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>> WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, JULY 8TH,
[Roll Call]
2024 ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.NOTE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TONIGHT.
WE ALWAYS START OUT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'LL INVITE YOU TO STAND UP AND FACE THE FLAG.
>> THANKS FOR THAT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA
[Approval of Agenda]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE SAME TIME.BEFORE WE DO THE CONSENT, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ITEM, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS ONE PULLED OFF FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MORE, I'D BE GLAD TO DISCUSS THAT.
WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO TAKE A STAB OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT?
>> I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO ADD ITEM NUMBER 19 AND 20 TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO IT WOULD BE ITEMS 1-16, INCLUDING 19 AND 20.
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS UP IN THE COUNCIL BEFORE I READ THEM OFF? RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE, SORRY.
>> I'D LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE]. I CAN SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> PERFECT. NO PROBLEM. WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY THEN ON
[Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, TWO IS THE WORK SESSION SCHEDULE, THREE IS CLAIMS AND BILLS, FOUR IS BODY ARMOR PURCHASE, FIVE IS MOWER PURCHASE, SIX IS REPAIR ROADWAY GUARD RAILS, SEVEN IS COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR PUBLIC WORKERS UTILITY WORKER, EIGHT AS EVENT COMPENSATION FOR POLICE OFFICERS.NUMBER 9 IS ACCEPT FLAG DONATION, WHO IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM, I WANT TO THANK BRIAN GERHARDSON, WHO'S MAKING THE DONATION OF $3,300 FOR THE PURCHASE OF FLAGS AND BRACKETS IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER, SO THANK YOU.
ALSO, WE HAVE NUMBER 10 IS ACCEPT TOOLS DONATION, RESOLUTION 7495, AND THAT'S FROM GOPHER ACE IS DONATING TOOLS, TOOL BOXES AND SHOVELS WITH APPROXIMATE VALUE OF $300 TO THE ORONO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU GOPHER ACE AS WELL.
NUMBER 11 IS LA 24-31 AT 3120 NORTH SHORE DRIVE VARIANCE RESOLUTION 7491, 12 IS LA 24-32, 3745 SHORELINE DRIVE VARIANCES RESOLUTION 4792.
NUMBER 13 IS LA 24-29, 1487 SHORELINE DRIVE VARIANCE RESOLUTION 7489.
NUMBER 14 IS LA 24-26 AT 2265 AND 2285, NORTH SHORE DRIVE, GRADING IUP RESOLUTION 74 87.
NUMBER 15 IS LA 24-28 AT 4375 BAYSIDE ROAD, PRELIMINARY PLAT RESOLUTION 7488.
NUMBER 16 IS LA 24-33 AT 1448 BALDUR PARK ROAD, VARIANCES IN CUP RESOLUTION 74 93.
NUMBER 19 IS LA 24-18 4745 NORTH SHORE DRIVE CUP RESOLUTION 7486.
NUMBER 20, WE WILL KEEP ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT?
NUMBER 12, WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT ON IT, AND I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT, BUT MY COMMENT IS THAT I HAVE NO CONFLICT HERE, BUT I HAVE ATTENDED THIS GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH ON OCCASION, AND I WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT.
>> FAIR ENOUGH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION WITH ONE TAKEN OFF OF NUMBER 20.
>> OPPOSED. A NOTE THAT PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT'LL BRING US TO OUR PRESENTATIONS.
[17. Tour de Tonka Bike Ride]
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE TOUR DE TONKA BIKE RIDE.>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF.
>> AND COMMUNITY. WELCOME. THANK YOU.
MR. [INAUDIBLE], CONGRATULATIONS.
>> JUST A RIDER COMING THROUGH TOWN WHEN I'M COMING HERE A LONG LAKE WEARING A TOUR DE TONKA SHIRT [INAUDIBLE] WELCOMING ME IN.
AS YOU ALWAYS DO EVERY YEAR, SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
A LITTLE BIT OF TOUR DE TONKA PRESENTATION AND MELANIE, I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE WHEELS.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE THEM AWAY.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SPIN THROUGH DATA ON TDT, OUR 19TH ANNUAL, 44 REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT WE'VE HAD RIDE INTO [INAUDIBLE] 19 YEARS AGO.
>> CAN YOU LIFT YOUR MIC UP JUST SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY [OVERLAPPING]
>> OF COURSE. BRING IT UP HERE.
>> THANK YOU. FIFTY ONE IS THE NUMBER OF LEGACY RIDERS.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RIDDEN EVERY YEAR, 294, THAT REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF MILES.
IF YOU RODE ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR, LENGTH END TO END 43,903.
THAT'S A NUMBER OF RIDERS IN TOTAL THROUGH THE 18 YEARS, NOT COUNTING THIS YEAR.
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THEN 103,000 IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'VE RAISED FOR THE FOOD SHELF, AND THEIR BUYING POWER IS 10-1, SO THAT EQUATES A MILLION DOLLARS, SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL STUFF.HOW MANY RIDERS REGISTERED FOR OR RODE IN THE 100 MILE RIDE LAST YEAR? ALISA, I BET YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE.
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD. THERE'S YOUR GUESSES.
>> WELL, THERE YOU GO. [LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATIONS. SHE KNEW THAT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
HERE'S THE MAP OF EVERYTHING THAT TOUR DE TONKA IS, AND WE'VE PROBABLY COME THROUGH ORONO, EACH OF THE 18 PREVIOUS YEARS, AND AGAIN, THIS YEAR IN 2024, SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY.
THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COREY AND STEVE STERN.
JIM [INAUDIBLE], I KNOW WE'LL BE AS WELL.
HE'S NEWER IN HIS POSITION, BUT THAT'LL BE FANTASTIC, AS WELL.
THANKS TO EVERYTHING YOU DO, ORONO, TO WELCOME THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR TIME.
>> HAVE YOU HAD TO ALTER THE COURSE ANY OF IT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT ALL?
>> YES,. THERE'S A 65 MILE ROUTE THIS YEAR.
GOOD QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, AND IN THE PAST, THAT WAS A 71.
THAT HAPPENED, AND THERE WAS A FEW ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED, BUT THEY'RE NOW OPEN ALMOST.
THEY WILL BE BY AUGUST 3RD IN FOUR WEEKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD QUESTION.
SPONSORS ARE FANTASTIC, AND THEY COME BACK EVERY YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE NEW ONE TO THE FLEET, WHICH IS GOOD.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HERE'S SOME MORE SPONSORS.
GOOD PEOPLE, ALL JUST LIKE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
HERE'S A SHIRT THAT I KNOW LISA SAID SHE'S GOT SOMEBODY GO TO RIDE THIS YEAR. THERE'S YOUR SHIRT.
ANYBODY ELSE. THERE'S YOUR RIDER SHIRT THIS YEAR.
NEXT SPIN IS YOUR VOLUNTEER SHIRT.
WHO IS VOLUNTEERING, RAISE YOUR HAND? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 75 LEFT TO GO IN FOUR WEEKS, SO WE'RE GETTING THERE.
TRULY, ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP VOLUNTEER.
WE REALLY NEED YOU TOURDETONKA.ORG. YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
WE'LL PUT YOU SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR HOME, BUT WE'RE IN FOUR COUNTIES, AS YOU SAW ON THE MAP IN 25 CITES, SO IT'S TOUGH TO GET YOU RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOME.
BUT TOURDETONKA.ORG WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. THANK YOU.
HERE'S SOME NICE QUOTES FROM LAST YEAR FROM SOME OF THE RIDERS AND PEOPLE RIDE FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AS WE DO ANYTHING WITH OUR RECREATION PROGRAM IN OUR OWN LIVES, BUT HERE'S SOME COOL THOUGHTS FROM SOMEBODY ELSE OR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT TWO GROUPS RIDING THAT ONE CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, IS COMING FROM CALIFORNIA, IS CROHN'S AND COLITIS GROUP THAT ARE RIDING WITH A BUNCH OF FOLKS THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE US AIR FORCE RIDING GROUP, WHEREVER THEY ARE, AND I'M WELCOMING THEM ABOARD AS WELL.
BUT HERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR BIKES IF THEY EXIST IN IDAHO AND WYOMING YET, SO YOU GUYS LET ME KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE THE STATES THAT HAVE RIDDEN, AND THE STATES I HAVE BEEN SAYING NO, SO WE'RE HOPING TO ADD TO THAT YES LIST.
SIMILARLY, IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, YOU CAN SEE THE COUNTIES, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
I TALK ABOUT THIS WITH OTHER RIDES, AREN'T THAT MANY IN THE STATE, AND THEY'RE VERY ENVIOUS OF THESE TWO MAPS.
I JUST SHOWED YOU. AGAIN, THAT'S THANKS TO EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE GET TO RIDE THROUGH AND BE A PART OF.
HERE'S SOME OF OUR GREAT VOLUNTEERS LAST YEAR, AND YOU CAN DO THESE THINGS THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE DOING.
YOU CAN GIVE OUT RIDE PACKETS.
YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT EVERYTHING WITH THE EVENT, SO WE'LL PUT YOU IN A PLACE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
THANK YOU. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS SLIDE WITH YOU.
I'M RETIRING AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE IN A MONTH AND A HALF.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP ME ON AS A CONSULTANT FOR A YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE PROGRAM ON ALL LEVELS OF MINNETONKA COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
I JUST WANTED TO TIP OF THE HAT AGAIN, PERSONALLY TO ALL OF YOU FOR WELCOMING ME HERE.
I THINK EVERY YEAR, I'VE GIVEN A PRESENTATION TO YOU, AND YOU'VE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
YOU GOT SOME PARTING GIFTS, SO I NEED TO GET A GROUP PICK.
