Sep 01, 2026 City Council Workshop & Regular Meeting

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER COLLINS. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER.

CARLINA HERE. COUNCILMEMBER. SORRY, MAYOR KOVALSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM ON

[1. Central Commons Update]

PERFECT. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? IS THERE A GOOD SPOT RIGHT FRONT AND CENTER. I FIGURED THERE WAS A HOT SEAT SOMEWHERE. AND YOU CAN TAB, I CAN TAB, I CAN TAB MY OWN. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL DO TOO MUCH. I WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE MARK LAMBERT, CENTRAL COMMONS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE ON THIS PROJECT. WE PURCHASED THE LAND IN 2018 AND BEGAN A ABOUT A YEAR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HYVEE BACK THEN TO ACQUIRE THE SITE. 2020 2021. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING THROUGH A PLAT, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS THAT REMAIN IN PLACE. BUT THE NEWS, WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW, WAS THAT HYVEE DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T IDEAL FOR THIS MARKET. AND SO AFTER SENDING US $1 MILLION IN NONREFUNDABLE, HARD, EARNEST MONEY, THEY HAD DECIDED THAT THEY WERE PREPARED TO WALK AWAY. AND THE POINT WAS, THOUGH, THAT THEY WOULDN'T WALK AWAY UNLESS WE REFUNDED THEIR MONEY.

AND SO I HAD A HARD DECISION TO MAKE. I COULD EITHER HAVE HYVEE AS A PARTNER, VETOING EVERY TRANSACTION WE TRIED TO DO ON THE SITE, OR WE COULD RETURN THEIR FUNDS. AND SO I MADE THE DECISION AT THE TIME TO RETURN THEIR MONEY AND IN A SENSE, GET OUR SITE BACK. AND SO THAT WAS LAST YEAR AS WE APPROACHED OUR IMPROVEMENT PERIOD TIME. SO HAPPY TO SEE. AND I THINK MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN INVITATION TO THE RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH IS IN A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW ON, ON 58TH STREET COUNTY 15. IF YOU HAVEN'T LET ME KNOW, I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE SURE YOU GET IT. THEY'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN ME THE POWER TO HELP INVITE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS. YEAH. SO I'VE BEEN LOADING UP ON ALL THOSE LITTLE TRINKETS THAT WE'LL GIVE AWAY THERE. BUT ANYWAY, SO THEY HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THAT'S MY WAY TO SAY IT WAS PROBABLY TIME TO DO A QUICK STOP INTO MY FAVORITE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND, AND SPEND A MINUTE AND STAFF AND, AND SPEND A MINUTE JUST TO SAY WE'RE STILL HERE. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME PROSPECTS. AND I CONTINUE TO BE, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF STILLWATER'S BEST SALESPERSON.

I CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO RETAILERS AND TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO MARKET OUR PARTICULAR SITE. I ATTEND A COUPLE OF SHOPPING CENTER CONVENTIONS EVERY YEAR WHERE IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, BUT BASICALLY ALL THE TENANTS AND ALL THE LANDLORDS KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND SAY, BOY, I'D LIKE TO BE IN AUBURN AND I'D LIKE TO BE OVER IN TALLAHASSEE, AND I WOULDN'T MIND BEING IN STILLWATER. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DEAL MAKING THAT HAPPENS. AND AT THOSE EVENTS, I'M THERE WITH THE BROCHURE THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR PACKET MARKETING STILLWATER AND PUTTING THE PUSH OUT THERE TO SAY, BOY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A TRADER JOE'S IN STILLWATER. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A LIFETIME FITNESS IN STILLWATER. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PRODUCT THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BE IN STILLWATER. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE. AND I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HALLWAYS HERE AT AT CITY HALL. I, I'M STILL UNDER A NONDISCLOSURE, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL CLOSE EARLY NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE A STRONG INQUIRY FROM A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. BIG SURPRISE THAT WANTS TO HAVE A SITE THERE. I KEEP HEARING WE WANT MORE BANKS AND CAR WASHES. EXACTLY. I THINK THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS EITHER THAT OR A CANNABIS STORE. SO YEAH, SOME OPTIONS HERE FOR YOU. RIGHT? SO AND THEN, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY I CONTINUE TO MARKET THE BIG BOX.

AND SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE STAFF AND, AND ANYBODY THAT COMES ACROSS A PREFERRED GROCER OR PREFERRED BUSINESS, IF, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, LET ME KNOW. OR IF YOU WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR OUR SITE ON BEHALF OF THEM. IT'S, IT'S MARKETING. I TAKE THE JOB THAT, THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED ME VERY SERIOUSLY. WE, WE'RE OUT THERE TO TRY TO FIND GOOD USERS FOR THE SITE. AND SO I'M, I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU I'M IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. I LOOK AT THAT CORNER AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE AS IS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW THESE THINGS WORK. I AM ALSO WORKING ON THE 200 APARTMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THAT, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME SITE DESIGNS. THE. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I HAVE IN THE APARTMENTS IS DO I BUILD 200 UNITS BEFORE WE HAVE ANY OF THE BIGGER RETAIL AND

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SO BASICALLY UNDERGROUND PARKING, IF YOU WILL, WITH, I THINK WE HAD 4 OR 5 STORIES OF APARTMENTS ON TOP AND A NICE AMENITY DECK AND A POOL DECK AND JUST A VERY HIGH CLASS OF APARTMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE THE EAST METRO GROW AND YOU SEE THOSE TYPES OF BUILDINGS BEING BUILT, IT PROBABLY ISN'T A HARD STRETCH FOR US TO ASK, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE A LONGER LEASE TIME.

