[00:00:04] THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026. ROLL CALL PLEASE. [I. CALL TO ORDER] COUNCIL MEMBER. COLLINS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLEN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ODEBRECHT HERE. MAYOR KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, IF EVERYBODY WOULD RISE AND JOIN US 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. AWESOME. ALWAYS SOUNDS SO GOOD WITH THE FULL HOUSE. ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE THE 2026 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORT AND PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER. [26. 2026 Street Improvement Project Feasibility Report and Public Hearing to Consider Street and Utility Improvements – Resolution] TAKE IT AWAY, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. THE. I'LL TRY TO GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY WITH THE SLIDE, SO I'LL MAKE IT IN TIME. THE STREET PROJECT STARTED IN 1994, AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT WE RECONSTRUCT, WHETHER BETWEEN MILL AND OVERLAY AND TOTAL RECONSTRUCT. THIS YEAR, THE STREETS THAT WERE CHOSEN ARE ON THE LIST HERE. THE TOTAL IS 3.64 MILES. THE. THIS MAP HERE SHOWS WHERE THE STREETS ARE IN THE CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE IN THE NORTH, HELD AT THESE YEARS TO TRY TO FINISH THESE STREETS. GENERALLY THE HICKORY STREET AREA. THE STREETS WERE LAST WORKED ON BETWEEN THE MID 60S TO THE EARLY 70S. THE EXISTING CONDITIONS HAVE FIVE INCHES OF BITUMINOUS AND ABOUT TWO INCHES OF GRAVEL. SO WE'LL BE RECLAIMING THE BITUMINOUS, AND THERE ARE BETWEEN 28 TO 42FT WIDE. VARIES, AND WE'LL TRY TO STANDARDIZE THEM. THE PROPOSED IS TO RECLAIM THE PAVEMENT AND REMOVE ABOUT 12IN UNDERNEATH IT AND MIX THE RECLAIM WITH THE GRAVEL THAT'S OUT THERE, AND USE IT FOR A BASE AND ADD FOUR INCHES OF BITUMINOUS WE REPAIR CATCH BASINS AND STORM SEWER AS NEEDED. SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE BOULEVARD AND IN THE PEDESTRIAN RAMP, SO WE'LL MOVE THEM OUT AND REPLACE ANY SEWER ALSO AND WE'LL ADD EXTRA STORM SEWER PIPES IF NEEDED. WE WILL LOOP THE WATER MAIN ON FIFTH STREET BETWEEN LAUREL, LAUREL STREET AND CHERRY. THERE IS A SECTION THAT A NUMBER OF THE HOUSES THAT DOESN'T HAVE SERVICES. THEY'RE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE WATER MAIN. THEY'RE ON A LONG SERVICE. SO WE'LL CONNECT THAT TO GIVE THEM BETTER SERVICE. AND WE'LL REPLACE ALL THE GALVANIZED WATER SERVICES. AND THAT WILL BE UNDER A DIFFERENT CONTRACT. THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS 0.73 MILE. A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IS 70. THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION IS 1,498,000. THE OVERLAY THE STREETS WERE WORKED BETWEEN 98 AND 2000. THE STREETS AGAIN ARE BETWEEN 28 AND 32FT WIDE WITH CONCRETE CARBON, CARBON, GUTTER AND STORM SEWER AND SIDEWALK. AND ON MOST OF THE STREETS PAVEMENT SECTION IS THE GENERAL. THE DESIGN FOR THAT WE DO NOWADAYS, SIX INCHES OF GRAVEL AND FOUR INCHES OF BITUMINOUS. THE PROPOSED IS TO MILL INCH AND A HALF OF BITUMINOUS AND REPLACE IT AND REPAIR ALL CURB AND SIDEWALK DAMAGES AND CATCH BASINS. ALSO ON REPLACE THE CATCH BASINS AND REPAIR THE MANHOLES. UPGRADE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS TO ADA STANDARD ALSO MILL. AN OVERLAY IS 2.91 MILE AND ABOUT 287 PROPERTIES, AND THE TOTAL COST IS $991,645. THE ASSESSMENT, THE FINANCING. THE PROJECT IS FINANCED THROUGH CITY FUNDS AND ASSESSMENTS. MILAN OVERLAY STREET ASSESSMENTS ARE 50% AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION ARE 35%. AND THESE NUMBERS WERE CHANGED JUST FROM LAST YEAR AND PREVIOUSLY. WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY THE AUDIENCE? THE OVERLAY WAS 80% AND THE RECONSTRUCT WAS 70%. SO FROM 70% TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO 35% FOR THIS PROJECT. SO YOU ARE THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THIS NEW ASSESSMENT POLICY. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE. IT WAS VERY IT WAS HARD. IT WAS SUPER PAINFUL TO DO THIS. ASSESSMENTS ARE EXCRUCIATINGLY HARD. NONE OF US LIKE THEM. WE ALL LIVE IN TOWN. WE'RE ALL SUBJECT TO THE SAME ASSESSMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER JUNCKER, WHO USED TO SIT IN HIS CHAIR, I THINK HE GOT WHACKED WITH IT 3 OR 4 TIMES IN HIS LIFE IN STILLWATER. SO WE'RE USED TO IT, BUT IT'S AWESOME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS. SO THANK YOU, ROBERT. PLEASE CONTINUE. SO THE TOTAL PROJECT RECONSTRUCTION IS 1,000,498 AND THE MILLION OVERLAYS 991,000, FOR A TOTAL OF 2,490,000. THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT COLLECTED FROM THE PROJECT IS 921,000. THE CITY FUNDING IS 1,000,292. BONDING AND THE CITY UTILITY FUND IS $276,000, FOR A TOTAL COST OF [00:05:08] 02,490,000. THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT, LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR, IS BY. THE FRONTAGE UNIT, IS ONLY FOR NONRESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL ARE ASSESSED AT A UNIT BASIS. SO A STANDARD INTERIOR LOT IS ONE UNIT AND A DUPLEX IS ONE UNIT PER ADDRESS. CORNER LOTS ARE ASSESSED AT HALF UNIT PER SIDE. IMPROVED MULTI UNIT ARE ASSESSED AT EXTRA POINT TWO FOR EACH EXTRA UNIT. SO AN APARTMENT OF A HOUSE WITH ONE APARTMENT ON TOP WILL BE 1.2 UNIT. CONDOMINIUMS ARE AT 0.8 UNIT AND MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT IS 0.8 UNIT. IT'S THIS YEAR AT THE LONG LAKE AREA IS ASSESSED SEPARATELY FROM THE MULTI FOR THE MILL AND OVERLAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE STILL CONSIDER THEM AS ONE UNIT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN. WE DID NOT COMBINE THEM WITH THE OTHER MILL, AN OVERLAY TO BE POINT EIGHT AND IT WILL SHOW IN THE EXHIBITS. THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS THE CONSTRUCTION COST. BASICALLY THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR A MILL AND OVERLAY AT OAK RIDGE AND CRY WOOD AREA IS $2,132. THE APPRAISED BENEFIT FOR THE PROPERTY IS $3,000. THE MILL AND