Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] All right. Now, I think we're ready. We'll do that all over again. Good evening. Tonight is Monday, April 21st, 2025. This is a meeting of the um city of Minnitonka local board of appeal and equalization. I will call this meeting to order and I will ask Miss Faulk to please um call roll. Foster Bolton here. Shaq here. Wilburn here. Calbertt Ry here. Kley here. We here. Next item is approval of the agenda and there is um it appears there is an addendum. So u Mr. Funk, thank you. Excuse me. Thank you, mayor and members of the local board of appeal and equalization. There is an agenda for your consideration this evening. So as you know the packet was distributed on Thursday. Uh there was information that could be included as early as Friday. So the agenda was sent out on Friday consisting of the following two items. One is related to item 5A which is section A assessor's recommended values. There were uh added additions. So in the original council packet there's items 1 through 8. With this addendum it added items 9 through 13 as part of that section. And then on item 5B, which is the second part of the agenda, is section B, advisor's recommended values, added bookmarks to attachments B1 for the property located at 17412 Sanctuary Drive to clarify the appellants, assessors, and advisers information. Also added was the assessor's preliminary grid referenced by the appellent. And then finally, there was a replace assessor's final grid for clarification. So all that information was clarified in that agenda again sent out on Friday. There is no recommended action. This is uh mainly for your information for this evening. And I turn it back to you, mayor and council for your consideration. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Funk. So um let's see. We need to approve the um agenda and the ident. Is there a motion? Um let's see. Is it It's council member. You're still council member. Council member Calbertt. I'm still here. Is it? No. No. Well, is it board member or whatever? We're just going to go with council member tonight. I hope that's all right. I'd like to move approval of the agenda as amended. And is there a second? Council member Romey. I'll second. All right. A motion by Council Member Calbert, a second by Council Member Romey. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Foster Bolton, yes. Shack, yes. Wilurn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Romeley, yes. Kley. Yes. Wearsome. Yes. Motion carries. Next item is the introduction of the um uh the assessor's report. And so um I don't know, Miss Putts, do you have anything that you want to say? Thank you, mayor. I do have a few things. Um tonight is our reconvene of the 2025 local board of appeal and equalization. I'd like to take a moment to thank both the assessing staff for all their work during this review period and also the adviserss for taking their time to assist with the local board process. Section 5A contains properties that were reviewed by staff. This includes some new appeals that we've heard from since the first meeting. Commercial properties that were listed on part C of the first meeting and B2 through 4 of the first meeting that um decided to go with the assessor's recommendation. Um all appearing on this part have been reviewed by assessing staff and their recommendations are listed. Properties appearing on part B of the agenda were referred to the adviserss for review at the April 7th local board meeting. The adviserss visited the properties on April 9th, 2025, and their recommendations are listed before you on the agenda. Properties appearing on part C of the agenda were heard at the first meeting and referred back to assessing staff for review. Assessing staff's recommendations are listed before you on the agenda. For tonight's meeting, we need to read the appeals by address and recommendation into the record. If any property owners are here, they may speak and the adviserss are here to answer questions as well. All properties listed on this agenda as well as the April 7th agenda will be notified by mail of the local board's decisions along with information regarding the county board of appeal and equalization. Properties listed on either agenda have the option to continue their appeal at the county level and to do so they should call Henipin County prior to May 21st to make an appointment and the board will meet on June 16th. Thank you. This concludes my report. Thank you, Miss Pots. Um so let's see. Um we move on to So we don't have anything to approve on that one. No action required. So um we will move to item five which is appeals to the board of review. And so we'll start with section A as found in um agenda item 5A. And we will um act first on the act on the properties listed in section A. These are properties which were reviewed by staff. Is there anyone present who would like to speak on any of the properties listed in section A? Is there anyone? All right, seeing no one, um I will read them into the record as recommended by city staff. And so, um we'll start with the list and we've got uh 13 items to read into the record. The first is 5125 County Road number 101 and the assessor's recommendation is 3,750,000. The second item is 12950 Weisetta Boulevard and the assessor's recommendation is 3,66,000. The third item is 15802 Weisetta Boulevard and the assessor's recommendation is 30,927,200. The fourth item is [Music] 15642 Woodgate Road North and the assessor's recommendation is $522,300. The next address is 12,000 12700 Sherwood Place number 207. The assessor's recommendation is $449,400. The next item is 12,700 Sherwood Place G81 and the assessor's recommendation is $7,000. The third the next item is 12,700 Sherwood Place G74 and the assessor's recommendation is $7,000. The next property is 4112 Thomas Avenue and the assessor's recommendation is $900,000. The next item is 5300 Nolan Drive and the assessor's recommendation is 19,764,000. The next item is 5101 Nolan Drive and the assessor's recommendation is 4,636,000. The next property is 5901 Abbott Place and the assessor's recommendation is $320,000. The next item is 3125 County Road number 101. The assessor's recommendation is $712,900. And the final item for this section is 12727 Wood Court Lane and the assessor's recommendation is $758,700. So, um, we need a motion to approve these items. Is there a motion? Council member Wilburn, excuse me. It just takes me a second. That's fine. Um, I move that we receive and adopt the assessor's recommendation values for section A. And a second. Council member Calbertt. A second. All right. We've got a motion by Council Member Wilburn and a second by Council Member Calbertt. Miss Faulk, please call a roll. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilurn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Rome, yes. Kley. Yes. Wears yes. Motion carries. So now we move on to section B. These are properties that were reviewed by the advisors with their recommendation. Is there anyone present who would like to speak on any of the properties listed in section B? Is there anyone? All right. Then we will move forward. I will read um the one property um into the record as recommended by city staff. Um, so that property is 17412 Sanctuary Drive. Um, and I think that's all we don't do. We need the uh the recommendation there on that. Okay. So, the the assessor's recommendation and the adv excuse me, the advisor's recommendation is $813,000 for that property. Is there uh any comments or a motion on that item? Uh, Council Shaq. Thank you, Mayor. I'll make a motion to approve and or to receive and adopt the advisor's recommended value. All right. And and a second on that. Uh, Council Member Foster Bolton. I'll second. All right. We've got um a motion to accept the um advisor's recommendation by Council Member Shack and a second by Council Member Foster Bolton. Um, Miss Faulk, please call roll. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Ra, yes. Kley, yes. Wearsome, yes. Motion carries. So, that takes us to um section C. And these are properties that were heard at the first meeting on April 7th and then reviewed by staff with their recommendations. Is there anyone present who would like to speak on any of the properties listed on section C? All right. Seeing someone uh we will we will read these into the record and um and I believe you are here for 15 15,0001 Lin Terrace. Is that correct? Okay. We will take action on the items u um the items that um has no one to speak for them first then we'll we'll come back and go to um you folks. So um so the one item there is 2634 Crosby Road. The assessor's recommendation is $5,981,500. So, we need a motion on that property. Um, uh, Council Member Romey. Thank you, Mayor. I'll make the motion to receive and adopt the assessor's recommended values. Very good. And a second. Thank you, Mayor. I'll second. All right. We've got a motion by Council Member Baley and a second by Council Member Calvert. Um, Miss Faulk, please roll. Call roll. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Yes. Kley, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. So, that brings us to the second property in um section C. And that is 15001 Lynn Terrace. And I believe the property owners are here. And if you'd like to come forward and um tell us what you want us to know, that would be great. Good evening. Good evening. Um, I'm Mary Libridge, one of the owners of 15001 Lin Terrace. Very good. Uh, and I'm Amy Rusk. Well, welcome to you both. Thank you. So, yeah, tell us what you want us to hear. were a little familiar because we saw you at the earlier meeting and um and I know you've talked to staff some. So, please share your your what you want to share. And may I pass out to you folks? Sure. Okay. You may. And just relax. You know, we're all good here. [Applause] [Applause] and I'll kind of explain that. Um, so right after our meeting, um, on April 9th, we talked with Amy and Melanie outside. Um, and so they said that they would supply comps to us. Um, and so they did supply two comps. Um, and on this document, those are the ones that are listed up above with details on those. Mhm. Um, I did a comp search within a 3/4 mile radius of my home. Um, which is at the bottom here. It's 15001 Lin Terrace, the property, the subject property. And then you'll see four additional comps um that I found um that I think are all equal in a lot of regards to our property on Lind Terrace. Um and mainly the one thing that these all have in common um is they don't have either proper rightway or they are landlocked. Our property does have a rightway. [Music] Um and uh and you can see um even the ones that are landlocked, the the value that our property was taxed at at 213400 is the same as comp 1 and comp 4. Comp 4 being completely landlocked. Um and then there was $110,000 value and a 2024 $400,000 value. So, with that being said, we were given the two comps above. One sold for 40,000 and one sold for 46,000. And we were given the choice of either accepting the $5,000 valuation that we were given or $50,000. Um, and so that's kind of where we're at. We're not interested in accepting either one of those valuations. We want to continue to discuss the valuation of this property. Um I know it's unusual that somebody wants their value to be higher. Um but I have You're not the first. Okay. Good. Good. I am uh I have we have several really good reasons. [Music] Um would you like to add? I mean I the last time we were here we talked about how we have maintained our parcel. Uh we actually went and drove around and looked at these parcels. Most of them you can't, you know, you have to kind of look through or whatever. There's no access to them at all. Um again, ours has water features. It has a gazebo. It has electricity. It has a well. It has a sprinkler system. Um it's it's completely different from uh the ones that uh we listed here. And also we found it very curious that the two comps we were given, one actually has a Weisetta address. Uh the that's comp number two on the tax record. And then uh the other one I mean both of them were farther away from our house. Yeah. Uh or this property. And the four on the bottom are just four of I don't know how many did you find? I mean there's many many many. And we just took the time to go around to these