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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: BqYB0Mufc_A):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Commences: Introductions, Attendance, and Agenda Approval
- 00:01:52: Approval of April 15th Meeting Minutes and Financial Report
- 00:03:24: Old Business: Tulip Tree Marketing and Google Ads
- 00:05:14: Public Comment on Flag Issue: Opinions and Humor
- 00:07:13: Old Business: Blandon Foundation Grant Denial Discussion
- 00:08:54: Old Business: Historical Plaque Relocation and Park Plans
- 00:15:55: Old Business: Paul Lancowski Lot Offer Discussion
- 00:22:12: Motion and Second on Lot Offer: Contingent on Pond
- 00:24:24: Future Land Development Ideas and Goodview Comparison
- 00:27:15: Update on Keller Bartman Apartments Construction Progress
- 00:29:06: Flower Basket Proposal by Zimroto Community Trust
- 00:31:32: Discussion on Funding Flower Baskets and Concerns
- 00:34:12: Concern About Phenomenal Woman's Sale and New Business
- 00:37:20: Price Comparison and Discussion on Flowers and Scuttlebug
- 00:40:34: Data Center Conversation, Adjournment and Meeting Ends


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This conference will now be recorded. >> Okay. Did we get our last member in here? Hello. How are you? >> Good. How are you? >> I'm doing good. >> Okay. Obviously a crowd over on the other side. >> I'm going to come over here on the side.

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>> All right. Coming over with the girls. How are you? >> Good. >> Is this all we're going to get today? Is that what you're trying to tell us, Kurt? Are we it? >> Over there. >> Yeah, I know. But that's it. >> Yeah.

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>> You couldn't convince anyone else. >> I I tried to convince Lindsay, but she and I Bob said he was going to be here, but he may. This is a week early. >> Oh, >> yeah. It was good that you sent cuz I didn't have it on my calendar. >> He sent it. I sent an email to a couple

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times. >> Yep. >> You never know. >> I was wondering why it was today, but I didn't. >> I just came. >> Yeah. >> Voted like two months ago to move it up because I'll be gone next Wednesday. >> I can't remember what I did last week. You expect me to remember what I did two

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months ago? >> Well, I got a handy dandy calendar. >> My wife tells me where I need to be. Well, if Bob comes, we'll let him take over the meeting, but we'll call the meeting to order. >> Any changes or

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amendments to the agenda? >> All right. Motion to approve the agenda. >> Motion. >> A motion and a second to approve it. All in favor? I >> I post. All right. Regular meeting minutes of

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April 15th. Good. >> I'll make a motion to approve the April 15th uh DDA meeting. >> Second. >> Okay, we got a motion, a second to approve the minutes of April 15th. All

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in favor? >> I opposed. Okay. monthly financial report and accounts payable. >> Financial is, like I said, I don't think there's anything new on there. If you have a question, I could take it to Kim if I don't know,

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which is probably pretty good. >> And I assume them property taxes are uh the properties that we own, correct? >> And I assume that's for half of uh the May 15th tax, correct? I'll make a motion to approve the

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accounts payable. >> Nicollet projects. Is that a solar thing? Nicollet projects one. >> Yes. I think it's just they pass through >> that pass through for solar credits and that type of thing. >> Yep. Okay. Got a motion to approve the

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monthly cash report or financial report and accounts payable. Is there a second? >> Second. A motion to second. All in favor? I >> opposed. All right. No public hearings. Old business. Tulip Tree Marketing.