OVERLAY IN LONG LAKE IS $872 PER UNIT, AND THE APPRAISED BENEFIT IS $2,000. RECONSTRUCTION IN MAPLE STREET AREA IS $7,231, AND THE APPRAISED IS 8008 THOUSAND IS THE LOWEST OF THE APPRAISED PROPERTIES THAT WE CHOOSE FOR THIS YEAR. THEY RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12,000. THESE EXHIBITS JUST SHOWS THE PROPERTIES THAT BEING ASSESSED. THE LIGHT GREEN IS A FULL UNIT. THE. I'M SORRY. THE LIGHT GREEN IS HALF UNIT. THE PURPLE IS FULL UNIT AND THE ORANGE IS MULTIPLE UNIT IS 1.2 AND EXTRA. THIS IS THE BASICALLY THE OAK RIDGE AREA. THE PROPERTIES AGAIN THE LIGHT GREEN IS HALF UNIT AND THE PURPLE IS FULL UNIT. AND THE PRICES ARE THE APPRAISALS. I MEAN THE ASSESSMENT IS 2132 FOR FULL UNIT AND 1066 FOR HALF UNIT. THESE PROPERTIES AGAIN IN THE AREA THE SAME AMOUNTS WILL BE FOR THESE PROPERTIES. THIS SECTION OF THE STREET AND NIGHTINGALE AND NIGHTINGALE COURT AGAIN, WE CONSIDER IT AS A, AN OVERLAY THOUGH IT IS IT DOES NOT HAVE CURB AND IT WILL BE A PARTIAL RECONSTRUCT AND THE NIGHTINGALE BOULEVARD BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE CURB AND HAVE JUST GUTTER I MEAN DITCHES ON THE SIDE. SO WE DECIDED TO CONSIDER IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO CURBS AND REPAIR TO THE CURBS. THE COST CAME UP TO ABOUT THE SAME AS A MILLION OVERLAY, SO WE CONSIDERED IT AS A MILLION OVERLAY AND REBAR. TRADITIONALLY WE DO THE CURBS BECAUSE THE ROAD ENDS UP LASTING A LOT LONGER IF WE'VE GOT IT HEMMED IN WITH A CURB. CORRECT. YES. AND THIS AREA HERE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE DITCHES AND THERE IS NOT REALLY A BIG BENEFIT OF PUTTING THE CURB ON IT. AND IT WILL THE COST WILL BE TREMENDOUSLY HIGHER AND IT WILL INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT FOR THEM. AND THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IS VERY FEW AND THE DITCHES ARE WORKING PROPERLY. WE WILL ADD TWO FOOT OF SHOULDER TO ASSIST THAT. BITUMINOUS. THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES ON LONG LAKE. I'M SORRY. THAT WILL BE ASSESSED. THE SINGLE UNITS ARE WILL BE ASSESSED AT $827. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MULTI UNITS THAT ARE BEING RENTED BY A COMPANY AND THEY WILL BE ASSESSED PER UNIT IN THE BUILDING. SO A UNIT WITH EIGHT, A BUILDING WITH EIGHT UNITS WILL BE ASSESSED AT $6,616. AND THE ONE ON TOP IS ONLY TWO UNITS. SO IT WILL BE ASSESSED AT 1654. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BREAKDOWN OF AN ASSESSMENT OF $7,500 OVER TEN YEARS. THE INTEREST RATE IS FROM LAST YEAR. THE INTEREST RATE FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED PROBABLY SOMETIME IN AUGUST. AND WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS YEAR. BUT THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BREAKDOWN. FOR A 7,501ST YEAR, THE INTEREST RATE WILL BE $372 FOR A PAYMENT OF 1122 AND YEAR SIX, THE INTEREST WILL BE $168 FOR A PAYMENT OF $36, AND IN THE YEAR TEN THE PAYMENT THE PRINCIPAL 750 AND INTEREST 37 FOR $787 PAYMENT. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT. [00:10:04] WE ARE AT THIS MEETING FEBRUARY 17TH. NEXT MEETING MARCH. IF IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED WE'LL HAVE THE APPROVED PLAN AND SPECIFICATION FOR MARCH 3RD. AWARD THE BID OR BID OPENING ON MARCH 26TH AND AWARD THE BID ON APRIL 7TH, AND CONSTRUCT WILL BE IN MAY AND OCTOBER OF 2026, WITH A FINAL ASSESSMENT HEARING ON OCTOBER 26TH. WITH THIS, THE STAFF RECOMMEND THE PROJECT IS TECHNICALLY AND FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. WE RECOMMEND APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2026 STREET PROJECT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND IT IS, A DESIRED COUNCIL SHOULD PASS THE RESOLUTION ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIRECT THE ENGINEERING STAFF TO PREPARE PLAN SPECIFICATION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE RESOLUTION TO ORDER THE IMPROVEMENT REQUIRE A 4/5 MAJORITY VOTE. THEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RIVER? NO. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENT? GO AHEAD. OKAY. OKAY. GOTCHA. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORT? SO MOVED. SECOND. AWESOME. WITH THAT BETH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COLLINS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ALBRECHT. YES. MAYOR. KOZLOWSKI. YES. AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. NOW, AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS THIS EVENING? DON'T BE SHY. COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHAUN, 410 HICKORY STREET WEST. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP A FEW POINTS. FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK REBAR FOR ASSISTING ME WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. REBAR. AND THEN I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY ON FEBRUARY 3RD, WHICH GUIDES FUTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS TOWARDS MORE PEDESTRIAN ADDITIONAL TREES, LANDSCAPING, STORMWATER ELEMENTS RATHER THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE VEHICLES. SO I THINK THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE POSITIVE FOR OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN REGARDING TREES THE POLICY DIDN'T REALLY DETAIL THIS VERY CLOSELY, BUT PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, IS WHEN WE DO A STREET PROJECT AND TREES ARE REMOVED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AFFECTING A CURB OR SOMETHING. PERHAPS THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF STANDARD, LIKE REMOVE ONE TREE. YOU HAVE TO REPLACE ONE TREE, AT LEAST, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN OUR URBAN FOREST. AND THEN ON THIS PROJECT, HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TREES THAT ARE COMING DOWN, BUT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO REBAR, AND THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFERING RESIDENTS A TREE IF THEY DO WANT IT IN, IN THEIR FRONT BOULEVARD. SO I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT. AND THEN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. I'M HOPEFUL THAT OUR WATERSHED DISTRICT, MIDDLE SAINT CROIX, CAN ALSO OFFER UP MAYBE SOME STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, NATIVE PLANTINGS WITHIN THE BOULEVARD, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER THERE, MATT, ABOUT THAT. AND HE WAS RECEPTIVE. AND THEN AS FAR AS PEDESTRIANS AND MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO COMPLY WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS. I WAS JUST WONDERING AND WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THE. NORTH SOUTH ROUTES, LIKE WILLIAM AND MARTHA THAT CROSS HICKORY STREET, YOU KNOW, WE KIND. OF HAVE A A MIXTURE OF SIDEWALKS AND THEN THEY END AND THEN THEY START AGAIN. NOW HICKORY STREET HAS COMPLETE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THE OTHER ONES DON'T. SO. