[0:25] [Music] [1:37] What would >> I want [Music] What else is coming? [2:03] [Music] [Music] [3:01] Good evening. I'd like to call the regular city council meeting for Monday, August 4th, 2025 for the city of Rosebomb. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. [3:29] >> Welcome everyone. Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda? >> No, sir. >> Seeing none, I'll move the agenda. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Have a motion and second on the floor for the agenda. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. [3:44] >> Opposed. We have an agenda. First items up this evening, presentations proclamations and acknowledgements. The first item up, overdose and fentanyl poisoning awareness month. Turn it over to Mr. Martin. Thank you, mayor, members of the council. Uh yes, as council is aware, on your agenda tonight is uh adoption for overdose and fentanyl awareness month with some specific days in the month of August uh as we can proclaim awareness for overdose and fentanyl poisoning. Um council also is aware and I got to hear from uh Miss Jackie Young last week and Jackie and and Jim are and family are in in the audience tonight with their son Michael having passed away. Uh Jackie serves on our opioid awareness committee that works towards um distributing the [4:31] settlement dollars that Dakota County got um via its uh its some of the settlements from some of the pharmaceuticals. And so representative Dakota County is here tonight as well. Um and mayor, you can invite him to pop up and say a few words. And then the young family and extended family are here to take a photo with the council after you read the proclamation. So there will be um an event on Sunday, August 31st. Uh I think is it from 5 to 7 family? Yeah, 5 to 7 at the at the library steeple center grounds. Uh the the steeple center will be lit purple um for that week uh leading up to Sunday, August 31st. Purple being the color to represent o overdose awareness. Um and then the family will be uh having some comments and some speaking on Sunday the 31st with a candle light vigil. I [5:16] believe I've heard Chief Dalstrom is going to say a couple of comments on some drug task force members and things of that nature. So, um, with that, mayor, if you'd like to invite up the representative JJ from Dakota County, that would be great. >> JJ is where? Please step forward. [5:33] >> State your name address, just for the record. Name and address. >> James Johnson Jr., 1530 Bellow Street, West St. Paul, Minnesota. >> Welcome. >> Thanks. Uh, Mr. Mayor, council members, residents of Roma Rosemont. Um, you are one of 10 cities that are doing proclamations either tonight or in the coming weeks. Um, also recognizing overdose awareness and fentinyl poisoning um, month. Um, we're having events all through the month. I provided you with a handout of some of the things that we're going to be doing simultaneously. Right now, Hastings is doing the same thing. My name is James Johnson Jr. Uh, my friends call me JJ. [6:15] Um, I serve as your overdose prevention program coordinator for Dakota County Public Health. I'm also a person in long-term recovery for the last 36 years. This month, I stand in memory with the family of Michael James Young, who would have turned 34 years old on August 20th. He had his life not been uh tragically cut short by an accidental opioid overdose in 2021. We commend the city of Rosemont for this proclamation and for acknowledging the urgent need for awareness, education, action. Your police officers are saving lives in real time, administering the lock zone and intervening in moments that matter. [7:00] Tonight, we honor over 120 families, which includes the young family. I have here um J uh Michael's father James, his friend Buddy, and uh sisterin-law Jill. Um Dakota County is committed to working alongside the elected leaders, law enforcement, and the community to end this crisis. Prevention works, treatment works, recovery is real. Throughout August and beyond, we're expanding our countywide efforts to raise awareness about opioid misuse, especially fentanyl, educate the public on the lockone use, reduce stigma, and promote recovery, encourage safe medication practices, and proper disposal. In fact, [7:48] we'll be hosting a how to prepare for an overdose using the lock zone training at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 17th at the Robert Trail Library. Only a united communitywide response can end overdose. The solutions are here. [8:04] Let's use them. Thanks for attending to this matter. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And with that, we'll move forward with the proclamation. Whereas communities across Minnesota and the nation continue to face a devastating opioid and fentanyl crisis that claims the lives of thousands each year, leaving behind grieving families and forever altered communities. And >> whereas in the most recent reporting year of 2024, 994 motans lost their lives to drug overdoses with 602 of those deaths involving fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and often unknowingly ingested. [8:52] And >> whereas fentanyl poisoning is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45, surpassing motor vehicle accidents, suicide, and homicide. end. >> Whereas overdoses can occur in people who have an addiction to substances as well as those who do not, such as someone accidentally overdosing on prescription opioids after a surgery or an injury, an elderly person consuming too much of a prescribed pain reliever, or a teenager experimenting with drugs for the first time, or a child accidentally ingesting an opioid. [9:32] Most fentinil related deaths are due to individuals unknowingly consuming fentanyl laced substances including counterfeit pills and other street drugs underscoring the urgent need for public education and awareness. And >> whereas families, friends, educators, first responders, public health professionals, and community advocates in Rosemount and across Minnesota are working tirelessly to prevent these tragedies, provide resources for recovery, and support those affected by substance use, disorder, and grief. And now therefore, I Jeffrey D. Wise and cell mayor of the city of Rosemount, Minnesota do hereby proclaim the month of August to recognize National Fentanel [10:19] Prevention and Awareness Day on August 21st and International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st in Rosemount and encourage all residents, organizations, schools, and faith communities to come together in remembrance of those who have lost to support those in recovery. [10:41] and to commit to working towards a safer, more informed, and more compassionate community. Dated this fourth day of August, 2025. Signed, Mayor Jeffrey D. Weisenel. And with that, um, we'll go ahead and present the family up here and council will have a picture taken with you. [11:06] He's [11:14] created [11:44] here. [11:58] >> Sure. for me. There it goes. All right. [12:40] had to say something. >> Oh, I'm sorry. [13:06] Thank you. Thank you so much. [13:38] Just as a followup, uh we thank the young family for coming in this evening and sharing ing their uh their unfortunate uh loss and uh appreciate them sharing that with us and as community for us to come together during this month and uh take advantage of the opportunities to learn. Uh you may be surprised at how many people that uh you may know around you that have experienced this. Um it's unfortunate something that we have to deal with in today's world. And so, uh, please take advantage of the resources that are out there and certainly ask if, uh, even if it is just to educate yourself on this, um, uh, certainly unfortunate poisoning from [14:25] fentanyl. So, with that, that'll complete item 3A. We'll go ahead and move on to our 2024 management and annual comprehensive financial report. Miss Malikica. [14:40] >> Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. We are excited to be done with the 24 audit and bring that to you this evening. And I think our auditors are tired of us also. Um it's been a busy year. It's been a good year. Um nothing negative for why it took a lot of time. Just been a very busy year for um the finance department. So each year the city's financial records are audited by an independent public accounting firm. The goal of the independent audit is to provide reasonable assurance that the city's financial statements are free of material misstatement. This year, the financial statements were audited by LB Carlson, and Aaron Nielsen is here this evening. He's a principal with LB Carlson to provide you uh with our annual presentation. [15:25] >> Good evening, mayor, council, members of the public, staff, >> welcome. Um, as Tia mentioned, we're pleased to be here this evening, kind of the culmination of the audit process. It's exciting to wrap up the overall process and complete the presentation this evening. So, um, I'll start. We've got a PowerPoint presentation for you this evening. Uh, as mentioned, my name is Aaron Nielsen. I was the partner in charge of your audit for the year ended December 31st, 2024. [15:54] You should have three reports before you this evening. the annual comprehensive financial report, the special purpose reports, and then our management report. So, the PowerPoint I put together is simply grabbing some of the slides and data that we have in our management report to facilitate the presentation and also to allow the camera to focus on the PowerPoint instead of me. Um your city has completed the ACT for for 28 years uh that annual comprehensive financial report and submitted it to GFOA or the government financial officers association for an award for the certificate of excellence in financial reporting. Uh this year's