Based on the context provided and the phonetic clues in the transcript, here is the speaker-identified transcript. Note: While your list provided specific council members, the transcript clearly features **Councilor Grant Hauschild** (phonetically "host child") and **Councilor Gloria Nelson** (phonetically "nelson"), who served on the council alongside Mayor Boucher and Councilor Geissler during the 2021 period mentioned in the ordinances. [0:01] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:19] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Roll call please. Councilor Geissler? [0:21] **Councilor John Geissler:** Here. [0:22] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Here. [0:23] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Here. [0:24] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Here. Uh, announcements? Do any councilors have announcements this evening? [0:29] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Just maybe the announcement about the trail opening next week Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. We're excited to see the community there for the grand opening of the Boulder Trail and we'll have food trucks and camaraderie and community gathering. It'll be a nice event. [0:47] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And that's regardless of weather? [0:49] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Yes, rain or shine this time. [0:51] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And thank you. With me back in town, you get handed back the privilege of—and thank you for doing this for doing the... [inaudible]. I do have a regular announcement I like to make about public discussion. When we have public hearings as attached to our agenda, there is a period of discussion for that item. There is a period of general public discussion that happens at the beginning of our meeting that is for items not on the agenda, and we will have a period of discussion for anything on the agenda during the discussion and consideration of that item. So I just wanted to make that clear if anybody is contemplating public discussion to try and tailor it to the right time. Mr. Mulder, communications please? [1:50] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** A number of those communications are relative to some failed compliance check on alcohol and tobacco. So this process is: we notify you of those situations, we then notify the parties that failed to comply. They'll be given an administrative fine, but they can reduce that if they go through some training. So that we will be sending out those notices this week. [2:12] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. No presentations for this meeting. And now we have the time for general public discussion. This is the time that individuals can address the council about any item not on the agenda. We ask that you limit your time to three minutes per person. We'll start with chambers. Is there anyone in chambers that wishes to speak under general public discussion? Hearing and seeing none, is there anyone present at the online meeting that wishes to address the council about general public discussion? [3:04] **Joe Wicklund (Assistant City Administrator):** Mr. Mayor, this is Joe. I don't believe there is. [3:08] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Um, with no public discussion we will move on to the consent agenda. Is there a motion for the consent agenda? [3:16] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** So moved. [3:17] **Councilor John Geissler:** I'll second. [3:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Geissler. Roll call please. [3:22] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hauschild? [3:22] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [3:23] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [3:24] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [3:25] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [3:27] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** There are no motions on tonight's agenda. Next is ordinances. We have a second reading of ordinance 2021-07, an ordinance amending section 820 of the Hermantown City Code by amending the City of Hermantown snowmobile and ATV map. Do we have a motion for that? [3:49] **Councilor John Geissler:** I'll move to approve that amendment. [3:51] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [3:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder, do you have an explanation of this? [3:57] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So basically this is allowing ATV use east of Stebner. On the map there was a for a while there we did not have it east of Stebner, but now we are including that area east of Stebner specifically in the area of north of Maple Grove and south of Arrowhead. [4:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. And it's snowmobile and ATV? [4:21] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** That's correct. [4:22] **Councilor John Geissler:** Any other questions or comments from council? I'll just comment that this came at the request of a few of the citizens in the—I have to look at the Adrian Terrace Drive neighborhood—and I thank the city staff for listening to the requests and making the change. [4:40] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Anything else from council? And that basically on the snowmobile end will allow them access to trails that they otherwise couldn't directly from their home? [4:51] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Correct. [4:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Is there any public discussion on this ordinance? If there is, please step forward to the podium and state your name and address for the record, or if you are present online, please start with your name and address. Is there any public discussion for ordinance 2021-07? Hearing none, could we have a roll call? [5:32] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Nelson? [5:34] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [5:35] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [5:36] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [5:37] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [5:38] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** The next is ordinance 2021-08, an ordinance amending Hermantown zoning code by amending chapter 11, planned unit development. This is a first reading; there is no action taken tonight, therefore no public discussion. So we will commence with the agenda to resolution 2021-101: resolution awarding contract for a power broom attachment to Minnesota Equipment Incorporated in the amount of twelve thousand five hundred fifty dollars plus applicable taxes and fees. Do we have a motion? [6:16] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Motion to approve. [6:17] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Second. [6:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Hauschild. Mr. Mulder? [6:21] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this will be a power broom that will add to our right-of-way mower so that we can sweep snow off of the paved trails. [6:30] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? [6:34] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** I just want to say that I think this is a really good idea. I know it wasn't originally budgeted, but I've heard from several citizens talking about or asking if it would be paved during the winter, and I think people will be excited to see the city kind of take this step and provide the service. [6:55] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** And it was recommended by the Park Board to do this and to keep the trails clear during the winter. The plan is to remove large amounts of snow with present equipment that the city has, but this would allow for brushing to create a better surface. [7:13] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other questions or comments? Is there any public discussion or public input on this matter either present in the chambers or online? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on resolution 2021-101? If there's no public input, could we have a roll call? [7:50] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [7:51] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [7:52] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [7:53] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [7:54] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [7:55] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-102: resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and city clerk to execute a termination of special use permit between the city and David Colquest. [8:09] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Motion to approve. [8:10] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [8:11] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motioned by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [8:14] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Uh, maybe Community Development Director Eric Johnson... Mr. Johnson? [8:21] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great, thank you very much. City Council recalls approximately two meetings ago, we had taken action on the consent to assign a special use permit to the new owners of the Golden Oaks facility located on Rankin Road. The Council did approve that consent of assignment, and that document then was presented to St. Louis County recording office. Unfortunately, at their end, St. Louis County rejected that consent to assign the special use permit. The problem was that the original owner, David Colquest—they could not locate him anymore. They could not have any agreements associated with this. So staff has discussed this quite a bit, also with the new purchasers' attorneys, and we believe that in lieu of the special use permit, that we actually utilize a zoning certificate that will put stipulations on this facility—i.e., how many beds this could have at this facility as well as any future uses associated with this property. So any future uses have to conform within the R3 zoning district. So the zoning certificate will then take place of the special use permit and it will be recorded with St. Louis County at that point. [9:40] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from council? With no input from council, is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on resolution 2021-102? With no public input, I'd ask for a roll call. [10:13] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hauschild? [10:14] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [10:15] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [10:16] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [10:17] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [10:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-103: resolution approving a special use permit for the construction of a two-family home in an R3 residential zoning district. Do we have a motion? [10:33] **Councilor John Geissler:** Motion to approve. [10:35] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Second. [10:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Hauschild. Mr. Mulder, should we have Mr. Johnson address this? [10:39] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes, please. [10:41] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great, thank you again. This is a 5.62 acre property located at 5106 Hermantown Road. There's an existing home along with two outbuildings currently on this property. The applicant, Mr. Russ Bradley, is in the process of finalizing his purchase of this property from Clear Vision Builders for the purpose of subdividing this property into one-acre lots for the purposes of building a two-family residential structure on that. The new property owner is going to continue to utilize that existing home and those two storage buildings as one lot. So this does not present any conflicts that way. So what is before us is a two-family structure on a one-acre lot. This structure is perpendicular to Hermantown Road. This did go through Planning Commission. There was a variance request at that time for a six-foot rear yard setback. The applicant was looking at some grading issues associated with the site. It's approximately 12 to 14 feet of grade change across the site which was making it difficult him for to locate that structure. Planning and Zoning did approve that variance and they recommended the two-family structure to City Council. [11:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on resolution 2021-103? With no public input, could we have a roll call? [12:31] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Nelson? [12:32] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [12:33] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [12:34] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [12:35] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [12:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-104: resolution declaring cost to be assessed and ordering preparation of 2021 assessment roll for the construction of 2021 Road Improvement District number 536, Sunbee Road and Swan Lake Road. Do we have a motion? [13:00] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** So moved. [13:02] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [13:05] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [13:07] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this is just another step in our road improvement process where the council asks staff to prepare that assessment roll and then we set up that public hearing. So this is the preparation of the assessment roll. [13:25] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on resolution 2021-104? Roll call please. [14:02] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [14:03] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [14:04] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [14:05] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [14:06] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [14:07] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-105: resolution receiving proposed assessment roll for the construction of 2021 Road Improvement District number 536, Sunbee Road and Swan Lake Road, and ordering hearing thereon. Do we have a motion? [14:22] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Motion to approve. [14:23] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [14:25] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson and a tie—so we'll give that one to Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [14:29] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So you asked us to prepare the assessment roll in the last resolution; here is the proposed assessment roll. [14:38] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** That was fast! [14:39] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes, very efficient. And then this calls for the public hearing. So that public hearing will be on October 18th at 6:30. And then we'll send out notices next week to the affected property owners and we'll also have published in the Star twice prior to the hearing. So this will then invite everybody to that public hearing for that road project. [15:06] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please start with your name and address. Any public input on resolution 2021-105? Roll call please. [15:34] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hauschild? [15:35] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [15:36] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [15:37] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [15:38] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [15:39] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-106: resolution declaring costs to be assessed and ordering preparation of assessment roll for the construction of Road Improvement District number 537, Lavaque Junction Road. Do we have a motion? [15:58] **Councilor John Geissler:** Motion to approve. [16:00] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [16:03] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [16:07] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this is the same thing as we just did for Sunbee and Swan Lake, but this is for Lavaque Junction. Just a little bit more information on this is that