1 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,840 Call the city council meeting for 2 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,680 Monday, August 17th, 2026 to order. Will 3 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:58,800 everyone please rise for the pledge of 4 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:04,630 allegiance. 5 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,160 » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the 6 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,360 United States of America 7 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,200 and to the republic for which it stands, 8 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,920 one nation under God, indivisible, with 9 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:22,270 liberty and justice for all. 10 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,600 » Call the roll, please. 11 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,840 >> Council member Wilson. 12 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,480 >> Here. 13 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,600 >> Council member Cordes. 14 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,400 >> Here. 15 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,080 >> Mayor Lean. 16 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:29,600 >> Here. 17 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,800 >> Council member Burnett. 18 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,160 >> Here. 19 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,240 >> Council member Windshield. 20 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,360 >> Here. 21 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,350 >> Any changes to the agenda? 22 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,880 Seeing none, I'll look for a motion to 23 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,080 approve the agenda. 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:40,840 >> So moved. 25 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,200 >> Second. 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,680 >> Motion by Jake, second by Steve. All in 27 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,520 favor say aye. 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,560 >> Aye. 29 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,480 >> No announcements tonight. Look for a 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,560 motion to approve our consent agenda. 31 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,080 >> Motion to approve. 32 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:54,720 >> Second. 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,520 >> Motion Moved second by Phil. All in 34 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,360 favor say aye. 35 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,240 >> Aye. 36 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,160 >> We are all the way down to 11-1. 37 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,960 Construction manager risk selection, 38 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,720 police department expansion and remodel 39 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,320 project. 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:27,870 We have Chief Seem. 41 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,480 » All right, thank you Mayor and Council. 42 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,000 Uh tonight uh I'm here to update you on 43 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,959 the progress of our expansion and 44 00:02:34,959 --> 00:02:36,880 remodel project 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,480 um and then eventually to uh request the 46 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,040 authorization of staff to negotiate 47 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,760 construction manager at risk contract 48 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,560 with Kraus Anderson. 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,000 Um as you you know, back on May 4th, 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,959 Council approved 51 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:54,520 uh us to hire BKV as our architect. And 52 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,120 since then we've been working on uh 53 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,360 the schematic and uh design development 54 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,720 phases of the project. Also, on June 55 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,040 15th, we were authorized to issue RFQ 56 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,519 uh for the project uh to seek 57 00:03:07,519 --> 00:03:09,400 construction managers. 58 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,600 Uh like I said, we've been working 59 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,680 schematic design, design development, 60 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:13,800 and 61 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,040 I'm working towards our CMAR 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,790 acquisition. 63 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,720 Just to kind of lay out that decision 64 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,600 the the construction manager decision 65 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,480 for us was it was pretty complicated and 66 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,360 um hard to 67 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:30,440 you know, 68 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,200 figure out which direction we wanted to 69 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,959 go. Uh there is a construction manager 70 00:03:33,959 --> 00:03:35,720 advisor and a construction manager at 71 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,040 risk. And I kind of laid out what those 72 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,480 differences are. 73 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,480 Um 74 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,200 uh construction manager advisor 75 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,760 represents and advises the owner, does 76 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,080 not become the prime builder, owns owner 77 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,720 holds contracts and delivery risk. Uh 78 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,400 the construction manager at risk advises 79 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,000 again. 80 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,040 The uh construction manager holds all 81 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,520 the contracts and controls the job site, 82 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,000 assumes construction performance and 83 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,200 safety duties, and then, importantly, 84 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,800 commits to a guaranteed maximum price. 85 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,400 And when we evaluated those, um 86 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,920 the construction manager at risk was 87 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,400 much more appealing to us for the 88 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,640 situation that we are here we're at here 89 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,720 in Farmington without, um 90 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,640 someone that could be on site every day 91 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,959 really advising where where the project 92 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:23,120 is going. Uh this construction manager 93 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,080 at risk can fill those roles for us, and 94 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,000 then, 95 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,680 uh providing the guaranteed maximum 96 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,240 price is something we're very interested 97 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,400 in as well. 98 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,120 When the price is set, they are 99 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,280 guaranteed not to go over that amount. 100 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:37,960 With the construction manager at risk, 101 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,440 though, we do have to go out for bid for 102 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,200 that position. If we didn't do that, and 103 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,800 we went advisor, we would not have to go 104 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,928 out for bid. 105 00:04:44,928 --> 00:04:45,280 >> [snorts] 106 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:47,680 >> Um when you authorized the bid, we uh 107 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,720 issued uh the request for for uh 108 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,560 qualifications on the 17th, 2 days after 109 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,760 your authorization. Uh we eventually 110 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,560 received responses from Roshan, Terra 111 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,680 Construction, RJM, and Kraus-Anderson. 112 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,360 From those responses, staff uh reviewed 113 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,200 each firm's qualifications and made a 114 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,160 consideration or decision to move 115 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,200 forward finalists. 116 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,960 Those two finalists were RJM 117 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,720 Construction and Kraus-Anderson. 118 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,000 Uh we requested uh detailed RFPs from 119 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,440 both of those 120 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,320 firms. Uh written proposals were scored, 121 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,919 and both firms were interviewed, and 122 00:05:25,919 --> 00:05:28,640 those interviews were scored. 123 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,480 Between the proposals being scored and 124 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,160 the interviews being scored separately, 125 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,840 Kraus-Anderson came out on top in both 126 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:37,000 of those scenarios. Uh so we ultimately 127 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,120 made a decision to go with 128 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,520 Kraus-Anderson 129 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:44,230 uh for construction manager. 