“sometimes I think that the titles of items um can be a little bit misleading and I thought that was the case with this because you know you see requests for purchase and I um thought it would be nice if we could have staff um provide a little bit more information because this is not just spending money”

“it's really a giant recycling program of taking the old streets bringing it over crushing it making it appropriate and then reusing it in in various uh locations as needed”

“not only are these in-person experiences at 50th in France supporting our local economy but we have learned from the popular Netflix series by Dan Butner whose son Danny is a nadina resident that these in-person community experiences are good for our longevity so let's do that let's be together let's shop local let's dine local and I'll see you at 50th in France”

“Earth a belongs to all of us right right it's not an earth day it's every day is Earth Day”

“with the uh uh arpa funds uh over 2022 and 2023 we planted over a thousand new trees in the city”

“I have a tree sale going on for residents as well we have 600 trees available uh this spring they'll be picked up on Mother's Day weekend and then we'll have another 400 trees available for this fall so kind of splitting it a bit with spring and fall planting”

“this year our days of remembrance event will be held on May 16th at 7 pm in these Chambers where Dr Ellen Kennedy a nationally and internationally recognized expert on genocide will discussed three gen genocides that have historically occurred in Ukraine the first being Stalin's genocide by intentional starvation in the 30s the second of course being the genocide of Ukrainian Jews by the Nazis and the third being the current attack on Ukrainian sovereignty by Putin's Russia”

“Our building inspections department team consists of 15 employees we provide the services to the community that Safeguard Life Health property and Public Welfare by regulating and controlling the design alteration construction materials use and occupancy of buildings and homes in Idina in 2023 we conducted just over 20,500 inspections within the city”

“I did dig in to the Minnesota statute about public hearings and I reached out to the league of Minnesota cities to find out if you are moving a public hearing do you need to then go through the notification process that involves um printing information about the public Hearing in the local papers and um the researcher at League of Minnesota City said yes you do but um apparently our protocol here in Indina is not to do that”

“the statute allows as long as you note the date time location of the next continued meeting on the record when you do continue it the statute allows for that I think that's what most cities in Minnesota do do of course you're you have the option to do more than is legally required but you are meeting current legal requirements”

“in this reporting period uh the ad crime prevention fund has uh donated um a little over $1,800 in challenge coins to the uh police department and then also uh took care of some certificate frames”

“really Susie's wish of keeping this as Green Space along with the city's climate action plan I think really provides a win-win for both the neighborhood and the city here”

“I always come back to okay is it cheaper to right maintain something you already have or right to start from the ground up with saplings and wait a 100 years for it to look like this I think let's just keep it the way it is right”

“this is one of the things that I love about the city is Neighbors coming together and coming up with a solution and in line with our values so thank you very much for all the work you've done to this point”

“the current design and clear space uh is suitable for fire department operations and uh as we look at this sidewalk design I'd encourage the council to also consider the The Pedestrian safety with traffic flow there and so I would recommend a buffer or a notification”

“from an engineering standpoint we would recommend that 5 foot sidewalk with a 5 foot Boulevard again that increases that Public Safety separating from the vehicles it allows that room for snow storage both for City operations and for the residents to have some space to to do the snow”

“with this design if there is a fire call that we need to service and there's a car parked in the parking Lane are we concerned are there concerns that we're going to be able to provide services for the residents and then how would we do that today”