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Part 1 (Video ID: 94xN9-PYzU8):
- 00:00:02: Call to Order, Pledge, Roll Call and Agenda
- 00:02:18: Public Comment: Shed Building Legal Fee Reimbursement
- 00:06:53: Consent Agenda, Accounts Payable Approval and Discussion
- 08:33: Three Rivers Community Action Public Transit Presentation
- 00:18:05: Planning Commission Appointments: Lawson and Simpson
- 00:20:05: Final Plat for MTM Edition Discussion and Approval
- 00:37:09: Revised Utility Ordinance and Public Hearing Setting
- 00:40:10: Ordinance 202608: Charter Franchise Agreement Discussion
- 00:41:48: Resolution 2026 17: Public Safety Dollars Allocation
- 00:42:41: Setting Summer Budget Work Session for June 10th
- 00:46:26: Director's Report: District Funding, Pool, Relief Grants
- 00:51:00: Additional Reports: Water Looping and Audit Update


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This conference will now be recorded. >> I got 6:00 in order 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

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for all. Before we go into the meeting, I got to uh have the person that's on Zoom meeting identify themselves, please. >> You want to unmute your >> Say it again. >> Uh the person that's on the Zoom meeting, I need them to identify

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themselves, please. We can see Holly and Mike, but there's one that's not identifiable. >> Do we have to kick them off if they don't or do we just proceed? >> I don't know. Ask Mike. >> Mike Clarity,

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do we have to keep them on the meeting or can we kick them off if they don't identify themselves? >> I I don't know. I don't know if you can kick people out if they don't identify themselves, >> but if you have a public forum and they want to speak, they would have to identify themselves.

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>> Okay, sounds good. >> Pursuant to your rules, usually it's like a name and an address. Yeah, >> sounds good. Thanks, Mike. >> You just have to put unknown member or unknown in the in the minutes. >> Perfect. Uh we do have one change to the council meeting uh 6D. Uh instead of

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revised the water billing ordinance, we just need to say revised utility ordinance. So, that's the only amendment we need to change on the uh council agenda. >> I'll make a motion to approve the agenda

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as amended. >> I'll second that. >> Any further discussions? All in favor? >> I oppose. Passes 400. We'll open public comment portions. Individuals may address the city council about any items of concerns. Speakers must state their name and limit the remarks to three

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minutes. How much John? >> You have one for me, John. >> What? >> You got one for me? >> No. >> One for Joel and I guess enough here. So, I guess my first question is, has the city had any complaints about the

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shed I built last year? >> I I have not had any. Miles, no. >> I get not weekly, but very often I get compliments how well it looks, and I'm always reminded how much of a hassle I

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went through with the city to build it. People wonder why the city was so difficult letting me get this thing built. And uh so I guess I'm asking the city council to reimburse my legal fees that I

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incurred doing it just cuz it wasn't right. My biggest concern is it's going to happen to someone else cuz it all seems like the city just wanted to sweep it under the rug and forget about it. So I made some notes about what

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happened, some my past letters to the city. You guys can read it over talking amongst yourselves. I talked to Joan a couple times about this. She tried contacting the League of City League of Cities attorney

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and he didn't want to answer any questions for whatever reason. He thought it was a done deal. But I thought you should at least know what the city did wrong because in my opinion they weren't following the rules. They didn't know the rules. They didn't think they had to follow the rules.

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And uh I guess that's why I'm here just to uh gladly answer any questions. You'll have to look it over and I can talk to you another time about it. There's more details I didn't write in there,

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but kind of basically what happened >> um I guess. Yeah, I just I just want to say that it should be noted that uh there were attorneys involved in this and has been fully litigated and settled. Um Mike uh Flity, I'm guessing that any comment would would need to go

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through attorneys, but it's been a settled case. So, you know, even even the settlement you're finding, the facts weren't accurate. So, it just seemed like the city wanted to cover it up. So, I don't want this to happen somebody else down the road

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either. So, I don't ain't much I can do about it. It's a done deal. I had about $30,000 in legal fees. And in the four years I was screwing around with this with the city, the price of the shed went up 20 grand.

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So, it hasn't been a real happy experience for me building that shed. And I didn't get near the enjoyment out of I thought I would. I'm glad I built it. I stuck my ground to do what I thought was right. But it cost me.

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So that's uh that's all I got. You got some questions. >> Council have any questions? >> See if we have talking to Joel and it didn't seem like the city council was really aware what all went on. She

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didn't have a lot. Fred, you're on the planning zoning committee, right? Yep. Joan was did you have any training when you got on it? >> Training. >> Training? No, you just take the word of city hall and they give you information

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on it and >> we we do research. >> I know. I know that. >> They tell us and then we check. >> Yeah. So, no, that's not like we just >> No, I don't. But that's one of the questions I had.

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So, maybe you think I'm crazy for being here, but just want to get off my mind and go from there. If I don't hear from you, I guess I won't be surprised. Any other questions?

