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do I have a motion to approve the agenda
[0:49] with that removal? Motion to approve.
Motion by Joe. Do I have a second?
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Call the question. All those in favor
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[1:05] Approval of the minutes of the June
18th, 2025 regular meeting. You all
[1:10] received them in your packet. Is there
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[1:19] or corrections needed within those
minutes?
[1:25] Hearing nothing. Do I have a motion to
approve the minutes of the June 18th
[1:30] meeting? Motion to approve. Motion by
Heidi. Okay. Second by Scott.
[1:36] Works.
Call the question. All those in favor
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Abstensions. I. Motion carries. Four in
[1:46] favor. None against. One abstension.
Brings us to our public open forum. Is
[1:52] there anyone here that would like to
speak to the council?
[1:56] Is there anyone here that would like to
speak to the council?
[2:01] Is there anyone here that would like to
speak to the council?
[2:06] Our public open forum is now closed.
We will now move on to public hearings.
[2:11] We will recess the regular council
meeting and enter into our public
[2:15] hearing. We have one public hearing
before us this evening in accordance
[2:19] with the official mailed and public
notice in the matter of public hearing
[2:23] for our road vacation petition Lakeshore
Drive. Brad and Christy Kirkoff. It is
[2:29] our intention that everyone has the
opportunity to be heard. If you wish to
[2:33] speak, please sign in on the signup
sheet at the back of the room. The
[2:37] procedure is as follows. Presentation by
staff followed by questions of staff.
[2:43] Then public input. Raise your hand when
recognized by the mayor. Approach the
[2:48] podium and state your name and address
for the record. State your comments and
[2:53] position. No one will be allowed to
speak a second time until everyone has
[2:58] had a chance to be heard. First, we will
hear questions for clarification.
[3:03] Second, public in favor of the proposal.
Third, public speaking against the
[3:08] proposal. After everyone who wishes to
speak has had the opportunity to be
[3:12] heard, the hearing will be closed. After
closure of the public hearing, the
[3:16] council will deliberate and take action
as appropriate. Members of the audience
[3:21] do not participate in the council's
discussion unless a majority of the
[3:25] council concedes to hear additional
information or questions. The hearing is
[3:30] now in session.
Vicki. Okay. Um, the city has received a
[3:36] petition for the vacation of part of
Lakeshore Drive adjacent to lots 7, 8,
[3:40] and 9 of block 4, Country Club Edition,
located at 807 Lakeshore Drive. And this
[3:45] is the public hearing to hear that
request. Uh, the original Lakeshore
[3:49] Drive was not placed in its platted
location, which that plat happened, I
[3:52] believe, in 1929. Uh, this left wide
areas of road rideway outside of the
[3:57] driving lane in various areas along the
road. This occurred on both sides of the
[4:01] road. In an effort to clear up the title
and property lines for Sock Center
[4:04] Country Club Golf Course, it was back in
2014, the city and the owner reached an
[4:09] agreement where the curb line of the
golf course side would become the
[4:12] property line of the golf course with an
additional 20 ft of easement behind the
[4:16] curb for utilities. The city deed
everything to the golf course on its
[4:20] side of the curb. The golf course deeded
everything to the city on the road side
[4:23] of the curb. As a result, the road
rightway became very wide in some areas
[4:28] such as in front of the petition
property. The proposed vacation takes
[4:32] into account the new rideway, including
the 20 ft of rideway behind the opposite
[4:36] curb, and measures back 66 feet to the
new proposed rideway. It is likely other
[4:41] owners along the roadway will probably
come back with similar petitions
[4:45] petitions to vacate. uh you can see on
the uh survey that I gave you on page uh
[4:51] 12 of your packet, you can kind of see
where the golf course road actually
[4:55] exists and then you can see the property
line and you can see how um it deviates
[5:00] quite a ways into the property. So if
the council determines that this excess
[5:04] rightway is no longer needed by the
city, it should consider granting the
[5:07] request and then we would deed that
property to the adjacent landowner. The
[5:11] survey that you have uh does uh lay out
the exact location of the petition and
[5:18] also the legal description of the
property to be vacated.
[5:22] Any questions?
[5:26] Any questions,
concerns?
[5:29] Everyone understands
how they did things in 1929. Not really.
