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Robbinsdale City Council - 8/3/2026
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The 2026 meeting agenda staff. Any any changes? Uh, yes. Thank you. Mayor. Just one change from staff tonight. Um, this is going to be the addition of the voucher disbursement report for other business item B, um, the printed version of that is in front of the council tonight. Um, so thatâs our one edition for tonight. All right.
Council, any changes youâd like to make? All right. Is there a motion to approve? Uh, I will make a motion to approve tonightâs agenda. Iâll second. Thank you. All those in favor say aye. Aye, aye. Those opposed, say no or nay. Tonightâs agenda is approved. Next up is the consent agenda.
Pursuant to Council rules. One motion non debatable. Approve the recommendation noted. Any member of the council may ask for an item to be taken from the consent agenda for discussion and separate action. Such items removed from the Consent agenda shall be considered immediately following approval of the balance of the Consent agenda.
Council. Any that youâd like to pull from tonightâs agenda. Hearing none, Iâll make a motion to approve items on the consent agenda A through G. Iâll second. All those in favor. Say aye. Aye aye aye. Those opposed say no or nay. Okay. What do we approve? So we approve. City Council meeting minutes from July 21st, 2026.
We approve the city council work session meeting minutes from June 9th, 2026. Uh, we approved credit card charges and payments. Uh, we approved the deputy registrars monthly financial statements. We also approve Robbinsdale Wine and Spirits monthly financial statements. Things continue to look good there. Uh, we can approve the Sacred Heart Church
fun fest and approval of licenses. So we have no presentations tonight. We have no public hearings tonight. But we do have old business weâre going to authorize weâre going to talk about authorizing the city manager to execute a cooperative agreement for joint community police partnership. JCP. Yeah. Thank you, mister mayor.
Council, what do you got in front of you for consideration? As noted, the Joint Community Police Partnership, or JCP, is a group that was started with Hennepin County some years ago. Um, really at a high level is aimed to serve as liaison between the police department and the community as a whole.
Um, at the last work session, we went through a quarter to review of what some of those touchpoint looks like. Um, everything from individual connections on, you know, very specific circumstances to larger gatherings. A lot of things in between. So sometimes community groups, sometimes. Um, again, individual circumstances lead to this, uh,
need for that type of role. But we found it to be an incredibly useful, helpful tool. Um, as we continue operations, I do want to call out, as part of the 2026 top goals and priorities setting. Uh, one item that was identified was, quote, create programs that strengthen relationships between public
safety and community. Um, I know staff as well as council continue to support these kinds of efforts. And I think this falls right into there. Iâve called out in your memo a few of the highlights, uh, some successes that weâve seen certainly continue to look to grow. Um, in some areas.
Um, but again, staff is supportive of continuing this, uh, relationship. Uh, for the reasons mentioned, uh, Iâd certainly be happy to respond to questions, comments or concerns. Iâm sure council would like to call out some of the successes as well. Um, but again, Iâll yield to you all. Okay. Council, any? Yes. Is that not. Yes. Member. Round up.
Okay. Sorry. Um, no. I think this is a great initiative. Um. And Iâm grabbing coffee with, um, council member Heidi Garrido from Hopkins because sheâs got some great, um, insight on the program and the successes itâs brought for Hopkins, because I noticed there are some partner cities
as well here in the metro area that are also participating in the program. So overall, Iâm super supportive of this initiative. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Um. Councillor Greenberg. Yeah. No, I think this is a great program. Um, you know, our our resource, Phillip has done a great job in our
community. And just in general, the ideals of what weâre trying to do, which is to, um, you know, strengthen those relationships have been at several of the events and just, um, you know, appreciate the work of the, uh, Multicultural Advisory Committee. So, um, yeah, definitely in support of
this. And I think itâs a good thing for Robbinsdale and the other communities that itâs in. Yeah. Great. Anything? Yes. Councilmember. Thank you. Uh, yes. Iâm also very supportive of, um, continuing this program. Um, I did have just a brief question in terms of the, um, the cooperative agreement. Um, Iâm
wondering if is there a written copy of an agreement that the council could review? I know that there wasnât. Um, the memo is great and gives a highlight for, um, what the program successes are. Um, I would love to see the agreement itself if if thatâs possible, but other than that, I donât have any
other questions. And I am supportive of the program. And I. Am too. It sometimes feels like Philip is the program, but itâs good to see. Excuse me. Itâs good to see the other cities that are involved. And I just I think itâs itâs really great. And I think Philip does a tremendous job. And, uh, if it
wasnât Philip, I would still be pro, uh, this, this program. So, um, Iâm Iâm positive on it, too. So, um, is there a motion to authorize the city manager to execute a cooperative agreement for the Joint Community Police Partnership? JCP? Where did you want to see it? Sure, I can I can do a motion.