PERHAPS IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE EFFORT ON OUR PART. BUT STILLWATER IS A GREAT PLACE, RIGHT? WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO BE HERE? YEAH. AND I GUESS MY OTHER COMMENT IS JUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMUNICATION. I KNOW THIS WORKS STARTED AHEAD OF ME BEING ON COUNCIL, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED THE UPDATES AND KEEPING EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP.

I'LL CONTINUE TO COME BACK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT. MARK. AGAIN, SORRY I'M LATE.

MARK COMING IN FROM MINNEAPOLIS AND I HEARD SOMETHING SIMILAR BEFORE. HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE BROCHURE, THE SHIELDS TO COME IN. YOU MAKE A LOT OF SPORTSMEN IN THIS AREA VERY HAPPY. I THINK I CAN PUBLICLY TELL YOU THAT I'VE CALLED SHIELDS. I DON'T AND I'LL SHARE BECAUSE I WAS PREPPED FOR THIS TODAY. SHIELDS IS CURRENTLY BUILDING A $150 MILLION STORE IN BLAINE, OF WHICH THEY'RE RECEIVING A $50 MILLION TAX INCREMENT PACKAGE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL. SO WHEN I CALLED THEM, THE FIRST THING THEY TOLD ME IS ABOUT THEIR $50 MILLION SUBSIDY THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING. AND THEN THE SECOND THING THEY TOLD ME IS THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH IS CONSIDERING OFFERING SOMETHING SIMILAR SO THAT IF THE CITY OF STILLWATER WANTED TO GET IN LINE TO OFFER SOMETHING, WE'D PROBABLY BE ABOUT 27, 28 OR 2820. BLAINE'S TAX INCREASE WAS OVER 20% LAST YEAR. YEAH, OURS IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR RIGHT. YEAH. FOR BETTER. AND I AND A LOT OF YOU CAN DRIVE A LOT OF DISCOMFORT IN THE CITY, BUT THAT'S GREAT ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. HEY THANKS, MIKE.

APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 10:00 IS THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE THE ROAD ROCK 10:00, 10:00. I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS AN INVITE. I'LL BE THERE IN SPIRIT. I'LL BE TEACHING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE'VE GOT THE DOWNTOWN EVENT VISITOR

[2. Downtown Event Visitor Analysis]

JASON. HEY, YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND I'LL TURN THESE SEATS OVER TO YOU. HOW ARE YOU? HI, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. WHERE'D YOU GET THEM FROM? SAINT PAUL. YES. SO GLAD TO BE

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OH, OKAY. PERFECT. WELL, GOOD TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU. I'M CARLY HANSEN, AS JASON SAID WITH SRF CONSULTING. JOHN INTRODUCE YOURSELF. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JOHN. COMMERCE.

I'M A SENIOR DIRECTOR ALSO WITH SRF CONSULTING. AND I'M A PROJECT MANAGER IN OUR SPATIAL DATA SCIENCES GROUP. SO I WORK WITH GIS AND ALL TYPES OF OTHER DATA ON BROAD VARIETY OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING THIS TYPE OF FOOT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. SO I KNOW THAT JASON SENT OUT THE FULL REPORT AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE'VE JUST PULLED TOGETHER KIND OF SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS. SO I WAS THINKING I COULD JUST RUN THROUGH THESE SOMEWHAT QUICKLY AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. SO JUST KIND OF TEEING IT UP WITH OUR STUDY AREA. WE WENT WITH THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN BOUNDARY AS THE STUDY AREA FOR THIS PROJECT. ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE MEASURED OR THAT WE EVALUATED WERE REALLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THAT WATERFRONT STRIP, THE PARK THAT'S RIGHT THERE. BUT WE EXPANDED THE BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE MORE DOWNTOWN TO KIND OF PICK UP ANY VISITORSHIP THAT MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN ONLY STRICTLY TO VISIT THE EVENT THAT WAS HAPPENING ALONG THE WATER AT THAT TIME. JUST KIND OF THE GENERAL EVENT ENERGY AND OTHER TYPES OF TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN, IN PART SPURRED BY THE EVENT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALSO IT EXTENDS A LITTLE BIT OUT INTO THE RIVER JUST TO CAPTURE PEOPLE WATCHING FIREWORKS FROM THEIR BOAT AND THAT TYPE OF THING. DEFINITIONS FOR A FEW TERMS THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE REPORT. SO A COMP, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CALLING A COMPARABLE NONEVENT PERIOD. AND WE USE THAT AS THE BASELINE FOR EACH EVENT'S MEASUREMENT. JUST TO SAY. ESSENTIALLY LIKE HERE IS HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT THE EVENT MADE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A JULY 4TH, WE MIGHT, WE USED, YOU KNOW, SAY JULY 11TH OR WHATEVER THE WOULD BE THE 29TH OF JULY, YOU KNOW, THE WEEK PRIOR, JUST TO SAY LIKE, HERE'S AN AVERAGE WEDNESDAY, HERE IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 4TH. JUST HOW MUCH DOES THE HOLIDAY IMPACT? VISITORSHIP.

