Based on the context provided and the dialogue within the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker names identified. **[0:00] Mary Fasbender:** I call the Hastings City Council meeting to order. Excuse us, we were at a workshop, so we're a little bit tardy. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. [Pledge of Allegiance]. Welcome, and let the record reflect that we do have a majority—we have actually a full quorum tonight; full council is present. First off, we will do a proclamation for Arbor Day 2024, starting with Councilmember Pemble. **[0:47] Dave Pemble:** Whereas the city of Hastings declares Friday, April 19th as Arbor Day; and whereas the city of Hastings has celebrated Arbor Day since 1997, planting trees in different parks and spaces identified by the city Forester; and whereas the purpose of Arbor Day is to encourage and educate Hastings residents in tree planting, developing civic pride and a sense of community; and whereas Arbor Day 2024 will be held at Featherstone Ponding Basin Friday, April 19th from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and whereas 10 to 12 trees will be planted, mulched, and watered; and whereas Arbor Day 2024 is partially sponsored by Dakota Electric Association and Hoffman and McNamara, and the City of Hastings is appreciative of these civic-minded groups to help make this event possible; and whereas the city of Hastings has been recognized as a Tree City USA Community by the National Arbor Day Foundation since 1997, celebrating 27 years; and now, therefore, be it resolved that I, the Mayor of the city of Hastings, do hereby proclaim April 19th as Arbor Day in Hastings. **[1:33] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Council. Tonight we have a visitor from the Pleasant Hill Library. Jill Vanc is here to give us an update on what's going on in the library. **[2:19] Jill Vanc:** Hello everyone. Hi, my name is Jill Vanc. I started here on July 31st, so I'm new to the community. I grew up in Minneapolis, and my dad was from Madelia, so we came through Hastings all the time, and I always loved seeing all the historic buildings on the way down, so it felt really good coming here. I am the manager of the Pleasant Hill Library. There's been a lot going on. I'm going to show you some of what's going on through some of these slides. So here's a glance from 2023: we had 83,098 visits at the Pleasant Hill Library. 241,000 people attended programs, and that was across the Dakota County Library System, but the first two numbers are just from the Pleasant Hill Library. Please let me know if you have any questions; I'm happily interrupted. System highlights: we went fine-free this year. No more fines. You can come back in the library if you were worried about books you had overdue from second grade—I'm looking right at you—no, I'm kidding. But we have had those conversations, and studies have shown that fines do not make people return things more; they just don't. And what we were spending money and time on to get that money back really wasn't even worth what we were bringing in on fine revenue. So we went fine-free. And we went fine-free on youth materials a couple of years ago, and people were so happy; it's such a good thing to do for the community. I can't tell you how many people have come in and said, "I haven't come in in a couple years because I owed, you know, like $3," and I'm like, "Are you kidding me? Come in." But the one thing is that if you lose a material—if you lose a book or a DVD—you still have to pay for that. It’s fees, not fines, that we didn't resolve. But fines? No more. Technology: I'm going to get to that in a few minutes; that's our iLab. Educational support: we offer curriculum support and classroom visits. We're at all the school events throughout the community. We have databases for students to use in the library. We have study rooms. We try to be present in every school in Hastings, so we offer as much educational support as we can. Self-service hours started last week; I'm going to get into that in the next slide. And Kaposia Library: if you haven't seen it, we have a brand new library in Dakota County, which doesn't happen very often. It's a beautiful new building; it's state-of-the-art. The community is just in love with it. If you want to go see what a brand new library looks like and how they build it, they have rooms where you can take the walls away and bring them back. They have a reading room. I don't know if you've noticed, but libraries really aren't quiet anymore, so we offer quiet spaces within that library space so everyone can feel welcome and everyone has a space where they can work in the surroundings that they like. And then community engagement: we have a "Library on the Go" van now. It's a community resource; you can have it come out to events. It's not a bookmobile—I just want to make that clear—it doesn't have books, but it has resources. They talk about programs and connect people with resources in the library. It's really fun; they come out and showcase the library, and it's good for people that can't physically make it to the library. Self-service hours started last Monday. So that opens up the library from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Just to give you an example—please ask me questions, I've gotten a lot about this—for instance, the Pleasant Hill Library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday. What that means is from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., you can come in the library with