YEAH. ALL RIGHT I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          [Roll Call]
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PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE OF FOUR, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. 
          MR. SCHWINGLER IS NOT JOINING US TONIGHT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? 
          [Approval of Agenda]
I'D SECOND. ALL RIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE . ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. 
          CONSENT AGENDA SO WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. 
          [Consent Agenda]
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, CLAIMS AND BILLS,
UPCOMING WORK SESSION AND COUNCIL TRAINING SCHEDULE, THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE HIRING OF A RECORDS
TECHNICIAN. 
          THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION WITH NO DISCUSSION UNLESS
A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF REQUEST THAT THE ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION. ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA
TONIGHT? I'D LIKE TO REMOVE NUMBER 4, PLEASE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? WITH THAT, I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA REMOVING ITEM NUMBER 4. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 
          MOTION CARRIES SO LET'S SEE. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE? LET'S DISCUSS NUMBER 4 FIRST. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG. 
          [4. Annual Performance Review of the City Administrator]
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE. I JUST THINK THAT WE LEFT IT RATHER OPEN,
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. WOULD THAT BE A CLOSED SESSION THAT YOU'D RECOMMEND? I WOULD RECOMMEND A CLOSED
SESSION. OKAY. 
          ANYBODY? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER SESSION FOR THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW
OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND THAT. FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE ON OR JUST LEAVE IT OPEN? LIKE NEXT MEETING OR? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST IT'S AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO NOT LEAVE IT OPEN ENDED. OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY NOT TONIGHT,
BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR. SURE YEAH,
I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          IS THAT AN AMENDMENT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HERE? THAT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YES [LAUGHTER] YOU DONE IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION. 
          OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES WE'LL DO THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          SO THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF OUR 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL
REPORT. 
          [6. 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Presentation]
YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT, WE HAVE ANDY BERG WITH ABDO TO PRESENT THE 2024 AUDIT
RESULTS. 
          OKAY WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH LIKE MAGGIE SAID,
I'M ANDY BERG WITH ABDO, THE PARTNER ON THE AUDIT. 
          TONIGHT WILL GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION THAT SUMMARIZES THE AUDIT RESULTS AND LOOKS AT SOME
KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PRESENTATION OR THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
THAT WERE IN YOUR PACKET. 
          MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE. SO WHAT I'LL COVER LIKE I MENTIONED THE AUDIT RESULTS. 
          I WILL LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND NUMBER DIFFERENT FINANCIAL METRICS THERE. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS,
YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE DEBT SERVICE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND THEN LOOK AT YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO YOUR WATER, SEWER, STORM FUNDS AND SOME OTHER FUNDS THERE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL END WITH SOME KPIS. LOOKING AT A FOUR YEAR HISTORY,
COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, AND THEN OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE STATE OF SIMILAR SIZE. 
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SO THE END RESULT OF OUR AUDIT IS THAT WE ISSUE AN OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          WE SHOULD UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION. SO THE BEST OPINION YOU CAN GET AS PART OF THAT WE
ALSO TEST SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS OF MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCES PUT OUT BY THE STATE AUDITOR. AND WE SHOULD CLEAN MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE REPORT TO OVERALL REALLY
WELL RESULTS FROM THAT. 
          AND SO NOW IF WE JUMP INTO THE GENERAL FUND,
WHAT WE'RE GIVING YOU HERE IS A FOUR YEAR HISTORY OF YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. 
          SO THAT ORANGE LINE WE COMPARE THAT TO YOUR FUND BALANCE POLICY THE BLACK LINE. 
          SO YOU HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY PRIOR TO 2024 IT WAS AT 45% YOU DID LOWER THAT TO 40% IN
2024. 
          SO IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THAT FUND BALANCE POLICY EACH OF THE FOUR YEARS PRESENTED. 
          THAT'S IN COMPARISON TO YOUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS YOUR REVENUE
SOURCES, YOUR MAIN REVENUE SOURCE, YOUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COMES IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          SO YOU NEED THAT RESERVES TO MEET YOUR EXPENDITURE NEEDS. 
          THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR MY NOTES. PAGE 32 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE OVER 40% AND THIS SAYS 39.2%. 
          SO I JUST WONDERED ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY THERE,
BECAUSE THAT 40% IS A VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER AS YOU SUGGEST. 
          YEP SO THE NUMBER WE'RE PRESENTING HERE IS JUST AN UNASSIGNED PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE. 
          SO THE OTHER PIECE ON PAGE 32 PROBABLY INCLUDES A FULL YES IT DOES YEAH OKAY. SO IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
WE GIVE YOU A TABLE WITH THE PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR OF THE ACTUAL COMPARED TO THE BUDGET AMOUNTS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH WHERE THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES,
YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY CLOSE TO BUDGET. 
          SO REVENUE IS ABOUT $11.9 MILLION OVER BUDGET BY $457,000 WITH THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS THERE
BUILDING PERMITS BEING OVER BUDGET AND ALSO SOME GRANTS STATE AID IS BEING OVER THE EXPENDITURE SIDE UNDER BUDGET BY $135,000. 
          REALLY, ALL DEPARTMENTS COMING IN UNDER BUDGET WITH THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR,
WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY NOT CHARGING FOR THE ASSESSING CONTENT WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET SO TOTAL FUND BALANCE INCREASED JUST UNDER THAT $560,000. 
          AND THEN ADD JUST UNDER $4.8 MILLION. AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE GIVE YOU A THREE-YEAR HISTORY OF YOUR REVENUES BY TYPE. LIKE I MENTIONED,
YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE YOUR MAIN REVENUE SOURCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, INCREASING EACH OF THE THREE YEARS PRESENTED,
AND THEN LICENSES OF PERMITS IS BROKEN OUT THERE TOO LITTLE INCREASE IN 2023 DROP DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN 2024. AND THEN THE TOTAL OTHER INCLUDES ALL THE OTHER REVENUES OF THE CITY,
INCLUDING CHARGES FOR SERVICE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SIMILAR THREE-YEAR COMPARISON,
BUT WITH YOUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH THAT BUDGET, EACH OF THE AREAS REALLY INCREASING SUM OVER A THREE
YEAR PERIOD, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BEING THE HIGHEST AREA OF SPENDING AND ALSO THE INCREASE THERE. 
          SO YOUR POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING INSPECTION, ETC. 
          INCLUDED IN PUBLIC SAFETY ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS? WE GIVE YOU TWO COMPARISONS HERE A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON OF ENDING FUND BALANCE AND
THE CHANGE. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE CATEGORY OF THE SPECIFIC SO IN TOTAL YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY FUND BALANCE OF $1.7 MILLION INCREASE OF $361,000. 
          AND THEN IN THAT BOTTOM GRAPH, WE GIVE YOU A BREAK OUT OF WHAT THAT $1.7 MILLION IS MADE
UP OF. 
          THE BULK OF THAT IS RESTRICTED SO RESTRICTED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCE SUCH AS YOUR TIFF PLAN. 
          SOME OF THE OTHER GRANTS THAT YOU RECEIVED IN GRANTS AND AIDS,
THE COMMITTED PORTION THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS INCREASE EACH OF THE THREE YEARS THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PARK FUND. 
          SO INTERNALLY COMMITTED THERE ARE ABOUT $580,000. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU DO HAVE TWO BONDS OUTSTANDING. 
          YOUR 2021 A BONDS AND THEN YOUR 2020 BONDS MATURING ANYWHERE OUT TO 2051. 
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TOTAL BONDS OUTSTANDING JUST UNDER THAT $16 MILLION. 
          WE DO GIVE YOU THE OBLIGATIONS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 
          YOU CAN SEE AS THE ONE BOND DROPS OFF IN 2029,
THAT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DOES ALSO DROP WHEN IT'S JUST A 2021 A BONDS MIC]. AGAIN JUST IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THAT TAX LEVY THAT'S THE MAIN SOURCE OF PAYING THESE
BONDS BACK. 
          AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS SIMILAR COMPARISON WITH THIS LIKE WE HAD FOR
THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. 
          WHEN THESE FUNDS YOU HAVE TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF $5.2 MILLION. 
          A DECREASE OF ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. THE BIGGEST DECREASES IN YOUR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION FUND
PLANNED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THAT PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. 
          ANOTHER FUND TO POINT OUT IS THAT TOP FUND THERE,
THE MUNICIPAL STATE AID FUND THAT DOES HAVE A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $1.1 MILLION WHEN THE INTENDED TO BE PAID BACK WITH FUTURE MSA AID FROM THE STATE THIS WAS JUST MONEY THAT WERE SPENT IN PAST YEARS THAT WAS AHEAD OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING
THE STATE AID FOR IS THAT WHAT'S THE HISTORY THERE? YES, I BELIEVE SO I'M STILL DOING SOME RESEARCH INTO WHY THAT FUND IS NEGATIVE,
BUT I BELIEVE THERE WERE INTER FUND LOANS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MSA FUND FOR PROJECTS THAT
WERE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH STATE AID. OKAY WOULD YOU MIND INCREASING? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          WOULD YOU MIND INCREASING THE FONT GIVE ME ONE SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M DOING MY BEST BUT IT'S LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE OKAY YEP. 
          THAT HELPS MY EYES OUT, TOO [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU. 
          TO HEAR. YEAH. YEAH THE THAT MSA FUND REALLY IS THAT THE PROJECTS HAPPENING PRIOR TO THAT
FUNDING COMING. 
          GOT IT OKAY. OKAY. AND REALLY FINANCE INTERNALLY WITH INNER FUND LOANS,
WITH OTHER FUNDS. 
          AND THAT'S IN YOUR REVIEW OF DIFFERENT CITIES THAT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL TO HAVE TIMING
DIFFERENCES AND THAT SORT OF A FUND OR. 
          NO, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. OKAY. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THAT DON'T SPEND IT WHEN THEY CAN AND
THERE'S OTHERS THAT SPEND IT AND IT REALLY IS THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT AND THE NEED FOR THE PROJECTS WHEN THEY HAPPEN. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CAPITAL FUND? THE BULK OF THESE FUNDS ARE INTERNALLY ASSIGNED. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT RESTRICTED AMOUNT WHEN YOU ISSUED THOSE BONDS BEFORE THOSE BOND PROCEEDS
ARE SPENT. 
          THEY ARE RESTRICTED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE AS THOSE WERE SPENT ON THERE'S SOME BIG
DECREASES THERE FROM 22 OUT TO 2024 AND THAT DEFICIT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT UNASSIGNED CATEGORY,
YOU'LL SEE THAT HAS BEEN IMPROVING EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS PRESENTED THERE ALL RIGHT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          SO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WE GIVE YOU A CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS GRAPH OVER FOUR YEARS,
WHICH IS ON THE TOP. 
          AND THEN A CASH BALANCE GRAPH. SO REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IS THAT THESE FUNDS ARE
GENERATING CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS. 
          SO THE ORANGE IS YOUR OPERATING RECEIPTS COMING IN. 
          THE YELLOW IS YOUR OPERATING DISBURSEMENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE THE PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST PAYMENTS. 
          SO THE WATER FUND DOES HAVE SOME BONDS OUTSTANDING. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THE FOUR YEARS PRESENTING YOU DID GENERATE SUFFICIENT CASH TO COVER
OPERATIONS IN YOUR DEBT SERVICE. 
          THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN YOUR CASH FROM 2022 TO 2023. 
          ABOUT $1 MILLION TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE WATER FUND INTO YOUR PROJECT FUND TO HELP FUND
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'LL SEE THAT WITH EACH OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WITH THAT, THE CHANGE IN CASH FROM 2023 TO 2024 WAS CONSISTENT ENDING AT ABOUT $270,000. 
          WAS THAT $1 MILLION THAT WENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY? NO, WE DID A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 19 OKAY, SO THE BUILD UP CASH OVER TIME AND THEN THE BIG PROJECTS THAT BROUGHT BACK DOWN GOT
IT. 
          ALL RIGHT THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE SEWER FUND. THE SEWER FUND CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY
OUTSTANDING DEBT. 
          AND LOOKING AT THAT TOP GRAPH HAS GENERATED CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS EACH OF THE THREE
YEARS. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THAT CASH BALANCE AT THE BOTTOM THERE THAT HAS DECREASED EACH OF THE LAST
THREE YEARS IN 2022, YOU'RE AT $3.1 MILLION. AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED,
THERE WAS A ABOUT $1 MILLION TRANSFER OUT IN 2023 FOR PROJECT COSTS. 