130 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,840 Uh going forward, BKV continues to lead 131 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:49,880 the design. Kraus Anderson's addition is 132 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,000 going to help us develop our cost 133 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,280 estimates, 134 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,320 schedule, and phasing, and bid package 135 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,840 planning. Uh very important to get on 136 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,800 board as soon as we can cuz 137 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,400 to get an accurate estimate of how much 138 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,400 the project is going to cost is 139 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,840 critically important in moving forward 140 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,200 with budgeting for next year. Uh so the 141 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,600 sooner we get them going, the sooner we 142 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,990 can get that process moving. 143 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,560 So that's what brings us here tonight. 144 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,160 Uh I'm requesting that you authorize 145 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,800 staff to negotiate with Kraus Anderson 146 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,080 for construction manager at risk 147 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,560 services. Negotiations will cover scope, 148 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,400 fees, responsibilities, 149 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,560 uh that uh GMP and contract terms. The 150 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,680 negotiated agreement will return to 151 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,880 council for consideration. 152 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,120 Authorization to negotiate is not final 153 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,240 contract approval. So 154 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,960 when we have a contract uh with that 155 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,680 maximum fee, that's when we bring it 156 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,510 back to council for approval. 157 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,880 And then we have our um architect 158 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,840 Michael Healey here with us today, as 159 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:52,640 well as representatives from Kraus 160 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,560 Anderson. 161 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,440 If you have any questions. 162 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,440 >> Great. 163 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,400 Phil? 164 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,360 >> Sorry. 165 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,919 >> No. No, it looks good. I have none. 166 00:07:01,919 --> 00:07:03,960 We've looked it over earlier and 167 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,040 appreciate all of everything you're 168 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,710 doing. 169 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,200 » Any questions? 170 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,600 >> I don't have any questions. We've been 171 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,120 working on this for a few months. We 172 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,720 were working on it and looked at it a 173 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,400 few years ago. Um I'm you know, 174 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,240 personally excited that we're at a point 175 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,040 now where we are making some forward 176 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,120 movement on something that's been 177 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,919 deferred for a long time. 178 00:07:22,919 --> 00:07:25,520 And uh excited to see where it goes. 179 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,400 I've I've had the ability to uh 180 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,520 get a a peek behind the curtain a little 181 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,880 bit at at what some of the the details 182 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,200 of the project look like as we all have 183 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,040 um tonight and uh it's needed and 184 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,200 warranted and I'm excited to go to the 185 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,160 next step. 186 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,440 >> Thank you, Jake. 187 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,440 >> Uh no questions tonight, but like my 188 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,760 colleagues excited to see this move 189 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,200 forward and excited to work with 190 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,560 Kraus-Anderson. 191 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,080 >> Steve. 192 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,880 >> Yeah, I really 193 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:55,080 >> [clears throat] 194 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,520 >> I really like this and you know, 195 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,760 ironically I think Lynn and I 196 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,960 happened to um talk about the value of a 197 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,560 construction manager up at a League of 198 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,160 Minnesota Cities conference a couple 199 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,560 years ago. 200 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,120 And for the benefit of the public, I 201 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,320 just want to kind of just I mean and 202 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:12,800 Nate you did a good job of highlighting 203 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,600 this, but yes, this is an this is an 204 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,520 additional cost that comes into the 205 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,480 project, but ultimately based on 206 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,880 essentially Kraus-Anderson being our 207 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,360 advocates, 208 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,280 um it's going to ultimately save the 209 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,520 city [clears throat] and the taxpayers 210 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,520 money, I believe in the long term. I 211 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,080 think every study I've looked at shows 212 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,240 savings um to the overall project, cost 213 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,840 overruns, better management. Um I think 214 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,800 maybe even have it having a dedicated 215 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,880 person on site. And I don't think we've 216 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,200 done this before as a city. So, I think 217 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,760 this is a really big deal and I think 218 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,760 it's a I think it's a great um component 219 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,839 that we're doing for this project. So, 220 00:08:53,839 --> 00:08:56,640 100% in favor. 221 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,600 >> It's well said, Steve. I think I just 222 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,000 wanted to comment for clarity like 223 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,200 you put it in big capital letters, but 224 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,640 this was not the final approval and the 225 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,240 next step is generally going to be the 226 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,720 open house that was advertised at 227 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,280 National Night Out, right? As we kind of 228 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,640 start to move through the communication 229 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,000 path of what's coming and what's coming 230 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,080 down the road, right? So, just 231 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,080 proceeding with Kraus-Anderson as as the 232 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,040 designer, right? 233 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:16,520 >> Yes. 234 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,160 >> Okay. 235 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:18,960 With that, I don't have any other 236 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,520 comments other than what the Steve had 237 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,560 added here. So, 238 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,680 any final questions? 239 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:26,880 No. Sorry, one second. My screen turned 240 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,790 off on me here. 241 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,440 We would look for a motion to approve 242 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,440 staff to begin contract negotiations 243 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:36,920 with Kraus-Anderson for construction 244 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,800 manager at risk services for the police 245 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,280 department expansion and remodel 246 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,680 project. Motion to approve. 247 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:43,400 >> Second. 248 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,120 >> Motion by Steve, second by Holly. Call 249 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,560 the roll, please. 250 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:47,720 >> Council member Wilson. 251 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,320 >> Yes. 252 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,320 >> Council member Cordes. 253 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:49,800 >> Yes. 254 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,480 >> Mayor Leino. 255 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:50,960 >> Yes. 256 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,080 >> Council member Brunette. 257 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:52,520 >> Yes. 258 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:53,600 >> Council member Winchell. 259 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:54,720 >> Yes. 260 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,390 >> Excellent. Thank you. 261 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,080 Citizen comments tonight. 262 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,480 Comments are a time for anyone to 263 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,200 address the city council on matters not 264 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,960 on the agenda. Comments from speakers 265 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,600 must be informational in nature and may 266 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,960 not exceed 5 minutes. The city council 267 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,680 will not engage in discussion or debates 268 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,200 in those 5 minutes, but will take the 269 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,800 information and issue a response to 270 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,520 those requiring one by the next council 271 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:18,880 meeting. 