This transcript appears to be from a Hermantown City Council meeting where newly elected members are being sworn in. Please note that while your provided list includes Councilors Hjelle and LeBlanc, the transcript clearly identifies **Grant Hostchild** and **Gloria Nelson** as the members present and being sworn in alongside John Geissler. [0:01] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Is everybody... is Natalie? Yep, she's here. [0:08] Mayor Wayne Boucher: We have Natalie, we have John, we have Grant. Is Gloria here? [0:12] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Yep, I'm here. [0:13] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Okay. Um, bear with us a little bit. I've got my volume on my iPad turned way down to accommodate the meetings, but I still need to be able to hear anybody that talks. Um, we will call the meeting to order at 6:31. We will forego the Pledge of Allegiance. And Bonnie, we're going to have to do the oath of office. Okay, Wayne, you're first. So raise your right hand—my right hand—and repeat after me. [0:37] Bonnie [City Staff]: I, Wayne Boucher... [0:40] Mayor Wayne Boucher: I, Wayne Boucher... [0:42] Bonnie [City Staff]: Do solemnly swear... [0:44] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Do solemnly swear... [0:45] Bonnie [City Staff]: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [0:48] Mayor Wayne Boucher: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [0:51] Bonnie [City Staff]: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [0:53] Mayor Wayne Boucher: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [0:56] Bonnie [City Staff]: And that I will discharge faithfully... [0:58] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And that I will discharge faithfully... [1:01] Bonnie [City Staff]: The duties of the office of Mayor of the City of Hermantown... [1:05] Mayor Wayne Boucher: The duties of the office of Mayor of the City of Hermantown... [1:08] Bonnie [City Staff]: In the County of St. Louis... [1:10] Mayor Wayne Boucher: In the County of St. Louis... [1:12] Bonnie [City Staff]: The State of Minnesota... [1:14] Mayor Wayne Boucher: The State of Minnesota... [1:16] Bonnie [City Staff]: To the best of my judgment and ability. [1:19] Mayor Wayne Boucher: To the best of my judgment and ability. [1:22] Bonnie [City Staff]: That's it. [1:23] Mayor Wayne Boucher: That's it. Wow. [1:41] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Are you ready, John Geissler? [1:43] Councilor John Geissler: I am ready. [1:44] Bonnie [City Staff]: Okay. I, John Geissler... [1:46] Councilor John Geissler: I, John Geissler... [1:48] Bonnie [City Staff]: Do solemnly swear... [1:49] Councilor John Geissler: Do solemnly swear... [1:51] Bonnie [City Staff]: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [1:54] Councilor John Geissler: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [1:57] Bonnie [City Staff]: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [2:00] Councilor John Geissler: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [2:03] Bonnie [City Staff]: And that I will discharge faithfully... [2:05] Councilor John Geissler: And I will discharge faithfully... [2:07] Bonnie [City Staff]: The duties of the office of Council Member... [2:10] Councilor John Geissler: The duties of the office of Council Member... [2:12] Bonnie [City Staff]: Of the City of Hermantown... [2:14] Councilor John Geissler: Of the City of Hermantown... [2:16] Bonnie [City Staff]: In the County of St. Louis... [2:18] Councilor John Geissler: In the County of Saint Louis... [2:20] Bonnie [City Staff]: The State of Minnesota... [2:21] Councilor John Geissler: State of Minnesota... [2:22] Bonnie [City Staff]: To the best of my judgment and ability. [2:26] Councilor John Geissler: To the best of my judgment and ability. [2:28] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Hey Grant, your turn. You gotta unmute. There you go. [2:34] Councilor Grant Hostchild: I, Grant Hostchild... [2:36] Bonnie [City Staff]: I, Grant Hostchild, do solemnly swear... [2:39] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Do solemnly swear... [2:41] Bonnie [City Staff]: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [2:44] Councilor Grant Hostchild: That I will support the Constitution of the United States... [2:47] Bonnie [City Staff]: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [2:50] Councilor Grant Hostchild: The Constitution of the State of Minnesota... [2:53] Bonnie [City Staff]: And that I will discharge faithfully... [2:56] Councilor Grant Hostchild: And that I will discharge faithfully... [2:58] Bonnie [City Staff]: The duties of the office of Council Member... [3:01] Councilor Grant Hostchild: The duties of the office of Council Member... [3:03] Bonnie [City Staff]: Of the City of Hermantown... [3:05] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Of the City of Hermantown... [3:07] Bonnie [City Staff]: In the County of St. Louis... [3:09] Councilor Grant Hostchild: In the County of St. Louis... [3:14] Bonnie [City Staff]: The State of Minnesota... [3:16] Councilor Grant Hostchild: The State of Minnesota... [3:18] Bonnie [City Staff]: To the best of my judgment and ability. [3:21] Councilor Grant Hostchild: The best of my judgment and ability. [3:25] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Great. Now we need a roll call by the City Clerk. [3:30] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Geissler? [3:31] Councilor John Geissler: Here. [3:32] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [3:33] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Here. [3:34] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [3:35] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Here. [3:36] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [3:37] Councilor Joe Peterson: Here. [3:38] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [3:39] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Here. Announcements—are there any Council members that have announcements to make at this time? Councilor Geissler? [3:49] Councilor John Geissler: Uh, no announcements. [3:51] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [3:52] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No announcements. Welcome Grant. I just want to congratulate Mayor Boucher, Councilor Geissler, and Councilor Hostchild on their elections and being a part of the Council, and looking forward to the next couple years. [4:11] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. And Councilor Hostchild? [4:13] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Uh, no announcements for me. And all I want to