This transcript has been processed and speaker names have been assigned based on the provided context and the procedural flow of the meeting. [0:00] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Okay, let's call the meeting to order and stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:25] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Please. **Joe Peterson:** Council Peterson here. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler here. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly here. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla here. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet here. Uh do any councilors have announcements this evening? Uh we have no public hearings. Uh communications are on file. No presentations. We are on number eight public discussion. This is the time for individuals to address the council about items not on the agenda. We ask that you limit your time to three minutes per person. If you're here for an item that's on the agenda, there will be a public discussion during that time. So, if anybody wishes to address the council at this time, please step forward to the podium and start with your name and address. [1:20] **Tim Resburg:** My name is Tim Resburg 8646. I come here to ask questions about the project that's going in the southwest section of Hermantown between the Morris Thomas Road and the St. Louis River Road and the Midway Road. [1:46] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Okay. Is that mic on there? It is. It is. I got your your first name is Tim. [1:46] **Tim Resburg:** Yes. Okay. And the question is asking we know people in the area know that the substation is being rebuilt. That's not the question. It's what the database project that's coming in there and we would like to have the city council give us some information about that. And uh so far we haven't heard from anybody and we asked the zoning commission and they said they don't know anything about nothing about the zoning that's coming into their slight business management and we would like to know it's people from that area about the letters that people are getting about having their residents bought out and uh this Mortonson herdant project. They're the one that's going to be building it. And basically, we like to know who's going to be buying out these residents and are they going to be forced to sell their homes. And uh I got an article out of Star that uh it was during our zoning committee, planning and zoning commission on March 18th with no members of the public speaking and there was there was about four of us here, maybe five. I got up and asked about it, but the paper said no. I don't know why that was put in there like that. And then uh could you tell us what databases is going in that that project? [3:49] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Well, first let's start with the Hermantown Star. We can't tell them what to print or not to print. Uh you can ask and get copies of the of the official minutes of any meeting. [3:49] **Tim Resburg:** I did. It went to the star and this was uh from the city council. Okay, I got the article right here if you just want to look at it. But we were just wondering why they would put that in there when I talked to the star. Okay. Well, and uh we'd also like to know about this Mortonson building. Is that uh city publications for? Oh, this came from the builders and planning and zoning commission under 5D. 14 parcels totaling 320 acres quadrant southwest quadrant of the Morris Thomas road midway road and uh also had a be with the the St. Louis County Road and I got all the locations of the people's home that are there and we would like to know what's going on and uh if you could give us an idea what's going on it would be awful because you guys are the ones that started this to to be uh as diplomatic as possible. [4:58] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** I'll let our city administrator address that question. [4:58] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Well, you're you're asking a number of questions. One is um no one's being forced to uh sell their home. Um we know that there are private land transactions going on there. Um we don't know all the details of that, but we do know that somebody is acquiring uh property. They're not being it's it's not it's not the city's action. It's simply uh a private land transaction. [5:45] **Tim Resburg:** So what you're saying if then people don't sell they can still keep their homes and that stuff there. [5:45] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** That's entirely within their right to do. Yeah. [5:45] **Tim Resburg:** Because up on the solar I think that was mostly empty. They wiped out the homes up there to the extent that um Minnesota Power um is acquiring property. [6:04] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** They do have the ability of eminent domain if they need to do that. [6:04] **Tim Resburg:** Up at the old Davis far that's out of the city limits and the solar vehicle and they MPNL was planning. Yeah. And uh solar power. [6:04] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yeah. I can't I can't speak to Minnesota Powers uh plans. They a utility does have the ability to do eminent domain, but that's not the city in involvement at all. [6:04] **Tim Resburg:** This isn't from MPNL. is for this Amazon, not Amazon, but this database company that wants to move in. [6:04] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** That's a private land transaction. That's entirely up to them. [6:39] **Tim Resburg:** But these are the ones that Okay, I guess because guess that was in the paper, the Star paper when we found out about that the southwest section of Hermantown is going to be reszoning. [6:54] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** There are a number of properties currently on the um agenda that are being resoned. All of those properties that are being reszoned are either owned by Minnesota Power or their uh land company, the Renfeld Land Company. [6:54] **Tim Resburg:** No, I'm talking about the ones these people for their houses on the