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>> No, right now. >> Thanks. Thank you. >> Okay. Good night. >> Any more public comments? We'll close public comment portion and we'll jump to consent agenda. All items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine by council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate

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discussion on these items unless council member requests in which case the item be removed from the consent agenda and be considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

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>> I'll second that. Any further discussions? All in favor? I >> oppose. Passes 400. Accounts payable. Bob. Um, most things were very normal. The only one I wanted to highlight was 82937

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for ABDO LLP for the audit fees of $18,500. And the question I had for Kim, um, they've had the audit. Do you know when we'll have the results or if they'll present anything? >> They'll have the results. Right.

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>> Um, and they bill in four se four sections. The first one is a quarter of it. They bill for half during the audit and then a quarter when they're done. >> Okay. >> So, yep. >> There's no other questions. I'd make a motion to approve the payable amount of

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$7,36041. >> Second. Any further discussion? All in favor? I oppose. Passes 400. Thanks, Bob. Uh, new business three rivers community action presentation. Let's go. Tracy,

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let me get it up here. Let's see. So, I'm Tracy. I'm one of the trans directors with three rivers committee action. We provide the public transit here in Zroa and just wanted to come into a presentation. um just kind of little history of of

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transit and look at numbers of what we've done here in Lagona over the the past I think I went back to 2019 so we could see pre-COVID numbers and and just a little bit of information. >> You want to go to the next slide? Yes.

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>> So this just shows a map of all the rural transit systems within the state of Minnesota. There's 40 across 87 counties. Um, and there's different like you won't see the metro transit. So up in the cities, Rochester, like Duth, they have the the

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bigger ones. This is just focused on rural. You want to go to the next one. Rural transit started in Minnesota in the 1990s. Three rivers applied and received their first grant in 97 and Highland Transit was born with that first grant. Um, we started service in

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Lake City and have just grown from there. Um you can actually go to the next one. Um and over the years we have if you want to go one more Brian. Um over the years we've grown to serve

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these communities. So we have plain view Elgen Wabasha Kellogg Lake City Northfield Redwing Zimroda Mazeppa Pine Island and Canon Falls. And across all these service areas, we offer a demand response service as well as um the deviated routes which operate in our

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three larger towns. Deviated route is the only way that we can provide a route service with rural transit and our um and our contract with Mindot. And then they do have standards that they they'd like to see us meet with each of those services. So with the demand response,

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which is like what we serve or we serve this area with, um they want to see three rides per hour. And in our route towns, they'd like to see eight. We can go to the next one. So, here's the stats for Zimroda. Um, I started in 2019 just to kind of see where we were pre-COVID

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and then like where we are now. Obviously, not back to those numbers. Um, if we look at 2025, we're just below um, if we look at the average for the whole entire year, we are below that three rides per hour average that they'd like to see. Um, and then looking at the

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ridership out of that, just over 5,000 rides that we did, over 4,000 of them are kiddo rides. So, somebody under the age of 18. Um, we do quite a bit of transportation for the preschool. We also provide transportation to and from Head Start. Um, and that's where the

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majority of the rides do come from. And we are working on marketing strategies, working with we have a transportation trainer, and he also does rider education. So, he's partnering up with our older adults program within Three Rivers to get out and and just bring awareness. Um, it seems like either you

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get into some of the bigger communities and they think that public transit is only for seniors or, you know, you have to be disabled in order to use it. And then you get to these smaller communities and they see a lot of kiddos riding our bus and then they figure that it's just for preschool age children and it's not there for other individuals.

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So, just really bringing that bringing that awareness to to what we are. And you can go to this one. This just shows 25 versus 26 first quarter. Um, looking at the stats here, our rides per hour are averaging above that three rides per

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hour. So, that's a good trend to be on for this year and we're hoping that we'll continue that. And everything else is pretty status quo for what we would expect from last year to this year. Um, and then the big thing, we've offered pool rides the last few years while you guys are working to to get the pool up

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and going here in Zambroa and and look to offer that again this summer. Last year we provided 145 rides to or from the pool in Pine Island. And I have talked with their um city administrator who confirmed with the pool staff that

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um sticking with that Tuesday to Friday is is a great option again this year. they are really heavily used by their school um child care program on Mondays. So, they don't want to they don't want to hit capacity and have to turn the kiddos away that that we bring over on the bus or anyone for that matter that

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that rides our bus over. Um so, we would look at starting that believe it's they open on the 8th. So, we would start the 9th of June and go through the 20th of August. If you guys have any feedback on stop locations, we've um ever since we

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started, we did the Christ Lutheran Church parking lot, um the the actual pool parking lot here in town, and then the Zimroda school. Um if there's other areas that you feel would be more heavily utilized if we stopped in those locations, um we're definitely open to

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feedback on that. Um we tried to keep them kind of central where you know on each side of Main Street because it's not great for the kiddos to be crossing Main Street and with how busy it is. But um once we have that all finalized, we can get these posters up. We'll get them advertised on our social media. I'll

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share them with the city as well as Pine Island and then we'll get posters hung up around town. So, if that's um that's good with you guys to stick with these spots or we would, you said open to to looking at at other locations if you'd like us to.

