This transcript has been formatted with the correct speaker names based on the context of the Hastings City Council meeting and the officials provided. [0:01] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Ready, one, two. The time being 7:00, we call the city council meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. **All:** 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. [0:49] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Welcome, and let the roll reflect that we do have a full quorum with two additions tonight. I would like to introduce two "Mayors for the Day": Summer Tberg and Harrison Harig. Thank you. Harrison submitted an essay as to what they would like to do if they were mayor for the day. I would love to be able to read them to you. [1:36] **Mayor Mary Fasbender (Reading for Summer Tberg):** "Being mayor might seem like an opportunity to host nightly pizza parties, ride around in a limo for a day, and eat ice cream, but the job of a mayor is more important than any of that. Nobody wants a mayor who spends their day sitting around doing nothing. The mayor is just like the mother of the city. If your mom didn't pay attention, you will end up jumping on the bed and spiraling out of control. Same for the city. A good mayor will work hard to make a good impact on their city. For me, I would start off by gathering clothes, food, and toys to give to Hastings Family Service. I could have a fundraiser with games and food to raise money to purchase items and set up donation boxes all over Hastings. One of the challenges would be keeping the city under control. There could be a robbery happening downtown while someone's just been kidnapped at the grocery store. This might be the job of the police or firemen, but the mayor needs to be calm and ensure the city that the problem is being dealt with. So how will I take control of these problems? For starters, I can prioritize them. There might be a problem that might take all day or even weeks to sort out. Maybe a big storm hit the city and the power went out, or a shark swam all the way up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico. To sum this up, being mayor is a hard job that can take you in multiple directions and lead to confusion, maybe even the thought of giving up. But it's important to remember your job is to protect, control, and make your city a better place for everyone." That was submitted by Summer Tberg. [3:36] **Harrison Harig:** Hi, I am very excited about your idea for a kid to be mayor for the day. So anyway, my favorite part of Hastings is community. I love how we all cooperate. For example, my brother broke his arm; all of our friends and neighbors helped. My friend's dad took me home from the basketball tryouts and our neighbor's grandma took my brother and my mom to the hospital. This made me feel safe and that I know that others have our back. If I were mayor, I would try to keep our community strong and running to make sure everything is up to date and making sure no one has concerns. I also hope to make great decisions just like you. Okay, now the hard part. There are so many things I want to see in the future for Hastings. One thing is to see more opportunity for kids to come and do stuff like they did at the Holiday Hoopla. I want to see more spots where people can go and get together and talk with each other like a community center. I also want to have some sort of place where all the people who really like math can go and do math. we have libraries for reading, and so a math center would let people who don't like to read as much be able to go and do math. Well, I hope you liked what I have stated about Hastings and to have a great future. Sincerely, Harrison. [5:10] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Good job guys. Okay, so fun tonight. Council, if I could have an approval of the minutes of the January 2nd meeting? **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** So moved. **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [5:55] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Councilmember Leifeld, Councilmember Haus. Comments from the audience? At this point, if we would take comments from the audience, please come to the podium, state your name and address, and your comments. [6:07] **Tom Bullington:** Good evening, Mayors and council members. Welcome. Thank you. My name is Tom Bullington, 1585 Tierney Drive. I've lived in Hastings for 22 years. I'm speaking tonight in support of the resolution on the agenda calling for a ceasefire and an increase of humanitarian aid to Gaza. As you know, on October 7th, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel killing 1,200 people and taking over 200 hostages. Since that time, the government of Israel with military funding from the United States has responded by dropping 65,000 tons of bombs on Gaza, killing over 24,000 Palestinian civilians—that's the population of Hastings—wounding over 60,000 people, destroying 56% of all buildings, and displacing 1.9 million people from their homes. That's 85% of all Gaza residents. In addition, over 100 journalists covering the conflict are dead. In addition to this death and destruction, there is very little water, food, medicine, or electricity available to refugees, and the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations have been severely restricted in how much aid they can distribute in Gaza. It is truly an unmitigated humanitarian crisis with no end in sight, which brings us to Hastings and tonight's resolution, which