City Council February 18 2025

Regular Meeting of City Council- Hastings, Minnesota 0:00- Call to Order 0:46- Proclamation: Recognizing Public Works Senior Operator Joe Birk’s Service to the City of Hastings 6:42- COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE 6:49- CONSENT AGENDA 7:17- Hastings Civic Arena Mural 20:43- 1st Reading: Ordinance Amendments: a. City Code Chapter 90.16 – Sidewalk Cafés b. City Code Chapter 90.17 – Parklets 30:39- Authorize Signature: First Amendment to Purchase Agreement at 1292 North Frontage Road 35:48- Announcements - Adjournment

Based on the context provided, here is the transcribed townhall meeting with speaker names added: [0:12] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Time being 7 o'clock I call the Hastings City council meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. [Pledge of Allegiance] Welcome and let the role reflect we do have a full council with us tonight. Tonight we will be reading a proclamation recognizing Public Works senior operator Joe Burke's service to the city of Hastings. Joe has worked for the public works department for 29 years. [1:01] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Councilmember Pemble, would you start the proclamation please? Whereas Joe Burke is retiring February 28, 2025 and whereas he has served the city of Hastings for 28 years and 11 months and whereas Joe's service to the community has always gone above and beyond and whereas Joe's leadership within the department and expertise on all things Public Works especially streets has been invaluable and whereas Joe Burke's willingness to teach others and improve operations have shaped the department for years to come and whereas Joe's commitment to Quality has set the standard and expectation of operations and whereas Joe has built our in-house Paving program and the leader for snow— [1:47] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** —plowing, mowing, and street and sewer maintenance; and whereas Joe always had a solution even in times of emergencies; and whereas Joe's presence most of all will be missed. Therefore be it resolved the Hastings City Council hereby recognizes Joe Burke for his dedication and commitment to the city of Hastings. Thank you, Joe. [2:31] **Public Works Director Ryan Stempski:** Um, yeah just real quickly, uh, wanted to mention uh Joe's work from the Department. Um, kind of sad day but but also um we wish Joe the best in his next chapter. Um, I really uh I needed a couple more years to get Joe turned into an engineer; uh he wasn't quite there but a couple more years. Joe um did all the quantity takeoffs for our Paving program, our quantity measurements; he put that program together with uh equipment and materials and recommendations so that's why I say I almost got him to be an engineer. But uh really, uh, when Joe was on the job you never had any worry. Joe, Joe had it covered and that's something that uh just takes a lot of pride and— [3:17] **Public Works Director Ryan Stempski:** —work and something very special. I'll always remember Joe for the days when he brought his ears of corn in and we and we got to enjoy his awesome uh farming skills. Um, but most importantly I remember the day when uh my six-year-old came in and he uh was kind of nervous to see the big shop and everything and Joe scooped him right up and put him in the loader and he drove him around that parking lot and and his his smile ear to ear when he came out. To this day he doesn't know what Dad does at work but he talks about when Joe brought him around. That's the kind of person Joe is so uh I'd like to thank you for everything you mean to me and to the department. Thank you for everything, Joe. [4:07] **Joe Burke:** You—I just want to say a few words. Um, council members, Mayor Mary, Dan, Kelly—it's been 29 years, has gone by so fast it's unbelievable. I am—um, last couple weeks I've been just kind of thinking back on things I've done, things that have happened. Um, the amount of potholes I've filled, the amount of trees I've trimmed, um, the amount of driveways I've filled with snow over the years and uh, but it—it's been great. I can't think of a better career than the one I've had so nice so thank you very much everyone. Thank you. [4:55] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Joe. Council, if we could take a picture? [Pause for photos] Awesome. Well, congratulations. No rest for you then. No, thanks everyone. Welcome, thank you. Another year, 11 months. All right, well Joe we welcome you—or we thank you and enjoy your retirement and we'll see you around the city. [6:19] **Joe Burke:** Sounds good, thank you. [6:21] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Yes. Council, are there any corrections to the minutes from the meeting from February 3rd? Okay. Comments from the audience—anyone wish to speak to the... no one on zoom and no one in the eyes. All right council members, are there any items to be considered? Okay. Council would accept uh motion to accept the consent agenda. [7:06] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Councilmember Pemble [makes motion]. [7:08] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Councilmember Haus [seconds]. [7:09] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Any discussion council? All those in favor of the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose to that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] And that motion prevails. Tonight under awarding of contracts and public hearings we do have a contract to be