This transcript appears to be from a meeting of the Hermantown City Council. Based on the context provided and the dialogue within the transcript, here are the identified speakers. **Note:** The names **Councilor Nelson** and **Councilor Hostchild** are used in the transcript during roll calls and motions; although they were not in the initial list provided, they have been included as they are clearly presiding members of the council. *** [0:02] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Great 6:30. Let's call the meeting to order and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I'll tell you why... 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. Roll call, please. [0:26] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Here. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Here. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Here. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Here. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Here. Uh, announcements. Do any councilors have any announcements this evening about the Neighborhood Night Out? Are you going to— [0:45] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** We do have a Neighborhood Night Out tomorrow night from—is it 5:00 to 8:00? [0:48] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** At 4:30 to 8:30—or 8:30 next door at the police-fire complex. I also wanted to give my cautionary tale about public input. We will have different times when public input is available tonight. We do have a public hearing, so there will be public input allowed during that public hearing. The public hearing is for a road improvement district. We also have a general public input on our agenda for items not on the agenda, and then at the time each item is on the agenda, we will have a time available for public input to address that specific item so that people understand that. Is there anything else from council? And we will start with our public hearing. Uh, Road Improvement District Number 538: Richard Avenue, Lindgren Road, Evie Drive, and a frontage road. Mr. Mulder? [1:39] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Mayor, um, as you stated, we're looking at replacing, um, rebuilding Lindgren Road, building from scratch Richard Avenue, um, doing a mill and overlay on Evie Drive, and then redoing the frontage road between Kwik Trip and Jersey City. Typically, when we have a development, the developer pays the entire cost to build the road to serve their properties and then they turn that over to the city. In this case, we have been looking at making these improvements for a number of years and have held off in part because we didn't have a good funding mechanism. We recently applied for and received a grant from the state of Minnesota for a local road improvement program, and we have a grant for $750,000 to apply toward this road improvement. And so initially the thought was that we would split the cost of this project with either some grant money for about a half of it, the city would then chip in 25%, and the assessments would pay the last 25%. But because of this project is actually 1.9 and not 1.5 is—um, the grant would cover $750,000. Um, we are proposing assessments in total that right around the $500,000 mark and then the city would, um, take in the remaining, uh, almost $700,000 through various funding sources including, you know, um, some water utility, stormwater... some we identified some improvements in the street lighting, so some street lighting fund could do that, and then also just general levy, um, through a bond. So that's kind of what we're talking about doing. The assessments, um, are considerably more than the average road improvement assessment on a residential one because this is commercial and this is involving the building of roads, um, as opposed to just reconstructing them. And so we have, you know, the assessments are considerably more than that amount and would be consistent with, you know, the assessment agreement that we have already in place for one of the parcels. Thank you. [4:21] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Do you have any questions or comments from members of the council about this public hearing? [4:25] **Councilor Hostchild:** No, I just think it's important to note that we've had interest in some of the parcels for a nice-sized commercial development, but that was not able to move forward because we did not have that road access. Um, and we all know that our decision and our dream is to have that as a development commercial development opportunity in that location. It's been a very strategic plan for us to do that, and this allows us the ability to do that. And I know we have somebody here with us tonight that has invested and been a big part of that development, and just to be able to continue to see that happen. Thank you. [4:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Anything else from council? Now we will open up for public input. If anybody in chambers has any input on this matter, please step forward and state your name and address for the record. Is there anyone present in chambers that wishes to comment on this matter? We will move to our online attendees. Is there anyone present in the online meeting that wishes to comment on the public hearing for Road Improvement District Number 538? If anyone online or in the chambers wishes to comment on Road Improvement District Number 538, please state your name and address for the record. [6:14] **Assistant City Administrator Joe Wicklund:** Mr. Mayor, I've asked folks to unmute if they're interested in the online setting and no one has, so I think we're okay. [6:23] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. With that, with no public input, we will close the public hearing and move to item B on our agenda: Resolution 2021-8-7, Resolution ordering improvement and directing preparation of final plans and specifications for Road Improvement District Number 538: Richard Avenue, Lindgren Road, Evie Drive, and a frontage road. Do we have a