This transcript has been formatted with the requested timestamps (estimated based on dialogue flow) and speaker identification based on the context provided and the names called out during the meeting. **Note:** Several council members mentioned in the transcript (Troutman, Wayan) were not in your provided list but are clearly identified by the Mayor during the proceedings. *** **[00:00:00] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Good evening everyone. I'm going to call to order this regular city council meeting of the city of Richfield. It is September 24th, 2024, at 7 p.m. Um, if you are able, please rise and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. **[00:00:15] 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. **[00:00:30] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Thank you. Next, we have the open forum. If you are watching online, you can call into the open forum by dialing 1-415-655-0000. Use webinar access code 2633 038 2260 and password 1234. So, is there anyone that is online at the moment? All right, and I have one card. We have our new registration cards here and we have one card, so I'm going to invite Heidi Gyore up to speak. Please state your name and your address, and since we have the card, you don't need to sign in. Thank you. **[00:01:05] Heidi Gyore:** Heidi Gyore, 6915 Wentworth here in Richfield. Uh, good evening. I'm here to speak on the topic of the sales tax referenda in this election. While it's true that there are maintenance issues and improvements that need to be addressed at the three locations proposed to benefit if this tax is passed, as council person Hayford Oleary pointed out on a community Facebook post, we've spent too long neglecting our parks assets. I agree. So my questions are: why have they been neglected? How long has it been since money earmarked for maintenance has not been used for such? And why is it thought that tens of millions of dollars will keep that from happening in the future? The fact that our parks assets haven't been cared for and maintained as they should have been seems to be status quo for Richfield. Do we not have a budget which includes maintaining our city properties? One would expect that that's a given and a basic line item to have in a city budget. Speaking specifically about the Community Center, I'd like to see the current building remain, receiving necessary restoration and, if needed, possible rethinking the distribution of the spaces within. If indeed more space is needed for some activities, I suggest utilizing buildings which already exist in our parks. My husband and I frequently walk through Augsburg Park and, on a whim, I looked through the window of the warming house and found the building to be empty. It's usually closed up and unused. It's a sturdy building and good size. We were thinking what a perfect space it would be for something like a teen drop-in center or a meeting space for any number of organizations. And this is only one building in one park. How many other empty buildings does our city have which can be used for some of the reasons that have been suggested? To tear down a sturdy brick Community Center which has been the heart of our community since I was a child... some updates could be beneficial, but that doesn't mean that the entire building must be demolished to do it. Our current Community Center serves all ages in our city with a variety of activities. Just a few yards away from it is an enlarged skate park, and the library only a block away is being remodeled with even more meeting spaces. If an athletic center is what's being wished for, besides school gyms and activities and community athletic opportunities, there are also fitness centers in Richfield, Bloomington, and on the border of Richfield and Edina, and the new Adventure Park and other remodeled parks for outdoor alternative activities. Richfield is a small community both in geographic size and population. Why would we even need larger and more complex venues to maintain when we apparently cannot maintain what we already have? Finally, in this world of tax hikers and those who want to have what communities two and three times our size have, let's be original thinkers and come up with ways to preserve the wonderful assets we already have without tearing them down and building all new. Let's maintain the city properties and buildings we presently have instead of pipe dreaming ways to make bigger spaces which require even more maintenance and staff, meaning an even larger budget with more taxes. Thank you for listening. **[00:04:10] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Thank you. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak? And it doesn't look like anyone has come online, so we'll close out the open forum. If you can hand this down to the city clerk, thank you. Next, we'll move on to the approval of the minutes of the special city council work session of August 28th, 2024; the city council work session of September 10th, 2024; and the city council meeting of September 10th, 2024. **[00:04:35] Council Member:** So moved. **[00:04:36] Council Member:** Second. **[00:04:37] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? All in favor please say I. **[00:04:42] Council Members:** I. **[00:04:43] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? All right, we have approved those minutes. Next, we'll move on to the approval of the agenda. **[00:04:48] Council Member:** So moved. **[00:04:49] Council Member:** Second. **[00:04:50] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Okay, it's been moved and seconded to approve the agenda. Is there any