[5:38] So with that, no questions and we'll ask
for any public input. Is there anyone
[5:46] here that wants to speak to the council
in favor, against, or needs
[5:50] clarification?
[5:54] Do we have anyone that wants to speak in
favor, against, or needs clarification
[5:57] on the proposal?
[6:01] Is there anyone that wants to know
more information
[6:07] or speak in favor or against
the proposal? I just have one question.
[6:13] Um,
[6:16] all the other property owners have can
do the same thing. They just need to
[6:21] come in with the they they could they
could petition. We just would need a
[6:25] survey or they could all get together
and join together for a survey. Okay. I
[6:30] would just need legal descriptions of
each individual part to deed back to
[6:34] them. Okay. And we didn't have any
handwritten or anyone call in about any
[6:40] of this. Okay. Just wanted to cover that
base. So with that, any other last
[6:47] minute questions or concerns?
Then I will close our public hearing and
[6:53] reconvene our regular council meeting.
We'll go into reports and presentations.
[6:58] EDA report. The EDA met in regular
session today, July 2nd, not June, as I
[7:04] had on there. Uh they did review the
options for Cana Avenue construction,
[7:07] and it uh grew a little bit into
including connecting to the Walmart
[7:11] parking lot. So, we're going to be
reviewing with Tractor Supply for their
[7:14] contribution to that because before we
were just going to meet up with where
[7:18] Tractor Supply was ending, but after
having some conversation, it kind of
[7:21] makes sense for us to construct all the
way to the Walmart parking lot for
[7:25] consistency of the roadway. be the same
tonnage, the curb and everything and
[7:28] then have tractor supply uh give money
back to the city for that. So, uh the
[7:33] developer is reaching out to them. So,
hopefully we'll have something in the
[7:36] next few weeks because we would we're
really getting close to the end of where
[7:40] we can do a change order to get our
existing contractor in there. Uh the
[7:44] other thing we talked about is the
potential layout of the development of
[7:47] that 42 acres uh next to Walmart,
including future roads and utility
[7:51] layouts. And we talked about some
potential buyers or tenants. We did have
[7:54] the developers representative there. He
has a new developer realtor, I guess, in
[8:00] his employee. So, we talked to him about
potential uh types of businesses that
[8:05] could be there based on the restrictions
that Walmart has on the property and
[8:08] also the airport uh restrictions. So, uh
doing a little bit along that and then
[8:13] also we're looking at having and
updating our hotel feasibility study.
[8:17] So, that's something I'll be reaching
out to some uh professionals that do
[8:22] those and get some quotes on what that
would cost. So, no action tonight since
[8:26] the Kenna Avenue uh was delayed.
Okay. Any questions, concerns?
[8:34] Okay. Park board report. So, the park
board met last night in regular session,
[8:38] Tuesday, July 1st. Uh they approved
moving their meeting nights to the first
[8:42] Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. So, it'll be
before the council meeting on the first
[8:45] Wednesday. Uh they did receive their
update on the trail project. Uh could
[8:49] possibly still be paving this week, but
since they've been paving in our
[8:52] project, may not be doing the trails
till next week. They selected an a date
[8:57] for movie in the park July 14th pending
availability and availability is of the
[9:01] sound people and etc. So we're still
going to try one more time. It's been
[9:06] rained out three times now. Uh they
approved outfield advertising at Tower
[9:10] View Park for the baseball association.
uh rather than the metal signs, they'll
[9:14] be doing the like the banner type signs.
And so that's something I believe they
[9:18] would implement next year. Uh they
received a request from the Rotary to
[9:22] install a large aderondac chair in
Sinclair Lewis Park kind of by where the
[9:26] musical notes are or were. Uh received a
request for high amp outlets for
[9:31] Sinclair Lewis Park for food trucks.
They want 30 and 50 amp outlets around
[9:35] that parking lot. And also they
discussed the request for the electrical
[9:38] outlets at Little Red Schoolhouse. So
these are things that we're est getting
[9:42] estimates and they may go into the
budget at budget time. Uh they did
[9:46] select replacement playground structure.
Uh we did have some damage up at JC Park
[9:50] and so uh that structure has to be
replaced. And then uh Chak on the Avenue
[9:56] will now be the last weekend in
September. It got rained out as well.
[10:00] And the second cabin is ready for
occupancy pending delivery of
[10:03] mattresses. So we're just getting a lot
of interest in the in those camper
[10:08] cabins. the minute people find out we
have them, they're reserving something.
