SOMETHING ABOUT BALLS UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT LIKE 6:00. 
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SO WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR MARCH 3RD, 2026. 
          [I. CALL TO ORDER]
ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COLLINS. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BELLON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PAULINA HERE. MAYOR KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT,
WE'VE GOT THE 2026 NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT UPDATE. 
          [1. 2026 Natural Resources Project Update]
I'LL KICK IT OFF. THIS IS PRETTY COOL. OKAY,
BEFORE WE START, I WAS GOING TO. 
          THIS IS WHAT I DID FOR A LIVING. YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE CITY. 
          WHEN I READ THIS OVER. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS CITY IS UNBELIEVABLE. 
          FROM WHAT THIS CITY HAS EVER DONE BEFORE. AND WHAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE AND WHAT
YOU'RE WORKING ON IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU. I REALLY GET EXCITED FLIPPING THROUGH POWERPOINTS ON MY STUFF. 
          ANDREW, A LOT OF NICE PICTURES IN THERE TO MAKE IT. 
          A LOT OF PRETTY PICTURES. NO, YOU'VE DONE IT. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOUR WHOLE PLAN IS
THE WHOLE PLAN IS AWESOME. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I GET TREE ISSUES AND I TELL THEM WHAT YOU DO. 
          IT'S LIKE MY FAVORITE. I'M LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF LUXURIES, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS GUY AND HE KNOWS EVERY PERSON THAT YOU SEND HIS WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS IS HUGE. 
          EMERALD ASH EMERALD ASH PROGRAM, WHICH YOU PUT TOGETHER. 
          NOBODY CAN BELIEVE WE GET WE GOT MONEY COMING IN TO HELP OUR OUR OUR COMMUNITY LIKE YOU'VE
PUT TOGETHER. 
          I DID HAVE ONE GUY COMPLAIN THAT WE PUT THE WRONG TREE IN THERE AND I'M LIKE,
YOU'VE GOT A FREE TREE, BUT THE TREE WE PUT A NEW TREE IN AND HE'S LIKE, THIS ONE'S MESSY. I'M LIKE, WELL, ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LOVE MORE OF THOSE CALLS. 
          YEAH. YOU NEED A MESSY TREE CALLS. I'M SURE THEY HAVE. 
          THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TO PICK A TREE, I'M SURE. 
          AND THEY THAT'S I POINTED THAT OUT TO HIM AND HE. 
          YEAH. YEAH, I'M MOVING ANYWAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          TAKE IT AWAY. ANDREW. THANK YOU. SO I'M ANDREW,
NATURAL RESOURCE TECH. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS. IT'LL BE FOUR YEARS IN JULY,
WHICH IS CRAZY TO SAY. 
          YEAH. IT SEEMS. BUT IN THAT FOUR YEARS I'VE WORKED ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT NATURAL
RESOURCE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF STILLWATER. 
          AND I'LL KIND OF JUST GIVE A BREAKDOWN ON DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN IN. 
          SO WE'VE DONE THESE MINNESOTA DNR CPL GRANTS,
WHICH ARE KIND OF OUR HABITAT PROJECT GRANTS THAT THE DNR FACILITATES WITH A 10% MATCH. WE'VE DONE MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH WASHINGTON
CONSERVATION DISTRICT, EITHER THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM OR THROUGH THEM,
THEM GETTING GRANTS AND INCLUDING US IN THEIR PROJECTS AND THE PLANNING. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN $417,000 OF DNR MONEY FOR EMERALD ASH BORER REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S THE UCF GRANTS. AND THEN LUMBERJACK LANDING IS KIND OF THE THE BIG ONE. 
          THAT'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THAT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLANNING AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORKING ON IT IN PHASES. 
          SO WHEN I STARTED, WE WERE DOING THE SOUTH END OF IT THROUGH A GRANT THAT GREAT RIVER
GREEN GOT FOR US. 
          WE COMPLETED THAT LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING IN THE NORTH END OF
THE UNIT WITH THE MONEY FROM THE TAX REFERENDUM BILL. 
          SO WE'VE KIND OF TRIED TO MATCH THE TWO SIDES. 
          SO NOW IT'S JUST ONE THERE'S NO MORE FENCE THERE EITHER. 
          SO IT'S JUST ONE CONTINUOUS FOREST, WHICH IS WHAT THE GOAL WAS. 
          AND THEN A LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS AND SOME FUTURE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT. 
          SO FIRST COUPLE GRANT THAT I WORKED ON TAYLOR STOCKARD ACTUALLY GOT BEFORE I STARTED HERE. 
          HE GOT $28,000 FROM THE DNR TO REMOVE MOSTLY BUCKTHORN AND THEN SOME OTHER INVASIVE
SPECIES IN THIS TEN ACRE, REALLY COOL WOODLAND ON THE SHORE OF LONG LAKE,
ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF LONG LAKE. 
          SO IN THAT THREE YEARS, WE'VE REDUCED BUCKTHORN BY 95% OR MORE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN YOU PULL BUCKTHORN,
BECAUSE THEY NEVER KNOW IT'S THERE UNTIL IT'S MISSING, AND THEN IT'S JUST LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO. YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH THE WOODS,
WHICH IS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MORE GREENERY IN THE FOREST, THE BETTER. 
          BUT REALLY, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THERE. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
STRUCTURE, THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LAYERS, THE DIFFERENT AGES OF TREES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. THERE IS JUST GETTING
BUCKTHORN OUT, GETTING A HEAD START ON THAT FOREST, GETTING NEW SPECIES GROWING IN THERE SO THAT IT CAN
REMAIN A FOREST FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO WE DID THAT ONE, AND THEN I WENT AND GOT THE THE GRANT TO DO THE WORK AT PIONEER PARK. 
          THROUGH SOME. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMPLAINTS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL ABOUT HOW THEIR LOW
VISIBILITY. 
          YOU COULDN'T SEE THE RIVER ANYMORE. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE WHAT STARTED THAT. 
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AND THEN I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE WHOLE SITE. 
          WE ENDED UP MAKING A RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE WHOLE HILLSIDE THAT WRAPS AROUND THAT PARK. 
          SO NOT ONLY THE VIEW SHED AREA, BUT ALSO THE FORESTED AREA ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          WE GOT A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THAT. WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK. 
          WE REMOVED ALL THOSE TREES SO YOU CAN SEE THAT RIVER AGAIN. 
          BUT THEN WE HAD A KIND OF A HICCUP DURING MANAGEMENT. 
          WE WERE CONVERTING THE VIEW SHED AREA INTO A PRAIRIE. 
          AND DURING THAT WE SOMEHOW WE FOUND THIS PLANT CALLED JAPANESE HOPS. 
          THAT'S A SUPER, SUPER INVASIVE PLANT. IT'S CLASSIFIED AS PROHIBITED ERADICATE BY THE
STATE, WHICH MEANS IT'S LIKE, THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST PRIORITY. 
          NO CHOICE BUT TO. YEAH. IF YOU SEE IT, YOU HAVE TO. 
          AND IT WAS THE ONLY DOCUMENTED CASE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OR I THINK IN THE WHOLE METRO
AREA. 
          SO IT WAS PRETTY HIGH PRIORITY TO, TO STOP THAT BEFORE IT SPREAD EVERYWHERE DEEP IN THE
WOODS. 
          BUT HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? SOMEBODY THROWING JAPANESE HOP SEEDS OUT THE WINDOW OR WHAT? I DON'T KNOW. I HAD THE PEOPLE. I HAD THE MTA COME OUT AND VERIFY IT. 
          AND THEIR BEST GUESS IS THAT IT WAS JUST IN RANDOM SEED MIXES. 
          I KNOW THAT DURING COVID, PEOPLE WERE GETTING LIKE RANDOM MIXES OF SEEDS JUST MAILED TO
THEM, AND. RIGHT. AND YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT? YES. SOME PEOPLE THINK SOME OF THOSE MIGHT HAVE
SPREAD SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY YEAH. THAT WAS. NO. WAS THAT THE ONE THAT WAS BEHIND MY HOUSE TOO,
ON THAT PATH? YEAH, YEAH. SO THERE'S THE ERADICATE WEEDS. THOSE ARE YOU KNOW,
THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF THOSE. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME ACROSS THOSE VERY OFTEN BECAUSE OUR STATE IS REALLY GOOD AT
MANAGING THEM. 
          BUT THEN THERE ARE PROHIBITED CONTROL, WHICH ARE PRETTY WIDESPREAD IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO HERE'S A LIST OF ALL OF THE PLANTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ERADICATING,
CONTROLLING, MANAGING HOWEVER WE CAN. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN. 
          HOWEVER, MANAGING THEM WITHIN WHAT I GUESS WITHIN WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND CUT ALL THE BUCKTHORN. 
          I GET THIS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE. PEOPLE WANT US TO OH,
MY NEIGHBOR HAS BUCKTHORN, MY NEIGHBOR HAS GARLIC MUSTARD. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S CLASSIFIED, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST PART OF THE LANDSCAPE AT THIS
POINT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT. SO THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF THOSE COMMON ONES ARE ARE LOW
PRIORITY BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T ENFORCE IT. 
          BUT WE ARE FIGHTING SOME KNOTWEED INVASIONS. SPOTTED KNAPWEED. 
          WILD PARSNIP IS ONE THAT'S BEEN POPPING UP IN OUR PARKS. 
          AND THAT ONE'S KIND OF DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT CAN BURN YOUR SKIN IF YOU TOUCH THIS APP. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW, BUT THE TWO BIG ONES ARE THAT JAPANESE HOPS AND RED
HAILSTONE, WHICH ARE BOTH ERADICATE AND THEY'RE BOTH PRESENT AROUND HERE IN THE IN THE RAVINES AND
THE HILLSIDES. 
          HAVE YOU USED ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WAYS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE
KNOTWEED? WE LET THOSE FLIES AND MOTHS GO IN THE PARK,
AND IT TOOK ALL THE KNOTWEED OUT OF THE PARK. 
          IT WAS AMAZING HOW THAT WORKED. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY. 
          WE'VE DONE STRIFE. PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE. YEAH. THOSE BUGS. 
          YEAH, WE'VE DONE THAT. BUT NO, I DON'T. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY. 
          LATER. SO OUR FIRST WHCD WASHINGTON CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROJECT THAT WE DID WAS ACTUALLY
ORGANIZED BY KAREN KILL FROM BROWNS CREEK. SHE GOT THIS BIG GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT $425,000 TO RE-ENGINEER AND RESTORE. 
          I THINK IT WAS 2000FT OF STREAM IN THE BROWNS CREEK NATURE PRESERVE. 
          SO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY INTENSIVE PROCESS WHERE THEY WENT OUT THERE AND THEY ACTUALLY
STARTED DIGGING UP THE THE STREAM MOVE AND FILL AROUND. AND THEY BASICALLY THEY RE-ENGINEERED THE STREAM SO THAT IT'S LIKE FLAT,
GRADUAL SLOPES INSTEAD OF JUST THIS, YOU KNOW, DEEP CHANNEL CUT IN THERE. SO THAT THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS JUST TO
RESTORE THAT STREAM. 
          BUT SECONDARY TO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MANAGE BUCKTHORN AND OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES IN LIKE
THE 12 ACRES OF WOODS AND MEADOWS THAT SURROUND THE STREAM. SO HUGE DIFFERENCE TRAIL BY THAT PRETTY OFTEN. 
          AND IT IS IT IS RADICALLY BETTER LOOKING. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT THE STREAM,
IT HAS THAT NICE CURVE TO IT. 
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BEFORE, TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUST A STRAIGHT LINE,
JUST. 
          AND IT WAS VERY DEEP AND JUST CONSTANTLY ERODING. 
          SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THE PROJECT ON THAT. 
          I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LOT FEWER TICKS NOW THAT A LOT OF THAT BUCKTHORN IS PULLED OUT OF
THERE AS WELL. 
          INTERESTING. ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP WE'VE DONE WITH WASHINGTON CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS WE'VE
PARTNERED WITH THEM ON THESE BOWSER GRANTS CALLED HELP HABITAT ENHANCEMENT LANDSCAPE PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          FOR POLLINATOR LANDS. SO PRAIRIES, OAK SAVANNAS,
THINGS LIKE THAT ON PUBLIC LAND. 
          THEY GAVE US $20,000 TO RESTORE THIS. WE CAN CALL IT A IT'S GOING TO BE AN OAK SAVANNA. 
          IT WAS KIND OF A WOODLAND, ACTUALLY, IN COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PAULINA'S BACKYARD. THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS HOUSE IS PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THERE. 
          SO, YEAH, WE GOT THE MONEY TO DO THAT. WE TOOK OUT 35 BOXELDER MAPLE ASH TREES TILLED
EVERYTHING DOWN, TOOK OUT ALL OF THE BUCKTHORN AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE SITE. 
          AND THE GOAL NOW IS TO GET NATIVE PRAIRIE VEGETATION GROWING ACROSS THE WHOLE SITE AND
THEN ALSO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OAK TREES ON THE SITE AT THE END OF IT. 
          SO WE'LL BE PLANTING SOMEWHERE LIKE TEN, 10 TO 12 SCATTERED TREES TO CREATE A LITTLE MINI
OAK SAVANNA WHICH IS A VERY, VERY HIGHLY, HIGHLY UNDERVALUED HABITAT TYPE. 
          WE HAVE LIKE LESS THAN 1% OF OAK SAVANNAS LEFT IN THE STATE. 
          AND THEY SUPPORT, LIKE, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INSECT AND BIRD SPECIES. 
          SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY HIGH WILDLIFE VALUE. AND WE BASICALLY HAVE NO OAK SAVANNAS. 
          SO ANYWHERE YOU CAN CREATE THESE LITTLE POCKETS,
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK THE OTHER THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S MEANT TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY IN BRONZE. 
          BREWER'S POND. YES, BECAUSE IN THE CITY JUST DID A BIG PROJECT WITH THAT WITH THE STORM
SEWER. 
          YEP. THEY DID INSTALL THAT NEW PIPE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 
          AND IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE IN THERE. LAST HELP GRANT,
THIS IS LESS INTENSIVE. 
          IT'S MORE. SO JUST PRAIRIE ENHANCEMENT AT BROWNS CREEK PARK. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE. REALLY NICE. REALLY NICE PRAIRIE,
BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST BIG BLUESTEM GRASSES AND THEN GOLDENROD, WHICH IS THEIR NATIVE. BUT IT CREATES THIS MONOCROP AND IT'S IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE
HABITAT OR THE DIVERSITY THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THOSE PRAIRIES. 
          SO ON THIS PROJECT WE'RE REMOVING BUCKTHORN,
DOING SOME SITE PREP WITH HERBICIDE AND BURNING. 
          AND THEN THE THE COOL THING WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE INSTALLING THESE HEMIPARASITIC
PLANTS INTO SOME LITTLE PLOTS AROUND THE PRAIRIE, WHICH SERVE TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY BY THEY LIKE THEY
BASICALLY THEY OUTCOMPETE CERTAIN PLANTS THAT FORM MONOCROPS. 
          I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT. ACTUALLY. IT'S KELLY WITH. 
          IT'S HER. SHE'S THE. SHE'S THE SMART PRAIRIE SCIENTIST. 
          AND SHE KIND OF HELPED ME PLAN THIS OUT. SO WE'RE TRYING IT OUT ON THIS SITE,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL TO SEE WHAT IT DOES BECAUSE THAT'S THIS IS AN AMAZING MAP, GRANT. YEAH, THAT'S OUR THAT'S WHERE ALL THE ASH TREES WE REMOVED IN 2023 AND
2024 ARE BETWEEN THE TWO GRANTS WE GOT, WE GOT $417,000 REMOVED, 517 TREES AND REPLACED THEM ALL WITH ROUGHLY 20 DIFFERENT SPECIES. AND YOU CAN SEE JUST REALLY REALLY HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF, OF THE CITY AND THEN ALSO NEAR DOWNTOWN. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT THE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY OVER HERE. ASH TREES WERE REALLY POPULAR. 
          IT WAS POST DUTCH ELM DISEASE. SO THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WAS PLANTING. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THERE ARE JUST NOISY ABOUT TREES. 
          HUNDREDS OF THEM OVER HERE, AND ALMOST NONE OF THEM UP HERE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE
NEWER. 
          THEY'RE ALL DEAD. YEAH. TOTAL 500, 517 TREES. 
          IT COST. AWESOME. ON AVERAGE, IT WAS $805 PER REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT,
WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, BY THE WAY. COOL TO SEE SOME ELMS BACK. THERE WAS ONE YOU PLANTED IN MILLBROOK THAT I'VE
BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON. 
          WE PLANTED. THESE ARE ALL THE. THESE ARE THE GENUS GENERA THAT WE PLANTED. 
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THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT OAK SPECIES, A FEW DIFFERENT HONEYLOCUST SPECIES IN THERE. 
          BUT THE THE MAIN CRITERIA FROM THE DNR FOR REPLACEMENT WAS DIVERSIFICATION. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REMOVED 500 TREES AND REPLACED THEM WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT
SPECIES. 
          WHERE NOW, IN THE FUTURE, IF WE GET SOME PESTS THAT COMES IN AND WIPES OUT EVERYTHING AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OAKS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE LOSING ALL OF OUR TREES AT ONCE. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL. AND IT'S IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RESET. 
          FOR WHAT? OUR URBAN FOREST, OUR SYCAMORES GENOTYPE FOR THIS AREA. 
          NOW, SOME OF THEM. YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE WE ACTUALLY THE THAT'S JUST THE GENUS WE PLANTED
LONDON PLANE TREE WHICH ARE HYBRID. 
          COOL. YEAH. SO WE PLANTED ALL THESE DIFFERENT TREES. 
          IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO REALLY BOOST THE,
THE OVERALL RESILIENCY OF THE URBAN FOREST. 
          AND SECONDARILY, IT ALSO ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO PLANT NEW SPECIES WHEN THEY SEE ALL THESE
TREES INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SEE A MAPLE AND WANT A MAPLE. NOW THEY CAN WALK AROUND AND SAY,
OH, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT TREE BEFORE. 
          WHAT IS THAT? AND THEN WE HAVE THE TAG ON IT. 
          IT IT KIND OF HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THEIR OWN. 
          YOU PUT THE SYCAMORE OUT IN MILLBROOK. IT'S A PERFECT SPOT FOR IT. 
          I LOVE SYCAMORES. BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. LUMBERJACK LANDING. 
          TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. SOUTH HALF WAS THAT GREAT RIVER GREENING,
GRANT. 
          NORTH HALF WAS TAX REFERENDUM BILL. WE FINISHED ALL THAT WORK. 
          WE REMOVED JUST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BUCKTHORN STEMS. AND THEN THIS WINTER, WE DID OUR LAST TREE REMOVAL PROJECT OUT THERE,
WHICH IS IN PREP FOR THE RIVERBANK STABILIZATION THAT JESSIE FARRELL HAS BEEN HEADING. BUT WE REMOVED ROUGHLY 300 LOCUST TREES,
BOX ELDER TREES, LOW QUALITY AND DYING TREES TO ONE. GET ALL THE HAZARDS OUT OF THERE OFF OF THAT TRAIL FOR PEOPLE WALKING
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DEAD, DEAD HANGERS. BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE BASICALLY WE'RE MAKING IT SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES IN THERE WITHOUT DAMAGING ALL THE EXISTING TREES. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY HUGE DIFFERENCE. ALL THAT. THAT'S ALL BUCKTHORN. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT JUST SOME SOME TRIMMING MIX. 
          IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO SEE THERE. THERE'S SMOKE THERE BECAUSE WE WERE WE'RE WE BURNED ALL
THE WOOD. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT LUMBERJACK LANDING IS LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL ONCE THAT PROJECT IS FINISHED AND WE
START REVEGETATING THE HILLSIDE, HOW MUCH TRASH DID YOU PULL OFF THE RIVERFRONT IN THIS PROCESS? NONE YET. I THINK IT'S STILL ALL BURIED. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE STABILIZATION PROJECT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. NO. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE DNR TODAY,
THE REGIONAL FISHERIES DIRECTOR, ABOUT THAT POND AND THE STREAM OUT THERE. WHEN SHAUN AND I MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT
THEY HAD A PERMIT TO RAISE TROUT THERE, AND THEY USED TO RAISE TROUT THERE. AND THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE THAT POND WITH THAT SPRING
WATER AND MAKE IT INTO A TROUT POND FOR THE KIDS AND STUFF, BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST ALL THE TROUT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND HERE NOW. 
          SO IT'D BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT NOBODY HAS
AROUND. 
          WHEN THEY FINISHED WITH BROWN'S CREEK, THEY WANT TO GET TRAPPED BACK IN THERE TO TELL THEM
TO GO INTO BROWN'S CREEK, BECAUSE WE JUST REOPENED THAT ACCESS UP IN THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE STOCKING THAT. THEY USED TO STOCK IT ALL THE TIME. 
          FROM WHAT I REMEMBER THE WHOLE YEAR, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A TROUT. 
          THEY'VE ALWAYS STOCKED BROWN OR BROOK. BUT I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE STOCKING ANOTHER TROUT
SPECIES NOW. 
          FROM WHAT I HEARD, BROWN'S NAKED. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE BROOK TROUT,
BUT THE BROWNS, I HEAR IT DO PRETTY WELL. 
          YEAH. I'M NOT AS. I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 
          I DECIDED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'LL KEEP YOU IN YOUR MOVIE. 
          SHE JUST TALKED TO HIM TODAY. THIS AFTERNOON. THAT'S AWESOME. 
          LAST, LAST LITTLE BIT HERE. JUST SMALL PROJECTS WE'VE DONE. 
          PRETTY INTENSIVE PRAIRIE RESTORATION AT BROWNS CREEK PARK ON THE. 
          SO THERE'S TWO PRAIRIES. THE ONE WITH THE HELP GRANT. I'D CALL THAT THE WEST SIDE. 
          THIS ONE'S THE EAST SIDE. THIS THIS WAS STARTED BY TAYLOR BACK WHEN I WAS BEFORE I
STARTED. 
          HE STARTED THIS. WE'VE DONE. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IS ALL BURNT HERE. 
          SO WE'VE DONE, I THINK, TWO BURNS, THREE SEEDINGS AND THEN SOME SPOT TREATMENTS OF SOME
WEEDS. 
          SO THIS YEAR, THIS PRAIRIE SHOULD BE LOOKING LIKE PRISTINE. 
          SHOULD BE LOOKING REALLY NICE. SHOULD BE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FLOWERS OUT THERE. 
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AND YOU GUYS CAN GO CHECK IT OUT ON THE NEW BENCH THAT THEY INSTALLED OUT THERE BECAUSE
THEY HAD A BENCH, I CAN'T REMEMBER. SOMEBODY DONATED A BENCH. SO WE HAVE IT RIGHT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
PRAIRIE HERE. 
          IT'S REALLY COOL. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SPOT FOR WE GET RID OF THE DISC GOLF COURSE OUT
THERE THAT THE THE GOALS ALL DISAPPEARED. 
          AND THE PRAIRIE GRASS. YEAH, I THINK. OF COURSE. 
          YEAH. OTHERWISE, WHAT DO WE DO? WE DID THE PEACE PARK. 
          PEACE PARK? THE BEHIND THE PARKING RAMP DOWN THERE. 
          WE HAD TO RESTORE ALL THAT LANDSCAPING. REMOVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF BRUSH AND MOVE SOME ROCKS
AROUND BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES DOWN THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF POLICE CALLS THEY'VE
HAD DOWN THERE. 
          NORTHLAND PARK, WE REMOVED THE PINE TREES OUTSIDE OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT,
AND THEN I INSTALLED A LIKE A NATIVE PRAIRIE STRIP THERE. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY COOL THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S ON ITS THIRD YEAR. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING LIKE,
YOU KNOW, HEAD HIGH, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS AND GRASSES. 
          OTHERWISE LOTS OF VOLUNTEER PROJECTS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS,
MAINLY DOING BUCKTHORN REMOVALS OR TREE PLANTING. 
          THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR OUR MAIN PARTNERS. SUSTAINABLE STILLWATERS THE MOST COMMON. 
          BUT BIRD CITY GARDENS IS THEIR. THAT'S THEIR NEW. 
          ARE YOU STILL DOING STUFF WITH THE POLLINATOR ALLIANCE OR POLLINATOR FRIENDLY? POLLINATOR FRIENDLY. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH WITH THEM. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE PRAIRIE AT OWNS ONE NORTHLAND FLORAL. SO THEY'RE STILL DOING THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH WORK WITH THEM SINCE I'VE STARTED HERE. 
          THE FUTURE PROJECTS WE DID APPLY FOR $950,000 IN GRANTS FROM THE THREE PFAS PRIORITY TO
PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING BACK ABOUT THAT HOPEFULLY SOON. 
          THEY SAY SPRING. SO WHETHER THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW,
MARCH 20TH 1ST OR JUNE 19TH. 
          WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. THEY JUST SAY SPRING. IF WE GET THAT GRANT THAT'S RETROACTIVELY
AVAILABLE. 
          THE MONEY WE'VE ALREADY SPENT OR THAT. SO THAT ONE,
THERE'S 2 OR 3 PHASES ON THE GRANT. 
          SO THIS ONE IS JUST VEGETATION RESTORATION. OKAY. 
          YEAH. BUT IT WOULD BE HUGE. WE WOULD GET ALL THIS MONEY TO FINISH RESTORING BRIDGEVIEW
PARK. 
          THE LAUREL RAVINE, LAKE MCKUSICK, ALL OF ALL THE SHORELINES AND SLOPES THAT ARE ERODING
AND COVERED IN INVASIVE SPECIES. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. OTHERWISE,
WE'RE I'M PUTTING TOGETHER APPLICATIONS FOR MORE CONSERVATION PARTNERS GRANTS. 
          THE BIG ONE IS NIGHTINGALE PARK. THE FOREST BACK THERE. 
          AND THEN STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL. FOREST. THEY WANT US TO HELP THEM FIX THAT LITTLE WOODLAND
DOWN THERE, AND THEN BROWN'S CREEK. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WORK TO DO OUT THERE STILL. AND THAT'S THAT'S
ABOUT IT FOR NATURAL RESOURCE PROJECTS. 
          OF THE LAST QUESTIONS, I MEAN, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE? THAT'S INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU. IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY. 
          MIKE WAS CONFIDENT THAT YOUR ROLE WOULD WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. 
          AND I THINK WE CERTAINLY DEMONSTRATED THAT, LIKE THE AMOUNT OF GRANT DOLLARS TENFOLD OVER
AND CLEAN UP AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND AGAIN, I KNOW I'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS. 
