[0:03] All right, we'll call the regular city

[0:04] council meeting Monday, February 9th, 7

[0:07] p.m. to order. Uh, roll call. Jovona,

[0:11] >> Toby Nelson,

[0:11] >> Sam Solars,

[0:12] >> David Paradise,

[0:13] >> Michelle Otto, Jackie Hines,

[0:15] >> Jared Vogi, Dan Reamer.

[0:18] >> All right, I do not see Pastor Kathy for

[0:21] invocation. Um, please rise for the

[0:24] pledge of allegiance.

[0:29] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:31] United States of America and to the

[0:34] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:37] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:40] justice for justice for all.

[0:47] » All right. I will be looking for a

[0:49] approval of the agenda.

[0:51] >> I will make the motion to approve the

[0:53] agenda.

[0:54] >> I'll second. Any discussion?

[1:00] All right. Miss Otto,

[1:01] >> I.

[1:02] >> Miss Paradise,

[1:03] >> I.

[1:03] >> Mr. Nelson,

[1:04] >> I.

[1:04] >> Mr. Vontoma,

[1:05] >> I.

[1:06] >> I'll vote I. Approval of agenda passes

[1:08] 50. You're looking for a approval of the

[1:11] consent.

[1:12] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[1:14] consent agenda.

[1:15] >> I'll second.

[1:17] >> Any further discussion?

[1:18] >> I just have a quick question. On page

[1:20] 35, are we still paying for the Comcast

[1:24] here?

[1:26] No, we are because there's only certain

[1:28] services that are excluded per the new

[1:30] contract.

[1:31] >> Okay.

[1:32] >> All right. Thank you.

[1:36] >> Any further questions?

[1:38] >> All right. Mr. Bonma,

[1:40] >> I.

[1:40] >> Mr. Nelson,

[1:41] >> I.

[1:41] >> Mr. Paradise,

[1:42] >> I.

[1:43] >> Miss Otto,

[1:44] >> I will vote I. Passes 50.

[1:48] Wright County Sheriff's Office.

[1:55] Good evening, mayor and council and

[1:57] community. I am Deputy RS with the Red

[1:59] County Sheriff's Office. A lot of you

[2:00] guys probably haven't met me yet. Been

[2:02] with Sheriff's Office since about June

[2:04] of last year. So, been down in Montro's

[2:06] Waverly since the beginning of this

[2:08] year. So, um just in Montro alone this

[2:12] month, we have had 99 calls for service,

[2:15] 55 cases, and two PC arrest this week.

[2:19] Um, in January we had 254 calls for

[2:22] service. Uh, 133 cases and five PC

[2:26] arrests. Um, just comparing a little

[2:29] bit, we have had 100 more calls for

[2:32] service than Maple Lake, 50 more than

[2:34] Clearwater, and about 30 to 40 more than

[2:37] Anaddale, and 100 more than CO. Just to

[2:39] show a little bit of comparison to

[2:41] surrounding communities. Do you guys

[2:43] have anything for us?

[2:48] » No. Okay, I think we're good.

[2:49] >> Community, any comments, questions,

[2:51] concerns.

[2:53] >> Yeah,

[2:57] » that includes everything.

[2:59] >> All righty.

[3:00] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[3:03] >> All right, moving on to reports and

[3:05] recommendations. Uh, city council

[3:07] monthly activity report.

[3:11] >> Uh, last month I had city council

[3:12] meeting, planning and zoning. I had a

[3:15] meeting with Kim from Grace Place

[3:17] council workshop and the elected leaders

[3:19] conference.

[3:21] >> I had city council council workshop and

[3:25] elected leaders conference.

[3:27] >> Let's see. City council workshop um meeting with

[3:32] the league of Minnesota cities with

[3:33] other right county mayors. Um league of

[3:36] Minnesota cities elected leaders

[3:38] conference

[3:40] meeting with Wright County and talks

[3:42] about Clementa. Um,

[3:45] I think that's about it.

[3:48] >> City council, city council workshop,

[3:50] fire department, big Minnesota cities

[3:52] elected leaders.

[3:55] Uh, we had a right county meeting and uh

[3:59] went to Mary'sville's meeting last year.

[4:03] >> Uh, city council workshop coun uh I

[4:05] wasn't at the council meeting um

[4:08] Mary'sville fire department dinner which

[4:10] we you guys all attended too.

[4:11] >> Yes.

[4:12] um the caucus that was just last week

[4:15] and celebrate Montros.

[4:19] >> All right. Montros Fire Department.

[4:28] » Good evening, Mayor and Council.

[4:30] Attached in your packet is the activity

[4:32] report for January of 2026. Um total

[4:35] calls were only 16, so we're down a

[4:37] little bit from last year. Um which

[4:38] we're okay with. Um training standard

[4:41] training for the month for the most

[4:42] part. Um

[4:45] 2026 captains were selected to be Cory

[4:47] Dit, Eddie Andreoff, and Joey Ty. Same

[4:49] as uh 2025 captains. Then

[4:52] acknowledgement is just to all the

[4:53] firefighters for their commitment and

[4:55] service to the Montro Fire Department

[4:56] throughout the entire year of 2025.

[4:59] Any questions on that?

[5:02] >> Nope.

[5:03] Then just to recap on our um prime rib

[5:07] dinner which was held last this past

[5:08] Saturday. Um we served uh right around

[5:11] about 390 meals um served. Um special

[5:15] thanks to Hollywood um sports complex

[5:18] and catering um for helping us out with

[5:20] the dinner. Um Justin Emmery, he's a

[5:22] huge supporter. Gives us silent auction

[5:24] items, allows us use of his bounce house

[5:26] and a whole bunch of other stuff.

[5:29] um and then everybody who donated items

[5:31] for the silent auction and then all who

[5:34] attended um and supported the fire

[5:36] department. We also did some recognition

[5:39] um during the dinner. Uh the 2025

[5:42] firefighter of the year um was selected

[5:44] to be uh Roy Koko Henry. The top

[5:47] responders were Kelly Stole and Keith

[5:49] Johnson for 2025. And then we recognized

[5:52] Alan Mortonson for over 28 years of

[5:54] service. He'll be retiring later this

[5:56] month here and that'll come before you

[5:58] guys in the uh March packet. So, thanks

[6:02] for all who came and supported us. Uh we

[6:04] appreciate it and hope everybody had a

[6:05] good time. So, any questions?

[6:10] » No.

[6:11] >> Perfect.

[6:11] >> We're good. Thanks, Kevin.

[6:13] >> All right. Uh nothing for EDA planning

[6:16] and zoning.

[6:17] >> Uh mayor and council included in your

[6:19] packet are the planning and zoning

[6:21] commission meeting minutes from their

[6:22] January 14th meeting. um also are two

[6:25] applications for two new members to

[6:27] planning and zoning. So, we would be

[6:28] looking for um a motion to accept each

[6:32] of those applications.

[6:36] » I'll make a motion to accept Tracy Gerna

[6:38] Planning and Zoning. You want them

[6:40] separate, right?

[6:40] >> Yes, please.

[6:41] >> I'll second.

[6:43] >> Any further discussion on that?

[6:47] >> Miss Otto,

[6:48] >> I.

[6:48] >> Miss Paradise,

[6:49] >> I.

[6:49] >> Mr. Nelson,

[6:50] >> I.

[6:50] >> Mr. Vontoma.

[6:52] >> I vote I passes 50.

[6:56] >> I'll make a motion then to approve

[6:58] Kendra Sailor also to planning and

[7:00] zoning.

[7:01] >> I'll second that.

[7:02] >> Any further discussion?

[7:06] >> Miss Otto

[7:07] >> I.

[7:07] >> M. Paradise.

[7:08] >> I.

[7:08] >> Mr. Nelson.

[7:09] >> I.

[7:10] >> Mr. Bontoma.

[7:11] >> I.

[7:11] >> I'll vote I. Passes 5.

[7:20] Nothing for park and wreck. Nothing for

[7:23] city engineer.

[7:26] All right. Public works. Danny, what you

[7:28] got?

[7:28] >> Air and council. Uh on page 59. Um we'll

[7:33] start off um the CIP plan that we

[7:36] uh talked about before. We have some

[7:38] equipment on there that we are trading

[7:40] in and rolling out. Um first thing is

[7:43] the Bobcat.

[7:45] um with the quote you have in front of

[7:47] you again, page 59, just trading in our

[7:50] 2015 Bobcat to upgrade. Um looking to

[7:55] get approval for that and it did come in

[7:58] under budget.

[8:03] Any questions you got?

[8:09] Any questions for Danny on the Bobcat?

[8:17] We're budgeted for that. Correct.

[8:18] >> Yeah,

[8:19] >> correct. They were provided in the CIP

[8:20] plan, the four budget.

[8:24] >> Good job, company under budget.

[8:27] >> Say I don't see a import tax or anything

[8:29] like that on this one. So,

[8:34] » that's nice.

[8:35] >> And you could see on there, they're

[8:36] giving us a trade in on our old one. So,

[8:40] um, with that being said, we traded in

[8:43] every 5 years prior, and this has been

[8:45] 10 now. So, um, we're going to keep

[8:49] these equipments on a rolling trade out

[8:52] to try to get some money for them before

[8:54] they're worth nothing. So,

[8:57] um, this is just the start of it. So,

[9:03] looking for that approval.

[9:09] » I'll make a motion to approve the Bobcat

[9:11] purchase of 42,500.

[9:13] >> I'll second. Any further discussion?

[9:17] >> All right. Mr. Rontoma,

[9:19] >> I'll vote I.

[9:20] >> Miss Otto,

[9:21] >> I.

[9:21] >> Miss Paradise.

[9:22] >> I.

[9:22] >> Miss Nelson.

[9:23] >> I.

[9:23] >> I'll vote I. This is 5.

[9:27] >> Uh, thank you, Mayor Councel. Um on page

[9:31] 61 now and included in your packet is

[9:35] the two John Deere zero turns we are

[9:38] trading out um for two um

[9:44] Toro zero turns and again they are

[9:47] giving us a tradein value of 14,000

[9:52] um but there's still a cost upfront.

[9:55] Um, we're looking to probably keep these

[9:58] for 5 years and trade them out again.

[10:02] So, I'm looking to get approval again

[10:04] that came in under budget um for the

[10:07] 30,560.

[10:12] » Danny, did they I see price and I see

[10:15] net. There's about a $5,000 difference.

[10:16] Do they give a discount or something for

[10:18] us?

[10:20] Yeah, I mean the state bid,

[10:23] >> you know, we taxes

[10:24] >> they give us state bid prices.

[10:26] >> Okay.

[10:28] >> I just wanted to make sure that it was

[10:29] the 58 and not like 69 or 70,

[10:32] >> right?

[10:35] » And that's the same with the Bobcat. We

[10:37] try to stay I mean we pretty much do

[10:39] stay with dealers that are state bid.

[10:44] Um, I'll make a motion to approve the

[10:46] purchase from Eminem Express in the

[10:49] amount of 30,560.

[10:52] >> I'll second.

[10:54] >> Any further discussion?

[10:56] Miss Paradise.

[10:58] >> I,

[10:58] >> Mr. Vontoma.

[10:59] >> I,

[10:59] >> Miss Otto,

[11:00] >> I.

[11:00] >> Mr. Nelson,

[11:01] >> I.

[11:02] >> I'll vote I. Passes 50.

[11:04] >> Thank you, Mayor Council. Moving on to

[11:06] number two. Um members of the VFW have

[11:09] came to the city wondering um get

[11:12] council approval to mow the VFW mow and

[11:15] trim. Um their members are getting

[11:17] older. Um Billy Babetts now is the

[11:19] volunteer mower there. Wondering if

[11:22] public works could mow that um for them

[11:25] from this point out.

[11:29] » How much time you think that would add?

[11:34] depending upon

[11:36] mowing and you know season wet season

[11:39] it'll grow fast. I'd say hour mowing

[11:41] half hour weed whipping every

[11:43] >> time in that area. So it's not like

[11:46] you're traveling over there just for

[11:47] that or is there nothing?

[11:48] >> We're already in the area for other

[11:50] things we mow.

[11:51] >> Okay.

[11:52] >> So um

[11:54] I don't see it being an issue, but it is

[11:57] a private lot. It's not city-owned yet.

[12:00] I know they were talking about possibly

[12:02] donating it in the future, but

[12:05] um

[12:07] >> I can't just say yes without council

[12:09] approval.

[12:15] » Any thoughts, council?

[12:19] » If somebody gets hurt, who's that go on?

[12:24] >> Uh well, you'd have to talk to our

[12:25] insurance company on that and see what

[12:28] happens. Um, I am not going to allow

[12:30] summer help to mow that. That is a

[12:32] pretty steep bank. Um, public works will

[12:34] strictly be mowing that. As far as weed

[12:37] whip and summer help can do that, but

[12:40] >> um, I guess we could call an ass. I

[12:42] never really thought about that

[12:45] if we're have like an umbrella coverage.

[12:47] Uh, me and Jackie can look into that.

[12:52] It's a

[12:52] >> good question. That's what I was going

[12:54] to ask.

[12:56] I mean,

[13:00] I I think we should maybe table it till

[13:03] next month. I mean, we have a few months

[13:04] till grass is going to start growing to

[13:06] maybe get that insurance answer before

[13:08] we

[13:09] >> Could we make a motion per approval

[13:12] through insurance and attorneys?

[13:18] Then I'll I'll make a motion to approve

[13:22] mowing and weed whipping the VFW per uh

[13:25] approval through insurance and

[13:27] attorneys.

