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Call the meeting to order. All rise for
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Roll call. All members are present.
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has been removed. Is there any other
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Council,
do I have a motion to approve the agenda

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with that removal? Motion to approve.
Motion by Joe. Do I have a second?

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Second. Second by Heidi.
Call the question. All those in favor

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signify by saying I opposed. Motion
carries. Five in favor. None against.

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Approval of the minutes of the June
18th, 2025 regular meeting. You all

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received them in your packet. Is there
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or corrections needed within those
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Hearing nothing. Do I have a motion to
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meeting? Motion to approve. Motion by
Heidi. Okay. Second by Scott.

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Works.
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signify by saying I. I. I. I. Opposed.
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favor. None against. One abstension.
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there anyone here that would like to
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Is there anyone here that would like to
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Is there anyone here that would like to
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Our public open forum is now closed.
We will now move on to public hearings.

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We will recess the regular council
meeting and enter into our public

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hearing. We have one public hearing
before us this evening in accordance

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with the official mailed and public
notice in the matter of public hearing

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for our road vacation petition Lakeshore
Drive. Brad and Christy Kirkoff. It is

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our intention that everyone has the
opportunity to be heard. If you wish to

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speak, please sign in on the signup
sheet at the back of the room. The

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procedure is as follows. Presentation by
staff followed by questions of staff.

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Then public input. Raise your hand when
recognized by the mayor. Approach the

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podium and state your name and address
for the record. State your comments and

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position. No one will be allowed to
speak a second time until everyone has

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had a chance to be heard. First, we will
hear questions for clarification.

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Second, public in favor of the proposal.
Third, public speaking against the

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proposal. After everyone who wishes to
speak has had the opportunity to be

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heard, the hearing will be closed. After
closure of the public hearing, the

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council will deliberate and take action
as appropriate. Members of the audience

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do not participate in the council's
discussion unless a majority of the

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council concedes to hear additional
information or questions. The hearing is

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now in session.
Vicki. Okay. Um, the city has received a

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petition for the vacation of part of
Lakeshore Drive adjacent to lots 7, 8,

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and 9 of block 4, Country Club Edition,
located at 807 Lakeshore Drive. And this

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is the public hearing to hear that
request. Uh, the original Lakeshore

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Drive was not placed in its platted
location, which that plat happened, I

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believe, in 1929. Uh, this left wide
areas of road rideway outside of the

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driving lane in various areas along the
road. This occurred on both sides of the

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road. In an effort to clear up the title
and property lines for Sock Center

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Country Club Golf Course, it was back in
2014, the city and the owner reached an

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agreement where the curb line of the
golf course side would become the

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property line of the golf course with an
additional 20 ft of easement behind the

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curb for utilities. The city deed
everything to the golf course on its

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side of the curb. The golf course deeded
everything to the city on the road side

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of the curb. As a result, the road
rightway became very wide in some areas

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such as in front of the petition
property. The proposed vacation takes

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into account the new rideway, including
the 20 ft of rideway behind the opposite

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curb, and measures back 66 feet to the
new proposed rideway. It is likely other

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owners along the roadway will probably
come back with similar petitions

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petitions to vacate. uh you can see on
the uh survey that I gave you on page uh

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12 of your packet, you can kind of see
where the golf course road actually

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exists and then you can see the property
line and you can see how um it deviates

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quite a ways into the property. So if
the council determines that this excess

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rightway is no longer needed by the
city, it should consider granting the

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request and then we would deed that
property to the adjacent landowner. The

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survey that you have uh does uh lay out
the exact location of the petition and

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also the legal description of the
property to be vacated.

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Any questions?

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Any questions,
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Everyone understands
how they did things in 1929. Not really.

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So with that, no questions and we'll ask
for any public input. Is there anyone

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here that wants to speak to the council
in favor, against, or needs

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clarification?

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Do we have anyone that wants to speak in
favor, against, or needs clarification

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on the proposal?

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Is there anyone that wants to know
more information

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or speak in favor or against
the proposal? I just have one question.

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all the other property owners have can
do the same thing. They just need to

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come in with the they they could they
could petition. We just would need a

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survey or they could all get together
and join together for a survey. Okay. I

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would just need legal descriptions of
each individual part to deed back to

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them. Okay. And we didn't have any
handwritten or anyone call in about any

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of this. Okay. Just wanted to cover that
base. So with that, any other last

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minute questions or concerns?
Then I will close our public hearing and

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reconvene our regular council meeting.
We'll go into reports and presentations.

