Excuse me. All right. So close. We're still live. Close enough. >> Say hi. >> Yeah. >> Hi. >> There he just ticked over. >> Perfect. All right. Let's go ahead and call to order the regular meeting of the Oakdale City Council, August 12th, 2025. Sarah, will you please take the role? >> Council member Moore, >> here. Council member Morham >> here. >> Council member Severson >> here. >> Mayor Zabel >> here. Please join me for the pledge of >> allegiance. Algiance 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. >> All righty. The most important first step of every council meeting, approval of our agenda, so we can actually do some work. Uh, council members, we have an amended version in front of us. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda as amended? >> So move. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? And the agenda is adopted. Uh, three sets of meeting minutes in front of us tonight. First up, workshop meeting minutes from July 22nd, 2025. Uh, any changes or corrections? >> Look for a motion. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And the workshop meeting minutes are adopted. Uh we also have minutes from our regular council meeting on July 22nd, 2025. Any changes or corrections to these? >> I'll look for a motion. >> So move. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And those meeting minutes are adopted. Final set are special workshop uh meeting minutes from July 29th, 2025. How about these? Any changes or corrections? All right. Who wants to make the motion? >> So move. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And those workshop meeting minutes are approved as well. Riveting stuff right? >> Uh public hearing is next up on the agenda. We don't have one scheduled tonight. So we will move into open forum. Uh before we open up the floor, uh we want to recognize our acorn award winners. Uh so each year uh the city recognize or accepts nominations um from anybody uh to recognize properties in Oakdale that have well-maintained and nicely landscaped spaces. Uh before I announce this year's winners, I'd like to thank everyone who took time to submit a nomination. New this year, we offered uh an option with our Seclick Fix app uh where you can just take a picture of a property you like and submit it, which was pretty cool. Um we had a a great selection of uh nominations this year. So we want to thank everybody who took time to submit one of those nominations. Also, we want to thank the award committee for visiting the nominated properties and scoring them. Uh the city council was able to visit winning properties last week on August 5th. Uh and they are beautiful. Um as are all of the nominees, so we really appreciate that. Um thank you to our two winners for allowing us to come out and visit. We really appreciate uh your time and showing us around your beautiful properties. Uh I will read through both winners and then we will invite uh winners of each category to meet the city council up front and we'll grab a photo and we have a certificate for you as well. Uh our first category is business commercial and the winning property is the forefront technology and office campus. With a thoughtfully designed and well-maintained landscape, the Forefront Technology and Office campus located at 3510 Hopkins Place North creates a positive first impression. The beautiful landscaping includes a mix of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants, and rocks. This imp impressive property is a true asset to our community. Look how happy we look. Uh our second category is the residential category, and the winner this year is Rick Rubelki. Rick Rubelki's property is located at 7807 uh 18th Street North and showcases vibrant and overflowing colorful flowers and lush greenery. The variety of unique features, plants, and shrubbery, and immaculate details throughout the property show the care and pride Rick takes in his landscaping. Also beautiful. Uh, at this time, let's have our visitors from Forefront join us up front. One, >> Mr. Larson, thank you for joining us. A quick picture. >> All right, count of three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Thank you. >> Thank you, Lori. Thank you so much. [Applause] It's all done. All right, count of three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Thank you. >> Thank you. [Applause] All right. Uh once again, congrats to to our winners and to all of our nominees. Uh we know how much time uh energy and money uh people sink into their gardens and we really do appreciate it because it does make our commun uh community a very beautiful place. So, congrats to everybody again and thank you for everything you do uh to keep Oakdale beautiful. Uh we're still under open forum. This is the time on the agenda for anybody who wants to talk to us about anything. Uh feel free to step on up to the podium. Uh state your name and address for the record. Proceed with your comments. Um golden rule applies. That's all we ask. Believe me, I've been up here enough times where Welcome back Dan Zimlich Anna's Grove again. And congratulations on your garden. That looked beautiful. Mhm. >> And you too, sir. That's that really kind of kind of goes in what Oakdale is. Keep it beautiful. I have a diagram that you know years ago we all approved that next to Target that area is going to be all businesses. And I know things got changed and last year we approved either all businesses or businesses on a lower level and apartments. Last month I was here and I saw they I hate this hate to say this in a negative way. I took it as a slap to the face how they took out all the businesses, put this little itty bitty business in the corner and saying, "Oh, there's your little business. We're going to put all apartments in there." People are shocked to hear that. Wait, wait a minute. I thought it was supposed to be mixed businesses and apartments. So, I'm asking very nicely, please reject tonight. Let's redo it. Let's have the community happy because in 50 years that's how it's going to be for the next 50 years. And I want the businesses there. I mean, I know some people didn't want that tire shop, but you can put a tire shop there. I've been more than happy with that. My kids used Starbucks, AutoZone last week, Aldi's, Target. We use these businesses. I would like to have a few more businesses there. I like the convenience. long day at work. Oh, I got to go there. Okay, I'll just run few blocks over there and come back. So, please reject tonight because we got a lot of apartments already being built. We can compro I I'll even compromise. You want to mix the two, I won't put up much fight, but let's get more businesses with that apartment building or something. Of course, if you go all businesses, I'm all in. