Now that dispenseary doesn't even count toward that allotment, you know. So now they could force you to have another one come in. Uh and then on this cultivation life
license that's before us, uh I went to the planning commission to voice my opposition against this license being given and I was just kind of shrugged off as uh you know it's it's it's mandated. We
don't have any choice. Our hands are tied. Uh I disagree. uh a local government may adopt reasonable restrictions on the time, place and manner of the operation
and I don't even believe this has been tested for its constitutionality and I think uh rural cities in Minnesota should band together and test it in the courts.
uh the area that I consider downtown. I just moved here. I don't know what you guys consider downtown, but I look at it as being kind of quaint and clean. Uh it consists of residential, small strip malls, retail businesses,
restaurants, commercial business, a small church. There's a trail that runs by it. Uh and then there's a place where you guys have all the flags. It looks like kind of like a monument entering a city.
>> Yeah. Our veterans memorial. >> Yeah. Uh that's over in that area. They all meld into one another like they belong together. This building they want to use to cultivate marijuana sits right in the
middle of this. It is not cohesive to the surroundings. If you're going to have it, it belongs out in the country with all the farming smells, pests, and chemicals. I believe it doesn't belong anywhere
near Wyoming, but if you feel it must, it doesn't belong downtown. After reading the guidelines of the state, uh, I came across some points. I don't know if you could clarify it better for
me, but I thought they were total insanity. And that's this social equity applicants. uh a social equity acument has to verify eligibility
and like two of them that I wanted to speak on is residents in dis disproportionately impacted areas. So if someone comes from a a neighborhood that's flooded with drugs,
you would think they think it's it's a better they would make a better trustworthy entrepreneur. And I never thought of that as a skill set before. Uh, another eligibility was evidence of
prior marijuana related convictions or family convictions or you have been impacted by this kind of lifestyle. So, if you're a convicted drug criminal
or if you've spent your life associating with these criminals, then you'll also be a better successful entrepreneur in this type of business. Uh, it makes no sense to me.
I can't believe that this type of people would get moved up to the top of the list for first consideration for a license. and and uh so there's 50 license of cultivation for the whole state
and 25 of them are filled by that equity and they won't even go on to the next 25 until the equity are filled. So once again I believe Wyoming will be better off with none.
But if you must at least wait till the equity applicants are filled and then locate them in the farming environment or outside the city where I think they belong. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Anybody else?
>> State your name and address, please. >> My name is Robert Burns. U 21329 Heath Avenue Court North Forest Lake. I'm not prepared with any statement. I thought about this all day. I go to church uh at uh Grace Church here in Wyoming. I moved
here nine years ago from Minneapolis. I grew up there. Uh came here to get away from the crazy of Minneapolis. I grew up uh north side in the projects in ' 69. uh started smoking marijuana when I was
15. And um and that's when I started skipping school, doing having fun with my friends, and whenever we wanted to get more marijuana, we go see a drug dealer. And that's what you're setting up here in Wyoming. It's a drug dealer. Basically,
it's easy to get it. Um I've got a lot of friends that did it. It's pretty much a drug of choice. And half of them are dead and most I don't know, never made of them, you know, their life. Anyways, um that's basically for me because I've been addicted to marijuana till I was
about 40 was just working my butt off. I couldn't do well in school. I was content. It made me content with my life, not pursuing a better education, not pursuing a a career or a goal, not pursuing a family, being content, being
high and doing nothing. And it ruined my life. And by the grace of God, uh that urge has been taken away from me. I no longer have it. Um and last time I did it a couple years ago, it gave me anxiety attack and all
this other stuff. And I I thank God for it because I still struggled with it. And you know, it just it's a drug. And um I just I hate to see it come here. I didn't move here. I I hate to be starting a family and knowing that they're going to start, you know, doing
this and expanding on it as well because this country is going down. It's going downhill fast. I drive the metro transit. I see Minneapolis. I'm I got to do it another five years. I can't wait till I'm out of there. I see the streets. I see the people. I grew up there. I was there in 69 through the
70s. I never see anything like I see now. But marijuana, it's everywhere. You smell it everywhere. There's smoking in the in the the bus stops. People have to stand outside the shelter so they don't have to smell it. It's It's crazy. It's crazy where it's going. I mean, I've got family members that smoke. My my sister,
her kid smokes and her boyfriend and they don't do nothing. They don't work. He gets money from the reservation. They live with her and they're not doing anything with their life. It's it's it's it's just a waste. It's a waste. They say it's a gateway drug. I don't know, maybe it is, maybe it's not. But I know
it's a drug that makes you content and doing nothing most of the time with your life and it destroys lives and I just don't think it belongs here. And um I'm sorry to hear that they're trying to put it here. It's a tragedy in my opinion.