SO THAT'S JUST A WAY TO KIND OF INDEX UP OR DOWN HOW MUCH THE EVENT MIGHT BE DRIVING PEOPLE INTO DOWNTOWN. AND THEN THE LIFT THAT IS THE ACTUAL KIND OF INDEX, THE WAY OF MEASURING THE DIFFERENCE IN VISITATION BETWEEN THE EVENT AND ITS COMP AND THEN TRADE AREA. THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL REGION THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING FROM TO REACH DOWNTOWN DURING THESE EVENT PERIODS. AND THE SOURCE DATA IS SELF.AI. YEP. SO IT'S ANONYMIZED MOBILE PHONE DATA.

OKAY. AND WHERE'S THE TOWER YOU WERE PINGING OFF OF? AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT KIND OF HOW YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. SO THE SOURCE PLACER.AI, THEY AGGREGATE AND ANONYMIZE EVERYTHING AND THAT'S HOW WE RECEIVE IT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM INDIVIDUAL DEVICES AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE TOWER. IT'S NOT LIKE A SPECIFIC TOWER. OKAY, OKAY. HOW ZOOMED IN CAN YOU GET? IS IT, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE LIKE SPECIFICALLY THAT AREA VERSUS I STEPPED OUT AND WALKED. YEAH, WE DO A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL SITE. I CAN DO IT FOR THE TARGET PARKING LOT, THIS TYPE OF THING. BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, A PLACE OF BUSINESS OR SOMEWHAT RELEVANT TO A CONVERSATION WE MIGHT BE HAVING LATER THIS EVENING. OKAY. WELL, IT DOES ALLOW FOR REALLY QUITE A LOT OF GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFICITY, BUT AS CARLY SAID, IT ALSO IS ANONYMIZED. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THAT SOURCE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY LEGITIMATE DATA PRIVACY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WITH THE SHARING OF MOBILE PHONE DATA.

AND THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'VE ORIGINALLY CHOSEN THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR.

YEAH. AND CARDS ON THE TABLE. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I FOUND THE NUMBERS TO BE REALLY SURPRISING. SURE. SOME EVENTS THAT I THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER, MUCH LOWER, SOME EVENTS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE MUCH LOWER, MUCH HIGHER. LIKE IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH WHERE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE AT ALL. I WOULD SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT THAT IS EXACTLY NOT THAT YOUR DISTURBANCE IS INTENTIONAL, BUT I WOULD SAY WHERE WE FIND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING THE

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CARLY CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS, BUT WE DEFINITELY CALIBRATE THE ESTIMATES THAT WE GET FROM PLACER WITH GATED RECEIPT EVENTS, INCLUDING. WE LOOKED AT SOME RECENT DATES OF THE STATE FAIR AND WE GET QUITE, QUITE CLOSE. SO WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT WITH. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WHERE YOU CAN GRAB RECEIPTS. ON THOSE EVENTS. SURE, IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. WE LOOKED AT LOONS GAMES RECENTLY. WE LOOKED AT THE STATE FAIR. THOSE GIVE A PRETTY DECENT SENSE OF CONTROLLED COUNTS. RIGHT. AND WE FIND THE THE DATA TO BE QUITE DECENT WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, 6 TO 8% RANGE. WHEN FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE STATE FAIR, WHEN YOU REMOVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STATE FAIR FAIRGROUNDS AS AS WORKERS, THEN WE MATCH ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE GATED RECEIPTS ARE THAT THE FAIR IS REPORTING IN THE STAR TRIBUNE. OKAY. I WANT TO DERAIL YOU TOO MUCH. YOU KNOW, ONE THING, ONE THING I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT ON THAT FRONT ALSO IS BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, OF COURSE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING FOR THE EVENT. BUT THIS IS REALLY A DOWNTOWN WIDE ANALYSIS. SO IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE NUMBERS MIGHT HAVE LOOKED HIGHER THAN WE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED IT COULD BE BECAUSE IT'S PICKING UP PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT STRICTLY THERE TO VISIT THE THE EVENT. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IT AS MORE OF A HOLISTIC DOWNTOWN ANALYSIS. SO JUST KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT FROM EACH OF THE EVENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, I SHOULD JUST SAY ALSO, SO WORLD SNOW, WE LOOKED AT KIND OF THE SERIES OF SUMMER TUESDAYS. I CAN DO THIS ON AGGREGATE SERIES OF SUMMER TUESDAYS FOR EACH SUMMER, THE 4TH OF JULY LUMBERJACK DAYS, THE RIVERTOWN ART FESTIVAL, HARVEST FEST, AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. SO JUST A QUICK TAKEAWAY FOR EACH OF THOSE WORLD SNOW. THAT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST EVENTS THAT DOWNTOWN SEES, AVERAGING ABOUT 55,000 VISITS SUMMER TUESDAYS.

