of the city of Wyoming Minnesota for March 18th 2025 let the record reflect we do have a quorum member Luger member onad member Schilling member joer and mayor Iverson are present please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all I would just like to take one second to thank uh member Schilling for leading
the Pledge of Allegiance and for being a venture and we appreciate your service on to open Forum um open forum is an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council and items that are or may not be on the current agenda items requiring Council
action may be deferred to staff for 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 be
may result in the loss of privilege to speak I know that commissioner mska is here you want to start us off please sure um thank you for this opportunity to uh speak um just want to give you updates on two things one is that the
Highway 8 uh is getting close to being resubmitted uh the layout of Highway 8 uh in the portion that's in the city of Wyoming uh Mr triplet will be coming to uh your city council I hope to uh
accompany him Mr listen uh so that you are provis and you can get your input as to the final uh plans and that should come up U within the next two months I I think at Le also uh the county just
recently uh agreed to hire WSB um to do a um study of the I35 uh County State Highway 22 Corridor to get some preferred alternatives to
what might uh be helpful and that has been approved and that will be starting in the next maybe 45 days or so um and of course that's going to be a lot of input by the city as well from the city council and
but it's the first step in what has to be done so we need to get lots of federal funds um at least State funds see I went right to State there yeah okay all right does anybody have any questions for commissioner m is there anything I should be working
on I will remain for the whole meeting um and so I can get updated again all right sounds great thank you thank you thank you do we have anybody else for open Forum seeing none we'll move on to number one one approval of minutes consider approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Wyoming Minnesota
city council for March 4th 2025 if there are no comments or changes do we have a motion to approve so moved we have a motion to approve by member onstead do we have a second second second by member Schilling all in favor I opposed so approved number two consider approving
the minutes of the work session of the Wyoming Minnesota city council for March 4th 2025 if there are no comments or changes uh do we have a motion to approve so moved motion to approve by member onad do we have a second second second by member Schilling all in favor
I I opposed so approved consent agenda number 34 five and three four and five does anybody wish to pull anything from the consent agenda for further discussion if not we need a motion to approve the consent agenda three four
and five so moved we have a motion by member Shilling do we have a second second second by member onad all in favor I I opposed so approved acknowledge of receipts of reports of Officer boards
commissions and department heads number six seven8 and nine I'd like to pull number and 10 I'd like to pull number 10 please anybody else like to pull a report seeing none I'd like to pull a report from um our public safety director Neil Bower congratulations on
the KSTP story um it was very good and really stated your case yeah it was uh they reached out proactively to uh cover the story but it was a great way to highlight the EMS only responder position that we've uh adapted some of
our firefighter positions so we've gotten numerous applicants some even from outside of the area that have been interested so um we've made sure to clarify that we you know you need would live within eight8 minutes response time um but overall it's been a really good response and we did get some good feedback on it so any kind of coverage
like that is is beneficial anything positive is really good yeah absolutely did you see more of an uptick in the interest after the story or was it yeah absolutely so we have uh I would say probably five applicants since then not
more so it's been a good good result do you have other cities reaching out for our program similar uh we have not at this point no okay right all right well good job it was very exciting to see that yeah thank you y all right we'll move on to communic number 11 Communications from Chisago
County Assessor announcing Board of Equalization date for the city of Wyoming on April 15 2025 at 6m the Wyoming Library Mr McFarland are you doing this or Mr Lynwood I'll take that mayor thank you mayor uh members of council this is just a communication
update to let you all know and we'll also let the community know that the assessor's office will be holding their uh annual Equalization meeting on April 15th 2025 at the library we will put signage at City Hall and at the front door of the library um saying stating as
much and then we'll also be um publishing this in the shago County Press as well as on our website and then the um just the the billboard here at City Hall so just communication FYI any questions no okay and number 12 2025 shago County Housing study Maxfield
research I know we've been waiting over a year right on this it's been in the works for quite some time so um exciting that Maxfield has done this um I give Council a little bit of background on this in regards to some of the the key findings within the study um in regards
to some of the tight conditions that we have in our current housing market and some potential implications not only for the city of Wyoming but just the shago county um as a whole this is um a very useful document it's something that when we have developers comeing to town something that they ask for right away Maxfield is very respected and it's
usually provides the developers really great data um is part of the um as part of this there is going to be the county um just County H Eda will be holding a breakfast on Friday March 21st in North Branch from 800 to 10:00 a.m. and that
would be um this upcoming Friday actually so if you are interested there was a link provided in the document so you certainly feel free to sign up for that we'll um have a have a staff member up um at that as well so um just yeah like I said it's a good document it's a large document and a lot to review but
um shared that with the council and we'll also be adding that to our city website question yeah I do have a question will Maxfield be giving an update now that there is a new Administration in Washington and how that will affect interest
rates and uh because um interest rates was part of your key findings about the difficulty interest rates being so high that it's going to be hard to get builders in and um yeah just yeah an