272 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,200 When you come up to the podium, state 273 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,400 the city or township that you live in. 274 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,520 As part of the protocol, it is 275 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,720 unacceptable for any speaker to slander 276 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,040 or engage in character assassination or 277 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,760 discuss personnel complaints at a public 278 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,160 council meeting. 279 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:32,720 As such, speakers will not be allowed to 280 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,840 identify city employees either by name 281 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,040 or position or to identify any other 282 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,720 person by name during the public comment 283 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,040 period. If one does, their comments will 284 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,480 be deemed done. 285 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,560 Please address your comments to the 286 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,240 council as a whole. 287 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,760 If decorum cannot be maintained during a 288 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,440 speaker's time, the council will recess 289 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,680 to allow decorum to be restored. Upon 290 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,160 return from recess, citizen comments 291 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:53,680 will resume provided order can be 292 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,120 maintained. If order cannot be restored, 293 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,880 the meeting may be adjourned. 294 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:58,960 Is there anyone who would like to speak 295 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,590 tonight? 296 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,132 Go ahead, Paul. 297 00:11:06,142 --> 00:11:06,680 » [clears throat] 298 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,080 >> Hello, my name is Paul Putt. I am at 299 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,720 20150 Erickson Path in Farmington. Um 300 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:13,800 you know, this is my first council 301 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,560 meeting. I've stepped up to the mic many 302 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,880 times at school board meetings. 303 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,320 Um as an educator, I try to um put my 304 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,720 teacher hat on, though I'm not a 305 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,320 Farmington educator at the current 306 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,120 juncture at any point, but I like to try 307 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,720 to 308 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,560 think about what I'm speaking on. 309 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,600 Um today I just wanted to come here and 310 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,720 I want to say thank you. 311 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,440 I don't think you guys up here have 312 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,520 heard that enough in the past 2 years. 313 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,000 Thank you. 314 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,560 guys have online at different points 315 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,920 received the slings and arrows of 316 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,480 outrageous fortune and take up arms 317 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,680 against a sea of troubles and by 318 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,480 opposing end them. 319 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,880 To quote a little Shakespeare. Sorry, if 320 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,520 my English teacher would like that. 321 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,280 I'm very proud of the fact that I'm a 322 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,040 Farmington resident where I feel like 323 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,320 you guys are doing your jobs here today. 324 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,320 We are standing here and you're 325 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,960 listening to an expansion of the police 326 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,640 department. We are forth 327 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,760 We are forward looking at what could be 328 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,600 potentially 40,000 people in the city. 329 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,000 We have roughly, according to the state 330 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,280 of the city, which I rewatched the other 331 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,840 day, about $67 million worth of 332 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:16,880 um 333 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,240 how should I say? Investments and you're 334 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,360 looking at the police department and 335 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:21,280 you're saying, you know what, we're 336 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,160 going to spend some money and we're 337 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,360 going to save some money. You're making 338 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,440 educated decisions to help Farmington. 339 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,120 And you sit up here, a few of your 340 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,880 candidates for our next mayor and I 341 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,080 would say that we have some great 342 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,880 candidates up here. Um, that's my own 343 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,000 personal opinion, others will disagree. 344 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,800 I think for the most part people who 345 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,880 have seen my online forums knows my 346 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,640 opinion on certain hot button topics, 347 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,720 but the fact of the matter is you sit 348 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,640 here, you would do the work of the 349 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:47,760 council. 350 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,280 You will be online trying to give 351 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,680 fact-based statements and can't always 352 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:55,120 say things back before the fact that you 353 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,760 represent Farmington. 354 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,080 And I'm here to say that there's 355 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,480 probably 356 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,040 an unsung majority of people that would 357 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,640 say you're doing your job. They might 358 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,400 not always agree with things, but you're 359 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,400 trying your best and you deserve to hear 360 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,440 more citizens that take the time to come 361 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,480 up here and say thank you. And so that's 362 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,160 why I wanted to come up here in today. I 363 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,160 could go into different topics, things 364 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,680 that are have disagreements like with 365 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:20,560 people in this room and I don't need to. 366 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,200 I want you to hear the words thank you 367 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,320 because as a citizenry you have 368 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,080 volunteered, you've you've at to and you 369 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,680 need to hear it more. We need other 370 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:30,720 citizens who may agree with me who don't 371 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,600 want to go online and online forums and 372 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,400 are willing to put their name out there 373 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,200 to also hopefully be able to say thank 374 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,320 you, because there's over 24,000, 25,000 375 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,360 people in Farmington. 24,000, 25,000 376 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,440 people. 377 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,000 And they have differences of opinions. 378 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,480 They don't always come up here, and they 379 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,200 don't always say them. 380 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,920 And they may, in fact, agree with many 381 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,160 of you on some of the decisions, but 382 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,720 they have families. I was late because 383 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,360 I was helping my kids. 384 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,040 They can't always get here. 385 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,200 They don't always have the ability to 386 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,320 say thank you. And just like, and I'm 387 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:02,400 going to say this for as the son of a 388 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,200 cop, the police officers don't always 389 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,520 hear thank you. First of all, thank you 390 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:07,720 very much. 391 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,120 You have done a wonderful job. I look 392 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,440 forward to the expansion of the 393 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,480 Farmington Police Department. Um and I 394 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,360 think we need to be a little bit more 395 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,040 gracious 396 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,320 even if there's disagreements. 