more than 40 residents here signed. It does not take sides in the conflict. The resolution simply calls for the bombing to stop and for all parties involved to move forward in a constructive way to end the bloodshed and ensure those caught in the middle can drink clean water, have sufficient food, and start the process of moving home to rebuild. The United States sends $3.8 billion in aid to Israel each year. That equates to Hastings taxpayers sending $321,800. Imagine what Hastings could do here at home with another $321,000 a year. As our elected representatives, you are our voice. We elected you to be our liaisons with those who represent us in Washington, D.C., such as our two senators, congresswoman, and president. In addition to passing tonight's resolution, we ask that each of you use your connections and relationships with our federal officials to let them know the Hastings community wants the violence to stop. We believe this will at least start a conversation at the local level and make it spread in cities across Minnesota and across the country. Many members of the Hastings community have personal connections to the people in Gaza, Israel, the West Bank, and the Middle East. Continued violence of this extreme nature in Gaza threatens to spread to other countries and could easily involve American ground troops in the coming months. The city of Hastings has previously weighed in symbolically on social and economic issues, such as passing a climate change resolution, creating the "All Are Welcome" statement, and creating a proclamation to support the protection of Monarch butterflies. Thank you in advance for your support and for speaking out with a unified voice on behalf of the rights of all families in Gaza and Israel who want this madness to end. Thank you. [9:43] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you. Next? **Lal:** Good evening, Mayors and council members. I am Lal, 1815 14th Street West, Hastings, and this is Jeff Duvet. We represent the Hastings VFW Post 1210, and we comprise the post gambling management team. We're here tonight in reference to the lawful gambling proposed changes to that ordinance. We don't have any significant issues with the proposed changes themselves, but we request that in addition to the proposed changes to the current ordinance, it also includes some verbiage that allows permit holders to claim the proposed $150 renewal fee and the G1 and 730 taxes as part of the 50% local trade area expenditure requirement. This would provide greater flexibility, at a minimum, to local veteran service organizations in being able to help more veteran charities, the majority of which reside outside our local trade area. Are there any questions regarding my statement? [11:18] **Lal:** Do you understand the impact of us not being able to use the G1 or the 730 tax on our 50%? Do you people understand that? Because I have a little handout here... it's just a simple little handout that shows if we can use it and if we can't for our percentages for the city. [12:05] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Point of clarification, your honor. Are you referring to the $150 renewal fee? **Lal:** It has nothing to do with the $150. Yes, we are actually— [12:15] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** So which one of you is speaking? **Lal:** I'm speaking. My statement once again was that we request that we be able to claim the 150 renewal fee and the G1 and 730 taxes. So all three of those. [12:22] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Right now, the $150 is a proposed fee, right? And the other two are actual—I mean, they're by state regulation? **Lal:** Correct. [12:31] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** So you're here tonight requesting us to do something about the state's requirements on how you file your taxes? **Lal:** Negative. It's the city's wording on how we can claim our lawful purpose expenditures. The city doesn't allow us to use the taxes for the G1 or the 730 tax. That's the way it's set up and that's the way it's always been set up. And so, if you look at page one there, you'll see 100 like A, B, and C. That's $300 that were given in the city, and say like D and E were not given in the city. So we can't use those $200. And then the G1 tax is $300 and the 730 tax is $200. So we can only use $300 of these dollars for our 50%. So that gives us 30% for the city for that month. And then if you look on the next page, if we can use the G1 and the 730, that brings us up to $800 and gives us an 80% into the city. Because I remember when we came last time, you said some cities were given 100%. Well, if it's set up like Hastings is, there's no way an organization could give 100% if you couldn't use these taxes. [14:24] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Dan, can we get a clarification here please, or Kelly? Because just to confirm, we have not changed the amount required for them to disperse within the city. We did not make a change to that. **Lal:** We know that. We're just asking you to make it much easier for us to give to say organizations like veterans organizations that aren't in the city that we can't claim, like St. Croix and up in Ely and things like that. So we have a hard time giving to these veterans organizations. [15:12] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** But this is a whole another addition to what we were proposing tonight. **Lal:** Yes, yes. [15:20] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** At this point, I think