update because things have changed way much six fall I know that was one of the takeaways within that is in regards to interest rate trends as far as that they were they've come down slightly but they talked about some of the affordability that it can remain a challenge and that essentially those future adjustments could impact the pace of homes whether
they go up or down um they may touch on that I can't say for certain if they will but certainly it's one of the it was kind of one of the key findings within the report so I would think that there's a decent chance that they would I don't know all the topic that they'll be focusing on for that breakfast but um
I would think a component of it how how the new Administration factors into their study yeah I don't know um how much that they did factor that component in um but I think overall like I said they try to look at the different Trends in regards to that housing and um
certainly they may um you know look at that or take have updates on that based on that you know this has been ongoing the work on this through 2024 now we're into 2025 a few months so might be a good question as they probably have some more expertise um on
that all right um thank you for that we'll move on to new business number 13 to consider resolution 25327 a resolution approving the purchase of Park equipment for the Fireside Park project from St Cy
recreation in the amount of $71,700 um Mr mfin you're on for this one yeah that's me um honorable mayor and members of the um city council uh the item before you is that recommendation for the purchase of Park equipment for Fireside Park um project which is coming
from St Corey Recreation um for a little bit of background on this in 2024 I'd say the park advisory commission began um serious discussions in exploratory uh nature uh towards a potential Park project within the city um and specifically geared towards Fireside Park um Fireside Park was selected by
the park advisory commission largely based off of the park and trails master plan that was approved by the city in 2022 um that Master Plan uh identified Fireside Park as the park within our community that needs the most amount of um I'll say assistance to get to a desirable State mostly based on the the
age of the equipment um and the condition that it was in uh the park advisory commission uh really kicked off this process by authorizing the creation and distribution um of a Fireside Park survey to engage members of the community uh that survey was sent out to um individuals in the town that lived south
of 262nd Street including those that lived on 262 uh and west of Highway 35 that radius was selected uh mostly because um 260 seconds right on the border of lions park so anyone north of that has access to that is really their main Park in the community um where anyone South while
they can go to Lions Park really has Fireside Park to their um own as well so a total of 155 mailers were sent out to Residents um and it asked a variety of questions mostly about what they'd want to see at the park um if a project were to be done um the amenities to include um the ideal use age uh if you were to
get a play structure a specific type whether it be you know net nature based just a regular standard playground um and so forth uh survey results were due um on December 27th uh and the park advisory commission reviewed those at their January meeting um during that
meeting as well then a request for quotes was authorized to then be sent out to playground manufacturers um to which uh it stated that the total budget for the project would be $70,000 and inclusionary with that amount should be concrete borders uh engineered wood fiber a play structure and then the cost
to install all of that equipment uh we sent that out to 10 different playground manufacturers and heard back from six of them um and they provided 10 total proposals there was no limit on the amount you could send as long as you're interested you could send us 20 um the Commissioners red uh the proposals at
their regular meeting on March 3rd um I included then the proposals who who all sent to those proposals um in alphabetical order there's compan uh Inc mwp Recreation North L Recreation Pro playgrounds St Croy Recreation and Weber Recreation uh a lot of good proposals
there I included all of them in your packet for review um but the park advisory commission has recommended that the Wyoming City Council approve the proposal from St Cy recreation in the amount of $70,000 um one thing that they wanted to stress was that they wanted to include an ADA compliance swing that wasn't in
the original proposal so um it was um $2,000 with the addition of that I talked to um Mike basich I think I'm saying that last name correct um who is the representative from St Cy Recreation is actually with us tonight um at the back left of the council chambers and he'll be here for any additional
questions if needed um but he told me that the swing will cost an additional $1,107 um so the total is70 thou or $ 71,7 um the project we paid for using the gambling funds or gambling proceeds fund um and I gave a quick little synopsis even though the proposal was
included um the one that was provided by St Croy um but the the synopsis is that the um proposed structure was manufactured and assembled um for the National American structural landscape Landscape Architects Exposition in Minneapolis that means it was pre put
together and then taken apart because of that it's classified as used which is why we got $109,000 discount on the um equipment which helped bring it down and and provide as you can see seven different pieces of equipment for this this park um overall though they um um
their proposal included the concrete borders engineered wood fiber equipment installation and then seven separate play structures for um children ages 2 to 12 the lead time for a project like this is four to five weeks as well um so yeah overall the the um recommendation from staff is to approve the resolution
25327 resolution authorizing the purchase of Fireside Park equipment from St Cy recreation in the amount of $ 71,7 and stand for any questions Mr mcin I'm going to start first I want to applaud the um Park commission for doing
Ada an ADA swing that's near and dear to my heart and having that in our Parks is amazing so um applaud every one of those Commissioners that that was included um my only question would be is any any of
that amount of money that's 71 plus is there anything that our um Public Works could help with to save a little bit of money on that I'm sure you guys went through that but y so we we looked into it I discussed with um Public Work superintendent uh Reeves originally the
Park equipment was going to be removed by our public work staff um but actually through contacts with a um an individual works for the city of Hugo we found out about a um a group I I'm trying to remember their name I think it's Bowers something removal my apologies Bowers um but they remove Park equipment like this
