Tiny 7th class of Victoria. Please stand for the pledgece to the flag of the United States and justice. Welcome to let them know we do have a full council. Little difference tonight. Our microphones are not working. So we will be passing this when council members need to speak. We have a little technical difficulty going on. So as far as presentations, these cameras will not be taken or be able to be used, but the one in front will. Largest meeting we've had in a while and we have technical technical So please bear with us, be patient, and we will get through it as cumulous as we can. We do have a quorum. As I stated, tonight we will be reading a proclamation recognizing Harbor Day. Council member House, would you please start? >> Thank you. Whereas the city of Hastings declares Friday, April 24th 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 properly planted trees are resilient to pests and disease and will provide clean water, air, and help offset greenhouse gas emissions. And >> whereas Arbor Day 2026 will be held at Pleasant Park Friday, April 24th from 1:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. where 13 trees will be planted, mulched, and watered. And whereas Arbor Day 2026 is a uh partially or not, excuse me, partially uh sponsored by Dakota Electric, Hoffman, McNamera, and Hastings. The city of Hastings is appreciative of these civicminded groups to help make this event possible. Yeah. >> Whereas the city of Hastings has been recognized as a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation since 1997 celebrating 29 years. Now therefore be it resolved that I, mayor of the city of Hastings, do hereby proclaim April 24th as Arbor Day in min in Hastings, Minnesota. Thank you councel. Tonight we have a always a very ex exciting night when we bring new um employees in and recognize past employees. This evening we will have our employee um start with sorry start with our past police chief Dave Wilski will be swearing in our new police chief Kyle Lynch. Chief, welcome back. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you mayor. >> There we go. Mayor, thank you. It is not even been a week and I'm in front of you again. So, uh, with that said, mayor, council members, city leaders, thank you for the opportunity, uh, to attend tonight's council meeting. I have the honor of introducing >> I can just talk. Check. Check. No. >> Is that on? Okay. >> So, I have the honor of introducing to Hastings new police chief um for the administration of the oath of office. Tonight's swearing in of Commander Kyle Lynch gives me great pride and excitement for the future of the Hastings Police Department. We are developing strong leaders to ensure the safety and security of our great city now and into the future. We were standing up here four years ago when Kyle took the oath for the commander position. He has developed into a phenomenal leader and administrator. And I know I referenced him as Commander Kyle Lide. He's gonna be Commander Kyle Lid. I know you're cheating now, so I apologize for that. But before we do the oath, just a little bit about Kyle's education and experience. Kyle graduated from St. Agnes High School in 2003, Winona State University, which is with his bachelor's degree in 2007. He also attended the Minnesota BCA supervision and management course in 2016 Northwestern School of Police Staffing Command class 508 as well. Uh Kyle was a patrol officer for the city of Hastings from 2008 to 2011. He was a school resource officer from 2011 to 2014. He was an investigator from 14 to 15. He was on the Dakota County Drug Task Force, uh, sergeant, team leader from 2015 to 2017 and then patrol sergeant until 2022 when he became the commander of the police. >> So, I didn't want to use artificial intelligence before I drift off into the sunset. Uh, when I plugged in the badge as a symbol, it spit out the following. The badge represents authority, public trust, and commitment to service. The badge acts as a silent declaration for the wearer of their oath to act with integrity, fairness, and accountability. It represents a promise to protect and a willingness to sacrifice personal safety for others. I could not have said that better myself, and I don't know where AI has been my whole career. Uh tonight, the badge will be pinned on uh Chief Kyle Lynch by his wife Katie Lynch. Um but before we do that, we are going to read the old. So, Chief Lynshide, I provided you a copy because I'm kind and I'm going to have you raise your right hand and you're going to repeat after me. I'll hold the microphone because you're out of hands. I, Kyle Lynch, do solemnly affirm >> I, Kyle Lynch, do solemnly affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America, >> the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, and the ordinances of the city of Hastings. the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the ordinances of the city of Hastings >> and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of a police chief for the city of Hastings. >> That I will faithfully discharge the city of Hastings. >> Counties of Dakota and Washington and state of Minnesota. >> counties of Dakota and Washington and state of Minnesota. >> According to the best of my judgment and ability according to the best of my judgment and ability. On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. >> On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. >> I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. >> I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. >> I will always uphold the Constitution, my community, and the agency I serve. >> I will always uphold the Constitution, my community, and the agency I serve. And now Katie, I'm going to have you come up the badge Yeah. Heat. Thank you again for the honor of coming back. Appreciate it. >> You're on. >> Coming in to talk with people like this. Um, good evening. I'm very humbled and honored to accept the role of police chief of the city of Hastings. I want to thank the mayor, city council, city leadership, police department, and community for your trust and confidence. Public safety is a shared responsibility. Strong partnerships with residents, businesses, schools, and community organizations are essential to prevent crime, build trust, and solve problems together. I am committed to open communication and meaningful collaboration with our community. To the men and women of Hastings Police Department, including our dedicated records division, you have my full support. Your work on the street and behind the scenes is critical to our success. I will work to ensure you have the training, resources, and leadership needed to serve safely, professionally, and with integrity. Your commitment is the backbone of this department. It's my predecessors and current mentors and partners in HPD, notably Chief Wilski, Chief Schaffer. Mind raising your hand, Deputy Chief Sha Walter. Thank you. I also want to recognize and thank the families of our officers and staff. Your support, sacrifice, and understanding make this work possible. And our department is stronger because of you. And to my friends, family, parents, teachers, siblings, my mother and father-in-law, their kids, my extended family, and especially my wife Katie and our children. I'm grateful for your love, encouragement, and support. Looking ahead, we will continue to focus on proactive policing, transparency, investment in our staff, and continuous improvement. and together we will build on our strengths and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. Thank you for this opportunity and I look forward to serving alongside you. So now, >> okay, I was going to say for my first >> Thank you for my first uh official part of my official duties. Uh tonight I have the honor of administering the oath of office to two new officers police department. So officer Aaron Musberger and Isaac Anderson step forward. All right. Officer Aaron Musberger grew up in Chisum, Minnesota, and after graduating high school, attended Hibing Community College, where he earned his associates degree in law enforcement. Aaron was hired as a police officer by the city of Chisum in 2018 and rose to the position of patrol lieutenant. In his free time, Aaron enjoys fitness related activities like working out and basketball. Officer Isaac Anderson grew up in Mano, Minnesota, and attended Mano East High School. Isaac pursued his law enforcement education at Minnesota State University, Mano earning his law enforcement degree. Isaac worked for campus security while attending college and upon completion of school was hired by the North and Ko Police Department in 2024. Isaac enjoys being friends or being with friends and family when not at