would be the 29th year and we have prepared it in a manner to allow you to submit for that award again. Um so um it [16:41] will it has been submitted for consideration of that award for the 29th year. So, with that, I'll make my way through the slides that I have for you this evening. Um, we'll start out right with kind of our portion of the uh program with the audit results. Uh, the financial statements that act for we've issued what is known as an unmodified or a clean opinion on the basic financial statements. So, meaning they're fairly stated as of December 31st, 2024. And the results for the year then ended. Um, I noted there again as Tia mentioned, you've had a busy year financially, but Yazby also continues to stay busy adding new GAsby requirements. So, we had a couple of them that we had to specifically implement with group assets and capital asset accounting and then uh [17:28] changing compensated absences and how that's accounted for. With regard to the internal control and compliance over the financial audit, your audit was completed in accordance with government auditing standards and we're pleased to report there were no material weaknesses in the internal controls identified to report to you this evening. Nor did we have any instances of non-compliance to be reported with as part of our audit. [17:55] And then the last component of the audit results is with regard to the Minnesota legal compliance manual. So there's seven broad categories in the legal compliance manual. Many individual requirements in each one of those categories. And we even have a component or section called miscellaneous. So if it doesn't fit in one of the six, we can throw it into the miscellaneous or the legislation in the state auditor's office incorporates that to c be that catchall. Um, as I've noted here, based on our testing, we're pleased to report we did not have any compliance findings with those tests completed with this year's audit either. [18:33] All right, the remainder of my slides here really just sharing you some of the information I know you probably talked about as through the budget process, but uh, good to affirm what hopefully you've been presented with in the past and consistent with that information. uh and good for the public to be able to see that we have completed our audit. So the first portion of my presentation is with regard to your governmental funds. So we're excluding the utility operations really the focus of the general funds special revenue debt service and capital project funds as you can see overall when you look at the governmental funds and I'll talk about kind of the modified acrruel and the full acral. So the governmental funds are one known as what's under an modified acrruel basis of accounting. So the look and focus of [19:19] them is to see what kind of current financial resources you have available to um continue ongoing programs of the city. So while at first you get a little nervous when you see any decrease in equity, you see there was a $36.8 million decrease in overall fund balance of your governmental funds. It was totally in in in um I should say was totally um anticipated with the plan spending of the governmental or the bond proceeds issued in a prior year. So had a couple major projects going on specifically with regard to the new public works facility, the lifetime building that was being constructed with the majority of the construction ongoing this year of 2024. So you can see that [20:05] spending in restricted going down in the restricted component of equity or fund balance and within that capital project fund. I have a couple of slides where we talk about the general fund. So the primary operating fund for the city uh your general fund operation. So this first slide the trend of analysis for the general fund. Uh what I noted here was you can see that at that point in time we're measuring your financial position. [20:34] You've had a stable financial position each one of these years and seen a slight increase each year as the size of your organization or the city has grown um with that increase in fund balance. You can see over the prior year increase in cash going alongside that change in revenue for 2024 compared to 2023. [20:56] When we look at the revenue for the general fund for this past year, um I'll I'll make just a couple of comments and uh if there's any questions at the end, I'd be happy to try to answer them. We've broken them down into three broad sources for you. Uh taxes, which you can see has the largest concentration, making up about 61% of your revenues this past year. [21:20] Intergovernmental is the lowest of the three categories coming in at about 6.1% and then the all other category you can see is at about 32.7% this past year. Uh as you can see the last two couple years that all other has really spiked up and really driven by the development activity within the city the past couple of years. [21:43] I had to look back at the intergovernmental revenue. You can see there's a couple of spikes in the previous years and it what what was going there is the couple of years where we recognized some COVID or pandemic related funds in 2020 and then in 2022 as you can see uh the revenues for your general fund this past year amounted to almost 22 million or $21.9 million to get a gauge for the size of the organization. [22:10] I like to say you came in favorably with revenues coming in better than anticipated in the budget or exceeding what was anticipated in that final budget for the current year. My next slide I have for the general fund is for your expenditures. Uh similar graph showing five years of history breaking it down to the key components or functional areas where that spending is occurring. I think I had noted here you basically saw almost an increase in each category similar to what you saw in revenues. That one real exception you can see the other category which is really debt service saw a slight decrease um but there was a shift between the conservation and economic development category um to better align [22:56] with the office of the state auditor's reporting. So those expenditures were moved as part of public safety for some of the um oh what do I want to say the permits, permits and inspections. So, the inspection component of it. Thank you. Um, so you can see there was a shift there. Uh, this past year expenditures amounted to about $18.7 million. [23:20] Uh, expenditures came in about 3.4% over what was anticipated in the budget, but that was more than offset by the favorable revenue variance that you had and largely because the development activity exceeding what was anticipated. So bottom line for the general fund this past year. So after an approved transfer by council for at year end uh you again met your fund balance policy which is from 45 to 55% of the subsequent year spending. Uh last year you were at 55% and then even after that transfer this year you're again at that 55%. So, um, good to see that you're continuing to meet that policy. And as you can see, the result of that first general fund graph I presented, the stability there. [24:09] I'll shift gears a little bit with the enterprise funds. As you can see here, um, we refer to them as enterprise funds. Oftentimes, cities refer to them as their utility operations. Now, these funds are presented on the full acral basis of accounting. So, a long-term perspective. So when they spend dollars on capital facilities or capital needs, they're capitalized in that report as an expenditure. So you don't see that dramatic change. And I will show you at the end of my slide presentation the general fund and how that changes the capital fund where you have that spending. [24:43] But with the enterprise operations, you can see here that similar split that we talked about with the governmental funds. the top half the equity components and the lower half by the utility operations that change in fund balance each year. So nice to see each one of your utility operations reporting an increase in their overall net position. Uh as you can see by the top half of it, it really highlights the uh concentration that utility funds rely on the infrastructure related to those operations to be able to function from year to year. Uh, as you can see, you've uh reported a decrease of about $5.6 million in the enterprise fund investment category on capital assets. [25:28] And a lot of that is due to some of the changes with the ongoing capital projects, some of the cash flow dollars. And I'll have a couple slides here that you see the components where the utility funds were issuing bond proceeds as well when contributing them to the governmental funds as part of the cost of the uh public works facility operation. The other driving factor to the decrease is the additional depreciation of one year on capital assets this past year that was reported. [25:58] Uh everything else fell down to that unrestricted component. So you can see the overall increase does match about that $ 8.5 million increase split between the two components of net investment and unrestricted. [26:14] I'm going to move pretty quickly through the next few slides is simply a graphical and it it does get hard to grab a lot of information out of it. It's important to see the cash balances, the net position, but you can see the overall tie to equity and then that uh uh that component that's made up of constructed in capital assets or net investment capital assets really kind of skews it. So you can't see any major changes ongoing here. So, what I wanted to comment on here and I'll show you on these first three slides for your utility funds, you can see from 22 to 23 and now to 24, a shift in the cash balance. And that's really driven by the bond proceeds that were issued during 23, [26:59] increasing the capital