Um, put forward a motion to authorize city manager to execute cooperative agreement for joint Community Police Partnership, also known as JCP. Iâll second. All those in favor say aye. Aye, aye. Those opposed, say no or nay. All right. That is approved. All right. Uh, next, we have new business. Uh, item A
authorize staff to execute an agreement with Midwest L.A. scapes. Yeah. Thank you. Mayor and council. This is one, uh, maybe another. Um, other times we would put under a consent item, but for a couple of reasons. We wanted to call this out and just discuss at a high level.
Um, certainly happy to take feedback from council. Uh, as I run through a brief introduction here, uh, to start our timeline, I want to go back to 2024. Uh, this is when council supported a parks master plan or park system plan to really look at things holistically across the community that weâve taken on projects, especially
significant projects in a phased approach. And weâve had success with that prior to dedicating resources to Sanborn. Uh, lt was taken on that way, and that took some years to do. And I know some growing pains came with that. But now I think weâve got a successful, um, comprehensive,
uh, for a significant part goes, um, some of the smaller projects are getting a replacement, you know, that goes through the traditional mechanisms of getting feedback with the Parks Commission, taking community feedback. Uh, certainly, uh, extra efforts are made in that area. Um, and that would have been a project that was completed last year,
but did want to call this out again, uh, being a significant cost and part of a phased approach that weâre taking on at Sanborn. Uh, weâre in the first year of what weâre potentially looking at at a four year process. So Iâm calling out by way of, uh, piecing together, um, last
year, folks, remember, it was dug up significantly. A lot of disruption there for the stormwater sewer implementation. But now that the underground pieces have been installed and back to a place where we can ensure that flooding wonât be happening like it used to, we can start to address things aboveground.
So, uh, council earlier in the year approved, uh, the, uh, action item to go forward with the tennis and pickleball courts. Uh, this is the second piece of that. So weâll continue to piece together the rest of the park over the next few years. Um, but again, this, uh, calls out the process.
