[0:47] Mayor Melander: Or the school bus, either way, right? All right, good evening. We'll call this meeting to order for the April 23rd, 2026 Apple Valley City Council meeting. Welcome everyone this evening who's with us. It's always fun to see a full room. For any members of the audience who have signed up to speak, as your name is called, please come forward to the podium to address the council. With that, the first item on our agenda is the pledge of allegiance, and I'd ask all those who are able to stand and join us in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you uh thank you everyone. Second item on our agenda is to prove is to approve the agenda. Uh Tom, I know we had a couple of additions. Would you like to walk us through those? [1:33] Tom (City Administrator): Yes, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, good evening. Uh we do have one addition to tonight's agenda. This will be a added item onto your consent agenda under item 4X. It's to approve a state gambling exempt permit for the Fraternal Order of Police South Metro Lodge 14 on May 31st, 2026 at Bogart's Entertainment Center. So, with that change, uh that would be the suggested revision to the agenda. [2:00] Mayor Melander: Great. Council members, do we have a motion to approve the agenda as amended? [2:17] Council Member Grandahl: So moved. [2:17] Council Member Bergman: Second. [2:17] Mayor Melander: Motion from Councilmember Grandahl, second from Councilmember Bergman. Christina, would you mind taking the roll call vote on this one? [2:17] Christina (Clerk): Hoppa? [2:17] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [2:17] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [2:17] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [2:17] Christina (Clerk): Grandahl? [2:17] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [2:17] Christina (Clerk): Hiebert? [2:17] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [2:17] Christina (Clerk): Melander? [2:17] Mayor Melander: Aye. Great, thank you. The next item on our agenda is our audience participation portion of the meeting meeting, excuse me. This is for items that are not on the agenda. Uh we have a total of 10 minutes for for uh this item this evening. Um First person to sign up is a Mr. Randy Bailey. Uh Mr. Bailey, please approach the podium carefully. [2:39] Mayor Melander: [laughter] One of these years, this isn't going to work out well. Yeah, I know. Where's Where's your helmet? [2:55] Randy Bailey: Woah. I'm on probation already. If If Mrs. Bailey would hear hear you'd hear a hard-headed joke of some sort, wouldn't you? Greetings, Mayor, City Council, esteemed city servants, people watching worldwide. I come with great tidings of joy. In a couple of weeks, on Saturday, May 2nd, the 18th annual Rick's Bike Sale will be here in our fair city, drawing probably 2,000 people to the world's largest bike sale. We take used bikes, refurbish them, have them all for sale at cheap prices, and we donate 96% of the money to two local Dakota County nonprofits, Kids in Kinship, matching adult mentors with kids in need, and Darts, Senior Aging Services. That's coming up on on Saturday, May 2nd, 10:00 to 2:00 here at Dick's Valley Service, perhaps the oldest business in Apple Valley. They're partnered with Now It Is. It's a wonderful event. It's the happiest day on Earth. Not Not Disney, it's us. It's It's It's It's a wonderful thing. We have donated over $627,000— [3:51] Mayor Melander: Nice. [3:51] Randy Bailey: —nonprofits, and we do it all. And the reason we can do that is because we're a 100% volunteer organization, and our expenses for everything run less than 4% of proceeds. Nobody can touch us. So, 627,000 18th annual sale coming up Saturday, May 2nd. I got flyers. I'll put them on the back thing. Thank you. [4:08] Mayor Melander: Hey Randy, what happens if it rains? [4:08] Randy Bailey: Dick's has a huge indoor facility. The sale is indoors, rain or shine, believe it or not. [4:08] Mayor Melander: Perfect. And if people wanted more information, is there a website or anything that they could go to? [4:08] Randy Bailey: Well, you already said it. I ricksbikesale.com would be a great place with all the information, and I'll have the flyers with that address on the back table for anybody interested. [4:38] Mayor Melander: Thank you, Mr. Bailey, and thank you and uh Rick both for uh 18 years of uh putting uh good bikes in kids' hands, right? And giving back at the same time. Don't fall off. Thank you. Mhm. You're welcome. Thanks, Randy. Thanks Randy. All right, next next, excuse me, next on the list I have Katherine Katherine Connelly. Did I get that right? Thank you. Yes. Uh feel free to come forward and uh we've got your address here, so uh I'll let you take the mic. [5:00] Katherine Connelly: Perfect. Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. I'm Katherine Connelly, and I'm a resident of Apple Valley since 2022, and I'm here to speak to you tonight about changing the City Code of Ordinances to allow residential beekeeping. The City Code of Ordinances classifies honeybees as farm animals, and thereby not allowed for keeping on residential properties. Several surrounding cities in Dakota County, such as Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Lakeville, and Rosemount have common sense beekeeping ordinances, such as requiring permits, fees, application, education components through accredited apiary programs, and hive location parameters. These ordinances allow a degree of city control and monitoring, while allowing the freedom to pursue hobby beekeeping for our own enjoyment, education, and for the protection and propagation of a vital pollinator species. The city of Apple Valley is considered a green step city. We're tree tree city certified, and residents here care about green spaces, sustainability, and the environment. My children attend public school in Apple Valley, where they're taught the importance of protecting pollinators for the sake of our world. Apple Valley residents are encouraged to plant native gardens to welcome pollinators, and the Apple Valley City website itself states that the USDA estimates that bees pollinate approximately 75% of the world's flowering plants. Allowing for safe, common sense residential beekeeping continues this commitment to protect pollinator species and enrich our local ecosystem. Misconceptions do exist regarding the safety and perceived nuisance factor of residential honeybees, but many Minnesota cities have successfully addressed these concerns with well-crafted ordinances. Honeybees are unique and fascinating in the sense that each of their individual actions exist for the betterment of the collective hive. They are a microcosm for the ways in which collective action is required for the success of all. I look forward to working with the city to ameliorate concerns about residential beekeeping, and hopefully find a productive path forward. Thank you for your time. [7:16] Mayor Melander: Does uh Christina, do we have Katherine's contact info? [7:16] Katherine Connelly: Terry Dill. I've been working with Terry Dill. [7:16] Mayor Melander: I just want to make sure we had it somewhere. It sometimes With no phone numbers and that, it's hard to get back in touch with people. So, thank you. Thank you. Great, that was the last last individual who had signed up to speak. Is there anyone else who would like to speak to the audience participation portion of the meeting? All right, seeing none, we'll move on to our consent agenda. These are items that are routine and will be enacted with a single motion unless a council member or audience member request to pull an item. Council members, any items you'd like to pull from consent? All right, seeing none, citizens, any items to discuss separately? All right, with that, we would take a motion for the consent agenda. [7:50] Council Member Bergman: So moved. [7:50] Council Member Grandahl: Second. [7:50] Mayor Melander: Motion from Councilmember Bergman, second from Councilmember Grandahl. Christina, please take the roll. [8:10] Christina (Clerk): Hoppa? [8:10] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [8:10] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [8:10] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [8:10] Christina (Clerk): Grandahl? [8:10] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [8:10] Christina (Clerk): Hiebert? [8:10] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [8:10] Christina (Clerk): Melander? [8:10] Mayor Melander: Aye. All right, that consent items carry unanimously, and that moves us to our regular agenda. And uh a handful of fun items on the agenda this evening, as if Randy wasn't fun enough. Um we have item 5A, which is to proclaim April 19th to the 25th, 2026 as Volunteer Recognition Week in Apple Valley. And Christina, would you like to start this one off? [8:35] Christina (Clerk): Certainly, Mayor. We are fortunate in Apple Valley to have a variety of volunteers. Um tonight we have many of our advisory committee and commission members. Uh in 2025, we had 38 people who uh spent a lot of time on um uh issues throughout the city and um advising the City Council and providing feedback from their neighbors and their um friends and family members. And so, we really appreciate all of their contributions. Um we also have volunteers that work in our cemeteries and our parks um throughout the community to make Apple Valley a better place. And so, this is a proclamation acknowledging all of their efforts and thanking them for making this such a lovely place to be. [9:22] Mayor Melander: Great, thank you, Christina. For all of our volunteers and committee and commission members this evening, would you just mind standing up so we can so everybody can see who you are, and we can recognize you. I said it's happy hour. [applause] The jobs we all do would be a whole lot more challenging without your time and efforts to work things through, and just talk about giving great citizens a whole 'nother opportunity to weigh in on things going on. You you all serve that role as well. So, thank you for for