397 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,560 There's numerous issues on this docket 398 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,120 that don't have to do with some people's 399 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,360 topic number one. 400 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,400 And you're doing that work. And so, 401 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,280 that's the reason for my standing. I 402 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,120 thank you very much. Again, disagreement 403 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,640 is healthy. It does not mean that we 404 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,240 have people who are quote-unquote on the 405 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,440 take. It does not mean we have people 406 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,600 who have agendas. It means that we have 407 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,120 people who are stepping up and doing 408 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,960 their job. So again, I say thank you. 409 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,280 >> Thank you, Mr. Budd. 410 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:53,990 Anybody else? 411 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,920 » Nancy Arstead, I live in the sacrifice 412 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,680 zone in a Castle Rock. 413 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,240 Denzel Washington, I'm a huge fan. I 414 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,160 love Denzel Washington. 415 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,720 Man on Fire, Flight, Training Day. He 416 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,600 was so good at being bad in Training 417 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,800 Day. 418 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,960 If he's in it, we're watching it. He is 419 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,400 so cool. 420 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,280 I saw an interview of his last week, and 421 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,000 they asked him what his next film was 422 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,920 about, and he said, 423 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,360 "All money ain't good money." 424 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,520 All money ain't good money. 425 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,760 I was so excited. I thought it's kind of 426 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,280 like he's standing right next to me here 427 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,560 is talking to the Farmington City 428 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,840 Council. All money ain't good money. 429 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,520 It's something we teach our kids, right? 430 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,080 That there are good ways and bad ways to 431 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,080 make money. The basic test, if you are 432 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,600 causing harm to other people to make 433 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,880 that money, it's bad money. 434 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,720 Harming others to make money is bad 435 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,200 money. 436 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,400 Booster clubs and sports teams, you've 437 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,800 got to understand if you accept from 438 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,800 this developer and slap their logo on 439 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,200 your shirts, you are asking kids in and 440 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,440 around the sacrifice zone 441 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,200 to wear that thing and for parents to 442 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,680 put up with it. What would that logo 443 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,480 mean to you guys if you lived up in the 444 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,840 sacrifice zone? 445 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,720 The skills to determine good money from 446 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,680 bad is clearly lacking in 4/5 of our 447 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,240 city leaders. 448 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:15,880 But sadly, that is not all that is 449 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,000 lacking. 450 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,040 You lack transparency, the NDAs, the 451 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,120 rush rush pushing through approvals, not 452 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,080 giving even basic information to the 453 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,200 people. 454 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,720 How about integrity? Do unto others as 455 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,800 you'd have done unto you? For 4/5 of 456 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,240 you, that basic human standard of how we 457 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,120 should treat each other seems to be 458 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,760 missing. 459 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,080 You lack respect for all your residents. 460 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,200 It doesn't exist. You decided on a 461 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,040 sacrifice zone and four of you are 462 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,320 perfectly fine with it. We've all been 463 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,040 dismissed. 464 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,160 You are currently ignoring a petition 465 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,800 signed by 940 people right now, given to 466 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,600 you 11 weeks ago. We hear nothing. 467 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,000 We want to ask We want to know the 468 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,839 cooling system going in next to our 469 00:16:57,839 --> 00:17:00,000 homes, and then we ask you to follow 470 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,520 through with protections. 471 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,880 How many signatures will make you care? 472 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,079 We are almost at a thousand now. The 473 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:10,439 petition is on Farmington Data Center 474 00:17:10,439 --> 00:17:13,199 Watch on Facebook if anyone wants to 475 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:14,520 sign it. 476 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,560 This city could be so much better. 477 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,199 People out there, if you are happy with 478 00:17:19,199 --> 00:17:20,880 Farmington's direction, you think your 479 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,319 taxes are awesome, you like running to 480 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:26,040 other towns to buy basic staples, you 481 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,240 enjoy lawsuits, you're fine having 482 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,160 petitions be ignored, then you have two 483 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,440 people up there running for office again 484 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,520 in the fall who are more than willing to 485 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,520 give you the same. 486 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,320 However, I think most of you are sick of 487 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,000 where Farmington is going, sick of the 488 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,640 disrespect, sick of watching surrounding 489 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,720 towns plan more carefully and be more 490 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,120 productive. 491 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,600 Sick of lawsuits, sick of your high 492 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,560 taxes, sick of being the laughing stock 493 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,240 of the state right now with the status 494 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,040 center, and sick of being mentioned in 495 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,040 news articles not for good reasons. 496 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,840 Do you know a small group of us talked 497 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,640 to Erin Brockovich just a couple weeks 498 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:00,600 ago? 499 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,000 Yes, the Erin Brockovich. 500 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,920 We had She had all the time in the world 501 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:06,640 for us. We had a nice long meeting with 502 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,160 her. We are talking to people like Erin 503 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,200 Brockovich. 504 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,600 That means Farmington is not famous, 505 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,760 it's become infamous. There's a big 506 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,680 difference. 507 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,320 This city needs to change. It clearly 508 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,640 needs a new and better direction. There 509 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,120 are two council seats open this fall. We 510 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:27,520 need two people, Ben and Dave, Ben 511 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,240 Blomgren and Dave Seaburg. They are the 512 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,080 team that need those seats. 513 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,600 Both brought bought their homes in 514 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,880 Farmington and intend to retire here. 515 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,600 They are here to stay and they want to 516 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,240 make things better. 517 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,080 They care deeply about your tax burden, 518 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,040 the growth of this city, bringing in 519 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,560 good business, 520 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,560 making this city something to be proud 521 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,080 of for a change, proper growth and 522 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,640 planning. 