[Music] good evening I'm Peggy come president of the League of Women Voters of Minnetonka Eden Prairie Hopkins and your moderator for the Minnetonka City Council candidate forum I would like to welcome all of you tonight on behalf of lwv Minnetonka in prey Hopkins the League of Women Voters a volunteer nonpartisan political organization encourages the informed and active participation of citizens and government works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy the League of Women Voters is celebrating our 100th anniversary representatives for lwv will be available in the lobby after this forum to meet with the candidates and the audience the league does not support or oppose any political party or candidate the views expressed in this form are those of the candidates not those of the League of Women Voters it is our purpose in sponsoring meetings such as this to provide you with an opportunity to hear the candidates discuss issues that are important to you there is never enough time to cover all the issues in a limited time and settings such as this if your questions were not addressed feel free to contact the candidate directly this event is now being broadcast live on community cable TV and will be rebroadcast repeatedly in its entirety it will also be available by streaming video at the city website and w WL WV m e ph org individual recording and photography that does not disrupt this event is allowed tonight's questions have been submitted by our live audience and online questions that are unclear hostile or of a personal nature will not be used those that fall in the same general area may be consolidated cards become the property of lwv if the answer was unclear to you feel free to submit a follow-up question or to ask the candidate after the forum I will now introduce the candidates for the Minnetonka City Council all for-ward seats are up for election as well as a special election for at-large seat be so we have starting on the left Susan Carter for at-large seat be dizzy Coakley for Ward for Mike happy for Ward three brian kirk for Ward one Paul layman for Ward for Rebecca Shack for Ward to Bradley shabby for Ward three and also Jonathan Kerslake forward to was unable to make it tonight thank you to the candidates and the audience for coming tonight we will begin with two minute opening statements following that the candidates will have one minute to respond to questions submitted by the audience response order will be rotated our candidate forum will wrap up with one-minute closing statements from each candidate so we'll start with Susan Carter the fur with the opening statement for two minutes it'll be timed Susan great thank you and thank you to leave League of Women Voters for hosting this event and including me in the conversation I appreciate it for those who I haven't met I have lived in Minnetonka for nine years and I live in Ward 3 with my husband Matt my two children Hillary and Justin and our dog Nash always worth mentioning I have spent my professional career in advocacy and stewardship for a variety of different issues throughout my life domestic violence housing women's issues health you name it and I think my ability to represent on her voices and to find solutions together with the people most impacted by an issue are the skills that inform the work that I've been doing on city council and some of the issues that I care deeply about but also our issues residents care deeply about of late have been affordable housing resource infrastructure so every resident can have quality services and you know that now that balance between natural resources and needed development which is ongoing in our city and I would just say I get the why are you running question a lot I answered a variety of ways but this is what I'll say in my nine years in Minnetonka I have felt seen and heard I have felt embraced by my community and I have neighbors who show up when weather is bad or times are hard I have neighbors who show up to celebrate milestones and help collectively raise our young people I feel like I belong and I run for City Council so that all residents have a place thanks thank you next kizzy Coakley let's talk Minnetonka I'm Kitty Coakley and I'm running for City Council fourth ward seat my husband Corey and I are proud parents of a clear spring elementary student into Minnetonka high school graduates we've owned our home and off of a Cassell Co Boulevard on a hilltop Terrace for 11 years I am a member of Minnetonka Housing Committee in the Hopkins multicultural committee my professional background is in Human Services domestic violence prevention and criminal justice reform I have a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Metro State University I have worked as a volunteer as a grassroot organizer through take action Minnesota on the justice for all campaign we're out with a leader would take action through that program I've learned too it takes people to build power I have helped shape a national movement that worked at Target Corporation to changing their hiring policies and make criminal backgrounds checks fair in addition I have worked on a national in addition I have worked on a national policy in the state of Minnesota called there the box where private and public employers cannot use discriminatory practices where they ask you about your criminal history before they offer you the job as part of my education at Metro State I chose to do my Fremont intern at an overnight homeless shelter and many app is called Simpson housing where I got a chance to talk with residents and learn the causes and effects of being homeless and how to create solutions and policies as it relates to housing that is more affordable thank you thank you next to my Kathy hi everyone happy Rosh Hashanah my name is Mike happy and that's happy with an e I have to make sure people spell it correctly because for the last name like mine you can imagine I've taken quite a bit of ribbon and heard a lot of jokes I actually had somebody do something asked me a question that I've never been asked before about my name when I was door knocking a little while ago somebody said so do you actually like your last name yeah I like my last name so thanks to everybody for coming out tonight thanks for the league for sponsoring this I'm a Minnesota boy I grew up in south Minneapolis my wife Sarah and I have been married for 31 years and we've called Minnetonka our home for 15 years we raised our three kids here they went through the public schools the Plymouth why is that a school system district that we're in I put myself through college and graduated from st. Thomas with a degree in business I don't think self-funding college is something kids can do today but with a couple of part-time jobs and a bunch of student loans it's it's frankly one of my proud personal accomplishments to to come out of a great school like st. Thomas we moved to Minnetonka because of the awesome schools and because of the natural resources living near Great Lake and resources with all the parks and trails and trees and open spaces after moving to Minnetonka I enrolled in the Minnetonka citizens Academy and learned a lot about the city and after that I volunteered on the economic development Advisory Commission for eight years so I've been involved in the city for quite a while when Brad Wilson was elected mayor I sent him a note and said mr. mayor you're gonna be great I've been on the commission for a while I'm gonna have to resign in a little while but to give you time to find someone and I got a nice note back from the city manager saying you've actually been on for eight years that's two four-year terms your term-limited out and you're next your last meeting is the next meeting so I ran because I was encouraged to run I'm nonpartisan and I have a spirit of giving back for our community thank you next Brian Kirk okay thank you I'm running for Ward 1 I'd like to thank the League Women Voters for hosting a forum thank you very much I love Minnetonka it's a great city to grow up in and a great city to raise your family I'm consider myself a lifelong resident I grew up living just behind Shelly Pizza and attended Hopkins schools my family moved near Minnetonka East junior high when I was 14 and I graduated from Minnetonka High School in 79 I bachelor's bachelor's degrees in architecture and design and I've worked for an architectural firm before starting my thirty four year career with the YMCA I've been an executive director of the Ridgedale YMCA and I'm now the director architecture and design for the YMCA greater Twin Cities I've been married for 27 years to my best friend Jennifer Kirk who's a public school teacher I have three great kids Cody Kevin and Emily my mother Lynne has been a resident of Minnetonka for 55 years my father-in-law Peter and Carol moved into Applewood when it first opened and they absolutely loved it I know and I understand multi-generational life in Minnetonka I have volunteered in many ways over the years like coaching youth sports selling Christmas trees to send kids to camp I now consider myself a volunteer