talked about for the Hastings Civic Arena Mural and for an introduction we have with us Alex Menke from the—Community Development Coordinator. Thank you Alex. [7:45] **Alex Menke:** Thank you Mayor, thank you Council. Let me switch over to the podium PC... came on up. So, uh, for those who haven't seen this yet this is the uh final proposal that the Arts and Culture Commission has uh recommended to bring to Council to uh have for the Civic Arena mural. Um, so this is has been kind of a a longer project, actually started before I took over as staff liaison and we're getting ready to get it through and start the fun stuff of getting it uh fabricated um and installed this year. So, um, the commission it sought a request for a request for proposal or an RFP for an artist to submit the designs. We had I believe seven initial submissions; we uh we paired it down to three finalists that we invited to uh— [8:39] **Alex Menke:** —submit more full plans and then selected the artist here who is Lily Lennox. Um, uh and the Commissioners loved the uniqueness of this uh this design here; uh very different from your what I call it traditional mural, um and really makes great use of the space of that that wall provides uh driving along the highway. So the initial estimate for the project uh was just under $60,000 and after uh getting some feedback from Commissioners, staff, uh other uh individuals, there were— [9:24] **Alex Menke:** —some uh concerns that the trading cards that you can see would be a little too small to see from the road. So we did have the artist quote out what it would look like to increase the size of not just the cards but also the entire project itself, the main center sign. Um, and the artist—while she did quote out how uh much it would cost to increase the size of the the the center sign as well—she brought up a very good point that that would bring it to just about 3 feet above height uh from the ground so it could be potentially tampered with. So recommended only increasing the trading card sizes, leaving the center sign um sizing alone, which after discussion— [10:11] **Alex Menke:** —there wasn't as much concern with the the size of that central one but looking to increase the size of the cards, which does increase the cost of the project. So the total project cost has been uh increased to just under $72,000 and the big question around this is: how's it going to get paid for? Um, so just put together a little bit of the uh base costs: so the base quote was that $59,400; the increased card size just over $12,000; factoring in a contingency of just over $4,300 which would bring the total to $76,198. [10:56] **Alex Menke:** This total would be uh this total less the contingency—which is there just in case—uh is paid to the artist in three phases. So 40% of that would be due at signing—so tomorrow is uh should everything go according to plan here—uh and then phase two would be due halfway through uh the design and fabrication; phase three due at completion of the project. Uh, the project is slated to be completed through this year so all of the funds would be expended in this year. And the source: $38,988 would come immediately from the Arts and Culture Commission's uh current budget outlay that they have; that is a portion of their 2025 budget and— [11:43] **Alex Menke:** —remaining dollars from 2023 and 2024. And then the remainder for right now would be an interfund loan request from the general fund that the Arts and Culture Commission would then pay back to the general fund through four installments of $9,500 uh out of their next budget outlays over the next four years. So um, and I do want to iterate that this loan request would be the maximum amount; we are looking to uh partner with a couple of local uh organizations—Hockey Day Minnesota, uh the Hastings Hockey Day and the Hockey Boosters—to see if they'd want to partner and fundraise to help share some of the cost uh with this, especially given that some of the design proposals— [12:30] **Alex Menke:** —are going to change. I'll back up to the cards: there was some discussion on changing some of the cards to one include uh some of our prominent uh female skaters. Um, we I know we've had believe it's Eric McKenzie—um, former Miss Hockey Miss Minnesota Miss Hockey played for the Gophers and was also on the US Women's National Team—uh someone we don't want to miss uh having on here. I know we have a lot of Wild or uh NHL players on here and then also um don't want to make it—I think Amanda Truax um uh figure skating has the skating school here, so want to in—include as much representation as we can. And then also Hockey Day Minnesota is coming here next year; it'd be great to have a card that shows the Hockey Day logo. So um, wanting— [13:16] **Alex Menke:** —to have those partnerships and ideally fundraise to help offset some of the costs. So that maximum uh general fund loan—is anything that we can fundraise will come off the top of that general fund loan so we can get that paid back uh as soon as possible. Um, believe that's all I have from a prepared slide. I'm happy to stand for any questions that Mayor and Council might have. Thank you. [13:46] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Alex. Well, this is very exciting for our community um just to bring beauty to that side of our uh town anyway and then just to have it visibly on our ice arena will be I think just wonderful. So thanks to the Arts Commission for all their help and um we're hopeful that people will step up and maybe want to help sponsor with