[5:49] Mhm.

[7:44] » Mhm.

[9:07] » public properties or capital properties

[9:10] for themselves to then flatten them

[9:13] and do what with them to maintain those

[9:15] sites?

[9:16] Um, I'm just confused. We have four

[9:19] addresses in particular.

[9:21] Uh, two of them are on the regular

[9:24] agenda, but the four addresses in

[9:26] question are 102 North Broadway, I'm

[9:28] being just right down the street here,

[9:30] 1298 Memorial Drive, um, has a large

[9:33] structure on it as well that the city's

[9:34] looking to absorb for

[9:36] a low rate. Uh it seems like kind of a

[9:39] shoe-in

[9:41] operation.

[9:43] Pretty large parcel land trying to be

[9:45] absorbed by the city right now with the

[9:46] building on it when we don't even have

[9:48] full demo plans for the long run down

[9:50] the way. The other two addresses, they

[9:52] don't directly pertain to this regular

[9:53] agenda, but I think they are good um

[9:56] insight for the overall agenda here. 724

[9:59] University Avenue and 500 Ingersoll

[10:02] Avenue.

[10:03] Um those would be your Washington school

[10:06] and the egg facility that sits on the

[10:08] edge of town. Uh it seems like the city

[10:10] has a good way of starting these

[10:12] projects, obtaining these buildings that

[10:14] were either owned by nonprofits or other

[10:17] entities, and then taking it upon

[10:18] themselves to cost the taxpayer

[10:21] >> [clears throat]

[10:22] >> for the next step with them without very

[10:24] little real guidance. So, before you

[10:26] guys all vote on this tonight, I just

[10:27] strongly urge encourage you all to find

[10:29] in yourselves if you are in support of a

[10:32] plan or if you're just following suit to

[10:34] the shoe-in

[10:36] um and what that looks like. Uh cuz

[10:38] there are other entities involved in

[10:40] here, too. I mean, the city's

[10:41] essentially getting

[10:43] um by a church a prorated rate on a

[10:45] public um available parcel. Like I said,

[10:49] there's plenty of streets here in

[10:50] Creston that need attention, and I think

[10:52] everybody knows that, [clears throat]

[10:54] and that's our main focus and priority.

[10:55] So, taking on these large-scale projects

[10:57] with heavy expense upon the city seems

[11:00] burdensome and irresponsible.

[11:02] Um thanks for your time. I'll keep it to

[11:04] that topic tonight.

[11:07] » Anyone else?

[11:08] >> I just like to comment, your honor. We

[11:09] don't own Washington school.

[11:11] >> Not yet.

[11:11] >> It's owned by the city. We don't own

[11:13] Washington school.

[11:15] >> We also don't own the egg center.

[11:17] >> No, that the industrial park, but not

[11:19] egg lands, correct?

[11:22] >> And I don't think council's got an

[11:24] appetite right now to purchase

[11:25] Washington school.

[11:26] >> No.

[11:27] >> Yes, because we're in the middle of the

[11:28] demo right now.

[11:30] >> So, we'll leave it at that. Thank you.

[11:32] Anyone else?

[11:35] Okay, moving on. No presentations. This

[11:38] brings us to the agenda. Does anyone

[11:41] wish to add anything from

[11:43] >> [clears throat]

[11:43] >> from tonight's agenda?

[11:47] I have a motion to approve tonight's

[11:49] agenda. So moved, your honor. Thank you.

[11:52] Is there a second?

[11:53] >> Second.

[11:54] by Joseph. Thank you. Discussion?

[11:58] Hearing none, let's have a roll call,

[12:00] please.

[12:00] >> Briggs? Hi.

[12:01] >> Cavalier?

[12:02] >> Hi.

[12:03] >> Brekken?

[12:03] >> Hi.

[12:04] >> Blatt?

[12:04] >> Hi.

[12:05] >> Alt?

[12:06] >> Hi.

[12:06] >> Kibma?

[12:07] >> Hi.

[12:07] >> Schestell?

[12:08] >> Hi.

[12:09] >> Fisher?

[12:10] >> [clears throat]

[12:11] >> Okay, motion carries. This brings us to

[12:13] the consent agenda. Does anyone wish to

[12:16] remove anything from the consent agenda?

[12:21] I have a motion to approve tonight's

[12:22] consent agenda.

[12:24] >> So moved.