HERE'S SOME GOOD PICTURES, TOO, BY THE WAY.
SEE, YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF STANDING RIGHT THERE AT THE START LINE AT THE MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
COULD I GET YOU GUYS TOGETHER? IS THAT OKAY?
>> WE GOT SOME NICE CAPS, A COUPLE OF YOU GOT CAPS, A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE MUGS.
>> PUT THE MUGS UP HERE. [BACKGROUND]
>> THERE YOU GO. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER].
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE MEETING.
>> APPRECIATE IT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU NEXT YEAR.
>> I'LL SEND YOU THAT PICTURE. THAT'LL LOOK GOOD ON YOUR WEBSITE.
WELL, THAT'LL BRING US TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION,
[18. Lake Minnetonka Conservation District]
OUR LMCD REPRESENTATIVE, RICHIE ANDERSON.[00:10:03]
>> GOOD DAY. PRESENTING THIS I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I'LL BE DOING THIS, SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE A LITTLE RECAP ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
THANK YOU, MADDY [NOISE] TO GET ME ON THIS THING.
I DID IT BECAUSE I LOVE THE CITIZENRY OF ORONO, AND I'M A SOLID CITIZEN HERE TRYING TO GET BACK.
I SERVE ON FIVE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT, 2019-2023, BECAME THE TREASURER IN 2021, WHICH WAS HUGE, AS YOU'LL SEE, AND BECAUSE I ASKED TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
THE 2024 COMMITTEES, I'VE BEEN ON [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE, WATERCRAFT FOR HIGHER COMMITTEE, WATERCRAFT FOR RENT, AND THE BUDGET WORK GROUPS.
THIS IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS LAID OUT THAT I HELPED FORMULATE.
THEY'RE HARD TO READ THERE, THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
ALL THE ONES IN GREEN THERE, I WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE I WAS CHAIR OF WHEN I WAS TREASURER. THANK YOU.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I WAS A HEAD OF FINANCE COMMITTEE WHEN I BECAME TREASURER.
I ESTABLISHED THE RESERVE BALANCES, WHICH YOU'LL SEE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE OF EXPENSES FIXED INSTEAD OF A MONSTER NUMBER.
WE HAD OVER 100% WHAT YOU'LL SEE.
WE USED RESERVES TO OFFSET MUNICIPAL LEVIES.
I MADE A MOTION TO SELL THE HARVESTERS AND FOUND THE ONE GUY TO BUY HIM THE WHOLE GROUP, HE ALMOST BAILED AT THE LAST MINUTE.
BUT I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH BACK IN 2013 COUNCIL MEETING.
GABRIEL AND I STARTED THE DOWNFALL LATELY OF THE HARVESTERS, BUT IN 2013, HE WAS HERE BITCHING ABOUT THE HARVESTERS AND PAYING FOR THEM.
ONE THING, BUT LEAVING WEEDS BEHIND WAS ANOTHER, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL BACK BEFORE THEY LEFT.
I ZEROED OUT THE AIS LEVY, WHICH THE LMCD WAS CHARGING CONGLOMERATE OF CITY $75,000.
THE LAST BUDGET I SAW FOR AIS HAD EQUIPMENT, HARVESTING, AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HARVESTERS ANYMORE, SO IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THEN, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY ON THE MONEY MARKET STUFF, THE RESERVES THAT WE HAD, AND JUST UP UNTIL RECENTLY LAST YEAR, IT WAS 0.1%, MAYBE 1%, BUT NOW WE MOVED UP TO THE BANK IN NAVARRE THERE, AND WE'RE MAKING OVER 4% ON THE RESERVES.
THAT ENDS UP BEING 20 GRAND A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN I TOOK INTEREST IN REDUCING THE RESERVES TO 35%, THIS IS WHAT WE HAD IN 2021.
NOW, THE SAME AUDITOR THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, TALKS ABOUT 30-50% RESERVE FUND FOR YOUR EXPENDITURES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. IT DIDN'T GO RIGHT DOWN TO 30, BUT IT DID GET ESTABLISHED 35%.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2021, WE'RE 113% AFTER 2023, WE'RE AT 83%, SO WE STILL HAVE A WAY TO GO.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THIS IS HOW THE MUNICIPAL DUES IN 2021, WERE 300,000 AIS MUNICIPAL DUES WAS 75,000 OF WHICH WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST PAYER, AND WE HAVE ONE VOTE.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR? SO 300 MUNICIPAL DUE 75, 2021.
IN 2022, I GOT RID OF THE AIS AND STARTED, YOU CAN SEE I PUT $100,000 IN TRANSFERS IN FROM RESERVES.
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THEN WE DECIDED TO RESERVES DOWN A LITTLE BIT FASTER.IT WENT TO 255, 255, AND THIS CURRENT YEAR IS 255. NO AIS.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT.
THIS IS WHAT THE AMOUNTS EQUAL TO FOR ORONO.
IN 2021, IT WAS 476+119, WHICH IS 59,500 IS WHAT WE WERE PAYING THE LMCD.
IN 2022, WHEN WE GOT RID OF THE AIS FUND, WE PAID $48,073.
THAT BREAKS OUT ZERO FOR AIS GENERAL LEVY, 48 GRAND.
IN 2023, WE STARTED FUNDING THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUND WITH RESERVES.
AT 4082, THAT WAS THE 255 INSTEAD OF [INAUDIBLE], AND WE GOT TO MAKE IT THE SAME FOR 2025.
TOTAL SAVINGS SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND IS $67,521, WHICH IS REAL MONEY.
ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, I WAS A MEMBER OF THAT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'VE BEEN DOING THE ICING FOREVER, I UPDATED THE CODE FOR THE ICING.
I MADE JUST RECENTLY A MOTION FOR NEW REGULATIONS FOR WAKES SETTING THE CODE AT 300 FEET FROM SHORE INSTEAD OF 150.
>> I DEVELOPED WITH MAJOR STORMS AND MAJOR MAGNUSSON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I ESTABLISHED THIS, BUT THE NEW PROTOCOL FOR HIGH WATER DECLARATION, SO IT WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE LMCD AND PUT IT ON THE GUYS THAT ARE MANAGING THE LAKE.
THEN IT WAS 2020 PHASE 2, AND WE GOT IT DONE DURING COVID, AND I'M GOING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? THE CHAIRMAN'S NOT SEEN PHASE 2.
WELL, WE DID IT AT THE OFFICE SMOKING CIGARS.
GO AHEAD. THIS IS SOME OF THE PROTOCOL.
THEY'LL HAVE THOSE SIGNS ON A TRAILER.
A GIRL OUT IN MAPLE PLAIN MADE UP THE LETTERING FOR THEM.
GO AHEAD. THIS IS JUST KEEPS GOING.
WASN'T A BIG DEAL UNTIL JUST RECENTLY WHEN EVERYBODY WAS THINKING THE LAKE WAS GOING TO 930.
IT'S IN THE WATER PATROL, AND HAD GREAT BACK AND FORTH WITH WATER PATROL TO GET THAT SET IN STONE.
AIS COMMITTEE, AS YOU SAW, DID AWAY WITH THE $75,000, SOLD TO HARVESTERS.
AS OUR GROUP, WE DEVELOPED A PARTIAL GRANT FUNDING TO NEW NEIGHBORHOOD STARTUPS, INCUBATION PROGRAM, WE CALLED IT.
WHERE IF THEY WENT LIKE OUR SHORELINE, WE WEREN'T IN IT, BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE A NEW GROUP, BUT WE WENT AROUND THE CORNER FROM COFFEE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY TO NORMBURG, AND GOT FUNDING FROM THE OMCD TO GET THAT WHOLE PROJECT DONE.
THAT WAS LAST YEAR, I THINK, TIME GOES BY.
AND THEN THE SAVE THE LAKE COMMITTEE, SO SAVE THE LAKE IS THE WATER PATROL, BASICALLY.
I'VE BEEN STRONG SUPPORTER OF WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO.
INITIALLY, THEY CAME FOR 42,000 AWAY BACK, AND LMCD WAS GOING TO GIVE ME 38,000.
I'M GOING, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
HIM AND MYSELF MADE UP THE EXTRA $4,000 SHORTFALL.
WE HAD ONE DEPUTY GUARANTEED TO THE LAKE, COULDN'T LEAVE THE LAKE, NOT FOR A SWIMMING POOL ACCIDENT OR MINATRIS OR, WHAT'S THAT OTHER LAKE OVER THERE? THEY DON'T LEAVE. THEY STAY HERE.
THEN WE DECIDED THE RED CARPET TREATMENT MIGHT BE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE HAVE TWO OF FUNDED, CAN'T LEAVE THE LAKE PATROLS, BUT THAT ROSE IT TO 84,000.
WE WERE GETTING A LITTLE SHORT SO GABRIEL AND I RAISED $78,250 FROM OUR GROUP OF OUR POSSE SO WE KEPT THAT FUND ALIVE.
YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT'S GOING HERE IN A MINUTE.
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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD AS THE RESERVES ARE DWINDLING FOR THE WATER PATROL.THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION TO COME UP.
BEING ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THEY WANTED TO PUT THAT LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
THEY GOT SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME.
THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. THIS IS THE SAVE THE LAKE SEPARATE.
IT USED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOP SIDE, BUT I GOT IT OUT OF THE TOP SIDE AND PUT IT ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, AS AN INDEPENDENT DEAL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE 2025 BUDGET IS $100,000.
DONATIONS MIGHT BE ABLE TO RAISE 45 GRAND.
WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT GOING HALVES THESE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WORK PEOPLE WANT TO DO TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
THERE'S ABOUT $95,000 IN THE RESERVE FUND FOR SAVE THE LAKE SO THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE COMING UP HERE SHORTLY AS I JUST MENTIONED OUT LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.
THE 2024 COMMITTEES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, THE WATERCRAFT FOR HIRE WORK GROUP.
THERE WAS GUYS COMING WITH THEIR BIG BOATS, MILLION DOLLAR BOAT.
YOU HIRE IT OUT, 50% WRITE OFF.
IT WAS REALLY A TAX SHELTER, AND THE PEOPLE COULDN'T DRIVE THE BOAT.
WELL, I'M MAKING A GENERALIZATION HERE NOW.
BUT STILL, IT REALLY WASN'T A LEGIT ENTERPRISE.
WE TIGHTENED THAT UP AND WATERCRAFT FOR RENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE LAUNCH RAMPS, MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING SOLID, BUT WE NOW HAVE A LICENSE THROUGH THE LMCD FOR RENTALS.
THE GUY OUT IN SURFSIDE HAD ABOUT 20 JET SKIS AND I WAS JUST A CHAOS, AND I ASKED THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, DO THEY HAVE A PERMIT? SHE NEVER ANSWERED, BUT LOW AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS NO RENTAL PERMITS.
NOW RENTAL PERMIT MAIN THING WILL BE IS IF THEY WANT TO USE ONE OF THE LAUNCH RAMPS, LIKE A CHARTER BOAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A PORT OF CALL AND SO YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF THAT STUFF COMING THROUGH.
GABRIEL WORKED AT GETTING US NEW BUOYS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY. IT WAS A BATTLE.
BUT DURING THAT DISCUSSION, IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY WATER PATROL WAS IN CHARGE OF BUOYS.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE LMCD OFFERED TO LIGHT THEM UP.
THINGS WERE NASTY, HAD NO BRACKETS FOR PUTTING THEM UP OR NOTHING.
I GO, WELL, WHY DON'T WE NOT DO IT OR DO IT RIGHT? I'LL SHOW YOU A BETTER MOUSE TRAP HERE IN A MINUTE.
I GOT SICK AND TIRED ME ON THE BUDGET SO WE GOT WHAT WE WANT, KIND OF. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD.
THANKS. HERE'S THE BUDGET ON THE INCOME SIDE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, SO THERE'S THE 20 GRAND FOR INTEREST.
I DIDN'T PUT THE NUMBERS IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN, AS THEY SAY, AND WE USED TO MAKE PITTANCE FOR CODE COMPLIANCE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, BUT IT'S EITHER 127,000 OR $147,000 THAT CAME IN FROM CODE COMPLIANCE FROM THE WATER PATROL.
THE REST IS WE STILL AT THE 255, 60,000 COMING IN IS THE NUMBER TO MAKE THE TOP SIDE WORK TO POP IT DOWN THERE.
THIS IS HARD TO SEE BUT THE GREEN AREA UP THERE IS AIS MANAGEMENT.
WE FOUND OUT THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY TONY BURROW HAS GOT 300 AND SOME THOUSAND DOLLAR FOR AIS MANAGEMENT.
WELL, THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE SAILING SCHOOL IN WAYZATA GOT ABOUT, OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, LIKE $64,000, AND THEY HAVE THESE PAINTED SALES THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
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THAT'S BULLSHIT. THEN THE OTHER THING IS TOTAL PERSONAL EXPENSES.THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO BRING IN AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PAY $120,000 TO AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHEN THE KID THEY GOT WORKING THERE IS SOLID.
THE DISCUSSION I GAVE MYSELF, CALL IT A GENERAL MANAGER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LATITUDE THAT A DIRECTOR HAS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF HAND.
THE GUY THAT'S THERE NOW IS A GOOD GUY, BUT WE KNOW MUCH MORE THAN HE DOES.
GO AHEAD. ANYWAY, THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR NUMBERS.
CAN YOU PLAY THAT VIDEO DOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER? THERE YOU GO.
THIS IS THE LIGHT MOUSETRAP THAT I CAME UP WITH.
TWENTY SECONDS. TOM SAID 20 MINUTES LAST YEAR.
>> IT TOOK 20 MINUTES TO DO IT LAST YEAR, AND THEY CAN DO IT IN 20 SECONDS NOW?
>> TWENTY SECONDS. THEN GO DOWN ONE MORE. YOU'LL SEE.
I GOT ONE I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND.
WE HAVE THE 300-FOOT LAW IN PLACE BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL WHERE THE 300-FOOT LINE IS.
THERE'S NOBODY ON THE INSIDE SPEEDING OR MAKING WAVES.
THEY'RE ALL SITTING ON THE INSIDE OF THREE RAFTING UP.
GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE LAST ONE. I HOPE I GOT IT ON THERE.
YOU GOT A PICK THERE PICTURE? IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THESE 300-FOOT BUOYS, WOULD YOU KNOW WHERE THE NO WAG ZONE IS? WOULD THE FEDERAL ALLIES KNOW WHERE THE NO WEG ZONE IS? I'M GETTING THIS DONE. I HAVEN'T GOT ANY TRACTION, BUT PREVIOUS DIRECTOR BLEW ME OFF A CHAIRMAN.
MANNY CAN'T DO THAT. BUT WE'LL SEE.
THIS IS THE BRACKET THAT GOES ON TOP OF OUR BUOYS.
THE GUYS THAT MAKE OUR DOCS CAT DREW THIS THING UP.
THIS IS THE WAY THE BUOY WORKS.
YOU GOT THE BUOYS SITTING OUT THERE WITH THIS TOP ON HERE.
YOU GO AND YOU PUT THE PIN THROUGH HERE.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT BABY LINES UP WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
WE GOT 100 BUOYS ON THE LAKE, AND SO IT'S JUST AMAZING.
IT WORKS SO WELL. WE WENT OUT LAST NIGHT.
THE WATER PATROL IS HELPING US WHEN SOME GUYS SMOKED, ONE JUST TIPPED OVER.
ANYWAY. THERE YOU GO. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. HEY, RICH.
I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE GOT A MINUTE.
I WAS GOING TO JUST ASK YOU ABOUT LIDS REAL QUICK BECAUSE LIDS ARE WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'LL CALL IT OR BAYS ARE USING TO DO THEIR OWN WEED TREATMENT.
THAT INCLUDES COMMON AREAS AND AND THEIR PERSONAL DOCK USE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN.
>> YOU CAN MAKE IT THE DOCK USE AREA.
DOMAIN IS SET UP THE LID IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> WE JUST TALK ABOUT LIDS, AND I KNOW YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH THE CRYSTAL BAY.
>> BRICK AND BRUTAL. WE'VE DONE OUR SHORELINE.
WE ALL PITCHED IN. I RAISED FOR FIRST DEAL.
WE HAVEN'T MADE IT THERE YET CAUSE I WASN'T INVOLVED.
WE'RE SHORT ON THAT BUT YOU COULDN'T EVEN SELL A HOUSE DON AS YOU KNOW,
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IN OUR CORNER UNTIL WE DID THE TREATMENT.IT'S A PAIN IN THE ASS TO RAISE MONEY.
THE LID THING IS A HOT TICKET, AND YOU TALKED TO EVERYBODY FROM CARMEN'S BAY. THEY LOVE IT.
IN FACT, THERE WAS A GUY HERE FROM CARMEN'S, I THINK.
FOR CRYSTAL BAY TO GET A LID, WE GOT TO INCLUDE MINNETONKA BEACH.
LAST TIME WE INCLUDED MINNETONKA BEACH, THEY THOUGHT THAT IF WE HAD A FIVE PERSON BOARD, THEY SHOULD HAVE THREE MEMBERS.
NEW MAYOR IN THERE, JOE PAGANO, I THINK WE HAVE AN APPETITE WITH HIM.
BUT WE GOT 200 AND SOME PEOPLE.
THEORETICALLY, YOU CAN DO IT WITH 51%.
BUT MY NAME WOULDN'T BE ON THAT 51% OR I'D BE MORE LIKE 75 OR 80, WHICH CARMEN'S DID PRETTY SMART.
BUT THEN IT COMES TO YOU GUYS, AND IT'S LIKE YOU POUND IT THROUGH FOR 51%, 49% OF THE PEOPLE GO, YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE.
THAT WON'T HAPPEN ON MY WATCH.
I GAVE UP, DID A LOT OF WORK MAILERS.
WE GOT SOME FAIRLY GOOD TRACTION, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY TRY IT AGAIN.
>> THIS IS THE WAY TO GO, THE LID THING. COOL.
>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT.
[20. #LA24-000030, 3465 6th Ave N & 3515 6th Ave N, Subdivision: Preliminary Plat - Resolution 7490]
WE HAVE NUMBER 20, WHICH IS LA 24-30, 3465 6TH AVENUE NORTH AND 3515 6TH AVENUE NORTH SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT RESOLUTION 7490. MELANIE.>> THANK YOU. THIS APPLICATION INVOLVES FIVE INDIVIDUAL TAX PARCELS, TWO CONTAIN EXISTING HOMES, AND IT CONTEMPLATES PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL TO CREATE SIX, TWO PLUS ACRE LOTS AND A PRIVATE ROAD WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL THIS EVENING TO CREATE THIS PLAT.
ALL OF THE LOTS WILL BE SERVED BY A NEW PRIVATE ROAD WITH A CUL-DE-SAC, EXTENDING SOUTH DOWN FROM COUNTY ROAD SIX, AND THEY WILL ALL BE SERVED BY PRIVATE WELLS AND PRIVATE SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THE PLAT CONFORMS TO THE GUIDANCE WITHIN THE COMP PLAN FOR THE AREA, THE RR1 B2 ACRE DISTRICT STANDARDS AND THE SHORELINE REGULATIONS.