for the city of Minnetonka I've been on the Planning Commission for seven years cheering for the last three I was on the 2040 comprehensive planning committee I was also on the imagine Minnetonka sitters citizens steering committee and the Southwest light rail community advisory committee I know what it means to serve the community and be a servant leader with my education and architecture and history in Minnetonka I have a great perspective and insight when challenged with new development during my years in Minnetonka I've seen a lot of change I predate the Ridgedale mall I remember playing an opus when it was just a farm field I understand when someone says a development will change the character of my neighborhood I'm running for City Council because I will have a strong voice to challenge developers and manage change for a better community thank you thank you Paul layman is next thank you to the League of Women Voters for this opportunity to speak with you I've been an active member of the Minnetonka community for for a long time the most recent volunteer efforts for the city I served as chair of the Minnetonka smart board for eight years I was on that board and I was also chair of the city's Planning Commission also serving eight years on that Commission I was a coach board member president and co-president for the Grand Lake girls Athletic League for over 20 years involved with that along with those efforts I've also volunteered for many school and community efforts you can see me each December ringing bells for the Salvation Army out in front of the luns Byerly's and Glen Lake as I coordinate 15 to 30 church members from my church or families to ring those bells I grew up in Minnetonka I attended the Glen Lake elementary school the West junior high and Lindbergh high school now it's just a Hopkins High School in 1984 my wife Peggy and I built our current home and raised our four daughters there my family has now grown by nine grandkids and I'm loving all of those all that comes with those dynamos of joy Minnetonka is a great place to live the natural resources parks and trails and open space are near the best in the area the school systems are great and serve our students well the business community is strong with mix of major employers in a small and small businesses the neighborhood both small and more village based offer residents a variety of choices for where they want to live these are some of the things I value most about Minnetonka my 16 years of serving on city's boards and commissions gave me great insight into what it needs to be done to achieve all of these great things the city has to offer because of my strong community ties the commitment I feel towards the city and the skills I have to offer I believe I can be a great asset for the community thank you thank you Rebecca Schack thank you I'm Rebecca Shak first I want to thank the league for having us tonight and to those of you that are celebrating the new year thanks for taking time out of your holiday to be here tonight I know there are a few of you out there I am the current ward two council member I was appointed to the position in August 2018 to complete the term vacated by Tony Wagner when he moved out of the ward prior to my appointment to the council I served for just under two years as a planning Commissioner on the Minnetonka Planning Commission and during that time I was also appointed to sit on the twenty forty comp plan committee to help envision the future for Minnetonka my husband and I Mike my husband might go and I moved to Minnetonka about seven years ago Michael works for medica and so he works in Minnetonka and we were immediately attracted to the sense of community the services Minnetonka provides the open spaces and obviously the connected parks and trails my professional life I'm a licensed attorney I have a small law firm in downtown Minneapolis my law partner and I own the firm and we practice exclusively in the area of family law not only do we provide litigation services for people and some of the worst times in their lives in the midst of very contentious disputes at times I'm also a qualified mediator through the state of Minnesota so I'm available to help people in their disputes and work in a neutral capacity rather than a litigation capacity the work I do professionally shapes how I handled my work on the council my I am able to help make tough decisions I'm also able to resolve difficult disputes and I hope to lead Minnetonka into the future over the next four years thank you thank you finally Bradley sheppy Thank You League of Women Voters other candidates and you the citizens who showed up tonight and watching this is what democracy looks like my name is Bradley sheppy candidate for Ward 3 I'm a real estate and business interning with an office in Ward 3 I'm a husband to Lizzy father to a five week old girl linden and seven year old son a son notably I'm a centrist not in a political party Minnetonka citizens left right and center all support me I'm ready for a better Minnetonka it's an amazing place we all call home but has fallen behind in community engagement why does this matter simple cities make better informed decisions with meaningful citizen input you the citizen pay taxes to run city government and are entitled to a seat at the table like other cities citizens across Ward three have told me they feel ignored others do not participate due to past experiences none of this is random or inevitable the responses are the direct result of few citizen advisory boards short notice of new development projects and lack of consistent long-term investment in true community engagement the senior advisory board is the notable exception its success demonstrates Minnetonka can do community engagement well when citizens have a seat at the table from unsafe intersections and speed on streets to local plant and bird communities the Minnetonka citizens are the eyes and ears who have value to add to the staff and the City Council there's a better model out there today it's actually the city of Edina visit better together at Dyna org spend 30 minutes and learn what true engagement looks like including a full time staff member resubmitting took Minnetonka City Hall driven expenditures include new fire Police City Hall renovation 2020 salary increases and a four million dollar small Ridgedale Park it's time to balance City Hall driven priorities with citizen driven priorities in the end it's about better outcomes and a better tanka my name is Bradley Chevy and I'm running for Ward 3 I welcome your vote thank you now we're going to start the question section of our forum will be rotating to a new starting person every time so for our first question we're going to start with Kizzy Cokely and you'll have one minute to respond so the question from the audience is please describe a quality or skill you possess that will help you fulfill the responsibilities that you believe are the most important for a City Councilmember thank you for the question so I am a person who can talk to community members who can talk to residents let them hear them what they have to say and listen I make sure that I consider what other people have to say bring the information to the table and just let them know they're being heard I think that's really important when you're working with community residents I think it's important to make sure that you listen to your community because that's what wonderful City Council is about it's not about my decision it's not about City Council but it's about everyone's decision that lives in Minnetonka who have of ways to be heard thank you thank you next my Kathy thank you I'm I'm a thoughtful listener I I think it's really important that everybody have a voice especially everybody in Ward 3 who I represent on both sides of an issue and and we're in a time now where we have some polarizing issues including at the city level for minnetonka I'm really proud I wouldn't be doing I'm non partisan I take that really seriously I wouldn't be doing this if I thought this was a partisan issue I'm really proud to have people on both sides of the fence endorsing my Cate campaign you can see that on the website but the most important thing is that we have engagement from people and someone who listens I call everybody back I returned emails I return phone calls anyone in Ward 3 who wants to have a voice and be involved can be involved and and that's my commitment to three voters is that you'll have a voice through me thank you brian kirk thank you so when I started on the Planning Commission seven years ago I did it because I wanted to get better at public speaking and try to be not so nervous in front of large crowds that hasn't really happened but III wanted to be involved in the city I wasn't sure exactly to what capacity after seven years of listening to people come up and talked to the Planning Commission about different issues that they see around the city I realized that that community engagement is just so very important it's very difficult when you sit up on the diocese and listen to people at the podium but I