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All right. Hello and welcome everybody
to the St. James City Council meeting on

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August 18th, 2026 at 5:30.
Um call me order. We'll start it off

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with the Pledge of Allegiance.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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» All right.
And we'll move on to approval of

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minutes. Can I get a consideration to
approve August 5th, 2026 Council

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meeting? So moved. Steve?
>> Second.

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» Kathleen? Any other discussion?
All those in favor say I.

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» I.
>> All opposed, same sign.

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Motion carries.
On to payment of claims and ACH

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payments.

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» So moved.
>> Paul?

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» Second.
>> Sue?

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Any other discussion?
All those in favor say I.

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» I.
>> All opposed, same sign.

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Motion carries. On to new business, 13A.
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2026 city visit presentation by Daren
Lee, Coalition of Greater Minnesota

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Cities. Daren.
>> All right.

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Well, thank you. Uh thanks for having
me. I'm Daren Lee with Flaherty & Hood.

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Uh we represent uh the Coalition of
Greater Minnesota Cities up at the state

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capital. And uh during the legislative
interim between sessions, we like to get

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out to our member cities and just kind
of update you about what we've been

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working on at the capital uh this past
session and kind of what we see coming

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up. Um
so I'll get right into it.

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Um

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there we go.
So, kind of as a reminder of who we are,

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we're more than 100 cities outside of
the seven-county metro area. Those are

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the kind of That's our updated map. Um
those are kind of the issue areas that

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we work on. We added a couple this last
couple of years, uh housing and EMS, cuz

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it's something that we
uh continue to work on. I work on

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transportation.
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And so, we've got different staff that
work on all those different areas.

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So, I'm going to get into a recap of the
legislative session, but I've got some

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folders that I want to pass out, too,
and I'll explain what's in there.

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» Thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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Thank you.
Thank you.

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» So, in here you'll find our um session
report. So, this will get into a little

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more detail than what I can get into in
the time we have here. Um

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then there's sort of FAQs,
staff contacts. If you have any

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questions on any of these issues, please
give us a call. Our environmental

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program sheet, uh
we have our housing report. It's a

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little bit long, so I just included a QR
code. You can read that. And then our

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candidate packet, which all of the
candidates that are running for the

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legislature will be getting that.
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with all the issues that we work on. And
then events coming up, we got our fall

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conference coming up in Waite Park, and
then our legislative action day next

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year.
Summer conference next year is still uh

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TBD as far as the dates. And then our
uh labor and employee relations program.

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So, that's everything in there.

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So,
um

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this session. So, th- are kind of the
uh focal points of the session. You

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know, there was a
67-67 tie in the house again. So,

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everything was a four-way negotiation.
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it's an election year. So, some of these
issues,

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um
were pretty political. You had, in

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addition to those, you know, the
immigration enforcement was a big one

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uh from earlier this spring. Fraud, they
did they did some things on fraud, um

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like withholding payments.
Uh nothing on guns or school safety.

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Uh Hennepin County Medical Center was
one that was a big issue.

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Uh they did pass a rescue package for
that. Uh they also cut tab fees. Um So,

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those were kind of the focal points.

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So, our agenda for the session was
protect local government aid.

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Uh
Pass a bonding bill, lead line funding

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to remove lead service lines. And then
resist zoning uh preemption, which is

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something that's been coming up over and
over again in the last few years. And

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so, that was those were our big agenda
items.

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Here's the budget situation.
Uh So, if you remember maybe

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So, February of 2025, we had a $6
billion

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deficit. Uh so, the situation did
improve. There is still that structural

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imbalance, which is, you know, your
revenues coming in versus the money

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going out. So, if that continues, you
know, we would be in a deficit situation

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again. So, we'll have to see. There's a
another forecast coming up in November.

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So, we'll see how
how it goes. But, this was kind of the

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setup for the session. So, you still do
have a little bit of a positive balance

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in that second biennium, but not a lot,
and so it sort of limited the amount of

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new spending uh discussion.
Uh back to 2025, the Senate Democrats

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did uh propose LGA cuts. Luckily,
nothing was proposed this year

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because I think the budget situation did
improve a little bit. So, we were uh

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thankful that that
uh wasn't proposed again this year.

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Um but there was very little new
spending contemplated other than a

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bonding bill and then some policy
discussion.

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So, I want to get into bonding.
That was one of our top priorities.