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Is there anybody else that would like to make comments under open forum tonight? >> Seeing none, we'll go ahead and move into consensus motions. Uh, council members, we have A through I in front of us tonight. I would like to pull E for individual consideration. Are there any others that uh any council member would like to pull for consideration? >> Mayor, I'd like to pull G. >> You got it. G. Uh, council members, any other ones? All righty. Can I get a motion to approve A through D, F, H, and I, as presented? >> I will make a motion to approve consensus motions A through D, F, H, and I, as presented. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion, a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And those motions are approved. Uh, I pulled item E. Item is a noise variance for JW Beer Stub um for an event in their parking lot uh September 5 through the 7th uh from the hours of 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Um do we have the applicant here by chance? I don't see Jim or Okay. Um I pulled this one. My concern with it is one, uh, September 7th is a Sunday night. Uh, allowing amplified sound in a um in an area next to a residential district until 11 p.m. feels unreasonable to me, especially since it's um during the school year. So, that is a concern. Second of all, every year it never fails. Anytime there's an event um an outdoor event hosted in the Bergen Plaza parking lot, we get a number of noise complaints. Um, I don't love the idea of 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night, but I I get it. It is a commercial district. So, um my suggestion or amendment for this item is to uh amend the hours of the noise variance on September 7th back to 10 p.m. instead of 11. Uh council members, are there any questions on that? >> Seems reasonable. >> Well, I guess my question would be if the applicant is already uh I mean they don't have the variance, right? But if they're in the process of booking bands and some of the timing affects things, would it make more sense to send it back to the applicant before we make any changes? >> Um, administratively timing, we would have one council meeting before that date. Uh, admittedly, I mean, it wouldn't change the times in my mind. So it kind it feels like it is what it is sort of and they would just have to adjust their bands accordingly. For me it feels like this would give them more time to work with their musical acts to make those adjustments. >> Sure. >> Um I mean in theory I would hope they haven't signed contracts because we could reject this outright, you know. So um >> and I do agree with on a Sunday night that's that is very late. >> Uh so if I make the motion make it 10 p.m. Yeah. I'm seeing some nods. Is there uh staff? Any Chris or Sarah? Any thoughts, concerns? Okay. >> Uh so I'm going to uh I'm going to make a motion to approve the noise variance for JW Beer Stub's Octoberfest tent uh which will be held in the parking lot of Bergen Plaza, 7121 10th Street North uh between September 5 and 6 for the hours of 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. and September 7th for 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Can I get a second? Do you have a second? >> Uh motion in a second. Any comments? Are we all clear? Any clarification needed? >> Uh all those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. And item E as amended is adopted. Uh item G. Council member Moore. >> Uh thank you. I really just want to table this. Honestly, I'd like to make a motion to table it so that we can address this a little more thoroughly in workshop. >> Perfect. Uh Council Moore makes a motion to table consensus item G. Is there a second? Second >> motion a second. Any comments? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. G is tabled. Uh we will send that over to staff to find time in our workshop calendars. Good luck. Um uh thank you. Uh advisory boards and commissions planning commission met on August 7th. Council member Severson, you are their liaison. What's up with our planning commission? >> Well, they certainly did meet last Thursday. Um the planning commission heard two public hearings on two developments. One is Oakdale Glenn at 7491 Stillwater Boulevard. That was a resoning and pre preliminary plat for that parcel. And they also had a held public hearing on the 9inth Street landing which is 7703 10th Street. Also resoning and preliminary plat. We had a large number of residents here on uh on that evening and spoke um about those two both of those um uh developments. Um I believe the planning commission ended up um deciding not to u recommend the Oakdale Glenn Stillwater Boulevard location and I believe they um they uh passed a resolution to to recommend the night straight Landing location. >> Perfect. Thank you, Gary. Uh, no other commissions met. So, award of bids, nothing tonight. Uh, so we'll move into staff reports. Community development has a few. Mr. Gizloff, welcome. Good evening, Mayor Council. Andy Gizloff, community development director. The first item before you tonight is a comprehensive plan amendment and a PUD amendment for forfront residential. Uh this project includes uh the development of up to 220 residential units including an apartment and town homes and a comp plan amendment would be um required to facilitate that from changing the land use from business campus to to high density uh residential. Um due to some initial concerns with sewer capacity in the area, city staff worked with engineering firm to analyze the sewer capacity for the area and did confirm that there is adequate capacity to support the 220 additional residential units. Um staff also finds that uh given policies and guidance in our comprehensive plan along with the location of the subject property adjacent to other existing residential that the um uh proposed amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan. Uh along with that review um there there are there are two requests. The first one or one of them is for the uh the comprehensive plan amendment. That amendment if if uh approved by council via resolution then goes to Met Council to ultimately review and approve and staff's been in initial conversations with them already and doesn't expect any issues with that. And the other action is is the passing of an ordinance number 952 which would would allow for the amendment of the of the PUD. Along with that amendment there um staff has identified seven conditions. Uh I will paraphrase those. Uh the first one being that developer uh shall obtain the conc comprehensive plan amendment as described above. Um second that the apartment dwelling shall be set back a minimum of 100 ft from the rightway of 36th street north and outlet A and the and the town homes may be situated within that 100 foot setback area. This is creating sort of a transitional zone um down to the other uh residential within within will within Willowbrook. Uh condition number three, the development including any large apartment dwellings