take notes and I try to answer all of their questions I found that the real value is when I'm actually out in the audience with the people really door-knocking visiting with neighbors having people call me and explain some of the issues that really concern them and understand what how they really feel about a development that's coming up or something that's before them so I feel like I'm a great listener I'm pragmatic pragmatic I mean the way I think and I'm analytical which I think helps me process an awful lot of things that come before us Thanks thanks paul heyman thank you as the father of four daughters I couldn't help but be a listener it was hard to get a word in edgewise for a long time but that's the one thing I can say it's probably the strongest characteristic for me as my listening skills in my job my career I had 40 years where I had to listen very very intently to the needs of the customers of my company as a head of the softball organization there was a lot of people who would bring their their needs to me so they could listen to them and make sure I could form or formulate the league in a way that people would feel that their their children were enjoying the service or the services we were providing and then of course the Planning Commission and the park board people are very passionate about their their land and they need to be able to be heard and I was pleased that I was able to listen as intently as possible let their voices be heard Thank You Rebecca check so through high school college in law school I was a waitress and I worked at Perkins that whole time and then I became a lawyer so I would say probably out of the fire into the frying pan because I think being a lawyer is easier than being a waitress but that those two jobs as well as my role on the City Council has given me the skills to have a calm demeanor I think most people that know me know that I'm able to listen synthesized and not respond with a defensive knee-jerk reaction and that is such a important quality for a city council member because we have to hear all sides of the issue and understand where people are coming from without responding with our opinions right away and I'm committed to continuing to do that after all my years waitressing layering and now as a council member Thank You Bradley sheppy thank you I believe the quality I best have is empathy so when I'm talking to parents out there who express their concerns I feel that I feel that as a parent I feel their concern out there talking in the community there's parents who live 3-3 houses or practically across the street from Groveland Elementary and they tell me we have to drive our kids to school because there's no safe way to get across the street that stuff touches me it bothers me wants me to to try to find a solution so I would say the when when citizens share their concerns I also feel it but most importantly it's how do we move that forward what is the process is there a solution and so I want to be a part of those solutions thank you thank you and finally Susan Carter thank you I might offer what some might think is an odd answer to this question but here goes in the last couple years I made a commitment to get really comfortable in discomfort I like to surround myself with people that don't see things the way I do because I think that's where you get to your best truth and I like newness I actually represent some newness I'm the cub council member just appointed in March but I think if we make a commitment to have brave conversations with one another and we hear things that we don't totally have comfort with it brings us to the best solution for minnetonka and for me that's all about welcoming difference and embracing new lived experiences Thanks thank you now we're going to move into a couple of financial questions and we'll be starting with Mike happy for a one-minute response so the first financial question here is do you support Minnetonka's use of utility franchise fees or any other funding mechanism to expanded sidewalks and trail system Wow a tough one out of the chute we voted on this and the vote was six to one the council approved the franchise fees and I was the one who voted against it I voted against it not because I don't support the notion that we need more trails and sidewalks and safety in the city we do I just felt bad about it from a transparency standpoint for the city that if we're going to fund it the franchise fee that we passed for the trails is 1.8 million dollars of additional revenue every year four dollars and fifty cents on everybody's gas bill and what what I thought was going to happen I think has happened which is most people don't know it most people haven't noticed it on their bill and so that's an additional tax that's hidden if we wanted to do it we should have done it as part of the tax levy so we were transparent and that's why I voted against it thank you next Brian Kirk thank you so watching this unfold from the audience I struggled with the idea of using a franchise fee because I knew that people on fixed incomes and looking for affordable housing opportunities were going to struggle with every penny in dollar I hear a lot of murmurs and the audience about not even a cup of coffee but when you're trying to put food on the table that becomes a problem I really do believe in in trails and sidewalks and the city needed to do something to try to establish a fund that would constantly try to make those improvements because we're talking about the safety of people you know first the connection between Ridgedale and Minnetonka Boulevard you know next the connection between Minnetonka Glen Lake and an shady oak road on Excelsior Boulevard these trails and sidewalks are important safety systems for us but I couldn't I'm concerned that if we do too much of this it's if it's limited I'm ok with that too much of it it's going to harm those people who are in fixed incomes thank you thank you Paul layman my reaction to this is that I'm not in favor of hidden taxes and our community or citizens and when you you make use of certain mechanisms such as passing it through a utility bill that doesn't provide the transparency as to what the Commuter really needs to spend on its infrastructure so I would not be in favor of using that mechanism to support something that's a worthwhile approach which is funding our trails and sidewalks within the city but that just isn't there in my opinion the best way to do it thank you can I ask you to just repeat the question quickly sure do you support Minnetonka's use of utility franchise fees or any other funding mechanism to expand its sidewalks and trail system so we'll hear next from Rebecca Shack thank you I was one of those six people that last fall voted in favor of the franchise fee not because I thought it was a hidden tax we talked a lot about it it was in the Minnetonka memo it was highly publicized and shows up on the utility bill every month but I voted for it because I think the number and trails that we have that we need to get completed in Minnetonka is north of 80 million dollars and adding the franchise fee allowed us to do that in a consistent predictable way where there was a funding stream available to make that happen and not only are those trails really critical for connections and and commuting around the city but I think they're also an environmental component and that it allows us to help our citizens use alternate modes of transportation bike walk and run to get to their destinations and get some cars off the road thank you thank you Bradley sheppy thank you some of the thunders been taken here but I would say absolutely 100% I would support what was voted on last year first I must say that any tax or any new expenditure on citizens should be fully disclosed there should be multiple hearings full transparency transparency is one of the cornerstones of my platform that being said so long it's properly vetted and everyone knows about it I personally view this as an investment not a tax it's an investment community health people that can walk outside of their cul-de-sac so many of us live in disconnected neighborhoods and we need these trails to get out I was out door-knocking the community and for example by Ridgeview or rich Ridge view up by Ridgedale there's a Senior Center and there's folks who are using walkers in the street because there's no sidewalk or no trail for them so this is not just about young families I think this also does benefit our older folks and to have them have a happy life as well thank you thank you Susan Carter thank you i i was not serving on council at the time the franchise fees were voted on but i too would have supported it i would have supported it for a variety of reasons about one of which was already mentioned which is one of the challenges we face when we sit on city council is that if you don't have a dedicated revenue stream for something and there are so many competing demands for our resources oftentimes things that matter to people get lost and so to create a steady revenue stream for the things we care deeply about we hear all the