          I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HAVING YOU AROUND AND HAVING YOU AS A
RESOURCE IN OUR CITY, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE IT ALL IN, IN ONE DECK. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE
DONE, CERTAINLY. BUT SEE THOSE BIG PROJECTS AND THOSE WINS AND JAPANESE HOPS? I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS A THING UNTIL, OH, IT'D BE NICE IF YOU GOT THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC
SO THEY CAN SEE THIS, RIGHT? IT'S NICE WE KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT ONE OF THE MORE HEARTBREAKING MEETINGS WE'VE HAD IS
YOU CAME IN AT THIS MEETING THREE YEARS AGO AND YOU BASICALLY SAID, THEY'RE ALL DEAD. AND WE KIND OF STOOD AND WENT,
WHAT? THAT THAT ASH TREES ARE GONE IF THEY'RE EITHER BEING TREATED OR THEY'RE DEAD MAN WALKING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THAT WEEK DRIVING AROUND AND LOOKING AT ALL THE ASH TREES AND
I'M LIKE, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOU GO TO THAT MAP YOU HAVE OF ALL THE DOTS OVER THERE,
THAT WOULD HAVE ALL JUST BEEN MISSING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE IN 20,
30 YEARS. 
          PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE DIVERSITY HAVING THAT PLAN FOR THE DIVERSITY OF SPECIES
AROUND STILLWATER MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME HOW WE'RE DOING IT. I SAID WE GOT THE BEST NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGERS. 
          I MEAN, I HEAR ALL THE TIME OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING ME,
HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS? TELL THEM ABOUT ANDREW. AND YOU TOLD ME, HIRE HIM AWAY. IT'S DOING IT WITH AI. YEAH. NO,
IT'S ALL A MAYOR AI. 
          [00:25:06]
AWESOME. WELL, AGAIN, APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S COOL. THANK YOU. 
          [2. Parking System Update]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR FAVORITE TOPIC. BUT THANK YOU FOR A PARKING SYSTEM UPDATE,
JASON. 
          OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS IT WAS DAVID JENKINS FAVORITE TOPIC. HE'S THE ONE THAT HANDEDLY CHANGED ALL
CHARGED EVERYBODY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. AND RAN AWAY TO FLORIDA. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU CAN STILL EMAIL HIM AT GMAIL.COM. THANKS. 
          WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF ALL THE SYSTEM
UPDATES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST KIND OF SENSITIVE,
WE SENT EXTRA TIME LOOKING AT IT. 
          YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WE UPDATED THE PARKING SYSTEM IN 23 OR SO,
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID WAS TO MAKE OUR MAIN STREET PARKING 30 MINUTES. 
          AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE'S A LOT OF VARYING OPINIONS ABOUT THAT DEPENDING ON WHO YOU
TALK TO. IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING. AND WHEN THE DOWNTOWN PARKING COMMISSION MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN DECEMBER. THIS IS WHEN WE SET ASIDE FOR SOME EXTRA SCRUTINY. IT
REALLY WENT BACK TO LOOKING AT WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US ABOUT THOSE PARKING SPACES ON MAIN STREET? WE WENT BACK TO A STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2020,
WHICH KIND OF LOOKED AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES AND HOW MUCH PARKING DURATION WAS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE USES. SO WHETHER IT'S,
YOU KNOW, A DRY CLEANER OR A TAKEOUT FOOD OR GROCERY STORE OR ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND THEN WE ACTUALLY WENT AND YOU'LL SEE A DIAGRAM IN YOUR MEMO THERE LOOKING AT WHAT USES
ARE ON MAIN STREET AND HOW DO THOSE CORRESPOND TO THOSE TYPES OF DURATIONS. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS MAYBE SURPRISINGLY, THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE THERE REALLY DON'T
CORRESPOND TO THAT 30 MINUTE DURATION FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF COVID AND PEOPLE WERE IN THIS MINDSET
OF, YOU HAVE TO GET IN AND OUT QUICKLY. OR MAYBE WE HAD DIFFERENT USES THAT WERE THERE ON MAIN STREET, THE 30 MINUTES WAS PUT IN. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KINDS OF USES THAT ARE
THERE THAT REALLY ARE IN THAT 1 TO 2 HOUR, MAYBE EVEN LONGER IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING MULTIPLE STOPS. 
          AND SO AS THE THE DOWNTOWN PARKING COMMISSION HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE MODEL OF A 30 MINUTE
PARKING WE HAVE, THIS DOESN'T MATCH THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESSES OR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET IN
THERE. SO WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATION THEY HAD, WHICH IS WHAT BROUGHT FORWARD,
WAS LET'S GO AWAY FROM THE 30 MINUTE PARKING. 
          90 MINUTES SEEM TO BE A GOOD TARGET TO USE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE SPRINKLING IN ENOUGH OF THE
15 MINUTE KIND OF QUICK STOP. 
          SO IF YOU ARE JUST GRABBING A CUP OF COFFEE,
IF YOU ARE PICKING UP SOMETHING OR DROPPING SOMETHING OFF, OR YOU'RE A DOORDASH AND HAVE TO GRAB A DELIVERY,
THERE ARE SPACES FOR YOU TO DO THAT. 
          BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY LONGER THAT 30 MINUTES. AND SO
THE 90 MINUTE IS WHAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDING. 
          WE GO WITH NOT ONLY GOOD FOR KIND OF A BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS,
BUT ALSO OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FIND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ENFORCE WHEN EVERYONE IS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE RULES. AND SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WORKS,
THEY HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN DOING THAT. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL, BUT REALLY,
WHAT IT ENDS UP WITH IS YOU HAVE ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKING SPACES. YOU HAVE YOUR QUICK STOP, 15 MINUTE IN AND OUT,
YOU HAVE YOUR 30 MINUTE LOADING ZONE WHERE YOU'RE UNLOADING AND LOADING SOMETHING. 
          AND THOSE ARE IN TARGETED AREAS THAT THE COMMISSION WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE. 
          WE HAVE OUR SHORT TERM PARKING ON MAIN STREET. THAT 90 MINUTES. 
          IF YOU'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A LOT OR ON THE STREET. THOSE
ARE FOR OUR PARKING SPACES. 
          AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, ALL OF OUR PAID PARKING,
WHETHER YOU'RE ON STREET OR IN OUR LOTS. AND THAT SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE PRETTY BALANCED FROM THE 15 MINUTE ALL THE WAY UP TO ALL DAY, IF YOU WANT TO PAY FOR IT. 
          SO THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT THE COMMISSION AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING. 
          JUST ONE OTHER NOTE. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MAIN STREET,
THEY DID SUGGEST EXTENDING THAT 90 MINUTE PARKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH. 
          SO YOU GET UP NEAR THE STAPLES MILL BECAUSE THE BUSINESS IS IN,
THERE ARE MORE OF THAT TURNOVER RATHER THAN THE THREE HOUR PARKING THAT'S THERE TODAY. 
          SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH ME SINCE I STARTED,
AND I THINK WE THINK THIS IS THE LAST PIECE AND KIND OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR DOWNTOWN PARKING. OUR PLAN, IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS,
IS TO ROLL OUT STICKERS TO GO ON OUR SIGNS TO INDICATE WE'RE GOING FROM THE 30 TO THE 90. 
          AND WE HAVE AN ARTICLE READY TO GO IN THE NEWSLETTER,
WHICH WOULD COME OUT RIGHT AT THE END OF MARCH. AND APRIL 1ST WOULD BE KIND OF OUR TARGET ROLLOUT FOR THESE CHANGES. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR TALK THROUGH SOME OF THIS
BEFORE WE GET TO OUR SECOND TOPIC ON PARKING. 
          SO WITH THIS ONE, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND I'M ON PAGE WHAT IS IT 20 HERE THAT LOOKS AT
MAIN STREET AND LOOKS AT ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE. 
          WELL, THOSE 15 MINUTE PARKING SPOTS GO IN FRONT OF WHERE THEY'RE MARKED IN GREEN,
NOT NECESSARILY IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING ONE IN THE VICINITY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT AS A COMMISSION IS MAYBE HAVING A VERY REGULAR PLACEMENT. SO MAYBE IT'S THE FIRST SPOT ON THE BLOCK, EVERY BLOCK. SO, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHERE YOU LOOK FOR IF WE CAN TRAIN ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR AMAZON OR POSTAL SERVICE OR DOORDASH. 
          [00:30:01]
PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR THOSE SPACES AND HAVE THEM AT REGULAR INTERVALS. 
          THAT WILL HELP, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THEM WHERE THERE ARE NEEDS. AND I
KNOW THE PARKING COMMISSION HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. 
          I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE 30 MINUTE ALL THE WAY UP MAIN STREET WAS KIND OF CRAZY. 
          I MEAN, WE ALL THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEED FOR SHORT TERM PARKING,
RIGHT? THAT WAS A BIG COMPLAINT WE ALL HAD AS WE WERE ADJUSTING THIS,
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALWAYS TOO MUCH. 
          BUT IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE TOO CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE TO
CHANGE IT. 
          I THOUGHT MAYBE A COUPLE BLOCKS DOWNTOWN. DO SHORT TERM ON THE REST OF IT,
DO AN HOUR OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO CONFUSING AT THE TIME. 
          IF MEMORY SERVES. SO I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THIS. 
          GOING BACK TO THAT, AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE 15 MINUTE SPACES OR WHATEVER,
THOSE ARE THOSE SHORT TERM SPACES, BECAUSE I THINK THOSE WERE IMPORTANT. I JUST THINK WE HAD CREATED ONE OF THEM. 
          YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT COLLAB OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION,
THE FEELING, THE DATA, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION, RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES, ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUT ON THE ROAD, TRYING TO NAVIGATE PARKING AND IT REALLY JUST CREATES CONSISTENCY. 
          A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH BECAUSE I THINK EVEN FOR SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN
GREEN, YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT I MIGHT BE IN CANDYLAND FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES
OR, YOU KNOW, OR A COFFEE SHOP. SO EVEN OF OUR, OUR SHORTER TERM USE BUSINESSES,
YOU COULD SOMETIMES MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU'D BE THERE LONGER, YOU KNOW, LIKE JASON MENTIONED, BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE WE PLACE THOSE 15
MINUTES, PROBABLY LIKELY, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A 30 MINUTE FOR THE AMAZON OR MAIL DELIVERY FOLKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH. YOU CAN'T EVEN GO HAVE BREAKFAST IN 30 MINUTES,
MAYBE AT THE MAIN CAFE REAL QUICK. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHERE I USUALLY GO. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POINT TO OF EXTENDING IT UP? ALSO JUST REALLY TRYING TO CREATE CONSISTENCY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE CONTINUALLY
HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS IT'S HARD TO ENFORCE BECAUSE IT'S CONFUSING AND CONVOLUTED, AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN 30 MINUTES STOPS AND WHEN FOUR HOURS STARTS AND WHAT'S PAID AND
WHAT'S NOT. 
          AND SO THE COMMISSION HAS REALLY WORKED HARD WITH JASON AND HIS TEAM AND MYSELF AND OUR
BUSINESSES TO REALLY DISCERN A PLAN THAT MAKES IT CONSISTENT AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND, WHICH THEN MAKES IT EASY TO ENFORCE. YEAH, I LIKE IT,
I LOVE IT. 
          AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE REASON WE APPROVED THE FIRST RUN OF THIS WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
WE KNOW WE COULD LOOK AT THE DATA AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND MAKE CHANGES. 
          SO SEEING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND AND MAPPING THIS OUT, I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT. THIS MAP OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. 
          AND I THINK IT MAKES IT PRETTY EASY TO JUSTIFY THE CHANGE. 
          SO I'M ALL FOR IT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A WORKING COMMISSION THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          ABSOLUTELY. GOOD. DO YOU NEED A FORMAL VOTE ON THAT OR ARE YOU GOOD? WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK WE HAVE THE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. SO IF YOU
AGREE WITH IT, I'M FINE. 
          I'M GOOD. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. NICE WORK. 
          THE SECOND THING RELATED TO PARKING AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER INITIATIVE. 
          SO I'LL JUST MENTION THAT THE DOWNTOWN PARKING SUPPORTED HER PROPOSAL AND I'LL LET HER
EXPLAIN KIND OF WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS. 
          YEAH. SO SORT OF RESIDENT FORWARD THINKING WE THE PARKING COMMISSION I THINK ALSO HEARS IS
THERE LOCAL PARKING AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE HERE IN, IN STILLWATER? SO WE'VE KIND OF THROWN AROUND SOME IDEAS. 
          THIS THE FREE PARKING TUESDAY, AS YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA,
IS SORT OF BORN OF A SEPARATE IDEA, WHICH IS RESIDENT FORWARD THINKING AROUND HAVING A ONE DAY ON THE WEEKEND,
ONCE A MONTH, BE FREE OF EVENTS IN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND WE LOOK TO POSSIBLY PAIR THAT WITH FREE PARKING. 
          AFTER RUNNING SOME NUMBERS AND STATS THAT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE WAY THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE
FORWARD. 
          BUT ACTUALLY, CHAIR GLENN BROUGHT UP AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS USED IN OTHER SIMILAR
COMMUNITIES AS OURS, WHICH IS TO SAY, FREE PARKING IN GENERAL ON TUESDAYS. 
          SO TUESDAYS BEING A DAY IN THE SUMMER THAT WE HAVE SUMMER TUESDAYS AND ALREADY SOME REALLY
LOCAL FORWARD PROGRAMING ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          BUT THEN IN THE WINTER MONTHS BEING DAYS THAT WE'RE TRADITIONALLY SLOWER,
SO IT MIGHT BE A DRAW TO BRING LOCALS DOWN. 