But I thank you for your time. >> Thank you, Mr. Burns. >> Last chance. >> No, >> you're good. Madam Mayor, >> yes. >> I have a question. >> Yes. Um member Joerger. Since the gentleman brought up the
municipal dispensary, what is the status of our license and the status of that dispensary at the moment? >> Status of the license is still active, but there is no we have no active dispensary. Um the um engagement the
city did with the with the company um they there is still no potential spot that they've identified for any kind of retail sale. So that is currently the status of it has been for essentially for um quite some time. >> Okay. But we do have we have secured the
license. >> Correct. We do have a license. >> Okay. That's all I curious to know. Thank you. >> And I said maybe these gentlemen would like to know too. >> Okay. Well, it is on record that it was voted for. So we know that it that we do
have that license. Okay. We're going to move on to approval of minutes. Number one, consider approving the minutes of the work session of the mis of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for February 17, 2026. If there are no questions or comments, do we have a motion to approve? So,
>> we have a first from member Luger and we have a second from member Anstead. Yep. >> Okay. All in favor? Oh, wait. Nope. We got to do roll call. Sorry. Okay. Roll call, please. Member Luger. >> Hi. >> Member Anad. Hi. >> Member Joerger.
and Mayor Iverson is an I. All right. Uh we'll move on to number two. Consider approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for February 17th, 2026. If there are no comments or questions, we need a motion to approve.
>> So move. >> We have a motion to approve by member Luger. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Anstad. Roll call, please. Uh member Joerger. >> Member Anstad. >> Hi. >> Member Luger. I. >> Mayor Iverson is an I. We'll move on to
consent agenda number three, four, five, six, seven, and eight. Is there anybody who would wish wish to pull an item from the consent agenda? Seeing none, I'll make the motion to approve consent agenda 3, four, five,
six, seven, and eight. Do we have a second? Okay. >> Second by member Luger. Roll call, please. Member Joerger. I >> member Anstad. >> Hi, >> member Luger. Hi. >> And Mayor Iverson is an I. >> Moving on to acknowledge receipts of
reports of officer boards, commissions, and department heads number 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Does anybody wish to pull a report? Seeing none, we'll move on to new business. Number 14 to consider
resolution 260333, a resolution approving plans and specifications and authorizing the advertisement for bids for the 2026 street improvement project. Mr. Ericson, are we hearing from you tonight? >> Yes, you are. Thank you, Madame Mayor
and members of council. Uh like most uh public improvement projects, the 2026 street improvement project uh started with the council ordering uh the preparation of the feasibility study. Um, you know, uh, following that we had a large amount of public engagement. Uh, we finalized the feasibility study and
the council ordered the public hearing. Uh, at that public hearing, they heard testimony from property owners and ultimately ordered the improvement and authorized staff to prepare plans and specifications. Uh, staff has prepared those plans and specifications. We're asking that you order or approve the
plans and specifications and authorize the advertisement for bids. So, with that, I'll stand for any questions that you might have. >> Thank you. We'll start with Member Joerger. Any questions? >> No questions. >> Okay. Uh, member Onstad, >> no questions. >> Member Luger, >> no questions. >> And I have none either. So, we'll need a
motion to approve resolution 260333, a resolution approving plans and specifications and authorizing the um advertisement for bids for the 2026 street improvement project. Do we have a motion? >> So, move. We have a motion by member um
Anstead. I'll make the second. And roll call, please. We'll start with member Luger. >> I. >> Member Anstad. >> Hi. >> Member Joerger. >> I. >> And Mayor Iverson is I. It does pass. Number 15 to consider resolution 260334,
a resolution accepting the drinking water protection grant from the Minnesota Department of Health. Mr. Ericen or Mr. McFarland. Oh, wait. Steve. All right. There we go. Mr. Reeves. Sorry. I'll just go around the room and ask everybody. Does that work? Okay. >> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor and
Honorable Council. Um, in the last part of 2025, uh, public works submitted a grant to the, uh, Minnesota Department of Health. It was a competitive grant. Um, and the idea is to protect, uh, water source, water sources, and water installations. Um, going into it, you
don't know how much, uh, the Department of Health is going to have available. Um, so we went in with the idea to uh bolster security at our water installation sites and uh what what we received or what we have an opportunity to receive should council accept it
would be uh $6,570 $78 um and match that for just a little over 13,000. Um and we would use this uh again to bolster security at the water installation site. So towers and wells. um not knowing exactly what we were
going to get for funding, uh we included uh the possibility of fencing, security cameras, or key card access for staff and vendors. >> And was that all included, Mr. Reeves? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, that we're not paying anything more out of pocket than that half committed to. >> Now that we have the dollar amount,
we'll have to shape what uh what we do based on what the money allotted. >> Perfect. >> Should council choose to accept it. >> Okay. Good job. All right. Um, let's start with member Anstad. Questions? >> No questions. >> Member Lucer, >> no questions. >> Member Joerger.
>> Is the city's >> budgeted for? >> Uh, we would use our match out of the uh water fund uh improvements fund. >> But has this been uh budgeted last year or is this an unfunded mandate?
