As an expert transcriptionist, I have identified the speakers based on the context of the meeting and the provided list of officials. I have also corrected the spelling of the officials' names in the labels (e.g., "Hooppaw" instead of "Hoopa", "Grendahl" instead of "Grenle"). [0:00] [Music] [0:41] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right, good evening. We'll call this meeting to order for the October 9th, 2025 Apple Valley City Council meeting. [0:57] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Welcome everyone. For any members who have signed up to speak, as we call your name, please come forward to the podium to address the council. With that, the first item on our agenda is the pledge of allegiance. And I would ask everyone to rise and join us in the pledge. [1:12] **Group**: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [1:30] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you. The next item on our agenda is the approval of the agenda. And Tom, I know you mentioned we have one item to remove from consent. [1:37] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: Yes, Mr. Mayor, council, good evening. Uh on our agenda tonight, we have two suggested revisions. Uh one is item 4K which is on your consent agenda. Uh we're requesting that this item be removed tonight. This is a change order with McNamera Contracting. Uh there's a typographical error in the document. It's not time urgent. We'll take it off tonight and we'll come back to you with that at your next meeting. So that is item 4K. And then the other one is just an updated calendar of upcoming events. And that's item 7A on your agenda. [2:05] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right. Thank you. With those changes, do we have a motion to approve the agenda? [2:08] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So moved. [2:10] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Second. [2:11] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Grendahl, second from council member Bergman. Um, we do need to take a roll call, I believe, on this item. Christina, [2:14] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Yes, mayor. [2:15] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Do you mind doing that for us? [2:18] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Thank you. Bergman, [2:20] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [2:21] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert, [2:22] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [2:23] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl, [2:24] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [2:25] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw, [2:26] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [2:27] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander, [2:28] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [2:30] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Great. Thank you. That item passes unanimously. The next item uh, next item on our agenda is our audience participation portion of the meeting. This is for items not on the agenda. Uh these items are uh is an opportunity for the council to uh take input from the residents in the community. However, we don't take action on items that come forward typically at this portion of the meeting. The first person who was signed up to speak is Chris Radford. I believe I'm pronouncing that correct. Chris, come on forward if you don't mind. And can you just state your uh your uh name and address for the record? [3:02] **Chris Radford**: Yes. My name is Chris Radford and my address is 14380 Euclid Avenue. Go ahead. Yeah, go ahead. Go whenever you're ready. Go ahead. Okay. Sorry about that. Um, I'm here both as a resident and as a part-time employee over at the community center and I wanted to make a public statement regarding the incident of October 2nd. Um, I wanted to state for public record, um, that that traumatic event that occurred on October 2nd was preventable and security and safety issues were brought forward to management. Um, I just want to make sure that that's available for the families if they need it. Um, and I also ask that you increase the budget for additional staff to supervise youth open gym. Thank you. [3:50] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you. And for just for everybody in the audience listening right that we have closed the open gym until we can review policies. So thank you. [4:05] **Chris Radford**: Thank you. [4:07] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: The next item is I guess person excuse me is Patty Matthews. And Patty would you come forward? [4:12] **Patty Matthews**: Mayor and council members. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you tonight. My name is Patty Matthews. I'm a resident of Apple Valley and a responsible gun owner and a gun violence prevention advocate. I represent over 200 Moms Demand Action volunteers in Apple Valley and over 2500 across Dakota County. Let me be clear. We are not anti-gun. We are anti-gun violence. As our local leaders, you are the first line of government for our community. We are here today in response to the growing public health crisis and safety crisis. Guns are now the leading cause of death of children between 1 and 18 and communities across Minnesota, including Apple Valley, have seen an increase in gun violence. Recent tragedies have only underscored the urgency of this issue. the murder of representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, the shooting of Representative John um Hoffman and Avette. Reports that our own senator and our representatives here for Apple Valley were also on that hit list. Most recently, the devastating mass shooting at Enunciation School and Church that took the lives of Fletcher and Harper and injured 30 