[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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          CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 7TH, 2026. ACCOMPLISHED COUNCILMEMBER COLLINS, COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. MAYOR KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, THE FIRST 
          [1. Stillwater Parks Master Plan]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE STILLWATER PARKS MASTER PLAN. COME ON. TAKE HER AWAY. YEAH. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, LAST FALL, WE APPROVED. YOU APPROVED HCG TO DO A PARKS MASTER PLAN. IT'S A PLAN THAT THE CITY IN MY 30 YEARS HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE. 
          I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAN. SARAH EVERSON IS HERE FROM KGI TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF THE PLAN AND ITS FINAL DOCUMENT. SO THANKS EVERYBODY. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. I'VE BEEN WORKING PRIMARILY WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION ON THIS PLAN. AND HOPEFULLY YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE WERE DOING ENGAGEMENT LAST FALL AND HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. BUT IT IS QUITE A LARGE DOCUMENT. IT'S IT'S OVER 150 PAGES. YOU KNOW, THIS BEING THE FIRST TIME THE PARK SYSTEM WAS REALLY PLANNED, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DUG INTO IT AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP COMING UP WITH INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH PARK. SO EACH PARK HAS ITS OWN SPREAD IN THE PLAN. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S PRETTY LARGE. SO I'LL RUN YOU THROUGH BASICALLY THE PROCESS AND THE, THE, THE BONES OF THE DOCUMENT. AND THEN YOU'LL HOPEFULLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE WELL VERSED IN IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DIG INTO IT. SO. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE OVERVIEW AND THEN THE PLAN COMPONENTS, AND THEN WE CAN DO DISCUSSION AT THE END OR JUST FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. SO AS SHAWN SAID, WE WERE CONTRACTED AT THE TAIL END OF LAST SUMMER. 
          SO WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH STAFF IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE DOVE INTO AN INVENTORY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE OVER 40 DIFFERENT PARKS, AND WE MET WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION TO START GETTING THEM FAMILIARIZED WITH THE PROCESS. WHEN WE DO PARK SYSTEM PLANNING, WE OFTEN TAKE A BEAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING TO REALLY GET THE LAY OF THE LAND, UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM, HOW IT'S CATEGORIZED, THE TYPES OF PARKS AND OFFERINGS THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEN WE, WE DO A BASELINE ASSESSMENT AND COMPARE STILLWATER'S PARKS AGAINST PARKS ACROSS THE NATION, ESPECIALLY WITH SIMILAR CITIES. 
          AND SO THAT SYSTEM INVENTORY AND EVALUATION PROCESS LASTED THROUGH THE FALL. THAT'S ALSO WHEN WE STARTED DOING ENGAGEMENT. SO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE PARKS, WHAT THEY WISH THAT THEY HAD. AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF WRAP UP ALL OF THAT, THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE SPENT, YOU KNOW, LATE FALL THROUGH THE WINTER REALLY DIGGING INTO, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD. THIS IS WHAT WE SAW. HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE PARKS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THIS IS A 20 YEAR PLAN. SO. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S SHORT TERM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INCREMENTAL AND CHIPPED AWAY AT, AND THAT GIVES YOU A LAY OF THE LAND SO THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE THIS YEAR, WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS OR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN BEGIN TO TACKLE THAT, LIKE I SAID, INCREMENTALLY. SO HERE WE ARE IN JULY IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. I MET WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION LAST MONTH, AND THEY HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE PLAN. AND WE HAD JUST A FEW EDITS THAT WE MADE AND WERE FOLDED INTO THE LATEST EDITION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I DIVE IN? ALL RIGHT. SO PLAN COMPONENTS, THE FIRST BIT IS THAT SYSTEM INVENTORY AND EVALUATION THAT I MENTIONED THAT ENDED UP BEING TRANSLATED INTO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS CHAPTER. SO AS PART OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE REGIONAL RECREATION MAPPING. WE USUALLY LIKE TO ZOOM OUT, KIND OF SEE WHAT'S IN THE VICINITY. STILLWATER DOESN'T HAVE STATE PARKS OR REGIONAL PARKS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARY, BUT NEARBY, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF RECREATION OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR NATURAL RESOURCE BASED RECREATION, OUTDOOR REC. AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY, SEE IF THAT CAN TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THE CITY'S POPULATION IS HEADING, WHAT KIND OF NEEDS MIGHT ARISE FROM A RECREATION STANDPOINT. SO SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTI-GENERATIONAL PLAY AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS KIND OF THROUGHOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND THEN I THINK ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING IS ADA ACCESSIBILITY DISABILITIES CAN 
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HAPPEN THROUGH ANYBODY'S LIFETIME, SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S BORN INTO. AND SO THE MORE WE CAN MAKE OUR OUR PUBLIC SPACES ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRAW MULTI-GENERATIONAL VISITORS. THEN WE LOOKED AT THE PARK CLASSIFICATIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS MAP SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. IT BREAKS ALL OF STILLWATER'S PARKS INTO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY PARKS, OPEN SPACES AND NATURAL AREAS. AND THEN SAINT CROIX VALLEY REC CENTER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A RECREATION BASED AREA AND THEN A FEW ODDBALLS, THE SKATE PARK AND THEN THE CITY PROPERTIES OF THE OLD ATHLETIC FIELD OR, SORRY, THE SCHOOL PROPERTIES OF THE OLD ATHLETIC FIELD. AND, AND THEN WE INCLUDED GOLF COURSES. THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT THEY DO OFFER RECREATION. IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO SUPPLY. SO WOULDN'T THAT PARK, SEAN, THAT PARK, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT CITY CALLED SUNKEN GARDEN. SUNKEN GARDEN. 
          WOULDN'T THAT FIT INTO THE OTHER. YES. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT I THINK WE SARAH AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING. I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT A WAY TO ADD THAT TO OUR PLAN. BUT YES, IT IS PART OF OUR PARK SYSTEM. OKAY, THANKS. IT HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN. I THINK I HAVE THIS IN THE BIG MATRIX OF ALL OF THE PARK OPTIONS, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF SIZE AND THE FACT THAT IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT IT'S BEEN A PARK SUPPOSEDLY FOR 40 YEARS OR, OR MAINTAINED BY THE GARDEN CLUB FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIP TO HAVE. SO I DO THINK IT MERITS ADDITION. WE MIGHT ADD IT AS AN APPENDIX, JUST SORT OF LIKE A BONUS. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW CHAD. CHAD FIXED UP ALL THE STONEWORK IN THERE LAST YEAR AND THEY FIXED UP THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THERE AND THEY'VE MADE IT NICE AND EASILY FORGOTTEN ABOUT. THERE'S A LOT OF WEDDINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF WEDDINGS. AND. RIGHT. YEAH. WITH YOU. YEAH. MERITS INCLUSION FOR SURE. SORRY I DIDN'T BRING IT UP SOONER BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT TILL LAST NIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. 
          THERE'S A LOT. AND THIS IS WHY IT'S NICE TO KIND OF HAVE THIS PROCESS GO FULL YEAR AND INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO SO HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR FACILITY AND AMENITY INVENTORY. THIS WAS FORMALIZED BASED ON SORT OF A ROUGHER VERSION THAT WAS KEPT BY STAFF. 