523 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,800 They will respect the people they serve, 524 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,080 all of them, 525 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,960 not just some of them. 526 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,640 They will seriously address petitions 527 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,080 signed by hundreds of people. 528 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,360 They will always put the residents 529 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,880 first. 530 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,400 Ben and Dave are not in this for 531 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,440 accolades or status. They come in with 532 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,120 humility and a strong set of ethics. 533 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:13,920 They know that all money ain't good 534 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,440 money. 535 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,160 They would bring honor and trust back to 536 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,600 this town, both sorely missing. 537 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,680 Two council seats open, Bennett Blomgren 538 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,480 and Dave Sieberg. Ben and Dave, remember 539 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,040 those names. Farmington, it is critical 540 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,790 that you get this one right. 541 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:41,870 » Nancy? 542 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,640 » Uh good evening uh mayor and council. My 543 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,000 name is Nate Ryan. I live here in 544 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,280 Farmington. 545 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,000 Um something that just keeps just I hear 546 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,400 so many times is that because we come up 547 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,360 here to oppose things or because we come 548 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,240 up here to say something means that 549 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,040 we're not on team Farmington. Means that 550 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,840 we don't like Farmington, that we hate 551 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,360 Farmington. That's just not true. We 552 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,840 just want to see what's best for 553 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,520 everyone in Farmington, not the minority 554 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,480 of people who are in Farmington who may 555 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,880 back some of you who sit up there. Um I 556 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,080 It doesn't mean that I don't like living 557 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,000 here, right? My daughter's going to be a 558 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,120 senior this year. Uh we like living 559 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:18,800 here. Our son plays football, right? One 560 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,240 of his coaches is sitting over there 561 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,160 with the police badge on. Uh last year's 562 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,760 coach anyways, but you know, you 563 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,080 we love Farmington. We love what it's 564 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,760 about. Uh we have been property owners 565 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,400 here uh since we were first married and 566 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,880 we've owned property in Farmington for 567 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,600 over 20 years. So, it it's it's not 568 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,160 about whether or not I like Farmington 569 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,160 or don't like Farmington. It's about 570 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,990 stuff like this. 571 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,600 Dirt. 572 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,920 It's about you not understanding 573 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,360 what this means. 574 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,680 So, back when the data center was first 575 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,560 talked about, when it was first brought 576 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,880 up, you guys said, you trust the 577 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,040 process. Trust the process. Trust the 578 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,360 process. Everything will come out. Trust 579 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,190 the process. 580 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,680 It's all going to 581 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,000 come out. 582 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,640 Do you know when they found mercury 583 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,720 in the dirt from the golf course? 584 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,960 Do you have any idea? 585 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,320 when they first dug 586 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:16,840 their first holes? 587 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,240 What happens if I were to open this up 588 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,640 right now and we all took a big whiff of 589 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,990 it? 590 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,760 How would you feel about that? 591 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:25,800 What about if we gave it to your 592 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,640 children and had them take a big whiff 593 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,880 of it? 594 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,280 That 595 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,240 is asking what you what you're asking 596 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,120 our children to do. 597 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:37,400 Dirt 598 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,520 at the golf course site 599 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,200 is laced with mercury. 600 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,880 I would be very curious what Track tells 601 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:49,030 you when they first found out. 602 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,160 That's what you want us to do. You're up 603 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,680 there talking about faux windows. You're 604 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,320 up there talking about 80 ft. You're up 605 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,000 there not even understanding one bit 606 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 what the ramifications were from going 607 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,640 and putting this site in a in a 608 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,950 mixed-use commercial industrial zone. 609 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,760 You weren't up there asking, "Hey, what 610 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,680 is 70 years worth of chemicals do? 611 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,800 What What if chemicals being on that 612 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:19,120 golf course since 1970? What do they do? 613 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,400 to the soil? How far 614 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,920 does it go down? What about the 615 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,400 wetlands? What about the What about the 616 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,280 lake or the river that has beautiful 617 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,720 trout that are in it? What about those 618 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,520 things? No. 619 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,360 We're going to ask about faux windows. 620 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,440 We're going to get talking points from 621 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,640 them. 622 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,720 That's what we're going to do. 623 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:38,800 Then we're going to go to the fair and 624 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,750 antagonize people. 625 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,720 I haven't seen you for a while. 626 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,600 That's what we're going to do. 627 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,480 We're not going to care 628 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,120 about the dirt. 629 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:52,960 We're not going to care about the 630 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,160 mercury. 631 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,080 We're not going to care about the 632 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,360 residents. We're not going to care about 633 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,840 the children. This stuff, when blown on 634 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,430 an average windy day, 635 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,360 can travel up to a mile, a mile and a 636 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:09,630 half. 637 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:10,600 But you want to You want to talk about 638 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:11,680 four windows. You don't want to talk 639 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,240 about 80-ft buildings. You don't want to 640 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,800 talk about property rights of owners 641 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,440 that have already been there. You don't 642 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:17,920 want to talk about zoning that's already 643 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,560 been in place for 20 plus years. 644 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,520 You want to talk about four windows. You 645 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,600 want to talk about your tax revenue that 646 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,200 we're going to get. 647 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,480 This is all about tax revenue. 648 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,040 Same person who said that talked about 649 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,720 four windows. 650 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,280 It's all about tax revenue. We're going 651 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,320 to tell you there's all kinds of great 652 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,520 benefits, but when it comes down to it, 653 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,240 it's about tax revenue. 