[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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          THIS TIME, I'LL CALL THE ORDER. THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 2ND, 2026. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY JUNE. WITH THAT BETH ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COLLINS. 
          COUNCIL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PAULINA HERE. MAYOR KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, WELL, FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME NEW STAFF. BETH, TAKE IT AWAY. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOFIA IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. OH, SURE. YOU CAN JUST HAVE A SEAT. JUST NOW, WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A NOTEPAD. 
          SOFIA PRADO, SHE IS OUR NEW FRONT DESK ADMIN ASSISTANT. SHE IS A STILLWATER RESIDENT, AND SHE COMES FROM WORKING AT THE OUTING LODGE UP BY PINE PINE POINT. YES, A FUN FACT FROM ABOUT SOFIA IS SHE. HER AND HER FAMILY IMMIGRATED FROM ARGENTINA WHEN SHE WAS FOUR, SO SHE'S FLUENT IN SPANISH? NO, I AM FROM CORDOBA. OKAY. CORDOVA FROM BUENOS AIRES FOR LIKE A YEAR. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. I LOVE BUENOS AIRES. LIKE PALERMO. SOHO. OH, WOW. COOL. AND GUATEMALA. THERE YOU GO. SO, YEAH, Y'ALL CAN STOP BY THE FRONT DESK AND SAY HI. SHE'S A BOCA REAL. MOST OF MY FAMILY WAS REAL. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEP. THAT'S COOL. YEAH. THANK YOU. I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT SHE LIVED IN A COUNTY PARK. OF COURSE, SHE'S NOT FROM IOWA, SO WE GOTTA THROW PARKS IN THERE SOMEHOW. I USED TO KNOW HER DAD VERY WELL. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU, MATT, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU HAPPY TO BE HERE. SO. VERY COOL. SOFIA. WE GOT MORE PEOPLE FROM STILLWATER WORKING HERE. YEAH, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. I WON'T I WON'T POINT ANYBODY OUT, BUT. MAYOR, COUNCIL. ALONG THOSE LINES, KATIE IS OUR NEW PLANNING ADMIN ASSISTANT. ALSO A STILLWATER NATIVE, STILLWATER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, ALTHOUGH SHE NOW LIVES IN HUDSON. SO, YEAH. SORRY. INTERESTING FACT ABOUT KATIE IS THAT SHE FORMED IN CHOIR, IN PIANO AND TRAVELED ACROSS EUROPE AS PART OF A PERFORMING GROUP. SO VERY COOL. 
          IF YOU INTERACT WITH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, HPC OR COMMISSION SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS. I THINK WE HAVE ROOM FOR A PIANO UP IN THE. UPRIGHT. WE COULD FIND ONE ON MARKETPLACE. SANDERS COULD GET IT UP THERE SOMEHOW. DO IT ON PIANOS PARTY. OH, I LIKE THAT ABOUT YOU. VERY COOL. WELL, NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. NICE TO MEET YOU. YEAH. 
          KATIE AND I LIKE THIS. THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO. YES. NEW HIRES. SO. YEAH. WITH THE FACE. 
          [1. Community Education Presentation]
YES. WELL, WELCOME. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PRESENTATION. YES. TAKE IT AWAY ON THAT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME. OF COURSE, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M HERE REALLY ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY ED AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE THERE? SO WHY AM I HERE? SO YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING BUDGET CUTS AND THAT THIS REPRESENTS AFTER THIS YEAR, WILL BE $12 MILLION WORTH OF BUDGET CUTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS OR IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND THAT YOU'RE USED TO BUDGET CUTTING. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. YOU START TO CUT AND YOU FIND THOSE THINGS, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FIRST, AND THEN YOU KEEP GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS TIME AROUND, WE DID REACH A PLACE WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO CUT BACK ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. AND SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT FIRST ABOUT WHY THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HAPPENING. SO THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES. SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE A TEACHER OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. 
          YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THAT TEACHER. SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STILL PAYING FOR THOSE TEACHERS OR THOSE STAFF THAT WORK WITH THE STUDENTS. AND SO THAT EXPENSE IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT. AND SO ULTIMATELY, WE ARE SEEING AN OBVIOUSLY AN INCREASED COST IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF, WHICH WE VERY MUCH WANT TO DO. BUT IT WAS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO FIND A WAY OF FUNDING. ANOTHER WAY IS LEGISLATIVE NEGATIVE, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING REVENUE. AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT RECENT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THAT THE STATE IS CUTTING FUNDING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AND THAT, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE ARE LAWS ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 
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STUDENTS. AND THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED. THEY'RE STILL THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE DO HAVE FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE. SO THEREFORE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE USING MORE OF THEIR FUNDS TO SUPPORT THOSE NEEDS AS A RESULT, OR TO BACKFILL FOR THAT LOSS OF FUNDING. AND THEN THERE'S INFLATION AND RISING COSTS, WHICH I'M SURE WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH. AND THOSE ARE JUST A REALITY OF LIFE. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY EDUCATION, JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE UNDER A SEPARATE BUDGET THAT OUR FUNDING AND THE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE FROM OUR PROGRAMS STAYS WITHIN THE THE COMMUNITY BUDGET. AND THAT, OF COURSE, WE TRY TO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO IT SO THAT ALL FAMILIES CAN AFFORD TO BE A PART OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE PROVIDE SIMILAR PROGRAMING, AND I DID BRING OUR CATALOG. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, I WILL LEAVE THESE HERE WITH YOU SO YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR SUMMER CATALOG. THAT'S JUST OUR SUMMER OFFERINGS THAT WE PROVIDE A LOT OF PROGRAMS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. SO IT WAS EASY FOR THEM TO SAY TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION, HEY, COULD YOU TAKE THIS PROGRAM ON? WELL, OF COURSE WE CAN. WE'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH RUNNING SPORTS. AND IF YOU LOOK IN THIS, YOU'LL SEE QUITE A FEW SPORTS REFERENCED IN HERE. 
          THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE $150,000 SOMEWHERE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING THIS PROGRAM TO THE TUNE OF $150,000 A YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE THAT POCKET OF MONEY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO NAVIGATE THAT, BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO PASS THE TRUE COST ON, AND I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, IT COULD BE PROHIBITIVE FOR SOME FAMILIES. SO WE'RE SEEKING PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP US SUSTAIN THE SPORTS. 
          AND, AND SO CONSEQUENTLY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO SHARE WHAT OUR GOALS BECAME AS WE LOOKED AT THIS. SO FIRST WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM AT THE MOST REASONABLE COST. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE DUG INTO THIS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS JUST TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE COULD MAKE CUTS. HOW COULD WE REDUCE THE OVERHEAD? IT IS A LEAN, MEAN FIGHTING MACHINE. 
          THEY ARE NOT PATTING THIS IN ANY WAY. I WOULD SAY, RIGHT, THAT THE STAFF, THE PERCENTAGE OF STAFF THAT ARE WORKING WITH THESE STUDENTS WERE KEEPING A 2020 TO 1 RATIO FOR THE MOST PART. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN YOU'RE BUSY WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AFTER SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH ADULTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL. SO WE ALSO WANTED TO CREATE A BUDGET THAT INSURANCE ENSURES FINANCIAL STABILITY AND LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE PROGRAM. SO I'VE RESEARCHED OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMON THING TO HAPPEN IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TURN OVER THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION. SO I REACHED OUT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND I ASKED THEM, HOW ARE THEY HANDLING THIS AND WHAT ARE THEY SEEING? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THAT THEY ARE SEEING IS A REDUCTION IN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, THAT THEY'VE HAD TO REDUCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE EITHER PARTICULARLY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAMING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED, OR THEY HAVE LOW INTEREST. AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF OUR SPORTS CUT. AND SO THAT LED ME TO THAT PLACE OF, OKAY, HOW DO WE BUILD IT? SO IT'S SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ONLY IN THE SPORTS THAT WE FIND FINANCIALLY, LET'S SAY EASY. WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE NEXT THE ROLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE AT THIS TABLE OR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, THAT THE ROLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS GO DEEP FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT WE NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS IN THE SCHOOL DAY THROUGH THE ACADEMIC AND SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES AFTER SCHOOL ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE FRIENDS IN INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY CAN TURN TO WHEN THEY'RE EXPERIENCING STRESS. AND SO THIS REALLY PROMOTES MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS PHYSICAL HEALTH, HEALTH FOR THE STUDENTS. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH FOR ME. BUT I IMAGINE THIS IS NOT ANYTHING TOO SURPRISING FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          AND USUALLY WE GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? LIKE HAVING KIDS ENGAGED IN SOMETHING HEALTHY AFTER SCHOOL IS GOING TO KEEP THEM DOING POSITIVE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN PERHAPS GETTING INVOLVED IN SOME THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T. AND SO THAT ONE, I THINK IS PRETTY OBVIOUS, AND SOME OF THE OTHERS MIGHT BE OBVIOUS TO THE GENERAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BUT JUST TO POINT IT OUT, IT DOES BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES. IT BRINGS OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER AND CREATES COMMUNITY PRIDE. WE ALL KNOW PONY PRIDE AND THEN ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC AND CITY 
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IMPACT. IT MAKES THE COMMUNITY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO FAMILIES, SUPPORTS STABLE PROPERTY VALUES AND DRIVES LOCAL ACTIVITIES, AND DEVELOPS FUTURE WORKFORCE SKILLS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE THE THE CURRENT SPORTS THAT WE ARE OFFERING. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT FEES. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CHARGING $95 PER SPORT FOR A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE. IF THEY'RE ON FREE OR REDUCED EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, THEY WOULD RECEIVE A REDUCED PRICE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. AND THAT ULTIMATELY, IN MY ANALYSIS, WHICH I DID LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT WAS A FULL YEAR, WE FOUND THAT WE HAD 1047 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A SPORT, AND THAT OF THOSE, 117 WERE RECEIVING IT AS A FREE, AND 4% WERE AT A REDUCED LEVEL. HAVE YOU MAINTAINED THOSE COSTS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? THAT'S CHEAP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN SUBSIDIZED, RIGHT. THAT THAT THAT'S MORE OF A HISTORICAL THING THAT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS HAS BEEN IN PLACE. 