people. These horrific events make one thing clear. Now is the time to act. I urge you as our mayor and council members to support legislation banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and to pass a resolution that I sent to you on October 3rd. As I outlined in my letter accompanying the resolution, the difference of firepower directly affects the number of lives impacted in a shooting. Annunciation shooter fired 116 rounds in two minutes, killing two and injuring 30. In contrast, the shooting at Evergreen School in Colorado on September 10th, the asalent used a rifle, firing 30 rounds over nine minutes, injuring two but then taking his own life. Additionally, Minnesota Representative John Hoffman was shot nine times but with a handgun, and he survived. Will a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines eliminate gun violence? No. It will inc it will reduce the number of lives lost and the severity of the injuries when shootings occur. It's a critical step, one of many that include improving um mental health care, addressing online radicalization, ensuring safe gun storage, and regulating firearm access. As of October 24th, 64% of motans supported a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Today, the number is likely even higher. Since the enunciation shooting, over 700 Minnesota faith leaders, a coalition of 60 health organizations led by Children's Minnesota, and numerous HCMC physicians have all publicly supported this band. To illustrate how this movement is growing, within one week of annunciation shooting, over 5,000 motans signed up for Mom's Demand Action. By supporting this legislation, you demonstrate a commitment to public safety, not only for our residents, but for our teachers and our first responders and families across the community. Representative Robert Beerman asked me to share this message with you. Since 2020, gun violence has been the leading cause of death of US children and teens. Firearm death rates among US kids has more than doubled since 2013. The plague of gun violence is uniquely American. The level of deaths is a public health crisis, especially for children and youth, and our threats to public health are addressed through policies and reduced illness and death. Gun violence prevention should be no different. As the co-chair of the health, finance, and and policy committee, I support the immediate ban on future sale and transfer of military sty style uh assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. I also support the creation of a gun violence prevention subcommittee developed further and to develop further uh policy solutions to reduce gun violence and injury in our communities. You I know regularly meet with your our legislators generally in January of every year. I hope that you will share with them that the residents of Apple Valley are concerned about the gun violence here and I know that um uh Representative Berman would appreciate your support on this issue as well. In closing, since the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791, the gun industry has evolved far beyond musketss. Our gun laws must evolve also. Thank you for your time, for listening, and for considering the resolution before you that I sent to you on October 3rd. On behalf of myself and many moms demat demand action volunteers in Apple Valley and across Dakota County, I urge you to stand with our your residents and support a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Thank you. [9:58] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you. [Applause] All right, thank you for that. Anyone else who would like to speak to the audience participation portion this evening? [10:17] **Anne Bailey**: Thank you, Mayor Hooppaw. Council members, I'm Anne Bailey. I live at 14372 Euclid Avenue in Apple Valley. I am a darts volunteer and supporter and I just wanted to make sure that the residents of Apple Valley know that we have a unique opportunity here at Grace Lutheran Church that Darts is running which is a program called the breathing space. It's an opportunity for people with memory loss to have four hours of activities while their primary caregivers get th those four hours to do their own thing. They have some capacity for participants. So, people with memory loss and they always have a desire for volunteers for those 4-hour shifts. It meets at Grace Lutheran Church the second and fourth Mondays of the month. So, welcome this new opportunity here in Apple Valley for our area residents and those surrounding us. [11:04] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: If you haven't already, would you send that to us so we can uh get that out and for you? [11:09] **Anne Bailey**: Can do. [11:15] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: I just want to say thanks. What a great program. We took in my aunt um memory loss. We she lived with us for three years and eight months and you definitely need breaks. [11:25] **Anne Bailey**: You need a break is right. [11:26] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: And we've Darts has done this program at a couple of other locations for several years. It's just new to Apple Valley. [11:32] **Anne Bailey**: Great. Thank you. [11:34] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thanks for sharing that. [11:35] **Anne Bailey**: So, thanks for the time. [11:37] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Anyone else? All right, we will move on to our next item, which is our consent agenda. These items are considered routine and will be enacted with a single motion unless a council member or a citizen request to pull an item. Council members, are there any items you would like to pull this evening? Uh, citizens, items to pull. All right, seeing none, do we have a motion to approve consent? [11:59] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So