work. And tonight the badge will be pinned on officer Aaron Musberger by his girlfriend Maria and the badge will be pinned on officer Isaac Anderson by his girlfriend staff after I administer the So each of you please raise your right hand. pediatric. >> I will state your name. >> I must >> do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America. >> Do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America. >> the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the ordinances of the city of Hastings. >> The Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the ordinances of the city of Hastings. >> And that I will faithfully discharge the duties of a police officer for the city of Hastings. that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the peace officer for the city of Bay states >> counties of Dakota and Washington counties of Dakota and Washington >> and state of Minnesota in the state of Minnesota >> according to the best of my judgment and ability >> according to the best of my judgment >> on my honor I will never betray my badge my integrity my character or the public trust >> on my honor I will never betray my badge my integrity my character or the public trust >> I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the constitution of my community and the agency I serve. I will always uphold the constitution, my community and the agency I serve. Maria and Steph Please join ME IN CONGRATULATING AND WE'RE also recognizing some new employees with the city uh in general that I have the honor of recognizing our newest member of the police admitted administrative specialist to Caitlyn Matt. I won't make you stand up since you're holding each other. Raise your hand so everybody grew up in North Branch, Minnesota and currently resides in Roberts, Wisconsin with her husband and three children. Caitlyn holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota. Most recently, Caitlyn owned and operated her own child care business and has 5 years prior law enforcement experience as a correctional officer and sergeant with the Chicago County Jail. Caitlyn enjoys camping, watching hockey, spending time with friends and family, and spending time with her family. Welcome, KAITLYN. We could just stick around for a couple more minutes. We have two other introductions that we and no o we could come up with an oath perhaps for the next. Okay. It's my pleasure uh mayor and council to introduce two other employees that have joined us uh who are not working with the police department though it seems like we've got a great great turnout here. Uh first uh the finance department was very excited to have Kelly Walker join their team. She started with the city on February 3rd in a temporary role but became a permanent city hall administrative assistant on March 30th. We're glad to have her here. Prior to coming to the city, Kelly was most recently employed at the town of Troy as a deputy clerk and treasurer. She currently resides in college, Wisconsin, and her interest includes spending time with her children, her grandchildren, camping in the summer months and much of their time. So, please help me welcome Kelly to the city. Uh, welcome to the communications intern, Ellie Melo. Unfortunately, she couldn't join us either this evening. Ellie is a junior at the University of Wisconsin River Falls studying graphic design and marketing communications. and she's developing social media posts, writing articles, taking photos, and producing video reels to help tell the Hair story. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, crafting, cooking, spending time with friends and family. So, also welcome Ellie. Cheap first. Cheap first. do that first and then we go two. 3 2 1 Get over everybody. All right. Always very exciting uh evening for for the community for sure. Council members, are there any corrections to the minutes from the workshop and the regular meetings on March 16th? Comments from the audience. At this time we will have comments from the audience either we will not have zoom so just in person and we ask the attendees uh step to the podium state your name and your address and tell the concerns to the council and please leave your limit of conversation to three minutes. Anyone wish to speak to the council at this time? And we have no Zoom. So, moving forward. Council members, are there any items to be considered? Okay. Council, I would accept a motion to approve the consent agenda. Council member Pebble with a council member Lawrence a second. Any discussion? Council. All those in favor state by saying I. >> I. I opposed to that motion. Stay by saying and that motion prevails. Tonight, under awarding of contracts, we have a new massage therapy establishment license for integrated body center at 121 Third Street. And for this item, we will have an introduction by Assistant City Administrator Kelly Merch, followed by a public hearing and a potential action by city council. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council. I have a mom voice. I think I can pull this off. >> Here we go. Thank you. I'm here to talk about the new massage therapy establish establishment license for integrated body center which just is just down the street. Uh we're asking you to consider this. Um the licensing period would be uh January 1, 2026. So already passed through December 31, 2028. uh they are three-year licenses and uh they're three-year licenses. So, city staff is required to notify uh any property owners or businesses with within 350 ft and have done that with the new establishment. There have been no comments or concerns raised at all by anyone in the area. Uh the city received and reviewed the completed application. It meets the requirements outlined in ordinance and we have received all of the proper fees, documentation. Uh the inspections are all completed uh building and fire and the establishment owner has completed the background check. So we have ticked off all of the boxes for this entire establishment license. And I encourage you to now hold the public hearing if you're ready. Uh or I'll certainly entertain any questions if you have. I'll hold the public hearing first and then council any questions. Okay. At this time, I'd like to open the public hearing. Anyone wish to speak to the council at this time? No one wants to speak to the council at this time. I will close the public. Open discussion to council. Council member house. >> Thank you. I'd like to move forward with the resolution approving the link establishment license for integrated bodies of act 123. >> Thank you council member house and a second by council member. Any discussion so all those in favor of the motion say by saying I. >> I oppos to that motion state by saying nay. And that motion is passed. All right. under awarding of contracts for 15th Street and Bailey Street storm water basin project. For this item, we will have a presentation by our public works director, Ryan Stensky. Welcome, Ryan. >> Thank you, mayor and members of the council. Yes, for the 15th Street and Daily Street storm water basin project. We did receive 12 bids, so a very committed competitive bidding process um back in the end of March, March 26th. So with those 12 bids, we did some research on the lowest responsible bidder car companies. Um a smaller company, we have worked with them in the past, but uh interviewing their key staff, um checking some of the references, the equipment list, we think they can execute on this project. So um they were quite a bit lower than the next low bid. So with that, staff is recommending award to Clark Companies to complete the project um for a base bid amount of $188,970.50. And with that, I'll continue to stand. >> Thank you, Ryan. Any questions, council? Council member, >> thank you. Uh can you speak to the last difference in cancellations from each of these groups? Looks like there's quite a bit of a difference, and I just wanted to Yeah. Um, you know, a lot of there's some there's some material being hauled out. So, sometimes if they have material needed on another job site versus not, that's a big expense there or um just some of the uh elements of other priorities. There's some big contractors in here where they they would take the work cuz they're working in the region, but this this is more Clark's company's bread and butter. So, they they're more uh tuned or or size for it. And some of these other contractors, I just they were very they got it fine. Um they added to one of their projects. Uh and so that's that's what sometimes when we see this kind of disc. >> Thank you so much. That makes sense. I'd like to move forward to the most responsible bidder amount of88,000 $188,97. >> Thank you council member house and a