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Um a little background, so there was a
bonding bill in 2025. Uh

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there was some concern they may not
there may not be as much um

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sort of support for a bill this year
since they did one last year. Typically,

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uh or historically, it's been, you know,
a budget year, bonding year, budget

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year, bonding bonding year. So,
um but that hasn't necessarily held at

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the last decade or so. They
it's been more sort of sporadic. Uh but

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there's there's what the governor was
proposing. Public Facilities Authority,

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99 million, which is the agency that
does all those water and wastewater

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projects that are so expensive.
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uh state-owned assets that he was
proposing for um preservation, like

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state-owned buildings, parks, um
that sort of thing, the MnSCU system, U

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of M system.
Um and sadly, nothing for roads and

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bridges,
uh which was unacceptable

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to us, and then very little set aside
for local projects.

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And this is one where this is a bill
that of course, you know, requires 60%

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to pass cuz um to borrow money, that's
what what is required. So, that's one

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where the minority party does have a a
bit of say.

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Uh here's some of our folks testifying
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uh bonding, support for various bonding
bills.

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And so, here's what ended up passing. We
had 1.24 billion, which is about as high

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as they could go to stay within the
borrowing guidelines. And then quite a

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bit more for the public facilities
authority than what the governor is had

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been proposing, four times as much. So,
uh and luckily we did get some money for

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local roads and bridges. So, that was
good. Um in what else is not on here is

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um there's a like 4 and 1/2 million for
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program as well. And then a lot of money
for local projects. If you remember last

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year there wasn't any local projects in
that bill. So, I think it was a pretty

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good outcome. Um
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unfortunately on lead service lines
we had a little disappointment on this,

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which I'll explain, but just a little
background first. So, the EPA is

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requiring that all lead service lines be
removed um but by 2037. And so, there's

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inventory going on. There's there's
initially 200

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50 million that was uh put in place or

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passed in 2023. There's uh
inventory money to inventory all lead

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water lines, service lines
in the state. They've identified 87,000.

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There's still a lot to be identified, so
that work continues.

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Uh
but cities can propose a plan once they

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get that inventory.
Um and then you'll get on sort of a

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project priority list uh to get that
funding. Um so, it's it's a lot to get

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all those lines removed by 2037, so 1.5
billion. So, uh there's a lot to be

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done. Uh we're working with a coalition,
and you can you can check out the map on

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um
I think it's the Department of Health's

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website to sort of see what's been
inventoried and where it is and where

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where those lines exist, but um
you know, there it's going to be a lot

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to to get that all removed by 2037.
We're working with a coalition of uh

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city groups and then labor groups and
environmental groups to try to advocate

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for this.
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but on in this bonding bill, there's
only 15 million for that. So, we're

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going to need more to you know,
make sure that the 2027 construction

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season, you know, we still have a full
construction season. So, we're looking

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at coming back next year with that
coalition that we're working with and

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trying to figure out a dedicated source
of funding rather than just rely on what

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goes in the bonding bill cuz we did have
400 million for the Public Facilities

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Authority, which we want that, but you
know, any more that would have gone to

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lead service lines would have come out
of those other water and wastewater

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projects. So, we're looking at trying to
find a dedicated source for that.

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Housing and zoning, so this is one that
just keeps coming up over and over

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again. Uh 2024, it was called the
missing middle bill, yes to homes, now

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it's the starter home act. Uh a lot of
the same things that we've seen before

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trying to pre-empt local authority over
where your how you do your zoning. Um

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all
cities, so they they it had the way this

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framework worked it would have been, you
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and then over 10,000. So, all cities
would have had to meet those

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requirements on that first bullet. Uh
aesthetic and material standards, HOA

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pre-emption, and require alternative
dwelling units. The one the only thing

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that did pass was that pre-emption of
homeowners association. So, cities

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cannot require the creation of a
homeowners association for development.

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That's one thing that did pass, but none
of none of these other things did pass.

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Uh cities over 5,000, you'd have to
up-zone like a third. You could pick a

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third of your um
single-family and go up to four units,

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and then you could combine you have to
combine uh commercial and multi-family,

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and then minimum lot sizes no greater
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And then for cities over 10,000,
they would have required these some of

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these additional things like parking
minimums, you'd have to pick two or

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three of those,
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for cities over 10,000. So,

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I think they wanted a little bit more
flexibility than what they've proposed

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the last couple years, but it's still
way too prescriptive. So,

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um we continue to oppose it.
Uh the League of Minnesota Cities

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dropped their active opposition to the
bill.