moved. [12:00] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Second. [12:01] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Grendahl. Second from council member Hiebert. And uh, Christina, would you call the role? [12:07] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Bergman, [12:08] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [12:09] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl, [12:10] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [12:11] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert, [12:12] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [12:13] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw, [12:14] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [12:15] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander, [12:16] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [12:17] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Great. Thank you. And that brings us to our regular agenda. And the first item on our regular agenda, it will be a fun one this evening. And that is to proclaim October 11th, 2025 as Dick Tutill Day. And Tom, you're going to kick us off before we thoroughly embarrass Dick here. [12:47] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: Well, good evening again, mayor and members of the council and the community. This is an exciting night that we uh look forward to celebrating. Uh this is a proclamation honoring Dick Tutill. Uh Dick Tutill has been an absolute treasure in our community for many many years and his family has done some terrific things in our community and it's our pleasure tonight to bring this item forward for forward to for your consideration. Uh a couple of just slides that I'd like to show. Um there we go. So this is a classic photo that uh is the original Dix mobile station on the corner of County Road 42 and um Garden View. Uh the opening date was July 11th, 1965. There was not much in the area in July of 1965. So there was definitely a commitment to growing the community, growing the business, and uh we're so proud that uh this is how it started uh right there in 1965. [13:38] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: That could almost be a commercial picture, couldn't it? [13:41] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: Uh oh. Okay. So, uh this is a photo of the original group of members for the Lebanon Fire Department back in 1966 being sworn in by then city clerk. And according to the caption, this is Dick right here, third from the from the left. Um obviously going back a few years, eager recruit to the brand new at that point Lebanon Fire Department, not Apple Valley Fire Department. other classic photos. The department has done a good job in capturing photos over the course of time and the family has as well and just so proud to see the history. Apple Valley is not a community that's been around for a couple hundred years. We've been around a little over 50 years, but Lebanon Township certainly dates back earlier than that and just extremely fortunate and um appreciative of the work that the early people who came out to this area did to make this community get off to a good start. So, of course, being a high profile figure in the community, Dick, to be in parades, the Freedom Days parade in this case. Um, not sure what year that car is, but that's pretty nice. And, uh, seeing the community and being obviously one of those early folks who uh, was seen as a leader in the community, as a fire chief in this community. Uh, that was and still is a very big thing. He ended up serving as our fire chief for 25 years uh from 1969 to 1994 all the while continuing to grow the business and involving family in in the entire business. And so that is kind of what has happened. Oh, I couldn't resist putting the picture of your cake in there from 25 years. So very nicely done. And then, as I indicated, the business itself uh starting off uh where it did, growing to the large building, not just a couple blocks to the east of here, and then growing again with the uh the newer building that that opened here fairly recently. uh and just just so pleased to see the kind of commitment that they put into the community, the good jobs that they have provided to people to work uh in the business. uh the satisfied customers, the quality of the work that is done, and then the community involvement. And it's estimated that uh Dick's equipment and the various commitments that they've made around to the different sporting committ uh sporting teams throughout not just Apple Valley, but also surrounding communities. uh that their equipment has taken care of over a hundred parades and had had featured there to help uh celebrate the the youth of our community and all that they do uh in uh growing in up in this area. So 60 years of business success. I I don't know of any other family-owned businesses in Apple Valley that can say that they've been around for 60 years. So this is definitely a reason to celebrate. We did on the most recent uh Freedom Days parade this coming up Penock. Uh beautiful truck, beautiful sign. And as uh they rolled past, you can just see how how proud uh the community is and how proud they are to to represent uh Apple Valley Dicks Valley service and the great legacy of the Tutill family. [17:24] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: And with that, Mr. Mayor, you have the proclamation. [17:26] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Happy to uh be honored to read the proclamation and then when I'm done we're going to ask Dick to come up and uh maybe we can coax a few words out of them here. So um whereas Dick and Marilyn Tutill were active members of the community beginning in the 1960s when Apple Valley was first being established and whereas together they ran a towing and auto