          AND THEN IN 2024 THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TRANSFER AND THEN SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS PAID
DIRECTLY OUT OF THIS FUND THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT DECREASE 
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WHERE THOSE MONEY? THOSE WOULD GO TO THE TONKAWA ROAD FORCEMAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THAT
WERE DONE OVER A SERIES OF A FEW YEARS THERE AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF A FORCEMAIN ALONG PART LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHERE WE BASICALLY STRIP OUT ALL THE COMPONENTS OF TWO
LIFT STATIONS A YEAR, REPLACE THOSE, THOSE BUT THE BIG ONES ARE THOSE . ANYTIME WE TOUCH PIPES UNDERGROUND,
THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE BIG EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL IN THE SEWER AND WATER FUNDS. 
          WE DID HAVE SOME TRANSFERS IN 2024 TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE SEWER RELATED ROAD
IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL CATCH UP FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE DID NOT CATCH THAT. 
          ARE WE DOING THE SEWER PROJECT ON BROWN TOO? SO WAS THAT WAS THERE ANY MOVE THERE? IS THAT STRICTLY THE ROAD? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR YOUR BROWN THE BROWN ROAD PROJECT,
THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SEWER. 
          AS WE ADJUST ANY MANHOLES THAT MIGHT BE ALONG THAT ROAD. 
          REMEMBER HOW MANY THERE ARE ON THAT? IT'S A SMALL DOLLAR FIGURE COMPARED TO WHEN WE
ACTUALLY DO A BESPOKE SEWER PROJECT. 
          SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH BROWN ROAD, WE'RE NOT GOING IN AND REPLACING SEWER MAIN OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY SO I JUST DO REMEMBER READING ABOUT THAT. 
          YEP THERE'S A THERE'S A SMALL BIT IN THERE. WE PUT IN ANY ROAD PROJECT IF WE'RE TOUCHING
ANYTHING RELATED TO SEWER, AS WE'RE DOING THE PROJECT, WE WILL TRY TO BUILD IT OUT TO THE SEWER FUND. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE MAGGIE WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAD THOSE IN OUR PLANS,
MAYBE IN 22 AND 23, AND THEN DIDN'T DO THE FUND TRANSFER AT THE END OF THE PROJECT. AND SO SHE WAS CATCHING
SOME OF THAT UP. 
          EARLY 2021 UP TO 2024 WHAT WAS THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT? HOW MUCH WAS THAT HAD TO GET? I WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK AT THE COUNCIL ACTION WHERE WE HAD ASKED COUNCIL TO APPROVE THOSE
TRANSFERS. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS IN OCTOBER OF 2024 THAT WE HAD ASKED COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE TRANSFERS
OKAY. GO AHEAD HERE AGAIN, UP AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE IS GREATER THAN THE YELLOW. 
          SO GENERATING CASH FLOWS SIMILAR WITH THE SEWER FUND AND THE WATER FUND. 
          WE DID HAVE A TRANSFER OUT FROM 22 TO 23 THAT CAUSED THAT DECREASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT. 
          AND THEN IN 24, AGAIN, SOME CAPITAL COSTS ALONG WITH THE TRANSFER OUT TO. 
          ALL RIGHT THE NEXT FUND, THE RECYCLING FUND,
BASICALLY A BREAK EVEN FUND INTENTIONALLY THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE RECEIPTS COMING IN AND DISBURSEMENTS GOING OUT. 
          THE CASH BALANCE DID INCREASE EACH OF THE FOUR YEARS ENDING AT ABOUT $103,000. 
          THE CABLE TV FUND HERE JUST POINT OUT THAT THAT CASH BALANCE HAS BEEN DECREASING EACH OF
THE YEARS PRESENTED. 
          DEFICIT $18,000 AT THE END OF 2024. SO WE JUST RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY WATCH THIS FUND AND
WORK TO ELIMINATE THAT DEFICIT. 
          IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LESS PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT HAVE CABLE TV? IS THAT THE? YEAH SO THAT'S FINE. THE ONLY SOURCE OF REVENUE IS THE CABLE FRANCHISE FEE
THAT WE RECEIVE FROM MEDIACOM, AND THAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN OVER THE YEARS. AND THEN WHAT WE PAY FOR OUT OF THIS FUND IS
FOR ITEMS LIKE THE WEBSITE, ANYTHING WEBSITE RELATED OR I BELIEVE CODE UPDATES ARE ALSO PART OF THIS EXPENDITURE IN THIS FUND. SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO OFFSET THE FUND BALANCE
GOING FORWARD. 
          YEAH. WE'VE ALSO TRADITIONALLY USED THAT FUND TO FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE. 
          AVI HERE. THE AVI IN HERE, THE OH, WHAT YOU CALL IT? THE VIDEO TRANSMISSION STUFF IS WE'VE TRIED TO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PREDOMINANTLY USED THE
CABLE TELEVISION FUND TO FUND I SUSPECT THIS THE USE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN [LAUGHTER]. 
          SO YEAH, WE DO NEED TO FIGURE OUT OTHER SOURCES FOR COVERING SOME OF THOSE EXPENDITURES. 
          ALL RIGHT THE NEXT FUND, YOUR GOLF COURSE FUND HERE YOU CAN SEE IN 23 YOU DID GENERATE A
LITTLE BIT OF CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS 24 THERE WERE SOME 
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USE THERE. THE CASH BALANCE DID DECREASE DOWN TO A DEFICIT AT $24,000. 
          PART OF IT RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS AND THEN YOU HAD CAPITAL EXPENDITURES,
ABOUT $41,000 IN 2024. 
          SO NOW THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL BE YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD IN
TOTAL BY THOSE DIFFERENT FUND TYPES THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE TOTAL CASH AT THE END OF 2024,
$17.7 MILLION, DOWN FROM ABOUT $32 MILLION IN 2022. 
          THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT IS THE BONDS BEING ISSUED AND THOSE UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THAT YELLOW PORTION OF THE BY YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. 
          AS YOU SPEND DOWN THOSE BOND PROCEEDS, THAT CASH COMES DOWN TOO. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO WENT BACK FURTHER BEFORE THOSE BONDS WERE ISSUED,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SPIKE UP IN 2022 AND THEN WE'D LOOK AT IT BY CATEGORY REALLY HERE POINTING OUT THAT THE BULK OF IT IS
INTERNALLY ASSIGNED IN YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, ABOUT $6.8 MILLION. YOU DO HAVE A RESTRICTED CASH OF ABOUT $2.5 MILLION,
UNRESTRICTED ABOUT $4.5 MILLION. 
          AND THEN IN YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS YOUR WATER,
SEWER, STORM THOSE ALL THOSE FUNDS WE JUST GOT DONE LOOKING AT ABOUT $3.3 MILLION. 
          AND THEN YOU DO HAVE A SET OF INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS WITH ABOUT $515,000 OF CASH IN THOSE
FUNDS SO NOW LOOKING AT SOME OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ORANGE ARE CLASS FOUR
CITIES, SO SIMILAR POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE GIVE ALL THE CITIES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY THE
YELLOW BAR AND THEN THE CITY ORONO THE BLACK LINE. 
          SO THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT IS YOUR TAX RATE REAL CONSISTENT OVER THE FIVE YEARS PRESENTED
RIGHT AROUND THAT 16% THE LAST TWO YEARS, DOWN FROM THAT 17% TO 19% IN 2020 THROUGH 2022 TAXES PER CAPITA FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM 2020 TO 2022 WITH THE INCREASE IN 23 AND 24,
WHICH A BIG PIECE OF THAT OR THE BONDS ISSUED AND BE PAYING BACK THOSE BONDS WITH THE TAX LEVY. 
          I'M HERE DEBT PER CAPITA AGAIN THOSE BONDS BEING ISSUED IN 2021. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT SPIKE THERE. AND THEN SINCE YOU HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY NEW BONDS SINCE
THEN, AS YOU PAY DOWN THAT PRINCIPAL, THAT DEBT PER CAPITA ALSO DROPS. 
          AND THEN THE LAST COUPLE HERE LOOKING AT YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUND,
CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. 
          SO THIS EXCLUDES ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, YOUR WATER,
SEWER, STORM. 
          CURRENT EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM 2020 TO 2022. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN 2023 AND THEN 24 BEING CONSISTENT. 
          AND THEN THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA,
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO VARY ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS YOU HAVE GOING ON. 
          2023 HAD MORE CAPITAL REALLY RELATED TO THE BUILDING PROJECTS WITH THE DECREASE IN 2024
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION OR IF YOU HAD ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? QUESTIONS NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION OR TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS PRESENTED AT THIS TIME. 
          HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL MAY REFER ISSUES TO STAFF FOR FOLLOW UP OUR CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE
MEETING. 
          SPEAKERS SHOULD STATE THEIR NAME AND HOME ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM BEFORE SPEAKING. IT SHOULD
BE MINDFUL OF TIME LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO SPEAK. WE ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL AND KEEP THEIR REMARKS RESPECTFUL AND RELEVANT. 
          PLEASE, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS, CRITICISM OF IDEAS IS ACCEPTABLE,
BUT ATTACKS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IS NOT TOLERATED. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR STATEMENTS IN A CIVIL MANNER. 
          AND SIMILARLY, WE ASK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF SPEAKERS AND REFRAIN
FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS SHOUTING, HECKLING OR MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE. 
          ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT? I DON'T SEE ANY SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PARKS
REPORT. 
          [7. Tree Inventory Analysis & Maintenance Strategy]
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS THE TREE INVENTORY ANALYSIS AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGY. 
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THANK YOU YEAH SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THIS FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW. 
          THE PARK COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED THIS ANALYSIS THAT WE GOT FROM THE DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP. SO WE RECEIVED A GRANT MY PRIOR PARK SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVED A GRANT TO DO THIS STUDY OF OUR TREES IN PARKS AND SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          THIS IS AN EXTREMELY USEFUL TOOL WHEN WE'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND ALSO JUST TO GET A
GENERAL FEELING OF THE OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR TREES IN THE CITY. NOT TO GO OVER TOO MUCH OF IT. 
          I'M SURE YOU GUYS REVIEWED IT, BUT YOU KNOW,
JUST I THINK YOU CAN SEE KIND OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACED WITH THE AMOUNT OF ASH TREES THAT ARE IN THE CITY AND THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AT THIS
POINT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT THE EMERALD ASH BORER PROBLEM. 
          AT THIS POINT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH INFESTED IN HERE . 
          SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MOSTLY TAKING TREES DOWN AND TRYING TO LIMIT IT AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE. 
          THIS STUDY ALSO DOES A GOOD JOB JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WHAT NATIVE
TREES WE CAN ADD. 
          AND THEN KIND OF RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE FOR OUR CURRENT TREES AND GOING INTO THE FUTURE
MAINTENANCE TO MAKE SURE HEALTHY TREE CANOPY. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY END UP DOING BASED ON OUR STAFF'S INVOLVEMENT,
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE CITY. AND THEN I PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF TREE MANAGEMENT PLANNING. [LAUGHTER] SO THIS IS JUST LIKE A KIND OF A GENERAL TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN OUTLINE. SO, YOU KNOW,
YOU WANT TO DEFINE YOUR PURPOSE AND SCOPE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF DISCUSSED. BUT THERE IS SPACE TO KIND OF AMEND THAT BASED ON
WHAT COUNCIL IN STAFF RECOMMENDS OR WHAT IS YOU KNOW, A FOCUS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT. 
          THE TREE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT THE SECOND PART,
MOST OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          THE PARK PORTION WAS PRETTY MUCH COVERED BY THE REPORT. 
          THE RIGHT OF WAY IS STILL CONTINUALLY BEING UPDATED,
I KNOW STREETS ARE OUT ALMOST DAILY MAPPING OUT TREES THAT NEED TO COME DOWN OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING NEEDING TO COME DOWN. 
          YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS THERE WEREN'T MORE TREES THAT WERE
EITHER IN POOR CONDITION OR DEAD. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNDERCOUNTED JUST LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW WE CAN SEE
[LAUGHTER] A DOZEN OF THEM RIGHT OUT THERE. 
          SO THERE IT DIDN'T DO ALL OF THE RIGHT AWAY. IT KIND OF JUST FOCUSED ON PARKS,
MOSTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. 
          AND THEN RIGHT AWAY, I THINK UP TO WILLOW DRIVE. 
          SO IT WAS LIMITED IN THE SCOPE JUST BECAUSE OF STAFF AND THEIR ABILITY TO,
YOU KNOW, GET THE TREES REPORTED. 
          FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY FORESTRY DIVISION TO DO TREE INVENTORIES. 
          AND SO WE STARTED OUR PLAN AS WE GOT THESE GRANT DOLLARS IN YEAR ON YEAR,
WE STARTED WITH OUR PARKS. 
          AND SO WE HAD BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE POINT OF DOING THE STUDY,
WE HAD THE PARKS PRETTY WELL MAPPED OUT. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY PARKS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GO DO INDIVIDUAL TREE
SURVEYS IN SOME OF OUR NATURAL FOREST PARKS. 
          EXAMPLE, LOWRY WOODS, WE DIDN'T GO COUNT LOWRY WOODS,
BUT WE DID DO YOU KNOW, CRYSTAL BAY PARK AND NAVARRE PARK AND, YOU KNOW, BEDERWOOD AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF SUMMIT BEACH,
THOSE, THOSE KIND OF PARKS, DEVELOPED PARKS WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND SOME MONEY. 
          THEN ONCE WE WERE DONE WITH THAT, THEN WE STARTED ON CITY RIGHT OF WAYS AND WE STARTED IN
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY, 
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BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT EMERALD ASH BORER IS SPREADING. 
          AND SO WE STARTED THERE AND STARTED COMING OUT. 
          WE HAD GOTTEN AS FAR AS LIKE DJ POINT OUT, WE'D GOT AS FAR AS WILLOW DRIVE. 
          IN THOSE STUDIES WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD AT LEAST ENOUGH DATA TO GO AND DO THE MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND KIND OF GIVE AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE WERE GOING. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS JOE KIND OF MENTIONED,
WHEN WE'RE OUT APPLYING FOR GRANTS, WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN APPLY FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TREE MANAGEMENT STUDY COMPLETED NOW WE DO. 
          SO THAT BROADENED SO WE WERE LIMITED TO YOU GOING FOR GRANTS THAT BASICALLY HELPED US DO
INVENTORIES WHICH IS WHAT WE DID AND THAT'S FINE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF DATA. 
          BUT THAT JUST AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
AND WHERE WE HAD GOTTEN TO. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT GOOD DATA ON PARKS, NOT AS GOOD DATA ON THE RIGHT OF WAY,
ALTHOUGH WE THINK THAT WHAT WE DO HAVE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PRETTY INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE REST OF THE CITY LOOKS LIKE. DISPROPORTIONATELY WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN ASH. 
          YEAH [LAUGHTER] RIGHT. SO WHAT IS OUR RIGHT AWAY? IS IT 33FT OFF CENTER? IT DEPENDS. OKAY. EACH YEAH IT DEPENDS ON HOW THAT PARTICULAR ROAD
WAS PLANTED WAY BACK WHEN. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME RIGHT OF WAYS THAT ARE 16FT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A MORE STANDARD RIGHT OF WAY THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT YES,
IT WOULD BE 33FT ON CENTER, SO 66 ALTOGETHER. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          OKAY. AND JUST TO TOUCH MORE ON THE TREE INVENTORY SO STREETS ARE MAPPING IN OUR,
IN OUR PROGRAM DISEASE TREES. WE ARE ALSO GOING OUT TO THE PARKS AND GRADING TREES BASED ON,
YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND HOW DIRE THEY NEED TO COME DOWN. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT EVERYONE'S DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S PAGE WE HAVE THE DATA NOW WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE STUDY. 
          IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,
HOW MANY MATURE TREES WE HAVE, HOW MANY YOUNG TREES WE HAVE AND WHERE WE CAN FILL IN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY. YOU KNOW,
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MANY OLD GROWTH TREES ONLY, OR YOU WANT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MANY YOUNG TREES,
BECAUSE THEN THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU YOUR DIVERSE TREE MAKEUP. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'RE NOT DIVERSE, YOU'RE PRONE TO DISEASE,
WIPING SOMETHING OUT SO . 
          AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. 
          WE'RE DEVELOPING KIND OF OBJECTIVES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
IS. 
          AND THEN SIMILAR THIS IS CREATING AN ACTION PLAN. 
          SO WE HAVE FORMED A GROUP WITH STREETS ADAM PLANNING. 
          EVEN THOUGH THIS STUDY DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRIVATE,
AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF GUIDELINES FOR WHAT PEOPLE DO ON THEIR PRIVATE OUTSIDE OF THE LAKESHORE SETBACK. 
          BUT WE DO WANT TO DEVELOP JUST SOME GUIDELINES THAT MAY HELP HOMEOWNERS FIGURE OUT GOOD
PRACTICES ON THEIR OWN LAND. 
          DIDN'T I JOE OR ADAM, ONE OF YOU MAY KNOW, DIDN'T A CITY OF MINNETONKA BEACH DO THIS
RECENTLY? THEY HAVE A SIMILAR YEAH. OKAY. SIMILAR PLANS THAT THEY ARE KIND OF,
I'D SAY A LITTLE JUST AHEAD OF US. 
          BUT WE THEY DID SHARE THEIR PLAN WITH US SO A FEW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIGGER CITY SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT KIND OF OBJECTIVE. 
          JUST A MINUTE SPEAKERS] MINNETONKA. OKAY, THERE'S WITH US. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MINNETONKA BEACH SOME OF THOSE LEGACY OR THOSE LARGER TREES. I'D BE INTERESTED THIS IS SPEAKING FOR ME I'D
BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION, A DIFFERENT TIME ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD
IDEA AND IF THERE'S ALREADY A SOME TYPE OF TEMPLATE OUT THERE. 
          YEAH, THIS WOULD WE'VE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT WITH PLANNING LAURA AND I HAVE DISCUSSED
IT. 
          IT'S YOU KNOW EARLY IT WOULD BE YOU KNOW SHE DEFINITELY WANTS THERE TO BE GUIDELINES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT AND WANT TO DO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. CREATING AN ACTION PLAN,
MAKING SURE YOU'RE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW DISEASES. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, COMING UP AND TRYING TO PREPARE A LITTLE MORE FOR
THAT. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO HAVING A PLAN, ALSO A PLANTING ROUTINE,
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE PLANNING 
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NEW TREES, THEY'RE HEALTHY, PRUNED AND YOU KNOW,
A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS AS WELL. AND THEN SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR GROUP THAT WE'RE
WORKING TOGETHER. 
          SO I JUST KIND OF PUT LIKE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IT,
THIS COULD CHANGE ONCE WE KIND OF GET MORE INTO OUR, OUR GROUP AND DRILL DOWN INTO IT. BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF
RESOURCES WE HAVE SETTING THE PRIORITIES OF, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL OF STAFF AND WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND THEN
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE
DEVELOPING A PLAN. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THESE WOULD BE INCLUDED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT
WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO ANY OF THEM HEALTHY TREE CANOPY IN THE FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE SOME ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES,
AND THEN WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN THESE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME STRATEGIES YOU CAN USE TO REACH THOSE GOALS. 
          I DID INCLUDE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WOULD JUST BE KIND OF STRATEGY THAT HOMEOWNERS CAN USE IF THEY WANT
YOU KNOW. 
          ARE THERE ANY CITIES REQUIRING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO REMOVE DISEASED TREES? NOT THAT I KNOW OF. AND THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A TIMELINE I PUT TOGETHER. 
          JUST TO KIND OF SHOW KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS,
WHERE WE WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYTHING IN LIKE A COMPLETED PLAN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO WE CAN GET THAT GOING AND MAKE SURE WE'RE READY AND PREPARED
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE DISEASE ISSUES WITH ASH,
WHICH WE NOW KNOW IS 26% OF OUR TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE DISEASE
TREES. 
          THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DEFINITELY,
YOU PROBABLY READ IN THE REPORT WHAT THEIR SUGGESTION WAS LIKE $300,000 A YEAR, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS IT'S A LOT [LAUGHTER], BUT DEALING WITH THE DISEASE TREES AND THEN
MAKING SURE WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH REPLANTING AND MAKING DIVERSE. I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT,
DOES THAT $300,000 INCLUDE PLANTING AS WELL? IT DOES AND THAT IS ALSO THEY'RE BASED ON THE DATA WE GAVE THEM. 
          SO WITH THE INCREASED RIGHT AWAY TREES, IT COULD BE MORE. 
          BUT THAT'S ALSO IN THEIR PLAN THEY'RE USING IF YOU USE A TREE COMPANY TO TAKE DOWN EVERY
WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T, WE DO TAKE SOME DOWN THAT WE CAN SAFELY BUT THAT'S THERE FIGURE THERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS EMERALD ASH BORER THAT'S AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE OR ANYTHING? THERE ARE SERIES OF GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE,
FROM THE COUNTY. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS PLAN COMPLETED SO THAT WE CAN CHECK THAT BOXES YES. 
          BUT YES, THERE ARE AND THEY VARY FROM THINGS THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE COUNTY IN THE
$10,000 RANGE TO, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER SOME OF THE DNR AND OTHER STATE LEVEL GRANTS WHICH HAVE MORE. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY, OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE SO IT'S SOMETHING THE STATE IS AWARE OF
AND KNOWS MOST CITIES AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO ON FUND THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT NEED TO COME DOWN SO HAVE YOU HAD TO TALK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA? TO SEE I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPING SOME PLANS AND MAYBE PRODUCING SOME HYBRID
TREES TO TRY TO COMBAT THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T, BUT I DID LOOK AT THEIR ACTUAL THEIR SITE FOR SOME OF THAT. 
          THEIR KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT SO. OKAY. 
          SOMETHING DEFINITELY WE CAN LOOK AT MORE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE. 
          I'M CURIOUS WHAT SORTS OF QUESTIONS YOU GET FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT TREES,
WHATEVER THEY ARE. 
          AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS, WHAT ARE WE AS A CITY DOING RIGHT NOW TO ASSIST RESIDENTS
WITH POSITIVE CHOICES 
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AROUND TREE MANAGEMENT, EITHER THROUGH WEBSITE OR OTHER MEANS? I WOULD SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, JUST FROM PARKS,
I DON'T GET A TON OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO JUST HAVE PARK RELATED QUESTIONS. 
          SO OUR STREETS PERSON BRENT I KNOW, I HEAR HIM. 
          HE'S IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NEXT TO ME [LAUGHTER]. HE GETS A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT TREES THAT
ARE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          I THINK THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS NEITHER OF US ARE REALLY ARBORISTS. 
          WE'RE NOT ARBORISTS I SHOULDN'T SAY WE'RE REALLY W E'RE NOT ARBORISTS. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR VIEWS ARE REALLY LIKE,
OKAY, THIS TREE IS DEAD IT NEEDS TO COME DOWN OR THIS TREE IS DYING. 
          YOU GOT A LITTLE TIME, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO COME DOWN OR THIS TREE IS
STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF IT YOU COULD TREAT IT. 
          THERE'S A COST OBVIOUSLY, FOR THAT AND DO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE LIMIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          I WOULD LIKE US TO GET SOME MORE AND THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN IS WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE
GUIDELINES FOR HOMEOWNERS. 
          TREE? [LAUGHTER] WHICH IS A BIG THING IT GOES BACK TO YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT HOW
WIDE IS THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE SO YOU KNOW BRENT WELDON OUR STREETS SUP SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
GOING OUT TO LOOK AT A SITE AND SAY, NOPE THAT TREE IS IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. IT'S A CITY TREE TO TAKE CARE OF OR NOPE,
SORRY, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S A PRIVATE ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT WE GET. 
          WE DO GET OCCASIONALLY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW,
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR DISEASE, EMERALD ASH BORER IN PARTICULAR? AND NORMALLY,
YOU KNOW, WE'VE OUR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL PUT ON A LITTLE
TRAINING SESSION AND PROVIDE SOME TRAINING THINGS. 
          BUT HONESTLY, WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS JUST KIND OF REFER FOLKS TO HEY GO LOOK AT THE DNR
WEBSITE FOR, YOU KNOW, TREES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO REPLACE OR GO LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AG WEBSITE
WHICH SHOWS YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME PICTURES OF THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW,
A DISEASE TREE WITH EMERALD ASH BORER LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE SIGNS. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, ON OCCASION, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT TRAINED ARBORISTS. 
          WE HAVE SENT FOLKS TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE MINNESOTA SHADE TREE COURSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT,
SO WE CAN SOMETIMES GO AND SAY, YEP, THAT'S AN ASH TREE AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CROWN DIEBACK. 
          BUT I MEAN, SOME OF THAT'S ANY LAYMAN WALKING UP AND LOOKING AT THE TREE CAN PROBABLY COME
TO THAT SAME CONCLUSION. 