ON JUNE 17, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND AFTER THE DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY VOTED 7-0 IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A REVISED LANDSCAPE PLAN, CLARIFYING THEIR INTENT TO PROTECT MANY OF THE HIGHER QUALITY EXISTING TREES WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
THIS PLAN WAS SENT TO YOU TODAY AS I RECEIVED IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY ALSO PROPOSED TO PROTECT NEWLY PLANTED BOULEVARD TREES AND EXISTING TREES TO REMAIN ON SITE WITHIN THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION COVENANTS.
BASED ON PLANNING COMMISSION FEEDBACK, THEY REVISED THEIR TREE PRESERVATION AREA TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING TREES ABUTTING THE WESTERN LOT LINE OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING PRIVACY PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING TREES.
DETAILS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SIGN, WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED FOR AS WELL.
WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE SAWYERS, THE NEIGHBORS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW, AND THEY WERE ALSO PROVIDED DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE SAWYERS ARE HERE THIS EVENING, AND I BELIEVE THEY WISH TO SPEAK.
TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION GRANTING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE SIX LOT SUBDIVISION.
I DO HAVE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, THEIR TREE PRESERVATION PLAN, ENTRY MONUMENT, AND SOME AERIAL PHOTOS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION TOO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MELANIE? I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL? WELL, THE APPLICANTS.
>> GIVE THE APPLICANT FIRST AND THEN I KNOW THE NEIGHBOR WANTS TO COME UP SO EVERYBODY CAN COME UP AND SPEAK ONCE.
>> SEAN WINKLER WITH ASPECT DESIGN BUILD.
>> AND TOM PRICING WITH ASPECT.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO PRESENT.
I THINK IT'S PROPERTY THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT RAISES THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA, MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS SIZE AND ITEMS THAT MELANIE HAS GONE THROUGH.
AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED HONEY HILL.
SO THAT PROPERTY, IN THE EARLY '20S, WAS THE LEADING HONEY PRODUCER IN THE STATE AND WAS NICKNAMED HONEY HILL.
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SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME ISSUES ABOUT TREES AND PRESERVATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I KNOW THE NEIGHBOR WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK AS WELL.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING OUR THOUGHTS ON TREES.
I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE 13 SHORT ON THE PROPOSED PLANTING OF TREES.
BUT I THINK IT WAS 42 TREES THAT WEREN'T COUNTED TOWARDS THAT THAT ARE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE ALONG THE BOULEVARD FOR BOTH THE PRIVATE DRIVE AND ALONG 6TH AVENUE THAT WE WERE INTENDING TO HAVE THOSE COUNTED TOWARDS THAT BOULEVARD.
>> THIS PLAN INCLUDES THE TREES TO REMAIN AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED TREES?
>> CORRECT, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE OVER HALF THE TREES THAT'LL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE BOULEVARD PLAN ARE ALL MATURE TREES, NOT THE NEWLY PLANTED.
>> WHICH ARE NICE TO HAVE, FOR SURE.
>> BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DID A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITIONAL 13 TREES CAME OUT OF.
>> IT WAS OUTLINED BY STAFF AS A SHORTAGE OF TREES, AS THE COUNT WAS DONE WITH THE PROPOSAL.
THIS WAS A CLARIFYING EXHIBIT.
>> AND THEN REGARDING THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAWYER'S PROPERTY, THERE WAS A TREE PRESERVATION AREA.
IF YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT ON LOT 5 THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND THEN WE EXTENDED IT, THIS IS SHOWING THE EXTENSION TO THE NORTH THROUGH LOT 6 WHERE THERE IS A LARGE ROW OF ARBORVITAE THAT PROVIDED BUFFER BETWEEN THE SUBDIVISION AND THE NEIGHBORS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
>> IN CASE WE NEED YOU, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
>> I THINK IT'S THE NEIGHBOR, WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AS WELL.
YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU COME UP TO. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. TOM SAWYER, 3405 COUNTY ROAD 6 IN ORONO.
>> THE WIFE, NANCY SAWYER. SAME ADDRESS.
WE'RE WORKING VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE BUILDER AND DEVELOPERS, SO THERE'S REALLY NO ISSUES THERE.
IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKSTORY IN TERMS OF WHY THESE TREES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US.
AND SO ABOUT 25 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN THERE 28 YEARS, 25 YEARS AGO, I PLANTED TREES ALONG OUR DRIVEWAY, ALONG A FENCE THAT SEPARATED THE TWO PROPERTIES.
AND IT WAS ALSO ALONG WHERE THE POWER LINES WERE.
I ASSUMED INCORRECTLY AT THAT POINT THAT THAT WAS OUR PROPERTY.
SO I PUT IN 43 SPRUCE TREES AND ARBORVITAES IN ANTICIPATION THAT THERE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT SOMETIME EVENTUALLY OF THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
THEY WERE OLDER, THEY HAD A BIG CHUNK OF LAND.
ONCE THEY PASSED, WE KNEW THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO CHANGE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO RETAIN BASICALLY THE BUFFER THAT I PUT IN YEARS AGO OF NATURAL TREES TO PROVIDE A BREAK BETWEEN US, OUR CURRENT PROPERTY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT TO REALLY PROVIDE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH THE HOA.
WE LOOKED AT OTHER WAYS TO DO THIS, AND IN OTHER WORD, TO KEEP THE TREES, BUT THEY ALSO NEEDED PART OF THE LAND THAT WE THOUGHT WAS OURS.
IT'S REALLY AN OUTLOT, MOVED THE BOUNDARY MUCH CLOSER TO OUR HOME.
COULD THE PREVIOUS ONE WHERE YOU HAD THE DRIVEWAY.
AND SO WE WERE ALREADY KIND OF CLOSE, BUT THIS MOVED IT CLOSER.
SO THE TREES WERE REAL IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF PROVIDING A SENSE OF A BREAK BETWEEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND OUR CURRENT PROPERTY.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE STARTED A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CALLED THE GARDEN OF THE SLEEPING ANGELS.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY FLOWER GARDENS WHERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS CAN HAVE A MEMORIAL.
SO IT'S NOT AN OPEN HOUSE THING, BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
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>> MY PURPOSE HERE IS MORE TO FILL A CITY IN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS OR PEOPLE THAT I BUMP INTO HERE AND THERE THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS GOING.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. HOW CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT? WELL, IT STARTED SMALL, AND WE NOW ARE MEMORIALIZING ALMOST 300 BABIES AND CHILDREN AND OUR 16 GARDENS ON THIS LOT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IT'S JUST BECOME AN UNBELIEVABLE, PEACEFUL PLACE TO WELCOME PEOPLE WHO HAD A BAD DAY OR PARTICULARLY WITH COVID, PEOPLE LOST SO MUCH.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE OPENED OUR GARDENS TO PEOPLE SO THEY CAN COME WITHOUT A MASK AND JUST HANG AND HAVE PICNICS, AND IT'S BECOME JUST A HAVEN.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO ORONO THAT WE'RE THERE.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S ANOTHER, GARDEN SLEEPING ANGELS OPENING IN FLORIDA.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW LARGER THERE, BUT WE ARE EXPANDING.
WE HAVE BABIES MEMORIALIZED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR TIME AND SPREAD THE WORD.
>> ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE AT THE CEREMONY.
>> I HAVE NOT BUT IT'S GREAT WORK. GOOD FOR YOU.
>> YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT TO READ UP.
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. THANK YOU.
>> WHERE'S THESE TREES THAT YOU PLANTED EXACTLY? DO YOU HAVE THE PICTURE?
>> YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE PHOTOS UP?
>> YOU CAN GET THE OVERHEAD PICTURE.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE BETTER ONE TO SEE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> HAVE YOU GOT ENOUGH SOLVED TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND GETTING THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PUT IN PLACE? YOU'VE GOT THAT IN PLACE THAT YOU'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT NOW?
IF YOU DON'T OWN IT, YOU CAN'T HAVE CONTROL.
I HAVE CONTROL OF TREES, AND FLOWERS AND SOMEBODY ELSE WILL ACTUALLY OWN THEM AND CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT.
I THINK THE COVENANT HELPS COVER THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY STAY THERE.
BECAUSE IF THEY WERE ELIMINATED, IT'D BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US BECAUSE IT'S JUST OPEN SPACE.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT THAT YOU'RE COVERED AND YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
>> IT'S A TOUGH OUTCOME THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE.
>> I THINK THE BUILDERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING FROM THE BEGINNING IN TERMS OF LISTENING TO US, LISTENING TO ME AND MY CONCERNS ABOUT OUR FAMILIES.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PICTURE I SENT OF? I LIKE THAT PARTICULARLY THAT ONE GARDEN.
WE HAVE LIKE 40 BABIES MEMORIALIZED IN THAT GARDEN.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREES IS WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE.
THOSE TREES GONE AND THAT GARDEN WHERE THE BENCH IS OVERLOOKS LAKE CLAUSSEN AND A POND.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
THAT'S THE PLACE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE TO JUST REMEMBER.
BY THE WAY, ONCE THEY'VE TOURED AND MET US, THERE THEY CAN COME AT ANY TIME WITH FAMILY, WELL, WITHIN REASON.
THEY JUST HAVE TO CALL ME SO THE DOGS ARE INSIDE.
AND INCLUDED IN THAT OUR VISITS TO THE HORSES AND OUR FERAL CAT AND THE DOGS.
AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST REALLY SO STOP BY.
>> DO YOU HAVE THOSE OTHER SHOTS?