repair business at the intersection of County Road 42 and Garden View Drive with one truck and two vehicle bays. And whereas in addition to being an early Apple Valley business leader, Dick Tutill was one of the Apple Valley's first volunteer volunteer firefighters and served as fire chief for 25 years. And whereas Marilyn Tutill also supported the community through her service in many ways, including as president of the Apple Valley Fire Department auxiliary. And whereas from its humble beginnings, Dixs Valley Service has grown steadily over the years and now operates with 33 trucks, 20 vehicle bays, and 60 dedicated employees. And whereas the company's investment in Apple Valley has also grown, first with a new building in 2005 on the corner of Foliage and 145th Street and later with a second building in 2023 on the corner of Johnny Cake Ridge Road and 147th Street. And whereas the business remains a family affair with son Jeff, his wife Lori along with their children continuing the business legacy and commitment to tireless community support. And whereas Dicks Valley service commitment to Apple Valley and the surrounding communities continues as they frequently use their trucks and equipment to s support parades, community events, fundraisers, fundraisers, and athletic associations. And whereas Dixs Valley Service is also commended for supporting numerous nonprofit organizations in Apple Valley and beyond, including serving as the annual host for Rick's bike sale, the proceeds of which support multiple local nonprofit organizations. And whereas collect collectively, Dick Tutill and the entire Tutill family have demonstrated the difference one family can make in improving the lives of others while running a successful local business. Now therefore, the city council of the city of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, hereby proclaims October 11th, 2025 as Dick Tutill Day. Let's give Dick a round of applause. [20:04] **Dick Tutill**: The mic's all yours. Just a couple words. I want to thank all you people for uh recognizing us and uh hopefully we keep up our good reputation into the future and helping everybody we can. It gives us great pleasure to uh make that happen. I want to thank all my uh family tonight for showing and my friends and my employees. I thank you very much. [20:53] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you, Dick. All right. Hey Dick, if you don't mind, I'd love to get us and you and the family in a picture up here. So, while we still have everybody, you mind if we come down and do that? [21:18] **Dick Tutill**: Sure. [21:20] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Come on up. I'll just get up here in front of the Let's just get right up here. I think that'll work. Come on, get in here. Come on up fast. Get everybody up here. I'm sure not to stand in front of somebody. [Music] [22:51] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right. Continued success. Thanks very much. [23:27] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right. Just as we wrap up here uh on um the 11th on Saturday, uh there's a little celebration going on over at the shop to recognize the 60 years. That information is up on the screen. And uh I'm sure Dick and family would love to see you over there if you can make it. So, congrats. Thank you for the years of service to the community in many ways. All right, thanks everybody for indulging the pictures and the chance to recognize Dick. [24:12] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: And mayor. We would take an act a motion. [24:14] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: We should probably We did all the fun stuff. We should probably take the official action too, shouldn't we? So, thank you for that. Do I have a motion to to adopt that proclamation? [24:20] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So, move. [24:22] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Second. [24:23] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Grendahl, a second from council member Bergman, and Christina, please take a role. [24:27] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Bergman, [24:28] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [24:29] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl, [24:30] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [24:31] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert, [24:32] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [24:33] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw, [24:34] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [24:35] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander, [24:36] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [24:37] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right. Thank you. We'll move on to 5B, which is to uh which is through the 2025 special assessment role. And I think Joe's gonna do this one. He got promoted. [24:51] **Joe (Staff)**: Uh hello Mr. Mayor and members of the council. The city of Apple Valley undergoes certification of delinquent accounts twice per year in spring and fall. The process for the fall certification started with mailing of letters to water and sewer account holders with delinquent balances. A total a total of 735 letters were mailed on July 29th, an increase from the 581 letters sent during the previous assessment period. The letters informed recipients that accounts not settled by August 21st would be certified for collection along with a certification fee. Following the August 21st deadline, a certification list was created and presented to the council on September 11th. At that time, the city council set a public hearing for tonight. Additionally, a notice was mailed on September 16th notifying account holders of the public hearing date and payment deadlines. To date, no