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EDA report. The EDA met in regular
session today, July 2nd, not June, as I

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had on there. Uh they did review the
options for Cana Avenue construction,

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and it uh grew a little bit into
including connecting to the Walmart

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parking lot. So, we're going to be
reviewing with Tractor Supply for their

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contribution to that because before we
were just going to meet up with where

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Tractor Supply was ending, but after
having some conversation, it kind of

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makes sense for us to construct all the
way to the Walmart parking lot for

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consistency of the roadway. be the same
tonnage, the curb and everything and

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then have tractor supply uh give money
back to the city for that. So, uh the

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developer is reaching out to them. So,
hopefully we'll have something in the

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next few weeks because we would we're
really getting close to the end of where

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we can do a change order to get our
existing contractor in there. Uh the

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other thing we talked about is the
potential layout of the development of

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that 42 acres uh next to Walmart,
including future roads and utility

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layouts. And we talked about some
potential buyers or tenants. We did have

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the developers representative there. He
has a new developer realtor, I guess, in

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his employee. So, we talked to him about
potential uh types of businesses that

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could be there based on the restrictions
that Walmart has on the property and

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also the airport uh restrictions. So, uh
doing a little bit along that and then

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also we're looking at having and
updating our hotel feasibility study.

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So, that's something I'll be reaching
out to some uh professionals that do

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those and get some quotes on what that
would cost. So, no action tonight since

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the Kenna Avenue uh was delayed.
Okay. Any questions, concerns?

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Okay. Park board report. So, the park
board met last night in regular session,

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Tuesday, July 1st. Uh they approved
moving their meeting nights to the first

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Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. So, it'll be
before the council meeting on the first

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Wednesday. Uh they did receive their
update on the trail project. Uh could

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possibly still be paving this week, but
since they've been paving in our

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project, may not be doing the trails
till next week. They selected an a date

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for movie in the park July 14th pending
availability and availability is of the

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sound people and etc. So we're still
going to try one more time. It's been

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rained out three times now. Uh they
approved outfield advertising at Tower

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View Park for the baseball association.
uh rather than the metal signs, they'll

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be doing the like the banner type signs.
And so that's something I believe they

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would implement next year. Uh they
received a request from the Rotary to

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install a large aderondac chair in
Sinclair Lewis Park kind of by where the

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musical notes are or were. Uh received a
request for high amp outlets for

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Sinclair Lewis Park for food trucks.
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that parking lot. And also they
discussed the request for the electrical

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outlets at Little Red Schoolhouse. So
these are things that we're est getting

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estimates and they may go into the
budget at budget time. Uh they did

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select replacement playground structure.
Uh we did have some damage up at JC Park

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and so uh that structure has to be
replaced. And then uh Chak on the Avenue

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will now be the last weekend in
September. It got rained out as well.

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And the second cabin is ready for
occupancy pending delivery of

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mattresses. So we're just getting a lot
of interest in the in those camper

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cabins. the minute people find out we
have them, they're reserving something.

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So, we're anxious to get the second one.
I don't want to cut it loose though till

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the the mattresses show up. So,
otherwise, I have no action for the

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council as from the park board tonight.
Okay. Questions, concerns.

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Okay. And we will go to city engineer
report. Keith.

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All right. Good evening, Mayor and
Council. Well, our project is speeding

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right along. It's going uh everything's
going very very well at this point. No

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real major issues at all have come up.
If you've been out there just in the

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last day or so, we are actually paving
on the project. So, by midday tomorrow,

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seven blocks will have pavement on it.
So, that's uh pretty pretty impressive

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for the whatever it be, the third day of
July. Normally, we're not paving by this

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early in the project. So, that's really
that's really nice. Um the deep storm

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sewer on a street is um will be complete
maybe by the end of the day tomorrow.

