would be the potential the use of Tiff if they were to receive the mhfa credits um the city would still receive all the normal permit fees it would on a project like this so um a 63 unit um apart or apartment building like
this at the value there would be um significant uh building permits you'd see whack and Sack fees you'd see Park um significant in our Park dedication fees along with projects like this so we still receive all those things normally if the project was just a normal uh
marker rate or commercial uh project they still have to pay that correct so there's no break on that either correct okay so okay um and then I do I guess I'm going to say this I mean having a campus in town in the city of Wyoming
that's you've got the hospital you've got Assisted Living Memory Care you have um seniors that can afford apartments and we have also seniors that can afford housing that's you know 55 and older right across the way so this really
gives us a chance we know that a lot of um seniors aren't moving out of their homes there's good reason um tax rates and that sort of thing but if they wanted to downsize this could be a really good project to do that so and again it's intent only um okay if there are no other um questions or
comments then we need a motion um to approve resolution 23 765 a resolution expressing support for the proposed use of tax increment financing for an affordable housing project by deppy development company Inc
so do we have a I'll make the motion to approve do we have a second second second by member Luger all in favor I opposed so approved now do you want us to go where we at yeah I think we can I think we've um waited I I think believe
that Mr um amman's on the way and if I think it'll be similar um in regards to I guess the questions you might have for Mr Duffy um regards to this but I think we can at least um start off here okay so we're on 22 yes item agenda item 22 yes okay so
22 to consider resolution 24763 a resolution expressing support for the proposed use of tax increment financing for an affordable housing product by reuter Walton Development LLC thank you mayor members of council
um this project a secondary project we review tonight this is similar in regards to the mhfa application and we'll be asking the council um to pass a resolution of support for if that that of support for a potential tip District if the project was a did receive that
mhfa um financing um so there's two different resolutions to review here tonight that first one is that um indicated support from rder Walton for the 72 unit affordable housing project um this really comes down do is we look at it too is a it's a work Workforce housing project that's one thing is we
um continue discuss things with our businesses within the um existing industrial park and ones that are potentially looking at expansion that's one thing that's always a challenge in regards for um they talk about some of the things the challenges when we have you know starter homes obviously that's a wicked problem not only in the city of Wyoming throughout the state and
throughout the country um something that they talk about is housing uh availability for those workers so um not only like I said to continue Staffing on that within the industrial park and then for potential expansions we do have a couple businesses that we are talking about some significant expansions right now um with that said this is a piece of
it in regards to have that within our community once again this gives us a variety of that housing stock um so tonight and I'll I'll turn over to miss hu hu in a second here to kind of go through some of the financials on this but again this would be um essentially that same thing where it's a little
different pool for the mhfa but you would just be adopting that resolution of support the second resolution um is a resolution that the um shago County H Eda um Housing Trust Fund has awarded them a $200,000 loan for the project at
a 1% interest rate over 20 years um contingent on the city of Wyoming's approval supported the project so essentially that resolution just established this report from the city for the shago county H Eda um alerted them that the city is behind this project and that they should um the
actual applicant should receive that funding um at that low interest rate for the duration of the project um there are the different identified within the memo in regards to the the findings on that that have been um discussed and with that I can turn it over to miss hu to kind of talk about
some of the the Tiff and financials thank you uh again similar analysis as to the um senior housing um project that we just walked through um this one being 72 unit um Workforce housing project is the mix of um one two three and four
bedrooms so slightly larger unit size to again account for the the families um that would be occupying that space the total development budget's about 25. um 38 million um and that does include again construction costs of about 16.6 and then similar um
professional fees developer fees acquisition of the property um they have a um a fairly large Capital stack of sources of funding to um Finance this project which is not uncommon for this um type of project that does require multiple funding sources um again they
they are requesting tax increment assistance um and the actual amount and determination for the Need For assistance would come um subject to Award of the other funding sources and verification of that need um based on the uh um initial value estimates of
about 13 million for um at project completion um this project is is projected to generate just under 900,000 of total tax increment revenues over 26 years and would equate to um about 356,000 on a present value basis at 6%
so again the um the resolution of support includes um up to 356,000 that could be pledged again subject to Award of other funding and actual determination of of need um similarly similarly to the other project this um one um does include what the the income