          AND SO IT SPANS MULTIPLE PAGES, BUT BASICALLY BY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY PARKS. EACH OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS, WE LIST OUT ALL THE AMENITIES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN EACH. AND THEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT COMPARING AGAINST SORT OF NATIONAL AVERAGES FOR VARIOUS CITIES. WE BREAK OUT DIFFERENT RECREATION TYPES WHEREVER WE HAVE DATA, AND ARE ABLE TO KIND OF ASSESS WHERE STILLWATER FALLS. AND SO IT'S, IT'S THINGS LIKE COURTS, BALL FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO WALK FROM, YOU KNOW, A QUARTER MILE TO ONE OF THESE FACILITIES OR A HALF MILE. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? HOW EVENLY ARE THEY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AND IN GENERAL, WHEN WE COMPARE, ARE THEY ARE YOU STACKING UP AGAINST OTHERS? AND WHAT WE ENDED UP FINDING WAS THAT PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY STILLWATER HAD IN THE UPPER QUARTILE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, COMPARATIVELY, THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THEY'RE IN THE EXACT RIGHT SPOTS. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THEY'RE THE MOST UP TO DATE, BUT IT GAVE US A GOOD BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE, QUANTITY IS THERE FOR SURE. THEN WE BROKE OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PARTNERS, PROGRAMS AND RECREATION. SO THIS IS A FEW PAGES IN THE PLAN. AND THIS IS SORT OF THE BEGINNING OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS LIST. WE ENGAGED WITH. DOZENS OF GROUPS, A COUPLE DOZEN GROUPS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN SPECIFICALLY ON THE PLAN, BOTH AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT OUR IDEAS COULD BE. AND THEN AT THE TAIL END, ONCE WE HAD DRAFTED THE PLAN. AND SO WE HAD DIRECT EMAILS OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET THEIR TAKE ON WHAT THEIR SPECIAL INTEREST WAS FOR THE PARK SYSTEM, AND THEN HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. ANOTHER THING THAT WENT INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT CHAPTER IS TRENDS IN RECREATION. SO BEING A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND A PARKS PLANNER, WE DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH PARK SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE STATE AND IN THE MIDWEST. AND SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD 
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PULSE ON WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE ASKING FOR, WHAT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING FOR. AND SO WE FOLD THOSE INTO A SERIES OF, OF TRENDS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FITTING TO STILLWATER AND INCLUDED THOSE IN THE PLAN. SO HERE YOU'RE SORT OF SEEING THE RESULT OF OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT 11% OF THE POPULATION CURRENTLY HAS A DISABILITY. WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE TRANSLATE ACCOMMODATIONS INTO RECREATION? AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL PAGES ON WHAT WE HEARD THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO LIKE I SAID, LAST FALL WE STARTED A DIGITAL SURVEY. WE HAD A MAPPING COMPONENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD SCROLL AROUND THE CITY'S MAP, KIND OF SEE WHERE ALL THE PARKS WERE AND IF THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE FAMILIAR WITH A COUPLE OF THEM, DROP COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AT THAT PARK, WHETHER IT BE THINGS THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE, IDEAS THAT THEY HAD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SURVEY THAT ASKED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE PARKS. WE WERE AT TRICK OR TREAT IN OCTOBER, AND THEN WE HAD MATERIALS AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POP UP EVENTS THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SORT OF SEE, OH, THERE'S A PARK SYSTEM PLAN GOING ON, GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE BIT AND TAKE HOME, YOU KNOW, QR CODES FOR THAT SURVEY SO THEY COULD TAKE IT ON THEIR OWN TIME. AND THEN AFTER WE DRAFTED THE REPORT, WE PUT THAT DRAFT ONLINE AND IT WAS UP FOR, I THINK, OVER A MONTH FOR PEOPLE TO READ THROUGH AND COMMENT. AND THAT WAS THAT SECOND PHASE OF STAKEHOLDER INTERACTION WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE FIELDED SOME EMAILS FROM FOLKS WHO WERE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD REVISIT THAT. AND HERE'S A LIST OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WE BE CLEAR IF WE WANT. AND IF WE WERE GOING TO REPLACE, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT TRIANGLE PARK OR SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'D STILL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON SOME LEVEL AND, AND STILL GO OVER THAT LIKE WE WOULD NORMALLY DO, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T LIKE, LIKE THE DESIGNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AREN'T SET IN STONE. SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC OR ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION, LIKE IF WE ARE GOING TO REDO THE PARK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'D STILL HAVE THAT NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? I THINK WE, WE, WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO IS WHENEVER WE'RE REDOING A PLAYGROUND, WE, WE SEND OUT NOTICES TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ATTEND OUR PARK BOARD MEETING TO, TO HEAR THEIR COMMENTS. WE WOULD CONTINUE THAT AS WELL. PERFECT. PROBABLY MOST OF THE STUFF IN THE PLAN, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S I'M SORRY SIR, WAS THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE, WAS THAT PRETTY AVERAGE WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO OTHER PLANS THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITIES? YEAH, I WOULD SAY SO. I MEAN, YOU ALWAYS GET MORE ENGAGEMENT IF THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY CONTROVERSIAL. 
          PARKS TEND TO BE LIKE A NICE TO HAVE SORT OF, OH, I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND I THINK IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S SORT OF THE VIBE THAT WE GET. NOBODY THINKS ANYTHING IS JUST ATROCIOUS. AND SO THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE YAMMERING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I NEED TO, I NEED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS. THIS IS MY TIME. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE GENERAL SORT OF VIBE OF THE PROCESS. ALTHOUGH YOU SEE SOME NUMBERS UP HERE, WE DID GET OVER 300 WEBSITE VISITS. THERE WERE A COUPLE DOZEN COMMENTERS WHO LEFT A COUPLE COMMENTS EACH AT LEAST. AND THEN WE HAD OVER 150 SURVEY RESPONDENTS. SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT AVERAGE, YOU KNOW. HERE'S WHAT A LOT OF THAT SURVEY SUMMARY LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE PLAN. SO WE HAVE KIND OF STATS ON HOW EVERYBODY RESPONDED TO ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEN HEAT MAPS OF SORT OF WHERE PEOPLE WERE COMMENTING THE MOST ABOUT, AND THEN SOME LISTS OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS, AND THEN THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. I REALLY LIKE THIS AS A COMPLIMENT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTERACTION, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEND OUT EMAILS, GIVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AT ALL OF THESE GROUPS AN OPTION TO WEIGH IN. AND A LOT OF THEM TOOK US UP ON THAT. SO WE DID MEET WITH A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT GROUPS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR SPECIFIC TOPIC AREA. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE, THIS IS GREAT. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU OUR LIST OF PEOPLE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO NOTIFY SORT OF A BROADER ARRAY OF FOLKS THROUGH THIS OUTREACH. OKAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE PLAN? GREAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED WITH PARK AND REC COMMISSION ON WAS A VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE PARK SYSTEM. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HELP US THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE OUT OF THIS PARK SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW? SO THE VISION IS STILLWATER IS PARKS AND REC SYSTEM OFFERS WELCOMING PLACES AND PREMIER DESTINATIONS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER, CONNECT TO NATURE, SEE BENEFITS TO THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND HAVE FUN. THESE ARE ALL OF THE KEY THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE BRINGING UP. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND THIS HELPS US AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO 
