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Uh we'll start things out this morning.

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Minnesota Initiative Foundation here to

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share some things with us.

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» All right. Thank you for having me. Uh,

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is it okay if I pass out some folders?

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Okay. Well, um, thank you everyone for

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having me here today. Uh, it's I I

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consider it a real opportunity. Um, and

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again, thank you for your long-standing

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partnership with Southern Minnesota

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Initiative Foundation. Um, just a brief

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introduction. You know, New Prague EDA

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has been a valued Smith supporter since

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2003. Um, and has contributed a total of

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$11,000 over that time to Smith. Uh we

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truly appreciate your commitment to

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strengthening communities and supporting

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economic development through southern

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Minnesota. Just to give you a refresher

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who Smith who we are at Smith at

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Southern Minnesota Initiative

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Foundation. Um so we are a regional

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development and philanthropic

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organization serving 20 counties, 175

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communities, and one native nation

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across southern Minnesota. Our mission

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is to foster economic development and

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community vitality uh through

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collaboration, partnerships, investments

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and uh philanthropy.

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economic development, business lending,

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support, rural entrepreneurial uh

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entrepreneurship development, and more.

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early literacy grants, child care

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workforce initiatives, uh, free provider

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training, uh, community early childhood

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partnerships. And then the last pillar

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um, small town grants, placemaking

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projects, community beautifification,

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leadership development. basically making

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these small towns um across our region

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places that people uh want to live

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because there's so much value there, but

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that. And so we want to give small towns

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a fighting chance to to um hold and

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retain um everything that makes a town

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and a community so wonderful. Um and

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then also philanthropy. So this is uh

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endowments, donor advised funds, legacy

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just giving people um a pathway to uh

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um why Smith partners with EDAS?

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pursuing many of the same outcomes,

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um, business growth, workforce

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attraction and retention,

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availability, community development,

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quality of life improvements.

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businesses to capital, identify opport

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grant opportunities, provide technical

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example, Quickbooks, um, how to keep

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everything. Um, so it's pretty cool. We

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can come alongside a business and help

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them flourish. Um, support

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entrepreneurs, you know, that's kind of

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philanthropy, improve childcare

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capacity, development, community

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projects. So rather than replacing local

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economic development efforts, we help

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communities bring additional resources

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and expertise to the table. So kind of

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diving in here, and I'll be I'll be

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brief. Um, but the Lassour County uh

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impact since 1986,

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um, $6.9 million has been invested in

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the Lassour County. 322 grants have been

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awarded, 30 loans provided to support

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entrepreneurs. Uh 3,370

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entrepreneurs supported uh 72 children

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supported through recent initiatives

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within the last three years. Um just to

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31 develop approved training sessions

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throughout our region annually. Uh these

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are training sessions that childcare

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providers or really anyone that works

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with children um in a licensed capacity

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can come and um not only receive

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accreditation by the state um but learn

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best practices in terms of how to run

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their business and how to uh best serve

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our children. Um so, uh to give you kind

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of an idea, um return on investment for

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every dollar donated from Lassour

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through grants, loans, programming, and

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well. Um so again, I kind of already

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development. uh we provide financing um

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from starting up all the way to equity

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investments. So um that technical

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assistance, cash flow planning, loan

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readiness, growth strategies, um you

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name it. But in fiscal year 2025, Smith

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business technical assistance here in

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Lassour County with an estimated value

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of around $2,840.

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are that are benefiting from that again

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because of the partnership that Smith

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and the EDA have and also others. Um so,

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we're so grateful for that.

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Entrepreneurship highlights Montgomery

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uh Rev initiative. Smith awarded a

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$20,000 grant to support Montgomery's

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rural entrepreneurial venture program,

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REV. Uh the project focuses on business

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outreach, one-on-one entrepreneur

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visits, identifying barriers to growth.

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local businesses and more informed

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economic development strategies.

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promise act grants um recent lassour

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county recipients included uh $50,000

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service services in lassour um

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supporting business stability payroll

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business growth. Uh the new Prague

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impact here um early childhood and

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education. New Prague area schools um

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early learning program Smith invested

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resource bags, early childhood

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engagement, school readiness

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initiatives, and uh full day preschool

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programming for atrisisk students. uh

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education grant to support childcare

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training, parent education, and then

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community early childhood initiatives.