and the rent limits would be for the project and it would comply with the requirements for housing District um with the qualifying tenants and would require that annual certification for those um for those units um with that I'd be happy to answer any questions you have relative
to the tax increment financing or analysis thank you member onstead no questions member Schilling no questions member joerger no questions same speech as before member Luger no questions um and
I have no questions I do um well actually I should say I do have a question Mr Lynwood um you and I and Grant and um Nancy from the HRA um
County H Eda you typically we typically go up and we meet with businesses every year and so what you're finding when I can't be there what are you hearing when you know what are you hearing from these businesses and why this is important
yeah I think there there is a a piece of that labor Supply um that's that's something that we're hearing in regards to the the housing and a lot of our base with here in the community is manufacturing and um there are some really great jobs but um some of those jobs may be um starting line you know
line workers at different places and um you know probably our lowest houses in the community are probably in the 300s and that's difficult for someone that's starting out so I think um this allows something like this this is you know something a few of our different manufacturers in the city have stated
that excited about potential for housing like this is they they think it'll help with that labor because um like I said they right now the job market is difficult in retaining and attracting people and then also to have um people close within proximity um to the city and that labor force is Big too so we
definitely hear that usually with our business um interviews or business visits that that's something that there's always a lab labor and um things like this is something that people ask about that's one of our questions you know as far as availability and affordability of housing within the community for um for people something
that comes up and so I think this is definitely um this type of housing it like I said it brings us more to that variety of housing in within the city and um something that will definitely be helpful for our businesses and manufacturers and it doesn't even even for the the hospital I think you know
not even to to say it has to be a manufacturing business we have a lot of different um types out of high school all that kind of stuff all all through the city yep okay awesome um I think that's um all the questions that I have um oh no I shouldn't say that same with permits and
and water SE fee and all that that's all kind correct they would still be right to have to pay the normal building fees the water and sewer fees and then the park dedication fees correct okay and what is that based off of the 13 million the so it's going to be the permit value of the actual building so that's what they'll do that and then calculation
that we use for whack and stack permits is actually through the Met same as the met councils and then our Park dedication fees is based on the density and the units within that um uh apartment potential apartment building so um both of these projects you'd be prob looking at anywh it's close to a
million dollars in permit fees each that comes into the city that would be coming into the city if if they were to go forward if they were to go forward and it would be approved we have a long ways to get there but yeah the potential and I do believe this is the third one coming before us the fourth one the
fourth one and the first senior we've had um first senior but third we've had the workforce housing before so y all right were you going to say oh I was just going to say just the building permit alone on the 13 Millions 102 102,00 000 that doesn't include any of
the other fees that we collect and then 90,000 something on the other one so all right so we need a motion to approve resolution 24763 a resolution expressing support for the proposed use of tax increment financing for affordable housing pro
project by reuter Walton Development LLC I'll make that first do we have a second second second by second by member Shilling all all in favor I opposed so approved number 23 to
consider a resolution 24764 resolution regarding the support of a housing uh trust fund application in connection with reuer Walton Development LLC so we just heard this do we do you need anything else on yeah this is essentially just like I talked
about that 20year loan at 1% from the shago county H trust fund of the 200,000 and this is just essentially stating to the uh HED that you in support of the project and the the utilization of those funds that they're going to give the developer if if they were to receive the mha financing okay anybody have a
question how many families will this possibly bring in um it is a 72 unit apartment um based on um I apologize I need to look at the breakup here I just need to slide back up within the
packet um so looks like you have I think what they've if you look at page 131 of the packet they kind of go through the one-bedroom being one and a half people a two-bedroom being three a three bedroom being four and a half and a four bedroom being six that's based on those
averages um I would need to look at the numbers here of those each of those um if you want to give me if you give me a minute I can probably my next question would be it helps with the school uh funing I would assume some of these families
would have with children with an apartment like this so yeah you certainly would probably look at um I'm sure some of them would choose to utilize the local school district which is right across the street correct yeah if they do have Elementary age children yes okay all right um I will make the