[13:29] >> I'll second.

[13:30] >> Any further discussion?

[13:33] >> Mr. Nelson.

[13:34] >> I.

[13:34] >> Mr. Paradise.

[13:35] >> Hi.

[13:35] >> Mr. Bontoma.

[13:36] >> Hi.

[13:37] >> Otto.

[13:38] >> I.

[13:38] will vote I. Passes 5.

[13:41] >> Moving on. Mayor and council number

[13:43] three is the BNSF railroad improvements

[13:46] at Clementa. I was contacted about a

[13:48] month ago from BNSF stating that um they

[13:52] are going to upgrade the crossing and

[13:54] the city is liable for 50% of that.

[13:58] Um Jackie, what were those numbers right

[14:01] off hand?

[14:02] >> So, yep. I continued a conversation

[14:04] after Dan and so this is the railroad

[14:06] crossing um at uh Clementa and the

[14:09] track. Um, currently it's not scheduled

[14:12] work. It's not scheduled to happen yet.

[14:15] We won't know that until probably April

[14:16] or May when it will happen. Um, half of

[14:20] it is roughly 48,000 that we are on the

[14:23] hook for. So, this was not budgeted, not

[14:26] planned. Um,

[14:29] >> after talking with the engineers, they

[14:30] are recommending that we

[14:33] move forward and allow well obviously we

[14:36] have to allow it let it happen instead

[14:38] of um having it be done when Clementa is

[14:41] done next year

[14:43] >> um just due to the way the work is done

[14:46] in the order um public works will have

[14:50] to provide traffic control. It's about a

[14:52] 3-day project. The road will be closed

[14:54] for 3 days. Um, we do have to find an

[14:57] asphalt contractor to finish up the job.

[15:00] Um, and that's about all the details

[15:02] we've been given at this point. They

[15:05] couldn't provide anything further for us

[15:06] until it actually gets scheduled.

[15:08] >> They said here you have to pay 50%

[15:10] figure it out.

[15:11] >> We don't have a choice.

[15:12] >> Fantastic.

[15:13] >> How does that affect the project for

[15:14] next year then?

[15:15] >> Yeah.

[15:17] >> So, they've asked us to basically um

[15:20] have the railroad grind. Am I saying

[15:23] this correctly? um do the work past

[15:27] their property line and onto Clementa.

[15:30] So that am I wording this?

[15:32] >> So we could tie into when Clement was

[15:34] redone.

[15:35] >> So yes, exactly. So when the Clementa

[15:39] Avenue project occurs, then we simply

[15:41] tie into where they left off

[15:43] >> and we don't have to get a railroad

[15:45] permit to be in there right away. Um

[15:47] flaggers for being in there right away,

[15:49] all that sort of stuff. So it' be more

[15:51] efficient for the city's project.

[15:55] cheaper, right?

[15:58] >> Not cheaper.

[16:00] >> No,

[16:02] >> I I did

[16:03] >> I did kindly ask BNSF to give us a more

[16:06] than a sixmon heads up next time.

[16:09] >> Yeah, that's

[16:10] >> um but they're like

[16:13] >> they really didn't care what I had to

[16:14] say. It's they you know we it's our

[16:17] crossing now, right? Half of it's ours,

[16:19] half it's BNSF. So, um,

[16:24] you know, so we could budget for it. So,

[16:25] I say from moving on forward, I, you

[16:27] know, I'm going to ask them like, "How

[16:28] many years do you redo these?" And we'll

[16:31] budget for it accordingly. But this was

[16:33] out of left field. So,

[16:36] >> and then public works is responsible for

[16:38] traffic control.

[16:39] >> Yeah.

[16:40] >> Awesome.

[16:40] >> And we have charge for that.

[16:42] >> We'll just shut the roads down and send

[16:43] out notifications to the people that

[16:45] it's going to affect as soon as we get a

[16:47] date.

[16:48] >> Yep. We'll just have to put up

[16:49] barricades to block the road.

[16:51] >> I mean, hopefully they give us a heads

[16:53] up longer than a week out when they're

[16:55] going to come to do it.

[16:57] >> So,

[16:58] >> I mean, the citizens will know as soon

[17:00] as we know.

[17:01] >> Yeah, we were told that they would a

[17:03] decision should be made around April

[17:06] that they would have um a start date.

[17:10] >> Okay.

[17:12] So looking forward to we have to provide

[17:15] our own asphalt company.

[17:18] >> Yeah, that that when they give us a

[17:21] heads up, I'm going to have to start

[17:23] calling around. Right. I mean, we don't

[17:25] have asphalt,

[17:26] >> right?

[17:27] >> We're not that big of a town. We don't

[17:28] do it ourselves. So,

[17:31] and hopefully we can get one lined up at

[17:33] the same time. Otherwise, the road's

[17:35] going to be closed down longer than 3

[17:36] days.

[17:37] >> That's a big concern. The earlier the

[17:40] heads up, the better for us.

[17:45] » It's giving me a headache.

[17:46] >> Yeah. I don't want to hear in April that

[17:47] they're doing it in May.

[17:49] >> Yeah. Or we'll be out there next week.

[17:54] » Um, as far as funding goes.

[18:00] » Mhm.

[18:03] Um, we have planned for some additional

[18:06] and over in our streets. So, that's part

[18:09] of that kind of overplanning. Um, so I'm

[18:13] We'll be fine.

[18:15] >> I knew we would. I just want to make

[18:17] sure.

[18:23] » So, we looking for a a motion.

[18:26] >> Just information.

[18:26] Okay.

[18:29] >> I'm assuming we'll get a more solid

[18:31] number when it comes, but

[18:33] >> just another thing to keep up with what

[18:34] they said.

[18:36] Um, any more questions on that?

[18:40] >> Not right now.

[18:43] >> Um, and then number four, I don't really

[18:45] have any updates for you. Um, if you got

[18:48] questions for public works, I'll answer

[18:50] those now.

[18:53] >> Any questions for Danny?

[18:55] >> No.

[18:57] Danny, I think you're good. Thank

[18:59] you.

[19:01] All right. Uh, let's see. You got no old

[19:03] business. Moving on to new business, uh,

[19:05] Reich County Snowmobile Agreement.

[19:11] » U, I'm Kurt Ritter with the Delo

[19:12] Snowmobile Club and on behalf of Wright

[19:15] County Snowmobile Association, we've had

[19:17] a landowner agreement with you guys in

[19:19] the past. We're just trying to update

[19:20] our records and and include it. There

[19:24] really isn't all what it does that gives

[19:27] us access to the road ditches and the

[19:29] rideways. There really isn't much in

[19:31] there. I think I don't know if the map

[19:33] is attached or not, but

[19:35] >> um it it kind of comes up to Casey's and

[19:38] that's pretty much it for right now. I

[19:41] know we've worked in the past to trying

[19:42] to get something through town and it's always in the works and that's

[19:45] something that we would come to you guys

[19:46] with if something were to change.

[19:55] » So, what was included is just basically

[19:56] an updated agreement.

[19:59] Council,

[20:03] any questions?

[20:11] » Looks pretty straightforward to me.

[20:14] >> I'll be looking for a motion.

[20:22] » I'll make a motion to approve the Ray

[20:24] County Snowmobile Association permit

[20:25] agreement.

[20:26] >> I will second. Any further discussion?

[20:31] Mr. Paradise. Hi,

[20:32] >> Mr. Bontoma. Hi,

[20:33] >> Miss Otto. Hi,

[20:34] >> Mr. Nelson. Hi.

[20:35] >> I will vote. I passes 50.

[20:38] >> Thank you.

[20:38] You just want to send it out

[20:40] then?

[20:40] >> Yes, I will.

[20:41] >> All right. Thank you very much.

[20:42] >> Thank you.

[20:43] >> All right.

[20:43] >> Montro Ambassadors, I saw you in here

[20:47] somewhere. There you are.

[20:54] Hello, my name is Jaden Dolick and I am

[20:57] the 2025 2026 Mantros ambassador. I want

[21:00] to share a little bit about my year so

[21:02] far and what it means to represent our

[21:03] community. As an ambassador, my role is

[21:05] to serve as a positive representative of

[21:08] Mantros, especially for youth, and to

[21:10] help support the community and other

[21:12] groups in our community. Over the first

[21:14] half of my year, I've had the chance to

[21:16] be part of some really meaningful and

[21:18] fun experiences that have helped me grow

[21:21] personally while also giving back to the

[21:24] community that I'm proud to call home.

[21:26] One of my favorite events to participate

[21:28] in are the parades and coronations. The

[21:31] Anoka parade as well as the holiday

[21:33] parades like Winstead, Cambridge, and

[21:35] Montgomery were so fun. Cold, but a

[21:37] great time. Meeting the other girls from

[21:39] other communities and representing

[21:41] mantras have has been a great experience

[21:43] for me. Anyone that knows me knows that

[21:46] this has taken me beyond my comfort zone

[21:48] and I'm really learning new important

[21:50] skills like public speaking and

[21:51] introducing myself to new people.

[21:53] Another highlight for me has been

[21:55] joining in at community events like

[21:58] breakfast with Santa with celebrate

[22:00] mantras and community meals with Grace

[22:02] Place. Being able to support these

[22:05] events has helped me better understand

[22:07] needs within our community and how

[22:09] important it is for young people to stay

[22:11] involved and give back. Looking forward,

[22:13] I'm really excited for the warmer

[22:15] parades. I'm looking forward to

[22:17] continuing to represent Montro's meeting more community members and

[22:21] helping support events that bring people

[22:23] together. These opportunities not only

[22:25] strengthen the city's sense of

[22:28] community, but they also help

[22:30] ambassadors like me develop leadership

[22:32] skills and confidence. Overall, being an

[22:34] ambassador has already taught me so

[22:36] much, even though the majority of my

[22:38] experiences in Crown are still ahead of

[22:40] me, I admit I still have some work to do

[22:43] and I'm ready to continue to work. Thank

[22:45] you for your support as a city,

[22:46] borrowing the city trucks and giving us

[22:49] a place to store our float, which

[22:50] recently got a makeover that we're

[22:52] excited to show off at upcoming parades.

[22:55] My community family and I are grateful.

[22:57] Thank you for your time tonight and for

[22:59] continuing to support programs that

[23:01] encourage youth involvement and

[23:03] community involvement.

[23:05] >> Thank you, J. Thank you, J.

[23:14] All right, I have a request for council

[23:16] action for the rental ordinance

[23:19] discussion. So, we got uh Jonathan

[23:21] Danielson, Ross Danielson,

[23:24] Sue, I'm sorry, I'm probably going to

[23:26] botch your last name, Bonic, Becky

[23:29] Yarns,

[23:30] >> and then I've also got a couple open

[23:31] form requests talking about the same

[23:33] thing if you guys just kind of all want

[23:35] to be one.

[23:37] >> All right, you okay with that?

[23:39] >> Yes. Come on down. Just state your name

[23:42] and your address for me, please.

[23:47] » Good evening. I'm Jonathan Danielson. Uh

[23:50] 409510th Street Northeast in Buffalo. Um

[23:53] I own JR Real Estate for those who don't

[23:56] know me. Um I don't recognize a lot of

[23:58] new faces on the board here. New mirror.

[24:00] Um I'm not here to really scream or yell

[24:04] or cuss or anything like that. I just

[24:06] have some questions and uh just kind of

[24:09] more or less it would have been nice to

[24:11] have a discussion with you or a workshop

[24:12] with you on this um rental ordinance. I

[24:17] get why you want to do it as far as you

[24:19] know making sure the rentals are safe

[24:21] and I I agree rentals should be safe and

[24:23] I know some landlords don't do that but

[24:27] I like to pride myself as I'm not one of

[24:29] them. I've had a lot of tenants for many

[24:31] years stay with me six, seven, eight

[24:33] years. Um, and I I try really hard not

[24:36] to raise rent because, as you know,

[24:38] everything else is going up, but um, I

[24:41] just have a couple key points I'd like

[24:43] to discuss. I know there's a lot of

[24:44] other people that would like to talk, so

[24:46] I'll make it brief. Um, but in the past,

[24:50] I've I sell real estate, too, so I've

[24:52] worked with the city in the past on

[24:53] stuff, and it's been really easy to work

[24:55] with, communicate, everything was great.

[24:57] However, I don't feel like that in this

[24:59] case. this is kind of just kind of

[25:01] shoved down our throats without talking

[25:03] to us and you know it affects us and you

[25:06] know I know some people think 125 bucks

[25:08] or 180 bucks or whatever the fee is

[25:11] isn't that much but when you're trying

[25:12] to keep rent down and taxes insurance

[25:16] has everything is going up and we're

[25:18] doing our best to keep it down um it's

[25:21] just another expense onto us and on top

[25:23] of it you know if something happens I

[25:25] know I've heard a couple that you know

[25:28] state law doesn't require you know of a

[25:29] GFI buy is not in a bathroom if it's

[25:31] grandfathered in, but the inspectors are

[25:34] now requiring that. Well, it's kind of

[25:37] more expenses on us, you know, and it's

[25:39] not anything that's dangerous, you know.

[25:41] I see if something's dangerous.

[25:43] Absolutely. But as I hope I take care of

[25:46] my my units, so it shouldn't be

[25:48] anything. Um,

[25:51] but I'd like I guess my whole point is I

[25:52] just wish this would have it came to us,

[25:55] talked to us. Um, I use the example is

[25:58] like Um, city of Buffalo sent out a um,

[26:03] notification about stuff and we could

[26:05] have workshopped it with you. City of

[26:07] Maple Lake did the same thing. You know,

[26:09] they heard us out, talked with us.