an access card. You can check out books, you can use the internet, you can use a meeting room if you have your condo board and everybody's at work so they have to meet before or after work. What it would mean on a holiday is, even if the library is closed, you could come in all day. That just started last Monday. What I have mostly heard from are our college students who are like, "When are you going to have self-service hours? I live in a really noisy place; I can't get any studying done." We'll see. It takes about a week to get your card. You can come from another library, too; it doesn't just have to be Pleasant Hill. You can get an access card in Burnsville or another Dakota County library and come in. **[6:47] Lisa Leifeld:** Did you say—sorry, did you say that there was an age requirement for that? **[6:52] Jill Vanc:** 18 and up, okay. Thank you. And you have to have a valid library card, and then you have to do the online application, watch a video, and then we give you an orientation. There are security cameras in the library. There are automated announcements. If anyone's in the library after 11:00 p.m., alarms go off and the police will show up. Did anybody have any other questions? Branch highlights are our iLab. In the library, we have sewing machines, we have a 3D printer, we have a laminator. You can come and bring your old film in and digitize it. We have a volunteer there every Tuesday who's happy to help you with any of that, or you can make an appointment. We have a teen sewing group that meets there. There's so much technology in there for you to utilize. Summer Discovery is coming up from June 10th to July 12th. We're going to have all kinds of activities. We're going to have "Mighty Machines" where they bring all the giant tractors and stuff into the library parking lot. Story times at Levee Park will be out in the community. We have a Pride event. It's going to be a very busy summer. And then we have "Crafternoons" one Wednesday a month with crocheting and knitting. We have a youth craft fair; it's great—we had an 8-year-old kid last year displaying his photography. Moving along: stories from the library. One thing we're really proud of is our art rail. We have featured art from incarcerated persons and book covers; it was brilliant. Right now, I believe it's a middle school class with kind of space pictures. It is so fun to see the kids come in with their parents—"My art's on the wall!" They take pictures. Harry Potter night is fun; it was the first day I started. On the side lawn, they had Quidditch. One thing I'm committed to doing is using the outdoor space in the library more. I'm trying to look into getting the patio bookable so you could book the patio for a meeting. I'd rather be outside than inside. And then we did a skateboard art program; I have never seen teens that quiet in my life. They were sitting in the meeting room enraptured by this guy showing them how to draw art on a skateboard. This is my thank you to the Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. They just had their book sale and raised a nice amount of money. I want to thank those who just approved a teen gaming corner so teens can come in and learn coding. We started a teen coding club, so I'm very appreciative of that. We have volunteers in the library and "Volunteens"—specific teens that come and help with the summer reading program. And here's a little picture of our staff in front of the fireplace. They made me do this, so forgive me in advance: they wanted me to thank you for approving the heated underground parking for the staff. April Fools! **[9:50] Mary Fasbender:** Cute. They made me do that. Cute. Jill, thank you. This was a great update. I love our library. I don't go there a lot, but when I do go there, I love to see people utilizing it. I've been in their community room for multiple meetings and it's always just such a warm, friendly welcome. I have been to the Kaposia Library; Dan and I, in fact, had a mayor-manager meeting there a couple weeks ago and it is lovely. But you know what? Ours is lovely, too. So thanks for the updates and your energy that is creating new programs for our community. I appreciate it. Council, any questions? Councilmember Leifeld. **[10:38] Lisa Leifeld:** So I'll be there tomorrow morning for story time now that I know I'm allowed back in the library. Thank you. **[10:45] Jill Vanc:** I'll be there too! I'll be looking for you. **[10:47] Lisa Leifeld:** I'll be there with my grandson for story time. **[10:50] Jill Vanc:** Wonderful. **[10:52] Mary Fasbender:** There you go. Okay, thank you to all of you very much. Sure, I have a question: Councilmembers, are there any corrections to the minutes from the regular meeting on March 18th? Okay. Comments from the audience at this time? If there's anyone in the audience that would like to speak to the Council at this time, now is your time. Anyone wish to speak to us on Zoom? I see no one, and I don't see anybody from the audience. Okay. Councilmembers, are there any items to be considered? Okay, Council, I would accept a motion to approve the consent agenda. **[11:58] Tim Lawrence:** So moved. **[11:59] Dave Pemble:** Second. **[12:00] Mary Fasbender:** By Councilmember Lawrence and Councilmember Pemble second. Any discussion? All those in favor of the motion state by saying aye. (Chorus: Aye). Opposed to that motion state by saying nay. Consent agenda has moved to pass. Tonight under awarding of contracts, we have the 2024 Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements. First