[This transcript was generated automatically from audio using AI and hasn't been reviewed by a person -- it can contain mistakes, including plausible-sounding sentences that were never actually said. Treat it as a starting point, not a verbatim record.]

[0:30] The Hawkins HRA Meeting Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, 630 p.m. Do I have any items to add to the agenda or clarifications? Shaking of heads, do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? I'm moved. I have a second. Second. Second. I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda. Item number 1 is approved in minutes of the August 3, 2026 meeting. Item number 2 is approved disbursements through August 7, 2026.
[0:58] Item number three is approve the subordination agreement for environmental covenant in favor of the Minnesota Pushing Control Agency.
[1:05] Do I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda?
[1:07] I'm open.
[1:07] I have a second.
[1:09] Second.
[1:09] You want me to say aye?
[1:11] Aye.
[1:11] No.
[1:12] The consent agenda is adopted.
[1:14] There's no new business on the HRA.
[1:17] Do I have a motion to adjourn the HRA?
[1:18] Moved.
[1:19] Second.
[1:20] I come on to your say aye.
[1:21] Aye.
[1:22] The HRA is adjourned.
[1:25] No, it's a bad.
[1:26] Everyone is here for half-considered Council meeting.
[1:31] Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, a little after 6.30 p.m., we got that done in under a couple
[1:36] minutes.
[1:38] Do we have anything to add to the agenda this evening?
[1:42] Seeing shaking of heads, seeing nothing.
[1:44] We have a motion to adopt this agenda.
[1:47] It's almost like a second.
[1:48] Second.
[1:48] So they say aye.
[1:49] Aye.
[1:51] And the agenda is adopted.
[1:53] First up this evening we've had a couple very difficult weeks here in Hopkins and I will probably
[2:05] I've asked the family of Kenneth Green to give us something that we could read out and they're putting something together.
[2:16] But we had a tragic accident where a young man lost his life as a family here in Hopkins
[2:25] from a tragic accident and so I'm not going to go into a whole lot of narration on it only
[2:32] that I asked that we offer a small moment of silence for his life and to think about
[2:37] him and his family and so I will start that right now.
[3:12] Thank you very much, the, you know, I was saying this when we had tragedy accident at the
[3:20] daycare a couple of weeks ago, that we don't have strangers here in Hopkins as everyone
[3:25] knows each other and I work with Kenneth sister-in-law in Minneapolis, I know he was known
[3:35] to people here in the community, so we are grieving his loss and the loss for his family.
[3:41] and like I said we'll do a little bit further reading when the family puts together a little
[3:46] obituary for him. Thank you all. First up this evening we have the consent agenda.
[3:54] We have item number one is minutes of the August 18th, 2026 meeting closed meeting proceedings.
[3:59] Item number two is minutes of the August 18th, 2026 regular meeting proceedings. Item number three is
[4:05] approval of the Green Line Extension Light Rail Transit Project ownership operations and maintenance
[4:11] for the first amendment to the temporary easement agreement between Hopkins, Public Schools, and City of Hopkins.
[4:18] Item number five is the approval of the first amendment to the Summit Condominium Association Development Agreement.
[4:24] Item number six is approval of the on sale liquor license on public premise for Nachos Mexican Grill, doing business as Nachos Mexican Grill.
[4:32] Item number seven is approving on sale liquor license for Nachos Mexican Grill, doing business as Nachos Mexican Grill.
[4:40] Item number eight is ratified checks issued in August of 2026.
[4:45] Do I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda?
[4:47] I'm moved.
[4:48] I have a second.
[4:49] Okay.
[4:49] Do they say aye?
[4:50] Aye.
[4:51] The consent agenda is adopted.
[4:53] Congratulations.
[4:53] Nachos.
[4:55] Looking forward.
[4:56] And we are going to maybe at a few.
[5:00] Mr. Date, have you come back and you or someone else give us some updates on what's going on with your business, but congratulations, sir.
[5:14] New business this evening, we have a resolution approving the conditional use permit application for short term rental at 125 Oakwood road subject to conditions.
[5:32] Mayor, do you want me to jump in on this one? I can jump ahead and say I'm just for a second. We've had some discussions with staff, mayor and council, about how to proceed with this matter. There have been some issues that have been brought
[5:45] to your attention. Obviously, I received information. We discussed that at a staff meeting today,
[5:50] what might be the best options for the council to move forward. My recommendation, and this
[5:55] has been to staff, and it's now to you, is to postpone this matter to a future meeting.