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>> Tulip Tree Marketing. We are set to go. Is pay $3,135 to get three months of Google Performance Max ads. I've been working with um Whitney West to get that all figured out. Um, we have they're kind of

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going to go with our same topics as we went with with uh Facebook ads and you can see the list down here on your such as you know this is what we're going to kind of point out to this to the world about SROA obviously the bridge we want to kind of point out the new pool which

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will be construction will start at some point campground biking walking trails main street great schools new housing's going up downtown and um we have a new housing development going up on the Highlands covered bridge festival, county fair when those pop up. Is there any other

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that you think that we should point out or take away and I gave some examples on the back page of uh what we did with the we can uh submit pictures that we'll as

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well put on kind of blast people with Zimroda. That's the goal. Anything anybody can think of that's different than what we have? And if you do, shoot me an email. Let me know. No,

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>> I want to say a joke. How about we bring up the flag? >> No, I said it first. This is going to be a joke because I'm getting sick of hearing God. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> People talk to you about it. >> Oh, last week I came in. I had two

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letters. >> Yeah. >> Did you see the one some of them? >> Nashville. >> One of them. >> Yeah. Some of >> Somebody sent me a letter from Nashville. >> Yeah. There. >> And all it says Jesus loves you. >> Some flag thing in it.

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>> And nobody signed or nothing. From Nashville. Jesus loves me. Even in Nashville. >> I think he does. calls it. We get here and >> it's still >> Yeah. >> It's amazing. Southern accents. Yeah. >> I got a letter from somebody in the

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cities. The same thing that Jesus loves me. Somebody wanted to send me a letter thanking me for approving going back to the old flag. It's literally 50/50. I mean, if we count everything, it's literally 50/50.

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>> What? I voted against it. But I would have vote but I voted but I would have voted like I tell people but I would have voted against it to keep the new flag. I would have my personal political views have nothing to do with being the mayor of the road. >> So we won't put flag.

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>> Okay. Yeah. Hey don't have seen enough of that. Okay. That was my humor for the day. >> All right. Well like I said if you any of you come up with a topic uh once we start it I'll shoot out examples so you can see them. It should be pretty pretty good. I I don't know of another

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community within CEDA for sure who's doing this. So, this will be either really good or we'll find out we shouldn't do it anymore. Kind of like a billboard, I guess. >> Well, I still like the fact that at least we're getting some feedback on

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what that dollar is doing for us >> where with the billboard, we didn't get anything. So, >> yeah. And like I said, we'll be able to see how many people click on Yeah. All right. Uh, moving on. 6B. We had a I applied

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for a found a Blandon Foundation grant and it got denied. So, the great news on that one. That was a $150,000 grant and that was great news was sarcasm by the way. Um, it was $150,000 grant that we did not get. I will keep along with CEDA

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putting applying for grants that pop up that beneficial. >> Did they go ahead? Did they give you any feedback? >> Thanks. But no. >> Yeah, pretty much. >> No. As additional opportunities come up

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and did did we write that ourselves, >> seated it? >> Yeah. So, the building across the parking lot here, the little visitor center shelter bathroom thing that was built with some grant money that um we obtained years

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ago use and we used a a guy that I know through Mayo, okay, to help us write that and this is what he does. He's got a legitimate side gig. So, as other opportunities come up for larger grants, it may be worth engaging him for a

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couple two-3 hundred bucks to help review the grant. >> Um, to make them maybe a little more tailored and and not that I I didn't see the other grant, Kurt, so I don't know what it looked like, but this is what this guy does. >> Yeah. Okay.

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>> So, and I'm not jonesing to send a friend of mine business, but it worked once. We will for sure keep that in mind when >> when they kind of pop up because Yeah. Okay. >> Just for awareness. >> That'd be great. >> Didn't Did I just sign something for a

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grant through you or is that >> Yeah, that was for tier 2 housing. That's for the Habitat. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I couldn't I knew it was you or Rob that >> and they're buying a lot on 10th >> 13th >> 13th >> East 13th >> to put up >> that empty one. >> Yeah.

