[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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TO GO AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 6TH, 2026. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PAULINA HERE. MAYOR
[1. Shoddy Mill and Bergstein Warehouse Project Update]
KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A SHODDY MILL AND WAREHOUSE PROJECT UPDATE. SEAN, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF THE PROJECT. IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN 2024, THE ARCHITECT PRESENTED SOME CONCEPT PLANS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND FROM THAT MEETING, WE KIND OF THE COUNCIL PREFERRED OPTION WAS THE FOURTH OPTION, WHICH HAD THE BATHROOMS THAT WOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND WE HAVE AN OPEN AIR PAVILION TYPE STRUCTURE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO THROUGH THAT TIME, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT AND WITH THE STATE AGENCY SCHIPHOL AND.PRINCIPLES DIRECTION. WE'RE NOT HEADING DOWN THAT PATH OF THE PREFERRED OPTION THAT THE COUNCIL SELECTED. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND THEY'RE A LITTLE CLUNKY IN THERE, BUT I'LL DESCRIBE EACH ONE. WE'RE AT THREE OPTIONS. AND OUR OUR THERE'S THREE THE FULL DEPTH WINDOWS, SINGLE WINDOWS AND MULTI WINDOWS. AND I'LL SHOW THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE DOESN'T REALLY SHOW IT FULLY BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WHERE WE'RE HEADING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE.
REALLY THE CITY'S PREFERRED OPTION IS TO HAVE FULL DEPTH WINDOWS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS A WINDOWS WOULD GO FROM LIKE EIGHT FEET HIGH OR SO DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING TO TO CREATE MORE OF AN OPEN AIR FEEL OF THE PAVILION AREA. SHIPPO, ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT I CALL THE SINGLE WINDOW KNEE WALL WHERE THEY'RE JUST SINGLE WINDOWS AND YOU'RE CREATING MORE OF A BUILT, ENCLOSED BUILDING FEEL. KIND OF CONTRARY TO WHAT WE KIND OF ENVISION AS OPENING IT UP FOR MAYBE THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE BIKERS AND THE BOATERS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSED FACILITY THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
RESERVATIONS AND SUCH WOULDN'T BE OPEN ALL THE TIME, ONLY BE USING FOR THOSE FEW SINGLE USES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN THE LAST OPTION IS I CALL IT THE MULTI-WINDOW. SHIPPO IS KIND OF MAYBE LEANING TOWARD IT, BUT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN FEEL. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WINDOWS AGAIN, THEY'RE KNEE HIGH AND THEY CREATE MORE OF A BUILDING STRUCTURE RATHER THAN MAYBE A PAVILION STRUCTURE. AND SO THEN THIS LAST VIEW IS JUST JUST ANOTHER KIND OF A SIDE VIEW OF WHAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT. AND I JUST WANT TO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE HEADING DOWN THAT ROAD BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE AN OPEN AIR TYPE BUILDING OR DO WE WANT IT ENCLOSED. AND IF IT'S ENCLOSED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN HVAC SYSTEM, HEATING AND VENTILATION, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. OR DO WE WANT IT TO BE MORE OF A PAVILION FEEL OR THE ORIGINAL INTENT? AND YOU KNOW, SHIPPO DOESN'T LIKE THE OPEN AIR FEEL BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IT'S LOSING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SHODDY MILL BUILDING. BUT I GUESS WHAT WOULD THAT USE BE? I MEAN, WE WE COULD ENVISION IT BEING USED BY THE USERS OF THE TRAILS AND THE RIVER USERS, AND WE'RE JUST STEERING AWAY FROM THAT. YES. SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AS I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEL AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU AND AND WE'RE HEADING DOWN DIRECTION TOWARD THE FINAL DESIGN. JUST SUCH SOME NOTES.
DO WE WANT IT SEASONAL OR ALL YEAR ROUND? JUST SIMPLY REQUIRES HVAC SYSTEM. WE ALREADY LOOKING AT USING THE SECOND FLOOR. IT'S GOING TO BE MAINLY FOR STORAGE. THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH ACCESS IF WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT BUILDING. SO WE JUST HAVE TO WANT IT FOR STORAGE UP ABOVE. AND BECAUSE AND THEN THE OPEN FACILITY WOULD BE USED FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND BOATERS, LESS EXPENSIVE AND LESS REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. SO DOWN ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO DO YOU FEEL THAT SHIPPO IS GOING TO GIVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM FOR THE PLAN, OR ARE THEY PRETTY MUCH STICKING TO THEIR GUNS RIGHT NOW, STICKING TO THEIR GUNS? THEY'VE KIND OF. WE STARTED WITH THE LARGER WINDOWS AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD TRY THIS. THEN WE GIVE THEM A MODIFIED VERSION. THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE THINK WE MIGHT WE MIGHT LIKE IT IF YOU TRY THIS. SO THEY JUST KIND OF KEEP EDGING AROUND TOWARDS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND WE EVEN OFFERED SOME OPTIONS LIKE MAYBE PUTTING SHUTTERS OVER THE GLASS OR SLIDING GLASS OR SOMETHING TO COVER UP THOSE WINDOWS, MAYBE IN THE WINTERTIME OR SOMETHING. BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY. THEY HAVEN'T ANY NO INDICATION OF BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND IS THIS BECAUSE THAT THE BUILDING IS STILL LISTED ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER? I DON'T, YES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
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ANY CONTROL OVER OUR USE OF IT. OKAY. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE DESIGN. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE MAINTENANCE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL. THEY JUST HAVE. WE SUBMITTED IT TO THEM AS A COURTESY OKAY. REVIEW. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL APPROVAL OKAY. BECAUSE I MEAN, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THIS DELISTED AT ONE POINT, WHICH CONGRESS WAS ALL IN FAVOR OF HELPING US WITH. BUT THEN IT SEEMED IT TURNED OUT THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO DO IT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SO IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD USE OF ANYBODY'S TIME. SO I WOULD SAY, YEAH, THANKS FOR THE OKAY ADVICE. BUT YEAH, I'M NOT CHANGING THE PLANS OF OUR BUILDING. AND WE SPENT YEARS AND LOTS OF MONEY AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. SO, OKAY, THAT'S A GREAT PROTECTION OF 2020. THERE'S REALLY NO ISSUE WITH THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING.THERE'S NO ISSUE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. IT'S JUST THAT LOWER EAST HALF OF THE BUILDING IS REALLY WHAT IT'S COME DOWN TO. I MEAN, THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE INTACT. WE'RE NOT DEMOLISHING IT OR CHANGING ANYTHING. THE FOUR WALLS, THE DIMENSIONS ARE GOING TO STAY THE SAME. WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE THE FEEL OF THE BUILDING AND THE SHODDY MILL PORTION OF IT. NO ISSUES WITH THAT AT ALL. WE'RE JUST GOING TO REHABILITATE THAT, PUT SOME WINDOWS AND SOME DOORS IN THERE AND THEY'RE FINE WITH THAT.