          I MEAN, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL AND THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. AND THAT ULTIMATELY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE LAST TEN, TEN YEARS THAT I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE SEEN IT START TO SHIFT OVER TO COMMUNITY ED, BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME A FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO, OH, CAN YOU GO BACK JUST ONE SLIDE. CITIES ARE NATURAL. OH, I'M SORRY WE DID THAT. WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YOU'RE RIGHT. ENSURING EQUITY AND ACCESS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO WE SURVEYED OUR FAMILIES FAMILIES. WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS CHANGE, THEY EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. THEY'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT SPORTS HAVE BEEN CUT. THEY'VE SEEN PRICES SKYROCKET. ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN. AND SO THEY THEY REACHED OUT TO US SAYING, HEY, WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS. I WILL MENTION THAT THIS WAS THROUGH THE COURSE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT BUDGET CUTS THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ELIMINATE FOREIGN TEACHERS OUT OF OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED IN AND CONCERNED ABOUT. SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE EQUITY AND EQUITY OF ACCESS AS A RESULT, IN PART BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY SAID THAT WHEN WE SURVEYED THEM, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, OUR KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THOSE SPORTING ACTIVITIES AFTER SCHOOL. AND WE DON'T WANT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO US. MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT OUR COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT. RIGHT? SO, SO WE WANTED WE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK LIMITING PARTICIPATION BASED ON INCOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTED PROGRAMS, ENSURE ALL STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE. SO. AND I NEGLECTED TO MENTION ON THE LAST SLIDE. SO THE COST WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, IF IF WE MAINTAINED A FREE AND REDUCED PRICE, BUT THAT WE CHARGED THE FULL COST OF THE PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE $285 FOR THE FULL PAYING STUDENT. RIGHT. WE WOULD STILL HAVE A FREE AND FREE IS NO LONGER FREE. I'M AFRAID THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CONTEMPLATING A $25 FEE FOR OUR FREE STUDENTS AND THEN REDUCED WITH FALL SOMEWHERE IN THERE ALONGSIDE THAT, BUT THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PROVIDE IT AT THAT COST. SO I AM VISITING WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING OUR CITY COUNCILS, AND THAT CITIES ARE A NATURAL PARTNER. AGAIN, IN MY RESEARCH, TALKING WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S RECEIVING RECEIVING SOME RECREATION DOLLARS THAT THE CITY HAS LEVIED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT PROGRAMING AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, THEY AREN'T THEY AREN'T DIRECTING IT TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS PARTICULARLY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NEW, NEW FUNDING. AND WE COULD SAY THIS IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM. AND SO I'M ASKING CITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. I MET WITH THE BAY PORT LIONS CLUB. THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED $1,000 A YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. I'M VISITING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHERS AS WELL, AND APPLYING FOR ANYWHERE I CAN FIND FUNDS TO TRY AND BRING THIS DOWN, BUT THAT ULTIMATELY, I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER A TAX LEVY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING DOWN THOSE COSTS. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZES THAT. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? VIA A ROLL? I THOUGHT THE VA WAS RUNNING ALL THESE JUNIOR HIGH SPORTS. NOW THAT THEY DO 
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RUN A NUMBER OF THEM. SO THEY'RE SO MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS TYPICALLY PLAYS A ROLE OF, I WOULD SAY, MORE RECREATIONAL THAN A STUDENT WHO IS INTENDING TO GO ON TO ADVANCED SPORTS. 
          AND THAT VAR TENDS TO ATTRACT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PLANNING MAYBE MORE OF A CAREER OF SPORTS. RIGHT. AND SO WHEREAS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS IS KIND OF THAT CATCH ALL FIRST EXPERIENCE, AND YOU MIGHT FIND SOME STUDENTS THAT SAY, HEY, I REALLY LOVE THIS, FIND THAT THEY HAVE A KNACK FOR IT AND MIGHT GO ON TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS THAT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS ATTRACT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WANT TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN. 
          ONE OTHER THING, MAYBE THIS HAS CHANGED SINCE I WORKED WITH HOWARD DURAN. THAT'S HOW LONG AGO I WAS WORKING. THE STATE ALWAYS GAVE AN ALLOTMENT FOR COMMUNITY ED. THEY DO WHAT? CAN I DO THAT ANYMORE? NOPE. THEY STILL GIVE COMMUNITY ED DOLLARS. THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE STAFF THAT THAT ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, THAT AMOUNT IS $436,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT A YEAR. RIGHT? AND THAT YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE COMMUNITY OFFERS THAT WE DON'T. SO WE'VE DESIGNED OUR PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY DON'T GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO PROVIDE IT AT THE CHEAPEST COST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE DON'T HAVE A A HUGE POCKET OF MONEY TO OFFSET THIS COST. WE WILL BE OFFSETTING A PART OF IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET COMPLETELY THERE. OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE IT AT $200 FOR THE FULL COST, PROBABLY $75 FOR THE REDUCED COST AND $25 FOR THE FREE COST. SO THAT'S MY GOAL RAISING MONEY. AND WITH THOSE PRICES, THEN YOU STILL WOULD NEED $150,000 EXTRA PER YEAR. OR IS THAT THAT'S WHAT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT PRICING. YES, TO MAINTAIN THE FULL. IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE $285 NEXT YEAR FOR THE FULL COST. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING AROUND DIGGING UP MONEY WHEREVER WE CAN, AND I WILL SAY THE SUPERINTENDENT BELIEVES THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A SMALL POCKET AS WELL TO REDUCE THESE COSTS HE SPOKE OF, HE'S HOPING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ABOUT 5000. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 100,000 TO COVER. GOTCHA. PERFECT. ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT. I FORGOT ABOUT UNTIL I SAW YOU TALKING THAT YEAH, THIS STILLWATER, STILLWATER DOES NOT HAVE A RECREATION PROGRAM. SO IF YOU GO TO ANY COMMUNITY AROUND OAKDALE, YOU GO TO COTTAGE GROVE, YOU GO TO EVERY FOREST LAKE. THEY HAVE A RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT RUNS ALL THE RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE NEVER HAD A RECREATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE STILLWATER HAS ALWAYS RELIED ON THE COMMUNITY, HAD TO DO IT FOR THEM. SO IF YOU GO TO ALMOST EVERY CITY IN THIS METRO AREA, THEY HAVE A RECREATION DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? BUT I JUST I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU'RE BEING AWFULLY GOOD TO THESE KIDS BECAUSE I'M WELL, I'VE BEEN AT THE STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT ALL DAY TODAY. YEAH, I KNOW WHAT THOSE PARENTS PAY FOR THOSE KIDS TO PLAY. RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S THOUSANDS I KNOW. AND CLUB SPORTS ARE CLUB SPORTS. AND THEN AND THE SCHOOL SPORTS EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL I IS HUNDREDS I KNOW RIGHT RIGHT. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEIR PURPOSE IS IS TO EXPOSE KIDS TO THESE EXPERIENCES. AND THAT'S PART OF IT. YEAH. DID YOU EVER LOOK AT LIKE A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON INCOME OR ANYTHING? LIKE I KNOW YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU AND FAMILY MEANS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT FROM ZERO TO VERY, THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS BASED ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M SURE PARENTS WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY MORE THAN $95, SOME OF THEM. RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THEY SHOWED ME A BILL AND IT WAS $400 FOR THIS, I WOULDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT IT. BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA. SO HERE'S WHERE WE LANDED ON THE FREE AND REDUCED BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. SO WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED IT THUS FAR. I CAN'T SAY THAT WE COULDN'T CONSIDER THAT. AND I'LL PUT PEN TO PAPER AND SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH. BUT THAT ULTIMATELY, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS FELT VERY FIRMLY THAT $200 IS SORT OF THAT BREAKING POINT, IN PART BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AGAIN, THAT ARE OFFERING THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION, THAT WAS THE TOP AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE CHARGING. AND SO I THINK THERE'S THAT COMPETITION PART OF IT TOO, RIGHT? LIKE IF THEY'RE OFFERING IT HERE, WHY COULDN'T WE OFFER IT HERE? DOES ANY OF THIS? YOU'VE GOT A LOT IN THAT BOOK, RIGHT? THERE ARE TONS OF PROGRAMING THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I, I HOPE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS ALL THE GOOD PROGRAMING. DOES ANY OF THIS IMPACT THE OTHER THINGS IN THAT BIG BOOK, OR IS IT TRYING TO PREVENT IT FROM IMPACTING? BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, WELL, MAYBE 
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IF WE CHARGE A LITTLE MORE HERE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHARGE SO MUCH THERE. THAT'S NEVER MY GOAL. MY GOAL IS, IS TO MAKE EVERY PROGRAM AS LEAN AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT IT'S AS AFFORDABLE AS IT CAN BE FOR ANYONE, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE VALUABLE PROGRAMS, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT'S INTENDED FOR. RIGHT? SO I TRY NOT TO. WHAT DID I SAY? ROB? PETER TO PAY PAUL. RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, PARK WISE OR. I MEAN, I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS THEY PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR THIS, BUT I MEAN, IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF JUST CUTTING A CHECK THAT THE CITY COULD DO POTENTIALLY TO HELP OFFSET SOME COSTS? I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT YOU USE ARE ARE IN OUR CITY. THEY'RE PART OF OUR PARKS ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO THERE. WHAT COST DO YOU HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? I MEAN, DO WE CHARGE YOU TO RENT ANY OF THESE THINGS? I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD LOOK AT TO WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. AS I TOLD YOU, I'M REBUILDING THE GIRLS SOFTBALL FIELD RIGHT NOW TO MAKE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE. AND I ASKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE? WELL, I'M DOING IT JUST TO BE A GOOD GRANDPA, RIGHT? GRANDPA COULDN'T WALK ON THE BLEACHERS, RIGHT. SO I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS. SO I'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE LAKE CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AS WELL AS ANOTHER THAT THEY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PARKS AND REC RECREATION THAT THEY'RE OFFERING THEIR COMMUNITY. AS MIKE MENTIONED, THEY ARE NOT LEVYING FOR RECREATION DOLLARS. THEY ARE EITHER AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT IT IS. SO WHAT COMMUNITY I CAN BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THAT IS, IF YOU HAD A FACILITY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN OFFER THROUGH, WE CAN FIND AN INSTRUCTOR AND WE CAN OFFER IT THROUGH HERE. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT WITHOUT A RENTAL COST, THEN THAT WOULD HELP US SAVE FUNDS. COULD WE GENERATE FUNDS FROM THAT IN ORDER TO SUBSIDIZE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? AS I SAID BEFORE, PETER, PAUL, LIKE, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT OR DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAM THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR COMMUNITY AT A CHEAPER PRICE AS A RESULT OF YOUR NOT CHARGING US A RENTAL FEE FOR IT? SO IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH WHOMEVER YOU WOULD THINK APPROPRIATE. IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT US TO PROVIDE PROGRAMING IN YOUR FACILITIES IS EVERYTHING. 
          SUZANNE BLOCKS PROGRAM. SOME OF THIS STUFF. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          [2. Washington Ave/Frontage Rd Project Update]
THANKS FOR COMING IN. THANKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE WASHINGTON AVE FRONTAGE ROAD PROJECT UPDATE. KICKING THAT OFF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL DEPUTY DIRECTOR JESSIE FARRELL HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE AND A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT PRIOR TO THE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD TAKE IT AWAY. JESSE. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THIS IS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME WE'VE PRESENTED WASHINGTON AVENUE, SO WE BROUGHT IT TO THE COUNCIL IN 2024, 2025 AND AGAIN IN 26. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EFFORTS ARE BEGINNING TO BEAR FRUIT. SO JUST AS AN INTRODUCTION, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROJECT. EXTENTS ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS HIGHWAY FIVE INTERCHANGE WITH 36. ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS INTERCHANGE WITH GREELEY. AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE IS WASHINGTON. THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTERSECTIONS. ONE IS GRADE SEPARATED. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME. GREELEY RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED THE FRONTAGE ROADS WERE SHIFTED FURTHER AWAY FROM 36. ALLOWS FOR STACKING FOR THE SIGNAL CUES. AND THEN WITH WASHINGTON. 