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Do you know a lot of >> I know exactly which one it is. It backs up to trees. >> Yep. >> But do you know what they paid for that lot? Like 23 25,000. >> That That's good. It's been for sale forever. >> Yeah. My brother-in-law is the CEO of

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the company that owns that lot. >> East 13th. Yeah. >> Two houses up >> next to the >> past East Avenue. >> There used to be a group home there. So, there's a house on the corner and then the group home in an empty lot and then John and Sha Stusy and then Corey Mattis

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owns our old house. >> That'll make people >> working on that. >> I told Johnny should have bought that a long time ago, >> especially at that price. >> All right, some more old business is uh we're still talking about moving the historical plaque. Now, when you look

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out here, Jeff has actually is going to have a pad poured by those older s plaques that are out there. Uh, it's for two reasons. One, we could put this plaque on it or and two, it's easier to mow around that because it's

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cornering it off. Um, so we'll have a pad there and you know I've been in contact with Brian about this and one thing he suggested and Bob suggested this last meeting was you know that is a park there on where the plaque is currently across from Quickrip and what

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would we do with that? Well, the park board would have to make that decision because that's park land. And there were the thought of maybe dividing it up and sell some to uh Booker or and then the other half to Quick Trip and then maybe uh telling them they

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could make a little park there and leave the plaque there because it is a historical marker for the Deuke St. Paul Trail. So, I'm gonna go talk I know the owner or the manager of Quick Trip, his name is Matt, and I'll go speak to him. See,

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just kind of see what he thinks about that. If we make that into a little I don't think the city would own it anymore. Uh, but maybe a little resting place for people who buy food trip and go sit and eat. You know, there's no tables there now. If you put a couple

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tables there, would people go there? That that's something I can't really answer. Booker wants to put some storage units up there, right? >> Put a few more of those >> buildings. >> So, this is just kind of review of of

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that and I'll kind of I'll keep you up to date on it. I don't want to take any money from the EDA to do this. Um, and I don't want to have the Minnesota Historical Society involved because I I don't want to change that plaque. There's nothing on there. I don't think that is offensively, but if you need to

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review what it says on there it says >> council too last company >> because you said that you could reach out. >> I mean and and it's one of those things if it's going to cost us $10,000 to move it. Is that the best $10,000 we've ever used to move a plaque that's not hurting

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anything where it's at now? I mean and that lot is so small >> and and it's I mean it's in a tough location for even Quick Chip. I mean, if you're going to buy a burger, that's a long ways to walk with that crazy ass traffic coming through there and that

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roundabout. I mean, do you see uh somebody getting hit there? I mean, >> we want people to to appreciate it, read it, >> then it's I think it's got to be in an accessible point >> 100%. And here it'd be better than we're there.

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>> Exactly. >> Guys, I think Steve Johnson was one of them and Kevin Kish, we're talking about a couple years ago moving that plaque. >> Yeah. Maybe the community trust would have some >> money to. >> But I mean, I think it's something we need to move, but if the city isn't

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worth spending a chunk of money moving it. >> Yeah. That's why Yeah. We're looking at not doing like this pad's getting laid because they're putting a memorial bench down on the walkway and they have need a yard of concrete. It only takes a half a

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yard to do that bench. So Jeff was going to throw that the rest of it there. >> Yeah. >> So it'll be there. So that's >> perfect. So the base is there and that'll be good. Yeah. It'll be And you can see there's two ash I think they're ash trees cuz they're not looking good.

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And they can move the school signs as well. So yeah. >> Do you know how big that lot is that we own? >> The the park up there. >> Yeah. >> Not off the top of my head. I don't >> It's not a full acre. >> Yeah, it's half an acre maybe. Get a

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bird. >> Your brother sell a lot of them sheds. >> Um >> does he? I mean >> I got mine. >> What? I knew you got yours there. And a lot of them are probably like pre-solds where they want a different color or whatever. So, they make them and then

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deliver them right from the factory versus pulling them off the >> I think I've seen one or two get moved. >> But I mean, why wouldn't you got the space? You sell 10 a year. I mean a word. >> Is it is it possible that

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the city foundation out there that shoe markers would move it without >> that was originally our I know Jeff looked at that but it is heavily connected to the base because his thought was just pick it up and put on

