Based on the context provided and the dialogue within the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker identifications. *Note: While the prompt list provided "Michele Hanson" as Mayor, the audio clearly identifies the presiding Mayor as **Mayor St. Ores** and includes a **Councilmember Hanson**. I have used the names as they appear in the verbal roll call to ensure accuracy to the recording, while aligning with the roles provided in your list.* [0:02] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: [Music] Are we recording, Jordan? Okay, great. I'd like to call to order the May 1st, 2021 Bayport City Council meeting. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. [0:54] **All**: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:54] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Adam, will you please call the roll? [0:54] **Adam (City Staff)**: Mayor St. Ores? (Present). Councilmember Carlson? (Here). Councilmember Hanson? (Here). Councilor Dahl? (Here). Councilman Gilmore? (Here). All present. [0:54] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Progress to the approval of tonight's agenda. Does anyone have any questions, comments, or changes? Okay, if not, then Adam would you—oh, would someone like to make a motion to approve tonight's agenda please? [1:25] **Connie Carlson**: I'll make a motion approving tonight's agenda. [1:25] **Michelle Hanson**: Second. [1:25] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, Connie, thank you. Michelle, thank you for the second. I almost know it's your job, Connie. I don't know why I know all motions go through Connie. All the agenda ones she does. All right. [1:40] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Councilor Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Dahl? (Hi). Councilmember Gilmore? (Hi). Mayor St. Ores? (Hi). [1:40] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Just trying to get the ball rolling, Michelle. I know, sounds good. Um, that takes us to our proclamations, accommodations, petitions, and announcements, and we have two this evening. The first is the February recycling award recipient is Larry Sofa at 355 Second Street North. Larry will be awarded for his recycling efforts with funding made possible by Grant County. So thank you very much for your recycling. And the Bayport Community Action League Easter Egg Hunt, which was scheduled for April 3rd, 2021, has unfortunately been canceled. So we'll just look forward to events resuming as soon as possible. But that takes us through our proclamations and announcements, leading us to our open forum where we open up the floor for 15 minutes for any topic that is not on tonight's agenda. And so if you would like to approach the Council, please state your name and address for the record. And Adam, I'm not sure if you can see the gallery. Do we have anyone as visitors? [3:11] **Adam (City Staff)**: Um, we have someone—at least one person from the church. Laura is here. There's a K. Johnson. [3:11] **Kip Johnson**: Yeah, this is Kip Johnson from ACA for the Hills of St. Croix. [3:11] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, thank you. Well, if anyone would like to address us, please unmute yourself and state your name and address for the record. We'll pause for a second just to allow for unmuting. Okay, well, welcome visitors, and then we'll progress with our consent agenda, which is to consider a resolution adopting items one through nine. [Lists items]. Are there any questions, comments, or motions? Oh, go ahead, Adam. [5:31] **Adam (City Staff)**: Madam Mayor, there was one recommended change to the minutes. If I can just share this: on page three, the second paragraph, this word which says "there are also differing options"—I think there were two different thoughts going on. Staff is going to recommend to change that to "opinions." [5:31] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: All right. Any other changes or comments? If not, would someone like to make a motion regarding tonight's consent agenda? [6:16] **John Dahl**: I'll move to adopt the resolution of the March 1st, 2021 consent agenda with the change outlined by City Administrator Bell. [6:16] **Michelle Hanson**: I'll second. [6:16] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Thank you, John. Is there a second? Okay, thank you, Michelle. And Adam? [6:16] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilor Dahl? (Hi). Councilman Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Councilmember Gilmore? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Hi). [7:03] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: So we do have a public hearing this evening, and so it is the public improvement hearing for the proposed 2021 city infrastructure improvements. So I'm going to call upon Matt to lead us in that discussion. [7:03] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Mayor, members of the Council, as the Mayor indicated, this is a public improvement public hearing for the 2021 street improvement project. [Provides project overview]. Staff has received no written responses regarding the project or assessments. Staff has communicated with two property owners... Staff also met with Saint Charles Church and as it turns out, the cemetery is actually exempt from being assessed for this type of work. [10:08] **Michelle Hanson**: Hey Matt, sorry to interrupt. Does that affect the Highway 95 assessment for the churches? [10:08] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Councilmember Hanson, no, that does not affect the church property. The exemption is only for cemeteries. [11:10] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Thank you, Matt. At this time I will open the public hearing and ask anyone who would like to address the Council to do so at this time, stating their name and address for the record. [11:45] **Laura Bushel**: Laura Bushel, Saint Charles/Saint Michael's Cemetery. I just wanted to say I had a great meeting with Matt and if there were any questions, I'm here. But Matt kind of summed everything up. [12:31] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Very good. Thank you for joining us. Matt, you had your hand raised? [12:31] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Madam Mayor, no. I was just going to say that it appears that Laura's the only one. [12:31] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, thank you. All right, well, then if we do not have anyone that wants to address us at this time, would someone like to make a motion to close the public hearing? [13:18] **Connie Carlson**: I'll make a motion to close the public hearing. [13:18] **Michelle Hanson**: I'll second. [13:18] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilor Carlson? (Aye). Councilor Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Dahl? (Hi). Councilmember Gilmore? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Hi). [14:04] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, so that takes us to the Council discussion portion. Are there other questions regarding this project? [Pause]. Okay, it does not look like we have to have any formal action by the Council at this time, so I think we could move on to our first item of unfinished business. Is that okay, Adam? [14:04] **Adam (City Staff)**: Okay. [14:04] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: All right, so our first item is to consider a resolution approving the plans and specifications and ordering the advertisement of bids for proposals for the proposed 2021 city infrastructure improvements. Matt, back to you. [14:50] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Thank you, Madam Mayor. [Details bidding process and schedule]. Recommendation from city staff is to adopt the resolution approving the plans and specifications. [15:36] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Any questions from the Council? If not, would someone like to make a motion? [16:23] **John Dahl**: I'll move to adopt a resolution approving the plans and specifications and ordering the advertisement of bids for proposed 2021 city infrastructure improvements. [16:23] **Connie Carlson**: I will second it. [16:23] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilmember Dahl? (Aye). Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). House member Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Gilmore? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Aye). [17:09] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: That takes us to our second item, which is to consider a resolution ordering the improvement for proposed 2021 city infrastructure improvements. Matt? [17:09] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Thank you, Madam Mayor. This resolution ordering the improvement is a kind of a housekeeping resolution. It does not bind the Council to a set assessment amount, but verifies the project is necessary. This requires a four-fifths vote. [17:55] **Michelle Hanson**: I move to adopt a resolution ordering the improvement for proposed 2021 city infrastructure improvements. [17:55] **John Dahl**: I'll second it. [17:55] **Michelle Hanson**: [Laughs] Did I say it right? [17:55] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilor Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Gilmore? (Aye). Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Aye). [18:40] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: That takes us swiftly on to new business. The first item is to consider requests from Derrick Construction for the extension of municipal water infrastructure to the proposed Hills of Spring Creek. Over to Adam and Matt. [19:27] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'm just going to provide a short overview as this was discussed at the workshop. City staff is primarily looking for direction tonight. The development is about 100 homes... Derrick Homes is currently only asking for potable water. [21:48] **Adam (City Staff)**: Madam Mayor, if I can just interject. What staff really is looking for right now is any other water-related information that the Council wants. [22:33] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I think we would probably like to offer Mr. Heed an opportunity as well. John, do you want to hear from Mr. Heed? [23:20] **John Dahl**: Yeah, absolutely. [23:20] **Mr. Heed (Engineer for Developer)**: Good evening. Thank you, Madam Mayor and Council members. We are looking at 101 lots with a community septic system. We are working on designs to minimize summer irrigation uses, proposing water reuse ponds. Before you tonight is just the request for the potable water and the fire flow. [24:06] **John Dahl**: I guess I'm looking for some hard numbers... I want to make sure we eliminate irrigation from the request because that’s already a problem we're having. [24:54] **Mr. Heed (Engineer for Developer)**: So our request is for not tying in the irrigation. [25:41] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Councilmember Dahl, I have already had the engineers update our water model... to show there's a minimal impact for just specifically the potable residential usage. [27:58] **John Dahl**: Yeah, if we could get something concrete with some data included in it. Charts and graphs are always helpful. [27:58] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I agree with John. I'd also like to have the attorney again explain how the joint powers agreement works. Tom, would you like to jump in? [28:44] **Tom (City Attorney)**: I certainly can. Within the Joint Powers Agreement, the city is required to provide water to these developments so long as the capacity of the city allows it. The only discretion the city is allowed to exercise is whether or not there's capacity. [30:17] **Ethan Gilmore**: Mayor, I just want to make sure this fact isn't lost... The developers are asking for potable water, but if they can't get their wells approved, they might come back and ask for irrigation. I see Matt is raising his hand. [31:02] **Mr. Heed (Engineer for Developer)**: That is correct, but we do acknowledge there is no guarantee that you will provide water for irrigation. [31:47] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I'd like to have Tom help Matt explore how we structure that so there is language that actually has enough teeth in it to avoid [illegal irrigation]. [33:19] **John Dahl**: I'm not in favor of lawns being watered. It's a gross misuse of a precious resource. [34:55] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, there's no action required tonight. Adam, do you feel like you have the direction you need? [34:55] **Adam (City Staff)**: Yes, we will bring this back next month. [34:55] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Item number two: discuss the status of the Inspiration Stewardship Foundation. [35:40] **Adam (City Staff)**: The foundation was originally in the developer's agreement to be responsible for maintaining the