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>> My question would be the pool since construction will be going on this year. Is that is the pool the best location? Because I assume they're going to block that whole parking lot off. I mean, if we did it in Covered Bridge Park or something, I I I don't know if we want

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kids running around a construction site just because there would be heavier equipment would be my question or my concern on that. >> Oh, definitely. >> I would agree. That's not a great spot for us to have kiddos. >> Yeah, we could switch and do um

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probably like that main parking area at the park that's right up from the the picnic area and >> parks or something. I mean I think I mean does that work for you? I mean would that work better than >> Yeah. Also I mean just from there you can do it at the softball field or something

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there was parking either anything like that. >> Do kids walk to the bus or do they get dropped off or >> I think they're walking. >> Yeah. So we kind of want to keep it on this side probably. And I think I would think all the kids going to the pool pickup could walk

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>> 200 more yards and get to the covered bridge would be my >> Yeah, we can definitely make >> at least look at or talk to Jeff or Brian to just >> Yeah, it's a good point because that whole parking lot will be closed off. It'll be full of st >> I mean and then if you get dump trucks

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hauling stuff out or cement trucks, it's just >> Yeah. >> Okay. And do you think that Chris Lutheran is that a good location or should we try to get down somewhere closer to I definitely do not want to go into the quick trip parking lot. I hate

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going in there in my personal vehicle let alone to take a bus and have kids in there. But is there a different like should we try to get more down on that end of town or would it do you think that's >> where else you'd be uh prag parking lot? >> Well, or even the church parking lot

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down there too. I I just don't Yeah. our savior. >> Yeah. >> Or East Park. I mean, I don't know where the kids are coming from. East Park is more either. >> Yeah. I mean, I Christ Luther is kind of north central to that side of town. So, >> and maybe

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we could add we could do the East Park side of Christ Lutheran just to kind of make it so that it's an easy location to identify. And then we could do our Savior's parking lot because I feel like there's a lot of

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houses up there on that end of town. A lot of a lot of kiddos in that area. So, okay, we'll add a fourth stop. >> Great. >> Okay, perfect. And then yeah, we'll we'll stick with those same times. It works great with the open swim. Um

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>> and then we had a a cost share in past years. Yep. >> With the park board. Are you looking for that same >> Yeah. If if that >> was it $500? >> Yep. 500 and then we would we would take on whatever is above and beyond that. It's a typically if we go in between towns it's a $5 one-way trip. We know

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that that's a lot um to ask per per rider and especi but being that we're going to send this bus every day um to these locations. We're not going to require anybody to call in ahead of time. The bus is going to be there every day at the the published times and we'll be at the pool for the published return.

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So, no matter what. So, if that if that works, we'll we will get those posters made and get it advertised. >> Did they already approve it? Oh, good. I was going to I was just going to tell you to remind me remind me we got to get on there, but it's already done.

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>> Good. >> Yeah. So, that is all that I have. If anybody has any other questions on transit or what we do, I'm more than happy to answer. But that's >> I didn't quite stick to the minute and a half, but >> it's good. >> Was that the Was that it?

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>> Yeah, she had a minute and a half. >> Any questions for Tracy? >> Thanks, Tracy. Uh, we love Three Rivers and it's been a bonus for town. So, >> thanks for stopping in. >> Yeah, no problem. >> Uh, let's jump to 6B, planning

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commission appointments. Miles. >> Uh, thank you, Mayor and Council. So, we received three applications for two open spots on the planning commission. Um, uh, the planning commission voted to approve the applications from Peter Lawson and Jessica Simpson. So, kind of

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looking forward to move on that and have a full planning commission for the first time since I've been here. So, it'll be exciting. Um, so, uh, we're really excited that we got three applications for the two spots because we hadn't had any applications the whole time I've been here. So, that was a a a big step

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in the right direction and they kind of just popped out of nowhere. So, um, so pretty excited about it. You got three applications and I see that the two that you're going with um reasoning thereof or is the other

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application available to read or see or >> I have the other application if you want to see it but frankly two people showed up to the planning commission meeting out of the three applicants. >> Okay. >> And they chose the two that were there I guess. >> So that yeah and that's how we've done

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it. I mean, even the code committee when we've had two applications for an open spot and one person shows up, that's the one we're picking. Todd and Kevin, I think, can both attest to that. So, um, so it was just and I I told them all beforehand like, hey, they're

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probably going to pick who's there. Um, they gave them a chance to speak and everything as well. Um, I thought all three of them were going to be there, but again, just, you know, make it easy for them and they just chose the just chose the two that were there. So, but if you want to see the application, I