          IS IT TRUE THAT WAYZATA MAINTAINS THEY STAFF AN ARBORIST,
DON'T THEY? THEY MAY OTHER CITIES AND THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES OUT OF THE FURTHER PLANNING IS
DO WE RETAIN AN ARBORIST ON STAFF OR A LOT OF CITIES WILL RETAIN A CONSULTANT YOU KNOW, A PART TIME OR SOME MECHANISM TO WE DO WE ARE ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          THE TREE, MOST OF THE TREE CONTRACTING COMPANIES HAVE AN ARBORIST. 
          SO SOMETIMES WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE GUYS IN AND SAY,
LOOK AT THESE TEN TREES FOR US. 
          CAN YOU TELL US, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO? BUT WE'RE NORMALLY DOING THAT ONLY FOR CITY TREES AND IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR IN THE PARK
NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, SPENDING CITY DOLLARS TO SEND A CONTRACT ARBORIST TO ADDRESS A PRIVATE PROBLEM. 
          BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING IN THE FUTURE FOR TRYING TO GET
OUR ARMS AROUND THIS, TO GET A GLOBAL AS OPPOSED TO EVERY ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR, A DIFFERENT ARBORIST, A DIFFERENT COMPANY,
I DON'T KNOW JUST A THOUGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WAYZATA THAT HAS HAD A LOT OF ASH REMOVAL AND NOW REPLACEMENT WITH DIVERSE SPECIES SO OKAY,
THANKS. 
          WE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR INITIAL MEETING JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU DON'T NEED US TO APPROVE THIS. 
          THE PLAN THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, YOU JUST WOULD NEED US TO CONSIDER FUNDING DURING OUR
FUNDING PROCESS AS TO HOW. 
          AND WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WELCOME YOUR INPUT AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE MATTER AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING IT. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AS A
PRIORITY WOULD HELP SHAPE IT. 
          YEAH WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE MISSION VISION VALUES OF THE
OF THE CITY THIS FITS RIGHT IN THERE. 
          AND WE NEED TO, I THINK, BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TREES AND A LOT OF WHAT THIS 
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PLAN RECOMMENDS IS WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING IF MONEY WERE NO ISSUE SO. 
          YEAH, WE WILL AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR WORK SESSION,
WE WILL BE USING THIS STUDY AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, INFORM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOU AS FAR AS THE 2026
BUDGET. 
          YEP. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S $300,000 FOR THE YEAR,
BUT. 
          YEAH. I FORGET WAS A $300,000 FOR TEN YEARS? IT WAS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          IT WAS A FIVE YEAR OKAY THANK YOU. I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 5 OR 10. AND IT WAS
THREE. 
          THEY WERE RECOMMENDING $300,000 A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS. OH FIVE YEARS OKAY. 
          THE ONLY OTHER THING I CONSIDER HERE IS ALL THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TIME AND I KNOW WE'RE MOSTLY DEVELOPED, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT COME IN, HOW ARE WE, AND THIS HAS COME UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST. 
          HOW ARE WE GIVING GUIDANCE OR INSTRUCTION IN THESE PROJECTS TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT THE
CHOICES THAT CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS ARE USING WHEN THEY ARE PUTTING IN NEW TREES? BECAUSE NOT ALL TREES ARE CREATED EQUAL AND THE
DIVERSITY MATTERS, THE SPECIES MATTERS. AND I KNOW WE RUN A FINE LINE IN TERMS OF GIVING GUIDANCE VERSUS
BECOMING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT THAT'S JUST AN AREA I'VE CONSIDERED A LOT BECAUSE IT'S COME UP QUITE A BIT. 
          AND HOW ARE WE? IT'S DIFFERENT THAN JUST A TREE PROPOSAL. 
          BUT HOW ARE WE AS A CITY CONSIDERING THE LAND USE AS PART OF THIS THOUGHTFULNESS WITH
SHORELINE PROJECTS OR WITH ANYTHING ELSE? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IS JOE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE TRIED TO PUT A WORKING GROUP
TOGETHER THEN. 
          YOU KNOW? FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT VERY SPECIFIC THING YOU KNOW,
TO WELL, WHAT DOES OUR CODE SAY NOW FOR SOME SIMPLE THINGS. 
          AND THEN AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, YOU KNOW,
AS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS ON DEVELOPMENTS WE WILL OFTEN REQUIRE A TREE PLAN FOR LARGER DEVELOPMENTS BUT, YOU KNOW IT REQUIRES A PLAN THAT'S PREPARED BY A
PROFESSIONAL. 
          IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY THEN GO BEYOND THAT TO SAY,
YOU KNOW, SO IF THERE ARE THINGS WHERE WE WANT TO SAY, WELL, WE WANT A PLAN THAT INCLUDES NO MORE THAN PICK WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDED PERCENT,
NO MORE THAN 15% OF ANY SINGLE SPECIES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE SHOULD DEVELOP THAT GUIDANCE SO THAT. 
          YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOE. SO NOW AN UPDATE ON ITEM 8 IS AN UPDATE ON THE PARK AND
FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. 
          [8. Update - Park and Facilities Department]
GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE KIND OF UPDATE ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PARKS AND FACILITIES. 
          IT'S BEEN MY FIRST YOU KNOW, SPRING WITH AND NOW EXTREMELY BUSY. WE ARE WORKING ON DOING GOING OUT TO THE PARKS. 
          I'VE BEEN VISITING WITH THE PARK COMMISSION,
A LOT OF THE PARKS TO TAKE INVENTORY OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO OUR STANDARDS. INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, PARK SIGNS,
BENCHES, FENCES, YOU KNOW, BACKSTOPS AT SOME OF THE PARKS. CURRENTLY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR TWO FULL TIME PARK STAFF. ONE OF THEM IS GREG, WHO IS RIGHT NOW PRIMARILY AT THE GOLF COURSE. 
          AND THEN I HAVE MITCHELL MOSTLY DOES PARKS. SO THEY'RE PULLED A LITTLE THIN,
BUT I THINK THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. 
          WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS. THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS EXTREMELY BUSY. 
          KIM TOLD ME TODAY, I THINK THEY'RE UP FROM LAST YEAR SOMETHING LIKE $60,000. 
          WOW THAT'S GREAT. SO AND I THINK WE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT JUST KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT
THE END OF MAY. 
          SO THE GOOD WEATHER HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LOCAL GOLF
COURSES GOING THROUGH RENOVATIONS SO. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF THERE WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB MANAGING YOU KNOW, WE TOOK DOWN A LOT OF TREES DURING THE WINTER THERE ASH TREES. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE DOING STUMP GRINDING, FILLING IN WITH DIRT. 
          AND TRYING TO DO SOME GENERAL YOU KNOW PUTTING SOME FLOWERS AND GRASSES AND STUFF AND WHEN
THEY CAN. JOE ARE YOU PUTTING IN NATIVES OR POLLINATOR PLANTS? [LAUGHTER] I KNEW IT WAS COMING 
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AND I KNOW TALKING WITH STREETS AND DJ WITH PUBLIC WORKS,
THEY'RE BEING VERY MINDFUL OF WHEN THEY'RE CUTTING RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS IT'S LOOK GREAT. THEY'RE NOT CUTTING BACK AS FAR AND THEY'RE TRYING
TO LOOK FOR HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS TO NOT JUST CUT THEM DOWN SO. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE RULE ON THAT WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY CUTTING? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFERENT AND MAYBE IT'S NOT MAYBE IT'S BASED ON
WHO'S DOING THE MOWER, BUT WITH RIGHT OF WAY. IS THERE A CERTAIN FOOT WHERE WE FOUR FEET IN FIVE FEET? NORMALLY WE GO TO THE CENTER OF THE DITCH. 
          CENTER OF THE DITCH. THERE IS A DITCH SO A NORMAL ROAD YOU WOULD HAVE,
YOU KNOW, PAVEMENT, PAVEMENT ENDS, SHOULDER GOES DOWN INTO A DITCH SO YOU MOW DOWN TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE
DITCH. 
          SO FROM THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE DITCH WHAT'S THAT SIX AND AT THE GOLF COURSE THEY'RE TAKING IT FURTHER IN ON ORONO ORCHARD ROAD. 
          IS THAT BECAUSE OF ACCESSING IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL,
WASN'T IT? NO. SOME TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THERE BECAUSE IT'S CUT IN FURTHER THERE AND I'M WONDERING. 
          ESPECIALLY ON ORCHARD ROAD SO ACCESSING THE SEWER MANHOLE COVERS FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEN SANITARY FOR THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF MOWING FOR SIGHT LINE AND ALL RETRIEVAL AND TRYING TO RAISE THAT CANOPY A LITTLE BIT SO THAT'S FOR THE RADIUS OF SMITH AND ON ORCHARD UP TO BASICALLY THE LOWER DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE WHAT ADAM WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER WITH OUR RIGHT OF WAY BEING SO GOOFY THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WE'RE DOING ONE PASS THERE'S OTHER AREAS WHERE DOING 3 OR 4 PASSES
REALLY? PART OF IT'S THE SIGHTLINES AT THE INTERSECTIONS. 
          PART OF IT'S OUR SNOW REMOVAL OPERATION IN THE WINTERTIME YOU IS PART OF THE DEAL. AND WE HAVE SOME EASEMENT AREAS AND ALL THAT THAT WE MAINTAIN ALSO
SO IF THERE'S DONE IN ANY NATIVE, THEY NEED TO BE FIVE FEET IN? IDEALLY. MINIMUM. YES. OKAY YEAH. AND THAT AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE TO IN THE WAY THEY DO THINGS LIKE ON SAY WATERTOWN
ROAD VERSUS A SMITH AND LYMAN ROAD AND SO WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS OUT THERE WHO DO WILDFLOWER PLANTINGS RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF
THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          IF IT'S DISCERNIBLE THE RIGHT OF WAY MOWER WILL SKIP IT. 
          THE SAME AS PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN MOW UP TO THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT. 
          WELL, THEN WE DON'T RIGHT AWAY ON THAT BECAUSE THE ANGRY PHONE CALLS I WOULD GET IS WE WOULD THE OPERATOR WOULD NOT KNOW THAT WAS
DELIBERATE [LAUGHTER] AND THEY WOULD MOW IT. 
          PEOPLE PUT UP SIGNS OR DOES OUR CITY HAVE SIGNS FOR THAT TYPE OF IF WE'RE DOING THOSE
INITIATIVES, SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE NATIVE PLANTING IN PROGRESS DON'T DISTURB. 
          OR DO WE PUT THAT TYPE OF SIGNAGE? A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT. 
          ON THEIR OWN THEY DO. WE DON'T FACILITATE IT OR. 
          OKAY. BECAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE THEM DOWN IN THE WINTERTIME AND THEN THAT'S A ISSUE FOR
REMOVAL GREAT THANK YOU SIR THE SPRING PREP STUFF. SO GETTING DUCTS OUT,
INSTALLING ALL OF THOSE IN THE WATER ACCESS. 
          DOING THE INSPECTIONS OF ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS AND JUST KIND OF GENERAL MAINTENANCE TO CATCH
UP. 
          SO NOW WE CAN START MOVING INTO SOME OTHER PROJECTS. 
          SOME TREE PRUNING WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE BEST TIME
TO PRUNE ALL TYPES OF TREES, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST MAKE SURE VISIBILITY IS GOOD AND SOME OF THE HEALTHIER ONES WE CAN
TRIM BACK. 
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I DID WANT TO GO OVER WE'VE APPLIED FOR A FEW GRANTS IN THIS IN THIS SEASON,
ONE WAS FOR SOLAR PANELS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK. 
          I DID APPLY FOR A TREE PLANTING GRANT WITH THE MET COUNCIL. 
          ORONO WAS NOT, I WOULD SAY, FIT THEIR PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. 
          IT WAS MOSTLY HEAT MAP RELATED AND WE'RE PRETTY GOOD IN THAT ASPECT,
WHICH IS GOOD. 
          SO I'M NOT CONFIDENT ON IT, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO APPLY. 
          YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH WE APPLIED FOR TO REPLACE SOME AED EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO WE JUST WERE
AWARDED THAT WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD IT FALLS ON US. I ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, ADAM OR MAGGIE OR PEOPLE TO THESE ONES WERE
PRETTY EASY TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ENTRY PLAN. BUT YEAH WE DO THE WRITING. 
          [LAUGHTER] I DO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST THAT WE'VE HIRED. 
          HAPPENS TO BE IN THE ROOM, AND SHE'S VERY GOOD. 