AS MAY NOT BE TOO SURPRISING, THOSE ARE VERY LOCAL IN NATURE, SO THEY DRAW PEOPLE WHO EITHER LIVE RIGHT IN THE CITY OR NEARBY, AS OPPOSED TO FROM 20 OR 30 MILES AWAY. THE 4TH OF JULY IS THE ONE THAT REALLY BRINGS IN THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN VISITORSHIP WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO THE SIMILAR PERIOD, BRINGING IN ABOUT 13,000 ADDITIONAL VISITS. LUMBERJACK DAYS IS ALSO A DRIVER OF REGIONAL VISITATION, AVERAGING MORE THAN WORLD SNOW AT 68.4 THOUSAND VISITS, THE RIVER TOWN ART FESTIVAL ALSO MORE OF A REGIONAL DRAW. YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE THE TRADE AREA SPLIT INTO DISTANCE BANDS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VISITORS WHO ARE OVER TEN MILES AWAY, ESSENTIALLY IT HAS A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH SHARE OF VISITORS IN THAT LONGER DISTANCE OF THE TRADE AREA. HARVEST FEST. SO MANY OF THESE REALLY ARE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER MORE REGIONAL ATTRACTORS. SO DRAWING FROM AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE STILLWATER AREA, STRONG ATTENDANCE, BROAD REGIONAL REGIONAL PROFILE FOR HARVEST FEST AND MUCH HIGHER VISITATION FOR THE TREE LIGHTING THAN WHAT DOWNTOWN WOULD TYPICALLY SEE.

BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD THINK OF THE TYPICAL TRADE AREA FOR DOWNTOWN. SO NOT QUITE SO MUCH DRAWING FROM ALL OVER THE METRO AND BEYOND. SO IT IS DRAWING FROM LOCALLY, MOSTLY LOCALS OR BIG LOCAL PUSH. YEAH. THE TREE LIGHTING. YEAH. SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE A COUPLE OF THESE CONCEPTS. SO WE HAVE A LOCAL ATTRACTION VERSUS A REGIONAL DRAW. SO JUST USING AS AN EXAMPLE SUMMER TUESDAYS ON THE LEFT, HARVEST FEST ON THE RIGHT, SUMMER TUESDAYS, YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW CLUSTER THAT REPRESENTS A REALLY DENSE ORIGIN POINT OR, YOU KNOW, CLUSTER OF ORIGIN POINTS THAT PEOPLE ARE VISITING THE EVENT FROM. SO IN MOST CASES, THAT'S THEIR HOME LOCATION THAT IS GENERALIZED TO THE BLOCK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE. SO JUST KIND OF GENERAL HOME LOCATIONS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREA IS NOT AS WIDE RANGING AS IT IS FOR HARVEST FEST ON THE RIGHT. SO AS OPPOSED TO LIKE THE ONE

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FOR THIS YEAR, 2026, WE HAVE JANUARY I WOULD EXPECT 14TH THROUGH 18TH. AND THEN LUMBERJACK DAYS IS THREE DAYS. SO WE HAD THE 18TH. THAT'S SURPRISING. YEAH. ESPECIALLY ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE, RIGHT. BUT ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE THOUGH, TOO, I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY, NO WORLD SNOW. THAT COULD BE ONE. I WONDER WHERE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE VISITING DOWNTOWN STILLWATER IN THE WINTER WHEN THE TREE IS STILL UP AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS DURING WORLD SNOW, I GUESS, BUT IT COULD IT COULD BE SHORTER VISITS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE DENSITY. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST KEEPING IN MIND MAYBE PEOPLE ARE MAKING A DAY TRIP OUT OF COMING AND HANGING OUT IN STILLWATER IN THE WINTER BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO VISIT. YEAH, MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST WORLD SNOW. THAT'S JUST ONE POTENTIAL REASON FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. I MIGHT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THIS VERSION? YEP. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE ONE THAT WAS SENT OUT, BUT I REALLY, I LIKED THE WAY THAT THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE. AND YEAH, I LIKE THAT COMPARABLE, IF YOU LIKE, KIND OF A MORE EXPANSIVE SUMMARY ON SOME OF THE RAW DATA. YEAH. IN TIME PERIODS USING THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. I THINK I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. WE GET LOADS OF QUESTIONS, ALL OF US ABOUT EVENTS. SURE. AND THE VALUE OF EVENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE QUICK TAKEAWAY THAT WE GOT FROM THIS, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE VERY, VERY MUCH FOR OUR LOCALS AND ENJOYED BY OUR LOCALS. AND WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE MORE OF A REGIONAL DRAW, WHICH ISN'T MUCH OF A SURPRISE, BUT IT'S, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD MIX ALL IN ONE SLIDE DECK. I DO WONDER IF THE WORLD STILL COULD BE SORT OF A CASE STUDY FOR WHERE IT MIGHT BE, BOTH, BECAUSE THE WEEK AFTER, I THINK IS TENDS TO BE A DRAW FOR MORE LOCALS TO COME DOWN AND ENJOY. SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING DOWN THERE IN THE TENT STAYS UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. YOU DON'T WANT TO FIGHT THE CROWDS AND GO DOWN. I'M SAYING. SO IT WOULD BE GOOD, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. THIS DATA IS BASED ON THE FIVE DAYS, RIGHT? AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU GUYS. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE THANKS FOR MAKING THE TRIP UP. ABSOLUTELY. OUR DATA DRIVEN

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WELL, I'D BE HAPPY TO PASS IT ON. YEAH. I SEE A LOT OF THOSE GUYS. WE DID A LOT OF PROJECTS TOGETHER. A LOT OF PROJECTS. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK. APPRECIATE IT. BUT YEAH, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GET THIS ON THE SITE SOCIAL POST. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE THE DECK AND THE PRESENTATION BEHIND IT.