written objections have been received and the affidavit of publication has been received and is on file. Following the public hearing this evening and if the council adopts the assessment role, the account holders will have an additional 30 days to make the full payment before any unpaid amounts are certified to the county on November 14th. Any amount certified to property taxes will become payable alongside the subsequent year's property taxes. The final list any prepayments will be submitted to the county auditor's office by November 30th as stipulated by Minnesota state statutes. The initial certification list presented at the September 11th meeting indicated a balance of 192, 38 $381.97 across 468 accounts. As of September 29th, 2025, a total of $30,390.69 had been received from 88 accounts, leaving a remaining balance of $161,991.28 across 380 accounts. Since September 29th, 2025, when the exhibit B item was added to the council packet. Uh, the city has received additional payments totaling $9,355.51 from 27 accounts, leaving 353 accounts still unpaid. At this time, we anticipate another another 25 to 50 accounts will prepay prior to certification with the county next month. The city council is asked to conduct the public hearing for special assessment role number 698. Consider the adoption of the resolution certifying for collection delinquent utility charges in the amount of $161,991.28. [27:20] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Great. Thanks, Joe. Do we have any questions from council? If not, we'll go ahead and open the public hearing. Anyone who would like to speak to the public hearing. One more one another opportunity to speak to the public hearing. One final opportunity. We will close the public hearing and we will look for a motion to adopt the resolution levying the 2025 special assessment role number 698. [27:43] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: So moved. [27:45] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Second. [27:47] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Hiebert, second from council member Grendahl. Christina, would you take the role? [27:51] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Bergman. [27:52] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [27:53] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl. [27:54] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [27:55] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert. [27:56] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [27:57] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw. [27:58] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [27:59] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander. [28:00] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [28:01] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Great. Thank you. That item carries unanimously. And Joe, why don't you come back up for 5C and give us the 2025 special assessment role number 699. Do you like how we creatively numbered them? [28:15] **Joe (Staff)**: All right. Uh 2025 special assessment role number 699 was just for one parcel of land. It was for delinquent hazardous tree removal and other nuisance charges that violated the city code. So action request is just to hold the public hearing and then adopt the resolution levying 2025 special assessment role number 699. the total amount of $4,676.41 for delinquent hazardous tree removal and nuisance charges minus any prepayments. [28:44] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Great. Thank you. We'll go ahead and open the public hearing. Anyone who would like to speak to this item. Anyone who would like to address the public hearing. One final opportunity. And seeing no one, we will close the public hearing and we will look for a motion to adopt a resolution levying the 2025 special assessment role number 699. [29:00] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So move. [29:01] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Second. [29:02] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Grendahl. Second from council member Hiebert and Christina. Take the role please. [29:07] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Bergman, [29:08] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [29:09] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl, [29:10] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [29:11] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert, [29:12] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [29:13] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw, [29:14] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [29:15] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander, [29:16] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [29:17] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you. That item carries unanimously as well. Uh, our next item 5D is to convene in a closed session under the attorney client exceptions to discuss an amended purchase agreement with Market Properties 2 LLC for the Central Village West site at 7153 153rd Street West. Uh, Tim, anything we need to do before we we look for a motion to go into close session at this time? [29:43] **Community Development Director Tim Benetti**: No, nothing. We'll be just— [29:44] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: So, we're looking for So, I'm be looking for a motion to convene in close session. [29:48] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Second. [29:49] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: We have a motion from council member Grendahl, a second from council member Hiebert. Christina, take the