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETE STREETS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS IF POSSIBLE. AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT DOING THE NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTIONS. BUT IF YOU COULD PLAN FOR THOSE AND AGAIN, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, BUT JUST POINTING THAT OUT. AND THEN FINALLY I DID POINT OUT THAT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEEDED, BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A STOP SIGN AT HICKORY AND WILLIAM. FOR THOSE WHO DRIVE THAT STREET QUITE OFTEN YOU KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S NOT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. [00:15:02] SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO STOP. BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING OVER WILLIAM, YOU KNOW, ARE COMING PRETTY FAST. AND I'VE HAD A FEW NEAR MISSES THERE. SO JUST LOOKING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON UP. MY NAME IS LAVONNE HAMILTON. I LIVE AT 1268 PONDVIEW LANE AND I BELONG TO THE ASSOCIATION. AND NONE OF US HAVE BASEMENTS, BECAUSE THE THING THAT WAS SENT OUT SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN OUR BASEMENT TO ABOUT THE WATER BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WATER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE THERE IS A PUMP HOUSE NORTH OF WHERE I LIVE, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE READING THE WATER NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE STREET VIEW LANE? THE ONE FOR THE GALVANIZED SERVICES THAT HAVE GALVANIZED. SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE OF THE BOARD AND THE CONSULTANT. AND HOW DID THEY SEND THE LETTERS OR WHO SENT THEM. AND NORMALLY WE GAVE THEM THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO WORK IN AND MAINLY IN THE NORTH HILL AND AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE GALVANIZED SERVICES. SO YOUR PROPERTY IS NOT ALL IT'S, IT'S IT WAS 25 YEARS LAST YEAR. THAT'S HOW OLD IT IS. YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT SHOULDN'T BE. YOU SHOULDN'T BE RECEIVING THAT LETTER TO BEGIN WITH. WELL WE DID AND IT'S. YEAH WE DID. THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED. SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW. WELL, SOMEBODY WILL COME AND LOOK AT THE HOUSE. IF IT IS GALVANIZED. THEN IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE REPLACED. OKAY, THANKS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ARE YOU ALL HERE FOR THE PINEWOOD DERBY? RESULTS LIKE I HATE TO BE A HOGGER SHAUN. ONCE AGAIN, I FORGOT TO MENTION THE HISTORICAL FEATURES FOR THESE HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS. TAKING A LOOK AT STREET PROJECTS AND CONSIDERING WHAT KIND OF HISTORICAL FEATURES ARE THERE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE SAVED. AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE CURBS, THE LIMESTONE CURBS ARE A HUGE VALUE TO THE CITY. WHILE THEY ARE PULLED OUT AND OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MOVE THEM IN YOUR YARD. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COULD BE SOLD. THEY COULD BE REUSED FOR DIFFERENT PROJECT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR HISTORY RIGHT THERE. SO RATHER THAN JUST ALLOWING OUR CONTRACTOR TO TAKE. THEM COMING UP, USING THEM AS A RESOURCE. YEAH I LIKE THAT IDEA. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? GOING ONCE. OH, COME ON UP. HI. MY NAME IS TODD, RIGHT. I OWN A PROPERTY AT TWO EIGHT, EIGHT SEVEN BREWERS LANE. AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THE THE LITTLE HORSESHOE. I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE. THE LITTLE HORSESHOE THAT REPRESENTS OUR AREA. OUR TOWNHOMES, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE BASEMENTS, AS SHE SAID. BUT IF I MAY. HERE ALL THE WAY UP TO SADDLE COURT, THIS AND THIS. THESE ARE PRIVATELY OWNED TOWNHOMES, AND THE REST ARE RENTALS. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE ARE UP THERE, BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE GRADING. RIGHT NOW, THE THE STREET, ESPECIALLY BREWER'S AND THE END OF LONG LAKE ARE OVER THE GRADE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY. OKAY. AND SO WE WE ARE HAVING SOME TROUBLE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA. SO I'M JUST KIND OF BALANCING A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING. I'VE DONE THAT JOB BEFORE. IT'S THANKLESS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S OKAY. THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HERE WITH ME TODAY, BUT. SO IT'S THE GRADING THAT WE WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. WE'VE HAD SOME BAD CONTRACTORS IN THE PAST, HELPED WITH THE DRIVER DRIVEWAYS, AND SO WE CAN'T CORRECT THE PITCH ON SOME OF THEM THAT AREN'T DRAINING WELL. BECAUSE THE ROAD IS ALREADY ABOVE WHERE THE CURB SWELL IS AND THE DRIVEWAY COMES IN BELOW THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CORRECT THAT WITH GETTING THE WATER FLOW TO CONTINUE TOWARDS THE STORM DRAINS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED AS A LAYER OF ENGINEERING CONSIDERATION. YEAH. IN THAT AREA? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M SURE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT. SHAUN. RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. NO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. I'M KAREN MCKENNA. I LIVE ON PONDVIEW LANE ALSO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WONDERING ABOUT, AND I THINK SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE, IS HOW WILL WE BE NOTIFIED? [00:20:03] HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN TO MOVE OUR CARS? I HAVE A GARAGE, BUT HOW WILL WE KNOW? IS THAT GOING TO BE FROM THE WEBSITE OR WILL WE GET LETTERS? WILL WE GET NOTIFIED TEN DAYS AHEAD? WHAT DO YOU THINK? OH, FIRST TIME BEFORE WE START THE PROJECT, I'LL SEND A LETTER OUT NOTIFYING EVERYBODY THAT THE PROJECT IS BEING AWARDED THE CONTRACTOR. AND WHEN IS THE EXPECTED TIME TO START? AFTER THAT, WE WILL SEND EMAILS NORMALLY OUT. SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE CONSTANT CONTACT, I THINK THEN YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THOSE EMAILS WHENEVER WE SEND AN UPDATE AND WHENEVER THERE IS A WAR GOING ON IN FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY THAT REQUIRES YOU TO MOVE YOUR CAR, THE CONTRACTOR OR A CITY STAFF WILL KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR THE DAY BEFORE AND PUT A DOOR HANGER TELLING YOU THAT TOMORROW, FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME, WE WANT YOU TO MOVE YOUR CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY OR OUT OF THE STREET, INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY OR TO A NEIGHBOR. BUT YOUR YOUR AREA IS JUST AN OVERLAY, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DISRUPTION TO YOUR NORMAL DAILY ROUTINE OTHER THAN WHEN THEY ARE PAVING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH REQUIRES ABOUT HALF AN HOUR UNTIL THE PAVEMENT IS HARD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO DRIVE ON. OKAY. OKAY. WILL IT ALSO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE? YES. PROGRESS AND ON. WHERE DO THEY FIND THE PLACE TO SIGN UP TO GET NOTIFICATIONS. CITY WEBSITE. IF YOU GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND THE OKAY, THERE IS A LINK THERE THAT YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME OR JUST IF YOU HAVE MY EMAIL TO SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL FORWARD IT TO MELISSA AND SHE WILL ASK. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. CAN I JUST ADD A NOTE TO THAT TOO? I WILL SAY, FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WORKING WITH MOBILITY VANS OR HAS ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS AROUND THESE PROJECTS, I WILL SAY THAT REBAR AND SHAUN AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR DRIVEWAY, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT WITH YOUR MOBILITY VEHICLE. SO JUST REACH OUT PRIVATELY TO REBAR AND HIS TEAM AS WELL. ALONG THAT SAME LINE? SURE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA, BUT I SEE A LOT OF VANS COMING THROUGH TO PICK UP PEOPLE FOR FOR THEIR DAILY RIDES TO GO SOMEWHERE. WILL THEY BE WORKING ON EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME? I MEAN, WILL SOMEONE BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE ROAD? YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE TIME. OKAY. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM ACCESSING ANY OF THE PROPERTY, BUT I'D APPRECIATE IT IF THE YEAH, GIVE ME AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING. WE CAN COORDINATE THAT. YEAH, I PLAN ON IT. WE ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY A RETIRED COMMUNITY, SO THERE IS CERTAINLY MOBILITY ISSUES, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THE THE HOMES, THE TOWNHOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AREA. THOSE ARE RENTAL UNITS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES AND A LOT OF VANS, YOU KNOW, COMING IN FOR PEOPLE EVERY DAY. SO JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. YEAH. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? COME ON UP. I'M GREG SWOPE. I LIVE AT 703 HICKORY. LOOKING AT NUMBERS FROM NOVEMBER. AND TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE THE PROJECT COST FOR OUR AREA HAS GONE UP ABOUT 500,000, SO 35% FOR ME ON HICKORY WOULD BE ABOUT HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? 7000. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THE ONE BREAKDOWN WAS US. YEAH, 7231. THAT'S MY 35%. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT. THIS TIME. GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. ANYBODY? AND WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL? ANYTHING ON THIS? NO. I LOVE GETTING THOSE LIMESTONE CURVES. YEAH. SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY. THERE WERE. SOME WERE PULLED OUT IN YOUR WARD AND FOUND AND REPLACED, I BELIEVE SO YEAH, THOSE ARE ONES WE WANT TO TRACK. AND THEN YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TREES IS THAT STILL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE FED FOR NO. I TOLD YOU WHEN I WAS TALKING SO I'M GOING TO BE SENDING A LETTER OUT THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO RESIDENTS INFORMING THEM IF ANYBODY WANT TO CONTACT US, AND I'LL SEND THEM THE LIST OF TREATMENTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM AND THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM. AWESOME. VERY COOL. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. SO WE STILL HAVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE TO. IS THERE A MOTION TO ORDER THE IMPROVEMENT AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECS FOR THE 2026 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT? [00:25:07] SO MOVED. SECOND. WE'VE GOT A MOTION, A SECOND. COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COLLINS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ODEBRECHT. YES. MAYOR. KOZLOWSKI. YES. AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND BEING ENGAGED. FEEL FREE TO STICK AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW, BUT I WON'T BE OFFENDED IF YOU ALL LEAVE. DON'T WORRY LARRY. THANK YOU. HAVE FUN AT YOUR KIDS CONCERT. TAKE SOME VIDEO. SEND US A VIDEO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL LET PEOPLE HANG OUT OR TAKE OFF AND. YEAH. SO. WE'RE CLOSE. 