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Call to order the city council regular meeting for the city of Wyoming, Minnesota, July 7th, 2026. Let the record reflect we do have a quorum. Member Luger, member Anstad, member Schilling, member Joerger, and Mayor Iverson are present. Please stand

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for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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>> All right. First item on the agenda is open forum. Open forum is an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council on items that are or are not on the current agenda. Items requiring council action may be deferred to staff or boards and commissions for

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research and future council agendas if appropriate. You will be limited to three 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

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anybody here tonight speaking at open forum? Come on up, Commissioner. to just ask what city is the share of commercial.

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However, we are still struggle to keep the taxes low as low as possible. Basically, living next to business. I should mention also as you are aware of some of our

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Constant services. I should say for a support service that not We appreciate >> Commissioner Commissioner Dunn was supposed to do some research. Have you seen the results yet?

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>> She has not reported. >> Okay. Yeah, I have a couple things. Um, so first of all, we already have something worked out with Liberty Ponds. I don't know how much they shared with you on that. So, um, I think that, um, should you need any more information on that,

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just reach out to me with that. >> Yeah. And then um every time you come in I ask crosswalk over by Bruce's Foods. So whatever we can do to get some money for that crosswalk would be fantastic. Um

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>> yeah, let's put that at the very top of exclamation point, please. >> Yeah. And then my other question is this. Um the watershed district as a taxing entity has come up quite a bit and I understand that that's really kind of under the umbrella of county

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commissioners, right? So my concern is they keep going over budget by millions of dollars. So how is the county commissioners in the counties looking at that seeing that they are a taxing entity and there's no watch over that?

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Can you kind of fill me in on how that works? The term of the current budget. I do think that to some extent project.

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And now that is I think votes. As far as the budget goes, two members of our county board members seems to be concerned.

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I also members from Chicago. >> Yeah, I agree. >> Certainly concerning. >> Yeah. >> Not the last nor the city both of us don't have

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double >> yeah I think it's concerning they've done some really great things I would totally agree with that they've done some really great things but when you have a 23% increase year-over-year and you go over budget on a project by one two or3 million that really kind of

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states that there needs to be some other uh oversight into that and not the great thing is not every resident of Wyoming is in the watershed district, right? But those of us that are, which there are quite a few, um, we agree they're doing

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good things, but when you're overspending by that much and they're appointed instead of elected, it does get to be a little bit of an issue for our residents that are in the watershed district. So, um, I was just trying to figure out how they can, what I want to

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say, how they can approve that. And there I mean if we did that and we did uh something and it was $2 million over budget, we would all be fired, right? So um hopefully we can have more conversation, me and you, about that to

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kind of see what's a better way to to keep an eye on this. So >> I really appreciate Thank you. >> I know that as well. >> Yeah. So >> Okay. appreciate that. So, crosswalk

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watershed >> or vice versa something too. Um, and I just wanted to to chime in and note I know that you mentioned um that there will be mediation a closed door mediation tomorrow. >> Oh, closed session. Okay.

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>> Okay. >> Yeah, absolutely. Uh this is I mean I think this is now one of the longest if not the longest public sector strikes in the history of the state. And so it's really important to to be able to get folks back to work. And I just would you know hopefully um want to encourage

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commissioners to continue to to work and and and um discuss the issue in good faith and with a shared goal of getting our our health and human service workers back to back on the job. >> Yeah.

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Thank you. Okay. Any other comments or questions? >> Thank you. >> No. All right. Thank you for being in the hot seat. >> Appreciate it. >> Yeah. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Maybe that crosswalk would be great news. I'd be doing the happy dance in front of everybody.

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>> So on the crosswalk, too, when it comes in. Exactly. So, all right. Thank you, commissioner. >> We'll walk across it together. >> There we go. >> We could do like a Beatles thing. >> It could be. Exactly. How fun would that be? So, all right. Thank you. Appreciate that. >> All right. Anybody else for open forum?