say is thank you for everyone that puts themselves out for public service. I'm glad the voters decided to return a new good team for the next two years and I look forward to what we have in front of us, especially with what we've got behind us. [4:31] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Public hearings. We have public hearing tonight on Road Improvement District number 539. Mr. Mulder, would you go ahead with the introduction to that? [4:44] John Mulder: Well, back on December 7th, the City Council accepted the feasibility report and ordered the public hearing. There were three property owners that would be impacted by this project, so we met with them on December 22nd and we communicated to them both the cost of the project and the fact that they would be expected to bear the cost of that project. It was a very good meeting, we talked to them, but at the end of the meeting, they did not feel that the project was worthwhile and that there was enough of a benefit to them for the project. We told them that unless they were willing to agree, that we couldn't recommend that the city go forward. So it's our recommendation that um, you hold the public hearing tonight and um, and then at the end of that one, again, unless the property owners are willing to pay for the cost of that road, that our recommendation is that we would not proceed with this project. [5:54] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Are there any Councilors that wish to comment on this? Councilor Geissler? [6:00] Councilor John Geissler: No comments. [6:01] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [6:02] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No comment. [6:03] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [6:04] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comments. [6:05] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [6:06] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No, nothing for me. [6:08] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And I have nothing. Is there any member of the public that wishes to comment on public hearing on Road Improvement District number 539? Are there any public comments on this road improvement district? Hearing none, we will move on without action to Communications. Mr. Mulder, the communication 139 is in relation to 539—have you covered that in its entirety? [7:02] John Mulder: Yes, I have. And next is communication 20-194 and this is just for the Council's information at this point in time, but this is the uh memo from Ellers who took a look at our water usage uh this summer um in May compared to February of 2020. And it shows kind of the impact of the pandemic, which basically moved the number of users... um instead of the number of users peaking at 2,000 gallons, it actually peaked at 3,500, which moved everybody into those that higher tier. Um, so we wanted to provide that information to you. We'll do a full-blown report on both this report and the report that we had last month um and and talk about the issues relative to the high water usage in 2020. We'll do that at the next meeting. [7:59] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. We have no presentations at this meeting. Public discussion. Now, there are two times when the public can discuss during the rest of the meeting: one is right now for any item of general interest that is not on the agenda, and later on there will be an opportunity for public discussion at each agenda item prior to voting on it. Is there any member of the public that wishes to comment at this time? Is there any public discussion at this meeting? [8:36] Mayor Wayne Boucher: With no public discussion, we will move on to the Consent Agenda with the notation that one item, item 2021-04, has been taken off of the Consent Agenda and will be discussed under regular resolutions at the request of Councilor Geissler. Uh, do we have a motion for the Consent Agenda? [8:58] Councilor Joe Peterson: Motion to approve. [8:59] Councilor John Geissler: Second. [9:00] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Geissler. Roll call, please. You're muted, your mic's off, Bonnie. [9:15] Bonnie [City Staff]: Gotcha. Councilor Hostchild? [9:17] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [9:18] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [9:19] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [9:20] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [9:21] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [9:22] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [9:23] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [9:24] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [9:25] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. And now we will move to that item which was removed from the Consent Agenda: 2021-04, Resolution authorizing and directing Mayor and City Clerk to execute and deliver agreement for professional services with Northland Consulting Engineers LLP. This would be for City Engineer services. Do we have a motion? [9:49] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Motion to approve. [9:51] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Second. [9:52] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder, do you have any comment on this motion? [10:00] John Mulder: This is just the renewal of the engineering agreement with uh Northland Consulting Engineers for 2021. [10:08] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Uh, City Councilors' comment? I know Councilor Geissler would like to comment. Would you like to go first? [10:16] Councilor John Geissler: I'm sure, thank you. Um, I'm going to vote on this, but for the record, my son works for Northland Consulting Engineers. I'd just like to state that the award of this contract has no financial benefit to either myself or my son. Thank you. [10:33] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [10:35] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No comment. [10:36] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [10:37] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comment. [10:38] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [10:39] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No comment. [10:41] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And my only comment is I appreciate Councilor Geissler's transparency in this matter. Can we have a roll