Council's going to need more information. This is clearly just thrown on us. We were only given what was in our packet tonight for the fee. I understand what you're saying, but this is an addition to. I don't think we have enough information; I think we need to bring this back. Unless, Kelly, we can try to figure this out tonight quickly? [15:57] **Lal:** These are taxes paid to the state, but the city gets some tax money too, don't they, from the state and County? [16:11] **City Administrator Dan Wietecha:** These are taxes paid to the State of Minnesota, not to the City of Hastings. They do not come into our jurisdiction. If there might be an interest by the City Council in looking at how that definition of "trade area" is addressed, we can certainly look at that at the next council meeting on February 5th. Tonight is a first reading, so you could encompass that if you're so inclined at a second reading at the next meeting. But those are taxes paid to the State of Minnesota, not to the City of Hastings. [16:44] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Right, so we hear your concerns for tonight, and at a first reading, it's a perfect opportunity. Council, any other questions or discussion on it? [16:58] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** I would like to say thank you for these [handouts]. This is very helpful. [17:04] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, your honor. If you have a suggestion, you know, for exactly where you would like it to be included within the language that's included within our packet, if you wanted to follow up and send that to us as well, that would be really helpful. **Lal:** Yes, we would. **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** All right, thank you gentlemen. Any other comments from the audience? [17:30] **Braden Bovitz:** Hi, my name is Braden Bovitz. I live at 735 6th Street West in Hastings. I'm here also asking for your support for the ceasefire resolution tonight. Choosing silence in a time of war is a privilege all of us are lucky to have simply because of where and when we were born. Nothing is stopping Hastings from speaking up and being on the humanitarian side of history but ourselves. I believe the only right thing to do when children are dying under bombs is to stop the bombing. Obviously, war decisions are not under your purview as our City Council, but you are Hastings residents' most direct and accessible elected representation. Your position most effectively conveys the message to higher levels of government for us, which is why we brought that resolution to you. Please hear us and pass the ceasefire resolution tonight. Thank you. [18:37] **Terry Kennedy:** Hello, Terry Kennedy. I live at 410 East 6th Street, just up the street here. I'm here for the kennel ordinance amendment, just to give information. I had something to do with some of the changes because I had problems with a neighbor. I happened to be in non-compliance with the code; I had four dogs rather than just three dogs. And of course, that's not a problem unless you have a neighbor complaining, right? So anyways, I ended up with that, and so I came down and talked to the clerk about getting a kennel license so that I could have more dogs and be in compliance. I am in compliance now because my oldest dog has finally passed away. I was trying to hold on so the dog could live at his home where he's been for 14 years. He finally did pass away recently, so I am now completely in compliance with the city ordinance. But I actually got into having more dogs because I was involved in doing some fostering work. I've been in dog sports for years. Me and some friends, when they opened the dog park out there, we actually put on demos. I'm into what they call "disc dogging"—frisbees and dogs. So I got two dogs for my frisbee work, and then I got into fostering because that's what people often do in the dog world, and ended up "foster failing." My thoughts about this amendment is that it would be nice to have it in place so that it's easier and less confusing than the situation we had currently. I'm glad to see that they are changing it. My cursory reading of the amendment says that people that want more than three dogs would have to get a kennel license. There's an easier way to do this. Minneapolis's ordinance—I have friends that do fostering up in Minneapolis and they actually do dog sports. In Minneapolis, they have what they call a "special permit." So if a person wants to have more dogs and is responsible and is into something that's valuable to the community like that... I mean, we do have three vet clinics in this community, we have Rio Grande out there that boards dogs and does grooming. The idea, I think, is just to make it easier and less complicated for people to be able to pursue that sort of thing. Of course, the rest of the ordinances regarding dogs—barking and such—would remain the same. But right now in the State of Minnesota, we have like a lot of dogs out there that need homes. It's not going to be me—I'm 74 now, my days of that stuff are done. I've got the three dogs and once they're gone, they're gone. But if you check Minneapolis's ordinance, they cover all the different animals, but they also say if a person has a reason for having more than that, there is a special permit. I did give Tina a copy of that; I emailed that to her. Having a special permit would be an easier way, I think, of approaching this with the City Clerk. When you talk about kennel licenses, that's kind of a difference between big