          WE RAN THE NUMBERS ON TUESDAYS EVERY SINGLE WEEK FOR THE YEAR,
AND THE COMMISSION FELT LIKE THAT WAS A NUMBER THAT THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH, SAYING WE ARE OKAY DOING WITHOUT THAT, THAT INCOME FROM THE PARKING SYSTEM. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IS JUST SAYING LET'S MOVE FORWARD ALSO WITH FREE
PARKING ON TUESDAYS. 
          RIGHT. WHAT IS ANYBODY. LOOK AT WHAT HUDSON DOES. 
          I THINK THEY HAD LIKE HOLIDAYS FOR FREE. YEAH I GUESS I'M NOT EASTER ONE YEAR IS ACTUALLY
ONE OF HUDSON'S, ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT CHAIR GLENN ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP. SO I'M PRETTY SURE THEY DO
FREE PARKING TUESDAYS DOWN THERE. I THOUGHT THEY HAD OTHER DAYS ON THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE TWO DAYS. YEAH. IT'S POSSIBLE. THE CAVEAT OR SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. IF, LIKE, THE 4TH OF JULY LANDS ON A TUESDAY OR AN EVENT,
WE'RE STILL IN EVENT MODE NO MATTER WHAT DOWN THERE. 
          BUT REALLY, THE IDEA BEING, LET'S KEEP IT RESONANT,
FOCUSED. 
          AND I LIKE THAT TOO. I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT BECAUSE AGAIN,
WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PUSHBACK ON THIS AND THE PERCEPTION THAT IT WASN'T LOCAL
FRIENDLY. 
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SO IF WE HAVE TO GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT TO TRY AND DRUM UP SOME ADDITIONAL VISITORS AND
TRAFFIC DOWN THERE ON TUESDAY, I'M ALL GOOD WITH IT. YOU TRY IT. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
WORK. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION DID SAY A ONE YEAR PILOT PROJECT MAKES SENSE TO SEE WHAT
GOES HERE. 
          WE CAN REVISIT. AND IF WE HAVE TO, WE ALWAYS CAN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. I TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THEIR PHOTO AND MIGHT GET
SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 
          EMAIL SENT THEIR WAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW YEARS. 
          NO, IT'S ALL GOOD THING. THEY DO GOOD WORK AND SEND IT TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JUNCKER. 
          EXACTLY, EXACTLY. SO YEAH. RIGHT. NO THAT'S GREAT I LOVE IT. 
          GREAT, GREAT. ESPECIALLY WITH SUMMER TUESDAYS AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S JUST PERFECT. 
          AWESOME. GREAT. WELL. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS,
MR. 
          [3. Assistant City Administrator]
SANDERS. AND, STU, THIS IS GOING TO BE MY LAST COUNCIL MEETING WITH YOU. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. YOU'RE NOT? OH, NO. OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GENUINE. 
          OH, NO. OH. ALL RIGHT. JUST A FEW UPDATES. THE WELTON PFAS PLANT, THAT'S THE ONES THAT'S ONGOING ON ORLEANS AVENUE. 
          STILL ON TARGET FOR A MAY 1ST COMPLETION DATE. 
          WORD ON THE STREET IS THE VESSELS WILL BE SHOWN UP NEXT WEEK. 
          AND ONCE THE VESSELS IN, WE CAN START DOING THE INTERNAL PIPING. 
          AND THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DOING THE FLUSHING AND THE WASHOUT OF THE NEW MATERIAL. 
          NEW CARBON. AND THAT TO GO. SO MAY 1ST, THAT'S AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ISN'T IT. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE TIMELINE WE GAVE THEM. WE'RE DOING WELL ON THAT. 
          AND YOUR PACKET TONIGHT IS THE BID AWARD FOR OUR SECOND PFAS TREATMENT PLANT ON TOWER
DRIVE. 
          BIDS CAME IN AT $2.6 MILLION. JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON TO YOU. 
          LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2026 STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOSE TO YOU. WE MEET WITH THE HOA ON ON LONG LAKE VILLAGE TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR DRIVEWAY CONCERNS, AND THEY'RE MORE ON THE PRIVATE SIDE THAN ON OUR ON OUR STREET PROJECT SIDE. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN WORKED OUT. AND THEN ALSO WE SENT OUT NOTICES TO THE RESIDENTS ASKING FOR
OR REQUESTING SEEING THE INPUT FOR TREES TO BE PUT ON THE BOULEVARD. AND ALSO WE MENTIONED THAT WE IF THEY DO WANT TO SAVE SOME OF
THE CONCRETE OR CONCRETE LIMESTONE CURB AND GUTTER, WE WILL SET THAT ASIDE FOR THEM TO PICK THROUGH. 
          AND, AND WE'LL DO THAT IN FRONT OF THEIR YARD SO THEY CAN JUST HAUL IT BACK TO THEIR
BACKYARDS. 
          WE DO HAVE ANOTHER BIG AWARD TONIGHT IS THE RIVERBANK STABILIZATION PROJECT. 
          WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD BIDS ON THAT PROJECT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT APPROVED TONIGHT AS
WELL. 
          AND LASTLY THIS IS FOR STU. I HOPE HE WENT OUT ON A BANG,
BUT LOW RISK FOR FLOODS THIS YEAR. 
          THEY'VE HAD TWO TWO REPORTS, AND THE RISK IS LOW FOR ANY SPRING FLOODING ON THE SAINT
CROIX RIVER THIS YEAR. 
          SO THEY SAY, RIGHT? THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME TIME. 
          WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S LOOKING GOOD ANYWAY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR BEING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 
          I CAN TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM THAT WE HAVE WATER HERE. 
          I DON'T HAVE TO BRUSH MY TEETH WITH BOTTLED WATER. WE DON'T. 
          PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT HERE. YEAH,
NOT OUR BAR, BUT. 
          YEAH. RIGHT. AWESOME. THANKS, JOHN. ALL RIGHT,
POLICE CHIEF. 
          [4. Police Chief]
COUNCIL. I THINK I DID HEAR. I THINK THAT WAS AS CLOSE. AS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A
GUARANTEE BY JOHN THAT THERE IS NO FLOODING THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S HOW HE DID THAT. I THINK WE FLOODED IN AUGUST OR SOMETHING. NOT A LOT TO UPDATE. 
          WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH SOME HIRING PROCESSES NOW,
GETTING SOME GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY GET A COUPLE GOING HERE. 
          BUT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE COMING ACROSS. AND AGAIN,
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, EVEN WITH A CANDIDATE POOL THAT'S LOW, IT'S THIS YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HIGHER BECAUSE SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY OUR
HR TEAM TO GET THE WORD OUT BUT WE'RE STILL NOT CUTTING ANY CORNERS OR JUST TAKING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE SPOTS TO FILL. WE'RE ONLY FINDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY INDIVIDUALS
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO IS WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE GOING TO A WELLNESS CONFERENCE. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER SENT ANYONE TO,
NOT A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT I KNOW SEND PEOPLE TO, BUT IT'S A NEWER PUSH IN OUR FIELD JUST ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR OFFICERS,
BASED ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE. 
          AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONFERENCE THAT WE CAN SEND INDIVIDUALS TO
JUST TO GET A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT IDEAS. 
          NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN THE STEPS ON SORT ON CHECKUPS FROM THE NECK UP. 
          SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SEAN AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING DOWNSTAIRS FOR US IN THE THE SPACE
THAT IS BEING REMODELED. 
          BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. 
          TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT TAKE CARE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THREE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WONDER FOR THE PUBLIC OUT THERE,
WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF OF ACTIVITY BY ICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
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AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WE STILL AND I SAY THIS FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU GUYS AS
WELL, TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. WE STILL HAVE DETECTIVES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN AN
UNDERCOVER CAPACITY OR IN PLAINCLOTHES CAPACITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO NOT EVERY VEHICLE THAT LOOKS LIKE AN UNMARKED CAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FEDERAL ENTITY. 
          THE OTHER DAY, I WAS SITTING IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT MEETING WITH ANOTHER OFFICER,
AND WITHIN THREE MINUTES WE HAD PEOPLE CIRCLING AROUND US AND A LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING AND WE WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION. 
          I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND TALK WITH A PASTOR WHO WHO I KNOW. 
          AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. WE'VE ALSO HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE WERE MAKING ARRESTS ON CHILD
PREDATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE TRIED TO INTERFERE, IF YOU WILL, A LITTLE BIT WITH US TRYING TO DO THE WORK TO
KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          SO, YEAH, I TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW, GUARDIANS OF OUR COMMUNITY,
YOU KNOW, WEARING THE STILLWATER UNIFORM, THE STILLWATER PATCH, WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO WE'VE HAD A WORKING
RELATIONSHIP MEETING WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO TRY TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. BUT I JUST WANT TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK,
GETTING BAD PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE IN AN UNMARKED VEHICLE. SO WITH THAT, ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN CALL US AT ANY TIME TO SAY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          I'M NERVOUS, I HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M SCARED. LIKE,
WHATEVER. THE THING IS, PLEASE CALL US AT ANY TIME AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR TO HELP AS WE CAN. THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON? THERE WAS
TWO AMBULANCES THERE AND YEAH, YEAH WE ASSISTED. IT WAS I CAN JUST TELL YOU IT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THERE WAS JUST A CUSTODY DISPUTE THAT
HAPPENED THERE THAT ENDED UP TURNING PHYSICAL. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS AN INDIVIDUAL IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. OUR OFFICERS WERE THERE HELPING
WITH THAT. COOL. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. LIBRARY. MARK, HOW ARE WE DOING? DOING WELL. 
          [5. Library Director]
MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. IN MID FEBRUARY, THE LIBRARY ISSUED AN RFP FOR PROFESSIONAL
PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR POTENTIALLY REFRESHING OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND MARGARET RIVERS ROOM AND ADJACENT
GALLERY, WHICH ARE HEAVILY USED SPACES IN THE LIBRARY. 
          IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. 
          IT'S DESIGNED TO EQUIP THE LIBRARY BOARD WITH SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO MAKE DECISIONS IN
THE YEARS AHEAD AND EVALUATE OPTIONS GIVE THEM COST ESTIMATES FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. 
          FUNDING FOR THIS PLANNING PHASE WAS PROVIDED BY THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. 
          AND THEN IF RENOVATIONS WERE TO PROCEED DOWN THE ROAD,
WE ANTICIPATE PURSUING GRANTS AND AND DONATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. 
          BUT WE'RE TALKING YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AT LEAST SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE'RE EVEN AT THAT
POINT. 
          AND THEN THIS MONTH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE LIBRARY IS LOOKING AHEAD TO SPRING
BREAK. 
          WE HAVE A FULL ROSTER OF ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES MARCH 14TH THROUGH THE 21ST. 
          IN ADDITION TO OUR USUAL STORYTIMES AND CHESS CLUBS WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE CARDBOARD
INVENTION CONVENTION, BOTANICAL ECO PRINTING, TWEEN CRAFTERNOON, AND SILLY MILLY'S WILL BE VISITING US AS WELL. 
          AND THEN FOR ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BOOK CLUBS,
GENEALOGY CLASSES, HISTORICAL RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS AN ARTIST RECEPTION,
AND A CELEBRATION OF AUTHOR J.R.R. 
          TOLKIEN. AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR LOOK AT OUR MARCH NEWSLETTER,
WHICH WAS JUST RELEASED TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION. 
          GREAT. SOUNDS AWESOME. THANKS, MARK. THANK YOU. 
          WILL YOU SHARE THE PLANS WHEN THEY COME BACK? THE PLANS. I'D BE HAPPY TO THE PLANS WOULD BE FOR THIS PHASE. 
          WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT FINDING ONE FIRM TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. GOTCHA. AND OUR CURRENT TIMELINE WOULD HAVE WOULD SAY THAT THOSE PLANS SHOULD BE
DEVELOPED BY THE END OF APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY. I'D BE HAPPY TO. THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          COOL. THANK YOU. THANKS. MARK. IT. HOW ARE WE DOING? 
          [6. IT Manager]
GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT A HYPERVISOR. 
          NOT TODAY. I WAS LIKE, I DID HEAR A RUMOR THAT HE COULD USE ANOTHER YEAR OF TUTORING BY
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PARKS. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GOT BACK TO YOU. LET'S SEE,
OUT OF RESPECT OF YOUR TIME, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'LL KEEP THIS. LIKE MY WIFE. 
          SHORT AND SWEET. THE BIGGEST THINGS WE GOT COMING HERE. 
          I'M WORKING ON. IMPROVING OUR NETWORK REDUNDANCY AND WORKING WITH COMCAST AND GETTING TOGETHER. PROPOSAL FOR MORE ENS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR IMPORTANT
SITES IN THAT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. SO IF WE GET A CUT IN OUR WASHINGTON COUNTY PROVIDED FIBER,
WE HAVE A BACKUP CONNECTION WE CAN JUST RIDE ON, 
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AND EVERYTHING KEEPS HUMMING. AND WITH THAT,
WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS FOR OUR MAJOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES OUR WATER TOWERS AND WELL HOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE REDUNDANT CONNECTION WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING ON NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA FOR THOSE AGREEMENTS. THE ONLY OTHER THING,
LIKE, MAJOR THING WE'RE WORKING ON IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS HOT THING CALLED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          IT'S EATING UP ALL THE OUR COMPUTE RESOURCES. 