first motion to approve do we have a second second second by member onstead all in favor I opposed so approved we did 24 already on the agenda we're going to number 25 to consider resolution
23766 a resolution approving plans and specifications and authorizing advertisements for bids of Railroad Park phase two yay all right Mr McFarland honorable mayor and members of council um City staff and the engineers of WSB have
continued to work on the the River Park project and specifically now phase two as you can recall phase one which is completed was the Veterans Memorial portion of that project with the second phase is now being larg of that history walk um the memo provided by WSB goes into all different aspects of what's included in the second phase from the
kiosk to lighting and bench pads as well um with all that being said WSB has prepared plans and specifications um which can be seen on the following pages in your packet um and staff is requesting approval for the plans and specifications and authorization to advertise for bids to be published on July
11th all right questions by Council let's start with member joerger uh the financing are there still enough donations left to cover the the entire class of phase two we currently are at yep enough for that thank you member ler uh no questions member onad no questions
member Shilling uh no questions all I'm GNA say is I'm excited to get this done so I mean our our veterans memorial looks absolutely amazing and to have this really brings everybody together so um I want to thank the um Park Advisory board for really just kind of getting
this done so we need a motion to approve resolution 23766 a resolution approving plans and specifications and authorizing advertisement for bids for Railroad Park uh phase two do we have a motion to
approve uh we have a motion by member onstead do we have a second second second by member lcer all in favor I I opposed so approved number 26 to consider approving a license agreement between Chisago County and the city of
Wyoming to allow the installation and operation of radio antennas and Associate equipment on the North Wyoming water tower for the County public safety communication Network Mr Lynwood yes thank you mayor members of council um if you do remember in 2018 we did demolish
the water tower that was on the corner of 267th in Felton um that's where this existing equipment lived up until then so the equipment was essentially on top of that Tower as far as communication for the shago County public safety Network um and then your if you can see there still within the packet too there
is a photo of the small existing building there along with a generator and then a propane tank so with this agreement the county um feels that for the the good of not only the city but the county and those communication systems through Public Safety that they would like to put those back up on the North Tower where essentially that they
would put that to our spec on that Tower and install it and then um you'd have that existing um small building along with the generator and potentially the propane tank um existing outside of the North Tower and that would be located per the instruction of the city of Wyoming on that where we would have them
put that just to make sure that it doesn't interfere with any of our normal operations which we don't anticipate it to um the agreement has been reviewed by staff and by our legal councel um and we are in agreeance and believe that this is for the best of um the county and Public Safety to make sure that those
Communications are um working appropriately and they feel that this will bolster some of those um signals that they utilize for the 800 MHz radio system to communicate so that's essentially what it's for okay I'm all about public safety and the communication my only question would be
some of those other um antennas we have up there I believe they rent right are they so will the huh I think they're under lease aren't they so will the county will it be the same for the county correct we on this um we kind of look at that and most communities look at it for the greater good of the the city and the county as a whole so we
would not charge um them an actual lease fee like we would if it was a a T-Mobile or horizon or um something like that we're certainly we do on those that we would utilize that but in this case no we would not look for that we did um review that as a staff and kind of look at other communities what they were
doing if that was the norm on this but um that was essentially what we found that that was more just looked at as a a working Cooperative relationship amongst Public Safety and the entities in the county and just allowing that equipment up there as long as they're you know attaching it appropriately to our spec and yeah okay doing everything they're
supposed to can we trade this for a flushing crosswalk over here we do a little trade do you think Joe would be okay with that you go no I I don't know we could I don't know we need to ask right might as well all right any other questions let's start with uh member Luger uh no questions member onad I was
going to ask if there are other antennas up there and if this would prevent that but it sounds like there are antennas already yeah and essentially these especially the new one has been designed to really be able to um with that with the size of that Tower and it was designed with Mod modern um modern day I
guess attachment techniques and how we do those as far as the the city spec so it really there's um Bountiful room up there and really won't be any problem the agreement also provides that they're not going to interfere and if there's an issue they'll work with us um so it is in there that they're not going to
interfere but I don't think that's a concern all that would happen if they do interfere do we climb up there and take it down we would we would ask them we would ask them we would give them we give them notice that there there's something not approp we wouldn't anticipate need to do this the agreement does allow either party to