IT'S REALLY COMING DOWN TO THIS LAST CORNER SECTION OF THE BUILDING. FOR THE EXTRA COST.
WE PUT INTO THE APPLE HOUSE AND THE WINDOWS TO MAKE THAT LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I WOULD SAY KEEP THE KEEP GOING IN THIS BUILDING, JUST LIKE YOU JUST DID. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE CLOSED OFF BUILDING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN'T REALLY USE WITHOUT RESERVATIONS? THAT'S THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY. LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE THE OPEN AIR THING. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A THAT WAS YOUR IDEA THAT YOU PRESENTED THESE DESIGNS WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS. IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. IT'S GORGEOUS. I'M STILL 100% COMMITTED TO THAT. I WOULDN'T CHANGE THIS IF THEY TRIED TO FORCE US TO CHANGE IT. BUT AGAIN, LIKE MY FIRST IDEA WAS TO PUSH IT INTO THE RIVER AND SEND IT DOWN TO BAYPORT. SO I LET THEM KNOW THAT OPTION IS STILL ON THE TABLE. WELL, I WILL, WE'LL START HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, MAYOR, AND WE'LL GET THE FINAL DESIGN WRAPPED UP. WE WERE VERY ALIGNED ON THE PLAZA AREA OVER THERE, IF YOU REMEMBER ALL THAT.
YES. WE CHANGED ALL OUR PLANS FOR THAT, AND WE PAID A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY TO HAVE THAT PLAN CHANGED AND EVERYTHING ELSE 15 DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY CAME BACK AND THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THIS AND CHANGE THAT. I THINK ACCOMMODATED IS FANTASTIC, ACCOMMODATED ALL OF THEM. AND BUT WITH THIS BUILDING, IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE RENOVATIONS. IT WAS CLOSED OFF SPACE THAT NEEDED TO BE RESERVED. THERE'S JUST NO WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME. CAN YOU ASK CAN YOU ASK THAT ARCHITECT ABOUT I. AS I LOOKED AT THIS, I COULD JUST SEE BIRDS GETTING UNDERNEATH THAT. THE PATIO AREA THERE. SURE, I WILL FOLLOW UP AND JUST SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT BIRD NESTS UP IN THAT. OKAY. SWALLOWS GOING IN THERE LIKE CRAZY. OKAY. CHICKENS? YEAH. CHICKENS. YEAH. EGGS. EGG PROGRAM. CITY EGG PROGRAM. SO I GOT SOME STAFF REPORTS IF YOU WANT THEM. YEAH. GO AHEAD, ROCK AND ROLL. DO
[2. Assistant City Administrator]
THAT. FIRST THING IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE OR THE REMODEL OR REHABILITATION IS COMPLETE DOWN AT LUMBERJACK LANDING. AND I GUESS WE ARE WORKING ON A BUILDING PLAQUE. AND THE QUESTION IS, COUNCIL SAYS WHAT DO WE WANT TO CALL THAT STRUCTURE? EVERYONE'S BEEN CALLING IT THE APPLE HOUSE. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE CALLING IT? DO WE JUST WANT TO CALL IT A PARK BUILDING IN LUMBERJACK LANDING OR WHAT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ANY THOUGHTS? THOUGHT OF THAT? I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DONATION, OUR DONOR, THAT THAT AND THAT IS INCLUDED ON THE MEMORIAL ON THE. OKAY. RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, AND SENATOR HOUSLEY AND JOSIAH AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPED US WITH THAT. I MEAN, COUNCIL AT THE TIME, WEIDNER WAS HUGE WITH THAT. BUT YEAH, WHAT TO CALL THAT BUILDING? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE APPLE HOUSE, BUT. HE BUILT IT. WE WEREN'T PLANNING POLICY, NOT MEMORIALIZING PEOPLE TO. RIGHT. YEAH I DON'T THINK WE CAN NAME IT FOR THE FORMER OWNER. OKAY. I THINK WE JUST KEEP A PIN ON THAT ONE FOR FOR NOW. OKAY.SELENA'S FAVORITE THING IS TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH NAMES LIKE THEY DO FOR LIKE THEY DO FOR THE SNOWPLOWS. RIGHT? I'M DONE WITH THAT. WE CAN TRY THAT AGAIN. BUT AFTER NAMING THIS PARK, I AM DONE WITH IT. I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST NEED SOME, SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST KIND OF START WITH COUNCIL, BUT LIKE,
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YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THAT DOES KIND OF EMBODY THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY AMENITY THAT IT IS. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF MORE THAN A BUILDING. I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S A MEETING SPACE.IT'S A GATHERING SPACE. IT'S A PLACE POTENTIALLY FOR EDUCATION AND PROGRAMING AND SERENITY AND THINGS LIKE. SO TO HAVE SOME KIND OF. I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE A NAME. I JUST HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WE WOULD. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH, CALL IT RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S EASY WHEN IT'S AN ICE RINK OR A SOCCER FIELD. RIGHT. IT'S THE STILLWATER SOCCER FIELD OR REC CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS JUST KIND OF DIFFERENT. LIKE IT IS KIND OF RECREATION. IT'S KIND OF LIKE PASSIVE RECREATION. IT'S SITS ON THE SHORES OF A NATIONAL PARK, LIKE, YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT. THE NATIONAL PARK'S WORKING WITH US. THE WILD RIVER CONSERVANCY IS WORKING WITH US. WE'RE NOT JUST CALLING IT THE SANDERS PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, PUBLIC PARKS BUILDING, AND THERE IS NO RUSH ON THE PLAQUE OR THE OKAY, JUST OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM? I WAS I ALL'S I KNOW IS THEY SENT IN THE APPLICATION AND THEY WANT TO SET UP A MEETING TO, FOR SOME INTERVIEWS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FUNDING OPTIONS. I DID GET AHOLD OF THE DONOR, MISSUS FREELS. SHE'S VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN A TOUR OF THE FACILITY. SHE'S GOT SOME INJURIES AND SHE'S LAID UP A LITTLE BIT. SO SOMETIME LATER THIS MONTH, I'LL GIVE HER A CALL BACK. YEAH. WHEN HE SCHEDULED THAT, LET ME KNOW. I'D LOVE TO JOIN HER ON THAT. SHE IS. SHE IS THE SWEETEST LADY. SHE'S TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTS A FAMILY REUNION DOWN THERE. THAT'S FINE. SHE CAN HAVE IT. SHE CAN DO THAT KIND OF DONATION. YES, SHE CAN HAVE A I'LL COOK BURGERS. I'LL MAKE HEATERS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. YEAH, I CAN, I CAN HELP CATER OR AT LEAST BE THE BARTENDER OR SOMETHING. AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE ON OUR PROJECTS. THIS IS BACK TO THE BRIDGE, THE SHODDY MILL. THIS IS OUR COURTESY DOCKS. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE DNR, US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT TO YOU OR NOT, BUT WHEN THEY DID THE MUSCLE SURVEY, THEY FOUND THREE DIFFERENT ENDANGERED MUSSELS IN THIS AREA BY THE COURTESY DOCKS. SO OUR CONSULTANT HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THE COURTESY DOCKS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RIPRAP SHORELINE. SO THAT HELPS US OUT. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING PILES IN FOR THE DOCK. AND THE WHAT THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT SINCE IT'S SUCH A MINIMAL DISRUPTION OF THE PIERS THAT GO IN FOR THE DOCK, THAT THEY VIEW IT AS INCONSEQUENTIAL. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US. AND AND THEY'RE GOING TO START WORKING, GETTING THE FINAL DESIGN WRAPPED UP ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH I UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS MOVE RIGHT. LIKE MUSSELS. LIKE THEY DON'T JUST HANG OUT IN THE SAME SPOT AT THE END OF DAYS. WELL WE KEEP FINDING NEW ONES RIGHT. ALL MOVING HERE TO LIVE, I GUESS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SEAN. SEAN, THE GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB PLOWING SNOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, I SAW HIM OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT PLOWING BY MY WAY OVER THERE. YEAH. I JUST HOPE YOU'VE GOTTEN TO JOHNSON COURT ALREADY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CALLS YET, BUT THANKS. I'LL PASS THAT ON. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING WITH THE ICE AND THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THE TIMING OF IT AROUND HOLIDAYS AND THINGS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A PILE OF WORK, SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY TO FOR ESPECIALLY CLEANED UP THE CITY STREETS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. I DROVE I JUST DROVE THROUGH WOODBURY THIS AFTERNOON AND IT WAS SOME OF THOSE WERE AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER BACK THERE. YOU COULD TELL THEY DIDN'T GET TO THEM IN TIME AND PEOPLE WERE DRIVING ON THEM AND STUFF. WE WERE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IN STILLWATER, SO THANK YOU. THANK
[3. Police Chief]
YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAPTAIN, ARE YOU COMING ON UP, SIR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST HAVE A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS. A COUPLE THINGS HERE, OBVIOUSLY. WORLD SNOW HAPPENING REAL QUICK HERE. WE HAVE ALL OUR STAFFING SET AND SQUARED AWAY FOR THAT MYSELF AND SERGEANT DAVE WOLFING WILL BE KIND OF THE EVENT COMMANDERS FOR THE WHOLE WEEK AND EVENING. SO WE'LL BE AROUND ONE OF US OR BOTH OF US. AND THEN OUR STAFFING IS ALL SQUARED AWAY. FOR ALL THOSE DAYS, THE CHIEF AND I WILL BE AT VARIOUS EVENTS LEADING UP TO AND AFTER THAT, SNOW STOMPING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO PD WAS ABLE TO GET A TEAM TOGETHER FOR THAT. SO WE'LL BE THERE FOR THAT. SO YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SNOW SCULPTING SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY ON OUR END. JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT. THE NEXT THING I'M NOT SURE WHO HAS HEARD, BUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY, JOE KELLY, IS LEAVING. PROSECUTOR. PROSECUTOR JOE KELLY IS LEAVING. HE TOOK A DIFFERENT POSITION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND WE'LL BE GETTING OTHER STAFF FROM HIS OFFICE THAT WILL BE HELPING US IN THE INTERIM AT LEAST. SO NOTHING MUCH SHOULD CHANGE. BUT HE IS LEAVING A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM, BUT A BIG LOSS FOR US. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL AND NICE MAN, VERY, VERY GOOD GUY, VERY, VERY GOOD TO US. SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR HIM. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD WAS JUST A FLOCK CAMERA UPDATE. EVERYTHING IS FINALLY BECOMING FINAL WITH OUR FLOCK[00:15:07]