on our road projects, we're having an assessment of $97.50 regardless of what the entire project costs; the city is covering all the other costs. Most of the time on a project assessment project, we add up all the costs and we assess the entire cost. So that's why we normally have that we declare the cost and then we develop the assessment roll. But because we know that the assessment is going to be $97.50, that's why we can do it kind of right back-to-back like this. So this is for Lavaque Junction. [16:45] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? [16:47] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Mr. Mayor, I just comment: I've driven the new road, while it's not quite done, it's great. I thank Engineer Bolf and the city staff for all of the hard work. There was a lot of work before there was ever lines on paper, and I think it's been a successful project because of all the efforts by the city engineer and the staff. So thank you David and everyone for that. [17:15] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any other comments? Is there any public comment on resolution 2021-106? If so, state your name and address for the record. Any public input on 2021-106 for the Lavaque Junction Road? Roll call please. [17:48] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Nelson? [17:49] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [17:50] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [17:51] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [17:52] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [17:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-107: resolution receiving proposed assessment roll for the construction of Road Improvement District number 537, Lavaque Junction Road, and ordering a hearing thereon. Do we have a motion? [18:07] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** [Inaudible motion]. [18:08] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [18:10] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [18:13] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Again, the same situation here is that this is the assessment roll for Lavaque Junction. We're assessing each parcel $97.50 and the city will be covering the rest of those costs with other funds. Again, that hearing will be on October 18th at 6:30. We'll do the public notices in the paper and a notice to the residents. [18:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Any public input on resolution 2021-107? Roll call please. [19:02] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [19:03] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [19:04] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [19:05] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [19:06] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [19:07] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-108: resolution approving the environmental covenant and easement. Do we have a motion? [19:17] **Councilor John Geissler:** Motion to approve. [19:18] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Second. [19:20] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Hauschild. Mr. Mulder? [19:24] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So previously you had approved this environmental covenant for the vapor mitigation system at the Essentia Wellness Center. As we were processing that paperwork, there was ongoing discussion with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and they had some suggested changes that they wanted to the covenant. So we've made those changes and are representing that to you. [19:47] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on resolution 2021-108? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on this resolution? Roll call please. [20:09] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hauschild? [20:10] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [20:11] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [20:12] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [20:13] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [20:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-109: resolution authorizing and directing Mayor to sign capacity allocation permit reissuance between the City of Hermantown and Western Lake Superior Sanitary District. Do we have a motion? [20:41] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Motion to approve. [20:42] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [20:44] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [20:47] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this is renewing the permit with WLSSD for permitting the amount of sewage that we can provide to them, and so it's for a five-year period from 2022 to 2026. They increased the total allowed peak flow just by 300,000 gallons a day—so again, kind of in keeping with some of the growth we've seen as well. [21:12] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Hearing none, is there any public input on resolution 2021-109? If so, please start with your name and address. Any public input on 2021-109? Roll call please. [21:42] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Nelson? [21:43] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [21:44] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [21:45] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [21:46] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [21:47] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-110: resolution approving pay request number 13 for Sewer Improvement District number 448 to Utility Systems of America Incorporated in the amount of thirty-six thousand two hundred thirty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents. Do we have a motion? [22:04] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** [Inaudible motion]. [22:05] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [22:07] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [22:11] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this is for the work done in the last month for thirty-six thousand dollars. We still are withholding the retaining amount of two hundred six thousand dollars. [22:23] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do you have any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? If so, please state your name and address. Any public input on resolution 2021-110? Roll call please. [22:53] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [22:54] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [22:55] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [22:56] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [22:57] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [22:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-111: resolution authorizing and directing Mayor and City Clerk to execute addendum number two to engineering contract for Road Improvement District number 534, Ugstad Road. Motion to approve? [23:14] **Councilor John Geissler:** Motion. [23:16] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [23:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder, should we ask our City Engineer to address this? [23:22] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Sure, since he's stayed for the meeting. [23:26] **David Bolf (City Engineer - Northland Consulting):** Thank you, Mayor and City Council. So this resolution is for the work related to our federal aid project, the reconstruction of Ugstad Road. As part of the design of that, we need to prepare a project memorandum, which is just a narrative of what we're doing and how we're planning to spend the money. And on part of that process, there's an environmental review that MnDOT does, and they have identified three properties that have the potential to have some contaminated material. So this resolution is authorizing our consultant, MSA, to do that engineering, that testing, prior to us doing the road construction. So what we will do with this is they'll do some testing and then that will satisfy the requirements of the project memorandum. And if we have any material that has migrated into the road, then we will deal with that as part of the construction project. So this is a requirement for the federal