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$12,000 grant um again for parent

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education, educator professional

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development, and um and play-based

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learning. So, um, and and I can go on

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and on about about this, um, but and

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it's just so special. Again, it just

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highlights the power of our our kind of

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our synergistic, um, relationship here.

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vitality impact, the city of New Prague,

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um, smalltown grant. They received

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grant in the total of $9,685

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for landscaping uh native vegetation

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trees and shrubs uh outdoor performance

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space improvements things that just make

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um that kind of enhance it. Community

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foundations, of course, we do community

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foundations work like I mentioned. I I

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won't go over everything, but uh we

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support our community foundations. We

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legal work, tax stuff like that. uh

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freeing up the board um of the community

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foundation to focus on what is most

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um, child care matters to the economic

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development. Obviously, parents need a

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place to drop off their kids. Um, of

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that matters as well. So, when

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workers, childcare is frequently part of

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that discussion. Um, so child care

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impacts, workforce participation. Um,

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childcare is economic development and

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that's why Smith continues investing

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heavily um in that. So um I can make you

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aware of some upcoming grants. I'll just

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actually opening this month. Um typical

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investment helps Smith continue

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ask that the new PRA EDA continue uh its

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support at the same level as last year

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at the thousand level. Um and again, we

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partnership and leadership and your

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commitment to creating a stronger future

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for New Craig. So, thank you.

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» Thanks, Aaron. Any questions, anyone?

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» Appreciate all that you and the

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organization do in southern Minnesota.

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Great to have you join us and keep us

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posted.

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» Thank you very much. Thank you,

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» Honor.

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» Uh, next up on the agenda, Joe, updates

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on BRNE.

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» We have Do you want me to go to the

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microphone or

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» Up to you. I'm fine either way.

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» We have three um visits since your last

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meeting. Um, the first was at Hi and

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Austin. Brooke and I were able to attend

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that one. It was interesting because the

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first time we had visited them was six

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months after they opened. So it been

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five years since

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um they grew from 13 full-time employees

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to 30. Um Colton the manager has very

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positive say attitude towards Craig and

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the area said that customer growth has

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the street improvement project had a

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slight impact but it was shortterm

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otherwise very

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That's about right. Yeah, good.

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» And then the second one was at Heras

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floors and um again another positive

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one. They are in the downtown. Um their

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building consists of three600 square

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foot or 4,800 square feet. Right now

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they are still looking at expanding and

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moving to the side of town and that

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would be an expansion from 4,800 to

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14,000 square feet.

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Positive growth for the community.

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They have four full-time employees and

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they have subs that also assist both

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this store and the one

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that attended [snorts]

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comments on that.

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» No, I mean they made the normal comment

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of parking is

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Yeah, especially on that area downtown

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» No, I think things are generally going

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well for them.

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They're hoping to make their move sooner

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than later.

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» Yeah, they got the work for the new

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building out to bid. We had actually

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approved and had a building permit

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sitting there and they just never move

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forward to pick it up. So, we got to

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re-re the permit with the new

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contractors that they may bring on

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board.

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Sounds like a positive

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project.

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» Yeah. Continuing to grow, too. I think

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one of the things I took away from there

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is they're looking at adding some

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appliance sales and services. So, some

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additional lines of business. So, it's

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it's good to see them having success

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here locally.

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» That's nice. A long-term family

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business.

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» Yeah.

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And then we also had a visit at funeral

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home with a new owner. That was nice

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meeting a new business person to the

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community. It's himself and then he

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wellated

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wants to become involved with the

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different organizations.

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This is his first funeral home that he's

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kind of run, but he has family business.

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» Yeah. Out of Lakeville.

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» Yeah.

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» That puts us at 10 for the year and has

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been calling. So, if you have any

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businesses that really like to go out,

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let me know. And I'll

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» All right.

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» Sounds good. Thanks, Joe. [snorts]

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uh business updates, guys.