Um, so itâs not coming as a surprise. Uh, chase is going to help me out for just a moment. I know weâll get questions about, uh, useful life. Um, and you know what the strategy is. So these are just a couple of recent, uh, pictures from the
current playground. Uh, you can see this is on one of the tubes or tunnels. Um, not a vandalism thing. It was just. You can see that the plastic Warsaw fin, that it had a crack in. The gentleman that took the picture to us has his hand there for a little perspective. So, um, similarly, you know, some of
the wear and tear just being out of the sun and for good reason. Uh, use over the years, you can see on these other two photos that just some of the pieces were out. So there are things that we can replace over time. We can repair temporarily. Um, again, having a significant cost, do you want
to call out that itâs lived a useful life. And we think that, um, nowâs a good time to take care of it. So again, in front of you for consideration, uh, is the recommendation from staff to authorize us to execute an agreement with Midwest Playscape to acquire and install playground
equipment at Sandbar Park at a cost not to exceed $360,000. Council. Any comments or questions? I have some questions. Yeah. Um, I guess one is just around the. So thereâs the park master plan and a new playground is part of that. Itâs in a different location in the new plan. Is this non grant funded
project? Is it in its new spot. Mr. mayor Council, Council member Bradbury, I think what youâre referencing, uh, weâve shared some visuals out that are going to change a little bit of the footprint just for, again, kind of a holistic functionality. Look at things. This would fall into what weâve been proposing. Um, obviously a
smaller footprint, uh, the grant funding that youâre referencing, we went after unsuccessfully. Um, we think this still gives an appropriate sized amenity for that type of parking here. So still, within the roughly those diagrams that we had shared out, roughly within that footprint. Okay. Um, and so does that. Does the the dollar amount include I
mean, because youâre gonna have to do some demolition to get to having a new spot to put the park to playground. And I guess Iâm just wondering, does this include that or is that thatâs a separate part of the budget? Yeah. Mr. mayor, Council. Councilmember Greenberg. A great question. Um, is this is
a process I think has highlighted weâve seen in a couple of other areas. Uh, realistically, we started this six months ago that going out to folks and asking vendors, you know, what can you produce for X? Uh, we took those bids back. And again, you know, doing that six months ago
allowed us to do that public interaction, that public facing piece. Um, our strategy was to get within the budgeted amount that was $350,000. We have not to exceed 360 because the plan came back. Um, more than that, what weâre doing right now is working with them to in concert. What can our staff
take on in the meantime, including, uh, removal, any type of disruption? The strategy will be to limit that as best we can. Um, but, you know, again, wanting to match, um, I guess the balance of going forward in an efficient way. Um, I would call out again, you know, Manor Park
going up last year, one of the downsides. Uh, we were excited to get it going. Maybe got a little bit further back in the queue, and we wanted in the pawn place. Didnât happen until this year. And thatâs just a weather thing that we know around here. Whether it can be especially finicky. So, um,
trying to get all this stuff queued up as best we can, along with an answer to say weâre going to mitigate it as best we can. Any disruption, including removal of existing until everythingâs ready to go. Okay. Uh, and I mean, I guess just to be clear, I mean, Iâm
questioning some of the dollar amounts stuff here, but. And budget. But, uh, but Iâm very supportive of a new playground. Uh, and I think this is a good idea. Um, I guess my one last question that I maybe weâve talked about, but I donât really, uh, have a sense for is why our request was denied.
Or if we have, did they give any feedback on what they needed to see? Yeah. Mr. mayor, Council. Councilmember Greenberg, I think the, um, itâs fair to say that this type of, uh, request is very competitive right now. Um, and we see, you know, the as the winds blow, certain areas get more support than others and playgrounds that
start getting a lot of, um, support and this type of thing in this specific grant. I think, uh, in working with Mister Basic, he had shared that one successful entity that secured playground funding through this specific grant program. It was a small piece. It was a couple hundred thousand dollars towards like a
$3 million project. Um, that was the only one that qualified. So, um, thatâs not to say as we go forward with other parks master plan items in the coming years, that weâll go after for same or similar. Um, but again, just things are so competitive right now that
we have a lot of success in some areas and some areas that just we donât we donât succeed. Okay. Thank you. Um. Go ahead. Do you want to ask a question? Yeah, yeah. Just just a question. Because I noticed on Facebook we had, um, folks kind of vote. And I think the deadline was last week.
Um, what what sort of, uh, turnout did we get in terms of participation among how many votes? Because I think there were like four options, right? Something like that. But, um, just overall, Iâm very supportive of, you know, investing into this. Iâm getting it. Um, and my, my favorite part about it was just
getting some of the feedback from folks and for them to vote, because I think there were like 4 or 5 options, and there was even some engagement on Facebook, too, on comments. So I think I just wanted to get a sense of, uh, participation of how many folks voted.
