Based on the context of the dialogue, here is the formatted transcript with speaker identifications and estimated timestamps. *** **[00:00] City Clerk:** Roll call. Council members: Angrim? **[00:03] Councilmember Angrim:** Here. **[00:04] City Clerk:** Walsh? **[00:05] Councilmember Walsh:** Hi, here. **[00:06] City Clerk:** Edberg? **[00:07] Councilmember Edberg:** Present. **[00:08] City Clerk:** Jones? **[00:09] Councilmember Jones:** Here. **[00:10] City Clerk:** And Bean? **[00:11] Councilmember Bean:** Here. **[00:12] City Clerk:** Thank you. **[00:13] Mayor Emerson:** Next is approval of the minutes of the February 9th, 2021, closed City Council meeting. Are there any corrections? **[00:20] Councilmember Walsh:** Walsh moves to approve. **[00:22] Councilmember Jones:** Seconds. **[00:23] Mayor Emerson:** I have a motion and a second. Clerk will call the roll. **[00:26] City Clerk:** Council members: Jones? **[00:27] Councilmember Jones:** Aye. **[00:28] City Clerk:** Bean? **[00:29] Councilmember Bean:** I'm going to abstain since I missed the beginning. **[00:31] City Clerk:** Angrim? **[00:32] Councilmember Angrim:** Aye. **[00:33] City Clerk:** Walsh? **[00:34] Councilmember Walsh:** Aye. **[00:35] City Clerk:** Edberg? **[00:36] Councilmember Edberg:** Aye. **[00:37] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. Motion passes. Moving on to approval of the minutes of the regular City Council meeting on February 9th again. Are there any corrections? **[00:45] Councilmember Walsh:** Move to approve. **[00:46] Councilmember Jones:** Madame Mayor, Jones will second. **[00:48] Mayor Emerson:** I have a motion and a second. The clerk will call the role. **[00:51] City Clerk:** Council members: Jones? **[00:52] Councilmember Jones:** Aye. **[00:53] City Clerk:** Angrim? **[00:54] Councilmember Angrim:** Aye. **[00:55] City Clerk:** Edberg? **[00:56] Councilmember Edberg:** Aye. **[00:57] City Clerk:** Bean? **[00:58] Councilmember Bean:** I'm going to abstain again. **[00:59] City Clerk:** Walsh? **[01:00] Councilmember Walsh:** Aye. **[01:01] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. Next is approval of the agenda. **[01:04] Councilmember Walsh:** Move to approve. **[01:05] Mayor Emerson:** Do I have a second? **[01:06] Councilmember Jones:** I’ll second. **[01:07] Mayor Emerson:** Clerk will call the roll. **[01:09] City Clerk:** Council members: Jones? **[01:10] Councilmember Jones:** Aye. **[01:11] City Clerk:** Edberg? **[01:12] Councilmember Edberg:** Aye. **[01:13] City Clerk:** Walsh? **[01:14] Councilmember Walsh:** Aye. **[01:15] Councilmember Angrim:** Aye. **[01:16] City Clerk:** Bean? **[01:17] Councilmember Bean:** Aye. **[01:18] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. We have an agenda. Moving on to the first item on that agenda under visitors and presentations tonight. We're going to hear from Connie Talon, our Environmental Specialist/Water Resources Engineer, on the Surface Water Management Plan. So, Connie, if you... we don't see your face, so if you want to... there you are. Wonderful. Welcome. **[01:40] Connie Talon:** Good evening. Thank you, Madame Mayor and council members, for the opportunity to introduce the Surface Water Management Plan. So I will share the screen now; I have a presentation to give. Can everyone see that? **[01:55] Mayor Emerson:** Yes. **[01:56] Connie Talon:** Oh, wonderful. So I will start off with a brief history and then I will introduce each chapter of the plan. Per Minnesota statutes 103B, local units of government in the seven-county metro area shall prepare and implement a comprehensive surface water management plan... [Detailed presentation on chapters, history, and public input continues until 10:45]. **[10:46] Mayor Emerson:** Does anyone have a question? Council? Anybody have a question or comment? Councilmember Edberg. **[10:52] Councilmember Edberg:** Thank you, Madame Mayor. So, Connie, I don't envy you the job of trying to coordinate response among several water management