CAMERAS. WE HAVE A FEW LEFT THAT STILL NEED TO BE HOOKED UP TO POWER, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE INSTALLED AND READY TO BE USED. AND JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE WITH THAT. WE'VE KIND OF CREATED A EOC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER POSITION. NOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE CAMERAS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT THAT IS, IS WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICER, A CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBER AT EVERY MAJOR EVENT, AND THEY'LL BE MONITORING THOSE CAMERAS. SO WE'VE KIND OF BROUGHT THAT NOW INTO OUR EVENT PLANNING. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN OFFICER. IT COULD BE JACQUELINE UP FRONT THAT COULD BE HELPING. IT COULD BE WHOEVER SOMEBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CAMERAS ON A BIG SCREEN LETTING US KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, KIND OF HELPING US OUT WHEN WE'RE ON CALLS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE'LL BE UTILIZING THAT FOR WORLD SNOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW A SHOUT OUT, SEAN, TO WADE WALLNER, WHO'S HELPED OUT A LOT WITH THAT, JUST WITH GETTING ELECTRICIANS SCHEDULED AND THOSE TYPES OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET THAT POWER HOOKED UP. HE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT. AWESOME. GREAT. NOTHING NEW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HOPE THE WEATHER COOPERATES FOR WORLD SNOW. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'LL SEE A LITTLE WARM. I MEAN, I THINK IT'LL BE FINE. LIKE IT GETS COLD AT NIGHT AND A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING DOESN'T MELT THAT STUFF. IT'S PRETTY SOLID, RIGHT? IF IT CAN SET UP WHEN IT'S COLD. BUT YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING SNOW. I'M JUST AFRAID TO BE COLDER. YEAH, I'M JUST AFRAID IT'S JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF GROSS AND GRAY AND MUSHY, RIGHT? YEAH. SO EVERYBODY PRAY FOR SOME COLD[4. Library Director]
WEATHER. ALL RIGHT. LIBRARY. MARK. WE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST A FEW PROGRAM UPDATES. IN THE LIBRARIES GALLERY. OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT, WHICH IS ON VIEW THROUGH FEBRUARY, FEATURES THE WORK OF JACKSON DUNN, WHO'S A YOUNG ABSTRACT ARTIST. WE'RE HOSTING A RECEPTION WHERE YOU CAN MEET JACKSON ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH AT 630. AND THEN A COUPLE DAYS LATER ON JANUARY 17TH, STAFF FROM THE RAPTOR CENTER WILL BRING THREE RAPTORS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE AMONG BIRDS. THAT IS, AT 1030 ON SATURDAY THE 17TH, AND THAT'S GEARED TOWARD CHILDREN AGES 6 TO 12. IT REQUIRES REGISTRATIONS FILLING UP QUICKLY. OUR CHESS CLUB CONTINUES TO MEET ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS FROM 4 TO 5, 34 TO 530. AND THEN THERE'S MUCH MORE HAPPENING AS WELL. I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, OF COURSE, BUT OUR ONLINE CATALOG LISTS ALL THE PROGRAMS THROUGH MARCH, AND THAT'S LINKED AT THE TOP OF OUR WEBSITE, SO PEOPLE AT HOME CAN CHECK THAT OUT. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT REALLY UNIQUE AND COMMUNITY FRIENDLY. AT THE LIBRARY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE ADDITION OVER THERE, THEY PROMISED THAT AND YOU GUYS ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH BIG TIME. THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT HOW ARE WE DOING ROB? DOING[5. IT Manager]
FANTASTIC. LAUGHING I WAS ABLE TO GET MY EMAIL IN MEXICO WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO CALL YOU.SO APPRECIATE THAT. THAT USED TO BE A THING. EVERY TIME I LEFT THE COUNTRY, IT TOOK, YOU KNOW. YEAH. JUST WATCHING YOU NOW SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US. HERE'S WORK. I MEAN, MY AUTHENTICATOR OR WHATEVER. IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. WATCHING YOU. EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL, YOU NEED TO COME IN AND ASK. THAT'S TRUE. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, COUNCIL, HAPPY NEW YEAR. WITH 2026, THE NEW YEAR COMES NEW PROJECTS. ONE THING WE'VE REALLY JUMPED IN WITH, AND MAYBE YOU SAW WHEN YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL AS WE WERE UPPING OUR CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING GAME, REALLY, WE'RE GOING TO START GOING A LITTLE MORE HARD ON OUR OUR TRAINING AND OUR TESTING JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE AWARE OF POTENTIAL SUSPICIOUS EMAILS, BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES ONE CLICK TO TO CAUSE A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR, FOR A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, OUR SYSTEMS, OUR DATA, JUST LIKE OUR EVERYDAY QUALITY OF LIFE. SO RATCHETING DOWN ON THAT, THE NEXT BIG THING THAT'LL BE COMING IN NEXT MEETINGS PACKET IS A HYPERVISOR FOR DISASTER RECOVERY. IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, LIKE A YEAR AGO, I PUT ON A PRETTY GOOD PRESENTATION ABOUT HYPERVISORS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. AND IT'S BASICALLY THAT FOR REDUNDANCY SAKE, WE'LL NEVER FORGET. ANOTHER BIG ONE IS WE HAVE OUR NETWORK REFRESH, WHERE WE'LL BE REPLACING THE MAJORITY OF NETWORK SWITCHES ACROSS OUR LOCATIONS. WHO KNOWS WHAT A NETWORK SWITCH IS. IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE A VCR, AND IT HAS A BUNCH OF NETWORK PORTS IN IT TO PLUG ETHERNET INTO, AND IT BASICALLY ALLOWS THINGS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO ALL OUR
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COMPUTERS AND DEVICES JUST ACROSS THE NETWORK THAT NEED TO TALK TO OUR SYSTEMS, THAT FACILITATES THAT COMMUNICATION, KIND OF A BIG DEAL THERE. 13 YEARS OLD NOW AND ABOUT TO RIPE FOR REPLACEMENT. ALSO SOMETHING EXCITING IS WE'LL BE REPLACING ALL OUR COPIERS AS WELL. WE'LL BE MOVING TO A LEASE PLAN, IT LOOKS LIKE SO ON A TERM OF EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS. WE'LL GET REFRESH EQUIPMENT HERE AGAIN. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LIKE UNITS AS OLD I BELIEVE IS LIKE 12 YEARS OLD AND DIFFERENT TONERS FOR DIFFERENT COPIERS. AND IT'S A BIG TO DO. WE'LL TRY TO STANDARDIZE THAT. SO IF WE'RE SHORT ON TONER OR SOMETHING, WE CAN EASILY PULL FROM ANOTHER REAL EXCITING. WE'RE ALSO REFRESHING THE FIRE STATION AVE. WE GOT SOME GREMLINS IN THAT SYSTEM THAT WE KIND OF WANT TO TIGHTEN UP AND REVISIT HOW WE'RE DOING AT THE TRAINING ROOM THERE IN CONFERENCE ROOMS, AND WHEN WE FIND OUT WHAT REALLY WORKS, WE'LL START DEPLOYING THAT AT OUR CENTERS HERE, LIKE THIS ROOM AND AND THE PD TRAINING ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.ALSO REPLACING THE WATER SYSTEM WILL BE UPGRADING THAT WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN TWOS AND TACKLING THAT INITIATIVE. AND FINALLY THE ANOTHER BIG LIFT IS WILL BE REPLACING ALL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LAPTOPS. THOSE ARE VERY SPECIAL AND SPECIFIC DEVICES BECAUSE OF THEIR SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. BUT YEAH, THEY'RE DUE FOR REPLACEMENT. WE GOT A KILLER DEAL ON SOME SOLID HARDWARE AS LONG AS IN THEIR IN THEIR OFFICES OR THE ONES THAT SIT IN THEIR SQUADS TENTATIVELY, THE PLAN IS, IS EVERY OFFICER WILL BE ASSIGNED A LAPTOP. SO IT FOLLOWS THEM SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IT FROM WHEREVER, WHENEVER IT WILL DOCK IN THEIR SQUAD, THEY CAN TAKE IT INTO THE SQUAD ROOM. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE DON'T THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SHARED DEVICE MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR THEY CAN BRING IT INTO THE JAIL WITH THEM. THEY CAN BRING IT INTO THE PD TO DO REPORTS. THEY CAN KIND OF LIKE HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD USES LAPTOPS. THEY JUST KIND OF HAVE ONE AND TAKE IT WITH THEM AND ALL THEIR STUFF'S ON THERE, RIGHT? SHARED COMPUTERS AND. RIGHT, OKAY, I LIKE THAT. THAT'S TOUGH. YEAH. FOR YOU. AWESOME. THANKS FOR ASKING. THANKS FOR SPEAKING.
YEAH. WE'RE KIND OF REINVENTING HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND TAKING A DIFFERENT LOOK THROUGH DIFFERENT LENS AND NOT DOING THE STATUS QUO THING. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN FUTURE MEETINGS. HOW'S OUR FAVORITE PROJECT DOING? MY FAVORITE PROJECT. YOU MUST BE ALLUDING TO THE AV IN THE HOUSE. YEAH. WE WANT TO HAVE A PART OF THE FISHING OPENER. WE WANT TO HAVE A KIDS THING IN THERE FOR DOING EDUCATION FOR THE KIDS IN THERE.
IT'S GREAT THAT I'M JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW. AND. I KNOW I'M GOING TO. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS JUST START WORKING ON THIS YESTERDAY. JUST THOUGHT OF IT. YEAH, IT'S IT'S ON THE LIST. I MEAN, ONCE WE REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BE USED AND WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, IT'LL EVERYTHING'S FALLING INTO PLACE. ARE WE CONFIDENT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A FISHING OPENER? LIKE, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT I KNOW. WELL THAT'S WE GOT WE GOT TO PUT ALL THIS, ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND, AND THEY WANT IN CASE THERE'S FLOODS. AND WHAT IF IT'S BAD? AND WHAT IF THERE'S PROTESTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WELL, AWESOME. WELL COOL. THIS IS WHAT I GOT. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU.