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can send that to you. >> I'll make a motion to approve the uh the the two for the planning commission. >> I'll second. Any further discussion? All in favor? >> Opposed? Passes 400. Thanks, Miles. And the planning commission. Uh resolution

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uh 202618 final plat for the MTM edition on St. Paul Road. miles. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council. So, we've received the the pre final PL application materials from Bolton and Bank Engineering for the addition going

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on St. Paul Road or at 612 St. Paul Road, the big open lot. Um, we pre previously visited this with the preliminary plat, I believe last meeting or the meeting before. Um, and we voted to approve it. Uh the plat is to create

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five single family home lots on the development property. Uh there is currently no builder attached to constructing these lots. It's merely to do the subdivision of it per our subdivision ordinance because it is greater than five acres. It needs to do this whole process. Um so that's kind of

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why we're here. Um and we are currently in the process of putting together a development agreement is currently in the hands of the developer right now. Um, so we'll kind of be awaiting that and hearing back on that for the next council meeting. Um, and basically this

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agreement is going to be a lot shorter than the other two we've seen this year. Um, but it's basically just to address the future public improvements of the site. Um, particularly the road because that's not done. Um, currently there won't be any public improvements

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constructed on or initially. The only thing that will be done is that they will need to like those particular sites will need to hook into the existing water and sewer utilities, but those are already there on the road because of the other side of the road. So, they just need to hook into it like normal. Um,

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and yeah, so we're just looking for next steps on this one and you'll see the development agreement as uh as it progresses here. Is this going to address some of the curbs pavement part or is that a whole another topic for a different day?

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>> Kind of. I mean, we are going to be addressing future assessment ability um just because we want to make sure that they can't wave the right to appeal an assessment or um or yeah, I guess it was just to basically appeal an assessment

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on that side of the road. um and also that the developer will need to pay off the current special assessment that's there um or the remaining balance of of such thing as well. Um but it doesn't go into the particulars of when any public

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improvements may be constructed just because we don't really know that the answers to those things just because we weren't planning to do them. Um, so we're basically just trying to find a way where we can protect the future interest of the city and taxpayers while also moving this forward uh in in a

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positive manner. >> Jeff McWaters that lives over there, is it paid from his house to that way already or is it gravel? >> Uh, where's Mcuire? >> He's passed um almost by shoe markers. It's not paved there.

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>> It's not from McWaters. It's not paved. Oh, I thought it was paved somewhere where I What is there? Four or five town houses on the left side. It's not. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Some reason I thought it was paved just that four or five town homes in there, but it's not.

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>> Yeah. And and part of the issue is we need to fit it in somewhere at some point. So, we can't commit to any time of doing that. And they knew that. They know that. >> Yeah. um they want to move forward and um you know we allow the other side to move forward. So um knowing that we're

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going to put curb and gutter in at some point that's that's the verbiage about the uh assessments the future assessments and and uh agreeing not to contest that uh those assessments. Um so five more lots right by the right

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by the river and and we'll pave and curb and gutter that road as soon as we can. I know it's not our deal, but when they sell them, I think it's clear to the owners that when they build this and all a sudden they're paying whatever they're paying for taxes and then they hit with

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assessment. >> I think there would be something in the developers agreement, isn't there? >> Well, the development agreement itself will be recorded against these properties, so it will be binding anyways. I don't know about

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the verbiage we have in there about making them tell those people, but I would assume it will be part of their discussions, but I don't know if if we have anything in there that is requiring them to notify to my knowledge.

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>> They do ask if a lot is sold and they get a mortgage on it when they do a title search on it. They ask if there are pending special assessment projects. But if we have nothing pending, there's nothing to put on there. So in some effect, so we don't put that on the

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search. >> Yeah. Mayor and council, this is Mike on Zoom. So there what what you're doing here is somewhat unique because typically you would have the road constructed at the time that the lots are platted. And so that would be built right now in conjunction with these

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lots. So, what will happen is there's going to be two contracts that are going to be signed and recorded against the property. So, I think that was Kim speaking there. And when when the lots are sold, these agreements will be recorded against the property and they

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will show up on a title search. Um, ultimately though, you know, you're going to have to do the special assessment process when you construct the roadway. And when you do this special assessment process, they will be able to con contest it. Um, but there

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will be an agreement recorded against the property that be that is going to say that the developer consents and that that agreement runs with the land and binds successors and assigns. Whether or not the subsequent lot purchasers know that, they probably

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won't know that and they're probably going to complain to you, which is why you should make them build the road right now. But they're not willing to build the road right now. And apparently the the prior council approved the development across the street without

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the construction of curb and gutters. So, um they will complain and you will have to tell them they'll have to pay the assessment. I guess that's the that's how this is all set up. And and you have a what I would tell you is that you have a special assessment policy. So

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even if even if this wasn't a subdivision, you know, the city can do roadway improvement projects any time. You probably do them every year in the city and you're specially assessing those costs to other property owners throughout the city. And so this would

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be no different than that. But um so but there's no there's nothing in the deed of conveyance for each of these five lots. There's nothing like in the deed that says the purchaser of the lot will be required to pay a special assessment imposed by the city. That won't exist.