          WASHINGTON IS. WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED IT. IT'S DEFICIENT ON SOME LEVELS AT SOME TIMES. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT WORKS GREAT. BUT DURING AM PEAKS, PM PEAKS WITH CERTAIN EVENTS, IT DOESN'T FUNCTION VERY WELL. SO THAT'S WHY THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED ALL THE EFFORTS TO DATE. SO JUST ZOOMED IN HERE NOW. SO OBVIOUSLY THE SOUTH SIDE OF 36 IS OAK PARK HEIGHTS. SO OUR FOCUS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OAK PARK HEIGHTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT WHEN THEY CROSS 36. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIND THINGS THAT COULD WORK BETTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE'LL SHARE THAT AND WE'LL COLLABORATE MORE. MONUMENT SIGNS. SANDERS. EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE STILLWATER, YOU SHOULD BE WELL AWARE OF IT. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE THRIVING 
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CENTER, VERY BUSY NEW BUSINESSES GOING IN. WE HAD THE CARIBOU THAT WAS REDEVELOPMENT INFILL AT THE OLD COBB OLD HERBERGERS NOW HARBOR FREIGHT SITE, AND THEN ALSO A CHICK FIL A UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I BELIEVE OPENS THIS OCTOBER. LAST I HEARD. SO THIS IS JUST WHERE THE PROJECT IS. ONE THING TO NOTE IS THE SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN 36 AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD. IT'S A VERY SMALL GAP. AS TRAFFIC ON 36 HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOLLOWING THE CROSSING OR FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE, AND THEN FAIRLY INTENSE DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN WISCONSIN, INCLUDING A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC. WHAT'S WHAT'S OCCURRING AT WASHINGTON HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND IS GETTING WORSE. SO JUST KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THIS IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE HEART OF THE PROJECT. SO WE STARTED THIS PROJECT CALLING IT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE FRONTAGE ROAD INTERSECTION STUDY, RIGHT? THIS IS AND THIS IS JUST A TYPICAL AFTERNOON. WE SEE PEOPLE WAITING TO TAKE A LEFT. MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO TARGET OR GREAT CLIPS OR POSSIBLY CUB, ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE JUST TO THE WEST OF HERE. SO WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS THAT NORTHBOUND, WHERE THOSE TWO CARS ARE, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WAITING TO TAKE A LEFT THERE. BUT BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP SO MUCH THE OTHER WAY, THEY CAN EITHER JUST KIND OF GO, WHICH SOMETIMES ASSERTIVE DRIVERS ARE DOING THAT. 
          OTHERWISE THEY WAIT AND THEN TRAFFIC IS BEGINNING TO BACK UP INTO HIGHWAY 36. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM FOR MOTORISTS ALSO FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO UTILIZE VEHICLES, RIGHT? ANYBODY THAT'S WALKING, BIKING AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES, WHICH IS BAD FOR OUR USERS. BUT AND I'LL GET INTO FUNDING. IT'S GOOD FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT INCORPORATE PROVISIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS FOR NON-MOTORIZED USERS. THERE'S SPECIAL GRANTS JUST FOR THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY'S FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THESE ELEMENTS MAKE MAKE A PROJECT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR FUNDING. SO WE DON'T NEED TO WATCH ALL OF THIS. BUT THIS IS FROM ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO TO THE DAY. SO THIS IS A TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS AGO WHILE THIS DRONE FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN. AND WE GOT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT YOU'LL JUST SEE, YOU SEE THE NEWER IMPROVEMENTS IN OAK PARK HEIGHTS WHERE THEY UTILIZE A ROUNDABOUT. IT DOES CLEAN UP SOME OF THE CHAOS THAT OCCURRED AT THE FRONTAGE ROAD. IF PEOPLE REMEMBER WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE, YOU'D HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NEAR MISSES. ALSO, NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR STACKING. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT TURN LANE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS IN STILLWATER, BUT IS TRAFFIC ON 36 INCREASES. THERE'S GOING TO BE PRESSURE TO THERE'S GOING TO BE PRESSURE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GREEN TIME 36 HAS. AND SO WITH THAT, THINGS JUST GET PUSHED FURTHER BACK. AND SO LONGER GREEN LIGHTS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING ON 36. CORRECT. IT'S MORE STACKING. GOTCHA. OKAY. MORE WAITING, MORE FRUSTRATION, RIGHT? MORE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AS A RESULT. YES. YEAH. AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING AGGRESSIVE IN VEHICLES AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION AS MUCH ATTENTION TO BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK INTO THIS. WE HAVE COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR INTERIM SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, SOMETHING THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT NOW THIS SUMMER, MORE NEAR-TERM MIDTERM IMPROVEMENTS. NOW THAT THERE'S FUNDING. SECURED, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT MIDTERM IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN LONG TERM, MORE IN THE 20 YEAR, 20 PLUS YEAR RANGE. THIS IS AN INTERCHANGE THAT WILL GET ATTENTION AGAIN. SO I THINK WE'RE AT THE. ABOUT THE 340. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU KIND OF KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE THERE'S A KIND OF A NEAR MISS AT ONE POINT, BUT THANKFULLY NOTHING TOO EXCITING IN THIS. THERE WE GO. SO WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE COUNCIL IN 24 AND 25 AND 
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REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES. THE ALTERNATIVES THAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE MOST WERE ALTERNATIVES ONE ONE A AND ONE B, SO THIS ONE INVOLVED REDIRECTING THE FRONTAGE ROAD BASICALLY TO TOWER DRIVE AND POTENTIALLY USING PRIVATE PROPERTY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. THIS ONE IS NOW OFF THE TABLE WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE, THE OPTION THAT THAT WE'RE LEFT WITH AND PROBABLY A BETTER OPTION OVERALL, I GUESS WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS ONE, HAVING TWO NORTH SOUTH STREETS IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER, IT WOULD HAVE IF WE WOULD HAVE FURTHER FLESHED OUT THIS OPTION. EVEN ABSENT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, USING NORTHWESTERN TO TOWER. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T NEED TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPLORED. SO SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE OUT THERE EVENTUALLY, AND IT DOES IT HAS A LOT OF POSITIVES. IT HAS DRAWBACKS AS WELL. IS TERMINATING BOTH FRONTAGE ROADS SO THAT THERE'S NO INTERACTION ANYMORE WITH WASHINGTON AVENUE. 
          BASICALLY WHAT OAK PARK HEIGHTS DID, RIGHT. PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT? YEP. WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OR REQUIRE THAT THEY GO UP NORTHWESTERN TO TOWER. AND THEN WE'RE EXPLORING THIS WESTERN, NORTH, SOUTH ROUTE. THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE. IT WOULD BE RIGHT OF WAY. ACQUISITION BUSINESSES MIGHT FIND THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT TO MAINTAINING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THERE. THEY'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR REPLACING IT. IT YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHEN YOU CHANGE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, SOME PROPERTIES, DEPENDING ON THEIR USAGE, THEY KIND OF DIE ON THE VINE A LITTLE BIT. AND SO WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT. BUT THIS IS THE PREFERRED CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVE. IT INVOLVES A ROAD DIET. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO NORTHBOUND AND TWO SOUTHBOUND LANES FOR MUCH OF THE CORRIDOR, REDUCING THAT TO THREE LANES, SO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION AND THEN A CENTER TURN LANE BY REPROGRAMING THAT PAVEMENT SPACE. IT ALLOWS ROOM FOR A TRAIL ON ONE SIDE AND A SIDEWALK ON ANOTHER, AND IT ELIMINATES A TROUBLESOME INTERSECTION. DO YOU WORRY WITH THAT, THOUGH, THAT BECAUSE LAKE ELMO IS GOING TO BE COMING OVERPASS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THIS BECOMES THE FIRST STOP THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE STACKING TO KEEP GOING BACK FURTHER AND FURTHER TOWARD TOWER DRIVE OR EVEN BEYOND. IF YOU LOOKED AT TRAFFIC COUNTS, I WOULD IMAGINE YOU HAVE. SO WITH LAKE ELMO AVENUE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST MET WITH THE COUNTY YESTERDAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING, I THINK, NEXT WEEK, BREAKING GROUND OUT THERE ON AND THEN SHIFTING TRAFFIC. AND I THINK BY THE END OF NEXT SEASON, IT'LL BE COMPLETE. THAT ALONE ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE TRAFFIC COUNTS ON 36. BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS RIGHT NOW, TRAFFIC IS METERED AT LAKE ELMO AVENUE. THAT'S WHERE IT GOES FROM A FREEWAY A CONTINUE ALMOST. YOU STILL HAVE CENTURY AVENUE AS AT GRADE. OTHER THAN CENTURY AVENUE, IT'S AN AT GRADE FREEWAY FROM MINNEAPOLIS ALL THE WAY TO LAKE ELMO AVENUE. RAMSEY'S GOING TO FLIP CENTURY TOO, AREN'T THEY? YEP. SO THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUPER HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THE SIGNAL, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING SO MANY ACCIDENTS IN LAKE ELMO IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRUCKS ARE LOCKING IN THINKING THEY'RE ON AN INTERSTATE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE GOT A CAR IN FRONT OF THEM WHILE THEY'RE CHECKING THEIR CELL PHONE. YEAH, IT'S IT'S HORRIBLE. SOME OF THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A FAIR AMOUNT, AND I'M SURE SEAN HAS AS WELL. ONE ONE BENEFIT THAT WASHINGTON HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HIGHWAY FIVE OVERPASS, THE REDUCTION IN SPEED LIMIT, YOU FEEL YOURSELF COMING INTO MORE OF AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. WHEREAS WITH LAKE AVENUE, IT WAS IT'S ALL RURAL, RURAL. AND THEN THERE'S A LIGHT. BUT THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR AT LAKE ELMO AVENUE TO SOME EXTENT WILL PROPAGATE TO WASHINGTON. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING TALKS WITH THE COUNTY AGAIN JUST YESTERDAY ABOUT POSSIBLY FORMING SOME SORT OF TASK FORCE, HIGHWAY 36, WHERE WE HAVE MNDOT AND THE COUNTY IN OAK PARK HEIGHTS AND STILLWATER INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH AND SOMETHING THAT MAYBE SHOULDN'T WAIT 20 PLUS YEARS, BUT MASSIVE PROJECT, MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, ANYTHING WE CAN THROW AT IT. I MEAN, EVEN THOSE RUMBLE STRIPS TO KIND OF LIKE ALERT FOLKS THAT, HEY, YOU'RE COMING UP ON SOMETHING THAT I SEE SOMETIMES SIGN ON THE OVERPASS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS MEETING 
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AND FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S KID GOT SMACKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THERE BECAUSE LIKE WE KEEP HEARING IN LAKE ELMO, SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT THEIR CELL PHONE AND IT'S A TRACTOR TRAILER INTO, SO WHY AREN'T WE PUSHING MNDOT? THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE IN TO OAK PARK HEIGHTS TO WITHOUT THE CUT AND COVER. THIS IS CAUSED BY THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW MNDOT TO DO THE CUT AND COVER. NOW IT'S TIME. MNDOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO CUT AND COVER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO STICK IT TO THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THAT. WELL, THEN WHY AREN'T WE PUSHING MNDOT TO DO THE CUT AND COVER AND BUILD ALL THIS FOR US? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT CUT AND COVER IS? THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE OVERPASS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          SO YOU LOWER, YOU LOWER THE HIGHWAY, YOU LOWER THE HIGHWAY. BUT YOU'RE OVERPASSES ARE STILL THERE. AND I GUESS LIKE PROCESS WISE, SEAN AND JESSE, WHEN DID I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE WE HAVE TO PRESENT THIS TO MNDOT ON SOME LEVEL AND BE LIKE, IS THIS LIKE, LIKE IF SOME, YOU KNOW, MAGIC WAND SHOWS UP AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIX THIS WHOLE THING. 