and town homes shall follow the standards of the R4 highdensity residential district. Um number four, uh development should adhere to all actual development standards in the city uh code of ordinances chapter 25 article 10. Number five, town home shall adhere to exterior building material requirements for apartment building specified in city of Okto ordinance chapter 25 article 25-10. Um item six, the maximum number of residential units shall not exceed 220. And item seven, satisfaction of park data creation requirements in accordance with the city's adopted fee schedule. The planning commission did hear this request at their July 10th meeting, held a public hearing, and the commission did recommend approval. And as notable, there are two actions before council here this evening and I'm happy to answer any questions and the uh the applicant is also present here tonight. Thank you, Andy. Uh council members, any questions uh for And on any of the parts really, the comp plan amendment or the PUD amendment um or the ordinance, I suppose. >> How about questions for the developer or the landowner? >> You know, we got nothing. Uh, no. Uh, the developers come in and talked with council at our workshop before. So, um, and I don't think the plans have changed that much from what we've seen, if any. So, uh, all right, let's just jump right into the recommendations. Uh, council members, can I get a motion? I move we wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-78 approving a comprehensive plan amendment for certain property located within the forefront technology in office campus and authorizing city staff to submit the amendment to the metropolitan council. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Final comments. >> Council member Morham. >> Yeah, I will. Real quick and I appreciate the sewer study that was done. As density increases, no big deal. I do think a lot about making sure we can keep up with our water, with our sewer, and as a lot of these projects happen, um, things change over time, right? So, I think of just north of the ESP and the apartment there. At one point, that was going to be an apartment complex. Now, that's town homes going in. So, when we do these things, we think about the balance and making sure that the city can keep up with meeting the demands of these buildings. So, I appreciate that we did the study on the sewer capacity and that that's always front of mind to make sure that when we do add something new, we can meet all the the needs of the people here. So, that's what I wanted to say. >> I mean, who doesn't want to keep sewer front of mind, you know? Somebody has to We appreciate having you here. >> Someone has to think about it. >> Yeah, >> we appreciate that. Uh, any other comments? All right. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. And resolution 2025-78 is adopted. Next action. >> I move we wave reading and adopt ordinance number 952 pertaining to the 3M Imation planned unit development to allow multi-unit residential development on certain property subject to conditions. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Any comments? >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Ordinance uh 952 is adopted. Congratulations. Uh next agenda item, Max. Welcome. Walk us through Harland phase 2, please. >> Thank you, mayor and councel, and good evening. Max Losi, community development specialist. Uh, tonight AV development is requesting approval of a planned unit development amendment, preliminary plat, final plat, site, and site plan to enable a horizontal mixeduse development in the Oakdale Marketplace area. This would consist of a 160 unit multif family building and up to a 12,000q ft standalone multi-tenant commercial building. This development would be fully market rate and not income restricted. And the general area for the development is bounded by 33rd Street North, to the east by the target private drive, to the south by 32nd Street North, and to the west by Marketplace North. This project was initially presented to the city council at the February 5th, 2025 city council workshop where it received general support. The purpose of the PUD amendment here is to allow the horizontal mixeduse configuration. The Oakdale Marketplace planned unit development currently allows residential on this site if there is a commercial component present on the ground floor of the apartment building. Horizontal mixed use is a similar concept where residential and commercial uses are present on the same site but in different buildings. Staff is supportive of this request as it allows for many of the same benefits of vertical mixed use including shared parking, increased commercial space, and closer proximity to commercial destinations for multif family residents. Due to initial concerns with the lack of some mixeduse design features on the site, the developer plans have been updated to include more sidewalks, a more intentional walkway between the apartment building and commercial building, and additional gathering space. The commercial building was also shifted to the north to better activate 33rd Street North. As detailed in the staff report on final on file, staff finds that the PUD amendment, preliminary plat, final plat, and site plan requests are appropriate given the policies and guidance stated in the comp plan as well as the Oakdale marketplace amendments passed in 2024. Staff is recommending approval of the request c subject to certain conditions. There are nine conditions found in resolution 202579 for the preliminary and final plat. I'll summarize those now. Execution of a development agreement. Approval of an amendment to the Oakdale Marketplace planned unit development to allow a horizontal mixeduse configuration. Satisfaction of park dedication requirements by providing the city a payment of $452,000 $320.83 prior to recording the final plat. Execution of a public access easement over the existing trail on the site. obtaining approval from the city engineer for civil plans. Development shall be subject to a sewer availability searchcharge of $300 for residential units that will increase flow to the lift station above the amount in the comp plan to cover the cost of increased flow. The developer shall construct sidewalks at least 5 ft in width along the south side of 33rd Street North and the eastern edge of the site. The sidewalk on the eastern edge shall be set back at least 4 feet from the curb where possible. The final plat must be revised as necessary to meet all requirements of the city attorney's plat opinion and the permits and approvals must be obtained from other regulatory agencies and proof of approvals must be shown to the city prior to recording. There are 15 additional conditions of approval in resolution 202580 for the site plan. 10 of which are unique. I will uh read those out that are unique. Approval must be obtained from the fire department