654 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,200 Well, what about all the other great 655 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,040 benefits that you couldn't tell us one 656 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,080 of? No, it's about tax revenue. 657 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,430 You're willing 658 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,760 to have mercury-laden soil 659 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,400 going all over our community 660 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,640 for a mile or more around. And that's 661 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,120 just on a moderately windy day. 662 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,800 But you don't you don't you don't want 663 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,000 to talk about that. 664 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,880 2024 April 2024 is when they did their 665 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,160 first borings. 666 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,840 They knew. 667 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,360 A few council meetings ago, I came up 668 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,400 here and I said, "Hey, what about all 669 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,840 the chemicals that are in there?" 670 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,200 Now what are they doing? They're 671 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,800 drilling hundreds of holes all over that 672 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,840 golf course to figure out where it is. 673 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,920 They have to. They know they have to. 674 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,200 They know that they got caught. 675 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,960 They know. 676 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,720 So, I'm curious. Should we open this? 677 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,240 Or should we not? 678 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,760 What do you think? Should we pass it 679 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,200 around and have you all give a big 680 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,360 sniff? Maybe you want to bring it home 681 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,240 and have your kids give it a big sniff? 682 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,360 Is that what you're asking my kids to 683 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:45,560 do? 684 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:46,960 And it's wrong. 685 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,320 By the way, this is still in my 686 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,840 backyard. 687 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,430 I hope it's harmless, but I don't know. 688 00:24:54,440 --> 00:25:03,670 » Thank you, Mr. Ryan. Anybody else? 689 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:08,310 Round table. 690 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,360 » No report for me tonight. 691 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,600 >> Nothing for me. Thanks. 692 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,110 >> I'm good. 693 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:19,840 » I just want to wish families, students, 694 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,160 teachers, and everybody best of luck as 695 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,880 back to school starts to ramp up in the 696 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,640 next few weeks. 697 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,590 >> Steve. 698 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,000 » Jeez, I wasn't prepared for that 699 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 comment. 700 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,600 I was going to say Nate, I may have an 701 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,560 extra team Farmington shirt if you'd 702 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,800 like to proudly wear it, but 703 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,960 can let you know. 704 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,280 Um 705 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,440 I think we had a fairly incident-free 706 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,560 Dakota County Fair as I understand it. 707 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,160 Uh so, I appreciate our team um 708 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,760 and then others in the community uh 709 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,800 others other neighboring jurisdictions 710 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,280 being there. 711 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,430 And uh that's all I have. 712 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,520 » Nothing tonight. 713 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,560 >> Melissa. 714 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,640 >> Last election thing for a little while. 715 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,560 Uh so, the election on August 11th went 716 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,200 great went great. Um thank you to all of 717 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,840 the people, the staff, the election 718 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,240 judges, 719 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,240 um Church of St. Michael, Farmington 720 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,960 Lutheran, and Bible Baptist for opening 721 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,440 your doors for us. 722 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,800 Um everything went well, so we look 723 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:25,108 forward to the general in November. 724 00:26:25,118 --> 00:26:25,240 » [clears throat] 725 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,360 >> On the topic of elections, I just want 726 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,920 to boast on Melissa a little bit. Uh she 727 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,400 did a fantastic job with with the going 728 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,400 through of the primary. 729 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,360 Um as I probably told people, I don't 730 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,640 think people would realize that this was 731 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,640 her first election as city clerk. Um and 732 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,200 I just want to help people understand, 733 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,680 you know, elections is beyond is is goes 734 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,720 beyond um 735 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,360 just election day. There's the 16 days 736 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,760 of direct balloting prior to the 737 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:58,520 election. There's the absentee period that goes 45 days before the 738 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,360 election. And there's all the other 739 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,720 prep, the hiring of election judges, the 740 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,480 scheduling of over 60 election judges, 741 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,800 the managing of six different precincts, 742 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,480 and working with all those different 743 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,480 property owners. 744 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,480 Um 745 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,920 Lois has been working on it since April. 746 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,800 Um and been doing a fantastic job. So, I 747 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,760 want to give kudos to her. 748 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,040 Um all the election and all to all the 749 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,440 election judges. We had a lot of new 750 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,640 election judges this year who all did 751 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,240 fantastic. 752 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,000 Um 753 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,360 and now get a little bit of a breather 754 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:32,760 um before we start again in just just in 755 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,360 a month in preparation for the general. 756 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,120 Um and I believe absentee balloting for 757 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,720 that, believe it or not, begins 758 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,080 um almost a month from today on 759 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,120 September 18th, I believe it is. So, 760 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,000 that's all I have. Thank you. Very good. 761 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,680 Diana. 762 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,120 Thank you, Mayor and Council. Tonight we 763 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,160 had our monthly Economic Development 764 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,240 Authority meeting, and I just want to um 765 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,600 thank you for the robust conversation 766 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:58,920 that we had. 767 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,040 That's it. Mr. Poll. 768 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,640 Thank you, Mayor and Council. 769 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,240 We do have a citywide speed limit study 770 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,360 and policy development process underway. 771 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,720 Uh if any resident wants to go to the 772 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,000 city website in the upper right corner, 773 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,400 do a search for speed limit. Top of the 774 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,240 list is speed limit study. That'll take 775 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,360 you to a page where there's a hot link. 776 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:20,880 You can go to a map and drop your 777 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,320 comments on there, and that should be 778 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,520 open for at least the next uh month and 779 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,640 a half or so. 780 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:28,560 Thank you. 781 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,600 Kelly. Good evening, Mayor and Council. 