          LIKE THEN IS ALL THIS WORK FOR NAUGHT? OR IS THERE A WAY WE WOULD DO THIS DIFFERENTLY IF WE COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE A BIT? I THINK WE RAISED OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND THE CONCERNS OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. MENDOZA'S RESPONSE TO US IS IT'S NOT IN OUR PROGRAM FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. RIGHT. OKAY. WHY IS THAT, SEAN? AND YOU KNOW WHY IT IS IT'S THEY'RE MAD THE WAY THEY WERE TREATED WHEN WE DID THE BRIDGE. AND I THINK YOU GOT TO CHANGE THAT. YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT ATTITUDE. AND I THINK IT'S I THINK JESSE'S IDEA IS TO CREATE A CORRIDOR TASK FORCE, START TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. YEAH. AND WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IS THAT GREELEY AND OSGOOD ARE BOTH COUNTY ROADS IN WASHINGTON IS A CITY ROAD, RIGHT. I KNOW THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THE COUNTY AS A PARTNER, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD AT THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND LIKE GREELEY DOESN'T CONCERN ME AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE. BUT WASHINGTON AND OSGOOD, THOSE ARE THE THEY'RE GOING TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS WE SHOULD START HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROGRESS IT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, START OFF MEETING QUARTERLY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WORKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, JUST BUILDING A GOOD COOPERATION, YOU KNOW, CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITIES THAT THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE. THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS CONCEPT, IT PUSHES THE, THE TOWER DRIVE IS SCREWED ENOUGH AWAY TO WHERE IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE AT GREELEY. SO AN INTERSECTION OR A BRIDGE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. NOT AN INTERSECTION, BUT A BRIDGE COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT AFFECTING OUR. GOTCHA. OKAY. I THINK OAK PARK HEIGHTS IS KIND OF ADDRESSED THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER OUR CONCEPT IS, IS NOT GOING TO BE DISTURBED OR HAVE TO BE MOVED AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 YEARS. YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN HAVE WE LEARNED FROM OAK PARK HEIGHTS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE MADE CHANGES? OR IS THAT LIKE, DOES THAT HELP US IN, IN OUR PLANNING AT ALL? I KNOW WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS AND ABILITY. I THINK RIGHT AROUND THERE THAT THAT FORCE US TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. RIGHT. BUT RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE, I THINK WE'RE SET UP. THERE'S PROBABLY 1 OR 2 BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED IF AN OVERPASS DOES COME IN. BUT I THINK WITH TOWER DRIVE BEING UP WHERE IT IS, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE'RE PUTTING PUBLIC ROADS THROUGH PARKING LOTS RIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE. I THINK THEY'RE BETTER. SEE, IT'S GOTCHA. IF WE CONSIDER THE ROUNDABOUT AT CURVE CREST. SO WITH THE THE FOCUS WAS ON WASHINGTON AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD. AND YES, WE'VE WE'VE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CURVE. HOW WOULD YOU TREAT CURVE CREST AND HOW WE WOULD TREAT WASHINGTON NORTH OF CURVE CREST. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO STARTED CONVERSATIONS OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD BEYOND HERE. AND WHAT WE'RE. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS THAT WE WOULD TAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO CURVE CREST, COMPLETE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT ALL FOUR CORNERS OF CURVE CREST. SURE. LIKE THAT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CLINIC ACCESS AND OTHER STUFF THROUGH THERE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. AND THEN WITH AND I'LL GET INTO THIS WITH THIS TIES IN GOOD TO FUNDING, BECAUSE IF WE METER THIS WORK OUT WHAT WE COULD DO, WELL, I'LL GET INTO FUNDING, BUT IF WE'RE STRATEGIC, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO KIND OF ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. TAKES MORE PATIENCE, BUT THERE'S GOOD FUNDING SOURCES OUT THERE. THESE ARE REALLY GREAT PROJECTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE ROADS THAT HAVE FOUR LANES AND CAN EASILY BE ACCOMMODATED WITH A 4 TO 3 CONVERSION, WHICH MAKES IT PRETTY EASY AND COST EFFECTIVE TO ADD PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FACILITIES. AND ONCE YOU CAN DO THAT ON A PROJECT, IT MAKES IT A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR FOR FUNDING BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SECURED FROM THE STATE. SO, SO DEFINITELY A SUCCESS. WE BROUGHT AN $8.6 MILLION PROJECT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. MAYOR PRESENTED THEIR GOOD JOB. I YEP. 
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SO IT'S NO THAT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. RIGHT OFF THE BAT. WE HAVE 50% OF A $9 MILLION PROJECT COVERED. AND SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO ACCELERATE A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS. RIGHT OF WAY IS STILL A WILD CARD DEPENDING ON HOW WE APPROACH THINGS THAT THAT SIDE ROAD BY 36 IN THE BANK, SOME BUSINESSES MIGHT WANT IT, SOME MIGHT NOT. IT'S KIND OF WIDE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO THE ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE USED HAVE BEEN MORE CONCEPTUAL. WE'LL REFINE THOSE. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS, HOW TO MINIMIZE RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS AND THEN GET COSTS. BUT RIGHT OF WAY IS STILL A WILD CARD. WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, $3.5 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. WELL, THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN APPLICATION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN THAT'LL SET US UP FIRST. IT'S A GOOD ENDEAVOR IN AND OF ITSELF, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD PROCESS TO LOOK AT THE CITY COMPREHENSIVELY FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT AND TRANSPORTATION. IT ALSO SETS US UP REALLY WELL TO GO AFTER FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR REGIONAL SOLICITATION FUNDS. SO THAT WILL CREATE LIKE A CHECKLIST OF, OF PROJECTS REALLY AND, AND SET US UP NICE FOR EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE FUNDING. SO THEN, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO APPLYING FOR A PLANNING GRANT FOR A CITY WIDE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN. SO IT'S A LOT OF PLANS, BUT BY COMPLETING THIS ONE, IT PUTS US IN A STRONGER POSITION FOR FUTURE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE COULD REALLY JUST PICK UP FROM CURB CREST AND GO NORTH. YOU KNOW, THE BIKE PATH IS IN BAD SHAPE ON ONE SIDE. IT DOESN'T HAVE ADA COMPLIANT SLOPES. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE TYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUSINESSES. AND THEN SAME THING WITH CURB CREST, YOU KNOW, DOES HAVE A TRAIL ON EACH SIDE, BUT THEY CROSS LOCATION, CROSS SIDES, RIGHT? BUSY INTERSECTION. 
          SO MAYBE THINGS CAN GET EXTENDED OUT AND HAVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND MAYBE NOT TAKE IT ALL THE WAY IN EVERY DIRECTION. BUT AS WE PICK OFF THESE PROJECTS, WE CAN BE REAL STRATEGIC IN OUR SEQUENCING TO GO AFTER THESE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS. AND THEN CLOSING THE CLOSING WOULD FUNDING GAPS. WE HAVE STATE AID FUNDS. WE CAN ADVANCE THOSE IF WE NEED TO, LOCAL FUNDING, AND THEN SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR BENEFITING PROPERTIES. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC THAT SOMETHING WILL GET WORKED OUT ON HIGHWAY 36. 
          IT'S IT'S IDENTIFIED. IT'S BEEN STUDIED. IT'S A HIGH TIER CORRIDOR, AND IT'S GOTTEN BUSIER SINCE EVEN THIS HAS OCCURRED. BUT IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE METRO AREA, KIND OF EACH ONE OF THOSE BLUE, OUR PROJECT AREAS THAT ARE CORRIDORS. SO IT'S LIKE HIGHWAY 55 IN THE WEST METRO, THE HIGHWAYS GOING NORTH, SOME IN DAKOTA AND SCOTT COUNTY. IN TERMS OF THE NORTHEAST METRO, IT'S REALLY JUST US. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE PROJECT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER CORRIDORS, THEY HAVE TO DO MULTIPLE PROJECTS WHERE IT'LL BE IT'D BE A HUGE PROJECT TO ADDRESS 36 MONUMENTAL. BUT ONCE THAT'S DONE, 36 IS IN GOOD SHAPE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO INTO WISCONSIN TO NEW RICHMOND. SO YEAH, AND THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING WHERE THE AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS ARE ON 36, THE REMAINING ONES. SO WE TALKED ABOUT CENTURY ON THE FAR LEFT LAKE ELMO AVENUE. THAT ONE'S GREEN BECAUSE THAT'S GETTING TAKEN CARE OF NOW. AND THEN WE HAVE THESE THREE HERE. SO WE'RE WAY INTO THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. NOW BACK TO THE SUMMER. SO. ANY TRAFFIC CONTROL PROJECT, IT KIND OF INTRODUCES WINNERS AND LOSERS, RIGHT? AND MOST OF THE TIME THIS INTERSECTION WORKS GREAT IF YOU'RE JUST CUTTING ACROSS THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND YOU WANT TO GET TO TARGET, MOST OF THE TIME IT WORKS FINE. IT'S THOSE DURING THE AM AND PM PEAKS IS WHEN IT CAUSES ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES FRUSTRATION AND INTRODUCES RISK. SEAN AND I HAVE WORKED WITH SRF. 
          WE'RE INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTING A TRAFFIC CONTROL PROJECT THIS SUMMER. WE WANT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD DO IS ON THE LEFT THERE, THAT'S WASHINGTON. IN 36, WE'D PULL JERSEY BARRIER ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT ALL. NO LEFT TURN, NO LEFT TURNS. THE LEFT TURNS ARE WHERE THE PROBLEMS OCCUR. WHAT THAT'LL DO, YOU KNOW, IT'LL IT'LL FORCE PEOPLE TO START USING NORTHWESTERN, USING TOWER, 
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USING CURVE CREST, MORE PEOPLE DEVELOP DIFFERENT HABITS. A LOT OF THE SAME HABITS WE ALREADY HAVE. IF WE KNOW TO AVOID THE AREA. YEAH. I HAVEN'T TRIED TO GET ACROSS THAT FROM FRONT ROW TO FRONTAGE ROAD PROBABLY SINCE I WAS 17 YEARS OLD. THAT'S JUST LIKE SO YOU SHOULD TRY IT IN A SELF-DRIVING CAR. I'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE FUN JUST WATCHING THE TESLA GO. 
          NO. IT'S AWFUL. SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOST VISIBLE COMPONENT OF THIS. WHAT IT WOULD END UP DOING IS WE'D STILL ALLOW RIGHT ENDS. SO YOU COULD STILL LEAVE WASHINGTON AND TAKE A RIGHT ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. YEP. OR TAKE A RIGHT COMING SOUTH ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. AND THEN WE'D PUT OUT SIGNAGE. SO WE'D PUT OUT SIGNAGE FIRST, FIRST ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, WHERE WE'D HAVE BARRICADES TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. AND THEN AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, WE COULD JUST LEAVE A SIGN UP SAYING 236 SO PEOPLE WILL, INSTEAD OF COMING ALL THE WAY UP TO WASHINGTON, THEY'LL EITHER TAKE NORTHWESTERN AND GO DOWN TOWER DRIVE. AND THEN THIS IS AT TOWER DRIVE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW WITH WITH PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN THE AREA. 
