[0:05] Hey, [0:12] hey, hey. [0:25] All [0:47] right. One password. Okay. [1:18] He's talking to [1:40] wanted to be at 7:00 >> right before 7 o'clock. Good evening and welcome to the regular city council meeting for Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026. Please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. [2:01] 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. [2:16] >> Thank you and welcome. start out. Uh, are any additions or corrections to the agenda? >> No, sir. >> Seeing none, I'll move the agenda. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed. [2:32] >> We have an agenda. First item up are presentations, proclamations, and acknowledgements. The first is uh our proclamation of support for the monarch butterfly habitat. Mr. Schultz. >> Thank you, Mr. Mr. Mayor and council members, uh this is a proclamation that is brought forward by the National Wildlife Federation. Uh they have a mayor's monarch pledge uh throughout the the United States and they are asking for cities and municipalities and other communities, both tribal and local governments to commit to creating habitat for the monarch butterfly um and other pollinators. and they are asking that we educate our residents on some of [3:17] the issues that is is happening in our communities with uh you know the the depletion of the habitat that these butterflies and other insects and pollinators are are facing. And so, um, we've, uh, been part of this program now for a few years. And every year we've been able to add more pollinator type, you know, plant materials in our park system, you know, with some of the work that our public works department has done. Um, a lot of milkweed plantings and things like that. We've also recently added about 65 acres of land to our park system. much of that over in Amber Fields, which is habitat for pollinators. And so we're happy to be able to to continue to support the [4:04] efforts um of our community. Um one of the things that we also talk about is how uh residents can make a difference both at their home and in their community. So we do have some folks who help out with adopting parks, things like that. We explain to them how they can help in some of our park areas. Um, I know every year we talk with our maintenance staff about little things that they can do to help the the, you know, maintaining and keeping the the um the land, you know, prime for the pollinators. And so with that, mayor, um I will turn it over to you with the proclamation. [4:42] >> All right. Uh we'll first uh we'll go ahead and start the proclamation followed by the uh motion to adopt. Whereas the monarch butterfly is an iconic North American species whose multi-generational migration and metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly has captured the imagination of millions of Americans. And >> whereas we are concerned about the decline of the monarch butterfly population, both the western and eastern monarch populations have experienced significant declines. less than 1% of the western monik population remains while the eastern population has fallen by as much as 90%. [5:28] And >> whereas cities, towns, counties, and communities have a critical role to play to help save the monarch butterfly, municipalities can provide habitat at public parks, median strips, community gardens, schools, and municipal buildings like recreation centers and libraries. And >> whereas we recognize the importance of creating monarch and pollinator habitat habitat at parks, gardens, and other green spaces that every member of our community can equally enjoy. Our work to help save the monarch butterfly intentionally engages all parts of our communities, ensuring that historically marginalized communities are not left out of the work on the many benefits this work will create. And [6:15] >> now therefore, I, Jeffrey D. Weisenell, mayor of Rose Mount, Minnesota, here we hereby commit to help restore habitat for the monarch and encourage our residents to do the same so that these magnificent butterflies will once again flourish across the continent. Dated this third day of March, 2026. [6:37] Signed, Mayor Jeffrey Disenell. With that, I'll move the motion to adopt a resolution supporting the restoration of monarch butterfly habitat and for myself to submit the online mayor's monarch pledge. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a motion by myself, second by Climpmple. Roll, please. [6:56] >> Esler >> I >> Limple I. >> Weisensel >> I. >> Tyson I. >> Resky >> I. >> And that completes 5 item 3A, the Monarch pledge. Thank you. >> We'll move on to item four, response to public comment uh this evening. Uh I don't believe we have a specific response as that was handled at the last meeting directly regarding some water issues. [7:22] We'll move forward to item five, public comment. Anyone wishing to come before council at the times may do so. Please state your name and address and limit your comments or questions to three minutes. The podium is now open. [7:43] >> Hi everyone. Uh my name is Jeremy Beller. I'd like to thank the mayor and the council and staff for for your service to the city and for your time this evening. I've prepared a statement on my own with nobody else's help here and I'll submit this to the council afterwards. Okay. Me and my family proudly call Rosemont home. Uh we've been here for four years and we've developed a lot of tight-knit relationships across the community. It's in this spirit that I'm here to uh uh discuss a concern I have about the potential development of the land parcels between Audrey and Blaine north of County Road 42. These parcels sit between St. John's Lutheran and the Talore and Greystone neighborhoods. [8:23] You might be I don't actually live there, so you might be asking why. Oh, I didn't state my address. 