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Um it was
the Coalition of Greater Minnesota

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Cities, Metro Cities, and the Municipal
Legislative Commission that

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uh
continued to oppose it. Luckily, it was

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defeated in the house, no hearings in
the Senate, but we expect There's

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Bradley Peterson, our executive
director, testifying on it.

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Um
we expect that some version will come up

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again next session. So, we're going to
have to continue

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uh
to fight it again next year.

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So, looking ahead, of course, election
year. Uh

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all legislative seats are on the ballot,
all of Congress is on the ballot,

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there's a Senate seat. Um we just had a
primary, so we know who the candidates

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are on the Republican side and the
Democrat side. Of course, the Governor

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Walz is not running, as you know. So, we
we will have a new governor. There's a

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lot of retirements that are taking
place. So, we're working on

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meeting with all the candidates, getting
them our candidate packet, let them know

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where we stand on this stuff um because
there's going to be a lot of new members

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regardless of, you know, who is in
control. There's going to be a lot of

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new legislators up there because of all
the retirements. So,

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um
more work to to do and January 14th is

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when the session starts
and I think I just have a slide

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upcoming events.
Uh one more plug for our fall conference

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and our
uh legislative action day so you can

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come up and lobby with us next year if
you want and we'd love to have you up

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there. I'm happy to answer any
questions.

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Thanks again for having me.

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» Thank you.
>> All right.

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» No questions?
>> No. Appreciate it. Thanks, Darren.

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» Okay. All right. Thank you. Have a good
meeting.

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» Yes, you also.
No action needed on that.

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» No. No action.
>> We will move on to 13B, consideration to

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approve resolution 08.26.04

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amending bylaws of the St. James
Firefighters Relief Association.

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» Bill's going to talk on that.
>> Bill.

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» Hello. Uh so, the fire department was
asking to raise our retirement by $100

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per year.
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this would not uh increase the city
budget at all. It will not cost the city

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anything.
Uh it'd be just part of our uh

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recruitment and retention program that
we're trying to you know, we're almost

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full. Uh
So, we'd like to try to stay there.

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This would help in that uh
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» Any questions?

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» So, move to dispense with the reading.
>> Second dispense with the reading. Paul,

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any other discussion?
All those in favor, raise a hand.

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All opposed, same sign.
Motion carries. Thanks, Bill.

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13C, consideration to approve resolution
08.26.05

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appointing housing redevelopment
authority board vacancy.

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» Um so
Melissa Wilson with the HRA had reached

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out to Chris and myself. Um there's a
vacancy on the um

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resident
position on their board of director and

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she is requesting um
Ann L

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» Ann L
>> Ann L, thank you. Uh Schofield to uh be

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appointed to the board vacancy. It would
go into effect immediately and then um

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their 5-year terms, which would bring it
to January 1st uh 2032.

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Um so, if there's any questions, I would
take those.

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» So, move to dispense with the reading.
>> Kathleen

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» Second dispense with the reading.
>> Sue, any other discussion?

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All those in favor, raise a hand.
All opposed, same sign. Motion carries.

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13D, consideration to approve resolution
08.26.06

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authorizing the transfer of the 2019
Ford F-350 from the electric fund to the

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general fund for the fire department.
>> Um so, this was discussed at a previous

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city council meeting um that when
Matt received his new truck that we

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would transfer his uh old truck to the
fire department for uses of the fire

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department. Um so, that is what is the
resolution in front of you.

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» So, move to dispense with the reading.
>> Sue

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» Second dispense with the reading.
>> Steve

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Any other discussion?
>> Do you have space over there?

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» Yeah.
>> You do.

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» Yeah, we'll get rid of the old uh
the old truck town. Uh

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It's a
F-150 single cab.

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» Okay.
>> It's the red one.

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» Okay.
Right. You know you're tight. So I was

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wondering.
>> it's it's tight in there, but we'll

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we'll uh
sell it.

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Mhm.
>> Okay.

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» I'll roll that in there.
>> All right. Thank you.

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» Once we get that on the truck.
>> All right. No other questions?

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All those in favor raise a hand.
All opposed same sign. Motion carries.

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Uh 13E, consideration to approve
resolution 08.26.07

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declaring abandoned and surplus property
and ordering the disposal.