and do the comps. So I'll also say that comp one up here because I went and drove by it and I have the MLS listing. I have more documentation, the tax records and the listings. Um, that one says that it backs up to a marsh land. Mhm. Um, and that no home could be built with a basement because of the the low land. It would have to be built on pilings. Okay. All right. So, do you um so the the the assessing staff provided $5,000 or $50,000 based upon the fact that and the realization that the property is not buildable. Um and so that's and that's more of a planning determination than an assessing determination. Um and so and and you you disagree with that. Plus, you're saying that your your property has improvements on it that some of these other comparables do not have. Um, so, um, and and I guess as our board of review, it is, uh, for us to say, oh, assign a value or or and then you would re, um, you know, we would probably do that, but we I will tell you that we we tend to go with what the prof the professionals have to say, and that's our assessing staff. Um, so then you would retain your rights to um appeal. Um, and you know, I don't know, Miss Pots, if you have anything that you would like to add and then and then go ahead. I'm going to hear from Miss Puts and then um I will come back to you. Thank you. Yeah, thank you, mayor. Um, we did communicate with the property owner that we would recommend an increase to $50,000. We did not want to include that as the recommendation in the packet in case the property owners had not agreed to that and that would effectively increase their taxes. But we are um have recommended verbally the 50,000 to them prior. Um they would also retain their right to appeal and work with us at the county level if they choose to do so. We'd be happy to review the comps they looked at as well. Um but we have not had the opportunity to do that yet. All right. But but just as a question I I want to ask if um council has any other questions, but but essentially our pra whatever we decide tonight, our process ends tonight and the the next recourse goes to the county. Is that indeed correct? That's correct, mayor. All right. And then you go ahead. You can say and then I'm going to ask the council if they have want to weigh in in any way. Um yes. So, um I will say cuz you mentioned the our lot not being buildable of the four comps below. Um three of them have no right away period. Right. They're landlocked. I would call that not buildable. Um the other one had a rightway of less than 80 ft. So less than city standard. So they actually had to get a variance. Right. that that property sold in 2022. Um they were able to get a variance when we drove by yesterday. The the home is on the property. The entire driveway is the right away, right? And so I would just say and I'm I don't want to get too far out of my element here and but I think we're a little stuck because really the determination on the buildability of your lot is not is not the assessing department's job. It is the job of the planning department to tell you what's buildable and not. And if the planning department was here, I would say, well, okay, well, what are the circumstances that make this lot unbuildable? And are there ways with variances and things that you could get this lot to be a buildable lot? Frankly, we do not have the resources here to answer those questions appropriately in my view. So, you know, essentially the the assessing department has been told that the lot is not buildable. um if to to perhaps change that determination, that would require some conversations with the planning department and so forth. So, I think we're going to have to make our determination based on the the the the information we have which says your lot is not buildable. Um what you can do potentially to fix that, again, that's a planning question and so forth. So, I think we're going to have to act based upon the information we have available to us. And Mr. Funk or Miss Miss Poss, if you have anything to add to my comments or if I misspoke in any way, let me know. Mayor, I don't have anything to add. I think that sounds correct. All right. And so, council, any any comments that you all would like to make? Uh, council member Wilburn, I just have a question on um so I understand the not buildable in the assessment, but why was it assessed at 213,24? like what happened between 24 and now to to lower that assessment. Yes. And is that a question for staff or or or for staff? Okay. Very good. So, Miss Puts or um anyone who would like to tackle that one? Miss Puts. Yes. Thank you, Council Member Wilburn. Um we view properties once every 5 years. So this property was um viewed and sent a letter this summer and from that letter the property owners enter answered a quintile questionnaire online and stated some um water issues with the property. From that questionnaire we reached out to the planning department and they let us know that the lot was not buildable. So from there we switched from building it previous or valuing it as buildable to non-buildable for assessment year 25. All right. And um Councilor Shaq. Thank you, Mayor. Um did part of I mean maybe this is beyond what the information that you have, but I am aware that a lot of the fun flood plane designation and the and the water maps changed a year ago or two years ago. Was that part of what impacted this property or do you believe that to be Miss Puts? Yeah, Council Member Shack, I'm not positive on that question. Um, if the city attorney has any additional information, Mr. Nelson. Sure. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, Council Member Sheek, I I can't speak to the the flood plane mapping, but the the um uh very in very short history, there's there has been a history here that the appellants are aware of and legal council has exchanged correspondence both ways. But in 2000, the city council approved a lot combination and redivvision at that time intended to split the the what is now the Lin Terrace parcel uh from uh a neighboring parcel and combine it with the Cherry Lane parcel that was owned here. That combination hasn't occurred. And in 2000, the council and their foresight and with staff's advice uh wanted to put future buyers, the public on notice um that the lot was unbuildable. And so at that point, as a condition of approval of that action, the council required a restrictive covenant be recorded against the Lind Terrace property and that was recorded. Um, and then development rights be conveyed to the city. Uh, so we have a situation since 2000, the lot has been unbuildable. It was unbuildable in 2000 and it's unbuildable currently. Um and and um besides the the two documents which the appellants had record notice of when they purchased the property. Um yeah, the the the lot it's my understanding I believe is substandard as to lot width at the right ofway and lot width um at the setback I believe. I All right. And then um I'm going to finish council and then I I will I will go back to you and I I don't want to turn this into a debate but I want you to feel that you've been heard appropriately. Okay. So, any other other issu council member Kley? I I guess for me my question would be because what happened in 2000 um how does that impact the value of the home if it's remained the same pretty much? I mean, why does it impact the value of the home? So, um I'm not going to um I don't know, Mr. Nelson, do you have a comment? Because I mean, essentially this is a this is an accessory lot, correct? It's next to the lot where their home is. So that we're talking about a lot that is part of their their yard but is a separate property. So there is no home on the property that Okay. I'm sorry I misspoken, but why does it um change the value of the lot? So I'm I mean I just don't understand that part. And um Miss Putsy, I don't know if you want to tackle that or you know I can I can take a shot at it, but you're probably more knowledgeable than I am. Speak to it a little bit, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Kley. Um, a lot that is buildable has a greater potential for a higher sale price, whereas an unbuildable lot of the same size, there's very limited use for that property. Um, especially if you don't own an adjacent property. So, typically a buildable lot would have a much higher value than unbuildable. Okay, thank you for that. Okay, very good. Council member Romey, sorry, I'm having a question as well. So, this property is adjacent though to the property and we've known that it's been unbuildable since 2000. So, I'm having trouble grappling with the why it went from as high as it did to as low as it did 24 years later. Yep. Thank you, Council Verle. Um, it was in error previously. the property should have been valued lower. And so there's um different options that the property owners would have to seek um that lower value on an annual basis. But until that quintile questionnaire was filled out, that's what prompted us to look into that property a little further and find out that it was unbuildable. I can't speak to what happened um number of years ago, but we can look into that further. Yeah. Um, okay. Um, I'll hold my comment. Yeah. So, you know, I mean, I I really feel for your circumstances. Um, I think we're quite limited um and and um in what we can really do. I mean, we can adjust the value. Um, and we'll we'll talk about that and I want to give you a chance to speak too. But the other thing is that to me, if your property was overvalued in the past and you've owned it and you've paid taxes on a property that was overvalued, um there I don't know legally what the recourse is and there's probably a legal uh recourse or there may or may not be, but I do know that as a board um our pro our powers are restricted and one of the things that according to this sheet of paper right here that we cannot do and that is um um let's see we have certain actions we can take but we cannot let's see where'd it go now um consider prior year assessments. So even though if we if we're all certain here that your prior year assessments were wrong, this board does not have authority to act on that. That would be more of a legal process, I believe, and you know would encourage you to, you know, to pursue your rights um in that, but we're limited on what we can do tonight. So we can decide on a value and and I think that we will we will do that next. But I want to give you I'm I usually don't go back and forth like this, but I'm going to give you an opportunity to make one last comment before we take it back to the council and decide. And Miss Puts, I don't know if you want to add anything either, but please go ahead. Okay, I'm going to let her talk cuz she said she had something and then Okay, very good. So, even one of the bigger issues is yes, obviously we've been paying taxes on it being deemed buildable. We bought the property at tax value. So we didn't buy it for $5,000. We bought it for what it was valued at. So that like we're holding the bag for like we don't have that money which we invested in and and under the the understanding that this property was buildable and so that at some point we could sell that plot and build that money. Yeah. and we had a buyer. We had it all ready to go and then contacted the city and the city was like, "Whoops, nope." So, and we do have documentation. We don't need to get into the full thing, but we do have documentation of the previous owner contacting Miss Putts about what, 5 years ago. And so, she knew about this before that. it it was in 2021. We purchased the property in 2021. We we've learned a lot in just the last 6 months about the property that we purchased. Uh title company insured over the restrictions. We have not felt like we can go to this office to get counseling about how to move forward. So, we're here today to just say this is this is just the tip of the iceberg of what we've come up with. And yes, we are moving forward to the county level and you Yeah. So, as I said, we we purchased it in 2021. Um the title company insured over the uh incumbrances, I guess, and did not tell us about it. Um, I had been trying to talk to the city a couple of times, I believe once in 2022 and again in 2023 regarding the water that's being funneled from other properties under the road onto our own property, this Lindterrace property. So, we