kennels like Rio Grande where they're boarding kennels, and a special permit for people in their individual homes that might want to foster a dog. I think they were talking about increasing the amount of animals people can have now, which is a nice thing. Animal Ark is always looking for fosters to take care of animals because they're a no-kill shelter; any animal that comes in there is going to be there forever unless they can get people to foster. So, just trying to push for the idea of making it easier for good-hearted people that want to help out with fostering or maybe are into dog sports and want to have an extra dog. Rochester's limit is five dogs. Most people in dog sports might have four or five dogs because they're working different sports. Being able to do that sort of thing is an addition to our city. It helps the vet clinics. I just see it as a win-win if we can make that ordinance much more user-friendly. I hope I made myself clear. Thank you for listening. [27:43] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you for your comments. Anyone else wish to speak to the Council? Anyone on Zoom? Okay. Are there any items to be considered? Council, I would accept a motion to approve the consent agenda. [28:20] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Point of clarification, your honor. If the consent agenda moves forward with the charitable gambling piece, what is the next step then for us to get the information? [28:32] **City Administrator Dan Wietecha:** This is the first reading, so that will come up in our second reading on February 5th. You would have the second reading of this ordinance, and I think you would likely have some alternate language. You could choose Option A as-is, or choose Option B to plug this paragraph in if you're interested in pursuing that. [28:50] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** So an additional question to that then: the "trade area"—is that part of the Minnesota State Statute 349.213 which we have listed in our packet? Does the state define our trade area? So my question is, with what's been asked of us, do we as a council have any... is it the state that's telling the charitable gambling where their money must be sent referring to the trade area, or do we have some control over that? [29:19] **City Administrator Dan Wietecha:** That is much more of a local control. The city, if it chooses, can say here is an amount of the proceeds that need to be spent within that trade area. Currently, we have 50%; you could choose less or you could choose higher. So one control you have is the percentage. The other—as we discussed it last spring—there were some similar requests about contributing to, I believe, Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, which benefits inside and outside the city. Along those lines, you could have some definition saying this expenditure serves an area that's broader than Hastings, but because it encompasses Hastings, you're going to interpret it being within the trade area. I think you have some flexibility there. [30:51] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Am I to understand then what was asked of us is that it's the 50% trade area that they have an issue with? They would like to be able to spend more of their money outside of the trade area? If I'm—he keeps shaking his head. Why don't you come up and talk? Because I really have no idea what you guys were asking of us. I apologize. [31:12] **Lal:** We want to be able to use that tax money as part of the 50%. [31:26] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** So you don't pay your taxes to me. So when you say "that tax money," I don't really know what you're talking about. **Lal:** The G1 that's on there and the 730 tax. The G1 goes to the state for gambling and 730 goes to the federal for gambling. [31:37] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Okay, I'm really sorry. Council, if you all understand what's being asked of us, but I'm really confused. What I'm hearing you say—and please correct me if I'm wrong—is you want us to let you use the G1 and the 730 tax for part of the 50%? So instead of you giving that 50% of your earnings in our trade area, you want to count the taxes that you're paying to the state as part of your trade area distribution? **Lal:** Right, I guess that's what you could say, yeah. [32:46] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** So then of the money that you're giving... it's really hard for me when we're talking about $1,000, because are we talking $50,000? **Lal:** It depends on how many pull tabs they sell at the bar, right? This was just a monthly example. [33:32] **Jeff Duvet:** It's just to show you the difference between the 30% and the 80% if you can use it or not. [33:43] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Hold up. I'm really sorry. I want someone, because we went through this last year... I want you to tell me how much you're making. Is that unfair of me to ask? You're a charitable organization. **Lal:** I don't have that with me. I can tell you some of the contributions, but I don't know the total. [34:33] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** I would like to second the motion on the table. Thank you for the clarification. I would just like to reiterate what Councilmember Leifeld's point was: sharing some language with us would be really helpful as soon as possible ahead of the next reading so that we can adequately assess and determine how it fits. [35:10] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** There