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this base >> and he said that that's not going to work. So you got to move the base and everything probably >> down a ways. >> Okay. >> Do we know that for fact? >> That's what Yeah, >> I went out there and dug around it. >> So, >> but it still might be the best way to do it. Just move it in one piece and just

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spend the I mean shoeer's got the equipment to do it. >> Yeah. And I can ask him again tomorrow. Um, I was hoping to find a stonemason who would like I thought if he could build us a place to put the plaque and then put on there, you know, done by Ted

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Johnson 2026, that'd be there forever. We'll see. But Jeff made the point. It's hard to get people to volunteer because it's hard to find people to actually do the work to get paid, you know, >> to right

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>> do some of this stuff. So it's not as easy. >> All right. Any more discussion on the historical plaque? Another follow. It sounds like Yeah. All right. So, we have an offer from Paul

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Lancowski for the lot. You're not familiar with the lot. So the smaller of the two EDA lots all wants to open a I'm going call it a factory. It's a shop and that's you're going to have roughly four or five

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employees. You look at putting a 40 by 80 foot uh building on that lot which speaking to miles which fit just fine. There'd be plenty of room for it. Um, so he contacted me. He's been in contact with Bill Angererman, WHKS, our city

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engineer. And like I said, we worked with Miles to get the building would fit. And then I I emailed each of you asking for a baseline because I'm worried that back and forth negotiations, you know, they'll take a month at a time. But if that's the way

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it is, that's the way it is. So he sent me an offer, and you can see he's offering $50,000 cash offer for the property. We are asking uh what are we asking? >> $98,000. The market value of the property is

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roughly $105,000. I looked up some comps, but the it's hard to >> you can't compare them big cities to our I mean that would be my I mean Mano Albertly. >> Just to clarify, are we looking at lot 030 or 020?

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>> 020 up there. 020 the one. Yep. >> Yep. >> Perfect. So, that other lot's still going to be available. >> Yep. The the bigger lot is still there. Um >> just a heads up, our taxes that we pay

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on this lot, as you can see, came out of our um our fund are about roughly $2,46 >> a year. >> A year. >> Wow. >> So, this lot since I've been here has been for sale. They both been for sale for a while.

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This one would be the more difficult of the two to if you remember Couch Trucking was very interested but it wouldn't fit. I'm not sure from what I've talked when I spoke with Couch Truck like they'd have to put a retention pond on this lot. I mean you

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know the process. Um so what I'm do we counter offer $50,000? Do you take $50,000? use an EDA. Uh, you know, what do you think?

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>> We don't know that he necessarily needs to put a retention pond on the property in order to build a 40 by 80 bill. >> He We don't know that for sure. Correct. >> Yeah. I just know that CS had to >> and he's aware that he might have to have that expense.

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>> He's he's spoken with um I don't think he spoke with Bill, but he spoke with um Oh, who's the other guy? Zroto >> Jesse Preston >> Hanuki >> Y >> about it. So he's all well verssed. >> Okay. >> So once I gave him that information, he

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contacted him and then he sent me this. >> It'd be interesting to see what the layout is with the shed, with the pond. >> Well, I just think um if there's even a possibility he's got to put more money into the lot just to

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get it ready to build a 40 by 80. I think 50 is a reasonable offer. >> I'm I mean I'm okay with it. I would I mean I was going to say my baseline would have been 75. >> Um >> but like you said it is a tough lot.

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It's kind of in >> if it were the other one I would say 75 for sure. But >> but what do we have the other one listed for? 128 or something. 180 but >> that's like two and a half three acres. So, I mean,

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I sold real estate for six years, so they're coming in at 50 and they'll probably go as high as 60 or 75,000. So, I always look at that, too. Obviously, you want to get as much as possible as we can, but I would also like to get that lot. So, because it is a tough lot, >> so if he can put a shed on and not have

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to put a pond on it, so that's going to save him some money. I think we need to go 6075,000. But if you have to put a pond on it and have some more expense, maybe we take 50,000 >> just to get it sold. >> Do it as a contingent or an contingent

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counter offer. Is that 50 is the bottom line? >> Yep. And then if he doesn't have to put the put a pond in there >> or do we wait for him or do we wait for him to come back and say for this to work this is what I need to do. Pond.