[10:11] So, we're anxious to get the second one.
I don't want to cut it loose though till
[10:15] the the mattresses show up. So,
otherwise, I have no action for the
[10:20] council as from the park board tonight.
Okay. Questions, concerns.
[10:27] Okay. And we will go to city engineer
report. Keith.
[10:36] All right. Good evening, Mayor and
Council. Well, our project is speeding
[10:39] right along. It's going uh everything's
going very very well at this point. No
[10:43] real major issues at all have come up.
If you've been out there just in the
[10:47] last day or so, we are actually paving
on the project. So, by midday tomorrow,
[10:53] seven blocks will have pavement on it.
So, that's uh pretty pretty impressive
[10:59] for the whatever it be, the third day of
July. Normally, we're not paving by this
[11:04] early in the project. So, that's really
that's really nice. Um the deep storm
[11:09] sewer on a street is um will be complete
maybe by the end of the day tomorrow.
[11:14] There won't be working quite a full day
with the holiday weekend, but it's
[11:18] getting close on that. Um all the
utilities we anticipate the next two
[11:24] full weeks um should probably everything
basically south of 5th we may be done
[11:30] with all the utilities or it'll be
getting close. You know, between two to
[11:33] three weeks that should all be done. Uh
next week we'll start some more uh curb
[11:39] gutter work on 7th and uh well basically
seventh I guess will be done in a couple
[11:45] other blocks in there. So we'll be
working on that. So yeah, things are
[11:49] going really quite well. The residents
have been really nice to work with and
[11:53] that's all going well and uh very little
issues. It's just seems to be humming
[11:58] right along with knock on wood.
Hopefully everything will continue to to
[12:01] stay that way. But uh things are going
really well. Even with all the rain and
[12:05] all that sand out there really isn't
impacting the schedule at all at this
[12:10] point. So um you know won't be too long.
I would say in August we'll be down to
[12:15] the last four blocks of utility work. Um
that's just finishing up with street
[12:20] work. Now when I say the streets are
paved in that they are working in the
[12:23] boulevard areas behind the curb. So
that's actively being worked on as well.
[12:27] So, and they're not finished, but at
least uh some of it is a nice driving
[12:32] service now at this point. So, all is
well. So, any questions you might have
[12:36] with me?
Questions? What percentage? I would say
[12:41] we're about You got reading my mind.
Yeah, we're we're I would say we're
[12:46] about a third maybe maybe a hair under a
third, but somewhere is 30 to 33% should
[12:52] be complete, I would say, at this point.
So, right on schedule, I would say. I
[12:56] would say we're probably from what the
schedule was originally proposed to us,
[13:01] we're with either on it, we might even
be a few days ahead, a few days behind,
[13:06] but we're very, very close to right on
the schedule. So, yeah, on the streets
[13:11] that paved, I'm sure they're going to
start working on sidewalks. Yep. Yeah.
[13:15] So, if you happen to be out there,
they're already doing some grading
[13:18] behind there. So, the next thing will
follow will be the sidewalks behind. So,
[13:22] um all that boulevard work will will get
started. So, it's just kind of a
[13:26] constant moving process, if you will.
So, um, yeah, things are, like I say,
[13:32] I'm I'm very very pleased with how
things are going so far. Very little
[13:36] issues actually in terms of like little
design issues, things that come up.