discussion? All those in favor of approving the agenda please say I. **[00:04:58] Council Members:** I. **[00:04:59] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? We have approved the agenda. Next, we have a presentation from our Richfield Beacons youth researchers, and I'm going to have them come up to the podium and introduce themselves and turn it over to you all. Thank you and welcome. **[00:05:12] Linda (Youth Researcher):** Hi, thank you for being here. We are youth participatory action researchers from Richfield High School Beacons program. My name is Linda and I'm in 10th grade. **[00:05:22] Fatu (Youth Researcher):** My name is Fatu and I'm in 11th grade. **[00:05:25] Felicia (Youth Researcher):** My name is Felicia. I'm in 11th grade. **[00:05:28] Youth Researcher:** My name is [Name] and I'm in 10th grade. Our big question is: what community spaces do the youth need to have a strong and involved community? Throughout the summer, we've been collecting data for that. We went to the fire department, Taft Park, Sandy's, and our Beacon office, the Richfield Community Center, Target, and restaurants to get perspectives upon the youth. We want to create a positive change within our Richfield community. **[00:05:55] Fatu (Youth Researcher):** How our data was collected: throughout the summer we've met with city leaders, community members, and we've made surveys which we've gotten 134 responses from. We've made focus groups, and basically what was asked in those meetings, in those surveys, and in those focus groups was: what do youth need? What do youth want? What are some barriers to those involvements, and why do you feel that way? We've been to different places, we met with different people, and we got different perspectives on how people feel. We found out a lot about the current involvement of youth in Richfield. As you can see on the first graph, there's a lot of youth that say they feel involved in the Richfield community, but there's still like 20.5% of youth that say that they don't feel involved. Along with involvement, we found out where they are going. They said that they're spending their time at school after hours, so like sports and different after-school clubs—for example, Beacons—and that's where they're going. But we also found out that there's barriers to participation in Richfield. To start: transportation. I did just get something on our school website saying that we can put in a form our routes to school to improve those. But along with transportation, there's also like not enough opportunities for us to be involved in the community. For example, our Recreation Services program guide—I look through it every year, but I'm finding a lot of stuff for younger kids, like ages under 12. But 14 to 18, there's like a Zumba class you can go to with all ages, but I don't think teens want to go to a Zumba class. **[00:07:35] Felicia (Youth Researcher):** Yeah, we also found out with this what youth want—that's our big question. What do they want, what do they need? They want a community center with access to open gyms, food, comfortable seating, and fun activities. They want a place to go besides the school and clubs, because you can only be at the school until like 5:30 and then you're kicked out because there's no adults there. Fun activities—we want stuff to do. We like playing Connect 4 in the Beacon's office. It's gotten really competitive; it's gotten pretty bad here. But we also want events in Richfield coordinated for youth by youth. We know what we want best in events around the city, but we don't really see that. Cultural-based programming and events—at Richfield High School we had a powwow and it will become an annual thing; it was really popular, everyone had a lot of fun. We also had a Culture Day, and that was honestly like the most unified I've ever seen the school, cheering for different cultures. And again, increased opportunities for summer programming. I'm bored during the summer; I want to hang out doing stuff that my friends can do with me. **[00:08:45] Linda (Youth Researcher):** Our ask to the Richfield City Council is we'd like y'all to create a city teen council, ranging from the ages of 14 to 18. For example, the Minneapolis Youth Congress, they have a teen council that helps them plan events. We'd also like y'all to increase the signage to include teens within the parks because, for example, Augsburg Park, their signs are very vague and confusing. So we would like you all to make it more clear, more welcoming, more concise. We'd also like you to encourage hangouts, gym spaces, and Wi-Fi within certain spots where a teen can go there and hang out and enjoy themselves. We'd also like you to create more facilities that are centered for teens in the community center. What we've accomplished is we've unlocked some soccer nets at three different parks, such as Washington, Christian, and Donaldson Park. We did that by talking to one of our city leaders named Jill. We've made connections with city leaders; we met Jill and Simon. We increased our confidence in talking out in public spaces about what we have done throughout the summer, and we also presented at Penn Fest to the Richfield community. **[00:09:55] Youth Researcher:** Our future plans include a PSA video about youth participation. We'd like to stress that because youth don't normally participate, nor are they involved in the activities, events, or anything really. They usually feel welcome but stay at home, so we'd like them to go outside more and feel like they can feel welcome. We'd also like to put letters in the park to increase encouragement through the community and so