[26:11] Ultimately, they decided not to pass it,

[26:13] but that wasn't quite my point. My point

[26:15] was is they wanted to talk to us and our

[26:17] concerns and our, you know, what can we

[26:19] do together to make it work. Um, there's

[26:22] a lot of us that never got informed. The

[26:24] only reason I found out, um, was through

[26:26] my dad and through Sue. Um, nothing was

[26:29] sent to me until after I reached out to

[26:32] the city. I know there's a few landlords

[26:34] back here that haven't got anything yet.

[26:36] Um, and I know Christy had said that she

[26:38] mailed stuff out and you know how mail

[26:40] is these days, you know,

[26:41] >> but I had no idea that the dues were due

[26:44] on February 1st or the inspection was

[26:47] due on the March. Wasn't until I called

[26:48] the city to get that information, which,

[26:52] you know, that's where I wish the

[26:53] communication would have been a little

[26:54] bit better. we could have workshopped it

[26:56] versus having a bunch of angry people.

[26:58] And like I said, I'm not here to yell. I

[27:00] just wanted to talk, kind of give you my

[27:02] two cents. And I understand that there's

[27:04] some rental properties that are not

[27:06] included in this, such as the mobile

[27:08] manor. Um, and a lot of that was due to

[27:12] the was it something to do with the

[27:14] utilities or something? But Country View

[27:17] Estates is the same thing where we're

[27:19] not individually paying the city

[27:21] utilities that's in our HOA. the board

[27:23] pays it or the the the state pays it.

[27:26] So, I guess why is that not included?

[27:29] But we're included. Um I just think if

[27:32] it's going to be

[27:34] implemented, it should be across the

[27:35] board in my opinion. Um and then there's

[27:39] just a couple things that when I was

[27:40] reading through your sheets you sent

[27:42] out, um you know, it can't be two times

[27:45] the amount of rooms. So, I give the

[27:46] example of a four-bedroom house, but if

[27:48] the family of 10 comes in, I the state

[27:50] says I can't discriminate against them

[27:52] because they have eight kids. So, how

[27:54] does this the board work through that

[27:56] cuz I don't want to lose my rental

[27:57] licenses, but I also don't want to break

[27:58] any laws. Um, another one is, you know,

[28:03] if you can't, it's only one family. So,

[28:06] I use the example, I had one that took

[28:07] in a sick friend, you know, but now

[28:09] that's not the same family. So, am I

[28:12] breaking the rules with the city then or

[28:14] how do we navigate that and you know

[28:17] just some of the things I would have

[28:19] liked to workshop with you just so it

[28:22] we would have known more and then same

[28:24] thing with the fees. I know other towns

[28:26] have them but they're two to three times

[28:28] more than other cities. So, how come

[28:30] it's more expensive and what does that

[28:32] funds go towards? I guess um that's kind

[28:35] of my main points. So, I know there's a

[28:37] lot more I could go through, but I want

[28:39] to be respectful of time. So, I thank

[28:41] you for hearing me out and hope to work

[28:43] with you in the future. I'd like to keep

[28:45] doing business in my office. So,

[28:47] >> I appreciate it. Thank you.

[28:49] >> Thank you. Appreciate it. you.

[28:59] » My name is Sue Fallon Donic and I'm the

[29:01] president of the Association of Country

[29:03] View Estates and we too were floored

[29:07] that this was not even brought to our

[29:08] attention prior to the information. I

[29:11] was given an email saying they needed to

[29:14] know the tenants in the buildings. Well,

[29:17] I don't own every unit. My husband and I

[29:19] own nine units out of the 57 units that

[29:22] are available. And it we did not think

[29:25] that it was up to us to tell you who's

[29:27] living in these complexes. And I did res

[29:30] respond back saying, "Well, are you

[29:31] asking the homeowners who's living in

[29:34] their units?" Um, it just seems like the

[29:37] renters are being penalized for renting

[29:39] in this city. I own property in

[29:42] Minneapolis and I've gone to many

[29:44] meetings and I've never felt this left

[29:46] out. We always had workshops as Jonathan

[29:49] said and talking to the owners. Montro

[29:52] is not a high middle class area. Country

[29:56] View keep tries to keep their rents

[29:59] relatively low because of the clientele

[30:02] in this area. We know that they're not

[30:04] making 50 $60,000 a year. Um they're

[30:08] actually lower income. And so what's

[30:10] happening is all these fees, including

[30:13] the water that we pay $6,000 a month for

[30:16] three buildings, is adding on to the

[30:18] pressure of the owners who have to pass

[30:21] that on to their tenants. So the rents

[30:24] are going up to almost $13,400

[30:27] a month. Now, I don't know about you,

[30:30] but when I bought my first house, I did

[30:32] not pay anywhere near that much money.

[30:34] And now you're asking people to move in

[30:37] a in a in a community such as Montrose

[30:41] and it's a small community and things

[30:42] are lower down here than they are the

[30:44] city. We don't get the commuters like we

[30:47] used to do when I came out here 26 years

[30:49] ago. Um there's still a lot of people

[30:51] that go to the city and they can make

[30:52] money out there but in Mont in Montro

[30:56] Cooko Buffalo Howard Lake they're not

[30:58] making that kind of money. So I guess

[31:01] what the bottom line is why we were not

[31:04] brought into the mix of this. We are

[31:06] probably your largest rental area for units in a complete in a small area.

[31:12] We're also told as Jonathan brought up

[31:14] was the water. Our association pays that

[31:17] water. We have association dues that

[31:19] each owner pays monthly of $325.

[31:23] So if you own multiple units, you're

[31:25] paying for that the water plus the

[31:27] electric for the outside and the

[31:29] interior hallways. So what's happening

[31:32] is we're we've got owners who want to

[31:34] sell now. We could be sitting there with

[31:37] empty units because no one's going to

[31:39] pay what the going rate for for units

[31:42] are right now. We're trying to keep it

[31:44] low. And as the president, I have to be

[31:47] responsible for all the monies that come

[31:49] in. I have to make sure as you do that

[31:51] this tax money that we're we're sending

[31:54] for here is spent wisely and that's what

[31:57] we're trying to do. So we had just had

[31:59] hoped that you would contact us and let

[32:02] us know this was coming because we've

[32:04] had to con increase our association dues

[32:07] twice in a year and it's it's getting

[32:10] more expensive and if you want more

[32:12] people to move into your area you have

[32:15] to make it affordable for other people

[32:17] as well. I mean, yes, you have expensive

[32:19] homes around the exterior, but you also

[32:21] have people who want to live out here

[32:23] who grew up here or older people who

[32:25] want to go into smaller units. And so, I

[32:29] appreciate um in the future to contact

[32:31] us directly. Um we were told once again

[32:35] the mail, we were told that we were

[32:37] given this stuff. We never received

[32:39] anything in the mail. So, and then all

[32:41] of a sudden we found out that February

[32:43] 1st we had to have, you know, so we had

[32:46] to come up with thousands of dollars in

[32:48] order to pay for the fees all at one

[32:50] time with really no notice. And you

[32:53] know, you had decided made this decision

[32:55] back in November and I think it would

[32:57] have just been a really good um

[32:59] community if you would have included the

[33:02] people who are renting in your city.

[33:05] Thank you.

[33:06] >> Thank you.

[33:16] There we go.

[33:23] Hello.

[33:24] Sorry about that. Hello. My name is Ross

[33:27] Danielson. I live at 3616 20th Street

[33:30] Northeast in Buffalo. I have 18 rental

[33:33] units here in town. And again, we were

[33:37] blindsided. Also, um

[33:40] they just mentioned about the fees about

[33:42] thousands of dollars having to come up

[33:44] with the fees. It's kind of the same

[33:45] situation that you guys are running into

[33:47] right now with the railroad. It's going

[33:49] to cost you $48,000 is what it just

[33:52] said. It's not in your budget

[33:54] whatsoever. This is what is not in our

[33:56] budget at all either itself. So

[33:59] ultimately we try to keep our rents

[34:02] lower than we than market rate is and

[34:06] stuff. I maintain my units the best I

[34:09] can and stuff. We have tenants that they

[34:12] need something done. They're done. I had

[34:15] my inspections today and stuff. I had

[34:18] people back out today to fix the little

[34:21] items that was was asked to have

[34:23] repaired and stuff. So,

[34:27] the communication and the working with

[34:29] the city and the city has worked with

[34:32] us. It took 16 years to get Rockbrook

[34:36] Boulevard.

[34:39] Thanks to Jessica that came on and said,

[34:42] "Hey, we need that road fixed." We

[34:45] worked together and it worked out

[34:47] wonderful. I went to every single

[34:49] property owner. We had a conversation.

[34:51] We spent time together. We made a plan.

[34:53] She helped us do do an assessment

[34:55] against the property and it all worked

[34:57] out. Yes, it cost money. It's costing

[35:00] the the the you know the property owners

[35:02] and the current owners and stuff, but it

[35:05] was communication that worked together

[35:07] and we got it accomplished and

[35:09] everybody's happy.

[35:10] >> Can I make a clarification on that first

[35:12] though?

[35:12] >> Yep.

[35:13] >> The more that you That was actually not

[35:14] Jessica. That was Christy.

[35:16] >> Oh,

[35:17] >> that was Christie that did all that

[35:18] work. So, I just want to make that

[35:20] clarification.

[35:20] >> Okay. Sorry about that. No,

[35:22] >> you're fine. So, um, a lot of my

[35:24] communication was was through Jessica.

[35:26] So, anyways, thank you, Mantros, for

[35:29] working with us because that's the most

[35:31] important part. It was the communication

[35:33] that worked together that got a project

[35:36] that needed to get done accomplished.

[35:38] And that's the whole point I think that

[35:40] everybody has here. I'm not really sure

[35:42] how, you know, this is right to even be

[35:46] able to go into somebody else's home and

[35:49] inspect it and determine how they should

[35:53] live or what,

[35:55] you know, condition of what things are and stuff like that. I think that's

[35:59] a real invasion of privacy. It's to me

[36:01] it's redlinining. It's it's, you know,

[36:04] it's it's it's discrimination. But I

[36:08] know other communities doing it. So

[36:10] somewhere's along the line, they must

[36:12] have figured out somehow to make it

[36:13] legal, but um it is what it is. We we're

[36:17] working through it. Um I do have a point

[36:20] that Jonathan made up um and Sue made up

[36:24] the point too, trying to make housing

[36:27] affordable.

[36:30] Jonathan made the point that you can't

[36:32] have more than two families in a home

[36:36] and stuff. Sue made the point that we're

[36:40] trying to have affordable housing and to

[36:44] make it conducive for people to get

[36:47] started to work together. I had four

[36:50] young gentlemen very religious and stuff

[36:53] that couldn't afford by themselves. So

[36:55] they got out of two overexpensive rental

[36:58] properties. They came together and four

[37:00] of them rented a four bedroomedroom

[37:03] townhouse and stuff that knocked their

[37:06] rent down from 850 each to 450 each

[37:10] which made it affordable for them. But

[37:12] now my understanding and you guys will

[37:15] have to explain it to me how this is

[37:17] going to work and stuff. I would have to

[37:19] deny them a rent which I can't do under

[37:24] federal laws. So,

[37:29] » that's something that's that you it's

[37:31] going to have to be explained or how how

[37:33] do we work through it or what how do you

[37:35] handle a situation like that? Um

[37:39] other part of this um was the

[37:42] registering your renters and stuff for

[37:45] the utilities.

[37:47] You already have an ordinance in place

[37:50] that stipulates in the event that the

[37:53] utilities do not get paid, you certify

[37:56] them to my taxes

[37:58] and stuff. I asked the question and

[38:01] stuff, why doesn't the utilities then

[38:03] follow the tenant? Because the tenant

[38:07] can run. They get behind on their rent.

[38:09] They get behind in their utilities. They

[38:11] run and they might run to somebody

[38:14] else's unit within the city. Why doesn't

[38:17] that bill transfer to them when they

[38:20] apply

[38:22] for new utilities in a different unit in

[38:24] the same community?

[38:26] >> Because it's

[38:27] >> ultimately then if you know if they

[38:30] leave and go to a different community,

[38:31] ultimately you're going to certify it to

[38:33] my taxes anyway. So why are we

[38:36] registering them and making it my issue?

[38:40] So, I flew home from Arizona

[38:43] to handle this stuff and to register my

[38:47] tenants because I didn't have the

[38:50] capabilities of doing it from Arizona.

[38:52] Okay. I don't bring my computer with me.

[38:55] I detach completely. I have a phone.

[38:57] That's it. Nothing goes to my phone. So,

[39:00] anyways, um I'm not sure why a tenant

[39:03] can't register themselves for their

[39:07] utilities.

[39:08] So, that's a a question I have for the

[39:10] city, too. Um,

[39:20] I guess I'll I'll I'll stop there and

[39:23] stop before I run out of time because I

[39:25] know other people want to have some

[39:26] time, too. Okay.

[39:27] >> Thank you very much.

[39:28] >> Thank you.

[39:28] >> I hope we can follow up.

[39:42] I just heard a couple times and I'm

[39:43] Becky Yarns um a landlord and I've also

[39:46] got about 18 units but just was

[39:48] wondering um I love the idea hearing

[39:51] about a workshop

[39:53] >> and that would have been nice that we

[39:55] could go ahead and you know get

[39:57] information ask questions in a more

[40:00] informal situation.