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>> Please make sure you say state your name and address even though I know who you are. >> 4700 East Viking Boulevard. Uh, couple things I want to address here. There was brought to the planning

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commission here. the property behind me, Mr. Morris in Sunrise Estates. I'm looking at their plans of water and we have a specialty here on that water told us two weeks ago that there's no more

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excess water. I looked at that and I looked with my neighbor. We both walked this property back as a contractor's new snow removal and I looked at the plans that they have here which is subitted to you guys tonight as

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a contract I'm going to bid on all these properties right across the board and probably undercut a lot of people same thing I'm going to take all that snow I'm move it all the way down the south end as I look at this that's going to overs

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Where's that water going? It's going to go on Tony's land. It's going to go back to my land and probably push not right but out onto the way this is designed when we got shown here. That's a concern here. I'm looking at afterwards.

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Yeah, I thought it was a pretty okay idea at the meeting till I actually start looking at the plan a little bit deeper on that water goes to the lowest point. We all know that. I also know what goes in those on those grounds. It's going to be trash. There's salt and sand that's

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going down this holy pan and all that. We're going to have trash going into my property here. One of the things I would like to see some sort of property between the two properties as well as allow that dividing that up so I don't get as much into my woods. And same

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thing as we're looking at this a little bit further on. Couple years ago, they also told us back there on the old golf course that the uh old house back there and the old clubhouse would be torn down within a matter of time reasonable time.

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That was about four years ago and it's still standing there in the city. As we move forward as going on this development against it, not for we got to keep in mind we have a development just south of here that there's only a couple houses built.

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Another area that is tore up and no houses moving in anytime soon. Goss of living is going up. I get that. Uh interest rates came down. Yep. Housing. Okay. But guess what's happened this month. Trump is putting the tariffs

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back on this stuff. So everything prices and all that going up. I would hate to see that land start getting disturbed there. And all we get people putting houses back there bankrupt be part of the development. years ago. Three houses got built and guess what?

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They went bankrupt because the guys put the money down the house get financing to the banks got those houses a lot of money to the contractor to be able to get going. Same thing as I'm looking here. The other thing I looked at addressing on this here so you guys know

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is the traffic and what's going on there as we move forward with this plan. I'm out of my They put a sign up there, you know, tells you how fast they're going into town. Our police force do a great job as it is. We don't have enough

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patrol here out there right now as it is. I I see it all the time. I almost got hit in my driveway home to work today. Guess what's right there? That zone guys got crank it up.

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There's a major safety issue there. I know that comes down to the city. It comes down to the county comes down to the highway department with the direction of that road up there. I talked to other neighbors around. We would love to see it from the county line all the way through town at 35

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miles an hour. My son has to walk from my driveway to the neighbor's driveway to catch a school bus at 6:30 in the morning. I got video and I have pictures which I sent to you all of that sign up there flashing 60 miles an hour for a

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17y old and my other the other kid the other house they said we can switch it he's 12 years old ADHD walking on the highway even worse yet so there's that big concerns I got going there is the water run out the

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way I look at these plants do not add up any which way I look at I did send a message off to our city water guy name it so went through or not but we talked

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before on the phone and building the houses back there you know it's an eyesore we got going there wants to pursue with building this but he's failed to do his end of the taking care of what's going to happen what's going to be next thank you for your time

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>> thank Mr. Ericson, well, can you address that? Maybe you and Mr. Reeves or how that all works with snow. >> Yeah, I emails gentlemen and offer to meet in person

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with his neighbors. I haven't heard the time offer stills. We've done a very detailed review like we do all of our developments, both redevelopment and post development.

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our rules. I guess there >> was a lot of a lot of back and forth. in it did not meet our standards and so we went it process to get to the point

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where it does meet our standards so we can certainly meet with the res >> perfect thank you um chief speed which I know is a county road over there right so um my question to that is

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can Innesota the the Minnesota State Patrol go out there. Can the county sheriffs go out there? I used to live out there actually. So I know that no matter what people go really fast. It's been that way forever. But is there something where we can do? It's hard to park a car out there right to

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>> Yes. Uh we've discussed this at length with multiple different speed complaints. Ultimately changing a speed limit does not make a huge impact across the board. Um it requires constant reinforcement if you're going to do that. Ultimately,

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road design changes behaviors. >> Um we've seen it on the East Viking project with the uh the the efforts that were put in there with the narrowing of the roadways, those type of things. Um really is what makes long-term change. Um I don't know that that's, you know,

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that's outside of our scope. Um we we do make an effort to be out there. Um but as I mentioned before, we have one max two officers on duty at any given time. Um we do make an effort to be out there. Um but it is ultimately our responsibility. It's it's within our