other people can help the community in any way, and maybe they could help with the parks, maybe they could help with the kids. Anything. Questions? **[00:10:30] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All right, do we have any questions? Can you tell me more about the letters in the park? Like, how would that work? **[00:10:40] Linda (Youth Researcher):** Okay, so the idea for the letters in parks was actually my idea because I remember going to a park one time and just feeling not welcome. There was this group going around giving out letters and I found a letter that says like, "You belong, you're included," and that just really inspired me. I want other people to feel the way that I felt when the group came up to me and gave me a letter. **[00:11:05] Felicia (Youth Researcher):** So we handmade bracelets to put with the letters, and just put them in an envelope with one of our cards that we made by hand a few weeks ago. We'll put them in the park somewhere. I think we planned on putting it in four parks and the high school. **[00:11:15] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All right, so you would put those out for people to find. All right, thank you. Other questions that people had? Council member Hayford Oleary. **[00:11:22] Sean Hayford Oleary (Council Member):** First off, thank you for your presentation. It's very timely with the questions about the Community Center particularly on the ballot. I did want to ask just a follow-up specifically: the comment about the sign improvements, is that about like the rule signs—like when the park is closed—or what did you mean there? **[00:11:45] Fatu (Youth Researcher):** In Augsburg Park, the first thing you see is it says "Inclusive Park." And then you turn and you see a sign that says "Ages 6 to 12 recommended." And you know, it's right by the high school, and I walk home sometimes and if I'm feeling adventurous or wanting to have a little bit of fun, I go to the park, sit on a swing for a little bit, have fun with my friends. But with that sign there, there's adults that sometimes think like, "Oh, teenagers, what are they doing at a park? It's made for tiny little kids." Especially in our focus group, a lot of teens mentioned being looked at weirdly or being kicked out of the park by parents who didn't want them there. So just wanting something that says, "Hey, people can be here at the park." Thanks. **[00:12:35] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All right. Council member Troutman. **[00:12:37] Ben Troutman (Council Member):** Hey, thank you Mayor and welcome folks. It's so good to see you. I just want to tell you how grateful I am that not just that you took the time to come here, but I think you see—I feel like everything we talked about this summer, you guys just blew it out of the water. You came, you did the homework, you did all the homework on the front end. You are sharing your opinions, but you're not just sharing your opinions, you're sharing the community's opinions because you did the hard work to organize and to listen and then to record what you heard from community. And so I just want to reflect that your power when you come here is not just your voice, but it's the voice of the people that you made a connection with this summer. Can we just give you a round of applause? I just think that's great. (Applause). Excellent job. As the father of a Richfield high schooler, I get playgrounds are fun for high schoolers, I can attest to that. But that's actually a really great observation, and that's only one of maybe a dozen great observations that you made. You're not just amplifying your voices for your own benefit, but I'm reminded of that even though I have a Richfield high schooler in my home. So you're just shining a light on things that we need to see and we need to hear. So thank you, great work. I think it's a great idea to have a commission also. I'll just mention this—I think I might have mentioned this before—all of our commissions now have at least two spaces for teen commissioners. We just had a planning meeting talking about what... are we going to have a Starbucks, and is that Starbucks going to have a third space? Is that going to be available for community? Your voices would be welcome there not just as teenagers but as residents, but it's specifically there for youth. So it's a great idea. I want to receive it, but I also just want to send that message to you and the other youth that you're talking to, to just say we have a space and your voices do matter. Incredible presentation, really good content and really good work coming up to this moment. You guys did all the work this summer and this is just the fruit of that. So thank you. **[00:14:45] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Other comments or questions? Council member Wayan. **[00:14:47] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Thank you, Mayor. I agree with everything that was just said and I want to make sure that this isn't just kind of a one-off thing that doesn't go anywhere. You mentioned having met with Jill, who for folks who don't know is on our Recreation staff. Was that just with her? Do you have an ongoing conversation with our Recreation staff to follow through on some of these things? **[00:15:10] Linda (Youth Researcher):** At first it was a one-time thing. We met with her once at the Community Center for a current problem, but we'd like to meet with her more in the future to solve more issues within the community. **[00:15:20] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** I guess I would just reflect back to staff—I know our Recreation folks