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» Yeah, real quickly. So, we did issue uh

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another new home permit in July. So, up

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to our total of 2025 uh with a total of

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three, which is again, not a lot. Um, as

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we've talked, we just need more lots. We

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did uh wrap up last Monday with the city

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council the concept plan review for

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Harvest Fields development, which is 185

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lots on um 60 acres. I had a follow-up

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meeting with them yesterday. They are

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shooting for their plan unit development

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uh and annexation uh formal applications

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by our October 7th deadline. Uh right

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now what they need to get done is kind

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of more preliminary design um from

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grading to the traffic study and um

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they're actively working on both of

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those right now. And uh yeah, they're

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just trying to get the all the

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entitlement work done here uh before

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they close on the land obviously and

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know that they have uh land use approval

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uh to move forward. Uh like with any

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project, you know, they got to make sure

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that they have um you know, the

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financial uh stability in the project

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from not only the beginning of the

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project, but through how long they think

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it would take to phase it, which is

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about a fiveyear time period, generally

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speaking, um for the 185 lots, all

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pending market conditions and

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everything. So, uh positive on on that

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project, at least for now.

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» Ken, well, that that'll be the first one

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since Eastland, right?

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uh or has

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» We've had other plats, you know, under

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10 lots [snorts] throughout town and

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replplats and different things, but of

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of substantial size. Yeah, definitely.

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» Definitely.

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» Um we did and we've had town home

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developments, I should say, since

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Eastland as well. But

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» Um other than that, the uh Chart

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Industries property or not property, the

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company was acquired by Baker Hughes

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back in July. Um, we have not heard

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directly from the new ownership, but uh,

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everything I've read is that they

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continue to uh, operate as they have uh,

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here in New Prague uh, for the time

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being. I don't know if anybody else has

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heard anything differently um, on the

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EDA's end, but uh, that was something I

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didn't know that was happening. I don't

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know if maybe Josh did. No idea. Um,

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other than that, we did get the building

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permit for Bold North Hemp for the uh,

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cannabis cultivation at the mill

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property. um just working on some um

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code things with them on that building.

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And then uh TP Insurance uh is also

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doing some internal alterations to their

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uh building on Main Street. So it's kind

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of the the bulk of the projects over the

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past month here that we've had. One note

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to add just just from yesterday

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actually. So there was a rumor

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circulating around town that the post

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office is no longer moving. Um the last

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couple days there have been a lot of

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vehicles over there. We actually did

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send a staff member over and had

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internal confirmation that uh they are

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working for USPS to renovate that

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building. So,

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» That was my assumption. I I was going to

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pop in there yesterday, too, just as I'm

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being our neighbor, but what I noticed

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yesterday was they had basically pulled

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all the ventilation hoods off the roof.

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So, I was like, "Okay, they're not

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» It's not going to be a restaurant any

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longer," which to me kind of

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» Yeah. I mean, it's I mean, our building

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official was the one that went over and

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took a look because while this uh USPS

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does not need any permits or okays from

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the city, if for some reason it wasn't

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USPS doing work, then you would have had

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to put a stop to it.

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» So,

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the postal service does not they can

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just buy a building and start doing

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whatever. No notification to you. No,

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» They don't even have to own it. They're

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just leasing it and it's situation. So

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yeah, they they

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» To the point of they don't even have to

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follow a lot of laws. Like they have

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parked their vehicles illegally on Main

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Street and our police officers have just

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been like, "Can you guys please move

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them? Like we can't make you move them,

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but and they've just no we're good." So

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yeah, they tr they are truly above every

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law of which we as a city could possibly

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try to hold up to.

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» Oh, the fed boys.

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» Interesting.

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» Oh, you're in the wrong business, man.

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You need [laughter] to be in the federal

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government. I don't want to dabble with

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any of that. That's that's dark arts

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over there.

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» But but yes, we we had heard a few

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because I mean we because of that

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they've never formally informed us they

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were going in there. Um we had actually

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heard rumors. I we got a few phone calls

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from a couple residents. I think even

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the paper reached out to both of us

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» Trying to figure out, hey, we'd heard

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that they' broken their lease and

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weren't moving anymore and you know more

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than us then because we know nothing.

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and our boots on the ground just sending

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the building official in uh kind of

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confirmed that they kind of are ramping

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up and I think they've almost gutted the

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building.

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» Yeah, it's completely gutted at this

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point.

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» Yeah, they a day

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» They moved pretty quick because I I was

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out of town last week but they I think

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it was Thursday and Friday there before

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I left the week prior saw a couple

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vehicles and then it was just boom.