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There won't be working quite a full day
with the holiday weekend, but it's

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getting close on that. Um all the
utilities we anticipate the next two

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full weeks um should probably everything
basically south of 5th we may be done

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with all the utilities or it'll be
getting close. You know, between two to

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three weeks that should all be done. Uh
next week we'll start some more uh curb

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gutter work on 7th and uh well basically
seventh I guess will be done in a couple

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other blocks in there. So we'll be
working on that. So yeah, things are

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going really quite well. The residents
have been really nice to work with and

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that's all going well and uh very little
issues. It's just seems to be humming

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right along with knock on wood.
Hopefully everything will continue to to

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stay that way. But uh things are going
really well. Even with all the rain and

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all that sand out there really isn't
impacting the schedule at all at this

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point. So um you know won't be too long.
I would say in August we'll be down to

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the last four blocks of utility work. Um
that's just finishing up with street

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work. Now when I say the streets are
paved in that they are working in the

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boulevard areas behind the curb. So
that's actively being worked on as well.

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So, and they're not finished, but at
least uh some of it is a nice driving

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service now at this point. So, all is
well. So, any questions you might have

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with me?
Questions? What percentage? I would say

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we're about You got reading my mind.
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about a third maybe maybe a hair under a
third, but somewhere is 30 to 33% should

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be complete, I would say, at this point.
So, right on schedule, I would say. I

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would say we're probably from what the
schedule was originally proposed to us,

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we're with either on it, we might even
be a few days ahead, a few days behind,

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but we're very, very close to right on
the schedule. So, yeah, on the streets

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that paved, I'm sure they're going to
start working on sidewalks. Yep. Yeah.

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So, if you happen to be out there,
they're already doing some grading

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behind there. So, the next thing will
follow will be the sidewalks behind. So,

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um all that boulevard work will will get
started. So, it's just kind of a

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constant moving process, if you will.
So, um, yeah, things are, like I say,

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I'm I'm very very pleased with how
things are going so far. Very little

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issues actually in terms of like little
design issues, things that come up.

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We've had virtually nothing so far. So,
we've had a looks like another detour on

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Ash this week. Is that detour work
pretty much complete? That was just to

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do the paving, that patch. So, that's
done. In fact, the signs other than they

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forgot the two signs at the very far
ends, right? So, I've already told them

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to get those out of there. So, all the
rest of the signs are already gone. So,

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that was just for that patch. That was
I'm glad you mentioned it because I

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meant to mention that that patch is done
on Ash Street as well. So, now it's

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patched all the way up to the top, which
means when we come back to actually do

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the final, we'll actually mill an inch
and a half off of that and then put a a

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you know, finished work course over that
when it's done. So, it's just we don't

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want to have that bump in there. It's
easier just to pave it all the way up

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and then mill it out. So, yeah. And that
deep storm sewer is going pretty well,

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slow as we anticipated, but you know,
that's really the hardest part of the

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job. And they're through they're
already, you know, halfway between Pine

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and Maine. Uh, and so it's it's shallow
now and everything is they've run into

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the one area that we knew there was
going to be water. And sure enough,

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there is water there. Um, but they're
working way through it. It's It's not

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that much water, so it's not really
being an issue. So, but that went all

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went well and you know, I was a little
concerned about that because of the

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narrow space, but um, you know, double
boxed it and double hoed it and it

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worked out, you know, quite well through
there. So, yeah, was good. Anything for

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me? Okay. Well, we're covered my a
street question or Ash Street closure

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question. Um, Centerpoint, I know
they're outside of the scope of our

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project necessarily up, but did they
communicate that they're changing meters

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on houses within the project area or
anything like that? I was I was not

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aware of that actually. So, if they did,
then that's just something I guess

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they're doing. So, okay. Cuz yeah, that
homeowner mentioned that to me and I'm

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like, I don't know if they've
communicated that to us. No, it's not

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within that, but I thought I'd bring it
up and ask at least see if they reached

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out. They didn't know that even I can
tell you like even at my house Excel

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showed up one day and changed the meters
like oh I didn't know that was happening

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but they just they just coincide. So I
think they just sometimes just do that

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stuff. Okay. Yeah. And they're all that
small utility work is pretty well done

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in that area. So they do have I think a
little more work once we get to that

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north end. But that's but they're
largely done as well. Michaelels was

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doing that work as a sub for them. So,
it's going pretty good. And they've

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opened up quite a few sidewalks. So, I'm
assuming they're going to get those

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concreted back in. I'm thinking up along
even Sincler Lewis, they were opening up

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sidewalks and Yep. areas have to get
those patched back in. Yeah, I know. We