that. So Council, any other discussion? [14:14] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Councilmember Leifeld. Real quick, just for anyone who's watching, the breezers are blue, right? The breezers—the breezers on the skater, to me at my vision they look black. It's blue? [14:31] **Alex Menke:** And to me they looked black. I just needed to make sure they're blue. I believe so—you're asking the wrong individual; I am partially colorblind. And then questions I will refer to Arts folks. [14:41] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Al—Alex, let's have somebody else double check the— [14:43] **Alex Menke:** Yeah, absolutely. It hasn't been an issue that's gotten brought up in in discussion, but we will make sure. [14:47] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** This is really unique. I think it's a really great idea. Love the idea that you're going to include uh female skaters. Um, it's not just the state of hockey, right? So love that idea so thank you for whoever brought that up. Can't wait to to see what those look like when we get the female skaters included. So thank you. [15:05] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Councilmember Pemble. Do we have an idea when it'll all be complete and hung? [15:08] **Alex Menke:** Believe the uh—given the in the schedule we don't have a specific date yet since it was all pending when the contract got signed—uh but the goal would be to have it up by the end of this year, which would be hopefully by the fall at the latest. [15:26] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Thank you. [15:27] **Alex Menke:** Yep. [15:37] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Councilmember Haus. Thank you Mayor. Quick question for you Alex. I love this plan and I love everything about it with the Arts and Culture Commission and bringing this to Hastings um this beautiful art. The only question I have is: where does this leave Arts and Culture Commission's budget for the next few years? Uh will they be able to still work on other projects that are um not as to scale, a little bit more? If you could just go into a little bit more depth with that please. [15:58] **Alex Menke:** Yeah, absolutely and thank you for that question. Uh, so including with this year's budget and then uh into the projected spending—uh as I brought up last council meeting when we submitted the work plan—we are pivoting from more of the events focus to the uh policy and programming support side of things. So we have a more structured uh budget forecast and outlay right now. And so even including how much we are planning to fund this year, that $38,988—for us to fund those uh potential four programs—three programs and one sculpture lease on there—through uh this year and the next four years. Um, so we wanted to make sure we did have that cushion to operate and do other things and support other uh groups while still being able to pay back this mural in a timely fashion. [17:08] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Thank you. [17:10] **Alex Menke:** Thank you Councilmember Haus. [17:20] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Councilmember Vihrachoff. Thank you your honor. Um, Alex, I really love this whole um um presentation from you. I had the pleasure of sitting in Arts and Culture Commission meeting um last week and was just so impressed with the conversations around that. Um, I just wanted a little bit of clarity: so is this—if I can just list off a few questions—is this a permanent installation? [17:48] **Alex Menke:** Yes. [17:49] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Okay. And then um, so maintenance on a permanent installation: is there any talk in terms of that and what that might cost for years down the road? Um, I think I've shared with this body—probably bored you all with this detail before—but I write grants at my job and a lot of times what I have to include in that budget is: it's one thing to raise the money to buy something, it's another thing that 5 years from now I have to do maintenance on it or I have to be able to store it or repair it. And so I just wonder if there's been a conversation around that at all or if there's anything thinking— [18:07] **Alex Menke:** There has not been a discussion that I've been uh since I've been involved that we've had that. But that's a great point that I'd want to uh discuss and since it's going on a city building, finding out who who owns the maintenance of that once it is installed. So that's uh thank you for that and I'll follow up on that. [18:32] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Thank you. Um, and then my last comment was just I loved the community aspect of the fundraising here. I love the idea of bringing different parts of our hockey and ice community together to help support this. So awesome, great job. [18:49] **Alex Menke:** Thank you. [18:54] **Councilmember Mya Beck:** Councilmember Beck. Thank you Mayor. Um, I loved—I love the proposal. I love everything about it. We—I just want to confirm that we've spoken with uh the artist about switching some of the cards and that won't change uh from a cost standpoint. [19:07] **Alex Menke:** Yep, I've been in uh contact with uh the artist Lily and submitted the proposed design changes. That's already factored into their quote is continued design finalization, stuff like that. They also have contingency baked into their uh proposal as well. The additional contingency is just a secondary backup in case something something else comes up. So uh we do feel