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jurisdiction. Um so I'm I'm hoping, you know, I don't know that speed limit change is is the ultimate fix. Everyone really hopes that that would be. Um and we've we've done some research internally as well that it just doesn't make a significant impact in driver behavior. People generally drive the

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speed that they is appropriate. Um, and it it it it is the reality of it. So, doesn't mean that we can't make an effort and do that. Um, I've just pulled up uh complaints from Mr. Rutherford and we have two complaints about speed out there. We have done followup on that as well. So,

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>> okay. And can we work with our county neighbors in Noa County because a lot of people are coming through from Anoka County into our county, right? Is there any way to kind of work with that entity? There's aspects of when we do um uh TZD toward zero death enforcement

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efforts that are grant funded um that could potentially when there's a speed one they do pick locations um you know that that it's usually per county that wouldn't be in Oak County but we can add it to the list of locations for that. Sure. >> Okay. And then I don't know who to address this to but could the school

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district move where the bus stop is and go across to the other side of the neighborhood? I don't know where that goes. who can answer that. But that might be an answer. I don't think anybody should be trying to get the bus on that road. So, um I don't know if

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that's something >> uh >> I could call. >> I can reach out. Um you know, that's not the scope of >> right what we do. I know. And um but I'm happy to reach out to to to throw the

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idea out there. I know that is a logistical uh something well beyond anything I would want to do is figure out how to pick up that many kids and and get it done in a matter of minutes. So >> yeah, totally agree. I just know I lived across the street from Mr. Rutherford back in the day. So um and we had bus

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stops not on the um not on the highway. So >> can I can I follow up question? Where exactly is the stop that you're >> So I lived on uh what's the name of the street? So it's just before the in noa county sign billboard. >> Yeah. East Viking lane.

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>> East Viking. Yeah. East Viking lane. Thank you. It's been 40 years. So yeah. So that first house that's right on the corner >> on East Viking. That was the house that we lived in. >> Are we talking that the stop on the east side of

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>> What do you think or the west? >> Are we talking? >> Which one? >> East. Got it. Okay. Yeah, we had a big we had a lot of fun over there in that bus stop. So, just so y'all know. All right. Thank you. I appreciate that. So, all right. Um, anybody else wish to

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speak? All right. Seeing none, we're going to move on to number one. Consider approving the minutes of the work session of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for June 16, 2026. If there are no comments or changes, do we have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Motion to approve by member Schilling.

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Do we have a second? >> Second. Second by member Onstad. All in favor? >> I opposed. So approved. Number two, consider approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for June 16, 2026. There are no comments or questions. Do we have

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a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Motion to approve by member Schilling. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Anstad. All in favor? I >> opposed. So approved. The consent agenda number three, four, five, six, seven,

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eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. Does anybody wish to pull any of those items from the consent agenda? Seeing none, we need a motion to approve. I'm not going to read it all again. So 3 through 16. Do we have a

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motion? >> So moved. >> We have a motion to approve by member Luger. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Onstead. All in favor? I opposed. So approved. >> Acknowledge receipts of reports of officer boards, commissions, and

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department heads number 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21. Does anybody wish to pull an Oh, I'm sorry. And 22. Does anybody wish Nope, I'm sorry. 17 through 21. We're sticking with that. Anybody wish to pull an item from the reports for further

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discussion? Seeing none, we'll move on to number 22, communications results of radiochemical moni monitoring in the city of Wyoming. Who's taking that? >> Mr. Eric is going to give a brief update on that. >> Thank you. >> I can just very briefly uh update that.

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As you know, we do get results annually on the results of that testing. >> The numbers have gone down slightly. Um it's something that we continue to rely on them for guidance. They do continue to provide that guidance and again we're monitoring the longterm improvement

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needs potentially with treatment and things of that nature. We're not at that stage yet. We may be at sometime in the future but again just wanted to let you know that we have received that communication. We will continue to monitor as I mentioned and keep you updated if there's anything

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but we don't expect. >> Perfect. Any questions from council starting with member Luger? >> No questions. >> Member Anstad. >> No questions. Member Schilling. >> Uh, no questions. >> Member Joerger, >> no questions. >> Mayor Iverson has none either. Thank you very much. We'll move on to number 23 to