time almost every person up here said they love Minnetonka because of the trails and some of those important things so I would have supported it the other thing that I think is important and Bradley kind of touched on this is that with all the development happening in Minnetonka we need connectivity we need walkability seniors need to be able to get out and get to places that are important to them if they no longer drive this is how we share community with one another we get out in the world and we walk our community and I think that's an important piece thanks thank you finally Kizzy Coakley I would support the franchise fee the reason why I would support the franchise fee because I believe that we need to create more sidewalks we need to create more walking trails we need to make sure that when people are walking up a Cassell's here that they are walking up Excelsior and they're safe when I think about my son who walked up Excelsior because he didn't have transportation I think about how he told me once he almost got hit by a car when I think about my daughter who was walking from school up Excelsior who also told me that she almost got hit by a car I think about why we need to expand our sidewalks expand walking trails and making sure that everyone can be safe I also think about bicycle bicyclists that's what I'm riding their bikes up Excelsior in other parts of Minnetonka who need to make sure that they're safe on those roads as well thank you thank you all right we're gonna have another financial question and this one will be starting with brian kirk do you support the council's recent action to increase the 2020 tax levy for environmental initiatives and why alright recent and somewhat controversial and I'll start it out here I absolutely do believe in the environment and all that we can do to try to decrease our carbon footprint you all know that our tax levy was high this year 7.5 higher than it's normally been and I know that the council really struggled with this I did support the decision that was made to increase the levy by $100,000 to help fund the climate initiative III believe that the city county or the city staff will hopefully be able to sharpen their pencils and be able to get that down to 7.5 as a levy before we have to vote on it or before the council has to vote on it in a couple of months but I think it was worth it it was worth it to get the climate initiative started now our kids just can't wait until later so I'm hoping that by the middle of next year we'll see more activity in the area of of a climate initiative and maybe even a climate Commission thank you thank you Paul layman thank you I believe the approach the city took to fund environmental activities is the right approach the funding of it is a necessity it we we simply have to make sure that we're funding to our efforts to address the climate change events that are happening around us and they did it in the way that I would have supported unlike the issue with the trails not that I was against the trails in any way but that that funding mechanism wasn't the right way to do it this one I believe was the right way to do it to make sure it's clear that the taxing authority that the city has is what's being used to fund the environmental cost that we have to incur Thank You Rebecca Schack thank you again I was one of the six council members that voted in favor of the hundred thousand dollar potential increase the staff to see if we could find it in another part of the budget so if that can happen that would be great Minnetonka has been a leader in many ways when it relates to climate issues and we really need to continue with that and not lose traction on our leadership in that way and we're taking some bold steps now by participating in the partners and energy program and I really want to be able to see in 2020 that seamlessly transition to more initiatives such as a sustainability committee commission and a climate action plan and without money we can't make that happen Thank You Bradley sheppy yes I would have supported the $100,000 and it's a couple of things one is it's it's a city telling the community we support community engagement we value younger families we value the the voice of students who should have a voice but I think if you if you look into the the process they're the folks who present to the climate action plan I think we can all can disagree on the percentage goals and the year and how its achieved at the front end but we we have to at least recognize the amount of time and the high level of detail and the amount of process that that organization went just to get here so they've been at it for a long time and that's an example of citizens volunteering time wanting to be a part of the city and that's what it is so much of the existing tax levy this year it's it's not that high because of community engagement it's because the city made other decisions and other priorities so yes it's a tough time to spend that money but it's a smart time to start investing in community engagement thank you Susan Carter yep-yep iota for that I said at that meeting and I I think it's a shared value with the young people that drove the conversation with the Minnetonka climate initiative and had the courage to come and ask hard questions of people that have more power and experience than they do I believe climate is a singular lens that will inform all our decisions moving forward it is critical and it permeates everything we do in the city and it's been said that a budget is a moral document and if that's true that hundred thousand dollars represents more than just the resource for a climate action plan or Commission it represents the priorities of the city to make sure that people know we believe it's important Thanks thank you dizzy Coakley okay so I came to that meeting as well and I heard what the climate initiative had said about wanting to receive the hundred well they wanted to receive 200,000 in the city voted on a hundred thousand and so when I thought about that and I've heard my friends and family talk about why it's important to make sure that we continue a healthy environment I thought that we should have had the 200,000 and here my daughter talked about she started started working with an organization that organized around pollinators and I was impressed with that I learned for my daughter and I learned from people and when I talk about why it's important to make sure that we continue to have a healthy environment and so I would have supported that thank you thank you finally Mike happy I don't think we talked enough about the things the city does that are already underway to save our environment and leave the world a better place for the next generation we're participating in its partners in energy program we've committed financial resources for that we're a Tree City USA USA Tree City and by the end of this year the city is going to be 100% dependent on solar energy for all city facilities we're doing a lot so now the second question that there was a six to one vote on and I voted no against I voted no against the levy 7.75% that's a huge burden particularly on people with fixed incomes so you know darn near 8% on average the the city has run from a financial standpoint really well and really strongly and over the last 20 years our average levy increase has been about four percent so this is twice as high and I just thought it was too much so I voted no against it thank you we're going to move on to another question from the audience what steps will you personally take to connect with and advocate for minnetonka residents who might feel out of place in our mostly white and affluent city and we will start with Paul Heyman similar question was asked to me in a previous forum and my answer was that I believe we need to be not thinking that we have the answers we need to find a way to listen to those who have a voice or have an opportunity to present information to the City Council or myself in particular that would inform me of the issues and understanding around that that I might not be able to have so my approach would be to make sure that we have a mechanism a step that allows us to listen to those who have an interest in this particular subject and can present their issues to me and help me understand how to go about coming to the right decisions about how to go forward thank you next Rebecca Schack thank you I think it's important that when we look at welcoming other demographics whether it's gender race socio-economic time graphics that we give people that aren't like me like the counsel that we have seated right now a voice we need to re-examine how we're selecting folks to interview for and to sit on our commissions we have to constantly look at how we're hiring staff and the decisions were making on who to interview and who to give positions to and hopefully that will generate experience and diversity then that bubbles up to the council level it's not only important to have those people be a part of the discussion at a foundational level but we also need to be available for those discussions on a one-on-one