[40:02] One of the other questions I have is if

[40:05] you don't get licensed, what happens? I

[40:09] mean,

[40:11] if if you don't get lensure,

[40:15] what happens to our with our tenants?

[40:17] And like many people said, we've been

[40:19] trying to keep our this is not uh we

[40:22] don't have any big businesses here. And

[40:26] I know I've had some of my tenants I've

[40:28] had for like 10 to 15 years. And so many

[40:32] of them are over 65

[40:35] and it's like they they're not making a

[40:38] lot of money. And so it feels like yes,

[40:41] property taxes are going up and the and

[40:44] the uh insurance is going up and now

[40:47] this.

[40:49] So that's another question. I'd love to

[40:51] see a workshop because I've got way too

[40:53] many questions. The other one too is um

[40:56] why what happens? This is our first time

[40:59] going through this. So, we don't even

[41:01] know what exactly West Metro is going to

[41:04] be looking at. Are they looking at how

[41:07] clean are people keep their places? I

[41:10] know I've got one gal with cancer. She

[41:12] can't move around that much. I've got

[41:14] another gal with one leg. She can't move

[41:17] around that much. And so, it's like how picky are they going to be? We don't

[41:24] know,

[41:25] you know, if the and and like uh when

[41:28] you walk into a place, you know, if I've

[41:30] got a landing, I've got a little scratch

[41:31] on the floor. Do we have to get new

[41:33] flooring for the whole unit or, you

[41:37] know, is that going to be okay?

[41:41] I would just love to see a workshop.

[41:44] Thank you.

[41:53] Hey, good evening. My name is Kevin

[41:55] Gtle. I live at 1855 Silverbell Road in

[41:58] Egan and I own some condos or I'm a

[42:02] partner in ownership in some condos on

[42:03] Mindy Lane. I'm also a commercial real

[42:05] estate guy and I work all over the state

[42:07] with apartment buildings and I own in

[42:09] other I own apartments and apartment

[42:12] buildings and condos in other mostly

[42:15] small towns around Minnesota. I was just

[42:18] wondering,

[42:20] are you able to tell me are the

[42:21] inspections going to be done within from

[42:23] city employees or are you hiring

[42:24] somebody from outside of the is it an

[42:27] outside firm that's going to be doing

[42:28] these or something? I heard somebody say

[42:30] there's an outside firm coming in.

[42:32] >> Uh we've hired Metro West to do all

[42:34] inspections.

[42:35] >> Oh, I can imagine they're expensive.

[42:38] >> No,

[42:39] >> I mean not incredibly expensive.

[42:40] >> Okay. I don't know what expensive is. I

[42:43] It just sounds expensive, maybe. Thank

[42:45] you for that. Absolutely.

[42:47] >> So, okay. Um, one of the things I was

[42:49] wondering because I also own a

[42:50] manufactured housing park, not here in

[42:52] town, but I heard that you're not going

[42:54] to inspect trailer homes that are

[42:56] rented. Is that correct?

[42:58] >> That is not correct. We are inspecting

[42:59] them. They are they are included.

[43:01] Correct. Yep. We've been in somebody's

[43:03] rent out a trailer house. They're

[43:04] getting inspected.

[43:04] >> Correct.

[43:05] >> Thank you. Good to know. I just wanted

[43:07] to talk about a couple of the fees that

[43:08] I pay in some of the other towns that

[43:10] are very similar to size and population

[43:12] and offerings. Truman, Winnebago, Blue

[43:15] Earth, Reborn. Nothing, nothing, Um, new 30 bucks a

[43:20] door per year. Mano, 45 bucks a door per

[43:24] year. So, the to me I'm still trying to

[43:27] pay the first half of

[43:32] last year's property taxes off after

[43:37] evicting a bunch of drug addicts that I

[43:39] inherited unknowingly at 5,000 bucks a

[43:43] shot with no rent. while I'm, you know,

[43:45] going through that process and a $20,000

[43:47] remodel on the unit. This is all very

[43:49] real numbers. We spend a million bucks

[43:52] in town on rentals and we haven't made a

[43:54] penny. So, but I think we're going to

[43:57] make money the next year and then the

[43:58] taxes go up and then I think we're going

[44:00] to make money the next year and then the

[44:01] association fees go up. All that we do

[44:04] is pass this on to the tenants and $125

[44:08] a door seems very extravagant um for I

[44:12] guess the size of the town or what I see

[44:14] in other cities. And we do just I'm I'm

[44:17] probably going to write something into

[44:18] my leases and pass that directly onto my

[44:22] tenants like I do move in fees. $200

[44:24] moving fee gets passed directly onto the

[44:26] tenant. So, we're trying to do some

[44:28] affordable housing. And the last person

[44:29] that looked at one of my units for lease

[44:32] here in town said I I asked I said is

[44:35] why are you here? Well, this is the

[44:36] cheapest place in Wright County that I

[44:39] can find to live. Okay, thank you. You

[44:41] know, um so passed on the costs. One of

[44:45] the things when I unfortunately I don't

[44:48] have my letter here that I got that I

[44:50] was given from the association, not from

[44:53] the city about what you guys are have

[44:55] passed already. I was I was confused

[44:58] reading through it if it's a two-year

[45:01] inspection versus a three-year

[45:02] inspection. I didn't really understand

[45:06] how often the inspections were going to

[45:08] be or if the original dues, the original

[45:11] cost to license something was the same

[45:13] as the later inspections. Some of that

[45:18] was kind of mis I couldn't really

[45:19] understand. Sounded like it contradicted

[45:22] itself in the paperwork.

[45:24] Um, so I just went through and told my

[45:29] tenants I was raising their rents. I got

[45:31] one old lady says I got to move out.

[45:35] I can't have her move out. I'm going to

[45:36] have to throw all that remodel into her

[45:39] apartment. I've got other ones that are

[45:41] also saying that younger ones saying I

[45:43] can't. We're going to have to give our

[45:45] notice. I tried to go to 1400. The girl

[45:47] settled at 1,500 or 1350 to stay for 6

[45:50] months. The other one I they're strong

[45:53] iron. They're going to they're going to

[45:54] leave me empty if I raise their rents.

[45:58] No, my fees go up regardless.

[46:01] Pretty soon I'm going to have to

[46:02] refinance that loan and I'm going to be

[46:04] negative. It's not really and I I you

[46:08] know, actually the next one I have

[46:09] coming open, I'm going to put it up for

[46:10] sale because it's just been one thing

[46:14] after the next. Can't get contractors to

[46:17] come to Montro. The price of, you know,

[46:20] even a refrigerator these days is crazy.

[46:22] So, at $125 a door, I was going to ask

[46:26] that you might reconsider that fee. I

[46:29] just got the letter about the fees. I

[46:31] haven't even paid mine yet. So, I was

[46:34] hoping that we were all going to lock

[46:35] arms and ask that these fees would be

[46:38] lowered.

[46:41] Maybe it's too late, but I'm asking that

[46:43] the fees be lowered. I'm asking that

[46:45] these fees be because 1,250 bucks to my

[46:48] little account here at my Mundy

[46:51] Apartments over here. here. Mindy Lane,

[46:53] I don't have it.

[46:54] >> I ain't got it.

[46:56] >> I'll come up with it somehow if I have

[46:57] to. I I think I have till the end of

[46:59] this month before I get a fine or a fee.

[47:01] I'm not even really sure. Um but yeah,

[47:05] thank you for all of that. Um

[47:09] and then yeah, if we had a guide of what

[47:11] we were expected when what to expect

[47:15] when the inspectors come through, that'd

[47:16] be helpful as well.

[47:18] >> Thanks. Thanks very much.

[47:20] >> Thank you.

[47:37] My name is Alan Williamson. I rent from

[47:40] the Donaldsons. I've been with them for

[47:43] nine years. I have no problem paying my

[47:46] rent, which is good. But this fee that

[47:51] you're charging, the inspections that

[47:54] you're doing, and the people you're

[47:56] choosing to do them too is ridiculous.

[48:00] Usually renters are people who can't

[48:03] afford to live in a home or a private

[48:07] home and or they choose not to live in a

[48:12] private home because they can't do the mowing and the snow plowing and

[48:17] things of that nature. needs to be done.

[48:21] The fee you're charging is going to

[48:23] raise my rent, I would estimate $20 a

[48:26] month.

[48:28] And for people, some people that I know,

[48:31] that's extravagant. They can't afford

[48:33] $20 a month for this fee that you're

[48:36] charging. The other thing, it doesn't

[48:39] state anywhere in the letter how often

[48:41] you're going to do this inspection. Are

[48:43] you going to do it once a day? You going

[48:45] to do it once a week? You going to do it

[48:47] once a month, once a year, once every

[48:50] five years? What's the what's what's the

[48:53] per periodic rate? I mean, if you're not

[48:56] going if you're going to wait a year to

[48:58] do an inspection, then all the batteries

[49:01] can go bad on smoke alarms. All kinds of

[49:04] things can happen in a year.

[49:07] Also, why aren't you expanding this

[49:09] program out to private homes? This

[49:11] inspection needs to be done in private

[49:13] homes just as much as it needs to be be

[49:16] done in apartments. So by

[49:21] bringing this into a small group of just

[49:23] renters, you're discriminating against

[49:25] renters, you're saying you're second

[49:28] rate citizens. We don't want you here.

[49:33] And to me, it's a travesty.

[49:37] I I believe that this

[49:41] program that you're doing is illegal. Uh

[49:44] it's discriminatory

[49:47] and I have a feeling that the state of

[49:50] Minnesota and the city of Monro and all

[49:54] these other cities that's adopting this

[49:56] principle is end going to end up in a

[49:59] class action lawsuit.

[50:02] That's all I have to say. Thank you.

[50:04] >> Thank you.

[50:11] Hello, I'm Bill Fiser. Uh, I guess my

[50:15] address 7062 6th Street Southeast

[50:18] Buffalo.

[50:20] Um, I am vice president of the Country

[50:23] View Estates and uh, I guess I'm kind of

[50:26] ditto on everything that's kind of been

[50:29] said before me. Um, I personally have

[50:33] never been contacted by the city or

[50:36] anyone of the city. Um, I think there's

[50:38] a lot of hearsay going on.

[50:41] Like I'd heard that the trailer courts

[50:43] weren't going to get inspected or what

[50:45] have you. And and so I think because

[50:48] there was never a workshop or what have

[50:50] you. Um there's a lot of

[50:53] miscommunication

[50:55] and things uh going around because

[50:59] nobody's had a formal meeting to really

[51:02] go over some of the documents that I

[51:04] have kind of received secondhand. Um I

[51:08] think were preliminary things that

[51:10] things did change out of those

[51:12] documents. Um as whatever did get final,

[51:15] I guess. I don't I like I say I don't

[51:18] know. I don't uh I haven't uh registered

[51:21] any of my units and what have you. Um

[51:25] just seems to be over and over more and

[51:28] more government overreach in my opinion.

[51:31] And uh I used to have 21 rental units.

[51:34] I'm down to eight and I'm actually

[51:36] redoing one in Country View and selling

[51:38] it. I the least amount of these rentals

[51:41] I can have I have no rights anymore and

[51:44] um it's a government overreach. just

[51:47] gets to be too much. But I would like to

[51:49] see uh some kind of a workshop or what

[51:54] have you and and get this nailed down to

[51:56] who's who and what and get all the

[51:59] landlords um notified and and then

[52:03] notified of what is what are the rules,

[52:06] what do we need to do and what have you

[52:08] that way. So,

[52:10] thank you.

[52:11] >> Thank you.

[52:14] All

[52:20] right. Anyone else want to speak?

[52:24] Come on up.

[52:26] >> I'll be very quick. I'm Scott Stovone

[52:29] with Stomo Real Estate and Property

[52:30] Management. We manage multiple

[52:32] properties here in Montro and all around

[52:35] the area. Um the biggest thing my

[52:38] question for you is what we are having

[52:42] issues with other cities when it comes

[52:44] to the inspections nowadays. Um we're

[52:46] having a lot of tenants that are

[52:48] refusing to allow the inspectors into

[52:52] the their homes

[52:55] and for good reason. You we all watch

[52:57] the news um and they're scared. They

[53:02] know us, trust us. We do our

[53:04] inspections. they're fine with that. But

[53:06] when someone official comes in, it

[53:08] scares them. So, and that's going to

[53:12] happen in your community, too. You got

[53:13] to figure out what are you going to do

[53:15] when that happens. Are you going to pull

[53:18] that rental license? Are you going to

[53:19] kick them out of the street? What is going to happen at that point

[53:25] for them? All right, that's it.

[53:29] >> Thank you.

[53:29] >> Thanks.

[53:35] All right. We got anyone else who would

[53:37] like to speak?

[53:43] Doesn't look like we do. All right. Um,

[53:47] here's what I'm going to propose. I I'd

[53:50] like to have a workshop with all of you.

[53:52] Um, let's sit down. Let's kind of go

[53:55] over this ordinance. Um, and get your

[53:58] guys' feedback on this. Um, we are more

[54:00] than willing to work with you guys on

[54:01] this. Um, so I think that should

[54:04] probably be our next step here. Um, if

[54:08] that's suitable for you guys. Again, I

[54:10] mean, we're more than willing to work

[54:12] with you. Um, I mean, the lack of

[54:14] communication. Yep. I I mean, the city

[54:17] will own that. You know, we apologize

[54:19] for that, but let's let's sit down.

[54:20] Let's have a workshop. Let's go through

[54:22] this and let's hammer it out and make

[54:24] sure it's kind of fair for everybody.