west side of Midway Road and they got all the parcel numbers right here from the zone. [7:27] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Again, those parcels are all parcels that are owned by the Minnesota Minnesota Power or the Rental Land Company. [7:27] **Tim Resburg:** Well, as far as some of them say that they they're people, they own that. So, it's 3 28 acres or whatever it was there that I mentioned. And MPNL doesn't have all that. They do not own the Midway Road and they do not own all the way up on the St. Louis River Road. Those are private homes in that. And the same thing with the Morris Thomas road. [8:06] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** I'd have to look at your list, but the land that is being proposed to be reszoned tonight is all owned by the Randel Land Company or Minnesota Power. [8:06] **Tim Resburg:** Okay. Well, I'm just bringing this up because uh there was another thing in here with the news tribune. Minnesota lawmakers are squabbbling over the data centers in Minnesota. And I don't know if you guys ever get the news on the paper if he's ever read it, but it's both Republicans and Democrats talking about the status and it's going in there up at the substation because of the power they need. And then one of the biggest problems is too at this data piece they generate an awful lot of heat and they have to be air cooled and that's one of the reasons why they're coming into Minnesota and that because of our cold weather in the winter time it'll cut down on their air conditioning. Now, in order to air condition them databases, on an average, it'll require anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 gallons of water a day. And we want to know when they put that in there, where this water is coming from, if the city council is going to allow this. And we've heard that they're going to put a new tower up by Pike Lake on the Midway Road and they were going to send that water line down to this database. No. Did you know anything about that? [9:41] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** We do not have any application for uh what you refer to as a database. Um at this point in time, so you don't know anything. The city has talked about the possibility of extending water to the southwest part of the city because we believe as part of the comprehensive plan that um it is a prime source for development for industrial uses because of the transportation, the railway and the electricity. [10:26] **Tim Resburg:** Well, as of now, the electrical substations have never needed that much water, and the railway doesn't need that. [10:26] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** No, but we we believe those two things might lend itself to development in that area. [10:26] **Tim Resburg:** But but everybody seems to know except for zoning and city council right now, what you're saying is that you don't know nothing about this database. [10:26] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** There's nothing that I can share about this at any about any of that at this point in time other than what is publicly known. [10:26] **Tim Resburg:** It is our homes and our zoning that you're changing and you don't want to say anything about it. [11:03] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** We're not changing zoning on anybody's um homes tonight. [11:03] **Tim Resburg:** Well, it's going to late business and manufacturing. [11:03] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Not on anybody's homes tonight. The only properties that are being resoneed tonight are owned by Minnesota Power and the um Renfeld Land Company. [11:03] **Tim Resburg:** So in other words, it's Mortonson deal with the Hermantown project. You just have no idea what that is. [11:03] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Nothing that we can talk about. No, we don't know. [11:03] **Tim Resburg:** Why can't you talk about it to tell us residents out there what's going on in our own? [11:03] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** If a private land owner, if a private company wants to buy land, that's not the city's business because they may or may not be doing something. We don't know that for sure. [11:03] **Tim Resburg:** Well, evidently you just have to know something because you changed the zoning board. [11:43] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** We are proposing to change the zoning on Minnesota Power and Renfeld Land Company's land. [11:43] **Tim Resburg:** Whose land? [11:43] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Minnesota Power or the Renfeld Land Company. [11:43] **Tim Resburg:** The Renfeld. Renfeld. Who are they? [11:43] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** That's the company that's owned by Minnesota Power. That's their land division. [11:43] **Tim Resburg:** Yeah, we're talking not talking about the substation because we know that's already been taken care of. And we're talking about the residents that get— [12:29] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Sir, we're approaching 11 minutes and a three-minute limit. And we do have a bunch of other business tonight. Will you have the option of sticking around after the council meeting and talking to us? [12:29] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** And uh we I'll be sticking around and be willing to share anything I can with you at that time. But the motion that's on the table tonight that we we will get to later is involving no one's home. It's the Renfeld Land Company and Minnesota Power only. [12:29] **Tim Resburg:** I was just looking for a question on either yes or no about the data piece. [12:29] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** We we don't have any information about any data base thing at this time. [12:57] **Tim Resburg:** Well, it's it's nice that you do. I— [13:05] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak to the council? Please start with your name and address. [13:05] **Marissa Kling Eisen:** Hi, my name is—Is this on? Can you hear me? Okay. Uh, my name is Marissa Kling Eisen. Um, I live in Payton Acres, 3932 Teal