720. OH, SHIT. I JUMPED A LOT OF. HEAD TO HEAD. YEAH, LIKE. OH, THIS IS GREAT. I GET A LITTLE LONGER ON MINE. YEAH. NO. LIKE, THAT'S THAT'S CRAZY. THAT'S NEVER 14 YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. I THINK IT WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO THAT STREET AREA FOR THIS TO BE JUST KIND OF WONDERING. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR SCOUT TROOP LEADER COME UP AND AND PRESENT SOME TROPHIES. SO IF, IF OUR TWO CHIEFS, POLICE AND FIRE AND WANT TO JOIN US DOWN HERE AT THE PODIUM. I'M SORRY. IT'S ONLY 1O1 TROPHY. SORRY. THE WINNER PODIUMS LIKE THE OLYMPICS. RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. EVERYBODY GETS A TROPHY. OKAY. YEAH. HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO. YEAH. THIS THIS THIS DID THIS DID NOT WORK. SO GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CREW UP HERE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE CUB SCOUT PACK NINE ONE, TWO FIVE CHALLENGED THE MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, AND THE FIRE CHIEF TO TAKE PART IN OUR ANNUAL PINEWOOD DERBY. ALL THREE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY EACH BUILT THEIR OWN CAR AND SHOWED UP TO READY TO COMPETE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS BUILT BY THEM, BUT I'M GOING WITH THEM. OKAY, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. OKAY. TEAM TEAM TEAM. WE KICKED OFF THE EVENING THE EVENT WITH THE SPECIAL CITY DERBY CHALLENGE HEAT JUST FOR THEM. EACH RAN THREE RACES AND WE AVERAGED THEIR TIME TO DETERMINE THE WINNER. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT CHIEF GLASSER TOOK HOME THE TITLE IN THE FIRST CITY DERBY CHALLENGE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE AVERAGE TIME OF 2.74 SECONDS. THE POLICE CHIEF FOLLOWED WITH 2.809 SECONDS VERY CLOSE, AND THE MAYOR ROUNDED OFF WITH 3.360. WHOA, THAT'S A WIDE GAP. YEAH, IT'S LIKE NOT THE WORLD'S LONGEST TRACK. FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF DISPLAYING THIS FINE TROPHY AT THE FIRE HALL. I SHOULD MENTION STRICTLY FOR MOTIVATIONAL PURPOSES, THAT 16 OF THE 35 CUB SCOUTS WERE FASTER. AND SO THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S REMATCH. THINK ROLLING RESISTANCE AND AERODYNAMICS AS SUGGESTED BY YOUR FANS ON FACEBOOK. THANKS TO ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US, HAVING FUN WITH THE SCOUTS AND MAKING THIS EVENT A LITTLE EXTRA SPECIAL FOR US. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS AWESOME. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND I JUST GOTTA SAY, WE DEFINITELY WANT THE THE COPS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO BE FASTER THAN THE MAYOR, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T A BAD RESULT. BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS A SUPER FUN NIGHT. THANKS FOR THE INVITE. THAT WAS GREAT. I DO LIKE YOU GOTTA CHECK OUT THE THE PDS CAR. I MEAN, IF IF THERE WAS A STYLE AWARD, I MEAN, THIS THIS THING IS SO COOL LOOKING. YEAH. BRAD JUNKER OF COURSE, I KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT, BUT THANK YOU. THAT WAS AWESOME. IT'S. 30S. YEAH. TERRIBLE. IT'S TERRIBLE. LIKE, THIS IS THE SLOWEST PINEWOOD DERBY. IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN THE SLOWEST IN THE WHOLE THING. I WAITED, IT'S RIGHT ON, LIKE IT'S. YOU HAVE TO PUT MORE WEIGHTS IN THERE. YEAH, THERE'S A LIMIT. YEAH, IT'S AS HEAVY AS IT CAN BE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF QUARTERS UNDER THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE METRO TRANSIT INTERIM CHIEF. [1. Metro Transit Interim Chief Dotseth] COME ON UP. HOW ARE WE DOING? A METRO TRANSIT. [00:30:06] GOOD TO SEE YOU OUT HERE. THIS THIS THIS FAR OUT. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS JOE. I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TODAY WITH OUR PATROL CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN MATT. AND WE'RE REALLY HERE TO OFFER OUR THANKS TO THE CITY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE SERVE THE REGION RIGHT ON HOW THEY DO PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I'M DEFINITELY HERE TO SAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW YOU ALL DO PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS TOP TIER AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF IT. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR STAFF. AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST SUMMER WE HAD A TRAGIC EVENT WHERE WE LOST ONE OF OUR OWN OFFICERS. AND AS WE NAVIGATED THROUGH THAT TIME, THE HELP WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OAK PARK HEIGHTS AND THE STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. SO WITH TODAY, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE. WHILE THIS SAYS THE STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS PLAQUE, IT REALLY IS FOR THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WITH THAT, IF CHIEF WILL COME UP, I'D LIKE TO READ AND PRESENT THIS PLAQUE. IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION, WE PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO THE STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP DURING THE FUNERAL PLANNING AND HONOR OF OUR FALLEN OFFICER. YOUR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION PROVIDED STRENGTH AND SOLACE DURING A TIME OF GREAT LOSS. YOUR SERVICE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE UNITY AND COMMITMENT WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITH HEARTFELT THANKS TO METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT THANKS THE CITY OF STILLWATER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING OUT THIS WAY AND DOING THAT. AND, CHIEF, CAN WE SEE THIS? LET ME SEE THIS THING REAL QUICK. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LET ME JUST SAY REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING PRETTY AWESOME AT METRO TRANSIT. SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, THEY LOST LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ. SPEAK IN THE MIC TRAGICALLY. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP EACH OTHER WHENEVER WE CAN. HELP ANOTHER FAMILY. YOU KNOW, SHE LOST HER LIFE OFF DUTY. WE WENT TO TWO OFF DUTY FUNERALS FOR OFFICERS LAST SUMMER. AND SO JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A HUGE LOSS. AND I TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN OFFICER BRANDON CROSBY THAT WORKS FOR US. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIM DOWNTOWN, ALL THE PLACES. SO THE LEGACY THAT YOU AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE IS REALLY GREAT. SO THIS IS OUR HONOR TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS IN A REALLY GOOD TIME. THANKS, CHIEF. AND LIKE YOU SAID, CHIEF, IT'S A JUST A TRAUMATIC LOSS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE STILL NOT REALLY OVER YET. WE MAY NEVER BE OVER IT, BUT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S FINAL RESTING SPOT IS JUST UP THE STREET. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING TRANSIT POLICE CARS IN OUT HERE QUITE A BIT. BUT, YEAH, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST THE KNOWING OF JUST PICKING UP THE PHONE AND BEING ABLE TO GET INSTANT HELP ALL THE TIME AND HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. LIKE WORDS JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR GEORGE BURNS, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ENGINEERS. [2. Certificate of Appreciation for George Burns, Volunteer Firefighter/Engineer] COME ON UP. WHO'S KICKING THAT OFF, CHIEF? GO AHEAD. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I LIKE MICROPHONES. WHAT'S UP? SO THIS EVENING, WE'RE JUST GOING TO RECOGNIZE GEORGE BURNS, WHO WAS WITH THE STILLWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SIX YEARS. GEORGE JOINED US AS A CADET FIREFIGHTER AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO THE ENGINEER RANK AND IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AFTER FIVE YEARS, YOU ARE VESTED MEMBER OF OUR OF OUR OF OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE GEORGE TONIGHT JUST FOR HIS SERVICE AS HE MOVES ON INTO HIS OTHER CAREER ENDEAVORS. SO FROM THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY. AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF LEADING CITIZENS, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HEREBY EXTEND RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER'S MISSION TO GEORGE BURNS FOR FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, DEDICATION, DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER TO THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, AND WISHES HIM WELL IN THE FUTURE. NOW, THEREFORE, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL AFFIXED TO THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY. TED KOZLOWSKI. AWESOME. THANK YOU. [00:35:04] THANK YOU. HEY, THANK YOU FOR FOR THOSE A LOT OF YEARS, MAN. APPRECIATE A LOT OF CALLS. AWESOME. WE GOT GREAT VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY. MAN, I LOVE IT. ALRIGHT, NEXT UP IS THE OPEN FORUM. [V. OPEN FORUM – Public may address Council on non-agenda items. Please limit remarks to 5 minutes or less.] THIS IS THE TIME WHERE COUNCIL MAY ADDRESS COUNCIL OR WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS COUNCIL ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OFF THE AGENDA OR JUST YELL AT US IN GENERAL, OR. HI, MY NAME IS LINDA. OH, HERE. HIT THE HIT THE LITTLE BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE. MAKE IT TURN GREEN. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS LINDA ORSTED. I LIVE AT 301 THIRD STREET SOUTH. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN I WAS INFORMED THAT TO RESPOND, ALL EMAIL IS BREAKING THIS OPEN MEETINGS RULES. SO THEY I WAS ENCOURAGED TO COME HERE AND JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS. AND THESE QUESTIONS, WHILE THEY DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CRITICISM OF OUR EXCELLENT PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY. BUT I'M JUST I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS. WE'VE LIVED THROUGH A HARROWING TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, IN MINNESOTA AND HERE IN STILLWATER. THE OPERATION METRO SURGE BROUGHT TERROR TACTICS AND SPREAD FEAR WHERE WE LIVE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE FEDERAL AGENTS CANNOT BE INTERFERED WITH BY LOCAL POLICE. HOWEVER, THE CITY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 7TH 17TH, 2025, DOES STATE THAT CITY POLICE WILL PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO ENCOUNTER FEDERAL AGENTS? AND I THANK THE COUNCIL VERY MUCH FOR THAT STATEMENT. SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT STILLWATER IS A SMALL CITY WITH A LIMITED BUDGET, AND THAT THE ICE AND THE BORDER PATROL ACTIVITY IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS. SO I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT OUR LOCAL POLICE CANNOT STOP ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY FEDERAL AGENTS. IS THIS TRUE AND WHO CAN HELP? I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT. NINTH GRADE CIVICS WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT SO I JUST HAVE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION. NOT FROM ME, FROM YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE. ALL RIGHT WE'LL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM. MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS. ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR SANDERS HOW ARE WE DOING? [3. Assistant City Administrator] GOOD. MAYOR. THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD THE BID OPENING FOR OUR SECOND PFAS TREATMENT PLANT. THE LOW BIDDER WAS AGAIN MARKET AND JOHNSON. IT WAS AT $2.6 MILLION. ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THIS YEAR. WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN LATER THIS SUMMER, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND PLANT OPERATING AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS PROJECT WE ARE ABLE TO GET SECURE GRANTS 50% GRANT AND THE OTHER 50% OF THE PROJECT IS BEING PAID FOR BY A LOW INTEREST LOAN THROUGH THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY. DOWN AT LUMBERJACK LANDING, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THERE'S BEEN SOME TREE CLEARING GOING ON NORTH OF THE OF THE COMPLETED HOUSE. THAT'S IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RIVERBANK STABILIZATION PROJECT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING LATER THIS SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. THOSE BIDS ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN. OPENING FOR NEXT THURSDAY, I BELIEVE THE 26TH. SO THAT'LL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL. ONE LAST ITEM REGARDING THE PROPERTY. I THINK IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, COUNCIL MEMBER PAULINA ADMINISTRATOR COLEMAN AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR BECKERLE AND I MET WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE WILD RIVER CONSERVANCY. THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN USING THE HOUSE AS A INFORMATION CENTER FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. AND I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WILL BE WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR BOTH PARTIES. SO GOOD NEWS FOR THAT PROJECT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AWESOME. THANKS, SEAN. AND OUR CHIEF SCOUT. FIRE CHIEF. [5. Fire Chief] I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC REPORT THIS EVENING. EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL AT THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR FULL TIME HIRING PROCESS FOR THE FULL TIME FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER. WE DID BRING ON THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION OFFICER POSITION, SO THAT'S GOING WELL AS AS WE REQUESTED, AND THINGS ARE GOING WELL. AWESOME. SOUNDS GOOD. JUST LIVING OFF THE WIN OF THE PINEWOOD DERBY. MAN, I KNOW GLOWING IN THIS. YES. THIS IS AWESOME. GLORY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I STARTED OUT WITH A BLOCK OF WOOD AND IT STILL PRETTY MUCH LOOKS LIKE A BLOCK OF WOOD, [00:40:05] RIGHT? BUT IT WAS THE WINNING BLOCK OF WOOD. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT FOR SURE. WE WERE GOING TO BE FASTER THAN THAT, MAN. ALL RIGHT. FINANCE, HOW ARE WE DOING? GOOD. PRETTY MUCH BUSINESS AS USUAL. [6. Finance Director] WE CONTINUE TO GET HIGH RETURN OR HIGH RETURNS FOR OUR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. SO THAT'S CONTINUE TO BE STRONG. STILL WORKING WITH MICHAELA AT BAKER TILLY ON THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL SPREADSHEET TOOL. GETTING CLOSE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO START PULLING THAT TOGETHER. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND COMMUNITY DEV. MAYOR. [7. Community Development Director] COUNCIL. THE BRIXTON TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH. WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION. THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS RAISED AROUND A COUPLE TOPICS TRAFFIC, SNOW REMOVAL, AMENITIES. THEY DID TABLE IT TO LET THE DEVELOPER ANSWER SOME OF THOSE WHICH THEY'VE GIVEN STAFF. THOSE ANSWERS WILL BE COMING BACK NEXT WEEK. AND HAVING TRYING TO WRAP UP THAT THAT HEARING, THEY DID GET APPROVAL FROM THE WATERSHED IN THE INTERIM. SO THAT HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE OUR FIRST CANNABIS RETAIL REGISTRATION BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE SILVER THERAPEUTICS ON ON GREELEY. DID GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO GET THEIR LICENSE. AND THE NEXT STEP IS GETTING THEIR CITY REGISTRATION. AND THEN THEY DO PLAN TO OPEN SOMETIME IN MARCH. AND FOLLOWING ON WITH KIND OF INTERVIEWS AND FILLING POSITIONS, WE HAVE A VACANT PLANNING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION. WE HAD FINAL INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK. WE HAD 257 APPLICANTS FOR THAT POSITION. SO IT WAS IT WAS VERY POPULAR. WE HAD A COUPLE GREAT FINAL CANDIDATES THAT ARE MOVING TOWARDS MAKING A DECISION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AWESOME. VERY COOL. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THANK YOU. [4. Police Chief] MY APOLOGIES, MISTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO STEP OUT AND TALK WITH THE CITIZEN AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS THAT WE HAVE JUST HIRING. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THROUGH BACKGROUNDS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES WITH THAT TO FILL CURRENTLY FOUR VACANCIES. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. AND LIKE JASON SAID, MAKING SOME DECISIONS HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH SOME NEW OFFICERS GETTING INTO THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM. AND THEN SECONDLY, JUST TO TOUCH REALLY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ISSUES OF, OF YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS HERE IN STILLWATER AT ALL. AND TALK TO THE RESIDENT ABOUT THAT. WE WERE HERE TO SERVE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR YOUR VIEW ON THIS ICE ISSUE. AND CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS DOWNTOWN STILLWATER AND WORKING TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT, AS WELL AS KIND OF COUNTER THOUGHTS ON THAT AND THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO DO THAT, BUT KEEPING IT PEACEFUL, THAT IS OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE THING IS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND NUMBER TWO, JUST TO KEEP IT PEACEFUL. AND SO WE TOOK SOME EXTRA STEPS ACTUALLY, TONIGHT, BASED ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. AND WITH THAT GROUP AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER PEACEFUL EVENT THIS EVENING. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WERE CARETAKERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR OFFICERS DON'T GET INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION. JUST TO KIND OF FOOTNOTE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. AND WE'RE HERE JUST TO SERVE EVERYONE AT ANY TIME, WHENEVER THEY NEED HELP FROM THE STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT. AWESOME. THANKS, CHIEF. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. [8. Administrative Services Director] EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO CHIP AWAY AT UPDATING AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR POLICIES. TONIGHT ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA UPDATES FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY AND OUR NEW AI POLICIES ON THERE. SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING THERE. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING TO DISCUSS THE CHANGE IN OUR 25 MILE PER MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES THAT'S A BIGGER DEAL ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. SO WE DID BUILD A COMMUNICATION PLAN AROUND THAT. SO IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE THOSE BIGGER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PUT MORE ATTENTION ON. SO WE HAVE AN UPDATE IN THE NEWSLETTER ON THAT. WE DID CREATE A DEDICATED WEB PAGE AND THEN WE'LL SUPPORT THAT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. SO JUST KIND OF HOW LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE CITY, HOW WE CAN BUILD MORE OF A STRONGER PLAN AROUND THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT. SO AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE. YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOOD. AND THE FEEDBACK ON THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT WANTING CHANGE AND THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S LARGELY BEEN PRETTY POSITIVE. YEAH. ON THE SPEED LIMIT STUFF. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK. GOOD EVENING. [9. City Clerk] JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS UNTIL MARCH 20TH. FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE CHARTER COMMISSION, DOWNTOWN PARKING COMMISSION, HUMAN RIGHTS HERITAGE PRESERVATION, PLANNING, UTILITIES, SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT AND PARKS AND REC. I THINK I GOT THEM ALL. ONLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE TERMS ARE ENDING AND SOME MIGHT NOT REAPPLY. SO THERE MAY BE OPENINGS. SO FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED SHOULD VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY. AWESOME. THANK YOU BOTH. AND CITY ATTORNEY AARON MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. [00:45:06] I HAVE NO UPDATE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. I'LL LET COREY GET TO THAT WHEN SHE'S BACK. NEXT MEETING. HOW DO WE DO? WE DO? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. COOL. CITY ADMINISTRATOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [11. City Administrator] JUST A QUICK UPDATE. SOME GOOD NEWS. TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WERE NOMINATED FOR COMMUNITY AWARDS, CHIEF GLAZIER FOR THE BEHIND THE BADGE AWARD, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER PAULINA FOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD. SO MARCH 6TH THEY WILL BE HANDING OUT THOSE AWARDS. IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, YOU SHOULD COME DOWN AND SUPPORT THE TEAM. RIGHT, JOE AND MAYOR, IF I COULD ALSO ADD. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER LAURA MCBROOM WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR A BEHIND THE BADGE AWARD. I FOUND THAT OUT. YES, YES. I DIDN'T SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THE ONE THAT GOT ME TO GO DOWN THAT SLIDE LUGE THING. MAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS PAINFUL. I THINK IT WAS AWESOME. ALRIGHT. WELL, THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING, LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. ANYBODY WISH TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE ITEMS OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. [VII. CONSENT AGENDA – These items are routine and will be approved in one motion.] SECOND. GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE I OPPOSED, AND THAT PASSES WITH THREE VOTES. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAYOR, I WILL SAY. I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WINTERFEST IS IN EFFECT THIS WEEK HERE IN STILLWATER. SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN, COMMUNITY WIDE CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS WINTER. HIGHLIGHT I WOULD SAY IS GOING TO BE COCOA WITH COUNCIL ON SATURDAY AT THE JC, WHERE YOU'LL GET TO HANG OUT WITH SOME OF YOUR COUNCIL, MEMBERS AND MAYOR AND GET A FREE HOT CHOCOLATE. BUT CHECK IT OUT. THEY HAVE A LOT A WIDE VARIETY OF EVENTS GOING ON IN THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN. THERE'S TONS OF STUFF GOING ON ALL OVER STILLWATER. CHECK OUT WINTERFEST. I KNOW ON SATURDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PART OF WINTERFEST OR NOT, BUT THEY'RE DOING AN ICE CAROUSEL ON LILY LAKE. I DON'T KNOW IF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY RIGHT. THEY BASICALLY CUT A GIANT CIRCLE WITH A CHAINSAW ON THE ICE AND PUT A LITTLE OUTBOARD MOTOR ON IT AND, LIKE, SPIN IT AROUND SO YOU CAN ALL HANG OUT. IT'S LIKE A CAROUSEL IN LILY LAKE. SO THAT'S SATURDAY HOT DISH COOKOFF, THE HOT DISH. I'M A HOT DISH COOKOFF JUDGE ON SATURDAY DOWN AT JW. SO A LOT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON. IT'S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME WEEKEND. STILLWATER. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 746. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY REALLY QUICK. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.