Based on the context provided and the flow of the meeting, here is the transcribed text with speaker names assigned. *Note: The transcript contains some phonetic misspellings of names (e.g., "Markham" for Morcomb, and "Engelbertson/Olson" which likely refer to Severson/Moore or Wrich based on the official council list). I have corrected these to match the provided list of officials.* [0:41] Kevin Zabel: All right, let's go ahead and call to order the March 14, 2023, City Council meeting for the City of Oakdale. Will the clerk take the role here? Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. [1:06] Group: 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. [1:20] Kevin Zabel: Council members, we have a slightly amended agenda in front of us. Could I have a motion to approve the agenda as amended? [1:20] Andy Morcomb: I make a motion to approve the agenda as amended. [1:20] Katie Wrich: Second. [1:20] Kevin Zabel: There's a motion, is there a second? Second. Motion and a second. In conversation? All those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And the agenda is approved. We have two sets of minutes. First up, Workshop, February 28, 2023. Council members, any changes or corrections? Can I have a motion? [1:40] Gary Severson: Make a motion to approve the minutes. [1:40] Kari Moore: Second. [1:40] Kevin Zabel: There's a motion, is there a second? Second. Motion and a second. Final comments? All those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And those are approved. Next up, we have minutes from the regular meeting, February 28, 2023. Any corrections? Seeing none, I'll look for a motion. [1:53] Katie Wrich: So moved. [1:53] Andy Morcomb: Second. [1:53] Kevin Zabel: There is a motion, is there a second? Second. Motion and a second. Final comments? All those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And those are approved as well. Next up on the agenda is Open Forum. This is time for the community to share any comments that they would like with the City Council. It's generally not a conversational back-and-forth time, but any comments or requests from residents we will be sure to send to City staff for addressing. So I'd like to invite anybody to step up to the podium and share any comments with us. Please state your name and your address for the record. [2:47] Kevin Zabel: Seeing none, we'll keep moving with consensus motions. Council members, we have A, C, D, and E. It looks like B is being pulled by staff. Are there any consensus motions that council members would like to pull for individual consideration? Can I have a motion? [3:15] Andy Morcomb: I'll make a motion to approve consensus motions A, C, D, and E. [3:15] Kari Moore: Second. [3:15] Kevin Zabel: There's a motion, is there a second? Second. Motion and a second. Any conversation? All those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And those motions are approved. Advisory boards and commissions—it looks like the only one we had was the Planning Commission on March 2nd. Council Member Severson? [3:34] Gary Severson: Oak Park just came up for their one-year renewal, even though they've only been in business since October. No complaints. Just a quick note on that: it should be on our next agenda to officially move them forward with that. I'm going to be making—hopefully, I don't know, a recommendation—but asking my Council colleagues to support extending the time before they have to come back to us for another approval. And the number, I think, is... in City Administrator Volkers' [report], there's something in the city code, but I believe that there was a conversation at Planning Commission that it was every year, and the city called two years. We think we're looking it up; we think there's some flexibility. I'm not sure. [4:20] Kevin Zabel: Okay, we'll let staff work on that. [4:20] Gary Severson: Yep. Cool. Anything else? Nope. [4:20] Kevin Zabel: Already. Under Bed, we have nothing tonight. Staff reports: let's check in with our City Attorney, Jim Thompson. [4:20] Jim Thompson: Nothing specific to report tonight. [4:20] Kevin Zabel: Any questions for Jim? Alrighty. City Administrator Volkers, you have an item on the agenda tonight. [4:45] Christina Volkers: I do. So this was discussed at Council Workshop about the possibility that Juneteenth start in 2023 instead of 2024. The Governor signed that bill into law that is effective August 1st of '23. So the '24 holiday, which is June 19th in celebration of Juneteenth, goes into effect as a mandatory holiday for employees, and the city offices will be closed in '24. The discussion sort of was about whether we wanted to implement it in 2023 as a sign of support and a sign of, you know, support for the staff and for the city, etc. So the Council agreed that that was a great thing that they could do, and so they would add it a year ahead of time. That would be amazing for staff and for the city offices to be closed that day. So the recommendation before you is to waive reading and adopt the resolution recognizing June 19th starting in 2023 as a city holiday so public business will not be conducted on that date. [5:52] Kevin Zabel: Council members, any questions for the City Administrator? I'll look for a motion. [5:52] Katie Wrich: Make a motion to waive reading and adopt resolution 2023-19 recognizing June 19th, Juneteenth, as a city holiday in which public business cannot be conducted. [5:52] Kari Moore: Second. [5:52] Kevin Zabel: There's a motion, is there a second? Second. Motion and a second. Final conversation? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And that passes. Thank you. Council presentations. Council Member Moore, anything? [6:00] Kari Moore: Nothing for me today. [6:00] Kevin Zabel: All right. Council Member Severson? [6:00] Gary Severson: Nothing. [6:00] Kevin Zabel: Council Member Morcomb? [6:15] Andy Morcomb: Yeah, I wanted to share real quick that we made an amendment to our fee schedule for the city, whereas we moved our fee for notary public from ten dollars to zero dollars. So for anyone in the city that needs a notary public, you can come down during business hours and you're welcome to use City staff and use that service. [6:37] Kevin Zabel: Good deal. Just a few from me. Spring road restrictions went into effect last Friday, limiting the weight of vehicles allowed on city streets and County roads. These restrictions are implemented every spring to preserve and protect our streets that are weakened because of the spring thaw. So hopefully the impact on residents is minimal and hopefully we have a dry spring so we can get those lifted as soon as possible. We've mentioned this before: Metro Transit is hosting a Gold Line Construction update at an open house on Thursday, March 16th—so this Thursday—from 5 to 7 PM at Grace of God Lutheran Church located at 420 Hayward Avenue North. There'll be no formal presentation, but all residents are welcome to stop by and chat with Metro Transit about the Gold Line BRT project. For more information, visit their website, metrotransit.org. Our last indoor market of the season will be this Saturday, March 18th, from 9 AM to 1 PM, so please swing by the Discovery Center and shop local with more than 20 local vendors. The indoor garage sale will be at the Discovery Center next weekend, Saturday, March 25th, from 9 AM to 1 PM. This is a fun event for bargain hunters, collectors, and families; it is free to attend. Oakdale is hiring a full-time police officer and we are accepting applications. If you know somebody that is interested or you're interested yourself in serving and protecting our community, please feel free to check out the job posting on our website, OakdaleMN.gov. We will begin the first review of applications beginning March 20th. The city is seeking feedback on a playground design for Commons Park. It'll be a new city park part of the Willowbrook development located on the east side of 694, north of County Road 14. Commons Park will be open to the public and is intended to be a place for community gathering and activities. We ask residents to participate in this brief survey by Friday, March 31st, and the link to the survey is on our website, OakdaleMN.gov. Finally, winter has given us plenty of snow for the winter photo contest, and the finalists were announced today on the city's Facebook page. So we encourage everybody to head over to today's Facebook page and vote on your favorite photos. To vote, just click "Like" on that photo. We are counting votes from now until March 31st. The top three photos with the most likes will be the winners highlighted in our Oakdale Update community newsletter, and winners will receive a small gift. Man, there's a lot going on in our community! That's all. Claims? [9:18] Gary Severson: I'll make a motion to approve claims as presented. [9:18] Kevin Zabel: All right, there's a motion. Is there a second? [9:18] Kari Moore: Second. [9:18] Kevin Zabel: Motion and a second. Any conversation or questions? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Bills paid. [9:40] Katie Wrich: Motion to adjourn. [9:40] Andy Morcomb: So moved. [9:40] Kevin Zabel: Get a motion. Second? [9:40] Kari Moore: Second. [9:40] Kevin Zabel: Motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? And we are adjourned. [10:06] Kevin Zabel: All right, 11 minutes. [10:06] Andy Morcomb: No, we started at 7:02. [10:06] Kevin Zabel: Nine minutes. [10:06] Katie Wrich: Nine minutes. [10:06] Gary Severson: I got eight on my clock. [10:06] Andy Morcomb: Set a timer? [10:06] Kevin Zabel: No, but I know we started at seven. Okay. Jake's fault, he's late. Sorry guys, I was worried he was getting real chatty about the Planning Commission.