motion? [6:44] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Motion to approve. **Councilor Nelson:** Second. [6:48] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder, do you need to add anything at this time? [6:52] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Well, the other thing I would say is that we talked about at the pre-agenda meeting about sending out specific notices about those assessments to the affected property owners and inviting them to, um, a discussion about that, uh, sometime in September. So we will follow up on that. [7:09] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Is there anything from council? [7:11] **Councilor Hostchild:** I just appreciate the staff's willingness to go through that extra step of communication and working with those property owners, make sure everybody's well understood of what that looks like and means to them as a business. [7:26] **Councilor John Geissler:** Yeah, just to add to that point, I think it's important that the property owners see the assessment year in advance before we start making those decisions. So I think now is a good time for them to know those numbers, and we need to remember it's the assessment proposal—the final assessment won't be known until the project's done. [7:49] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Absolutely. With nothing from council, roll call, please. [7:53] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [8:02] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-8-8, Resolution authorizing and directing Mayor and City Clerk to execute and deliver an agreement for engineering services with a total not to exceed contract amount of $180,385, Road Improvement District Number 538: Richard Avenue, Lindgren Road, Evie Drive, and a frontage road with Northland Consulting Engineers. Do we have a motion? [8:28] **Councilor Hostchild:** So moved. **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Second. [8:32] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hostchild, second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder, is there anything needed on this? [8:35] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Um, just to clarify that this is going to be the contract with, uh, David Bowles, Northland Consulting Engineers. We did not go through a process of looking for RFPs because we wanted to move this project along as soon as we could and we just received the grant, you know, first part of July. [8:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And just to clarify that we've got a timeline for that project, correct? Which is part of the purpose of going through it that way. Thank you. Anything else from council? [9:06] **Councilor John Geissler:** Uh, Mr. Mayor, just I have my usual statement with our contracts and Northland Consulting Engineers that my son worked for Northland Consulting Engineers and the result of this contract has no financial gain for either my son or myself. [9:24] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Anything else? Roll call, please. [9:27] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is communications. [9:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Communications—there's nothing listed on the agenda. Do we need to address that, Mr. Mulder? [9:41] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Uh, you have the list in your packet. If there's any items that you wanted, um, copies of, we can make those available. There were some kind of follow-up to the, um, discussion last month about the subdivision being proposed. We did not include those in the packet per se because there wasn't anything that was specifically addressed on the agenda for that, on that issue. [10:04] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. We have no presentations. This is public discussion. This is the time that a member of the public can address any item not on the agenda. We ask that you limit your time to three minutes per person. Is there anyone that wishes to discuss general items to the council at this time? If so, please state your name and address. [10:28] **Lisa Smith:** Hi, my name is Lisa Smith. I live at 3761 Johnson Road, and I'm online today. Um, I would just like to, if it's okay, um, mention to the city councilors there if you have not seen the communication, um, that I did send through, um, which is not being discussed tonight. Um, so last month there was quite a bit of discussion about the Carlson Road extension, and I understand that the preliminary plat was reviewed. However, after that time, um, the idea was brought forth to put in the—put in a trail extension in place of that Carlson Road rather than as a stub at the end of, um—[Music]—at the end of Johnson Road where it meets up with Portland. And, um, I think it's a fabulous idea. I would like the councilors to—to maybe consider that before the final vote takes place. I know that another vote can take place, and I also know that, um, changes could be made at this point if—if deemed reasonable. I think it's an awesome idea. It would—it would allow for all of the emergency access that, um, you've deemed really important for that development. The trails that are put in and that we've been walking look fabulous. They look like a great alternative to having a full wide road next to our property, next to my property on Johnson Road, and I would just really like you to consider that as an option. It wouldn't take a huge amount of change to the development on Mr. Zeardon's part, and I just ask that you think about it, please. Um, we've tried, you know, everything we know to—to peacefully ask that a new road not be put in there because of the traffic counts and the safety to our neighborhood, and this is a great, um, alternative to that which, um—[Music]—which would, you know, which would take care of everybody's needs in this case. So that's all I have to say. I'm just hoping that you will all consider that, um, very seriously. Thanks for your time. [12:57] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Is there anyone else, either in