[54:26] Does that sound sound good?

[54:28] >> Yeah.

[54:29] Absolutely.

[54:30] >> Quick question.

[54:31] >> Yeah, of course.

[54:31] >> With that with the fees and the

[54:33] inspections, the insp

[54:38] workshop.

[54:39] >> Yeah, I'm going to suggest that we do

[54:41] put a pause on that right now. Um I'm

[54:44] guessing we probably need a motion to

[54:46] pause that. But um yeah, I would uh I

[54:49] would think we should probably put a

[54:50] pause on that for now until we can sit

[54:52] down and

[54:53] >> follow the ones that inspection.

[54:56] >> Yep. I knew that was coming. What do we

[54:58] do from there?

[55:04] » What are our thoughts here?

[55:09] » Yeah.

[55:11] >> No, no. I I I totally I totally

[55:13] understand. I was I was thinking that

[55:15] through my head as everybody was talking

[55:16] what that would look like and I I don't

[55:18] know what that's going to look like

[55:19] right at this moment in time.

[55:21] >> Yeah.

[55:22] >> Just comment in what your response was.

[55:24] See, one of the items that I forgot to

[55:27] ask about is I have some tenants that

[55:30] are out of state for the winter.

[55:32] >> Mhm.

[55:33] >> You know, and they're not returning.

[55:36] They have security on their home. They

[55:38] have video in their house and I don't

[55:41] have access

[55:42] >> right

[55:44] >> and I was told that I could possibly be

[55:46] fined for every month until they get

[55:49] home. But that shouldn't be

[55:52] >> that shouldn't be work.

[55:54] >> Yep. I I agree. I agree. So, let's set up a workshop. Like to work

[56:01] with you guys on this. Um, you know, as

[56:03] far as the pause and everything, we can

[56:05] figure that out during the workshop. I,

[56:08] like I said, I've been racking my brain

[56:09] as you guys were all talking, trying to

[56:10] figure out how that would work. But, um,

[56:12] so, yeah, let's set that up. Council, we

[56:16] good with that?

[56:20] » I'm good with that. I would recommend

[56:22] since we've had issues with mail, can

[56:25] each landlord supply uh an email address

[56:29] to the city so we can get direct contact

[56:31] because I want to make sure you guys get

[56:33] that.

[56:34] >> Thank you.

[56:35] >> Those of us who have registered should

[56:37] have our email.

[56:39] >> Yeah.

[56:39] >> Yep.

[56:41] >> Send them registration.

[56:46] So I do know that um this information

[56:48] was sent out like months ago. Um

[56:57] » so then how then how did you

[57:02] by the end of the month that was the

[57:04] notification I had to call find out what

[57:07] this all about. So, all of this

[57:09] paperwork started going out in October

[57:11] and you know, obviously we can't control

[57:13] it once it leaves the city. Um, but we

[57:16] certainly have prepared those documents

[57:18] and sent them out. We did struggle with

[57:21] sending information to Country View

[57:23] because we don't have those owners

[57:25] names. Um, I do have copies of emails

[57:27] here where we started asking for that

[57:29] information in August and we were denied

[57:31] the information. So we we did, you know,

[57:34] in fairness, we did have a difficult

[57:36] time getting a hold of owners at at

[57:38] Country View because when we contact

[57:41] when we made contact with that person,

[57:42] we were unable to

[57:44] >> Let's do this. Let's let's not worry

[57:45] about the communication piece. I mean,

[57:47] that's over and done. It's water in the

[57:49] bridge. We don't need to sit here and go

[57:50] back and forth on it. Let's just let's

[57:52] get a meeting set up. Let's get a

[57:53] workshop set up and we can we can start

[57:56] from there. We'll just kind of I won't

[57:58] say start from scratch, but get your

[57:59] guys' input on what this would look

[58:01] like. I just want to get comment on the

[58:03] rent. I mean, when the rent goes through

[58:05] the city, it may be 10, 15 days before

[58:08] the owners get that rent. So, there is

[58:10] an issue with Montro's mail and we all

[58:12] know that issues with Howard Lake. Yep.

[58:15] >> All straight down.

[58:16] >> So, I guess when we say that, we're not

[58:19] attacking the city, right?

[58:21] >> But we're just coming up with the facts

[58:22] that we did not receive,

[58:23] >> right?

[58:24] >> Yep. Nope. Totally understand. So,

[58:29] all right. So, we will have the city get

[58:31] a hold of you guys. We'll set up a

[58:32] workshop and kind of go through

[58:34] everything, kind of hash everything out

[58:36] and come up with something that works

[58:37] for all involved.

[58:39] >> All right. We need a motion for that. I

[58:42] don't think so.

[58:43] >> Okay.

[58:45] All right. Are we good?

[58:47] >> Perfect.

[58:48] >> Love to hear

[58:50] just to make sure that we're all on the

[58:52] same page.

[58:52] >> Yes, sir.

[58:54] Can we all of us that are here email to

[58:58] the city?

[58:59] >> Yep.

[58:59] >> To Christie and just confirm this is the

[59:02] email. This is get us on the list and

[59:05] make sure that

[59:07] we are all in their system so that we

[59:11] get the back.

[59:12] >> Yep. The order to call the

[59:15] >> all of us here right for the owners to

[59:18] take it.

[59:20] required to register your your

[59:22] utilities. Your information's on there,

[59:24] our email, our contact, all of that's on

[59:26] that on there. But

[59:30] just to make sure we're following up,

[59:32] let's everybody here email

[59:35] back to confirm you're on the list so

[59:39] that when this workshop comes together,

[59:42] there should be a group email that can

[59:45] be, you know, 30, 40, 50, 60, whoever

[59:49] come into the workshop

[59:52] >> that there's a group email that comes

[59:53] back out and we all get it and we're all

[59:56] on the same page.

[59:58] >> Sound good?

[59:59] >> Sounds good to me.

[1:00:07] » Sounds like somebody out there is

[1:00:08] bringing the donuts. So, who it's going

[1:00:11] to be?

[1:00:16] Wow. Welcome to Montro.

[1:00:20] All right, if we got no further

[1:00:21] discussion, we're going to move along to

[1:00:23] classification and compensation study.

[1:00:26] >> Mayor and council, included in your

[1:00:27] packet tonight, there was a formal

[1:00:30] proposal from DDA and Associates um for

[1:00:34] a classification and compensation study.

[1:00:37] I did reach out to four different

[1:00:39] companies. Uh two responded. The other

[1:00:43] one I did not get a formal proposal from

[1:00:45] Abdo. Um he quickly this afternoon sent

[1:00:48] me an email with an amount. Um so um his

[1:00:54] amount that he sent me was 11,300.

[1:00:59] » That was Abdo.

[1:01:00] >> I'm sorry.

[1:01:01] >> That was Abdo.

[1:01:04] And the other one included in the packet

[1:01:07] that we received. Um there was a couple

[1:01:11] different options.

[1:01:13] Um, I would say to be most comparison,

[1:01:17] uh, the fourth option that they included

[1:01:19] would probably be apples to apples to

[1:01:21] abd,000

[1:01:24] >> and that was 9,000.

[1:01:26] So, I did ask about a timeline for this.

[1:01:30] Um, they would it would take about 2 to

[1:01:32] 3 months to complete. Uh, Abdo

[1:01:36] recommended waiting until after the

[1:01:38] salaries came out at the end of June. Um

[1:01:41] I disagree with that and believe we need

[1:01:43] to get moving forward with this um so

[1:01:46] that perhaps we can have it done in May

[1:01:49] completed.

[1:01:51] If we wait until the end of June for

[1:01:53] that study to come out, we are looking

[1:01:55] at an end date of October.

[1:02:08] Council, what's your thoughts?

[1:02:15] I will also say Abdo did find that they

[1:02:18] did one 10 years ago.

[1:02:20] >> So that was probably our last one.

[1:02:21] >> That was the last one and they should be

[1:02:23] done every 3 to five.

[1:02:24] >> Okay.

[1:02:26] >> I do think it's very important that we

[1:02:28] do this.

[1:02:30] >> I agree and I uh plan to have it going

[1:02:32] forward. We can pick so many years

[1:02:35] >> at a later date, but to get it on a

[1:02:37] plan.

[1:02:37] >> Yep.

[1:02:39] I do also agree that we need to do these

[1:02:42] more regularly, like you said, the three

[1:02:44] to five years, but I agree with Jackie.

[1:02:45] I think waiting

[1:02:47] >> and not having it done to October is not

[1:02:49] good for us,

[1:02:50] >> right?

[1:02:53] » And I think with kind of the reorg that

[1:02:57] city's going through, I think this is a

[1:02:59] perfect time to do it. So,

[1:03:05] what are your guys' thoughts?

[1:03:08] I mean, obviously I like the 9,000

[1:03:10] better than the 11,300.

[1:03:13] And you said, Jackie, these are pretty

[1:03:14] much apples to apples. Uh, you said

[1:03:17] number four here to what?

[1:03:20] >> Yeah, I can send around. I put a

[1:03:21] screenshot on my phone because that's

[1:03:23] all I have. It's a number.

[1:03:25] >> That's fine.

[1:03:26] >> Where in the budget is that?

[1:03:31] » I'm going to figure that out.

[1:03:33] >> Okay.

[1:03:34] Um, probably part of it I was going to

[1:03:37] put through more like a council

[1:03:38] miscellaneous has kind of a larger line

[1:03:41] item that is available and nothing is

[1:03:44] occupied by that or planned for that

[1:03:46] amount.

[1:03:53] » What's the fee you're looking for?

[1:03:55] >> Um,

[1:03:56] >> 9,000.

[1:03:57] through Yep. DDA and Associates.

[1:04:00] >> David Drone.

[1:04:02] Yeah, that's what we did when um

[1:04:08] trying to think what city administrator

[1:04:10] name, but I remember that. Okay. I say

[1:04:13] the other two uh Keystone just had no

[1:04:15] availability. They're completely bogged

[1:04:17] down. And then Ellers, I did not even

[1:04:20] get a remark back from Ellers.

[1:04:22] >> That one surprised me.

[1:04:23] >> I agree.

[1:04:24] >> They would have been on top of it.

[1:04:26] >> And I did reach back out to Ellers and

[1:04:28] still nothing.

[1:04:37] I'll make a motion to approve the $9,000

[1:04:39] for the classification and compensation

[1:04:40] study.

[1:04:41] >> I'll second.

[1:04:43] >> Any further discussion?

[1:04:46] >> Mr. Nelson,

[1:04:47] >> I.

[1:04:47] >> Miss Paradise,

[1:04:48] >> I.

[1:04:49] >> Mr. Vontoma,

[1:04:50] >> I.

[1:04:51] >> Miss Otto,

[1:04:52] >> I

[1:04:52] >> I'll vote. I passes 5.

[1:04:59] All right. Moving on to Moto Haven

[1:05:02] autocross concept.

[1:05:09] You're up.

[1:05:25] Nope. You ready?

[1:05:36] Hi,

[1:05:38] >> thank you.

[1:05:39] >> Yeah.

[1:05:39] >> Uh I'm Rick Harrison, Rick Harrison site

[1:05:42] design. I'm going to introduce the team

[1:05:44] here in a minute.

[1:05:46] Uh this um autocross is a legacy for the

[1:05:51] Thompson family. We've got uh Jay-Hawk

[1:05:55] over here if you want to stand up for a

[1:05:57] second. Uh

[1:06:00] he's really uh the one that

[1:06:05] you know I met Jay-Hawk maybe

[1:06:07] >> I am an older guy

[1:06:09] >> year and a half ago and it was like this

[1:06:12] energy that he had that kind of drew me

[1:06:15] in. But uh this is him 55 years ago when

[1:06:19] he discovered autocross for the first

[1:06:22] time. And uh it pretty much dove into

[1:06:26] this and raised his family around

[1:06:28] autocross. And I was a founder of the

[1:06:32] Minnesota Auto Sports Club 53 years ago.

[1:06:35] to him. Um, and then his son, uh, John

[1:06:40] Thompson,

[1:06:41] uh, you know, they he's he's taken on

[1:06:44] that. Uh, and for John, I I just went on

[1:06:49] to that website and I I found in 1997,

[1:06:52] he was number two in his class on

[1:06:55] Minnesota Autoports Club. And, uh, they

[1:06:58] raised their family around it and and

[1:07:01] they they pretty much are experts on it.

[1:07:05] Um Rick Storland is the architect on the

[1:07:10] units and Rick was uh involved in the

[1:07:13] original uh autoplex that Bruno put

[1:07:17] together that started this whole trend.

[1:07:20] And uh these are not autoplexes. These

[1:07:23] are light industrial but uh he and uh

[1:07:29] Jay-Hawk Thompson has been working on

[1:07:31] perfecting this unit. So this is light

[1:07:34] industrial. This is could be

[1:07:36] autorelated, but it's business related

[1:07:39] for number one. Uh I've had a passion of

[1:07:42] uh uh cars uh since I've been 15. I've

[1:07:46] had some pretty wild stuff. Uh but I I

[1:07:50] uh I'm head of the Aston Martin owners

[1:07:53] group for the Midwest and been an Aston

[1:07:56] Martin owner for forever. Uh, but I run

[1:07:59] my business like the automotive

[1:08:01] industry. We're a research and

[1:08:02] development company to discover new

[1:08:05] technologies and methods for land

[1:08:07] development. And we've been doing that

[1:08:08] for about 35 years. We have almost 2,000

[1:08:11] projects around the the world using

[1:08:15] these methods. And Montro 25 years ago

[1:08:18] for pilot land, I did these two sites. I

[1:08:21] think I did another site, but I couldn't

[1:08:23] um find it. The one site didn't happen.