[13:40] We've had virtually nothing so far. So,
we've had a looks like another detour on
[13:47] Ash this week. Is that detour work
pretty much complete? That was just to
[13:50] do the paving, that patch. So, that's
done. In fact, the signs other than they
[13:56] forgot the two signs at the very far
ends, right? So, I've already told them
[14:01] to get those out of there. So, all the
rest of the signs are already gone. So,
[14:04] that was just for that patch. That was
I'm glad you mentioned it because I
[14:07] meant to mention that that patch is done
on Ash Street as well. So, now it's
[14:12] patched all the way up to the top, which
means when we come back to actually do
[14:15] the final, we'll actually mill an inch
and a half off of that and then put a a
[14:20] you know, finished work course over that
when it's done. So, it's just we don't
[14:23] want to have that bump in there. It's
easier just to pave it all the way up
[14:26] and then mill it out. So, yeah. And that
deep storm sewer is going pretty well,
[14:32] slow as we anticipated, but you know,
that's really the hardest part of the
[14:35] job. And they're through they're
already, you know, halfway between Pine
[14:40] and Maine. Uh, and so it's it's shallow
now and everything is they've run into
[14:45] the one area that we knew there was
going to be water. And sure enough,
[14:49] there is water there. Um, but they're
working way through it. It's It's not
[14:53] that much water, so it's not really
being an issue. So, but that went all
[14:57] went well and you know, I was a little
concerned about that because of the
[15:01] narrow space, but um, you know, double
boxed it and double hoed it and it
[15:06] worked out, you know, quite well through
there. So, yeah, was good. Anything for
[15:11] me? Okay. Well, we're covered my a
street question or Ash Street closure
[15:14] question. Um, Centerpoint, I know
they're outside of the scope of our
[15:18] project necessarily up, but did they
communicate that they're changing meters
[15:21] on houses within the project area or
anything like that? I was I was not
[15:25] aware of that actually. So, if they did,
then that's just something I guess
[15:29] they're doing. So, okay. Cuz yeah, that
homeowner mentioned that to me and I'm
[15:33] like, I don't know if they've
communicated that to us. No, it's not
[15:36] within that, but I thought I'd bring it
up and ask at least see if they reached
[15:39] out. They didn't know that even I can
tell you like even at my house Excel
[15:43] showed up one day and changed the meters
like oh I didn't know that was happening
[15:47] but they just they just coincide. So I
think they just sometimes just do that
[15:54] stuff. Okay. Yeah. And they're all that
small utility work is pretty well done
[15:58] in that area. So they do have I think a
little more work once we get to that
[16:02] north end. But that's but they're
largely done as well. Michaelels was
[16:07] doing that work as a sub for them. So,
it's going pretty good. And they've
[16:11] opened up quite a few sidewalks. So, I'm
assuming they're going to get those
[16:14] concreted back in. I'm thinking up along
even Sincler Lewis, they were opening up
[16:17] sidewalks and Yep. areas have to get
those patched back in. Yeah, I know. We
[16:23] don't control them as much, but we try
to from a city perspective try to say,
[16:28] "Hey, you guys got to put this back." I
know they left I saw one hole that
[16:32] they've kind of just left there and it's
kind of like well they do have some
[16:35] cones around it but it's like well why
don't you fill it back in you know so
[16:40] it's not a hazard but I'll I'll talk to
those guys about that. All right thank
[16:44] you.
Okay any other questions comments? Okay
[16:49] thank you. One last thing uh because we
talked about before the South Industrial
[16:53] Park schedule on that that contractor is
coming into town. Actually, they have a
[16:58] project with with the city. Um, so
they're going to do it at that time. So,
[17:02] it's that's going to be in the first
half of August. I don't know the exact
[17:06] date, but that's when they'll do. That's
all patched down there, so it's okay.
[17:10] But that's the timeline for coming in
and getting that repaired. Okay. Okay.
[17:14] Thank you. Yep.
Move on to action items. 7 A, approve
[17:20] resolution 2025-57,
vacating excess road rightway.
[17:25] So this is the action for the public
hearing as you said. So this is if you
[17:30] choose to vacate it, it's resolution
2025-57
[17:33] approving the vacation of the road right
away.
[17:37] Questions, concerns.
Otherwise, I'll look for a motion to
[17:42] approve resolution 2025-57.
Motion to approve. Motion by Scott. Do I
[17:47] have a second? Second. Second by Heidi.
[17:52] Uh any last minute discussion?
Call the question. All those in favor
[17:56] signify by saying I. I. Opposed.
Abstensions. I. Motion carries. Four in
[18:02] favor, none against. One abstension.
[18:08] 7B. Approve pay request number three to
Keley.
[18:12] So as you said, this is pay request
three. This is for the 2025 Burch and
[18:16] Pine Street project. uh we have paid to
date so far uh 1,16149604.
[18:24] This request is for an additional
44607102
[18:28] and this is all against their total
contract amount which is 4.772
[18:32] million. So um as far as when it gets
completed and then it has to go through
[18:36] the engineer and has to get sent out. So
you can't really look at that as a
[18:40] percent complete because it's always a
few weeks behind where they actually are
[18:43] on the project. But this request is for
pay request number three to Keley
[18:46] Underground for the 4467102.