second by council member. Any discussion council for discussion? All those in favor of the motion state by saying I. I do a motion to state by saying nay and that motion prevails. We are awarding another contract for the 2026 mill and overlay project and Ryan you may continue. >> Yes. Uh so we stay busy in public works. This is yet another project our mill and overlay program here in 2026 about ready to get going. So, um, we did open bids in the middle of March, March 19th on, uh, this project, and we, um, we got four, uh, competitive bids on this project. So, we've worked with all of them in the past, but, uh, Northwest Asphalt had the lowest bid. Um, Northwest Asphalt, uh, if you remember them, they worked on 2022 neighborhood infrastructure improvements. So, we're very familiar with them. They've done other projects in East. They do a great job. And so we're excited to have them as our lowest recommended base bidder on the project. We are not going to proceed with the alternate one and two. That was just adding some additional streets and other components. Um the base bid falls within our million dollar um budget for 2026. So uh we're at where we need to be to get the work that was planned up done this year. And that basically amount is $985,46.70. staff is recognizing award to Northwest Asphalt for that. >> Thank you, Ryan. Also, council member that motion to go. >> And we have a motion on the table >> and council member will have a second. Any discussion council? All those in favor of that motion state by saying I. >> I. >> Those approved or opposed to the state by saying I may sorry and the motion prevails. All right. We have an also a 2026 neighborhood infrastructure improvements and for this item we will have an introduction by our consulting engineer Cody Mat. Welcome Cody and thank you for being here. >> Thank you mayor. Um as I get set up here I did attempt to email all of you presentation see head not so made it through the airwaves here. Um okay so we'll get started. So yes, tonight is part three of our neighborhood project meetings, our assessment hearing. A reminder on March 2nd we conducted our public improvements hearing. So tonight it's to talk about assessments, not the scope of the project. So we'll go through a brief presentation. Uh then we'll look to conduct the actual hearing. Quick reminder of our project area, our project map. We've all seen this a few times now. Uh but for those in the audience that in case have four street west from Pleasant Drive to Third Street and Pleasant Drive 24 this year with a mix of reconstruction recess methodology goes. So this is really the uh the key piece to how we conduct this process. So our special benefit analysis is conducted by a third party independent appraiser. Um this case it was Valbridge. They completed the analysis on the 2025 neighborhood project. So it was largely continuation of that analysis because these property areas are continuous. Ultimately the goal of that analysis and what they've been providing us is a range of special benefit anticipated for each property type based on market data and the type of project we're doing. So what does special benefit mean? Right? Special benefit means the increase in value before the project is constructed versus after the expected of these properties. And that margin effectively defines what the assessable amount to these properties is. Since 2023, uh we've been going with a per lot methodology here in Hastings. Effectively, what that means is lots of similar size and use get assessed flat rate. So single family homes of comparable size uh get assessed the same day. Likewise for town homes, twin homes, different categories. The city does have a collector road policy on both street and Pleasant Drive or collector roadways. Um effectively when applied to this project as compared to just utilizing the special benefit analysis that would have ultimately resulted in a rate increase about 5% to what we've ended up with here. Um so the ordinance gives us the flexibility to deviate from that process and use a methodology that's based on special banks. In this case it would have been difficult to apply that collector policy as well just because of the loan variance you had in context especially on pleasant. So how we go about establishing those rates the special benefit analysis ultimately recommends what those rates should be based on each property type. The city then takes those rates, takes 90% of that recommendation and that is the rate that is set for the full reconstruction lots. On reclamation areas, we typically reduce that rate a little bit further, usually around 15%. And then the last methodology piece is corner lots and hastings. So homes that are fronting more than one street are typically assessed the full rate on their short side and then on their long side they only assess 25%. Our 2026 lots break down 54 single family homes, 42 town homes and twin homes. We've got a few condos, forplexes, four commercial properties being Robinson Estate Care, Hy National Bank, Aspen Dental, and then the Southern Community Center. We've also got one agricultural property in the Kazinius Farm and then a multif family apartment building. Jumping to the proposed rates again, hopefully uh we're all still following my my presentation that came through. Um, we've got single family homes listed at $6,300 per lot. Uh, town homes and twin homes at 4725 and 4500 respectively. And then the remainder rates quote down there. As you get into the more specific properties, the special benefit analysis or the oneoffs provide an actual, you know, specific range to deal as part of the total project cost. A very common question is, you know, how much are assessments covering the total all cost to deliver this project? In this case, the roughly $675,000 that's going to be assessed makes up about 14% of the total project cost of just over. Uh just reiterating sort of the breakdown here and also noting that assessments do get included in the cost of the bond for the city's going to anticipate getting reimbursed for those costs. The needs to come back to the city over the next 10 years for this particular project. The payment of assessments, how that ultimately works from the assessed property owners, payments are accepted starting September 1st. Uh no interest or fees are applied when the assessment is given full by October 30th. Partial payments are accepted. So ultimately here in 2026, residents can pay nothing. They can pay part or they can pay all of their assessment. Any amount regardless of how much I guess pay the full amount any amount remaining after October 30th is certified to before property taxes and that begins a 10-year payment plan and that's you know shown here at roughly a 5% interest rate. Historically it's been a little bit lower than that but that's dependent on what the city's bond sale looks like this. And that first member for assessments will be in the spring of 2026. So if we look at a sample assessment here on a standard reconstruction lot, um a standard reconstruction on this product is $6,300 per lot. If financed entirely through the county property tax financing over 10 years at an estimated 5% interest rate, that looks like $800 per year or just under $67 per month. We always want to make sure to stress with this uh hearing the financial aid that is available. Our assessment abatement that's available through Dakota County CDA to the community development block grant is anticipated to have sufficient funding again. So there we've got some funds left over from private projects. also assume to be getting a allocation this year in 2026 to um re pre uh resupply funds into that into that bucket. So eligibility is income based. So low or moderate income families are eligible for this assistance and that eligibility is determined and that's all that we list in the pack that families will receive until all lowincome families will be fully abated. Moderate income households um historically the last few years have also been fully abated because we've had sufficient funds to do so. In the case that there was left over, moderate income would spread out to spread out. Also like to talk about our assessment deferral program. So those eligible to be senior citizens, those who are disabled, active military personnel, there's also financial component to this eligibility that the first year's payment must be greater than 1% of homeowners adjust those income. So in that same $6,300 assessment example, effectively someone would need to be under the roughly $80,000 income threshold to be eligible for the program. Like to be clear with this one that this is a deferral. It's not forgiven. This assessment is delayed with interest and