Yeah. Uh, Mister mayor, Council, Council member. Rhonda, I donât have the number in front of me. I do know if this kind of project. We do get a lot of engagement, which is great. Um, fantastic that folks are willing to share. I mean, itâs a visual and optical. Itâs a
thing that people use regularly. Um, so maybe not shocking, but reaffirming that people engage in the process. So weâll be happy to report that out when the color scheme and those things are ordered. Uh, will be a step closer if weâre able to get this approved here tonight and in the coming weeks. Share that information out.
Thank you. Itâs not like that. And then, Tim, uh, just for the folks listening, I just. And my own edification. How does this get paid for? Like, how does it show up for residents in their taxes? Yeah. Um, Mister mayor council. Um, the this would be coming.
The funding would be coming out of what we would describe as the Parks fund. So the Parks Fund is, um, balanced by way of forecasting long term expenditures. This, as an example, would be a significant thing towards that fund. So year over year. Um, we may dedicate more projects in
public works or utilities or that type of thing. Um, but what we aim to do, not just for the Parks fund, but for all funds that go after projects like this, um, utilize, uh, in a, um, a steady increase. So weâre not seeing significant jumps from year to year. Uh, weâre seeing again, you know,
where we try to budget holistically. That reflected in individual funds, where itâs coming from directly. Um, theyâre becoming out of operational dollars. We have used some, uh, thatâs through the levy to make clear. Uh, we in the past, weâll sometimes use, like, bonding dollars for bigger projects. Um, thatâs not a part of this project at
Sanborn. Potentially for a, um, replacement of the shelter down the road. Thatâd be a little bit bigger. Both by way of footprint and cost. So hopefully that provides a bit of clarity. It does. And the parks and Mike correct. The parks fund gets funded partially also by wine and spirits.
Right. Yeah. Mister mayor Council a good call. Uh, so we review, as you noted, uh, monthly financials for the liquor store, the, um, year end transfer balance. Um, from the liquor store fund, essentially, as that gets built up, gets transferred over directly to parks. Um, so utilizing any type of revenue gain from that operation to offset those
costs. So again, it may be indirectly a longer term down the road. Um, that fund, that transfer fund again limits the, the increase people may see on the levy. So, uh, year over year, weâve had between 50 and $200,000 a year go out. Um, donât have the last handful of years off the top of my head,
but, uh, you know, we can share those. Weâd be happy to get them available to people.. Well, as you guys, right? Size the gross profit, right. For the the, um, wine and spirits. I mean, that makes it more money available to transfer out. Correct. Okay. Yeah. Thatâs right. Again, Mister mayor, I would call out,
I think over the last handful of years. Um, at lower times, itâs been as low as $50,000. And, uh, going back a couple of years, it was $200,000 annually. So over the last handful of years, I know we transferred more than a half a million from the liquor store over to parks to offset expenditures like this.
Itâs great. Thank you. I just wanted to make sure that was that was called out. Yeah. Okay. Uh, Councilmember Friedson, did you have anything that you wanted to add? Iâm not compelling you to, but of course, youâre welcome to. Thank you. Yeah, Iâm. Iâm also supportive of this. I think,
uh, one thing I do appreciate is the, uh, staffâs willingness to work with Midwest play scapes to try to, um, adjust sort of a the extra cost that weâve taken on by, um, you know, the six months that have passed and then, you know, weâre incurring, you know, over $10,000 more, um, due to rising
costs. So I think just as a council and as a council member, itâs a good reminder to, um, the, the costs that incur with, uh, delaying, uh, either decisions or delaying work like this. And Iâm not being, uh, critical of this process because I think it, it was really, really important
that we go for that grant. And unfortunately not getting it. Um, weâre sort of taking on that extra cost, but, uh, appreciate staffâs willingness to try to find some solutions there to bring the cost back down or utilize our, our staff time to help with, um, with that project. But other than
that, I am supportive of the new playground. Um, appreciate having the design included in the packet as well. Um, to review that, I think the design looks really great and Iâm excited about this. Yeah. I, um, I am too, I, I, as always, Iâm concerned about the tax dollars, but you know, the, the condition of the playground
currently is, is dire. And I worry, you know, with that slide being split, what happens when something else breaks and God forbid, you know, if somebody gets injured. And so, um, clearly needs to be replaced. Um, Iâm not in the playground business, so I couldnât tell you if thatâs a
great price or not, but Iâm going to take a, um. I do believe the city does good work in vetting their their vendors. Um, you know, overall, the the parks master plan to go a little concerned just because of the where weâre at right now with local government aid and some of the lack of help that
weâre getting. But, um, in this case, I am supportive. Just I know this is a well utilized area and I see people in it all the time. And so I am I think itâs a continued good use of taxpayer dollars to support the community. So Iâm supportive as
well. Okay. Um, is there a motion to authorize staff to execute an agreement with Midwest Place gates to acquire and install playground equipment at Sanborn Park at a cost of not to exceed $360,000. So moved. Second. All those in favor say I. I oppose, say no or nay.