[3. Assistant City Administrator]

ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR MR. SANDERS, ARE WE DOING GOOD? DOING GOOD. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A FEW TIDBITS FOR YOU TONIGHT. NEXT MONTH WE WILL HAVE THREE ASSESSMENT HEARINGS, ONE FOR THE STREET PROJECT, ONE FOR THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, AND THE LAST ONE IS FOR THE OLIVE STREET PROJECT. THE COUNTY OF. AND TONIGHT IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'S. TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN COST. NEXT MEETING WILL HAVE THE COST FOR THE STREET PROJECT. LAST NIGHT. YOU MAY BE AWARE OR NOT BE AWARE OF. NDOT DID CONDUCT A SMALL PAVING PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN. YEAH, HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE. AND THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO US AS WELL. IT WAS JUST A SMALL MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT THEY FELT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. SINCE THEY'RE NOT PLANNING THEIR LARGER SCALE PROJECT NOW UNTIL 2033, I BELIEVE. OH, REALLY? YES. AND I THINK THEIR MNDOT IS NOT DONE. THEY'LL BE BACK A COUPLE MORE NIGHTS. THEY JUST HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED IT NOT TO DO A MILL AND OVERLAY, BUT MORE OF A THEY CALL IT MICRO SERVICING. IT'S KIND OF A SEALCOATING TYPE PROJECT. SO IT'S NOT AS INTENSE, BUT IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE MORE NIGHTS FOR THEM TO DO THE WORK.

REALLY SOME REALLY BIG POTHOLES OUT BY TARA SPRINGS KIND OF ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN. ARE THEY TAKING CARE OF THAT? THEY WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THERE TOO. AND I PASSED ON TO THOSE OTHER HOTELS AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM COMING TONIGHT. SO I PASSED ON TO THEM, AND I TELL THEM WE'LL LET THEM KNOW AS SOON AS WE KNOW THOSE DATES. WE'LL PASS THEM ON AND GET THEM OUT ON OUR SOCIAL WEB PAGE. AND THEN LASTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. CURVE CREST BOULEVARD PROJECT AT LAKEVIEW SITE. THE ROUNDABOUT AREA HAS BEEN GRADED AND PAVED. THEY WENT JUST TALKING TO THE CONTRACTOR TODAY WENT REALLY WELL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'D BE ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE THE NEXT PAVEMENT THAT THEY CAN DO THE WEAR COURSE FOR THE PAVING TO GET THAT COMPLETED. SO IT'S STILL ON ON GOAL TO BE OCTOBER 1ST, OPENING FOR THAT WHOLE NEW ROADWAY EXPERIENCE. THE BARRIERS BY PERKINS. YES. GREAT. YES. AWESOME. LITTLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THAT LEFT, BUT A LOT OF SMOOTH SAILING AND THEN REALLY QUICK, A NEW STOP SIGN. I WAS LIKE, WHOA, I THINK I BLEW THROUGH THAT THE FIRST TIME. YEAH. THERE YOU YEAH, IT'S GOT TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION THERE IS BECAUSE I JUST, I DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER THAT. AND I, WE'VE ONLY TALKED ABOUT THIS THREE TIMES, RIGHT? WE'RE WORKING, WORKING ON MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION OF THIS FOUR WAY STOP SIGN THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE IN LEGENDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRUCKS GOING THROUGH LEGENDS AND OH WOW, I KNOW GAS TRUCKS, RIGHT? ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE HOSPITAL. AND SHAWN GOT AHOLD OF A HAD A HOLD OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM, AND IT WAS STOPPED WITHIN LESS THAN AN HOUR, LESS THAN AN HOUR. IT WAS HANDLED BY SHAWN. SO I'M GETTING SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT DUST AND STUFF. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JASON, EVERYBODY'S STAFF. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT, GREAT WORKING ON THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RIGHT. I MEAN, AT THE END OF

[4. Police Chief]

POLICE CHIEF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK JASON FOR INITIATING THAT THAT DATA STUDY FOR US. SO WHEN WE DO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY KIND OF MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING FOR THESE EVENTS, AND IT'S AWESOME, YOU GET EDUCATED. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING FOR BOOTS ON THE GROUND IS SURPRISING TO US. I MEAN, WE CAN TELL YOU ONE ONE EVENTS AREN'T LUMBERJACK DAYS IS A NOTHING BURGER, AND WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT EVENTS PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO THIS IS LIKE KIND OF REAFFIRMS WHAT WE SEE, BUT IT ACTUALLY PUTS NUMBERS BECAUSE WE ALL JUST SORT OF SPECULATE. TOM AND I GO, THERE'S THIS MANY THOUSAND AND WE KIND OF GUESS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA. SO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR US IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. ALONGSIDE OF THAT, WE HAVE OUR VEHICLE BARRICADES THAT WE PURCHASED FOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN A FEW YEARS AGO. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ALLOWING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO USE THOSE IF THEY ARE IN NEED. AND IT

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BEN, THE LATERAL RECRUITING HAS KIND OF SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE THOSE MOVES TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR HAVE KIND OF DONE THAT. AND SO WE'RE BACK. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME BACK TO SOME YOUNGER CANDIDATES COMING OUT OF SCHOOL, WHICH IS EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ALL GOT OUR START. WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THAT RIGHT FIT AND THAT FOR THE CITY OF STILLWATER. SO DID YOU GO TO A POLICE ACADEMY, MIKE? I THINK YOU WORKED AT PARKS. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.