aid process to move forward. [24:34] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do you have any questions, comments, or concerns from council? Hearing none, is there any public input on 2021-111? If so, please state your name and address. Is there any public input on 2021-111? Roll call please. [25:09] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hauschild? [25:10] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [25:11] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [25:12] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [25:13] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [25:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-112: resolution approving pay request number five for Road Improvement District number 537, Lavaque Junction Road, to Uhlin Brothers Incorporated in the amount of $353,661.35. Do we have a motion? [25:35] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Motion. [25:37] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Second. [25:39] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hauschild, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder? [25:43] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So this is the pay request for the work that has been done on Lavaque Junction over the last month. [25:52] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Hearing none, is there any public input on resolution 2021-112? If so, state your name and address. Is there any public input on this resolution? Roll call please. [26:18] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Nelson? [26:19] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [26:20] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [26:21] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [26:22] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [26:23] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-113: resolution accepting quote from Northwood Sodding Incorporated for repairs on Rose Road field number three in the amount of thirty thousand six hundred fifty dollars plus water. Do we have a motion? [26:41] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Motion to approve. [26:42] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Second. [26:44] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Hauschild. Mr. Mulder, do we want Mr. Johnson to...? [26:48] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes, please. Eric, could you explain this? [26:51] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Yes, thank you very much. The proposal before us this evening is to remove the existing grass that's out on field three in the outfield area that had been seeded originally in 2018. As well as other seeding operations last two years, we only have about a 75% coverage rate on that field. There's significant bare spots throughout the outfield as well as a different tufting of the grasses which could create some issues with the ball jumping and such that way. Staff has looked at this quite a bit, also discussing this with the Public Works Director and as well as the Park Board. Staff reached out to four local landscaping companies to solicit bids to correct this work. We received three bids back; of these three bids, two of them were able to conduct the work this fall. One was much higher than the other two, and the initial other bid—they could not guarantee a source of water. They could get the sodding done, but they could not guarantee how that sod would be watered this year. And that was a very large concern here from the staff standpoint. That contractor recommended a potential irrigation system with it, but there's too many unknowns associated with that with the water supply out on that site. So what staff is recommending is a contract with Northwood Sodding. They'll be able to do this work next spring, looking at potentially first or second week of May, projecting about three or four weeks to a playability surface at that point. What they would be doing is installing an athletic blend of turf; it's a mineral-based turf. It works a little bit better than a peat-based sodding, doesn't dry out as quickly. The main advantage to this quote is this contractor has two watering trucks; they're able to provide those watering trucks along with the labor to conduct that watering. What the city would do is work with that person to provide the source of water, and then they would utilize their staff and time to water. [29:05] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do you have any questions or comments from council? [29:08] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** I would just say I'm glad that this is getting worked on by staff. I think Hermantown is known as a recreational community and youth sports is what draws a lot of families here, but I think that only goes as far as supporting all youth sports, not just hockey or soccer which maybe a lot of people hear about. So I'm just glad that we're hopefully moving forward to address this and make sure that our youth sports have the fields that they need to practice. So thanks for the work. [29:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other comments from council? [29:39] **Councilor John Geissler:** I did have a question for Mr. Johnson. You mentioned the difference in sod product and watering ability—was that the reason for choosing this contractor over the lower bid? [29:48] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** That is correct, yes. It is primarily that source of water. That initial contractor who was lower and would conduct the work this fall, they would put the watering 100% onto the city. Public Works Director has looked for a watering truck and he's not been able to locate one anywhere in the Midwest. And so because of that, with this large investment in the sod, we were more comfortable going with a little bit higher bid knowing we'd have that guaranteed source of water. [30:21] **Councilor John Geissler:** And the product was different? [30:23] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** That is correct as well. The original one, the lower bid, was bluegrass; this one is for an athletic blend. It's the same type of turf that's been used over at the Hermantown football complex. [30:35] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Anything else from council? Is there any public input on resolution 2021-113? If so, please state your name and address for the record. You can step—if you're in the room, please step to the podium. [31:17] **Public Speaker:** [Inaudible comments regarding the field conditions and excitement for the project]. [31:29] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any questions from council? You feel like the process has gone well and you're excited about the prospects of this? [31:36] **Public Speaker:** Okay. [Further inaudible comments]. [32:15] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Thanks for coming. Is there any other public input on this resolution? If so, state your name and address. Any public input on resolution 2021-113? Roll call please. [32:45] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [32:46] **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. [32:47] **Councilor Grant Hauschild:** Aye. [32:48] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** Aye. [32:49] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [32:50] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** That ends most of our agenda. We now have an agenda item to move into closed session. Do we need a motion for that, Mr. Overom? [33:01] **Steve Overom (City Attorney):** Yes, you do. [33:03] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. We're going to move to closed session. [33:04] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [33:05] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler— [33:06] **Councilor Gloria Nelson:** [Inaudible motion]. [33:07] **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [33:08] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** All in favor? [33:09] **Council (All):** Aye. [33:10] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Opposed? Same sign. I thought just for these we would move into the large conference room.