Okay. The playground business. Uh, next is approval of block party requests for National Night Out. Uh, which is happening tomorrow night. And, uh, street aid closures. Uh, thank you. Mayor. Members of council. Um, so, with the National coming up tomorrow or National night tonight, however you want to say it. Um, we are requesting that the council,
um, just approve the block parties that are listed in the packet. Um, this is a lot of the coordination happens at the police department. Um, and I know that theyâll be around, um, I think the first 20 people that, um, applied for the, um, applied to be, um, host site.
Um, the police will stop it there. So, um, weâre just, um, we had the police, uh, get all the applications, and then our city engineer and public works director also reviewed them, just to make sure that the, um, the spaces they were wanting to use were, um, safe. And if there were closures needed for
anything. Um, he reviewed that. So, um, with that, weâre just asking that the council approved the requested block parties listed in attachment, A subject to the conditions, if any, listed in the document. Excellent. I did get a copy. Um, also, uh, as I was planning my route for tomorrow night,
and, you know, Iâm just going to call out that Ward two. Jason had quite a lot of participation. I just I was very proud of that. Ward three needs to step it up. So Iâm sorry, but, uh, all in all, very excited for tomorrow night, and, um, uh, Iâm just Iâm pleased to see residents
wanting to participate in this evening because whiz bang Nash and light out the meet and greet, they weâve got the, um. Iâm drawing a blank on the name of it, but itâs on Saturday with the fire and RPD. Safety. Public safety is probably a good name for it. Um, it just
kind of a fun series of events that are coming up, bringing community together. So these are really some great days ahead of us in Robbinsdale. Um, I donât want to hog Microphone council anything to add or question anybody you want to take off the list. No, no. Okay. Weâre going. Okay. Good.
Joe. I was so moved to deal National Night Out. They still taking us the donations. They told a lot of guys. I know that. I guess they could use a little more. Okay, so where would those funds go? Well, I think it happens. Something that it. Church. Uh, food and stuff like that. I was
just going to say, you know, that they would like for us. Okay. So if you have funds. vote on. No. Iâm saying if. Okay. That I guess, is with, um, whatâs his name? Um. Faster. Dan. Um. Philip. Field. Philip. Heâs the lady that works with him. Okay. Tim. Can you.
For. Yeah. Mister mayor. Council. I know, uh, Philipâs going to serve as the liaison to the Robins Landing, um, party specific. So Iâll reach out to him, connect and see what we can do to help out. Awesome. Yeah, Iâm happy to pitch in as well, so. Okay, okay. Thank you for bringing that up. Um, so back to
council. Any comments? Questions? No. Weâre good. Okay. Thank you for National Night Out. Iâll make a motion to approve the requested block parties listed in attachment one, subject to the conditions, if any listed second. All right, letâs land this plane. Uh, all those in favor say aye.
Aye. Those opposed say no or nay. So it is approved. Okay. Under other business scheduled canvassing, board meeting for primary election results. Thank you. Mayor. Members of council. Um, so as the council, you also serve as our canvassing board, which basically means you certify the elections that we have here.