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don't control them as much, but we try
to from a city perspective try to say,

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"Hey, you guys got to put this back." I
know they left I saw one hole that

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they've kind of just left there and it's
kind of like well they do have some

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cones around it but it's like well why
don't you fill it back in you know so

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it's not a hazard but I'll I'll talk to
those guys about that. All right thank

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you.
Okay any other questions comments? Okay

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thank you. One last thing uh because we
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Park schedule on that that contractor is
coming into town. Actually, they have a

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project with with the city. Um, so
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it's that's going to be in the first
half of August. I don't know the exact

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date, but that's when they'll do. That's
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But that's the timeline for coming in
and getting that repaired. Okay. Okay.

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Thank you. Yep.
Move on to action items. 7 A, approve

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resolution 2025-57,
vacating excess road rightway.

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So this is the action for the public
hearing as you said. So this is if you

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choose to vacate it, it's resolution
2025-57

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approving the vacation of the road right
away.

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Questions, concerns.
Otherwise, I'll look for a motion to

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approve resolution 2025-57.
Motion to approve. Motion by Scott. Do I

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have a second? Second. Second by Heidi.

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Uh any last minute discussion?
Call the question. All those in favor

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signify by saying I. I. Opposed.
Abstensions. I. Motion carries. Four in

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favor, none against. One abstension.

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7B. Approve pay request number three to
Keley.

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So as you said, this is pay request
three. This is for the 2025 Burch and

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Pine Street project. uh we have paid to
date so far uh 1,16149604.

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This request is for an additional
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and this is all against their total
contract amount which is 4.772

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million. So um as far as when it gets
completed and then it has to go through

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the engineer and has to get sent out. So
you can't really look at that as a

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percent complete because it's always a
few weeks behind where they actually are

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on the project. But this request is for
pay request number three to Keley

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Underground for the 4467102.

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Questions, concerns?
Otherwise, do I have a motion to approve

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pay request number three? So move.
Motion by Brad. Do I have a second?

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Second. Second by Joe.
Call the question. All those in favor

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signify by saying I opposed. Motion
carries. Five in favor, none against.

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7D approve SEDDP agreements Aerrow
Health and this was from the EDA's

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meeting not this month but last month
we've been working on this an

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application from Aero Health and Sock
Center for STDP which is a small city

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development program funds to assist with
the renovation of their existing

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building and the addition of a
handicapped accessible restroom. The

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eligible costs for the project are for
code efficient items and for

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accessibility upgrades. The cost for
this project include electrical and

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plumbing upgrades is what we would
participate in. The EDA recommend the

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city participate with up to 20,500 in
upgrades of which the city would pay

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70%. 40% was that loan that becomes a
grant over 10 years and 30% which is a

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zero interest loan which would be
payable back to the city upon sale of

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the project. The owner would pay the
other 30%. So the total cost to the city

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is $14,350.
So what we're looking for tonight is to

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approve the SCDP participation with
Aerrow Health up to 14,350 contingent on

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receiving all the required documentation
which is invoices from contractors that

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are registered with SAM which makes them
eligible for these federal dollars.

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Okay, questions, concerns?

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Do I have a motion to approve the SCDP
participation? Motion to approve. Motion

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by Heidi. Do I have a second? I'll
second. Second by Brad.

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Any more discussion? Last minute
questions.

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Call the question. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion

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carries. Five in favor. None against.
Unfinished business. Heron parcel

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acquisition. This is just an update on
the heron property purchased purchase.

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We did receive the preliminary draft of
the settlement on June 18th. We

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submitted it to the FBA on June 19th for
their review. Then we got the assigned

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purchase agreement and settle agreement
on June 26th. This was what last week

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was. Yeah, last week. And but the city
council, you'd indicated it was contin

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FAA approval. So we were still waiting
for that for the administrative

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settlement. Day before yesterday, we had
a teams meeting with the FAA and today

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we closed. Yay. So we now own the
property. So um it's was a long project

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to get through but we did we were
successful in in getting it closed and

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now the process of the grant application
uh with all the submitt requirements

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will come. Um the heron part of the
settlement agreement is that they will

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cooperate with getting us all the
documentation that we need. If they

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don't then our avenue of course is
litigation and attorney fees and

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everything and we don't want to go
there. Um but there is a lot of

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documentation that we will need. So, but
we can we can at least say that uh we

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now have put that to bed. So, that's a
good thing.