          SO WE'LL DEFINITELY PUSH A LOT SO GREAT FROM THE MAYOR SO [LAUGHTER]. WE DID SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER THING. 
          SO THIS THIS WEEKEND, THERE WAS A GROUP FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THEY WENT OUT TO BIG
ISLAND. 
          THEY HAD OVER 60 PEOPLE WHO TOURED THAT. OUR STAFF HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HAIRY SITUATION
ON THE WAY TO BIG ISLAND THE BOAT DID NOT MAKE IT THEY HAD TO FLOAT BACK INTO DOCK [LAUGHTER]. 
          SO THAT'S BEING REPAIRED, HOPEFULLY. BUT WE ENDED UP ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEERED HIS BOAT TO TAKE THEM OUT, TO GET OUT THERE AND CLEAN THE BATHROOMS AND CUT THE GRASS AND DO SOME
TRAIL MAINTENANCE OUT THERE, WHICH WAS GREAT BUT I GOT A REALLY NICE EMAIL FROM THE ORGANIZER OF THAT,
AND SHE WAS REALLY COMPLIMENTARY OF HOW THE ISLAND LOOKED, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A GREAT TIME OKAY, GREAT [LAUGHTER]. OH, NICE. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT TOUR I THINK THE CITY SHOULD PROMOTE
THAT WOW. DID SHE THINK IT WAS GREAT YEAH. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW CLOSE TO THE CHEST YOU WERE TO GET IT READY FOR THE LADY NOT PLANNED TO DO THAT, BUT IT GOT DONE, SO I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE STAFF FOR THAT. 
          THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT OBSTACLE SO. I KNOW THE BOAT HAS PROBLEMS,
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THAT GOING FOR A LITTLE BIT AND GET OUT THERE. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THAT? THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT HAS THAT BOAT OR
WHAT? NO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT OUR BOAT. OUR BOAT SO WE HAVE A PONTOON TO GET OUT THERE TO DO OUR
GENERAL MAINTENANCE. 
          GOT IT OKAY. SO THE MOWER IS STORED OUT THERE IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER SO. 
          BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOUGH TO BRING BACK AND FORTH. 
          BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THE BLOWERS,
THE WELDERS, THE JUST A GENERAL EQUIPMENT. 
          WE TAKE A LITTLE PONTOON WE'LL SEE A THAT'S A PLUG FOR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CAPITAL [LAUGHTER] IMPROVEMENT PLAN
RIGHT? I FIGURED THAT WAS COMING YEAH. 
          A REPLACEMENT BOAT IS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. I REMEMBER ITS LIFE. IT WAS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE PROBABLY WHEN WE PURCHASED IT [LAUGHTER]. 
          YEAH, YEAH. DO YOU GET A SHOUT OUT TO OUR MECHANICS WHO HAVE KEEPING IT AT LEAST
FUNCTIONAL FOR US? AND THEN I DID WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE. 
          I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT OF OUR PLEDGE TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A PLANTING OUT FRONT. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR THE END OF SUMMER, JUST SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BETTER. 
          AND THAT WILL BE HELP WITH THE COMMISSION AND MAYBE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CAN HAVE
INPUT ON KIND OF WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE AND KIND OF THE DESIGN OF THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE IMPLEMENT IT, WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO PUT THAT IN. 
          SO IT'S A FULL COMMUNITY EVENT. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER PLACES WHERE WE CAN DO MILKWEED
AND WILDFLOWERS IN SOME PARKS THAT TALK TO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR TOURS OF THINGS WHERE WE CAN
IMPLEMENT A LITTLE MORE AND I'M TOLD THAT 
          [01:00:01]
THERE WAS A POST RECENTLY ON ANTOINE. OR DOES ANTOINE HAS NATURAL PLANTINGS? I SAW THAT, SO YEAH CASCO THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE YEARS AGO WHO WAS ASKING THE CITY ABOUT PUTTING IN
WILDFLOWERS OR NATIVES AT THAT PARK. 
          I'M SURE YOU RECALL THAT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A FEW OF THESE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN ANY
OVER THE YEARS. 
          YEP. ANTOINE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAD A BOY SCOUT DO AN EAGLE PROJECT THERE TO PUT
TWO POLLINATOR GARDENS IN THE TOWER PARK OR DOWN BEHIND THE NAVARRE WATER PLANT THAT THERE'S A POLLINATOR GARDEN THERE THAT WAS DONE BY THE GIRL
SCOUT TROOP. 
          THAT'S BEEN MAYBE EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND THEN,
AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WERE A COUPLE RESIDENTS DOWN IN CASCO AROUND THE CASCO CIRCLE PARK WHO WERE INTERESTED IN DOING SOME PLANTINGS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT EVER CAME TO FRUITION. 
          I THINK WE HAD A BUNCH OF MEETINGS WITH THEM ABOUT,
YEAH, YOU COULD DO IT HERE, BUT DON'T DO IT HERE AND I NEVER WENT ANYWHERE BEYOND THAT. 
          IF I RECALL, THEY GOT MOWED OVER THAT WAS THE ISSUE AGAIN WITH THE MOW BECAUSE IT'S A
COMMUNICATION. 
          I MEAN AND THERE'S NOBODY IT'S NOBODY'S AT FAULT. IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES YOU
CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE THING AND ANOTHER. 
          SEVEN NATIONS WAS THE OTHER ONE WHERE A GIRL SCOUT DID A PLANTING IN THE PAST A LONG TIME
AGO. 
          ANYWAY, BECAUSE AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON HACKBERRY. 
          WE KNOW THE PLAN WAS APPROVED SO WE'VE RECENTLY MET TO WITH BOWMAN MINK TO RELOOK AT THE
PLANNING OF THAT. SO THAT IS GOING FORWARD NOTHING'S BEEN DONE YET. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING BACK SOME PROPOSALS TO US. WE'LL MEET WITH THE PARKS COMMISSION
MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND STAFF AND THEN YOU KNOW, ALSO MEET WITH SOME OF THE PUBLIC AFTER WITH THAT TO KIND OF FORMULATE A PLAN
BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          SAME ANTOINE KIND OF HAS JUST STARTED THERE,
STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT A ND THEY'LL BRING US SOME PROPOSALS ON THAT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR? I DID I DID GET SOME QUOTES FOR SIGNS. 
          I KNOW [LAUGHTER] COUNCILMAN PERSIAN HAS SO WE CAN START TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO
GET ALL THE SIGNS IN. 
          SO I HAVE SOME BREAKDOWN FOR THE 6 THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN THE CIP AND THEN I THINK 11
WOULD KIND OF FINISH OUT ALL THE SIGNS AT THE PARKS IN THE CITY. HOW ARE THE BUSINESS GOING AS FAR AS INVENTORY STANDARDS? I DON'T KNOW IF BRIAN'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH,
YEAH SO I'VE GONE OUT WITH SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          I HAVE SOME MORE LINED UP FOR THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS I THINK IT'S GONE
WELL. 
          IT'S BEEN GREAT INPUT FROM THEM IT'S GETTING A GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THE PARK YOU KNOW,
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AND USING THE PARKS. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT TOOL JOE I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND IT JOGGED MY MEMORY JUST A MOMENT AGO WHEN YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE UPDATES. 
          WE'D HAD AN EXCHANGE ABOUT THE EAST LONG LAKE TRAIL BECAUSE OF THAT THE BOARDWALK THERE
WITH THE I SENT PICTURES ON THAT. 
          THE EAST LONG LAKE TRAIL HAS, I THINK, HEAVED FROM SOMETHING SO IT'S THERE IS A GAP. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND IT'S HAZARDOUS IF YOU'RE RIDING A BIKE AND YOU'RE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION. 
          EVEN WALKING. YOU COULD DEFINITELY IT COULD BE. 
          THERE'S A BOARDWALK, A LITTLE BRIDGE AREA ABOVE THE WATER THERE. 
          YEAH. AND THERE'S SOME REAL ISSUES WITH IT THAT ARE NOT ONLY NOT ADA COMPLIANT,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY A HAZARD WITH WALKING BIKING TRAIL. IT'S A BRIDGE THAT'S PART OF THE BIKING WHAT WE THINK HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS ANYTHING INCLUDED WHEN
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. 
          SO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK IT PROBABLY WAS FLAT AND NOW WITH IT'S EITHER ROSE,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT ROSE A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS OUR STREET'S SUPERVISOR IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
PAVING THAT WITH BLACKTOP. 
          OH. SO THEY MIGHT HAVE EVEN DONE IT ALREADY,
BUT SO THAT'S IN OUR PLAN. 
          WE DISCUSSED IT. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO TO CREATE EDGES ON THE SIDE WHERE IT'S A GENTLE TRANSITION FOR EITHER BIKE OR A WALKER. 
          [01:05:03]
THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS ALL THOSE SCREWS THAT WERE PUT IN,
I THINK LOOKS LIKE WRONG FROM THE START AND STICKING UP, IT REALLY SCREWS MY STAFF IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE. OKAY. 
          JUST GET THOSE IN OR REPLACE THEM. OKAY. SO THERE WAS IT'S NOT LIKE THE WHOLE. 
          NO. THE WHOLE THING, BUT THERE ARE A FEW STICKING OUT WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS SO. 
          AND SUMMIT BEACH WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT I'D EMAILED YOU ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE THE REALLY HOT
WEEKEND BECAUSE I. 
          SO YEAH OKAY. BECAUSE THE GUYS WERE AT BIG ISLAND. AND SO I GOT SOME WADERS AND THE PICNIC BENCHES
WERE MOVED. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THE CHAIN OFF, BUT THEY WERE IT'S STILL THERE IT WAS JUST
PUSHED OFF TO THE SIDE SO WE CAN MOVE THAT. 
          THE BARRICADE THAT WAS THERE WAS NOT FROM US. 
          SOMEONE, I'M ASSUMING A TEENAGER NOT TO JUST I THINK WERE MESSING AROUND AND SET IT OUT
THERE SO WE REMOVED THAT. AND THEN I KIND OF JUST DID A LITTLE GENERAL CLEANUP OF SOME OF THE SEAWEEDS AND
TOOK THE WOOD THAT WAS FLOATING IN THERE JUST SO IT WOULD BE ABLE TO USESAID, SOMETIMES WATER CLOSURE [LAUGHTER] INVOLVED THE SCIENCE. YEAH,
THAT'S WHY I WENT OUT THERE I THOUGHT, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? BUT IT WAS JUST. 
          IT ALARMED ME WHEN YOU SAID IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE,
I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW IF THE BEACH GOT CLOSED. 
          YES ESPECIALLY BEFORE A HOT WEEKEND. YEAH, SO WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEANUP THERE. 
          I PULLED THAT STUFF OUT SO PEOPLE COULD, AND A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS STOP BY AND IT LOOKS
GOOD THANKS. 
          IS THAT A BEACH? I KNOW, PARKS COMMISSIONER IT'S COME UP IN COUNCIL BEFORE THAT LYDIARD
WAS A BEACH THAT GOT A LOT OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D SAY VEGETATION UP ON THE BEACH. 
          IS SUMMIT ONE THAT THE STAFF ROUTINELY KIND OF TRIES TO,
I DON'T KNOW, GROOM A BIT OR WHATEVER YOU'D CALL IT. 
          JUST CLEAR SOME OF THAT THAT'S UP ON THE SHORELINE OR NO? WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WE CONTRACT OUT WHO COMES OUT AND PULLS THE WEEDS IN THE WATER,
BUT STUFF THAT COMES UP ON THE BEACH, WE WOULD CLEAN UP. HISTORICALLY, IT'S NOT NEARLY AS BAD LYDIARD IS JUST BASED ON ITS
POSITION ON THE LAKE AND IT GETS THOSE PREVAILING WINDS SO THAT ONE'S ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM OF JUST ANY OF THE WEEDS,
PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY USED TO DO THE WEED HARVESTING THAT WEREN'T COLLECTED WOULD [LAUGHTER] END UP THERE SEEMED LIKE. 
          SUMMIT IS NOT THE SAME BUT ALTHOUGH HISTORICALLY UNFORTUNATELY,
SUMMIT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR VANDALISM TARGETS OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND SO, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY JUNE WE HAVE SOME KIND OF NEW FORM OF VANDALISM THERE
SOMETIMES IT'S MINOR MOVING. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE FIND THE PICNIC TABLES OUT IN THE LAKE. 
          WE'VE HAD IT AS A STREAM EXTREME AS PEOPLE BURNING DOWN THE PORTA POTTIES. 
          THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN SEVERAL YEARS. BUT THERE WAS A SPATE WHERE WE WERE YEAR OUT,
YEAR AFTER YEAR, RIGHT AROUND GRADUATION THE PORTA POTTIES WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. 
          YEAH, IF THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE, PEOPLE SOMETIMES DEFACE IT. 
          AND I KNOW I'D SENT PHOTOS OF THOSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THAT,
BUT THERE'S A SUNKEN POST THAT HAVE A SORT OF A ROPE. 
          I'D SAY HANDRAIL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING YOU'D HOLD ON TO THAT GO UP THE SHORELINE
THERE, AND THOSE ARE DEFACED NOW WITH GRAFFITI. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? THOSE POSTS WITH THOSE ROPES IN THEM THAT LEAD UP THERE,
BESIDES BEING A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO WRITE THINGS ON? OH, THAT WAS THAT WAS A BOY SCOUT PROJECT. OKAY. 
          MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO. OKAY. YEAH THE PEOPLE YOU LIKE TO GO DOWN TO,
THAT PART OF THE PARK, AND I THINK WE PUT A BENCH THERE AS WELL. THERE USED TO BE AN UNOFFICIAL,
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL THERE, UNOFFICIAL IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S THERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC SO ONE YEAR WE HAD A BOY
SCOUT WHO DID SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, DID SOME TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE, AND THEN PUT A SAFETY BOARD UP AND THEN MADE THE DECIDED THAT,
I DON'T KNOW, WHOEVER WENT WITH HIM DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          OLDER RELATIVE HAD HAD TROUBLE GETTING UP, SO HE MADE THE LITTLE ROPE THING SO YOU COULD
PULL YOURSELF UP. BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TO MAKE SURE KEEP THAT IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S WELL PLACED. THERE'S A LOT OF EROSION THERE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC DOWN THERE. 
          SO THAT'S MY CONCERN IS LOOKING AT AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORELINE AND TREE
PRESERVATION. HOW IS THE HEALTH OF THAT SHORELINE IN THAT AREA DOWN THERE? BECAUSE IT IS WELL USED BY ANYBODY. KIDS MOSTLY PROBABLY WHO ARE USING THE ROPE SWING AND
THERE'S A LOT OF DEGRADATION THERE. 
          SO DO WE KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE THINGS, THE EROSION,
THE HEALTH OF THAT HILL THERE OR? SOMEWHAT. OKAY. WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE LOOKED AT WHEN WE'VE DONE PROJECTS THERE. 
          [01:10:04]
SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE DID THE EAST LONG LAKE TRAIL PROJECT,
WE LOOKED AT THAT AND DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE WATERSHED DISTRICT AND SOME OTHERS OF WHAT WE COULD DO. AND HONESTLY, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO PUT RIPRAP AND THINGS LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PERMITS FOR SO IN THAT INSTANCE, WE WENT AWAY FROM THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL OUT THERE,
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE THE BOY SCOUT PROJECT DID IS WE PUT SOME ROCK ON SOME OF THE EXPOSED DIRT SURFACES TRAILS AS A MEANS OF REDUCING SOME OF THE EROSION AS THE WATER WOULD
COME DOWN THE HILL A SHORELINE STABILIZATION PARTICULAR PROJECT LIKE WE HAVE IN LIKE A LYDIARD OR LIKE A CASTLE THAT'S JUST THAT PARK, AS WE KNOW, IS REALLY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE CONSIDERED WHEN I'VE SEEN THAT EACH YEAR,
THE SHORELINE, THAT THOSE ISSUES DON'T IMPROVE. 
          SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK TO BE MINDFUL OF GOING FORWARD. 
          THE SIGN YOU PUT DOWN THERE IS BEAUTIFUL. I REALLY LIKE THE DESIGN. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT ALL THE PARKS. THAT'S GREAT [LAUGHTER] WELL
DESIGNED, I LIKE THAT. YEP AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER PERSIAN,
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR PARKS COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST SO WE HAD TO IS NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION,
BUT WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS REALLY INTO SIGNS AND SIGN LAYOUTS AND HISTORIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND DID A TON OF WORK ON NOT ONLY THE ENTRANCE,
YOU KNOW, CREATING A STANDARD THAT WE COULD USE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO IF YOU GO TO SOME OF OUR PARKS LIKE LAWTON PARK THAT ESTABLISHING THAT SO THAT'S . REALLY NICE. 
          GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS COMMISSION. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FOR JOE? THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SEGUE INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ON THE PARKS UPDATE,
AND THE PARKS COMMISSION. 
          [9. Update - Park Commission]
IS GREAT PARKS DISCUSSION I HATE TO INTERRUPT IT HERE [LAUGHTER],
BUT JOE COVERED SOME OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR GOALS I WAS HERE JUST TO GO DOWN THE LIST OF OUR GOALS FOR 2025 AND PROVIDE SOME UPDATES. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'LL BE BLOWN AWAY BY A LOT OF THE PROGRESS. 
          AND SOME OF THEM WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN STARTED ON YET,
BUT THERE'S STILL TIME. 
          SO HAPPY TO COME BACK WHENEVER YOU WANT ME TO COME AND GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES. 
          SO WE'LL JUST GO FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. THE TOP TWO GOALS OR FOCUSES FOR 2025 ARE
TRAILS AND GOLF COURSE. 
          THOSE ARE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS ON END HERE. 
          WE HAVE TRAILS AS A GROUP THAT KIND OF FOCUSES ON ALL THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS. 
          THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN TRAILS,
MAYBE TWO BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN TRAILS. 
          2025 IS THE REPAVING OF THIS TRAIL ALONG COUNTY ROAD 6,
WHICH THANK YOU GUYS YOU APPROVED. WHAT LAST MEETING OR MEETING BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          PARKS COMMISSION REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO ON THAT PROJECT JUST KIND OF STAFF PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          THE OTHER THING IS NORTH ARM TRAIL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR. 
          THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAT PARKS COMMISSION WILL DO IN WHEN IT COMES TO ENGAGING
WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY ON THAT TRAIL BUT THAT ALSO IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          IT IS AS IF YOU REMEMBER IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTING 151 WITH THE LAKEVIEW LEGACY PARK, WHICH IS A PRIVATE PARK THERE. AND SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO BRYCE,
WHO ADAM WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WHO DESIGNED OUR SIGNS. WILL BE REACHING OUT TO HIM AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
THAT PARK IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THE GOLF COURSE SUB-COMMITTEE YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT,
AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. 
          THE MAIN GOAL FOR THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO IS TO UPDATE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE GOLF COURSE. SO THERE'S BEEN THERE'S ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DATED THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
THAT WE KIND OF DID THAT WAS PRETTY LIMITED IN SCOPE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          [01:15:01]
THE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR OR THIS TIME IS TO ALSO INCLUDE COURSE PLAYABILITY ASPECTS. 
          AND TWO OF THE THREE PEOPLE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ARE BIG GOLFERS,
AND SO WE PROBABLY WILL BE STARTING THAT NEAR THE END OF GOLF SEASON HERE. HACKBERRY JOE ALREADY GAVE AN UPDATE THERE WHERE THAT STANDS. 
          THE STAFF HAD A MEETING WITH BOLTON AND MENK TO KICK OFF THAT BIT OF WORK,
AND STAFF WILL ENGAGE THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHEN APPROPRIATE. SIMILAR WITH ANTOINE I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN INITIAL
MEETING RIGHT WITH ABOUT ANTOINE OR? VERY INITIAL [LAUGHTER] JUST VERY INITIAL START THINKING ABOUT
THIS. 
          WHEN APPROPRIATE STAFF WILL THEN ENGAGE WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AND WE'LL START PLANNING
THAT WORK. 
          PICKLEBALL THAT IS ONE WHERE, AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK IN THE PAST AND
THERE WAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM THAT KIND OF IS NO LONGER THERE IT'S BEEN ON HOLD. 
          I THINK THAT THE BEST THING THERE AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS,
BUT THE BEST THING THERE IS, I THINK IT'S AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED YOUR GUYS'S INPUT AS FAR AS WHERE TO TAKE THIS FROM
HERE. 
          THERE IS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL POSSIBLY IN THE NEAR TERM,
POSSIBLY MORE LONG TERM AND ADAM AND BOB WERE YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN IN A MEETING OR TWO WITH THE CITY ABOUT THAT OR I'M SORRY WITH THE SCHOOL ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT OVERALL, I THINK THAT WE COULD USE SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TONIGHT, BUT ON YOU KNOW,
THERE HAS BEEN THIS HAS BEEN A MULTI YEAR ENDEAVOR EFFORT THAT HAD STARTED WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MAKING THAT REQUEST. 
          WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS TENTATIVE AT THE BEHIND THE ORONO STATION 1. 
          THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DEPENDENT ON WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          NOW THAT WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD THERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER VISIBILITY THERE ON THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THAN MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO REVISIT THAT AREA. BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS ON WHETHER THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OR NOT. 
          I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS FOR HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT,
WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT OR WHETHER WE SHOULD BRING THAT UP AT A WORK SESSION OR MEETING IN THE FUTURE? OH, ALLOW ME TO KIND OF UPDATE ON THE DISCUSSIONS
WE'VE HAD WITH THE SCHOOL. 
          THE SCHOOL IS LOOKING AT TAKING OUT ITS MIDDLE SCHOOL,
ITS OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL, TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 12 AND RAISING THE OLD OK KIDS BUILDING NEXT TO US HERE AND REPLACING
THAT WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS. THEY BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN FOUR INITIALLY,
BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR UP TO 12. 
          AND THEY APPROACHED US TO SAY, HEY, IF THE CITY WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US,
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS WE'VE GOTTEN. RIGHT. 
          BUT THEY ARE GOING TO START THIS FALL WITH AT LEAST THE FIRST FOUR COURTS OVER THERE. 
          PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER I THINK IT WAS THEIR TIMING. 
          BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF WE WANT TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH THE
SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE A NICE LOCATION FOR IT. YOU KNOW,
THEY WOULD WANT US TO BE, YOU KNOW, PREPARED TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AND IT COST MONEY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THERE. 
          DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THEIR ESTIMATE WAS FOR? I THINK IT WAS LIKE $700,000 OR SOMETHING. 
          YEAH IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, SO IF WE WERE TO DO ANYTHING THERE,
IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME FUNDRAISING EFFORTS BY THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY, I THINK, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AND IF THERE'S INTEREST IN DOING IT. 
          BUT IT WAS NICE OF THE SCHOOL TO AT LEAST APPROACH US AND SAY,
IF YOU WANT A PARTNER, WE'RE WE'D BE AMENABLE TO IT. 
          OKAY, SO ADOPT A PARK THAT'S ONE THAT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE
PROGRAM AND POSSIBLY REDESIGNING THE PROGRAM. 
          [01:20:06]
THERE'S SOME SEASONALITY TO THIS ONE THEY'VE KIND OF MISSED THE WINDOW FOR THAT THIS YEAR. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING TO MAKE SOME
PROGRESS ON THIS FALL. 
          THAT ALSO IS RELATED A BIT TO THIS GUIDING COMMISSION DOCUMENT INITIATIVE THAT'S TWO DOWN. AND SO THEY ARE ADOPT A PARK GROUP IS KIND OF WAITING FOR SOME
OF THOSE THINGS TO FALL INTO PLACE. 
          SO IT'S A NICE TIME IN THE FALL AND INTO THE WINTER TO START WORKING ON THAT. 
          THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL IS SOMETHING WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU A MONTH AGO OR SO. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          THE GUIDING COMMISSION DOCUMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS MET A COUPLE
TIMES AND WE ARE MAKING SOME INITIAL PROGRESS ON GETTING SOME THOUGHTS DOWN ON PAPER AND GETTING KIND OF ALIGNMENT
ON WHAT THE GOAL IS. 
          AND FOR THIS DOCUMENT, I CALL IT A DOCUMENT OR IT'S CALLED A DOCUMENT,
BUT IT'S REALLY PRINCIPLES. 
          IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER WITH AND LISTING OUT OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE WILL USE TO
SET GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE WANT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATE IN THAT WORKING
GROUP AND I THINK. 
          IS THAT OPTION STILL AVAILABLE TO HAVE ? YEP. WE THE THREE OF US WANTED TO GET TOGETHER,
GET ALIGNMENT AND GET SOME STUFF DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, AS A DRAFT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SO. 
          YEAH SO I GUESS IF THERE IS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN PARKS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT,
IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF THAT. 