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IMPLEMENTATION. NEW PROJECTS OFTEN COME UP, AND IT'S A WAY TO TAKE THAT PROJECT AND THEN LOOK BACK, YOU KNOW, DOES IT HELP FULFILL THE VISION? DOES IT HELP FULFILL SOME OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH? AND THEN BEFORE WE GET INTO INDIVIDUAL PARK RECOMMENDATIONS, WE NOTED A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM, WE THINK MAKE SENSE TO INVEST IN ONE BEING ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE SAFE CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM PARKS, THINGS LIKE INVESTMENTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES, AND IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS IN WAYS THAT DON'T DETER FROM THE CITY'S NATURAL RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMING AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND LEVERAGE THOSE. AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL PARK RECOMMENDATIONS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PARKS. AND SO THE ONLINE DOCUMENT IS INTERACTIVE. ONCE YOU GET TO THIS CHAPTER, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON ANY OF THE NUMBERS TO GET TO THE SPECIFIC PARK THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. LOTS OF PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY CARE ABOUT A COUPLE PARKS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SIFT THROUGH 100 PAGES OF PARK RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, AND YET IT'S NOT ONLINE YET. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE DRAFT VERSION UP ONLINE, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE FOLDED A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN FROM THE PARK AND REC COMMISSION MEETING. AND THEN IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR FIND ANY TYPOS, FEEL FREE TO PASS THEM ON. AND WE WILL DO ONE LAST ROUND ABOUT SPORTS BEFORE WE GET IT ONLINE. LIKE SEAN SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE INDIVIDUAL PARK RECOMMENDATIONS ARE KIND OF A SNAPSHOT BASED ON THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S A 20 YEAR PLAN AND THINGS CHANGE. SO IT'S A GOOD REFERENCE POINT, A STARTING POINT FOR WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO INVEST IN A CERTAIN PARK OR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DID WE HEAR LAST TIME AROUND? WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED? AND USE THAT AS A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR EVALUATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS ONE OF THE PARK SPREADS AND ALL OF THEM FOLLOW THIS FORMAT. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU'LL SEE, OKAY, IS IT A COMMUNITY PARK? IS IT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK? YOU'VE GOT THE KEY OF WHERE IT IS WITHIN THE CITY AND THEN SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS, PHOTOS. AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THE PARK'S SIZE, ITS ACTUAL ADDRESS, IF IT HAS ANY TRAIL CONNECTIONS. SO TRAIL MILEAGE AND THEN A DESCRIPTION, AND THEN THE EXISTING AMENITIES. IF WE HEARD SOMETHING SPECIFIC FROM A STAKEHOLDER GROUP OR FROM THE MAPPING, WE WE SUMMARIZE IT HERE AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S THEN KIND OF SHOWN ON THE MAP WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE. AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE PRECEDENT IMAGERY FOR WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NATURE PLAY AREA OR A FLOODED SKATING RINK. SO, AND THEN ALSO WINTER RECREATION IS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY WITH A LITTLE SNOWFLAKE ICON. SO AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE THE PLAN, THAT'S FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ICE RINK KIND OF STUFF BASED ON WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO? I KNOW IT'S OUR FAVORITE THINGS FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO FLOOD ICE RINKS AND TRY AND MAKE ICE, AND THEN IT GETS WARM AND TURNS TO CRAP AND OH MY GOSH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM FOR WHERE YOU GO AND WHEN WE DO THEM AND WHY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE LOOK AT OVER. I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST THROUGH THE PARK BOARD. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF ICE RINKS JUST BECAUSE OF USE OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN INDOOR RINKS THAN THEY ARE OUTDOOR RINKS. SO WE JUST FOCUS ON 2 OR 3 AREAS. THE ICE THE REC CENTER HAS THE OUTDOOR RINK, NORTHLAND PARK, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE MORE AT. ATHLETIC FIELD LOCATIONS, AND WE DO GET REQUESTS EVERY NOW AND THEN FOR A RINK TO BE PUT IN A PARK, BUT IT'S USUALLY THOSE JUST TURN OUT TO BE TEMPORARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITTLE KIDS WHO WANT TO ICE SKATE, BUT IT DOESN'T. OVER THE YEARS, THEY JUST DON'T GET USED. SO WE'RE TENDING TO TO SHY AWAY FROM THOSE REQUESTS. ARE WE STILL DOING THE ONE ON LILY LAKE? NO, THEY'RE NOT USED. WELL, IT WASN'T USED. AND I THINK WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THE LOCATION THAT WE HAD, IT WAS NEAR SPRINGS IN THE LAKE. 
          SO IT WAS TOUGH TO GET. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. ONE OF THE ONES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THIS NUMBER, BUT ONE OF THE MAPS THAT REALLY JUMPED OUT TO ME WAS THE COVERAGE MAP. DO YOU LIKE IT JUST VISUALLY LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE NORTH OF 85% OF THIS TOWN IS WITHIN FIVE 
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MINUTES OF A PARK. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. AND 100% JUST WHILE I'M ON IT, 100% IS WITHIN TEN MINUTES. IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYBODY. BUT THE FIVE MINUTE ONE, THIS IS REALLY VERY PURPLE. 
          AND THAT'S I HAD NOT REALLY TAKEN A STEP BACK TO SAY, OH, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. SO YEAH. 
          WELL DISTRIBUTED. I MEAN THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. OFTENTIMES WE DO A SYSTEM PLAN AND WE HAVE A GAP AREA OR MORE THAN ONE GAP AREA WHERE WE'RE LIKE, HEY, IF YOU CAN GET PARK DEDICATION FUNDS, THIS IS WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO PARK TO GO. OR IF YOU ARE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, HERE'S THE FOCUS AREA FOR YOUR NEXT BIG INVESTMENT. SO THAT WAS NICE TO SEE. IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO FOCUS MORE ON QUALITY OF WHAT'S THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT THINGS ARE WELL DISTRIBUTED, RATHER THAN HAVING TO BUILD FROM SCRATCH. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME MARQUEE PARKS HERE THAT YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, SEAN, IS THE NEXT STEP TO KIND OF LIKE AFTER YOU GET A CHANCE TO DIGEST THIS AND IT GOES PUBLIC AND WE GET THE MORE FEEDBACK AND OTHER STUFF, DO WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT AREN'T COVERED IN THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX? LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO DO SOME OF THE SUGGESTED LANDSCAPING AND LOWELL PARK, PIONEER PARK, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A BIG ASK AROUND TEDDY BEAR PARK AND, YOU KNOW, OUR MOST POPULAR ONE WITH FAMILIES FOR SURE. I THINK WE, I MEAN, WE DID HAVE A GOOD PARK, PLAYGROUND AND TRAIL PLAN GOING ON SINCE ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. AND THAT'LL CONTINUE. BUT WE DID ADD IN OUR TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT YET, BUT I THINK WE ARE PLANNING ON FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO HAPPEN. THE HARDEST PART IS WE GOT 14 PARKS. AND WHERE DO YOU FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION TO? SO WE KIND OF SPREAD THOSE OUT EQUALLY. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PARK BOARD AND SEE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND START WORKING FROM THERE. AND TO ME, LIKE TAKING CARE OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, FRUIT FIRST, LIKE THE TRAILS AND MAYBE THE ADA BATHROOMS, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN START GOING ON RIGHT AWAY. START PLANNING ON PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUICK WINS THAT YOU I KNOW YOU LISTED A COUPLE JUST OPENED THAT UP TO YOU AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUICK ONES THAT YOU WOULD SAY, JUST HOP ON THESE AND GO, YEAH, I MEAN, I DO THINK IT'S THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH OF THE PARKS. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THAT'S A FLOOR. I MEAN, THAT'S WE SHOULD BE HITTING THAT PERIOD. SO YEAH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE LOOKING INTO WAYFINDING IN CERTAIN SPECIFIC AREAS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARKS THAT, ESPECIALLY ON THE MORE NATURAL RESOURCE ORIENTED ONES, ARE REALLY TUCKED AWAY. AND UNLESS YOU LIVED RIGHT THERE, OR EVEN IF YOU LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN KIND OF A LITTLE BROWNS CREEK TRAIL THING THAT THE GOVERNOR VISITED WHEN WE HAD THE OPENER IS FREAKING AMAZING, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT'S THERE. OH MY GOSH, THAT PARK IS BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. AND I'M SURE LIKE THROUGH ALL SEASONS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY I'M NOT. OKAY. SO I'LL ADMIT TO IGNORANCE ON THIS AND I'M BEATING MYSELF UP. BUT I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ADA WITH RESPECT TO FISHING AND WITH THAT TROUT CREEK COMING UP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE'S A PAD YOU CAN GET DOWN THERE ON THE WHEELCHAIR. IT'S GOT A LITTLE STEP IN FRONT OF IT SO YOU WOULDN'T ROLL FORWARD OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST IT DOESN'T LOOK. AND MAYBE IT IS, I DON'T KNOW. IT DOESN'T LOOK SUPER EXPENSIVE OR SUPER EXTRAVAGANT, BUT IT LOOKS SUPER DAMN USEFUL. IF A LITTLE THING LIKE THIS FEELS LIKE A CLIFF IN FRONT OF YOU. SO I JUST THAT STUFF IS, IS JUST REALLY COOL. AND AGAIN, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT'S THERE. THAT'S A REALLY NICELY DONE PROJECT AND TO THE POINT OF 11% OF OUR POPULATION ACCORDING TO THIS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF ACCESSIBILITY NEED, AT SOME POINT, ALL OF US WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT IS RELATED TO ACCESSIBILITY. SOME OF THIS IS REALLY EASY, TOO. IT'S NOT JUST TRAILS, IT COULD BE PICNIC TABLES THAT ARE UNIVERSAL AND RESTROOMS THAT ARE UNIVERSAL, WHERE THERE'S SPACE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME ENJOY THAT. THAT'S ONE THING WE ALREADY DID IS OUR ADA REVIEW. 