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Yeah. >> Or do you ask is it ethical just to ask the city engineer whether a pond would need to go in there? Then you know >> and then if the answer is no, a pond doesn't need to go in there, then you say 65 or 70 or 75, whatever the number

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is. >> And then if they come back and and they say, "Yeah, this is going to cost $100,000 for the pond. I'm making that number up. I have no idea." Mhm. >> Then 50 I go back to >> But if Honey Key already knows ah they're not going to have to put a pond

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on there. Yes. >> Is that the case? Sorry if I missed. >> No, he doesn't know. >> He does not. >> Yeah. So I think that's one of the >> But honey should know what the guidelines are on that. >> Oh yes. >> Is there's a pond when

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this land see there's a pond right here. So my thought was can we just run water that I'll ask is I was cut down costs obviously but he's been in contact and I will yeah

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so I can ask Bill so if they do have to put a pond on it you would think that $50,000 would be >> I would come back at 55 just to I mean >> yeah just to come back at something >> 50 55 five and then you can use the

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extra five for my I was talking about Teddy Swims in the office so I missed the opportunity to amend the the agenda but I do have one real quick question that I'd like to socialize with you later. >> So on yes at 55

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if they don't need a pond we counter offer at um 75. Yeah. I mean, what commercial lots now that it's an acre and a half is going for 50,000 to be realistic that's

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already got city water and city sewer there. And and you know, you go to city Rochester, I don't care if you have to put a pond now, it's 98,000. That's what I'm going to sell it for. I mean, >> I mean, the the available lots by us are going for 50 just >> is that what they are now?

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>> Yeah. >> And that's a bargain. >> Yeah. This is a great deal. >> Be interesting to see what Biglo's the what is it? The seventh division coming in, what their lots are going to be coming in. >> Somebody want to make summarize that

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into a motion? >> So moved. >> I will make a motion that if they have to put a pond in there, we'll counter offer at 55. If they do not, uh, we'll come in at 75. But I would like to do research with

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Hanek and or Bill Angerman prior to us doing a thing. >> Yeah. >> To see what the opinion is because if they've already talked to Hine or both of them already know what that lot is going to entail to do that. That's what they do every day. >> I'll call them tomorrow

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before if this is the motion before any of this goes forward. I'll call to just to verify if there needs to be a pond. Does >> that sound right? We have a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second. Now we'll do the the correct

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Robert's rules of order and see if there's any further discussion about that motion. >> Nobody. >> Well, here's I mean, okay, I'll let this vote first and then we'll go on another topic. >> Okay. Same thing. >> All right. All in favor? >> I

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>> I opposed. Motion carries. But here's I mean it's a good problem, but I mean as an EDA we're going to have to start thinking of more commercial lots >> and and and we make a practice on council that we do not we're not in the

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development investing. >> Sure. >> We're not using taxpayers money to buy land to hopefully make money. >> But that's I mean if we sell this lot we're down to one lot commercially without doing it. And I think rebound

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is an avenue which Brian's been part of some of the meetings. Um that could be an option too. But I mean that that's something that we might have to start out marketing rebound and or other investors out there

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>> because what makes I mean in a perfect world I love to buy that other Jacobson corner up there. Take 10, 15, 20 acres of that because that's prime location. I mean and rebound has discussed that in some other things

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before communities have bought say bought land for a million dollars uh in the city this hypothetical loans you you get an inner city loan of a million dollars because each lot that you sell off you pay that loan back and then you start making money because you may pay

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hypothetically four lots pays off that >> loan and you still got four more lots to sell. >> That's straight profit, >> but it's still tax day's money that you're still doing to buy. >> It's exactly what Goodiewu has done with their residential real estate developments.