          AND WITH THIS CHANGE, THERE'D BE JUSTIFICATION FOR A FOUR WAY STOP HERE. AGAIN, IT WOULD COME IN HANDY IN THE A M PEAKS AND THE PM PEAKS, BUT A LOT OF THE TIME PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING UP TO THE STOP SIGN AND THEY'D FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT. IT'D FEEL LIKE, THIS IS WHY SHOULD I BE STOPPING NOW? BUT WITH WITH REROUTING FRONTAGE ROAD ONTO THE TOWER. IT WOULD HAVE TO WHEN YOU HAVE TO. IF YOU ARE REROUTING PEOPLE, PEOPLE WOULD END UP WAITING TO TAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. AND BASICALLY, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MOVING PROBLEMS FROM ONE INTERSECTION AND WE'RE TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO BETTER INTERSECTIONS, RIGHT? AND THEN JUST SOME SIGNAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEAVING SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THRIVING BUSINESSES, A LOT OF US KNOW IF WE WANT TO GO TO 36, WE'LL AVOID WASHINGTON AND GO TO GREELEY. 
          BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. AND SO THEN THEY GET STUCK AT KIND OF A BAD INTERSECTION. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEAN AND I RECOMMEND, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT ITS CRITICS. A NICE THING ABOUT DOING IT THIS SUMMER, IT WOULD BE IN ADVANCE OF CHICK FIL A OPENING. CHICK FIL A IS GOING TO HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE IT KIND OF PEAKS AND GOES DOWN AND LEVELS OUT, BUT THEY'RE A MAJOR DRIVER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UPON COMPLETION OF LAKE AVENUE, YOU KNOW, TO WHATEVER THAT HOWEVER THAT COULD IMPACT WASHINGTON, PROBABLY NOT A LOT, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR A PROJECT THAT WE CAN RECONSTRUCT IN 2028. AND WE CAN'T IMAGINE WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM THIS. I MEAN, WE'LL SEE IN REAL TIME, LIKE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT WE CAN ESTIMATE WHEN THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY COMES TO FRUITION. WE'LL GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK. WE'LL GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE. SO I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, I MEAN, THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, INVESTING ALMOST $10 MILLION INTO, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW CRAPPY THAT INTERSECTION IS. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFE. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT'S SUPER CHALLENGING. THERE'S NO EASY ANSWER WITH FIXING THAT INTERSECTION, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S JUST FARMLAND AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. AND SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, AGAIN, AS PAINFUL AS IT'S GOING TO BE FOR ALL OF US TO GET USED TO AND FOR ALL THE PHONE CALLS WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, CALL ODEBRECHT AND BLAME CHICK FIL A AND CALL IT A DAY. NO, BUT I THINK I MEAN, I'M WITH YOU. I THINK THAT THE I THINK THE PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT OAK PARK HEIGHTS HAS DONE. RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY USED TO JUST AVOID THAT ENTIRE INTERSECTION ON EITHER SIDE OF 36 WHEN OAK PARK HEIGHTS MADE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOT MORE UTILIZATION NOW, WHICH THEN PUSHES OVER TO OUR SIDE OF 36, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TARGETS THERE, OBVIOUSLY THE REC CENTER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING KIND OF IN THE INTERIM. AND AGAIN, WE CAN CHANGE IT, RIGHT? LIKE, I MEAN, IF IT, IF IT TURNS INTO AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER, IT'S A MESS OR IT'S GOING TO TELL US HOW MUCH MORE EDUCATION WE NEED TO DO WITH PEOPLE, HOW MUCH MORE SIGNAGE WE NEED TO DO WITH PEOPLE. I MEAN, AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS SAFER AND MOVE SMOOTHER FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TRYING TO JAM PEOPLE'S LIVES UP WITH THESE PROJECTS. RIGHT? SO THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE A BIT PAINFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET FEEDBACK. AND AGAIN, FROM THE BUSINESSES TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BANKS AND STUFF OVER THERE THAT THE ACCESS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS IS GOING TO CHANGE. YOU COULD CHANGE DRAMATICALLY, RIGHT. AND SO WITHOUT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THAT CONNECTION FROM TOWER DOWN TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD, 
          [00:50:04]
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT STILL WORKS AND KIND OF ENVISION SOME OF THE STUFF. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT TOWER'S GOING TO BE OPEN WITH THE WATER TOWER GETTING PAINTED. YES, SOME LANE CLOSURE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'LL BE OPEN. WHAT KIND OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN DO WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR BEFORE THIS HAPPENS? BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GOING TO GET IS THAT THIS POPS UP AS A SURPRISE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, MOM'S TRYING TO GET TO TARGET BEFORE THEY DROP THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I GOT TO GO UP TO CURB CREST. SO TO THE DEGREE WE CAN, I MEAN, I WOULD HONESTLY, AT THIS STAGE, I'D PUSH TO FALL AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME STUFF IN THE NEWSLETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU PUT UP THE JERSEY BARRIERS, AT LEAST LIKE TWO WEEKS OF SIGNS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS COMING AND HERE'S WHY. 
          AND I LOVE THE MYRTLE. WE HAD THOSE. I THINK IT WAS MYRTLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME, I THINK WASHINGTON TOO. WE HAD THE LITTLE QR CODE SIGNAGE OF LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          I LOVE THE INTENTIONALITY OF THAT. I THINK ELIZABETH WOULD PROBABLY HAVE MUCH BETTER IDEAS THAN I DO ON THIS ONE, BUT I WOULD TRY TO PLOW SOME ROAD WITH FOLKS, NO PUN INTENDED, OF HERE'S WHAT'S COMING BEFORE WE POP THOSE JERSEY BARRIERS OUT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF WE KNOW CHICK FIL A IS GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER THING, RIGHT? LIKE I THINK AS MUCH EDUCATION WE CAN DO, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT BEFORE THE, BEFORE THAT OPENS. RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL BE A, YOU CAN SEE THE EMAILS NOW CITIES REROUTING EVERYTHING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR CHICK FIL A, RIGHT? WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THESE ARE THESE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, THESE IMPROVEMENTS. ALL THE ALTERNATIVES INVOLVE CLOSING THOSE TURNING MOTIONS. IT'S JUST THOSE THOSE LEFT TURN TURNING MOTIONS IN THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAY 36 WITH THE QUEUING THAT OCCURS. YEAH, LIKE THAT NEEDS TO GO AWAY. WE ALL KNOW THIS. YEAH. IN ALL SCENARIOS. AND SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT BEING PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE TO CHICK FIL A. BUT IF WE DID THIS, THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING WITH ELIZABETH THAT HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. HERE'S WHAT THE CITY HAS SECURED FUNDING FOR. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IN 2028 AND MAYBE EVEN HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE DECADES. YEAH, I THINK THE OTHER TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE TOOL BOXES THAT WE CAN NOTIFY GOOGLE, APPLE, AND WHATEVER NAVIGATION APPS OUT THERE, RIGHT? THAT THERE IS A ROAD CLOSURE HERE. SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT CONFUSION OF WHERE TO GO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR MAPPING SYSTEM. I THINK THAT HELPS OUT. YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT CAN TAKE A WHILE FOR THAT TO GET IMPLEMENTED AS WELL. WHEN I UNDERSTAND ELIZABETH MAY HAVE SOME CONTACTS OR IS ABLE TO MAKE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO GET THAT IN THERE SOONER THAN WHAT I'VE GOT SOME REQUESTS WAYS YOU GOT TO HIT WAYS, RIGHT? RIGHT. EVERYTHING PAST COLIN'S HOUSE, RIGHT. WHERE IS THAT EXACTLY ON THIS MAP? NO PATH OFF THE BEATEN PATH. NO, I LIKE IT. I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT. SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS MAYBE MOVE FORWARD, DO SOME ADVANCE NOTIFICATION, BUT TRY TO GET IT UP BEFORE CHICK FIL A OPENS. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO? I MEAN, OTHERWISE WE WE JUST WAIT TILL FULL ON CONSTRUCTION. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST THAT WOULD JUST KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD FURTHER. LIKE. AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW, HOW TRAFFIC REACTS TO THIS. LIKE ASSUMING WE CAN DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB HUMANLY POSSIBLE. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO GET IN THE NEWSLETTER AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO FINALLY TO ZUCKERBERG A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. THIS NEEDS TO BE. 
          EVERYONE IN LAKE ELMO NEEDS TO SEE THIS IN BAY PORT. WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR AREA OF REACH IN TERMS OF EDUCATION TO WESTERN WISCONSIN. I MEAN, I THINK TARGET KNOWS WELL WHERE THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE COMING FROM, RIGHT. AND WE NEED WE NEED MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES. BECAUSE IT'S AGAIN, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE IN STILLWATER WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS HEAR FROM PEOPLE, RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. 
          BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S OUR RESIDENTS I'M THE LEAST WORRIED ABOUT. IT'S IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE THAT USES THAT INTERSECTION THAT ARE GOING TO GET CONFUSED AND GET SALTY AND, AND END UP NOT HAVING A GOOD AFTERNOON ALL OF A SUDDEN, FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A DATE THIS YEAR. AND WITH CHICK FIL A AGAIN COMING IN AGAIN, WHETHER IT WAS ANYTHING, I MEAN, THAT WHOLE AREA IS IS GETTING BUSIER. 
          CHICK FIL A IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE THE CHICKEN ON TOP OF THE SUNDAE. I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER SOMETHING, SOMETHING COULD CERTAINLY HAPPEN WITH WITH THE DSR AND HARBOR FREIGHT, THAT WHOLE THAT WHOLE STRETCH SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE HOTELS. PAULINA COULD GET US CURLING CENTER BUILT. RIGHT. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A 
          [00:55:01]
RELATIVELY SHORT TERM THAT WOULD FURTHER INCREASE ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. SO I'M FINE WITH IT. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE, BUT I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. BUT I THINK. I'LL STOP IN AND SEE YOU BECAUSE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE EVERYTHING OFF. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I, I'D RATHER SEE IT ON THE PORTAL THAN A, I MEAN, A BLACK AND WHITE PLAN. I'D LIKE TO SEE AN AREA. I'D LIKE TO SEE AN AERIAL PHOTO AND WELL, IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, YOU'RE JUST STOPPING LEFT HAND TURNS ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN A FOUR WAY STOP AT TOWER AND WASHINGTON. YEAH, MORE OR LESS. I MISSING ANYTHING ELSE? NO. 
          THAT'S THAT THAT'S THE EXTENT OF IT. AND THEN WITH YOU I CAN BE ABLE TO CROSS THE FRONTAGE ROAD. RIGHT. THE FRONTAGE ROAD WILL EFFECTIVELY BE A ONE WAY BECAUSE YOU WON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE A RIGHT. BECAUSE. WELL YEAH. SO WE SO THE FRONTAGE ROAD, YOU COULD TAKE A RIGHT AND GO EAST. YOU'RE GOING TO FORCE EVERYBODY OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO FORCE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A RIGHT BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT INTERSECTION. OKAY. THAT'S WESTERN. AND THEN IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS WOULD BE A CUL DE SAC, RIGHT. SO YEAH, LIMITED ACCESS NOW, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO SEE IT, I LIKE IT. I MEAN, ARE YOU GOING TO DIRECT THEM THROUGH THE BANK? LIKE YOUR, YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS, ARE YOU GOING TO ROAD, FRONTAGE ROAD, YOU KNOW, BLOCK THAT FRONTAGE ROAD OFF AND YOU CAN PUT THROUGH MY BANK BY. RICK 36. 