          WE DID NOT REVIEW THE FACILITIES YET. YEAH. SO WE DO NEED TO DO THAT AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WE ALREADY HAVE JUST DOING IT. SEAN HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE. I KNOW THAT. 
          YEAH. SO GOOD SEGUE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER. SO WE DO TALK A BIT ABOUT FUNDING RESOURCES. OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ALL OF THIS OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUNDS. SO WE DO OUTLINE SOME VARIOUS GRANTS AND OPTIONS FOR THAT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE GREAT PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO PART OF IT IS LEVERAGING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL. 
          BUT WHEN IT TALKS, WHEN YOU WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ACTUALLY FUNDING THE FULL PARK SYSTEM, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PURSUE A MIX OF THESE. THAT ALSO TAKES STAFF TIME TO PURSUE GRANTS AND A DIFFERENT, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT AVENUES, AND TO COORDINATE WITH THOSE PARTNERS 
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WHO ARE OFFERING UP, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPERTISE, THEIR LABOR, ETC. AND SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PLAN IS TO ADD, AT MINIMUM, ONE FULL TIME STAFF PERSON SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. AND THAT GIVES YOU A REALLY, YOU KNOW, A SOLID RETURN ON INVESTMENT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN UP LABOR TIME, IT ALLOWS FOR THE PURSUIT OF AND THE COORDINATION OF THESE OTHER FUNDING STREAMS, SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE WHEN YOU'RE ALSO MANAGING, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY CREWS OF FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE DAY TO DAY OF MAINTAINING EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S NOT A NOT AN UNCOMMON RECOMMENDATION. MOST CITIES ARE UNDERSTAFFED IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE LANDS THAT THEY HAVE TO STEWARD. WE DO TOUCH ON PROGRAMING, ALTHOUGH BECAUSE THE PROGRAMING IS RUN PRIMARILY BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT NEEDS TO SORT OF WORK TOGETHER ON THAT PROGRAMING FRONT. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE, AGAIN, PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP WITH THIS AS WELL. SO WE DON'T MAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE CONCRETE ABOUT PROGRAMING, BUT JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD PEOPLE WANTED, THEY DO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PROGRAMING WITHIN THE CITY. PHASING WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. SO SEAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THAT LOW HANGING FRUIT. YOU GUYS HAVE A SIP. IT ALREADY HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO THIS IMMEDIATE CATEGORY BASICALLY JUST DREW ON THE ESTABLISHED PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD FOR THAT PROJECTS IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. THAT'S AGAIN, MORE OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE MID-TERM PROJECTS, THAT'S WHERE WE START TO SEE HOW CAN WE BE STRATEGIC, WHICH PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TAKE MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT, MAYBE REQUIRE MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING, AND HOW CAN WE CHIP AWAY AT THOSE? AND THEN OUR LONG TERM PROJECTS COULD POTENTIALLY BE BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE LIFESPAN OR THE RETIREMENT OF EXISTING STAFF. AND SO THESE ARE MORE ASPIRATIONAL PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE REVISITED WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. BUT GIVE YOU A SENSE OF LIKE, OKAY, WHAT COULD, WHAT COULD WE BE DOING? YOU KNOW, A DECADE PLUS FROM NOW TO CONTINUE FULFILLING THIS VISION? AND SO WE HAVE THESE IN CHART FORM. WE DON'T PUT SPECIFIC PROJECT PRICING ON EACH OF THESE. PRICING IS VERY VOLATILE. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF INFLATION LATELY. WE DO HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT WE WORKED ON WITH SEAN AND CHAD FOR STAFF'S INTERNAL USE THAT HAS MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF FLEX UP OR DOWN OR PUT PROJECTS INTO DIFFERENT TIME SPANS AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE VERY USEFUL WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SORT OF WHAT WE WANT TO BITE OFF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY WELL SUITED TO A STATIC DOCUMENT. SO. AND THEN THE LAST BIT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER IS SOME IDEAS ABOUT MEASURING PROGRESS. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT DID WE DO LAST YEAR? WHAT DID WE SAY WE WERE GOING TO DO? HOW MUCH OF IT DID WE ACCOMPLISH? DO WE WANT TO FOLD THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR NOT? AND THEN TO PERIODICALLY DO ASSESSMENTS, OFTENTIMES WITH THESE 20 YEAR PLANS, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WANT TO REVISIT IT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO, GET A GAUGE FROM THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. HAVE YOU HOW HAVE YOU BEEN LIKING WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION STANDPOINT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE OUT OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? THAT SORT OF THING. QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING WE'VE GONE THROUGH EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE. THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, IS IT SEAN, CHAD, ANYTHING SURPRISING CAME OUT OF THIS? ASIDE FROM THE SHEER NUMBER OF PARKS WE HAVE? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST SURPRISING. BUT IT'S A LOT OF PARKS FOR THE CITY OF VERSAILLES. YEAH. WELL USED. YEAH, IN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THEM. SO I THINK WE JUST KIND OF IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND THIS PLAN IS JUST GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPLEMENTATION FOR US TO LOOK AT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AWESOME. YOU SEE, WE DID TURN SEAN INTO A PARK GUY. HE'S GETTING HE'S GETTING CREATIVE NOW. HE FINDS. I DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO SARAH AND CHAD. CHAD PUT A LOT OF TIME IN AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE ALL CONTRIBUTING TO THE REPORT. 
          AND THEIR INPUT WAS VALUABLE TO US AND THE SAME AS THE PARK BOARD AS WELL. SO YEAH, IT'S A LOT. I WAS I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED WHEN I GOT THE PACKET AND SAW THAT THIS WAS AND KIND 
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OF REALIZING THE NUMBER OF JUST DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND THINGS WE HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, IT CERTAINLY HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE ALWAYS DEALING WITH. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK FOR MOST OF US, IT'S ALWAYS THE PARK IN OUR WARD, THE PARK IN OUR BACKYARD, THE ONE THAT WE GET THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT. AND YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S 50 OTHER ONES THAT ALL HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT NOT ALL HEAR ABOUT. SO HAVING THIS IN ALL IN ONE SPOT IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY GOOD TOOL FOR US IN COUNCIL. SO THEY DID A NICE JOB. OH THAT'S GREAT COMMISSION. THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS THING TO BE ONLINE SO I CAN SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE. YEAH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          AWESOME. ROCK AND ROLL. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I OPPOSED AND OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. FIRST PART OF OUR OUR COMMUNITY MASTER PLAN. RIGHT. THE COMP PLAN. YEAH. 