for the proposed hydrant locations. Provide details on ground and mechanical equipment and any external trash collection areas and screening. The developer shall relocate the trash collection area for the commercial building to a location acceptable to the city or provide a plan for a trash pickup that does not occur during drive-through hours. The phototric plan shall be revised to comply with the city's lighting requirements. The commercial building shall be set back more than 20 ft uh no further than 20 ft from the curb of 33rd Street. The commercial building shall be at least 10,000 square ft in size. The site plan shall be updated to align proposed curb cuts with existing curb cuts along 33rd Street North to the satisfaction of the city engineer. The commercial building will utilize four-sided architecture in accordance with resolution 202489 and the developer shall construct a pedestrian corridor between the commercial and multif family buildings. The planning commission did hear this request at their regular meeting on July 10th, 2025 and held the required public hearing. The commission recommended approval of the request. As a reminder, the developer is here in attendance. And with that, I'd be happy to take any questions regarding these requests. >> Council members, any questions for Max? >> Yeah, I've got a few. >> Absolutely. >> Um, I guess when it came to the planning commission, I believe there was two different site plan options listed, one with Tuck under commercial, one with the separate building. Did they address one over the other specifically at the planning commission or were they recommending approval of both plans and this is what the developer came forward with? Both are either, I guess. Yeah, >> both are either. So, this >> Yeah, you can't approve both. You can't do both. >> No, you gota you got to pick one or the other. And I I understand that. I'm just curious if uh during that conversation there was anything specific to one site plan over the other that was discussed. >> Um, council member, uh, just to clarify it to clarify, are you referring in the council workshop how there was the vertical mixeduse and the horizontal options? Yeah, I suppose and I wasn't at the planning commission meeting for this, but were both options presented during planning or just this option presenting during planning? >> I can answer that. Um, at the planning commission, just one site option was offered. Uh, the horizontal mixeduse where they're in two separate buildings. >> Some of the reasoning behind that is that in this part of the metro, the developer stated that it can be very hard to obtain financing for vertical mixed use where the commercial's on the first floor. uh many of the banks won't underwrite that and it can be difficult to achieve. >> Sure. I remember that conversation and I think in your conditions you answered one of my other questions is it said up to 12,000 square foot for the commercial but was wondering what the minimum was and I believe it was 10,000 ft minimum. >> That's correct council member that was added to ensure that we are meeting a certain amount of commercial and that commercial gets built to a certain standard. >> Okay. Thank you. Those are my two questions. Uh, Max, I have a question. Um, feel free to punt it to the developer if you don't know the answer. Uh, what was the estimate of commercial square footage in the original the vertical configuration when council reviewed it? February, January. Do you happen to know that offhand? >> In the vertical configuration, I don't recall that off the top of my head. Um, I believe that the range offered for the horizontal was 10 to 18,000. Okay. >> In the original plans, I'll defer to the developer on that vertical configuration. >> Yeah, feel free. >> I was going to pull up my old packet, but it was like 28 megabytes on my phone, so that could take a while. >> Michelle, Shore View, Minnesota EV Development. And, uh, thank you, uh, mayor and council members. If I recall, I'm trying to recall back to February. I don't think we ever presented a ver in the vertical, right? It was always the horizontal with the apartment building and the separate commercial building. >> Okay. >> I don't think there was ever a presentation with the with it being one uh building. >> I seem to recall there was there was something I don't know if it was a rendering of what it would have been under the existing PUD. I think it was like going to be 8,000 square feet. >> Okay. >> If I again >> some reason because I I think it was just that far end. >> Yeah, it was it was the first floor. >> Yeah, it was the far end. >> Yeah, >> it was a rendering that we did, but then we said that's just for just discussion purpose, but we we focused on the the the separate uh commercial building. >> Mr. Mayor, as I recall, part of that first floor in that version was >> space required for a lobby. >> Yeah. >> Male >> pool or something. So, it wouldn't wouldn't have been the entire first floor that would have been retail. >> It would have been very small >> compared to what we can do with a separate building. >> So, the the horizontal configuration is actually more commercial square footage than the vertical would have been. Okay. Thank you. >> Uh, while you're here, I had another question. It just escaped me. Oh, it was uh impact on parking. So, the horizontal configuration. I remember there was a conversation about uh whether more parking was needed um with uh a detached uh commercial use and I think the consensus was at the at the workshop was there would be adequate parking to um accommodate commercial and multifamily. Nothing has changed. >> Nothing has changed. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, council members, any other questions for either the developer or for Max? >> No. >> Okay. Um, who would like to make the first recommendation? >> I'll make the motion. I I move we wave reading and adopt ordinance number 953 amending the Oakdale Marketplace plan unit development to allow a horizontal mixeduse configuration on a portion of outlaw A of Oakdale Marketplace third edition. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Final comments. >> Yeah, I'll make a comment. >> Council member Morham. >> Uh and it's just um the Harlem one apartment I took a tour of and is absolutely beautiful. My daughter on her school bus has already picked out which floor she's going to live in. I told her she's gonna have to save up a lot of money to do it. Um, but but that being said, right, it's been quite a journey from what our resident said, Dan, who came forward to this being commercial to this changing over time to the difficulty with adding commercial to now the new Oakdale with lots of houses, lots of things coming in. And really, what we do here is going to set the path for the next 50 years. So even though the development that you've done before is beautiful, um I do think that there really should be a consideration for more commercial in this space and I think that there's an appetite for it and even though historically there's been issues with getting more commercial um right across the road at Fefront, there's more and more people coming every day. In fact, just this week we as a a council got an email from a restaurant chain looking for land in Oakdale to develop. So, for that reason, even though the developer has done great for Oakdale in the past, I will be voting no on this resolution in hopes of something with more commercial in the future. >> Okay. Uh, any other comments? Did the motion, we did the second. Okay. Uh, comments. All right. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> No. >> And ordinance 953 is adopted. >> Uh, we have a resolution for prelim and final plat. Uh, can I get a motion? I'll move we wave reading adopt resolution 2025-79 approving a preliminary and final plat for Oakdale Marketplace 7th edition with conditions included in the attached resolution. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Final comments. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> No. >> And resolution 2025-79 is adopted. One more resolution. I move we wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-80 approving the site plan for Oakdale Marketplace 7th edition with conditions included in the attached resolution. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Final comments. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> No. >> And resolution 2025-80 is adopted. Uh thank you Max. Uh park system plan approval. Hallelujah. Is here finally Hannah. Welcome. Uh, we have been working on this for I'll let you do your presentation. I'm sure you covered it in there. Hannah welcome. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council. Hannah Dunn, community development specialist. Tonight, I am excited to present to you the final park system plan for approval. Over the past year and a half, the planning team, which consisted of city staff and our consulting partner, SR SRF consulting group, has been working to create a comprehensive park plan. The final product is a roadmap that will guide improvements to the city's park system for the next 20 years. The project began in January 2024 with the planning team reviewing previous plans and studies, conducting a demographic trends analysis, completing an inventory of parks, and doing engagement with the city council, the parks and recreation commission, and the community. This initial work was used by the planning team during a multi-day design sharet to develop preliminary concept plans for parks. The planning team then engaged the city council, advisory bodies, stakeholder groups, and the community about the concept plans. Following this engagement, uh, concept plan refinement occurred. Once the city council endorsed the refined concept plans, the planning team developed detailed cost estimates and a prior prioritization and phasing matrix which will be be utilized for future capital improvement plans. All of this work has culminated in the final park system plan document which is attached in the meeting packet. The chapters found in the plan summarize background information, detail the work that went into developing the plan, lay out recommendations, and provide the tools that will be used to help implement improvements such as the concept plans, cost estimates, and prioritization matrix. The plan will be instrumental in providing a park system that meets demand and the needs of the Oakdale community. I want to express gratitude to everyone who helped contribute to this project. Thank you to the city council, the parks and recreation commission who served as the lead advisory body, other advisory bodies including the environmental management commission and the economic development commission, stakeholder groups such as the Oakdale Athletic Association and Oakdale Wellness 50 plus and the public and community members who responded to surveys, talked to us at parks and stopped by our booth at events such as Summerfest and the farmers market. The final park system plan is a product of collaboration and the feedback, comments, and direction received were invaluable. With that, I'm happy to answer questions. >> Council members, questions for Hannah. I got one. How many total pages is this document? >> Hundreds. >> Hundreds. Hundreds. Um, and I think that's such an important point because uh when council first decided to go down this path, what seems like a very long time ago, it was. Um, we really recognized the need. um as we look at uh as we look at what our community is now, where it's been, and where it's going, we didn't have a cohesive plan addressing our needs in our parks. Um and this uh this endeavor had a lot of unique opportunities for our residents to really steer where our park system goes in the future, which is such a cool concept. Um, we were very fortunate that it it kind of followed a lot of design and influence from our residents around Willoughbrook Commons, which was the first new park in our city in I think 15 years plus. Um, and so it all seamlessly kind of came together. Um, my my comment on this is I just want to say thank you, you know, to to our amazing staff, Hannah. You did amazing work with this, our consultants, um, but most importantly, our residents. You know, this document truly reflects many, many, many um points of view um about what we want to see in our parks, what we feel like our parks should reflect who we are as a community and as people. Um also just where we want to position ourselves for the next 20 years, which is such a cool idea. um we don't we don't get to pull together a lot of bodies of work here that um looks at core functions of city government on a generational basis which is pretty cool. Um there is literally something for everybody in this parks plan. We we spent a lot of hours weighing all of the unique and um new features that could be in our parks. Um, so we hope our residents recognize all of the work that's gone into this and are excited for all of the changes that are coming. It's it's a 20-year plan. You know, there's a lot of things in here. We can't fund this obviously all at once, but the changes that our residents are going to see in these parks are a direct result of this plan and will be ongoing every year for the next two decades, which is pretty cool. So, um, I just want to say thank you to everybody that helped make this thing come to life because early on I was a skeptic. I didn't think it could be done because I thought it was uh too big of a lift and it wasn't and we got there and Oakdale will be a better community because of it. So, thank you Hannah. You did an amazing job. >> A great job. >> Uh other comments? We we really only have like an approval recommendation, so we can just open up the floor if anybody has questions