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>> Wingle did that, too. I mean, the smaller communities, >> they have to >> they have to and it's more residential stuff because they're trying to get the people there >> to grow that. I know has good you has I think Woff even has. I think I've seen that.

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>> But who wants to live in Woff? Who can get to walk why cough without map questioning it? >> Not many people. We used to say why cough when you don't have to. >> Yeah. >> All right. Good. I'll Yeah. I'll uh contact those guys tomorrow and then

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I'll send out a >> And I think that should be a good business on that corner because >> call Paul call or do I type up a formal >> either way you're going to have to have something in writing. >> Yeah. I think >> I think you can verbally negotiate until you get close and then

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>> then put it on paper. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. Good. >> But I would call anger man and or hunkey. >> I could even call Bill right now just to see what his opinion is. But >> he's probably playing pickup ball.

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>> Wednesday night >> in his new shed. >> No. Went to school. >> Oh. Have you seen his shed? >> I have not. Oh my good. >> All right. Uh update on Keller Bartman Apartments. >> Well, if you don't know, they have

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starter construction. I don't want to tell you. I haven't seen it. When you drive by it, there's a big hole in the ground. That's what >> a building's not there. Let's start there. I've heard >> there's uh there's digging going on and those guys said they will turn over the keys in February. >> Wow.

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>> When I spoke to them, >> I think they're ahead of schedule right now already. Yeah. >> I mean, it's kind of neat. I don't know if you looked at the hole, but you actually can see the culvert. They got that exposed. >> Oh, do they? >> Yeah. I mean, the a good sunk of it probably 30, 40 ft. >> Oh, really?

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>> Yeah. And they got some concrete uh artist poured and >> Yeah. The integrity of that concrete culver is just fine. And >> yeah, I mean Yeah. I I don't think it was ever an issue, >> right, >> at all. I just think it was how can they

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do the supports without >> Yep. compromise. >> Anytime you move the dirt, you can always have an erosion or we get heavy rain. I mean, yep, you can always have some issues and that's been some of the >> spit back, fight back on that going up and starts to

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>> and I think it's going to go up faster because now it's being built in a enclosed or in a shop environment and then brought here and built versus that last one they basically did it by stick built. I mean, so >> and that's what most of these apartment

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complexes are. It's just a jigsaw puzzle. to bring on some eyes and hopefully you can figure it out before you put the wrong wall in. >> True. >> All right, Dave, your agenda item. >> Yeah, just and I apologize. I was talking to >> you talk.

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>> I do. Um, so the Zimroto Community Trust, of which I am the chair, um, buys flowers for Main Street every year. >> Oh, yeah. >> And we're happy to do that. Um, if you compare the and the flower baskets that

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we have, if you go to Redwing and look or Rushford and look, you'll notice that there's a significant difference what they look like. >> And the city, the deal is that we've kind of worked with the city is we'll buy them, you hang them up and water them, and it's been a good symbiotic relationship. The reason the plants look

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so much better in Redwing and Rushford is that they have a a different reusable pot that retains water. So you water them in the morning, they'll dry out on a hot day and these pots. And so the

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question from the trust and we're not looking for an answer today. Would you be willing to entertain a proposal where we would go havsies on the reusable pots which would cut down your watering because the water >> and labor and save money that way

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although and and we're not looking to have the city or EDA or whomever >> or park board I don't know who >> um pay for the whole thing but and not this year. We've purchased them. We're they're going down to get them I think next week maybe or the week after.