          THAT'S TIMELY FOR SURE. THERE WE GO. CHECK IT OFF THE LIST. WELL THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. YEAH, DEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT. COOL BEANS. WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT 
          [2. Assistant City Administrator]
INTO STAFF REPORTS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH. JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT. MAYOR OUT ON THE LAKEVIEW SITE, JULY 15TH. THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN THE PAVED SECTION OF CURVE CREST BOULEVARD. AND THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE DOWN 62ND STREET FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS, SO THEY CAN COMPLETE 62ND STREET AND THE ROUNDABOUT. SO 62ND STREET WILL BE CLOSED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A BYPASS ROAD THAT GETS FROM THE LEGENDS DEVELOPMENT TO THE NEW CURVE CREST BOULEVARD, JUST TO PROVIDE ANOTHER INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT. SO JULY 15TH, THAT'LL THAT'LL OCCUR. AND I THINK AROUND OCTOBER 1ST IS WHEN THE CIRCLE IS PLANNED TO BE OPEN FOR OPEN FOR TRAFFIC. WOW. DID YOU DID YOU NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, ELIZABETH AND THE HOSPITAL. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY FOR THE LAST MONTH TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION. SO I THINK EVERYONE'S BEEN NOTIFIED. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. JUST ONE OTHER ITEM. TWO OTHER ITEMS. THE WATER TOWER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DRAIN THE TANK, THE TANK AT THE TOP. AND SO NOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SANDBLASTING. NOTICE THAT SHOP. IS THERE A GAUGE ON THE SIDE OF THIS THING THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH WATER IS IN IT, BUT THEY GOT LEFT. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT LOOKS EMPTY, SHROUDED. LITTLE NOTICE WEAR TILL WATER. NOW, ONCE THE SHROUD HAD DROPPED, THE TANK WAS DRAINED. AND THEY'VE BEEN SANDBLASTING AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THE PAINT, THE PAINTING OF THE, OF THE OF THE WATER TOWER. SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT AUGUST OR I'M SORRY, AUGUST, AUGUST 1ST OR SO FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT. OKAY. AND THE LAST ITEM IS LAST FALL. YOU REMEMBER THE CITY GOT A GRANT FOR TO DO A SOLAR PANEL STUDY. AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THEY'VE LOOKED AT 4 OR 5 SITES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOLAR PANELS. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS ADVERTISING FOR PROPOSALS TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. IN FACT, THURSDAY WE HAVE TOURS AND KIND OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THAT RFP. AND THOSE RFPS ARE DUE TOWARD THE END OF AUGUST. AND HOPEFULLY IF EVERYTHING WORKS WELL ABOUT SEPTEMBER, WE WILL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH A VENDOR POSSIBLY DOING A SOLAR PANEL PROJECT HERE IN THE CITY OF STILLWATER. A LOT OF THAT MAY BE CONTINGENT ON GRANT FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET FOR THE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT ALL THE ALL THE PROPOSALS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF IT. AWESOME. WE'LL SET US UP. WELL, EC GOT THE GRANT BEFORE GO AFTER IT AGAIN. SO COOL. THANK YOU SEAN. ALL I HAVE MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF. 
          [3. Police Chief]
AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THE ONLY UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FOURTH. 
          AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LUMBERJACK DAYS. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE, EMS, WASHINGTON COUNTY STATE PATROL, ALL OUR OTHER PARTNERS. WE HAD A GREAT EVENT, SOME WELL ZIGZAGGING WE HAD TO DO BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT WE STILL HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, IN AND OUT. ACTUALLY, IT CAUSED SOME OTHER TRAFFIC CONCERNS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING AND THEN TRYING TO FIND SHELTER, BUT IT WAS STILL GREAT PLAN. WE HAD SOME LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK FIRE CHIEF AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, AS WE ALWAYS DO, MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WAS STILL A GREAT EVENT. AND NOW WE'LL GIVE OUR TROOPS A MINUTE TO BREATHE BEFORE LUMBERJACK DAYS. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE 4TH OF JULY IS A LIKE EVERY OFFICER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING. THEY CANNOT TAKE VACATIONS UNLESS THEY'RE OFF ON FMLA. THEY ARE HERE WORKING. SO FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING. I KNOW TOM DOES A LOT OF STUFF, SAME KIND OF THING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO AND WE WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL FOR OUR PARADE. SO TWO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT ARE CITY RELATED THAT WE ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK, ALL STAFF, NO ONE CAN TAKE A VACATION. THEY'RE NOT AT THEIR CABINS, NOT OUT WATCHING FIREWORKS WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO JUST A 
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HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF THAT ARE WORKING THAT EVENT AND REALLY HERE TO PROVIDE GREAT PUBLIC SAFETY. SO YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS. I THINK, CHIEF, WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PRECAUTIONS WE'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE THAT EVENT SAFE AND, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING OFF PARKING LOTS, WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS POPULAR, RIGHT? LIKE I THINK SEEING THE WEATHER COME THROUGH AND THE STORMS AND LIKE HOW YOU ALL MANAGED THAT AND JUST GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE SAFELY, I THINK WAS HUGE. I THINK IT DEMONSTRATED THE NEED THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A SIGNIFICANT EVENT, THANK GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE NEVER WILL. BUT IT KIND OF DEMONSTRATED THE NEED FOR ALL OF THOSE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING. RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE, LIKE ALL THOSE PEOPLE TRYING TO EXIT THEIR CARS IN THAT STORM, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WERE PEOPLE PARKED THERE AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE, THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED AN EPIC CLUSTER OF ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC DOWN THERE. 
          RIGHT? SO THERE'S A MOMENT WHERE ELIZABETH IS COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I'M STANDING NEXT TO THE FIRE CHIEF, AND WE'RE KIND OF COMMUNICATING DIFFERENT THINGS BASED ON THE WEATHER COMING IN, HAVING TO MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE BRIDGE AND SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE OUR INCIDENT COMMAND, STANDING THERE WORKING WITH OUR TROOPS IN THE GROUND, TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. SO YEAH, HAVING THAT PARTNERSHIP IS AWESOME. 
          YEAH. NO, IT WAS GREAT. YOU GUYS DID AWESOME. THAT WAS THE FASTEST I'VE GOTTEN OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE WE GAVE YOU A RIDE. I JUST WALKED GOT ME TO MY CAR BECAUSE MY HIPS STARTED HURTING. 
          WE DID. THERE WAS THE PARK CLEARED OUT REALLY QUICKLY. AND THEN IT WAS, YEAH, WE STILL HAD SOME GRIDLOCK BASED ON SOME CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OTHER THINGS. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS 1009, I THINK LOWELL PARK DIDN'T HAVE A SOUL IN IT. SO YEAH, NO, BUT I GOT MY CAR OUT OF TOWN FAST. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT USUALLY IT'S AN HOUR TO GET OUT OF TOWN FOR SURE. AND IT WAS IT REALLY. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HOW I GOT OUT OF TOWN FASTER, BUT. IT WAS A LOT FASTER. AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY FUN FOR SURE. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. 