12572 Ardmore. Sorry about that. >> Thanks. Um, I don't live adjacent to these parcels, so you might be asking why I'm here even discussing it. Well, I think whatever impacts any of our neighbors impacts all of us. [8:40] I understand there's not a current application or design in front of the council, but given the parcels were purchased by Gymnast LLC, a company owned by Meta, also known as Facebook, throughout 2025, and city staff put a recommendation to approve a $100,000 escort agreement with Gymnast related to these parcels on the consent agenda during the December 2025 to December 16, 2025 city council meeting and the first impact analysis by the funded ESRO count and completed by Short Elliot and Hendrickson referred to as SE through the rest of my statement examined the potential impact of a second data center with an initial focus on assessing water system capacity. [9:22] The intention for these parcels is clear. The development of a second data center across from the one already under construction on the south side of County Road 42. The study itself, the speed at which all of this is moving and the attempt to use the consent agenda to move the escrow agreement through council approval for me raises an important question. Why the rush? Why the rush to determine final design or construction decisions and any necessary improvements or mitigations to execute a study with projected future system conditions and simulated scenarios? Why the rush when we can wait, pause, and use actual data after the under construction facility is operational? [10:05] I'll come back to that question. Um, given I'm only limited to three minutes, there's a big paragraph about data centers and what we know about them. It's well reported, their impacts across communities, across country. I'm not going to read that part, but again, I'll submit this to the council. [10:21] >> Thank you. >> Um, I'm not just a critic. I'm not here to, you know, uh, shoot slings and arrows and throw stones at those, uh, serving in the arena. I'm not anti-development or conspiracy theorist, and I'm not feeding the trolls on our community and neighborhood social media pages. I think past and current city staff and leadership have served our growing city well, and the list of accomplishments is long. The work done here has contributed to creating and sustaining a community we wanted to join and see thrive within the constraints of applicable laws. strategic planning, collaboration and daily work to drive responsible development and diversification of a tax base for the benefit of the majority is not easy and I commend all of you for it. I want to wrap up by coming back to [11:07] my earlier question. Why the rush? Why the rush to use projected conditions and simulated scenarios? Why even consider greenlighting another data center with simulated data when we have the opportunity opportunity to understand exactly the impacts of one of the one under construction once it is fully operational. This includes the function of our water system if it uses the amounts and types of resources as designed and intended. The impacts for to residential utility rates and environmental factors, light and noise specifically that impact the quality of life on the east side and other areas of the city. [11:47] We have the opportunity to ensure that promises made are promises kept. Let us seize that opportunity. Similar to SE's assertion in their study proposal, I'm encouraging the council to take a proactive, all-encompassing, actual datadriven approach to understand the impact of this potential project on our residents, especially the ones where there's potential um uh development right next to some neighborhoods. [12:14] There's too much at risk if we get this wrong. To that end, I would propose regardless of SE's initial findings using future conditions and simulated data, return the balance of the escrow account and do not contract for any additional impact studies. exercise the no obligation clause in the escrow agreement and notify gymnasts that the city for the time being will not entertain reszoning or approving these parcels for data center development as the city of Egan did February 17, 2026 adopt a moratorum on any future data center developments until such time of broad impact analysis paid for by the city using an act using actual data once the under construction data center is operational at least for one here can be [13:00] completed. This analysis can use actual impact data rel related to our infrastructure, water and energy resources, utility rates, and levels of noise and light pollution in this area of the city. Again, thanks for your service to our city. I'll send this to the council. I appreciate your time. Thank you. [13:18] >> If if you would. Thank you. If you just you can hand it directly to the clerk and uh we'll have that. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate Let me know. >> Anyone else wishing to come before councel? >> Well, Jerry, you took a lot of what I was going to say. [13:35] Um, I live my name is Melvin Evans. Uh, address is 14349 Alderway in Rose Mount. So, I am uh right across from behind Lifetime on Konamara where the meta. So, he hit pretty much every point I wanted to make. Um, so I second what he said. [13:52] Uh I did not prepare myself as well as that speech. Um some other things in addition to the water initiative uh you uh met a complaint. Um we had a question for is it possible to have um on from Konamara and on Konamara between Akran and Aspen or Aspen and Acer uh primary Aspen and Acer digital radar detectors put up. So that's on Akran for so right by Lifetime and then new development in Emeral where you guys just approved another couple uh apartment complexes to be built. Are you guys familiar with the street I'm talking about? [14:33] >> Okay. >> Um >> you know that's my backyard. My land runs right back to there. And you know every night, every other night it's almost like a you just hear a car voom take off. There's no speed limits there now. It just every once in a while we have police officers that are back there and you know we'll watch there. It's like a game. See how many they can catch when they're actually back there. We've seen them pull over like four or five in like an hour. Um, so I'm not sure if a speed limit will help, but I just hoping with additional apartments going up that does help. Um, so if we can do one or two, two is a primary, right? But if we can do one, um, it I think asked between Aspen and Acer is the biggest, right? As soon as they get past that lifetime of they're turning off of the new um road that was road access by lifetime to go [15:19] on to Konamara, they hit that and just zoom take off. Um the other thing was regarding the Monarchs. Um my wife's bigger than Monarchs. Wanted to know, we have a holding pond behind us. Um and I know there's a lot of zoning when it comes to holding ponds and maintenance and stuff. Uh but we would like to if possible um I'm not sure if there's an area that we can plant monarchs or uh milkw weeds and other uh natural plants for pollination. We'd be happy to do so with using our own money. [15:51] Um just whether or not we don't want it to get torn down though where you guys come through and bulls it down. So uh that is it. >> Thank you. Yeah, >> I think those uh all those items will be referred to staff and we'll respond at the next meeting. Okay. >> Related to those. Thank you. Or they may reach out directly. I looking at staff but between now and then. [16:14] >> Thank you. Anyone else? [16:25] Hello. Um this is my first time uh ever coming to one of these one of these meetings. Um so I'm learning a lot just listening to what these other people have said. So, my name is Anita Freedelland. I'm located at 15643 uh Chestnut Way, uh Rosemount. Um I'm going to actually add to the concern with these data centers. Um Egan has put on a a moratorum for theirs. Um we've already got this one and this isn't why I came here. I came here about the water supply, but I do want to add that um we are all Rose Mount. I'm on the Rosemont neighbors website and I'm shocked that there's not more people here from the city of Rosemount. Um because you know [17:12] I've been here for many many years and I love this town. Um it's growing too too big too fast. Um things are changing so so drastically and now with our water supply issues going on. Um the medicine centers, data centers going in, it's really scaring a lot of us. Um, so again, I second, you know, putting on any kind of moratoriums or any pauses on any new additional data centers because from what I've heard that Apple Valley is considering it. Um, I've heard that Hastings and Farmington, I mean, how many data centers are we going to have within literally, you know, 5 10 mile radius? Um, on top of the big one that we already have that is under construction. I mean, are we equipped to [18:02] handle this? Um, and as we know now, which is why I'm here, is that we've already got issues with our water supply. Um, and that's why I'm here is that our letter that we got um a little less than a week ago, um stating that we have um our gross alpha radiation levels have exceeded uh the recommendations. Um the letter was very vague on that. Um and it you know from the letter said it says it kind of wants to put the burden. [18:31] I mean I know you guys said in the letter that you are going to you know look at um drawing from other wells, combining wells. Um um but then also you said well the homeowners can go and put in reverse osmosis systems. um you're talking $2,800, $3,000 per homeowner to um possibly deal with this issue. Right now, I am b buying water bottles after water bottles after water bottles