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consider resolution 26776, a resolution approving a preliminary plot D260004, Sunrise Riverbank Commercial. Location, East Viking Boulevard, Greenwood Golf Course site. Application Richard Morris

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of NTDOM LLC. Property ID number 21. 0012.20 and 21.110302.33. Mr. Wacker, are you taking this one? >> Yes, Madam Mayor. Um, so Madame Mayor and and

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commissioners, Sunrise River commercial development. This is the commercial side of the Sunrise River Bank. Um, should actually say Sunrise River Bank commercial development. Sorry. Um, but this is the commercial side. Um,

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I got turned on. So clear plat consists of 15.6 acre site. They're going to develop it into three parcels that are usable and then one outlot that'll be used for storm water. Um the anticipated land uses are high density residential like an apartment building, a hotel, and a

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convenience store with gas. The property is currently zoned and guided for mixed use. Um there's a master development plan review that'll be coming up to the planning commission, I believe, on the 28th. Um and then after that for each of those individual

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uses there'll be conditional use permits andor site plans for each of those as they're going through. Um the individual lots are meeting the requirements for the multi sorry mixed use development dimensions. Um some points about the site wetlands.

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There are wetlands on the site. There are some wetland impacts that they're going through right now. That's right now in the process to get those approved. Um the flood there's partial flood plane near the area where the gas station will be. The city engineers

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looking for additional information just to make sure we don't cause any additional flooding or or make sure we have storage capacity for that water. Um for the transportation plan um staff is recommending a temporary traffic signal

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at the intersection of County Road 22 and Kettle River Boulevard. In the next 10 years or so, Mindot and the county will be creating turnarounds or turnabouts. Roundabouts, I'm sorry. >> It's the same. >> They be all doing the same thing. Yeah.

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>> So, roundabouts um at the location shown on the screen there. Um again, we're recommending that the developer install that temporary um traffic signal at that location to take care of the traffic from his development.

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um utilities, storm water management. Um we're the storm water pond is being taken care of on some outlots. Um their city sewer and water is being provided by the city. The the n water tower was part of the

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reason for that. New public roadways. Um Kettle River Boulevard will remain open. So that'll be paved from County Road 22 to the new 270th Street that they'll be creating. that will head west um towards the residential development. Um and there will also be a culde-sac within

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that part on the commercial side. Um plat review standard preliminary plat meets all of our all the city requirements. Staff has recommended approval with the eight conditions that are listed in the resolution in the staff report. Um they do need to make up park dedication. Um we'll be looking for

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a fee in lie of land. Um, at this point, um, there are some city joint park and planning board looked at park dedication requirements for this back in 2022 or 23. Um, I haven't had a chance to re-review them, so we'll look at that, but um,

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it'll be cash donation. Sorry. Um next steps what I mentioned prior the based use district master development plan those conditional use permits for the site plan review and then also the final plat for the plunary plant and the planning commission is recommending approval with those eight

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conditions recommended by staff. >> Mr. W I have a couple questions. So um there's been question regarding um pavement of the road for Hastings. When this development goes in they're going to go so far pay for that and that makes it less for the Hastings or Hunted Hay

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ride to pay. Correct. >> That'd be correct. Yes. >> Okay. And then um park dedication. Seeing that this is a retail kind of development, were we thinking there'd be >> Well, part part of it retail, but part of is also an apartment building, which is residential. So, that's going to depend on how many units they have end

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up with. So, they're they're it is also a commercial type use, but it's also the reason for the park dedication fee is because the increased population. Um and that's the reason for that. So, >> okay. And I if I remember correctly, the last time they came before us, there was a park kind of heading towards the

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water. >> There there there's a park that's over on the residential side that's this. >> Okay. >> Meeting the requirements for that side because now this side has also has park requirements. Sorry. >> All right. Those were my only questions. We will start with member Onstead. >> No questions.

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>> Member Luger. >> No questions. >> Member Joerger. >> Okay. So your what's in your commercial is acceptable for m for mixed use but the lots appear to consist primarily of the 100 unit apartment building with a tiny bit of commercial in the form of a

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quick trip in a hotel. Over the years that I've been on this council, I've seen many plans for hotel go belly up and uh I even noticed in Chicago City their hotel went from a recognizable

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brand to some kind of off-brand. So my question for that is can the hotel be converted into an apartment building or something else should it not make it as a hotel? hotel. Say you got 80 hotel room.