taking the time. It's uh it's evenings away from yeah, family and dinners and all those kind of things, and so thanks for that time, and uh we greatly appreciate it. I'm going to read the proclamation and then we will we will uh hopefully somebody will make a motion to approve it. I guess we'll see how it goes. So. Uh proclamation says whereas volunteers have enriched the life of our community through their concern, commitment, and generosity of spirit. And whereas the hard work and commitment of volunteers have made our community a better place in which to live. And whereas volunteers are a vital resource and have contributed to the health education welfare recreation, culture, and environment of the city of Apple Valley. And whereas the city of Apple Valley wishes to thank its volunteers for their dedicated service and generous spirit. Now, therefore, the city council of the city of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, in conjunction with National Volunteer Week, hereby proclaims the week of April 19 through 25, 2026 to be Volunteer Recognition Week in Apple Valley. And urges all of our citizens to recognize volunteers who contribute their time, talent, and energy to our community. Proclaimed this 23rd day of April 2026. Do I have a motion? [11:13] Council Member Hiebert: So moved. [11:13] Council Member Grandahl: Second. [11:13] Mayor Melander: Motion from council member Hebert, second from council member Grendahl. Would you like to take the roll, Christina please? [11:13] Christina (Clerk): Hoppe? [11:13] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [11:13] Christina (Clerk): Burkman? [11:13] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [11:13] Christina (Clerk): Grendahl? [11:13] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [11:13] Christina (Clerk): Hebert? [11:13] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [11:13] Christina (Clerk): Melander? [11:13] Mayor Melander: Aye. Great. Thank you. And again, thanks to all of our volunteers. You are welcome to stick around for the rest of the meeting. It's just it's great to have people in the seats. Um but if you want to go home and have dinner, that's okay, too. So, whichever works for you. Uh second fun item on the on the agenda this evening is to recognize the Apple Valley students who participated in the League of Minnesota Cities Mayor for a Day contest. And Tom's going to come up and get us started. [11:35] Tom (City Administrator): Yes, good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. It's hard to top that last item, but we're going to do our best here. This one is fun as well. The Mayor for a Day essay contest. This was sponsored by the League of Minnesota Cities, the association that represents most all of the 800-plus cities that we have in the state of Minnesota. And annually, they put on a essay contest and invite students to participate. It is open to those students in grades four through six, and they asked to share their ideas for making their communities a better place. Uh and we had nine students from our Apple Valley schools, people who live in Apple Valley, attend school here, who have actually done an amazing job putting together their essays. So, we are here tonight to honor them and what they have done to spend the time to think hard about how their communities can be made a better place. Here are the nine students that submitted essays into the program. [12:42] Mayor Melander: And Tom, should we just invite those who are here of those students to come on forward this evening and we can recognize them with them standing up front here with you? [12:57] Tom (City Administrator): There you go. There you go. Oh, do I have to? [laughter] Come on forward. Come on. You all did a lot of work to for this, so. [applause] I'll just say if there's a parent who wants to get a better picture, feel free to get up and get the best angle you can. You really won't offend any of us by doing so. So, let me just tell you a little bit about what they did. So, basically, they had to answer this question: Cities provide a variety of services and programs that make our lives better, including parks and recreation, street maintenance, water and sewer, police, fire, and more. If you were mayor for a day, what would you do to make one of these services that your city provides even better? So, that was the prompt that they had to answer. Here are some of their answers. Community trash pick up, make schools safer, food and clothing drive, support police and fire departments, building more sidewalks, more money for parks, ask students their opinion, add more trees, build a dairy queen. Yes, I like it. I miss ours. And on that theme, get a mobile McDonald's. [laughter] School lunches must not be good. Add a pool to Splash Valley, invite people to city council meetings, host a fun party, a community parade. Freedom Day is coming up. I think we can check both those boxes. Have more fun, make city more festive. There's a theme going with that. And then probably one I liked even best: listen, care, and do your