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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It

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is 5:30

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and I will call this regular meeting of

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the Burnsville City Council to order.

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It is our tradition to stand for a

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moment of silence followed by the pledge

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of allegiance and we invite you to join

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us.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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» Welcome everyone.

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It's good to see our residents

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in the in chambers.

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We welcome everyone and also um

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members of our community can watch us on

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burnsvillemn.gov/meetings

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or Comcast channel 16 or 859. The public

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can also participate through Zoom

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by joining us at zoom.us/join.

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More information is available

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on our meetings webpage and in the

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council agenda packet.

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The first item on the agenda is

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announcements and a proclamation.

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Our announcements have to do with all of

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our upcoming meetings.

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Regular council meetings are scheduled

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for Tuesday, September 8th at 5:30 p.m.

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and Tuesday, September 22nd at 5:30 p.m.

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We have a work session that's scheduled

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for Tuesday, September 15th at 5:30 p.m.

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and we have a budget work session that's

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scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th at

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6:00 p.m.

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>> and Tuesday, September 15th at 6:30 p.m.

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And we have one uh proclamation, but all

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meetings of the city council are held

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here in the chambers unless I

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uh would announce a different location

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for a particular meeting.

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So, we have one proclamation this

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evening.

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Council members and members of the

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public and our staff, um today we have

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an overdose awareness week proclamation,

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August 25th through the 31st, 2026.

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Whereas, communities across the United

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States, including Burnsville, continue

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to suffer the devastating impact of

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overdose

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and fentanyl poisoning resulting in the

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tragic loss of life,

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trauma for families, and long-term

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community harm.

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And whereas, fentanyl, a powerful

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synthetic opioid, is involved in the

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majority of opioid overdose deaths and

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is often found in counterfeit pills and

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other substance without a person's

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knowledge.

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And whereas, Burnsville is committed to

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raising awareness, promoting prevention

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efforts,

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and supporting affected families and

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individuals with compassion and action.

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And whereas education, harm reduction,

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and accessible treatment are key to

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ending the opioid epidemic and saving

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lives in our communities.

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we resolve to play our part in reducing

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the toll of overdose in the community.

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Which claims the lives of more than 39

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Dakota County, Minnesota residents

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last year.

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Whereas we affirm that the people

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affected by overdose are our sons

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and daughters, our mothers and fathers,

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our brothers and sisters.

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compassion, and support.

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Now therefore, I Elizabeth Kautz, along

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with the City Council, do hereby

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proclaim August 25th through the 31st,

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2026 as Overdose Awareness Week in

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Burnsville. And do hereby encourage all

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residents to learn, engage, and advocate

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for prevention, education, and support

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in honor of those we've lost

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Proclaimed this 18th day of August,

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2026.

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And um I understand that Mr. James

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Johnson Jr., the Opioid Prevention

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Coordinator for Dakota County Public

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Health uh

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is here to accept the uh proclamation.

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Mr. Johnson.

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>> Thank you, Mayor.

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>> Turn around.

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We'll take one with the council.

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Quick change.

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>> How are you?

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>> Good to see you.

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>> Yeah. You've been working on this for a

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long time.

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>> Yeah. You had so many Thank you for all

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of the work that you put in today.

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>> Thank you for the support.

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» The city of Burnsville has been

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advocating

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engaging and practicing

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civility, dignity,

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and respect.

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from now on

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to ensure that we remember

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that the Burnsville City Council is

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committed to respect in how we treat one

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another,

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treating people with compassion,

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kindness, and consideration, honoring

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human dignity in how we interact,

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recognize an inherent value of every

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person.

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Working together to serve the community,

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partnering to strengthen our community

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and advance the common good.

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at the beginning of every citizen's

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comments,

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uh I will be reading this so that we can

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continue to focus on what is important

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to all of us here in our community.

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And so, the next item on the agenda is

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citizen's comments, and this is the

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opportunity for anyone

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um in the audience who wishes to address

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the council on an item that is not on

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the printed agenda and not an

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application form that's coming before us

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at a future date.

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And I have three people who have signed

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up to speak during citizen's comments,

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and uh the first one is Mr. Bruce Henry.

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Mr. Henry, the floor is yours.

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» Thank you, Mayor. Good to see you again

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and the council.