chambers or online, that wishes to speak to the council about any item not on the agenda at this time? If so, please state your name and address for the record. This will be the last opportunity for public comment under this portion of the agenda. There is opportunities for comment later in items that are on the agenda. Would anyone like to address general topics to the council at this time? [13:46] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** With no public discussion, we will move to the consent agenda. We have a motion for the consent agenda that includes minutes and accounts payable? [13:54] **Councilor Nelson:** To approve. **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [13:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Geissler. Roll call, please. [14:04] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [14:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And next is motions. Motion to approve the following councilors as representatives to negotiate with the following unions. Mr. Mulder, would you read that list? [14:32] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Representative for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 will be councilors—uh, Mayor Boucher and Councilor Hostchild. For the LELS Local 47, it'll be Councilor Geissler and Councilor Peterson. And for AFSCME, it'll be Mayor Boucher and Councilor Nelson. [14:55] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have a roll call for that motion—so moved? Do we have a second? [15:01] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** So moved. **Councilor Hostchild:** Second. [15:03] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Hostchild. Do we have any, uh, questions or comments to council? [15:10] **Councilor Hostchild:** No, I'm just happy to see us getting this moving and, um, with the hope of having this done by the end of the year. We've been successful in that in the past, and I'm just looking forward to those conversations. [15:19] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Anything else from council? Is there any public input on this matter, either online or in chambers? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Any public input on the motion for the appointment of negotiating elected representatives? Roll call. [15:46] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [15:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Ordinances. Uh, first one is Ordinance 2021-04, the second reading of an ordinance amending Section 1000: State Building Code of the Hermantown Code of Ordinances. Do we have a motion? [16:08] **Councilor John Geissler:** Move to approve. **Councilor Hostchild:** Second. [16:13] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder? [16:15] **City Administrator John Mulder:** So this is, uh, updating the ordinance relative to the building code Chapter 10 just to kind of conform to, uh, recent statutes in Minnesota, changes in Minnesota statutes. [16:26] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? I believe this is normally a yearly procedure when statutes change. Is there anyone either online or in chambers that wishes to comment on Ordinance 2021-04? If anyone wishes to comment on Ordinance 2021-04, please state your name and address for the record. Roll call, please. [17:00] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [17:15] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And I want to state that for the next two ordinances, for those either in chambers or online, that there will not be public comment because this is the first reading and there will be no votes or action taken this evening. Next is Ordinance 2021-05, an ordinance amending Chapter 9: Utilities and Services of the City of Hermantown. This is the first reading. Mr. Mulder, do we have a brief explanation of it? [17:36] **City Administrator John Mulder:** I was hoping Mr. Orme could give that brief explanation. [17:40] **Director of Finance & Administration Kevin Orme:** Thank you, Mr. Mayor. City staff and, uh, city attorney met several times. It has been well over a decade since, uh, these ordinances have been updated, so we went through both in the context of updating things that have changed in our world, and also we added, uh, added some language regarding the ability to impose sewer available—sewer availability and water availability charges. We did a few other things like removing Section 905 and combining that into Section 930/40. Basically, there's a lot of little changes and it's an update from... it's been here since—this has been like that, and that's the result of what you have before you is the first reading, the result of that. [18:27] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. And we will move on to Ordinance 2021-06, an ordinance amending Section 232/30.02: Utility Commission of the Hermantown City Code. This is also a first reading. Mr. Mulder, is there a short description of this? [18:48] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Yeah, this is simply removing the requirement that the Utility Commission review the annual reports of the various, uh, franchise agreements. [19:02] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Being first reading, we will move on to resolutions. Resolution 2021-89, Resolution of the City of Hermantown, Minnesota, approving session laws 2021, first special sessions Chapter 14, Article 8, Section 8. Do we have a motion? [19:22] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Motion to approve. **Councilor Hostchild:** Second. [19:28] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder? [19:30] **City Administrator John Mulder:** So the legislature passed the city's request for a sales tax of an additional half a percent for the community recreation initiative, and so the next step in that process is to, um, approve those laws, um, those special session laws, and then following that, then it goes to a referendum in November of 2022. [19:48] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Is there any public comment on this either in the chambers or online? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Requesting public comment on Resolution 2021-89. With no public comment, I'd ask for a roll call. [20:07] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [20:21] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-90, Resolution approving a special use permit for a greenhouse nursery sales and production at 4168 Lindahl Road. [20:31] **Councilor Nelson:** Motion to approve. **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [20:36] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Nelson, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder, should Mr. Johnson take this one? [20:41] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Yes, please. Eric, could you explain this one to us? [20:44] **Community Development Director Eric Johnson:** Yes, thank you very much. Uh, this is an application for, as you mentioned, greenhouse nursery sales and production on a residentially zoned property located at 4168 Lindahl Road. It's approximately 20-acre site that's located about a third of a mile north of Mid-West—excuse me—of Maple Grove Road. The applicant is proposing to have three greenhouses on the property ranging in size from 10 feet by 10 feet up to 12 feet by 24, as well as a separate small gravel parking lot and a sales building. What they're looking to do is have seasonal sales on this property ranging from late spring to early fall, open seven days a week, so probably approximately from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Once again, this is for the production and sales of flowers, cuttings, plants, etc. that way. [21:38] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Have we received any feedback from any of the neighbors? [21:46] **Community Development Director Eric Johnson:** No, we have not, and at the planning and zoning, there were no public comment. [21:52] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other questions or comments? We'll open it up to public comment at this time. Is there anyone either present in chambers or in the online meeting that wishes to comment on Resolution 2021-90 approving a special use permit for a greenhouse nursery? If anyone wishes to comment on Resolution 2021-90, please state your name and address for the record. With no comment, roll call, please. [22:36] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [22:54] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Next is Resolution 2021-91, Resolution approving final plat of Peyton Acres Phase 1B and imposing conditions on the final plat. [23:04] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Motion to approve. **Councilor Hostchild:** Second. [23:11] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder, would we like Mr. Johnson to go over this one? Thank you. [23:14] **Community Development Director Eric Johnson:** Uh, last year the council had seen the both preliminary plat for both Phase 1A and 1B, and then they approved the final plat for Phase 1A. That was six lots that take access up a Steubner Road that's been under construction for the past year and is, uh, close to being marketed for sales. This next phase is 1B. It's continuing that roadway that the developers built so far from Steubner, as well as those existing utilities, pushing those towards the east. This Phase 1B plat will be for 10 residential lots. It will all be greater than one-half acre in size, which are our standard R3 lots that we have as part of this development. There will be an urban section roadway; it's the 28-foot width paved surface along with curb and gutter, and there'll also be sidewalk on one side of the roadway as well. There'll also be a pond in its own separate easement that will serve this portion of the development phase as well. Uh, eventually there will be another three phases associated with this project, uh, extending to the, um, to the east and south. Uh, eventually there will be connection onto Oak Ridge Road at a future phase date, uh, potentially maybe in '22 or '23 for that. [24:19] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council at this time? [24:21] **Councilor Hostchild:** I would just say that it's important for us to note that at later stages, to Eric's point, this is going to be fully—I forget the word—connected through, uh, to two accesses. So, um, at this point it does appear to be individual cul-de-sacs, but it will be, uh, connected, uh, per the full development plan. [24:56] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Is there anyone either present in chambers or online that wishes to comment on Resolution—[Music]—2021-91? If there are any comments on this resolution, please state your name and address for the record. With no public comment, I would ask for a roll call. [25:26] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [25:42] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-92, Resolution accepting quote from HMI Duluth for repairs on Arrowhead Road in the amount of $55,400. [25:52] **Councilor John Geissler:** Motion to approve. **Councilor Hostchild:** Second. [25:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler, second by Councilor Hostchild. Mr. Mulder? [26:00] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Yeah, there are two areas on Hermantown Road. One is near the Essentia Clinic, um, near Highway 53. There's just a section there that the water can't get to the, um—because of the roads buckle a little bit, the curb and gutters change a little bit, so the water's not getting to, um, the, um, catch basin. So we just need to make some repairs there. The same thing is happening on, uh, west of the elementary school. There's a section there where, um, the road is buckled a little bit so water's not getting to the catch basin, so we just need to make those corrections. [26:41] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Hearing none, it's time for public input. Is there anyone either present in chambers or online that wishes to comment on Resolution 2021-92? If anyone wishes to comment on