off, we will hold a public hearing, and then we will have a resolution to order the improvement and adopt assessments. With us tonight, we have Cody Mathisen, who is our City Engineer. Welcome, Cody. **[12:09] Cody Mathisen:** Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thanks for having me back. So tonight we're here to talk about our 2024 Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements, and specifically talk about assessments. So we'll do a brief presentation here, have discussion, and then open up our public hearing. Just a reminder of what we talked about a couple meetings ago: the streets that we're talking about with this project include Britney Road, 17th Street, Highland Drive, 21st Street, Brook Lane, and Brook Court. The 2024 project right now is estimated at $4.21 million. You can see the portion of our pie chart here shown in yellow indicates what is currently being proposed for assessments—just over $1.1 million. Those assessments would be paid back to us over the course of 10 years and contribute back to our bonded debt. I'm going to talk about the methodology for this year's assessments in terms of the last two years—last year and this year. The reason for that is the appraisal analysis that we had conducted by our third-party appraiser actually included the entire project area, both 2023 and 2024. The reason for that was the project areas were contiguous and at the time we did not necessarily know where the limits of one project would stop and the next one would start. In 2023, we had a high percentage of irregular lots. The city ordinance allows for lots whose shapes are irregular; a per-lot assessment basis may be used in lieu of the formulas. When it states "the formulas," it's referring to our historic front-footage method. So based on that appraisal report where we get a special benefit outline, we actually established a per-lot rate. We're proposing the continuation of this methodology here in 2024 again just because of the contiguous project area. Corner lots, just like they always have been, are going to be assessed 100% on their short side and 25% on their long side. What that irregularity looked like in 2023: we had lots on Old Bridge Lane that had no frontage, 180 ft of frontage, and 330 ft of frontage, all relatively similar in size. There was really no equitable way for us to give those lots a front-footage rate. Fast forward here to 2024: the lots are largely similar. Of our 154 lots, they are all single-family residential, roughly a quarter acre. Only about 10 would be considered irregular by definition. After talks with our operations committee, we decided to move forward with continuing our per-lot method because this is also a very equitable way to reflect the high similarity of the lots. What those proposed rates look like for this year on the reconstruction streets would be $7,650 per lot, and on the reclaim street, $6,750 per lot. Where those come from is our appraisal analysis recommended a range between 8,500 and 9,000 for reconstruction, and 7,500 to 8,000 for reclaim. What we've historically done here in Hastings: we take the low end of the range, knock off 10%, so those effective rates are essentially 90% of the lower end of the range. The assessments relative to the total project cost is about 26%. We target just over 20% to qualify for GO bonding. Assessments can be paid starting October 1st, 2024. Partial payments are accepted. Once on property taxes, those assessments would be paid over the course of 10 years beginning in Spring of 2025. Our interest rate will be 4.36%. For a standard reclaim lot at $6,750 financed over 10 years, it would be about $830 a year or roughly $70 per month. We continue to offer our assessment abatement—our financial assistance program through the Community Development Block Grant—which we administer with Dakota County CDA. We will send out information on applying to that program in August. Those deemed qualified could be qualified for either full or partial abatement. The other program is our assessment deferral for senior citizens, disabled, or military personnel. Deferment does not pay for the assessment like abatement does; it simply delays payment until a change of circumstance, most commonly the property being sold. With that, I will stand for any questions, and Mayor, send it to you for the public hearing. **[19:48] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Cody. I think first we'll do the public hearing and then I'll ask Council if they have any questions. At this time, I will open the public hearing. If anyone is here wishing to speak to the Council, or anyone on Zoom, please raise your hand on Zoom or step up to the podium. Seeing nothing. Once more time, anyone wish to speak to the Council on the assessment program? Okay, I will close the public hearing. Open the floor to Council. Councilmember Leifeld. **[20:34] Lisa Leifeld:** Thanks, Mayor. Hi, Cody. More of a statement: when you were talking about the new methodology we're using to calculate the cost—just so people listening understand—a few years back there was a project in a cul-de-sac with lots of odd shapes. Residents brought that to us, and I want people to understand that we listen to that. Congratulations to our public works department for finding a way to make it work for everybody. It was a great process by which you all presented back to Council a way to make this more equitable. I appreciate that. For many of us, that's a dollar a month that is hard to just have sitting in a bank account, so