um to um you know get fresh water in my house right now and to drink water. So my question to you guys is what is being done? Um how urgent is this? I also do have a question regarding [19:16] you said that you do these testings annually. So was this I mean have we had contaminated water for the last year? Was it a year ago this water was last tested? Um you know as we just found out about this um so how long have we known about this water issue in Rosemount? [19:37] So I don't know if that's >> typically we respond to these at our next meeting. I do have staff here that can maybe touch on a couple things because I think there's some inaccuracies in what you're >> okay >> um maybe what you're reading. >> Okay. >> Or what you think you're reading. >> Uh I'll turn it over to our public works director. Um I think a couple of those questions you can probably hit on, but I think we'll have a more robust answer in uh in two weeks. [20:03] >> Okay, sounds good. Thank you. >> Yeah. Hi there. Um I think one of the questions was how often testing was taking place and I do believe it was indicated in the letter we for with the gross alpha in particular it's quarterly it was quarterly so every 3 months or so and this is all directed from the department of health the city has I'll just use the term kind of loosely overlords over our public water supply where they're sampling uh our water from each of our wells on a pretty regular basis for a whole variety of things. And you can read all about that at the city's website under our annual water quality reports. There's just a plethora of information there. And I'm I'm not going to pretend to have it all [20:48] memorized in my head, but um from their quarterly sampling in 2025, the the pattern was uh such that that they determined that the annual average value of the gross alpha was above their standard. So that was from four consecutive testing periods. Uh the average among that exceeded the limit. [21:13] So that triggered the need to put a notice out. But I will note that at the very top of that, it did state very clearly it's it's not considered to be a health emergency in the sense that you have to get an alternative supply of water, have to put in a filtration system in your home. Nothing in the letter says that that's required or necessary right now. Uh the city has to work through a plan of response and we're given a a amount of time to do that. We already have been working on that for the last month. Um with the intention that in the next few months we'll arrive at a standpoint of having recommendations in hand to then have decision makers. The city council tell staff where to go with this next on a physical solution which [22:01] depending on what that is could take one construction season up to maybe three years if we ramped it all the way up to something like a citywide water treatment plant system. So that part of the the story still has to be determined. There's a lot of work to do in that. Um but I think the bottom line for now is that uh we we do take it very seriously. We're required to follow up. [22:26] We're going to be posting updates on the city's website. We have a whole page that's dedicated to this specific issue uh that was pointed out in the notice, but that is rosemount.govwaterquality gov/waterquality and all of this stuff that I'm I'm talking about here is listed there and we'll continue to populate that with more info as we work through the process. [22:48] If you wish to speak, you need to come to the podium, state your name and address and your question. Thank you. >> Good evening. Thank you for your time. My name is Rob Edinger. [23:03] My uh family resides at uh 3676 154th Street West, the Edingers and um Killians. And um so the reason I'm here is uh among other things the uh aforementioned issue with the water. Um I understand that the ordinal number whatever it is is 15. We're at 16 and a half. What does that mean? Where does it become a danger that you might find it to be a concern? Um, I also some additional things. I understand that I only have about uh 2 minutes and 13 seconds left, so I don't want to blow that. Um, so I'm going to pour into [23:48] something else and hopefully uh Mr. Edgar, you'll finish up after I'm done. So, um, the last time that my friend Anita and I went to a, uh, a a presentation somewhat similar to this was, I believe, the 2020 election season, we went to one of the Rosemont schools, and we sat and listened to a principal tell us about how, "Don't worry about taxes. Don't worry about any of the rest of that stuff. All this new land going down toward Farmington will pay for all of that." And if you guys understand the the the more crude words, there's something about bulls and hockey that come up, right? I think we understand what I'm trying to say. It's typically incorrect to think that just by showing up and playing ball and being [24:35] one of the good people that all of your problems will be solved by the next set of people that come in behind you. Otherwise, um we probably wouldn't have had problems with Ponzi schemes in the past. I think that we're living in large part on a Ponzi scheme within the government nowadays