782 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,080 It's hard to believe, but next week 783 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,200 already the final music in the park. 784 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,600 Wednesday, August 26th at 7:00 p.m. at 785 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,880 Rambling River Park. Feeling Minnesota 786 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,640 will be performing. They blend country, 787 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,720 rock, and pop favorites with an acoustic 788 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,440 twist. Want to thank the sponsors. Um 789 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,280 without them, we couldn't uh do music in 790 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,520 the park. Castle Rock Bank, Farmington 791 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,880 Youth Hockey Association, Hobo, the 792 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,760 Legacy of Farmington, for our VFW Post 793 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,680 7662, and Marshall Alliance um, for 794 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,400 being out there doing face painting with 795 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,160 the kids and and free popcorn. Hope to 796 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,760 see everybody next week. 797 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,200 >> Thank you. 798 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:04,800 Jim. 799 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,520 >> Mayor and Council, uh, 800 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,480 all cities have the issue of dealing 801 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,080 with delinquent utility bills. And so, 802 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,760 the process like two processes that 803 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,920 cities might take right to shut off 804 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,080 people's water, um, or we can certify it 805 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,480 to the taxes that which is allowed by 806 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,320 Minnesota state law. And just want to 807 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,200 remind everybody that if you do have a 808 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,080 delinquent um, balance on your utility 809 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,040 bill that to pay that off, otherwise 810 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,680 it's potential that we will be 811 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,080 certifying that to taxes. We'll be 812 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,320 starting that process next month. 813 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,440 >> Thank you. 814 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,910 Chief. 815 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,480 » Mayor and Council. 816 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,800 Uh, first I wanted to uh, thank you for 817 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:48,120 approving uh, Deputy John Meeden on the 818 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,920 uh, consent agenda to be hired as a 819 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,480 police officer and become 820 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,960 Officer John Meeden. Uh, he's a Dakota 821 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,920 County Deputy that works very closely 822 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,480 with our patrol officers and is very 823 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,360 well known by them. And you wouldn't 824 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,160 believe the amount of correspondence I 825 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,240 got from my officers telling me that we 826 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,920 need to hire this gentleman. And uh, 827 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,600 we're very excited to have him coming to 828 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,960 Farmington Police Department. 829 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,560 Uh, and then Christina Calderon, our 830 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,920 CSO, recently departed Farmington PD. 831 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,680 She Her last day was this past 832 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,280 Wednesday, and I wanted to uh, 833 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:21,680 congratulate her and wish her the best 834 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,760 of luck with her new employer though, 835 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,200 uh, Duluth Police Department. We'll be 836 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,680 She'll be starting as a police officer 837 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,800 next week. 838 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,640 And finally, uh, with our expansion 839 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,280 remodel project, um, 840 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,960 we're trying to get as much information 841 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,800 out to the public as we can on what the 842 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,480 project actually is, what the needs 843 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,560 actually are. And the best way to do 844 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,160 that isn't for me to just tell everybody 845 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,000 cuz um 846 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,040 not everybody believes me, believe it or 847 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,040 not. But 848 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,080 I think the best thing to do is just 849 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,080 come and see it for yourself. And uh so 850 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:54,320 what we're doing is hosting a couple 851 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,400 open houses uh September 19th and 852 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,920 September 22nd. Uh they're not on social 853 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,960 media yet, but they will be shortly. Uh 854 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,600 come down and see the police department 855 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,360 for yourself. Let us walk you through 856 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:05,480 and show you what we're talking about 857 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,040 when we say that we need more space for 858 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,040 officers, for administrators, for 859 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,320 supervisors, for record staff, 860 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,760 for social workers, uh all the all those 861 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,280 other ancillary things that we don't 862 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,840 have now that we'd like to have. We'd 863 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,360 love to show you the space that we have 864 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,400 and uh what we hope to grow into. So, 865 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,840 please join us for those. 866 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,160 >> Thank you. 867 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,240 I do have prepared comments to to read 868 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,560 tonight, but 869 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,840 I do just want to make one comment, I 870 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:36,670 guess, is 871 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,360 any contaminants that were found on the 872 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:39,920 golf course seems to me that it 873 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,440 suggested it was found as a part of a 874 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,920 development process that is in place. 875 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,080 And if you don't know that they're in 876 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,120 your yard or not, it seems to suggest 877 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:49,800 that those processes are being more 878 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,160 rigorous than residential development. 879 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,640 And when the counterargument is that 880 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,960 you've been asking for houses instead of 881 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,920 industrial, you would have gone on 882 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,680 living not knowing that those chemicals 883 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,160 were there. 884 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,960 So, 885 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:10,230 Okay. 886 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,640 I'll read my prepared comments for 887 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,390 tonight. 888 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,720 It did come to my attention that my 889 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,200 response to Council Member Wilson's 890 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,840 comments during round table at the last 891 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,080 council meeting may have been 892 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,400 interpreted as having a change of heart, 893 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,720 cracking, or being otherwise in favor of 894 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,320 a moratorium. 895 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,960 I would like to take a moment to clarify 896 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,520 both that response and my current 897 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,120 stance. 898 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,600 I am not in favor of implementing a 899 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,480 moratorium on data centers in Farmington 900 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,800 for the specific reasons here. 901 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,360 Number one, 902 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,480 moratoriums only apply for a maximum of 903 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,000 up to 1 year. 904 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,200 If people are telling you that we should 905 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,560 implement a 2 or 3 year moratorium, at 906 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,480 best they are legally incorrect, and at 907 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,720 worst they are lying to you. 908 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:50,920 Number two, 909 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,400 the current lawsuit involving the Tracks 910 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,040 data center currently does not resolve 911 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,760 until June of next year pending any 912 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,160 early settlements. 