grows over time and then would become fully due with the sale of the home or change of service to quick update on our project timeline. So, we're just moving down the list here. April 6, our assessment hearing. Friday this week is when we're scheduled to open the bids. And then, assuming all those go with that, April 20th, we'll be back here to award a construction contract. And then early May is when construction will be. That's all for my formal presentation. >> Thank you, Cody. Yep. First, we'll have the public hearing and then we'll have council discussion. Sorry, we held the um we held the improvement hearing on March 2nd. Tonight, we will have the assessment hearing notice was mailed in affected to affected property owners as well as published in the newspaper. Formal obligate formal objections to the proposed assessment must be written, signed and filed either prior to or at the hearing. Any objective not received in this manner we are waved on are waved unless due to reasonable cause. We ask that attendees either raise their hand in person to or use the raise hand feature in teams which we can't do that sorry and uh they will be invited in to speak at this time I will open the public hearing if there's anyone that wishes to speak to the council please step to the podium state your name and your address opening the public hearing. Hello, Madam Mayor. It's council member and I'm an attorney. I represent farms and I submitted on the property lawyers to the assessment. I also today have printed copies for additional this additional copies printed of the same objection letter. We just want to make sure that you can sure pass them on if you'd like. >> Anyone else wish to speak to the public hearing at this time? This time I will close the public hearing and open discussion for council council member. Thank you. >> Thank you. Honor Cody clarifying question for you just as I'm reading through your documents here. When we refer to the twin homes, eight of those at 47 4,725 34 town homes, 4500. That's per door. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Thank you. That's all I need to know. >> We did. We did. Uh, council member Beck. We got a a handful of votes from our appraiser on that item. I think the the shortest version or shortest way to share that is just uh depends on this how they're valued. So twin homes typically um only one shared wall. So maximum of two units homes and more often than not are in a row of four or more. Um so you know I think it's it's a pretty small percentage difference, right? But even just that slight difference, uh it's also that twin homes often times have more of a reduced HOA uh fee. So sometimes you'll get more value in terms of of the actual cost of the properties. So you're going to have lower fees associated with it. Not always, but um generally it's just those small nuances based on slight differences in ownership and Any other questions coming? If we're no discussion, I would accept a motion to approve the resolution to adopt the assessment for project 26-1 2026 neighborhood infrastructure improvements. So second discussion discussion council discussion I'm waiting and seeing anything. Okay. Well, I can't see lights, so I just want to make sure. All right. There has been a first and a second. All those in favor of that motion, stay by saying I. I. Oppos to that motion, stay by saying. And that motion prevails. Cody, thank you so much. We also have an authorization for a signature for master grant agreement for the lead service line replacement program. For this item, we have a presentation of the public works director Brian. >> Thank you, Mayor Council. This program, obviously, we're not having as much fun as they are upstairs, but we're getting business done. So, uh the the lead service line replacement program, we're moving into our phase one of that particular program. Um this is uh we currently are in the past year we've been doing an inventory trying to understand what we have for lead service lines across the city. Um so that includes lead lines and galvanized lines. So uh there's kind of a formula for how much the state gives out and that cap is at a million dollars per project. Um so right now we can only go and get a million dollars. So, our grant application is going to be for a million dollars. That covers about 50 homes. We're replacing from the curb stop out near the street all the way into the home and connects back into that meter location. So, that's what we're talking about here. Um, it's kind of complicated construction in the sense that we're we're new in our drilling line under the home into the basement floor in a square area and then reconnecting up the plumbing inside. But we're getting the lead out of our system that way, right? As as the water system. Um, so what this is is you approved last council meeting a resolution to apply for that officially. And so we're in the process there, but there's a lot of steps that we have to go through um with our loan officer for this grant program, same loan officer we had as with the central treatment plan. So um we're working through that process. Uh we have to do some certifications. We have to get as bid. that we have to actually go get contractor pricing before we can leave that application complete. So, in the meantime, the next step for council is to sign the terms and conditions to receive this money. So, I don't know why the state makes it this complicated, but we have to uh officially sign this grant agreement that is the terms and conditions. Once we get through the application process and it's complete, we'll get something called a project order. And that project order will be yet another um document that we need to execute. And that project order will have the specifics. It'll have the exact dollar amount. It'll reference um the project as it'll do more detail. This is more generic and overview of the terms and condition. If we want their money, we have to sign it is basically how it works. So um that's what's in your packet tonight. And like I said, that that gets after our first 50 some homes um of the of the replacement program. We'll continue to apply and reapply until we get through the the the hundreds and hundreds of of lead and galvanized um ser excuse services that we have in these. So um there also is how we selected those first 50. There's a prescribed formula for the department of health of get your lead certified self first. So we have a couple random ones there. Um but there are also other criteria um age of home uh number of youth um in a certain district. And so there's there's elements that we follow to select that first. So um through that guidance that's where we got the first 50 and we'll continue this program on but this is this is phase one. So with that um in your packet is the master unit for signature. Any other questions? I'll continue to question my we service. >> So we have five lead service lines. We have a couple hundred gall which has segments of lead in is why we're getting why those qualify for the program as well. But that's a good >> I just wanted to bring that >> good question. Yeah, it's not like we have hundreds of that too, but but there still is a reason to get the galvanized out and that's what we're fighting for. Thank you. >> That's Thanks for Brian. So, um I remember the flyer went out to the community asking people to check their pipes. Hypothetically, if if somebody didn't check their pipes when they got that letter, you're saying five lead a couple hundred galvanized. How does a homeowner know if they're one of those five or one of those couple hundred? >> Yeah. So, um we're moving into trying to get the money secured, right? And to understand what what we're what we're uh going to obtain and how many homes we can get done. We I say about 50 because better pricing, we're going to do more. Um and so we don't know exactly those homes. We have a good idea what we're shooting for. um we will move into later this month into sending out letters. We will start door knockocking to those specific 50 and get them ready for this project. That'll happen more. We want to get the funding in place uh throughout the summer here and then in August, September time frame is when we'll start this project. So, we have a little bit of time, but we will we will send out letters. We've already got them drafted up. We'll update our website and if we don't get a hold of those folks, we'll start doing as well. Is that based then on when the homes were built or by builder or what's the >> Yeah, when the homes are built, geographic area. Uh MDH has a survey of of youth in the home. So they look at all these components and they give us criteria areas in your city and that's what you need