          THESE MANUFACTURERS ARE ARE PUTTING BUYING UP ALL THE CHIPS,
AND THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN PRECIOUS METALS. 
          AND WITH THAT, ALL HARDWARE COSTS GO UP. SO BEING AHEAD OF THE GAME A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. 
          WE'VE PURCHASED ALL OF OUR MAJOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE YEAR JUST THIS LAST LAST WEEK. 
          SO THAT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT LAPTOPS LAPTOPS FOR ALL OUR OFFICERS. 
          OUR HYPERVISOR, REDUNDANT HYPERVISOR WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF OUR SWITCHES,
OUR NETWORKING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT ALL SITES. 
          SO ALL THAT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND IS EITHER SHIPPED OR BEING SHIPPED,
AND THAT'S WHAT'S AHEAD OF US, IS GETTING THAT DEPLOYED AND IN PLACE. AWESOME. 
          GREAT. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. 
          EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING. HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE PHONE LINES ARE DOWN ON FRIDAY. 
          EMAIL. AND YOU KNOW NO ONE'S BEEN FALLING FOR OUR PHISHING EMAILS. 
          THAT'S GOOD. OH, YEAH. HOW'S THAT GOING? STAYING OFF THE FISH LIST. 
          GREAT. IT'S KIND OF NICE. HE COULDN'T GET ON THE SYSTEM FOR THREE WEEKS OR TWO WEEKS. 
          THAT WAS JUST YOU. AND THAT WAS A PERSONAL THING. 
          USER ERROR. WHO'S THE BEST AND THE WORST ON COUNCIL ON YOUR FISHING EXPEDITION? YEAH, AND WITH THE APARTMENT MANAGER. DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT. 
          MAYBE JUST WHO'S THE BEST? I THINK WE I THINK WE GOT THE OTHER ONE COVERED. CHIEF MUELLER
WOULD GET THE AWARD FOR COMPETENCY IN IDENTIFYING REALLY GOOD, SUSPICIOUS EMAILS AND REPORTING THEM. WHEN I HIT REPORT,
IT JUST GOES TO, LIKE, SOME WEIRD THING. 
          IT DOESN'T WORK. FIX IT. YES, WE ARE AWARE OF THAT. 
          I FIGURED AS MUCH. IT'S AN ISSUE WITH OUTLOOK COMPATIBILITY. 
          MICROSOFT IS MOVING TO WANTS TO PUSH EVERYONE TO USE A WEB BROWSER INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL
OUTLOOK CLIENT, AND SO THAT INTEGRATION ONLY WORKS WITH THE WEB BROWSER. 
          I ONLY USE THE BROWSER, I ONLY USE THE BROWSER. I DO TWO THINGS FOR ME WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANKS, ROBERT. ALL RIGHT. 
          HR. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT,
WE'RE APPROVED FOR A $5,000 GRANT 
          [7. Human Resources Manager]
WITH WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR A WELLNESS INITIATIVE. 
          SO WE HAVE A WELLNESS COMMITTEE. NEW MEMBERS THIS YEAR GOT TOGETHER TO KIND OF DISCUSS
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THIS GRANT THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON UPDATED FURNISHINGS AT OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY TO
INCREASE OR IMPROVE HEALTHY EATING IN THE WORKPLACE. 
          SO THAT IS EXCITING. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT,
RECRUITMENTS ARE GOING REALLY WELL. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST WHICH IS GREAT. 
          SO A LOT OF NEW FACES PROBABLY COMING LATE MARCH AND INTO APRIL. 
          AWESOME. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT,
FIRE CHIEF, FOR MY LAST CHIEF REPORT AT ALL. 
          [8. Fire Chief]
STU. LAST ONE. HISTORY? WELL, YEAH. NO, AS I AS I'M PREPARING FOR MY DEPARTURE HERE,
I MEAN, A LOT OF REFLECTION AND WHATNOT OVER LAST 40 YEARS AND LOOKING AT PICTURES WHEN I HAD
SUPER BROWN HAIR AND MUSTACHE THAT I ROCKED FOR, LIKE, 20 YEARS, ACTUALLY. BUT SO THINGS ARE THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND AND YEAH,
IT WAS. 
          YEAH. THE DAY I SHAVED IT OFF WAS, YOU KNOW,
YOU'LL SEE SOME PRETTY GOOD PICTURES LATER. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK AT THE APRIL MEETING,
I CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WANT ME TO COME TO OPEN FORUM OR SOMETHING? BRING SOMETHING UP TO THE COUNCIL. BUT. OH, GOD. 
          AND ANOTHER THING. AND ANOTHER THING. BUT NO,
THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE HOSTING THE COUNTY CHIEFS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. 
          WE HAVE THE RETIREE GATHERING ON THURSDAY, SO I HAVE ONE MORE OF THOSE. 
          I WILL BE STILL CHIEF AT APRIL 1ST, I THINK. SO ANYWAY,
SO THAT'LL BE THE APRIL 2ND IS ACTUALLY THE LAST RETIREES MEETING. 
          THEN I'LL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE. SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO BE
THERE. 
          BUT SEE HOW THAT ALL GOES. BUT YEAH, THAT'S GOING WELL. 
          I'M PLANNING TO ATTEND THE THE TOAST IN TOPICS WITH SENATOR SEEBURGER AND HOUSLEY AND
REPRESENTATIVE HILL NEXT MONDAY AS WELL AS WE GET GOING THEY WILL 
          [00:50:07]
DO THE FIRE SERVICE DAY AT THE CAPITOL, WHICH IS IN IN MARCH. 
          I THINK IT'S MID APRIL, END OF APRIL. THEY ALWAYS DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO BUT THEY ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR SENATORS AS
WELL ON WHAT THE AGENDA IS FOR THE THE FIRE CAUCUS AND THE FIRE SERVICE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO ACTUALLY, WITH THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER THINGS OTHER
THAN 30 DAYS LEFT. 
          CAN WE GET TO, LIKE, SPRAY YOU OUT THE BAY WITH FIRE HOSES OR SOMETHING ON YOUR DAY? OFF. YOU LIKE TO DO. FIGURE IT OUT. YEAH, LIKE YOUR ROOKIE TIME OR WHAT? YEAH, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT IT'S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING RUN. 
          I MEAN, I'VE BEEN GREAT. STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. 
          I MEAN, I'VE RUN THROUGH A NUMBER OF COUNCILS. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH MIKE PROBABLY THE LAST 40 YEARS. 
          IT'S 40 YEARS FOR ALL THAT TIME. BUT YOU KNOW,
FOR MAYORS, FOR CITY ADMINISTRATORS. 
          I'M STILL HERE. I'M STILL HERE. WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. 
          BUT YEAH. NO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIREMENT AND HANDING THE KEYS OVER TO NEW,
NEW LEADER. 
          AND YOU GUYS WILL BE WELL SERVED. I KNOW YOU WILL. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT UPDATE AND I'LL SEE YOU BEFORE YOU'RE
OUT THE DOOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. FINANCE. GOOD EVENING. 
          [9. Finance Director]
NOT REALLY ANYTHING NEW OR AN EMPLOYEE PAYING BILLS. 
          PAY STUFF. GOOD STUFF. GETTING READY FOR THE AUDIT AND THEN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
MICHAELA ON THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN. 
          GOT AN UPDATE TO THE SPREADSHEET TODAY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SPREADSHEET WOULD HAVE,
WHAT, 30 TABS ON IT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT DOWN AND MAKE IT EASIER TO MAINTAIN MOVING
FORWARD. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR THE LAST PROBABLY 3 OR 4 WEEKS ON THAT. 
          SO. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          [10. Community Development Director]
JUST THREE NON PARKING THINGS FOR YOU QUICKLY. 
          FIRST ONE IS THAT YOU REMEMBER WE ASSIGNED OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID DOLLARS. 
          THOSE TWO CHECKS WERE SENT OFF, I BELIEVE, TODAY. 
          SO TWO THIRDS IS GOING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY,
CDA FOR THEIR REHAB LOAN PROGRAM AND THEN ONE THIRD TO VALLEY OUTREACH. 
          AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. THEY'RE READY TO USE IT. SO WE'RE PUTTING A BLURB
IN THE NEWSLETTER AS WELL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD REACH OUT TO THOSE GROUPS IF THEY WANT TO ACCESS THAT MONEY. WAY BACK, PROBABLY TWO PLUS YEARS AGO,
THERE WAS A BEGINNING OF AN EFFORT TO UPDATE OUR ZONING CHAPTER IN THE CITY CODE AND STAFF TURNOVER AND PUTTING OUT FIRES,
AND THAT KIND OF STALLED. 
          BUT WE ARE READY TO RELAUNCH THAT IN IN MARCH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND KIND OF HAVE A KIND OF A REFRESHING
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT. STAFF HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS, AND I THINK WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT PARALLEL TO OUR COMP PLAN UPDATE. 
          THEY OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL ONE IS DONE AND START THE
OTHER, SO WE'LL BE DOING BOTH AT ONCE. THAT'S SORT OF LOW KEY. 
          THREATENED TO START MERGING ZONES MYSELF. MY GOSH,
MY ATTENTION. 
          AND THEN FOR THE COMP PLAN, WE ARE WORKING ON RECRUITMENT FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE NEWSLETTER. I'VE BEEN MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO OUR VARIOUS
COMMISSIONS, KIND OF UPDATING THEM ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. JUST TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW AS I MENTIONED, I THINK IN MY MEMO A MONTH OR SO AGO,
THERE ARE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. 
          ONE IS A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL GRANT. WE HAVE TO DO A SLIGHT TEXT AMENDMENT TO OUR COMP
PLAN IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. 
          SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT COME THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE'LL EXPLAIN IT ALL,
BUT IT'S JUST A MINOR THING THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO ADJUST AS PART OF OUR NEXT CYCLE ANYWAY. BUT IF WE DO IT NOW, WE HAVE ACCESS TO SOME SOME GRANT DOLLARS,
WHICH WILL BE WELCOME AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS. 
          AWESOME. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. LOVE IT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. MAYOR. COUNCIL. 
          [11. Administrative Services Director]
ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS. DOING GREAT AS WELL. 
          IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT,
BUT THE DOJ GAVE US REQUIREMENTS ON OUR ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR WEBSITE, FOR OUR EXTERNAL MEDIA. SO THAT'S WEBSITE VIDEOS,
ALL OF OUR PDFS. 
          BETH AND I HAVE BEEN ON CONFERENCES, DONE RESEARCH ON THAT. 
          THE WEBSITE SIDE OF IT CONCERNS US LESS THAN THE PDF SIDE OF IT. 
          SO WE'VE WORKED THROUGH DIFFERENT CONFERENCE DIFFERENT VENDORS ON WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY FOUND A REALLY, REALLY GREAT ANSWER TO THAT. SO IT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE US
TAKE THE PDF, MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND IT'S REALLY JUST A CLICK OF A OF THE BUTTON FOR PEOPLE. 
          SO WHAT I KIND OF THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THEY MADE BIGGER ENTITIES DO THIS
FIRST, AND THEN OUR DEADLINE IS A YEAR LATER. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DONE WITH THIS UNTIL APRIL
OF 2027. 
          I WAS LIKE, THEY WILL FIGURE THAT ALL OUT. THEY WILL MAKE THE SOFTWARE. SO THAT'S KIND OF
A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR FOR BETH AND I THAT THAT THERE'S SOFTWARE AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS TO, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL EITHER THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS OR THE SOFTWARE AND THEN PRESENT
THAT TO YOU ON MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT IN APRIL OF 2027. 
          [00:55:09]
WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF OUR SCARY PART,
RIGHT? LIKE WITH HOW MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WE HAVE,
MAKING PDFS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE RULES AND BEING COMPLIANT, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SCARY THING FOR US, BUT I GOT A DEMO FROM A VENDOR THAT MAKES IT SUPER
EASY JUST TO CLICK A BUTTON, AND IT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE. SO I WAS HOPING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY BEFORE WE
HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          SO THAT IS THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS. EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION WISE,
OUR GOOGLE ANALYTICS ARE STILL HOLDING STEADY FOR OUR TOP MOST VIEWED WEBSITES AND OUR TOP MOST SEARCH TERMS. SO OF COURSE WE'LL USE THAT DATA IN ANY DECISIONS
WE MAKE AS FAR AS UPDATES GO OR TOOLS THAT WE USE ON WHAT'S THE THE MOST FOCUSED STUFF ON ON OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION INTERNAL WISE? THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT HAS DRAFTED AN
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM. 
          CHIEF MUELLER REALLY, REALLY WANTS A CERTIFICATE FOR THAT. THOSE PHISHING EMAILS THAT HE
KEEPS CHECKING ON. SO IT'S JUST IN DRAFT FORM RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT BUT HOW DO WE GO BEYOND AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT
THEY DO EVERY DAY. 
          SO ONCE WE PULL THAT ALL TOGETHER, WE CAN WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU ALL. 
          THERE'S A VENDOR THAT EMAILS ME LIKE FIVE TIMES A DAY WHO WOULD LOVE TO WORK IN THE CITY,
SO PLEASE DON'T USE THEM, OKAY? PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T GIVE THEM MY NAME. 
          THAT WOULD BE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE CAN BUILD IT PRETTY WELL IN-HOUSE AND
MANAGE IT IN-HOUSE, BUT JUST JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE
DOING EVERY DAY. 
          AND THEN I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT OUR INTRANET IN A WHILE. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG LIFT,
BUT NOT IN BACK OF MIND FOR US. 