assets, um, but having no impact on overall net position. uh when you spend your cash, you're trading it for capital assets. So there's no bottom line impact with full utility funds. So or full acrruel funds I should say. So you see just that change in cash flow is not really a matter to be concerned with. It's just a timing of how you finance your capital projects this past year. Uh similar story you can see with the water fund 22 to 23 to 24. And then to a lesser extent the storm water fund because their contribution to the project and public works and the debt um was much less than you see with the water and the sewer operations. [27:44] Uh the note I made with my the street light fund as I'm presenting it here is really just to remember the scale of the operation. If we go back to like the sewer funds, we're talking in the $50 million range that we got to get to. Um, when I get out to the street light fund, we're talking about 350,000. So, some much smaller changes look more dramatic on the graph that you can see here. So, the street light fund again, you saw the increase in overall net position for them, seeing an increase in the operating revenue, net position in cash this past year. [28:20] Uh, similar case with the Areno fund. really their operations this year. There was a bigger loss last year than there was this year from operating results. Uh the general fund has typically made a contribution by way of a transfer and that therefore the improved operating results this year really fell to the bottom line with an increase in the cash fund balance um with a minimal change in the operating revenue this past year. um largely due to that savings and expenses. [28:51] And then I saved the last slide to be the hardest so I can work my way up for it and wear everybody out when we talk about governmental accounting. So to this point, we've been talking about your funds as I believe our cities that we work with truly operate from a day-to-day basis. So, governmental funds, your general fund, really focusing on what are the dollars we have available to provide the programs, police, public works, um, and the programs that you operate from a day-to-day basis, but it is a very short-term perspective. The capital project fund is a better example of that. You will issue dollars one year, then spend them the next year. There'll be very dramatic changes when you look on a modified acral basis, but again, [29:36] it's a short-term perspective. So the current reporting model allows this dual perspective where we show net position for governmental activities which I would say is that governmental funds that we talked about in the first half of the presentation here. The business type activities are those full acral funds the utility funds we talked about. [29:56] So I really don't have much to add for this bottom half other than explaining that your utility funds are the same as the business type activities operating them as a business um for the long haul. So you can see that decrease of 5.6 million increase and unrestricted of 14 for that 8.5 is identical to what we talked about with the utility funds. [30:18] when you look at the governmental activities, that long-term perspective compared to the short-term perspective. Um, your city gives me that perfect example of how we saw a big decrease in the governmental funds story on that first slide with all the governmental funds where it was a $36 million decrease on a short-term perspective. [30:38] However, when you use full acrruel accounting and when that spending is used for capital expenditures, we capitalize them as assets of the city and it does not become a current expense and they're depreciated over their useful life. So, you can see from a long-term perspective, the city has also seen an increase in your net position then when we look at the long-term picture of the results of this past year. So you can see a big investment in the city's infrastructure this past year. Um we've seen that with Rosemont. [31:11] You've been really growing and then developing city. So some of that increases directly from developer developers as developments have been completed. The capital assets and streets become part of the city. Um that is a component of the net investment capital asset that you don't see in your fund based financial statements. Uh the restricted component I had a note here. [31:33] I wanted to remember uh that increase and the restricted is really from from some state street aid that we recognized this year that wasn't utilized or needed at the moment that increase that entitywide position that will be used in future years. And then everything else really falls to that bottom line that unrestricted component. So even though the general fund transferred out some dollars to other funds, they were unrestricted dollars. And so staying at 55%, you did transfer resources to other funds, primarily the capital project fund, and that helped boost up that unrestricted component in that position. [32:11] So with that, I went through a lot of information. Your acter is well over a hundred pages long. So, I'm glad you get it electronically so it's easier to carry around with you. Um, but if there's any questions, I'd I'd be happy to try to answer them. [32:31] >> One, there's two and three. So, >> the floor's open to council. Any questions or comments? >> Nope. >> So, the only question I have is the the award that you're submitting again. How many years have we won that award? you have received it for the past 28. So 24, the 24 audit would be 29 if you're awarded it again, >> which I would anticipate, but um we won't get ahead of ourselves, I guess. [33:01] >> Wouldn't want to do that. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. >> Anything else otherwise? Thank you. >> Thank you. I want to thank your staff, too. I should have ended with that, but uh as you can see, there's a lot of changes in this city with regard to a lot of construction, a lot of new Gazsby standards, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier anytime soon, but um getting through a couple of the big projects, some software changes the city made and had to make. Um hopefully we'll keep making progress. So, >> yeah, I just wanted to extend that to uh uh our staff certainly led by Tia. It's uh tremendous amount of work here. It's it translates to a lot of paperwork, but it does seem to dot the eyes, cross the tees, and just a special thank you for [33:47] all the time and effort. I I know it's been long hours. I've seen the auditing staff here, the accounting staff, uh getting this all because, as you say, we're transitioning between systems. We're looking at multiple years and trying to just to complete the 2024 and we're well on our way to 2025, I guess. [34:07] So, Tia, did you have anything else to add? >> I do not have anything else to add. I'm just excited it's done. So, I appreciate it. >> We're all excited. That's all. >> All righty. And so with that, um, we will I'll make a motion to accept >> the, uh, annual comprehensive financial report. Is there a second? [34:31] >> Second. >> I have a motion by Weis and Cell, second by Tyson. Roll, please. >> Esler, >> I. >> Limple I. >> Weisenell. >> I. >> Tyson. >> I. >> Resky. >> I. >> And the report is accepted. Thank you. We'll move on to item number four, response to public comment. I'll turn this over to Mr. Martin. [34:55] >> Sure. Just two quick follow-ups from last uh month. Certainly, we heard from Miss Jackie Young and so you saw our action about that here just a moment ago in that just very uh heartfelt moment and that was a great uh great to see. Uh and then uh council and staff did have a chance to discuss the other item um on the development fees related issue at our work session tonight and so staff will be following up uh in the short term with uh with the family related to that project. So those will be the two items of an update. Thank you. Yep. [35:22] >> Completes item four and we'll move on to item five, public comment. Anyone wishing to come before council may do so at this time. Please state your name and address and try to limit your comments or questions to 3 minutes or less. [35:39] Floor is open. >> Good evening, mayor and council and staff. My name is Brian Dawson. I live at 4479 Evermore Parkway here in Rosemont. My wife and I have been here for nine years. We love the city and uh we particularly love the neighborhood we're in. It just uh with the green space and and uh enjoy the quiet and the peace. We're I think where we're at, we're kind of the youngest in the neighborhood, so that helps as well. But uh um everybody goes to bed usually around 8 o'clock around us. So, but uh um I'm here today to talk about um a concern and hopefully a request from the city and that is regarding uh last week, [36:25] Wednesday the 30th. I was actually I'm retired so I was actually out doing what I do every every day is tended to flowers. Happened to cross paths with Paul literally on our trail behind us. And during that discussion uh time to talk, we had a city tractor, John Deere, come through with a brush cutter and it came down and it just took everything out on the trail uh behind our house. [36:51] And uh right away my neighbors uh to the west of me, they're in their 80s. They uh they came to me because they always come to me for everything. And they were very concerned because they had flowers, wild flowers there. Um they had uh milkeed there. They enjoy looking out their windows and it's all gone. And that trail I don't think it's real real known. It's it's industry. I'm in the industry associate. It's not well known but two of our homes actually the trail intersects through our properties. So on the other side of the trail where the you know the cutting happened that is actually our property. Um