call? [10:49] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Nelson? [10:51] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [10:52] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [10:53] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [10:54] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [10:55] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [10:56] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [10:57] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [10:58] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [10:59] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-06: Resolution approving additional engineering services by Northland Consulting Engineers for construction staking on Section 24 trail. Do we have a motion? [11:21] Councilor Joe Peterson: Motion to approve. [11:23] Councilor John Geissler: I'll second. [11:24] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [11:32] John Mulder: So when we were initially... began the discussion of Section 24 sewer trunk line um and the trail, we did... we really didn't have the trail included in that, and that was added later. And the construction staking was not included in the original estimate. Um, to date they've spent about 12,000 dollars on the trail estimate, they've got about another 5,000 to go to complete the trail. So we're asking to add that 17,000 to that... to their fees. [12:12] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Council comments or questions? Councilor Geissler? [12:18] Councilor John Geissler: Uh, no comments. [12:19] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Nelson? [12:20] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No comment. [12:21] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Peterson? [12:22] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comment. [12:23] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Hostchild? [12:24] Councilor Grant Hostchild: And uh, my only comment—I would guess again that Councilor Geissler's son does not financially benefit from this, or neither does he. [12:35] Mayor Wayne Boucher: That's exactly... member of the public that has input on this matter? Hearing no public input, we'll move to a roll call. [12:51] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Peterson? [12:52] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. Sorry, my mute button was slow. Aye. [12:56] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Geissler? [12:57] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [12:58] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [12:59] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [13:00] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Nelson? [13:01] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [13:02] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [13:03] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Next is Resolution 2021-07: Resolution approving additional engineering services by Northland Consulting Engineers for utility relocation along Morris Thomas Road. Do we have a motion? [13:28] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Motion to approve. [13:30] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Second. [13:31] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder? [13:38] John Mulder: This is a request from Northland Consulting Engineers for additional fees for relocating the hydrants and the water main on Morris Thomas Road as part of their um, the part of Saint Louis County's uh improvements on Morris Thomas Road uh later this year. [13:59] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Uh, any questions or comments from Council? Councilor Geissler? [14:04] Councilor John Geissler: Um, just similarly as we stated with the other contracts with Northland, my son is employee there and the result of this has no financial benefit to my son or myself. Thank you. [14:18] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [14:20] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No comment. [14:21] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [14:22] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comment. [14:23] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [14:24] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No. [14:25] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And I have no comment. Is there any public input on this matter? With no public input, I would ask for a roll call. [14:38] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Geissler? [14:39] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [14:40] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [14:41] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [14:42] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [14:43] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [14:44] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [14:45] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [14:46] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [14:47] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-08: Resolution approving wage rates for part-time employees in 2021. Do we have a motion? [15:03] Councilor John Geissler: Motion to approve. [15:05] Councilor Joe Peterson: Second. [15:06] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder? [15:13] John Mulder: So this is the same rate increase that our contracted employees uh received for 2021, and so we want to take care of our part-time employees as well. So that's why we're recommending this pay increase. [15:28] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions or comments from Councilors? Councilor Geissler? [15:33] Councilor John Geissler: I guess my only question uh is that uh, I think of these part-time employees to be like the summer help. Uh, what other part-time employees are we speaking about? [15:46] John Mulder: Yeah, so it's just the custodian here at City Hall. Um, she works about 15 hours a week, or 520 hours... a little over 520 hours a year. And then the other—all of the rest of them are in Public Works summer help, and they can't exceed 500. [16:05] Councilor John Geissler: Okay, thank you. [16:07] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions from Councilor Nelson? [16:09] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No. [16:10] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [16:11] Councilor Joe Peterson: No. [16:12] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [16:13] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Um, I'm just glad to hear that we're giving our part-time employees the same, you know, increase as our contract and union employees. So thanks staff. [16:20] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. And I have no comment. Uh, any public comment on this matter? With no public input, I would ask for a roll