aren't here—but this seems like a really powerful opportunity. Certainly for you all to know, if the city does move forward with planning a new community center, there's a super general vision of what that could be so that we could get an idea of how much it might cost, but there would be a whole robust community engagement process. I think it would be wonderful if there were a specific youth-led youth input gathering process. So if you all wanted to be part of that, that could be really meaningful. The other idea you had... in terms of the idea around creating events that youth have more of a space created for them, it seems like a route of least resistance would be if you all were interested in partnering as we plan things like Penn Fest or the 4th of July. How much are you interested in that, and how much are you interested in events that are specifically just for teens? **[00:16:20] Linda (Youth Researcher):** Extremely interested in helping the process of planning stuff out, because as we said: youth coordinated and youth for youth. We would be very interested in helping out with that because that's something that's really important to us. **[00:16:32] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Okay. I don't think we're going to figure that out here, but let's keep the conversation going of like who all you should be in touch with. If you ever feel like, "Oh, this would be a great opportunity and I have no idea who to talk to," we can definitely help with that. So thank you again. **[00:16:45] Katie Rodriguez (City Manager):** Yes, thank you Mayor. I'm noting that I have Rec follow-up, but also I did want to tell you all that we have had this presentation before at the director's meeting. We had the Beacons researchers out and they made also a wonderful presentation to our staff, so that work has started. But I will make a note to follow up with Rec as well. Thank you. **[00:17:10] Mary Supple (Mayor):** And I was thinking about what Council member Troutman said about vacant positions on commissions. We currently for the Community Services Commission have two vacant youth positions, and that would directly relate to Recreation and Parks and all the different things in the community. So if you can spread the word to people for that, in the meantime, we can talk about like a teen council and stuff, but let's take advantage of the vacant spots that we have open now. I was very excited to hear all the work that you guys did and I appreciate the presentation. Thank you so much and please come back to other council meetings. I hope this is not your last council meeting that you attend. **[00:17:50] Linda (Youth Researcher):** Yeah, thank you. We would also like to credit Alex and Antoine and Naiah for not being here; they also massively contributed to this project. And Van, and BJ, and Nikki, and Haley, and Roz. Oh my god, thank you all. (Applause). **[00:18:10] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Next, we'll be moving on to our Proclamation celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. So if Commissioner Gla could join me at the front here... you're on camera. Where'd Simon go? He'll be back. Here he comes. All right, thank you. This is a proclamation of the city of Richfield: *Whereas the path towards LGBTQ+ equality and liberation has been paved by courageous persons who have fought for the rights to love and be loved, the right to be who they are, and their positive societal contributions of advancing areas of diversity, inclusion, equity, and respect deserve recognition; and whereas LGBTQ+ History Month celebrates and commemorates those who fought for equal rights and services and is a means of educating others, promoting a culture of acceptance and inclusivity; and whereas the teaching of LGBTQ+ history has been historically suppressed and currently books about LGBTQ+ history are being banned, the city of Richfield stands with its LGBTQ+ community members and all of our citizens in support of the accurate teaching of history; and whereas the city of Richfield is proud of its diverse community committed to equality of individuals of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions...* Now therefore I, Mary Supple, Mayor of Richfield, on behalf of the Richfield City Council do hereby proclaim the month of October 2024 as LGBTQ+ History Month in Richfield and call on the people of Richfield to observe this period with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies. Proclaimed this 24th day of September 2024. And here I'm going to ask you to receive this Proclamation, and if you'd like to say a few words, go for it. **[00:20:15] Commissioner Gla:** Thank you, Mary. I appreciate Richfield's consistency in supporting the LGBTQ community. But since this is about LGBTQ history, the history is kind of sad, really. The history of LGBTQ people is that people have tried to kill us over the centuries. For me, one of the biggest moments in LGBTQ history happened at the Institute of Sexology back on May 6, 1933. That's when the Nazis, three months after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, ransacked the most advanced research facility in the world on people like me and then took all the books out on the street and burned them. They put thousands of people—actually maybe more than thousands—into concentration camps, and all of that was six years before things started to get really bad for the Jewish people in Germany. Right now, we've got a presidential candidate who has pledged to erase people like me everywhere in the United States government. So in this country, the history is up in the air right now and it's going