we do a little planting of nail native wildlife stuff there as well just to try to wild plants and stuff pollinators but um and I [37:36] understand easements and I understand that this has to be done. I I'm not disputing that. But uh you know also understanding that um I I reached out to the public works to ask why are you doing this now? And the response I got back was is that we need to do this brush cutting to um allow for better pedestrians for you, you know, for them to be able to see each other basically bicyclists that type of thing. But also to um allow for maintenance and emergency vehicles. [38:07] Kind of makes sense. But also understand Inisree Park, most of the trails there as well as the trail behind us. Okay, that's good this time of year, but they're shut down all winter. There's no maintenance on those trails, nothing's. And there's nothing ever done. So when we're talking about that, we're talking about a very small window of time here that they're being maintained for those purposes because we might see 10 people a week on those paths. [38:32] The long and short of it is is I I looked a few things up and I was very pleased to see that Rosemont is uh you know was recognized by the National Wildlife Association as a pollinator sponsor. And uh um I looked a few things up and one of the things I found is that in Minnesota the peak blooming season for wild flowersowers is June through August. [38:56] Bees are the most active between July and August. Mid to late summer is a particularly important time for pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds. A honeybee needs to visit, This one is staggering, a honeybee needs to visit approximately 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. [39:14] And with the continued expansion and development of the city, which is exciting, it should be increasingly important in my opinion anyway to preserve as much of this as we can. And so, back to our request, and this is a request. We aren't really arguing. And when I say we, I had a lot of people reach out to me um through the Evermore Association. I'm I'm actually on the board for the Evermore Master >> and we had a lot of people reaching out and in support of hey, yeah, when you're talking to them, represent us. And um the request is is we aren't arguing that clearing a brush shouldn't be done. We think it it has to be done. You have to maintain the trails. We aren't arguing that pedestrian safety isn't important. [39:55] What we're requesting is the timing of this. Could it be changed? You know, if the pollination, if peak pollination in Minnesota, which you can Google it, I love to Google, says that the most important times for pollinators is July and August, why are we doing this in July? Why don't we push it back to September? Why don't we push it late September? Why don't we push it back to October? I talked to Paul's, Girtton, and Bachman's, and they all said the same thing. you know, you shouldn't be cutting your pollinators down this time of year. [40:26] And you know, when you do brush cutting, it's not discriminate. It's not going to, you know, doesn't discriminate. It takes everything. And uh you know, it's to me it's that simple. In fact, uh one of the arborist uh um I'm not sure if you're really familiar with uh that takes care of our our lawn service is uh outdoor images out of Egan. They say they don't even like to do trimming of trees and those type of things and bushes and stuff until after a frost because it's very hard and stressful on the plants. So, all I'm asking and and you know as as far as uh representing the rest of us is could we look at the timing of it and maybe change that? I think it's important for, you know, just helping again, you know, helping it for for people that enjoy the [41:12] flowers and people that enjoy the and I guess one more thing on that is the cleanup. You know, I I know it's our neighbors over there that are in their 80s. It was just left. So now they have all this. It it looks like a maybe a a windstorm went through. [41:29] The stuff was just left laying there. And you know, he's he's talking he he uses a walker and he goes out with a blower every day in his driveway and he's talking about actually going out there and raking that stuff up. And I said, "You can't do that. You know, you've already fallen I don't know how many times. You can't do that. But instead of just leaving it then, could it could it be, you know, moved off the path a bit or off the yard back into the timber or something like that instead of just laying there?" And so that's that's all I'm asking. I have a handout because time is important and this isn't as important as what I've been hearing. So, I have a handout for each one of you that shows some pictures of what I was talking about and you know the uh a little bit of the facts that I brought up so you know I didn't make them up and those kind of things. But it would be it [42:14] would be really appreciated. Um Rose Rosemont again is a great city and it's managed wonderfully. All of you have been so responsive. Um, and uh, it just it just seems like something that maybe isn't that unreasonable. [42:31] >> Thank you. If you could leave that with the clerk, >> I will. >> She'll make sure that we get that >> and then we'll refer that back to staff and have them uh, take a look at that. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Nice to meet you. >> Take care. [42:47] >> Is there anyone else wishing to come before council? Anyone else? With that, uh seeing no one, uh we'll close the uh public comment and complete item number five. We'll move on to the consent agenda. We have this evening bill listings, minutes of our July 15th regular meeting, application for tobacco license for the new quick trip, charitable gambling premises permit for the Rosemont Area Hockey Association at Carbonies, the school speed zones and part um excuse me, >> it's a correction. It's for CA Gear True Players. [43:29] >> CH gear. Okay, correction. I missed that. Sorry. Y >> CA Gear. Yep. uh school speed zones and uh parking restrictions. Uh this is at Bonner Perth and Andrew that uh this is for the new elementary school Emerald Trail. [43:48] MD dot co-op agreement at Emerald Hills Path. This is uh out by Safety Clean landfill area uh creating a turn lane for safety out there. the medical leave of absence for uh requested through the fire department. [44:06] Bloomfield Park basket basketball and tennis courts. This is a reconstruction uh bid for the fall of 25 and then accepting the Bray Hill uh utilities. This is the triangle at Akran and Bonire development to council. Any items you wish to pull for further discussions >> on here? Nope. [44:30] >> Uh, I would like to pull Eve the school speed zones and parking restrictions at Bon Air Path and Ardmore. Uh, so with that, someone like to move the consent agenda items A through I with E removed for further comment. [44:47] >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a motion by Esler, second by Tyson. Roll, please. >> Climple. >> I,el, >> I. >> Tyson, >> I. >> Fres. >> Esler. I >> passes 5 Z. We'll pull up item E, the school zone >> and parking restrictions. Who who's taking this? [45:07] >> I think Mr. Mayor, our deputy public works director, Charlie Frederick's attended tonight and so we might as well let Charlie pop up and explain the research that Charlie did for us here >> uh uh in reaction to the school projects. So Charlie, take it away. >> Yeah, thank you mayor, members of council. I'm just going to adjust this because I don't doesn't always pick me up. Uh yeah, again I'm Charlie Fix the new deputy public works director. I've been here for 2 months. Um, so this item is in relation to the new elementary school. Um, basically the state statute gives local jurisdictions authority to establish school zones and um, uh, reduce school speed limits. U, so we went through the steps of that process and that's the recommendation before you. [45:43] >> Could we pull up the uh um item? There's a map in there. I think that help residents see where we're talking exactly and what items you'll be speaking to. [46:15] That would have taken me a lot longer to say that. Holy cow, that was fast. >> Thanks, Aaron. >> There. >> So, yeah. Yeah. May me members of council, do you want me to kind of go through the executive summary for the public or do you have some questions on things? [46:38] >> Just uh general information for residents that um likely are going to be there. Uh I think there's been a strong interest in understanding um how the city and the school district are working to uh create a safe access into the school there, particularly around Bonaire and Akran being those highways that they are. [46:56] >> Sure. Yes. Yes, I know the city has been working with the school district um as well as the county for a number of months. Um and very particularly in the last um couple months working on establishing this. Um so basically the the recommendation is to um reduce the school speed limit uh on Bon Air Path from 50 m hour down to 30 m hour kind of in that yellow shaded area. the the black label there is the proposed crossing that's being installed um as we speak. And then on our DRO um the existing speed limit is 30 m hour and the recommendation is to drop that down to 20 miles an hour >> and that'll be the main entrance into [47:41] the school right there. >> Yeah. So the the main entrance will be um from Bonire using our drill. That's the only access point to the school. Yep. Okay. >> So, this only uh deals with uh the speed zones around that area. Are there any additional um things being discussed with the school district uh for safety and crossing other roads, anything like that? [48:06] >> Yeah. Yeah. Bonire was a big discussion point. Um and the conclusion that the school district uh in discussion with the the city came to was to install an enhanced crossing on Bon Air path where that um black line is shown. So that will be a crosswalk with a pedestrian refuge island uh so pedestrians are only crossing one lane of traffic at a time. [48:28] We'll have a rectangular rapid rapid flashing beacon or RFB um to further enhance compliance of vehicles. Um there'll be advanced warning signage so it'll be very very v visible in that area. [48:45] >> And what's happening at Ardmore? >> Ardmore the black line that's there similar on >> our drill. It will be a standard crossing um with advanced signing and pavement markings. Okay. [49:00] And I'm assuming just like just like they do at Chin Park, the the school itself has like during, you know, before school and after school, they have people with flags out there at that crosswalk. They'll be monitoring that, I'm assuming. >> I mean, the district I mean, they've done that everywhere else. I just assuming Yeah. [49:16] >> Yeah. >> Okay, >> that's good to know. Thanks. >> Any other questions or comments from council? >> Nope. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thanks. With that, I'll move the motion to adopt a resolution implementing school speed zones on Bonire Path and Ardmore Ardrow Avenue and parking restrictions on Ardro Avenue. Is there a second? [49:39] >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Weisenell, second by Freski. Roll, please. >> Weisenell, >> I. >> Tyson, >> I Limple I. >> That completes item 6E50 and completes all of the consent agenda. [49:56] We'll move on to public hearings. First item up is the application for offsale 3.2% malt liquor license for quick trip. Mosbender. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. So before you tonight, you have an offsale uh 3.2 malt liquor license request that has been made by Quick Trip for their new location which is located at 1030 Upper 144th Street West. Uh currently Quicktrip does hold a current license um here in Rosemount and is in currently in good standing. [50:30] Quicktrip will be subject to all the regulations set forth in the city code and Minnesota state statute. If approved this evening, the liquor license will expire in June 30th of 2026 to align with the other licensed establishments with the same uh particular license. [50:47] Upon final review of this license request, staff and the police department found no reason to deny the license. and obvious and also upon approval by the city council the license application will then be forwarded to the Minnesota al alcohol and gambling enforcement is division for final review and issuance of the offsale license. Um so before you tonight as required in our city code this is a public hearing. So, if there are no questions from the city council regarding this particular application, we'll ask that you open the public hearing and then based upon any comments received to act on the motion as stated in the city council memo. [51:24] >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? >> Yeah, I'm just curious in the city of Rosemont outside of liquor stores, how many other establishments have this license? >> None anymore. It's just >> So, it's just Quick Trip. the two locations at Quick Trip, that's the only two locations, >> right? We used to have River Valley Golf Course was the other one. Otherwise, it's becoming very minimal that these license are being issued in the state of Minnesota. [51:51] >> Any idea on what what what's driving that? >> Uh state regulation is a lot of it. It's usually a little bit easier and a little bit more um I don't want to say easier, but it's just more openly to get the regular full on sale liquor license just because you have a more variety then whereas 32 you're very limited in what you can sell. [52:11] >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Other questions. All right. Seeing none, we will open up the floor for the public hearing. Again, anyone wishing to speak on this matter may do so by coming to the podium. State your name and address and your comments. [52:30] The floor is open. [52:38] Anyone going once, twice? Seeing no one moving to the podium, I'll move to close the public hearing with no comments received. [52:53] There a second. >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed. Public hear. Back to the clerk. Anything else? >> Nothing further. >> All right. We'll move the uh unless there's anything from councel. Someone would like to move the recommended action please. [53:13] >> I'll move a motion to recommend the approval application on offsale 3.2 2 malt liquor license for Quick Trip Incorporated store 1757 located at 10:30 Upper 144th Street West Rosemont. >> Second. [53:29] >> I have a motion by Tyson, second by Esler. Roll please. >> Tyson, >> I >> Limple I. >> Weisensel >> I. And that completes item 7 A50. We'll move on to F uh 7B request by Robert M. [53:47] Ni mi custom homes to vacate a drainage and utility easement located within the autumn terrace subdivision out along autumn path. Mr. Keinberger. >> Great. Thank you, mayor, members of the council. Um before you this evening, the council is being asked to consider a request to vacate portions of an existing drainage and utility easement located between lots 8, 9, and 13 in the Autumn Terrace subdivision. [54:16] So, Autumn Terrace is located just south of Bonire, west of Akran along Autumn Path as shown on the graphic here. And then I have a couple of uh um exhibits that show the request and the outlot or the easement to be vacated. [54:34] And then the proposed motion will be on the final slide. So, this is a subdivision of low to medium density residential uh town homes approved by the city back in September of 2022. It's currently mid construction. Um subdivision is 2.19 acres in size, has 12 twin home lots to be constructed uh once it's complete. And then back when it was originally platted, a drainage and utility easement was included on the recorded plat between these lots. So it's 8, 9, and then 13. Uh because utility infrastructure was originally planned to be located within that area. [55:11] So since then the uh utility infrastructure um had been rerouted to the east of the property. So the um utility easement is no longer needed in this area. So, like many of these that that we do over the course of a development, this is uh fairly standard practice. And the uh recommendation before council after conducting a public hearing is to adopt a resolution approving the vacation of an existing drainage and utility easement area between lots 8, 9, and 13 of block one in Autumn Terrace. Then I can stand for any questions. [55:46] >> Floor is open to councel. Any questions, comments? Nope. Seeing none, we will then proceed to the public hearing. Again, the floor is open to anyone wishing to speak on this matter. Please state your name and address and your comments. Floor is open. [56:10] Anyone going once, twice? No mad dashers. All right. I'll move to close the public hearing. Is there a second? Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed. Public hearing is closed with no comments. Move back to staff. Any other questions, comments? [56:32] >> Someone would like to move the recommended action. I'll make a motion to adopt a resolution approving the vacation of an existing drainage utility easement area located between lots 8, 9, and 13, block 1, Autumn Terrace. [56:48] >> Second. Got a motion by Esler, second by Climpmple. Roll please. >> Fresky I. >> Esler >> I. >> Climple I. >> Weisensel >> I. >> Tyson >> I. >> And that completes that. Uh item 7B50. [57:04] All right. This evening we have no unfinished business. We'll move on to new business. The Aspen Fields land use planned amendment resoning and plat approval request. Thank you uh mayor and members of the council. This is as you had um described a land use plan amendment, a resoning and plat approval request for property that had most recently been owned by Dakota County Technical College. Uh and uh prior to that was the old city hall site. Uh this is just east of Akran Avenue and County Road 42. Um so the requested change to the land use plan would be from the current designation of public institutional which was reflective of its use uh by Dakota [57:51] County Technical College to community commercial and HDR uh highdensity residential. So a combination of commercial and and uh residential on that site. Uh there's also a request before the council for a zoning map amendment. uh the proposed resoning would be reflective of the uh proposed uh reggguiding in the comprehensive plan. So changing it from public institutional to B1 general business and R4 highdensity residential. [58:19] And then lastly would be a preliminary and final plat approval uh to create four new buildable lots. The applicant uh is proposing uh three commercial parcels and one residential parcel. Uh the commercial parcels would contain a daycare center and then two uh strips retails uh facilities that would be built um uh for rent to tenants and then the residential parcel would be a uh apartment building um in the northeast corner of the site. [58:50] So you can see on the aerial map here before you the location immediately west of the subject property is the uh lifetime fitness center and immediately east is land that is guided for highdensity residential uh and there was approvals granted for the construction of um an apartment complex there for Devco um development. They have not begun work yet on that uh site. So the aerial shown here is uh pretty consistent with what is happening out there currently. [59:25] And just zooming in a little bit further uh to provide even greater detail. You can see that the existing property is uh made up of two parcels. There was a former residential