role. [29:57] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Bergman. [29:58] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Aye. [29:59] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Grendahl. [30:00] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Aye. [30:01] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hiebert. [30:02] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Aye. [30:03] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Hooppaw. [30:04] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Aye. [30:05] **City Clerk Christina Scipioni**: Melander. [30:06] **Councilmember Tom Melander**: Aye. [30:07] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: That item carries unanimously as well. We will take a brief break, convene in close session across the hall, and then we will be back in here to finish up the rest of the items this evening. [30:20] [Music] [44:30] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: All right, welcome back everyone. We have left our closed session and we are ready to jump back into the the rest of the items on the agenda which begin back with 5E which is to consider a first amendment to a purchase agreement with uh market properties and Tim you want to take this one. [45:17] **Community Development Director Tim Benetti**: Very quickly mayor members of council. So before you tonight is just the official action to accept uh the direction of the council consensus was to uh reduce the purchase agreement for the what we refer to as central village west site pickle ball site from original 2.5 million down to 2 million $250,000. With that I can stand for more questions or you can take action at at your when you deem fit. [45:49] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Thank you. Do any further questions for Tim? If not, we will look for a motion to consider the first amendment to accept the first amendment to the purchase agreement with Market Properties. [45:55] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So moved. [45:57] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Second. [45:59] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion from council member Grendahl. Second from council member Hiebert. All those in favor indicate by saying I. [46:02] **Council**: Aye. [46:05] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Opposed. That item carries. Thank you, Tim. And uh you also have uh item 5F, which is to approve a non-exclusive license agreement for parking for Pickle Hall. [46:16] **Community Development Director Tim Benetti**: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of council. So, tonight you're as part of that uh purchase agreement and the pickle hall project, there was a condition that uh we would provide for an opportunity for a non-exclusive license agreement for parking, which would add 50 available stalls on our central village parking lot at 70 75 152nd Street. Uh again, this would agree this agreement allows for the use of 50 spaces in that city-owned lot. uh just located just to the northeast of the uh north of the Grand Stay Motel and just northeast of of the project site. Again, their location. Just an image that shows the current parking and and some of the parking. Most of that that you've probably seen today or that you if you ever driven past there, most of that is being used by the Apple Valley Ford's employees. Uh the benefit of this is it helps with their parking, keeps them off the street. That's our goal. But it also provides for an opportunity for them to park nearby. Uh with Pickle Hall and their expected hours of operations, their peak hours starting about 4:30, 5:00, uh it's expected that most of these employees are going to be leaving the site, so there should be uh limited crossover and the available parking would would remain. So, back in 2015, our city did uh approve or did receive a grant from Dakota County to help provide for this parking lot. In 2002, our central village plan, some of you may have been aware of that or part of that. It did envision a public parking as way to support destination uses such as this or development has intensified. The city did propose license agreements back in uh 2015 for both the Ford, the Grand Stay, and the Culver's. Now, Grant Stay and Culver's uh elected afterwards not to do uh the license agreement, but Ford did, and they do pay up to 4,300 a year. Our uh agreement with uh uh the Pickle Hall, the market group is to do the same 4,300 for those 50 spaces. Little hard to see, but we just highlighted the bottom 50 uh spaces here. Again, not not exclusive. These are not reserved for them. It just allows them to count towards their parking, which we uh uh feel was needed due to that redesign that was shown uh just earlier. So, we're going down to 128 spaces now for 198 spaces available, which we feel will be adequate for that pickle hall use. So with that, we're recommending council approve this non-exclusive license agreement with Market and uh for for use of that portion of the central village parking lot. With that I can stand for any questions. [49:01] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Are there any questions for Tim? My only question is not about the agreement. I think this makes a lot of sense. My question is typically we don't allow overnight parking correct in that lot and we're going to have a a licensed beverage establishment there who might have a patron who makes a smart choice to leave a vehicle there. How how do we intend to deal with uh with that one so that we're not put it in a weird spot maybe of ticketing a vehicle right who made the right choice to leave one there overnight. [49:24] **Community Development Director Tim Benetti**: It would be police enforcement I I assume and it if with the pickle hall and with the service of alcohol uh if there's a need for someone to park overnight if they've had a little bit too much hopefully that would be a smart choice for them to leave the car there. Uh ideally, uh most of that parking or most