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So yeah, it'll be in the record of title, but you know there's not going to be any there's no contractual provision that would require the developer to tell the buyer that. the buyer just has to obtain title insurance and do a title search and understand

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um what they're buying, you know, when they buy it. >> That makes sense to you. >> That was that was a mouthful. Maybe a little is anybody have questions about that? >> I think it's all

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>> No questions. It just sounds like Brian's willing to take on a headache in the future for >> Well, yeah, the the headache started when we allowed the the other development across the street without doing the road. So, >> yeah, people don't like assessments. I mean, they always complain about

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assessments, even if it's not related to a roadway construction. I mean, I I think it's very common for people, citizens, to not like to pay special assessments for improvement projects. I just think that's >> that's kind of the same thing we've been dealing within street up there by Wbeg's

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property. We want to we've talked about finish that and paving that but both sides are going to be heavily assessed. So that has been part I mean so >> when realistically could we uh well two

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questions when realistically could we do a curb and gutter and street on that section and roughly what would it cost? Mhm. >> Next question. >> Jeeoff, do you you remember I think we had a ballpark, you know, a couple

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hundred,000 because it's just the surface. >> Uh yeah, I guess I >> Or am I wrong on that? Um >> yeah, I don't I guess I haven't seen anything >> because truly it'll be just the surface at this point. So um

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yeah, I I guess I don't commit me to that number, but it wasn't huge. Um what could aid in it is if the developer would pay um his portion his full portion of the assessment at once then it would be less money for

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the city to carry um >> if it got rolled into a bond if there was another project going on for saying you bonded for that project you could put this in the project with a portion of their special assessments figured in

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to pay the the yearly bill. So you could roll that in. The problem of course is that you have to do the outlay first and where is that money gonna come from? Yeah. And >> it's a smaller project. So theoretically we could roll it into some bonding somewhere. >> That might be the way you want to consider it. And that then that portion

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that pertains to that road would be rolled in from their assessments into the into the project or into the bond payments going forward because the usually the assessments run 10 years. So, >> yeah, there's, you know, we'll we'll

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keep looking at it and Jeff and Kim are constantly working with the uh the capital reconstruction plan and moving things as as roads deteriorate deteriorate faster than we had hoped or not. Some of them are better than we thought they would be at this point. So,

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they can be moved around and that's kind of how it works. We just can't commit to it right now. >> So, what you're saying is we need whatever portion of it right now assess

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the difference. >> He would I don't think we'd have him pay for the portion of the road right now because we we wouldn't know what the cost would be. We wouldn't know what his assessment would be. if he would commit to that, if if the theoretically if the developer would commit to that, we would have we would do the study and see what

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it was going to cost and what it would be and you know, then we would come up with a portion of it. We would still have to come up with a portion of it to carry those uh those costs. But >> but >> as of right now, >> but if you collect assessments today and they do it in 10 years, the cost is

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going to be >> collect you do it first and collect it to pay the that's why I said bond payment because the bond would pay for the full construction project >> and then you would the assessments that come in would pay help pay the bond payments every year basically because

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they pay interest when they get specially assessed. If they don't pay in full, they're paying interest on their assessments as well. So >> I just want to caution you all that there's a huge project coming which we don't know the costs for and and that is

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Main Street. So, you always have to keep that one in the in the back of your mind because we do not know how much that's going to cost us. And we don't I would really caution you to be very cautious to committing to any projects right now where you have to expend money

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when we don't have a good handle on what that project is going to cost the city. >> Yep. There's several. There's Ninth Street, there's St. Paul Road, there's uh Main Street coming up. So, >> but we also but Main Street's going to be a big project. So, I mean, we got to

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these other ones that we mentioned, we may have to put off until we get a little better handle what the dollar amount's going to be for Main Street. And they've already been pushing that. And now, are they talking 2030 31? >> 2030, I think, or Yeah, right in there.

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>> So, that could change a year or two. So, I mean, >> about the same time we do the trestle. >> Whole thing. >> Uh, well, the crossings for sure. Well, the costation that the city's responsible for, the state will pay their portion of it and then the city will be on the hook for whatever the

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cost share policy says >> and infrastructure. So, we might as well replace them since they got the road tore up. And then anything that's above and beyond the standard that Mitten Dot sets would be an additional cost because like the bridge here um when we did did

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it Minnesota paid for it but any upgrades we did which was like the railings and the lights and the things like that that was all additional cost to the city. >> Yeah. And this is a once in a generation project. It won't happen again for a long time. So, we need to be prepared and ready and have the dollars uh to do

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whatever we want to do to make it, you know, small town, main street, um cozy, whatever, whatever we want to do. So, >> and I also think the downtown businesses are going to have some input or want some input of what final outlook is,

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too. So, that could change. I guarantee it won't be cheaper than what they want. I mean that'll be a decision we'll have to make too of >> so that's coming up as well. There's it's all that stuff. It's all needed. It's just a matter of you and we'll get going on that main street and all the

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costs soon leading up to it so we can figure out how we're going to get there. >> So let's go back to the plat resolution. She looking for a motion to approve resolution 202618. >> I'll make that one.