[18:51] Questions, concerns?
Otherwise, do I have a motion to approve
[18:56] pay request number three? So move.
Motion by Brad. Do I have a second?
[19:00] Second. Second by Joe.
Call the question. All those in favor
[19:05] signify by saying I opposed. Motion
carries. Five in favor, none against.
[19:13] 7D approve SEDDP agreements Aerrow
Health and this was from the EDA's
[19:19] meeting not this month but last month
we've been working on this an
[19:22] application from Aero Health and Sock
Center for STDP which is a small city
[19:26] development program funds to assist with
the renovation of their existing
[19:30] building and the addition of a
handicapped accessible restroom. The
[19:33] eligible costs for the project are for
code efficient items and for
[19:36] accessibility upgrades. The cost for
this project include electrical and
[19:39] plumbing upgrades is what we would
participate in. The EDA recommend the
[19:43] city participate with up to 20,500 in
upgrades of which the city would pay
[19:47] 70%. 40% was that loan that becomes a
grant over 10 years and 30% which is a
[19:53] zero interest loan which would be
payable back to the city upon sale of
[19:56] the project. The owner would pay the
other 30%. So the total cost to the city
[20:01] is $14,350.
So what we're looking for tonight is to
[20:05] approve the SCDP participation with
Aerrow Health up to 14,350 contingent on
[20:11] receiving all the required documentation
which is invoices from contractors that
[20:16] are registered with SAM which makes them
eligible for these federal dollars.
[20:21] Okay, questions, concerns?
[20:27] Do I have a motion to approve the SCDP
participation? Motion to approve. Motion
[20:32] by Heidi. Do I have a second? I'll
second. Second by Brad.
[20:36] Any more discussion? Last minute
questions.
[20:40] Call the question. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion
[20:45] carries. Five in favor. None against.
Unfinished business. Heron parcel
[20:52] acquisition. This is just an update on
the heron property purchased purchase.
[20:56] We did receive the preliminary draft of
the settlement on June 18th. We
[21:00] submitted it to the FBA on June 19th for
their review. Then we got the assigned
[21:04] purchase agreement and settle agreement
on June 26th. This was what last week
[21:09] was. Yeah, last week. And but the city
council, you'd indicated it was contin
[21:12] FAA approval. So we were still waiting
for that for the administrative
[21:15] settlement. Day before yesterday, we had
a teams meeting with the FAA and today
[21:20] we closed. Yay. So we now own the
property. So um it's was a long project
[21:26] to get through but we did we were
successful in in getting it closed and
[21:30] now the process of the grant application
uh with all the submitt requirements
[21:34] will come. Um the heron part of the
settlement agreement is that they will
[21:39] cooperate with getting us all the
documentation that we need. If they
[21:43] don't then our avenue of course is
litigation and attorney fees and
[21:47] everything and we don't want to go
there. Um but there is a lot of
[21:50] documentation that we will need. So, but
we can we can at least say that uh we
[21:55] now have put that to bed. So, that's a
good thing.
[22:00] That is a relief to a certain extent.
New business storm claim June 20th. Uh
[22:08] this is just a little bit update on that
storm on June 20th. Um we did file an
[22:13] insurance claim with the League of
Minnesota Cities and the adjuster came
[22:16] on that following Tuesday, June 24th.
So, we were able to go through
[22:20] everything and and the things that
qualify for insurance reimbursement. Uh,
[22:24] we have 23 trees that were located
within 100 ft of an insured structure in
[22:28] city parks and campground. Anything out
20 outside of 100 ft of an insured
[22:33] structure, then we don't qualify for
replacement. So, this basically I'll
[22:36] give you $250 a tree so you can plant a
new tree. Uh, we get wages for the
[22:40] personnel for their debris removal
activities and the cost of the use of
[22:44] equipment for debris removal. That's
where the uh fee schedule comes in for
[22:48] the equipment. Uh we a replacement of
the bathroom roof at Sinclair Lewis
[22:52] Park. That tree came through the roof
and through the ceiling of the men's
[22:55] bathroom. A repair of the repair of the
shingles on the band shell. Uh cleaning
[22:59] up of water infiltration at the library.
Replacement of the play equipment at JC
[23:04] Park. Replacement of three sections of
chain link fence at the dog park.
[23:07] There's a screen door at the campground.