best. So, those were some of the great ideas that these students brought for forward to our community. So, with that, why don't Mayor, why don't you come on down as well? We've got some certificates here for those who are here and those who aren't will get them to them. [15:10] Mayor Melander: And so, first up, we have Marty. Where did you go? There you are. Let's do this. We'll slide over here so we can maybe get a good picture. How does that work? Now, come on up. We'll go on stage. Oh, we'll just have you hold that and we'll We want a good picture. All right, I'll let you hold on to that. And next up, Eva. Leah. Keep this one sideways. I apologize. I didn't get your name before we started. I was out there busy eating cookies. [16:00] Leah: My name's Leah. [16:00] Mayor Melander: Leah. I got you in here somewhere. You like an assistant? Somewhere in here we got you. [16:17] Council Member Hoppa: While he's doing that, can I ask how they advertise this? Is it in the schools that LMC does this or? [16:17] Tom (City Administrator): Yes, we make sure that it's—okay. I wasn't going in alphabetical order earlier when I put these together. [laughter] That's the problem. All right. Thank you. Thank you all. You can go back to your seats. [applause] So, yes, the League of Minnesota Cities encourages cities to reach out to their schools and let the teachers know of the opportunity and we have done that. Most of these students are from Falcon Ridge Middle School. And so, I think there was a teacher there that grabbed hold of this and made it a a great project. So. [17:06] Mayor Melander: And the principal at Falcon Ridge is a former civics teacher, so I'm sure that helped just a little bit as well. So. So, we want to thank the League of Minnesota Cities for sponsoring the contest. It's it's a great thing to get people involved in their community at an early age. We want to thank the teachers and the parents, guardians, who can encourage their students to participate. And of course, most of all, thanks to the students who did an amazing job putting together their essays. Couldn't be more proud. They did a great job. They did. Thank you all. Thank you. Give them another round of applause. [applause] That brings us on to 5C, and this is the presentation of the Government Finance Officer Association Awards. And Candy, are you going to kick us off here on this one? And as you get up here, would you mind introducing who you have with you as well? [18:04] Candy Lamar (Finance Director): Um good evening, Mayor and City Council. Um we have with us today Sarah from Monticello. City Monticello. Sorry about that. She's our GFOA representative for the state of Minnesota. And Daniel Post, who works in our finance department here in the city of Apple Valley. So, Sarah's here to present us with the Government Finance Officer Association Awards. We We are receiving two awards this year. So, I'll I'll let Sarah take over and— [18:27] Sarah (GFOA Representative): Thank you, Candy. I usually empty a room when I start talking cuz it's usually about finance and numbers, but I promise this is a little more exciting than my normal reports to my council. Uh so, good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. I'm here tonight on behalf of the Minnesota Government Finance Officers Association or the GFOA for three distinct and important reasons. First, to officially present the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting or the COA to the city of Apple Valley for the year ended December 31st, 2024. The city's 2024 audited annual comprehensive financial report or ACFR, we have a lot of of these, so bear with me, was prepared and submitted to the national GFOA by June 30th of 2025, which is 6 months after the end of the financial reporting year. That is their deadline for submitting the awards. And the city was recently notified of its 14th consecutive award after review by an impartial panel of peer professionals from across the nation. It's a a national GFOA award, not just within the state of Minnesota. This panel evaluates the city's report against high standards of the program, including a 600-plus checklist uh requirements to be met. So, if you have trouble sleeping, I'll send you the checklist. Sure. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition for governmental accounting and financial reporting. Its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management, signifying that Apple Valley's financial statements go above the basic requirements and clearly communicate the city's financial condition to residents, policy makers, investors, and oversight bodies. Earning the COA demonstrates three key things. First, it reflects a strong commitment to transparency and accountability. As I mentioned, the report is reviewed by independent finance professionals to ensure it is accurate, well organized, and easy to understand, or as easy as a financial report is to understand. Second, it highlights excellence in financial management. Achieving the COA means Apple Valley is following nationally recognized