this repair of the Arrowhead Road, please state your name and address for the record. Roll call, please. [27:00] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [27:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-93, Resolution approving change order number one for Road Improvement District Number 537: LeVasseur-Junction Road. [27:26] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Motion to approve. **Councilor Nelson:** Second. [27:32] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Nelson. Mr. Mulder, would we like our city engineer to go over this? [27:35] **City Administrator John Mulder:** Sure, if he's willing to do that. Mr. Bowles? [27:36] **City Engineer David Bowles:** Yes, thank you Mayor and Council. So change order one is associated with the—the rock removal on—on the top of the hill in regards to, uh, putting in the new water line. So there was a failed attempt at hammering the rock out, so we had to go to alternate means of boring the water main through the rock. And then we also had to do some—we lowered the grade, we hammered some rock out, we had to do some coring, we had to fill those core holes because that failed. And then we also, um, because of the presence of ledge rock in the ditch, we opted to add some curb and gutter on both sides of the road on top of that hill. So that kind of in a short summary of the effort associated with that change order. Thank you. [28:28] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Do we have any questions or comments from council? [28:30] **Councilor Hostchild:** Can you just talk about the extension for the timeframe for the completion of the project and just how that's been communicated and handled with the residents on that road, David, just briefly? [28:38] **City Engineer David Bowles:** So, um, the question is about we—we added two weeks into the contract as part of this change order. They spent approximately three weeks in this area dealing with this rock. Um, so that in negotiations with the contractor on—on this change order, he felt that it was, um—[Music]—the appropriate time to request the extra two weeks even though he doesn't feel that that is, um, appropriate or that he'll—he'll need that time, he still wanted to kind of cover his bases rather than having to come back to the council at the—when we're nearing the original completion date. [29:35] **Councilor Hostchild:** So how was this communicated to the residents? [29:38] **City Engineer David Bowles:** Um, there's been many residents at our weekly meetings. We've—we've told them that this, you know, this work has added time to the contract. We have not specifically—the contractual items are typically not part of the discussion items at our, um, construction meetings. So they—the residents are—we're not aware of a time extension. We have a meeting tomorrow and I can certainly, you know, bring that up that we—we will be adding two weeks to the contract time. However, the contractor's schedule still has this project done well ahead of the original timeline. [30:26] **Councilor Hostchild:** And I just think that's a great thing just to share with them. Worst case scenario, right? We're looking at this but shouldn't need that. Um, just so that they're well informed. [30:35] **City Engineer David Bowles:** We'll certainly do that tomorrow. [30:37] **Councilor Hostchild:** And overall would you say the communication, um, and support for the project from the road—from the residents has been positive? [30:42] **City Engineer David Bowles:** It's—it's been overwhelmingly positive. There's definitely questions about process and schedule; that's typical of a project of this nature. So, um, between Joel, myself and inspector, I think we've done a very good job getting the—communicating the—the word on what we're doing out there. [31:13] **Councilor Hostchild:** Well, I appreciate you doing those weekly meetings. I know that's important, so thank you for that work. [31:18] **City Engineer David Bowles:** Okay, thank you. [31:21] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Anything else from council? Is there any public input on this matter? If so, please state your name and address for the record. Is there any public input on Change Order Number One for Road Improvement District Number 537? Roll call, please. [31:48] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. [32:00] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Resolution 2021-94, Resolution approving pay request number four for Road Improvement District Number 537: LeVasseur-Junction Road to Uhlin Brothers Incorporated in the amount of $387,914.09. Do we have a motion? [32:16] **Councilor Hostchild:** So moved. **Councilor John Geissler:** Second. [32:20] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hostchild, second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder? [32:21] **City Administrator John Mulder:** This is just for the work complete on LeVasseur-Junction through end of July. [32:24] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on Pay Request Number Four for Road Improvement District Number 537? If there is any public comment on Resolution 2021-94, please state your name and address for the record. Roll call, please. [32:48] **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Councilor Peterson? **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Geissler? **Councilor John Geissler:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Hostchild? **Councilor Hostchild:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Nelson? **Councilor Nelson:** Aye. **City Clerk Alissa McClure:** Mayor Boucher? **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. And we are at the end of our business. Do we have a motion to recess? [33:09] **Councilor Joe Peterson:** Motion to recess. **Councilor Nelson:** Second. [33:12] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Peterson, second by Councilor Nelson. All in favor say aye. **Council (In Unison):** Aye. **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Oppose same sign. Thank you.