Um, I guess we might not have local results. So maybe this is actually not necessary, but Iâm not thinking about that right now. Um, if we need to cancel it, Iâll let you know. But, um, sorry, a bit of a brain fart on this one, maybe. Um, yeah.
We wonât have a local election, so Iâll just have you schedule it anyway and then make you aware if we need to cancel it. Sorry about that. Um, so normally we would have a canvassing board for our local elections, which we donât have because we didnât have a primary this time. So a little lesson for me to
remember in the future. Um. Itâs okay. In the primary that we have to schedule it between 2 and 3 days after the election. So that would be the Thursday and Friday. Um, which would be the 12th and 13th, 13th and 14th. Let me see the dates here. 13th. 13th and 14th. Um, there isnât a statutory requirement that
you do it like a certain time of day, so the council could schedule it, you know, in the morning, afternoon or evening. Um, so, uh, with that, I just would ask that the council decide if they want to do it that Friday. Um, thatâs a recommendation. Just it gives more time for the county to get
the results to us so we can prepare them. Um, but you could certainly pick Thursday as well. Um, so I will leave it to the council to decide, um, to pick the day and the time they want to for the canvassing board meeting, and then Iâll
just double check that we donât need to have it. And then if we need to cancel it, Iâll let the council know. And weâll obviously get notice out to people as well. So. Um, Iâve got a question. Yeah. If we need to attend virtually, say, because weâre going to be out of town. Um, is that possible?
Um, I, I donât think that statute limits it. I guess Iâd have to double check if thereâs a specific election statute that does. I imagine, as a public meeting. And our policy, we could maybe. Um, I donât think the council set one for their canvassing board as a committee, but, um.
Potentially. Yeah. Admittedly, this caught me by surprise, so forgive me if I missed a I missed a memo. Um, I can I can make an adjustment. Well, it might not be an issue either, so. Okay, Iâm kind of feeling like that might be the case, but, yeah, for the sake of keeping Chase Hall, do we want to, uh,
is there a time day? Yeah, I think Friday. Noon. Friday at noon would work. Yeah. Thatâs fine. Okay. All right. Friday at noon, if itâs needed at all. So. Yeah. Thatâs fine. Iâm sorry. Oh, no. Youâre good. I was I was checking my breath. Okay. Yeah, that works for me.
Okay. Just put the old calendar here now. Otherwise it will disappear in my mind. Iâll make a motion. That all I do, that Iâll put it in my calendar. Uh, make a motion to schedule the primary election canvass board meeting for Friday, August 14th, 2026 at 12:00 noon 12 p.m.. Iâll second.
All those in favor say aye. Aye. As opposed, say no or nay. Oh. Approved. Date set. Okay. Uh, next on to other business voucher request. Voucher requests. Pending approval for disbursements. Any comments? Questions? Agenda. Uh, Andrew, did you see it? Yeah. Hand it over. Nope. Good. Pay the bills. Okay. Uh, is there a motion?
Iâll make a motion to approve the voucher disbursement report. Iâll second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Say no or nay. Approved. Uh, and administrative reports. Uh. Thank you. Mayor. Members of the council. Iâm just going to give a quick update about our polling locations, because
we did have a switch recently for Ward two. Um, so I just wanted to go over each of them. We also switched Ward one this year, and so Iâm just going to list them out now. Um, so people can see where theyâre at. Um, Iâll just throw it up right here. Just donât want to
get the addresses wrong. Okay. So Ward one is now at Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ, which is 4200 Lake Road. Ward two switch from the gathering. Um, and itâs now at Peace Lutheran off of 40, 4512 France Avenue North. Ward three is still at Elam Lutheran Lutheran Church, where itâs been before in the past
elections. And thatâs 3978 West Broadway. And then Ward four is at North Memorial Health Training Center, which is at 3500 France Avenue. Um, Iâll also note that because of the last minute change to Ward two, um, and the change for Ward one, residents in those wards will have gotten or should
receive um, in the coming days of having already a postcard from the county that says their new polling location on it. Weâve also noted noted the change on our website. Um, itâs gone on social media, and weâll continue to be on our newsletter too. So Iâm trying to make sure people are aware that that that has changed.