confident in the—this shouldn't add anything else to the to the cost, like the design work. [19:35] **Councilmember Mya Beck:** Yeah, thank you. [19:36] **Alex Menke:** Thank you. [19:40] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you, Councilmember Beck. All right Council, I would accept accept a motion—this is for the authorization for the signature of the Professional Service agreements. [19:50] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Councilmember Pemble. I move that that uh proposal go ahead and I think it's going to be great for that end of town and be able to see people driving by and see something that really represents Hastings. Thank you. [20:03] **Councilmember Tim Lawrence:** Councilmember Lawrence seconds it. [20:06] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Any other new discussion Council? All those in favor of the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] Secondly Council, we need an authorization for the disbursement of the interfund loan. [20:18] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Councilmember Haus first. [20:20] **Councilmember DawnMarie Vihrachoff:** Councilmember Vihrachoff second. [20:22] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Any discussion council? All those in favor of the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose to that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] And that motion prevails. Thank you. Tonight under Administration we have a first reading for the ordinance amendments and for this item we will have an introduction by Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh. Thank you Kelly, welcome. [20:59] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** Thank you Mayor. Just switch out here quickly... Thank you for uh having this—giving me this opportunity to chat with you today about some upcoming amendments. Uh before you this evening is the first reading of amendments to the Sidewalk Cafe ordinance and the Parklet ordinance 9.16, 9.17. The proposed amendments are results of conversations uh that some of our staff have had with downtown business owners kind of late last year, end of summer early fall, about the existing parklet and sidewalk cafes. Licensing, zoning, code enforcement, and engineering staff reviewed the comments from business owners and are recommending the following amendments. Uh first would be the expansion of parklets to stamped concrete areas in the downtown area. And so the stamped concrete you can see is kind of that reddish along the edge of the sidewalks there and presently the parklet ordinance does not allow expanding onto the sidewalk; parklets are to be contained on the street within the spaces that they have allowable by our current ordinance. And so this would allow them to step up uh a little bit onto the sidewalk and provide more potential seating or uh other kinds of things that they'd want to sit there like maybe a a a seating podium or something like that uh that would be appropriate to have as an entrance to the parklet area. So that—that would be the first piece and probably the main piece of the um change here. Um, the uh proposed amendment um would require that if folks wanted a parklet and a sidewalk uh cafe that there be appropriate ADA accessibility of 4 feet uh on the sidewalk—not stamped concrete because that's a rough uneven surface—and so it would require that that walkway be on the on the normal gray color concrete surface. Um, this would impact those who want both of those licenses; we do have a couple of entities that typically seek both and uh would require that compliant—that compliance going forward. So that's one portion, kind of the biggest portion of this uh proposed amendments. Along with that, when we do touch an amendment sometimes we want to add some clarifying language, uh add some definitions if appropriate. So we've added definitions related to what is stamped concrete for example uh into the ordinance itself, as well as clarifying right of way and other definitions that uh just create a cleaner ordinance. Uh, so it clarifies the walkway for accessible passage and what that means, and that means of course that passageway cannot be uh redirected onto the stamped concrete. Uh it also aligns allowable dates for the installation of parklets and sidewalk cafes. In the current parklet amendment, we indicate that they can go up on April 1 and they must come down by November 1. We did not have the same kind of thing in the Sidewalk Cafe uh ordinance; however we did find historic information that implied that that was discussed at the time that that that ordinance was put into place. So we put that in the Sidewalk Cafe ordinance to align those dates so that there isn't confusion about that. We also did allow for uh the extension of sidewalk cafes beyond those dates with approval—um for example the Lock and Dam has their sidewalk stuff out year round with the fun little igloo that they have. So uh this also allows for that and we put language in the ordinance to support that. Uh and then finally, like I mentioned, the definitions and other clarifying language that that uh will help ensure that folks know what the rules are around um the sidewalk cafes and parklets and that will ensure compliance with those kinds of things. So that's the big picture um of the uh proposed amendments that are before you for this first reading. Be happy to address any questions that you have. [25:31] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you Kelly. Council any discussion? Councilmember