Lane. Just had two questions for you guys. Um, I wasn't quite sure who to ask, so I figured this would be the spot to come. Um, when we bought land, they said that there would be sidewalks throughout the development and we're in the third cul-de-sac. The first two do have sidewalks. Ours has like a partial sidewalk. It's like the first few houses and then it doesn't go all the way through. So, just before we uh finish our landscaping, we were curious if the sidewalk was going to be finished. And then the second question, just this spring we've noticed that there's a lot of water drainage at the end of the cul-de-sac. Um, a ton of water runoff and it pools to the point where it's like freezing almost like a lake. So I just think about we're about to have our first child soon and just with the school bus and walking out there. I haven't even felt comfortable walking out there because there's so much water where it freezes and it's really slippery. So, those are just my two questions to look into. [14:35] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mr. Mulder, maybe we could ask Mr. Johnson those questions. [14:35] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Well, I I didn't I don't know the exact status of that, but like some of that work is in progress. Okay. Um but we'll take a look at the drainage issue with the city engineer. [14:35] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Perfect. Yeah, exactly. As Mr. Moulder just mentioned, um there's uh a few uh projects under these previous phases that are still in various processes that way. [14:35] **Marissa Kling Eisen:** Okay, perfect. [15:10] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** And I know that the water at the end of that cul-de-sac, that's been something the city engineer has been looking into. Okay, perfect. And the sidewalk you're not sure on or sidewalk, I have to look at the plans. Generally, how it works out is we we don't do a full all the way around the the cul-de-sac and come back again. We usually bring it around a certain portion of it. Okay. So, I would just double check the plans and see how it relates to your home, but we can get back to you about that as well. [15:10] **Marissa Kling Eisen:** Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. [15:10] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Is there anyone else that wishes to speak to the council tonight? [15:32] **Mike Ralph:** Mike Ralph 5781 St. Louis River Road. Now I got here your agenda as March 18th. This is your agenda 5C. Your zoning ordinance text amendments by the city of Hermantown amending chapter 5 section 535 business and light manufacturing pertaining to communication service facilities. Oh, what does that tell you? Letter from Mortonson. Mortonson is looking to buy houses and property in the area of Morris Thomas Road, St. Louis Lewis River Road, and Midway Road and the site selection is for an industrial project in Herman Town in the area of of that. Mhm. You don't know anything about it? Not anything that's buying up land. This ain't this ain't um the MPNL um thing. This is something completely different cuz all those uh partials that were bought already in the houses are tearing down. That is MPNL's uh addition for their substation. Now this is completely different. two letters now here saying that it's for a communication communication center and and we don't know nothing about it. [16:57] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Okay, we do have a motion on our agenda later in the meeting to add the definition of communications center or communication facility to the list of uses in the ordinance, but that does not designate any area at this time. If you'd like to stick around for that. [16:57] **Mike Ralph:** Thank you. [17:44] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Is there anyone else that wishes to speak to the council? Last opportunity for general public comment. If anyone wishes to speak to the council, please step to the podium and start with your name and address. Hearing none, we will move on to the consent agenda. Consent agenda is minutes approval or correction of the April 7th, 2025 city council continuation minutes and accounts payable approved general city warrants from April 1st, 2025 through April 15, 2025 in the amount of 2,799,999.15. Is there a motion related to the consent agenda? [18:47] **John Geissler:** Motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion to approve by councelor Gistler. Is there a second? **Joe Peterson:** I'll second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Peterson who just made it. Roll call, please. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is ordinance 2025-10, an ordinance amending chapter 2 definitions. This is a second reading. Do we have a motion? [19:19] **Andy Hjelle:** Motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Jelly. Is there a second? **Brian LeBlanc:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Leblah. Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Uh maybe Eric can express—Johnson. **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. Um before us, like as you previously mentioned, this is uh an amendment to chapter 2 definitions adding communication facilities to that language. Uh basically as the city finalizes its comprehensive plan, there have been discussions at the staff level as well as with our consultant on potential language or use updates to the city's zoning ordinance. Uh as we're aware in the plan in the uh comprehensive plan, we're looking at this portion of the city uh as a potential light industrial type of use uh given the uh roadway system down there as well as the electrical possibilities and the rail railroad as well. Uh for instance uh this previous comprehensive plan was done in 2001 and then since then um we've been updating language as we move along and we think as things become uh more evident. Uh once again as um business light manufacturing light industrial uses continue to evolve through the years. We thought it just was a good proactive that we'd be able to add communication facilities to our definitions and then look into where