[12:24] >> Thank you, Joseph. Is there a second?

[12:26] >> Second.

[12:27] by Henry. Thank you.

[12:30] Roll call, please.

[12:31] >> Briggs?

[12:31] >> Hi.

[12:32] >> Cavalier?

[12:32] >> Hi.

[12:33] >> Brekken?

[12:34] >> Hi.

[12:34] >> Blatt?

[12:35] >> Hi.

[12:35] >> Alt?

[12:36] >> Hi.

[12:36] >> Kibma?

[12:37] >> Hi.

[12:37] >> Schestell?

[12:38] >> Hi.

[12:39] >> Fisher?

[12:39] >> Hi.

[12:41] >> Okay, motion carries.

[12:43] No public hearings. Regular agenda,

[12:46] Ashley, please.

[12:47] >> [clears throat]

[12:47] >> Yes, your honor. 8.01 is a resolution

[12:50] approving task order number 28 with

[12:52] Advanced Engineering Environmental

[12:54] Services LLC, AE2S, for the Tri-Valley

[12:58] Building Demolition Project.

[13:00] >> Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve

[13:02] this resolution?

[13:03] >> So moved, your honor.

[13:04] >> Don, do I have a second?

[13:06] >> I'll second that.

[13:07] >> Second by Clayton. Thank you.

[13:09] Discussion?

[13:10] >> Hearing

[13:11] >> Uh yes, your honor. As we discussed on

[13:13] the 18th at the Ways and Means meeting,

[13:16] consensus from council is to move

[13:18] forward with demolition of the

[13:18] Tri-Valley building.

[13:20] Um at that time, I also presented the

[13:22] council with an estimate of the

[13:23] demolition cost to include engineering

[13:25] fees.

[13:26] Uh this resolution and attached task

[13:28] order

[13:29] from AE2S details the scope of their

[13:31] services to assist with the demolition

[13:34] uh to include the following phases:

[13:36] study and report, preliminary design,

[13:38] final design,

[13:40] bidding and proposal, construction

[13:42] phase,

[13:43] post construction, instrument

[13:45] instrumental and controls.

[13:47] Uh anticipated engineering fees total

[13:49] $113,500.

[13:52] This project will ultimately be funded

[13:53] through a bond

[13:55] uh and we'll repair ourselves uh once

[13:57] the bond is received.

[13:58] Uh in the meantime we'll cover this

[14:00] through our general fund reserves.

[14:03] >> Thank you. Further discussion?

[14:06] >> Just to clarify, so this is we're

[14:07] talking Tri-Valley building.

[14:09] >> Correct. Yes.

[14:10] >> As stated in the resolution, yes, sir.

[14:12] >> Okay.

[14:13] Pretty certain how this is going to go

[14:15] down. You You might just

[14:17] question

[14:18] um voting on something without actually

[14:21] first having structural engineers go

[14:23] through that building to see if there's

[14:25] a way to make it safe.

[14:26] If we make decisions based upon that

[14:28] someone had either got a structural

[14:31] this horrible thing should never happen,

[14:32] um but I would imagine that there are

[14:34] people who have died in other parts of

[14:35] the city

[14:36] and we haven't rushed to take down

[14:38] whatever is there in those areas.

[14:40] Again, this is people have probably

[14:42] already decided how they're going to

[14:43] vote, but I just question not having

[14:46] structural engineers take a look at that

[14:47] building first.

[14:52] » Further discussion?

[14:58] » I think back in the day that I think,

[15:00] you know, uh Tri-Valley reason

[15:02] Tri-Valley decided to move on is cuz uh

[15:05] they were just throwing good money at

[15:06] bad money here.

[15:10] It was uh not cost efficient for them to

[15:12] continue to operate that building.

[15:16] So, um

[15:18] that's kind of where we're at.

[15:21] But I think uh

[15:22] it is a safety concern, especially when

[15:25] we are going to be redoing our corridors

[15:27] next year.

[15:28] After building is gone, I know Minded is

[15:30] willing to maybe purchase a little more

[15:33] of that corner to make the radius

[15:37] a little cleaner, a little wider.

[15:41] So,

[15:43] further discussion?

[15:45] >> Public welcome.

[15:48] >> Uh you can save comments at the end of

[15:51] the council meeting.

[15:55] Uh roll call, please.

[15:57] >> Briggs?

[15:58] >> Aye.

[15:59] >> Cavalier?