to depend a lot on what happens on November 5th. I know people who have fled states that have passed laws against their children and they had to sell everything at a loss and just get out so that they could protect their children because they're like me. Anyway, I do appreciate Richfield and I just wanted to say a couple of things about how it is out there. Thanks very much. **[00:22:00] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Thank you. Is there anyone else that wanted to add anything? Go ahead, Council member Wayan. **[00:22:05] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Thank you, Mayor. Whenever we do these proclamations, we always include the call on the people of Richfield to observe this period with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies. I am struck by it being October, and I cannot imagine a more appropriate activity than voting. Some candidates are more clear than others about their stance on this issue, but the history of this is not settled—it's very much in process. There are some people running for office who want to take us what I would consider backwards. There's a lot of reasons to vote this year, but certainly would encourage people to be part of creating the next stage of history in this regard. This country is founded on equality, freedom, inalienable rights, and there's nothing in there about "except for some people." I'll leave it at that. **[00:22:55] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Well, thank you. Next, we'll move on to the consent calendar. I'll turn it over to City Manager Rodriguez. **[00:23:00] Katie Rodriguez (City Manager):** Thank you, Mayor. The consent calendar contains several separate items which are acted upon by the city council in one motion. On tonight's consent calendar: Item A: Consider a resolution supporting the Richfield Economic Development Authority's application to the Hennepin County Business District Initiative Program. Item B: Consider the approval of an agreement with the city of Bloomington for the provision of food pools, lodging, therapeutic massage, and body art establishment inspection services for 2025. Item C: Consider approval of the 2024-2025 emergency preparedness agreement with the city of Bloomington using public health emergency preparedness grant funds. Item D: A resolution endorsing the Constitutional Amendment to reauthorize the dedication of State Lottery proceeds to the environment and natural resources trust fund. Item E: Consider a resolution accepting a grant from Great River Greening in the amount of $15,100 to provide habitat restoration services at Wood Lake Nature Center. Item F: Consider the adoption of a resolution appointing election judges for the general election on November 5th, 2024. I submit these items for your consideration as part of the consent calendar and move to approve the consent calendar. **[00:24:25] Council Member:** Second. **[00:24:26] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded to approve the consent calendar. Is there any discussion? Council member Hayford Oleary. **[00:24:32] Sean Hayford Oleary (Council Member):** I just wanted to call attention to the first item. I already discussed and voted on it as a member of the EDA, but I am excited about the grant that we are pursuing to help with branding and placemaking for downtown Richfield. The staff report has a nice little background of the various plans and history of the various names it's gone by—hopefully, we'll come up with a really cohesive brand that helps us build that area out in the future. **[00:25:00] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Any other discussion? I want to do a big thank you to everyone who's volunteered to be an election judge; they all deserve a great deal of thank you. And I'm very excited about the Great River Greening Grant that's going to help with the Oak Savannah at Wood Lake Nature Center. Any other questions or comments? All in favor please say I. **[00:25:25] Council Members:** I. **[00:25:26] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? And we have passed the consent calendar. Moving along, we'll go to item number six, the public hearing, and I'll turn it over to Council member Wayan. **[00:25:35] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Thank you, Mayor. This item is to consider the second reading and hold a public hearing for an ordinance amendment to the Richfield city code appendix D, the fee schedule related to building, planning, and zoning fees. City staff annually review fees to ensure the costs of issuance for permits reflect the staff time and costs related to performing the services. Staff also work to ensure that costs are in line with our peer communities and are in compliance with state statute. Does staff have anything to add on this item? **[00:26:10] Melissa Poehlman (Community Development Director):** We're available for questions. **[00:26:12] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Thank you. At this point then, I would open the public hearing. I believe the call-in option is still available if we could add that to the screen. We'll give folks 30 seconds to a minute to see if anyone is currently calling in. While we're waiting, can I ask the City Attorney—is summary publication able to be added in one motion to the other part of this or should those be two separate motions? **[00:26:40] Mary Tietjen (City Attorney):** Council member Wayan, you can do it in one motion. **[00:26:43] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Thank you. Not seeing anyone online or anyone in the room, I would make a motion that we close the public