[7. Fire Chief – Community Risk Reduction Officer]
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. EXCITED ABOUT THE LAPTOPS. LET'S DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE COMEDIAN. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. I WAS OFF VACATION A LITTLE BIT IN DECEMBER AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A COUNCIL MEETING FOR, I DON'T KNOW. SO ANYWAY, BUT A COUPLE UPDATES FOR YOU JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON YEAR END 2025.THE DEPARTMENT ENDED UP RUNNING THE MOST CALLS EVER 2806 CALLS LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S AN 18.5% OVERALL INCREASE. AND AGAIN, YOU'LL GET 18.5%. SO 438 MORE CALLS THAN 2024. AND SO THERE'S BEEN INCREASES IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS. I MEAN FIRE RESPONSE WAS UP 17% FROM 2024. MEDICAL SITUATIONS WERE UP 27%. BUT THE PIECE THAT GOES INTO THAT IS LIKE CAR ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES THAT WAS UP OVER 28%. SO JUST MORE ACTIVITY, MORE THINGS GOING ON, YOU KNOW. SO HE'S BUSY. AND SO WE SAW AN INCREASE OVERALL FOR THE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO I DON'T SEE THAT SLOWING DOWN AT ANY POINT. SO IS THE SENIOR CENTERS OR THE SENIOR LIVING AREAS. THE NEW SENIOR LIVING AREAS. IS THAT CAUSING US A LOT MORE WORK OR A
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LOT MORE CALLS? WELL, IT DOES I MEAN, I CAN I CAN BREAK IT OUT. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP MY HEAD. BUT YEAH. NO, ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS THE LAKES OPEN, WE STARTED SEEING ADDITIONAL CALLS. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WHATEVER, JUST PEOPLE FALLING IS A BIG DEAL. I MEAN, EVEN IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE SLIPPERY LIKE IT IS NOW, BUT IT'S ASSISTING PEOPLE. THEY FALL, THEY GET HURT. IT'S REALLY A WHOLE PUBLIC HEALTH KIND OF ISSUE IN OUR STATE. IF YOU EVER LOOK AT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATISTICS AND WHEN SOMEBODY FALLS, IF THEY BREAK THEIR HIP OR WHATEVER, THE RESULTS ARE USUALLY NOT GOOD. SO, WELL, THE POPULATION IS AGING TOO, I THINK. AND THAT'S PART OF IT TOO. SO FOR SURE. SO BUT YEAH, SO YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE DETAIL ON THAT WHEN THE ANNUAL REPORT GETS DONE AND WE'LL FINISH THAT OUT. BUT JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON 2025 THERE. AND AS CAPTAIN JULIAN MENTIONED WORLD SNOW. SO WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT TOO. SO FAR I THINK WE ONLY GOT BALLOTS ON SNOW STOMPING. SO HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET THAT DONE. BUT WE HAVE A DRILL TONIGHT, SO I'M SURE WE'LL GET SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR NEXT TUESDAY. SOME OF THEIR CHIEF TO HELP I DIDN'T SAY, I'M JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, SO FAR HE'S THERE. SO WE GOT TILL NEXT TUESDAY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. AND THEN IN YOUR PACKET I SENT YOU A LITTLE COVER MEMO ON THIS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION POSITION. BASICALLY IT'S AN INTERNAL POSITION. WE'RE FORMALIZING KIND OF THE TITLE AND THE POSITION AND THE DUTIES. AND IT'S AN INTERNAL INTERNAL PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. SO JUST SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THAT OFFICIAL TITLE THROUGH HR AND THEN BEING ABLE TO POST THAT INTERNALLY AND POTENTIALLY PROMOTE SOMEBODY INTO THAT. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT IS. AND THEN THIS EVENING WE WILL DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT BADGE PRESENTATION TO LEAH BERESFORD. SHE COMPLETED HER ONE YEAR PROBATION. SO SHE'LL BE HERE THIS EVENING. AND THEN ON THE OTHER NOTE, PETER KING, ONE OF OUR PAID ON CALL STAFF, HE RESIGNED. WELL, HE, YOU KNOW, HIS FULL TIME JOB. HE'S OUT OF THE OUT OF THE STATE A LOT NOW. HE'S TRAVELING MORE. HE'S GOT A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY. AND HE HE JUST SAID, I JUST I CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. WHEN I COME HOME, WE GET THE CALLS. I NEED TO BE HOME. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH GIG. NO, I GET IT. BUT I'M SAD TO SEE HIM GO UP HERE. HE'S BEEN GREAT. HE'S BEEN HE VOLUNTEERS FOR A LOT AND HE DOES A GOOD JOB FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, HE'S A GREAT GUY. AND SO HE SERVED US FOR EIGHT YEARS, WHICH IS GOOD. I MEAN IT'S A GOOD A GOOD RUN, BUT YEAH, WE'LL MISS HIM FOR SURE. BUT YEAH YOU KNOW IT'S TOO BAD BUT YEAH GREAT GUY OKAY. BUT YEAH. SO TONIGHT WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. AWESOME. THANK FINANCE. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN. SO YEAH THIS[8. Finance Director]
IS A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR MY DEPARTMENT. IT'S JUST CRAZY. YOU GOT 1099, 1095 W-2S AND THEN THE QUARTER END STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT. AND SO IT'S KIND OF CRAZY, BUT I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. I KNOW THAT JOE HAS PROBABLY BEEN SENDING YOU THE SALES TAX REVENUE SPREADSHEETS MAYBE. SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING ANOTHER PAYMENT I WOULD SAY NEXT WEEK, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE UP TO ALMOST, WELL, 1.16 MILLION. IT'S GOING CONSIDERABLY QUICKER THAN. YEAH, I PULLED UP THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO PAY ALL OF, ALL OF OUR AMOUNTS THAT WE'D HAVE TO PAY FOR 26 AND 27 AND WE'VE GOT 100,000. BESIDES THAT, WE CAN PUT TOWARD THE 28 PAYMENT. SO YES, WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.WOW. SO THANK YOU TO OUR VOTERS FOR OVERWHELMINGLY FOR OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVING THAT THAT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. SO WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT'S RAD. AND I FIGURED IT WOULD BE WE'D BEAT SOME ESTIMATES. BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND. YEAH VERY COOL. THANKS.