          WE THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION TOOL TO POST RECOGNITIONS,
NEW POLICIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT WORK IS STILL HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND TOO,
AS FAR AS FOCUSING ON INTERNAL COMMUNICATION. AWESOME. 
          A GOOD ONE YOU'RE WORKING ON. WHAT'S THAT? TELL THEM THE GOOD ONE YOU'RE WORKING. I'M ALSO
FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION FOR A FLYOVER FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. OH WOW. THAT'S NOT A I DID THAT ONCE. THAT THAT THING SUCKS. 
          I'M PRETTY SURE MIKE WAS ACCIDENTALLY OUT OF TOWN AND DIDN'T COULDN'T FILL OUT THE
APPLICATION IN THAT ONE LAST TIME, I THINK. LAST TIME, I THINK THAT WAS NOT AN EASY THING TO ARRANGE. 
          IT ISN'T. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. I IF WE CAN GET IT,
IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY WE USED TO GET THEM F-16S USED TO FLY OVER ALL THE TIME. 
          LIKE A LOT OF THEM ARE DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT. WE'RE GOING OVERSEAS,
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY F-16S WE HAVE UP IN DULUTH RIGHT NOW. WELL, FORMER ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES COULD INVADE US. ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES,
I THINK, IS A BRIGADIER GENERAL AHEAD OF THE AIR FORCE BASE IN OMAHA. 
          YEAH. GOOD STUFF. SO HE THINKS THAT WE HAVE SOME GOOD CONNECTIONS. 
          I'M IN STEP, LIKE, THREE OF 700, FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION,
SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          THE GOVERNOR LAST TIME, BUT. WELL, I MIGHT CALL IN A FAVOR IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          SO SHE'S THE BEST. SHE'S THE BEST. WE'RE TRYING. 
          AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU. THAT IS GOOD. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I LIKE IT WHEN THOSE PLANES COME FLYING OVER THE RIVER. COOL. 
          ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY CLERK. CERTAINLY. MAYOR. COUNCIL. 
          [12. Deputy City Clerk]
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS AN EVENT TOMORROW SUMMER. 
          NEIGHBORS AT THE LIBRARY. REGISTRATION IS COMPLETELY FULL. 
          100 PEOPLE SIGNED UP PRETTY QUICK FOR THAT. AND JUST TO PAUSE ON THAT REALLY CITY CLERK BETH WOLFF ATTENDED THAT, PULLED IT INTO HRC AND SAID,
THIS IS REALLY AMAZING. 
          IT'S RUN BY THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, I BELIEVE,
OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM, IT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF LIKE, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED THAT LED UP IN EUROPE TO WORLD WAR TWO,
THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE TURN THEIR BACKS ON THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. COOL. REALLY NEAT THING. 
          AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF BETH FOR FOR DRIVING THAT AS WELL. 
          SHE DID. SO IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER,
WIDENER. 
          HIS GROUP IS IS INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL. IT'S COOL. 
          THAT YOU'VE DONE SOME OTHER. I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. YEAH,
MAYBE 103. 
          YOU MIGHT KNOW WE HAVE THE FRONT DESK POSITION WE ARE ADVERTISING FOR. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED 75 APPLICATIONS FOR THAT. 
          ACTUALLY, WE'VE. NO, NO, WE'RE LIKE GETTING ANOTHER. 
          YEAH, SHE'S STILL HERE. DON'T WORRY. PROCLAMATIONS ARE SAFE. 
          SO REVIEWING THOSE. BETH'S GOING OVER THOSE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN SERVICE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH MARCH 20TH. 
          SO ANYBODY KNOWS ANY GOOD FOLKS? WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          WHICH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? GREAT QUESTION. 
          SORRY. YEAH. MAYBE LIKE SEND AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL WITH THAT. 
          JUST KIND OF WHAT'S OPEN AND WE CAN ALL PUSH PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT. 
          AWESOME. THERE'S A COUPLE OPENS ON BROWNS CREEK I'M AWARE OF. 
          [01:00:01]
I FEEL LIKE IF MEMORY SERVES THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE ALL OPEN BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME
THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY ROLLING OFF. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT'S MOST OF THEM. YEAH. OH, YEAH. 
          I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS. MAY IS A BIG MONTH FOR US. 
          YEAH. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY,
HOW ARE WE DOING? 
          [13. City Attorney]
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED TO START SESSION AGAIN,
SO I AM ACTIVELY WATCHING TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT US. 
          THEY DID INTRODUCE A NEW THEY'RE CALLING DRUGS COMING. 
          YEAH. CROCODILE OWNERSHIP OR SOMETHING. I'M SURE THEY'LL TUCK IT INTO AN OMNIBUS BILL SO
WE WON'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL JUNE. 
          THEY DID INTRODUCE A NEW WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A STARTER HOMES ACT BILL,
WHICH IS THE REVISED VERSION OF THE MISSING MIDDLE THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. 
          THAT WAS HORRIBLE. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO. WELL,
IF THIS THE NEW VERSION IS THEY WANT TO REQUIRE MIXED HOUSING. 
          SO THAT'S DUPLEXES TRIPLEXES, FOURPLEXES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS PERMITTED USE
ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE PULLING A BUILDING PERMIT FOR YOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO IT'S A
LITTLE BIT SCARY. 
          THEY DON'T WANT ANY REGULATIONS AROUND THEM. THEY ARE ONLY EXEMPTING OUT POPULATIONS OF
5000 OR LESS FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST VERSION IS NOT WHERE ALL OF A
SUDDEN I'D BE REQUIRED TO TURN MY HOUSE INTO A TWIN HOME. 
          YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT PUT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT TO YOU LIVE NEXT TO ONE. 
          THAT'S GREAT. BUT THE ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS LEGS OR NOT,
BUT I WAS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ONE LINE. IT'S A BAN ON CRYPTOCURRENCY. 
          ATMS ARE RIGHT. SO THAT WAS INTRODUCED. IT WAS LAID OVER. 
          THEY SAID IT MIGHT INCLUDE IT AGAIN IN THE, YOU KNOW,
A THOUSAND PAGE OMNIBUS BILL. 
          BUT THIS IS MY FAVORITE LINE. A PERSON IS PROHIBITED FROM PLACING OR OPERATING A VIRTUAL
CURRENCY KIOSK IN MINNESOTA. 
          DONE. PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. YEAH. IF YOU TALK TO ANY OF OUR REPS OR SENATORS OR
ANYBODY? I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE AN EXTRA LOOK AT THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR ALL OF US IN MINNESOTA TO BE RID OF THOSE STUPID THINGS. 
          THINK OF THE MONEY THAT WOULD SAVE STATEWIDE,
AND THE PAIN AND THE HEARTACHE AND THE POLICE CALLS AND THE INVESTIGATIVE TIME AND ALL THE CRAP LIKE, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO THAT'S GREAT, COREY. SO I WILL WATCH THAT AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE THAT POPS UP DURING
THE SESSION. 
          AWESOME. COOL. THANK YOU. AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR HERE IN COUNCIL,
THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM IS OBVIOUSLY UP TO A LOT OF HIGH ACHIEVING FUNCTIONS THAT 
          [14. City Administrator]
THEY'RE GENUINELY PASSIONATE ABOUT. I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. 
          THEY TALK ABOUT THEM QUITE A BIT AND THEY'RE ALWAYS EXCITED. I KNOW TO BRING THEM FORWARD
TO YOU GUYS AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE UPDATES. WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO SET UP SOME MEETINGS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT LONG RANGE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ON TOP OF THE ONE WE DO AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
BECAUSE WE NEED TIME TOGETHER FOR IT. 
          WE'LL ALSO START REACHING OUT ON TO FIND A DATE FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING,
BUT THEN TO DO THE PRELIMINARY PHONE CALL, BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN MAY IF WE FOLLOW SUIT FOR WHAT WE'VE
DONE IN THE PAST. 
          AND THEN THERE WILL BE ONE LAST CHANCE TO SEE STU IN HIS UNIFORM. 
          MARCH 26TH FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT THE FIRE STATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE HOSES OUT FROM THE HOSES. 
          WHAT TIME AND WHAT TIME? 11 TO 1 MARCH 26TH. OKAY. 
          FIRE HOSE. STU. YOU KNOW, JOE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT OUR LOBBYIST IS
DOING FOR US RIGHT NOW. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD I CAN GET YOU ENOUGH THAT I MET WITH HER. 
          VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM VIRTUALLY ON FRIDAY. THEY KIND OF SAID THE SESSION JUST STARTED,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF BIG TOPICS THAT WE SEE IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY, AND I THINK THEY DIDN'T GET PAST THOSE 2 OR 3 BIG TOPICS,
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT I'LL TRY AND GET SOMETHING CONCRETE. LEAGUE HAS A GOOD SESSION. 
          YEAH. I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. 
          I HAVE NO IDEA THIS YEAR. AND I THINK WE JUST TALKED TO THEM AND THEY WE GAVE THEM AN
UPDATE ON OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE MYRTLE STREET AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. PRETTY
MUCH THE SAME AS LAST YEAR I WOULD THINK. I GOTCHA. 
          ALL RIGHT. COOL. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WITH THAT,
WE'LL RECESS AND SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT SEVEN. THANKS, EVERYBODY. GREAT. STAFF REPORT. 
          ANYBODY SEE IT? PRETTY DOPE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT,
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 3RD, 
          [VI. CALL TO ORDER]
2026. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELLAND IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER 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. 
          THANK YOU. AND MOVING RIGHT ON. WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR OUR STILLWATER HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS NORDIC SKI TEAM. 
          [15. Proclamation for Stillwater High School Boys Nordic Ski Team]
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND I'M SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          [01:05:02]
PAULINA, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME SOME WORDS ON THIS. 
          YOU USUALLY HAVE A FEW WORDS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO UP WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, COME ON UP AND JUST KIND OF STAND RIGHT ALONG HERE. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON CAMERA FOR MOM AND DAD. 
          EVERYBODY IN STILLWATER IS WATCHING. IF YOU HAVE SKI GLASSES,
YOU CAN PUT THEM ON, FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE SPEECH. 
          IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO SPEAK. IS THERE A TEAM CAPTAIN HERE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK? THERE'S SEVERAL CAPTAINS. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF CAPTAIN. 
          GEORGE. GEORGE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE SURE? THAT'S PROBABLY BETTER. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
EXCITED TO TO HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL STUDENT ATHLETES HERE TONIGHT. 
          THE BEST PART OF THIS GIG IS RECOGNIZING HOW AWESOME THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE FOR
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SPORTS, ATHLETICS AND VOLUNTEERISM AND ALL THE THINGS WE DO. 
          AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED AT HOW AWESOME THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT. FOR THE KIDS THAT DON'T LIKE
CHAIRLIFTS, IT SAYS THIS IS THE NORDIC SKI TEAM THROUGH THE WOODS,
RIGHT? KIND OF DEAL, RIGHT? I WAS TELLING HIM I DID THAT ONCE WITH MY MOM,
AND I'M LIKE, WHY ARE WE IN THE WOODS FREEZING WITH STICKS ON OUR FEET? LIKE, CAN I PLEASE JUST GO BACK TO ATHENS? SO I WAS I WAS ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THINGS
ON THE. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WHEREAS STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS NORDIC SKI TEAM HAS LONG BEEN A
FREQUENT CONTENDER AT THE STATE LEVEL, DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP. 
          AND WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 AT GIANTS RIDGE,
THE PONIES CAPTURED THE PROGRAM'S FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THREE DECADES WITH AN EMPHATIC AND INSPIRING PERFORMANCE. WHEREAS THIS CHAMPIONSHIP MARKS THE SEVENTH STATE TEAM
TITLE IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY AND THE FIRST SINCE 1996. 
          SO. SO THAT'S BEEN A MINUTE. I GRADUATED IN 95,
SO THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. 
          ADDING TO PREVIOUS TITLES EARNED IN 1977, 78 AND 79. 
          THERE HAS BEEN SOME RINGERS THERE, AND THEN NOT AGAIN UNTIL 1987 AND 1990. 
          WHEREAS THE DEDICATION OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES,
THE LEADERSHIP BY COACHES AND STAFF, AND THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF YOUR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE BROUGHT GREAT PRIDE AND DISTINCTION TO THE CITY OF STILLWATER. NOW,
THEREFORE, I, TED KOZLOWSKI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 4TH AS STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS NORDIC SKI TEAM DAY IN THE CITY OF STILLWATER, AND ENCOURAGE ALL THE CITIZENS OF STILLWATER TO CONGRATULATE THE
TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2026 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND COMMENDS THE ATHLETES AND COACHES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT,
TEAMWORK AND EXEMPLARY REPRESENTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO HAPPY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. NORDIC SKI TEAM DAY,
CONGRATULATIONS. 
          SO IS THIS THE WHOLE TEAM? WE'RE MISSING ONE. 
          WE'RE JUST MISSING ONE. OKAY, THAT'S. THAT'S ONE OF THEM. 
          HAD A JAZZ MAN COMMITMENT. OKAY, WELL, SOMEONE'S GOT TO SPEAK AND TELL US ABOUT THE TEAM
AND HOW YOU WON STATE AND, LIKE, WAS THERE. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PREPARATION FOR THIS AND
HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN. 
          IT WAS DEFINITELY IT WAS OUR DREAM SINCE THE SUMMER WE GOT TOGETHER. 
          AND WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT AS BEING OUR GOAL AND OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THE SEASON. 