basis Thank You Bradley sheppy thank you I think the answer is go to them invite them discover where they are in the community meet them where they are I can say specifically that in my door mock door-knocking campaign I visited the cliffs apartment building in Ward 3 I never knew there was a significant South Asian population in Minnetonka ever now I do because I went to them I now know that they're there from a city perspective I think that that's an example of what do the activities that we scheduled as a city look like and who are they for and have we asked other folks who may be underrepresented what they would like to do or what type of activities they would like to see in the summer or type of music so I think it starts with just going to them and inviting them to the table and that also long-term can be through a more organized citizen advisory board on this topic thank you thank you Susan Carter thank you for the good question my tagline in my campaign is where you belong and the theme of the work is about creating a sense of belonging for people who don't feel they have a place they haven't met their people or their faith community they're unsure about how they fit in in their neighborhood and so how do we do this well first of all we ask this question right the good question we acknowledge isolation in our communities people don't know how to engage so when we say and we throw on this idea of community engagement community engagement it's great and it's well intended but we need to be very intentional with personal invitations go worship a destiny Hill Church if you aren't a congregant there go rock and roll with the pastor it's amazing and then also for me it's about encouraging growth and courage and it's about being okay with discomfort being in rooms with voices you haven't heard and people you don't know because I think that's where the real growth happens and that's where we start to create a shared sense of community thank you dizzy Coakley so I believe that actually making sure that you do go and knock on doors you do go invite people to come to events and come to City Hall and educate them about what it's like to be at the City Hall introduce them to other people who don't look like them invite them into your space I think that's really important it's one thing to say what you can do but is one thing to actually do it I blame it on taco for 11 years and I said this before there's only been two door knockers at my door and I think it should have been more and so I would encourage you to really just do it go talk to people welcome them to your space and don't wait for them to have to to take their own space thank you Mike happy I don't know of anyone in the city of Minnetonka who doesn't want this to be a welcoming place for people who want to live and work in the city we know from the Met Council that in the next two decades we're gonna have 10,000 new residents move into Minnetonka and the result of that is clearly going to be a change in the demographics of the makeup of our town the city started a diversity and inclusion committee in 2017 and join the the government Alliance on race and equity or gare in 2018 but I think this issue really starts with leadership of the city and and we can we can check that box because we have a united leadership at the city that is unified on the idea and the notion that we want to be welcoming to all in this city and I think there's more that we can do and what I really would like to do is hear from citizens in Ward 3 on additional steps that we can and should be taking thank you finally banker thank you and after all this time of thinking about I should have a right answer right but there really isn't one I this is a continuum of learning is Minnetonka really welcoming to all are we welcoming to all when we talk about rental property or low income housing or affordable housing it's we need to recognize that we all hold unconscious biases and recognize our own white liberal privilege when it comes to trying to address this issue we need to realize that people aren't going to come to us we need to come to them I know that's been said but when you put something in a newsletter you can't expect that people are going to come out if they don't feel welcome you've got to get to their neighborhood we all sit as a city we also need to make sure that we're taking absolutely decisive direction whenever we're involved in any kind of hate crimes it was very humbling to know that our mayor was that destiny Hill within a week or so of the hate crimes that happened earlier this year it makes me proud to live in Minnetonka I want to be proud of us and be able to be welcoming for all but we're on a continuum of learning thank you all right we're gonna start with a new question and this we'll be addressed to Rebecca Shak first what efforts should the city make to encourage the development of affordable housing in Minnetonka thank you that's my baby my favorite question it's probably one of those questions without a direct answer we need to dig deep and partner with not only developers and and and private entities but with our other public resources we need to look to the state we need to look to the counties and the Met Council to not only encourage these development projects and but also to facilitate them as commissioner Kirk indicated we have a bias I think against putting affordable housing in our backyard and we've got to overcome that bias and find the money and find the wherewithal to make it happen there's a lot of resources there but we have to actually coalesce and get those resources so that we can meet our goals for affordable housing over the next ten in ten to twenty years Thank You Bradley sheppy thank you I think the affordable housing issue is very complicated for starter cities including Minnetonka make new market rate housing expensive right we have the door--and project to market rate housing and they're paying over $800,000 in park fees right so you can't build new housing that meets any type of like let's say not high price point so plus we have our generally our minimum lot sizes right so we've decided as a community to take most of the land available for affordable housing off because you just quite quite frankly can't do it so I think we just need to acknowledge that beyond that I think it's it's resources right it's how much time and energy is the city putting into an identifying parcels and partners and working all the through the details of tax credit so it comes down to priority and citizens I would say continuing to ask their council members what are you doing specifically about this and seeing if they have a good answer thank you thank you Susan Carter thank you I have said this before but I do believe that affordable housing safe affordable accessible housing is the precursor to achieving all measures of well-being it is the fundamental piece our residents need to thrive and survive in our community so having said that there are a couple things that have happened recently we passed an affordable housing policy for the city which my colleague Tim Berg stat who serves on the council said so aptly you know 20 years ago it wasn't a lens we talked about it sporadically and now it is the thing in which we look at when we're thinking about all developments I think we need to continue to do that having creative partnerships are critical I think that the policy will help shape that and then you know lastly we're listening to what communities need and we're advocating for where those those projects can happen Thanks thank you dizzy Coakley so one of the things I think should happen is one is undoing the biases so making sure we have listening sessions around the biases around housing that's affordable to partner with nonprofits and making sure that the nonprofit's can help with finances around housings that is affordable in addition making sure that like when we have developers coming to minnetonka and build houses or homes making sure that the like if they build a big complex the ones that they say they're going to allocate toward affordable housing making sure that they keep those affordable rental property because sometimes when developers say they is going to be affordable then it increases and it's not no longer affordable so making sure that they continue to keep those affordable units thank you mic happy we have a plan we have a 20-year comprehensive plan for the city it's our strategic plan and a big part of this strategic plan for the next decade is focusing on housing and where are we going to put all those 10,000 residents I mentioned that the Met Council has said are going to move into our city we recently passed as a council policy on development requiring a certain percentage of new construction to be affordable I guess one of the things I'm struggling with and disappointed in is I don't think we have enough focus on owned housing a lot of what we're going to see in the next two decades is rental housing and there's a lot of Merit for people and society in a community to have more owned housing than rental housing we have a lot of