having options is wonderful news. Just an excellent job to the City of Hastings and public works for listening to the community. **[22:51] Cody Mathisen:** I appreciate that. Thank you. **[22:52] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Councilmember Leifeld. Any other? Councilmember Fox. **[22:53] Jen Fox:** Thank you, Your Honor. And thank you Cody, Ryan, and staff for being here. I wanted to highlight another thing that you all are doing very well, and that is having those conversations with residents. Dan and I spoke a little earlier about how you have already had many of these conversations with folks. I know you've told us stories in the past of going to people's homes and having the conversation about their assessment in their yard. I wanted to highlight that for the public—that we're out in the field every day making sure our residents are taken care of. If there are more questions, feel free to reach out because we are really open and eager to work together with our community. **[24:22] Cody Mathisen:** Thank you, Councilmember Fox. To put it on the record, folks are going to get their assessment packets in August. When they do, they're going to have questions as they should. We are a resource; our phone number will be on all of those applications. We highly encourage folks: if you have any questions on financial assistance or where this number came from, come down to Public Works or call us. We'll come out and meet with you. We want people to feel like they've got a partner as they go through it. **[25:08] Mary Fasbender:** I'll add another thank you to Public Works. Nothing brings more pride to me when I'm at an event and someone comes up to me and says, "I can't believe I got a phone call from Cody and he wanted to come talk to me." A single mother having concerns for this big-ticket item, and you reached out to her. Kudos to you guys again. With that, I will stand for a motion to adopt the resolution to adopt the assessment for Project 2024-1. **[25:35] Lisa Leifeld:** So moved, Your Honor. **[25:36] Angie Haus:** Second. **[25:37] Mary Fasbender:** Councilmember Leifeld and Councilmember Haus. Any discussion, Council? All those in favor of the motion state by saying aye. (Chorus: Aye). Opposed to that motion state by saying nay. And that motion passes. Thank you, Cody. Tonight we have an agreement of service for the downtown planters and hanging baskets. For this item, we will have an introduction by City Administrator Dan Wietecha. **[25:56] Dan Wietecha:** Thank you, Mayor. This is the first of a couple of agenda items that are closely related—two separate contracts. This one is for maintaining the ground-level planters as well as the hanging baskets in the downtown area. Over the winter, they change the decor to more appropriate pine boughs and such. We had two companies submit quotes for the service this year, which was nice to see competition. These were both local companies: Green Companies and Precision Landscaping. Our recommendation is to go with Green Companies, which is $21,715—about $1,200 less than the other quote. **[27:10] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Dan. Any questions, Council? I would accept a motion... **[27:28] Lisa Leifeld:** I have a question. I don't want to open up a giant can of worms, but I'm going to. We've got some new council members here who haven't been part of previous discussions. I'm not sure how I feel about $20,000 to take care of planters on Second Street. I want other council members to have an opportunity to discuss this. Beautification of the downtown? Absolutely, I support it. However, I also understand that $21,000 could go a long way in regards to other things. **[28:15] Mary Fasbender:** Just as a point of clarification, is it $15,000 or $20,000? I see both numbers. **[28:22] Dan Wietecha:** Staff notes: base price quote is $15,000 plus weekly watering of $420 per week. Assuming a 16-week season, it is $21,000 and change. **[29:28] Mary Fasbender:** Maybe for some clarification, Councilmember Leifeld: this includes the planters that are on the corners of the sidewalks on Second Street, the hanging baskets on Second Street, Sibley, Tyler, Ramsey. It includes watering on a daily basis. We do have a partnership with the Downtown Business Association (DBA) and they do add to that number a little bit. **[30:14] Dan Wietecha:** I do not believe the DBA has contributed since COVID four years ago. Earlier this evening during the consent agenda, you did approve a donation of $2,500 from the DBA towards this, but it's not been a regular contribution. **[31:02] Jen Fox:** Thank you, Your Honor. I don't disagree. However, the city put the pots on the corner; we could remove them and just not have planters. The other option is that the Parks department does the planting and the watering weekly, which might cost more than this depending on where we get the flowers, how often we water, and the employee taking care of it. If it is not contracted out, it needs to be the city's responsibility, and that's where the crux came in a long time ago—we didn't have the bandwidth to do the planting and watering from the city perspective. **[32:34] DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, Your Honor. I just wanted to thank Councilmember Leifeld for offering this up for discussion. As someone that lives on the east side of town and passes through this area probably six times a day, the beautification efforts with these hanging baskets are beautiful. I do think that they add an enormous amount to