          YEAH. SO WE MET WITH THE BANK. THEIR EMPLOYEES OBVIOUSLY USE IT AND SOME, YOU KNOW, DELIVERY DRIVERS AND OTHERS THAT KNOW ABOUT IT USE IT. BUT THIS WILL YEAH, MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT UP A SIGN THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ACCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. OH THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOING TO BE A THING. YEAH. THIS GIVES US TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. RIGHT. YOU RUN A LOT OF CARS THROUGH THAT AREA AND THAT'S NOT THAT WIDE. YEAH. 
          I MEAN IT'S LIKE A BIKE TRAIL, A DEAD END SIGN THERE FOR TOWER DRIVE, BUT OH ANOTHER SIGN. 
          YEAH. SPEED BUMPS IN THERE AND EVERYTHING. ACCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M GUESSING AND FOR THIS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION, LIKE I SAID, OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO PROBABLY PRETTY FREQUENT UPDATES ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE MIGHT HEAR FROM A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. LIKE LITERALLY EVERYBODY, LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL THE PEOPLE, LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE. AWESOME. AGAIN. HEY, THANK YOU GUYS. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. COOL WITH THAT? SEAN, YOU'RE ALREADY UP HERE. YOU WANT TO DO YOUR STAFF REPORT? OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS 
          [3. Loading and Unloading Ordinance Presentation]
ONE MORE ITEM. ONE MORE? OH, YES. SORRY. LOADING AND UNLOADING ORDINANCE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S NOT EXCITING, BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING. SO TONIGHT THERE IS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT EARLY MORNING NOISE FROM REFUGE REFUGE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES NEAR THE MILLER APARTMENTS DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS LOCATED IN A MIXED USED MIXED USE AREA, WHICH WAS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. IN RESPONSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED OBSERVATIONS DURING THE EARLY MORNING REPORTED HOURS. BUT THEY DIDN'T. THEY DID NOT FIND ANY REFUSE HAULERS DURING THAT TIME. THE ONLY LARGE VEHICLES THEY DID SEE WAS THE CITY STREET SWEEPER, BUT THAT IS EXEMPT IN OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. AND THEY THEY SAW SOME DELIVERY TRUCKS SERVING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE MORE THAN THE 500FT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. I DID NOTIFY ALL OF THE REFUGE HAULERS ABOUT OUR CURRENT CITY REGULATIONS. MANY OF THEM DID RESPOND AND TOOK SNAPSHOTS OF WHAT TIME THEIR TRUCKS, THEIR TRUCKS ARE IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY ALL NOW HAVE GPS ON THEIR TRUCKS. SO AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ANY REFUGE HAULERS DOWN THERE, BUT STAFF STILL FEELS WE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING IN OUR CITY CODE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T ADDRESS ANYTHING FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE HOURS IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. WE ONLY HAVE SERVICE HOURS FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO CITY ATTORNEY AMENDED THE NOISE ORDINANCE. LOADING AND UNLOADING SECTION TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS FOR REFUGE COLLECTION FOR BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN 500FT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND LIKE THOSE MIXED USE AREAS DOWNTOWN, WE JUST FEEL THAT STAFF FEELS THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WOULD HELP MINIMIZE THE NOISE IMPACTS ON NEARBY RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING SOME CLEAR STANDARDS FOR OUR HAULERS. I THINK A LOT 
          [01:00:02]
OF CITIES HAVE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, I SAW A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT WHEN I DID A QUICK LITTLE GOOGLE SEARCH. SO WELL, THAT'LL MAKE SOME PEOPLE VERY HAPPY. OKAY. 
          AND THEN WITH THE, WITH THE HAULERS AND STUFF, I MEAN, I, I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I FORWARDED THEM TO CITY STAFF, I GUESS I DID, BUT I MEAN, I'VE GOT THE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE VIDEOS AND PICTURES TIMESTAMPED AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, I'LL SEND ALL THOSE OFF TO YOU AS WELL. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT AND. SOME REGULATIONS AROUND THINGS. ARE YOU GETTING ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DELIVERY DRIVERS PARKING ON MYRTLE STREET? I HAVE NOT. THEY BACK UP TRAFFIC ALL THE TIME DOWNTOWN AND YOU CAN'T GET AROUND. IT'S TERRIBLE. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. RIGHT? RIGHT BY NONACS. AND THEY PARK IN THAT ALLEY AND JAM THAT UP. AND THEY. YEAH, THEY JAM UP A LOT. YEAH. THAT'S WHY THEY TRY TO COME EARLY. YEAH, THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY THEY COME AT 330 IN THE MORNING. SO OKAY. AWESOME. COOL. 
          [4. Assistant City Administrator]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. 
          SEAN, COME ON UP. JUST A FEW PROJECT UPDATES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON OUR STREET PROJECT. 
          ALL THE WORK IS DONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR MILL AND OVERLAY. THEY'LL BE MOVING UP NORTH NORTH HILL AREA AND HICKORY STREET PROBABLY TOWARD THE END OF JUNE. XCEL ENERGY IS DOING SOME NEW GAS RELOCATION IN THE AREA, AND ONCE THEY'RE DONE, WE'LL BE IN THERE IN THE AREA, STARTING TO WORK AGAIN. OUR LOWELL PARK PAVILION PROJECT. WORK IS GOING TO BE STARTING JUNE 8TH, SO THE PAVILION WILL BE CLOSED OFF TO THE PUBLIC, AND SOME AREA OF THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE CLOSED OFF AS WELL FOR STORAGE, PARKING LOT PROJECT, YOU CAN HEAR THE EQUIPMENT MOVING AROUND. THEY'RE GOING TO PAVE TOMORROW AND THURSDAY. SO WE'LL HAVE OUR PARKING LOT BACK HERE PROBABLY BY THE START OF NEXT WEEK. AND OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE HOMESTRETCH. MET WITH THE CONSULTANT HCG LAST WEEK. I THINK IT WAS WENT OVER SOME FINAL COMMENTS. IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE PARK BOARD IN JUNE, AND THEY'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN JULY. SO THERE'S A GOOD PLAN, A LOT OF WORK SPENT ON IT WITH STAFF AND PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL. THEY LOOK REALLY NICE. I ACTUALLY CALLED MILLER AND TOLD HIM HOW NICE I LOOKED, AND I HAD A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS OUT THERE TOO. HOW ACCOMMODATING THEY ARE FOR REPAIRS OF THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND STUFF. THEY'RE AMAZING. WE'RE GETTING COMPLIMENTED. VERY HAPPY. SOMEONE GOT A COMPLAINT, CALLS ME AND THAT'S YOUR WARD. MY CONTACT ON THAT STREET WANTED TO KNOW WHO THAT WAS BECAUSE HE SAID IT'S WRONG. YEAH. DID ANYTHING COME OF THAT? THAT GUY WAS POINTING OUT SOME CHIPPED. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY MILLED THE ROAD. THERE ARE SOME LOOSE MILLINGS THAT WAS LEFT ON THE ROAD. THEY CAME BY, THEY COME BY AND THEY SWEEP, PICK UP ALL THOSE LOOSE MILLINGS BEFORE THEY DO THE LAYER OF LAYER OF ASPHALT. IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF. COOL. PERFECT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SEAN. ALL RIGHT, POLICE CHIEF. 
          [5. Police Chief]
GOING. MISTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO DUTIES AS ASSIGNED FOR POLICE OFFICERS. ONE IS DISCREET. SURVEILLANCE OF REFUSE. YEAH. LIKE YOUR HAT ON THE BINOCULARS. RIGHT. A BUNCH OF COFFEE AND DONUTS WE ALL WENT TO SKILLS FOR. AND NUMBER TWO, DANCING WITH THE STARS WITH POLICE AND FIRE. OKAY. DOWNTOWN EVENT THIS WEEKEND EVENT WENT OFF WITHOUT A WITHOUT A HITCH. IT WAS GREAT. IF YOU'VE NOTICED, LIKE EVEN OUTSIDE OF EVENTS, OUR WEEKENDS ARE GETTING, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'VE HAD, BUT IT SEEMS THIS THIS SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, JUST OUR WEEKENDS. THERE'S 7 OR 8 BUSSES PARKED, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF TOWN, SOUTH OF TOWN, JUST WITH BACHELORETTE PARTIES AND BACHELOR PARTIES AND ALL KINDS OF PARTIES. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY BUSY. AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED OUR HEAVY, HEAVY EVENT SEASON. BUT WE HAD A HEAVY FOCUS DOWNTOWN WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH TOM AND HIS CREW FOR THE EVENTS AND TRYING TO GET OFFICERS ON FOOT. AND IN FACT, ABOUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE'VE HAD TWO OFFICERS ON FOOT, ACTUALLY STOPPED KIND OF CHASING ON FOOT A MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS DRIVING RECKLESSLY AND BEING REALLY LOUD, AND ENDED UP GOING TO BE A SHORT VEHICLE PURSUIT. NOTHING HAPPENED, BUT WE ADDRESSED THAT. SO TRYING TO HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE DOWNTOWN AS AS EVENT SEASON PICKS UP. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST AGAIN, KIND OF ON THE THEME OF, OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WORKING TOGETHER, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO PUBLICIZE, YOU KNOW, THE PERSONS IN CRISIS AT THIS FORUM, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS KIND OF DOWN BY AND AT AND ON THE BRIDGE RECENTLY. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TWO TIMES, HOPEFULLY NOT TAKING WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. BUT OUR ROPES CREW THAT WE HAVE WITH FIRE IS, YOU KNOW, 
          [01:05:01]
BAR NONE THE BEST AND, AND THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED IN THE COUNTY AND REALLY WORKING WITH POLICE, FIRE, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, EVERYONE TOGETHER TO KIND OF ADDRESS THIS. BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL HUGE UPTICK, LIKE REALLY NOTICEABLY IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN RESPONDING. AND OUR, OUR CORE GROUP IS JUST LIKE NONSTOP WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. IF IT'S JUST SUMMER KIND OF COMING AROUND, BUT THEY TEND TO GO IN WAVES AND IT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD. OUR COMMUNITY IS SORT OF IN DISTRESS A LITTLE BIT LATELY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE START PULLING IN MNDOT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME SAFETY FEATURES ADDED IN THE BRIDGE? SO MANY OF THESE AT THIS STAGE? YEAH, YEAH, THERE IS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE BEGINNING, LIKE SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW PEOPLE THERE. TAKING SOME HINTS FROM FROM SAN FRANCISCO. AND SO IF YOU START PUTTING SIGNS AND DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS MORE PEOPLE IN. 