first responders in the city that can't afford to live in the city police and fire people and in fact all city employees I'd like to find a way that we could actually have some sort of program to support policemen fire fire people police people teachers and all city employees to be able to affordably live in the community where they work and serve and be part of our community thank you brian kirk great thank you it's a very complex question and I'm pragmatic and I try to break these sorts of things down you know our one facet of this that we have to struggle with all the time is the fact that Minnetonka is so developed right now when we talk about putting greater density into our neighborhoods we're talking about apartment buildings right next to neighborhoods and I understand why people struggle with that but in order to really reach our our goals our 2040 comp plan goals we've got to not just have 20% of units in an apartment building at 50% AMI we're going to need to find a lot of units that 30% AMI those are people are struggling to actually keep housing we've got a great opportunity in Ward 1 with the light rail coming through there's a fair amount of undeveloped property down there but I don't want to exclusively pick that area as as affordable housing pocket I think it's important that we spread affordable housing across Minnetonka I also believe that it's important too protect natural occurring affordable houses people houses homing homes that people own if the city can provide programs to allow low-income families to benefit from low-interest loans to keep those houses affordable thank you thanks and finally we'll hear from Paul layman I believe we are all better off if all of the housing needs of our community can be met and cluding affordable housing including housing that's well suited for our aging population there is no magic bullet if there was we would have found it by now and we'd be well on our way to solving this problem I think what we have to do is to to be very pragmatic go forward with the steps that we have identified are successful and to keep working those keep working them hard and that includes accepting that they're going to be parts of the community where we need to increase the density of our population or our housing units that we look at making a concerted effort to bring in those who can develop affordable housing that are not every developer has that ability to produce affordable housing stock in our community but we need to be able to find ways that we can do that Thanks so our next question will be staying with Bradley sheppy and I apologize it's it's kind of a long question but you'll get the idea how do you feel about the transportation options currently available in Minnetonka do we have enough options if not what will you do to increase those thank you obviously transportation includes lots of different modes right from walking bicycling transit generally speaking we don't have the density that will support transit without a lot of subsidies however there's things that we can do to support the folks we're on the bus lines we do have first of all on highway 7 you have basically a sign on a sidewalk there's no bench there's nothing there that that really encouraged them there welcomes there to actually ride transit and get to where they're going there's lots of households will have share one house my cousin is one them and they share one car I'm sorry and that bus allows them to decrease their household costs beyond that it's a function of in my opinion community engagement what do the what does the community want is there for instance like the city of Edina a transportation advisory board a transportation Commission where those voices are regularly heard this is what we need this is what we think we need first is the city basically deciding for them so I think the long term it's more citizen voices thank you thanks Susan Carter thank you so I think my general observation is that I don't think there's enough options I think a multimodal strategy is always going to be the best way to address the variety of needs of our community I'll also sound like an old personnel but the way I understand it most young people don't even want to buy cars anymore they see them as liabilities so they want alternate options for transportation and they're eager to use it the other is not unlike some of the other topics we've talked about we need to de stigmatize public transportation I think people have an opinion about who rides the bus and who rides rail and I think if we did a better job educating people about its efficiencies its economies of scale its economic and environmental impacts we get more ridership coming out of Minnetonka going the places people need to be Thanks thanks dizzy Coakley so I think we need more transportation in Minnetonka are we using my voice on the council to advocate to make council for more frequent and more reliable bus services especially on the evenings and weekends I also hope to make our streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists I want advocate for the infrastructure improvements that result in greater safety in addition if we can make our city less dependent on cars we can have immediate impacts on our city's long-term environmental health thank you thank you Mike happy so the translation is always the the debate between public versus private transportation and we have a lot of options today I'm both but we have a we have a good the city has a good relationship with the Metro Transit Commission from a bus service standpoint but it's all about numbers in their business and how many people ride the bus we we heard about a rough decision a couple months ago about the empty seat canceling one of the bus routes and they it couldn't argue with it because nobody was riding the bus on that route so we have to have things that are available for people where they are the there's there is a Metrolink program that's kind of a safety net for people who need some level of public transportation support and the light rail is coming it's coming and that is a game changer and will be we're already working heavily on how that's going to work what the stations are going to look like and what the what the city supports services are going to be around the station in the in what's gonna be the very near future thank you Frank Kirk thanks let's be honest we love our cars don't we I mean the idea of giving up our car ride a bus or take the light rail is probably pretty foreign to most of us in the room but it's really a matter of trying to connect jobs with homes right people that need transportation to be able to get to work everybody's excited about the LRT because they'll be able to go down to the twins game but that's not what the LRT is all about the LRT is about being able to get people who are trying to access the workforce you hear people talk about the bus line and it never seems that convenient and when a when a line does get cancelled you hear a lot of concern and and it's not fair to say that nobody rides the line because if even one or two people were using it to get to get to work or get to the grocery store it has an packed on just one one or two people I think that we can definitely capitalize on the LRT coming in I was on the CAC when they cut a lot of funding for the LRT and it mostly affected Eden Prairie oh there's a lot of talk about the connectivity the kiss and ride the bike and ride to get people connected vertically horizontally to the stops to get access to different job opportunities thank you thank you Paul layman the quick answer to the question is that I think there's room for improvement in transportation systems within the city of Minnetonka now the LRT is will do a good job I think of helping us get residents within the city to other locations outside the city but we also have to make sure that we can find ways for the residents to get around within the city that I think is probably the thing that would help the community out the most at this point in time again the issue there is that you got to have the volume of riders to support a bus line or a bus route that would do so we've had that on and off over the years and it just simply doesn't seem to support so again I don't think there's a magic bullet as to what it is but I think we need to be taking all steps necessary to look at options that could be used to improve the transportation around the city of many up Thank You Rebecca Scheck thank you so things are gonna get a lot better with light rail but we're gonna have a problem we're gonna continue to have the problem a first smile last mile connectivity that is the where the problem is here in Minnetonka and we really have to be creative because I don't think the answer lies and in our traditional idea of transit and buses and trains we have to look at public-private partnerships when I look at that 6:14 was the route that got canceled and went right up to my throat and you know I had a bus stop in my yard that I didn't know about probably until about three years of living there like Oh stop here I know nobody ever stopped