folks that are coming over and shopping and visiting. When Dan and I spoke this morning, my question really wasn't so much over the price but more the process for bids and how those come in—specifically if the city has an eye towards diversity, inclusivity, and equity when we are considering potential bids. This is an enormous difference to our downtown area. **[33:19] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Councilmember. Councilmember Fox. **[34:07] Jen Fox:** Personally, I very much agree with Councilmember Vihrachoff, and I still would love to have that conversation about removing the pots from the corners—there's a safety component to having big structures there. I believe in one of our conversations about the Vermillion Corridor redo, we were talking about placemaking and how important the beautification is. They referenced downtown's greenery. I think that's significant. **[35:39] Lisa Leifeld:** I agree that they look beautiful; I just don't like it being the city's responsibility entirely. Have we looked at any sort of partnership with the school's Horticulture department? I'm not saying give us free plants, but the high school might be able to do something. When I look at the bill, the cost to water is only $380—that's not the big number. The big cost is the winter decor pots of $5,700 and the spring pot planting of $6,200. We're talking $11,000 just to get the plants in the pots. Can we think outside the box? Could we do "Adopt a Planter" where this pot is sponsored by the Lawrence family? I don't feel comfortable saying yes to $20,000 without looking at other avenues. **[37:58] DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, Your Honor. Councilmember Leifeld, I couldn't agree more. My day job is actually in Northfield, and one of the points of pride for downtown Northfield is their hanging plants that are completely maintained by their local gardening community and not by the city. I would support asking the city if there's any research that could be done in terms of that. **[38:43] Mary Fasbender:** First of all, we don't have a Garden Club; we haven't had one for years. I love the idea of trying to save money, but to be honest, I think it's a little too late right now into this season—baskets and plants go up in literally a month. Maybe it's something we can pass this year but look for different things for next year. I think the beautification of our main street is important. If they put greenery down the middle of Highway 61, somebody's got to take care of it, and it's not going to be our city staff because they have 36 parks to look after. $20,000 is a lot of money, but in regards to it being for beautification for the whole year, I think it's expected. **[41:02] Angie Haus:** Thank you, Honor. I do understand and agree with both Councilmembers Leifeld and Vihrachoff. I do think it's a lot of money, but I also think it's really important to prioritize the downtown area. Since it is one of the main center points of our town for city and community events, I do think it is necessary. **[41:48] Mary Fasbender:** One more thing, Councilmember Leifeld: thinking back, we used to do "Sponsor a Pot" in the downtown area many years ago. It really did not work because some would get watered, some would not; someone would put in $5 worth of flowers, some would put in $20. It was inconsistent and did not look professional. **[42:35] Lisa Leifeld:** I will vote yes this year; I will not vote yes next year if this isn't reviewed. That gives us time right now to start working with someone for next year. I'm going to go ahead and make a motion to accept the recommendation of the lowest bid from Green Companies. **[43:21] Mary Fasbender:** We have a motion. **[43:25] Tim Lawrence:** Second. **[43:26] Mary Fasbender:** Councilmember Lawrence seconds. Now open discussion. Councilmember Pemble. **[43:28] Dave Pemble:** First off, it makes the downtown look very nice, but I agree that in a time where dollars and cents are important to this community, we have to make sure that we spend wisely. I know that the high school has a fantastic Horticulture program. I think it comes time now that while I will vote yes, we need to find a partnership moving forward. **[44:53] Tim Lawrence:** So I kind of see the breakdown. The winter decor says it's 52 pots for $110 per pot. For the next one, it says spring pot planting for $6,200—is that for 52 pots as well? **[45:15] Mary Fasbender:** It includes the pots on City Hall property here—these six and then three in the front. **[45:34] Mary Fasbender:** There's a first and a second motion. All those in favor of the motion state by saying aye. (Chorus: Aye). Opposed to that motion state by saying nay. And that motion prevails. Tonight we also have an agreement for services on Highway 61 median maintenance. We will have an update and introduction by City Administrator Dan Wietecha. **[46:25] Dan Wietecha:** Thank you. A little bit similar but a separate agreement for maintaining the flower bed in the median on Highway 61 as you come over the bridge. Additionally this year is adding new mulch to it. We had one bid for this from Precision Landscape and Construction Inc. at $12,900 and change. This is part of the beautification we did with the bridge entryway into town several years ago. **[47:10] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Dan. And for clarification, we do not maintain the bridge, but there's an agreement that the median part is the city's responsibility. Any questions, Council? Councilmember Fox. **[47:35] Jen