best practices in governmental accounting and reporting. And third, and in my opinion the most important, it builds public trust and credibility. The certificate reassures taxpayers, grantors, and bond rating agencies that the city manages public funds responsibly and openly. The city is in the process of preparing the 2025 ACFR for a submission of a 15th award, um and that maybe we'll be back next year to present that reward. So, with that, I have the certificate. I'll even open it up and show you it really does say certificate of achievement. [laughter] Uh and I'll present that to Candy and Danielle here. Thank you. I think Charles is going to want to stamp a picture here. All right. Not done with me yet. Second, in addition, Apple Valley has also received its eighth consecutive uh GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting or PAFR award. Uh I had a former council member in Monticello who asked, "Is it really a popular report?" And I'll tell you it's a lot more popular than the first report because it's a lot more condensed, it's a lot more easy to understand, um and it's just a lot more fun. It's got more pictures, more color, you got your red apples and everything on it. It's beautiful. The PAFR is a simplified financial report designed to make financial information understandable and accessible to the public. Unlike the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, which is technical and detailed, a popular report uses plain language instead of that confusing accounting jargon. It includes charts, graphs, and visuals to explain trends. It summarizes key information such as revenues, spending, debt, and fund balances, and it shows how tax dollars are used and what services they support. The goal of a popular report is transparency and accessibility. It allows residents, businesses, the council, and community stakeholders to quickly understand the city's financial health without needing a background in finance. When a city produces a high-quality popular report, it demonstrates a commitment not just to accurate reporting, but to clear communication. And again, back to my most important point, public trust. That's why GFOA recognizes this effort through the PAFER award, highlighting governments that go above and beyond to make financial information meaningful and understandable. So, with that, I will repre- or present the popular report. Big your hand again. We'll be official. [clears throat] Almost done with me, I promise. These accomplishments are further strengthened by professional leadership within Apple Valley's finance department. First, I want to recognize former finance director Ron Hedberg, who retired last December and was leading the charge when the 2024 reports that were just presented um the awards to you were compiled and submitted. However, the star of the show tonight is Apple Valley's current finance director, Candy Lamar, took the reins from Ron and is continuing the same level of professionalism and quality. Candy recently earned the Certified Public Finance Officer CPFO. I told you I wasn't done with these yet. Uh certification through the GFOA. This is a nationally recognized credential that reflects advanced knowledge, ethical standards, and a commitment to continuing professional education in public finance. Candidates must be a current member of the national GFOA, be employed in government, which is state, local, or uh county, uh with public finance as their primary role, have at least 3 years of professional experience in government finance, and agree to comply with the GFOA code of professional ethics. Candidates must pass seven comprehensive exams, each focused on a major public finance discipline, and those include governmental accounting and financial reporting, which as you can see, that's a well handled here, uh planning and budgeting, debt management, treasury and investment management, compensation and benefits, procurement, and risk assessment. Candidates generally complete the exams within 2 to 3 years with up to 5 years allowed to finish the program. Once certified, a CPFO must maintain active GFOA membership, complete continuing education requirements annually, earn engagement credits through professional involvement, and adhere to ethical standards on an ongoing basis. Earning the CPFO demonstrates advanced mastery of public finance disciplines, commitment to transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership, and dedication to continuous improvement and professional excellence. Having a CPFO certified finance director strengthens the public's trust and confidence in its city, supports strong financial government governance, excuse me, and signals adherence to nationally recognized standards of excellence. I want to recognize Candy and the entire finance team for the hard work put into these achievements, and to the city for its commitment to excellent financial reporting. Congratulations. [25:57] Mayor Melander: Congratulations. [applause] It's yours. [laughter] Council Member Grondahl, you had a you had your light