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Uh as you know, I was here in uh May to

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speak on a separate subject of city

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special assessment at Burnsville, the

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Real Life Cooperative. Well, in the in

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the process of doing that, I I walked the streets around where I

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live periodically, three, four times a

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one thing in May, or actually in

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February or March, it was on East

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Travelers Trail, by the apartment

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complex there, and I would like to pass

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this picture out to all the members of

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the city council to look at.

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» You could do that.

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» My foot traffic every might not be the

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>> It's pretty good.

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>> quite fair what we have there.

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a problem waiting for

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something to happen with somebody. And I

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would not want the city and all its

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people here to have to pay for an

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accident or something. It just looks

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really bad.

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about the special assessment that has to

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do with the maintenance of the streets

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and everything around there. Well, this

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is an example to me that's something

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that needs attention. And I I decided to

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think about this for a while and I came

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up with a solution. I don't know if it

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be something you guys could implement or

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whatever is periodically maybe the

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council or the mayor or anyone else walk

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the streets. Cuz I just wonder when

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looking at this whether or not there's

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other conditions in the street that fall

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under this thing.

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problem. And I'm sure that is not the

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only isolated ones. I've lived in large

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cities. I lived in Southern California

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for a long time and I would walk the

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streets and look for things like that.

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especially in the wintertime and it's

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been there since February.

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whether or not you have a group of people that go out and look

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for things like this and and try to

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repair them on the spot. Yeah, I know

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it's probably included in your

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yearly budget. So, and uh

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co-op members here. And the ladies that

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follow is going to speak to another

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thing, but I just would really like to

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see our streets maintained a little bit

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better so we don't have problems like

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steadiest person in the world. And it

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could have been me, it could have been

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anybody. And uh so, that's that's really

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all I want to say but I do want to give

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you guys kudos

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for finally mowing the lawn on the path

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that's in our property. We were

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wondering for a while whether

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who is going to mow the lawn first, us

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or you guys. And finally I saw Well,

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yeah, one day I woke up and there the

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lawn there I heard it cuz it's right

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outside where my unit is. And so, I

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heard it and I was glad to see that. So,

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that's all I got to say. Thank you.

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public works director is in the room and

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Uh the next one is Rose Sullivan

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uh from Real Life as well.

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This is Sullivan, welcome.

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» Oh, good afternoon.

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>> Good afternoon and we did receive your letter.

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>> Right, okay. So, you all have You all

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have a copy of this. So, I'm going to

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read this letter but hopefully with my

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inflections and and some of that. And if

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you have any questions at the end, I'll

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be happy to answer them if you if you

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Um I've read this so many times. We'll

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see how many words I trip on this time.

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my name is Rose Sullivan.

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I represent the Real Life Cooperative of

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Burnsville as well as the the

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Cooperative of Burnsville,

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and perhaps many other multi-family

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buildings in Burnsville

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where electricity and or natural gas is

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provided by group meters rather than

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individually.

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I am currently a member of the Real Life

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Cooperative of Burnsville and a past

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president of its Board of Directors.

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As we believe we are paying more than an

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equitable share in franchise fees,

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we would appreciate it if you would take

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another look at the current structure of

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the franchise fees and consider adding a

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residential multi-family category to the

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franchise fee structure

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to make them more consistent. [laughter]

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I'll use the Real Life Cooperative and

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Parkway Cooperative as a basis of my

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information, but there are other

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buildings that are probably set up the

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same way we are that would have the same

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kind of issues.

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There are two other cooperatives and

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many other multi- uh multi-unit

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buildings in Burnsville housing a large

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number of Burnsville residents and

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voters.

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So, just to give you a little

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background, I don't know if you're

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familiar with with uh cooperatives, but

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I'm going to I'm going to talk about

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cooperatives a little bit.

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>> [clears throat]

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>> The Real Life Cooperative of Burnsville

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opened in early 1996. It's built in '95,

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opened in '96

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as a not-for-profit cooperative

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corporation.

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It consists of 165,736

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sq ft and has 119 units. Big building.

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The Parkway Cooperative is also a

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not-for-profit cooperative corporation

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and it consists of 150,337

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sq ft and has 102 units.

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in both buildings are open to

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seniors 62 and older. And on the bottom

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of those letters it says 55, but that's

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old news. I happen to notice that those

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are That's an outdated at the bottom.

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HUD made us change.

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So, under the cooperative model, each

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member owner buys a share of the

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corporation

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and then signs an occupancy agreement

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for the specific unit in which they

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actually live.