          AND SO THE TACTIC, AT LEAST INITIALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WHEN IT WAS BUILT, WAS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN THIS WAS BEING BUILT, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN BRING ALL THE ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT BAD THINGS COULD HAPPEN. BUT YEAH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT. I KNOW IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE YET OR THAT WE'RE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GAUGE AGAINST OTHER BRIDGES IN THE. IT'S HARD. I DID JUST SEE ANOTHER ONE. I HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION AROUND THE ARCOLA BRIDGE AND TALKED TO SOMEBODY WHO KIND OF SPECIALIZES, WHO WORKED WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SPECIFICALLY THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, AND TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE SIGNAGE ISN'T. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO WHAT'S INTENDED. LIKE THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT OF. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA BEHIND THAT POINT, BASICALLY TO THE POINT WHERE WE ENDED UP OBVIOUSLY NOT DOING ANYTHING. AND OBVIOUSLY WELL OUTSIDE OF MY JURISDICTION. BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. RIGHT. WE HAD A RESIDENT THAT. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO YEAH, I KNOW THEY'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. YEAH FOR SURE. DEFINITELY SOMEONE WORTH WATCHING THOUGH. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S OAK PARK HEIGHTS TECHNICALLY THEIR JURISDICTION, BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM. SAINT CROIX COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, BAYPORT, ETC. SO FOR SURE ON OUR RADAR. OKAY. SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE POLICE IS OUR SOFTBALL TEAM WENT TO STATE YESTERDAY OR LAST YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND THROUGH BRIAN, WE GOT ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE IN SCHOOL. DISTRICT 834 ESCORTED THEM OUT OF TOWN. NICE. 
          THE TEAM AND THE PARENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM LIKE THAT. SO I KNOW THOSE KIDS LOVE IT. AND ALSO IT'S MOTORCYCLE NIGHT SEASON. SO WE'RE I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HEARING ABOUT THAT FROM RESIDENTS. SO ABSOLUTELY ON THAT. YEAH, WE GET THOSE. THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE GET THEM, ESPECIALLY FROM LOWER LEVEL CONDOMINIUM OWNERS AND DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET THAT THEY BOUGHT YEARS AGO. AND NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT BUSIER DOWNTOWN. AND BUT YEAH, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ON THAT. AND WE JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY, PLEASE CALL US, CALL 911. THAT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WILL REPORT AFTER THE FACT WITH AN EMAIL TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEONE SAYING, HEY, THIS HAPPENED. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THEN. AND SO WE WOULD LOVE JUST A 911 CALL AND WE CAN SEARCH A TRACK DATA, TIMES AND EFFORT. AND IT IS A, IT'S A SMALL FEW. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN DOWNTOWN. THERE'S A MAJORITY OF MOTORCYCLE RIDERS RIDE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND YOU WOULD THINK THEY'RE ON AN ELECTRIC CAR. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WANT ALL THE ATTENTION IN THE WORLD. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH. YEAH. 
          AND WHEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU WERE DOWNTOWN AND YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION, YOU WRITE TICKETS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO DOUBT I'VE BEEN CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED WHERE I'VE BEEN ON FOOT ON CHESTNUT PLAZA. AND THEN SOMEONE FLIES BY AND I'M LIKE, OH. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I TRIED TO SHOOT OUT THEIR TIRES. I THINK THAT'S ILLEGAL. IT DEPENDS WHAT MUSIC THEY'RE PLAYING, RIGHT? SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY BAD CHOICES. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. 
          [6. Library Director]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MARK HERE. MARK, HOW ARE YOU DOING? MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM THAT REMAINS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ANNUAL INITIATIVES. IT HELPS CHILDREN MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN THEIR READING SKILLS DURING THE SUMMER, WHILE ENCOURAGING LIFELONG READING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM BEGINS JUNE 6TH, SO SATURDAY. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS SUMMER GARDEN EXPLORERS AND FULL DETAILS, INCLUDING OUR SUMMER CONCERTS ON THE TERRACE, ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR SUMMER CATALOG ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE, AND IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF OUR E-NEWSLETTER, SHELF LIFE. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE LIBRARY'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT INCLUDED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA IS THE NEXT STEP IN EVALUATING SEVERAL PUBLIC SPACES WITHIN THE LIBRARY. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND FUTURE OPTIONS, COSTS, LONG TERM FACILITY NEEDS, AND THE PLANNING WORK IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. WILL BE FUNDING DEVELOPED. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOUR ANNUAL 
          [01:10:06]
REPORT CAME TO MY HOUSE. IT WAS MAILED TO MY HOUSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT, OUTSTANDING JOB. THAT ANNUAL REPORT. THANK YOU VERY WELL. VERY WELL DONE. YEAH, WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT AND I THINK DIFFERENTIATE THE THE CITY PROVIDES AND THE FOUNDATION THE FRIENDS PROVIDE. SO IT WAS VERY NICE. I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT. VERY NICE. AND STILL THE COOLEST ELEVATOR IN ALL OF STILLWATER. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER MEETING. AND I KEEP FORGETTING HOW AWESOME THAT ELEVATOR IS. I JUST INSTALLED THAT THE GRAPHICS LAST LAST SUMMER. YEAH THAT'S COOL. THAT'S SO COOL. IT'S A FUN PROJECT. AND THE ART THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY COOL TO THANK YOU. THANKS, MARK. THANKS, 
          [7. IT Manager]
MARK. I T. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR, ARE YOU GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT BIG THINGS, NO DOUBT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD FEEL IT WHEN YOU CAME IN THIS WEEK, BUT THE ENERGY WAS JUST DIFFERENT. YEAH. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR SECONDARY BACKUP HYPERVISOR IS ONLINE REPLICATING OUR SERVERS OVER TO SOMEPLACE SAFE. SO IF OUR PRIMARY CRASHES, WE JUST CONTINUE CHURNING AND BURNING AND, AND DOING OUR CITY BUSINESS. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. THE OTHER BIG THING IS WE GOT A CONTRACT IN MOTION FOR THE A V PURCHASE FOR THE HOUSE THAT CONSISTS OF GENERALLY LIKE A 98 INCH DISPLAY IN THE LARGE ROOM, AS WE'RE REFERRING TO AS THE PAVILION WITH THE PLAYSTATION GOES, OR YES, WE AND WHATEVER ELSE WE'RE DOING, SOUND AMPLIFICATION SPEAKERS, THE WORKS PEOPLE COME TO PRESENT. THEY CAN CONNECT WIRELESSLY OR THROUGH VARIOUS DISPLAY INPUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD VENUE FOR GUESTS OR CITY BUSINESS TO BE INDUCTED IN AND USED. THAT ALSO INVOLVES A 75 INCH DISPLAY IN THE UPPER CLASSROOM AS WELL. THE VENDOR WE'RE GOING WITH IS HIGH POINT NETWORKS. THEY HAVE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE OUR NETWORKING AND AND FIREWALL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON IN THE PAST. AND FINALLY, WE'RE JUST KEEP ON CHURNING, WORKING ON GETTING THE POLICE OFFICERS, THEIR NEW LAPTOPS, WORKING IN SUPPORTING THE NEW WATER SYSTEM, AND JUST OUR OTHER BUSINESS AS USUAL. QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AT THE NEW WATER TREATMENT THING. WAS THAT A BUNCH OF WORK FOR YOU IN YOUR TEAM? YEAH, WE DID A LOT. I LITERALLY CAN'T TELL WHAT THAT MEANS. YES, THAT THAT PLANT IS ON OUR NEW SCADA SYSTEM. NEW AND IMPROVED, MORE SECURE SYSTEM. SO RUNNING OFF OF THAT AND ALSO PRODUCE, PROVIDING A SECOND WAY OF CONNECTIVITY TO THAT OTHER THAN RADIO. GOTCHA. SO I KIND OF FIGURED YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALL THAT. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. OH, AND IF ANYONE HAS EVER REALLY BEEN IN THAT NEW FACILITY, HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THAT? I'VE NOT BEEN IN THERE. IT LOOKS REALLY COOL. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THE OLD NICKELODEON INTRO, RIGHT? LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORED PIPES AND STUFF. LIKE IT'S KIND OF AN IMPRESSIVE THING, LIKE TO CHECK OUT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE YET, I WOULD BUG SHAWN AND SEE IT. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS SEXY AS LUMBERJACK LANDING, BUT IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THING TO GET STOOD UP THAT QUICKLY. TOO GOOD FOR THAT WARD. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL OUR TRAFFIC FROM TARGET. AND. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEAN SANDERS WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING ME OFF NOW. ALL RIGHT. JARS DAM. HELLO, COUNCIL. I'M SO JUST THIS WEEK, 
          [8. Human Resources Manager]
WE SECURED A COMPANY CALLED NAVIX TO DO SOME ONLINE TRAINING FOR US FOR KIND OF RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD HERE AT THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO TRYING TO GET ON TOP OF THAT. SO I'LL BE WORKING FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO CUSTOMIZE IT, HOPEFULLY ROLLING OUT LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL TO ALL STAFF. 
          AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE TWO DAYS TO PURCHASE YOUR FREE CITY OF STILLWATER T SHIRT THAT IS PART OF THE PROMOTION WITH OUR NEW STOREFRONT. SO THAT WENT LIVE, I THINK, TWO WEEKS AGO. AND SO WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE PROMOTION TO GET YOUR FREE T SHIRTS. SO YOU JUST 
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PAY FOR SHIPPING. SO CHECK IT OUT. THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR APPAREL, I THINK HATS, ALL THE THINGS. SO CHECK IT OUT. NICE. YEAH, THAT WAS COOL. NICE TO SEE THAT STORE 
          [9. Fire Chief]
COME ONLINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, FIRE CHIEF. DANCER EXTRAORDINAIRE. ALREADY FAMOUS ON THAT WORD. SO. JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. WE HAVE FOUR OF OUR STAFF FINISHED THEIR APPARATUS OPERATOR COURSE. SO NOW THEY'LL START TO AN FTO WITH US. SO THAT'LL BE GOOD. 