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>> What's the price? I mean I mean on half that do you know? >> Yeah I'm guessing I mean we're not talking a lot of money in the overall scheme of things. I'm I'm again this year it would have been about 2500 bucks >> would be our portion of whoever paid

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>> five grand. And then we need to find a place to store them. And so then we need to, you know, and somebody from, you know, Gary Grover is retired and he's got a truck. He'd pick them up, drive them down to Rushford or wherever we are going to get the flowers from. The the guy the um person that we're been that

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we've been buying these baskets from um does a great job, but he's 85 years old. >> So >> So the next move is probably going to cost somebody more money for flowers just like anything else. >> Yeah. Yeah. So again, I'm not looking

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for an answer today, but you know, is it worth asking the question next fall as we prepare from the trust side to move forward with next spring? >> My personal opinion, I think we need to find a way to do it. I obviously would

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have questions for Jeff, our public works director, because he's going to have to worry about storage and he may know more about the product than I do. But I do get several comments throughout the month about how our downtown looks,

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how well it's kept, how well the flowers now with the senior pictures with the music. I've heard all that stuff. >> And with 58 being such an artery for Redwing and the casino and getting into Wisconsin, I have a lot of rots that I

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know that come through this town. >> Yeah. And the the only thing they [ __ ] about is our police department likes about them. Don't go faster than 32 on Main Street and you don't have a problem. >> Exactly. >> Well, I was only going 34. I said it's a small town police. They get bored. So I

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said 32. But I mean, so I would be in favor of if it's EDA, if it's >> council, if it's park board, or we all chip in 50 or you know where the money last time, Dave, for the pots you have now. >> They're disposable.

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So that was an every year expense. >> Yeah. You go buy the plants to hang them up. Yep. This >> organization paid for it then. Say that again. >> Your organization paid for it every year. >> Oh yeah. We've been doing that for a long time and we'll figure this out, but there's been a benefactor who's been

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providing money to the trust and then getting a tax deduction and that benefactor is no longer with us. So we we figured out a way to do it this year with our own with the trust funds that we have. Um, I got an email, totally unrelated,

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but I got an email from um, Brian today and he's not here. Um, but I'll tell you that um, as city council people that um, I just need to get a check for our donation to the pool. He asked for the don we we agreed to write a check with >> $50,000. I told

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>> it was 50. >> I almost got you to say yes. >> But our treasurer lives in Wisconsin. So, we do all this by snail mail. So, I sent I sent the request to David and I think it might take a little bit of time because we're going to have to pull

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money out of one of our um we've got money with Edward. We the trust has money with Edward Jones. So, it's there. I just need to move it and then get a check cut. And that's >> You said Redwing and Rushford has the flowers that we would get. I should look at those.

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>> They're gorgeous and they're huge. So, >> and that's what I mean. >> And they get them from Rushford. >> They do. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> It just managing to see what the cost is because I think that's important. I think it's also important for our businesses to help them look and thrive.

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I mean, we've all heard phenomenal woman's for sale. That kind of concerns me is if it's going to get bought and kept on run or is it going to sit on vacant or are we going to go through four or five different businesses before we get an anchor? I mean, a phenomenal woman has been a a thriving business for

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Zimber for I don't even know how many. >> 25 years. >> Yeah. 25 years. So, that is kind of a concern as a mayor of what can we do or how can we keep that business and I'm hoping Brian Hogan and his wife buy it and keep it up or

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whatever. But >> my daughter was worked there and and um Chris approached her about purchasing it before she got a job as a teacher. So >> Oh, really? >> So now she's >> No, but not interested anymore. >> And I don't know where it's at. I don't

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But that's a concern as mayor that if we lose an anchor like that, >> um we have some great knickknacks. We've had a couple popups come and go, but I mean that's what keeps this town thriving. So, >> speaking of, there is a new business coming opening in June. Uh, it's going

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in the the main street building, >> Cactus >> Jacks, and they're making home goods, homemade goods and stuff. Kind of like >> What building is that going in? >> Uh, it's the the fourth street main fourth street main building. The yellow on Main Street. It's got a chiropractic

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in there. There's an orthodontist. >> This is used to be the Yeah. Yeah. So, it's going it's going where the hair swan was. So, that'll open up in June. >> And it' be interesting to see. I'd love to get something in the Steve Johnson

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building the old shelves. I mean, something >> not a mechanic shop, but I mean, >> he's still in there right now. >> Yeah, he I think he'd do that just for a ride off right now. Just for a little office for >> I I was told >> keep his leasing company going.