>> No, this would be this is funded. >> Okay. Thank you. All right, seeing there are no other questions, we need a motion to approve resolution 260334, a resolution accepting the drinking water protection grant from the Minnesota Department of Health. Do we
have a motion? >> So moved. >> We have a motion from member Anstad. We have a second by member Luger. Roll call, please. We'll start with member Joerger. >> I. >> Member Anstad. >> Hi. >> Member Luger. >> Hi. >> And Mayor Iverson are is an I. We do
pass. That's great. Thank you. >> Number 16 to consider a Wyoming City Council work session on March 17, 2026. I believe that's Mr. Lynwood. I'm not batting 100 tonight. So, >> you are you are correct. Thank you, mayor. Mayor, members of council, uh staff is requesting a council work
session um regarding the city's 2000 international 59 5 4900 ladder truck. Uh the vehicle is over 25 years old and has exceeded its typical life expectancy uh for a frontline apparatus apparatus of
its type. Um it does remain operational but age related wear, maintenance needs, parts availability are becoming more frequent. Um as the apparatus approaches this stage in the life cycle uh safety reliability are becoming um increasingly
concerns and increasingly important uh given the critical nature of this vehicle and its emergency response. Um staff is council has has been aware we've been talking about the ladder truck for multiple budget sessions. Uh but we've been evaluating op options. uh public safety director Bower along with
our fire chief uh Chief Milligan uh have been reviewing some of those. So looking at long-term replacement or potential for rehabilitation. So that could potentially extend that useful life of the ladder truck. So um we'd like to kind of go over through those lead times, funding strategies, and the
impact either uh to and either approach of what that would look like for the city's long-term capital improvement plan and equipment replacement schedule. So, we'd like to hold a work session to discuss that and go over some of the options there with council. So, we're asking for that on March 17th uh 2026 at
5:30 p.m. >> Okay. And that would be in conjunction um with our regular meeting afterwards. >> You are correct. >> Okay. Did everybody check their calendars? >> Okay. All right. So, I'll make the motion to approve the Wyoming City Council work session on March 17, 2026
um at 5:30 p.m. Do we have a second? >> Second. Second by member Anstad. Roll call, please. Member Joerger. >> Hi. >> Member Luger. >> Hi. >> Member Anstad. Hi. >> And Mayor Iverson is I as well. It does um pass. Council reports. Let's start
with member Onstead. >> I attended the park advisory commission meeting last night. We are still two spots open. So, I'm looking forward to getting new members on the park advisory commission. If anybody is interested, please contact the city.
>> Perfect. All right. U member Luger. Uh I attended the um joint sewer commission meeting uh last week on Monday and thank you all for coming. >> Perfect. Member Joerger. Uh no report. Thank you for coming. Thank you gentlemen for speaking up
about your concerns uh with our cannabis and uh thank you all for watching. Thank you all for coming. >> Okay. Uh and I attended the joint sewer meeting as well. So, always a fun time at that meeting. We learn a lot. I will
say that we learn a lot. So, um Okay. And then we cannot leave without hearing about Chief Bower. And you knew I was going to ask this. Yeah. Okay. I'm pretty exc I'm pretty psyched about it >> about our competition with Forest Lake. >> Yeah. >> I don't know what you're talking about.
>> Um we're doing a food drive between uh Forest Lake PD and Wyoming PD. Um, we have a couple different options. You can donate online um, financially. You can also drop food items off at city hall or our police facility or we'll be doing a
um, a drive over at Bruce's again. Um, and that's late towards the end of March and we'll be able to uh, accept donations again. We're kind of waiting for the warm up a little bit and our reserves will be out there collecting food items again. So, >> hoping to
>> knock off four socks. I yeah I would think that council would be able to come out and help as well right we could come and stand at the grocery store >> avoid a quorum >> this is true so we'll sign up follower
>> we'll we'll sign up for times it's a small city we can't help if we all meet together right we can't do that so I honestly believe force like if you're listening which I'm sure you are um Mayor Roberts we are actually going to beat you guys this year not beat you we're going to How's that? If you
>> Our community will win. >> Our community will win. Our communities will win. Yeah. >> Right. >> I am competitive. >> We're going to win. >> Yeah. So, there you go. We are very competitive. All right. And Mr. McFarland, we have the medallion hunt. How's that looking?
>> Yes. The uh spring medallion hunt is going to start on Monday, I believe, the uh 9th. Um first clue will go out, I think it's 9:00 am on our Facebook page. So, we finalized clues earlier this week. Um, I'm going to hide it at an undisclosed time. Um, so this weekend,
uh, and then, uh, the winner whoever fights it first will get a$100 a $100 gift card to Split Rocks. So, okay. Very excited for that. Hoping it goes all five days. It'll stump the stump the community. >> And thanks to Split Rocks again for donating. >> Yeah. Three years in a row at least since I've been here that they've done it every year. And >> yeah,
>> totals are great. So, we appreciate that. All right. Um, that sounds like all the great updates we have. Do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> We have a motion to adjurnn by member Lucer. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Anstad. Roll call, please. Member Joerger.
>> I. >> Member Anstad. >> I may member Lucer. >> I. >> And Mayor Iverson is I and I as well. So we are adjourned at 7:25. >> Thank you, Grant. >> Still live. >> Thank you. Whenever