[9. Community Development Director]
GREAT UPDATE. ALRIGHT. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MAYOR COUNCIL A COUPLE DEVELOPMENT UPDATES FOR YOU. WE'VE BEEN BY THE HOSPITAL SITE RECENTLY. YOU'VE SEEN THE ELEVATOR SHAFTS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. THAT'S CRAZY. THANKS. ANDY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT 100FT ABOVE GROUND BY NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE ALMOST DONE WITH ALL THE FOOTING AND FOUNDATION INSPECTIONS AND MOVING VERY QUICKLY INTO THE STEELWORK. PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE'LL START SEEING STEEL COME UP AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY. IT'S ALMOST A FLOOR. A WEEK IS GOING TO GO UP. SO THAT THAT LANDSCAPE IS GOING TO CHANGE PRETTY DRASTICALLY OVER[00:30:02]
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE AMOCO STATION DOWNTOWN ON MAIN STREET THAT IS PROGRESSING THE WORK IN THE BACK, THE CHICK FIL A HAS NOT HAD THEIR BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED YET, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE UNDERWAY IN THE SPRING TO OPEN BY THE END OF 26. JUST SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON INTERNALLY TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THESE PROJECTS. ON THE CITY WEBSITE, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE PROMINENT. THERE'S A PROJECTS PAGE YOU CAN GO AND LIST ALL THE CURRENT PROJECTS EITHER UNDER REVIEW, BEEN APPROVED, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR RECENTLY COMPLETED. YOU CAN GET INFORMATION, FACTS, AND OUR GIS STAFF IS MAKING A MAP BASED THING TO GO WITH THAT. SO YOU CAN CLICK ON ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, SEE WHAT THE PROJECT IS, AND GET ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROJECTS. SO IT'LL BE A NICE WAY TO ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS WITHOUT HAVING THEM HAVE TO EMAIL OR COME INTO CITY HALL. ONE OTHER THING THAT THAT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT. ELIZABETH AND I MET WITH METRO TRANSIT AND WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STAFF THIS LAST WEEK. THEY ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW ON DEMAND TRANSIT SERVICE. IT'S FAIRLY LIMITED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONNECTOR LOOP. THAT COMMUNITY THREAD HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT HAS GONE AWAY. THE RIDERSHIP WAS JUST SO LOW ON A FIXED ROUTE THAT THAT IT WASN'T WORTH IT. THEY ARE MOVING ENTIRELY TO AN ON DEMAND CALL IN, BUT METRO TRANSIT IS DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING IT HERE, BUT HERE. FOREST LAKE, HASTINGS, MAYBE ONE OTHER PLACE ON A LIMITED BASIS, KIND OF THIS UBER LIKE ON DEMAND SERVICE.YOU CAN USE AN APP OR CALL IN AND WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS THEY HAVE SCHEDULED, THEY'LL COME AND PICK YOU UP AND TAKE YOU TO THE GROCERY STORE. MOSTLY ORIENTED SENIORS, BUT ANYONE CAN USE IT. IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT FEBRUARY 3RD. IT'LL BE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS HERE BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 2 P.M. THEY HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY ON SOME OF THEIR SMALLER BUSSES AT THAT POINT, SO THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE AROUND MOST OF STILLWATER AND THEN DOWN INTO OAK PARK HEIGHTS, KIND OF ALONG HIGHWAY 36 AS THEY'RE KIND OF RANGE, KIND OF A SHARED BUS MODEL, 350 EACH WAY. AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF NEXT WEEK TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT AND ROLL THAT OUT SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT IS AN OPTION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THREAD KIND OF DIAL A RIDE VOLUNTEER BASED SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE. SO JUST TWO THINGS THAT ARE STARTING OFF THE NEW YEAR. AWESOME. THEY TALKED AT ALL ABOUT. TRANSIT BUSSING FOR THE CITY TO IMPROVE THAT AT THE REC CENTER OR WHATEVER WE LOOKED AT DOING AT ONE TIME. ARE THEY EVEN TALKING ABOUT THAT ANYMORE? I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS. I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WILL BE SOMETHING AS WE GET INTO THE COMP PLAN UPDATE AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY THAT SOUTH PART OF STILLWATER. THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ATTRACT BUS SERVICE. I MEAN, THOSE THINGS REINFORCE EACH OTHER. IF YOU HAVE SOME HOUSING THAT THAT PROVIDES RIDERS, THAT THEN REINFORCE THE TRANSIT, WHICH THEN LETS THE ROUTES COME. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING IF THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT TO SUPPORT IT. OKAY. MAKE SENSE. AWESOME.
[10. Administrative Services Director]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. FIRST OF ALL, OUR HR MANAGER SAID SHE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. SO KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS, PLEASE. SHE ALWAYS LOVES GIVING YOU UPDATES, BUT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. ADMIN TEAM IS CHUGGING ALONG DOING GREAT WORK FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS SIDE. OUR WINTER NEWSLETTER IS OUT. WE ALL KNOW THAT. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MAIN COMMUNICATION TOOLS. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE CAN GET THE NEWS PEOPLE IS PUT IT RIGHT IN THEIR MAILBOX. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WHERE OUR BASE HAS BEEN. BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN STILL COLLECTING THAT DATA AND IT'S ACTUALLY MOVED A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS ONLINE AS WELL. SO WHEN I PULLED THE DATA FOR JUST AFTER WE POSTED THAT ONLINE, IT WAS OUR SECOND MOST CLICKED WEBSITE THAT WE HAD. AND THEN FROM THERE, IF I WENT BACK THROUGH WHEN WE STARTED COLLECTING DATA IN JULY, IT'S OUR SECOND MOST CLICKED NEWS STORIES THAT WE HAD. SO IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT THE WHY AND THE BEHAVIOR BEHIND THAT. DO PEOPLE LIKE THAT? BECAUSE IT'S A BUNCH OF NEWS AT ONE SPOT, OR DO THEY KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GET A LOT OF THEIR INFORMATION? ALSO, WE PUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN DECEMBER FOR SEVERAL VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS. SO IT'S INTERESTING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY BIG MOVES BASED OFF OF THAT. IT MIGHT BE AN OUTLIER, BUT AS WE LOOK INTO DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN REACH OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S JUST ALWAYS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. COOL.LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? ONE OTHER PART OF OUR EXTERNAL TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GET INFORMATION OUT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON BOARD IS HOW DO WE BETTER TELL OUR STORY. SO WE'VE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW DO WE TELL WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE DOING OR WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING. ONE NEXT BIG THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS HOW DO WE TELL THE STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT COUNCIL? WE WE TALK HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS HERE AND UP AT THE DAIS, AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A CLEAR PATH ON ITS WAY OUT. SO LIKE THE COUNTIES AND CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS
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TO DO THAT. THEY DO PRESS RELEASES WITH HIGH POINTS AFTERWARDS, OR SOME DO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WITH JUST THE ACTION AGENDA. SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO KIND OF BETTER TELL OUR STORY AND HOW THAT CAN LOOK AS KIND OF MY MY NEXT BIG THOUGHT ON HOW WE CAN GET INFORMATION OUT. SO STAY TUNED. YEAH, I LIKE IT. THERE ARE SOME COUNCILS AND OTHER LIKE SMALLER CITIES THAT DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF JUST LIKE POSTING AFTER EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING. HERE'S WHAT WE DID RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY, BUT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, REAL PEOPLE CAN READ WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THE WOODS. AND YEAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, SHE JUST DOES A TINA OVER AT THE COUNTY. SHE JUST DOES THE HIGH POINTS AND SENDS OUT A PRESS RELEASE. AND I'M ON HER HER FEED TO DO THAT. BUT YEAH. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. IT'S I THINK I THINK IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY. I MEAN, ANYTHING THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY OR SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND, THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TO PUT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. FOR PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T REALLY CUED INTO THE MEETING. SO. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH. OKAY. NOW WHO MADE THIS? I THINK YOU AND TWO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S FROM PICTURES OVER STILLWATER. I KNOW, BUT I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE DONE. OH, I DID IT. WHEN WE HANDED OUT THE PROCLAMATION, I DID IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ALL SAW THIS, BUT WE SENT THAT OUT ON ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS. THAT'S.THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, YEAH. ALL THE CREDIT TO PICTURES OVER STILLWATER. I CALLED THEM UP AND SAID, HEY, CAN I USE THIS? AND I GOT PRINTS OF IT AND CHEESECAKE. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
HE DID ALL THE WORK. I KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S GOOD. YOU'RE REALLY GOOD, DUDE. HE'S A GREAT GUY. HE LOVES STILLWATER AND HE'S ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP US. SO, YEAH, SHOUT OUT TO HIM FOR
[11. City Clerk]
SURE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. COOL. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS TONIGHT. THE RESIDENTS CAN PUT OUT THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES FOR CURBSIDE COLLECTION THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR IT'LL COME AND PICK IT UP ON THEIR REGULAR COLLECTION DAY. BUT AFTER THAT, THEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THEIR OWN. SO PUT YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE UP, YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES OUT. YES, MINE'S READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT.AND THEN LASTLY, DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST ON JANUARY 19TH. IT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OH IT'S FREE OKAY. YES. HAS ANYBODY TALKED ABOUT THE I MEAN, I HAD IT SET UP FOR THE MEETING OR THE FOOD. HAVE WE GIVEN THEM A NUMBER OR ANYTHING? NO. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA. YEAH. WELL ASHA'S BEEN TAKING RESERVATIONS, SO IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP WITH HER NEXT WEEK, AND THEN I CAN CALL ASHA. YEAH. AND THEN GET THAT RSVP TO. I THINK WE'RE STILL GOING TO DO THE WHATEVER THE QUOTE WAS FOR. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITING IT TO 100. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME.
[12. City Attorney]
COOL. THANK YOU. CAN YOU ATTORNEY HOW GOES IT. JUST A COUPLE THINGS. THE CITY CLERK HAS DUSTED OFF THE LEASE. REMEMBER WE DIANE WARD HAD PREPARED A GIANT CHART OF ALL OF THE LEASES THAT WERE UNFINISHED OR EXPIRED, OR WE HAD DUSTED THEM OFF AND TRIED TO PUT AS MANY AS WE COULD TO EITHER TERMINATION, COMPLETION, FIGURING THEM OUT. WE SORT OF LET IT LINGER FOR A WHILE, AND THE CITY CLERK REMINDED ME THAT WE STILL NEEDED TO FINISH THE LIST. FORTUNATELY, IT'S A SHORTER LIST. OKAY, SO WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. YOU MIGHT SEE SOME THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT FORGOT ABOUT THAT I FORGOT. YEAH. COMING AN AGENDA. WE'LL SEE. I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEBODY YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS. YEAH I MEAN THERE'S TUNNELS AND THERE'S LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING TRAINS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEASES FOR. SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK. AND WE ARE, ARE WORKING WITH MNDOT ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHESTNUT PLAZA LEASE AGREEMENT. THEY'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCESSIVE WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND BRING BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS.OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR COUNCIL, JUST A
[13. City Administrator]
FEW UPDATES. NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT LEASE LIST. NOTE EVERYONE RUNS TO ME TO GO ASK SEAN ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S ON THERE. AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT ONE AND HE GOES, THAT PERSON'S STILL ALIVE. SO WE GOT THIS MIGHT BE MUCH SHORTER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY THINK IT IS.SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS UP ON SOME OF THE CADENCE THAT WE HAVE COMING UP INTO THE NEW YEAR, WE WANT TO GET THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AT THE MARCH WORKSHOP, HOPEFULLY, BUT NO LATER THAN THE APRIL, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE OUR 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW IN APRIL. THAT REPORT AND THEN STRATEGIC PLANNING PROBABLY IN MAY AND THEN RIGHT INTO BUDGET 27 IN JUNE. SO WE WANT TO TRY AND HIT ALL OF THOSE MONTHLY MILESTONES THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF STAY IN A RHYTHM ON GOING FORWARD. AND THEN LATER THIS MONTH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST NEXT LEVEL MEETING
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WITH THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO QUARTERLY TO GET OFF SITE WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. ON HOW WE CAN ELEVATE STILLWATER GOING FORWARD. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.SOUNDS GOOD. AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, BETH, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB COORDINATING THOSE OTHER EVENTS FOR THE STAFF TO TO GET TOGETHER. I MEAN, I READ THE, THE, THE PACKER THING OR THE PACKER VIKING THING I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY CREATIVE AND NICE.
IT WAS. THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THAT. THAT'S YEAH, WE HAD TO DO THAT ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND SO THAT THE PACKER PEOPLE WOULD BE HERE. THIS WORK, IT WORKED. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BA
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