call. [16:34] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Hostchild? [16:35] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [16:36] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [16:37] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [16:38] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [16:39] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [16:40] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [16:41] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [16:42] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [16:43] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-09: Resolution authorizing the Director of Finance and Administration to amend selected 2020 budget and make transfers. [16:59] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Motion. [17:01] Councilor Joe Peterson: Second. [17:02] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Hostchild, second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder, would you like me to have Kevin explain this? [17:11] John Mulder: Yes, please. [17:13] Kevin Orme [Director of Finance]: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the Council. So we have uh some annual budget amendments here, and then the second part of this is two transfers between funds. The first budget amendments are things we do annually to account for variances between actual and budget expenditures—either a project is in a different year, or in the case of 2020, we had the COVID CARES money. And so we wanted to amend the General Fund to reflect the expenditures spent by the city on the CARES money that then we got reimbursed by the federal government. So we're transferring... actually we're increasing the budget in these various categories that you see on the resolution. Then secondly is the transfer between funds. We issued some new debts, and as part of that, we refinanced and closed uh Fund 319 which are the 2010A bonds. And so we're going to close that fund and transfer the remaining cash to the new debt service fund that is now paying the remainder of that debt. And also we're paying... we made the first payment on the Section 24 sewer trunk line um debt payments that we took out in 2020. And so we're transferring some money from sales tax to make that first debt payment that we made. Again, these are 2020 adjustments, or this resolution is for 2020 that we're approving tonight. And uh then that'll clean up 2020, we'll move on to 2021. [18:41] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions or comments from Council? Councilor Geissler? [18:46] Councilor John Geissler: No questions. [18:47] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [18:48] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No. [18:49] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [18:50] Councilor Joe Peterson: No questions. [18:51] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [18:52] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No questions. [18:53] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And I have none. Uh, is there any input from the public on this matter? With no public discussion, I'd ask for a roll call. [19:07] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Nelson? [19:08] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [19:09] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [19:10] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [19:11] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [19:12] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [19:13] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [19:14] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [19:15] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [19:16] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-10: Resolution approving substantially completed final plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bids for Road Improvement District number 537, the Lavaque Junction Road. Do we have a motion? [19:42] Councilor John Geissler: Motion to approve. [19:44] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Second. [19:45] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder? [19:50] John Mulder: So this resolution is just a little bit out of the ordinary in the sense that normally we would have you approve final specs and plans, but uh right now we're at 90 percent. Uh, but we want to have uh approval to advertise starting on January 21st. If we waited until the 19th when we have the final plans to get authorization, we would miss that deadline to put the ad in on January 21st. And the reason we want to do January 21st is so that we can have enough time to do all the legal advertisements, receive bids, and then award the bids so that we can do... begin construction toward the end of March where we need to do clearing and grubbing and utility relocations. [20:47] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions or comments from Council? Councilor Geissler? [20:53] Councilor John Geissler: Uh, no comments. [20:54] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [20:55] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No, no questions. [20:56] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [20:57] Councilor Joe Peterson: Nope, I'm good. [20:58] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [20:59] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No questions. [21:00] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And I have none. Is there any member of the public that wishes to speak on this matter? With no public input, could we have a roll call, please? [21:18] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Peterson? [21:19] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [21:20] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [21:21] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [21:22] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [21:23] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [21:24] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [21:25] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [21:26] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [21:27] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-11: Resolution receiving preliminary engineering report and calling for public hearing for Road Improvement District number 534, the Uggstad Road, and the hearing would be for February 1st of this year. Do we have a motion? [21:51] Councilor Joe Peterson: Motion. [21:52] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Second. [21:53] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [21:59] John Mulder: This is uh the uh preliminary engineering report for uh Uggstad Road project. As you'll recall, we've talked about this project on different occasions when we talk about