parcel in the southwest corner of the site. That home has been removed from there. And then the old city hall site that was most recently owned by Dakota County Technical College uh comprises the rest of the subject property. Um a slight portion in the upper uh northwest corner of the site uh does contain Aspen Avenue uh that would be dedicated formally on the plat. Uh currently it is just red uh right ofway uh easement. [1:00:06] So, here's an exhibit showing the proposed change to the city's comprehensive land use plan. Um, the existing current uh designation of public institutional would be replaced by the community commercial and highdensity residential uh designations there. And uh to provide a little bit of understanding in the context of the site, you can see that uh the the two uses do uh create a somewhat of a transition uh area between the highdensity residential to the east and the uh remaining community commercial to the west. [1:00:40] There is some comp plan and support for the uh proposed amendment chapter 3 land use supports commercial development uh and also appropriate transitions between the different uses. The uh proposed uh apartment building uh would be a nice uh or an appropriate transition between uh lower density residential and the uh higher traffic commercial uses as well as a uh buffer between County Road 42 and the residential uses to the north. [1:01:09] Uh chapter four of the comp plan uh which is the housing chapter uh describes uh providing a mix of rental and home ownership opportunities. um highdensity housing should be located adjacent to collector and arterial streets of which uh both county road 42 andamera trail are and then uh should be located in conjunction with commercial development and transit availability. [1:01:29] And to that last point uh uh MVTA did just recently um update its uh routes to uh include a stop at DCTC uh to serve that eastern portion of the city. Uh there will be a underpass below County Road 42 that could provide pedestrian access over to that transit uh uh station uh but it is a good extension from its uh current terminus at the park and ride located just outside of city hall. [1:01:59] Um and providing a little bit of understanding of staff support for the proposed comp plan amendment. Um I know there's a lot of um uh feeling that there's been a lot of uh housing growth in the area. Um there's been a lot of apartments in the area uh and not enough commercial. While this uh proposed land use amendment does provide for some additional commercially guided or designated land, uh the additional residential units will greatly help uh provide or meet the metrics that developers uh use when deciding to site commercial projects in various communities. Uh this uh uh exhibit before you here just shows the area that would be a assumed or uh estimated trade [1:02:48] area for the area around Akran Avenue and County Route 42. But the area surrounding uh surrounded in red um indicates areas that would not be developable for housing uh in the long term and in the medium term. Immediately northeast of the site is land that is owned by Flint Hills Resources uh to m maintain a buffer area between its Pine Bend refinery and uh future or existing residential development. Uh they've indicated that they have no interest in seeing more homes being built in that area right here. Um to the south uh as I had said earlier is Dakota County Technical College. Uh this area is [1:03:34] developing as residential. Um and then included in there is this uh land that's at the curve at 145th Street. Um that is the lease for the the mining in that area will be ending in 2028 at which time uh the staff anticipates the University of Minnesota will be opening that area up for requests for proposals to uh to develop that portion. [1:03:58] Therefore, it's been uh you know included in these residentially developable areas. And then further south is Dakota Aggregates u mining operation uh which will run through 2040. Uh so the the the commercial uses that the city wants to see develop in this area really rely on a critical mass of residents uh to feed that. And without um housing or people living in these areas here, uh it really does require a bit more density in those critical areas reflected in the comp plan's uh um comments related to combining commercial development with [1:04:44] highdensity residential development. It's just a little bit of a context of the decision making and the discussion that took place during the planning commission meeting. As I said, there is a reasonzoning request uh to go along with this. Uh the proposed resoning of the site is reflective of the proposed land use designation. This would just bring it into conformance with the city's comprehensive plan. Um currently the public institutional zoning district is pretty restrictive on what can happen on that site. [1:05:18] And as I said, there is a proposed plat uh with this as well. Uh the four parcels being uh created would be the daycare and two commercial strip developments and one multif family housing parcel. There is one outlet for storm water infrastructure also included on the plat. [1:05:36] So this is the proposed plat. Uh the residential uh parcel would be here in the northeast. The daycare parcel would be to the west. And then there's two commercial parcels to the south. and the storm water pond in the southeast. The applicant did provide a rough um site plan. Uh this is just a concept. Any further approvals before construction occurs uh would be needed such as site plan review. Um any sort of um additional conditional use permits if it's a a certain use that's being proposed. Uh but I do want to call out two key constraints on this site which are the existence of two city wells. Uh those come with 50- foot buffer areas in [1:06:23] which nothing can occur and nothing can develop. Uh which is why on the plat here you can see a carve out sort of a half moon if you will in this area and then just pretty significant uh easement area here to maintain that area. um as undeveloped around those uh well heads. [1:06:48] The proposed apartment again these are just concepts uh formal site plans uh with full civil sets would be provided but as a a general understanding of how traffic would circulate. There'd be an access point here from Kamera Trail as well as a southern access point that would connect over to Autumn Path or excuse me uh Aspen Avenue. Uh so creating sort of a circulation uh connecting those uses and then access into the daycare would come from uh Aspen Avenue further to the north. This uh little sliver cut off the edge here would be dedicated as uh right of way. [1:07:29] Uh so it does not just rely on an right-of-way easement. Um there is a uh gas line easement that runs through the site here. Um and the applicant is present who can speak to the conversations they've had with uh the owner of that pipeline. Uh but it sounds like there are some verbal agreements that there could be some encroachments upon that area. There uh is no active uh line in there. Uh it's it's been decommissioned, but the easement remains. [1:08:03] >> Um like I said, there are still um additional approvals that'll be needed. Um comprehensive land use plan amendments still uh go to the Met Council for their final approval and acceptance. Uh the there is a 60-day period in which the adjacent and affected communities uh are allowed an opportunity to provide comment uh on the proposed comp plan amendment. Um and then if there is a PUD um related to this, that would have to be approved in conjunction with the site and building plan. Um at this time, uh we have no staff has no information as to whether a PUD would be required or if um the standards of the code for setbacks and things like that can be met. But um the [1:08:51] this is not the end of the line for this project. So, there are three actions uh before the uh council tonight. Uh motion to adopt a resolution to approve the amendment to the comp plan. Motion to adopt an ordinance to reszone the subject property. And finally, a motion to adopt a resolution approving the preliminary and final plat. Um staff is happy to take any uh questions from the council. As I said, the applicant is present who can speak a little bit more to uh the actual development plans themselves. [1:09:26] >> Okay, the floor is open to council. Any questions for staff? >> Go. >> Um, yep. So, I've got a couple questions. So, right now, the four parcels, it looks like the one is really the own the only kind of known commodity that's going to be a daycare. Do we know who the >> which daycare it will be? Do we know that yet or is it >> I would defer to the applicant on the conversations they've had. Um staff will be uh meeting with the future developer ahead of any submitts so that they can answer any questions, but I do not know the the operator of that day. [1:10:05] >> And then maybe this is a question for the developer as well, but do we know what kind of housing uh is it going to be senior market rate, workforce housing? Do we know what >> I would defer to them as well for that one? Yeah. Um, and then my other question is definitely for the developer. [1:10:22] >> Yeah. Sounds like my questions are for for him. >> Well, that's what I like to hear. >> Just a a quick question for you, Anthony. Um, I know we there was a public hearing at the planning commission and some residents did show up. So, could you provide kind of a summary maybe of what what types of concerns were shared in that? [1:10:40] >> Sure. So, there's um and and these are common concerns we hear quite a bit. Uh traffic is a concern. Um noise um uh concern for kids uh and safety and things like that. These streets in in this area have been designed for the amount of traffic that would be generated. Um