THAT THE COUNTY SAID. MIKE, YOU WOULD NEVER MAKE IT AS A COP. I NEVER SAID KIMBALL WAS A RESERVE DEPUTY. GOOD BUDDY DID. SO I WOULD NEVER SAY SUCH A THING, COUNCILMEMBER. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING ON I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU THAT WE'RE SWITCHING AWAY FROM LEXIPOL IN TERMS OF OUR POLICY, ELECTRONIC POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, GOING TO POLICY 360, WHICH IS A SPIN OFF, TECH, WHICH IS A NETWORK PRODUCT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS NOW. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PUT ON HOLD. HOWEVER, OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT DOES IS JUST REALLY IDENTIFY, ARE YOU DOING BEST PRACTICES? AND A NUMBER OF THINGS. I SIT ON THAT COMMISSION. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A WHOLE LITANY OF STEPS AND PROCESSES AND POLICY AND PROCEDURES THAT ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE DOING AND THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE DOING THEM. AND THIS IS A CHECKS AND BALANCE. ONE. IS IT IN POLICY TWO, ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING IT? AND THREE, SHOW US PROOF OF THAT. WE PAUSED THAT BECAUSE TO GET OUR POLICIES IN LINE, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR ELECTRONIC POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SET. THAT MAKES SENSE. THIS PROCESS OR THIS PROGRAM THAT WE PURCHASED FROM SWITCHED OVER FROM EKBERG, IS SPECIFIC TO MINNESOTA TO THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A TON. THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HIRING OUTSIDE FIRMS THROUGH GRANT PROCESSES TO MANAGE THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS. AND WE'RE DOING THIS INTERNALLY BY INTERNALLY, I MEAN REALLY FALLEN ON THE SHOULDERS OF CAPTAIN JULIAN AND A GROUP OF OTHER PEOPLE. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED. SO I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR, END OF LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROCESS BEING FINISHED BY QUARTER THREE. I THINK OF THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POLICIES THAT MATCH OUR STATE AND OUR CITY MORE SPECIFICALLY THAN KIND OF WHAT YOU'D BEEN WORKING WITH IN THE PAST, RIGHT? I MEAN, ISN'T IT? WELL, WE DO THAT NOW, AND I WOULD HAVE NO, NO QUALMS THAT WE WOULD PASS ACCREDITATION AS WE SIT. THE BIGGEST DRIVER FOR ME IS THERE'S AN APP. AND SO OUR OFFICERS CAN ACCESS THE POLICIES ON THE STREET AND THROUGH A SORT OF A AI, CHATGPT, THEY CAN SAY WARRANTLESS VEHICLE SEARCHES. HERE'S A SCENARIO, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE POLICY THAT AFFECTS THAT. HOW DO I TOW A VEHICLE? WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? IT'LL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE POLICY. AND SO IT'S MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY. YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE A BOOK SITTING IN THE OFFICE YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO. AND THEN WE WENT ONLINE WITH LEXIPOL WHEN I CAME HERE SIX YEARS AGO. AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE MORE CLUNKY. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO MINNESOTA AND SUPER USER FRIENDLY FOR OFFICERS, AND THE POLICY ISN'T AS GOOD. THERE'S ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR END USERS HAVE ACCESS TO IT, RIGHT? FOR SURE. THAT'S GREAT CHIEF, I LOVE IT. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO BUT IT'S JUST PAUSING THE ACCREDITATION A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MAKES SENSE.

AWESOME. I LIKE, I LIKE YOU, YOU LOOK BETTER ON FACEBOOK. IF YOU'RE WEARING A STILLWATER JACKET. I KNOW. BUT WE LIKE THE ONE SPORT WE HAD I THINK WAS MAYBE BETTER THAN STILLWATER WAS HOCKEY. AND WE WERE LIKE REALLY BAD AT HOCKEY. SO I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. THANK YOU.

[5. Library Director]

[00:35:05]

EVERYBODY. YEAH. YOU GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. MARK'S JUST A GREAT LEADER FOR THEM DOWN THERE. AND I DON'T WANT TO BRAG YOU UP TOO MUCH, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE LIBRARY. AND MIKE AND I. WENT TO LIBRARIES, BUT I JUST KNOW WHAT I KNOW A PERSON. I GOT A BOOK OVER THERE NOW.

[6. IT Manager]

WE'LL BE SET. YEAH. AND ALSO WE'VE ONBOARDED OUR GIS TECH. SPENCER COLLINS HE'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY. WE GOT MAPS TO OUR LEFT. WE GOT MAPS TO OUR RIGHT. WE GOT MAPS ALL NIGHT. AND WITH WITH THESE TWO. ANYWAY, HE'S BEEN GREAT. WE'RE MEETING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HOW WE CAN HELP THEM OUT, MEETING WITH EVENT PLANNING, AND HE'S COMING UP WITH MAPS TO HELP THEM GET ORGANIZED AND AND HELP COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON.