on. [25:57] Council Member Grandahl: Do you know approximately how many cities get the two awards? [25:57] Sarah (GFOA Representative): That's a great question that I don't know off the top of my head, um but I'm sure I can get the information and we can report it back to you. Yep. [25:57] Mayor Melander: Thank you for this. The the especially the last few years, right? I think it's more important than ever to uh have that level of public trust and transparency with every recognized uh even more so. So, Candy, thanks for the thanks for the work and it really do the whole team, right? You don't do it by yourself, it takes the whole team to pull that together, and so thank you, and thanks for making the drive down to present the awards tonight. Sure. Thank you. great evening. Thank you. Thank you. All right, and that brings us to item 5D, and Christina, I think you're going to take this one. This is a um excuse me, liquor license approval for uh Suriya Sanjeev Apple Valley. [26:31] Christina (Clerk): Yes, good evening again, Mayor and City Council members. Suriya Sanjeev Apple Valley LLC has applied for an on-sale beer and wine license from the city. This is for a new restaurant they will be opening in the Times Square Shopping Center. The application has been reviewed by police and city staff, and we have found no reason to deny the application. Um the license would be effective following the final certificate of occupancy. The restaurant is currently under construction, um and following final approval by the health department for their restaurant license. Staff is asking this evening that you hold the public hearing, and if you so choose to adopt a resolution approving the issuance of that on-sale license. I'm available for any questions. [27:19] Mayor Melander: Have the applicant here this evening as well? [27:19] Christina (Clerk): The applicant was not able to attend this evening. [27:19] Mayor Melander: Perfect. Thank you. So, we will go ahead and open the the public hearing for the Suriya Sanjeev Apple Valley LLC on-sale wine and 3.2% malt liquor license. Anyone who would like to speak to this public hearing? Anyone who would like to speak to the public hearing? One final opportunity. We will close the public hearing, and we will look for a motion to adopt the resolution approving the issuance of an on-sale wine and 3.2% malt liquor license. [28:02] Council Member Grandahl: I'll so moved. [28:02] Council Member Hiebert: Second. [28:02] Mayor Melander: Motion from Council Member Grondahl, second from Council Member Hebert. [snorts] Christina, please call the roll. [28:02] Christina (Clerk): Hoppa? [28:02] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [28:02] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [28:02] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [28:02] Christina (Clerk): Grondahl? [28:02] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [28:02] Christina (Clerk): Hebert? [28:02] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [28:02] Christina (Clerk): Melander? [28:02] Mayor Melander: Aye. All right, and that carries unanimously. Thank you. And that moves us on to 5E, which is Moe's Southwest Grill at 7668 150th Street West, and Carter, come on up. [28:34] Carter (City Staff): All right. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh so, tonight's item is a request for a conditional use permit and variance to operate a new Class 2 restaurant, Moe's Southwest Grill. Actions tonight are to adopt a resolution approving a conditional use permit and variance to operate the Class 2 restaurant in RB Retail Business Zoning District. So, about the request, the applicants are proposing a Moe's Southwest Grill within a an existing tenant space at 7668 150th Street West in Suite 301. Uh under the city's zoning code, this restaurant concept qualifies as a Class 2 restaurant, uh which requires a conditional use permit to be within the RB Retail Business District. Uh the code also requires Class 2 restaurants to maintain a 1,000 ft separation distance from residential and institutional uses. Uh this proposed location would be 80 ft from Grace Lutheran Church and 275 ft uh from the nearest residential property to the west. So, a 920 ft variance uh from the separation standard is required. So, this property is a multi-tenant commercial building at the southeast corner of Pennock Lane and 150th Street. Uh the parcel and its immediate surroundings are zoned RB for retail business as well as institutional to the west and furthermore residential across Penn Ave Lane. So, the city does have an established record of granting similar setback variances for these class two restaurants. Recent approval recent approvals with reduced setbacks and CUPs include McDonald's 200 ft, Popeyes at 494 ft and Chick-fil-A at 150 ft. In the immediate area there have been similar separation variances and CUPs granted further back such as Panda Express, Bruegger's Bagels, Dave's Hot Chicken which was Dairy Queen at the time and Taco Bell. So, once again because this is a class two restaurant in the RB