there's a definitely a different volume of traffic generated by commercial uses than residential uses. [1:11:05] Um and then um also a I guess a lack of interest in a daycare. Uh but you know those are things that we can't really control but it was a lot of the typical traffic and and safety kind of questions. [1:11:21] >> Thank you. >> I did have one question for you. So the parcel to the east immediate to the east that we approved >> some time ago. I don't recall the the month or year. >> Yeah. >> Um I know that's for high residential as well. Can you remind me how many buildings are going to be built to the right of that? Uh that would be two buildings and I believe it was 132 units total. [1:11:48] >> I can't remember the exact number for that. >> And the and market rate work what what type of >> I think that one might have do you recall >> those were workforce >> workforce. Yeah. >> I think it was 190 180 units. >> It was an even number because it was the same in each building. Maybe it was 182. [1:12:05] >> I can try to look it up quick too. >> That's okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. Do we do we know when they have plans to to develop that >> to the east? Yeah, >> I I do not know what their exact timing is. I think the financial environment has been kind of tricky for developers and I I would not be able to answer that. [1:12:23] >> They've essentially paused that for the foreseeable future until we've heard from them. So, it's been been a little while now, >> but it's been reszoned. So, it's it's >> it's ready when when they are essentially. >> Okay. Thank you. That site was um guided and zoned in 2020 with the other Emerald aisle. [1:12:40] >> Yep. Okay. Thank you. >> Other questions for staff? >> Otherwise, can we have the developer come forward? Council me Council Member Esler will hit you with all the questions he's got. [1:12:56] >> Yeah. Yeah. So, my first question was um do you guys know uh which >> Just a minute. >> Oh, sorry. Oh, yeah. Sorry. >> Yeah. My name is John Anderson. Uh, address is 14832 Estate Avenue Southeast Prior Lake. >> And do you want me to do a quick intro or >> Yep, if you would and welcome. [1:13:13] >> Okay. >> Certainly. >> Yeah, just do real quick. So, I represent Aspenfield LLC. They own the majority of the property. There's also Monarch Properties LLC who's the owner of the small former residential property in the southwest corner. That is a separate ownership, but we do have a agreement with them to kind of work through this and we're kind of taking the lead and I'm kind of managing the whole overall site. So, there will be some cost sharing and things like that. [1:13:37] That is why the commercial structure along County Road 42 is separate two separate buildings because there's separate ownership. Plus, there's a water man that runs between those that we cannot build over. It's a city, you know, main that was going to stay in place. So, um so that's kind of the the background on that. Uh the big thing from a a timing standpoint is, you know, we're looking for approval here tonight and we would be working with staff to get the development agreement um as soon as possible. Uh the daycare uh parcel, which is, I believe, lot four, we do have a signed perch agreement with the end buyer. We cannot release the name, but we are just in the last few weeks or a couple weeks here starting to work internally on site design. So, I would expect something in the next month or two to come back to you for a site and building design review or at least start with the staff level on on review at [1:14:23] that point. And uh once we're ready with plans, then we'll kind of come forward and announce everything at this point. Um as far as the uh uh site itself goes, the the um apartment site I guess is what it was referenced as. We originally were looking at that for approximately 150 market rate apartments. And this may be the same thing going on the property of the east with the economic environment right now with interest rates. That's been kind of uh I don't want to say there's been interest, but everyone's kind of on hold just to kind of see where this whole thing goes. In the meantime, and this got brought up at the planning commission public hearing as well uh looking at potentially senior housing. So, we are actually in negotiating with two separate uh 55 plus um developers right now to do uh like a 55 plus building on this site. Uh the [1:15:10] design itself is conceptional. It does fit on there to kind of get those units. Um as far as you know the PUD that may need be uh may need to be needed. Right now our design would meet all the city zoning requirements. So we wouldn't need the PUD. That's not to say something may change going forward with actual, you know, real site design, but the the concept plan does meet all the city zoning requirements. Um the gas easement as well uh is a it's a a deadline. I guess it doesn't operate anymore, but the easement is in place. Uh we have talked to the gas company about possibly, you know, vacating that. Uh the issue that comes up is if they vacate it, we'd have to actually remove that line and it's extremely expensive to remove that line out of the ground. [1:15:52] So an easier process is, and we've kind of got this in verbal wording right now. We're working through an actual written agreement as we speak. We can actually encroach uh with a structure up to 10 ft of the existing gas line itself, which is roughly the center line of the easement. Uh on one side of the easement, we can also put parking over the entire area. So that's why you see the building on the south side. It roughly comes up to within 10 feet of that actual gas line. So that's kind of what's in play. We got to finalize that with the actual written agreement which is in process. Um, and our big thing right now is the uh goal is to get the site moving, get it graded, get the demolition done this fall yet, and get the daycare site going. They are, like I said, hoping to get under construction yet potentially even this year. Um, so [1:16:38] there are some steps we'd be working on, you know, right away with that goal in mind. Uh there's going to be a street coming off of Aspen Avenue that would actually service the two commercial structures and give some uh uh direct access into the south side of the um residential site. Uh we may look at putting the utilities in. The streets may not happen this year, but the daycare site is looking to get access on their own driveway to the north up there and have a design that you know this design actually is what they're trying to do is this exact layout. So that's where that came from. So So real quickly, that's uh um where we're at. I kind of hopefully touched on the type of housing that we're talking about. The daycare, like I said, that'll probably be announced here in the near near future, but we are not able to release that at this point yet. So [1:17:24] >> Paul, do you have other question? >> Just a couple follow-ups on the So the daycare is that a known provider. They're reputable. I mean, I'm assuming they're they're a known daycare provider. >> I guess Paul Whiteitman, the owner, actually, um just the project manager. He's been more in negotiate with them. [1:17:39] He says it's a known provider. I don't even know to be honest who it is myself. So um >> um and then on on the easement, the pipeline easement, uh you've made the effort. any any issue at all about just vacating the easement. Now, >> uh we could, but there's a cost factor with that and it was in the hundreds of thousands to do that. So, to do this was just a written agreement and design it this way. It could just stay as is and it won't affect us. So, it was a financial >> you're really building around it then. [1:18:08] >> We're building around it to the the parameters they gave us where we could put parking over the whole thing. The building on one side up to 10 feet. >> And the access again, no access off of 42. is coming off of >> Aspen Avenue. >> Aspen right there to the east of on Aspen. Okay, >> correct. [1:18:25] >> Another thing we did look at in the overall design is, you know, with the Aspen Avenue access, it does give direct access to the commercial lots. The other lot behind that is, you know, it's a little less direct. So, it wasn't as ideal for commercial with the people we've talked to. And also 42 and Akran is ultimately the major intersection at this corner, which is the prime real estate like where Lifetime is and those other commercial buildings that are going in. So, we we do have uh people we are negotiating with on the commercial properties right now as well. Nothing has been finalized and they're looking at doing like a strip mall that would have multiple tenants on both of those structures. And I know planning commissioner asking well what it would be. I mean we don't have actual tenants but it could be like you know a sub shop or you know a dentist or you know just typical commercial type structures. [1:19:10] >> Don't say dentist. >> Don't say dentist. >> Yeah. I mean like I said it could be a lot of different things. So >> or dentists. difference. >> Sorry, one, excuse me, one more question. Um, on the housing, >> so it sounds like it's it is going to be some some form of market rate. That's what you guys are looking at. [1:19:30] >> Yeah, but we right now the two main people we're negotiating with because the market rate apartment uh customers we were talking to have kind of backed away. I mean, they're still interested, but they're they're more on hold. >> Okay. >> Um just to kind of see where this interest rate thing is going to go, whereas the 55 plus >> Okay. potential suitors are actually on board right now. [1:19:49] >> That's the likely the two options though marker 8 or >> that's kind of