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>> Yeah. So, speaking of new businesses, any um scuttlebug on anything for the old pizza or the Mexican place? >> We've heard uh Thai place was interested in it, but

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nothing has moved forward. >> And the only reason I asked is I was at Next Start Nutrition this morning and some contractor was going in there. >> Oh, yeah. Good. So >> if if if and I know it's a religious thing, but if you could sell

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>> beverages, >> business would have better chances >> 100%. I mean, and it's >> if I have Mexican, I'm I'm good for a margarita or seven. I mean, that just if I was having a pizza, I want a cold beer. I mean,

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>> but I mean, you can't tell somebody Okay, that's it. Any other scuttlebutt on new businesses or anything? Anybody? >> But to go back to flowers with Dave, it'd be interesting to see what all the prices are versus >> the disposable to the non-disposable. How many are we talking because Jeff's

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going to be a big important >> issue because the city staff will have to store them. I think we have plenty of room. But it just >> the the charge that I had from the trust was to ask the question whether it's worth asking the question. That's what I >> I just think flowers are big.

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>> Uh I think uh it spruces up downtown and I just think that's something the city can put in a couple two $3,000 to help >> do that. I'm okay with that. >> So what I'm hearing is I've got a a soft yes to continue. >> And I think Joan I mean Joan I mean I

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think Joan would be with that too. So >> all right. Sounds good. >> So, just I know you a lot of times you can't even talk about people that are inquiring potential businesses that might be inquiring. Is there anything

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going on in that realm lately? Anybody reaching out to say, you know, ask if there's anything available in town or >> No, not >> okay. >> Everything on Main Street was full, >> right? But now I have that um

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Greenstead moved out. So that building is open. >> Uh but no, I haven't heard as of late just that lady who's starting that business. >> Yep. Cactus. Yep. >> And I think the rumor has it. I think uh is it Jen? Uh Busy Babies. She's

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struggling right now. >> She's got a lot of vacancies. >> She was on a a newscast saying that things were tough now because of >> the tariffs. tariffs and >> but you know she don't have Wigg up there and now she's got Greenstead has moved out

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and I've also heard some rummings. I got to be careful what I say, but that hotel and covered bridge has got something shaken and moving and >> last time >> they were going to buy the hotel and revamp it, but then their last meeting

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got cancelled and >> I know there's been some people looking at both of them part of the rebound. >> Mhm. the investors in rebound or >> Yep. >> interesting to see what happens to

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Hoggin's building, the other Hogan, >> the old truck. I mean, that building would be nice to get it filled up, too. >> Um, is Steve Johnson moving? Where's he at with them storage units out on that lot? Did we approve that? Do you know, Joe?

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complaining. >> I I remember seeing it or hearing about >> um >> I thought when I was over there today in that area, I didn't I was going to drive back there when I was done, but it looked like there was construction going on like there was poles.

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>> Was there I haven't been back there. I keep I mean I >> Where is this? >> Uh behind Mosaic Shelf >> that Steve Johnson in that bacon lot where he was storing all his cars for a long time. That's two things I had to do tonight. I had to go look at the look at

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the culvert and drive back there and see what was going on. >> We could really stir the >> You're going to turn into to Jim Wedge. You're going to drive. You're get a little wet pick up. You're going to drive around. >> Have lunch with Jim Wedge occasionally at Bridget. So, I learned from the best. Thank you for that compliment.

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>> There you go. All right. It's all good. >> All right. >> You can be talking data center. >> They want to come here now. >> No. >> Okay. bad. >> Let's adjourn before that happens. >> Well, that's the good thing because you know Canon Falls is dealing with one.

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>> So is Pine Island. >> Meeting a journ. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thanks everybody. They they're not as far as in this process as Pine Island, >> but you know you know they approved it