Leifeld. [25:35] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Thanks your honor. Kelly, is it safe to assume that we've spoke to the downtown businesses about these changes? [25:49] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** They—we sent them communication before this even came before you that we were anticipating the changes in response to the conversations from last year. [25:58] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Perfect. And then you mentioned something on when you showed the sidewalks that the stamped concrete part—that's not ADA accessible? [26:09] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** It's an uneven surface—it's not because it's stamped, okay, it's not—it's not a level surface that I think uh wheelchair certainly could probably traverse it but anybody who is is um mobility impaired with a walker or a cane would probably could possibly have some difficulty. [26:30] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Seems strange to me—why did we put it in? I guess that's the first I've heard that. I think I was here when that was done and I've never heard that it's not ADA compliant. That's interesting to me. [26:44] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** I can do more digging on that. It's not necessary—it's not necessary. So the area around the bump outs, yes where the crosswalks are, yes we put in these bump outs with this ADA compliant—but you're saying then that the area just right outside the bump area... I'm not sure if that's for um um visually impaired people, that the piece—the bumpy part—that is, yes that's a requirement that's a requirement but the area in front of it isn't. And that's also where the curb is, is where the stamped concrete is also where the curb is. [27:31] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Okay, just in that area there. Yeah. Wonderful, thanks for your updates appreciate it. [27:44] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** Thank you Councilmember Leifeld. [27:45] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Councilmember Pemble. Kelly, the question I posed there is: it—when we're using the stamped portion of the sidewalk as part of the parklet, and do we need to have uh ramps going up into the parklet and do they have to be at a certain—I don't remember what the degree is maximum for walking or wheelchair—is that an issue going to be in that portion where the stamped um concrete is at? I guess— [28:13] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** So just I want to clarify your question Councilmember Pemble. So from the um—are you talking about from the street up to the— [28:22] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Yeah if somebody was—somebody was in uh whichever place and wanted access to the park—or the parklet and they were in a wheelchair. Now as it's set up right now it's pretty much the right elevation to step onto the park or to get yourself on the parklet to sit down or stand or whatever you want. But if we access back the 4 feet is and build a rail or whatever the case is going to be, does that mean we have to make sure that the parklets all have some kind of ramp at a certain angle to cover that area is what I'm asking? [29:08] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** Correct. Any area that would um there would be movement uh of uh visitors to the parklet would need to be accessible. And so right now the walkway from the sidewalk into the parklet, folks are putting in ramps and they've done that. So if they want that whole area to be an area where they would have folks walking down, they would have to do that same thing; they would just have to expand that out the whole width of the parklet. [29:39] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** Thank you. [29:40] **Assistant City Administrator Kelly Murtaugh:** And they may have to add um—if they're using the stamped concrete for tables or chairs they have to be considerate of how they would sit on there, which may require a covering as well. Mm. Yeah, thank you for the question Councilmember Pemble. [30:00] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Any any other discussion Council? Okay, if not I would accept and a motion. [30:06] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Councilmember Leifeld. I'll make a motion to consider the first reading for the amendments to the sidewalk cafe and regarding parklets. [30:13] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [30:14] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Further discussion Council? All those in favor of the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose to that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] And that motion prevails. Thank you Kelly. Tonight we have a authorized signature for the First Amendment to purchase agreement at 1292 North Frontage Road and for this item we have an introduction by our Public Works Director Ryan Stempski. [30:45] **Public Works Director Ryan Stempski:** All right. Well it was it was under Administration so I was preparing Dan to do it but um no worries. I'll jump right in and um yeah so for this item uh we've been working on the purchase agreement for 1292 North Frontage Road and through some of the environmental review um we've done an environmental Phase One which recommended some further investigation. So uh we currently have scheduled work for the environmental um site assessment for the Phase Two. So we actually have to go out and get some soil boring, some vapor extraction on the property to find the