[15:59] >> Aye.

[16:00] >> Rupkin?

[16:01] >> Aye.

[16:01] >> Flott?

[16:02] >> Aye.

[16:02] >> Alt?

[16:04] >> Aye.

[16:05] >> Kidman?

[16:05] >> Aye.

[16:06] >> Chastell?

[16:07] >> Abstain.

[16:10] » Fisher?

[16:10] >> Aye.

[16:11] >> Okay, the motion carries. Moving on.

[16:14] >> Item 8.02 is a resolution approving a

[16:17] professional service agreement with AE2S

[16:20] Communications for Croxton Diocese site

[16:22] redevelopment support, Your Honor.

[16:24] >> Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve

[16:26] this resolution?

[16:27] >> So moved, Your Honor.

[16:28] >> Thank you, Clayton. Do I have a second?

[16:31] >> I'll second it.

[16:32] >> Thank you, Morgan. Discussion?

[16:35] >> Yes, Your Honor. On May 18th Ways and

[16:37] Means meeting,

[16:38] >> [cough]

[16:39] >> we discussed [clears throat] the

[16:39] development of the Diocese property. At

[16:42] that time, uh it was also consensus of

[16:44] council to move forward with seeking a

[16:46] developer's agreement. This resolution

[16:48] is uh for assistance again from AE2S

[16:50] with site development to include

[16:52] following tasks: goal setting,

[16:54] organization alignment, financial and

[16:56] funding framework,

[16:58] uh current RFP review and refinement,

[17:00] proposal evaluation, selection, and

[17:02] additional support.

[17:04] Engineering fees for this project uh

[17:06] would be provided on hourly basis

[17:08] however, uh shall not exceed $33,795

[17:12] without written permission from the

[17:13] city.

[17:14] These fees is uh will be paid from the

[17:15] community development, uh, professional

[17:18] fees expenditure.

[17:19] >> Thank you. Further discussion?

[17:24] Hearing none, can I have a roll call,

[17:25] please?

[17:26] >> Briggs.

[17:27] >> Aye.

[17:27] >> Cavalier.

[17:28] >> Aye.

[17:28] >> Brekken.

[17:29] >> Aye.

[17:30] >> Flott.

[17:30] >> Aye.

[17:31] >> Alt.

[17:32] >> Aye. [snorts]

[17:33] >> Himena.

[17:33] >> Aye.

[17:34] >> Chastell.

[17:35] >> Aye.

[17:35] >> Fisher.

[17:36] >> Aye.

[17:37] >> Okay, motion carries.

[17:39] >> Item 8.03 is a resolution waving the

[17:41] 10,000 special assessments against

[17:43] partial 82.04088.00

[17:48] pursuing [clears throat] to the

[17:49] Natureview Estates plat five development

[17:52] developers agreement, Your Honor.

[17:54] >> Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve

[17:56] this resolution?

[17:57] >> So moved.

[17:57] >> Thank you, Delaine. Is there a second?

[17:59] >> I'll second.

[18:00] >> Thank you, Wendy. Discussion.

[18:03] >> You know, last Friday, in late

[18:04] afternoon, I was, uh, um,

[18:07] contacted about the sale of a lot in the

[18:08] Natureview Estates plat five developer.

[18:11] Uh, um,

[18:13] in reference to that agreement. So, a

[18:14] little history on this developer's

[18:16] agreement.

[18:17] >> [clears throat]

[18:17] >> On February 24th, 2020,

[18:19] the city entered into agreement with

[18:20] Natureview Development LLC,

[18:23] which is owned by Bob Herkenhoff.

[18:25] >> [clears throat]

[18:26] >> The agreement [snorts] at that time was

[18:27] in exchange for the city constructing or

[18:29] extending Ickauf Boulevard to Fisher

[18:31] Avenue.

[18:32] Uh,

[18:32] >> [clears throat]

[18:33] >> that Bob Herkenhoff would donate the two

[18:35] ponds that the city currently owns, uh,

[18:38] on that parcel, be permanently

[18:39] dedicated,

[18:40] >> [clears throat]

[18:41] >> uh, for the use of the public park, or

[18:42] parks. Some of the additional

[18:44] requirements in that developer agreement

[18:46] were

[18:47] the city would waive all assessments.

