[Music] the city council met with its legislative delegation from the state earlier this month sharing priorities for the 2025 legislative session Edina has five priorities specific to the community the city seeks money from the state for interchange improvements at Minnesota highway 100 and Vernon Avenue West 50th Street and critical infrastructure repairs in the pump House of the Edina Aquatic Center the city is asking for a sales tax exemption for projects at bramar and Fred Richards Parks the city is also asking for a change in tax increment financing or Tiff legislation to extend the rule to start projects within 5 years of approval to 10 years for two Tiff districts in the greater Southdale District finally the city is asking for a change to state law to better protect protect Municipal Employees with enforcement functions the current law recognizes the need to protect certain employees whose jobs make it more likely they will be the target of assaults by escalating charges from fifth to fourth degree assaults when they occur against peace officers firefighters school officials and public employees with mandated duties the current law does not extend to employees required to enforce ad administrative codes rules ordinances and laws as part of their job duties such as building officials utility workers and Municipal liquor store clerks a legislative agenda that is adopted and approved uh by a city council uh is really that City council's statement to the state legislature of what it wants to see accomplished in the upcoming session things that they want to see changed uh new things they'd like to see introduced it's it's a way that you can kind of put it all in writing and be clear to everybody involved what the city council wants the 2025 regular session of the Minnesota Legislature began January 14th