          [4. Library Director]
LIBRARY MARK. YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, JUST A FEW PROGRAMING NOTES. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUMMER CONCERTS ON THE TERRACE THIS MONTH. THURSDAY, JULY 9TH WE HAVE VALLEY CONCERT WINDS. JULY 23RD, MINNESOTA STATE BAND. AND THEN WE'LL BE AT SUMMER TUESDAYS A COUPLE TIMES THIS MONTH AS WELL. JULY 14TH AND THE 28TH, HOSTING A FIXIT CLINIC AT THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, JULY 18TH FROM 10 TO 2, PEOPLE CAN BRING IN SMALL APPLIANCES, ELECTRONICS, CLOTHING. WE'LL HAVE VOLUNTEERS THERE TO HELP THEM FIX IT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE CLUI PROJECT. THAT'S TO LOOK AT THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND THE EVENT WING ON THE UPPER LEVEL. SO WE HAD THE KICKOFF LAST MONTH AND THEN MEETINGS WITH STAFF. ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH. ARE GOING TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME TILES THAT ARE KIND OF HEAVING UP ON THE WALKWAY. SO WE'RE IN THE INFORMATION GATHERING STAGE NOW, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR INTO EARLY NEXT, AND HAVE A PLAN AT THE END OF IT TO GUIDE FUTURE DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING. COOL. DID MARK HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS? WANTED TO KNOW WHY THERE WASN'T AN EVENT ON THE SPARK OR SPARK OR WHATEVER WAS THE LATEST SPARK, RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME WHY I DON'T HAVE IT AND I, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. SO THIS NO LONG TERM DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION WANTED TO PAUSE IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THEMSELVES. AND THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD OR HOW TO CONTINUE IT. IT HASN'T BEEN IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE A FUNDRAISER. AND THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OVER OVER THE YEARS, AND IT HASN'T IN THE MOST CURRENT FORM. IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN A GOOD FUNDRAISER. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TURN TICKET PURCHASERS INTO LONG TERM DONORS, WHICH WAS LIKE THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE. YEAH, I GOTCHA. THAT MAKES SENSE, I UNDERSTAND. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IS IT A FUNDRAISER? IS IT A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT? IS SHOULD IT EVEN CONTINUE? SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT COULD LOOK IF IT CONTINUES IN THE FUTURE. SO NO, LIKE LONG TERM DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. 
          [5. IT Manager]
THANK YOU. I SEE ROB HERE. ROB'S ALWAYS HERE. RIGHT? MAYOR. COUNCIL. COUNCILOR. ALL RIGHT. 
          A FEW PROJECT UPDATES FOR YOU. SOME OF THIS IS REPETITIVE, BUT SOMETIMES THESE PROJECTS JUST TAKE TIME TO TO GET INTO PLACE. ONE IS THE NS ETHERNET NETWORK SERVICES PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS 
          [00:40:05]
AGREED TO EARLIER THIS SPRING TO GET US FIBER CONNECTIVITY PROVIDED BY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS LOCATIONS, FIRE STATION, AND SOME OF OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. MOST OF THAT IS PUT IN PLACE JUST A COUPLE MORE LOCATIONS. AND I WOULD THINK BY THE END OF THIS SUMMER THAT STUFF SHOULD BE LIVE. AND THAT JUST GIVES US EXTRA CONNECTIVITY AND REDUNDANCY IN OUR IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEEPS US OUT OF THE NEWS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD. THE LUMBERJACK LANDING AV, WE HAVE PROCURED ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STEEL PROTECTIVE CASE FOR THE BIG, LARGE DISPLAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A LOGISTICS ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT I ANTICIPATE SCHEDULING THE INSTALLATION FOR THAT LATER THIS SUMMER. AND THEN SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME TO LIGHT AND IS TALKED ABOUT WAS OUR EVENT OPERATION CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF BODIES DOWNTOWN CELL PHONES REACHING OUT TO THE TOWER DOWN THERE THAT GETS CONGESTED AND CONSTIPATED. AND WE JUST CAN'T SQUEEZE OUT THAT TEXT MESSAGE. DID ANYBODY CHANGE THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ISSUES? I COULDN'T GET A PHONE CALL. I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES. YEAH, RIGHT. WHEN I USED TO WORK WITH MARK ON DOING THEIRS, I COULD NEVER GET OUT TO EVEN SAY START THE FIRE, START YOUR MUSIC, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO CROWDED ALL THE TIME. YEAH, THEY DO TEMPORARY STUFF FOR CITIES LIKE THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT MILEAGE MAY VARY. WE'VE TRIED THAT APPROACH BEFORE, WORKING WITH CELL PROVIDERS TO ROLL A MOBILE UNIT, BUT IT'S KIND OF BASED ON CITY SIZE AND PRIORITY. AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR TO HAVE ONE SCHEDULED. AND THEN THE LAST MINUTE, ANOTHER EVENT IS SCHEDULED AT A LARGER CITY AND THEY JUST PULL IT. SO IT'S NOT REALLY SUSTAINABLE. BUT LOOKING AT TALKING WITH DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AND LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. SO EITHER TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATION OR CONNECTIVITY AVAILABILITY AS A WHOLE TO THE PUBLIC OR, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND THE OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS. SO THAT'S SUSTAINABLE AND MAINTAINS A FUN PROJECT. YEAH. IT'LL BE NICE. IF I COULD HAVE CALLED MY POLICE CHIEF OR SOMEBODY LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THE 4TH OF JULY, YOU KNOW, I HAD A COUPLE RESIDENTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS ON THAT NIGHT AND MY PHONE DIDN'T WORK. KIND OF SUCKED. YOU KNOW, PLAN B IS THE RADIO SO WE CAN GET YOU SET UP. CAN I GET A RADIO? CAN I WHERE IT SAYS RIGHT HERE. YOU GOTTA BE LIKE ELIZABETH AND GET ONE HOOKED ON YOUR. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. ALSO, IT'S, IT'S BUDGETING SEASON. SO 2027, LOOKING AT THE TECHNOLOGY OPS BUDGET, NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, JUST KIND OF THE THAT INFLATIONARY INCREASE THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, I'M ASSISTING IN WORKING THROUGH SORTING THROUGH THE G. I S CANDIDATE TECHNICIAN CANDIDATES, PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS AND FINDING THAT THAT TOP TALENT TO JOIN OUR TEAM AND, AND TAKE ON THAT ROLE. AWESOME. STAND FOR QUESTIONS. IF SOUNDS GREAT GUYS. 
          ALL GOOD ON TOP OF YOUR GAME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND OUR, IS THIS OUR LAST UPDATE FROM 
          [6. Human Resources Manager]
SAGE? IT IS BOO. YES. YOU PROBABLY SEEN THE THE MOST RECENT POSTING THAT WENT LIVE ON OUR CAREERS PAGE WITH OUR MANAGER ROLE. AND I WANT TO SAY I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME HERE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF SHORT LIVED, BUT HONESTLY, IT'S NOT FOR ANY LACK OF ENTHUSIASM WORKING FOR THE CITY. SO IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. THE EMPLOYEES HERE HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL, THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR FOR EVERYTHING I'VE GOTTEN HERE AND I WILL MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH. VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, THE UPDATE I HAVE IS RELATED TO OUR FITNESS FACILITY DOWNSTAIRS. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN THERE, IT HAS BEEN, I GUESS, KIND OF. IT'S GROWN OVER TIME WITH HAND-ME-DOWN EQUIPMENT PIECES, BUT DUE TO SOME RECENT FLOODING, WE'RE HANDLING SOME FLOORING CHANGES. AND AT THAT TIME, WE GOT TOGETHER WITH OUR TWO DIFFERENT WELLNESS COMMUNITIES HERE AT CITY HALL. SO OUR, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CITY WELLNESS COMMITTEE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE CAME TOGETHER, FOUND DIFFERENT POCKETS OF MONEY. WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH TOGETHER TO GET SOME NEW EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT IS ON THERE FOR A REQUEST FOR SPENDING THOSE THOSE FUNDS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A NEW FITNESS FACILITY TO JUST BETTER WELLNESS AT THE CITY OVERALL. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 
          [7. Fire Chief]
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FIRE CHIEF. MAYOR, COUNCIL, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST 4TH OF JULY AS CHIEF TOM? IT WAS WET. YEAH. 