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» Yep.

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» But to that point, Nick, it has caused

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problems. I know.

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» I can't imagine. Well, they don't have

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to notify you, do any code reviews,

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everything. Oh, sounds great.

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» I was say the problem comes, especially

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when they try to sell or if they're

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leasing the building. Like, if they're

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no longer in there,

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» The building owner is now stuck with a

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building that isn't code compliance.

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» They think, well, it's the federal

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government. It's got to be up to snuff.

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Well,

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» They do.

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» So, federal government owns the building

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or they found a private buyer and they

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lease it.

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» I believe the building is still actually

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owned by the same owner.

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» It's leased. They typically do 99ear

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leases. They're just under a long-term

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lease of federal government.

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» But the [snorts] new postmaster, you

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know, I don't know how long he's been

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there. Maybe a year, three quarters a

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year. He did announce it at city club.

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» Oh, [laughter]

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» So you missed the official meeting.

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» Missed the official meeting.

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» You stood up there and say, I got an

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announcement. I'm the so and so and we

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are moving to the

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» So much shady about this entire thing

542
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that's going on. It just doesn't feel

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good.

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Okay, great for our new post office.

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» All right.

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» I just hope it still looks like a pizza

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ranch when they're done. Pull up looking

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00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,099
for pizza.

549
00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,200
» Oh, no. It's drive-thru chicken. Hey,

550
00:20:49,099 --> 00:20:52,520
[laughter]

551
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,520
» Get the drive.

552
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,280
» God, there you go. Nice.

553
00:20:54,159 --> 00:20:56,000
» That wrap it up, Ken.

554
00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:00,400
» That does. Yeah.

555
00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:02,880
» Okay. Uh Joe, CDA updates.

556
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:05,840
» You clarified new happenings have a lot

557
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:07,600
of different uses. [laughter]

558
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,039
» That's hard to believe. Well, all the

559
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,760
Facebook, so you can go in with the real

560
00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:14,720
information and no one will believe you.

561
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,720
» Um, CDA updates, we are undertaking our

562
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,640
strategic plan for the next five years.

563
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,280
So, starting today, we'll have a social

564
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,520
media post with a link to a community

565
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,919
survey, happy to send that link out to

566
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:28,240
you as well. But if you have input on

567
00:21:25,919 --> 00:21:30,559
the direction and focus that our agency

568
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,400
should have the next few years, get your

569
00:21:30,559 --> 00:21:35,520
input.

570
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:38,640
And um today we are hosting tax tips for

571
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:41,280
businesses from 11 to 12:30.

572
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,200
Aaron Anderson from Dems Consulting will

573
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,200
be presenting free lunch if you want to

574
00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,360
come.

575
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,159
Finally, uh Fastrack Challenge. Our

576
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:53,039
applications closed for this year's 10th

577
00:21:50,159 --> 00:21:57,799
annual event and we applications from

578
00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:57,799
four cities. So our board will be

579
00:21:57,919 --> 00:22:04,000
finalist within the next

580
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,720
Great.

581
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,880
Uh we do not have anyone from the school

582
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,559
district with an update today. So that

583
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,840
moves us along to Josh with the

584
00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:14,480
executive report.

585
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:17,520
» Uh yeah, just a few general updates of

586
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:20,720
various things going on. Um as you know,

587
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:22,640
um CVF Racing has submitted a TIFF

588
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,240
application to the city. We continue to

589
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,960
try to work through that process on our

590
00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:29,679
end. Um, of note, I don't know if I

591
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,679
updated this to you guys before, um,

592
00:22:29,679 --> 00:22:33,360
they have also submitted and are running

593
00:22:31,679 --> 00:22:36,159
through the same process over in Bell

594
00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:37,760
Plane at the moment. Um, there are

595
00:22:36,159 --> 00:22:39,360
between the two cities, our offers are

596
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,720
very different, but our assumptions are

597
00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:43,039
also very different through that. And

598
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,880
so, um, we are just trying to present

599
00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:50,480
the best possible offer that makes sense

600
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:52,640
for us as a city without necessarily

601
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,880
piffing back money that CVF may not

602
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,159
necessarily need for the project. So, we

603
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,640
continue to work through that process.