[18:48] However, the city was allowed to impose

[18:51] a $10,000 special assessment on each lot

[18:54] in the Natureview Estates if substantial

[18:56] construction was not completed in two

[18:59] years,

[19:00] and each lot in the Natureview Estates

[19:02] was not or would not be eligible for any

[19:04] city tax abatement programs.

[19:07] Um, since the signing of this agreement,

[19:08] we've encountered several unique

[19:10] circumstances.

[19:12] The agreement was signed during the

[19:13] height of COVID. At that time, if you

[19:15] remember, it was nearly impossible to

[19:17] contract with any builders.

[19:19] Uh the price of building supplies was an

[19:21] all-time high.

[19:22] And most projects were delayed due to

[19:24] increased costs, uh product

[19:26] availability, and high interest rates.

[19:28] Because of these factors, and again, uh

[19:30] turn over city administrator, the 2-year

[19:32] construction timeline what was uh

[19:34] overlooked or were uh

[19:36] kind of extended.

[19:37] Um

[19:39] Currently, there's 10 lots in the Nature

[19:40] View Estates that are subject to this

[19:42] $10,000 special assessment. All of those

[19:45] lots are sold. Uh of the 10, um

[19:49] most of them are owned by four of them

[19:49] by Cheetah. One has actually been sold.

[19:51] Three of the remaining are owned by

[19:53] Cheetah. The other six are owned by

[19:54] private party

[19:56] um entities or persons.

[19:59] Um

[20:00] you know, it's in the best interest of

[20:01] the city to have residential development

[20:02] to increase the city's tax base.

[20:05] Uh however, I just want to

[20:07] inform you obviously what we do for one

[20:10] we'll likely have to do for the

[20:10] remaining 10 parcels

[20:12] in the Nature View Estates. Um so,

[20:14] again, this resolution

[20:16] uh

[20:16] is to ask to waive the $10,000 special

[20:19] assessment. Again, contingent on the

[20:21] sale of that parcel to construct a new

[20:24] home.

[20:25] I first I personally spoke with uh the

[20:27] realtor and the private party buyer.

[20:30] Um the contract is in place uh pending

[20:33] the outcome of this uh council meeting.

[20:35] And they are planning to construct a new

[20:36] home, hopefully to be completed in next

[20:38] 3 or 4 months.

[20:40] >> So,

[20:42] you're correct in um

[20:44] construction during the COVID period it

[20:46] was staying near impossible to get a

[20:47] contractor. And like you said, the

[20:50] So, I'm just wondering if we should just

[20:52] give everybody an additional couple

[20:54] years on that agreement. Is that something we

[20:59] can do or is it

[21:01] I think because like no nobody was

[21:03] building during that time at all.

[21:05] >> Mhm.

[21:07] You know, we could absolutely

[21:08] >> I mean, I'm I'm I'm for moving forward

[21:10] with this one, but I'm just wondering if

[21:11] we shouldn't

[21:12] >> come back with another resolution asking

[21:14] for another 24-month extension.

[21:16] >> Sure.

[21:16] >> Yeah.

[21:17] We could [clears throat] certainly do

[21:18] that if that's what council would like

[21:19] to do.

[21:20] >> I don't want anything to like impede

[21:21] people trying to go and build out there.

[21:23] I mean,

[21:24] $10,000 can be eaten up pretty quickly

[21:26] in property taxes if somebody builds a

[21:28] house.

[21:29] >> And and again, just as a reminder, these

[21:31] [snorts] parcels are not subject any of

[21:32] the tax abatement programs that we would

[21:34] have. So, we would receive, you know,

[21:37] the taxes on that.

[21:39] Subsequently, you know, later after

[21:40] [cough and clears throat] building a

[21:41] home.

[21:41] >> Yeah.

[21:45] Why won't they be for the

[21:48] um

[21:50] the 2-year

[21:51] >> Yeah, maybe the housing incentive.

[21:53] >> So, the developer's agreement was that's

[21:55] what it was stated at that time. Council

[21:56] could certainly, you know, change that

[21:57] also. We could extend that 24 months,

[21:59] and we could allow that tax abatement

[22:01] program to be offered uh uh to the

[22:03] current owners. If council chooses,

[22:05] however, that the developer's agreement signed in

[22:08] 2020, part of that agreement was that

[22:10] they would not be eligible

[22:12] for any of those tax abatement programs.

[22:14] However, again,

[22:15] council has the discretion to change

[22:16] that however they'd like to see fit.