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>> So, okay. Did we have a end up with a um white elephant on our hands? hotel buildings. >> So, there's a possibility that we might not even get a hotel if the demographics don't work out. >> Well, we've heard that for years.

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>> When I speak right now, Yeah. See, my concern would be everybody would continue to go down to like the u c you know what is the country in down in Forest Lake if we have a like no-named hotel.

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You know what I'm trying to say? Like an off-brand or a you know something that wasn't national branded. >> Okay, >> cool. The last couple that were very interesting happened to me.

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>> Okay. >> Oh, cool. Works for me. Um, to build on what the mayor was saying about what Pine Haven's going to have to pave, uh, is will their cup have to be revised

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to, uh, reflect the lesser amount of K kettle river that they will have to pave? >> I would have to look at the exact wording of the resolution, but I don't think it's specific to like a set length or anything like that. So, if they're paving to where their pavement exists, I

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think they've met their requirements. We're not going to make them pave. Okay. So, it's already >> what I remembered was that they were supposed to pay from their farm down to by the animal hospital where that was already paved. Yep.

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>> And it sounds like >> 270th is a little bit north of that. So, they won't have to go as far. So, I I didn't know. I said you have to look at the >> Right. So, so if anything, Pine Haven will be paving less pavement or less of the road after this.

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>> Yeah. No, you you have to look at the exact wording to make sure that they are >> right. But I'm pretty sure it's not. I I can look and get back to you in a couple seconds. >> Oh, okay. Well, then the last question is since there is a park plan for the area, are you planning to put a trail from the apartment building out of the

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hotel to said park? also walk away from the hotel. >> Okay. Were you saying was that there was supposed to be something that walks into the wetlands? vacated. >> Yeah.

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>> But there's no plans on connecting that with the hotel or anything or the apartment building. >> Okay, that's all I have. You can't prevent somebody from >> Well, no. >> But as long as there was some way of getting back.

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>> Yeah. >> Member Schilling. >> I actually have no questions. >> Okay. I don't have any questions either. I just have a a couple of thoughts here. Um, first of all, I mean, just questioning the hotel, it's one of those things that

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the county has actually done a lot of studies that this is definitely an area that we do need um instead of them going to White Bear Lake or to to what you said, Dennis, or um Dick going all over the place, whatever. Right. So, um it is definitely needed. There's definitely

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been a lot of studies. Um, the other thing is just by picking out a hotel versus the gas station, a gas station can go under, a retail store can go under. So just picking on a hotel kind of really doesn't make any sense on that. Um, I do know I appreciate the

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sidewalks, moving those people are very important, right? Getting those people moving. So that's a really good thing. So I appreciate that. I know there's been a lot of changes. Um, but that's something that happens on a property that's as complicated as this. So, go for us to go

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back and say, "Well, what about this and this and this?" This is what we're focused on right now. So, appreciate that. Um, if there are no other questions, we need a motion to approve resolution 260776. I'm not going to read it all. I'm going to make the first. Do we have a second?

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>> Second. >> We have a second by member Luger. All in favor? I opposed. So, approved. to consider resolution 260777 and resolution approving an economic development district and economic development plan. Therefore, I don't

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know what therefore. Is there something after the therefore? >> Therefore, >> it's therefore. Okay. Minister Lynwood. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Mayor, members of council. Uh, tonight we are having a council review um the approval of economic development district. Over the past several years, the council and the um

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has evaluated the city's municipal facilities and long-term operational needs. Um we've done that through facility studies, planning efforts, and property acquisition. And now we've gone through our design, development, construction, bidding, and financing discussions. So, uh the council has worked to identify solutions that

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address our areas, the the city hall, the fire department. Um in the second phase, the police department uh while positioning our community for um to be able to provide those services and give those uh service providers uh spaces that allow them to do so. Um as part of that process, the council evaluated

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different financing options under the available uh state law to support that. And based on that evaluation, the council identified to use an economic development authority as our preferred financing mechanism uh for the project. Um, on June 22nd, uh, after we had a

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public hearing, the Wyoming Economic Economic Development Authority approved the establishment of an economic development district and adopted the accompanying economic development plan. Uh, this is in accordance with the city's enabling resolution for the EDA. Uh, the proposed district is