there and the the data we got was that those rides were 50 to $100 a ride because of the number of riders but look at what we might be able to do if we think out of the box with vouchers we've got Ober we've got lyft we could probably get somebody from here to Ridgedale for $7 a ride if we thought about things in a different way thank you this might be our last question it depends if I can squeeze in another so be prepared there it might be so we're going to start with Susan Carter if you could change one thing in Minnetonka what would it be and why I wish I were last just kidding I think that there are opportunities that surround Minnetonka and it's and the cities work but I'll be honest in saying that in the short time I've served on City Council one of the things I'd like to see more of is big old conversations hard questions people standing up for what they believe in and having more comfort in the discourse I know that it's hard sometimes when we've got a line out the door into the restroom of people that want to speak to the thing that matters most to them but to me democracy is people coming out and saying their truth protecting things they feel are sacred and being heard and seen by their city government so that's what I think we can improve upon encouraging more of that kind of discourse thank you Kizzy Coakley can you repeat that question one more time for me yeah sure if you could change one thing in Minnetonka what would it be and why I would change I would include more diversity I have to say that I wouldn't I wouldn't be here if I didn't say that how about that and the reason why is because when I see Minnetonka it is a beautiful place to live it's very nice and you feel included but when you see people in Minnetonka and you're looking for someone on your street are you looking for someone in your child's classroom are you looking for someone at the park that look like you and you don't see it and you've been here for 11 years it's hard I know it's hard for my children I know it's been hard for me yes when I talk is going in diversity is increasing but I would say I still would want more thank you thank you Mike happy I'd like to see more support for our first responders we're on the verge of building a new police and fire facility right next to this building here putting on a huge addition and renovating the existing facility it's going to cost thirty million dollars thirty million dollars is a lot will bond for about 25 million of it the city has triple-a bonding authority we're one of only 6% of cities in the United States that can have that kind of high quality bonding authority we need the facility it's a lot of money to spend but support for our first responders who take care of us is hugely important and that's why I mentioned earlier this notion of trying to figure out some way to have an affordable housing program to allow more firefighters and more police personnel and more teachers and and actually all city employees to live in our city I think is really important thank you Brian Kirk oh it's a tough one because I love Minnetonka so much I think we've got friendly neighborhoods and great schools I really wish that we were more welcoming and inclusive and more diverse I wish that I don't know that I can make that happen but I think we can take strides in trying to reach that I minute akka was more affordable we have a lot of people that want to move into Minnetonka but it's just so expensive to live here new housing is just unbelievable you coming in at six hundred eight hundred thousand dollars for a home and even when we build new apartment buildings it's still expensive to live in Minnetonka it's just difficult I think the Minnetonka is a great community I supported a hundred percent I hear a lot about being transparent you know as a council as a planning Commissioner I want to take the time to listen to people and make sure that they feel heard but I know that it's difficult when some things just don't go in your favor so I guess I wish that we could be more inclusive when it comes to interacting with people and more transparent thank you thanks Paul layman well here's the case where unlike Susan I wish I could have been first because there are so many great ideas that have been expressed here two things maybe that I might change one I would wish that I didn't have a concern about the aging infrastructure of the city because I think we've got a potential for some troubles down the road with the aging infrastructure so that's kind of a boring one the other one would be if there's a way to come up with a city to be more a community a tighter community the city is a large city and there are diverse portions of the city of whether you're Ridgedale or the southwest corner of the city and things are quite different when you travel across the city if we if they were able to find a way to be a little bit more collegial in a small town a show I guess is the way I would look at it thank you Rebecca Saxe thank you I wish we could see a little more cohesion you know we've got three school districts represented here in Minnetonka we've got village centers which are just lovely and we but we don't have a downtown we've got very high open enrollment both in Minnetonka and in the Hopkins school district less so and why is that because they've got their own issues but I think if we were able to come together cohesively there would be less us-versus-them we'd see less contentious discourse when it comes to building affordable housing when it comes to taking on big city projects maybe we could all sit down at the table together in a way that is more collaborative and less contentious Thank You Bradley sheppy this one's really easy more citizen advisory boards like I wish I had a magic wand could change that basically what it does is if you have that in place you have a mechanism for these voices and concerns to percolate from the bottom up right so I think we just need to also understand that the time of the City Councilmembers the time of staff the start the time of the mayor that's all limited and what's unlimited and can untapped is the time resource knowledge of all the experts we have in this community that have so much to add and are not being invited to the table because we've made we've made a decision the budget has a specific priority how much of that is isn't is for community engagement that's a decision and so my wish would be for more community engagement so for those anyone who's who's called and and raised a concern and they feel isolated through the community I'm sorry the citizen advisory boards these folks will feel empowered they'll feel connected to the city and great things will happen thank you okay I'm going to squeeze in a 30-second response time question so we're going to start with kizi Coakley it's around just time at timer 30 seconds what is your position on adding a mountain bike trail into lone Lake Park that's a hard one well after hearing some people in Minnetonka and realizing that there's hard there's people for both there's some people that's not four there's some people for well after listening and finding out the impact that it has on the trails I would say I would be against building bike trails thanks Mike happy I really hated this one because it was a totally divisive issue for the city we had people with strong feelings on both sides we voted for it and one of the things that that I pushed forward that we got into this as some attempt to compromise was the notion that in two years we do a formal study and make sure that we're not wrecking the park nobody wants to wreck the park so we're gonna do that I voted for it under that condition it was a compromise and I know there's a lot of people who are not happy about it because they think we're gonna wreck the park if I thought we're gonna wreck the park I wouldn't voted for it I don't think we're gonna wreck it but we'll make darn sure we don't thank you brand Kirk all right 30 seconds I would have supported the mountain bike trail but I would have supported it with conditions that's a beautiful park loan Lake and and I don't want to see it destroyed I don't want to see it damaged I want to make sure that we've got setbacks from our property lines I want to make sure that the density of the trail system allows for habitat I want to make sure that those people who are walking are able to do it safely in any kind of a comp plan that comes before the city we get an opportunity to see something in greater detail than what that's the word stop I'm just gonna come and talk to me and I'll I'll let you know more I feel thank you thank you Paul Amon my answer I have to go back to the park board issue brought before the park board and I voted against it at that time and I did it on the set of the facts that were in place at that time not knowing the full extent of the set of facts that were involved the decision at this point in time I can't guarantee I would have made that same decision but I would believe I would probably make that decision to vote against the bike trail and loan lake park Rebecca Scheck my fellow