to go. We have a prescribed way of going first, second, third, seventh. So using that formula, putting it all together as many many homes that the funding will allow. And now, yes, we're getting the funding secure to council and now we'll we'll deploy our letter in the next week and and we will start door knocking to those that don't respond to that. >> So then to follow up on my homeowner question, do homeowners still need to verify themselves whether or not they've gotten litter galvanized and get in touch with the city? >> Yeah, we still and that's a good question. We still have a handful of people that haven't got back to us. So we we we worked wasn't going to so >> hypothetical question >> hypothetically um yeah you know and some of them you know age of the home right if you have a newer age home um we have all this information on our website so some folks look at that and they say well so we haven't specifically heard from everybody we haven't knocked on every single home in the city but um we we've done targeting uh door knocking targeting areas we're using the state money to do the research on where we should be targeting our resources Um, and we're we're pretty far along. I can't remember. We have, you know, we have another thousand homes or so that we haven't uh that were kind of targeted that we have heard from. So, we might add to our list as we continue, but as you can imagine, it's hard to catch people sometimes, right, when they're not responding to survey or letters or they're not home or door knocking. would you continue to use use the state funding on that side of the house to help us continue to go after that and get this fully complete park. But now that there's real funding available to fix the ones we have, we want to start >> in that wonderful explanation. I make a motion to authorize a signature of the master grant agreement service member with a second by council member. I do have a question. When do they stop using lead Ryan or galvanized? I mean, do you have any idea when this >> I think 8586 >> 1986 or newer, the state has said if you can document that, >> sure, >> don't need to do anymore because it's very likely that people had their own plumbing services done. >> Sure. But yeah, as far as standard and building operations, 1986 was still >> So part of our communication could be a home older than >> and it is and we have hoped that. So you know, some of those newer homes, they're not going to respond, but we know they're newer homes. So our work's kind of done there, right? But but those 1986 and older, we haven't gotten fully response from them either. So that's why I'm saying there's still a little bit of inventory to do, but yes, we're trying to take and piece together such a comprehensive inventory effort and you know, look at our ads or not, look at homes and put that all together. >> All right. Thank you. There is a first and a second. Any other questions? All those in favor of the motion take by saying I take the motion. >> Thank you. Okay, moving forward under community development, we have a resolution to for request for imagine 2050 community designation to change metropolitan council for this item. Uh we have a presentation or we had a presentation for from the community development director Jonathan. Welcome John. I don't know if you had a presentation or not. >> I'll go through an explanation here council members. So I'll explain a little bit in English what we're doing here. Give a little bit of comprehensive planning here. What we're asking for tonight is to adopt the attached resolution to change a community designation which is a designation of the city of Hastings on the 7ount metropolitan council map from suburban to suburban. I'll explain a little bit more about what that means and the implications of that here. Little bit of background. comprehensive planning. As you may recall, every 10 years the comprehensive plan must be amended and updated and the next round starts up here very shortly. We need to get our comprehensive plan into into Metropolitan Council, the new agency by December 31st, 2028. So, we're gearing up within the next year to start this. Before we start this, Metropolitan Council is obligated to bring forward certain documents for guidance. One of them is this imagine 2050. What this is is a comprehensive guide for development within the Twin Cities. It's basically the road map that communities follow based on a lot of different things. Transportation, land use, sewers, those type of things. Within Imagine 2050, there is a map in there that designates different communities for different types based upon development. There are places like Minneapolis and St. all that are going to be much more dense, much more urban, and have more dense development. There are other areas that are not going to have much dense development in areas in between. And so that's what we're referring to here, and I'll get into the specifics of that in a little bit. The other is a system statement. system statement is tailored specifically to each city and they explain the implications of the Amanda 2050 and some of the system plans to the cities and the cities have an opportunity to comment on that plan. Now with the community designation we're designated in this plan for 2050 as a suburban designation. So what does that mean practically? It means that the city of Hastings overall through all development would need to achieve a minimum density net density of 7 units per acre which is substantially higher than what we have charged today. Right now under the existing system statement from the last comprehensive plan we need to provide for three units an acre. So we're going being asked to go from three units net to seven units net. That's a substantial increase of what we have now. From a practical standpoint, we have been doing in the range of six or more net units per acre during that time. So from a practical standpoint, it's not as severe as it would look, but it is not the development pattern in which we have been developing historically. And when we take a look at the communities, and this was some of the stuff within your packet that were designated similarly to what we were as a city back 10 years ago with three units per acre, there was 23 24 communities. Of those 23 24 communities, all of them except for two, city of Hastings and St. Paul Park were classified as a different designation with 3.5 units. Certainly uh certainly doable us and St. Paul were for some reason designated seven. So we did take issue with that. Why why would it change the community designations when you take a look at some of those communities that we were paired with in the last comprehensive plan around today are similar to us. They are cities with historic downtowns with growth occurring. places like Farmington, places like Savage and uh Chan, Chasta, Victoria, uh Mahoney, places with historic downtowns, historic dense neighborhoods and areas for growth. The designation that we're being proposed or we have put into is some is a designation that is for fully developed suburbs for your EANS, your Burnsvilles, those type of places, which we are not. The thing that is unique about Hastings, as you know, is we annex as we grow. So, if you take a look at the boundary of the city of Hastings today, yeah, we're pretty full, but we know that there's going to be annexation that occurs in the periphery of it because we don't have any formal agreements with the townships to recognize that. Metropolitan Council can't officially recognize that. So, it's always been a push pull. But from a reality standpoint, most of the growth that we have, and what I've documented over the last 10, 20 years is 67% of the growth we've had has been in those periphery areas. So, we're requesting this change. Um, going back to the report again, what some of these designations mean, what does seven units an acre mean in English? It's an acreage that's going to be a little bit denser on average than a town home density. Certainly not an apartment density. It doesn't mean that you can't have single family within Hastings, but it means when we do our comprehensive plan, the net I mean the average of all the development we do from places that are designated apartment over here, the single family over here would need to be at least seven. The practical difficulty we have that with the city is we know we're going to have the growth of annexation outside that we can't efficiently count in and how is that growth going to continue? So that that's a challenge for us. So we are requesting by this resolution to change this designation. A little bit of history. We we were served notification of this during the summer. We had a 60-day period in which