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That is a relief to a certain extent.
New business storm claim June 20th. Uh

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this is just a little bit update on that
storm on June 20th. Um we did file an

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insurance claim with the League of
Minnesota Cities and the adjuster came

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on that following Tuesday, June 24th.
So, we were able to go through

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everything and and the things that
qualify for insurance reimbursement. Uh,

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we have 23 trees that were located
within 100 ft of an insured structure in

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city parks and campground. Anything out
20 outside of 100 ft of an insured

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structure, then we don't qualify for
replacement. So, this basically I'll

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give you $250 a tree so you can plant a
new tree. Uh, we get wages for the

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personnel for their debris removal
activities and the cost of the use of

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equipment for debris removal. That's
where the uh fee schedule comes in for

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the equipment. Uh we a replacement of
the bathroom roof at Sinclair Lewis

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Park. That tree came through the roof
and through the ceiling of the men's

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bathroom. A repair of the repair of the
shingles on the band shell. Uh cleaning

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up of water infiltration at the library.
Replacement of the play equipment at JC

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Park. Replacement of three sections of
chain link fence at the dog park.

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There's a screen door at the campground.
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And multiple picnic tables. So these are
all of the things that we adjust. we

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identified with the insurance adjuster.
Now, it's just a matter of getting all

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of this done and then submit for
reimbursement from them. So, it's just

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kind of an update of the types of things
we were able to get recovery from for

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the insurance.
Okay, any questions about that?

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Then we will move on to 2026 budget
planning. Um, this is a schedule just

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proposed for the 2026 budget. And like I
said, this said to Warren, I said this

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is fluid. But I know you all have
schedules, but by the 15th of July, I

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hope to have the uh year-to- date
numbers to all the department heads with

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uh for their budget worksheets. And then
following that, I'd like to get the

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operations committee to meet with the
department heads for their capital

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improvement planning for their updates.
And then by the 9th of August to get

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those back to me from the department
heads. Then it goes on to the fire

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finance committee for review and input
and then get the back to the city

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council the 5th of of September. you
have your budget workshop on the 10th of

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September and we adopt it on the 24th of
September and then the final is 3rd of

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December. So that kind of gives you a a
timeline of how we or try to stay as

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close to that as we can. Um obviously it
takes time to get them put together and

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back from department heads and then
coordinate meetings but if we can stay

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as close to that timeline as possible
that would be helpful. Would that

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adoption of preliminary budget be the
September 17th meeting at the second

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council meeting of the month? No, we
adopt it at the regular meeting. We do

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the workshop, but wouldn't the the
regular meeting be the 17th in

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September? That that'd be the third I
don't know. Wednesday.

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Yeah. The third and the 17th.

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So, you don't want three weeks meeting
every week or in that month? Well, I'd

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be gone the 24th. I think so. Oh, okay.

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Just kidding.
Good catch. Yes.

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Any questions or concerns?
All right. Then we will move on to our

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consent agenda.
We have schedule of claims.

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Uh I got to find it. Where'd it go?
Right there. uh unpaid claims of

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$928,347.97

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for a total of the same. We have
resolution 2025-58

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accepting contributions from of $172.75
from the men's card playing group to be

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allocated to the senior center. $1,000
from community connection of sock center

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to be allocated to the ambulance
department. $750

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from the Sock Center Lions Club for the
outdoor rink and $25,000 from the Sock

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Center Fire Department relief
association to be allocated to the fire

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department. And on behalf of the city
and the city council, I want to thank

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those groups and for their donations. We
have a request from Angie Marthal

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representing the American Legion
auxiliary unit 67 to amend an

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application and permit for a 4-day
temporary on sale liquor license during

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the sink during the Sinclair Lewis days
from the fairgrounds to the American

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Legion from July 16th through the 19th.
Then we also have a resolution number

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2025-59

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approving an offsite gambling permit for
the Melrose Lions. The permit will allow

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for pull tabs and tip boards to be held
on September 26th, 2025 at the Sock

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Center Civic Arena. Do I have any
questions or concerns?

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Otherwise, do I have a motion to approve
approve the consent calendar as

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presented? Motion to
I'll make a motion. Okay. Motion by

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Joel. I'll second. Second by Heidi.
Any last minute discussion?