council members as council member happy indicated this is a very we all agree this was an extremely tough decision and I voted against the trail because I didn't I don't believe that we can successfully give him the size of the park successfully host a multi-use trail that will accommodate both walkers and mountain bikers in the park the size of lone Lake I'm supportive of mountain biking and had the park been a little bigger had we had a way to accommodate the walkers and the bikers I would have been in favor Bradlee Chevy I'm a mountain biker and a lover a lover of quiet places that Park has historically been quiet I think the lack of leadership on the city's perspective was to look at are there more alternatives other than zero or four point seven miles of trail in that Park I think there's special places in that park I hope the city can still continue to look to find ways to protect quiet areas of that park particularly west of the lake but if you're asking me what I've support four point seven miles or zero I would have voted against four point seven I would have fought for a compromise which is let's dip our toe in the water and act more like other cities with similar sized parks and start with three miles thanks and finally Susan Carter thank you this was a tough one as the new kid on the block and wanting to please all the people knowing you'd absolutely disappoint at least half of them in the room I I did vote for the bike trail I did it for three reasons I believe that the data provided by experts evidenced that we can minimize the damages to the park and those were provided by people much smarter than I am it was my attempt to balance a variety of interests both the park and the supporters of the habitat and the bike trail and lastly as my colleague Mike happy said to build in checks and balances so that if we made a bad decision or we're learning new things we can make a choice to change the direction of the decision that was made thanks everybody for shortening your statements and so now we'll go with closing statements you have one minute and we'll start with Mike Appy thank you all for coming out tonight it's really important and really awesome to have people engaged in this process so it's great to see you all here I love Minnetonka it's truly been an honor for me to serve on the City Council for the last year and a half I'm nonpartisan and I listen to both sides I'm super proud to have people on both sides of the aisle who endorsed my campaign and they're listed on my website I promised Ward three residents a voice in the process I'm accessible to residents and I return everybody's call and everybody's email even people outside Ward 3 you can find my details my personal background three and and positions on Facebook or on my website which is happy for Minnetonka calm and remember it's happy with Annie please vote for me on November 5th or any time up until then early voting or absentee voting is already open now and thank you again thank you brian kirk thank you everyone for coming I love Minnetonka I work to protect the character of our neighborhoods as we search for better opportunities for affordable housing that will improve the diverse fabric of our city we need to be ready to embrace opportunities when they benefit the city but we need to have a very strong voice when they don't I Oh be as transparent as possible through this process I love our beautiful parks and the greenways that we all enjoy I want to support and see a climate action plan in place we need it now because our children can't afford till later I'd like to thank the League of Women Voters for this great opportunity this evening and I'd like to close really by thanking um Bob Ellingson I want to thank you first for beating me four years ago in my campaign it was a learning experience as it turns out this was a great opportunity to learn from you Bob how you run a great campaign how you door knock and put yard signs out like a machine you're a great servant leader you've been a great mentor and a friend now thank you Bob for your 16 years of services service to the city of Minnetonka I'll do my best to continue your work if elected thank you thank you Paul layman I want to again thank League of Women Voters and everyone who showed up here tonight or who is watching the broadcast to listen to the great questions that we were asked to answer and some of the well-founded answers or responses that the candidates were able to provide hopefully hopefully you've gained some insight into all of us that will help you make your decision on who to vote for please share your thoughts with your friends and neighbors help them be informed voters as well most importantly vote on November 5th municipal elections tend to have low turnout but I remind you every vote counts every vote is important every vote makes a difference there are four I ask will you vote and of course please vote for Paul layman an overfit Thank You Rebecca Schack thank you Minnetonka has a long legacy of strong leadership and happy residents and my goal as a candidate and as a councilmember is to continue with that strong leadership and happy residents as we grow into the future and maintaining what we have the good services the beautiful parks the connectivity doesn't mean that we don't evolve and grow to meet the future debate demands and be welcoming to all residents race gender sexual orientation religion I am the right candidate for I have the background the experience and the demeanor to help lead Minnetonka into the future and I appreciate your vote on November 5th Thank You Bradley sheppy thank you thank you everyone for attending obviously commented at length before about community engagement I'm going to just close a little bit separate from that I'm a real estate attorney and I deal on a daily basis with a high level of detail one earlier this year a development project of the Walzer Nissan was proposed across the wetlands from my neighborhood and one word in that code changed whether or not a whole entire berm in trees we're going to stay or not so a lot of us talk about the character of Minnetonka we want to protect certain specific things I can tell you whether an what the house looks like next door when it's rebuilt and what trees stay or don't stay are all in that code so if we're really going to fight for what we like and what we want and we want to preserve it's going to take someone who not only shares your concerns but can actually articulate and help move the city forward if there are shortcomings in that code to make sure we truly are protecting minutes Honka I thank you for your time and I I hope you consider my candidacy and go to Brad Chevy comm for more information thank you thank you Susan Carter thank you again to the League of Women Voters for hosting the event and most importantly for the folks that are watching at home and for you folks that are sitting in the room for modeling what really healthy and hearty conversation looks like I think it's great while serving on council I've stood up for hard things things I think residents care about and believe in firefighters police officers infrastructure projects I think Paul said they're not very exciting but they ensure quality services for all Revit residents smart growth and climate and I'll continue to do that if elected when I set on a path to service I believe residents were ready to embrace a new point of view they wanted a new perspective and lived experience and a commitment to brave conversation so I'm really proud to be accessible to be a student of the issues willing to learn and I'm eager always to hear all sides of an argument so if these things these qualities are values you also share I'd ask for your vote on November 5th Thanks thank you Kizzy Coakley thank you League of Women Voters and Minnetonka residents for coming out tonight and thank you for gonna talk to residents who's watching you heard a lot about experiences I'm grateful to everyone who has given their volunteer time to sit on when I talk those boards and commissions let me remind you a bit about my experiences I have been a home owner in the Fourth Ward for 11 years I have been a single mother I have been a winch renter experiencing concerns over where my next rent is coming from I would be an advocate and an example for our community and underrepresented voices I am the change that Minnetonka needs for for city council who will listen and address concerns please vote for me between now and November 5th you can follow my campaign on Facebook Instagram or vote kisi calm thank you again for listening and being here tonight thank you to the candidates the audience and those viewing the forum on cable and video for your participation in this candidate forum this forum has been broadcast live on community cable TV and will be rebroadcast until the election on November 5th you can also see w WL w vm e ph org for a link to the streaming video we now conclude our formal event you are welcome to meet the candidates informally in the lobby outside the double doors this room will be closed at 8:30 thank you [Applause] you