and I would pray that each of you would consider that deeply the next time that you have an opportunity to vote on something, think about something, something comes up that you concern yourself with your legacy, your family's history, people that come in after your friends and family and so on. Please understand that you need to make decisions for the future and it's super important. You're the ones we [25:21] can't go much longer without making proper decisions for the future. Uh one of them being water quality. Um I hear on 42nd living down near Apple Valley the the the people racing down the road. [25:37] It's a constant thing. Not. I only imagine out in the dark where you live, it's got to be crazy because it's nuts on the main road, we hear sirens constantly. Didn't hear sirens two or three years ago. Don't know what's going on. It's time probably to take care of some of those things. I'm down to three or four minutes, seconds, so I think I'll quit, but thank you for your opportunity and uh thank you for your service. [26:01] >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Anyone else wishing to speak, come before counsel. Seeing no one, we will close public comment. I appreciate those that have come forward and uh uh again, we'll follow up here um either prior to with uh some staff followup or uh at our next council meeting. [26:25] Mayor, could I can I add one idea, too? Just for folks that come and and you know, the the challenge of a city council meeting like this, not often featuring a back and forth, just really encourage folks to give city staff a call. You know, we're we're working, you know, full-time jobs here and and ready to ready to take phone calls and set up, you know, times where we can be prepared with answers, you can be be prepared with questions, have a good back and forth. So, to folks that came or folks that are listening, call the public works department, call the administration department. uh we'll set up a time to talk on the phone and uh and have a bit more of a proactive back and forth versus sometimes this kind of lobbying of comments and so it's a bit more productive to do it that way. So just want to remind folks that that door is open, our phone lines are open and happy to talk. [27:07] >> Yeah. And just as a followup, um appreciate the uh the letter uh things that are written and handed in. Um clerk receives those and they're distributed. Um if you have anything that you want to specifically follow up again, um please do so. Um, you can send an email uh to city council members. Um, our city administrator receives those emails as well. No problem with that either. But thank you for showing up tonight. [27:36] >> Moving on to the consent agenda. We have items A through F this evening. Anyone wishing to pull any for further comment or discussion? >> None. >> None. >> Seeing none, uh, would anyone like to Let's see what we have this evening. We have bill listings, minutes of our February 17th regular meeting, a donation acceptance from Dakota Electric, $500 for our safety camp program, the ballfield use agreement with ISD number 917, approving a shared road maintenance agreement on Fiser Avenue with the Nininger Township and approval of a 60-day medical leave of absence for a fighter uh for a fire fighter um personal reasons. [28:19] With that, anyone wish to move the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Climple, second by >> Presky. Roll please. >> Climple. >> I. >> Weisensel. >> I. >> Tyson. >> I. >> Presky. >> Hi. >> Esler. >> I. >> And that completes item 6 A through F50. [28:38] Approved. This evening, we have no public hearings, no unfinished business, and we'll move to item nine, new business, the adoption of the city council goals and strategic direction. With that, I'll turn it over to Mr. Mark. [28:54] >> Thank you, mayor, members of the council. Uh, one of our u favorite nights here as well and kind of our our most, you know, necessary actions that the city council does each year um is to meet every year to talk about our strategic plan and the 2026 2027 goals and initiatives that you worked with the leadership team to to craft here. So, uh, just by way of a recap, the council met, um, back in January, uh, in a half-day session reviewed the accomplishments and successes of 2025, uh, to kind of ground themselves in where the city has been and where the city could be going. And then all of this, I should say, to start is is really driven by the city council's 5-year strategic plan, which casts a vision for the years of 2024 to 2029. [29:35] So, in these interim years, when we're inside that five-year strategic plan, what we look to do is just kind of confirm the four main focus areas that are on the next page that I'll look that I'll that I'll show here in a moment. And then staff and the leadership team takes a moment um to talk through their specific plans and initiatives for that calendar year, year and a half, two years of 26 27 um that we believe could help us drive towards those four main buckets and then ultimately get council confirmation, council redirection, council um addition uh as we have that conversation. So once again, this year we had a