[22:19] >> I think it's worth exploring. Maybe

[22:20] it'll spur more housing development out

[22:23] there to get the 2-year tax abatement.

[22:26] >> I I can tell you um you know, Cheetah

[22:28] currently owns three lots remaining of

[22:30] the 10 out there. Um Taylor's working

[22:33] diligently on on programs to look at

[22:35] enticing for the sale or or uh um

[22:39] development of those properties. I

[22:41] should say s- not sale, but development

[22:42] of those properties. It would be

[22:44] enticing to have that tax abatement

[22:47] program available to anybody interested

[22:49] in purchasing those lots. Currently,

[22:51] they fall under this developer's

[22:52] agreement, so um

[22:54] it it was likely probably a uh um

[22:57] you know, something we'd have to bring

[22:57] back to discuss anyway.

[22:59] >> I'd be I'd be for that.

[23:02] All right.

[23:04] Further discussion?

[23:06] Roll call, please.

[23:08] >> Breaks?

[23:08] >> Aye.

[23:09] >> Cavalier?

[23:10] >> Aye.

[23:10] >> Brekken?

[23:11] >> Aye.

[23:12] >> Platt?

[23:12] >> Aye.

[23:13] >> Alt?

[23:14] >> Aye.

[23:15] >> Givens?

[23:15] >> Aye.

[23:16] >> Chastell?

[23:17] >> Aye.

[23:17] >> Fisher?

[23:18] >> Aye.

[23:19] >> Your Honor, just to clarify, your Honor,

[23:20] sorry.

[23:21] We'll bring back a resolution for

[23:23] 24-month extension and the waiver or to

[23:25] allow

[23:26] the tax incentive incentives on the

[23:28] remaining properties. Is that correct?

[23:30] Okay. Thank you.

[23:31] >> All right, thank you. Okay, motion

[23:33] carries.

[23:35] All right,

[23:37] reports. Is there anything else to add?

[23:39] >> The only thing to add, your Honor, is

[23:40] that we're scheduling a diocese property

[23:42] steering committee in the coming days

[23:44] and then starting

[23:45] [cough and clears throat] at our next

[23:45] Ways and Means meeting or June 15th,

[23:49] we'll start 2027 budget process through

[23:52] budget meetings that will continue

[23:53] through September.

[23:55] >> All right, thank you.

[23:58] Clayton, anything tonight?

[23:59] >> Uh

[24:00] question on the

[24:02] Is the

[24:04] city watering these planters downtown?

[24:07] >> We are not. Uh

[24:09] no, sir. We

[24:11] If you remember in the last year's

[24:12] budget, we did eliminate the salaries

[24:14] for any staff to be hired or to be paid

[24:17] to water those baskets.

[24:19] However, um

[24:21] the Crookston Downtown Development Group

[24:22] did move forward with their program.

[24:25] We, as we hung flags, hung the the

[24:27] baskets for them at the same time.

[24:30] Um and they are watering them on their

[24:32] own.

[24:34] » I had a

[24:35] lady call me this morning

[24:37] and she said she spends $150 to $200

[24:41] planting

[24:42] a downtown one and uh

[24:45] she said she told me that the city

[24:47] wasn't

[24:49] and she was [snorts] uh

[24:52] saying if it was known ahead of time,

[24:55] she wouldn't have spent the money.

[24:58] And I think we're going to find that a

[25:00] lot of those will not be used because I

[25:04] know when that flower program first

[25:06] started my wife and I had one.

[25:08] And I would haul a 55-gallon barrel down

[25:11] there to water and then the city took

[25:12] over. So,

[25:15] I

[25:15] guess I'm just a little disappointed in

[25:17] it that

[25:18] we probably won't have flowers in the

[25:20] flower gardens here in town.

[25:22] >> Well, I know when that program started I

[25:24] can't remember how many years ago that

[25:27] with the downtown corners whoever

[25:29] planted and it was their responsibility

[25:31] to water them, too.

[25:33] That's the way it was set up. Now, how

[25:35] it went from

[25:38] you know, park and rec taking over

[25:41] as far as watering not only the flower

[25:44] baskets but also the corner

[25:46] >> we I'm pretty sure we all discussed it

[25:48] and it was

[25:49] >> [clears throat]

[25:49] >> pretty much

[25:50] the consensus. I don't think we voted on

[25:52] that particular thing but it's pretty

[25:54] much the consensus tonight.