organizations, let alone a variety of other governmental and non-governmental bodies. But are there any common themes of places where there are tensions between organizations or where finding common ground is more difficult than others? **[11:15] Connie Talon:** Mayor and Councilmember Edberg, first, each water management organization has their own rules and their own requirements... I'm not seeing any tension regarding this plan between all of the water management organizations. So that's going smoothly. **[12:15] Mayor Emerson:** Anyone else? Well, thank you. This is a lot of work, I know, and I'm glad we have you and your expertise to navigate through this process because it's a lot... I really appreciate that. **[12:35] Connie Talon:** Yes, and thank you all. **[12:37] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. Okay, we will move on to Item 5: Public Hearings. Resolution ordering improvements, approving plans and specifications, and authorizing advertisements for bids for the 2021 Pavement Rehabilitation Project. Mr. Copy. **[12:55] Paul Copy:** Thank you, Madame Mayor, members of the Council. I'll do a brief presentation. Cara will bring that up here. [Presentation on street reconstruction and mill and overlay programs continues until 17:30]. **[17:31] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. Do any of you have a question for Mr. Copy at this time? Council? If not, I will open the meeting up to the public that have questions on this project. So, Cara, did anybody sign up to speak on this issue? **[17:48] City Clerk (Cara):** Mayor Emerson, nobody has signed up specifically. I would ask if anybody would like to speak, there's the "raise hand" button. Please feel free to speak at this time by raising your hand. **[18:05] Claire Starinsky Wallace:** I don't know where the raised hand button is, sorry. **[18:08] Mayor Emerson:** Good job. So if you'd state your name and address for the record, please. **[18:12] Claire Starinsky Wallace:** Yes, ma’am. I am Claire Starinsky Wallace. The address is 1759 Elm Street. From what I saw on the screen, references were to single-family homes, but there was no reference to the townhomes that are also on Elm Street. What would be their cost? **[18:32] Paul Copy:** Madame Mayor, I can answer that question. Those would have been in the notice mailed to you, but yours looks to be an estimated assessment of $733. **[18:48] Claire Starinsky Wallace:** $733? That’s the total cost? **[18:51] Paul Copy:** Correct. **[18:52] Claire Starinsky Wallace:** Okay, that seems fair and reasonable for all the work that's going to be done. **[18:56] Mayor Emerson:** Well, thank you. We answered your question. Is there anyone else that wishes to speak on this issue tonight? **[19:05] Paul Malcor:** I don't see the raised hand button either. Paul Malcor, 1807 Birch Lake Avenue. You mentioned 2022 as far as when the assessment would be applied. Is the amount collected in a single year then? **[19:18] Paul Copy:** Madame Mayor, I can answer that. You have the option to pay the entire amount, or you can assess it over a 10-year period. **[19:40] Paul Malcor:** And roughly how long is that anticipated that the mill and overlay would last? **[19:45] Paul Copy:** Generally, the life is somewhere between 30 and 50 years, but we want to come in at about 25 years to do what we're doing today. **[20:15] Mayor Emerson:** Is there anyone else? Okay, then I guess I will close the public hearing and bring it back to the Council. Council, I'm looking for a motion to approve this. **[20:25] Councilmember Walsh:** Move to approve. **[20:26] Councilmember Bean:** Walsh second—er, I’ll second. **[20:28] Mayor Emerson:** I have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? If not, the clerk will call the role. **[20:32] City Clerk:** Council members: Bean? (Aye) Jones? (Aye) Angsten? (Aye) Edberg? (Aye) and Walsh? (Aye). **[20:40] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you. Motion passes. All right, moving on to new business. A