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>> I'll second that. And I think we're trying to cover ourselves by making sure everyone knows that this isn't going to get done for a while and it can be assessed. >> That's what I'm coming up. So yeah, I'll make that I'll second that. But and also too to piggy back my personal opinion

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with what's the chances of it happening in 10 years. I know we talked about it four or five years ago they talked we had a little rumbling of doing that and I think it was a couple people wanted it and most didn't. I don't know. So but I think in order night streets before that

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one oh 100%. So 100%. So we got a motion in a second. Any other discussions? So something like that people down there wanted that's the only reason we would do it because they wouldn't be questioned to be done. >> If your original came with gravel and

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fine >> correct >> well >> that's how we got to where we are. rather than uh having a development and and making sure we had a paved road, we said, "Okay, we won't do it right

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now." And here we are. St. Paul Road's been looked at four times since I started, has been proposed four times. >> And it's because there's always been residents that have did not want to pay for that assessment for the water and

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sewer they went for because they were having issues down there. But uh the reason they backed out of that project when they did the full recon or the water and sewer reconstruction was it was too expensive. The assessments were were quite high. >> It's not going to get cheaper. >> No.

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>> Believe it was 14 East. Was that a requested gutter? >> Yep. >> And then that then was assessed right >> to the home. >> 14th Street East >> and they all agreed to it. >> Y that was a request brought forth and

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then everyone was dead end street doing it with just a couple houses. We got a motion and a second. Any further discussions? All in favor? I do roll call Kevin >> I. >> Fred >> I passes 400.

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Thanks Miles. Uh let's do ordinance 2026 revised utility ordinance. Kim >> well you not changed since you saw it last time. um have make a little side note about the paper bills that uh Todd

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came in today with a bill that he got today that was sent out beginning or the end of last month that was not even his and so we've been really we've gotten how many calls would you say Miles a hundred >> over over a hundred easily

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>> because people didn't get their bills this month >> right bills were sent out and we don't know where they went >> well and that's what I just what Kim just said I brought one but open the mail said I don't get a water bill. I looked at it. It's due in two days and it was off of East Fifth Street. So, I

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mean, so that's one reason I want to do it because now we're spending staff time >> and we are encouraging the people that call to >> cheaper than mine. I should have >> That's that is that is your decision putting a $3 fee on there.

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The biggest thing is >> I'm okay of saying you don't have to do it. I mean, well, I kind of want to just get rid of it because it's easy enough because you can get it emailed, you can get them direct deposited or I mean you can pay online and that's kind of the way everything is. If we get down to 100

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bills, I'm going to just say I would just say let's eliminate doing this in 60 days, 90 days, or whatever it is. But the reason why it was brought up two, three years ago is I got a bill somebody

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that is due in two days. Absolutely. >> And it's an expense to a city and I've had postage we spend 800 bucks and now city staff missed billing. So to answer your question, I think in a perfect world it would be but I would still be

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okay if somebody wants it. But if we get down to not many people, >> right? And and this agenda item is for just setting the public hearing where we'll have this discussion. I'll make the motion to set the uh public hearing

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for 6:05 p.m. on June 4th, 2026 for ordinance 2026. Make it to state. >> We got a second. >> I got a second. >> Any further discussions? All in favor? I

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oppose. Passes 400. Thanks, Kim. ordinance 202608 charter franchise agreement, >> Brian. >> Yeah, this is the same one you've seen before, too. Um, we're just looking for approval. Um, and I've also got I put a

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summary of the ordinance in front of each one of you. I didn't get it in here uh or in in the tablets, but um if you're going to motion to approve also motion to approve the summary ordinance to be published in the paper. It's just a shorter version of this. Uh could be

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shorter yet I'm thinking after talking to Mike, but um this is what we got for a summary because we have to publish something in the paper and to publish a whole ordinance is not reasonable. Um so basically says that kind of gives the the highlights and that the full

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ordinance is here for review. Um but yeah, we went you know 5% rather than 4% for our our fee uh which is uh as high as we can go per statute. Um, you know, of course I'm asking you to prove it on the day that uh charter has been out for

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eight hours, but that happens very rarely. Somebody hit some fiber outside of town, the way it sounds. So, um, but yeah, we just like to move forward and get this. It's a 10-year 10-year deal. Um, with options for extending um the

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previous one was pretty much the same. Um, you know, and the fee has been going down. what we get has been going down because there's a lot more streaming and and things like that. So, um >> and locals making an effort to make it quicker and faster.