or comments they'd like to make. >> Uh well, having come from the parks and rec commission, um >> biased. I am wildly biased and so so so excited. The work you guys put into this is just incredible and um I can't wait to see it um come to fruition year after year 20 years and beyond, right? Um I'm I'm just so excited to see community parks get attention and neighborhood parks get attention and to think about all of the um points of view that we considered as we went through this and as you went through this. Um I don't have a question. How can we thank you? Maybe that's my question. Just really incredible work. >> Right. >> Right. >> Don't start over. >> Just amazing. >> Absolutely. I echo the same thing. This is the amount of community feedback that went into this. All of us promoted the heck out of this thing. The city staff did. We brought it around to every principal in Oakdale and every school. We had kids telling us what kind of sidewalk they want cuz it works better for their scooters versus asphalt or like there's a million little pieces that go into it and it's really our identity as a city, right? These parks are a lot of what we're known for. We're Oakdale. So, as we roll this out, this is a framework. This is a plan, but I really encourage the community feedback to continue because if something new comes forward or there's a way that we can incorporate it into this larger plan, we should be and future council should be doing the same thing. So, I'm excited about it. >> I'll just add everything I wanted to say has already been said. This was a heavy lift. Well done. Uh I'm just happy that we have a roadmap for 20 years or so that future councils can follow and uh it it eliminates a lot of the future work. So, thank you. Well done. >> Uh one one final plug. Um, if there's anybody watching that is uh independ independently wealthy and you have an extra 15 million laying around, uh, we will name a park after you. Um, that'd go a long way in making this happen in two years versus 20. So, we'd appreciate that. Um, please. Um, with that, uh, I will make a motion to approve the Oakdale Park system plan as presented. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. That plan is adopted. Let's put it to work. >> Thank you, Hannah. >> Uh, engineering, we have signals. Traffic signals. Oo, that's a that's a fun one. >> Will we all stand up here and have the same kind of enthusiasm? >> Mr. Bachmire, welcome. Walk us through this please. >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. I certainly can't compete with Hannah, so I'll just jump right into the signal agreement. But this is an agreement we're asking to consider approving for the Gold Line BRT. It's the signal operations along that there are seven intersections that were signalized as part of the project. And this is a triparty agreement between Washington County, Met Council, and the city of Oakdale that really lays out that the Washington County will maintain the system, but the city will pay their share and Met Council will pay their share. We approached the negotiations with this but for philosophy that the signals that are installed because of the BRT should be paid for by the Met Council. And of the seven, there are four intersections that purely meet that uh standard. So the Met Council is paying for those four. There is one that was clearly the city of Oakdale signal. Um so the city is paying for that one. And then there were two intersections that are jointly shared between the Met Council and the city of Oakdale. Uh the recommendation is to approve the agreement. Authorize the mayor and city administrator to approve the agreement. With that, I stand for any questions the council may have. >> Council members, uh any questions for Brian? >> I have one. Is there anything left to be negotiated on this on on the goal line? Is that all done? Are we done? >> Not on the signals, but we have ownership of the infrastructure that we still have to negotiate. uh the maintenance of the storm sewer system, the street improvements. >> So that's all still unresolved. >> Public safety. Yeah, there's a number of other bridges. >> Mr. Mayor, Council Member, it's getting closer, though. We're making progress. Okay? >> Uh council members, any other comments? All right. Can I get a motion? >> I move we authorize the mayor and city administrators to sign the ownership, operation, and maintenance agreement on behalf of the city. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Any final comments? I'm only going to make one comment. Um, while I appreciate all the work that went into the butt for test, uh, my position has always been it does not go far enough. Um, I do not believe, and having been involved with this project for a very long time, that our residents should have any financial responsibility for infrastructure that only took place because of the BRT. So, for that reason, I'll be voting no. Um, and I assume I'll be voting no on any subsequent agreements as well. So, uh, we had a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I >> opposed. No. And that authorization is given. Thanks, Brian. >> Welcome. >> Uh, police department. Man, we have all the departments tonight. Everybody's got a little something. All right. Agreement with the school district for a school resource officer for the 2526 school year. Chief Newton, welcome. Thank you. And, uh, good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council. Uh in front of you tonight is a school resource officer agreement between Oakdale and the independent school district 622. Uh we are thankful for the continued partnership with school district uh for this important position as the school resource officer plays an important role for safety and security for students and staff. Uh this agreement outlines that the school resource officer will be stationed at Tartan High School and it also outlines uh some uh conditions with the agreement including funding from the school district. This agreement is a term from September 1st of this year through August 31st of 2027. And mayor, I'll turn it back over to you, >> Chief. Thank you. Uh council members, any questions for Chief Newton? I just have one. Uh this was kind of our first goaround with a fully licensed peace officer at Tartan. Went well. >> Yes. It was a great experience and uh nothing but positive things. >> Good. Good. Uh council members, can I get a motion? >> Yes. So make a motion a recommendation to authorize the mayor and city administrator to sign and execute the school resource officer agreement with ISD622 for the period of September 1st 2025 to August 31st 2027. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And then authorization is given. Thank you, Chief. >> Uh city attorney, Mr. Thompson, what do you got for us tonight? >> Oh, Mr. Mayor, members of Council, I hate to disappoint since every other staff department seems to have made a report, but I will say that attorneys in our office were involved in reviewing the school resources office that the police chief just considered. We were involved in reviewing the maintenance agreement and we were involved in reviewing the forefront multifamily residential development and the Oak Place Marketplace development. So, we helped staff out on every one of those. Other than that, >> have to give it up to our legal counsel. Always behind the scenes making sure everything here is buttoned up. >> I have nothing else to report, but I have to answer questions. >> Anybody have any questions for Jim? All right. Thank you, Jim. Uh, city administrator's report. >> Chris, what do we got? >> That was a good one. Um, uh, Andy's going to do it if that's okay. >> Perfect. Mr. Glooff, welcome back. Thank you, mayor and council. Yes. The item before you is an amendment to the 2025 uh fee schedule for uh two community development building inspection fees. We realize this is late in the year to come back for this this correction, but we did notice two and it it seems that they are done done by errors and we just would like to get that uh would like to get that corrected. One of them's for re-roofing and siding where uh historically that's been a valuationbased permit. Um and it was changed to a uh flat fee this last year. Um the request is to change that back to 2024's pricing of a a contract times 1% plus 23. This is in line with uh industry standards and in accordance with the Minnesota building code which specifies that basically unless certain permits are exempted, they need to be valuationbased. Um so we wanted to get that cleaned up to be in compliance for this year. And the other one was when we were um reviewing some applications, we noticed that uh fire suppression, this is for sprinkler heads, the HDS, uh increase from $6 to $66 um this coming year and we didn't have an explanation for for that. So again, uh, just to make sure that our our our fees are in line with the the industry standards, our peers would be to bring that fee back down to the 2024 amount of uh of six of $6. Um I'd be happy to answer any questions about the uh uh action before you which is to um adopt ordinance uh 951 and then also the um resolution um authorizing publication of that ordinance by title and summary. Okay. >> Uh council members, any questions for Andy? Uh my only question not related to this I guess is um to ask staff if it's possible for council to delegate authority for administrative fixes for things like typos going forward >> you know it's it's not intent you know so or intentional so if that can be achieved and handled administratively versus >> coming back and doing this yeah I know that the legislature does that through the revisor's office where if it's just technical or punctuation or whatever it is, they can just make those changes automatically. >> Um, Mr. Mayor, City Council Jim Thompson, do I'm wondering if we have to do that in the resolution when we when we approve the annual fee schedule or if that's something they can just delegate. I'm not quite sure about the process, but good good question. >> Yeah, it's a good question. It would be nice to have it delegated. There are some mistakes that are clearly scriven deserves like a legal description somebody has. We're not we don't come back for the council for that one. Um, I think this one's just a tad different because it was a substantive change. It changed one number to another number. It might have been a mistake, but I don't I think staffers would elected to do it without the council knowing about it. But yes, we can do something that authorizes the staff and the attorney to make nons minor changes. Don't uh due to clerical errors, >> cosmetic. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. We'll we'll implement that in the December one for 2026 and see what you think. >> Yeah, >> if that's okay. That's great. Thank you. >> Yeah, because I feel like we've maybe had a few of these over the years that if it is just administrative stuff, >> I mean, >> unless we really want to reopen the whole fee schedule a few months before we do the 26th one. >> That's exactly the issue. >> Yeah. Okay. Just a suggestion. Uh can I get a recommendation? Oh, I will move we wave reading and adopt ordinance number 951 amending ordinance number 942 of the city of Oakdale, Minnesota relating to revising the fee schedule for 2025 to update certain fees related to building permits. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. Final comments. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. And ordinance 951 is adopted. >> Uh how about the second one? >> I I'll move we wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-77. Authorizing publication of ordinance number 951 by title and summary. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Resolution 2025-77 is adopted. >> Thank you, Andy. >> Thank you. >> Uh, council presentations. >> Carrie, anything? >> Uh, you know, we uh awarded the Acorn Awards this week and we got to see the winners again tonight. And I just want to say that um it was so much fun for my son and I to drive around our entire community and look at the nominations um in and enjoy every every yard, every um you know commercial property that people recognized as being gems in our community. It was so much fun. Uh what an unexpected you know um assignment I'll say. Uh, I just really I enjoyed it and so I'm hoping that next year we have even more nominations. I also along the way saw ones that >> I would want to nominate, you know, just what a fun thing to get to do. So that that's my presentation. That's it. >> Thank you, Carrie. >> Uh, what do we got over here? >> Uh, I'll I'll just second that. It was uh it was a lot of fun. And then also uh I too saw a few on the way that I think next year I may nominate those or recommending be nominated. Also night to unite last week was um a a great experience. I was able to go out and visit a few of the block parties as well as the one here at Walton and uh really a first time for me and I really enjoyed it. It was a good opportunity to get out and meet some people and and uh listen to one of the police department presentations that was excellent as well. So >> Council Member Morham, anything? >> Yeah, I do. Uh, in addition to that, I'm going to put a plug in for Arts in the Park. So, we've got a master park plan coming up and I'm the liazison to the parks and rec commission. But I believe as we look at parks and we're reinvesting in parks, we've got a real opportunity in the city to highlight our history, our unique identity, whether it be murals, sculptures, could be one of Rex's really cool flower arrangements. I have no idea. But whatever we can do as we look at these parks, I just invite the community to to come forward, reach out to me. You can find my information on the city website or the parks