are dealing with with flooding issues of water that's being directed into our lot. Um, I also appreciated um your your comment regarding um why now? Well, I think why why now 24 years later? It's because I complained on a document that said this is a problem. I need someone to to look into this. So this feels very punitive to us. Yes. Several weeks after or we we submitted probably a 20page document to the city attorney and she reviewed it. She sent something back to us and basically said this is the last thing I'm doing before I retire and too bad for you. It and so now I mean we don't it's hard for us to trust anybody in the city. like we just don't quite know where to turn with this. And I I would like to say that the 20page document, you alluded to that. What I'm talking about was the quintile report and I asked it was either Amy or Melanie, well, what did the last quintile report state 5 years prior? They hadn't done one. That was the first one for our property. So, we're just um Yeah. So, it just feels very punitive to us that we're not only the collection site uh for storm water, but we also bought a property with with the belief that it was buildable. The seller did not disclose a whole lot of other things. I just really want the value right now this year to stay the same so that we continue to pay higher taxes than we would until we have more time to figure out really what happened and how do we undo what happened. Thank you. Um thank you for that and um I'm u councilor Shaq. Thank you mayor. I you know I I'm just going to make a comment and propose how we move forward and other people can weigh in. But you know this is a very complicated I'm I'm very sympathetic to your situation. I'm not sure you know if we said it was worth 213 you'd still have a boatload of problems. you know, that's clear that you'd have to sort out and, you know, probably work with an attorney to figure out all of your remedies that you have available to you from probably various entities, including potentially the city, I suppose. Um, but we're, you know, our purview here is so limited and it's really to, you know, to perpetuate a past wrong is probably not something that is the responsible thing to do. as much as I would love to be like, "Yeah, let's just do what they are asking," you know, so my suggestion is to to assign the $50,000 value for tonight. understand that you've got work ahead of you and this can go to the county where there you know where you you might have a more dynamic process and um as you sort through all of your other things and certainly you know planning staff and other folks here at the city are going to be a part of that and I'm very sorry I'll personally say I'm very sorry that you're in this situation I would be as frustrated as you are today um but I'm not you know I I think our hands are somewhat tied on what we can do. So that's my suggestion. Thank you, Council Shack. Does anyone else would anyone else like to comment because this is clearly a difficult and not ideal situation. So um Council Kley, I'm wondering can we um have them go to the county first before we sign any tax value? Do we need to assign a tax value tonight? I'm I'm seeing the heads nodding. That that indeed that's that's our job. We we have to assign um something. And if we accepted that, would we be with that then? No. You you you do not lose your appeal rights. But we do lose the ability to leverage the the the money that's in in our minds in that lot. And dealing with an attorney is very expensive. And I'm assuming that's probably where we're going to end up is having an attorney. Um I'd already been previously trying to find out, you know, from my bank to leverage that lot. Yeah. I um Anyway, are there other comments from council members? Otherwise, I'll comment, but go ahead, Council Member Romey. Yeah, I I just want to echo the comments made by Council Member Shaq. Um I was in a situation that was not well in some ways very similar. I have an adjacent um parcel that um I had to purchase difficulties although at the county level not at the city level. The city was actually very helpful um to me in that. So I understand the frustration and it you know how daunting it is for middle class people to have to go out and then hire a real estate attorney and do all this. So just very sympathetic. I agree. I think we don't really have a lot of latitude here in what we can do even if we can wish you well at the county level. Um so you know just again just want to reiterate how uncomfortable and difficult this is uh to go forward because I think I especially can definitely I I mean I'm sure everybody can but having gone through something similar I can definitely see myself in in your situation. So, um, you know, apologies and and for that and, um, anyway, that Thank you, Council Member Mey. Any other comments for council members? Council member Foster Bolton. No, I just wanted to say the same thing. I I feel really bad that this has happened to you. And I do think that it seems to me at the county level there are a lot of um things that that will go right. I mean, it seems like you have a case. I don't know anything, but I'm really sorry this is going on for you guys. Um, so I I'll just add I mean this is this is about as unfortunate a set of circumstances as as I've seen in my time and um you know wearing this hat and doing this role. And I one I I do apologize that um that for any um any part that the city had um to cause the situation I I apologize for that because um I hate to see you in this position. But I also recognize that, you know, given the limits in what we can do, um I I am supportive of the recommendation by Council Member Shack. And then while um you know, we can't I also want to encourage staff to work on whatever resources of assistance because there are different um different forms of assistance potentially available. Um you know, we we wish you well in this to get this right. Um, I would say that whatever we pass tonight is not going to be right. Um, it's going to be the best we can do under the circumstances we've got. And we want to be supportive, but at the same time, we also have to recognize that we cannot serve as your attorney or we cannot but but there are there are resources out out there, I believe, for um different situations and we will do our best to to direct you to those resources that are as low a cost as possible. But I do think the road ahead is somewhat more challenging than any of us would like for it to be. So I'm I'm I'm sorry. I wish I could be more encouraging, but I think we have to be fact-based and we also have to recognize the limitations of our authority in this role. So again, my apologies for your circumstances. I feel badly about it. Thank you. Thank you. So thank you. So um council, tough uh tough decision. Is there a motion? Council member Council Member Calbert. Everyone's fighting for this motion. Council Calbert, do you want to go ahead? Sure. Thank you. Um, I'd like with great regret to uh recommend the motion to receive and adopt uh the assessor's recommended value of $50,000 of $50,000. Yes. Is there a Is there a second? Second, mayor. Thank you. All right. Um, so, um, Miss Faulk, would you please call roll? We've got a motion by Council Member Calbertt and a second by Council Member Sha. Please call roll. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilurn, yes. Calbert, yes. Raley, yes. Regretfully. Kley, yes. Regret regretfully as well. We Yes. Motion carries. I'm I'm sorry we couldn't do better for you tonight, but um we we wish you well and um stay in touch with us and and our planning department. Thank you. Thank you. So that um let's see. I think that takes us to the end. So all we need is a motion for adjournment. Is there a motion to adjurnn? Council member Wilburn. I move adjournment. Is there a second? Council member Calvert. A second. Okay, we've got a motion by Council Member Wilburn and a second by Council Member Calvert. Um, all in favor say I. I. I. We are adjourned. So, we'll invite We've got We've got a good crowd of people out there. So, we'll invite those folks in. [Applause] Yeah, do that. Oh. Oh, that's great. back up. Excellent. [Applause] Thank you, Mayor. My pleasure. Um well, it's it's nice to see such a big crowd here tonight. Um, and so tonight is Monday, April 21st, 2025. This is a regular meeting of the Minnotonka City Council. I will call the meeting to order and we have a special treat tonight. Um, we have we have scouts here tonight, Cub Scouts, I believe. Correct. And um, they are going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. So, I will ask you all to stand. And then I want to give also give you a warning that after we do the pledge, we're going to take a little little break so we can get a picture with the scouts. So we're going to do the pledge. We're going to take a little break. We'll we'll um take a picture and then we'll get back to the business at hand. So scouts lead us in the pledge. And there's the flag is over there. So you can you can look at the flag and um and when you're ready when you're ready, go ahead. 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. Thank you all. So, now we need to we're going to take just a a quick break and we're and we'll go and get get the um and council. Yeah, let's all council members and scouts, let's go over here and we'll get a picture and we'll we'll be back in business. [Music] Yes. Good to see you. [Music] Thank you all. [Applause] Well, thank you scouts. Um, I will say that the best part of this job is when uh we have young people come and uh choose to be involved with um with our local city government. So, um I'll call the meeting back to order. And um next item on the agenda is uh roll call. So Miss Faulk, could you please call roll? Kley here. Foster Bolton here. Shaq here. Wilburn here. Calbertt here. Rome here. Reome here. Um next item is approval of the agenda. I don't see an addendum, but um um Miss Dmen or Mr. Funk. Um good evening, mayor and city council. You are correct, mayor. There is no agenda for tonight's meeting. So, the agenda is presented uh according to the packet. Thank you. Very good. Is there a mo council member Calbertt? Thank you, Mayor. I make the motion to approve the agenda. And a second. Council member Romey, I'll second. All right. A motion by Council Member Calbertt and a second by Council Member Romey. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shack, yes. Wvern, yes. Calvert, yes. Raley, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. Next item is approval of minutes. We have three sets. I think we can do these all in one motion and one vote. Um item 5A is the March 24, 2025 study session minutes. Item 5B is the April 7th, 2025 regular meeting minutes. And the third um is the April 7th, 2025 local board of um uh equalization and um assessment. Assessment, not amortization, assessment. All these real estate words. Um assessment and um equalization meeting minutes. Is there a motion? Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. I move approval of the March 24th, 2025 study session minutes, the April 7th, 2025 regular meeting minutes, and the April 7th, 2025 LBAe meeting minutes. Very good. Is there a second? Council member Kley, I'll second. All right, we've got a motion by Council Member Cal Calbertt and a second by Council Member Kley. Um, Miss Faulk, please call a roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Romey, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. Next item on the agenda is special matters. And we've got quite a few. And we've got a we've got a house full of people who want to see what's um happening with special matters tonight. So, um item 6A is recognition of the 2025 sustainable Minnetonka award winners. and um I will recognize Miss Wishnack uh for that staff report. Thank you, Mayor and Council members. I'll just start off and then the mayor will proceed with calling out the award winners, but I just want to give you some background. Um if you didn't remember, we actually created these awards in 2022 and so far 10 residents, businesses, and students have been awarded. The excuse me, the program purpose was intended to recognize notable sustainability projects within the city and lift those up for others to take action and uh that has been happening for the last couple of years. We are so pleased to report that this year we had 12 applications and the sustainability commission did select the winners in March of 2025. There are five categories for the awards. One being energy, landscape, waste reduction, water, and young adult. Um, each of the recipients will have an award plaque that has been made from a single green asht tree that has been removed through the emerald ashbor management program. So again, this is a promotion for next year as well. So, if you have a project you're working on and thinking about, please think about submitting next year, but we're happy for the mayor to kick off uh the award ceremony. Well, thank you, Miss Wishnack, and um again, welcome to everyone who is here for this item. Um I want to welcome um both Chair Golib and um Vice Chair Patine from our sustainability commission. Welcome to you both. Um, I also want to welcome Ally Sutherland, the sustainability coordinator and staff liaison to the commission. Welcome. And then they will be helping to distribute the uh the awards this evening to our an our nominees and award winners. So, do we have a protocol in terms of what we're going to do as we as we read through these awards? So, Mayor, I will keep advancing the slides as you read. Um, all right. Chair Gallib and Ally will come to the table and get the awards ready for the recipients. When your name is called, the recipients should move toward the podium and then move off to the left for the award itself. Pictures will be taken post meeting, not during the meeting, and so we can move along the award ceremony. Thank you, mayor. Very good. Well, I I really appreciate that. So, first are the energy awards and um and you know, I just have to say again, I'm really pleased to see everyone here. I mean the interest on sustainability and the work that we're doing in the city is it's very encouraging to um have everyone show up uh for these awards. So thank you so much. So the energy award nominees are um one nominee award is Amamira Minnitanka and Amamira Minnetonka completed energy design assistance program during development that saves 25% in annual energy costs. They received a 100 out of 100 energy star score and they installed and this quite amazing installed a rooftop solar array with 126 panels and 22 electric vehicle charges chargers. So that award goes to Amamira or the the nom nomination is to air Minnetonka. So let's see come forward. They already came forward and got their award while you were ahead of me. I'm just I'm just staying at my script here. Um, so the next energy award nominee is 701 Carlson who installed six electric vehicle chargers in the business cent's parking ramp and they included a new transformer and circuit panel as part of the project. So well done 701 Carlson Parkway. And then a third nominee award is for Nick Lamberts. He installed a rooftop solar array of 46 solar panels on his home. I believe net zero emissions throughout the year. So all the power at his house is uh net zero emissions. So well done. So then that takes and one more nominee, excuse me, is the Alcott Apartments and the Alcott Apartments cleaned completed energy design assistance program during development that saved 26% in annual energy costs and they installed electrical vehicle chargers. So well done. So the next category the winners in the business and residential energy categories are um award winner is special recognition award for a business engineered products company installed rooftop solar array of 918 solar panels nearly net zero emissions for an 86,000 square foot warehouse building and installed 100% LED lighting efficient HVAC and electronic electric vehicle charging station. So well done um engineer products company. The second and then the other special recognition award is to um uh Dennis Bachwitz and I hope I pronounce your uh name properly. Um a resident of um Applewood Point. He motivated a co-op to subscribe common areas to community solar which will reduce energy bills at that facility by 10% and taught residents how to subscribe their units to uh community solar and um I would say that anybody in the audience who hasn't um signed up for community solar contact Mr. Bwitz. Um but but well done and that resource I believe is is generally available. So um it's it's a great thing to do. So our next category is waste reduction awards and the waste reduction award winner is Lowerson Piano Service and their business is they tune, repair and restore pianos. They have a conscience conscious effort to prevent pianos from entering the landfill. And when um pianos are beyond repair, they transform heirloom pianos into meaningful art pieces. And if you look here, you can see uh in the upper left um an example of a former piano that has turned into a pretty interesting piece of art. So well [Applause] done. And so then the waste um awards um uh the award winner, a resident is Michael Stern and he salvaged 85% of the house being removed um through a home deconstruction project. So salvaged 85% of a house that was being torn down. He redirected over 45,000 pounds of building materials from landfills and donated materials to Better Futures for use in future construction projects. Um, significant accomplishment. Well [Applause] done. Well, thank you very much. Well done. And I will say I'm somebody who hates My wife will tell you I need to throw a lot more stuff away, but I I hate to waste anything. So this uh this award is pretty close to uh my heart. I think that's outstanding. So then in the landscaping um category, we have a nominee Sharon Finny and she converted a 144 square foot area of lawn to a native pollinator pollinator garden. She designed and installed the garden herself with support from the NineM Creek Wershed District. And she used the garden, she uses the garden to teach others on how to plant native gardens. So Sharon, well done. Thank [Applause] you. And I will add, I don't know if any of you watched 60 Minutes last night, but they had a great piece on monarchs. And um monarchs need um native plants and they they need milkweed. And so that work is important. Minnitanka is a monarch champion city. I'm proud of that. And uh you know we monarchs the statistic from that meeting that was most interesting to me is that the number of monarchs coming uh going to Mexico last year increased year-over-year which is a surprise to me because they have been in serious decline. So please keep planting um milkweed and uh native plants. So then the um landscaping award winner goes to an Woodson Hicks and this is a special recognition award. 70% of her yard is natural landscape. Over 26 native plant species provide habitat for monarchs and other wildlife. She teaches others how to practice native planting and she harvests milkweed seeds for others. So she is the award winner. Uh please uh give a round of applause to Ann Woodson Hicks. And next is U water awards. And the water award is the Clarion Hills Association. They restored half of their shoreline that was covered in buckthornne and planted um 75 native plant species. the shoreline um after their work stabilizes the soil and protects water quality and they educated residents about the benefits and receive community support to restore the remaining shoreline this spring. So well done. Water is vital. [Applause] So I think um and then we have um a the young adult award and uh the young adult award goes to the Minnotonka Vantage program water equity team and they conducted a study on water equity. They surveyed 48 motans on water equity perspectives. They re recommended actions that motans can take to improve water equity and they presented findings to the city and to other elected officials. So that's the Minnetonka advantage program water equity team. So, I just want to uh congratulate um all of the nominees and award winners and I want to thank you all for being here. And I also want to ask council members if you would like to make a comment or two. You're welcome to. No pressure. Council member Shaq, I just want to say how inspiring it is to see all of this. I mean, really just such cool stuff. I'm like, well, I'm going to have to do that and do that. And so, you've motivated one person at least. So, thank you everybody and I have a feeling we'll the number of nominees will continue to grow as we as this gets more publicity. Um, council member Calbertt and then Shaq or and then Ray. Thank you. I'll keep it brief. I will just say it was so thrilling to read this packet and I just want to thank everybody just for doing what you did and I think one of the most important um aspects first of all thank you to sustainability commission also for the work you did on this. This is all about spreading the good word and I really appreciate the activities of people that shared, you know, like the activity at Applewood Point, getting your neighbors to sign up for solar gardens and teaching your, you know, other people teaching your neighbors how to do natural plantings. That's how we make change in our community and it just is so meaningful and exciting. So, thank you very much. And then council member Romey. Thank you, mayor. I just want to echo what's already been said. Uh thank you very much to sustainability commission for all of your work. Encourage others to kind of look at the city website and and you know see the resources that we have there. There's lots of great resources, volunteer opportunities, learning opportunities, and uh hope that you know all of our residents will take advantage. Um, also would love to see um don't want to dump on the sustainability commission, but we have these two wonderful native landscapes. So, a native garden tour or landscape tour would uh with some of these projects would be lovely and inspiring. So, again, thank you for your work. Thank you, Council Member Foster Bolton. Thank you, Council Member Romey. Yeah. Um, sometimes meetings get heavy and after reading the packet this weekend, I was really looking forward to coming to the meeting tonight. So, thank you. Well, and and I'll just add a couple of a couple of things. First of all, I want to thank you all and Chair Golib and and um Vice Chair Patine, thank you for your good work and for the entire sustainability commission. Um, you know, reading the news isn't so much fun these days and uh there's a lot of challenging things going on in the world, but I really believe that local government is where the action is. And you who are showing up in person to our council meeting and to hear about the good things that are being done in our community. That's inspiring. That that makes it worth getting up in the morning. So, I want to thank you all for that. And then I want to ask you to stick around just a little. You don't have to stay for the whole meeting. Um but um we we do have a few other special matters and some proclamations and I think they're good proclamations. So if you'd stick around till the end of the proclamations that's great and then we'll just kind of take a minute or two to let you um head out and wish just logistically if anybody could stay after in the hallway for pictures that would be great. Um so you can gather out there and take some photos. Um thank you very much. Very good. Well thank you all. So, we've got three proclamations tonight. And um I um was a little selfish and I'm going to do the Earth Day proclamation. Uh when I when I talked to a few council members today, council member um Calbertt reminded me that Earth Day is her anniversary and she was hoping that I would have her read the Earth Day um proclamation, but I said, "Well, I'm going to take it for myself tonight because um Earth Day was something that was initiated by Gaylord Nelson, who was a senator and governor of the state of Wisconsin. And I grew up in Wisconsin. And when I was in fourth grade, I wrote a letter to Senator Nelson um to ask him about information about the uh the city of Washington DC. And he wrote me a nice letter back or his staff did and they were he informed me that well it's a beautiful city but it's not a city, it's a district. And so he corrected me um and I remember and um um and then he sent a nice book on Washington DC. But in addition to that, um he was um he was responsible for much of the wilderness designation that exists in the United States and um I I'm particularly fond of the Apostle Islands which