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the basically encompasses the entire boundaries of the city of Wyoming. Um, that way also it is able to carry out economic development activities along with potentially the financing of our public facilities. Um, essentially the plan identifies a broad range of

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eligible public improvements and economic development activities including our city hall, police, public safety facilities, fires facilities, public infrastructure, and other projects that could promote economic development throughout the city. Um, it also provides the ED with the authority to utilize financing mechanisms uh

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authorized under Minnesota state statute, including lease revenue financing and other revenue supported obligations. uh approval of the economic development district and the economic plan provides a statutory framework necessary for the EDA support future economic development activities and eligible public improvement projects

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throughout the city. Um this adoption of the district plan tonight does not authorize the issuance of any debt or approve any specific financing at this part at this point. Uh any future financing or project approves will require separate action by both the city of Wyoming EDA and the city council. Uh,

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with that, city staff is recommending that the city council approve resolution 260777, resolution approving an economic development district and economic development plan. I can stand for any questions. >> Mr. Lynwood, I'm going to start with questions. Um, can you I think our EDA

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is very respectful and and have a lot of ideas on how to bring business to us. Can you list some of the things that we do in order to talk to our businesses, what do our businesses need to show that why this is important? >> Sure. I think uh our EDA I think your your best economic development is making

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sure that you continue to have the businesses that are here located in the city to stay in the city. So um our city we work Mr. McFarland and I do a lot of uh business retention visits with our businesses to um just kind of form relationships and see what's going on. Um our EDA has continued to identify

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ways to improve our business climate. um going through those different things as far as um um you know engaging our trying to engage the businesses and working through this an economic development plan we have in the past try to do some workforce housing um is through this plan that would allow us

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whether we look at different things maybe it's for work workhorse work work excuse me workforce housing if I can speak or any other potential uh redevelopment districts or anything that could be um something that the city so it really leave us not only for finance

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enhancing ability it would allow us for a lot of different economic development impact through this plan. >> Okay. I also think um we're the city of Wyoming and Chicago County are trailblazers in terms of the real estate um conference we go to. We were kind of

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the first city to attend and now there's what >> quite a few. >> Yes, there are now. Yes, we've been doing that for a lot of time a lot of time and that's coming up again. But yeah, the minar event is always a great way to get the city uh name out there and talk to developers and architects and builders and really let them know

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that we're trying to continue to improve that business climate in the city. >> Yeah. Perfect. Thank you. All right. Um questions starting with member Schilling. >> Uh I actually have no questions. >> Okay. Member Joerger. >> Okay. When I looked at the plan, I looked at section six and seven talks

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about property acquisition and the financing. >> Okay. So it talks about through the issuance of leaf revenue obligations in connection with the EDA may acquire a leasehold interest in the property on which the project will be

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located uh lease such facilities back to the city and pledge lease revenues from the city to pay debt service on certain bonds of the EDA. So, is this saying that the EDA can potentially own the

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facilities? >> That'll be further down the line. This is just for the economic development plan tonight. But yes, as part of that structure, the city will have a a ground lease with the existing prosperity and that'll be go to the EDA and essentially that'll be as part of a future council

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meeting when we actually go through the pro the process of selling bonds if the council approves this tonight when there actually will be um talking about that term that basically connects the property and sells the property to the EDA for a dollar and then has a term for that lease agreement. So, uh,

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essentially the EDA would issue the bonds and make the proceeds available to the city to construct the building and the improvements, um, on behalf of the EDA under a lease purchase agreement. So, >> okay. So, you're basically going to sell it to the EDA and then you'll create a lease purchase agreement. >> Correct. But that'll be when we go

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through the the structure of the bond. So, we probably look at having that information at their July 21st meeting if the council were to approve this tonight. >> Okay. And then since this plan seems to be primarily geared towards facilities uh funding facilities and other and other projects that may

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come along, um besides being necessary to secure funding, what specifically can this plan do that the EDA can't already do? Um it basically provides flexibility to support redevelopment, infrastructure

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improvements, public facilities, uh future economic development initiatives. It's not that the the EDA can't do it. It establishes the district um and allows for when there is an opportunity that arises. Um it provides long-term economic development tool for the entire

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community, not solely just for this project. >> Okay. Okay. So, I do have some concerns about this one that since the plan exists primarily to ex to secure a lease revenue bond, lease revenue funding,