of the business hours, I believe, end about 11 pm. So, we don't anticipate that being an issue. [49:48] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: You said, "Let's just make sure we address it so we right we don't discourage people from uh doing the right thing." [49:55] **Community Development Director Tim Benetti**: Absolutely. [49:56] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: Just as long as people don't leave it two and three and five days. So, hopefully one night I mean, maybe another time down the road, but not consistently five days in a row. [50:05] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: We'll figure it out. So, all right. With that, uh, do we have a motion to approve the non— [50:14] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So moved. [50:16] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Second. [50:18] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: A motion from council member Grendahl, a second from council member Bergman. All those in favor indicate by saying I. [50:23] **Council**: Aye. [50:25] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Opposed. Thank you, Christina. Was that good enough? Do you have enough to? Thank you. Uh, we'll move on to staff and council communications. Tom, let's just start with staff. What do you have? [50:35] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: Mr. Mayor? Yes, we have two uh staff item updates for you tonight. I'll start with the first one, and this is an event that's going to take place on October 11th. This is at Johnny Cake Ridge Park. Uh this is a paper shredding event. So, if you came to the fall cleanup uh a while ago, there was not paper shredding offered as part of that event, but we do have one. This is in cooperation with our Dakota Valley recycling partners. Um so, October 11th, 9 to noon, Johnny Cake Ridge East Park. Uh, so that's coming up. The the limit is four paper bags or small boxes per vehicle. So if you have that paperwork at home that you'd like to get rid of, uh, go ahead and do it here on the 11th. U, more details are available on the city's website. [51:16] **City Administrator Tom Lawell**: Second item will be to call up our uh, police chief, Nick Francis, to talk about another event that's also happening at Johnny Cake East or West. I guess that's the west one. [51:31] **Police Chief Nick Francis**: I can't pass up this opportunity. Knock knock. [51:34] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Who's there? [51:35] **Police Chief Nick Francis**: You don't have to cry about or be scared. I'm just here to talk about trunk or treat very briefly. Um so it's coming up Saturday, October 25th. Um at Splash Valley parking lot. It's um I don't know what annual. It's probably our fifth or sixth annual um trunk or treat that we've done. Um on a nice day, we'll get over a thousand people there. on a night so not so nice day, we'll get several hundred people still there uh that just end up getting more candy because there's less people there. So, uh we invite the public to come out 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Uh parking again down there is a little constricted because of some construction, so folks might have to park at some of the wing lots on Johnny Cake. Uh but we invite everybody to come down and we'll be set up uh right in front of Splash Valley and uh we'll have our annual trunk or treat uh event that will have all sorts of uh community groups down there, police department, fire, uh EMS, our SWAT team will be down there. Uh and so come on down and join us on uh Saturday, two two Saturdays from today. [52:37] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Everybody's well stocked. There's no reason for everybody to be there right at 11, right? You can uh slowly drift your way in and you'll still have plenty of candy left. [52:45] **Police Chief Nick Francis**: Yep. Absolutely. [52:47] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Perfect. That's it. Thanks. [52:50] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Yeah. I just wanted to acknowledge and um, thank the Apple Valley uh, Police Department, Chief Francis, uh, for the open house of the police garage on the 30th, I think, of September. It was wonderful. There was a lot of people there. People enjoyed the hot dogs and just the fun atmosphere. And I have to say, walking around and speaking to all the different officers, they were excited to share all the all the great things about that building and how it really has impacted and um improved and and why they why they needed it, why they love it. Um and they were really passionate about it and really engaging the audience or you know the um all the residents and people had a really good time. So uh congratulations and thank you. [53:36] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Perfect. Thank you, council members. Anything else? All right. Uh, seeing none, we'll move on to our calendar of events. The next regular city council meeting is Thursday, October 23rd at 7 p.m. And do we have a motion to approve the calendar? [53:49] **Councilmember Ruth Grendahl**: So move. [53:50] **Councilmember John Bergman**: Second. [53:51] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion for council member Grendahl, second from council member Bergman. All those in favor indicate by saying I. [53:56] **Council**: Aye. [53:57] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Opposed? That item carries. And then do we have a motion to adjourn? [54:01] **Councilmember John Bergman**: So moved. [54:02] **Councilmember Lisa Hiebert**: Second. [54:04] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: Motion council Bergman, second by council member Hiebert. All those in favor? [54:06] **Council**: Aye. [54:07] **Mayor Clint Hooppaw**: We're adjourned. Thank you. [Music]