prairies. It was formed legally in 2015 but no one was ever appointed to it. Some residents would like the foundation formed so they aren't paying the HOA for prairie maintenance. The city is supposed to make three appointments and the HOA has two. [39:32] **John Dahl**: I'll throw my name in the hat if nobody else is interested. [40:19] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Is it possible for Councilmember Dahl to be considered one of those residents? [40:19] **Adam (City Staff)**: They're not excluded. He could fit either category. [41:07] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I think it would be nice to also have a staff person on board for continuity. [41:52] **Michelle Hanson**: Does it make sense for Sara to be in that role, or is there too much on her plate already? [42:38] **Adam (City Staff)**: Right now I would actually volunteer the City Administrator or his designee. I'm volunteering! [Laughs]. [44:10] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Okay, Adam and John. That sounds like a start. Item number three: Consider authorization to proceed with plans and specifications for proposed box culvert improvements. Matt. [45:31] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Madam Mayor, members of the Council. We inspected all 11 culverts. There are two concrete box culverts that need attention sooner rather than later. The engineer has recommended the crossings be posted for a five-ton weight limit. This affects garbage haulers. The construction estimate is between $100,000 and $120,000. [53:20] **John Dahl**: Looking at that report, it sounds to me like we need to start plugging away on some of these. I'm in favor of moving forward. [54:06] **Connie Carlson**: I'm a little confused about the cost. Right now it's about almost $40,000 just to get the plans and specs? And that’s not included in the $120,000? [55:11] **Matt Kline (City Administrator)**: Correct. The $100 to $120 was a really ballpark number. [59:02] **Connie Carlson**: I'll move to authorize SCH to complete the plans and specifications for the box culvert replacement work as defined within the proposal. [59:02] **Michelle Hanson**: I'll second. [59:02] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Councilmember Hanson? (Hi). Councilmember Gilmore? (Hi). Councilmember Dahl? (Hi). Mayor St. Ores? (Hi). [59:48] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Our fourth and final item under new business is to consider an appointment to the Lake Elmo Airport Advisory Commission. Adam. [59:48] **Adam (City Staff)**: We received an invitation to become a member of this commission. They want the person to be an elected official. They'd like the appointment by April 1st. [1:02:51] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I'm going to jump in because I'm not officially aligned to any other outside appointment. I'd be happy to do so. [1:03:36] **John Dahl**: I'll throw in for alternate. [1:03:36] **Michelle Hanson**: I'll make a motion to appoint Mayor St. Ores as the primary and Councilmember Dahl as the alternate. [1:03:36] **Ethan Gilmore**: I'll second. [1:03:36] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilor Hanson? (Hi). Councilor Gilmore? (Aye). Councilor Carlson? (Hi). Councilor Dahl? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Aye). [1:05:07] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: City Council Liaison reports. I'm going to start with Connie. [1:05:07] **Connie Carlson**: The Library Board did meet. Today they opened to pre-COVID hours. We appointed a new board member, Marie Hydukovic, and a new staff person, Katherine Estelle. [1:06:39] **Michelle Hanson**: Planning Commission didn't meet, but I attended the Cable Commission. We welcomed Ethan. Andrew Kading is our citizen rep. We approved an audit engagement with Redpath. [1:11:18] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: I filled in for John for the Watershed report. They renewed some services. I attended the Fire Relief Association meeting; business as usual. Back to staff reports, Adam. [1:12:50] **Adam (City Staff)**: We have received applications for special events, including the Run Stillwater event. These are conditional based on state requirements. Regarding the Memorial Day parade, we are working with the Legion, but it’s difficult if the 250-person cap remains. [1:15:44] **Gabe Kinney (Fire Chief)**: Good evening. For the month of February, we had 52 calls. Our year-to-date calls are 111. Our vaccination of members was completed in February. Safety reminder: please use caution when walking outside due to the freezing and thawing of snow melt. [1:17:20] **Jay Jackson (Police Chief)**: Good evening. We have an upcoming use of force training on the 10th. We are getting ready for potential civil unrest, though we have no plans to assist St. Paul or Minneapolis unless it comes to Washington County. We will take care of our city first. Regarding the 4th Street parking issue near the school, people are parking on both sides making it a bottleneck. We are looking at making it "no parking" on the east side during school hours. [1:26:30] **Matt Kline (Public Works)**: Staff's been fairly busy with snowstorms. The hockey and pleasure rinks are now closed. Working on various river shoreline permits and the MS4 storm water permit due in April. [1:30:19] **Sara Taylor (Assistant City Admin)**: We are currently accepting applications for the office support specialist. The newsletter is slated for mid-March. I am working on public engagement materials for the traffic survey. Final edits to the conservation easement for Inspiration Third Edition are complete. [1:31:52] **Adam (City Staff)**: Next Monday, March 8th, the new city website will go live. People can sign up for text or email notifications. On a final note, regarding the coyote sightings, we are providing DNR guidelines to residents. Secure your garbage and supervise your pets. We do not allow the discharge of firearms in the city. [1:35:42] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Thank you, Adam. Any other Council items or announcements? If not, would someone like to make a motion to adjourn? [1:36:29] **Michelle Hanson**: I'll move to adjourn. [1:36:29] **Ethan Gilmore**: Second. [1:36:29] **Adam (City Staff)**: Councilmember Hanson? (Aye). Councilmember Gilmore? (Aye). Councilmember Dahl? (Aye). Mayor St. Ores? (Aye). [1:37:24] **Mayor Michele Hanson**: Thanks, everybody. Have a great evening. [Meeting Adjourned].