>> I'LL JUST EXPLAIN, THEN WE'LL DEPART.
THESE ARE THE ARBORVITAE ALONG THE DRIVE.
AND SO THE DEER GOT THE BOTTOM HALF.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE DEER.LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT THEM [LAUGHTER].
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS PLANNED, BUT THEY STILL PROVIDE A GOOD VISUAL BECAUSE THE HOME'S FACING US, THE BACK.
AND THE WHITE STAKE ALONG THE LEFT THERE, THAT'S THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE OF THE OUTLOT.
AND SO IT WILL COME OVER THERE AND MOVING SOUTH.
THE NEXT ONE. THESE ARE THE TREES I'M TRYING TO SAVE.
AND YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE MATURE.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO FIT BOTH SIDES.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP AND GLAD TO HEAR EVERYTHING'S TAKEN CARE OF.
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SO IMPORTANT PART.>> MELANIE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
BECAUSE THIS IS A COVENANT WITH AN HOA, WHICH WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE COMPANY THAT'S DEVELOPING IT, THAT'S NOT LEGALLY BINDING.
IS THE COVENANT LEGALLY BINDING WITH THE HOA, OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD IMAGINE PEOPLE WOULD HONOR? AND WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLY.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH ANYONE ABOUT WHAT A COVENANT ACTUALLY DOES LEGALLY INTO THE FUTURE AND HOW BINDING IT IS.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HOA COVENANT IS BINDING.
IT APPLIES TO THE PROPERTIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
>> IT ISN'T A CITY DOCUMENT, IT ISN'T AN EASEMENT.
AND IT IS A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOCUMENT CAN BE AMENDED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
>> SO IF THEY WERE TO BE AMENDED, THEN SOMETHING COULD CHANGE, BUT AS IT STANDS THE TREES WILL BE PROTECTED WITHIN THIS COVENANT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS YOURSELF AND FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM.
I THINK THAT'S HOW SMALL COMMUNITY SHOULD WORK.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20LA24-30 AT 3465 6TH AVENUE NORTH.
>> FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLOT OF HONEY HILL AND LAKE CLAUSSEN.
>> ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED? NOTE THAT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT TONIGHT??
>> I DO NOT. LAURA IS ON VACATION AND WILL GIVE YOU A BUILDING PERMIT UPDATE WHEN SHE RETURNS.
>> BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
THIS IS YOUR 21 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TODAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].
SHE MADE YOUR HOME RECIPE OF CHEESECAKE.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> DOES IT FEEL LIKE 21 YEARS, MELANIE?
OKAY, WELL, THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT, CHIEF VAN ALLEN.
[Public Safety Report]
SO CREATING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE, IF WE CAN FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO ON THIS PAGE, WHAT'S CHANGED IS OBVIOUSLY THE OLD PUBLIC WORKS AND THE NOVARA GARAGE ARE COMPLETE AND OCCUPIED, I SHOULD SAY, THERE'S STILL SOME REMODELING TO BE DONE INSIDE, ESPECIALLY THE OLD PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE TO ADD TO GEAR LOCKERS, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
BUT THE NOVARA GARAGE, WE'VE BEEN PARKING IN, MOVED IN ON MONDAY.
SO WHEN WE STARTED TO RESPOND ON JULY 1ST.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO THIS ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT CALLS.
SO WITHIN OUR FIRST WEEK, WE HAD FIVE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
WITH THOSE TOTAL CALLS, WE HAD A COUPLE OF LITTLE SNAFUS WITH HENNEPIN DISPATCH AND SOME PAGING ISSUES.
THE VERY FIRST CALL THAT WE HAD, THE RECOMMENDATIONS DIDN'T COME UP PROPERLY.
LONG LAKE GOT THE ACTIVE RESULTS ON THEIR APP, AND WE ENDED UP GETTING PAGED A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT, AND IT WAS A CANCELING ROUTE ANYWAYS.
BUT SO HENNEPIN IS STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE PAGING TYPE ISSUES.
THEY'VE GOT SOME PROTOCOLS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND CHECKING.
OF THE FIVE CALLS, WE'VE PUT THREE TRUCKS IN SERVICE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE THEM IN SERVICE IN ABOUT 60 SECONDS 80% OF THE TIME.
WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE'RE DAMN CLOSE.
SO THE FIRST ONE, WE WERE IN SERVICE RIGHT AROUND 19 SECONDS.
THE SECOND ONE WAS RIGHT AROUND A MINUTE OR TWO, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS WITHIN THAT KIND OF MINUTE AND 10 SECONDS.
SO THE THREE CALLS ENDED UP BEING CANCELED.
THE MEDICAL AT THE BOTTOM WAS ENDED UP BEING CANCELED TOO.
OUR FIFTH CALL, WE RESPONDED TO THE SPILL OF GASOLINE AND THEN A MEDICAL AT THAT SAME ADDRESS THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF THE AMOUNT OF THE CALLS.
ALONG WITH THAT, OUR DUTY CREW HAS KIND OF BEEN DOWN IN THE NAVAR AREA.
WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE INVITED TO 4TH JULY PARADE ON THE CASCO POINTE ROUTE.
SO WE WERE THERE WITH THE ORONO PD.
WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE DRIVE BY, WAVE, TAKE PICTURES.
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THANK US FOR BEING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STUFF.SO IT WAS A VERY WARM WELCOME THAT WE HAD THERE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED WHAT WE'RE DOING.
>> IT WAS AN EXCITING DAY ON THE 1ST.
ME AND MARIA AND HER HUSBAND, BEN, SHOWED UP FOR THE 6:00 A.M. START, AND I KNOW THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE VERY EXCITED TO GET OUT AND START RESPONDING AND DOING THEIR THING AND SHOWING EVERYBODY WHAT ON FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN DO.
SO IT WAS FUN TO BE THERE TO BE THERE FOR THE INAUGURAL KICKOFF AND SEE M OFF.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THE TANKER DELIVERY AND WHEN THAT MAY BE EXPECTED?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE FROM THE LAST ONE.
I'LL GET AN UPDATE FOR YOU AND SEND IT OUT TO COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY.
AS OF THE LAST TIME, THE CHASSIS WAS DOWN IN ROCHESTER AND THE PARTS WERE BEING DELIVERED MID-MONTH THIS MONTH.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THEIR CREW DOWN FROM, I THINK, IT'S THEIR WHITE BEAR LAKE FACILITY DOWN TO ROCHESTER SO THEY CAN WORK PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE CLOCK ON IT AND GET IT DONE FOR US, BUT I'LL GET AN UPDATE FOR THAT AND SEND IT OUT.
>> YOU GOT THE TANKER FROM LINO LAKES?
>> YES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE TANKER FROM LINO LAKES.
THE TWO TRUCKS THAT WE'RE STORING DOWN IN THE NAVARA GARAGE CURRENTLY OVERNIGHTS ARE ENGINE 1 AND THE TANKER.
THE LADDER AND MY TAHOE ARE UP AT THE OLD PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN THE DUTY OFFICER IS USING THE FORD EXPLORER, THE OLD POLICE EXPLORER FOR US.
WE'RE JUST WAITING UNTIL A NEW ONE COMES IN?
>> EXACTLY. WHEN WE RETURN THAT ONE TO THEM, THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL IT RIGHT NOW.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TWO OF THEM.
THEY WERE SISTER TRUCKS THAT THEY'RE SELLING, BOTH BASICALLY THE SAME AGE, WITHIN A YEAR OF EACH OTHER.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO PREVENT THE DISPATCH, OR IS THAT JUST LOGISTICS ON THEIR SIDE?
>> SOME OF IT'S LOGISTICS ON THEIR SIDE, SOME OF IT'S THE AUTOMATED PAGING.
THEY'VE GONE TO AUTOMATED PAGING INSTEAD OF MANUAL PAGING.
THE FIRST GLITCH WAS IT WENT OUT TO THE ACTIVE.
NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THE UPDATES ON OUR APPS TOO, SO NOT MUCH WE COULD HAVE DONE.
WE STARTED THIS PROCESS 2-3 MONTHS AGO WITH TRYING TO PUT IN ALL THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE TESTED IT TWO WEEKS BEFORE, WE TESTED IT THE FRIDAY BEFORE TO MAKE SURE PAGING WAS WORKING.
MANUALLY, IT'S WORKING FINE, BUT THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF GLITCH IN THE AUTOMATED PAGING.
>> I RECEIVED MULTIPLE RANDOM TEXT MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, I JUST SAW ORONO FIRE TRUCK.
YOU MUST BE OUT AND ABOUT MORE NOW.
>> YEAH. OUR MAIN FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 30-60 DAYS IS REALLY TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THE DRIVEWAYS, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE FROM THE AREA AND A GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE NOT FROM THE AREA, AND APPLE AND GOOGLE MAPS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE, JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE APRIL, BUT NOW YOU'RE NOTICING US MORE DURING THE DAY AND THAT.
>> THIS SEEMS PRETTY PAR FOR THE COURSE FOR THAT TERRITORY.
YOU'VE GOT FIVE CALLS, THREE WERE CANCELED, THREE OF THEM WERE MEDICAL CALLS, AND OBVIOUSLY, A GASOLINE SPILL, AND A WORD THAT WASN'T MORE CATEGORY [INAUDIBLE].
EVEN FOR ANY CALL THAT I'VE BEEN ON IN THE LAST 20 SOME YEARS, THAT WAS AN UNUSUAL ONE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GET CALLS FOR GASOLINE SPILLS, AND IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, IT'S, FIVE BILLION GALLONS OF GASOLINE, AND YOU GET THERE AND IT'S LIKE A CUP OF GASOLINE GOT DROPPED ON THERE.
THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 20 GALLONS OF FUEL THAT WAS COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE TANKS.
THE POLICE ACTUALLY HIT THE EMERGENCY SHUT OFF, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
DUTY CREW DID A GREAT JOB THAT NIGHT.
>> I THINK I EVEN SAW JEFF KROL [PHONETIC] STANDING OUT THERE AT THE GAS STATION AS I WAS DRIVING BY.
I'M LIKE, WHAT DOES HE DOING? WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE? BUT VERY TYPICAL THOUGH BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT HALF OR MORE OF OUR CALLS ARE MEDICAL, HALF OF OUR CALLS ARE FALSE ALARMS. THEY'RE OUT, AND THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK, THEY DON'T GET THERE.
>> THE AVERAGES RIGHT NOW ARE FALLING IN LINE WITH WHAT WE PREDICTED.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO HIT OUR ACTIVE911 THAT WE HAVE?
>> WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM ACTIVE911 AND GONE TO WHAT'S CALLED FIRST DUE.
FIRST DUE IS AN APP THAT WE CAN DO INSPECTIONS AND INFERS REPORTING AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS.
YOU'LL SEE ROLLING OUT HERE THIS FALL OR EARLY NEXT YEAR A MODULE OF FIRST DUE CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECT WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN ENTER IN INFORMATION PERSONALLY ON THEIR ADDRESS TO LET US KNOW IF THEY HAVE VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP, IF THERE'S OXYGEN AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
THEN WE GET ALERTED ON OUR WAY TO THAT, AND NOBODY ELSE SEES IT BESIDES US.
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IT'S A NEAT LITTLE TOOL.A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE MOVING THAT WAY.
[INAUDIBLE] HAS GONE THAT WAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MOVING TO FIRST DUE.
>> WELL, OUR MEETING LASTED LONGER THAN YOUR PARTY, FOR THE MOST PART, AFTER THE SWEARING IN, BUT IT WAS NICE TO GET OPPORTUNITY AT LEAST TO MEET MORE OF THE FAMILIES.
WHEN YOU SEE THESE FIREFIGHTERS, WHEN YOU SWEAR IT IN, YOU REALIZE IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ONE OF THOSE, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET THEM AND AT LEAST GET A CHANCE TO THANK THEM FOR COMING ABOARD AND THANK THEIR FAMILIES FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BE APART OF IT.
THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE A PART OF LAST WEEK.
>> THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE CEREMONY, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING AND MOVING WITH ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR TONIGHT.
I THINK BY OUR NEXT MEETING, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL UPDATE ON SOME OUTSTANDING LITIGATION AND ITEMS, AND I'LL BRING THAT FORWARD AT THAT TIME.
>> THAT'LL BRING US TO OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR ENGINEER REPORT.
[21. Street Improvement Project Planning and Engineering (Project #25-001)]
WE'LL START WITH NUMBER 21, OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANNING AND ENGINEERING PROJECT 25-1.>> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE MET EARLIER THIS SPRING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ROADS WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT FOR 2025 CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
BEFORE YOU HAVE TWO COUNCIL ACTIONS.
ONE IS SERIES OF REGULAR CITY STREETS, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 22 FOR OUR MSA ROAD THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
FOR OUR CITY STREETS, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WE LOOKED AT DOING NEXT YEAR IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE KELLY AVENUE AREA DOWN HERE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK.
THAT INCLUDES KELLY AVENUE, LYDIARD CIRCLE, AND CARMEN, SORRY.
THE OTHER ONE THAT THE STAFF WAS PROPOSING WAS A RECLAMATION PROJECT ON FERNDALE ROAD WEST.
THEN COUNCIL ASKED TO ADD TWO OTHER SEGMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION AND TO PUT THEM IN AS ALTERNATES, WHICH WE WILL DO, WHICH WAS DAHL ROAD AND WILDHURST TRAIL FROM THE CORNER DOWN TO THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THIS ENTIRE LENGTH IS WILDHURST TRAIL.
WE REBUILT THAT ROAD MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO.
THE PORTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE THIS ONE.
WE RAN SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AFTER WE HAD THE WORK SESSIONS.
THE SUMMARY OF THAT IS IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET, BUT LOOKING AT THIS BATCH OF ROADS, WE HAVE A TOTAL COST OF AROUND $3.2 MILLION.
THE MOST CONSTRAINING NUMBER THAT WE HAVE AS WE LOOK AND PLAN THESE PROJECTS IS ACTUALLY THIS FIRST COLUMN, WHICH IS THE STREET COMES OUT OF THE PAVEMENT OR THE STREETS FUND.
RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS WITH OUR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF PAVEMENT WORK.
AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRELIMINARY LOOKING AT LEVYING ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR 2025.
AS WE REFINE THESE AND AS WE LOOK AT WHERE THAT PAVEMENT FUND SETS, WE MAY, INDEED, GET TO A POINT WHERE WE GET THINGS DESIGNED, BUT AS WE GO OUT FOR BID, WE MAY HAVE TO PULL THE ALTERNATES IF COSTS COME IN HIGHER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
ONE OTHER MAJOR COST ON THIS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS FOR KELLY AVENUE ITSELF.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING THE ENTIRE WATER MAIN THROUGH THERE.
IT'S THE SAME ERA AS THE WATER MAIN WE REPLACED ON COUNTY ROAD 19 TWO YEARS AGO.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS ON THERE.
THE THOUGHT IS, SINCE WE HAVE THAT PAVEMENT COMPLETELY TORE UP, WE GOT TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THAT WATER MAIN PAVEMENTS.
IT WILL BE A QUITE SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE [INAUDIBLE].
>> [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT FERNDALE ROAD WEST, I DROVE THAT OVER THE WEEKEND AND WITH THE WATER LEVEL WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NOT VERY HIGH OVER THE-
>> I WAS LOOKING AT THAT LIKE, IF YOU HAVE HIGH WATER, I WONDER IF YOU CAN EVEN DO THAT PROJECT.
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>> THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONSTRAINTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A RECLAMATION PROJECT, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DOING ANY UTILITY WORK OTHER THAN ONE CULVERT CROSSING, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT.
IF WE WERE DOING A FULL RECONSTRUCTION LIKE WE'RE PROPOSING DOWN ON KELLY ROAD, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE SUB-GRADES AND DIGGING DEEPER, I MIGHT BE MORE CONCERNED.
IF WE HAVE REALLY RECORD RAINS AGAIN LIKE WE HAD THIS YEAR, MAYBE ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
>> DOES THE WATER COME OVER THAT ROAD?
>> SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, I HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE WITH WATER COMING OVER.
>> I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN I DROVE THERE, I THOUGHT, GOSH, YOU GET FOUR INCHES MORE, I COULD SEE WHERE THAT ROAD WOULD BE COVERED OVER.
>> MOST OF THAT AREA, INCLUDING THOSE RESIDENCES IN THERE, THEY SIT VERY LOW, BUT I BELIEVE WITH THE DAM REGULATING THE WATER, THEY SIT A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE TOP OF THE DAM.
AS FAR AS WATER OVER-TOPPING OF THE ROADS, WE HAVE HAD, IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS AGO NOW, BUT ONE OF THE DRIVERS FOR THE KELLY AVENUE PROJECT WAS THAT ROAD DID GET OVER-TOPPED, I THINK, IN 2014.
SOMEWHERE IN MY FILES, I HAVE PICTURES OF PEOPLE CANOEING DOWN THE ROAD.
>> YEAH, THE LOW PART. IT HAD STANDING WATER FOR A LONG TIME.
>> IT DOES HAPPEN. SINCE I HAVE IT ON THE SLIDE, THE OTHER ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 22,
[22. Brown Road Improvement Project Planning and Engineering (Project #25-002)]
WAS TO DO BROWN ROAD NORTH.THAT'S THE SEGMENT OF BROWN ROAD FROM [INAUDIBLE] 112 HERE NORTH UP TO COUNTY ROAD 6.
THAT IS THE ONLY SEGMENT OF BROWN ROAD THAT IS A CITY ROAD.
EVERYTHING SOUTH OF LONG LAKE [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ALL COUNTY ROAD.
>> BROWN ROAD NORTH IS IN OUR MSA SYSTEM, AND SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE PAVEMENT.
YOU USE THE FUNDS FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ROAD AS WELL, BUT WE DRAW THE MUNICIPAL STATE A FUNDS FOR OUR MSA ROADS, AND SO WE LOOK AT USING THOSE FUNDS TO DO THIS ROAD.
THERE'S TWO PARTS TO MSA; THERE'S A MAINTENANCE FUND AND THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION FUND.
THE CONSTRUCTION FUND IS ACTUALLY HELD AT THE STATE.
WE APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS AS WE DO OUR PROJECTS.
THAT'S STARTING TO GET INTO A POSITIVE BALANCE AGAIN.
WE HAD TAKEN A FIVE-YEAR ADVANCE ON THAT ACCOUNT IN 2018 TO REDO POSTAL BAY ROAD AREA FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT THAT PERIOD IS NOW COMPLETE, SO THE STATE HAS BEEN PUTTING FUNDING BACK IN THAT ACCOUNT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PROPOSED TO USE FROM.
>> IT'S NICE BECAUSE THAT ONE'S CHEAP THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
ALSO, MSA ROADS ARE BASICALLY FEEDER ROADS TO THE MAIN ROADS, AND THAT'S WHY WE GET STATE FUNDING FOR THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE FEEDERS TO THE MAIN HIGHWAYS VERSUS JUST REGULAR CITY ROADS.
THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFERENT FUNDING COMES IN.