great conversation and as I mentioned here, this is really a key tool driving how we communicate with the public, how we inform the public on the work that we're doing, the work that we expect to to see coming down the pipe uh in the city of Rosemount to really drive towards these four main buckets that you've established as the city's vision. [30:21] Um the first being to grow and enhance Rosemount. This is everything growth, everything development. So, housing, retail, service amenities, recreational amenities, enhancing the the experience of of people living in Rosemont and considering moving to Rosemount. The second bucket to continue growth kind of in a in a city like Rose Mount, growth in in the the positive and maybe the the sometimes negative sense drives so much of what we do. And so, the rest of these buckets you'll kind of see um being driven by a lot of that and responding to a lot of that. And so, as we grow, how do we create community connections inside that second bucket there? Um this is this talks a little bit about our our connect connectivity via parks and trails, our connectivity via our long cherished, you know, community traditions and events that we do. Um and then so much of that feeds into that [31:06] third bucket also that we want to continue to preserve our hometown feel. Folks that have lived in Rosemont for a long time or just moved here um often tell us how they just Rosemont feels different. Rosemont has a very distinct feel and it's that hometown feel and as we grow um how do we preserve that? How do we ensure that folks on the eastern side that are maybe newer folks um that are the in new developments in new housing areas um feel the Rose Mount that that maybe the the most you know historic person on the west side of town has come to know and appreciate. And so inside of the the kind of the lens of growth, how do we preserve Rosemount's hometown feel? And then to get this done, you need a staff that's performing at a high level. And so that fourth bucket drives um the staff performance, the expectation that we have um on the team here of as a culture of high [31:51] performance and how does your how does your system that you as employers of of city staff support a culture of high performance. So I'm not going to go through every bucket here and read the page um off to you. Uh this is a truncated version of what the city council spent, you know, six or seven hours looking at with the team uh on January 30th. in administration. So, this is HR, finance, IT, um, and things of that nature. Administration, city clerk elections. We talked about a number of of really critical things. Um, driving our employee engagement, leadership, mentoring of our staff. We do things every year that we talk about like our audit and our budget and CIP planning. Um, how do we use technology to modernize our tools and our systems as we as we grow and expand. Um, you'll see on this page, you know, this is an election year. We're rolling out new [32:36] election equipment in partnership with the county. So that's a big thing in 26 27 26 here that we're really excited about um and and look to to roll out. So just a glimpse of what admin services is looking at um and really really excited to get confirmation and support from the city council on uh fire department has a lot of change as you guys know and a lot of really awesome development and so we spent a lot of time talking about fire. [32:59] Um, we're in the midst of wrapping up our fire department analysis. And I think the the the community will see a presentation from our consultant here in April on what the results of the fire department analysis looks like. Um, that has driven to some of the changes that folks have seen of duty crews and hiring these full-time these two full-time staff that you that you see on the page. [33:17] So, we're now proud to say that we're a fire department of three about to be three full-time employees uh supported by a duty crew and then supported by our uh paid uh on call firefighters. Um so really really exciting stuff to see expand there. Um and then the to support all of this and and one of the critical things of duty crews and and overnight staffing is a necessary model of fire station 2. And so we talked about that uh at a pretty good length with the city council and we'll continue to look at that. Not a major amount of work basically adding a wing of of folks to have day rooms and and sleeping quarters uh as they work overnight shifts. So, uh, not a tear down, not anything of that nature, but a small addition to fire station to to, uh, support kind of our new model, uh, community development. Uh, so much work happening in community development [34:03] here. Um, continue to work on the 2050 comprehensive plan. That's going to be a big task that we kick off here in 26 and 27, which establishes what the city could look like in 2050. And then that land use and development pattern plan that we'll be able to show uh and drive as we as we talk to the community and talk to developers on undeveloped parcels in town. Uh CD staff is working with the port authority on a strategic plan for economic development and what we could tackle uh