604
00:22:56,159 --> 00:23:00,755
Hopefully, we'll um come to a

605
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,840
conclusion. Hope more hoping

606
00:23:00,755 --> 00:23:03,360
[clears throat] good than bad sooner

607
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,000
than later so it doesn't remain open,

608
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:09,039
but we continue to work through that. Um

609
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:12,159
did the TIFF application reflect just

610
00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:14,960
the parcel that he's considering or was

611
00:23:12,159 --> 00:23:18,760
it for the entirety of that parcel

612
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,760
that's for sale there?

613
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,520
» Just I think it be just for that

614
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,559
building. Yeah, just just for the port

615
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,280
portion that he is using

616
00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:29,280
» Like 12 [snorts] whatever acres. Yeah.

617
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,960
» Yep. That answer that's

618
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,120
» His plan at this point would be just to

619
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,320
annex as far as we know that small

620
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,559
portion of the property

621
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,960
» For his property for his building. Yeah.

622
00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:42,320
Okay.

623
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,760
» Uh other notes. Um

624
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,280
city center over here. I know we've

625
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,280
talked about there possibly being trying

626
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,320
to use up money over there. I don't

627
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,600
think we're going to be able to use all

628
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,440
the money at this point. We kind of

629
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,280
heard back yesterday that there are

630
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,720
certain things that are eligible to use

631
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:57,760
the money for and other things that

632
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:59,360
aren't. And so

633
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:02,559
I know dur kind of during our

634
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:05,120
discussions we talked about well uh what

635
00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:08,080
if the city or EDA kind of opens up kind

636
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:09,840
of business loans, low low interest or

637
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,840
forgivable loans to businesses to help

638
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,120
do improvements? We may actually have

639
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,400
money to be able to do something like

640
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:17,760
that um and be looking to spend it uh so

641
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,679
that way we don't have to give it back.

642
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,880
So Ken and I will kind of keep looking

643
00:24:19,679 --> 00:24:24,000
into that as we wrap [clears throat] up

644
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,360
that uh city center process. Really now

645
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,120
at this point I think is we just need to

646
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:29,760
get on a call with Bolton Mink who's

647
00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:32,159
been helping us through that as to okay

648
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:35,520
they're telling us we're able to use

649
00:24:32,159 --> 00:24:36,880
500,000 of it for grading andor storm

650
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,440
water improvements. Just how do we get

651
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,880
that unlocked get that move forward so

652
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,279
we'll know exactly how much we'll have

653
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,200
left then to put into some sort of

654
00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:47,279
initial pot or something for business

655
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,200
loans.

656
00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:51,039
But yes, Chuck.

657
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,039
» No, I was just wondering once we get

658
00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:54,320
that done, are we going to market that

659
00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:55,600
north part of it?

660
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,960
» I think that would kind of be the next

661
00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:00,880
step of that of now what do we do with

662
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,480
the rest of that lot? It might be the

663
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,080
selling of the rest of that lot is what

664
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,240
kind of helps finish off some of those

665
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,559
sidewalk improvements and park that

666
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,880
area.

667
00:25:08,559 --> 00:25:13,679
» And what's the latest on the last two

668
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,760
lots that we sold? Um, as far as

669
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:17,120
» Yeah, so yeah, they've been closed on.

670
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,559
Um, okay. I don't believe they've

671
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,880
submitted any building permits for those

672
00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,559
at this point. They do have a full year

673
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,520
to get a shovel in the ground, which I

674
00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:24,159
believe is May.

675
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,159
» Yep.

676
00:25:24,159 --> 00:25:27,840
» Next year. So,

677
00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:29,760
» That's not unheard of. I believe Scott

678
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,760
Equipment, it was about

679
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,760
» Nine months after we closed that they

680
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,200
finally submitted their stuff. So,

681
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,799
they're aware and we are certainly

682
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,240
willing to work with them however we can

683
00:25:36,799 --> 00:25:43,720
to make sure

684
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:43,720
» That those two lots build successfully.

685
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,919
Uh, that is all I've got unless you guys

686
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,720
have other questions about happenings

687
00:25:47,919 --> 00:25:50,320
around the city.

688
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,960
» About city hall. How's that? The new

689
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,320
city hall.

690
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,520
» New city hall. Well, if you voted

691
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,400
yesterday, you would have got to check

692
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,279
it out.