[1:08:27] Uh I did Westridge Village in Delano 20

[1:08:30] years ago and more recently Green Bar

[1:08:33] Hills. Uh that was mine. And I've got

[1:08:36] another 80 acre site in um Maple Lake

[1:08:40] that's not ready to come on the market

[1:08:43] yet. And then we've got the uh autocross

[1:08:47] track on the souththeast corner of 12

[1:08:50] and 25.

[1:08:52] Uh Rosano Ree is uh general counsel. Uh

[1:08:55] he's uh That's a nice nice photo.

[1:09:00] >> I've been waiting for this.

[1:09:03] He didn't know I was going to do this.

[1:09:07] It's amazing what you could do online.

[1:09:09] >> Yeah, no kidding. But uh I met uh so

[1:09:12] Rousano's been in the banking industry,

[1:09:15] mortgage industry and uh then after the

[1:09:18] recession he's uh was head of head sales

[1:09:21] at uh Aston Martin now at Ferrari and

[1:09:24] very well connected in town and he's

[1:09:26] going to be helping.

[1:09:28] Andrew Baronburgg, this is uh Andrew and

[1:09:31] his Corvette

[1:09:33] uh that they picked it up. So we're car people. Um

[1:09:38] a little bit about the site. It's 100

[1:09:40] acres approximately.

[1:09:43] Um we um Andy met with um uh the mindot

[1:09:48] people and they preferred the entrance

[1:09:50] across Arizona. This is some recent

[1:09:53] changes in the plan. Uh so this plan

[1:09:56] reflects that and of course this is

[1:09:58] concept. concept means, you know, as we

[1:10:01] start surveying and engineering, we we

[1:10:04] hope to get it close, but uh there could

[1:10:06] be changes. Uh we we'll have an entrance

[1:10:10] off of 25. Uh the lanes will be 25 foot

[1:10:13] wide. Um and the autocross is in the

[1:10:16] middle. So, there's really two

[1:10:18] businesses here.

[1:10:21] The um industrial, we call them town

[1:10:24] homes. Uh uh these there's 178 proposed

[1:10:28] units. That could change depending on uh

[1:10:31] engineering, but uh probably 178's on

[1:10:35] the high side.

[1:10:37] Um and then the tracks are variable and

[1:10:40] I'm going to talk a little bit about

[1:10:42] that uh in in a bit, but I want to start

[1:10:44] out with the um the town homes. U

[1:10:48] detention is proposed in those areas. Um

[1:10:53] there's these will be a steel

[1:10:56] construction. They want to open up a

[1:10:59] local plant not just for these units but

[1:11:02] for regional

[1:11:04] uh units and the clubhouse is going to

[1:11:06] be by the entrance. We'll talk about

[1:11:09] that in a minute. Now what's interesting

[1:11:12] is

[1:11:13] um

[1:11:15] when I saw the top I thought how we're

[1:11:17] going to pull this off. So, we did run

[1:11:19] some initial earth work and we got the

[1:11:22] earth work to balance. Now, it does

[1:11:25] drop, but it drops in like a half a

[1:11:28] mile. So, it's going to be just a slight

[1:11:30] slope that no one's even going to

[1:11:32] notice,

[1:11:33] >> but it does balance out. So, we checked

[1:11:36] that before we even

[1:11:39] pursued the site.

[1:11:40] >> Right.

[1:11:41] Uh Moto Haven Executive Estates are the

[1:11:45] um industrial units and they're in four

[1:11:49] unit buildings. Uh each building has

[1:11:52] four units that could be configured in

[1:11:53] one business or two or three or what you

[1:11:56] know it it's variable but they're

[1:11:58] modules. Um Jay-Hawk and and Rick can

[1:12:03] talk you know more in details for

[1:12:05] questions on that. It is not an

[1:12:07] autoplex.

[1:12:09] It's um it could be, you know, uh for

[1:12:13] car storage. It's it's a light

[1:12:16] industrial PUD.

[1:12:18] They're modular and they're consistent.

[1:12:21] They're for sale units, so you're going

[1:12:23] to buy the units. So, that's why we call

[1:12:25] them like industrial town homes. They're

[1:12:28] not for rent. They have low uh traffic,

[1:12:31] so they're not like retail stores with a

[1:12:34] lot of traffic. And uh so that's limited

[1:12:37] customer parking. And again, they're not

[1:12:39] specifically vehicle oriented, but we

[1:12:42] anticipate a lot of them are are going

[1:12:44] to be uh vehicle oriented.

[1:12:47] Um again, each four uh pod uh can be

[1:12:52] separated and uh each unit is uh 60 foot

[1:12:56] deep and 30 foot wide, multi-story.

[1:13:02] Um, and then what's unique is this 20

[1:13:05] foot outside storage

[1:13:09] and um 80 foot deep. And I don't know of

[1:13:12] any of these units like I'm in a

[1:13:14] industrial unit. I just thought that

[1:13:16] this was kind of brilliant and very

[1:13:19] unique and I thought it would be a real

[1:13:21] big plus. They're concrete construction

[1:13:25] so you've got that soundproofed um

[1:13:29] Jay-Hawk likes to say bulletproof. I I

[1:13:31] hope that neighbors are not shooting at

[1:13:33] each other.

[1:13:36] >> Yeah.

[1:13:40] » Um

[1:13:42] but but for fire they're they're um

[1:13:45] they're they're they're concrete

[1:13:48] relatively fireproof, but that 40 foot

[1:13:50] separation is also uh fireproof. Now

[1:13:54] this is outside my my office. I'm in a

[1:13:56] warehouse and you can see Total Comfort

[1:14:00] Parks up the parking lot. Um, Phantom

[1:14:05] Screens at night parks up the parking

[1:14:07] lot and then there's times where someone

[1:14:09] visiting my office has to go to the

[1:14:11] other end of the parking lot just

[1:14:12] because they park it up because there's

[1:14:14] no outside storage.

[1:14:17] Um, this is my office. Excuse the mess,

[1:14:20] but there's a literal hole in my wall

[1:14:26] that goes to the neighbor. I could look

[1:14:27] into my neighbors. There's no fire. If

[1:14:30] they caught fire, I'm I'm I'm bad shape.

[1:14:33] As far as soundproofing, two doors down

[1:14:36] was the game show. You couldn't have a

[1:14:39] louder business. They were there for a

[1:14:41] decade. They just moved to West End.

[1:14:44] That was my neighbor. nothing I could do

[1:14:46] about it. I had to listen to that. So,

[1:14:50] uh just a little tour of what these are

[1:14:52] like. You have, you know, outside

[1:14:54] storage and in this case it's, you know,

[1:14:57] this is auto oriented, but again, you

[1:15:00] could have 20 foot ceilings. I could

[1:15:02] tell you we have 20 foot ceilings in in

[1:15:04] our uh office. I can tell you there

[1:15:07] isn't a single tenant that's using 20

[1:15:09] foot ceilings. None. Nobody is. It's

[1:15:12] just empty space. But these could have

[1:15:16] 20 foot ceilings, but they're um you

[1:15:18] know, this is an example of the a spa

[1:15:22] and a gazebo business. They can have

[1:15:24] that space to display their gazeos.

[1:15:27] Every unit's going to have an upper

[1:15:29] deck.

[1:15:30] Every unit can see the racetrack from

[1:15:33] the upper deck. So, there's a this upper

[1:15:36] area. You go down the steps. Now, this

[1:15:38] floor can be configured any which way.

[1:15:41] You This one has a bedroom. It has a

[1:15:44] little kitchenet, office space,

[1:15:46] bathroom,

[1:15:47] you know, if if someone needed to stay

[1:15:49] overnight or or work late or weekends.

[1:15:53] Then um then the the lower level and

[1:15:56] again this could have 20 foot ceilings,

[1:15:58] it could be two one story, it could be

[1:16:00] two stories, but it's the same module.

[1:16:02] So each business will be able to vary

[1:16:07] and that's what makes it unique. Um,

[1:16:11] so the outside storage would look about

[1:16:13] like that. And and this is we try to get

[1:16:16] it as close to the actual architecture

[1:16:18] as possible. The thermostat building

[1:16:21] uses uh the panels including the ceiling

[1:16:24] will be concrete. So uh it's it's they

[1:16:28] do the u the the floors and the ceilings

[1:16:31] will also be concrete. And these are

[1:16:34] some examples of the the units. Um the

[1:16:38] initial ramp I talked with Charlie the

[1:16:40] CEO and he thought that 10 employees

[1:16:43] originally ramping up to 20 in that

[1:16:46] plant.

[1:16:47] Um and it's going to serve a large

[1:16:50] geographic area and uh Jay-Hawk thinks

[1:16:53] they'll be up to about 35 sales staff to

[1:16:57] serve that. Now the competition

[1:17:00] which really isn't because this is the

[1:17:02] autoplex is West End and Delano.

[1:17:06] Um, you can see these units are

[1:17:07] expensive and it says sold out and one

[1:17:10] left at $350,000.

[1:17:14] It doesn't say you can have your

[1:17:16] business in there.

[1:17:18] That's the difference. Who is it perfect

[1:17:20] for? Just like every other auto, but

[1:17:22] you're not running your business legally

[1:17:24] out of there. This again is not an auto.

[1:17:27] It's light industrial. If you want to

[1:17:29] store your cars, that's great. That's

[1:17:31] the difference.

[1:17:33] Um it's more like where I rent.

[1:17:37] Uh speed is the um

[1:17:41] autocross

[1:17:45] um entity that it's speed is the entity

[1:17:48] that that runs the autocross portion of

[1:17:50] this.

[1:17:52] Um

[1:17:54] it'll be an ideal

[1:17:57] platform

[1:17:59] uh for automotive events because of its

[1:18:01] space.

[1:18:04] I go to these caravans and there's a a a facility just like this

[1:18:10] around um Rogers. I made the mistake of

[1:18:14] going there for an event.

[1:18:17] I pulled in all of a sudden there's five

[1:18:21] or six cars behind me and I my tolerance

[1:18:23] for these shows was like a half an hour

[1:18:25] and I'm out of there. I was stuck there

[1:18:27] the whole day. there was no getting out

[1:18:31] and uh you know so this is not an event

[1:18:35] spot

[1:18:37] when you look at speed we're looking at

[1:18:41] the uh community center and the um and the track

[1:18:47] it stands for spirited educational

[1:18:49] driving learning the limits of car

[1:18:51] control and so most people know how to

[1:18:55] drive a car but during an emergency

[1:18:57] mergency, how are they going to respond?

[1:19:01] Autocross is the ideal training ground

[1:19:05] for that. So, um, John Thompson, he's

[1:19:09] going to head up that whole thing.

[1:19:12] Um, I personally don't do autocross. I I

[1:19:15] but I I don't race a car. I don't drive

[1:19:17] it hard, but my son does.

[1:19:21] And

[1:19:22] you're not going to hit a wall. You're

[1:19:24] not going to hit something. It's just

[1:19:27] cones

[1:19:28] and it's safe and it's not fast.

[1:19:32] Um, and so John's been doing this his

[1:19:36] lifetime. Jay-Hawk has been doing this

[1:19:39] his lifetime. And they're going to be

[1:19:40] the training facility and they're going

[1:19:42] to put that together.

[1:19:44] And it's for anybody, any car, any any

[1:19:48] uh any four-wheel vehic ve vehicle. So,

[1:19:51] anybody benefits from learning how to

[1:19:52] drive safer.

[1:19:55] Um,

[1:19:57] and those courses because they're just

[1:19:58] cones vary depending on who you are,

[1:20:02] what you want to learn. Um, emergency

[1:20:05] crews, fire and police

[1:20:07] training ground for that, too. And, um,

[1:20:12] you know, snow and ice recovery when

[1:20:14] there's snow and ice, it you know, it it

[1:20:17] could still run. So, that's the training

[1:20:20] component, but autocross is also a

[1:20:23] competition.

[1:20:25] So, it's a sport.

[1:20:27] It's to um now you're pressured to make

[1:20:30] the best time.

[1:20:32] Uh generally,

[1:20:35] it's uh slow.

[1:20:38] It's that's a very tight course. And

[1:20:41] it's it's um requires a helmet, a car,

[1:20:45] and a driver's license.

[1:20:48] So I started I you know I'm not an

[1:20:52] expert on it so I you know but I

[1:20:54] investigate these things. I'm thinking

[1:20:55] well how many other autocross tracks are

[1:20:58] there? And if you go on the internet

[1:21:01] says no official count there's 1100

[1:21:03] autocross events every year from the

[1:21:06] sports car association of America just

[1:21:08] that one organization.

[1:21:11] And there's no official registry of of

[1:21:13] autocross tracks because I couldn't find

[1:21:15] anything that actually existed. They're

[1:21:17] parking lots. Put cones in a parking

[1:21:19] lot, you got an autocross track. This is

[1:21:21] an actual full-time business.

[1:21:25] So, we believe that Montro is going to

[1:21:27] be ground zero for autocross.

[1:21:31] And um speeds rarely exceed 50 miles an

[1:21:36] hour. 5560 is tops because they're just

[1:21:39] you just can't get any faster. The focus

[1:21:42] is on cornering. It's on timing. It's on

[1:21:44] speed.

[1:21:46] And um

[1:21:49] so

[1:21:50] it's about balancing the cars. Now I've

[1:21:53] taken performance courses at at Aston

[1:21:56] Martin and I learned a lot in one day.