and with some new toolboxes for economic development to provide that retail niche that so many folks are looking for and service and amenities and entertainment opportunities in town. Uh they're also utilizing technology in a great way. [34:41] We've got a new building permit software just about to launch. Uh continue to work with planning commission, Port Authority, city council on big projects that are underway, big projects that we know could be forthcoming, some of which were talked about tonight with the possibility of a second data center if that ever chooses to be to be considered and applied for. So, there's a lot of work to be done there um as we uh as we work with the the council and our commissions on that. And then uh community development really has a growing reputation as uh being on the speaker circuit and being on the the Rose Mount as a city uh just the development really a prime spot in the development community of where folks want to do business and where folks are looking to looking to expand. So continue to work towards that. A lot of time was spent on parks and recreation. [35:23] Uh so much of what we do in parks and wreck is some of people's favorite experiences I think in town. And so continue to build on that high quality trail system. We've got a list of of plans on the trail system along with a significant seal coating and resurfacing project uh on the trails to make those more usable. Um uh and then the the second bullet is a big one and a big conversation in town. How we look at the community's facility needs. So this is supporting our our athletic associations, our recreation amenities. [35:51] This is things like ice. You know, we're we're aware of the need and talking with the city council and getting direction from the city council about the need. And so a lot of really strong decisions and direction given there that we look forward to talking about here in the very near future. Um and then kind of a continuous work here in the park and recck department that's so critical is we've got to stay strongly connected with so many other organizations that provide amenities and and and experiences that we don't aren't able to do as a staff or can do in partnership with others as a staff. So, not only the folks that you see listed here, but that second bullet of all those community events that we that we love and we love to put out with other partners or volunteer commissions or committees. Um, so how do we keep doing that to again feed that bucket of community connectivity to feed that [36:36] bucket of that preserving of the hometown feel? So, really uh good stuff there in park and wreck. Public works. Uh, so much here that was talked about with the city council that's really critical and relevant as well. Um, public works is one of the first collaborators when a development plan comes in, when a development proposal comes in, they want to understand the city's transportation system and infrastructure systems. So, how do we work with with those folks to respond to developer projects and then how do we work some of the listing here is is boots on the ground construction projects that you'll see in 26 and 27. [37:09] Um, that improve the traffic and the pedestrian safety experience throughout town. the roundabout at a conamera being a big one, signal lights at Piscane and 42 in advance of the middle school, things of that nature. I think you heard a public comment, a conversation about speed and and and and folks seeing cars traveling at high rates of speeds. So working to continue to develop our internal process to respond to those kind of complaints and those kind of comments with our our internal traffic safety committee and then also how we plan for how the growth in town affects the driver and pedestrian experience on a place like highway 3 or highway 3 and Bonire or things of that nature. So um really important work to be done there as the city works to achieve a strategic plan. Uh I I hit on that first bullet on the first page there just how that unpredictable range of development [37:55] requests can come in. Um, and then utilizing technology to stay ahead of all of this, that we don't have the ability to inspect every piece of of pavement in town. How can we use technology and rating systems to streamline how we understand the status of our infrastructure in town? A lot of great stuff. The police department was talked about. I told you I wasn't going to go through this and I kind of am now. Uh, sorry. I'll I'll try to go quickly. But, uh, the emergency operation manual continues to be a piece that we're we're getting completed and and it's it exists, but continue updating and then continue training on it as well, uh, with some of these tabletop operations and things of that nature. Uh, exciting one there that we're looking to launch a public safety foundation that would support some of those philanthropic efforts of the police department, fire department, and then maybe allow us to purchase some things that aren't always budgeted for in the city's budget. Um, and then [38:40] utilizing some internal programs to to work on an internal strategic plan, internal staff development, uh, work to