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that will be substantially more than issuing GEO bonds, government, you know, general obligation bonds. I'm really concerned about how much an EDA will increase taxes with the projects going, you know, when they find other projects

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going forward. To me, I don't have enough specifics of what this plan can do or not do besides finance finance projects with taxpayer dollars. And as I read through the plan there, I

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have a lot of skepticism at the idea that remodeling facilities will provide quote a stimulating effect for the development of other parcels. I think there's a high probability that the reverse will happen that uh

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commercial and residential developers will see the higher taxes generated by these bonds and avoid Wyoming unless they are given substantial tax breaks. So I said my concerns.

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>> Okay. Uh member Luger, >> I have no questions. Member Hansstead, >> no questions. >> Thank you. Um Mr. Lwood, we do have some properties that have been trying to come here um through the um process those apartments and stuff, right? And so by

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having this, we kind of are a step ahead of those apartments coming in and and working with the EDA for some of that funding. >> It was intentionally drafted to include some of those other future activities throughout the city, not solely just for the financing component.

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>> Yeah. And then if we have any buildings um that are condemned and might need to be taken down and having people look at that for possible potential development >> redevelopment. >> This also helps this. Correct. >> Correct.

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>> Okay. So, um and I I guess I don't agree with um member Joerger that it's going to make business less come here. I just don't agree with that. So, um I'm all for this. In fact, I'll make the motion to approve resolution 260777,

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a resolution approving an economic development district and economic development plan. Therefore, I love that last word there. Sorry. So, uh, so I make the So, I make the first. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second by member Schilling. All in favor?

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>> I opposed. >> May. >> Okay. Uh, so approve number 25. uh to consider calling for a public hearing for the submitt of an application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for Minnesota Investment Fund known as the Myth Grant.

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>> Mr. Lynwood, this is exciting. It >> is exciting. I'm happy to say that businesses do want to be in Wyoming and are creating new facilities in Wyoming. So, >> uh very exciting news that we've been working with Rosenbower and they're going to be creating about approximately a 45,000 to 50,000 square foot building along with some additions. um an

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estimated about 20 million in private capital investment that they will not be asking the city for any assistance on this other than uh utilizing deeds tools through uh the Minnesota investment fund and the job creation fund. So um this is an exciting proposal. Um there are some

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renderings within your packet but the expansion project is already expected to create what an existing facility with 650 employees uh currently 57 new full-time positions. So, uh, further strengthening Wyoming's employment base and supporting our continued growth, um, as one of the city's largest employers

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and also this company being internationally recognized for the manufacturing of fire apparatus. Um through this project, as I I' identified, there is a $200,000 MIF uh investment fund that is administered through the city of Wyoming, but it's awarded if awarded the funding is

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provided by the state of Minnesota and is contingent upon Roosevel's meeting. Specified capital investment and job creation commitments, buying equipment, creating those jobs, and the city just serves as a sponsor for the application. We do not provide the funding for the project. So as part of that deed requires the city to hold a public

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hearing prior to submitting the application. Um the p the purpose of that hearing is to provide information regarding the project proposed requesting state funding and opportunity for public comment. Um the expansion represents one of the largest private investments in Wyoming in recent years. Um but be beyond the nearly 20 million

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private investment, the project will create highquality manufacturing jobs, expand the city's industrial tax base, increase production capacity, and reinforce Rosenbower's America's long-term commitment to the city of Wyoming. So, uh very exciting news. What we're asking the council tonight is to

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move forward with calling that public hearing on August 5th, 2026, uh for as part of that proposed application to the Minnesota Department of Economic Development for that myth fund, uh in assistance of 200,000. So, at this time, we would just ask the council to call for that public hearing.

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>> Okay, questions. We'll start with member Luger because she hasn't been first for a while. So, >> um I have no questions. I'm sorry to disappoint. >> All right. Um member Anstad, >> uh no questions, but I'm glad to see another Wyoming company that's uh

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growing, expanding, and and calling this town home. >> All right. Thank you. Member Schilling. >> Uh no questions. Uh very exciting project. I like additional jobs and again reinvestment and staying here. >> So, >> okay, member Joerger, >> no questions. This is so cool.