for free um they're only charged that they keep the equipment and then refurbish it and sell it so removal would be free um in that regard gard and then they would also be doing Public Works would be doing the um uh groundw work I guess preparing the site prior to as well so high five on all of that so
good job really appreciate that let's go with member Alstead next please uh when I originally started working for the city I was on the uh Park advisory commission six years ago and we've been working on this park for a long time and
I am so excited to see this moving forward and uh just really a a great piece of equipment a great deal and and I'm looking forward to this being developed perfect um member ler um I have no questions uh glad this is moving
forward rememberer how much is in the gambling fund uh currently there's $154,000 in the gambling fund okay and how used is this equipment I mean you had it up in a trade [Music]
show so nobody's been climbing on it no cool because I buy cars that way lightly used and works out well it's considered because yeah because you had it up but no I think guys it's a really good idea
to get more for your money by getting slightly used okay member sing I do not have any questions I'm glad to see this moving forward and all the work that was put into you know save the city some money on this so thank you all right um so I
will make the motion to approve resolution 25327 a resolution approving the purchase of Park equipment for the Fireside Park project from St C recreation in the amount of 71,7 uh do we have a second I would like to second that all right member onstead
is a second all in favor I opposed so approved I'd like to see a ribbon cutting on that right big scissors a couple do yeah let that bring the final price up just a little bit I'll donate out of my mayor pay
because we'll have to get that ribbon all right uh number 14 TW uh 2025 Proclamation celebrating Arbor Day and I believe that's also Mr McFarland that is yep honorable mayor members of uh the city council in 2020 uh yeah in 2020 the city of wyomi became a member of the
tree City USA program a little bit of background would be that the tree City USA program began in 1976 and it's a national program that Sports Community Tree Management um they state that trees are a critical part of the city's infrastructure a healthy forestry program helps to protect groundwater reduce energy cost support erosion
control and boost property values in order to maintain our Tre City USA status uh we must hold an Arbor Day celebration and issue a proclamation this year would state that April 25th 2025 is Arbor Day in the city of Wyoming um staff will be administering a tree planting event on Saturday April 26 2025
we're currently working on specific details for where that'll take place place um and I'll have more on that at a future meeting then um but yeah the um recommendation is Proclaim um April 25th 2025 as Arbor Day in wyom Minnesota okay and Mr M frin I'll understand that you'll probably have some more
information in terms of what's going to happen if you need some help from whether it's our cup scouts or girl scouts or anything like that in previous years correct we're going to meet this week actually to talk further on it okay perfect so exciting to have that um questions we'll start with uh member jger none none okay member Shilling uh
no questions member onad no questions member ler um also no questions well that's pretty easy so we need a motion to approve the 2025 procreation celebrating Arbor's day motion motion yeah okay we have a motion by member onstead do we have a second second second by member Shilling all in favor I
oppose so approved Council reports we'll start with um member Luger um I attended the joint Lake Sewer Commission meeting last night um as well as the work session earlier tonight we heard a lot about a lot it was 34 amazing
slides okay um go with member on stat uh I attended the work session just prior to this meeting and uh last week I also had a uh moment that I was able to do some lobbying uh down at a meeting with
politicians um down by the state capital and I was able to to do a little bit of lobbying for our public safety building and that included the governor and the Secretary of State that's great awesome all right anything else that's it that's pretty important okay member Shilling I
attended the work session prior to this um and then thank you for those that are watching and who is attending right member Jer and I also attended the work session prior to this meeting and thank you all for coming and thank you all for watching I attended those as well but I do have a question about The Medallion
hunts I think it's kind of exciting that it went by days I think the fth is when it was finally found yep it found on Friday okay so if you could just give us just a little synopsis and how great it was and the winner if you remember and if not that's fine but yeah
sure y um this was I think the the fifth year or I'm going to say actually the fourth year of doing the um W Medallion hunt um each year we we hided um in in one of the city's public um spaces whether that that's our our Parks or we could hide it at City Hall wherever this
year it wasn't a park it was in Swenson's Park um we gave clues for 5 days on on where it might be it was hidden underneath um taped under some bleachers next to the hockey rink um but it's a great event that allows um individuals from our community to to Really explore all the parks within the
city of Wyoming we unfortunately were were out um at a conference when we thought the the best clue on Thursday would really kind of gave away okay it's in one of these two places so um but we did get reports of of multiple kids with their parents walking around those parks and I think that's what it's all about really to get them out there so super
exciting um on Friday the the winner came in with their mom and um they said that at 9:00 a.m. they knew the clue was going to come out and they were waiting in their driveway in the car and as soon as it hit she she the the daughter said I know where that is and they saw some weird looking bleachers as they said and they went over and and uh on our
Facebook we posted the the winner and even the mom shared a photo of of the daughter at the U bleachers themselves so I thought it was an excellent event really really fun this year so yeah that's great then we had the snowstorm so kind of depending on where it was going to be hidden was kind of interesting to see how that works our
winner our Winner's name was Emily Raditz Emily RIT so congratulations Emily on that and I think this is just such a great event um for our Parks um for people to really see all the 17 great parks that we have so good job on
that non the cluses here so with that um we need a motion to adjourn moved we need a second second all in favor opposed