ensure that we're just ready to to to achieve all of our goals in the police department. Uh, and then the fourth one here is really critical as well. Um, with our multi-ousing that has existed in town and is and has grown in town, much of it has gone successfully. Uh, we've seen issues in other uh, multif family areas in town. And so how do we utilize some sort of proactive policing inside of our multif family housing partnerships to ensure that we can uh keep those as as dialed in as possible. [39:13] So that was a a quick overview uh again of probably seven hours or so of of one meeting and then a number of of of discussions over the month for a followup here after you guys talk about this tonight and consider moving forward. We'll plan to do a uh a recap to the city council at a quarterly in in our work session moment. um and then can share anything out with the community as as is more directly applicable to uh to that. But appreciate the uh the time spent with staff to do this. It really helps drive our daily work and ensure that we're in alignment with you all. Um and uh we've got another exciting couple years ahead. So, >> we'll open up the uh Florida council. [39:48] Anyone wishing to >> say anything? Council member, >> I I was just going to say that um you know, a lot of the things that were even talked about during the public comment um we all take very seriously and and I think this is one of those opportunities to really see kind of what the vision is of of everybody up here and staff because they work diligently. The staff is always here and always available for those kind of communications. But this this meeting was really good and I and I really think that it's it's a great overview even though you went through it kind of fast. I mean, it was it was six hours of really kind of going through all these decisions that come in front of us and um we take it very seriously and I know our staff does and they do a fantastic job of giving us recommendations one way or the other. [40:29] So, I just want to say thanks Logan and thanks for all the work that you guys put into this. >> Other council members, any other comments? >> No other comments. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Martin. >> Thank you. Uh, with that, uh, is there a recommended motion? [40:48] >> Yeah, I'll make a motion to adopt the city council's goals and strategic directions as presented. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Tyson, second by >> roll, please. [41:04] >> Weisensel. >> I, >> Tyson, >> I. >> Pres. Esler. >> I, >> Limple. I >> and the goals are adopted. 50 completes item number 9A. We'll move on to 10 announcements. City staff updates. [41:21] >> Mayor, council, I don't think I had a whole lot else tonight. Just looking around at my colleagues if anybody had anything they wanted to chime in on, but otherwise we might be okay for tonight. So, can throw it back to you. >> All right. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> And with that, we'll move on to the upcoming community calendar for council. [41:38] We have, let's see, as we did this evening, we had uh commission interviews. We'll have a special meeting for commissioner interviews on Monday, March 9th >> from 4:30 to 6:30. [41:56] On March 16th, we will have the planning commission member commission meeting members to be here at city hall 6:30 to 7:30. the Port Authority meeting, a special meeting on March 17th from 4:30 to 6:30. The next council meeting will be on March 17th from 7 to 8. And I'll just note beyond that, the youth commission meeting on March 18th, 3:45 to 4:45. That's a different date than their normal date due to the uh schools uh spring break. And then one last comment, the uh the city is in a uh effort to uh uh help communities 360s and other local [42:42] areas that are uh accepting food. There was a uh rather good uh social media effort uh tossing around a little peanut butter, but the the goal is is to fill up our food shelves. Um, Community 360s, I believe we have several other locations in town that were mentioned. Uh, that also is on our website if you need to follow up and it's really appreciated. Uh, at this time of year, the uh, the food shelves have been down uh, substantially and are in need of refilling. So, as always, Rosemont does turn out uh, doing that. [43:20] We've had multiple events hosted by our police, by our fire department. Uh we also can take um I just remember we can take uh cans here at city hall as well. >> So with that, is there any other business to come before council? [43:37] >> I'd like to say go Rosemont Irish. Uh boys hockey team made it to state, but the girls basketball team will also be playing section finals as well too. So >> So appreciate the efforts of our youth in uh in their sports activities. So with that uh I'll move to adjourn. Is there a second? [43:56] >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. We are adjourned. We will be reconvening for a um what's the right word for it? Special >> session. >> A closed session uh for the performance evaluation of our administrator. We will report out at our next meeting of uh what occurred. Thank you. [44:22] There we go.