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In addition, each member pays a monthly

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homeowners association fee, which

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includes their share of the co-op

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financial burden, such as the mortgage,

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taxes, insurance, common area

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electricity, natural gas, maintenance

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reserves, and so forth.

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>> [cough]

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[snorts]

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>> Each co-op member has their own

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electricity account with Dakota Electric

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at Real Life and with Xcel at Parkway

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and pays their own electric bill, which

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includes the $8 monthly franchise fee.

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In addition, each member contributes

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their share of the common area electric

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bill franchise fee,

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which [clears throat] comes out to an

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average of 67 cents each month for the

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people at Real Life. It's a little bit

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more than that. It's 78 cents a month

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for the people at um

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at Parkway

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cuz you're dividing by a smaller number,

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but it's the same initial charge. So,

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that's that's why there's a difference.

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» [clears throat]

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» Now, natural gas is different story.

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So, natural gas for the two buildings is

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provided by CenterPoint Energy,

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but co-op members do not have their own

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individual meters.

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Natural gas is provided under four

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commercial industrial

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sub accounts for each building and

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tracked through four meters, which

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service each entire complex.

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Both buildings are charged a franchise

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fee on all four of the sub accounts.

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$468

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a month on each of the first three sub

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accounts, and $80 a month on the fourth.

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So, in total for gas, each building pays

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a franchise fee per month of $1,484,

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or an average of $12.47

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per Real Life member, and $14.55

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for the the Parkway folks.

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These costs are rolled into the HOA

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charge, where each member pays each

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month to cover the cost of running the

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cooperative.

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So, in summary, each Real Life co-op

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member pays $21.14

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per month

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in franchise fees, 867 for electricity,

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1247 for gas. Parkway, little different.

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2333

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per month in franchise fee, 878 for

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electricity, and 1455

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for the gas.

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These amounts are 32% and 45% more than

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what a Burnsville single-family home

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resident pays at $16 a month.

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And each co-op member would typically

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use less of the utility resources than a

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single family would.

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And of course, we all know these are

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scheduled to go up a couple more times,

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so

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I've been on your franchise fee page a

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lot.

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>> [clears throat]

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>> I suspect that you haven't received much

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feedback on the gas franchise fees from

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buildings such as ours, because the

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average person in this type of building

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would have no reason to see a gas bill.

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In most cases, only the person who pays

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the bill, and perhaps a reviewer, would

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see it. I just happened to have a

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conversation with my property manager

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one day and tripped on it.

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So, that's why I'm here.

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As stated on the city website, when the

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city instituted franchise fees back in

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2016,

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one of the pluses to going this route

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was to spread out costs to each property

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as equally as possible,

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to include churches and nonprofits.

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As I've just demonstrated, this is not

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how it worked out.

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Under the current franchise fee

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structure, many senior cooperative

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owners and other multi-family complexes

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are being charged considerably more than

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our neighbors who own or rent a regular

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home.

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This is an inequitable sharing of costs,

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and financially penalizes those who live

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in multi-family buildings, and it ought

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to be the other way around.

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The current franchise fee structure is

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shown in the attachment to this letter.

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There at the bottom of the page, you'll

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see the actual categories. Uh I got that

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from Alyssa when I came to see her a

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month or so ago.

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» [clears throat]

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>> In the natural gas category, please note

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that the franchise fee jumps from $80 a

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month to $468

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a month with no graduated amounts in

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between.

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Also note there is no category that

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addresses residential multi-family

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buildings at all.

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Perhaps a residential multi-family

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category could be added and be

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structured to make franchise fees more

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equitable.

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Thank you for your consideration of this

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request.

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And again, if you have any questions,

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I'll be happy to try to answer them.

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>> Thank you, Mrs. Sullivan.

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>> Mayor Madam Mayor,

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>> Yes.

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>> I just felt this was really well thought

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out. Thank you for taking the time to do

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this, and it It

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>> You're welcome.

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>> It gives you food for thought. It really

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does.

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>> Okay. Thank you.

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>> doing that.

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>> Yep.

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And the next uh

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speaker is um

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Mr. Gary Schuler.

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And it's on franchise fees as well.

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» Thank you, Mayor and city. Um

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Yeah, we do have an issue with the

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franchise fees as well. Uh it is

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[snorts] just it's a little out of hand,

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I believe.

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>> [clears throat]

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>> We have 76

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individuals living in uh our building

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um at $8

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for gas and then another $8 for

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electric. We each have our own meters.