extents of some petroleum spill of record on this site so that when we overlay the design of the treatment plant with the contamination boundary we can see what we're working with specifically. So that work unfortunately takes a little longer time to schedule a drill rig that has that capability. Um we're actually able to get it scheduled I believe uh February 20th—so couple days. Um, but those those results will be collected in the field; they have to go to the laboratory for analysis; we have to pull analytics and put together um reports and and then a recommendation on uh what what the findings are. So what that means—that all takes a little bit of time. Uh we had a a closing date for the end of February scheduled in the purchase agreement signed by Council um that now we're looking to just extend that to um May 30th just to buy us some time. I think that's plenty—that's more than enough time. The agreement says that we can close on or before that date, so we definitely if things are done sooner we definitely would uh move to um close on the property sooner. But just wanted to give us some time to get through labs and and uh field investigations and reporting and decide what we do with the information—the environmental information. We still intend to close on the property; the design's going full tilt ahead. Um this is just due diligence that we're going through so that we can define all costs and expectations going into the the field construction in the summer. So um the key part of this uh extension uh the the first amendment is this extension of the date. Um we've been in contact with the tenants; we've been in contact with the the property owners; everybody's full aware and in full communication of what's going on and what our intent is. The second part of the the agreement is um there's an earnest money um in this deal in the amount of $10,000. That earnest money was requested by the property owners: if we fail to close on the property or if the if if the investigations change our minds and we decide we don't want to move forward with the the um the closing for whatever reason uh we would we would forego that earnest money and that earnest money would be collected by the property owners. So that's the second uh amendment included in the agreement, pretty standard in real estate deals of this nature. So uh we thought that was a fair request um and like I said it's not our intention to um uh move in a different direction at this time. Our full intention is go through the due diligence, get the documentation in order and move forward. Um one thing I should state too about the contamination: if we do find some soils with petroleum um in them and and we need to remove those soils or uh remediate those soils in a certain fashion on the site uh I did check with the co-trustees um with the 3M settlement funds and those would be eligible costs for us to prepare the site. So um looks like I might have answered one of council members' questions. So um anyway that's that's sort of what's in the amendment; there's not much there, those are the two elements and that's what before you tonight. So with that, Dan anything I missed? Okay. Um any questions that you may have will stand for those. [34:40] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Thank you Ryan. Council? Councilmember Leifeld. [34:44] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Thank you Ryan. Just to confirm—you mentioned so this is 1292 North Frontage Road and you mentioned the tenants—so just to say out loud for people listening, the tenants of this particular space are Carboni’s—the main tenant that everyone sees from out front. I just want to say that out loud; I know there's been some confusion in town about people thinking that we were purchasing the property to the east of that. That is not the case. Uh, Fluegel's Garden & Pet [transcribed: "fle go law and garden"] not part of this process. Just wanted that stated out loud. And then the city already owns the property directly to the west, correct? [35:28] **Public Works Director Ryan Stempski:** That's correct. [35:29] **Councilmember Lisa Leifeld:** Awesome. Thanks Ryan, appreciate it. And on that your honor I'd authorize uh make a motion to authorize a signature of the First Amendment to purchase agreement of 1292 North Frontage Road. [35:39] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [35:40] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** Any other discussion Council? All those in favor of the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose to that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] And that motion prevails. Thank you Ryan. Thank you Council. Any announcements? Okay uh we do have a couple announcements: one, happy birthday to Councilmember Lisa Leifeld today, in fact, and she came to council! Chose to come to council, thank you. Um, meetings: Monday February 19th 6:00 PM Parks and Recreation Commission; Thursday February 20th 6:30 PM Public Safety Advisory Commission; Monday February 24th 7:00 PM Administration Committee and 7:00 PM Planning Commission; Saturday March 1st 8:00 AM the City Council will have a retreat; and Monday March 3rd 7:00 PM City Council regular meeting. With that I will ask for Councilmember Pemble— [36:51] **Councilmember Dave Pemble:** [Moves to adjourn]. [36:53] **Councilmember Angie Haus:** Second. [36:54] **Mayor Mary Fasbender:** All those in favor the Motion state by saying I. [Council responds "I"] Oppose that Motion state by saying nay. [No response] And we are adjourned. Thank you.