is a motion and a second. Any other discussion Council? All right, all those in favor of the motion state by saying Aye. (Ayes). Opposed? (None). That motion prevails. For this item tonight, we have an introduction by the Community Development Director, John Hinzman. [35:29] **John Hinzman:** Thank you, Mayor and City Council Members. Tonight we have before us a resolution which would adopt the CDBG budget for 2024. CDBG funds are Community Development Block Grant funds. These are funds dispersed from HUD to Dakota County, then ultimately a share is allocated to the City of Hastings. What we have for an allocation this year is $70,300. They are designed to fund activities for low and moderate-income individuals, including affordable housing and infrastructure development. What we are proposing tonight is similar to most years: to allocate those fundings towards assessment abatement. When we have public infrastructure projects, individuals are assessed for various portions of payment. This would assist low to moderate-income individuals to pay all or part of that assessment. We would work closely with Dakota County CDA to determine income eligibility. For 2024, we are looking at street reconstruction within Highland Drive, Britney Road, 17th Street, 21st Street, Brook Lane, and Brook Court. Before us tonight is the authorization to submit the 2024 budget. [37:38] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** So moved, your honor. **Councilmember Tim Lawrence:** Second. [37:49] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** All those in favor of the motion state by saying Aye. (Ayes). Opposed? (None). That motion prevails. For this item, we will continue and have an introduction by Community Development Director John Hinzman. [38:15] **John Hinzman:** Thank you, Mayor. The map we're looking at now refers to seven properties within the Hastings and Del Rio Park. They are between about 1 and 18 acres. We're looking at Spiral Boulevard and Enterprise Avenue. This land is owned by the City of Hastings, purchased probably in the 1970s. Since the 80s and 90s, the Industrial Park Board, HRA, and now HEDRA has been involved in reviewing land sales. We're trying to provide a more streamlined approval process. Currently, people come to HEDRA with an offer, HEDRA reviews terms, then we go to the City Council to authorize the sale to HEDRA, then HEDRA meets again to enter a contract. We're proposing to take these remaining properties and have them conveyed to HEDRA directly so they can work with the terms and concept plan in one step. The City Council would still retain the ability to review the final site plan. At this time, there is one property in particular (number two on this map) for which we have an offer. We thought we would take the remaining properties and convey those to HEDRA so we don't have to come back every time. [40:52] **Councilmember Tim Lawrence:** So moved. **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [41:05] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, your honor. So, John, that parcel number six—that's the parcel that the city is allowing for farming to occur on at this point, correct? **John Hinzman:** Correct. [41:15] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** And so if the Council gives these lands over to HEDRA, then future decisions about how that parcel is used won't come to the City, it would only go to HEDRA? [41:25] **John Hinzman:** Actually, it would be jointly between HEDRA and City Council because we would both be property owners. This 17-acre property encompasses part of about 60 acres that we have within the industrial park lease. There are properties further to the north which aren't included in the conveyance; those would remain in the ownership of the city. We will need to subdivide that property in the future to take the water tower out of it, as that obviously needs to be retained by the city. [42:55] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** There is a motion and a second. All those in favor of the motion state by saying Aye. (Ayes). Opposed? (None). That motion prevails. Tonight under our Administration, we have the 2024 bonding and for this item we will have an update by City Administrator Dan Wietecha. [43:17] **Dan Wietecha:** This is not an action item tonight; this really is just trying to give some information on the complexities coming later this spring. We are looking at a larger bond issue than normal, at least double what we've done in recent years. We have the refrigeration and West rink roof for the Civic Arena (about $5.2 million), the remainder of the cost overruns for the City Hall renovation and the Dome project (about $600,000), and the neighborhood project at a little over $4 million. In total, about $10.3 million. One of the reasons for a "Charter Bond" is in order to build in some flexibility. We need flexibility because of construction schedules and outside grant funding. We have applied for State bonding for the arena and City Hall. If we begin needing money in April but the state isn't going to make a decision until the end of May, the schedules don't match up. If we get $2 million from the state towards the arena, we could reduce our arena bond and allocate that excess to infrastructure for our 2025 project. Regarding the payback period: normally we issue a bond for 10 years. I propose we keep 10 years on the neighborhood project, but conceivably on the arena portion, you might entertain payments for 20 years. Paying more time means more