          VERY WET. JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. I KIND OF REITERATE WHAT BRIAN SAID. JUST THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, FIRE AND EVERYONE DOWN THERE THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS MAKES IT GO SMOOTHER. AND EVERYTHING ELSE JUST WORKING TOGETHER. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE PUT THAT STUFF OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS YEAR, USUALLY NOT AT THE TOP OF MY RADAR WHEN WE'RE DOING THINGS TO TO GET STUFF OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THAT WAS NICE TO GIVE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. 
          HEADS UP THAT COULD RECEIVE A MESSAGE. ANYWAY, EVEN OUR PHONES, NONE OF THEM WORKED. SO RADIO WAS THE GO TO FOR EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, WE ISSUED SIX UNIT CITATIONS OVER THE LAST WEEK. WE HAD OUR HOUSE FIRE IN GRANT 60TH STREET, WHERE WE HAD A FATALITY IN A HOUSE THAT HAD A HIGH PLAYER LOAD IN IT, AND CREWS DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF GETTING IN THERE AND GETTING THE VICTIM. AND THEN LAKE ELMO STAFF AS WELL, COMING IN TO HELP OUT TO GET THAT VICTIM OUT AND GET THEM TO LAKEVIEW FOR TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE ISSUED FOUR TO OUR DEPARTMENT CAPTAINS, OLDER CAPTAIN, ASPEN GREEN, FIREFIGHTER, ENGINEER, ROUDEBUSH AND FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER CODY, AND THEN TWO FROM LAKE ELMO. WE WENT TO THEIR DEPARTMENT MEETING LAST NIGHT AND ISSUED THEM TO THEIR STAFF. SO NOT VERY OFTEN WE GET TO ISSUE THOSE CITATIONS. SO THAT WAS KUDOS. AND THEN ON A STAFFING UPDATE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING INTERVIEWS FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF CAPTAIN JANSEN HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND HE STARTED LAST WEEK. SO RIGHT INTO THE THICK OF IT WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS. SO IT'S GOING GOOD. CAPTAIN ZULLI IS NOW DOING THE FIRE MARSHAL DEPUTY CHIEF DUTY. SO HE'S GETTING HIS FEET WET ON THAT. 
          SO AWESOME. VERY COOL. ANY QUESTIONS? IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANKS, CHIEF. FINANCE. MAYOR, 
          [8. Finance Director]
COUNCIL. SO JOE AND I MET YESTERDAY WITH BAKER TILLY BRIEFLY. AND WE ARE KICKING OFF THE 2026 BONDING. SO WATCH YOUR AGENDAS BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION. WE'RE HOPING TO CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OR HAVE THE FINAL BIDDING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. HOWEVER, IF WE CAN'T DO THAT. EVIDENTLY THE FED FEDERAL RESERVE IS MEETING ON THE 15TH, WHICH IS OUR SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED TO DO ANY BORROWING OR GOING OUT FOR BONDING ON THAT DATE. SO THEN IT WOULD BE OCTOBER. JUST A LITTLE HEADS UP. AND AS ROB MENTIONED, WE HAVE STARTED THE 2027 BUDGET PROCESS. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. AWESOME. THANK 
          [9. Administrative Services Director]
YOU, THANK YOU. SERVICES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CURVE CROSS COMMUNICATION. WE THAT THAT ONE THAT ONE'S A BIG PROJECT. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A COUPLE WEEKS ON IT. THEY HAVE A WEBSITE PRESENCE FOR LAKEVIEW. WE DID MAILERS OUT TO BOTH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. I GOT IN CONTACT WITH BOTH THE HOA'S. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME PUSH COMMUNICATION THROUGH THAT. THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE ON THE ROAD AHEAD OF TIME, FACEBOOK POSTS POINTING TO THOSE WEBSITES WITH SOME MAPS, EVERYTHING. SO WE WENT ALL OUT WITH THE PARTNERS THERE TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT WELL. SO HAD GOOD CONVERSATION WITH WITH BOTH THOSE HOA PRESIDENTS. AWESOME. DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO REACH EVERYBODY WE CAN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR CONCERNS. SO. AN UPDATE FROM THE ENERGY ACTION COMMISSION, AGAIN, SEAN TOUCHED ON THE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, THAT SECURING THAT FIRST GRANT WAS A BIG DEAL TO GET THAT STUDY. THE RFP IS OUT THERE, AND THAT COMMISSION IS CLOSELY WATCHING ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHAT WE HEAR FROM THAT RFP. SO GREAT WORK THERE. AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN ENERGY AND IN EXCEL. THEY PRESENTED US WITH A CERTIFICATE OF BEING PARTNERS IN ENERGY FOR THE YEAR. THEY PRESENTED THE DATA METRICS FOR THE CITY OF STILLWATER FOR THE YEAR, WHERE WE WERE KIND OF BASING THE ENERGY ACTION PLAN OFF OF AND HOW WE WOULD MEET THOSE METRICS. 
          SO FROM THERE, WE WERE KIND OF BUILDING OUT WHAT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND IT'S FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, CONTINUING TO BUILD COMMUNITY OUTREACH, GET FEEDBACK AND EVENTS, AND THEN REALLY PUSH THOSE HOME ENERGY AUDITS. THAT'S KIND OF THE BEST TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO REACH THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF PUSH THAT EDUCATION. SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK ON THAT, ON THAT COMMISSION, FOR SURE. THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT AND DOING A VIDEO WITH US. THAT WAS FUN. I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO. FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK CLOSELY ENOUGH. I CAN. I'M JUST KIDDING. I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. IT'S ALL GOOD. 
          I'LL FIND OUT. I'LL SHOOT IT TO YOU. AS SAGE SAID, THE. HER POSITION IS POSTED. WE'VE BEEN 
          [00:50:01]
WORKING SINCE FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ON A TRANSITION PLAN. I'VE. CONFIDENCE THAT BETWEEN ME AND BARB WILL CARRY THAT THROUGH UNTIL WE GET SOMEBODY HIRED WITHOUT ANY LACK OF HR SERVICES THERE. SO WE GOT A GOOD GAME PLAN GOING FORWARD, AND THEN OUR NEXT QUARTERLY COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IS NEXT WEEK. 715, JULY 15TH AT 4 P.M. IT'S OUR QUARTERLY OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO JUST DROP BY AND TALK TO ME AND LINDSAY ABOUT ANYTHING, ANY ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT COMING UP, WE'LL BE OUT ON THE TERRACE. IF IT'S RAINY, WE'LL BE INSIDE THE LIBRARY. IT'S JUST CASUAL OPPORTUNITY TO COME CHAT. LOVE IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY HER WORK ON THE FIREWORKS AND HELPING WITH THAT AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WENT ON TO TRY TO GET THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE. YEAH, IT WAS THAT WEATHER DOWNTOWN WAS HORRIBLE. AND BEFORE THAT, THE PLANNING AND GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION OUT, WE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT AND WHAT WE PULLED, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF RIGHT THERE IS THE LADY THAT SET IT ALL UP. SO THANKS. WE IT SHE'S BEEN INVALUABLE. SHE MIGHT BE THE I DON'T WANT TO BUILD HER UP TOO MUCH, BUT AS I SAY, ONE OF THE BEST HIRES WASHING CARS TO STILLWATER HAS HAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. OH! I'VE DONE MANY IDEAS. OH, I KNOW KNOW SHE'S BEEN SHE'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. AND IT'S JUST A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HER. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I LIKE A CAN DO ATTITUDE. SHE'S GOT A CAN DO ATTITUDE. EVERYTHING'S FIGURED OUT. I'M TEXTING HER AND TEXTING HER AND WE'RE TALKING ON THE PHONE. ABSOLUTELY. NO PROBLEM. IT'LL HAPPEN. OKAY, GREAT. AND IT HAPPENED. NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS. THAT WAS AWFUL AND SAD ON SATURDAY NIGHT. A LOT. THAT WAS A LOT GOING ON. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY I MEAN, I WORKED IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS PLENTY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF MY HAPPY SPACE RUNNING AROUND WITH THE FIRE CHIEF BEING LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO HAPPY TO BE THERE AND HELP. I THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL SO FOCUSED ON BUSY AND KEEPING US SAFE IN THOSE OPERATIONS THAT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT PERSON STANDING THERE BEING LIKE, SHOULD WE TELL SOMEBODY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING? YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAD PARTS KEY. WE HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THE RUN OR ON THE FLY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FLY OVER. WE, WE, WE STARTED THAT EARLY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WAS IMPENDING WEATHER. SO WE GOT THE FLYOVER DONE AND THEN WE START DOING THE FIRE OR THE 9:00. IT STARTED RAINING AND POURING. AND WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING PROBLEMS WITH THE FIREWORKS AND GETTING TOO WET. AND THEY WERE ALL NERVOUS ABOUT NOT FIRING. SO WE DECIDED TO START THAT AT LIKE HALF HOUR, 40 MINUTES EARLY. 