these could occur at a later date. [20:44] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Any questions from council? So this change in definitions does not set a specific area for that definition to be applied to. [20:44] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** That is correct. that would that would happen at a different uh zoning associated with that at a later date and that would change zoning which would go through the planning and zoning commission which would allow for the possibility of public input on those additions or changes. [20:44] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Yes, that is correct. It would have a public hearing of planning and zoning and then action before the city council. Thank you. Any questions or comments again from council? Is there any public input on this ordinance definition change? If so, please step forward to the podium and start with your name and address. Any public input on item 25-10? Is there any input to the council on ordinance 25-10, an ordinance amending chapter 2 definitions? Roll call, please. **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councelor Lebla. **Brian LeBlanc:** I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Busher, I. Now we have ordinance 2025-12, an ordinance amending title two of the Hermantown city code by amending the official zoning map. Is there a motion? [22:23] **Andy Hjelle:** Motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion to approve by councelor Jelly. Is there a second? **John Geissler:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Gistler. Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Should we have Mr. Johnson explain this one? **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Yes, please. Mr. Johnson. **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you again, Mr. Mayor. Um, as we had previously spoke about, the city of Hermantown is working and finishing up our update to the comprehensive plan. As part of that work, uh, we're looking at the southwest corner of the city, uh, to look at light industrial type of use. So, there are 14 parcels in that portion of the city that are either owned by Minnesota Power or the Renfield Land Company. They are the uh, the owners of that property and they're primarily utility-based business that way. So these subject parcels are currently within the S1 suburban zoning district and so although public utility services are permitted use within that zoning district um i.e. the substation their Minnesota power substation use does not really align with your typical zoning. So in order to align the zoning with the comprehensive plan, the city is proposing the resoning of these 14 parcels to that business and light manufacturing which more accurately describes the nature of those parcels. [23:38] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this ordinance? Is there anyone from the public that wishes to comment on 2025-12? Is there any public input on the ordinance amending the title two of the Hermantown city code by amending the official zoning map? Roll call, please. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Busher, I. Next are resolutions. Resolution 2025-64. Resolution approving premises permit application for the Odd Shrine of Hermantown to allow lawful gambling at the Odd Shrine Event Center. Is there a motion? [24:39] **John Geissler:** Move to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion to approve by councelor Gistler. Is there a second? **Joe Peterson:** I'll second that. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Peterson. Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Um so China has asked um made an application to for gambling um at that location. Um they have to make an application to the state of Minnesota as well, but the state of Minnesota requires that the um city um make that approval as well. So we're recommending that you would allow lawful gambling at the odd shrine. [25:09] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from council? Hearing none. Is there any public input on this resolution? Do we have any public input on resolution 2025-64? Is there any public input on the resolution approving a premises permit application for the Odd Shrine of Hermantown to allow lawful gambling at the Odd Shrine Event Center? Roll call, please. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Busher, I. Next is resolution 2025-65. Resolution receiving bids and approving award of contract to Collins Roofing and sheet metal for the labor and materials necessary to repair the Hermantown public works building roof. Is there a motion? [26:08] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Peterson to approve. Is there a second? **Brian LeBlanc:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Lebla. Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Um in the winter of 2022, we had a considerable amount of snow um and we had some damage to the roof at the public works building. Uh we've been working through the insurance companies um and then we went out and sought bids um for the replacement. This would uh replace the roof and the insulation um and uh provide a new roof to the public works building. [26:40] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Hearing none. Is there any public input on this resolution? Do we have any public input on resolution 2025-65? Is there any public input on the resolution receiving bids and awarding a contract to Collins Roofing and sheet metal? Roll call, please. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is resolution 2025-66, resolution approving comprehensive plan update as prepared by Haulingston Kegler Group Incorporated. Is there a motion? [27:39] **John Geissler:** Motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Gistler to approve. Is there a second? **Andy Hjelle:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Jelly. Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Um, this has been a long process and a lot of work has been done. Um, and Eric really has done a lot of the heavy lifting. Um, so I'm going to let him uh finish this project um and explain it to you. **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you very much, Mr. Moulder, and Mr. Mayor. So, as Mr. Moulder alluded to, this project, it started back in the summer of 2022 with HKGI. It's a little easier to say than their full name. I I I grant you that. So, uh, I'll give you a little bit of a background just to help the people in the audience here as well. So as part of that process to initially start off there was a formation of a 10-person advisory committee. This consisted of local business owners, local residents to really to obtain their input and uh ideas as we move through that comprehensive plan process. In addition, the city held multiple public engagement opportunities. We're at Summerfest uh chamber meetings uh public open house here at city hall and had a very uh successful online comment map associated on their city's website as well. Uh in addition, we also had multiple presentations to the park board planning and zoning as well as a couple uh presentations here to the city council as well. So to help everyone out, this is a seven-chapter update to our comprehensive plan. Uh we cover chapters such as plan, purpose and vision, backgrounds and trends, natural resources and recreation, land use, economic and housing development, transportation, utilities, and most importantly implementation. So uh to touch on a few of the major updates associated with this comprehensive plan uh right now the city uh really is pretty straightforward is that we have three residential zoning districts. We have commercial and we have light industrial. So as part of this comprehensive plan we look to broaden that uh list of uh potential land uses associated with it. Uh bringing in ideas such as mixed-use development. In that case you could have developments that included housing, commercial office, maybe even some light industrial uses that way. provide some more opportunities, flexibility for some of these undeveloped properties within the city uh as we go further into this uh process. Right now, the comprehensive plan really serves as the backbone for the the zoning associated with it. So, the next step will be to continue to work with HKGI as we dive down deeper into the zoning code analysis. Uh basically updating uh any of these existing sections that we have and perhaps drafting new uh zoning sections as well to reflect some of these changes that way. So, uh it's been a very long process. We had great engagement and uh really look forward to taking the next step associated with this. [30:17] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Uh Mr. Johnson, there will be a followup to this where specific zoning things may happen and change over the next few years and those would all be done through planning and zoning. [30:17] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** That is correct. Yes, we would start with the planning and zoning process, publicly notice those so we could obtain input from residents and then once again come to city council. [30:17] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Any other questions from council? Is there any public input on the resolution approving the comprehensive plan update? There any public input on resolution 2025-66? Last opportunity for public comment on the resolution approving the comprehensive plan update. Roll call, please. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. And only four to go. Resolution 2025-67, resolution approving a special use permit for grading and filling within a natural shoreland overlay area. Do we have a motion relating to this? [31:34] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion to approve by councelor Peterson. Is there a second? **John Geissler:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Gistler and Mr. Moulder. Should we have Mr. Johnson address this? **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes, please. **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you again. Uh this is a 1-acre property located at 4264 Ugstad Road. For the most part, this is generally on the east side of the street uh from the Hermantown Essential Wellness Center. Uh in the front part of this property, there is a tributary to the Rocky Run. As you drive by it, it really seems to be a built ditch, but it is in fact a tributary to the Rocky Run. So because of that, there is a shoreland area associated with this. all the properties along this area that are looking for either additions, creating and fill activity, new construction, etc., uh, go through this special use process. We did this for the Hermantown Arena, we did this for the wellness center, and now before us is this property at 4264. So, what the applicant is looking for is doing an addition to his primary structure, i.e. his home. And what he's doing is on the rear of the home, there's going to be an addition. That part of the portion—the site is outside of the shoreland—but there is a 450-square-foot addition on the south side which does fall within that shoreland area. So associated with that work there'll be 750 square ft approximately of shoreland impact and uh we're required to go through this process per our basically state statutes with the Minnesota DNR. [33:02] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council hearing? None. Is there any public input on this resolution? Is there any public input on resolution 2025-67? Is there any public input on the resolution approving a special use permit for grading and filling within a natural shoreland overlay area? Roll call, please. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is resolution 2025-68. Resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and city clerk to execute and deliver a development agreement with JLG Enterprises of Hermantown LLP for Payton Acres Phase 3. Do we have a motion? [34:04] **Brian LeBlanc:** Move to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion to approve by councelor Leblah. Is there a second? **Andy Hjelle:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Jelly. Mr. Moulder, is this another one for Mr. Johnson? **John Mulder (City Administrator):** It is. **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Thank you again. Appreciate it. Uh this is the phase three development agreement. It outlines the requirements of the infrastructure work associated with this phase of development. Uh this is an eight lot, one outlot subdivision. For this, uh, the eight lots will be uh R3 residentially zoned project or properties. The outlot is for future phase associated with Payton acres. So this development agreement covers sidewalks, water and sanitary sewer mains as well as the roadway associated with that project. Uh the storm water for this particular phase was already handled as part of the phase 2 work. So that is already in place that way. That's anticipated that this phase three is going to run through the 2025 and 2026 construction seasons. [35:07] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from council? Hearing none. Is there any public input on this resolution? Any public input on resolution 2025-68? Any public input on the development agreement with JLG Enterprises of Hermantown LLP for Payton Acres Phase 3. Roll call, please. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is resolution 2025-69, resolution authorizing and directing Mayor and City Clerk to execute an acceptance of easement agreement to the city of Hermantown from James and Susan Samberg for the Hermantown Trail project. Is there a motion? [36:07] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Peterson to approve. Is there a second? **John Geissler:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Gistler. Uh Mr. Moulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Should we have Miss Crego answer this one? **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Yes, please. **Trish Crego (Utility and Infrastructure Director):** Is it off? Is it on? Thank you. This property is located on Johnson Road and um has an existing 20 foot easement for trail on it. And this would be just an additional 20 ft um to the the east of the existing. And the Sambergs have agreed to let us have that. Thank you. [36:26] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Are there any questions on this from council comments? Is there any public input on this resolution? Any public input on resolution 2025-69? Any public input on the acceptance of an easement agreement for the Hermantown Trail Project? Roll call, please. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is resolution 2025-70, resolution authorizing application for and if successful, acceptance of a Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant from Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in the amount of up to $325,000. Is there a motion? [37:47] **John Geissler:** Motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by Councelor Gistler to approve. Is there a second? **Joe Peterson:** I'll second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Peterson. Mr. Moulder, should we have our economic development director handle? **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Let's have uh Chad, our economic development director. **Chad Ronchetti (Economic Development Director):** Mayor Buchet, counselors. Uh this is an application to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for a grant of up to $550,000. Uh this we have decided to only apply for 325,000 uh given uh our somewhat lower competitive nature uh in the grant round. Um the the application and funding if awarded would be used for a potential housing project uh being evaluated uh on a parcel that the city owns—a city sponsored infrastructure project for that housing development. Uh we there is no obligation of more money for this grant uh from the city. We're using the cost of the land at uh 580,000 or 530,000 uh to be the the matching resource for the grant. So no additional funding needing necessary to be applicable. Uh the only thing that the city is committing to beyond this is searching for and identifying additional funding uh to pay for the remainder of the infrastructure cost for the project should the project move forward. [39:11] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council hearing? None. Is there any public input on this resolution? Is there any public input on resolution 2025-70? Any public input on the resolution authorizing the application and acceptance of a greater Minnesota housing infrastructure grant? Roll call, please. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. Next is resolution 2025-71 resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and city clerk to execute and deliver a purchase agreement with Hane Wyn and Joel Parin. Do we have a motion? [40:22] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Peterson to approve. Is there a second? **Andy Hjelle:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Jelly. Mr. Mulder. **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Uh let's have Mr. Ronchetti explain this. **Chad Ronchetti (Economic Development Director):** Um this is a purchase agreement for uh a property on Johnson Road adjacent to that Morris Thomas property that uh that the city owns. Um we have made an offer which has been accepted uh by the by the current land owner. Uh and this approval would allow us to move forward with that acquisition. [40:57] **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Hearing none. Is there any public input on this resolution? Any public input on resolution 2025-71? Any public input on the resolution authorizing a purchase agreement for a parcel of land and home? Roll call, please. **John Geissler:** Councelor Gler, I. **Andy Hjelle:** Councelor Jelly, I. **Brian LeBlanc:** Councelor Lebla, I. **Joe Peterson:** Councelor Peterson, I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Mayor Bashet, I. And uh we have no move for a close session this evening. So we would entertain a motion to recess. [41:48] **Brian LeBlanc:** Move to recess. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Motion by councelor Lebla to recess. Is there a second? **Andy Hjelle:** Second. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Second by councelor Jelly. All in favor say I. **All Councilors:** I. **Wayne Boucher (Mayor):** Oppose, same sign.