district it would requires a conditional use permit allowing the use would it align with our 2040 comprehensive plan goals by bringing more dining variety to the downtown area. The there is additionally a 920 ft variance required putting the restaurant 80 ft from the nearest institutional use and 275 ft from that nearest residential property. The planning commission reviewed the practical difficulty findings and conditional use permit standards detailed in the draft resolution and found the request to meet those standards and criteria. Furthermore, the planning commission did hold their public hearing item on this at the April 1st, 2026 meeting. The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of both the conditional use permit and variance. So, tonight the recommendation is to adopt the resolution approving the conditional use permit and variance to operate a class two restaurant in the retail business zoning district and attaching conditions. So, with that we'll turn it over to the mayor and council if any questions. [31:38] Mayor Melander: Council members any questions for Carter? We have planning commission members here who actually get to see one of the things all the way through the all the way through this evening that's unique too. So, if there are no questions for Carter we would look for a motion to adopt the resolution approving the conditional use permit and variance for Moe's Southwest Grill at 7668 150th Street West, Suite 301. [31:58] Council Member Bergman: So moved. [31:58] Council Member Grandahl: Second. [31:58] Mayor Melander: Motion from Council member Bergman, second from Council member Grendahl and Christina please take the roll. [31:58] Christina (Clerk): Hoppa? [31:58] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [31:58] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [31:58] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [31:58] Christina (Clerk): Grendahl? [31:58] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [31:58] Christina (Clerk): Hiebert? [31:58] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [31:58] Christina (Clerk): Molander? [31:58] Mayor Melander: Aye. Great. Carter, thank you. Planning commission thank you. We'll look forward to seeing Moe's get open. With that brings us to staff and council communications. Tom, do we have any items this evening? [32:20] Tom (City Administrator): Mr. Mayor, just one to mention and that is that the city's annual tree and shrub sale is underway and actually the pickup date is actually this coming Saturday. Saturdays April 25th from 8:00 to to 11:30 a.m. I just looked and there are still trees available. So, if you're one who would like to to get in on the city's tree sale, take a look at the city's website. I think it is certainly I think there's three different tree types that are still available here just a couple of days from pickup. So, as they say the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is this spring. It might be Saturday. So, Perfect. [33:01] Mayor Melander: Any other items, Tom? Council members, anything? I know it's on our on our employment actions tonight we have a number of seasonal positions starting and Eric and anyone else involved in hiring seasonal folks, how are we doing this year? So, if you're looking for that great summer job, right? Jump on the city's website and it sounds like there's some good opportunities there. Great, thank you. Calendar of upcoming events our next city council informal meeting is Thursday, May 14th at 5:30 and our next regular meeting is Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 p.m. Do we have a motion to approve the calendar? [33:41] Council Member Grandahl: So moved. [33:41] Council Member Hiebert: Second. [33:41] Mayor Melander: Motion from Council member Grendahl, second from Council member Hiebert. Christina? [33:41] Christina (Clerk): Hoppa? [33:41] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [33:41] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [33:41] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [33:41] Christina (Clerk): Grendahl? [33:41] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [33:41] Christina (Clerk): Hiebert? [33:41] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [33:41] Christina (Clerk): Molander? [33:41] Mayor Melander: Aye. All right, that brings us to the end of our agenda. Do we have a motion to adjourn? [34:07] Council Member Grandahl: So moved. [34:07] Council Member Hiebert: Second. [34:07] Mayor Melander: Motion from Council member Grendahl, second from Council member Hiebert and just for the record Christina, shall we take a roll? [34:07] Christina (Clerk): We'll do. Hoppa? [34:07] Council Member Hoppa: Aye. [34:07] Christina (Clerk): Bergman? [34:07] Council Member Bergman: Aye. [34:07] Christina (Clerk): Grendahl? [34:07] Council Member Grandahl: Aye. [34:07] Christina (Clerk): Hiebert? [34:07] Council Member Hiebert: Aye. [34:07] Christina (Clerk): Molander? [34:07] Mayor Melander: Aye. All right, we are adjourned. Thank you everybody. Have a great night. Thank you.