to make comment. We did not do that. That that that is on me. When I looked at that statement, I did not see the implications of this. It was not clearly uh put forward. However, we were in contact with Metropolitan staff prior to the end of that 60-day deadline to talk about the convenience property and implications of density and annexation. So, shortly after that deadline, we had a meeting. One day after that deadline, we had a meeting with Metropolitan Council staff in which we found this out and within a week and a half of that drafted a letter to Metropolitan Council asking for the change. Since that December meeting, we or December letter, we've met with Metropolitan Council on about three different occasions, had a number of phone calls. We're just not closer to where we are at this point. We we're requesting a pathway and we're requesting a change that would be consistent so that we know this as we move forward in planning for our 2050 plan. So, what we're asking for tonight is for you to adopt this resolution who has served me quality council. Uh so we would ask that for you today. I will also note that Mark Jenkins, our vet council member representative is here tonight too if you have any questions for me. Thank you. >> Thank you, John. Council, any questions? Council member Lel. >> Thank you, honor. Wow, that's a lot of information. So I'm going to dump it down for myself here. So currently, so they want to change us to suburban because we're putting currently more than three housing units on an acre. >> That would be my understanding. >> Okay. Which so right now we're Suburban Edge. I've never even heard that term before. >> So we're considered suburban edge. And if we go to if we allow them to call us suburban, then do we have to put more houses on an acre, are we required by whatever this is? As it stands right now, council member, with the suburban designation, when we average up all the the the city that we're going to be growing into, we have to average a minimum of seven units per acre. Net units per acre. That net unit, I should say, discounts out roads and easements and some other things within it. But that's what we would have to to apply which when you look at our development pattern over the last 10 years is a little more dense than what we have done. >> Does that seven accumulative does that include apartments and town homes and such? >> Yeah. So if you have an apartment complex with say 20 units an acre that that'll help balance out areas that are maybe three units an acre. >> Okay. I I definitely see the benefit of us wanting to be Suburban Edge. I am concerned that they're not recognizing the fact that there is land around us. Um we do see as we go through I'm just not to pick on a neighboring community, but as I drive through county 46 heading to Rosemount, some new homes that you can practically get sugar from your neighbor by reaching out your window. This is what that seems like to me. is that a requirement to have to put more units on land is concerning to me and that seems to be something that should be chosen by one the developer and the city based on space. So, I'm going to absolutely support your the city going forward and um I'm going to make a motion to request the resolution request a change to the imagine 2050 community designation of the city of Hastings to the Met Council. >> Chuck, wait. Before you I heard a second over here, correct? here >> and a second by council member back. Just so we know we have a first and a second discussion council. >> Thanks John for the information. I struggle with the point that we are this growing massive community. We're not we're not we're not jumping over the hill or down through the valley to the south of us or up the hill, which is going to ever happen. and these other communities. I mean, if you're looking at Cottage Grove, yes, they're they're going to come down to the top of the hill and Rosemont is eventually going to get over to the west of us, but Hastings as a community is not not going to grow like that. And I I would like to hear your perspective as to why as a freestanding community with not any neighbors knocking on our door and annexation for projects as they come through from developers is our growth. and to put us in a situation where okay, we're jumping from suburban edge to suburban. A suburban means you got, you know, adjoining communities and we don't have that. And I just want to hear from you your Met Council perspective on this. And even if we pass this resolution, will that have any effect on the overall um decision by the Met Council for Hastings? >> Are you okay, Mark? I'm okay if you guys are okay. >> All right. Thank you. Um, uh, Community Development Director Hinsson did a great job presenting it. He presented both sides. Um, I want to preface with as a single council member out of 17, much like council members in front of me, I don't have any power to override staff decisions on my own. But I came down, I met with your staff earlier today to listen, to hear your guys's perspective. Um, I want to start with I'm going to say the bad news, then I'm going to go to the good news. There's three challenges I think that are going to probably dictate that your resolution won't have a lot of success in the near term. First of all, um, as Mr. been recognized. The appeal date has come and gone. There is no window for a formal appeal. The second challenge is we can't make a 30-year plan on what might happen. And as much as there's a history of annexation, we have no guidance on whether you'll annex 2 acres or 20 acres or 200 acres. And it's hard for us to do a 30-year plan not knowing what that pattern is going to be. So, it has always been the council's purview to make those decisions based on what the community outline is today or at the time of application, not what it might be. Those are two of the biggest challenges. The third one is this. You currently are in a neighborhood of 6 something. I'm sorry, it's only been a couple hours since we met last, so I don't have the exact decimal, but you're over six already. And if you look at the prior two statements within your area, if you're at six something, one of the things that the Met Council is dictated by the legislature to do is do urban planning for the whole metropolitan region, which means we've got to find place for that growing population. And if we took your designation from six to three, that doesn't facilitate a lot of distribution of that population to your city. For those three reasons, my educated guess is an immediate change in your designation is not likely. Let me give you my promises to staff. Earlier today, our staff has said that if your community changes significantly, I will admit I have no idea what the definition significantly is. That's one of my takeaways. Um that could be two acres, 200. I don't know. I'm going to find out. But staff has said if there is a significant change to the community to the city we will re-evaluate the community designation. So my promise is to go back to staff. What is that trigger? What is what takes you from normal development to significant and understand significant doesn't mean what's necessarily happening within today's boundaries. It's how much annexation do you do that will redefine the distribution of a student's population. Um so one is to find out is there a trigger point or what is that target for when we would look at a re-evaluation and then the second is what is that process? What would we need from the community to document that? Yep, you've changed. But right now, we're beyond the appeal date. You're at 6 something. And as the metropolitan area grows, we're asking you to bump that to to not or I'm sorry to seven is not I believe this is my opinion as a council member is not an unreasonable expectation. I want to elaborate one more thing on what Mr. Hinsman said to help clarify um for council member Lyfeld and everyone else. You could build all the single family you want based on your current on your approved land use designations. So if you did low density housing in all of the areas you dictated as low density housing that's fine. Eventually though you'll use up all your low density and you're going to have to start building medium. And then if at some point we built up the low and the medium, you want to do a new development, you're going to go, we've got high density left and we're probably not going to do an amendment to redesate that lower. So, we're not dictating that any new development or any accident annex land has to be seven, but using your land use mapping at the end of the day, those should all balance out to an average of seven. So, I'll be happy to take any other questions if you have council