          AND THEN THE THE FINALE, THE GRAND FINALE, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE COOLEST THING WE DID. IT WAS SO WET. IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T FIRE. OH, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. AND SO NOW PEOPLE ARE ALL UPSET ABOUT THAT. AND I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU DO? IT'S RAIN. DUDE, I WASN'T, I WAS I YOU WEREN'T CONSULTED. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE FIREWORKS. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT RAINED. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER IT RAINING ON THE FIREWORKS. YEAH. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY USED TO FIRE IT OFF WHEN THEY DID. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME OF OUR BEST FIREWORKS, SO. BUT HER WORK ON ALL THAT STUFF, WELL, ALL OUR STAFF WAS THERE. THEIR WORK WAS INVALUABLE. SO I MEAN, NOT SHE'S THE GO TO TALK TO PERSON SO THAT I LIKE IT. WE NEEDED THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. HAPPY TO DO IT. AWESOME. THANK 
          [10. City Clerk]
YOU. THANKS. CITY CLERK YES. GOOD EVENING. I JUST HAVE A FEW REMINDERS. EARLY ABSENTEE VOTING HAS STARTED. THERE ARE FIVE LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WITH THE CLOSEST ONE FOR OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER. CANDIDATE FILING STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, AND IT'S OPEN THROUGH THE 28TH. THERE'S A RIVER TOWN FESTIVAL ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES A TEMPORARY LIQUOR LICENSE THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. ALSO, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST IS ON A WEDNESDAY, NOT TUESDAY, BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND CITY ATTORNEY, JUST ONE LITTLE ISSUE I WANT TO BRING UP 
          [11. City Attorney]
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU. AND SO IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION. 
          YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A A COUPLE THAT BOUGHT A LOT THAT WAS ON UNOPENED RIGHT OF WAY WILLIAMS STREET. AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. SO WE HAD TO DO A FEW, YOU KNOW, MENTAL GYMNASTICS TO GET THEM ACCESS IN THIS UNOPENED RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN. SO WE DID AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY COULD BUILD OFF OF THEY HAD A SHARED DRIVEWAY AGREEMENT UP TO A CERTAIN PART, JUST UP TO THE EDGE OF THEIR LOT, BUT THEY NEEDED TO GET THE REST OF THE WAY. SO WE RECORDED THAT AGAINST THE PROPERTY. THEY NEVER BUILT ANYTHING. AND SO IT IS STILL THAT ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT STILL EXISTS WITH IRRELEVANT DATA IN IT. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS SELLING THAT LOT DECIDED THEY WOULD DO THEIR BIRD CITY SOMETHING PARK. IT'S 
          [00:55:05]
A PRIVATE PARK. AND SO THEY ARE DOING LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST AMENITIES FOR BIRDS TO ATTRACT BIRDS. AND THEY WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PRIVATE PUBLIC. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC PARK, RIGHT. BUT IT'S A PRIVATE PARK THAT PEOPLE STILL NEED ACCESS TO. SO WE'RE FLIPPING THAT ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT. WE WILL TERMINATE THE ONE WE HAVE BECAUSE THAT THAT WAS CONVEYED TO THEM WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE LOT BACK FROM THAT COUPLE. SO THEY WILL TERMINATE THAT ONE. SO THAT'LL BE A DOCUMENT, A DOCUMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU. AND THEN WE WILL GIVE A NEW ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONLY, YOU KNOW, NO LIABILITY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS UNOPENED RIGHT OF WAY. WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FALLING TREES OR ANYTHING THAT GETS IN THEIR WAY. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOPE OFF THE EDGE. THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IF PEOPLE FALL OFF THE EDGE. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. IF IT FEELS LIKE A RERUN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RERUN. GOTCHA. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. THAT'S IT. IS IT LIMIT YOUR LIMIT US IN THE FUTURE. WHEN YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US, I'M USUALLY EXPECTING A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING FALL OUT OF THE SKY OR SOMETHING. AND I'M SURE THE BIRD CITY WILL BE BEAUTIFUL AND SUPER NEAT, SO IT'LL BE A NICE 
          [12. City Administrator]
LITTLE HELP ON THAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, I'M AARON COUNCIL. JUST A FEW UPDATES. THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING UNDER FINAL EDITS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'LL BE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS. AND THEN A COUPLE KEY THINGS IN WELL, LUMBERJACK DAYS, THE CITY WILL HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PARADE AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE PICNIC, AS WELL AS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION PICNIC WILL BE IN AUGUST. SO STAY TUNED FOR DATES ON THOSE. OKAY, PERFECT. AWESOME. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR STAFF, I DON'T SEE YOU GUYS OR SEE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT FOR THE PARADE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL. YEAH. 
          OKAY. SO WE'LL BE I'LL HAVE MY TRUCK AND I'LL HAVE MY TRAILER. AND CUB IS DONATING THE CANDY TO US AGAIN. SO WE'RE ALL SET FOR THAT. I'VE GOT SOME VESTS THAT LOOK THE SAME SO WE CAN VESSEL HATS. SHIRTS WON'T BE IN IT THIS YEAR. BUT JOE, I DID WANT TO ASK. AND BETH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PICNIC IS ALREADY SCHEDULED, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE DATE FOR THAT. YEAH. OH, YEAH, YOU DID. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE WAITING FOR THAT. GOTCHA. YEAH, YEAH, I GOT THAT ONE. AWESOME. GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY, THE FIRST BIG KICKOFF OF THE SUMMER, THE SUMMER EVENT SEASON. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT WENT INTO IT. I MEAN, BEING ON A SATURDAY WITH THE 250TH, THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CITY, OF EVERYBODY SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THEN TO HAVE ALL THAT RAIN AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WEATHER. BUT I THINK WE I THINK YOU ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MANAGING ALL OF THAT AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE AND KEEPING IT ALL WELL ORGANIZED. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY. PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE SAFETY, ALL OF IT. EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB. YOU ALL DID GREAT. SO WITH THAT 
          [V. CLOSED SESSION]
WE'RE GOING TO MINNESOTA STATUTE 13.05 SUBDIVISION THREE A FOR PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.