PARKING LOTS, JUST OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER SYSTEM AND ALL THAT. AND THE PLAN IS OCTOBER.

WE'LL DO AN INTRODUCTION OF HIM SO YOU CAN TO MEET HIM. AND THEN FINALLY, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE WATER TOWER BEING PAINTED, WE'RE. JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT WATER TOWER?

[00:40:03]

[7. Fire Chief]

THEY'RE CRAZY. SO GREAT. BY THE WAY, JUST LIKE BAYPORT LEGION JUST SHOWS UP FOR EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S NEVER HUGE DOLLARS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS LIKE EVERYTHING. THEY TOUCH EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. JUST LOVELY. AND HAVE SOMEBODY COME BY AND JUST DECIDE, HEY, HERE'S A NEED AND I WANT TO 85,000 RIGHT CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. IT'S A DREAM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT LIKE, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THAT UNCOMMON FOR US. YEAH. IT'S JUST IT'S, IT'S HARD TO LIKE, BE AS THANKFUL AS I CAN BE BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE DOING THIS WONDERFUL STUFF. SO A NICE REGIONAL OFFICE JOB THAT'LL BENEFIT MULTIPLE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY HERE. SO ON THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TEDDY'S HEART, WHICH IS THEY DONATE AED SAVE STATIONS. WE HAVE ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT TO THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THEIR SON HAD PASSED AWAY AND THERE WASN'T AN AED NEARBY. SO THEIR FOUNDATION WORKS TO PLACE THOSE IN PUBLIC SPACES. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR A FEW MONTHS AND NOW WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLACE ONE ON THE PLAZA DOWNTOWN BY THE PARK. SO IT WOULD SIT OUT ALL THE TIME, HEATED IN THE WINTER, COOLED IN THE SUMMER. IT'S MONITORED IMMEDIATELY. CALL 911 IF SOMEONE OPENS IT AND GRABS IT AND IS DISPATCHED. SO MET DOWN THERE WITH THE DONOR AND CHAD FROM PUBLIC WORKS LAST WEEK. AND THEY MARSHALL'S GOING TO WIRE IT UP AND THEN THE AD WILL BE SHIPPED, AND THEN WE'LL GET IT PLACED, AND THEN WE'LL DO A PR EVENT WITH THE DONORS AND TEDDY'S HEARTWORM. AND SO ABSOLUTELY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. YEAH, LET US KNOW WHEN WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING. I WANT TO BE THERE FOR THAT. DO ALL OUR SQUADS HAVE AEDS NOW AND ALL OUR POLICE VEHICLES HAVE AIDS? I REMEMBER ONE TIME THAT WAS A REALLY A PROBLEM. IT IS. SO ALL OF THE POLICE UNITS HAVE AEDS AND THEN ALL OF THE FIRE UNITS, THE FIRST UNITS OUT, ALL HAVE THEM IN THE CHIEF'S CARS, HAVE THEM. SO THE INITIAL SQUADS FOR US HAVE THE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MONITORS LIKE LAKEVIEW, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PACE AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE WITH IT. THE AED MONITORS THOUGH WE DO HAVE IN EVERY SQUAD. THAT'S AWESOME. SO THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. YEARS AGO IT WASN'T QUITE THAT WAY. SO I KNOW THAT'S COME A LONG WAY. SO IT IS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO IS GET THAT SHOCK INITIATED QUICKLY. SO WE DO HAVE THEM ON EVERY UNIT. AND THEN LAST IS THE SAFER GRANT AWARDS. WE'LL START BEING AWARDED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH AND THEY WILL CONCLUDE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO TWO, THREE WEEKS. WE SHOULD

[00:45:02]

ON THE FLIP SIDE IS THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY LEFT OVER THAT YOU CAN'T FUND THOSE. SO CAN YOU HELP FUND A SMALLER ONE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA? SO I THINK WE HAVE AS GOOD A SHOT AS ANYBODY WITH IT. SO HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. AWESOME. GREAT. THANKS, CHIEF. YEAH. THANK YOU TOM. ABSOLUTELY. ALL

[8. Finance Director]

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE OR TO RETAIN BAKER TILLY AS OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR AND ALSO TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF $2,595,000 IN BONDS AND GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, 2.5 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE CAPITAL. THE 95000 WOULD BE FOR ALL THE FEES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. GOTCHA. AND THEN ALSO NEXT MEETING, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH OUR BUDGET AND OUR LEVY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BACK AGAIN. JUST

[9. Community Development Director]

AND IN THE LAST SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT VISIONING AND KIND OF STARTING TO GET THINGS ROLLING. PRETTY SOON THERE'LL BE A ROLLOUT OF A WEBSITE WITH THE SURVEY PEOPLE CAN TAKE.