resolution approving a rental agreement with Comcast cable. Ms. Hiniker. **[20:50] Ellen Hiniker (City Manager):** Yes, thank you Madame Mayor, members of the Council. This resolution was taken off of consent because I wanted to take this opportunity to update Council on where we're at with the franchise approval process. [Update on mediated settlement with Comcast and 75-page franchise document continues until 24:15]. **[24:16] Mayor Emerson:** Council, any questions for Ms. Hiniker? So do I have a motion to extend the lease? **[24:22] Councilmember Edberg:** Edberg moves to extend the lease as noted in the resolution. **[24:25] Councilmember Angsten:** Second. **[24:26] Mayor Emerson:** I have a motion and a second. Clerk will call the role. [Roll call taken; motion passes]. **[24:45] Mayor Emerson:** Moving on to 9B. Resolution approving the carryover of expenditures from the 2020 budget to the 2021 budget. Ms. Konnot. **[24:55] Ann Konnot (Finance Director):** Hi, good evening Madame Mayor, members of the Council. As the city wraps up our 2020 fiscal year, we have projects and capital purchases that were not completed before December 31st... [Explanation of carryover process]. **[25:50] Mayor Emerson:** Council, any questions? If not, do I have a motion? **[25:54] Councilmember Jones:** Move to approve, Madame Mayor. **[25:56] Councilmember Edberg:** Edberg seconds. **[25:58] Mayor Emerson:** Motion and a second. Clerk will call the role. [Roll call taken; motion passes]. **[26:15] Mayor Emerson:** Moving on to discussion: the recodification process. Ms. Hiniker, are you doing this? **[26:20] Ellen Hiniker:** Yes, ma’am. Thank you, Mayor, members of the Council. This was put under discussion for us to accept the draft as presented by staff. This will be a long process into 2022. We are reviewing code sections that are quite outdated—for instance, references to "dance halls." [Explanation of Municode review and zoning code updates continues]. **[29:45] Mayor Emerson:** Great, thank you. Well then moving on, you might as well stay tuned. Moving on for communications from the City Manager. **[29:55] Ellen Hiniker:** Thank you, Mayor. I listed out work session dates for the coming year. We're hoping to meet on March 30th. Moving forward, it would be the third Tuesday of each month... and a quick update on the welcoming and inclusive community initiative. We received about 25 applications. **[31:30] Mayor Emerson:** It was hard to narrow them down. You have a lot of strong applicants. **[31:35] Ellen Hiniker:** I’ll defer to Ann and Paul for additional updates. **[31:45] Ann Konnot:** I'll provide a brief update on the Housing Task Force. We launched it about a week ago with a video and a survey. We really want to hear from a broad spectrum of White Bear Lake residents. The deadline is currently Monday, March 1st. **[33:15] Paul Copy:** I have a couple items. First, with the cold snap ending, we’re having some water main breaks. Our staff is doing their best to repair them. Secondly, the Gazebo committee. We've determined the upper structure is sound but the lower structure needs replacing. We’re hoping to be done by the end of June for Manitou Days. **[34:30] Mayor Emerson:** And Councilmember Bean, do you have anything about the Caboose? **[34:35] Councilmember Bean:** We’ve had one introductory meeting so far. We're moving forward. **[34:45] Mayor Emerson:** I just have one thing. Please take the housing survey. I'd also like to publicly thank our city employees who have worked tirelessly. They’re doing a great job under difficult circumstances. With that, I would entertain a motion to adjourn. **[35:10] Councilmember Walsh:** Walsh moves to adjourn. **[35:12] Councilmember Jones:** Second. **[35:13] Mayor Emerson:** Clerk will call the role. **[35:15] City Clerk:** Jones? (Aye) Angsten? (Aye) Walsh? (Aye) Edberg? (Aye) Bean? (Aye). **[35:25] Mayor Emerson:** Thank you, we are adjourned. Good night, everyone. **[35:30] Councilmembers (Collective):** Good night.