[6:00] Let staff review it further. Allow staff to also work on potentially a more
[6:05] authoritarian ordinance to study this matter further relative to what your ordinance has now,
[6:10] and what it could possibly say later, but the recommendation would be a motion to postpone.
[6:15] I also direct staff to come forward and issue an extension to the application out for two more months, so 60 days further,
[6:23] which would allow you time to look at the ordinance and also establish a more important should you choose.
[6:29] Staff would bring that back at a later date.
[6:32] So that's my recommendation to you tonight.
[6:34] All right, do you need a motion on that staff recommendation as well?
[6:39] Do you need a motion on that?
[6:41] Yeah, okay. Can you put together a motion for us?
[6:45] Yes, the motion to be this would be a motion to postpone the matter before you and to direct staff to issue an extension to the application for additional 60 days and also
[6:59] ask staff to bring back either ordnance changes or a moratorium for you to study this further.
[7:10] I move to postpone the resolution approving the conditional use permit application for short-term rental at 125 old wood road, I guess subject conditions and direct the staff to move with the extension of the conditional use permit for 60 days.
[7:32] and to review and recommend bringing back a
[7:36] more torrentory more events or revisions to your existing order.
[7:41] And what is that yeah.
[7:43] All right, so every second.
[7:46] Do we need any discussion on this?
[7:50] All right.
[7:51] Do you want to do a roll call for me?
[7:54] Orido?
[7:55] Yes.
[7:56] Seven.
[7:59] Before I vote, can you ask a clarifying question?
[8:01] So if we vote to postpone this,
[8:04] this does not allow the short
[8:05] to rental to proceed.
[8:06] Everything is just frozen.
[8:08] Right.
[8:08] Okay.
[8:09] Then yes, I am.
[8:11] Hi.
[8:13] Hi.
[8:13] I'm key.
[8:14] Hi.
[8:14] Who's new?
[8:16] Hi.
[8:18] All right.
[8:19] I think that's the direction we need
[8:20] and we can move forward with.
[8:22] Thank you.
[8:23] Thank you to everyone that submitted
[8:25] comments on this issue.
[8:26] And there's folks that want to
[8:27] have public comment at the end of
[8:29] the meeting here.
[8:31] So it'll be postponed for staff to
[8:33] review.
[8:36] and review with the attorney's office as well, or with our attorney as well.
[8:39] I know you just said it, was it 60 days?
[8:42] The extension of 60 days and will determine if there's something else that needs to occur.
[8:47] Thank you.
[8:48] And for those of you that all the folks that submitted emails
[8:52] those are all in public record, anyone that received the council offices,
[8:56] myself that received comment, those have been all forwarded on,
[8:59] so those are all part of public record.
[9:02] And so we hear the concerns that people have and that's part of the decision this evening to postpone this.
[9:12] That's the only item that we have this evening.
[9:18] I can wear it right now. We have public comment period if anyone wants to come up for public comment.
[9:25] Starting with.
[9:27] Terry.
[9:28] Glenn.
[9:29] Mary.
[9:30] Before you get a clarification from the city attorney, do we want to take public comment on this issue?
[9:34] Since they just table this because most people that wanted to talk wanted to talk about this issue.
[9:39] I don't think the public comment would help you at this point.
[9:42] I think staff would be better off to put together for the review and recommendation before
[9:47] you take any public comment specific to what the application was.
[9:49] No, I would say that's not that's not in order at this point.
[9:52] Okay.
[9:52] help
[9:57] you, it probably wouldn't help their costs.
[10:00] That's part of it. Yes, that is correct. All right. So anyone that wishes to speak, this is all on short-term rental. So sorry for those of you who haven't a long trip. But the item will be postponed and we'll come back and revisit the issue. Announcements for this evening. We have a council of regular meeting Tuesday, September 15th at 6.30 p.m. Do we have any other announcements?
[10:26] That's.
[10:33] Oh, yes. Uh, yes. Team Tucker September 12.
[10:41] There's a lot going on in September. So I'm just running off my calendar right now. September 12. Team Tucker at Metzolt Field.
[10:47] There's Hopkins Educational Foundation, Rock and Royal September 26th. There's also the Latino Cultural Festival in downtown park on September 20th.
[10:56] And I'll do the October.
[10:58] I
[11:01] forgot about that. Sometimes I just assume October,
[11:10] Okay, with that as a nothing of a meeting, do we have a motion to adjourn?
[11:15] Don't move for the second.
[11:16] I'll in favor say aye.
[11:18] All right.
[11:19] This meeting is adjourned.
[11:19] Thank you.