          GREAT EXCELLENT. WE WILL REACH OUT YOU TWO SHORTLY. 
          THANK YOU. WE WERE KIND OF THINKING OF AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO YOU AT THE SECOND HALF OF JULY ISH. 
          GREAT THANK YOU. AND I BUT ORGANIZE IT SO WE CAN GET YOUR FEEDBACK TO MAKE IT BETTER YEAH WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE WHITEBOARD BEFORE TO GET YOU GUYS. 
          YEAH THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEN WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET ENGAGEMENT
FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF AND SO FORTH. SO IT'LL BE A WHOLE INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS
ARE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          RIGHT. AND THE LAST ONE IS THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE,
WHICH JOE ALREADY GAVE SOME UPDATES TO. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY JOE'S THAT'S KIND OF ONE THAT'S KIND OF FALLS IN BETWEEN
JOE'S KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT, AND WE'LL GET COMMISSION INVOLVED AS NECESSARY. 
          OKAY THANK YOU. QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS ON THE COUNCIL? BRIAN OKAY. THANKS, BRIAN. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS GOING TO GIVE MY INPUT JUST BECAUSE ON THE PICKLEBALL. 
          I THINK IT'S NICE THAT THE SCHOOL IS MAKING AN OFFER ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT ABOUT THAT AT THE LOCATION, IN ADDITION TO FIRE, IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE,
BUT THAT LAND THERE'S LAND USE ISSUES THERE BECAUSE IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL BEHIND THERE. AND SO OUR CITY WOULD BE LOOKING AT GIVING UP POTENTIAL REVENUE IN THE
FUTURE TO PUT IN PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT NOT AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR A RECREATIONAL SPORT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE LISTS HERE
AND THEN THE LIST OF WHICH PARK COMMISSIONERS ARE MOVING INTO WHICH PARK SPACES,
OR I SHOULD SAY, WHICH ARE ASSIGNED, I GUESS IS A BETTER WORD. WHERE IS THAT? I KNOW I'VE ASKED JO FOR THAT,
AND IT CHANGED FROM THE LAST MEETINGS, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET. SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW COUNCIL LOCATES THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT WHICH PARK COMMISSIONERS ARE ASSIGNED TO WHICH PARKS AND ALSO THIS. YEAH, THAT'S MY FAULT I SHOULD HAVE SENT IT TO YOU ALREADY. 
          O KAY. I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN ON MY MESS OF A DESK SOMEWHERE,
BUT I CAN SEND IT TO EVERYONE. 
          IT WOULD INCLUDE THIS DOCUMENT HERE WITH A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,
AND THEN ALL THE PARKS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          [01:25:07]
YEAH AND JUST A REMINDER, AS FAR AS THESE PARK ASSIGNMENTS,
I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE ORIGIN OF ASSIGNING PARKS WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD COVERAGE AND EYES AND EARS ON THE PARKS,
ALL OF OUR PARKS. 
          AND SO IT WAS A DIVIDE AND CONQUER KIND OF THING. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN I STARTED ON THE COMMISSION. 
          SO THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I'M ASSIGNED TO ONE PARK DOESN'T MEAN THAT NO
ONE ELSE HAS SAY INTO IT, OR THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT, OR THAT I OWN IT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THERE. 
          AND SO WE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, DIVVY IT UP AT EVERY YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT EVERY YEAR THEN IT WILL ROTATE AND SO YOU GET MORE COMMISSIONERS
GOING TO MORE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PARKS, YOU KNOW. SO JOE HAS THAT AND NEEDS TO JUST SEND IT OUT IT'S
ALL FINE. 
          IT WAS IN OUR IN THE PACKET FOR THE PARKS MEETING. 
          BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES LIKE YOU SAID. SO I'LL SEND YOU OUT THE FINAL COPY WITH
EVERYTHING. 
          IT COMES UP IF THERE'S A PARKS ISSUE LIKE WE TALKED A MOMENT AGO ABOUT THE EAST LONG LAKE, WHICH WAS A SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF PARKS COMMISSIONERS ARE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR
THAT KIND OF THING. 
          IT JUST HAPPENED TO COME TO ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WOULD SAY OWNS THAT,
BUT WHO'S THE ONE INVOLVED IN THAT AREA? SO I JUST SENT IT ON. SEND IT TO ALWAYS. 
          SO YEAH, MAYBE MAINTENANCE GOES TO STAFF. YEAH. YEAH. AND AS BRIAN SAID,
JUST SOME HISTORY ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS HERE WHEN THEY CREATED THAT. 
          THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND HAVING THESE ASSIGNMENTS IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PARK HAD
A COMMISSIONER. 
          THAT COULD BE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES TO GO OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THAT,
BECAUSE AS JOE MENTIONED BACK THEN, WE WERE EVEN MORE LIMITED. BUT WE'RE LIMITED IN STAFF,
SO WE DON'T HAVE STAFF OUT PATROLLING PARKS LOOKING FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON EITHER THE PUBLIC JUST TELLING US,
HEY, I WAS OUT WALKING AND THERE WAS A TREE ACROSS THE PATH, OR THE GENESIS OF THIS WAS, WELL, LET'S TRY TO ENCOURAGE COMMISSIONERS TO GO OUT AND,
YOU KNOW, WALK THROUGH THESE PARKS AND BE ABLE TO BE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES FOR THE STAFF TO SAY,
I WAS OUT AT THIS PARK AND I SAW THIS ISSUE OR THAT ISSUE. 
          SO IT'S ANOTHER JUST A WAY TO GATHER THAT INPUT. 
          IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE I DON'T THINK AS LIKE,
OH, THIS PERSON IS IN CHARGE NO SO DOES SOMEBODY LIKE WITH EAST LONG LAKE,
THERE ARE FOLKS ON PARK COMMISSION WHO WOULD BE WALKING THAT AREA OR SENDING THINGS TO STAFF, LIKE THE THING THAT CAME TO ME NORMALLY OR? I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS, BUT PEOPLE ARE SORT OF SOME FENCE PROBLEMS WITH A TREE IN THE BACK OF THE PARK THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN
NORMALLY. 
          AND SHE ALERTED US WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          SO THAT'S LIKE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF YOU KNOW,
THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A COMMISSIONER KIND OF CHECK OUT THE PARKS A LITTLE MORE THAN WE CAN. I KNOW IT CAME UP WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH YOU WHEN STEVE AND I MET WITH YOU,
THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY STRETCHED PRETTY THIN. IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO MAYBE GET A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE,
SEASONAL STAFF, TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT? I MEAN, SUMMER IS KIND OF THE TIME WE HAVE TO REALLY HIT IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE CONSIDERED OR? IT'S SOMETHING WE CONSIDERED I
WOULD SAY IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE TEND TO GET IS A LOT OF ESPECIALLY WHICH WE CAN UTILIZE AT THE GOLF
COURSE IS PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. THEY TEND TO NOT BE PEOPLE WE CAN SEND OUT TO THE PARK TO DO KIND OF,
LIKE, HEAVY PHYSICAL LABOR TECHNICALLY WISE AND JUST LIKE, PHYSICALLY WISE. SO. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO MORE
INSTEAD OF WHETHER IT'S GETTING, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL PART TIME OR IN THE SUMMER,
OR IF IT'S JUST HAVING ANOTHER FULL TIME STAFF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COULD BE ON THE TABLE. YEAH SO WE DO WE HAVE A BUDGET LINE IN THE PARKS
FOR SEASONALS. 
          OFTEN THE RESTRICTING THING IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BUDGET BUT THE ABILITY TO GET FOLKS IN. 
          WE WERE VERY BLESSED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
WE HAD A COUPLE HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT CAME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          THEY'VE NOW SADLY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND ARE GETTING,
YOU KNOW, THEIR CAREERS ALIGNED AND THEN TRYING TO GET BACKFILL. 
          THAT'S NOT SAD THAT'S GREAT. IT'S GREAT FOR THEM IT'S SAD FOR US [LAUGHTER] WE WERE
SPOILED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WE HAD THESE YOUNG FOLKS COMING BACK YEAR ON YEAR. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE MEETING AND
LAYING OUT THE PLANS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          [01:30:10]
ALL RIGHT ATTORNEY REPORT. ANYTHING TO REPORT,
MR. 
          [Attorney Report]
MATTICK? MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, NO LEGAL UPDATES. 
          JUST I WILL BE AT THE LEAGUE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK IN DULUTH. 
          SO IF YOU'RE GOING UP THERE, I HOPE TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ ENGINEER REPORT ANYTHING FOR US? 
          [City Administrator/Engineer Report]
BUT KIND OF FOCUS END OF LAST WEEK AND BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK HAS REALLY BEEN NEGOTIATING. 
          SO WE'VE HAD AT STAFF LEVEL AND THEN WITH SOREN AND I WE SAT DOWN WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS
LAST WEEK TO GO OVER THE DRAFT GPA, WHICH I THINK WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE SESSION. SO WE'LL BE USING THAT TO HELP DRAFT OUR
RESPONSE TO THEIR RESPONSE AS WE DO THE BACK AND FORTH. 
          AND THEN SOREN, MAGGIE AND I SPENT THE BULK OF TODAY MEETING WITH THE VARIOUS COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING UNITS TO GO THROUGH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. ALSO, I THINK WE'RE STILL EARLY DAYS THIS WAS THE FIRST ROUND OF OUR
RESPONSES TO THEM. 
          AND IN SOME PLACES WE GOT A COUNTER TO OUR COUNTER. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES, BUT SO VERY TIME CONSUMING AND WHAT HAVE YOU,
BUT SO FAR I WOULD CATEGORIZE THEM AS PRODUCTIVE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TIME RIGHT NOW.
AND HOPEFULLY IF THE RAIN WILL STAY AWAY FOR A WHILE, WE WILL ACTUALLY GET STARTED ON SOME OF OUR STREET PROJECTS. 
          SO I KNOW BROWN ROAD WE KEEP KEPT WAITING FOR CENTERPOINT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN
AND THEN WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET OFF OF HIS OTHER PROJECTS TO GET ON TO OUR PROJECT. BUT THE YOU KNOW, THE RAIN OF LAST WEEK HAS REALLY PUT EVERYBODY BEHIND
SO. 
          ALL RIGHT COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS DO WE HAVE ANY? DO NOT 
          [Mayor/Council Report]
NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT NOW [LAUGHTER]. 
          YES, I DO I JUST I HAVE SOME COMMENTS BASED ON THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD INVOLVING THIS
STUBBS BAY LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. BECAUSE I KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WHEN SOMETHING REALLY DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH
ME AFTER THE FACT, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING IT BACK. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH A VOTE WE HAVE PASSED
AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERSIAN ACTUALLY WASN'T HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION. EVEN THOUGH A VOTE MAY BE PASSED, IT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY THE ISSUE FOR OUR CITY HAS PASSED. 
          AND THIS IS ONE THAT WAS TROUBLING TO ME FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND KIND OF SPEAK FROM THE HEART ABOUT HERE AND JUST
GIVE US SOME EXTRA CONSIDERATION HERE FOR THIS ISSUE, FOR THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW THAT THE ISSUE, NOT NECESSARILY THE VOTE,
BUT THIS ISSUE HAS RESULTED IN A PETITION BEING FORMED AND A LOT OF EXTRA EXCHANGES,
AT LEAST WITH MYSELF OVER EMAIL OR PHONE CALL, BECAUSE PEOPLE CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE HEALTH OF LAKE MINNETONKA. 
          AND JUST TONIGHT, WE WERE REMINDED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR CITY,
YOU KNOW, IN THIS DOCUMENT REGARDING OUR BUDGET OF LAKE MINNETONKA, 40% OF THE SHORELINE AND 33% OF THE LAKE AREA IS IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO IN. 
          AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 
          BUT THE ISSUE, I THINK, COMES WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY IN THIS LID ISSUE
AND MEMBERS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SORT OF AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND I REALLY FELT THAT STRONGLY WITH THIS ISSUE. 
          AND IT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE THESE CAN BE DIVISIVE TIMES,
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS ISSUES IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, BUT NOT TO INFLAME THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, BOTH BEFORE THE VOTE AND AFTER. 
          AND I'VE CONTINUED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND COLLECT RESOURCES AFTER OUR VOTE TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          I'VE ALSO WATCHED THE PRESENTATION ON THE HARRISON BAY LID,
WHICH MOUND CITY HAD THE NIGHT AFTER OUR DISCUSSION. 