[1:21:59] It was pretty phenomenal.

[1:22:01] I didn't know all this stuff. And this

[1:22:06] course is going to be a whole lot more

[1:22:07] accessible. It's going to be a lot

[1:22:09] cheaper than the course I took.

[1:22:12] And it's going to be local. You don't

[1:22:14] have to get on a plane and fly

[1:22:15] somewhere. There's four courses.

[1:22:18] So, there'll be four events going on or

[1:22:21] four, you know, you can have four clubs

[1:22:23] uh on it at any time. The competition uh

[1:22:27] Brainer International Raceway is not an

[1:22:31] autocross. It is a racetrack.

[1:22:34] It is a place where you could get in

[1:22:37] trouble. Now, these are videos I took on

[1:22:40] the Aston Martin day that I was there

[1:22:42] and that there's a gray DB11 in the

[1:22:46] background there and that car went into

[1:22:48] the wall and that totaled a4 million

[1:22:51] dollar car at one event. So, it's

[1:22:55] expensive.

[1:22:56] It's very, very expensive. It's two

[1:22:58] hours from Minneapolis versus 35 minutes

[1:23:01] from Minneapolis. So, this is much

[1:23:03] better location for an auto an event.

[1:23:07] The Gary Curtis driving experience is at

[1:23:10] the Rosemont's truck trainer training

[1:23:12] facility. They have six days available

[1:23:14] in 2026 for renting the track. It's high

[1:23:18] speed. It could you could get in

[1:23:20] trouble.

[1:23:22] Um so that is not competition. Elco

[1:23:26] Speedways a 38 small oval which

[1:23:31] not really competition.

[1:23:33] Um, we're proposing a clubhouse with a

[1:23:37] restaurant, car rental and maintenance.

[1:23:39] I know that Jay-Hawk's been talking with

[1:23:41] the city. Is that going to be a city

[1:23:42] facility?

[1:23:45] You know, so this is something that will

[1:23:47] morph. That's a very big facility. uh

[1:23:50] Rick designed it and um you know it

[1:23:54] that's that's a really big big uh

[1:23:56] facility and and out of that's going to

[1:23:59] have rental cars for people to rent a

[1:24:01] car for the tracks

[1:24:03] >> and the maintenance of those cars will

[1:24:05] be there. Uh we talked with uh um the

[1:24:09] emergency that there's a need for a

[1:24:12] helipad. So it' be at the end of this

[1:24:15] Arizona Avenue

[1:24:17] >> and because it's an ideal place to uh to

[1:24:20] service and it's an incredible location

[1:24:24] for events. Locally there's over 200

[1:24:27] auto clubs. Um there's 1.2 to 1.4 4

[1:24:32] million auto enthusiasts in um

[1:24:34] Minnesota, estimated 100,000 active

[1:24:37] ones, people like me that's like really

[1:24:40] into it. And um there's a lot of market

[1:24:45] here. Now, one of the things that I

[1:24:47] didn't bring up before, and this is

[1:24:48] something that Jeff Cheney of Cheney

[1:24:50] Performance and I were going to put

[1:24:52] together before the recession, we had a

[1:24:55] piece of land in uh East Bethl, is to

[1:24:59] have and and this isn't going to say

[1:25:00] that we're going to do this, but we're

[1:25:02] going to look into this. And that is to

[1:25:04] have a family restaurant that has shops.

[1:25:08] So, when you're eating, you could see

[1:25:10] cars getting customized and worked on.

[1:25:14] And this was a system that we were

[1:25:16] actually going to put together. And so

[1:25:19] while you're eating there, um, you

[1:25:21] could, uh, you know, do wheels, engines,

[1:25:25] customizing all this stuff in one shop

[1:25:28] spot that could be financable, which

[1:25:30] most don't have that. And, um,

[1:25:34] warrantied,

[1:25:35] so you can contract it and and have, you

[1:25:39] know, watch cars getting worked at like

[1:25:41] an immersive experience. and and the

[1:25:43] recession killed that.

[1:25:45] >> But um whether that is something that

[1:25:48] could fit into the clubhouse uh or it

[1:25:51] even works, but

[1:25:54] if we get approved tonight, then we're

[1:25:55] going to look into the feasibility of

[1:25:58] that. So, I just thought I would show

[1:25:59] that and that would be another reason to

[1:26:01] come out to Montros. I like that.

[1:26:03] >> No alcohol, family restaurant,

[1:26:05] >> good food. But uh and that that has not

[1:26:08] been done before, but we'll we'll look

[1:26:11] into revisiting that.

[1:26:14] Um this the autocross nationals uh had

[1:26:18] about 1,200 people last year,

[1:26:20] participants. Uh they had to rent a

[1:26:24] facility at an airport in Lincoln,

[1:26:26] Nebraska. I would think Montrose would

[1:26:29] be a good place to be put on the map for

[1:26:32] the nationals here.

[1:26:35] Um, tonight's approval, it just gets our

[1:26:38] engine started. It's, you know, the

[1:26:40] money starts rolling to hire the land

[1:26:43] surveyor to get a good survey. The civil

[1:26:46] engineering Andy gets rolling on that

[1:26:49] once we get the surveying and everything

[1:26:51] begins.

[1:26:52] um

[1:26:54] working with the Grip Steve Gripman to

[1:26:57] hone down what the PD is, the HOA, stuff

[1:27:00] like that. Uh I'll probably be working

[1:27:03] with them on that. Um,

[1:27:06] we'll have something that we can now go

[1:27:08] to with investors and secure the

[1:27:10] financing, get that rolling, start our

[1:27:13] marketing and outreach to, you know, get

[1:27:16] the word out and get this thing really

[1:27:19] kicked off and and then reach the the

[1:27:22] finish line. That's really what we're

[1:27:23] asking for tonight is the city's,

[1:27:27] you know, blessing to move forward

[1:27:30] and and so we could, you know, start

[1:27:33] running with this. And that's that's

[1:27:35] what I wanted to present. And um any

[1:27:39] questions? You know, I everybody's here

[1:27:41] tonight and you know,

[1:27:44] >> council, you have any questions?

[1:27:49] » I do not. I was there planning and

[1:27:50] zoning and I thank you guys for coming

[1:27:52] out that night and then all of you

[1:27:54] showing up tonight to support

[1:27:56] >> Oh,

[1:27:57] >> what you guys have going on here. We

[1:27:58] appreciate it.

[1:27:59] >> Super excited about this.

[1:28:02] >> Yeah. I mean, we've had numerous

[1:28:05] discussions. Jay, you and I talk

[1:28:07] probably what, twice a week.

[1:28:09] >> Yeah. I haven't talked to you for a

[1:28:11] couple days, but

[1:28:13] >> sure.

[1:28:14] >> Yeah, I know. I'm waiting on it.

[1:28:16] Temperatures are getting warm. My wife

[1:28:18] says it's been five minutes. You haven't

[1:28:20] had a phone call.

[1:28:23] » Um, no. I think I mean so far everything

[1:28:27] you guys have been great to work with. I

[1:28:29] mean I I love the idea. Um, I I do

[1:28:33] believe that this is going to put

[1:28:35] Mantros on the map for this. Um,

[1:28:40] you know, I I had discussions with the

[1:28:42] um Ray County

[1:28:45] Missy um

[1:28:46] >> economic development partnership.

[1:28:47] >> Thank you. It's a it's a mouthful to

[1:28:49] say, so I couldn't get it all couldn't

[1:28:50] get spit it all out. Um but we did have

[1:28:52] a discussion about this uh last week.

[1:28:55] >> Yep. And I've also talked to Clay

[1:28:57] Wilford at the county um the assistant

[1:28:59] county administrator was also interested

[1:29:01] in hearing one for sure.

[1:29:02] >> Yep. And so we had discussion about what

[1:29:04] kind of businesses we could see coming

[1:29:06] in here. Um, so I I think I mean I'm

[1:29:11] definitely excited about this. I know

[1:29:12] there's some others on this board that

[1:29:14] are excited about this project and you

[1:29:17] know you've got my blessing going

[1:29:19] forward here. So I mean if the council

[1:29:22] doesn't have any questions, I'd like to

[1:29:23] see a motion to approve the concept

[1:29:26] plan. And

[1:29:28] >> the the only thing I'll state is that I

[1:29:30] knew nothing about this stuff this type

[1:29:32] of an event and center. I spoke with a

[1:29:36] few people who I would have had no clue

[1:29:38] and they were like, "Oh yeah, it's

[1:29:40] amazing."

[1:29:41] >> I think they saw it in Chayan Hassen at

[1:29:43] a temporary location.

[1:29:44] >> It's amazing what the community is here.

[1:29:49] >> So I mean

[1:29:51] I've been informed.

[1:29:52] >> My wife wish I didn't have the sickness.

[1:29:54] Let me tell you,

[1:29:57] >> I've been informed now. So I have no

[1:29:59] further questions on it.

[1:30:01] >> Just to clarify, we don't need a motion.

[1:30:02] >> Don't need a motion. Just need a

[1:30:04] consensus to move forward.

[1:30:05] >> Perfect. Love it. Um I mean I've seen

[1:30:09] many of these autocross events and you

[1:30:11] know

[1:30:13] it's definitely it's not loud. I mean

[1:30:16] like you said 55 60 m an hour is the

[1:30:19] tops and it's literally you could have a

[1:30:21] Ferrari versus a Miata out there.

[1:30:23] >> Yeah.

[1:30:23] >> And everything's equal. Um,

[1:30:27] >> yeah, I think it's

[1:30:28] >> not really

[1:30:29] >> Well,

[1:30:30] >> I know what you're saying,

[1:30:30] >> but

[1:30:32] >> it really all depends on the driver. It

[1:30:34] doesn't have anything to do with the car

[1:30:36] at that moment in time. Um, one piece

[1:30:39] that I do like about it is we've had

[1:30:40] discussions about, you know, bringing in

[1:30:42] the school district and their behind the

[1:30:45] wheel training and using this area for,

[1:30:48] you know, winter driving and stuff like

[1:30:50] that. I mean, I have a daughter who's

[1:30:52] getting ready to get, you know, start

[1:30:53] the behind the wheel. Um, you know,

[1:30:55] there's a lot of people in town that are

[1:30:57] doing the same thing and you start

[1:30:59] thinking about how they react during,

[1:31:02] you know, snowstorms and stuff like

[1:31:04] that. I mean,

[1:31:06] having a wide open area like this

[1:31:08] without,

[1:31:10] you know, worrying about hitting

[1:31:11] anything, I think is just a great

[1:31:13] training tool that we can, you mean,

[1:31:15] certainly utilize, utilize, that was, a tough word for me. Um, yeah.

[1:31:21] And I think as long as we have

[1:31:23] consensus, I think we can

[1:31:25] give you the thumbs up here. And

[1:31:28] >> that just means I got to talk to Jay

[1:31:29] more,

[1:31:31] >> which I love, Jay.

[1:31:33] >> Well, I intend.

[1:31:40] » You have never had a big long story.

[1:31:44] >> And Jay sucked me in like

[1:31:46] >> Yeah. I don't know what he he does, but

[1:31:49] he does. You know, the passion.

[1:31:52] >> All right. All right. So,

[1:31:55] >> everyone agrees.

[1:31:56] >> Yeah. I say go for it.

[1:31:58] >> Yes. Thank you.

[1:31:59] >> There you go.

[1:32:00] >> Off and running.

[1:32:02] >> Thank you.

[1:32:03] very much.

[1:32:08] » Excellent presentation as always, too,

[1:32:10] by the way.

[1:32:11] >> Thank you.

[1:32:11] >> Next time we'll try to get some VR stuff

[1:32:13] going on.

[1:32:14] >> Oh, boy. Here we go. Long story and I'll

[1:32:17] be short.

[1:32:18] >> Yeah. Okay.

[1:32:19] >> This will keep the crazies with the

[1:32:21] redness moments off of the street.

[1:32:24] >> Exactly.

[1:32:24] >> And I have to admit I've been one of

[1:32:27] >> I may have too

[1:32:28] >> kids and they were actually in the cars

[1:32:31] when I was street racing. So

[1:32:34] >> you're not supposed to say that. Right.

[1:32:35] Counties right here.

[1:32:41] » Anybody can go fast in a straight line.

[1:32:44] put some terms in and see what you

[1:32:46] >> Exactly.

[1:32:46] >> That's how I got into that.

[1:32:48] >> Yep. Exactly.

[1:32:49] >> And every kid should try it at least

[1:32:52] once.

[1:32:52] >> I totally agree.

[1:32:54] >> I'm going to try.

[1:32:58] » All right. Moving along. Thank you very

[1:33:01] much. Uh moving along. Open form. Um

[1:33:04] we'll start with Kayla McCcluskey

[1:33:07] talking about Clementa.

[1:33:11] » Yeah.

[1:33:12] >> Hi guys.

[1:33:13] >> Hey. Hi.