member. Uh so just looking at the maps and everything just so I can innovate. So essentially what you're saying is we don't have the land that we have we've used up so we need to do there's not more land. So when we get our land we annexed so then our borders grow essentially. >> So like looking at like Rosemont is still suburban edge. Well Rosemont is huge but they just essentially already have the land. They're not annexing we're annexing. Is that correct? I think the key word is density. >> Yeah. >> Not total population. Yeah. >> So Mark, when you say the possibility of re-evaluating, but you don't know what that is. Has it ever happened before? And >> I don't know if it's never happened. I've not been around that long, but I will certainly, as I committed to when I took the position, I will certainly go to that for you and find out. First of all, I want them I want our staff to say what do we consider a significant change so we know where the goalpost will be and then find out what that process is. So if it hasn't been done, it doesn't mean I won't fight to try to get us to do it. >> Council member Leo Mark. So my concern to this just sounds to me like we're limiting ourselves to who's going to be able to develop in our community. So, if somebody comes in and we've got somebody looking right now with a um multi-density, right? There's going to be some apartments out there. There's going to be some multif family homes and single family homes. If we have somebody come in and wants to annex some of these farmers want to start selling our property, I it sounds to me like by doing this though we could be putting ourselves into a limitation problem of Isn't it the developer, correct me if I'm wrong, John, that comes to the city and says this is what we'd like to put here. We'd like to put a multi- family home development. We'd like to put a single family home development. Are we sort of cutting ourselves at the kneecaps here by saying, "Boy, we might get to a spot where you want to come in and build these single family homes on this development." Yeah, we can't do that cuz you we got to get more houses. >> I don't understand that. >> To clarify a little bit, first of all, >> and we also, my apologies, we don't have a bus system. >> Nope. I understand. First part is um you can address the density by not necessarily um the number alone but the density of the neighborhood. You can have single family homes in a neighborhood maybe with slightly smaller lots but if you wanted to do one home per acre for an entire new annexation you could. You're just making it more difficult for yourself down the road when you start to get in when you start to use up your low density land use designation. >> Council member Pebble. >> So Mark, let's kind of lay this out a little better. The big picture says, "Okay, we're we're a small community of 10 square miles and we're going to annex in the next 15 years. No, let's make it 10 years. We're going to annex 200 acres. And we use those 200 acres to build nice single family homes on 10,000 square foot lots or whatever the deal is. But we're really pushing oursel into a quarter 10 years later or whatever, however we move. Because as the more large lot single family homes are built in whatever's annexed, we're squeezing oursel into a corner down the road because eventually there won't be any more room to annex. And what little is available will be forced into multifamily homes or something that can get us a big population in a small dense area. That is possible. But there's also the possibility and this is what my commitment has been is I don't know if 200 acres might be enough for council for our council to say okay we need to revisit that. But as it is today, yes, you were correct. >> Council member Campbell, Council Member House. >> Thank you. So, I just want to clarify. So we would be going into suburban seven per acre where Rosemont would stay suburban edge but they have a growing population of where they've been growing consistently at a rate of 3.77 annually which is the fast one of the fastest growing in Minnesota. There are over 10,000 people more than us in that city. But yet we will not we're going to cram people in like sardines and then we're not going to have a transportation system within our city as well to help when we get to these higher density areas as well. >> But the key difference council member is their growth is within their borders. >> Correct. And while I understand that even if our group were to stay within our borders, we're still now requiring you to cram people into or only allowed areas of left. Correct. Again, if we're sticking with your current borders, which is all we can plan on at this point, if you are going to grow, it will increase your density from your six point to we're we're saying a minimum of an average of seven. Now has to be seven. But yes, as long as your borders are still the same to accommodate the growth of the region, we do need to increase density a little bit to accommodate that growth down here. Want to make sure your work your current density is already over six. So it's not a huge jump and you do have the tool of annexation. We just can't plan on that until it happens. And while I understand that we're at kind of that 6.5 range currently, it does take away the rights of the city and the rights of the developers who are trying to develop our land. And it is already hard to come by getting developments as well. So I just want the vet council to understand that it's not making anything easier for the cities moving forward with this. It's going to only make it harder moving forward. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Hel. I'm having a hard time understanding why precedent in history doesn't have any say in your life now 25 years 30 years down the road. Can you go briefly into why history doesn't matter? >> What history you're referring to >> and taxation history? >> I can't speak for staff. I will speak for myself as someone who served on many advisory committees. I have been on advisory committees with cities that were completely behind a certain direction, a certain project, and one election cycle later, we're all of a sudden no longer in favor of that direction or that project. Yes, we have a long track record and a long history, but that still isn't a promise. It isn't something we can budget on any more than your staff can budget on. How much land are we going to annex in the next 10 years? And how many new housing units are we going to do? The housing market, the open markets can decide that, but we can't forecast it any better than your teams can. And so that's the that's the reason we have to stick with what we know, not what we think. >> I'm an auditor, so trends are a big part of my job. And I think John and I discussed later about trends and I'm still having a hard time understanding how this is. >> Thank you, Council M. Council member. >> Thank you, your honor. Thank you, Mark, for being here. Thank you for answering these questions, especially kind of on the spot. It's obvious that you're very passionate and knowledgeable about this as was John. When you were going through all this, I was like, >> was like, man, John has hit his flow. This is I could tell that you were really loving this. I love you. Um, but I echo the passion of the of my fellow council members here. Um, but just to just completely play this out so that me and the two people watching tonight. Oh, there's nobody watching. But maybe if one day somebody watches, but thank you Lindsay for taping this. So, what happens? Play this out for me, right? We push back. We say no. What hap what does the Met Council do? What do we do? How do we get our hands slapped? Is it is it funding? Is it a lawsuit? Is it what what happens? >> Well, so >> we say no, but now >> um that will go to our staff. >> Whether there are opportunities today, again, I'm speaking as a policy maker, not as a member of that committee. Um, I will assume they will look at it, but for the reasons I've said, I wouldn't I wouldn't think that immediate passage is going to make an immediate change. Um, I think it will strengthen your position on potential changes as the city itself changes that we do annexation and we change those orders. That could be just another reminder to staff, you know, okay, they really want to reexamine this, but I don't think the resolution itself is going to make a change today. If things stay the way they are, then resolution or not, right now, I'm expecting you're going to have the seven uh population density guidance or seven housing units per acre. Again, you still have your land use definitions. Doesn't mean everything has to be seven or greater. You have land use where you