          AND THERE WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION WITH A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO CHECK THAT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY,
BECAUSE THESE ISSUES ARE GOING TO LIKELY SURFACE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IT WAS A VERY HELPFUL DISCUSSION AND VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS BY THE COUNCIL. 
          SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITY CONSIDERS THAT WHEN
WE TAKE A VOTE THAT INVOLVES THE RIGHT TO REFERENDUM, AS THIS DID, OR IN A BONDING IN THE CASE OF THE BONDING THAT HAPPENED. 
          OUR CITY RECEIVED SOME CRITICISM FOR THAT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE AS A
CITY TO OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE TACKLE AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES 
          [01:35:08]
A TAXING OR EXPENDITURE OF MONEY LIKE THIS LID DID THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT TO OUR
RESIDENTS. 
          SO I KNOW AFTER THAT DISCUSSION, I HAD MENTIONED TO STAFF THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITY GIVES SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION. 
          AND, ADAM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT,
BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD EXCHANGED AN EMAIL ABOUT, ABOUT A MAILER GOING OUT TO RESIDENTS OR WHATNOT WHO WERE AFFECTED IN THAT LAKE IMPROVEMENT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
THEIR RIGHT TO REFERENDUM AND THAT A DECISION WAS MADE AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LANDED. I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THAT ISSUE. 
          WELL, I THINK YEAH, IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE AS PART OF THAT COUNCIL ACTION AT THAT MEETING,
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO HAVE SOME PARTICULAR SPECIAL COMMUNICATION GO OUT, WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE THAT THEN SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, BASED ON YOUR EMAIL, WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE
PUT TOGETHER A SIMPLE FLYER THAT SIMPLY SAID THAT THE VOTE HAD TAKEN PLACE. HERE IS CONTACT INFORMATION LINKED TO THE CITY WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
LID'S, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDED THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE LID COMMITTEE OR THE STUBBS BAY
BOARD. 
          AND THEN SENT THAT OUT TO THE ALL OF THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS FROM THAT NEWLY FORMED LID. 
          OKAY. AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS A MAILING OR WAS IT A EMAIL COMMUNICATION OR? I THINK IT WAS BOTH WE DID A MAILING THEN WE HAVE OKAY THANK YOU I KNOW NOT EVERY PERSON HAS AN EMAIL OR MAIL CAN BE A GOOD WAY TO REACH
PEOPLE OR SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I ALSO SENT IT OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL. OH,
OKAY THANK YOU SO I REALLY LEFT THAT DISCUSSION WITH SOME MIXED FEELINGS, AND IT'S LINGERED SO I APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW UP AND THE COMMUNICATION
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES OR ABOUT DOING THINGS WELL,
AS A CITY, I KNOW FOLKS REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN WE COMMUNICATE, EVEN IF WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE OVER COMMUNICATING. SO IN THIS ISSUE WITH THESE LAKE
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO US AND ARE ASKING US TO STAND BEHIND EFFORTS TO SUSTAINABLY
SUPPORT WATER HEALTH, INVASIVE MANAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL ENJOYMENT. 
          AND ON THE OTHER HAND THERE'S REAL CONCERN EVEN BY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING LAKE
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS THAT WATER TREATMENTS CAN HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THAT IS SERIOUS FOR OUR LAKE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FRICTION HAS OCCURRED IN THIS ISSUE,
AND FOR SOME, THAT LAKE IMPROVEMENT HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH AN IMAGE OF JUST DUMPING CHEMICALS IN THE LAKE, WHICH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT NOT EVERYONE IS
UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK BOTH THESE PERSPECTIVES ARE VALID AND BOTH DESERVE OUR TIME
AND ATTENTION. 
          AND IT'S A REAL ALL OR NOTHING APPROACH SOMETIMES WHERE IT'S WIN OR LOSE OR RIGHT OR WRONG
AND I THINK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A DIVISIVE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO I END MISTRUST SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DIGESTING INFORMATION AND ENSURING
THAT WE'RE GETTING FACTS AND TAKING OUR TIME WHEN CONSIDERING THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPLEX. AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING,
I THINK A SOUND PROCESS AND COLLABORATION, ONGOING EDUCATION AND COMMITMENT TO QUESTIONING AND IMPROVING OUR PRACTICES IS WHAT I
SUPPORT GOING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S A LID OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS,
I'VE HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE LID OR LAKE IMPROVEMENT AS A TOOL. IT'S A TOOL IS WHAT IT IS FOR WATER QUALITY AND INVASIVE MANAGEMENT
AND MINNESOTA GREEN STEP CITIES PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR MUNICIPALITIES,
MENTIONS LID'S AS A TOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK AROUND WATER STEWARDSHIP. 
          AND I THINK THE ISSUE IS HOW A LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS SET UP,
HOW THIS TOOL IS USED, HOW IT FUNCTIONS, HOW IT'S ACCOUNTABLE, HOW IT PRIORITIZES SPENDING AND HOW IT CONTRIBUTES
TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND STUBBS BAY IS NO DIFFERENT IS HOW THIS TOOL IS GOING TO BE REGARDED BY OUR COUNCIL AND
OUR COMMUNITY NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. 
          SO AS A TOOL, THEY CAN BE USED VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO I'VE RECEIVED INVITATIONS AND OFFERS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO GET BETTER EDUCATED
AND TO ASSIST OUR CITY GOING FORWARD AND MAKING SOUND DECISIONS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE LAKES HEALTHY AND INVASIVES MANAGED. 
          SO I'M JUST CONSIDERING NOW HOW OUR COUNCIL AND OUR CITY IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE NOW THAT
WE'VE ENABLED THIS COMMUNITY TO FORM THIS TAXING DISTRICT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP AND ENABLE THE SUCCESS OF THIS AS STEWARDS OF STUBBS BAY. 
          [01:40:01]
AND I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING AS A CITY ABOUT HOW TO STAY INFORMED AND INVOLVED
IN THE FUTURE OF LID'S LIKE STUBBS BAY, RATHER THAN SORT OF CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE APPROVING IT AND LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
AND SAYING, WELL, NOW THAT'S DONE, WHAT'S NEXT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S WORK IS DONE JUST
BECAUSE WE CREATE A LID AND OTHER CITIES HAVE STAYED INVOLVED. 
          AND I MENTIONED DURING THE DISCUSSION WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT LAND MANAGEMENT MEANING
ZONING, STORMWATER RUNOFF, VEGETATIVE BUFFERS, REDUCTION OF LAWNS,
AND THE CHEMICALS REQUIRED TO KEEP THEM ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE IDEA OF A WATER TREATMENT. AND THE DNR SUPPORTED THIS THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY HEAVILY ENCOURAGED THE
STUBBS BAY FOLKS TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND OTHER TYPES OF MANAGEMENT,
AND THAT IT'S NOT THIS ONE TOOL FOR DOING WATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S
A PROCESS AND HOW THE TOOLS USE MATTERS. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE MOUND DISCUSSION,
WHICH WAS LENGTHY, THERE WERE LOTS OF IDEAS THAT WERE NOT DISCUSSED HERE IN OUR COUNCIL. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS AND THE PRESENTERS ON HARRISON'S BAY PUT THESE FORWARD ONE RECOMMENDATION
WAS HAVING A BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE OR NONVOTING, APPOINTED BY OUR CITY, AS HAS BEEN DONE IN SAINT ALBANS BAY. 
          ONE OF THE COUNCIL M EMBERS OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD SITS ON THAT LID AND ALSO HAVING
REGULAR UPDATES PROVIDED TO COUNCIL. 
          AND THESE WERE THINGS THAT THE FOLKS PRESENTING THE LID INFORMATION WERE PUTTING OUT THERE
AS OPPORTUNITIES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE THESE. 
          BECAUSE THE MESSAGE THAT I HEARD AT OUR DISCUSSION IS THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE MOTIVATED TO
SUPPORT LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AND THEY'RE ALSO OPEN TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AND IDEAS FROM THIS COUNCIL AND CITY AND
INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE OUR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TAKING THE STUBBS BAY BOARD UP ON THAT OFFER. 
          AND I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE DOING TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS
WATER QUALITY AROUND OUR LAKES AND BAYS. 
          WE DISCUSSED THE TREE PLAN TONIGHT, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          HOW ARE WE PROVIDING RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS ON HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHY SHORELINE
MANAGEMENT. 
          CITIES OF CHAMPLIN, CITIES OF WOODBURY HAVE RESOURCES ON THEIR WEBSITES FOR THESE THINGS,
AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. SO RATHER THAN SORT OF SAYING,
WELL, YOU CAN CONTACT THE DNR, YOU CAN DO THIS. 
          HOW ARE WE AS A CITY OFFERING THIS AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE TOOL TO OUR RESIDENTS,
WHERE THEY CAN GO ON AND CLICK AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VEGETATIVE BUFFERS. THEY'RE A GOOD IDEA THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO
LAKE HEALTH OR WHATEVER IT IS. 
          SO I GUESS MY MAIN MESSAGE IS I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THIS UNFOLDED BECAUSE I FEEL
LIKE WE, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I COULD HAVE DONE PERHAPS A BETTER JOB OF CONSIDERING SOME OF THESE
OPTIONS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO LATE. 
          I GOT A REAL INDICATION FROM THE BOARD THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION,
THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO IDEAS. 
          AND AS I SAID, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THEM UP ON THAT OFFER HOWEVER,
THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THIS AS WELL. 
          THE FINAL POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT [LAUGHTER] HEARINGS CAN BECOME HEATED,
AS THIS ONE DID, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO A CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO
TAKE A VOTE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE SAME NIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IDEAL SOMETIMES TO GIVE A BUFFER BETWEEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE. 
          I'VE LEARNED THINGS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHEN GOING IN,
AND I THINK ALSO TIME TO CONSIDER AND TO ASK GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND TO BRING THE HEAT DOWN A BIT IS IMPORTANT. SO AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YES YOU DO NOT NEED TO TAKE A VOTE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP QUICK, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A TIMING ISSUE OF 30 DAYS OR SO ON THE
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT ON THAT. 
          SO AS LONG AS WE WERE WITHIN THE TIMING FOR SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE. 
          AND WITH A TIMELINE IF IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW AGAIN WHETHER IT'S A LAKE IMPROVEMENT OR
SOMETHING ELSE UNDERSTANDING AND I THINK THIS IS A NOTE THAT I WANT TO MAKE TO STAFF GIVING THE COUNCIL A RUNWAY, GIVING US SOME TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT'S
COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. 
          I THINK YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ABOUT A HEADS UP,
A NOTICE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN SO THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE A BIT OF A BUFFER THERE WITH SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT ONES. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO BE AT THE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. 
          REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT SEEING WHAT ELSE THE RESOURCES,
BECAUSE THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF GIVING CITIES RESOURCES FOR LOTS OF THE ISSUES WE'VE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          THANKS LID, BECAUSE I HAD TRIED TO DO A DEEP DIVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T AVAILABLE. 
          [01:45:04]
SO I DID GET CALLS BACK FROM THE U OF M AND VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES. 
          IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ON KFAN OUTDOORS IN THE MORNING I THINK IT WAS A
SUNDAY MORNING THAT THEY HAD OR PERHAPS LAST SATURDAY. ANYWAY, I TRIED TO CONTACT THEM THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE LID AND THAT WE
HAD VOTED ON IT. 
          AND THE FACT THAT THEY KIND OF WERE AS FISHERMEN CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND STUFF BECAUSE THEY
WERE AFRAID OF THE LOSS OF GOOD FISHING WITH THE LOSS OF A LOT OF THE VEGETATION AND STUFF. 
          SO I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF LID TO REALLY
REACH OUT TO A LOT OF OTHER FACTIONS THAT DO USE THE LAKE AND ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. SORRY, STEVE. 
          RECOGNIZE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING ON WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER,
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN JUST A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH COLLABORATING TOGETHER,
WITH TRAINING TOGETHER. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THE REALLY FUN,
POSITIVE MOMENTUM AS THAT'S TAKING PLACE. 
          AND ADAM, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY STAFF OVER LONG LAKE AND I
KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THERE. 
          SO I JUST I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THE TIME TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE
GONE IN TO COME TO A REALLY A BETTER PLACE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKEN FOREVER,
BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN SIX MONTHS, AND I THINK WE'VE MADE VERY GOOD PROGRESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT SO THAT'S WHAT
I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONFERENCE THIS WEEK IN DULUTH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING HOW TO DO THIS JOB WELL SO AND SOME LESSONS THAT CAN
BE LEARNED. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING? IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:50 PM. 
          NOT BAD 
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.