Two light poles in Sinclair Lewis Park.
[23:11] And multiple picnic tables. So these are
all of the things that we adjust. we
[23:15] identified with the insurance adjuster.
Now, it's just a matter of getting all
[23:19] of this done and then submit for
reimbursement from them. So, it's just
[23:22] kind of an update of the types of things
we were able to get recovery from for
[23:27] the insurance.
Okay, any questions about that?
[23:32] Then we will move on to 2026 budget
planning. Um, this is a schedule just
[23:37] proposed for the 2026 budget. And like I
said, this said to Warren, I said this
[23:40] is fluid. But I know you all have
schedules, but by the 15th of July, I
[23:44] hope to have the uh year-to- date
numbers to all the department heads with
[23:48] uh for their budget worksheets. And then
following that, I'd like to get the
[23:52] operations committee to meet with the
department heads for their capital
[23:55] improvement planning for their updates.
And then by the 9th of August to get
[23:59] those back to me from the department
heads. Then it goes on to the fire
[24:03] finance committee for review and input
and then get the back to the city
[24:07] council the 5th of of September. you
have your budget workshop on the 10th of
[24:12] September and we adopt it on the 24th of
September and then the final is 3rd of
[24:17] December. So that kind of gives you a a
timeline of how we or try to stay as
[24:21] close to that as we can. Um obviously it
takes time to get them put together and
[24:26] back from department heads and then
coordinate meetings but if we can stay
[24:30] as close to that timeline as possible
that would be helpful. Would that
[24:34] adoption of preliminary budget be the
September 17th meeting at the second
[24:39] council meeting of the month? No, we
adopt it at the regular meeting. We do
[24:43] the workshop, but wouldn't the the
regular meeting be the 17th in
[24:47] September? That that'd be the third I
don't know. Wednesday.
[24:51] Yeah. The third and the 17th.
[24:57] So, you don't want three weeks meeting
every week or in that month? Well, I'd
[25:02] be gone the 24th. I think so. Oh, okay.
[25:09] Just kidding.
Good catch. Yes.
[25:14] Any questions or concerns?
All right. Then we will move on to our
[25:19] consent agenda.
We have schedule of claims.
[25:26] Uh I got to find it. Where'd it go?
Right there. uh unpaid claims of
[25:33] $928,347.97
[25:38] for a total of the same. We have
resolution 2025-58
[25:44] accepting contributions from of $172.75
from the men's card playing group to be
[25:51] allocated to the senior center. $1,000
from community connection of sock center
[25:57] to be allocated to the ambulance
department. $750
[26:02] from the Sock Center Lions Club for the
outdoor rink and $25,000 from the Sock
[26:08] Center Fire Department relief
association to be allocated to the fire
[26:12] department. And on behalf of the city
and the city council, I want to thank
[26:16] those groups and for their donations. We
have a request from Angie Marthal
[26:22] representing the American Legion
auxiliary unit 67 to amend an
[26:26] application and permit for a 4-day
temporary on sale liquor license during
[26:31] the sink during the Sinclair Lewis days
from the fairgrounds to the American
[26:36] Legion from July 16th through the 19th.
Then we also have a resolution number
[26:42] 2025-59
[26:46] approving an offsite gambling permit for
the Melrose Lions. The permit will allow
[26:51] for pull tabs and tip boards to be held
on September 26th, 2025 at the Sock
[26:58] Center Civic Arena. Do I have any
questions or concerns?
[27:05] Otherwise, do I have a motion to approve
approve the consent calendar as
[27:09] presented? Motion to
I'll make a motion. Okay. Motion by
[27:14] Joel. I'll second. Second by Heidi.
Any last minute discussion?
[27:22] Call the question. All those in favor
signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed.
[27:26] Motion carries. Five in favor, none
against.