693
00:25:54,400 --> 00:26:00,720
» Um, otherwise, no. We had our first

694
00:25:57,279 --> 00:26:04,400
meeting with the uh parking for the

695
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:08,080
election. Was it

696
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:10,159
» Uh I think for 98% of the day it was

697
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,440
good from what I've heard. And Ken can

698
00:26:10,159 --> 00:26:13,600
probably speak to it as he was one of

699
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,120
the head judges. So, if you didn't like

700
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:18,480
how the elections turned out, talk to

701
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:19,520
him. Um, I think parking was generally

702
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,279
good from what I've heard for most of

703
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,760
the day, other than there was kind of

704
00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:25,600
about probably a 20 minute window where

705
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:29,279
you had the

706
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,480
» First crew and second crew change over

707
00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:32,400
» Plus the lunch rush.

708
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,000
» Plus the lunch rush all trying to use

709
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,039
all that parking at one time. I think it

710
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,880
got a little hairy,

711
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:38,320
» But there's plenty of street parking

712
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,080
around there and I think the street

713
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,840
parking was able to absorb it.

714
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,400
» Good. So, street parking did what street

715
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,679
parking was meant to do, and that is

716
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,960
» Be parking.

717
00:26:45,679 --> 00:26:51,679
» So, I think talking to Chief Applin and

718
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,600
our other um judges that we think that

719
00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:55,440
we're going to try to find an

720
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,039
alternative location for our judges to

721
00:26:55,440 --> 00:27:00,400
park because when we had the the

722
00:26:57,039 --> 00:27:03,520
changeover, we had nearly 30 cars u

723
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:05,200
filling up the north parking lot and

724
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,799
» Yeah, there wasn't much place for the

725
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,360
public then at that point. So, we're

726
00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:11,520
going to maybe talk to the hotel. Um

727
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,080
that's generally not full during the

728
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:12,640
middle of the week,

729
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,080
» Right?

730
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,520
» So see if we can park over there.

731
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,200
» A pizza ranch.

732
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,600
» Yeah, [laughter] depending on

733
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,960
» We don't know what's going on there.

734
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,320
» Yeah, for all we know, it's a vacant

735
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,960
building, so we can just park at Pizza

736
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,760
Ranch.

737
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,640
All right.

738
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,240
» Oh,

739
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,720
» To answer your question. So, we had our

740
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,559
first design meeting here like two weeks

741
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,880
ago and kind of went over general

742
00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:39,200
concept of what the city's looking for

743
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,559
and uh I believe we're meeting on Monday

744
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,039
here again. They were going to kind of

745
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:45,760
come back with some few a few options of

746
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:47,840
high levels of okay, this is what we

747
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,679
could do or this is what we could do.

748
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,799
Kind of a few options of that. And I

749
00:27:49,679 --> 00:27:52,320
think the plan is to go to the city

750
00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:53,360
council then and say, "Hey, here are

751
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,120
kind of some of the options we're

752
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:57,039
looking at

753
00:27:55,120 --> 00:28:00,000
how would you guys like us to proceed?"

754
00:27:57,039 --> 00:28:01,279
And uh and then hopefully there's not

755
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,559
it's not a ton of work. It's not like

756
00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:06,559
we're redesigning the whole building.

757
00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:08,240
And so I hope I'm I'm hoping by October

758
00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:11,520
we certainly got this whole design phase

759
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:13,600
wrapped up and they can get the um

760
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,200
construction documents drawn up and we

761
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,640
can kind of figure out how the

762
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,080
improvements are happening from there. I

763
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,159
know they were going to look at stuff so

764
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:22,159
far as the this is the stuff you need to

765
00:28:20,159 --> 00:28:23,840
do now. This is stuff we'd recommend you

766
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:25,919
doing, but you could wait three, four,

767
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:31,080
five years if you want to put some money

768
00:28:25,919 --> 00:28:31,080
away so you can take care of it then.

769
00:28:32,399 --> 00:28:37,279
» All right. Any other items? If not, take

770
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,039
a motion to adjurnn.

771
00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:41,200
» So move second.

772
00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:42,720
» Motion from Nick, second from Troy. All

773
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:47,000
in favor? I.

774
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,000
» Thanks all. You