and rec commission to get involved because I think we've got an opportunity here to do something really cool. So whether it be some of the history of Oakdale, if you've been around a long time and you want to see something represented or if you're an artist and there's something that you can bring to our parks, come forward. We'd love to hear from you. >> Yep. There's a lot of work to be done. So we need we need all the help we can get. >> Uh I have a number of updates. Uh, first of all, to piggyback off of what uh, Council Member Severson said, a big thank you to everybody that participated in Night to Unite, I think I hit nine events that night. Um, including one at Willoughbrook Commons, so one of our newest neighborhoods. It was great to get out there, uh, and meet a lot of those those newer residents. Um, but a big thank you to all of the the hosts around our city. We know it's a lot of work to put on these events. Um, thank you to all of their neighbors who brought food and helped organize them. Um, but most of all, a big thank you to our city staff. Uh, police and fire do an incredible job. Um, not only staffing those events, but we added we added an additional event this year in Walton Park, which uh was such a cool addition. Um, so residents uh who live in neighborhoods who don't throw an event could still come out and get to know one another. Um, so a big thank you to um police and fire for everything they did with that. Public works as well. Um, there's a lot going on uh to get our our spaces ready for big events like that. So, um I also want to give a big thank you to the Oakdale Area Chamber of Commerce who uh did the hot dog uh cookout um for everybody who joined us in the park, which was really generous of them. We really appreciate that. Uh can't wait to do it again next year. So, yep, I'm seeing a lot of nodbing. So, yeah, let's put it on the calendar. I love it. Um tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13th, city offices will be closed uh around the lunch hour from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Uh staff will be doing a little training, having an appreciation lunch. Um, we appreciate uh anybody who might have wanted to visit city hall during that time, but we're locking the door so everybody can take part. So, uh, if you need anything, come early in the morning, come later in the afternoon. Staff will be here to help you out. But, um, just for that hour and a half in the middle of the day, we're going to let our staff do what they do best. So, uh, just a heads up on that. Hard to believe we have two concerts, uh, of our summer concert series left at Walton Park. Sad. Um, this Wednesday, tomorrow, August 13th, at 7 p.m., you can enjoy funk music by Sons of Groove. Next Wednesday, August 20th, uh, stop by. It's at 6 p.m. It's kids themed, so kids music and a bubble show by Imagine Music Bubble Party. So, we hope you can join us out there for the last two summer concerts of the season. Uh, this Friday, we also have uh, a movie in the park. So, come on down to the Walton Park band shell. Uh, this Friday, August 15th, bring your blankets and lawn chairs. We will be showing Mufasa. Um, so we hope you can join us. The movie will start at dusk, which is around 8:50 p.m. Has to get dark enough so you can see on the screen. Makes sense. Um, a big thank you. This event is free. Uh, it's hosted by Oakdale Recreation and the police department. We really hope you can join us. The Maplewood Oakdale Lions Club will be out there uh selling concessions. So, if you need a snack for the movie, um, you can check it out with them or you can bring your own, whatever you want to do. There's no rules in No, there are rules in Oakdale, but we hope you can join us. Uh those uh movies have been incredibly popular this year. Um and so we have another one. Uh our Oh, Touch a Truck. Oh, one of our favorite events. Um Touch a Truck is coming up on Thursday, August 21st from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the city hall parking lot. Um kids can climb and explore public safety vehicles, snow plows, garbage trucks, street cleaners, semi-truckss, and more. This event is free. Uh there's free ice cream. Uh so we'll be out there handing out treats. Um we have a sensory friendly hour. um from 5:00 to 6:00 pm where there will be no lights or sirens. So, if you would like to take advantage of that, please join us during that time. Um also cool, if you've attended in the past, we usually did it in September. We moved it to August this year to coincide with an event being hosted by Washington County, their back to school event. Um so that will also be taking place in Walton Park on Thursday, August 21st. Um anybody interested in participating in that event can take advantage of free haircuts. Um pick up some free school supplies. There will be resources there as well for students and families going back to school. Uh county health will be out there doing vaccinations that kids need before they go back to school. Lots going on. We're really excited to be able to bring these two events, these two very successful events together, create a whole evening of activities for the whole family. Um a big thank you to our partners at Washington County for letting us piggyback on their event that they host in our park. Um we really appreciate the partnership. Um, but just nice to have all these fun activities all at once. So, come on down to city hall in Walton Park on August 21st. Uh, finally, city is conducting a housing study to identify housing needs within the community and potential strategies to address those needs. Uh, if residents are interested in taking part in this survey. You can visit our city website, oakdalem.gov through August 29th. I took it. I think it took like 6 minutes. It's not that long of a survey. Um, it's very helpful feedback for the city council as we're looking at housing needs all around our community, how we can go about addressing that and making Oakdale uh or keeping Oakdale a fantastic place to live, work, and play. So, we really appreciate all feedback we get. >> We got bills to pay. We got a lot of bills to pay. Wow. >> Yeah, >> 5.2 million. I think that might be the biggest I've seen in my time here. Um, which tells me probably Mech Council is in there, some development, paying for the street project, >> capital project. >> Yeah, when it rains, it pours. But all needed things. We like it when our toilets flush. Um, claims roster July 23rd, 2025 through August 12th, 2025. 5.22 million and change. Can I get a motion to approve as presented? >> Make a motion to approve claims as presented. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. Opposed. Bills are paid. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> There's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. We are adjourned. Thank you and good night. >> Lots of bills. >> That's huge. That was the