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» So within this resolution there's two um
items that are being requested to be

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abandoned and surplus.
Um the first one is the 2013 Ford

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Taurus.
Um it sits here at City Hall. Um we re-

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City Hall received the old um
police

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» squad car?
>> Yeah, but is it it's not a Yukon, it's a

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» Oh, Tahoe.
>> Tahoe. Thank you. I drive a Yukon, so

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it's going to get out of my head on
head. Um so it's more favorable and the

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Ford Taurus just sitting and idling. It
barely starts, so it kind of isn't

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needed anymore for city operations, so
we're asking to get rid of that. And

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then in the kitchen at the community
building sits a very large commercial

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mixer. It's leaking oil. It is
non-usable, and so we'd like just to

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also dispose of that.

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» So move to dispense with the reading.
>> Steve.

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» Second. Dispense with the reading.
>> Paul.

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Any other discussion?
All those in favor raise a hand.

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All opposed same sign.
Motion carries. 13F, consideration to

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approve resolution 08.26.08
authorizing the city manager to enter

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into the temporary construction easement
agreement with Fleet and Farm Supply

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Inc. for the 12th Avenue South Highway
District expansion.

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» Um so Briana and myself along with my
co-chair um have worked with the owners

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of Fleet and Farm to um execute said
agreement for um construction

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of the uh entrance in We have to
relocate his entrance due to um 12th

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Avenue South there when we do the
highway district expansion for the

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business park. Um so the agreement in
front of you is um what we agreed on.

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Uh the city will be um putting the new
driveway in for him

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at
our cost.

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» So move to dispense with the reading.
Paul?

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» Second to dispense with the reading.
>> Mary?

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Any other discussion?
>> When are we hoping to uh start it and

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when might it be done?

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» Um it will be a part of the turn lane
project and it will be needed to bid out

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the 12th Avenue project along with the
turn lane. So it will be all together

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when we bid out that one project.
>> So it will be next?

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» I believe the anticipated date is to bid
it out in September.

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» Okay.
>> But we we still need to get an

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additional easement with Gary Johnson
accomplished.

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» So more than likely it won't be it won't
be this

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» That that is the anticipated plan, yes,
September.

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» Okay, great. Thank you.
>> Any other discussions?

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All those in favor raise your hand.
All opposed same sign. Motion carries.

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On to report of boards. Sue?
>> Nothing.

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» Kathleen?
>> Nothing.

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» Mike?
>> No.

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» Amanda?
>> No.

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» Uh we had coffee with the mayor today. I
thought it went very well. We talked

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about housing.
Had individuals show up with their

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concerns and expressed it to us.
It's what I like to see is people come

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to us
with what they have to say and not walk

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around town and say it.
Uh, but I think it was a great

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conversation.
We have people working on the right

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moves to uh
bring some housing to do in our

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community, hopefully. So.
Chris.

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» I have the movie for this weekend,
August 21st through the 23rd is The

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Brink of War. It is a historical
political drama set during the 1980

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set during 1986, focusing on the tense
negotiations between US President Ronald

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Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev as
the two leaders attempt to reach a deal

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that could dismantle nuclear arsenals.
Pressure mounts from advisors,

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intelligence agencies, and the weight of
history itself, making every con-

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conversation critical to the fate of
global peace. It is rated PG. It is 1

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hour and 57 minutes. There is no movie
on Friday. Saturday it starts at 7:00,

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Sunday it starts at 4:00 p.m. and all
tickets are just $5.

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» Paul.
>> No.

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» Mary.
Steve.

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» Nope.
>> Department heads.

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All right. Oh.
Holly.

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» If you have the opportunity on Saturday
morning, the ambulance service would

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love for you to come um to our farmers
safety day that the ambulance

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association is putting on. Begins at
8:30, it's at the fairgrounds. Um it

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will be um some basic instruction on
basic first aid, CPR, um how to apply a

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tourniquet, farm safety including grain
bin rescue, and um power take-off

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safety. Um there's
Schmidt's rolls for breakfast and um

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pork patties for lunch. We'd love to
have you.

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» Thank you.
All right. No one else? Can I get a

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motion to adjourn?
>> So moved.

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» Sue?
>> Second.

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» Paul? Any discussion?
All those in favor, say I.

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» I.
>> I.

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» All opposed, same sign. Motion carries.
Meeting adjourned at 5:53. Thank you.

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» Thank you.