[00:00:01] MICS ARE LIVE. OKAY. IT IS 6:00 P.M, AND SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. [Roll Call] FIRST OF ALL NOTING THAT WE HAVE WE WILL HAVE THERE'S OUR FOURTH COUNCIL MEMBER. FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF US HERE TONIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN SAYING 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 FOR ATTENDING. FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. [Approval of Agenda] ANY ITEMS THAT THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AROUND OR ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING? [Consent Agenda] HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE, WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE AND ONE MOTION WITH NO DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I WOULD ADD, IF ANY AUDIENCE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REMOVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION, I WOULD TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION AS WELL. SO TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS OUR CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. CLAIMS AND BILLS. ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM THE MINNETONKA BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION. A DONATION TO BIG ISLAND PARK. HIRING A SEASONAL EMPLOYEE. APPOINTING INTERIM DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. SUMMARY ORDINANCE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE 314A AND 315. CITY CODE RECODIFICATION ORDINANCE 312 AND UPCOMING WORK SESSION AND COUNCIL TRAINING SCHEDULE. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYONE WANT TO MOVE ANY ITEMS OFF OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. SECOND. MOVED AND SECOND. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT A REPRESENTATIVE OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT AWARD. [10. Acceptance of CenterPoint Energy Community Safety Grant Award - Resolution 7600] HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND SO I BELIEVE JOE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THAT FOR US. WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I HAVE ROGER SMITH HERE WITH CENTERPOINT ENERGY. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY. OUR GRANT WAS PRIMARILY WRITTEN TO IMPROVE SOME AED EQUIPMENT AND EXPAND IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE WERE AWARDED $2,500. AND I SAID, HERE'S ROGER SMITH WONDERFUL. WE GIVE OUT GRANTS EVERY YEAR TO DIFFERENT CITIES SO WE'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU GUYS FOR $2,500 WONDERFUL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. COME HERE JOE THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO APPLY FOR ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE] MIC] IS IT NEGOTIABLE? ALL RIGHT, NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, NOTING THAT THE 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 OR CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE MEETING. SPEAKERS SHOULD STATE THEIR NAME AND HOME ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKERS SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF TIME AND LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO SPEAK. WE ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYORAND COUNCIL AND KEEP THEIR REMARKS RESPECTFUL AND RELEVANT. PLEASE, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS. CRITICISM OF IDEAS IS CERTAINLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT ATTACKS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT TOLERATED. PLEASE MAKE YOUR STATEMENTS IN A CIVIL MANNER. 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. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? [00:05:01] NOBODY IS STANDING UP. SO I THINK WE'RE WE'LL GO SKIP RIGHT OVER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. MAYOR, RIGHT HERE. DID WE DO A MOTION TO ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I DO THINK WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GENEROUS GRANT THAT CENTERPOINT ENERGY HAS OFFERED TO US. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ENERGY SAFETY GRANT AWARD. AND I WILL SECOND IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MR. MATTICK, FOR. THANK YOU. FOR POINTING THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT IS NEXT. [11. LA25-000029, City of Orono, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #8, Resolution 7601] A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. NUMBER 8. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. LET ME PULL UP A FEW TABLES HERE SO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH INCLUDE TO RECONCILE A PROPOSED LAND USE MAP AND TO RECONCILE AN ERROR FROM A CLASSIFICATION OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO URBAN ESTATES LAND USE CLASSIFICATION. AND THEN ALSO AMEND THE PREDICTED GROWTH AREA TABLE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ESTABLISHES LAND USE CLASSES FOR EACH AREA WITHIN THE CITY. AND THE MET COUNCIL REVIEWS ALL UTILITY EXTENSION PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY. A PLAT FROM 2022 APPROVED IN 2023 OF WILDHORSE FOREST. IT WAS APPROVED TO EXTEND CITY SEWER TO SERVE A PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THAT SEWER EXTENSION PERMIT. TWO AREAS OF INCONSISTENCY WERE IDENTIFIED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THESE INCONSISTENCIES INVOLVE THE MAP. THIS MAP AND THE TABLE AS WELL IDENTIFIED ON YOUR SCREEN. SO IN FRONT OF YOU YOU CAN SEE I HAVE IT BUBBLED IN RED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. THE MAP IDENTIFIES THIS PARCEL AS RURAL RESIDENTIAL IN GREEN. THAT AREA IS RESERVED FOR RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE MUSA. THIS PARCEL SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS URBAN ESTATES RESIDENTIAL. OUR PREDICTED GROWTH TABLE, WHERE WE ANTICIPATE DEVELOPMENT DOES IDENTIFY THIS PARCEL AS URBAN ESTATES. SO THAT TELLS US THAT THIS WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR AND THAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE IN THE MUSA AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARCEL. BUT THEN THE MAP JUST NEVER GOT RECONCILED INTO A YELLOW TO CHANGE IT TO THE YELLOW CLASSIFICATION. AND THAT WAS CONSISTENT SINCE WE ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2018. ADDITIONALLY, THIS TABLE AS PART OF OUR PREDICTED GROWTH AREA, WE ARE TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE A DECADE RANGE. SO WE HAVE HERE A COLUMN F AND A COLUMN G, THE PREDICTED GROWTH DECADES OF 2022, 2020, 2020 TO 2030 RANGE AND THEN A 2030 TO 2040 RANGE. THIS IS A BEST GUESS REALLY FOR STAFF OF WHEN WE THINK DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GO. REALLY THE DRIVER FOR THIS IS THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OF WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO DEVELOP AND MARKET CONDITIONS. SO WITH THAT NOTED, WE ANTICIPATED THIS WILD HORSE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE 2030-2040 RANGE. THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL MOVE THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE 2020-2030 RANGE, WHICH IS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED. THE DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2023. SO JUST TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE DEVELOPED WORLD AND THE APPROVED PLAN. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES THE MET COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AND HAS REQUESTED THAT WE AMEND TO RECONCILE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION PACKET AND MEETING LINKED INTO YOUR PACKET, AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADDED TO YOUR PACKET, RESOLUTION 7601 AS EXHIBIT D IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE TABLE IN THE MAP AGAIN. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OBSERVATIONS? ALL RIGHT. THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT NUMBER 8. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE LA25-000 29 FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 8. I'LL SECOND THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE HAVE A FINANCE REPORT. [12. 2025 Expenditure Budget Overage] MAGGIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR 2025 EXPENDITURE OVERAGE. [00:10:04] THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF OVERAGE. SO GOING WITH THE FIRST AREA ON PUBLIC WORKS STREETS IN THE GENERAL FUND. TREES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IS CURRENTLY AT BUDGET. WE HAVE BUDGETED $50,000 FOR 2025. WE HAVE EXCEEDED THIS AMOUNT. WITH US ONLY BEING ALMOST DONE WITH JULY. WE STILL HAVE THE REST OF SUMMER LEFT. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING MORE WORK WILL BE NEEDED. WITHIN RIGHT OF WAY. WHAT ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS BEING EMERALD ASH BORER IS FLORIDA'S OVERAGE. AND ATHLETE SERVICES FUND IS ALSO SEEING THAT OVERAGE IN VEHICLE EQUIPMENT WE'RE ANTICIPATING STAFF IS ANTICIPATING ANOTHER $40,000 IS NEEDED FOR THE YEAR. FOR ANY REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS TO EQUIPMENT AND PARTS NEEDED FOR VEHICLES. PART OF THE OVERAGE IS COMING FROM FIRE EQUIPMENT. SO EQUIPMENT RELATED TO LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PART OF THE OVERAGE HITTING EXPENDITURE THAT'S OFFSET. THAT IS OFFSET BY THE REVENUE. HOWEVER TARIFFS AND JUST PRICE INCREASES FROM VENDORS MIDYEAR HAS ALSO DRIVEN UP PRICING AND COSTS THAT DOES QUICKLY ADD UP OVER TIME. IT FUND IS ALSO SEEN OVERAGE IN A FEW OF THEIR LINE ITEMS. DATA PROCESSING COMMUNICATION IS ONE OF THE AREAS. WE HAD BUDGETED A PART OF THIS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE GENERAL FUND. HOWEVER RECONCILING THE LOGINS BILL, WE HAD STAFF HAD DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THOSE BILLS NEEDED TO BE IN THE IT FUND VERSUS THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE WERE CAPTURING OTHER SERVER COSTS IN THE IT FUND. SO WE LUMPED IT, CLEANED THAT UP. AND WHICH IS NOW CAUSING OVER AGENDA IN THAT LINE ITEM. OFFICE EQUIPMENT RENTAL IS ALSO SLIGHTLY OVER BY $8,000. WE ADD IT TO NEW COPIER MACHINES. THAT COST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OVERAGE, AND THEN WE DID NOT ACCOUNT CORRECTLY FOR SOME OF THE PAST YEARS OR SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IN PAST YEARS, LIKE POSTAGE MACHINE RENTAL. I BELIEVE WE WERE TRACKING THAT IN CENTRAL SERVICES STILL, SO MOVING A FEW OF THOSE COSTS OVER TO IT SERVICE FUNDS AS WELL. AND THEN THE BIGGEST OVERAGE IN IT SERVICES IS SOFTWARE LICENSING. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE LICENSING INTO IT SERVICES FUND. AND ONCE WE COMPILED OUR LIST OF ALL THE SOFTWARES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD WITHIN CITY. AND LOOKING AT OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL WE'RE EXPECTING MAYBE ANOTHER $40,000 IN OVERAGE. THAT YEAR AND ONCE WE GET ALL THOSE SUBSCRIPTIONS PAID OFF. SO OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AVERAGE OF $181,000, WHAT, $50,000 BEING IN GENERAL FUND. WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE, AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT ANY THESE WITH THESE OVERAGES IF THE GENERAL FUND DOES HAVE ANY SURPLUS AVAILABLE AT YEAR END 2025, STAFF WILL BE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AS LONG AS WE MEET OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVE POLICY OF 40%. AND THEN ANYTHING OVER THAT 40% WE CAN TRANSFER OUT TO OTHER FUNDS THAT NEEDS THAT SURPLUS FUNDING. SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE AND LOOK FOR YOUR MOTION [LAUGHTER]. ANY QUESTIONS? SO THE SOFTWARE LICENSING IS THAT WE TALKED EARLIER IN OUR WORK SESSION ABOUT MICROSOFT 360. I THINK IT IS. THAT IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS? THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THEN AS WE FIND SOFTWARE LICENSING AND OTHER GL LINE ITEMS. WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH ALL OF THOSE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SOFTWARE LICENSING AND TRANSFER THEM TO BE CODED INTO THE IT SERVICES LINE, BECAUSE PRIOR IT WAS JUST SPREAD OUT ALL OVER DEPARTMENTS AND LUMPED INTO OTHER LINE ITEMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MADE SENSE AT THE TIME. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL IT ITEMS AND CHARGE IT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS THEN WE'RE FINDING THAT [00:15:09] WE JUST DID NOT BUDGET ENOUGH FOR THAT. AND THESE ARE IT SERVICES OR SOFTWARE LICENSES THAT ARE VETTED, THAT ARE NECESSARY, AND THEN THEY'RE APPROVED THROUGH THEIR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP OR? YEAH SO MOST OF THEM ARE APPROVED THROUGH DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP. IF THEY'RE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SAY CARTOGRAPHY OR OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, I BELIEVE. THEN WE WOULD HAVE CAME TO COUNCIL AT THE POINT OF IMPLEMENTATION TO ASK FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING THAT NEW SOFTWARE. SO ARE THESE OVERAGES ARE THEY ACTUAL OR ARE WE ANTICIPATING THAT? SO IT'S JUST ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SO BECAUSE WE DID NOT CAPTURE ALL THE COSTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN THIS LINE ITEM. I DON'T HAVE A ACTUAL OF WHAT IT WOULD BE AT THE END. HOPEFULLY IT ISN'T MORE DOWN TO $40,000. BUT IF IT IS, I WILL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL [LAUGHTER]. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE CAN TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OVERAGES AS PROPOSED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AS PROPOSED. I SECOND IT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MAGGIE. PARKS REPORT, JOE I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP [13. Purchase Park Signs] AND TELL US ABOUT PURCHASING PARK SIGNS. YEAH SO AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY READ THROUGH WE IN THE CIP LAST YEAR WAS SET TO PURCHASE SIX SIGNS. THE UPGRADED SIGNS AT THE PARKS. AT THE BEHEST OF COUNCILMAN PERSIAN. HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE TO JUST IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE SIGNS. WE STILL NEED TO UPGRADE IN THE PARKS. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS, YOU SEE, FOR THE SIX SIGNS THAT WERE PLANNED THROUGH THE CIP IT WAS $15,000 A LITTLE OVER FOR THE 11 SIGNS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO FINISH OUT THE PROJECT. IT WOULD BE THAT $27,995. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS NOT A NEED, BUT A WANT [LAUGHTER]. SO THAT'S IF IT DOESN'T, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO, WE CAN PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO FINISH OUT THOSE SIGNS OR WHATEVER HAPPENS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN. SO THESE ARE ALL SIGNS THAT ARE TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED AND? YES. OKAY. SO THERE'S EXAMPLES IN THE PACKET. YEAH. YEAH SO THEY'LL BE EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER ONES. SAME POST, SAME DESIGN. SO BY DOING IT THIS YEAR AND POTENTIALLY TAKING A LOOK AT OTHER STANDARD ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE. THIS HELPS US GET ONE OF THESE, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS TO OUR. TO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW BEST IN CLASS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAND FOR. YEAH. INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, DOING IT IN A PHASE. SO SOME PARKS GET TO BE LUCKY AND GET THEIRS DONE. THIS WOULD FINISH OUT THAT PROJECT WITH THE PARK SIGNS. AND THEN WE CAN START TO LOOK TO OTHER ASPECTS OF UPGRADING THE PARKS IN NEXT YEAR. AND WITH THESE 11 SIGNS, DOES THAT BRING US TO ALL THE PARKS HAVING NEW SIGNS? YES. OKAY. AND DOES THE TEAM DOES THE CITY STAFF DO THE INSTALLATION OF THESE? YES. OKAY. SO THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY INSTALLATION COSTS BY AN OUTSIDE GROUP. OUR STAFF HAS PUT ALL THE OTHER ONES UP SO THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME. SO IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTED WE COULD HIRE SOMEONE TO PUT THEM IN THAT WOULD BE FASTER. BUT CITY STAFF IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF PUTTING THEM IN. AND WE HAVEN'T THE BUDGET $25,000 FOR THIS THIS YEAR? SO IT'S THE SIX ARE UNDER THAT [LAUGHTER]. THE 11TH OVER [LAUGHTER]. THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR? LAST FOR THIS. FOR THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR. FOR THIS YEAR. BUDGETED A YEAR AGO. A YEAR AGO FOR THIS YEAR. YOU GOT IT. I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE WORK TO MAKE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO COME AND KIND OF SHARE WITH US WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. [00:20:03] I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BRANDING OUR PARKS. AND SO I KNOW THAT NOT EVERY ASPECT, EVERY STANDARD THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE CITY OR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PAST IS GOING TO BE WE'RE ALL IN DOING THIS ENTIRE THING, BUT I THINK THIS SETS A REALLY GOOD. IT SETS A REALLY GOOD PRECEDENT TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN PARKS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE INVENTORY EVALUATE, AND THAT IDENTIFIES WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE. THAT'S ABOUT 6 OR 11 WHAT WHAT COUNCIL THINK? I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING 11 AND GETTING IT TAKEN CARE OF. AND LIKE STEVE SAID, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SET A PRECEDENT THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING FOR A STANDARD FOR OUR PARKS. WELL, I THINK IT'S A GOOD BEGINNING, TOO. RIGHT. HERE WE ARE. WE'RE STARTING OFF RIGHT THERE. AND UNIFORMITY, I THINK IF IT'S BUDGETED IN THERE AND WE'RE $3,000 OVER BUDGET. YEAH. YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S I WOULD GO FOR THE 11 MYSELF OKAY. KEEP IT UNIFORM. YEAH. ANYBODY CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PURCHASE 11 PARK SIGNS. AND I'LL SECOND THAT. FURTHER DISCUSSION? I REALLY LIKE THE DESIGN, BY THE WAY. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DONE. GREAT DESIGN. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS SO QUICKLY. I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN SHORT ORDER YOU ATTACK THIS AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO. AND AS WELL AS THE PARK COMMISSION. SO YEAH. YEAH A LOT OF THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK ON SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF WHICH I BRING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE [LAUGHTER] THAT WE'RE WORKING ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS JOE. YES, IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE [Additional Item] MY GUEST. EVERYONE CLAIRE BERRETT 1085 BARNARD SOUTH. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ORONO GARDEN CLUB. AND WE SAW THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE ARE DEARLY HOPING THAT YOU WOULD VOTE FOR 11, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AS A DONATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE OVERAGE OVER THE $25,000. SO THE $29,950. SO WE WANTED TO OFFER THAT TO YOU TODAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ACCEPT? AGAIN, I GUESS THERE WOULD BE A THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THE DONATION. YEAH. AND CAN WE DO THAT AT THIS TIME OR DO WE HAVE TO NOTICE IT AND DO IT? NO, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADD TO THE AGENDA IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I'D LOVE TO VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE VERY GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE GARDEN CLUB. I'LL SECOND IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND THANK YOU THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE DO A PHOTO [APPLAUSE] MAYOR. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO A PHOTO PUT YOUR TEETH IN YEAH YEAH. RIGHT HERE, GUYS. YEAH. WE'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CLAIRE. ALL RIGHT WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TONIGHT. NEXT IS THE ATTORNEY REPORT. [Attorney Report] MR. MATTICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? I DON'T. ALL RIGHT. CITY ADMINISTRATOR ENGINEER REPORT. [City Administrator/Engineer Report] MR. EDWARDS BROWN ROAD IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I AM TOLD THAT CONCRETE WILL GET PLACED ON WEDNESDAY, SO KNOCK ON WOOD THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. WE ALSO HAD OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE MEETING FOR THIS YEAR'S SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS DUE TO START ON THE 11TH, AND THAT THAT WILL CONSIST OF A BUNCH OF SEWER MANHOLE REHABILITATIONS AS WELL AS SOME SEWER PIPE REHABILITATIONS SO BOTH OF THOSE THAT ARE THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR BIGGER PROJECTS. AND CURRENTLY THE OTHER STREETS PROJECT, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR OTHER ROADS, INCLUDING KELLY WILDE, HEARST, LYDIARD CARMEN IS DUE TO START NEXT WEEK OKAY. SO THAT'S PART OF THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD. YEAH. EACH OF THE ON THE ROAD PROJECTS. WHAT WE'VE STARTED OFF WITH AN INITIAL SCHEDULE WITH AT THEIR PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCES, THOSE HAVE ALL SLIPPED LARGELY DUE TO THE WEATHER THE WET WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING. IF NOT IF NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR PROJECT, IT'S IMPACTING THE CONTRACTOR GETTING OFF OF WHATEVER THEY'RE ON AHEAD OF OURS [00:25:02] SO CURRENTLY I DON'T HAVE ANY WORRIES ABOUT THINGS GETTING DONE YET THIS YEAR UNLESS THINGS WEATHER GETS REALLY BAD, BUT THAT DIDN'T STACK AS FAR AS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED OKAY THANK YOU. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS. ANY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE? [14. Council Committee and Board Reports] COMMITTEE MEETINGS? YOU AND I WERE AT THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRIEF THE COUNCIL ON THAT? CERTAINLY. WE WERE AT THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETING ONE OF THE I WOULD SAY MAJOR TOPICS ARE E-BIKES AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THEM BOTH AS A COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND AS A COUNTY. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME OF THE MAYORS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY COUNTERPARTS TO TRY TO START DIALOG ON WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. AND IF PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THEY ARE THE BIKES THAT USUALLY HAVE THE CARS PEDALS, SET OF PEDALS, AND THEY CAN GO UPWARDS OF, I THINK THE CHIEF SAID LIKE 80 MILES AN HOUR AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE RIDING THEM FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MAPLE GROVE. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, I THINK, THAT MOST OF THE OTHER MAYORS AND STUFF BROUGHT UP THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN THING WE WERE LOOKING AT SO. AND GETTING TOGETHER FOR NIGHT TO UNITE, THERE WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE RIDING AROUND WITH THE POLICE THAT NIGHT, VISITING DIFFERENT PARTIES AND STUFF IN NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOST OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED. THANK YOU AND I ATTENDED AS I'M NOT PART OF THE POLICE COMMISSION, BUT MS. BENSON WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. SO I WAS INVITED AND WAS PLEASED TO PARTICIPATE ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS? I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE. WE A WEEK AGO WE HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN LONG LAKE ABOUT CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE JPA. WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH WITH JUST WHAT APPEARS TO BE JUST A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THAT JPA. AND I THINK AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME EDITS BASED UPON OUR DISCUSSION AND HAVE THEIR ATTORNEYS LOOK AT IT AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN PASS THAT BACK. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO BEING PASSED BACK TO US. BUT I THINK THE CONVERSATION IN GENERAL WAS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING SOMETHING FORMALIZED, DESPITE MISSING WHAT IS PROBABLY A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE GOAL OF 7.1, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT IN THE VERY FAR FUTURE. WE THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOMETHING BACK, SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT. I CONTINUE TO HAVE JUST CASUAL DISCUSSIONS WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE TRAINING TOGETHER. THEY'RE DISCUSSING OPERATIONAL ISSUES TOGETHER TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE STRUCTURE SHOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE WITH THE NEW DEPARTMENT. SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF GOOD ENERGY AND COLLABORATIVE NATURE TAKING PLACE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS SO. GREAT THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? I ACTUALLY GOT INVITED THIS MORNING TO THE DONATION GARDEN BY JANEY DELANEY, WHO'S OUR VICE CHAIR OF THE PARKS COMMISSION. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THAT IS A UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. AND ALL OF THE PRODUCE FROM THERE IS DONATED TO FOOD SHELVES. AND THEY HAD AT LEAST ABOUT TEN PEOPLE, MAYBE MORE WORKING THIS MORNING. THAT WORKED THERE UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO GET WARM AGAIN. AND THEY HAD THREE BOXES THAT WERE GOING OUT THIS MORNING TO VARIOUS FOOD SHELTERS. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, IT'S AN AMAZING THING. SO I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE PEOPLE THAT AND JANEY, WHO YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. ANY MAYOR COUNCIL REPORT THAT BEYOND THAT, THAT WE [Mayor/Council Report] NEED FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? I GUESS I WILL JUST SAY I WILL BE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, LEAVING TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT I'LL BE BACK IN TIME FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO, ANYWAY, IN THE MEANTIME DON'T EXPECT YOUR MAYOR TO BE SHOWING [LAUGHTER] UP AT TO RESOLVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES IN THE MEANTIME. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THAT SERVES FURTHER. ANY FURTHER ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN? ALL RIGHT. MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:30 P.M. WOW. WELL, YOU'RE GETTING GOOD AT THIS [LAUGHTER]. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.