[27:34] informationational items, trunk highway
71 reconstruction update. So that
[27:41] reconstruction of trunk highway 71. The
project continues to move forward. We
[27:44] had a meeting on June 25th. Uh at that
meeting, the big picture plans were
[27:49] reviewed. We input we provided input
back to the design engineer and the
[27:52] project manager. Uh the city engineer
did provide documents back to them
[27:56] regarding the city utilities. There's
several components that we're working
[28:00] through. They have the environmental,
wetlands, cultural, historical, and
[28:03] archaeological. That's a bunch of
different I put them all in one line,
[28:06] but they're a bunch of different
sections. Uh the design of the
[28:08] pedestrian areas. We have decorative
lights, benches, trees, bumpouts. Uh
[28:13] preliminary road layout, easements, road
right away, ADA. There's a public
[28:17] outreach and education component, state
historical review, hydraulics, and storm
[28:21] water and all that permitting traffic
control signals, lighting or
[28:26] roundabouts. uh the utility coordination
with gas, fiber and electric and
[28:30] telecom. Then the bridge is a separate
project. City utilities how they get
[28:34] included into the project and then
there'll be a cooperative agreement with
[28:37] the city. So uh they have a very large
uh schedule that they work through and
[28:43] that they have assigned and so we're
just kind of fitting into our areas that
[28:46] we need to be. But at this point, the
project design is underway and MDOT is
[28:50] requesting the city create and
coordinate a local advisory committee to
[28:54] provide input and feedback on design
elements and also to educate the
[28:58] community. The committee would include a
representative from the business
[29:01] community, downtown, historical,
maintenance, governance, community
[29:04] groups, etc. Also, providing education
to the public would be part of their
[29:07] assignment. This would include social
media, newsletters, website, email
[29:11] blast, speaking in advance, pop-ups,
etc. So, I do have some ideas right now
[29:16] of some people to put together. We're
looking for eight to 10 people that can
[29:19] attend. Um, if everybody get their um
recommendations back to me and we'll try
[29:24] to put that together and get that back
to mind uh so we can uh start meeting
[29:29] with them and and talk about what they
would want to be. A lot of it's going to
[29:33] be teams meeting or electronically. Um
they'll push out stuff for us to say,
[29:38] "Okay, look at this project we did in
this city. You know, take a look at that
[29:41] and see what you think." and to provide
the feedback back and they want a
[29:46] diverse group of people to represent uh
the different areas of the community. So
[29:51] yeah, just get get back to me who you
think might work well on that committee
[29:55] and we'll try to put it together. I
can't take everybody but and then there
[30:00] will be meetings they'll be coming here,
you know, to a council meeting and to
[30:04] some public input as well. And then a
lot of it is going to be web- based
[30:08] where you can go on and you can look at
the street block by block and see what
[30:12] you like and don't like and provide
comments. So it's it seems to be working
[30:17] very well. And the one thing they did do
though is they took out the stop lightss
[30:21] by holiday are now coming out of this
project. They're getting put in a
[30:26] different project that will go from
there to 28 south the highway 28 down by
[30:32] by Fellings. So that's going to be a
separate mind project in a future year
[30:36] which they are just right now uh in the
process of hiring the design engineer
[30:41] for that. So we won't see those lights
they won't uh be worked on this at this
[30:47] project.
Any questions? Questions I know this is
[30:52] probably early on Vicki but on the
second one there you have the bumps. Is
[30:56] that on the end of the blocks where the
pedestrians the Yep. These are all
[31:00] different design elements that they want
the committee to look at. It's not a
[31:04] definite. Okay. I I just seen that I
when ALEC redid Broadway Mhm. their
[31:10] street department hates for snow
clearing and all that other stuff
[31:15] because it's such a pain to get in and
around those bumpouts. So, I was just
[31:19] kind of curious on what that was. And I
know it's early, but I asked I just know
[31:22] that they've had I asked our public
works department what they thought about
[31:24] them and they said our trucks have
steering wheels.
[31:29] And they might be better than what Alec
is, too. Who knows?
[31:36] Okay, good enough.
I'm not saying they're putting them in
[31:40] or not. It's just a pedestrian safety. A
lot of this project is ADA and
[31:45] pedestrian safety and mobility. And so,
they really are focusing on that with
[31:49] like a wide path and all of that and and
accessibility and and crossings and
[31:55] stuff are all part of that. So,
Okay, we'll get to that when we get to
[32:01] that once we get a team together.
So,
[32:06] uh, any other questions or concerns?
Otherwise, that brings us to the end of
[32:10] our agenda. Do I have a motion to
adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. Motion by
[32:14] Scott. Do I have a second? Second.
Second by Joe. Call the question. All
[32:19] those in favor signify by saying I. I.
Opposed? Motion carries. Five in favor,
[32:25] none against. Meeting adjourned.
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