So and this probably goes without saying, but Iâm assuming signage will be up at the location redirecting people. It will. Yep. Weâre statutorily required to put visible signage up. So thatâll be at the old polling location throughout the whole day. On the election day. Um, and if people, um, you know, have a trouble, trouble
getting there. We do have open voting at City Hall still. Um, we have it open until August 10th at 5 p.m.. Normal operating hours. So 8 a.m. to 430. Um, thereâs an extension, um, to five on the the Monday before, so the 10th. And then weâre also open on Saturday the eighth from nine until three.
So, um, opportunities to still get in here and vote early if you canât make it on the day of. Excellent. Administrative reports. Yeah. Thank you, mister mayor. Council, a few quick things for me. Um, want to encourage folks at councilâs request. Weâve been updating some, uh, materials by way of sharing out what the budget timeline looks
like. Uh, statutorily were required to set a preliminary not to exceed in September. And the truth in taxation, uh, which everybody gets in all this for, uh, happens in December. But council has supported wanting to get more input throughout the timeline. So, uh, weâve been putting those materials together.
Weâll continue to share out. Uh, weâll have some in front of you at next weekâs work session. Um, to, to get council feedback. But again, really looking to encourage folks to participate however they might that in person at meetings. Uh, one on ones uh uh, maybe a quick chat about the budget tomorrow night at the National
Night Out. Uh, participate. Uh, want to encourage the community to keep signing up for bridge 911? This is a new platform that RPD set up for exactly that. Uh, engagement. Itâs, um, you know, another tool in the toolbox for those pieces. Both the communication, but also an engagement tool. Um, if you get
a chance, check that out. Uh, upcoming events, of course. National night out tomorrow. Look forward to, uh, connecting with a few parties. Uh, public safety open house this Saturday. Uh, moving in the park on the 21st of August. Uh, I also want to call out weâve got a couple of public hearings coming up in August.
Uh, thereâs a hockey public comment session on August 10th. Thatâs for the continued work. Again, this has been a phased approach over the last few years for some water quality, uh, enhancements done at that park. Thatâs a partnership with the city of Golden Valley and Three Rivers Parks District. So a lot of work has been going into
that for the last couple of years. We look forward to next steps. August 10th, uh, look for opportunities to share feedback. And then, um, thereâs a rezone at the North Memorial property for the future, uh, water tower going up. Uh, weâre getting noticed out as we speak. Uh, but Thursday, August
20th, weâre going to host a bit of an open house beforehand so it can be more informal. People wanted to participate, participate in that capacity. Then the public hearing will be a part of the planning Commission that evening. So look forward to hearing from folks on that project. And then finally, we want to encourage
folks now that weâre in sort of a new round of water efficiency rebate programs continue with updated reimbursements and the Home Energy squad visits continue to be available to folks. If you havenât got one done yet. Okay. Thank you. Tim. Next up, council updates. Council. Any anything to add? Councilmember Greenberg?