[25:56] >> Pay to have staff

[25:57] >> Pay pay to have staff water them.

[25:59] >> [clears throat]

[25:59] >> I remember a pretty good conversation on

[26:02] >> See, and I know with the baskets this

[26:04] year we had always hearing that they

[26:06] don't need water every day.

[26:09] >> Right, they're self-watering baskets.

[26:11] So, they're a little less labor

[26:12] intensive.

[26:14] >> True.

[26:15] >> Yeah, they they provided the baskets.

[26:17] They hauled them with the city staff. It really took no additional time for us

[26:20] to hang them but

[26:21] >> Right.

[26:23] >> Watering is done by the DC.

[26:26] >> Yes.

[26:29] >> All right, thanks Wade.

[26:31] Henry, anything?

[26:32] >> Nothing for me.

[26:33] >> Thank you. Joseph?

[26:34] >> Uh [clears throat] real quick, uh so on

[26:36] May 28th the Crookston Housing and

[26:38] Economic Development Authority met and

[26:41] big items is that we approved financial

[26:43] report, approved account signatures, uh

[26:46] discussed approved insurance for Oak

[26:48] Court, approved the AD ADP payroll,

[26:51] talked about the Icoff Boulevard lots,

[26:54] um approval of

[26:57] uh

[26:58] a site civil engineering request for

[27:01] proposal regarding the 3.6 acre parcel

[27:04] uh

[27:05] >> [snorts]

[27:05] >> owned by Cheetah.

[27:06] And then

[27:08] most recently we just

[27:10] sort of indirectly connected to Cheetah,

[27:12] we found that we are now funded, the

[27:14] city was funded for

[27:16] uh once we remove those ash trees, we

[27:18] already knew that that was that's funded

[27:19] that $140,000 grant. But the question

[27:21] was what did we do what do we do with

[27:25] quote the waste product, which are those

[27:27] trees, and so we had sent a proposal

[27:30] over to University of Minnesota

[27:31] Agricultural Extension and that was

[27:33] approved and to utilize that as a form

[27:37] to create biochar and see the

[27:40] effectiveness of that in growing the new

[27:42] trees that will be planted.

[27:47] » Thank you, Joseph.

[27:48] Morgan?

[27:49] >> I was at the Cheetah meeting and I think

[27:51] Joseph covered that, so [clears throat]

[27:53] he can put a note to me on that one,

[27:54] too.

[27:55] >> Thank you.

[27:57] Wendy, anything?

[27:59] >> Nothing for me.

[27:59] >> Thank you. Delane?

[28:01] >> Um couple [clears throat] things. Um

[28:04] >> [cough]

[28:04] >> I briefly talked last year about, you

[28:06] know, possibility of um

[28:09] getting a public um grass clipping

[28:13] dump where residents could

[28:16] take their clippings on nights and

[28:18] weekends possibly and

[28:21] I I I just like you to maybe consider

[28:23] that, look into it and

[28:25] find out if there's any

[28:27] how big the cost is. I know we're still

[28:29] on looking at cutting different types of

[28:31] stuff, but I don't know how much that

[28:33] would cost. It sure would be handy

[28:35] because

[28:36] you know, somebody mowing their grass at

[28:38] say 6:00 on a Friday has to hold on to

[28:40] it and

[28:42] till possibly Monday night

[28:45] if it's open late, so

[28:46] >> Yeah, I can definitely follow up with

[28:48] you on that. And I know we had

[28:49] discussions of that last year. I think

[28:51] it was a couple of

[28:53] the [clears throat] locations somewhere

[28:54] in the city of Crookston for you.

[28:56] I'll follow up on that and I'll get back

[28:57] to you.

[28:58] >> And then the other thing, you know, last meeting we had a very long long um presentation, but none of us had

[29:07] received the the PowerPoint. I'm just

[29:09] asking again, I've asked for this

[29:11] several times that

[29:13] um we get a copy so we're not having to

[29:16] squint and move our chairs and go park

[29:18] in front of the screen up there so we

[29:19] can see it on our screen.

[29:22] >> Absolutely.

[29:23] >> Maybe if they don't get us the

[29:25] information by Friday at they don't

[29:28] present, I don't know. I don't know how

[29:30] to

[29:31] >> I agree. We've already had discussions

[29:33] about that on the same pretense that if

[29:35] all the information isn't provided by

[29:37] noon by Friday, we push that meeting.