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>> Yep. Yep. So, yeah, just request approval for ordinance 2026. >> I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 20268 and the um shortened version for the paper. Perfect. Thank you. >> Second.

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>> Any further discussions? All in favor? I I >> oppose. Passes 4 0. Thanks, Brian. 6F resolution 2026 17 public safety dollars. Brian. >> Uh yes, council has previously approved the allocation of funds to uh ambulance

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association and the fire board. Um we have to do a resolution anytime we're moving money anywhere. Um, so this is a resolution just uh authorizing Kim to cut the checks to the to the fire board and the ambulance association.

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>> Make a motion to approve resolution 2617. >> I'll second that. >> Any further discussions? Bob. Hi. Kevin. I >> Oh, yeah. Good. Good job. Never mind.

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something wrong again. >> No, no, you did well. I'm sorry. It's >> 400. Um, let's go to 6G. Set summer budget work session. So, we've got some date. I don't know if you saw them on there. Uh,

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Brian and I discussed it. Instead of we can either do it just schedule June and then first part of June or second part of June then schedule July and then do August cuz you know schedules change and things come up or do we want to do all

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three and schedule around that and I just told Brian that I'd rather do a month at a time just >> just because our lives are busy and summer vacations and cabins and um stuff like that. So,

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I would prefer to do it one at a time versus all three cuz I hate to get to August and all of a sudden Kevin and Fred are gone for whatever reason. So, we got to reschedule it then. So, so do we just want to do June or do you want to do all three? Do you want to just do June?

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>> Okay. And I'm okay with that. So, let's just uh since July, so if you look at the dates, June 10th or 11th, >> what time are you thinking on these? >> Kind of what everybody wants. I mean, what works?

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>> Um, oh, June 10th of my calendar is not a Tuesday. >> Wednesday. >> I have a Wednesday on mine. >> Wednesday and Thursday. >> Sorry. Are we doing >> 10th and 11th? Is that

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>> Oh, you got you got the days and dates wrong on the paper. >> Yes. Um, rookie Kim, was it 10th and 11th or was it >> Tuesday and Thursday? >> Well, if you want Tuesday and Thursday, I mean, you guys get to set which >> I can't do Tuesday the 9th.

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>> Yeah, June planning commission. >> Yeah, that was so it should be it should be Wednesday and Thursday. >> Wednesday and Thursday. >> Yep. Are we talking two nights or Wednesday or Thursday? >> Wednesday or Thursday. We're just kind of throwing some dates to kind of see what works better for everybody. >> The Wednesday would be the easiest one

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for me to make. >> I could possibly I'd have to >> Wednesday would be better for me, too. >> I can I can make that work. >> Well, and you can set the time. >> Yeah. I mean, I assume most people are 5:30 to 6:30.

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>> That would be good for me at 5:30. >> Fred, does that work for your retired life? No, I got three softball games. I got one. >> Only three. >> Probably every day, huh? >> So, let's do June 10th, Wednesday, 5:30

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to 6:30 because we're going to keep this an hour short. That work for you, Kim? >> I can hear. >> Sounded like Todd made the motion. >> I'll make a motion uh set a work session for June 10th at 5:30. Second.

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that works for you too and hope I mean if it works for Joan I mean and I know if we get all council for all three of these meetings I'd be surprised but just because we're busy >> so I got a motion and a second to all in favor >> did we have a second >> I second I'm sorry I

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>> I was passes 400 June 10th Wednesday 5:30 to 6:30 30. Um, let's do uh reports, Brian. >> All right, settle in. I had most of a page here. That'll be quick. Uh, North

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Summer Sanitary District, we received $12 million in the 2026 bonding bill. Last second approval of that bonding bill, but we were in there for 12 million. Big thanks to Senator Steve Dascowski and Representative Steven Jacob for all their work on that. and

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also our lobbyists at Winth and Weinstein and administrators, engineers, um WHKS, ISG, Windsth, uh the technical group, all the u um public works directors are involved as well. There's

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a lot of work. Um it was a good chunk. Uh we need another chunk yet. Um but this will get us going uh keep us going. um you know, we'll provide uh more of a formal uh next steps and and what we're going to try to accomplish with these

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dollars uh from the executive committee um here soon. So, so more news coming out on that as far as uh schedule, what we can accomplish with those dollars. Um you know, the plans are pretty much ready. I think permitting is close or you know um so be ready to start putting

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in pipes or or whatever we're going to spend these dollars on um you know to get going but we're still looking for other dollars. Uh um we're we're included in the in the next um um congressionally directed spending request. Doesn't mean we're going to be

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approved. doesn't it doesn't have an amount that we're going to be approved for or possibly approved for, but uh the federal government hopefully will will contribute some dollars as well. So, so excellent news on on that. That was uh uh woke up at 10 after 1 in the morning