[1:33:14] >> Um, I am here tonight just as a followup

[1:33:16] for our previous conversation with

[1:33:18] Mary'sville Township, uh, regarding

[1:33:19] Clement Avenue. I know I've spoken with

[1:33:21] a couple of you already. Um, there's a

[1:33:23] few other probably concerned people here

[1:33:25] as well. Um, and I guess what I'm asking

[1:33:27] for is just kind of an update as to what

[1:33:29] you guys have done since that meeting,

[1:33:31] what has been discussed, what kind of

[1:33:33] the next steps or plans are in meeting

[1:33:35] with Mary'sville or with the county or

[1:33:38] wherever you guys are

[1:33:40] >> talking about applying it. So that that

[1:33:42] day that we had the meeting at

[1:33:44] Mary'sville, David, I Jackie,

[1:33:48] Commissioner Moya, Commissioner Dietrich

[1:33:50] met with Wright County to kind of

[1:33:52] discuss what's going on out there. Um I

[1:33:56] think we kind of maybe opened Ray

[1:33:58] County's eyes a little bit more as to

[1:34:01] kind of the need to keep said portion of

[1:34:06] the road open. Um, we also

[1:34:09] David talked with one of the board

[1:34:11] members this afternoon. Um, I think

[1:34:15] we're all in agreement that we need to

[1:34:17] sit down and kind of have a kind of a

[1:34:20] workshop on what kind of cost sharing

[1:34:24] would look like going forward. Um, you

[1:34:27] know, obviously we were disappointed

[1:34:29] that they, you know, decided not to go

[1:34:31] for the local road improvement grant.

[1:34:34] Um, you know, and then again, they their

[1:34:37] idea of cost sharing was just sending us

[1:34:39] an itemized bill for $5,200 for, you

[1:34:42] know, second quarter maintenance, which

[1:34:45] didn't quite sit well with us. You know,

[1:34:47] we expected some kind of dialogue on,

[1:34:49] you know, a percentage, not just, you

[1:34:51] know, a number. But those conversations

[1:34:53] are moving forward. Um, I do plan to

[1:34:56] reach out to, um, board member Hickman

[1:35:00] so we can set up some sort of, uh,

[1:35:02] meeting. Um, you know, just kind of a

[1:35:05] couple of us here and one of them and

[1:35:08] just kind of hash it out. And

[1:35:10] >> so, we're just kind of waiting at this

[1:35:11] point to get a meeting with them to

[1:35:12] discuss kind of some other options.

[1:35:14] >> Um, in regards to the grant, I know that

[1:35:17] kind of one of their ar other arguments

[1:35:18] was that they don't know, you know, in

[1:35:20] applying for that grant, what the

[1:35:21] maintenance is going to require even if

[1:35:23] we they we were to get that grant and

[1:35:25] pave that part of the road. Is there any

[1:35:28] have you guys thought any more about any

[1:35:30] >> Yeah, I mean,

[1:35:31] >> different guidance on that. It's it's

[1:35:33] really been no secret that Mary'sville

[1:35:36] really doesn't want that section of the

[1:35:37] road. They've been trying to get us to

[1:35:39] take it over for ever. Um, you know, the

[1:35:42] problem there is that we don't have the

[1:35:44] equipment to maintain that. Um, I don't

[1:35:46] see us purchasing a greater just to

[1:35:49] handle that,

[1:35:50] >> you know, section of road and yeah, it

[1:35:52] doesn't seem like a good use of taxpayer

[1:35:55] money. Um, but I mean, at least from my

[1:36:00] point of view, if we can get to that

[1:36:01] point where it is paved and everything,

[1:36:04] I mean, I don't see a reason why we

[1:36:06] wouldn't take over that section of the

[1:36:08] road, but, you know, that's obviously

[1:36:09] something that would have to come along

[1:36:11] further in discussions.

[1:36:12] >> Okay. Um, and then I'm just hoping that

[1:36:15] we can kind of keep the dialogue going

[1:36:17] with with our residents, too, because I

[1:36:19] feel like, you know, I've been living

[1:36:20] there for 10 years and we've always

[1:36:21] known it was a problem road. It's, you

[1:36:23] know, it's always needing to be graded

[1:36:24] and we know it's not really the the

[1:36:26] responsibility of the city. Although

[1:36:28] calling on Mary'sville all the time to

[1:36:30] get out there and grade it doesn't feel

[1:36:31] right either considering, you know, 90%

[1:36:33] of the people on that road are paying

[1:36:34] taxes in Montrose and not to Mary'sville

[1:36:36] Township,

[1:36:36] >> right?

[1:36:37] >> So, just if there we could have some

[1:36:39] transparency in what's happening when

[1:36:41] the meeting I mean we don't need a

[1:36:42] playbyplay by any means, but it would be

[1:36:44] nice rather than letting it kind of fall

[1:36:46] to the wayside which I feel like I mean

[1:36:47] it's been at least 10 years it's been

[1:36:49] going on so it hasn't been

[1:36:51] >> Yeah. you know, and it's I mean, it's

[1:36:53] really been kind of a a rushed

[1:36:55] situation. I mean, I got word winded

[1:36:58] that they were going to shut it down,

[1:36:59] but yeah, that's kind of what July

[1:37:01] >> threw everything into motion. I think

[1:37:02] everyone is like, "Oh my goodness."

[1:37:03] >> They never reached out to the city to

[1:37:05] say, "Hey, this is what our plan is."

[1:37:07] They were just going to prove shutting

[1:37:09] it off without telling us and just

[1:37:11] basically say, "Okay, now you have to

[1:37:12] pay to put up a sign that says it's

[1:37:14] just, you know, no through street." And,

[1:37:17] you know, that really kind of didn't sit

[1:37:19] well with us. you know, I mean, there's

[1:37:21] two roads heading north and south out of

[1:37:23] Montrose, and that's one of them.

[1:37:25] >> Have they uh kind of indicated you guys

[1:37:28] that they're kind of backing off on that

[1:37:29] right now until something can be

[1:37:31] >> That's agreed upon, or are they ready to

[1:37:34] go in there and put something up?

[1:37:35] >> I mean, that's kind of the indication

[1:37:36] that we've pushed to them that, hey,

[1:37:39] let's continue this conversation. I

[1:37:41] don't think there's a need to rush to

[1:37:43] close it at this moment in time, you

[1:37:45] know, and I mean, again, that's going to

[1:37:47] be on them, though, to decide what they

[1:37:49] want. county say about them like

[1:37:51] threatening to close the road? Did they

[1:37:53] say that that I mean, can they can they

[1:37:55] do that?

[1:37:55] >> Mhm.

[1:37:56] >> Okay.

[1:37:57] >> Yep.

[1:37:57] >> So, they could at any on any day we

[1:38:00] could show up and it could just be

[1:38:01] closed out.

[1:38:02] >> Yep.

[1:38:02] >> Okay.

[1:38:03] >> Unfortunately, you know, and the

[1:38:04] conversations we've had with the county

[1:38:05] is, you know, at this point they

[1:38:08] literally said they have no use for the

[1:38:10] road. So, you know, which still just

[1:38:13] blows my mind. They've got, you know,

[1:38:14] 110 south of 12, you know, that goes all

[1:38:17] the way down. So what's the difference

[1:38:19] between two mile stretch here? You know,

[1:38:21] why can't you know you do that there? So

[1:38:24] there's ongoing conversations about

[1:38:26] similar things that, you know, we can

[1:38:28] work with the county on um to try to get

[1:38:32] some other things going, but you know,

[1:38:34] >> yeah,

[1:38:36] >> it's a battle update. I just hope that

[1:38:37] maybe at the next meeting if we could

[1:38:39] just if you guys could just include like

[1:38:40] a quick update as to how meeting

[1:38:43] >> if there's anything if there's anything

[1:38:44] to update. Yes. Yeah.

[1:38:46] >> And you can always reach out to me,

[1:38:47] Kayla. you know that you know come over

[1:38:50] knock on my door and yell at me I don't

[1:38:51] care you know let's yell at you

[1:38:53] >> yeah I know it's all good so but yeah

[1:38:55] reach out to me and you know I will try

[1:38:57] to keep you guys updated as possible you

[1:38:58] know anything that comes along it's just

[1:39:01] >> you know

[1:39:01] >> yeah I think some of us are just a

[1:39:02] little bit of a panic mode with our

[1:39:04] daily drive you know every day

[1:39:07] >> and you know and not just residents I

[1:39:09] mean emergency vehicles too and there's

[1:39:12] a lot of things hinging on this and

[1:39:14] >> yeah stuff that was brought up at the

[1:39:15] >> Yep township meeting was important It's

[1:39:17] correct. So

[1:39:18] >> hopefully we can keep that going.

[1:39:19] >> Yeah.

[1:39:19] >> All right. Thank you.

[1:39:21] >> Thanks.

[1:39:23] >> Anyone else want to speak on Clementa?

[1:39:26] >> I do. Um I'm Robert Kolki, 602 First

[1:39:28] Street North in Montrose. And I just

[1:39:31] kind of wanted to to to kind of repeat

[1:39:33] what she said because of course I live

[1:39:35] on the northwest corner of Montro.

[1:39:37] >> And you know, the dirt road is in bad

[1:39:40] shape. And I think the bottom line is I

[1:39:44] think we have a lot more people here.

[1:39:46] So, when it does start to get to the

[1:39:48] negotiation phase, I can think it'd be

[1:39:50] reasonable that we kind of take take

[1:39:52] most of the cost. And I know I'm a

[1:39:55] resident and I'm going to pay for part

[1:39:56] of it, too. But fact that we have almost

[1:39:58] 4,000 people and we have a dirt just a crappy dirt road that's a major

[1:40:04] artery to the north. Um cuz the second

[1:40:08] point I wanted to to bring up is

[1:40:11] 602 First Street North is where I live

[1:40:13] and there are people that regularly go

[1:40:15] by my house at 50 m an hour. I mean it's

[1:40:19] ridiculous, you know, and we're on a

[1:40:21] curve, you know, so when we back out,

[1:40:25] it's just the margin for error is just

[1:40:27] crazy. And anything to make that worse

[1:40:31] >> would just drive us nuts. So the second

[1:40:34] point is it kind of piggybacks off the

[1:40:37] Clementa issue is the speeds that are in

[1:40:40] the kind of the edges of town like kind

[1:40:42] of where I live are getting ridiculous

[1:40:44] and I think that we just need to realize

[1:40:46] that and that we haven't had an accident

[1:40:49] but we have teenage someone was talking

[1:40:51] about teenage drivers we have some of

[1:40:53] those too and just the margins for

[1:40:55] errors that we have is just so low and

[1:40:57] so the point is just the speeds that are that are you know, being

[1:41:03] utilized around the city streets. Yep.

[1:41:05] >> So,

[1:41:06] >> you know, and that's part of our my at

[1:41:09] least my whole thing with shutting off

[1:41:11] Clementa is Yes. Now, all that traffic

[1:41:13] is going to route down first and you

[1:41:16] know, like you mentioned, I mean, we're

[1:41:17] going to get more cars going down there

[1:41:19] and obviously you just sit on Clementa

[1:41:22] and you can see people don't recognize

[1:41:25] the 30 mph speed limit. So, you know,

[1:41:27] they're going to come speeding through

[1:41:28] there. Um, and you know, just

[1:41:30] maintenance overall. I mean, you put

[1:41:33] that many cars back down first and then,

[1:41:35] you know, what's that road going to look

[1:41:37] like?

[1:41:38] >> Yeah. I think you'll have to add stop

[1:41:39] signs, too. It gets even worse. You

[1:41:41] know, you're going to have to do

[1:41:42] something like that and then it t just

[1:41:44] takes forever to get from point.

[1:41:47] >> Yeah. So, there I mean, it's not just,

[1:41:49] you know, the residents that live in

[1:41:51] Whitetail and Forest Creek that use that

[1:41:54] section of the road. We understand that

[1:41:55] it's, you know, all residents. It's, you

[1:41:58] know, people from Woodland. I mean, when

[1:42:00] I go that way, I see more cars coming

[1:42:02] south than going north. I mean, you got

[1:42:04] XL coming down there, too. So, I mean,

[1:42:07] there's a lot of use on that road. And,

[1:42:09] you know, that's kind of what we're

[1:42:10] trying to avoid getting that shut down.

[1:42:13] So,

[1:42:13] >> all right. Thanks. Thanks for your time.

[1:42:15] >> Thank you.

[1:42:16] >> You

[1:42:18] >> anyone else?

[1:42:21] >> I just have a question.

[1:42:23] >> Of course.

[1:42:26] >> At least you owned it.

[1:42:27] >> What?

[1:42:27] >> At least you owned it. I know every time. Um, so you guys are we

[1:42:32] understand that nobody wants to close

[1:42:33] Comment. We get that. But at what cost

[1:42:36] do the citizens of Montro want to pay to

[1:42:38] keep that road open

[1:42:40] >> because how much it would cost?

[1:42:42] >> Well, right now, so we're from Highway

[1:42:44] 12 to the dirt. Okay. So, what Forest

[1:42:47] Creek area and we're taking care of that

[1:42:49] road in 2027 at around 2.2 million.

[1:42:53] That's on the city of Montro. So, do we

[1:42:55] have that money to also maintain

[1:42:59] the dirt part of it? I mean, how much do

[1:43:01] we want to put in

[1:43:02] >> is the 2.2 million the rebuild

[1:43:05] >> estimate? Yes.

[1:43:06] >> Yep.

[1:43:08] >> I mean, I we we I know it's going to

[1:43:10] cost us all, including me, a lot of

[1:43:12] money. But I think we got it put most of

[1:43:15] it in. I mean, how many people live

[1:43:17] there? Six on that dirt road. Six.

[1:43:19] Seven.

[1:43:20] >> There's five.

[1:43:21] >> Five.

[1:43:22] houses. Five houses. I think at

[1:43:25] this point keeping it dirt fine like we

[1:43:27] can take that loss but but we're closing

[1:43:30] off and right I don't think why how is

[1:43:34] that even how's the cops going to get to

[1:43:36] us that adds and peace.

February 9, 2026 Regular Council Meeting

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