[29:41] That's on me. I apologize and I'll do

[29:42] better moving forward. Thank you.

[29:44] >> It's It's all right. It's just It's like

[29:46] I said, it's It's hard to

[29:48] get educated about what's happening when

[29:51] you can't

[29:51] >> see the numbers.

[29:52] >> Yeah.

[29:53] >> Okay.

[29:54] Thank you.

[29:55] >> That's all I have.

[29:56] >> Thanks, Delane.

[29:56] >> Yep.

[29:57] >> Derek?

[29:58] >> Nothing tonight, Your Honor.

[29:59] >> I have [clears throat] a couple things

[30:02] for Ward 4

[30:04] um that have happened in the last uh few

[30:06] weeks. Um

[30:08] the um

[30:09] >> [clears throat]

[30:13] » I have a I have uh thank you uh from

[30:16] Ward 4

[30:18] uh residents on

[30:21] the 400 block for filling in the holes

[30:24] and that uh

[30:26] needed fixing. And then the holes were really deep and so forth.

[30:32] And so we contacted uh the city and uh

[30:36] they were down there and filled those up

[30:38] for It's really a good uh

[30:40] really good for the for the ward. and

[30:43] then I also have uh thanks to the police

[30:45] department for

[30:46] driving their job taking doing their job

[30:50] on East 7th Street and North Central

[30:53] Avenue by stopping speeding on that

[30:56] road.

[30:57] There I've seen a lot of the policeman

[31:00] stopping people because they are going

[31:03] 40 and 50 miles an hour on that road and

[31:06] I got many many complaints and the the

[31:09] police department responds responded in

[31:13] the last few days they've been stopping

[31:14] people that are going crazy on that

[31:16] road. So Thanks to city and thanks to

[31:19] police department.

[31:20] It's a wonderful to get that kind of

[31:23] service.

[31:25] Thank you.

[31:26] Thanks Don.

[31:28] Uh just a couple of things.

[31:30] First I want to thank uh

[31:33] once again the uh

[31:35] baseball association for their generous

[31:37] donation for Legion and Hebrew softball

[31:41] ball field maintenance.

[31:43] Um

[31:45] It's great up there and it's much

[31:46] appreciated because we couldn't really

[31:49] do it without them.

[31:50] And also today I want to thank

[31:54] Taylor. She got volunteers together for

[31:57] the active transportation demonstration

[32:00] project.

[32:02] Um don't want to miss anybody but thanks

[32:05] to the men that who that was here and

[32:08] um

[32:10] Scott Park and Rec were up there.

[32:13] Chuck Street Department, thank you. Also

[32:16] uh Wendy.

[32:18] She had to show me how to use a roller

[32:20] so it was great.

[32:22] >> [laughter]

[32:23] >> Um

[32:25] Got one more I have here. It was brought

[32:27] up at

[32:30] the last council meeting regarding

[32:34] uh

[32:36] heavy equipment on gravel roads.

[32:40] Now, this for reference, a typical city

[32:43] motor grader weighs around 40,000 lbs.

[32:47] However, the weight is distributed

[32:49] across multiple ax- axles.

[32:54] So, for an example, axle would be

[32:56] distributed would be front axle is

[32:58] roughly 12,000 lbs, rear tandem axles

[33:02] combined is about 28,000 lbs.

[33:07] Or so, basically, your rear axle 14,000

[33:14] Um the largest concerns with gravel

[33:16] roads is moisture content, saturation

[33:20] uh conditions, frost, spring thaw.

[33:24] Weak subgrade or poor base material,

[33:27] drainage issues, or shallow or poorly

[33:30] installed utilities.

[33:34] So, as mentioned by someone that was

[33:37] here that uh there's utilities running

[33:40] down their alley, and there is not. So,

[33:44] that is all I have tonight.

[33:47] Uh nothing else come before council.

[33:50] >> Open comment now?

[33:52] >> You had your chance at the open forum.

[33:55] >> Okay, so you are recanting what you

[33:56] promised at

[33:57] >> So,

[33:58] I can change my mind. So, I'm We're just

[34:00] clarifying. Thank you. Yep.

[34:03] >> So, we are adjourned. Thank you,

[34:05] everybody.

[34:07] >> You may be excused.

[34:54] » Hey.

City of Crookston City Council Meeting, June 1st, 2026

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