>> THE PRICE ON THAT IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AN OVERLAY PROJECT, SO JUST MOVING THE TOP FEW INCHES OF PAVEMENT, DOING A FEW PATCHES WHERE THERE'S SOME BAD SPOTS, REPAVING IT AND THEN DO SOME, I SEE THERE'S PRETTY BIG STORM WATER NUMBER IN THERE, RELATIVE ANYWAY, FOR A BUNCH OF CULVERT AND CATCH BASINS REPAIRS BECAUSE THAT ROAD DOES HAVE SOME STORM SEWER AND CATCH BASINS [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT IS THE ENGINEERING TO GET THESE THINGS DESIGNED SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THEM OUT FOR BID TO GET THE PRICING IN.
>> CORRECT. I HAD [INAUDIBLE] PROVIDE US PROPOSALS FOR BOTH DESIGNS.
I HAD TO DO THEM SEPARATELY, ONE FOR MSA.
THE MSA, WHICH IS BROWN, AND ONE FOR THE OTHER ROADS, HENCE THE TWO COUNCIL ACTIONS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU; THEIR COSTS AND THEY'RE LISTED.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THAT SO WE CAN BEGIN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
>> DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT?
>> WE NEED MOTIONS TO DO BOTH OF THEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ADAM ON THE ROADS? DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THEN? JUST START WITH THE FIRST ONE.
>> A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ENGINEER, ADAM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR THE 2025 STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
>> GOT A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> OPPOSED? NOTE THAT PASSES 5-0.
THEN WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT 25-2.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BOLTMAN MINK PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN THE BROWN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANNING AND ENGINEERING PROJECT NUMBER 25-2.
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>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED? NOTE THAT PASSES 5-0.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE ENGINEER REPORTS?
>> JUST A COUPLE OF ODDS AND ENDS WITH ON-GOING PROJECTS.
ONE IS THAT THE 2024 STREETS PROJECT, I WOULD SAY, WE'RE ABOUT MIDWAY.
WE DO THOSE ROADS WHERE THE ASPHALT WAS REMOVED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
WE DO HAVE THE CURBING THAT WE'RE RE-CURBING FOR PARKWOOD IS IN PLACE AND CURED AND WEATHER PERMITTING, KNOCK ON WOOD.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE PUTTING THE BASE COURSE OF ASPHALT ON ALL THREE ROADS THIS WEEK, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, GETTING THE WORKFORCE THE WEEK AFTER NEXT.
THAT PROJECT IS GOING ALONG WELL.
THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF IS, FOR THE LAST ABOUT YEAR OR SO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR LEAD SERVICE STUDY.
THIS IS A STUDY IN MINNESOTA, A REQUIREMENT THAT CAME TO ALL CITIES IN MINNESOTA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT ORIGINATES WITH THE EPA AND OTHERS BASED ON THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN FLINT, MICHIGAN, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THAT REQUIREMENT TO A STUDY AND TRY TO CONFIRM THE MATERIAL TYPES OF THE SERVICE LINES THAT CONNECT OUR WATER MAINS TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSES.
OUR FIRST REPORT IS DUE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT PROJECT COMPLETE.
AFTER WE DID ALL OF THE PAPERWORK RESEARCH THAT WE COULD DO IN-HOUSE, WE HAD ABOUT 300 PRIVATE SERVICE SIDES THAT WE COULDN'T FIND DOCUMENTATION ON.
SO WE SENT LETTERS OUT TO EVERYBODY.
WE'VE GOT 20 RESPONSES SO FAR CONFIRMING.
THEN ON WEDNESDAY, WE'LL START DOOR KNOCKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO GO AROUND TO THOSE HOMES JUST TO DO A FINAL CHECK ON THEM.
I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE'RE 99.99% SURE WE HAVE NO LEAD IN THIS CITY, UNLESS SOMEBODY SNUCK ONE IN SOMEHOW.
IT'S NEVER BEEN INSTALLED IN ANY OF OUR SYSTEMS, AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DO IT SINCE 1984, ANYWAY, AND MOST OF OUR STUFF IS POST 1984, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS TO VERIFY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OR WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION FROM WHEN THINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED THAT SAYS EXACTLY WHAT THE MATERIAL WAS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO DO A VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE PIPES TAKEN OUT OF [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU JUST COLD CALL OR YOU JUST SHOW UP OR ARE YOU GIVING PEOPLE ADVANCE NOTICE?
>> WELL, WE SEND LETTERS OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO [INAUDIBLE].
EXISTING PAPERWORK TO FIGURE OUT EARLY LAST WEEK.
THERE'S A WEBSITE THEY CAN GO TO TO JUST FILL IN WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL THEY HAVE.
>> I'M SURPRISED YOU GOT 20. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYBE A FACEBOOK POST ABOUT THAT.
RESPONDER WILL BE AT YOUR DOOR, I THINK.
>> PROBABLY MAKES INTERNS, COLLEGE KIDS THAT ARE JUST GOING TO START GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR UPDATES FROM ME.
>> THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. WELL, IT'LL TAKE US TO OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
[23. Council Committee Reports]
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND THEN IT SAYS COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE BUT I'M ASSUMING, IS THAT A TYPO?>> THAT IS A TYPO, SORRY. WE USE THE SAME FORM.
>> WE DID HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT THAT MAGGIE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
IT'S SUPER IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH HER WORK AND TO HEAR HER TAKE ON IT.
OBVIOUSLY, ADAM AND DENNY BOTH HAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, HOW DO WE KEEP OUR TAX RATE THE SAME? I THINK SOME THINGS OF INTEREST FOR ME THAT WERE EXCITING IS THAT THERE'LL BE A COMMUNICATIONS ROOM AND THE BUDGET FOR A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR, A PERSON.
THAT WAS VERY EXCITING AND SOMETHING THAT IN THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WE'VE BEEN HOPING FOR.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
>> IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING THAT AFTER RON BEING HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND MAGGIE COMES IN, SHE JUST THINKS DIFFERENTLY.
SOMETIMES SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHAT RON DID BUT WE GOT THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I THINK WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS BEING ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING WE NEEDED IN THE BUDGET FULLY FUNDED, ALL THINGS WE WANTED WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE OUR TAX RATE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE BOTTOM LINE, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO SO.
I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.
THAT'S REALLY THE UPDATE FOR THAT.
WITH THAT, I GUESS I'LL TAKE US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
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COUNCIL WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION OR TAKE ACTION IN ITEMS PRESENTED AT THIS TIME.HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL MAY REFER ISSUES TO STAFF OR FOLLOW UP OR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHOULD STATE THE NAME AND HOME ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM BEFORE SPEAKING.
THE COUNCIL WILL FIRST OPEN THE PODIUM TO ORONO RESIDENTS BEFORE OPENING THE PODIUM TO ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
ADAM IS OUR KEEPER OF THE TIME SO I WILL INVITE.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM ORONO THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TONIGHT AND SPEAK UP? SEEING NOBODY FROM ORONO, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? SEEING NOBODY, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, TAKE IT TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER BENSON.
[Mayor/Council Report]
>> THANK YOU. I RECENTLY ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS HELD IN ROCHESTER THIS YEAR.
STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM CLOSE TO 200 CITIES ACROSS THE STATE WERE REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE.
GOVERNOR WALLS GAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ADDRESSED TOPICS ON LEADERSHIP AND ALSO WHAT MAKES FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES.
I ATTENDED A NUMBER OF LEARNING SESSIONS, INCLUDING ONE FOCUSED ON HOW TO BUILD TRUST AND RESOLVE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
THE PRESENTERS DISCUSSED TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED BY CITIES TO RESOLVE CONFLICT, WHETHER WITH RESIDENTS, PARTNERS, OR EVEN CONFLICT WITHIN A CITY.
I ALSO ATTENDED A WORKSHOP ON COUNCIL TRANSITIONS ON HOW NEWLY ELECTED LEADERS CAN BE PREPARED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE AND ALSO HOW CITIES CAN AVOID COMMON ISSUES WITH COUNCIL TRANSITIONS BEFORE THEY ARISE.
THE PRESENTERS WHO ARE BOTH ATTORNEYS USE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ESTABLISH AND ABIDE BY CITY COUNCIL NORMS. THESE RULES OF BEHAVIOR WERE DEVELOPED BY THE COUNCIL AND ARE FOLLOWED BY THE COUNCIL.
THEY INCLUDE GUIDANCE AROUND COMMUNICATION AND DECORUM, AS WELL AS PROVISIONS FOR INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF.
THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS PARK WAS HONORED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE AND DID RECEIVE THE 2024 EMERGING LEADER AWARD THROUGH THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES, AND THREE CITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES WERE AWARDED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS, AND THE CITY OF WOODBURY WAS GIVEN THE 2024 SUSTAINABILITY AWARD.
I DID APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A VERY VALUABLE PLACE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND IDEAS AND ALSO TO GROW RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CITIES.
>> I THINK WE HIT ON MOST OF THE STUFF.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH MAGGIE AND I CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED WITH HER ENERGY AND HER EXPERTISE, WHAT SHE'S BRINGING TO THE TEAM.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO JOSH AS HE LEFT US AND DID A GREAT JOB FOR THE CITY SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT.
JAMES, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GOOD OPENING WEEK. KEEP UP.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING? I THINK I LIKE TO REFLECT.
ADAM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE ROADS PRESENTATION.
BUT SEEING HOW MANY ROADS WE'VE GOT REPAIRED AND UPDATED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT STUFF LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUDGETING FOR IT PROPERLY.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WERE NOT DONE IN THE PAST HERE.
THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE AGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTEAD OF SETTING ASSESSMENTS ON HOMES, WHICH COULD BE VERY TRYING FOR PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE A 15 OR $20,000 ASSESSMENT.