is now a national lakeshore and it was through his work that that was designated as a wilderness and I spend a lot of time in that part of the state of Wisconsin and it's uh near and dear to my heart. So I'm reading the Earth Day um I'm selfishly reading the Earth Day proclamation today. So I will do that right now. So, Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025. Whereas the official 2025 Earth Day theme is our power, our planet, which invites everyone around the globe to unite behind renewable energy and triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030. Whereas the global community faces extraordinary environmental challenges such as climate change, global health issues, food and water shortages, degradation of ecosystems, ine inequity and poverty. And whereas all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, income, occupation, age, country of origin, or geography, have a right to a safe, healthy, sustainable environment with economic opportunities. And whereas it is understood that the citizens, businesses and organizations of the global global community must take actions to utilize and support renewable energy generation to ensure equitable outcomes and maximum success. And whereas Earth Day was established in 1970 constitutes an opportunity for environmental stewardship commitments and sustainable sustainability efforts and a commitment to an Earth Day proclamation. And furthermore, let it be known that the Minnotonka City Council will hereby use this Earth Day to celebrate the Earth and make a commitment to take actions that support the 2025 Earth Day theme and hereby encourages Minnitankaka residents, businesses, and institution institutions to take supportive actions as well. Now therefore, let it be proclaimed, the Minnitankka City Council hereby pledges this Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, to support renewable energy initiatives in Minnitonka, Minnesota, and hereby encourages the community to undertake under undertake similar actions. Signed, Brad woram, the mayor. So, thank you for that. Um, the next is an Arbor Day proclamation. Um um the theme is very similar and uh council member Foster Bolton said she would read that for us. Whereas our trees and forests brighten Minnetonka's future by creating jobs, providing areas for quiet contemplation, increasing property values, and making our city more livable. And whereas our trees and forests enrich society by building strong community ties, reducing crime, providing common meeting places and places to recreate. And whereas our trees and forests strengthen our lives by pro providing lumber for building homes, fiber for producing paper, foliage for decorating, and food for eating. And whereas our trees and forests enhance our environment by moderating climate, improving air and quality and water quality, conserving water and energy, sheltering wildlife and benefiting pollinators. And whereas each year on the last Friday in April, volunteers and si city staff plant trees to invigorate our community and all the natural resources they represent and dedicate themselves to the continued health of our city's urban and community forest. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Minnitankka City Council hereby proclaims Friday, April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day and the month of May as Arbor Month in the city of Minnitanka. Thank you, Council Member Foster Bolton. And then the final proclamation is National Therapy Animal Day Proclamation. I've asked our resident tree lover and a dog lover um council member uh Calbertt and and I also want to um recognize um Chief Borbom and and Samson who is um who is a uh therapy animal for our police department. So with that Samson, welcome. And um and uh Samson Samson's a friendly guy. Samson's my favorite employee, I just have to say. So, council member Calbertt. So, whereas National Therapy Animal Day is a day to recognize and honor the thousands of therapy animal teams who serve their communities across the country. And whereas therapy animals provide comfort and healing to people of all ages in a wide range of settings including hospitals, schools, nursing homes, disaster areas, emergency services, and more. And whereas the positive impact of the bonds between humans and animals has been recognized for decades with animal assisted interventions growing into a a respected and powerful complement to traditional care and support services. And whereas the presence of therapy animals has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, improve cardiovascular health, stimulate memory and communication, and foster a greater sense of connection and hope. And whereas these trained animals offer invaluable emotional support and help regulate emotions for those who may be facing physical, mental, and emotional challenges. And whereas Samson, my favorite employee, the trained therapy dog living and working within the Minnotonka Police Department, exemplifies the compassion, service, and connection therapy animals provide each day, offering comfort to community members in times of crisis and supporting the well-being of officers and staff. And whereas April 30th is recognized by national organizations, advocates, and volunteers as a time to honor the extraordinary contributions of therapy animals and their handlers and to raise awareness about the importance of animal assisted interventions. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Minnotonka City Council does hereby declare April 30th National Therapy Animal Day. Thank you, Council Member Calbertt. So, that that is it for our um our special matters. Um and next we have um uh reports from city manager and council members. And and before I turn it over to Mr. Funk, um some of you may be aware of this, but um I've made the decision that I am not going to seek reelection um for the role of mayor um of our fair city. And so that was a very tough decision. I love this city and frankly I love this job and I've I've never walked away from a job that I like as much as this one. So this is a tough decision, but I also think that um you know my hair is the wrong color for to be a young guy and um and we've got plenty of experience on this council. So um I think our future is bright. But I just want to thank everyone for all of their support and the opportunity to serve as mayor of this great city. It's been it's been an honor and I'm I'm very appreciative um to have had that opportunity. So with that, I will turn it to Mr. Funk for um um or excuse me, Miss Dman. Thank you all. And and Miss Dmond, um your report. Thank you, Mayor and Council. I do have a few updates for you this evening. Over the next few weeks, we do have a lot of city events, city sponsored events happening. um two of which are this coming Saturday, April 26. So the first is Saturday morning. The Minnitanka Fire Department is hosting a sensory friendly open house that includes no lights or sirens at Fire Station 1 here on campus and that is from 10:00 a.m. through 100 p.m. And the event is designed for residents with sensory disorders. So the department will have public safety vehicles. They'll have the inflatable 15 foot popular sly cookies and firefighters. So and that is a free event for our community as well. In the afternoon on Saturday from 1 to 3:00 p.m., the 2025 clothing swap will take place at the marsh. So, bring in gently used clothing and take home something new to you for free. And you do not need to bring items in advance to participate or at all in the swap. And then on May 1st through 3rd, the Menntanka Ice Arena will host the Silver Skates Ice Review, which is celebrating its 50 uh 50th anniversary. So, it's a big event for them. And then coming up on May 3rd, the city will host the Marsh openhouse celebration, which is celebrating the second anniversary of the Marsh since the city of Minnetonka acquired the beloved community space. This event will showcase local businesses, wellness experiences, and delicious offerings. So more information on all the events can be found on our city's website. And with that, mayor and council, I will turn it over to city manager Funk. Mr. Funk, good evening. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Good evening, council. Thank you, Miss Dmen. Just two quick things for you this evening. U as you know I was out the last uh nine days uh on vacation and just want to acknowledge publicly my sincere appreciation to assistant city manager Miranda Domen for her leadership and steady guidance in my absence. Her professionalism and dedication ensured continuity in our operations during my time away and I I know you saw that and then worked with her uh this last week. I'm also really deeply grateful to our staff for their commitment to excellence. Um, you know, sometimes as a leader and you step away and it's hard to step away because you're in the trenches so often, but when you really really when we look at our staff, one of the defining strengths of our organization is that our work continues seamlessly regardless of individual absences. And that is really a re uh really a testament to the depth of talent that we have and the strong systems we have in place here at the city of Minnetonka. And for me, it's reassuring and frankly a point of pride to know that our organization remains positive, responsive, effective, and well led at every level. So, with that, just really want to acknowledge those uh when I step away that we have great people here that that uh you you wouldn't know that I stepped away. So, thank you to all of our staff. And then also just also want to take a moment to acknowledge Mayor Woram's recent announcement he just made a few minutes ago that he will not be seeking re-election. U mayor, you mentioned gray hair. you will not know what kind of color I hear have but on behalf of our staff I want to express our sincere appreciation for his leadership his partnership and unwavering commitment to the Minnitankaka community while there are still several months ahead mayor there's frankly eight months ahead in his term we will be remain focused on advancing the city's strategic priorities and continuing the work we've set in motion together and as staff we will work throughout his remaining tenure and your tenure mayor to honor and celebrate your impactful legacy to our community. So, looking forward to the last eight months working with you and we wish you the best and certainly a lot more uh to come um probably in November and December. So, with that, thank you, Mayor and Councel. Thank you, Mr. Funk. So, council, um are there other reports that anyone would like to make? Council member Kley, I just want to thank you, Mayor. I just want to make a comment. So, this morning when I was um driving my daughter to school coming up Highway 7, you know, there was a driver. I don't know if they were doing road rage or what was going on, but it was some teenagers that was driving. It was another driver behind the teenagers and they just kept honking the horn at the teenagers. And I could me and my daughter looked over and I was just like, "What is going on?" And um I could tell that the teenagers was like, "What's going on? They seem a little fragile." Like it was just really weird. and I tried to look back to get the um driver's face or whatever or just acknowledge the driver, but I couldn't see him or whatever. But um I did take a picture of the license plates. I had Janiah like take a picture of the license plates because it was just bothered me so bad. And I just want to tell drivers to take your time. You know, when you have teenagers or folks on the road, it doesn't matter if it's teenager, elders, whoever it is, but you know, take your time. You don't have to hunk your horn at someone to, you know, cause a problem. You know, sometimes people can get really nervous and that can cause an accident just continuously honking horns. And so I just want to encourage folks who's driving on the highways, driving on streets, you know, really just think about other people, you know, like think about the impact honking horns can have on someone who's driving, especially young people because they're new to driving and maybe the driver, the young person did something to tee that person off. I don't know. But regard regardless, you know, we have to think about others before we start honking horns. And so just wanted to just say that out publicly and hopefully, you know, people can take that into consideration. So that's pretty much it. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Kley. Um, Council Shaq. Thank you, Mayor. I'll just echo um Mr. Funk's comments. I I think the first business day he was out was a quite a challenging day um around here. And so uh Miss Domen handled it with grace and kept everybody informed. And note, certainly I wasn't concerned and I'm sure none of my colleagues were concerned that everything was under control with her and the and the leadership team. So really appreciate that. And um very briefly, mayor, um 23 years is a very long time to serve the city in multiple capacities. We're really fortunate to have such strong leadership over that time and your time as mayor. And we've got a long journey ahead. So, you haven't heard the last of our thanks and congratulations, but um thank you for now and we'll we'll hear more you'll hear more from us as the year continues. Thank you, Council Shack. Any anyone else? Council member Romey. Uh thank you, mayor. Just again, uh sorry and congratulations as I said before the meeting. So, we'll your leadership will definitely be missed. Looking forward to the next eight months though to to get everything in that we possibly can. Um, secondly, just wanted to offer uh I guess my condolences to uh especially the our Catholic neighbors and friends on the passing of Pope Francis. Um, and you know, thanks to all the faith leaders from various traditions who have offered uh their condolences today. Speaking of road rage, maybe they can think about what Pope Francis would would do in these situations. I think uh his example um you know kind of serves would serve us all well in these troubling times. Thank you. Council member Mey. Anyone? Anyone else? Council member Calbertt. I will keep it extremely brief. I just we have a stellar staff. Thank you staff for being you and also mayor. It has been an honor and a privilege. Thank you all. Um anyone else? And we're all good. I mean, it's a little like, okay, anyone else want to say something nice about me? Um, it's not I'm I'm not I'm not really good at this. So, let's let's kind of let's kind of end it there. Um, but um I do um have a couple of things. Um uh uh last week was a busy week. Um, I had a meeting um along with Miss Domen uh with um Henipin County about EMS and um some work and some improvements that we're looking to um Henipin County to help get made and um there it was with our public safety folks and our fire chief and um and from a a number of cities and I think good things are happening. Um, you know, the goal is to, uh, we talked about response times, and clearly one of the measures that every public safety agency keeps track of is, um, um, is response times, but more important than response times, it's good results. And, and, you know, um, response times are a measure, but, results, saved lives are um, are really what we're trying to achieve. And I think uh we're working with Hanniban County to toward that goal to make improvements. And um they're going to do they're going to do a um I believe a study is going to be implemented to look at things that we can do to improve um our public safety response times because it's not just Minnotonka. Um we work with Henipin County for EMS and we rely on them. But then whenever if you call 911, it's not just an ambulance that shows up. You also often time get a police car that shows up and a fire truck that shows up. So in some ways it's overkill. So the so the opportunity is how do you make it as as quick as possible and as efficient as possible, but we're really looking for is improved outcomes. And I think I think some of the things that were identified in that meeting are moving us in that direction. But um I know Miss Wishnack rolls her eyes when I say this, but I always say public safety is job one um in cities and it and it really I know she's not knows I'm not very trainable. Um but you know I mean keeping our residents safe and providing using our focusing our resources on how to um improve our performance and public safety is important. Um the other thing is um there were um you know it was Congress was off last week and so there were opportun many um sightings of Congresswoman Morrison who had a um she had a um a town hall meeting. um she met with um the mayors in her district um last Monday um a week ago today and I attended that meeting but then I had to leave early because we had the EMS meeting in um in Eden Prairie. Um but also she spoke at the um at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, the Weisetta West Metro Chamber of Commerce and went and um heard her comments there. And you know it's um it's a challenging time in the country. I think that um you know there's a lot of change going on. Some people think some of the change is good, some of the thing people think it's terrible, but but it you whenever there's a lot of change, I know for a fact regardless of what side of the the political aisle you're on, change is hard. People don't like change and we as council members know that. And so while there's a lot of change going on, there's quite a bit of discomfort. And we're seeing that in the markets and seeing that in a lot of place. And so it's to go back to what council member Kley said. Um, let's not get mad. Let's let's be kind. Let's be considerate. Let's let's go the extra mile to care about the people that we live and work with and interact with because um be kind. We need some kindness in our society now. Regardless of what side of the aisle you're on, uh we need to be compassionate and considerate to one another. So, I don't want to sound like too much like a preacher, but I think it's really important for us to bear that in mind while we are going through dramatic change in our country. So, um I think um I think that's important. So, that will end the reports from city manager and council members. Um next item on the agenda is citizens wishing to discuss matters not on the agenda. And if someone has anything that they would like to report, please come forward, state your name and address and tell us what you would like us to hear. No action will be taken tonight, but we are interested in hearing what you have to say. We'll turn it over to staff and there will be followup, but um we will take no action tonight. So, is there anyone who would like to uh come forward and share something with the council? Anyone? All right. Seeing no one, we will move on. And the next item on the agenda is bids and purchases. And the uh nine item 9A is bids for the Sherwood and uh Birch lift station force main improvement project. And Mr. Manchester, that's your report. It is. Thank you, mayor. Good evening, mayor and councel. for you are the bids for the Sherwood and Birch lift station force mains. Um we have two recommended actions tonight. We have one for a motion to award the contract and then also to authorize the deputy public works director um to spend project as long as it was within the project budget. Um it is related to our strategic profile. Um it's desired outcome 51 in our infrastructure and asset management. Um it supports our initiatives to maintain our capital assets and then preserve our long-term investments. Uh just some background on March 3rd of 25, council did order the improvements, accepted the plans and specs, and then authorized the ad for bids for the project. Uh just kind of a recap, the existing Birch Force main uh the lift station is actually actually located in northeast corner of Hopkins Crossroad and 394. Uh the original uh work was done in 1969. It underwent a rehab in 23 and 24. It collects sanitary sewer from the area of 384 in the Ridgedale Center area. Um as well as 4 between 484 and Hopkins Crossroad. Um it is a 12-in diameter force main which is a very large piece of infrastructure and it does cross 394 as part of uh the lift station force main. Um there is a piece that has reached the end of the useful life and it's the Weisetta uh north south to uh Crestview Drive. uh the Sherwood in the Sherwood Forest area of Hopkins Crossroad. This was constructed in 1973. Um it collects Sherwood Forest in a number of the adjacent neighborhoods. Um this is a 6-in forest man. Um there originally existed at a four. Uh we would upgrade that to a six and this is around 50 years old in the same situation. Um just on the map there is the the pink section further south that crosses 394 is the section we are looking at this evening. The lift station is further north, but that is the piece we would include as part of the project. Uh, it's a new 12-in force main. It would be directionally drilled. It would cross under 394. Um, we did look at the sizing as we do projects like this to make sure they're set up for the future to make sure we can accommodate future flows. Um, this would be encased. So, if we do cross a major transportation roadway like 394, we put a pipe um around the pipe just to make sure if there was anything compromised um or a break in the middle of 394, for example, um anything would move to the outside area of that casing and not compromise uh the freeway. So, we don't anticipate any traffic impacts to 384. There would be some impacts uh temporary to Weisetta Boulevard and then Archwood, but we would maintain traffic during construction. Uh the other piece is a small segment the north south on Hopkins Crossroad. You can see in kind of the orang-ish color. Um the county is overlaying Hopkins Crossroad this summer. So this work will be completed ahead of that and we would replace that section. There is another piece of this the Sherwood lining that we would come back to council in the future um with that project. It's not included. Uh this would be a 6-in force mane installed uh directionally drilled. Again, we would make sure the sizing is appropriate for future um work or development in the area. Uh there would be some small impacts to Hopkins Crossroad for traffic and there would be some temporary closures for some of the side local streets. We would make sure to work with the neighbors and maintain traffic. And then as mentioned, it would be ahead of the county's planned overlay on Hopkins Crossroad. Uh we opened bids on April 3rd, 2025. Six bids were received. The low bidder meer contracting has done work in Minnetonka before. Um the funding for this is shown in your packet. It's under our utility fund in 2023 and 25. The capital improvements and then if council decides to move forward with the actions, we would begin this spring and it would be completed this summer or fall. Uh there are the two recommended actions. So the first would be to a motion to award the contract for the Sherwood and Birch lift lift station force mains improvement project number 25907 and 23907 to Meyer contracting in the amount of 1,11,258 as well as authorize our deputy public works director to expend the allocated funds for the project without further council approval provided the total project costs do not exceed the budget of 1.9 million. And with that, I'll turn it back to the council and mayor. Any questions? Thanks. Thank you, Mr. Manchester. Council, any any questions on this item or comments? Council member Romey. Thank you, Mayor. Um, Mr. Manchester, thank you for uh that report. Uh, I just had a question. There's a pretty large gap between the RFB, the the bid, the winning bid, and the budget. Is there any like thoughts or concerns that um that bid may have to increase because of economic uh issues due to tariffs and other things coming into play? Yeah, good question, Council Member Mey, mayor and council. And we always have that concern. If this project is bid, if council authorizes this, what we would hold the contractor to. Um we've talked to them about their numbers certainly. At this point, they haven't said anything. So, we would move forward assuming that these prices are what we would pay. All right. But there's not I mean this we don't have a not to exceed or anything in this contract. It it Oh, it is. Sorry. Yeah, we do. It's it's bid prices and so we would hold them to those prices. But I meant a not to exceed in their initial bid, not what our project, not our budget um has. Sorry, I was answering a question from council member Wilburn. So um their contract is uh does not have a not to exceed on the 1.1 million. It could exceed that. They would come back and renegotiate based on economic situations and such. Uh they would have to council member council. Um you know the contract we would have would be for this 1.1 million. We do have a project not to exceed of the 1.9. Certainly if they came back it could be covered in a contingency but we would hold them to the the 1.1 million. Okay. Great. Thank you. Very good. Are there any other questions or any comments or a motion? Council member Wilburn. Um, I will, even though I will be one of the people uh affected by traffic when these when this one of the projects starts, I will make the motion to award a contract for the Sherwood and Birch Lift Station Force Mains Improvement Projects number 25907 and 23907 to Meyer Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $1,11,258 and authorize the deput deputy public works director to expend the allocated funds for the project cost without further council approval provided the total project costs do not exceed the project budget of 1.9 million. Thank you. Is there a second? Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. I'll second. All right. We've got a motion by Council Member Wil, a second by Council Member Calbertt. I want to just make a a quick comment. I mean, almost $2 million and the city is not going to look any different after this project is done, but you know, one of the things we've done with our utility rates and everything is um created a source of funds that will enable us to keep our underground infrastructure that nobody sees but everybody uses um in place. And you know, the number I've heard bandied around, it's probably a few years old now, is that we have over $600 million invested underground um in underground infrastructure. And it's expenditures like this that keep that up to date and working. And uh um I know cities that haven't done this, and they've had very painful experiences with um failing um sewer systems and so forth. So, this this type of work is where our city is proactive and I'm proud of the fact that we're proactive and we stay ahead of some of the problems that other cities have had. So, um all good. So, we've got a motion by Council Member Wilburn and a second by Council Member Calbertt. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilurn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Rome, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. Um item 10 is the consent agenda and the consent agenda items are um items that are typically routine. So we will not act on them individually. Um I will read them into the record. If anyone either in the audience or on the council would like to pull an item for particular discussion, we will do that. Otherwise, we will take a motion and second pass everything in in one motion and second. And if someone wants to pull it, we'll consider that separately. So, I will read these items into the um into the record. Um item 10 A is a conditional use permit for a detached accessory dwelling unit at 5835 Lewis Avenue. And item 10B is a resolution changing various municipal state aid street designations. Would anyone like to pull one of these or would someone like to make a motion? Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. I uh move approval of the consent agenda items 10A and 10B. Is there a second? Council member Wilburn. Second. All right. A motion by Council Member Calbertt and a second by Council Member Wilburn. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shack, yes. Wilburn, yes. Calbertt, yes. Raley, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. Um, item 11 is consent agenda items that require five votes, and we have one of those tonight. 11A is a conditional use permit with setback variance for an accessory structures height and aggregate size at 5315 Dominic Drive. Is there a motion or Council Member Wilburn? Uh, I move uh approval. There we go. That's it's been a long week already. Um, I move approval of consent agenda item 11A. And is there a second? Council member Shack. Thank you, Maril. Second. All right, we've got a motion by Council Member Wilbur, a second by Council Member Shack. Uh, Miss Faul, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Calbert, yes. Romeley, yes. Wearsome, yes. Motion carries. Item 12 is introduction of ordinances. We have one item 12A is items concerning First International Bank and Trust at 10801 Weisetta Boulevard. And Miss Thomas, I believe that's your report. Uh, thank you, Mayor Wam and council members. This property is located just east of the Hopkins Crossroad I394 interchange uh on the South Frontage Road there. It was originally developed in 1985, which is a few years before the planned I394 zoning district was actually created. And so there's no master development plan for this property. Uh First International Bank and Trust purchased the property in January of this year and has submitted many applications uh to the city for remodeling the the building and the site. Some of that remodel includes uh quite a bit of facade work as well as the installation of a drive-thru uh facility for the bank on the east side of the building. The drive-thru facility requires a conditional use permit. And under the PID ordinance, a conditional use permit triggers the need for a master development plan. And a master development plan can only be approved by ordinance. And and thus why we're here this evening for the introduction of ordinance. Um we do recommend uh that the council introduce this and refer it to the planning commission so they can evaluate the project as a whole. Thank you, Miss Thomas. Um council, any questions um regarding this item? It's an introduction. No action other than introduction. So, if there are no questions, would anyone like to either comment or make a motion? Council member Calbertt. Thank you, Mayor. I uh make the motion to introduce uh the ordinance and refer to the planning commission. And and is there a second? Council Romey, I'll second. Very good. So, we've got a motion by council member Calbert and a second by council me. And before I ask for um Miss Faulk to call role, is there is there any I mean this does involve a drive-thru and sometimes drive-thru get a little controversial. Is there anything in particular that we as a council would like the planning commission to look into as they consider this? Because um I just didn't want to let it slide by. Um, I mean, it's it um bank bank drive-throughs are pretty benign compared to some others, but I just didn't want to let the opportunity go by. This an opportunity to get the um planning commission to look into something if we think uh we have anything have any particular concerns. I'm not seeing anybody any. So, we've got a motion to second. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Yes. Calbertt, yes. Rome, yes. Wears, yes. Motion carries. Um, so item 13 is public hearings and we have one of those tonight. And 13A is an offsale intoxicating liquor license for BSA Liquor House LLC doing business as Strong Liquor and Wine located at 11048 um Cedar Lake Road. So, we have a public hearing that's open, but uh, Miss Wishnack, you get to go first. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor and council members. Um this is uh as it we described last time when we were in front of you, a three-party agreement for a new business entity to buy and purchase uh the business um under the name BSA Liquor uh House LLC and um they have submitted all their application information, their fees, etc. The background report was included in your private packet for review. uh no findings uh were noted in that report. Just one other notable thing is if you haven't noticed, we have a link now to our Minnitankka Matters page, which we have a listing of all the liquor licenses that the city is considering. We've always posted them on site. You see the big blue signs on the site, but then you know where people should go at the city website was kind of confusing and a little circuitous. So hopefully that's helping people if they're interested in what that sign is about. It's on one page. The link is in your packet if you want to refresh your memory. So, thank you, mayor. I'll turn it back to you. All right. Well, thank you very much. So, council, any any questions quickly. Okay. So, this public hearing has been opened and if someone would like to come forward and comment on this, if the applicants here and they'd like to comment, they're welcome to, but are not required to. So, we don't have too many people left in the audience. So, um if uh um if someone wants to come forward, great. Otherwise, if not, I will close the public hearing and bring it back to the council for um consideration. Council members, any comments? Council member Calbertt, I just found it fascinating that three engineers from India have uh jointly gone into business um with the liquor store. So, I'm sort of interested to see what happens with the business. It's just I just think it's it's fascinating and I wish them well and um it's good to keep the business there on Cedar Lake Road. So I'm happy to see um what seemed like two sort of highly over intellectual, highly qualified people uh purchasing the business. But that's all I've got. All right. It was kind of fun. Um any other comments? Anyone? I'm going to make a quick comment because, you know, I've been doing this for a while and I've seen a lot of these applications come and um and we always get the background report and we don't share the details. That's private, but I've never seen three owners with as clean a background report as this. I mean, those background reports are really good, you know, and if you if you talked back to your third grade teacher, um it sometimes appears in these background reports. And these were all three just squeaky clean. So, that was kind of um kind of unusual, but um with that, I'd take a motion from anyone. Council member Shack. Thank you, mayor. Um I move that we grant the license. Very good. Is there a second? Council member Calbertt, I second. All right. A motion by Council Member Shack and a second by Council Member Calbertt. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shack, yes. Wilburn, yes. Uh Calbertt, yes. Raley, yes. Mariss. Yes. Motion carries. Next item is other business. We have one item of other business and it is a development proposal items concerning Tonka Flats subdivision at 15917 Minnitonka Boulevard. And Miss Thomas, your report. Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh this property is located in the southeast quadrant of the Tonkawwood Road Minnitanka Boulevard uh intersection. And the site is about 3 acres in size and just over one acre is actually considered 100-year flood plane. There are two flood plane areas. Um, one on the uh northeast corner of the site and one on the southwest corner of the site. As you can see, there's a significant growth of trees in all of all both of those areas. So they're not areas where um water is regularly standing but area where water would flow in the event of um flooding or a 100redyear uh storm event. The site contains 200 uh trees primarily box elder green ash and and malberry and but for those uh natural features the site is vacant. There were two homes on the property. Uh both were uh demolished in 2021. The applicant is proposing to divide the property into four lots. We have a reorientation of the map here. So, Minnetonka Boulevard is on the left, Tonka Wood Road uh on the right here. Um the request before the council is three-fold to approve the preliminary plat, the final plat, and then a flood plane alteration permit. And staff does support those requests for three reasons. Um, first we find that the flood plane alteration is appropriate. This is a unique site. I'm going to try to walk through this diagram. The areas that are in light blue are the uh existing uh flood planes on um the property. Those are two landlocked basins, meaning there's no natural uh or man-made outlet uh to those areas. And generally when we have the opportunity to provide outlets uh we find that that's a good thing uh from a planning and engineering perspective. The flood plane alteration uh on this project would be accomplished in two ways. First is that pipes would be added outlet pipes added to both the north and south uh basins allowing those to outlet then into the city's uh storm sewer system in Tonkawood Road. That outlet alone naturally lowers the flood plane elevation without any grading or anything else occurring. The flood plane elevation uh just drops. Then the second uh part of alteration is a small area on lot three uh would be filled to give a more regularly shaped buildable area and then a commensurate amount of flood plane alteration would occur shown in in red to ensure that we have the same amount of flood plane storage volume um still existing on the site after excuse me after that uh pipe is put in. So this uh proposal does meet uh general engineering principles. It meets city code requirements and again um we feel would actually improve the situation of those two landlock basins. We support the request uh secondarily because the four lots that are proposed would all meet or exceed um minimum lot standards in the subdivision ordinance. And then finally, um the anticipated tree removal would be below the thresholds uh both high priority and significant trees uh that we allow uh by city code. This project was reviewed by the planning commission at their last meeting. They concurred with staff's recommendation and and do recommend that the council approve these three requests. Again, the approval of the preliminary and final plat alteration. So, I would turn it back to the mayor. Thank you, Miss Thomas. Uh, council, any questions on this proposal? Tonka Flats, corner of Tonka Wood Road and Minnetonka Boulevard. Council member Romey. Thank you, Mayor. Um, since this is in my ward and I met with the owners last summer on this and I guess I do have a a question or two. Um originally when we spoke when I spoke with the resident I think you know my hope and their hope was to um you know have a higher density like seven to eight houses in this area. I was just wondering what happened to that you know kind of proposal if if that you know was proposed and what happened there because I've kind of been out of the loop since then. Uh, Mayor Woram and Council Member Romele. Um, staff also had initial initial initial we had initial and additional um, uh, conversations uh, with the property and the owner and the applicant about potentially twin homes on the site or some type of reszoning. I think ultimately um based on current zoning restrictions and and what would be the easiest path forward uh not just for a zoning standpoint, but from just the natural features on this site, the buildable area as well as the tree removal, uh this seemed to be the most appropriate path forward and was the application that was received. No, I understand. So there just wasn't the buildable area to support um a twin home application. It sounds like Yeah, from staff's perspective and based on what we uh saw um in the drawings that we saw, I would agree with that. Okay. So, it wasn't an issue of flood plane or tree ordinance or anything like that. Um Mayor Wham and and council members, all of that would kind of uh in total realize the buildable area of the site. Okay. So overall area, what parts of that area are actually uh above that flood plane alteration or excuse me, the above the flood plane elevation, how many trees can be removed? All of that would be built into how much buildable area is there. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions, council? I had one. Sorry, I did not ask this of Miss Dmond or Mr. funk today. But um you know, as I reviewed this um you can see that where the driveways are and the point was several people had made the point that you want to make sure that when you're pulling out on Tonka Wood Road, um that you're, you know, the car is facing forward and not being not backing out on Tonka Wood Road. Tagwood Road is not a terribly busy road, but it's a busy enough road and at at um certain times of the day. Um it there can be um some traffic on it. Um, and so there was talk of a turnaround in that area. And I'm seeing a pretty rectangular looking driveway here. And and I know that maybe not the full dimension of the intended driveway and maybe it's just a space allotted, but but I didn't see that the idea of a turnaround there. And I think it would be somewhat comforting to me to see that there's indeed going to be a place where you can back out and, you know, do a Y turn or whatever so that you're facing forward when you when you pull out of those driveways. So I just throw that out. I mean, um I I think it's there, but I'd like to hear hear that it's there. Uh mayor and uh council members, uh indeed that is included as a condition of approval. You're correct. It is not shown on the plans, but as a condition of approval in your resolution on page nine of the resolution. All driveways on Tonka Wood Road must have paved turnarounds as part of the driveway construction. Very good. Thank you. As long as that's clear and we we get that, that's that's what I'm concerned about. It's just a a safety concern. Um council, is there anything else before we I ask for a motion? Would someone like to make or counselor Shaq, did you have something? Thank you, mayor. I was just going to acknowledge the um letter in the packet regarding kind of an missed opportunity for a different housing stock. And I I appreciate the letter and the sentiment and I I think part of the work we're doing with the zoning code um is to address maybe parcels like this where maybe there would be a different opportunity. Although I will say given the traffic conditions and the posturing of that intersection, you know, I I I'm not sure it would be a spot for density, but it might be a twin home or or some other um and and so I want to acknowledge we're working on that, but you know, we have the zoning code that we have right now and we have the project that we have in front of us and I it seems like a um nice project that would um be, you know, It looks like single level living perhaps or not. Um maybe but one way or another I I support the project, but I do recognize that hopefully in the future we'll have an easier time maybe getting some different types of um applications going forward. Thank you, Council Shack. Are there other comments? Council member Mey. Thank you, Mayor. Uh yeah, thank you for that those comments. I I agree and I hope uh that you know encourage the zoning commission uh task force to take that you know kind of situations like this into consideration. We've had a couple of these um since my time on council over the last year or so and um you know especially when you were on arterial roads like this and this is kind of the corner of two arterial roads. it would, you know, seem like such an ideal place or such a good place to try to get increased density like we have at, you know, sanctuary, like we have, you know, at some other uh, you know, developments around there. When I had spoken with um, the owner initially last summer, you know, there was hope of even thoughts of putting affordability, you know, at least one or more units of affordable housing in there that we could do for land trust and things like that. So I, you know, recognizing everything that has been said, totally agree. But, you know, again, hopefully um, you know, as we look to update and, uh, maybe alter our code going forward, this situation can be taken into account. Thank you. Other comments, anyone? Uh, Council Calbert, just just quickly, I I also appreciate the letter and I appreciate the comments on the day of tonight and I also appreciate our environmental protection ordinances which um I think are also important here. There are a lot of, you know, uh there may be significant trees that are just box elder trees. Um, and I don't know that malberry trees or some of the other uh the ash trees are really uh valuable at this time. And it and it is really sort of brushy almost like undergrowth and and a lot it there's not really a park-like setting. However, it is still habitat and um and we do have those basins and the flood the flood plane. you know, it's been a little bit dry, but we have some we have had some extraordinarily wet years. So, I appreciate the work being done on um the flood plane alteration, just making sure that our um water quality uh and storm water management is being attended to there um on the property. And um you know I walked it and it seems relatively flat but there there's a lot of contour there. So it would it would be a pretty drastic um change to the property to to make it more dense. I do think that we are missing some opportunities on some larger pro parcels and looking at the properties on for instance Plymouth Road that are under construction right now. if we're going to go if we're going to do what we're doing there and just um literally chop down our woodland preservation area, you know, uh more density would have been would have made me happier if it's going to look like that anyway. So, um, you know, I think we have to I think there's value in the the case by case argument and I also think there is value. I mean, there's a reason that we're revisiting our code. Thank you. Any other comments? Um, I I'll comment quickly. I know this property pretty well. I've probably driven by it 500 times and run by it, you know, a hundred times. I mean, I know the property well. Um and I will remind my fellow council members while um we may have designs for greater density, this is double the density that was there previously. So we are increasing density, it's just not as much as maybe some of us would would like. The other thing is I live in a neighborhood that has shared driveways and as we talk about sustainability and hard service and things like that, I'm wondering if there are any opportunities on properties like this that are single family, but maybe through some creative new zoning or whatever that we could encourage shared driveways and less hard surface, you know, same houses but but less hard surface because we're sharing a driveway and so forth. There might be some creative opportunities there. I'm not recommending that for this. We're going to approve this tonight. But I think some of that thinking, what innovative things can we do to um to reduce hard surface and be more environmentally consistent while you know and again when you know we may want more density here, but we as a city um we work with developers who bring proposals to us and help them get their proposals better and tell them what our priorities are. We do not go out and say, "Well, you know, this is a good place for um 40 units. So, here we've uh we've drawn it up and and uh we we we need to go find a developer to to build this." I mean, that's not how we work. And so, we are still an approval-based system based on what the market is bringing to us and not the other way around. And I think that's a better way to do it. But sometimes we say, "Gee, I wish we had this, we wish we had that." You know, you're probably not going to find the developer you want to do that. we still respond to what the market demands, not tell the market what it needs to what it needs to provide. And so I think that's an important distinction that we should bear in mind. So that those are my comments. Um would anyone like to make a motion? Council member Wilburn. I move we adopt the resolution approving the proposal uh for Tonka Flats subdivision at 15917 Manka Boulevard and both preliminary and final plat and both preliminary and final plats. We're in this together. Flood plan with with flood plane alteration permit too. Okay. The slide wasn't up when I started. Okay, that's good. All right, Council, you're you're good, I think. Council member Romey. Thank you, mayor. I'll second. All right. This is a team effort. I just want you to all know we work. We help each other out here. So, uh, we've got a motion by council member Wilbur and a second by council member Romey. Miss Faulk, please call roll. Kley, yes. Foster Bolton, yes. Shaq, yes. Wilburn, yes. Helbert, yes. Raley, yes. Reome, yes. Motion carries. Um, item 15 is appointments and reappoints. We have none. And item 16 is everyone's favorite motion at 7:31. Um, is there a motion to adjurnn? Council member Wilburn. I move adjournment. Is there a second? Council member Calbert. Second. All we've got a motion by Council Member Wilburn, a second by Council Member Calbert. All in favor say I. I. We are adjourned. [Music] [Music]