WE'RE STARTING TO DO SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH, HAVE SOME PRINTED MATERIALS. WE'RE GOING TO FARMERS MARKET, HARVEST FEST AND BE A PRESENCE TO DRIVE ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO GO AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO KIND OF HELP US START GENERATING THAT VISION. WE ARE STILL APPLYING FOR SOME METROPOLITAN COUNCIL GRANTS TO HELP FUND THAT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALSO HAS SOME MONEY WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR SOME OF OUR EFFORTS. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING ALSO SOME PLANNING COMMISSION EDUCATION EVENTS AROUND SOME COMP PLAN TOPICS ON THE OFF MONTHS WHERE WE'RE NOT DOING THOSE. WE'VE BEEN STARTING WORK ON THE ZONING CODE UPDATE. SO KIND OF BOTH OF THOSE KIND OF HAND IN HAND. SO A LOT OF INTERESTING WORK COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND JUST IN TIME FOR THAT, OUR NEW CITY PLANNER, JULIE, WILL START WITH THE CITY NEXT WEEK. AND THAT'S PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE BEN IS GOING OUT FOR SOME FAMILY LEAVE. BUT JULIE WAS SCORED HIGHLY BY ALL OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE, COMES WITH GREAT REFERENCES AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING RIGHT AWAY AND DIG INTO SOME OF THE PLANNING, WORK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST ONE FINAL NOTE, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTITUTE THE EDA, STARTING WITH THE MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, AT THIS TIME AT 430 FOR SOME THINGS TO TO DIG INTO. GREAT, I NEEDED. SPEAKING OF THAT, I NEED YOU FOR JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER THIS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANKS, JASON. AND WASN'T THAT FUN FINDING THAT LITTLE PARCEL OF LAND THAT RYAN RESURRECTED FROM AN EMAIL AND MAGGIE AGREEMENTS ON? GOOD MORNING. YEAH, WE'LL JUST GIVE IT BACK AND MAYBE WHATEVER. IT'S JUST THESE ARE SOME FUN TREASURES IN STILLWATER. ARE WE DOING. ELIZABETH. WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

[10. Administrative Services Director]

[00:50:03]

SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS QUICK AND I GET IT OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. AND. RIGHT.

YEAH. ESPECIALLY WHEN A SINKHOLE OPENS UP BY OUR DOOR. THAT HAPPENED OR SOMETHING.

THAT ONE I APPRECIATED. YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU GOT THAT OUT REALLY QUICKLY. I KNOW THAT INFORMATION CAME TO US SORT OF LAST MINUTE, BUT THEN ANOTHER LAYER WAS SHE TEXTED ME RIGHT AWAY TO SAY, HEY, PUT THIS OUT THERE IN CASE YOU WANT TO ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT TO SOME OF THE DOWN TOWN. YEP. IN THE CHAMBER. CHAMBER IS A GREAT PARTNER. THEY, I, I THINK THE SECOND DAY I STARTED, I MET WITH ROBIN AND SHE SAID, HOWEVER I CAN HELP YOU. SO I THINK JOE MAYBE MADE HER WAY TODAY, BUT IF I KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I GET IT TO HER AND SHE HELPS ME PUSH THAT WORD OUT TO YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR HER EMAILS JUST AS MUCH. SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT

[11. Deputy Clerk]

I'M LIKE THE GUY WITH THE KEYS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT GO UP AND GO BOOM, OR LIKE THE GUY LIKE THAT. ACTUALLY. YEAH, IT'S BEEN WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING FOR THE PFAS ENGINEERING COMPANY. WELCOME TO WHO'S GOT A GEOLOGY BACKGROUND. THAT WAS CRAZY, RIGHT? AND HE'S GOT ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK ALL THE RIGHT, LIKE, HERE'S HOW THE GROUNDWATER MOVES STUFF.

AND YOU'RE LIKE, DUDES JUST IN OUR BACKYARD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, UNREAL. WELL, COOL. WELL THANK

[12. City Attorney]

AND IT'S A FAST TRACK LITIGATION SCHEDULE. SO THE COURT HAS ORDERED MEDIATION.

I'M REQUESTING TONIGHT SORT OF JUST A NOD THAT THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE CITY ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATOR CAN ATTEND THAT MEDIATION BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP QUICKLY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S BEST FOR YOU ALL. ANY SETTLEMENT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU, RIGHT? WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE MEDIATION IS GOING TO GO. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. RIGHT. JUST KIND OF AUTHORIZE HEAD NOD THAT THEY CAN ATTEND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND TRY TO TRY TO SETTLE IT IF THEY CAN. NOT BINDING. PARDON ME. NOT BINDING MEDIATION, IS IT? WELL, IT'S NOT BINDING UNTIL YOU APPROVE IT. OKAY. RIGHT. SO IT HAS TO COME BACK TO THE SETTLEMENT. YEP. GOOD. SO THAT'S IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU,

[13. City Administrator – 2026 Strategic Plan Report]

[00:55:04]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. BUT YEAH LET'S GET THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU. ONE MORE UPDATE WITH THE WITH JOE KELLY LEAVING HIS LAW FIRM. OH THAT'S RIGHT. FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROSECUTORIAL SERVICES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING OUT IN THE INTERNET WORLD THAT THINGS IT'S PROBABLY BEST PRACTICE TO DO THAT. PERFECT. NO, IT MAKES SENSE WITH JOE. WELL, I HEAR YOU GOT A BIG, BIG OLD JOB. YEAH. FANCY PANTS. I KNOW HE SAID HE COULDN'T TURN IT DOWN. NO, I DON'T BLAME HIM.

I MEAN, THIS IS A LOVELY PLACE TO WORK AND ALL, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING. AWESOME. WELL, JOE WAS GREAT. KUDOS TO HIM FOR THAT. SO AWESOME. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WITH THAT, WE'LL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.