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We're getting charged that. Comes to

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$1,216.

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Our main building gas is $468.

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Um times two

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and then another $80 bill.

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Our main electric, we have two

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meters also at $80 apiece just for

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franchise fees.

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This doesn't include the electric or the

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gas.

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We are paying

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in total of

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every month $2,392.

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Now, it's not a company or anything that

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is buying this or paying for it. It's 76

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people

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that live there. We

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are a cooperative also and we have an

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issue with each of us paying $31.47

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a month

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for franchise fees.

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I think this is a little out of hand.

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And this is every month, not not once a

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year.

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>> Okay.

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>> It's It's just out of hand. It should be

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not per account number.

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It should be per address.

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So, in other words, why are we getting

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just because we have more meters? Do we

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combine our meters to one?

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You know, it's just

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I think we're paying more than our fair

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share for individuals.

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Compared to anybody else. I mean,

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everybody else pays $8

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for gas, $8 for ga- electric, and then

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probably eight for cable.

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We pay $31

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and 47 cents.

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>> [snorts]

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>> And it's and it's a big concern to us

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with the price of fuel and everything

520
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going on. I mean, this is just

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nickel and diming us.

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It's it's we got to look into it.

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There's got to be something done

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differently.

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You know,

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I I I know it sounds like Burnsville has

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um

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cheap taxes or whatever,

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but they're getting it from somewhere

530
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else, and that's that's the individuals

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again.

532
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I think I think we this is not right.

533
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You could say it should be an address,

534
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not an account number.

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That's my thoughts.

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>> Thank you so much for coming in.

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>> into it, and we got to come up with

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something. This is just crazy.

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>> think um

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Mrs. Mrs. Ryan is [clears throat] in the

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back, and she's

542
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will be happy to to talk further with

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you, and I know that Mrs. Sullivan

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you've talked with Mrs. Ryan, and so but

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thank you so much for coming in and

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sharing your concerns.

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>> Thank you for listening.

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>> Yeah, thank you.

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Okay.

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With that,

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um

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is

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City Clerk um Collins is there anyone

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online?

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>> Mayor, no one online has asked to speak.

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>> Okay, thank you. So, that's all I have

557
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uh of who signed up to speak. Thank you

558
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so much for coming in and sharing your

559
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thoughts.

560
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Um

561
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working together,

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um

563
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we have a community that cares for one another and um

564
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will work together to how we solve

565
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problems.

566
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,400
Thank you so much for coming in.

567
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,600
Okay.

568
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,040
The next item on the agenda is additions

569
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to the final agenda and this is for

570
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emergency items only.

571
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,120
City City Manager Lindburg, are there

572
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any emergency items to come before the

573
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body?

574
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:31,960
>> Nothing from staff, ma'am.

575
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,360
>> Okay, thank you. Members of the council?

576
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,360
Okay, we'll move on. The next item is

577
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the consent agenda. The consent agenda

578
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is a group of items that's considered to

579
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be routine and will be enacted by one

580
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,760
motion. However, an item on the consent

581
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,840
agenda can be removed for a separate

582
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,400
discussion and vote. Is there anyone who

583
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,800
wishes an item on the consent agenda to

584
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be removed for a separate discussion and

585
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:58,110
vote?

586
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,160
City Clerk Holladay, are there any one

587
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online who wishes an item to be removed?

588
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,812
>> Here, no one has requested an item to

589
00:26:04,812 --> 00:26:06,040
[clears throat] be removed.

590
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,560
>> City Manager Lindburg, does staff want

591
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an item to be removed for a separate

592
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,600
discussion and vote?

593
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,800
>> Not from staff, ma'am.

594
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,080
>> Members of the council?

595
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:14,640
>> No.

596
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,400
>> If not, I would um

597
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like a motion to adopt the consent

598
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agenda, please.

599
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>> So moved.

600
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,840
>> There's a motion.

601
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,920
And a second? Okay.

602
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:25,760
Uh uh

603
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All in favor, please say I.

604
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:27,880
>> I.

605
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,840
Opposed, say nay and the motion

606
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carries. There are no items on the

607
00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,320
regular agenda and a motion to adjourn

608
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is in order.

609
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:35,640
>> Moved.

610
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>> Second.

611
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,680
>> There's a motion and a second. All in

612
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favor, please say I.

613
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:39,240
>> I.

614
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Opposed, say nay and the motion

615
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,720
carries. Good night and thank you for

616
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being with us.