terminate upon noce so theoretically if it was an issue and they weren't Cooperative we could terminate upon termination they are required to remove under the contract um again these are all hypotheticals that we really are in there for our protection but we really don't anticipate that we would need
given the relationship with I was going to say we're good partners and they're good partners with us so all right member Silling uh no questions and member jger what took them six years I think that they have had some changes in regards to their Emergency Operations
um employees so I think that was a piece of it they actually approach us last year on this and it's just taken time to get an agreement back to us and have it reviewed we didn't see agreement for quite some time so um in regards to that duration I can't I can't speak exactly why but it's here now and we think like
I said it's for the better men in communication so I think it's um good but we're not sure what the duration of time laps just just curious It's I wish I had a I wish I had a better answer but you're right it has been a minute well and having things changed in terms of Radio Systems and stuff that I
mean it's coming that things are going to be changing with Radio Systems eventually so I don't know if the 27 updates would have anything um that would impact this at all the installation I just think it gives better redundancy I would think I'm not a radio expert but I would think that having this on there gives redundancy
within the system for those Communications and um that we don't maybe lose in some of buildings I know sometimes you can lose um some of the quality of that um system so maybe this gives a little stronger sure um communication push out I guess okay
fabulous all right we need a motion to approve a license agreement between shago County and the city of Wyoming do we have a we have a motion to approve by member onstead do we have a second second second by member Shilling all in favor I opposed so approved Council
reports we are going to start with member jger oh no we report thank you guys for always coming and thank you all for watching member uh Luger uh I have no report thank you for coming member onad no report but I checked out the dog
par many times and it gets two paws up uh no report thank you for those that came and any of those watching this evening so all right um my report is from the league of Minnesota cities which uh we attended last Wednesday Thursday and Friday always always great
information about how to make our city better um and then also how to really get along with the public and you know so um then we also it's great time with other Mayors to really um get a good idea what they're doing and how we can
take stuff back here so always appreciative that we're able to do that next year it's in duth so if anybody else wants to join us that would be great it's a good time um and then also um I can this meeting without saying happy retirement to our Park advisory
chair Mr Spangler so congratulations we do expect you hear more at City Hall working more hours on this but no just kidding we're very happy for you and excited for that so congratulations all right with that we need a motion I'm sorry I apologize to interrupt you again
tonight yeah um we have engineer ericon had an update about the 2024 Street project that he wanted to share with Council yes uh thank you Madame mayor members of council as you're aware you authorize the advertisement for bids um we expect bids back on July 31st and
bringing that back to the city council meeting on August 6th for consideration of award as we're um as we're working through this process I always uh advertise and talk to contractors and share with them our project and um there's some that are very excited about
this and indicated they're going to hit it pretty hard and and uh excited about the project is going to fit their schedule well I've also talked to quite a few other contractor that says boy you know what the way this year is going with all the rain we're trying to figure out how we're going to finish the existing backlog that we do have and so
my question to the council is in our specifications um do we want to create some more competition by saying you know you can start the project this year but don't necessarily have to finish this year if we are concerned that that might preclude you know if we were able to say
you have to have it completed by the end of October um would it preclude some kind of contractors from bidding do we want to uh work into the contract documents some flexibility uh for work this year and next year and so I it might provide better bid results uh more
competition if we go that approach uh particularly on the urban section with the concrete curb and gutter I know that in the fall that always tends to be um one of the areas that is a critical path item that kind of hangs up a project a little bit and so I I think we'll find a
contractor that is willing to to do that and going to B aggressively we hope um but I think more competition certainly helps drive those prices down and so I just want to make sure um I understand council's uh opinion on that matter and make sure that we we meet your
expectations but if there is um an idea that you feel it's appropriate to allow a little more flexibility in the project schedule um it might uh provide a little more competition what does when you say finish what I that's really a broad term
so what are you what are you thinking that that would be just the concrete curves or are you thinking the road doesn't have the asphalt on it so I think if we were to um in my what in my mind what I feel um what might attract more contractors is if we were to say