hearing. **[00:26:50] Council Member:** Second. **[00:26:51] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded to close the public hearing. All in favor please say I. **[00:26:55] Council Members:** I. **[00:26:56] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? Public hearing is closed. **[00:26:58] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Then I would make a motion that we approve the attached ordinance amendment to Richfield city code appendix D, the fee schedule related to building, planning, and zoning fees, and approve a resolution authorizing summary publication of said ordinance. **[00:27:12] Council Member:** Second. **[00:27:13] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? All in favor of approving those two motions please say I. **[00:27:20] Council Members:** I. **[00:27:21] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? Okay, we have approved the attached amendments and the summary publication. Next, we will move on to the City Manager report. City Manager Rodriguez. **[00:27:30] Katie Rodriguez (City Manager):** Yes, thank you Mayor. At our last meeting, we had two residents that spoke at the open forum. One of the residents had some concerns about the audit, and we discussed those concerns as part of the audit presentation. The other resident, Mr. Erster, wanted answers to his questions which I provided during the City Manager's report; I also emailed those answers to him. Then we had several residents that contacted us via email related to our budget discussion, particularly about the recommendation to add two police officers, so we had a long discussion about that. I also wanted to echo that early voting has started; it is off to a rapid clip already. I do want to thank our City Clerk, Michelle Friedrich, for all her work. Already, I think you said 170 ballots have been processed. **[00:28:25] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All right, well hopefully people will continue voting. Moving on to claims and payroll. **[00:28:30] Council Member:** I would move claims and payroll. **[00:28:32] Council Member:** Second. **[00:28:33] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded to approve claims and payroll. Any discussion? All in favor please say I. **[00:28:39] Council Members:** I. **[00:28:40] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? Claims and payroll have been approved. We'll go to Hats Off to Hometown Hits. Council member Troutman. **[00:28:48] Ben Troutman (Council Member):** Thank you, Mayor. Two hats off: I already shared for the Beacon researchers, I just think they did an incredible job and hats off to our high schoolers for being so involved. I also imagine other people will have this, but for everybody who helped put on Penn Fest this last week—huge thanks. I'll just do one more hats off for our election judges. It is not a highly paid or glamorous job, but they really are keepers of democracy. I really appreciate looking down the list, knowing there are folks from multiple parties, but they're not there in their party capacity—they're there as residents that we trust to ensure integrity in our system. Hats off to all of our election judges. **[00:29:40] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Thank you. Council member Hayford Oleary. **[00:29:43] Sean Hayford Oleary (Council Member):** I have no items for tonight, but I will also share the thank you for Penn Fest, which was a great time. **[00:29:50] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Council member Christensen. **[00:29:52] Sharon Christensen (Council Member):** Yes, I just want to make a reminder to people that the Richfield Farmers Market is still in session. The hours are 8 a.m. till noon every Saturday—a great time to come out to see different vendors and the autumn produce. **[00:30:05] Mary Supple (Mayor):** Council member Wayan. **[00:30:07] Mary West Wayan (Council Member):** Nothing to add, just would echo all of the thanks for those who made Penn Fest happen. And then just want to lift up early voting again. In Minnesota, we have reliable, trustworthy, secure elections, and we have especially made a point of making voting easier for everyone who's eligible—expanding that eligibility and restoring voting rights to people who have finished their time and are out in the community. If you are someone who absentee votes, there's now a permanent absentee voter list. If you are a 16 or 17-year-old, you can pre-register to vote. Just want to lift up the work of our Secretary of State Steve Simon all the way down to our city clerk here in town. Make your plan to vote sometime in the next 40 some days. **[00:31:00] Mary Supple (Mayor):** I'd like to do a hats off to the Richfield League of Women Voters. They have been going out and explaining to people how the process works. They were at Penn Fest; they had a meeting that went over the ballot measure questions. Today they were out at Village Shores answering questions like how to register in person, what documents you would need, and going through all of the different things. I think it's really important that we open up the process and make sure everybody understands how it all works. So my hats off is to the Richfield League of Women Voters. Thank you. With that, we have no further business, so I would entertain a motion to adjourn the meeting. **[00:31:40] Council Member:** So moved. **[00:31:41] Council Member:** Second. **[00:31:42] Mary Supple (Mayor):** It's been moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. All in favor please say I. **[00:31:46] Council Members:** I. **[00:31:47] Mary Supple (Mayor):** All opposed? We stand adjourned.