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>> All right. And I will say that knowing that this is coming, the westside development over there and having the apartments and having more housing and stuff will be good for the people that are going to be working there, those additional jobs. So, it's nice to have that as well. And I just want to again

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state that this is just a pass through. This is not something that Wyoming is giving any money to. I think that's super important because sometimes it's misunderstood how that works. >> We're just the the sponsor for the application but state funding. Correct. >> Yeah, that's all we're doing. So, I am very excited for this and excited for

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Rosenbower. I do know that we are known throughout the state for Rosenbower and it actually um brings people in from outside of the United States. So, um I will make the motion calling for the public hearing for the development, uh

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Minnesota development of employment and economic development. Is that on next meeting? >> It'll be August 5th. Two meetings from now. >> Okay. >> And that'll be on a Wednesday, right? >> You are correct. Wednesday, August 5th because 199th. >> Yeah. We can't wait for Chief Power to give us an update on that. So, um we

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have a first, we have a second. >> We have a second by member Anstad. All in favor? I opposed. We will consider that in August 5th. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh council reports. Let's start with um member Anstad.

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>> Uh I attended park advisory commission last night and the work session prior to this meeting. >> Okay. >> Thanks for everyone coming. >> And member Luger, uh I attended the work session earlier tonight. Thanks for coming. >> Okay. And member Joerger. Oh, I attended

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the work session earlier this evening and thanks for coming and thanks for watching. >> Member Shelene, >> I also attended the work session prior to this meeting and thanks to everybody that came in and anybody watching have a great night. >> Okay. Um I did >> you have something?

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>> I just want to answer uh sorry council member Jagger's question. Um they're extending beginning from the property owner's property extending south along the boulevard up to the existing pay service near East Viking Boulevard. So the existing pay service whether that's existing today or existing when they do

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it I think is covering cool. So >> good job attorneys. >> Good job. >> Nice. >> All right. Um okay. So I also attended the park commission or the park um board but only as a resident because I had

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some ideas to share. So I did attend that. I attended the work session. Um also I attended the League of Minnesota Cities conference along with Mr. McFarland and Mr. Lynwood. It's always a great time to learn how to one for me to be a better mayor. Um and different

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ideas that we can bring back to the city. That is something that um for me personally, I do take vacation time for that. Um and it's a three-day event. So um really appreciate the opportunity to be able to do that. and um it just is a

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wealth of um information. I don't think I could do my job as well as I do without that. So, appreciate that. Um I think I attended something else, but I'm drawn a blank on what that might be, but it's no big deal. I'm excited to hear

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from Chief Bower on updates that we have. And um coming up soon, >> August 4th, we'll have our event We'll have this week.

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But it is a great way for businesses organizations and other groups and displays. We als supports

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working. So another morning coming down and neighborhood. >> So it's a try. So you've got swimming, running, and biking. So the biking

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portion is coming through us. Okay. So it sounds like it's a challenge that all the council members go out with their cowbells and cheer on these riders. >> My my pedal assist bike. >> Yeah, maybe the swimming part. Why not?

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Right. >> Um so I will um put something out there to our residents. It means the world to these athletes to have people cheering them along the road. So, I will have signs. I have additional cowbells. I

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have What else do I have, Brett? >> Well, I have my dogs. >> Okay. >> They always like to come. >> They do. All right. So, we're looking for >> the cowbell. It's the cowbell that >> it does it all the time. >> We need more cowbell. >> We do. I'll make sure I get extra. So, all right. That sounds perfect. Um Grant, any updates? I'm trying to

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remember where we're at. Um, I know we have stomp out suicide coming up. I know we have the um stage coach day is coming up which is a week later if I have that correctly. Am I missing anything else? >> I don't believe anything else. We continue to work with the permitting for both um stage coach day and stopout

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suicide. You are correct that it it is one week later than normal for for stomp or for stage coach day >> and it's a week earlier for stompout suicide. Actually, >> I don't own that one but that sounds right. So >> yeah, that one's a week early. So a lot going on. I'm excited to say a lot is going on within the city of Wyoming. We've got a lot of great things, a lot

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of great things happening that has taken a lot of time to get here. Um, so super excited for everything that our staff is doing um to make all of that happen in our council. So with that, we need a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> We have a motion to adjourn by member

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Luger. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second by member Schilling. All in favor? I. And we are jured at 7:55.