          AND I THINK WHAT REALLY SET US APART WAS JUST OUR HARD WORK THAT WE PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE
SEASON AND JUST OUR ABILITY TO HAVE FUN, LIKE EVERY DAY OF PRACTICE. IT WAS THE BEST PART OF MY DAY,
AND I KNOW I THINK EVERYONE ELSE AGREED WITH ME. 
          WE JUST HAD FUN. WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS WOULD JUST JOIN US ON THE TRAIL AND WE'D SKI
AND THEN GOING INTO STATE. 
          I THINK WE WERE JUST TRYING TO STAY CALM. AFTER OUR RELAY WON THAT FIRST DAY. 
          THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AMONGST US,
BUT I THINK WE DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF SORT OF CONTROLLING THAT AND FOCUSING ON THE PURSUIT GUYS HAVING OUR DAY THE NEXT DAY AND,
YOU KNOW, NOT SELLING THE LEAD THAT OUR RELAY GUYS GAVE US, AND I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF THAT AND ENDED UP WINNING BY 41 POINTS,
41 POINTS, 41 POINTS. 
          THAT'S HUGE. THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME. NICE JOB GUYS. 
          SO WHERE DO YOU ALL PRACTICE? GREAT, COACH. YEAH I'LL MAKE IT. 
          JUST A COUPLE OTHER QUICK COMMENTS. YOU KNOW,
YOU MENTIONED THESE GUYS ARE STUDENT ATHLETES. I'LL BRAG ON THEM A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE THIS AWARD CALLED THE GOLD AWARD THAT THE COACHES ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION GIVES OUT TO
TEAMS WHERE THEY TAKE THE TOP FIVE GPAS AND AVERAGE THEM. 
          AND IF YOUR AVERAGE IS OVER 3.75, YOU GET THE GOLD AWARD. 
          AND THESE THE TOP FIVE GUYS IN THIS CREW BEHIND ME HAD AN AVERAGE GPA OF 3.87. 
          SO WOW, THEY'RE A PRETTY SMART TOUR AS WELL. AND THE GUY YOU WERE HEARING FROM WAS GEORGE
NELSON, AND GEORGE WAS REALLY ONE OF OUR STRONG TEAM LEADERS. 
          AND GEORGE AND MO ARE BOTH GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THE MIDWEST NEXT WEEK AT THE JUNIOR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          SO REALLY FUN CREW TO WORK WITH. THEY'RE REALLY HARD WORKING. 
          WE, WE DID PRACTICES IN THE POURING RAIN IN 40 DEGREES,
AND WE WERE OUT WHEN IT WAS TEN BELOW. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THEY WON BECAUSE THEY WORKED HARD. 
          SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM. THAT'S AWESOME. THANKS FOR THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING. YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY. 
          ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TALK? SAY SOME WORDS. NO. 
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ALL RIGHT, WELL I CAN'T I CAN'T I CAN'T RESIST THIS. 
          I CAN'T RESIST THIS TIME, TED. SO I'VE WORKED WITH THE SKI TEAMS IN STILLWATER FOR
PROBABLY 40 YEARS OR 37 YEARS BEFORE I RETIRED FROM THE COUNTY. THIS IS THE ONLY TEAM THAT WOULD COME OUT PINE POINT PARK. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE PINE POINT PARK IS. YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS,
BUT THAT WAS BUILT BY THE SKI TEAM OF STILLWATER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND THESE KIDS PUT THEIR TIME AND ENERGY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE,
AND THEY'D COME OUT EVERY YEAR AND BRUSH THE TRAILS OUT, AND THEN YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW. I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE TORY COME BACK AS A SKI THE COACH,
BECAUSE HE'S A LEGEND. 
          HE. YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT A LEGEND HE IS AS A SKIER. 
          AND AND I USED TO HOLD SKI RACES UP AT PINE POINT. 
          AND WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD, HE SKIED IN MY VERY FIRST SKI RACE. 
          AND HE KICKED BUTT ON A BUNCH OF OLD MEN. SO,
SO. 
          AND HE WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A GUY LIKE HIM. 
          AND I'VE GOT TO KNOW HIM OVER THE YEARS AND MET HIS DAD THROUGH SKIING DOWN THE SOUTH END
OF THE COUNTY. 
          AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM. I. BILL SIMPSON IS THE STILLWATER COMMUNITY HAS DONE
A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIERS. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE YOUTH ONE IS ANYMORE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, BILL SIMPSON IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUYS IN THE WORLD. 
          I JUST SAW BOB HAGSTROM THE OTHER DAY, AND HE WAS SO EXCITED,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN JESSE DIGGINS, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO KNOW HER BECAUSE OF MY JOB. 
          BUT CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING IS TOP NOTCH IN STILLWATER. 
          AND I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE YOU GUYS COME BACK AND WIN THE STATE AGAIN AND START LIKE THEY
USED TO DOMINATE THE STATE EVERY YEAR. 
          AND I CAN'T CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ENOUGH. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RECOGNITION OUR SKI TEAM HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT TO KIND OF CRUSHING WINTER SPORTS IN STILLWATER. MAN, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AWESOME. I'M SERIOUSLY. I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU GUYS. WE JUST NEED TO GET THE GIRLS TO PICK IT UP NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE THE LAST TIME, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT,
WE DID THE WE DID THE WE DID THE WE DID THE PARADE OF CHAMPIONS FOR THE THREE WOMEN'S TEAMS THAT WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT YEAR. 
          AND THAT WAS THE YEAR WE HAD JESSIE DIGGINS HERE. 
          AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS WIN. AND THESE GUYS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT THE CHALET AT LAKE ELMO AND THE LIGHTS WOULD LIKELY NOT BE THERE WITHOUT MIKE'S HARD
WORK AT THE COUNTY YEARS AGO. 
          YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, MY MY SON WAS ON THE CROSS. 
          HE GOT CUT FROM THE HOCKEY TEAM HIS SENIOR YEAR,
AND HE WENT UP FOR CROSS COUNTRY SKIING. THOSE ARE STILL HIS FRIENDS. 
          BEST FRIENDS TILL THIS DAY, AND HE'S BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR 25 YEARS I THINK SO. 
          AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS. IT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK. 
          CROSS COUNTRY SKIING IS, I DO. I DID IT ONCE,
I DID TERRIBLE. 
          I'M WITH YOU. GREAT. EVEN MORE. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. AND FEEL FREE TO DIP. YOU DON'T NEED TO WATCH THE REST OF OUR
MEETING. WE WILL, WE WILL. WE WON'T FEEL OFFENDED AT ALL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE. HAVE FUN. GET BACK TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. ALRIGHT, LET ME GIVE THESE GUYS A FEW MINUTES TO TAKE OFF WHILE THEY'RE
EXITING. 
          OR ALSO BOYS NORDIC SKI TEAM. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPEN FORUM. 
          [X. OPEN FORUM – Public may address Council on non-agenda items. Please limit remarks to 5 minutes or less.]
THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. OPEN FORUM. NANCE I'M SORRY. OH SORRY. 
          SORRY, SORRY. YES, YES. OF COURSE. HIT THE LITTLE BUTTON ON THE THING. 
          MAKE IT TURN GREEN. THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THERE ON YOUR MICROPHONE,
ON THE BASE. 
          ON THE BASE. I'M SUPPOSED TO DO. OH, TURN IT ON. 
          THERE WE GO. NANCE PURCELL, I LIVE AT 1017 ABBOTT STREET WEST. 
          AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE POLICE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT
FOR THE RALLY THAT WAS DOWN ON THE PLAZA. 
          FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT I THINK IN THE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST MONTH
OR SO A PROFESSIONAL AGITATOR WHO WE UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN BEING PAID WAS THERE TO TRY TO DISRUPT A PEACEFUL RALLY. 
          AND IT'S COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS AND INDIVIDUALS AND SOMETIMES
CHILDREN WHO COME OUT WHO DON'T EXPECT TO BE PROVOKED AND HAVE THEIR. SELF-RESTRAINT CHALLENGED BY SOMEONE WHO'S
INSULTING. 
          AND WHEN ONE OF OUR MARSHALS HAD MET WITH THE CHIEF AND HAD BEEN TOLD,
YOU KNOW, CALL 911 AS SOON AS SOMETHING HAPPENS WE DID THAT, AND THIS GUY WAS TAKEN AWAY AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN,
IN HAVING A PEACEFUL RALLY, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WENT WELL, AND I BELIEVE HE'S UNDER ARREST. 
          I REALLY CAME HERE TONIGHT, THOUGH. I WAS I WAS PLANNING TO COME ANYWAY TO TALK ABOUT
COURAGE. 
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AND CERTAINLY IT IS AN ACT OF COURAGE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THAT SPACE SINCE SUMMER TUESDAYS LAST SUMMER. 
          BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THINGS ESCALATED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND RENEE GOODE WAS,
WAS KILLED THAT WE BEGAN GETTING REAL NUMBERS. 
          AND THE EFFORT BECAME EVEN MORE COMPLICATED. AND I SUSPECT THE SAME MIGHT BE TRUE FOR YOUR
YOU THAT YOUR JOB OF SAFEGUARDING THE CITY AND PAYING THE BILLS IS IS PRETTY DARN COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY WHEN FEDERAL FUNDS MAY BE YANKED AS A FORM OF
INCENTIVE COERCION. 
          I MEAN, MEDICAID FUNDING IN MANY IN MINNESOTA,
HAVING BEEN PULLED CREATES A SERIOUS BUDGET PROBLEM. 
          BUT LOSS OF YOUR RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS IS ALSO A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
FOR OUR DEMOCRACY. 
          AND THE GUARDRAILS THAT OUR LAWS PROVIDE ONLY HOLD IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACTS WITHOUT
BIAS OR FAVOR, SINCE THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT THIS TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
          IT'S INCUMBENT UPON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO STEP UP AND DO WHAT THEY CAN,
WHEN THEY CAN, TO HOLD THE LINE. THE MAGINOT LINE, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO ASK YOU TO BE COURAGEOUS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THERE MAY
BE SERIOUS COSTS. 
          AS I SAID, THIS MEDICAID FUNDING, OF COURSE,
GETS ATTENTION. 
          IT MUST GET A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING. AT THE CITY LEVEL. 
          BUT BUT SOMETIMES WE GO FOR BOND ISSUES. I MEAN,
THERE HAS BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN STILLWATER HAS GONE. THE BRIDGE WAS A CASE AND AND AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE, BUT I BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION. 
          AND I REALIZE WE HAVE A DIVERSE CONSTITUENCY,
AND YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING JUST TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE. 
          AND I JUST I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          AWESOME. THANKS, NANCE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT OUR OPEN FORUM THIS
EVENING? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ANYBODY? ANYBODY? GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM. MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL.
ANYBODY WISH TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL 26 
          [XI. CONSENT AGENDA – These items are routine and will be approved in one motion.]
JUST FOR AN AMENDMENT BEFORE WE PASS IT. AND LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT THE FOUR FAS ONES ON
THERE. 
          THERE'S A STORY THAT I THINK IS KIND OF FALLEN OUT OF THE PIECE THERE. 
          IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. GO AHEAD. COOL. SO WITH THE FAS THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY. 
          I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT WE
HAVE DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS. 
          OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAVE REALLY DUG INTO THIS QUITE A BIT. 
          IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO CITY COUNCIL,
YOU WILL KNOW THIS IS EASILY THE MOST TERRIFYING THING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MY TWO TERMS OVER HERE. THE NUMBERS WERE ASTRONOMICAL TO START WITH. 
          THIS IS OUR SECOND WELL THAT WE'RE TREATING. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ACROSS THESE FOUR IS THE
CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK. 
          JESSE HAS HAS LED THE WAY, GETTING AN MFA. I THINK IT WAS LAST FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. 
          I SAT IN ON THE MEETINGS ON THAT. WE INTERVIEWED A TON OF DIFFERENT FIRMS. THEY BROUGHT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OF ENGINEERING CAPABILITY TO THE TABLE. 
          GROUNDWATER IS REAL WEIRD PEOPLE. THAT WAS ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS ON THIS. 
          AND SO WE WENT FROM CREATING A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO FIGURING OUT WHAT THE
RIGHT MEDIA TO TREAT THIS IS. 
          AND THERE ARE A HUGE VARIETY OF OPTIONS INSIDE OF THERE THAT THIS GROUP GOT INTO. 
          THOSE TOTAL DOLLARS TOOK US INTO THAT WHOLE MSA TYPE THING. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE DOLLARS BACK EVER,
IT'S BECAUSE THAT COMPANY IS GOING TO HELP US FINGERPRINT THE PFAS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE WELL AND TRACE THAT BACK TO THE SOURCE, WHICH CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOVER
THOSE DOLLARS. 
          I REALLY THINK WE FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON TO THIS. 
          IT MAY SEEM SLOW HERE. WE ARE MOVING AT LIGHT SPEED AND WE ARE MOVING AT LIGHT SPEED FOR A
REASON. 
          AND THE REASON IS IN NUMBER 36, WHICH IS WE ARE BY BEING READY,
BY HAVING SHUTTLE SHOVELS IN HAND AND READY TO GO. 
          WE PUT OURSELVES IN THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR THE 50% GRANT FUNDING INSIDE OF THIS. 
          AND DON'T MISS THE FACT INSIDE OF HERE THAT THE QUALITY ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE
TESTING WE'RE DOING IS BEING DONE BY A THIRD PARTY ON TOP OF THIS. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TAKEN SOMETHING WHERE THIS WAS A PRETTY BAD HAND OF CARDS. 