you may complete you know like a portion of the project where we would absolutely not allow it to be gravel over the winter our Public Works staff would literally kill me I'm sure so we would you know perhaps if if they're feeling boy they just don't have time to get the
urban section right with the partion with the with the curb and gutter they could tackle you know the the rural section and get that completed that's it's simply removing the pavement and Paving for the most part right so there's no question that the amount of time that we have they could finish the
project um it's just the amount of competition the amount of biders will likely expand just based on what I'm hearing feedback from contractors and so um we would again provide them that flexibility but we would have some performance uh uh specifications that would say if you do start this area you
have to finish it so there would there' be a total number of working days but I think I feel comfortable doing that um I just want to make sure Council feels comfortable doing that it just I I still think that we're probably going to find someone that's going to come in hit it hard because they need the work this year and they're going to get it all
done but I think just that additional competition I think would help our pricing and so I that that would be my recommendation but I'm certainly open to council um thoughts and opinions on that so how does that work in terms terms of um when we pay right so let's say
hypothetically they just do one part this year they leave the rest to next year how do those residents what how does that work for payments oh so you're you're not saying payment to the contractor you're saying payment for the assessments yeah yeah assessment so oftentimes we do have Assessments in
other communities it's not required that you have it um following a project a lot of communities will assess in advance of the Improvement project and and the theory behind that with other communities is they may assess in advance of the project to understand are there going to be a lot of appeals and a
lot of the communities that we represent actually do assess in advance of the project they held their assessment Hearing in advance of the project um so that would be something that we could discuss and try to understand a little bit better but um that's that's my experience in other communities as well
okay all right any other questions besides so to reiterate you are not going to leave anything finished right we don't want to I we might get to a position where we um maybe have the base course down and not have the wearing course down the
both layers of asphalt things like that but it will be a hard surface um will be a requirement of the contract and if you don't have the wear course down will all plow trucks kind of like mess it up no no they they will not
yeah we're talking I would not I would if we put the curb and gutter down we would want both layers or at ramp so we protect that curb and gutter so that's not being damaged by the plow trucks all right so what you're looking for tonight is Council opinion on this so you can go ahead and just consensus I
think is that fine I think that' be appropriate I think it was something that we felt was appropriate to bring to council um in regards to that I think we're fairly confident that we will receive good bids throughout this but just I think with Mr Ericson sharing about some of those contractors with the
difficulty of the rain this season we just want to ensure that we've always received good prices and I think maybe this is in a way hedging our bet a little bit by allowing some flexibility within that bid ideally it's done this late summer and into the fall but may allow us some flexibility to make sure that we're getting essentially the best
prices that we certainly can for not only the city but our residents as well how does this affect the bonding um it would be a discussion with the bond Council and regards to the timing so it'll be something that we talked about we just kind of started in discussion on this today so I'll be having we do have a designated timeline
right now that right now for the bond um for the sale so we have essentially different calls and things like that and ratings with Moody um so it's something that I'll share with them in regards to it we'll still probably move forward with it um we did have tonight if you remember on the consent agenda we did
have the reimbursement resolution so we probably wouldn't receive um the actual funds from this Bond sale until September as is so really as long as we just edicated through the feasibility and actually the of the council we're going to do a whole project it really wouldn't affect any of that we're still
have we still have the duration and full project to do and then for the restoration does that then go out another year like if the if half the project is done in 25 they have till 26
to make sure everything 70% of Everything grows back I I would again knock on wood uh we've had a couple of really tough years this would be a great year to grow anything of course um but we don't have uh grass down right seed down right now so um no they would uh I
think if we started this year or we start a project very early in the spring next year we'd have everything 70% vegetated next year in 2025 in in other in either case it it wouldn't be this fall but it would be next spring uh for both both scenarios okay all right so
I'll um say each member's name kind of let us know what you're thinking of this we'll start with member ler yep for me okay member onstead sounds good member Schilling good to go okay member jger okay all right looks like you got your consensus great thank you all right so
again last agenda item is to actually adjourn anybody wish to adjourn or would we like this day going on anybody else motion motion we have a motion do we have a second second oh I was going to have you guys wait okay we have a second