interest, but it reduces the annual payments. We also anticipate some sort of negotiated agreement with the school district to pay towards the arena, typically a cost-share of up to maybe 30%. We might want to have our payment schedule match the revenues we receive from the school district. I can certainly take some questions. [51:41] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, your honor. Dan, thank you for the thorough walk-through. As a council, we have discussed the importance of maintaining our infrastructure. The way that we've laid out the payback periods and the potential bonds is really strategic. I'm excited that we're moving forward with them. [52:50] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Tonight we have a resolution for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza. Dan? [53:14] **Dan Wietecha:** As indicated earlier during public comments, there was a petition and proposed resolution forwarded to the Council by members of the public. This absolutely is a policy matter for Council to wrestle with. I would point out that it is outside of Council's recent discussions about how we handle legislative topics beyond the city, but that doesn't mean you're limited. [54:39] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, your honor. I would like to move to approve the resolution. I want to thank all of our community members who have come out to hold us accountable to our power. We have voices and it's incredibly important for us to stand up for what is right. **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [55:05] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** I agree. It's just horrifying when you look at the statistics about the number of people who are being killed in Gaza, the vast majority are children and women. I'm supportive of this resolution. [55:33] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** I'd like to express my gratefulness to all of our community members for coming out and sending email after email. It really shows how much our community cares. It's really important for us to stop genocide when we see it and to call it as it is. [56:10] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** There is a motion on the table. All those in favor state by saying Aye. (Ayes). Opposed? (None). That motion prevails. Any announcements? [56:33] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, your honor. I have an announcement this evening. The majority of my friends and family and my extended family here on the Council know that I was engaged last May. My fella, Joel, and I had been putting off naming a date for our marriage partially because of my obligations on the City Council. We just can't hold off no more. We really want to get hitched. We're looking at being married yet this spring and starting our home, which would require that I move to Hudson. My fella has lots of "Wisconsinite toys" such as snowmobiles and fishing apparatus which requires a lot of space, and unfortunately, we don't have those kinds of homes here in the city limits of Hastings. So I am going to announce this evening my resignation. I only have about seven or eight months left in this term. It really hurts not to be able to fulfill my obligation to the city, which I'm very passionate about, but I'm also really passionate about starting my life together with my new husband. My last planned day as a council member representing Ward 1 will be March 11th of this year. [58:14] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Councilmember Vihrachoff. Councilmember Leifeld? [58:20] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Promise this will be my last comment regarding lawful gambling tonight. I want to find a way to help other people be charitable. But here's my question: I would like to recommend for our next meeting that in addition to the information being requested, I want to be provided with some numbers. I want to know what we're talking about. I want to know how much state and federal taxes are being paid and how much money is being made. If you're coming to us and saying this is going to affect the amount of charitable giving going into our trade area, which is our community, I want to know what those actual numbers are. I'd ask the Mayor and City Administrator that that be included so we have an actual factual conversation about how this will impact the giving in our community. [1:00:23] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you. Announcements: Saturday, January 20th, the Downtown Business Association and Chamber of Commerce present the Hastings Yeti Ice Sculpture Celebration. We'll have guided tours of Historic City Hall at 11, 12, and 1:00. A park naturalist will lead a snowshoe hike on Sunday, January 21st; pre-registration is required. Dakota County will hold a County Road 42 pedestrian study open house on Tuesday, January 23rd, from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Hastings YMCA. The Chamber will host the annual State of the Community on Wednesday, February 7th. Recycle your old lights at the Joint Maintenance Facility through January 31st. A very happy birthday to our City Administrator at the end of this month! Council, I will accept a motion to adjourn. **Councilmember Angie Haus:** So moved. **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Second. [1:02:45] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** All those in favor state by saying Aye. (Ayes). Now take your gavels and say "We are adjourned." **Mayors for the Day:** We are adjourned! (Applause).