Fox:** Thank you, Your Honor. In the quote, they mention they're going to do seasonal bridge maintenance—weeding and deadheading to make sure it continues to look good. I like that they were taking responsibility for that from the start. I will move to approve this. **[48:19] Angie Haus:** Second. **[48:21] Lisa Leifeld:** Reading through this, where does this go from? **[48:30] Mary Fasbender:** It's about 90 feet as you come over the bridge. It's the only planted median. **[48:58] Lisa Leifeld:** The median that has the flowers in it is going to cost us almost $13,000? But this doesn't cover any of the weeding down the rest of the corridor? This is just that one spot? Okay. **[49:15] Mary Fasbender:** There is a first and second motion. All those in favor of the motion state by saying aye. (Chorus: Aye). Opposed to that motion state by saying nay. (One Nay). And that motion still prevails. Under City staff reports, we're going to be getting a monthly PFAS update. City Administrator Dan Wietecha. **[49:55] Dan Wietecha:** Thank you, Mayor and Council. We have been grappling with some of the PFAS concerns and wanting to make sure that we're doing a good job at communicating. Starting tonight, we intend to have a PFAS update as a standing agenda item at the first meeting of every month. We are looking at a $68.9 million project which would construct three water treatment plants to remove both PFAS and nitrates. It also includes the connection of the Hastings Veterans Home to the city water system. We view ourselves as shovel-ready and would be able to put this to bid this summer. This is a three-year project; we would complete sometime in late 2027. Key updates: The Federal EPA draft maximum contaminant levels for PFOA and PFOS are expected to become official sometime this spring. When those are official, by law it would require Hastings to mitigate the PFAS. We expect we would have three years to come into compliance. Also, the Veterans Home has PFOA exceeding those new standards, which would require them to mitigate. Regarding state funding: We submitted this project to the state's 2024 capital budget. We have been up at the capitol about a half-dozen times this session. Legislators have indicated they would like to see some sort of financial contribution by the city. We believe we have contributions made already via land value and feasibility studies, but we might need to pony up something additional to leverage state dollars. We hired lobbyist Margaret Vesel to assist us through the end of the session in May. We are also looking at federal earmarks through Congress and meeting with Congresswoman Craig’s staff next week. Finally, environmental investigations: Phase one with the PCA is completed, and we are ongoing with phase two looking at potential contamination sources. Also, based on PCA evidence, they requested 3M to do additional modeling of its discharge area specific to Hastings. We anticipate meeting with the PCA and 3M in the next couple of weeks to learn more from that study. I can take any questions. We've got our resident expert, Public Works Director Ryan Stempski, in the audience too. **[1:01:39] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Dan. Any questions, Council? It has been continual for this Council and our staff. I want to commend them—Ryan and Dan have been working so diligently to keep us and the community informed. We want safe drinking water. No motion... oh, Councilmember Vihrachoff. **[1:03:11] DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you, Your Honor. I just want to echo exactly what you just said. I have learned more about PFAS in the last three weeks than I ever could have imagined. If somebody had questions—if they saw a scary story about Hastings drinking water—where would the best place be to go to get those questions answered? **[1:03:57] Dan Wietecha:** It’s going to depend on the question. Go to the city website and search for "PFAS." If it's specific to Hastings, please call my office or the Public Works department and talk to Ryan. If it's regarding health concerns, please talk with your health provider; there's a link on the city's page to the Department of Health—they're the experts. **[1:05:29] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you. Any announcements, Council? Councilmember Fox. **[1:06:17] Jen Fox:** Thank you, Your Honor. As the liaison for the Dakota 911 board, they did just release their annual report. We're heading in a great direction, including updating technology for dispatchers. One data point: there's been a 5.7% increase in calls for help in Dakota County in 2023. If you are interested in looking at this information, you can go to Dakota911mn.gov. **[1:07:05] Mary Fasbender:** Thank you. We recognize that the week of April 7th through the 13th is National Library week. Also, the athletic gear swap starts tomorrow at Rambling River Center. This year's Community Survey is open through April 8th. A day late, but Happy Birthday to Councilmember Pemble! And that is not an April Fools. Monday, April 8th, we have a planning committee meeting. Wednesday, April 10th, an Arts and Culture Commission meeting. Thursday, April 11th, a HEDRA meeting. Monday, April 15th, is a 7:00 p.m. Council meeting. I would accept a motion to adjourn. **[1:08:33] DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Yes, I move. **[1:08:35] Tim Lawrence:** Second. **[1:08:36] Mary Fasbender:** All those in favor state by saying aye. (Chorus: Aye). Opposed? We are adjourned. **[1:09:16] [End of Transcript]**