          WE GOT DEALT WITH, AND WE'VE TURNED IT INTO DOING BUSINESS FOR US. 
          AND THAT'S EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO THE FEDERAL GRANTS WE'VE ALREADY SECURED ON TOP OF THIS. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB THIS WITHOUT DOING A HUGE TAX INCREASE. 
          I JUST I REALLY THINK THIS IS OUR STAFF SHINING RIGHT NOW,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THAT GO WITHOUT ADDRESSING IT. 
          [01:20:06]
ABSOLUTELY. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT SAID,
I'LL MAKE A MOTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 26, WHICH IS THE FLOCK CAMERA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL. 
          IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. OPPOSED? AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES. 
          ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 26, FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM AGREEMENT. 
          [26. Flock Camera System Agreement]
YEAH. SO THE CONCERN THERE IS WE'RE DOING 30 DAYS OF MEMORY ON THAT WHICH IS NOT
NECESSARILY A PROBLEM, BUT I DON'T SEE A GREAT, LIKE, FIRM MECHANISM WHERE WE SEE THAT THE DATA HAS BEEN DELETED. 
          ALSO A CONCERN. BUT WHAT BOTHERED ME AT THIS POINT WAS THE REDRESS OPPORTUNITIES
SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE LIMITATION CLAUSES THAT ARE IN THERE ARE CAPPED AT WHATEVER OUR FULL YEAR OF PAYMENTS ARE TO THEM. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE FLOCK CAMERA AGREEMENT,
CONTINGENT UPON FINAL REVIEW AND RENEGOTIATION OF OUR WONDERFUL CITY ATTORNEY, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CLAUSES,
WHICH ARE JUST TOO FAVORABLE TO FLOCK RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE CLAUSES. CITY ATTORNEY CHIEF. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SHOULD GO DOWN
THE PATH OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          THIS IS JUST THIS IS A RENEWAL. IT'S A RENEWAL,
RIGHT? YEAH, I CAN I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC THE,
YOU KNOW, THE ANY LAWSUITS FOR WHATEVER CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ODEBRECHT. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS A RENEWAL. THIS IS,
YOU KNOW, THE CONTINUED AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 
          THIS IS MY GUESS IS HAVING DEALT WITH A LOT OF THESE BEFORE,
NOT ON THE LEGAL SIDE, BUT JUST ON THE SIGNING SIDE. 
          THIS IS THEY'RE A NATIONWIDE COMPANY. INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S INTEREST IN SPECIFIC EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT THEY WORK
WITH TO NEGOTIATE THOSE TERMS. BUT I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO OUR ATTORNEY, AND THEN I CAN ADDRESS ANY OTHER OTHER CONCERNS
ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS AND HOW WE HANDLE THINGS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO TALK HERE PUBLICLY OR OFFLINE. COUNCIL MEMBER I GOT MY ANSWERS ON THOSE. 
          AND YOUR HONOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THERE IS A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO A ONE YEAR
PAYMENT THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF THE CONTRACT. 
          WE TYPICALLY TRY TO STRIKE THOSE TYPES OF LIMITATIONS NOT GIVEN THE SIZE OF THIS
PARTICULAR COMPANY. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY TRY TO HAVE THE SAME CONTRACT. 
          THEY CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL LITTLE CITY THAT THEY WORK WITH. 
          AND SO ALTHOUGH I CAN ASK, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT IT WOULD GET. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS ASK. CAN'T PROMISE THAT IT WILL GET STRICKEN. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR DATA IS SAFE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE HEARD. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAFE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OPENING OURSELVES UP TO
LIABILITY BECAUSE OF THESE CAMERAS. 
          AND THAT'S MY ONLY REAL CONCERN. AND I THINK LARRY HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. THERE'S RULES. 
          CHAPTER 13 DATA PRACTICES, RULES ON THE STATE OF MINNESOTA GOVERN THAT. 
          AND OUR YOUR OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL KINDS OF DATA OUTSIDE OF THIS FLOCK SYSTEM. 
          AND IN FACT, A LOT OF THE DATA WITHIN THE FLOCK SYSTEM IS ALREADY STATE OF MINNESOTA DATA
THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          AND THEY HAVE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THAT DATA SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A NEW WAY. IN FACT, WE'VE COUNCIL MEMBER SPOKE TO IT. 
          SO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA SAYS YOU SHALL ELIMINATE THAT DATA IN 60 DAYS. 
          WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO 30 DAYS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STATE ASKS US TO
BE IN THAT SENSE. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE DO NOT SHARE A LIVE CAMERA FEED WITH ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY OUTSIDE
OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, WHERE THEY WOULD MAKE AN ASK FOR EVIDENCE RELATED TO THAT. 
          THE LPR SYSTEM WE DO SHARE IN THAT DATA IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THERE ARE CASES I CAN TALK TO YOU THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN MY FIVE YEARS,
WHERE I WISH WE HAD THIS CAMERA SYSTEM, AND I'M NOT SAYING PEOPLE WOULD BE ALIVE, BUT I'M SAYING THIS CAMERA SYSTEM AND THIS,
THE LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN SOLVING THOSE CRIMES. 
          I TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO MONITOR THIS EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY STAFF TO DO THAT. IN FACT, WE WILL STAFF UP DURING EVENTS TO KIND OF
MONITOR LARGE CROWDS SO WE CAN RESPOND TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EVENT DURING DURING THOSE LARGE EVENTS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
WE DO NOT MONITOR THIS OTHER THAN INVESTIGATIVE DATA. 
          WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO, TO RUN AUDITS. 
          AND WE DO RUN AUDITS, WHICH CHECKS THE VERACITY,
LIKE HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA, HOW WE'RE SHARING THE DATA. THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THE REASONS WE'RE
SHARING THE DATA. AND SO IF I CAN JUST OPINE FOR TWO SECONDS, I HAVE FULL TRUST IN THE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRE HERE. 
          WE HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THOSE THAT WERE TO NOT USE THIS IN THE
MEANS THAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR WITHIN OUR 
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ORGANIZATION. AND THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE ENTRUST OUR OFFICERS WITH GUNS. WE ENTRUST THEM WITH CARS THAT DRIVE REALLY
FAST. 
          WE ENTRUST THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO TAKE LIBERTY AWAY FROM INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND WE TRUST THEM TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE IF THEY NEED TO BE. 
          SO I HAVE FULL TRUST IN OUR OFFICERS TO USE THIS. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY SOLVED CRIMES WITH THIS SYSTEM,
AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT THIS PART OF THE SYSTEM. 
          I'M PROUD OF HOW OUR OFFICERS USE IT, FOR SURE. MY ONLY CONCERN IS JUST THE LIABILITY
SIDE, BECAUSE WE DO STRIKE THOSE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. SO I WOULD LOVE JUST AN ATTEMPT TO
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOPEFULLY WE NEVER NEED IT. 
          AND I AGREE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE AT ALL. 
          THESE CAMERAS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SOMETHING HORRIFIC HAPPENS TO A KID. 
          THERE'S AN AMBER ALERT. WE CAN GET FLAGGED. THE CHIEF OR WHOEVER YOU DESIGNATE CAN FLAG
THE PLATE. 
          WE GET A NOTICE ON THE PLATE. WE JUST CAUGHT A RING OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER. 
          FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN PLAGUING THE TOWN FOR A WHILE. 
          TURNS OUT THEY LIKE TO DRIVE AROUND IN HERE. THAT'S GREAT. LOVE IT. 
          MY CONCERN IS THE LIABILITY CLAUSE. I MEAN, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO CARRY INSURANCE FOR FIVE
MIL ON CYBER LIABILITY, WHICH TO ME WOULD BE LIKE THE ISSUE. LIKE IF WE DON'T DELETE SOMETHING WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR CYBER, IT'S FOR 5 MILLION BUCKS. AND THEN THEY NEED PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE WITH A $5 MILLION FOR
EACH CLAIM. 
          THAT WOULD COVER. SO I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION IF SOMETHING
WERE TO HAPPEN. 
          THEY ARE CARRYING INSURANCE FOR 5 MILLION FOR INFO. 
          5 MILLION FOR CYBER LIABILITY. FOR SOME REASON THEY'VE GOT COMMERCIAL AUTOMOTIVE LIABILITY
OF $1 MILLION. 
          REASON BEHIND THAT. THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY OF 2 MILLION. 
          I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CARRYING INSURANCE. 
          SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE MAKING A CLAIM. 
          THAT'S MORE THAN JUST THE ANNUAL PAYMENT. RIGHT. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF PROTECT IT. I MEAN,
I DON'T I MEAN, AGAIN, IF COREY THINKS IT'S BEST PRACTICE TO TRY AND STRIKE THAT PART OF THIS CONTRACT, THEN I'M FINE WITH GIVING IT A GO. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THIS UP TO TRY AND DO IT. 
          HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE COREY? CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW HOW RESPONSIVE THEY HAVE BEEN TO ANY KIND
OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, BUT I THEY'RE LOCAL. I MEAN, THEY HAVE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES,
SO, YEAH, THEY DO HAVE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE WORK WITH AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH VERY WELL. SO WE CAN TRY TO PUSH THIS AS FAST AS WE CAN. YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE A GAP IN OUR SERVICE OVER THIS. 
          SO YEAH, IF WE CAN ASK WITHOUT PROVIDING A GAP I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, I'LL BE FINE WITH IT TOO. I JUST DON'T WANT US OPENING OURSELVES UP TO THIS SYSTEM,
BECAUSE I WATCHED A VIDEO ON IT TODAY. 
          THAT HOW THEY GOT INTO THAT SYSTEM AND I DON'T WANT US ON IT. 
          I MEAN, ALL THE DATA BEING COLLECTED IS UNDER MY WATCH. 
          I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON WE'RE NOT. PROVE THIS. 
          I MEAN, ALL THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA. IT'S HOW PEOPLE OUT
IN THE PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA. 
          IT'S WE'RE ACCESSING THIS THIS SYSTEM ACCESSES THE MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE. 
          SO THE THE LICENSE PLATES AND THAT'S WHAT IT ACCESSES. 
          AND IT ONLY ACCESSES THAT DOES NOT ACCESS THAT DATA TO BEGIN WITH. 
          CORRECT. AND IT'S ONLY THROUGH A LICENSE PLATE READER. 
          SO OUR CAMERA SYSTEM DOES NOT ACCESS ANY DATA. 
          OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE OUR LIVE FEED CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE TYPICALLY IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT
DISTRICT. 
          A COUPLE OTHER AREAS. AND THAT IS THERE'S NO DATA THAT THERE'S NO NO FACIAL RECOGNITION. 
          THERE'S NO VOICE RECOGNITION TO THAT. WE DON'T SHARE ANY LICENSE PLATE. 
          WE DON'T SHARE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS AREN'T SHARED WITH ANY OTHER
AGENCIES. 
          SO IT'S JUST OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE SHARED. AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS A A HOME
INVASION JUST EAST OF HERE. 
          EXCUSE ME? WEST OF HERE IN MONTGOMERY. A KIDNAPING,
ACTUALLY, THAT WAS SOLVED THROUGH THIS SYSTEM. 
          INDIVIDUALS DOWN IN TEXAS, THERE WAS A RECENT ABDUCTION IN ANOKA COUNTY OF A YOUNG CHILD. 
          SOLVED WITH THIS SYSTEM. SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHICH IS JUST REALLY RECENTLY THESE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND VERY
SUCCESSFUL WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS A LOT OF THIS TALK RECENTLY HAS BEEN JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN THE
STATE. 
          I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. I LIKE THE SYSTEM,
JUST DON'T LIKE THIS CLAUSE. 
          SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD REMOVE IT. YEAH,
I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE NOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND
REMOVE THAT CLAUSE? SO MOVED. HE MADE IT. YEAH. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. GREAT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
          AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. AND THAT PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES. 
          THANKS, CHIEF. THANKS, COREY. APPRECIATE THAT. AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          WHAT? WE'RE DONE. WHAT TIME DO WE. AT 328. ALL RIGHT. 
          [XV. COUNCIL REQUEST ITEMS]
IF THERE'S. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT NEXT MEETING? WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE MEETING OR WE'RE WAITING ON SOME INFORMATION. YEAH,
I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON SCHEDULES AND THINGS. 
          GO AHEAD. JOE. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE THREE POTENTIAL ABSENCES FROM OUR FIVE MAN
CREW. 
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FIVE PERSON CREW. SO WE'LL GO OVER. WE HAVE SOME LAND USE APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT A 60 DAY TIMELINE WITH. 
          WE CAN CONFIRM THAT TOMORROW. AND I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM WITH OUR FINANCIAL PEOPLE THAT
THERE'S NOT BILLS THAT NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          I'D SAY MAYBE WORST CASE SCENARIO, SOMEONE'S TELEPHONING IN FROM FLORIDA TO BE OUR THIRD
PERSON. 
          SO I THINK THAT WORKS. I'M AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO YEAH, I RAN THE MEETING FROM FLORIDA. RIGHT. 
          BUT IF THERE'S LATITUDE TO EXTEND IT OUT AND IT'S JUST EVERYONE'S GONE. 
          MAYBE WE'LL FLOAT POTENTIAL CANCELLATION BY EVERYBODY. 
          SEE WHAT THEY THINK? YEAH, I MEAN, WHATEVER. IF WE CAN DO IT VIA PHONE OR ZOOM OR
WHATEVER, IT. WELL, I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT IF THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO GET SIGNED AND
THINGS. 
          SO. AWESOME. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 
          AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 729. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          SO WHO'S GOING?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.