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Call the question. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed.

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Motion carries. Five in favor, none
against.

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informationational items, trunk highway
71 reconstruction update. So that

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reconstruction of trunk highway 71. The
project continues to move forward. We

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had a meeting on June 25th. Uh at that
meeting, the big picture plans were

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reviewed. We input we provided input
back to the design engineer and the

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project manager. Uh the city engineer
did provide documents back to them

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regarding the city utilities. There's
several components that we're working

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through. They have the environmental,
wetlands, cultural, historical, and

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archaeological. That's a bunch of
different I put them all in one line,

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but they're a bunch of different
sections. Uh the design of the

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pedestrian areas. We have decorative
lights, benches, trees, bumpouts. Uh

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preliminary road layout, easements, road
right away, ADA. There's a public

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outreach and education component, state
historical review, hydraulics, and storm

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water and all that permitting traffic
control signals, lighting or

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roundabouts. uh the utility coordination
with gas, fiber and electric and

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telecom. Then the bridge is a separate
project. City utilities how they get

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included into the project and then
there'll be a cooperative agreement with

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the city. So uh they have a very large
uh schedule that they work through and

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that they have assigned and so we're
just kind of fitting into our areas that

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we need to be. But at this point, the
project design is underway and MDOT is

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requesting the city create and
coordinate a local advisory committee to

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provide input and feedback on design
elements and also to educate the

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community. The committee would include a
representative from the business

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community, downtown, historical,
maintenance, governance, community

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groups, etc. Also, providing education
to the public would be part of their

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assignment. This would include social
media, newsletters, website, email

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blast, speaking in advance, pop-ups,
etc. So, I do have some ideas right now

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of some people to put together. We're
looking for eight to 10 people that can

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attend. Um, if everybody get their um
recommendations back to me and we'll try

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to put that together and get that back
to mind uh so we can uh start meeting

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with them and and talk about what they
would want to be. A lot of it's going to

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be teams meeting or electronically. Um
they'll push out stuff for us to say,

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"Okay, look at this project we did in
this city. You know, take a look at that

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and see what you think." and to provide
the feedback back and they want a

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diverse group of people to represent uh
the different areas of the community. So

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yeah, just get get back to me who you
think might work well on that committee

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and we'll try to put it together. I
can't take everybody but and then there

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will be meetings they'll be coming here,
you know, to a council meeting and to

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some public input as well. And then a
lot of it is going to be web- based

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where you can go on and you can look at
the street block by block and see what

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you like and don't like and provide
comments. So it's it seems to be working

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very well. And the one thing they did do
though is they took out the stop lightss

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by holiday are now coming out of this
project. They're getting put in a

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different project that will go from
there to 28 south the highway 28 down by

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by Fellings. So that's going to be a
separate mind project in a future year

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which they are just right now uh in the
process of hiring the design engineer

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for that. So we won't see those lights
they won't uh be worked on this at this

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project.
Any questions? Questions I know this is

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probably early on Vicki but on the
second one there you have the bumps. Is

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that on the end of the blocks where the
pedestrians the Yep. These are all

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different design elements that they want
the committee to look at. It's not a

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definite. Okay. I I just seen that I
when ALEC redid Broadway Mhm. their

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street department hates for snow
clearing and all that other stuff

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because it's such a pain to get in and
around those bumpouts. So, I was just

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kind of curious on what that was. And I
know it's early, but I asked I just know

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that they've had I asked our public
works department what they thought about

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them and they said our trucks have
steering wheels.

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And they might be better than what Alec
is, too. Who knows?

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Okay, good enough.
I'm not saying they're putting them in

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or not. It's just a pedestrian safety. A
lot of this project is ADA and

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pedestrian safety and mobility. And so,
they really are focusing on that with

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like a wide path and all of that and and
accessibility and and crossings and

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stuff are all part of that. So,
Okay, we'll get to that when we get to

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that once we get a team together.
So,

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uh, any other questions or concerns?
Otherwise, that brings us to the end of

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our agenda. Do I have a motion to
adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. Motion by

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Scott. Do I have a second? Second.
Second by Joe. Call the question. All

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those in favor signify by saying I. I.
Opposed? Motion carries. Five in favor,

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none against. Meeting adjourned.
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