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to check my phone because because it's a last second deal and and yeah, I was glad to glad to see that come through. Um the pool, in case you didn't hear, we're going to start constructing a pool pretty soon. Um, there's going to be a pre pre-construction meeting next

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Tuesday. Um, demo should start soon after that, I would think. Um, we're going to put an article in the paper, uh, next week's paper talking about the timeline, um, and the continued fundraising effort. Um, some more details. Thank you to Kim for for

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putting that together. Um, gave her a bunch of bullet items and she put it into a a nice article. So, um, on behalf of the fundraising committee. So, uh, that's a good thing. Uh, relief, the relief and the shade tree grants. Uh,

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one of the grant deliverables is to keep the council updated. So, I'm going to update you. Uh, the relief grant is a park grant and the shade tree grant was a boulevard grant. Um, we've completed all the removals of ash trees identified in both grants. Um, we've done all the

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plantings. Uh Jeff has been working hard to update the GIS with uh species and locations of where we planted the replacement trees. Um that gets turned into a shape file that I have to submit to the to the grant people uh to review.

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So big thanks to Jeff. And that's still evolving. Uh, one of the reasons that's still evolving is that uh, if you'll recall the u, the u relief grant, the bids came in way lower than we expected out at the out at the park. You know, closer to 22,000. The

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grant was for 58,000. Um, and the way it works with grants is they want you to spend the money. And so, um, Jeff and his team have been identifying some ash trees that were in the park that were missed or have gotten where they need to be, you

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know, taken out now. And even in the woods, we're still debating those. Um, but the the goal of the grant is to get rid of all of the diseased trees. So, um, we've been told to go ahead and identify more of them, try and spend these dollars. So, so that's what we're

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working on now. Uh we've got till next June to finish up all the work and the documentation. So uh we're hoping to submit it all in December, be done with it and get it done. But uh so it's going well. Uh there'll be an educational portion yet with you know online and and

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other things. We did have some help from the school at one point as well. So, um, nice to have those dollars, nice to get rid of all those disease trees and, uh, but administering a grant is a whole lot

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of tedious work. So, that's all I had. >> What? >> Yeah, I can come up with more if you want. I could probably talk a long time. >> Thanks, Brian. Mike, do you have anything clarity? Not >> tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you, Jeff.

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>> Yeah, the water looping project is um water flowing through across Highway 52. Um, Schumachers came last week and we uh disconnected the water tower and now all three of the city wells now fill the

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GSR, the harvester silo and we had uh some new programming done to those. So now they all just take turns and speak that way. So and um Scott Honey and WHKS yesterday at 1:00 was the deadline. We

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had uh two bids uh come in for uh demolition of the water tower and the low bid I won't uh I don't have the I think 544 was the low number but I'll have that in a memo probably for next council for demolition of the water tower. So

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>> who is the contractor on that? >> I don't want to I don't want to speak to it yet. I'll get the okay final paperwork from him. That's fine. >> Yep. I just want to inform you that's kind of what direction we're going with that. Perfect. Thanks, Chef Kim. >> Yep. Uh, we had the auditors in a couple

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weeks ago. Uh, everything seems to be going well. We've been answering questions that they've come up with. Um, so you will be seeing a report in June of the audit. >> Oh, you don't want to miss that one. >> Oh, and I'm working on the budget. >> June.

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>> So, I guess I'm taking the first stab. Well, I'm going to try and get it out to department heads next week. Um, so we will have it coming on at you at the on the uh work. Yeah.

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>> Three full days. Kim sat there and stared at that screen. Budget stuff. >> Thanks, Kim. >> Mr. Rob, >> nothing tonight. >> I am not gearing up to say something. Nothing. Kevin, >> nothing.

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just one question. Is this accurate the money that we're looking for? What is the total amount we're looking for? >> We were looking for 48.8 or 48.6 million total. >> Right now we've got uh 22 million from the state and uh we're supposed to be

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getting 1 million from the federal government. So um we need another yeah another aotment. Oh well there's another program. There's a PIG program as well which was funded uh with $30 million I believe by the state. Um we're

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eligible for those dollars. That's a point source implementation grant. So we're eligible for some of those dollars too. Um so we'll see how many dollars we we receive out of that. Um each community I think is eligible. We're all lumped into one now.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. The applications all went in individually. >> Yeah. But yeah, whoever's awarded will go into the same. >> Yep. Yep. So that hopefully will will be fruitful as well. Um you know, all the legislators want to see this happen. Um

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they just haven't been able to give the whole a lotment. There's other things going on. Um but they're all they're all behind it and they all that's why they keep giving us dollars because they they want to see this model replicated throughout the state. you know, the the

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collaboration is is a cost savings uh in the long run. Um and a whole lot more less requests for them up at the up at the capital. >> Anything else, Fred? Meeting a journ with the next Thanks for coming in.

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