          THAT'LL GET US UP TO ABOUT SEVEN DRIVERS ON THE CALL SIDE, CAPTAIN RICHARDSON STARTED HIS NEW DUTIES LAST WEEK, AND DEPUTY CHIEF SEWELL STARTED HIS NEW DUTIES LAST WEEK. SO THAT OPENED UP THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS POSITION NOW, WHICH WE WILL HOPEFULLY DO INTERVIEWS NEXT WEEK FOR THAT ONE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE SAFER GRANT FOR HIRING FIREFIGHTERS IS OPEN NOW, SO WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT. I'LL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH, THAT'S A RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. SOUNDS 
          [10. Finance Director]
GOOD. THANKS, TOM. AND. JUST A QUICK UPDATE, MAYOR COUNCIL. AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, YOU GUYS ASKED ME WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD GET DAILY DAILY REVENUE DATA FOR OUR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX, TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND THEY COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. IT'S EITHER MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESS. SO THE DAILY INFORMATION THEY DON'T HAVE. SO WE CAN'T GET IT UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS 
          [11. Community Development Director]
FOR ASKING. JASON. BUILDING OFF OF THE CHIEF'S COMMENTS ABOUT EVENTS DOWNTOWN AND YOUR APPROVAL AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. I HAD A KICK OFF CALL YESTERDAY WITH SRF ABOUT GETTING DATA ABOUT OUR EVENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON THAT IN 4 TO 6 WEEKS. THEY SHOULD HAVE SIX YEARS WORTH OF HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT OUR KEY EVENTS DOWNTOWN. AND THEY'LL BECOME PROBABLY THE THE AUGUST WORK SESSION TO KIND OF PRESENT TRENDS OVER TIME, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, HOW LONG THEY'RE STAYING, ALL THAT KIND OF DATA. AND THEN OVER THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE TRACKING IT SO WE CAN KIND OF GO FORWARD AND SEE HOW THAT IS EVOLVING. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT. AND WE WERE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT STILLWATER, AMONG OTHER COMMUNITIES, QUALIFIES FOR A 40 TO $50,000 PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR WORKING ON OUR COMP PLAN JUST DUE TO OUR SIZE AND NATURE. SO WE'LL BE PURSUING THAT AND HOPEFULLY GETTING A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY. HELP US DO SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND OTHER COMP PLAN WORK. AND THEN JUST WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM VALLEY OUTREACH. REMEMBER, WE GAVE THEM A PORTION OF OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID MONEY AND THEY GAVE THEIR FIRST QUARTER REPORT. I'LL SEND OUT THEIR, THEIR SHEET. BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THEY SERVED 14 HOUSEHOLDS AND DISTRIBUTED ABOUT $21,000 IN FUNDS. MOST OF IT WENT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVERAGE OF ABOUT $1,500 PER FAMILY. AND THEY HELPED SOME SOME FAMILIES IN NEED. AND THERE'S SOME MORE ANECDOTES IN THIS THAT I'LL FORWARD TO YOU, BUT WE'LL BE GETTING REGULAR QUARTERLY UPDATES FROM VALLEY OUTREACH ON THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE SENT THEIR WAY. GREAT. HEY, JASON, I KNOW WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE MET COUNCIL SAYING THAT OUR PROJECTED POPULATION ARE IS APRIL 1ST, 2025. WE WERE AT 19,530. YEAH. AND I THINK IN MINNESOTA, GOING FROM A THIRD CLASS TO A SECOND CLASS. YEAH. WHAT WHAT IS THAT EXTRA 471 PEOPLE? WHAT DOES THAT DO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AND CHANGE? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THAT ONE DEVELOPMENT COMING ONLINE. I MEAN WE COULD SEE AN INCREASE OF 400. WHAT DOES THAT DO ANYTHING MECHANICALLY TO THE CITY. AND IF IT'S A SUPER LONG ANSWER WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER. BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, I KNOW THAT TRIGGERS SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE I KNOW IT DOES MOVE US FROM A THIRD CLASS TO A SECOND CLASS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK AS WE GO INTO THE COMP PLAN AND KNOWING OUR POPULATION IS GROWING AND FORECAST TO BE OVER THAT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IF THERE ARE ANY RAMIFICATIONS FROM FROM I THINK I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, LIKE WITH GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THERE'S MORE DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THINGS WHEN WE HIT THAT NUMBER. SO I DON'T KNOW, IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS WITH SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. SO YEAH, WELL, THAT'S 100 AND 108 UNITS OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR AVERAGE SIZE NOW IS LIKE 2.3 PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD, RIGHT? I THINK WELL, ACROSS 36, LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED HIGH V MIXED USE, WHATEVER THAT BECAME OR APARTMENTS OUT THERE. RIGHT? I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD GET THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IF EVERYTHING KEPT COOKING. I MEAN, IF THE ECONOMY DOESN'T FALL OFF A CLIFF, OF COURSE, BUT YEAH. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, JASON. 
          [12. Administrative Services Director]
ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, ELIZABETH COUNCIL, ARE YOU SO EXCITED TO PROMOTE TRAFFIC CHANGES? I'M SO EXCITED. WITHIN THE GREATER, THE GREATER AREA. I'LL JUST SOLVE ALL OF THAT FOR YOU GUYS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN A SIMILAR CONVERSATION, I AM PULLING TOGETHER ALL OF 
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THE QUESTIONS COMMENTS WE'VE GOT TOGETHER FROM PARKING. DEFINITELY, WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, BUT WORKING WITH JASON AND CHIEF ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING, HOW WE'RE SAYING IT, AND THEN WE'LL PULL THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO THAT WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU SOON. JOE'S GOT TO GET HIS FINAL EYES ON IT. AND ONCE WE WERE ALL AGREEING WITH HOW WE'RE ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL WE'LL DO A BIG EDUCATIONAL. THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THAT IF THERE'S EMPLOYEE PERMITS THAT COST WHATEVER, A MONTH. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE WAS A WAS A STEEP HILL TO CLIMB. IF PEOPLE AREN'T ENGAGED WITH OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, LITERALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EDUCATING ONE SINGLE PERSON AT A TIME. 
          AND THAT TAKES A LONG TIME. AND THERE'S SOME FRUSTRATION. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE A GAME PLAN GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO WE'LL GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU SOON. THE OTHER BIG NERDY NEWS IS WE DID SIGN THE CONTRACT FOR THE WEBSITE, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THAT. A BIG PART OF THAT IS ACCESSIBILITY. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DID GIVE A YEAR EXTENSION, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT UNTIL APRIL OF 2028, BUT WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF AHEAD OF THAT GAME AS WE ORDERED THIS NEW WEBSITE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE THIS SOFTWARE COMPONENT CALLED DOCK ACCESS, AND IT MAKES ANY PDF THAT WE UPLOAD TO OUR WEBSITE, ADA COMPLIANT. THERE'S A TOGGLE SWITCH, IT MAKES IT SCREEN READER AVAILABLE, AND THEN THERE'S ONLINE VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE. IF SOMEONE CAN CALL THEM AND SAY IT'S NOT WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, AND IT CAN ALSO TRANSLATE OUR DOCUMENTS INTO 150 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SO I WAS WORKING WITH A COMPANY I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE NEW WEBSITE. ACTUALLY, SINCE WE PURCHASED IT, IT'S LIVE ON OUR CURRENT WEBSITE, SO IT'S OUT THERE NOW. OUR PDFS ARE ACCESSIBLE. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HICCUPS. WE FOUND ONE WITH ONE OF OUR FILLABLE FORMS. SO SORRY THAT, BUT GOOD THING WE HAVE UNTIL APRIL OF 2028 TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT. SO IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE STEP, BUT ALSO WE GET TO NERD OUT ON SOME DATA AS WELL. SO THAT TELLS US WE HAVE 528 PDFS ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY, WHICH WAS, I DON'T KNOW, MORE THAN I THOUGHT MAYBE, BUT THEN IT'LL BREAK IT DOWN INTO WHAT'S WRONG WITH EACH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS SO WE CAN LEARN GOING FORWARD. IT ALSO TELLS US IF IT'S BEEN ACCESSED, IF IT'S BEEN TRANSLATED, IF IT'S NEEDED, THAT READABILITY. SO WE WENT FROM HAVING ALMOST NO DATA ON OUR DOCUMENTS TO HAVING A WHOLE LOT MORE NOW. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE AND FOR US TO REMAIN COMPLIANT, BUT ALSO FOR OUR OWN INFORMATION AND HOW WE'RE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION. 
          SO VERY, VERY COOL SOFTWARE. AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND THE GO LIVE FOR THAT NEW WEBSITE IS PROBABLY ABOUT OCTOBER. SO THAT'LL BE UPDATES FOR MANY MONTHS ON YOU, BUT WE'LL GET THERE IN TIME FOR ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC STUFF. YEAH, PERFECT. WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST THROW THAT ON ON THE STUFF THAT WE'RE EDUCATING ABOUT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. 
          [13. City Clerk]
THANK YOU. CITY CLERK OH, WE WANT TO MENTION TODAY IS HER YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HER OH, ONE YEAR. OH. ALL RIGHT. YOU DID IT. WE MADE IT AFTER THAT MEETING. I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH. WE'LL SEE. 
          AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW ONE NEW PICTURE. 
          I GOT TO GO DO SOME FUN SHOPPING. OH, WOW. SOME ACCESSORIES TO OUR APPLE HOUSE. 
          IN THE LIVING ROOM, WE HAVE A NEW RUG AND A PLANT, AND WE GOT A COUPLE PLANTS DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. NEEDS A NEW TV. SO ON THAT RICH OH OH. AWESOME. YEAH. SO JUST BEAUTIFUL IN THERE. NO IT IS, IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE. JUST HAVE A FEW UPDATES. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO SERVE ON THE UTILITIES COMMISSION, PLEASE FILL OUT AN APPLICATION BEFORE JUNE 22ND. I WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN, OR ANYONE ELSE, THAT THE ELECTION CANDIDATE FILING WILL TAKE PLACE JULY 14TH THROUGH JULY 28TH. WE HAVE UPDATED OUR WEBSITE ON THE CANDIDATE PACKET. PACKET WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON AND LAST ITEM IS IN PREPARATION OF THE SUMMER. NEWSLETTER IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RESIDENTS MAILBOXES BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEWSLETTER NOW WE HAVE A NEW ONE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE. PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT UP THIS WEEK. SO AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. JUST ONE ITEM I WANT TO UPDATE 
          [14. City Attorney]
THE COUNCIL ON TONIGHT IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AT&T ON PUTTING UP SOME ANTENNA TOWERS OR ANTENNA EQUIPMENT ON TOP OF THE WATER TOWER AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHWESTERN AND TOWER DRIVE, YOUR FAVORITE LOCATION. IT'LL BE THE FIRST THAT WE'VE HAD ON TOP OF A WATER TOWER. SO THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING. BUT IT IS MORE EXCITING THAT IT WILL BRING NEW REVENUE OF ABOUT $40,000 A YEAR WITH AN ANNUAL ESCALATOR FOR 25 YEARS, AND ONCE YOU PUT THEM UP, THEY RARELY GO AWAY UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF A MERGER AND THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE EQUIPMENT. BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL SEE NOT ONLY THE FULL LENGTH OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THEY WILL BE EXTENDED. SO I WILL BE BRINGING THAT LEASE AGREEMENT TO YOU VERY SOON, SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. WE'RE JUST, LIKE I SAID, PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SOME OF THE 
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EXHIBITS. THAT'S AWESOME. COOL. FREE MONEY FROM THE SKY. LITERALLY. AWESOME. THANK YOU 
          [15. City Administrator]
COREY. ALL RIGHT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, I'M AARON COLLINS. JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM WANTED TO TACKLE WAS AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM AND FORMALIZING THAT. SO THAT WAS SET UP. I BELIEVE BETH, SAGE AND ELIZABETH DID A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THAT. SO THIS YEAR AT THE EMPLOYEE BARBECUE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES FOR EXHIBITING SIX CORE VALUES. SO EVERYONE'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE FINALIZED HOPEFULLY TOMORROW MORNING AFTER OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING. SO GETTING THAT TO GO FORWARD IS A HUGE LIFT. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES IN OUR QUARTERLY KIND OF BIG PICTURE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE ARE GOING TO RESURRECT THE DDA FROM THE GRAVE. SO STAY TUNED FOR SOME YEARS. OH. DEAD YET? YEAH. IT WAS THAT WAS A BIG LIFT TO RESURRECT THAT. BUT WE SPOKE TODAY WITH CITY ATTORNEY, LAND AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ZIMMERMAN, AND WE THINK WE HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL THINGS TO TALK ABOUT REGARDING EDA WITH CITY. GREAT. SO THAT'S THANK YOU. I WASN'T GOING TO BUG YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. I WAS GOING TO GIVE JASON SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, GET EVERY YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN STILLWATER. BUT YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE. 
          YEAH. CAN WE HAVE LIKE THOSE MEETINGS? I THINK WE ALL REGRET THE THAT ONE WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO, WE COULD HAVE DONE, WE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY USED THAT ONCE OR TWICE. BUT NO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S HUGE. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
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