what we've looked at. Correct. I mean we have we've talked to a rental type of uh facility as well but you know there's some other stuff that's going on the south side of 42 and they didn't want to really compete because with the saturation there on that side. [1:20:04] So >> yeah. Well and even the other the other one right west of correct this location as well. So yeah. Okay. All right. >> That's that's what I got. Thank you. >> I have a question Mr. Keem, this is probably for you. Um, I love the commercial. [1:20:21] >> I don't love another high density. We've got a lot of apartments that are just opening. We have some that are in construction and then we have green space to the right of you. However, I'd be really on board with 55 plus because I do think that is a need. So my question is, is there a way to position this or add a clause that it's high density, but it has to be 55 plus? [1:20:47] >> I'm just asking. >> Not to my knowledge. I mean, typically if it's in conformance with the the land use and then the subsequent zoning for that parcel, as long as it meets the the the density, the height, the material requirements, you wouldn't really be able to prescribe a an enduser or a a business type within there. [1:21:11] >> Okay. So that's that's my same question too because we have a lot of permits and I know we need density and I think Anthony did a great job of kind of laying out kind of the buildable areas that we have accessible on the on the east side but I also know that there's a lot of people that are becoming empty nesters and that 55 plus is definitely a demographic that we need here in Rosemont as I'm about to become an empty neester. Um not that I'm that old but close. Um so that would be something we would be very strongly in favor for. So, if we can't man, you know, mandate or put a clause in, I guess my only ask of you would be that, yeah, that you try to seek out that that scenario first because that's definitely something that's a need here and that um [1:21:56] that would make me feel better about saying yes to this. >> Yep. >> I think he's saying lean lean into >> Yeah, really. And originally when we first talked it was the market rate apartment people that were really hot and heavy on this site. And uh as that kind of you know time's gone on you know we didn't know exactly how quick this was going to get through the approval process. You know they've kind of backed away and we've seen that in the market in general. Um and then the owner Paul is also doing a development in Farmington right now called Vita. It's a 55 plus neighborhood. He's actually building that himself, but that's more individual like uh detached single family and then some townhouse stuff with a, you know, clubhouse and pool and things like that. So, he has a lot of background in that. And, uh, so that's where over the last, I'd say, month, [1:22:41] month and a half, two months, we've gotten a lot more interest in the 55 plus just due to kind of how the e economic conditions are in general. So, we are going that direction. I don't want to say it's 100% locked in stone and I I I don't want to really just say, "Oh yeah, we're only going to do that and know a market rate because if something changed tomorrow, you know, we we we kind of still need to have that option, I guess." >> Can I just have you say 95%? [1:23:04] >> I can say that right now our two strongest and pretty much our only buyers at this time are both 55. >> Okay. So, that helps. But I also think that, you know, one of the things I want to cover because we had something similar coming back when I first started on council where it was a piece of land that was kind of this hodgepodge of, you know, trying to conform a lot of different things. We have two wells on here. We have a pipeline going through. [1:23:24] It seems like you're doing everything you can to make something out of this piece of land. And so if um so we appreciate you, you know, developing this land as as we're, you know, developing further on in this area. Just hoping for Yeah. that 55 plus is definitely a need. That's all I'll say. [1:23:40] >> And and our one of the other things is there's not as much urgency on the the two commercial buildings and the 55 plus due to the timing. The daycare we have more urgency because we have a buyer right now that wants to go as soon as they can. The other ones are already thinking it's going to be 2026. So it's a little less urgency to get, you know, things done and finalized with them. So >> it's good to see growth. [1:23:59] >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> No further questions. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. If there any more questions, let me know. Thank you. >> Any follow-up questions for staff? >> Seeing none, uh would like to start the recommended actions. [1:24:16] >> I'll make a motion uh to adopt a resolution approving an amendment to the city's comprehensive land use plan to change the designated land use on the site from uh uh PI public institutional to CC community and HDR highdensity res residential. [1:24:35] Second. >> I have a motion by Esler, second by Tyson. Roll, please. >> Esler. >> I. >> Plumple. I >> Weisenol. >> I. >> Tyson. >> I. >> Resky. >> Nay. >> Motion one carries 41. [1:24:51] >> Second. I'll I'll make a motion to adopt an ordinance reszoning the subject property from PI Public Institution to B1 general business and R4 highdensity residential subject to the approval of an amendment to the city's land use plan. [1:25:07] >> Second >> motion by Tyson, second by Esler. Roll >> Climpmple I. >> Weisensil >> I. >> Tyson >> Iky nay. Esler >> I. Motion two passes 40 >> 41 >> 41 I'm sorry. [1:25:25] Uh get a little used to it. Motion number three. >> I'll make a motion to adopt a resolution approving the Aspen Fields preliminary and final plat subject to conditions. >> Second. >> Have a motion by Esler, second by Tyson. [1:25:40] Roll please. >> Weisenol. >> I. >> Tyson. >> I. >> Fresky. >> Nay. >> Esler. >> I. >> Limple. >> I. That one passes 41. That completes item number nine under new business. [1:25:57] Congratulations and good luck going forward. >> Good luck. >> Good luck. Yeah. >> Move on to announcements. Item 10, city staff updates. Mr. Martin. >> Mayor, I think you've got the bulk of uh the date updates tonight. The events coming up, so I'll just flip it right back to you and you can talk about the fun coming up in Rosemount. [1:26:17] >> Right. Uh we'll move on to 10B. We'll start out with uh residents happen to notice we were on Monday night. That's because tomorrow night is the night to unite getting to know your neighbors, police and fire department personnel, city council members, city staff will be out with f uh for fun and connections. [1:26:41] Uh all registrations should be in and uh we will get a list and did we get a count as to how many maybe were out there? >> We've got we've got six groups. Uh I think they're each going to seven or so. [1:26:56] Eight, you know, so we're back in that 50s probably upper 40s to 50. >> Going to how many? >> That's a lot. >> Six, seven per group, I think. You're making me feel wrong, but I mean it's a we always try to go to seven. a little bit more than last year. [1:27:12] >> Okay. A little bit more. I think it's a couple. But yeah, I've I've heard that we've gone to 30 some and that 50 is the number. 40 or 50 is the number of places. All right. Well, I can't wait to see that list tomorrow night. We're going to seven or eight places. So, uh, then coming up in August 19th on Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. is the Port Authority, followed by the city council meeting from 7 to 8. And that covers between now and the next, let me just double check something. I thought I had Yeah, it's only in the next couple of weeks. So, I did wanted to check to see a couple other things here. [1:27:57] If not, >> as you're doing that, I'll just say that um it was great to see everybody at the Leprechaun Days uh celebration. Um having the booth there, we got a lot of good ideas for the the vacant Speedway land and um it was just great interacting with uh everybody at the booth. So, great turnout. [1:28:16] >> Any other comments on Leprechaun Days from anybody? I just uh >> just I I'll just I'm just an appreciation once again just for the committee an appreciation for the entire committee. It's a ton of work. I know it's a lot of year- round work. Heidi, you're very involved in it. [1:28:33] >> Uh and I again I know it's a lot of year- round work and involvement. It's not just the leading the one month leading up to the to the nine days. It's it's year round. So very much appreciate all this all the the committee's work. >> Yeah, it helps it helps solidify that hometown feel every time. [1:28:50] >> Yeah. there. No other uh we have actually kind of light between now and then. Um but I would like to offer my uh sincere appreciation. Uh we had a local organization this uh past week beyond the yellow ribbon uh provided a barbecue uh lunchon for our police uh and certainly all the work that went into having a safe community event leprechaun days. uh uh no major incidents, not even really minor incidences. Uh they were able to um uh keep the place moving along. Everybody that I talked with was very happy, pleased with uh who turned out, what turned out, activities, parade was was a [1:29:38] little warm, but certainly good. And uh and just a special thanks also to our residents for, you know, showing up and making it a good community festival as well. So with that, if there's no other business to come before the city council, I'll move to adjourn. [1:29:55] >> Second. >> I have a motion and second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. We are adjourned. Thank you. [Music] [Music] [1:30:48] [Music]