I have one um, so Iâve been talking to several residents about, um, the flock cameras. Thereâs been a couple of articles that have recently been released. Um, talking about data and whoâs accessing it. And so, uh, I was hoping we could have a conversation at next weekâs work session about flak cameras. Um, you know,
just the policies that we have in place and making sure that, um, you know, just address thereâs some concerns that residents have. And I think itâs worth talking about. Okay. So I want to bring it to a work session. Um, we can dial in the details of it, but I think I want to make sure city manager
and staff feel comfortable that thatâs a conversation that the rest of the council wants to have. And seeing nods. I think weâre in good shape. Um, the other thing I wanted to bring up was thereâs a, uh, thereâs a walk for voting. Uh. Is it Sunday? Saturday? Sorry. Uh, Saturday. That begins at 8
a.m.. Um, and itâs being, uh, hosted by the league of our chapter of the League of Women. Uh, League of Women Voters. Um, and so, uh, itâll start at Robbinsdale City Hall. Uh, or new Hope City Hall, and then you can choose where you want to start and take off and walk
and support voting, which I think is really important. So I wanted to give a shout out for that. Thank you, Council Member Parisien. Thank you. Uh, yeah. I wanted to wish everyone a happy National Night Out tomorrow night. And I also wanted to, um, give a shout out to our communications team on staff.
I just want to, um, highlight what a good job that the team does on the Burton brief weekly updates. I just think theyâre so well done. And I remember when these first rolled out, it was maybe a page or two, and now weâve got several pages of events and great things and information pertaining to our
community. Um, in addition, speaking of communication. Thank you, um, for highlighting not only this evening, but the food distribution event that is happening ongoing. Um, so I would just request to staff to at least monthly to, uh, redistribute that, that calendar. Um, especially as we get into the winter and holiday season. Um, thatâs it. Good.
Thanks. Good update. Oh. You got anything? Uh, just one thing. Um, I just want to thank Councilmember Greenbergâs point on flock cameras. Um, Iâm. I have a conversation tomorrow with the, um, policy roundtable kind of thing with the American Civil Liberties Union on Fox specifically. So I think the timing on itâs great. Um, but
the only update I have here is, um, music in the Park September 24th. Um, Mariachi Jalisco de México is, uh, performing. Um, and then being that Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15th through October 15th, I think. Um, Iâll definitely be there. But just encourage folks to go and Iâll probably do one
more reminder, um, at the next couple city council meetings. Um, but yeah, September 24th at 6 p.m.. Thatâs all I got. Um, and Iâve got a just a short update to I attended, uh, Gordy, uh, Lyndon Fellers, uh, visitation tonight and, um, as many know, Gordy was the owner of hacky Muellerâs, uh, for
many years. And, uh, he recently passed away rather unexpectedly. And, um, as the community. And you could just feel the weight of sadness, um, in the community with his passing and the stories that were shared. And as I have been engaging with folks and even tonight at the visitation, just
all of the stories I had heard about Gordy and how he supported this community, quietly supported this community, and helped people with loans and, uh, help people get their businesses off the ground and help connect people to other people. Like he truly, truly loved Robbinsdale. And as
I met his family tonight and, um, they were very thankful, by the way, that the city, um, um, cared enough to, to, um, show up. And we, we did give a card, but, um, they were just like, he loved Robbinsdale. Like he loved Robbinsdale like a child. And so, um, Greg was up here earlier and had recommended
that we maybe considered doing something. I donât know what that something is. And I do know that you canât do this for everybody. Um, but in this case, the more I hear about Gordy, the more I realize how special of a person he was and how much he meant to this community, and how much he did
for this community, that, quite frankly, a lot of us just donât really appreciate her now. Um, so maybe at the next work session, we could bring up something and figure out some way to honor it. Iâm not saying it needs to. We need to rename the town. But Iâm saying, you know, like, uh, uh, or the
park. By the way, I also learned that Gordyâs gateway to the Grand Rounds was a tip of the hat to Gordy. When we were doing the park renaming, which was funny, I thought it was maybe a resonant word to. So if we could maybe have a discussion now, would you guys be open to that next week?
Cool. All right. Cool. Then I would love to see that. Other than that, uh, looking forward to seeing folks last night. I hope. You know, I was kidding about Ward three. And I think itâs your responsibility to recruit people. Um, but, um, but Iâm excited about the turnout and excited to, uh, to
visit some folks and shake hands and hear about all the things that they love and would like to see change in Robbinsdale. So with that, is there a motion to adjourn tonightâs meeting? So moved. Second. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no or nay.