might say, "Hey, this is medium density, which is I think it's not 100% positive, but you build a medium density. You throw some town homes in there, too. You might help give yourself some buffer from a bigger hit down the road, but you will probably have development opportunities that will also be high density with infill in the in the heart of the city. It's it's a jump, but it's not like tomorrow or the day that the town plans get adopted that everything is seven or eight. Your land use is going to dictate what is built in what density in what parts of the city. End of the day though that has to average as you build out. If it were to all get built out, it needs to average to sub. >> What happens if it doesn't? >> Then it doesn't follow you've got to follow the land use guidance. You can't build low density development if your land use says high. Okay? >> And if you use up all the low density because everyone wants one acre lots, you're going to be pushing yourself into medium and high density developments pretty quick. >> Sorry if I'm in the weeds here. >> Yeah. John, when we build a development, is there not ordinance that states the developer has to give so much footage garbage to a property. Right. >> Right. We have minimum lot size require. >> Thank you. What is that? >> Depends on the zoning districts. We have single family ones that are different from town homes and multiple families. >> So, I'm looking for your expertise. I think we all are >> on this issue. Madame Mayor, I stand by my position. I wish we had more support, frankly, from our representative from Metropolitan Council on this one. I I don't believe that I believe that asking staff, which I appreciate. I haven't seen a position taken from him on this one to advocate for us, which I believe is disappointing, but that's the way it is. tonight. I'm not I'm not real confident of anything moving forward that's going to change this tonight, which is very disappointing to me considering that the uh the deadline was was not that far missed on this one and the implications are large and I believe they are compared to other comparable cities. I think I forward arguments. I've had many meetings with Metropolitan Council staff and they were where I'm at right now essentially is we will have to do this. We can do this. It's not preferable. I believe it's not being treated fairly. And I think I'm done with my soap box. >> I appreciate that, John. And Mark, I just want to say you're our representative. You should be hearing what this council is fighting for and you should be advocating for us to reiterate what John just stated. and I've been in communication with staff behind the scenes from December with our first emails. I agree with our staff's interpretation as it is. I we can differ on whether missing the deadline by one day or or one month is debatable, but we missed the deadline for the appeal. That was a big one. Um, but at the same point, we only met in person today. So, my promises haven't had a lot of time to deliver on it, but I will be meeting with staff um to find a way to see if we can use your future annexation to help alleviate some of the density challenges that you would have with your current. from everything you told us. Thank you. I still feel like um but even if we had not justified it a day before we had it doesn't sound like you or staff would have agreed with us anyway. Is that again if you appeal there's a lot of appeals that go on in my 23 communities and staff met with all of them and there were adjustments made along the way with all of those communities. Um an appeal also would have given you the option to go all the way into the court center to get outside. Um would staff have looked at it differently? I can't speak for staff and if other things would have come up in those discoveries and those appeals potentially, but I I I can't hypothesize what would have happened if that happened. >> But you've also just told us that you don't really historical information anyway. So I guess >> when we're making a 30-year plan, we we base it off of the facts today. >> Thank you, Council Member. Council member House. Thank you very um developments community or proposed developments. >> Council member, I I don't believe so. The way I understand our metropolitan council staff is this goes into effect at that deadline date of December of 28. So for example, Pleasant Valley farms would not be impacted by this, but it will have impact as we >> thank you council member house. Any other discussion? >> Oh, sorry. >> Sorry. All those in favor of the motion state by saying I. I >> I opposed to that motion state by saying name. >> That motion prevails. >> Thank you, Representative. >> Uh tonight under administration. Thank you, John. Tonight under uh administration, we do have a P bus update as usual, the first meeting of the month. Dan, >> thank you, Mayor and Council. um monthly PAS update. Obviously, construction continues. Uh there are two different uh construction companies on the first phase of the A1 excavating. Uh started they they paused over the winter, but they came back starting a couple of weeks ago. Um uh and construction resumed. Uh they the last couple of weeks have have all but completed boarding in the uh two water lines and I believe as of today they were needing to close and detour the road in order to connect those two lines. So construction continues on the raw water. Uh Magne construction the other contractor working on the site continues doing underground excavation and pipe installation. This is expected to compete in early into mid April. Everything's weather permitted. Uh we expect uh according to reporting on schedule in mid April, so a couple weeks out. Um we are presently scheduling meetings with key legislators uh this month to discuss our state bonding request. Uh and uh last piece I have is uh uh that um we have had a couple of close session meetings to discuss potential environmental mitigation uh and any action on that is that I can take questions. >> Any questions council? >> Okay. Also under administration, we will be going into a closed meeting pursuant to Minnesota statute 13B.05 subdivision 3B for attorney client privilege communication litigation for pizza on 50th and fence inc Dva Carbon's Pizza of Hastings versus City of Hastings. First, we'll do any reports and announcements. Then we'll go into closed session afterwards. We'll briefly return to open session to formally adjourn the meeting. We will also go into a closed meeting pursuant Minnesota statute 13b.05 subdivision 3B for attorney client privilege communication pending litigation for environmental litigation. Council, any announcements? I do have a few. Hang on. One sec. Okay. This Wednesday, April 8th, the city of Hast or I'm sorry, uh, Hastings Chamber of Commerce host the state of community with presentations and discussion by the city and the school district. We recognize next week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. We thank Dakota 911 for their service to our community. The Friends of Mississippi or I'm sorry, Pleasant Hill Library used book sale is April 16th to the 19th. Meetings coming forward. Wednesday, April 8th, the Arts and Culture Commission has been cancelled. Thursday, April 9th, there is a 6:00 p. p.m. Hedra meeting. Monday, April 13th, 6:00 p. p.m. There is a planning committee meeting and a 700 p.m. planning commission meeting. Tuesday, April 14th, 7 a.m. Joint Powers Committee meeting. Thursday, April 16th, 6:30 p.m. Public Safety Advisory Commission. Monday, April sec 20th, 5:30, City Council Workshop, joint meeting with the school board. 700 p.m. council regular meeting. All those in let's see uh I will seek a motion to close the sorry on the wrong page. Okay. Closed door session. Uh the city council meet in close session for an attorney client privilege discussion of litigation strategy regarding pizza on 50th and friends inc. DBA carbon in Hastings versus City of Hastings. City Attorney Cydia Kirchoff to present confidentially as necessary in order to allow a candid and open discussion with the city council about litigation, including defense strategies and possibilities for resolution. Such a discussion happening in open session, would jeopardize the city's legal position. Closing the meeting is authorized by Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3B. I will therefore seek a motion to move into closed door meeting on that basis. Council member Campbell council member house has a second. All those in favor of the motion state by saying I. >> I post for that motion say by saying. City House will now move into closed door session. No voting will occur and no action will be taken in the closed door session.