getting federal funding, and we have started geotechnic evaluations and we are in the process of hiring a project engineer. So maybe uh, David Bolf, you want to explain the project just a little bit um for the Council and for anybody might be listening or watching? [22:38] David Bolf [Northland Consulting Engineers]: Okay, yeah. Thank you um, Mayor and Council. As as you all are aware, we've got a federal aid project that we're um planning to design and construct here in the next two years. Um, I... is it appropriate to share the the screen again or should I just talk through this? [22:58] John Mulder: Just walk through it at least at this point. [23:01] David Bolf [Northland Consulting Engineers]: Okay, so you kind of got a snapshot earlier meeting tonight, but I basically have a seven different sections on Uggstad Road from Maple Grove to Highway 53, and then on Arrowhead Road from Hawk Circle Drive to Filky Circle. So the the plan here is what we call a rehabilitation, which mostly does surface corrections, improved sidewalks, curb and gutter etc., without getting into the the road core of the project. Additionally, we plan to put about a mile and a quarter of a trail from Highway 53 south to Lavaque Junction as part of this federal aid project, and then also some turn lane improvements at the intersection of Uggstad and Arrowhead. And again, we're we're in the process of hiring the consultant to design this in 2021 with the um intent to advertise and bid and let this project in early 2022, construct it in '22, and then in 2024 when our federal funds become available, um we will reimburse our State Aid account with those dollars. So with that, um I'll... that's a quick overview of of the project, and with that, if there's any questions from Council or Mayor, I'd be glad to answer them. [24:43] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions from Councilors? Councilor Geissler? [24:48] Councilor John Geissler: Uh, no questions or comments. [24:50] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [24:51] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comments. [24:52] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [24:53] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Nope, no comment. [24:54] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [24:55] Councilor Grant Hostchild: No questions. [24:56] Mayor Wayne Boucher: And I have no comments. Is there any public input on this matter? With no public input or discussion, could we have a roll call, please? [25:17] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Geissler? [25:18] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [25:19] Bonnie [City Staff]: Hostchild? [25:20] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [25:21] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [25:22] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [25:23] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [25:24] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [25:25] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [25:26] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. Resolution 2021-12: Resolution authorizing and directing Mayor and City Clerk to execute and deliver an agreement for consulting services to study planned unit development within the R3 residential zoning district. Do we have a motion? [25:52] Councilor John Geissler: Motion to approve. [25:54] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Second. [25:55] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [26:01] John Mulder: I'll have Eric Johnson explain this resolution. [26:04] Eric Johnson [Community Development Director]: Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor and members of the Council. As a follow-up to the moratorium that was enacted at our previous City Council meeting, uh staff has reached out to uh two consultants to obtain proposals in order to study planning developments within the R3 district. These were the ARDC as well as HKGI, which is located in Minneapolis. Uh staff had extensive phone calls and emails with both consultants to speak to them about this project and and the goals from the city standpoint. Both these consultants have worked for the city in the past. Uh two proposals were received. Um, the proposal from HKGI was quite a bit more involved than the one from ARDC—they had a number of different steps involved with it. What staff did in an effort to compare apples to apples was uh to take out some of the aspects that HKGI had proposed that were not particularly necessary as far as the study in order to uh compare these straight up against each other. As a result of that, the ARDC contract came in about two or two and a half times less than uh with HKGI. So the staff is recommending that the Council approve a contract with the ARDC to move forward on this study. [27:26] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. Any questions or comments from Council? Councilor Geissler? [27:32] Councilor John Geissler: No questions. [27:33] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Nelson? [27:34] Councilor Gloria Nelson: No. [27:35] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Peterson? [27:36] Councilor Joe Peterson: No comments. [27:37] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Councilor Hostchild? [27:38] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Uh, just that I look forward to this plan coming to fruition and meeting with the consultants to to see what they think. So thanks. [27:46] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Thank you. And I have no comment. Is there any member of the public that wishes to comment or have input to this motion? With no public input, could we have a roll call? [28:02] Bonnie [City Staff]: Councilor Hostchild? [28:03] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Aye. [28:04] Bonnie [City Staff]: Nelson? [28:05] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Aye. [28:06] Bonnie [City Staff]: Peterson? [28:07] Councilor Joe Peterson: Aye. [28:08] Bonnie [City Staff]: Geissler? [28:09] Councilor John Geissler: Aye. [28:10] Bonnie [City Staff]: Mayor Boucher? [28:11] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Aye. And that ends tonight's business. I would entertain a motion to recess. [28:22] Councilor Gloria Nelson: Motion to recess. [28:24] Councilor Joe Peterson: Second. [28:25] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Motioned by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Peterson. All in favor say aye. [28:31] All: Aye. [28:33] Mayor Wayne Boucher: Opposed, same sign. Thank you all, have a great week. [28:52] Councilor Grant Hostchild: Thank you.