I ALSO LOOKED BACK AT THE PARK SYSTEM, AND YOU MENTIONED JOSH AND THE COUNCIL, AND THE PARKS PEOPLE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
WE'VE TURNED AROUND OUR PARK SYSTEM TREMENDOUSLY, AND IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.
I HAD SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME AND RICHIE ANDERSON'S HERE TODAY SO I PASSED ON SOME INFORMATION TO RICH REGARDING HARVESTING ON THE LAKE.
SOMEBODY USED A HARVESTER AND BASICALLY ALL THE WEEDS BLEW EVERYBODY ON THE SOUTH PART OF THE BAY TO CLEAN UP.
I'M GOING TO HAVE EITHER RICHIE REACH OUT TO THIS GENTLEMAN OR THE GENTLEMAN REACH OUT TO RICH BUT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S RICH'S EXPERTISE.
BUT THOSE IDEAS OF GETTING RID OF THE HARVESTERS, LOOKING AT WAYS OF HELPING TREAT THE LAKE REALLY PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LAKE MINNETONKA.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE ATTACKED AND DONE IT REALLY WELL, AND THAT WE GOT BETTER REPRESENTATION ON THE LMCD AND HAD SOMEBODY GO AFTER THEM, AND THAT'S BEEN FANTASTIC SO THANK YOU.
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SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP TO ME RECENTLY THAT MY COMMENTS OF THE 85 10% DIALOGUE REGARDING THE COST OF FIRE SERVICE BETWEEN ORONO AND LONG LAKE WAS NOT ACCURATE, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ACCURATE.I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THEM IS, IF THE CITY OF LONG LAKE DOES HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD, PLEASE LET THE CITIZENS OF LONG LAKE KNOW SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR TAX IMPACT IS GOING TO BE.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU GO FROM PAYING A VERY SMALL PORTION OF FIRE SERVICE AND THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR 100% OF YOUR FIRE SERVICE.
THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THE CITY OF ORONO HAS TAKEN CARE OF THINGS, WE BUDGETED PROPERLY FOR THINGS.
I'VE HEARD IT IN THE REALM IN THE PAST THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WOULD LOVE TO TURN ORONO INTO MINNEAPOLIS OR ST. LOUIS PARK.
I DON'T WANT THAT. I DON'T SEE THAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK MOST OF THE RESIDENTS HERE WANT THAT.
AS AS LONG AS I'M A COUNCILMAN, I'LL DO EVERYTHING TO PREVENT THAT. THANKS.
>> I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NICE JOB BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND JUST IN REVIEWING, BEING PREPARED FOR THIS MEETING.
LARGE PART OF OUR EFFICIENCY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR REVIEW AND THE MULTIPLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT APPLICANTS FOLLOWED AND THEN CORRECTED BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO US SO THAT IT CAN GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK REALLY GOOD WORK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I KNOW I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.
THE PARKS, JOSH HAD HIS LAST DAY.
JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR HIM AND HIS REPUTATION AMONGST OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WAS REALLY TREMENDOUS.
I WISH HIM WELL ON HIS ENDEAVORS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESPONSE AND SOME GOOD APPLICANTS COMING FORWARD SO WE'LL MISS JOSH.
BUT WE ALSO NEED A REPLACEMENT FOR HIM.
THE HISTORY THAT SHE BRINGS TO THE CITY.
I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED ON HERE IN THE LMCD, THE REPRESENTATIVE WE HAD WASN'T EVEN ATTENDING.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GET SOMEBODY PUT RICHIE IN THERE.
NOT ONLY DOES HE ATTEND, HE BECOMES A LEADER IN IT AND HE'S SAVED THE RESIDENTS OF ORONO A LOT OF MONEY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. THAT'S REALLY NICE.
FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE, I'M SURE THE APPLICANTS HAVE LEFT.
BUT ON 1487, WHICH WERE THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO GET A VARIANCE TO PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR ENTRANCE, WHICH IS ON HERE TONIGHT, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN EMPOWER STAFF TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO DO REASONABLE THINGS.
I PUT A ROOF. THEY DIDN'T EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT, THEY WERE JUST CHANGING THEIR ENTRANCE, AND THERE'S NO IMPACT.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD HERE ABOUT, HOW DO WE GIVE STAFF SOME LATITUDE TO LET OUR RESIDENTS NOT HAVE A SIX-WEEK PROCESS TO PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR ENTRY, WHICH SEEMS PRETTY REALISTIC.
THEN I THINK THE OTHER NICE THING, THAT ASPECT DESIGN WORKING WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS AND DOING THAT, THAT'S PRETTY NICE TO SEE AND SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CERTAINLY, CHIEF IS THE MAYOR SAID THOSE CALLS WERE STATUS QUO. THE TYPE OF CALLS.
BUT WHAT WASN'T STATUS QUO IS HOW QUICKLY WE RESPONDED TO THEM.
IN OUR FIRST WEEK, WHAT A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN OUR CAPACITY TO RESPOND? I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE, THE VISIBILITY GIVEN THE NEW MODEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE,
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THE VISIBILITY THAT YOU CREATE.IT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO TEXT ME TO SAY THEY SEE THEM. IT'S EXCITING.
IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING REDS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT AND ABOUT DOING THINGS, AND I THINK THAT VISIBILITY IS REALLY GOOD.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE US.
THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE FOR OUR CITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOOD WITH THE BAD.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GROWING PAINS BUT WE NEED TO KNOW TOO AND SO WE CAN HELP SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED.
BUT GREAT START TO YOUR FIRST WEEK.
WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIRST TIME, THIS IS 4 JULY.
WE GOT THAT VERY BUSY TIME BEHIND US ALREADY SO THAT'S A GREAT START.
THANKS FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
>> WELL, THANKS, RICHIE, ALSO FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK FOR SURE.
JOSH, I WISH HIM THE BEST IN ALL HIS ENDEAVORS.
TELL HIM IF HE EVER NEEDED ANYBODY TO SPEAK HIGHLY OF HIM, WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THANKS TO MELANIE FOR HER 21 YEARS, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT ORGANIZATION HERE.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE STICKING AROUND THAT LONG.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIA VEACH.
THE ORONO FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION HAS NAMED THEIR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI OF THE YEAR. THAT IS MARIA.
LARGE HONOR. [APPLAUSE] ALL YOUR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SEEING YOUR GREAT PICTURE, WHICH I TEXTED YOU AND SAY IT'S A GREAT PICTURE, AND THAT'S AMAZING.
DEFINITELY, CONGRATULATIONS, KUDOS TO YOU.
>> COFFEE FOR THE MAYORS ON WEDNESDAY, 9:00 A.M. WE GOT GREAT COFFEE, WE GOT GREAT DOUGHNUTS.
I KNOW WITH CHIEF, I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SWEAR IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO START.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE PACKED HOUSE.
YOU SEE THE FAMILIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING EVERYBODY.
THEY GOT FAMILIES, THEY HAVE KIDS, AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR JOB, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEM.
IT WAS VERY FUN TO SHOW UP AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T GET UP THAT EARLY, NORMALLY TAKE A SHOWER AND GET OVER.
THAT WAS FUN TO GO OVER THERE AND SEE THAT.
I DO SEE THEM AND I THINK I TOLD YOU I WAS DRIVING BY THE NAVARRE STATION BY THE WATER TOWER EVERY DAY JUST CHECKING IT OUT AND THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THEIR THING, WHICH IS FABULOUS.
THAT IS REALLY FUN. IT'S BEEN A BUSY TWO WEEKS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH 4 JULY.
I THINK WE HAD A GRADUATION PARTY AT MY HOUSE, A COUPLE 100 PEOPLE IN THE BACK YARD SO THAT WAS CRAZY.
RIGHT AFTER THAT, MY DAUGHTER IS DOWN AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS ON THE FLOOR AS A VOLUNTEER WITH ALL THE OLYMPIC HOPEFULS THAT ARE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS NOW, SO WE SAW HER ON TV LOTS BECAUSE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS HAD RED SHIRTS AND THEY WERE ESCORTING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE OLYMPICS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I KNOW THEY CHANGED FIREWORKS FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY OVER AT EXCELSHIRE SO WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR PLANS.
THEN WE WENT BACK DOWN TO EXELSHARE FOR THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER RUNS THE 5K.
I THINK THEY CALL IT THE FIRE CRACKER 5K.
SHE FINISHED SECOND IN HER AGE GROUP, AND I THINK, 17TH OUT OF ALL THE WOMEN.
SHE JUST LIKES TO RUN, AND I'M GLAD SOMEBODY LIKES TO RUN HERE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE EMPTY NESTERS FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE MY ONE DAUGHTER WHO'S DOWN ON THE GYMNASTICS TEAM IS DOWN THERE AS A STUDENT ALREADY AND MY OTHER DAUGHTER IS DOWN THERE AT GOPHER TRACK CAMP.
DROPPED HER OFF WITH ALL THE GOPHER COACHES, AND SHE'S RUNNING GOPHER TRACK CAMP BECAUSE SHE'D LOVE TO GO RUN FOR THE GOPHERS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IF SHE CAN. SHE'S ENJOYING THAT.
I GOT A COUPLE OF GOOD QUOTES HERE.
SEE IF I CAN FIND IT HERE. HERE WE HAVE.
FIRST ONE IS BY NELSON MANDELA.
HE SAYS, IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT'S DONE. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF?
>> THEN CONFUCIUS SAY, THE MAN WHO MOVES A MOUNTAIN BEGINS BY CARRYING AWAY SMALL STONES ONE AT A TIME.
WITH THAT SAID, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.