913 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,440 The next 10 months are functionally 914 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,360 identical to a moratorium in that no 915 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:01,760 development will occur on that land 916 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,520 until the suit resolves, 917 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:04,840 and we will be spending that time 918 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,520 studying best practices and acted by 919 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,200 other cities regardless of the outcome 920 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,640 of that suit. 921 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,120 There is no gate to us implementing 922 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,440 these lessons learned even without a 923 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,720 moratorium. 924 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,360 Number three, 925 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:17,640 the moratorium does not apply to the 926 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,640 Tracks development. Once again, if 927 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,040 people are telling you that it would, 928 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,200 they are legally incorrect or lying. 929 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,720 Grove Heights is living through the 930 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,880 scenario of what would happen if the 931 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,840 city did try to apply the moratorium to 932 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,480 the Tracks project. 933 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:30,880 They did try this exact thing and are 934 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,120 now facing a $20 million lawsuit and are 935 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,400 scrambling to exempt the current 936 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,440 development from that moratorium. 937 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:38,600 This brings me to the most important 938 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,280 reason. 939 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,640 Every time that Council Member Wilson 940 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:42,960 has called for a moratorium, I hear 941 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,560 claps 942 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:45,680 from the residents who live near the 943 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,520 Tracks project. 944 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,840 To me, this means that a moratorium is 945 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,400 giving those residents a sense of false 946 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:51,960 hope that the city and council can 947 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,520 suddenly change its mind and undo this 948 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,240 specific project. 949 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:56,720 Rip up the contract as I've heard it 950 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,080 said. 951 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,480 Since I fundamentally believe that any 952 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:00,880 course of action to walk back the 953 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,000 approval of the rezoning and PUD exposes 954 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,520 the city to the same type of lawsuit 955 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,440 that Inver Grove Heights is facing, 956 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:07,720 this is not something that I could ever 957 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,520 consciously be in favor of. 958 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,879 And since the topic of data centers 959 00:34:11,879 --> 00:34:13,919 appears to be the single biggest agenda 960 00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:15,159 driver of our council and mayor 961 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,159 candidates this year, it is extremely 962 00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:18,919 damaging to enable candidates to run on 963 00:34:18,919 --> 00:34:20,840 stopping the data center because it is 964 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,040 taking advantage of the fact that the 965 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,399 average resident does not pay close 966 00:34:23,399 --> 00:34:24,960 attention to the fine details of this 967 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,720 project or how the process works, 968 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:28,960 but instead is allowing the state and 969 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,320 national trend of saying all data 970 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,720 centers are bad to influence the the 971 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:34,840 election. 972 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,200 That is not an incrimination of our 973 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,600 residents at all. 974 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,320 In American government, the basic idea 975 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,800 is to elect officials who we believe 976 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,159 have our best interests in mind and 977 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:43,560 accept that they may know more about the 978 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,440 topics than we will. 979 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,679 In a healthy government, the average 980 00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:49,120 person is allowed to be uninformed. 981 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,600 In an unhealthy government, people use 982 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,440 that ignorance as a weapon. And 983 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,800 unfortunately, with this project, I have 984 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,200 watched the unhealthy pattern play out 985 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,960 for the last 2 years. 986 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,480 We have mitigated every concern that 987 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,800 gets stated in the national opinion 988 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,880 about data centers, but people continue 989 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,640 to play off the same risks that as if it 990 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,320 still exists here. 991 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,600 To me, it is clear that calling for a 992 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,200 moratorium only further enables these 993 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,230 unhealthy patterns. 994 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:12,560 So, one commitment I make to you in 995 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,480 these last 3 months as your mayor, I 996 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,000 opened my office hours as a place for 997 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,560 people to come and feel heard because 998 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,880 the chief complaint was that the council 999 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,840 was stonewalling residents. 1000 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,320 I had a handful of people come and I've 1001 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,360 enjoyed and appreciate those 1002 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,000 conversations. 1003 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,040 I've also heard complaints that 1004 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,200 residents feel they should be allowed to 1005 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:28,720 talk at council and work sessions and 1006 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:30,120 that the public comment period is too 1007 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,600 one-sided. 1008 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:32,840 Our council meetings and work sessions 1009 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,560 are not free for alls. 1010 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,000 We have agendas and critical business to 1011 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,280 get through. 1012 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:38,400 What is really being asked for with 1013 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,240 these comments is a town hall format 1014 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:41,640 where larger groups of residents can 1015 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,440 learn and have discussions with the 1016 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,520 staff and their council. 1017 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,080 To meet this ask, I have directed Lynn 1018 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:48,560 and the staff to help organize such an 1019 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,000 event or series in the near future. 1020 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,480 The goal here is to continue the cycle 1021 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:53,960 of learning and address any thoughts or 1022 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,280 concerns that might exist with the 1023 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,640 specific project in Farmington. 1024 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,120 We will communicate details as soon as 1025 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,800 we have them available. 1026 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,200 I highly encourage those residents who 1027 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,520 feel as they would like to know more 1028 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,920 about our specific project to attend. 1029 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,720 Regardless of how strongly you feel one 1030 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,080 way or another about the data center 1031 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,680 topic in Farmington. 1032 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,040 That is all I wanted to say tonight. 1033 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,360 Look for a motion to adjourn. 1034 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,640 at 7:35. 1035 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:18,640 >> Second. 1036 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,040 >> Motion by Jake, second by Hall. All in 1037 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,080 favor say aye. 1038 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,000 >> Aye. 1039 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:46,710 >> We are adjourned at 7:35. 1040 00:36:46,720 --> 00:37:14,910 » [music] 1041 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,040 » Mhm.