00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.800 So we’re gonna go ahead and call the meeting to order, so 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.634 we’ll need uh roll call. Council member Erickson. He 00:00:15.634 --> 00:00:21.934 Council members young. Council member Kleanowski. She will not 00:00:21.934 --> 00:00:28.467 be here. Mayor Winston, present council member Page. He Council 00:00:28.467 --> 00:00:32.900 member McGarvey. Council member Tran. Mayor Winston, you have a 00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:38.300 quorum. Thank you. So before we head into it, um, uh, before we 00:00:38.300 --> 00:00:42.233 head to the Pledge of allegiance, I just need to read 00:00:42.233 --> 00:00:45.634 this again as previously noticed, um, council member 00:00:45.634 --> 00:00:47.734 Shelley Page of the city council will be participating 00:00:47.734 --> 00:00:50.367 in the meeting by interactive technology pursuant to 00:00:50.367 --> 00:00:54.634 Minnesota statute, Section 13D.02 rather than in person at 00:00:54.634 --> 00:00:57.800 the city council’s regular meeting place at City Hall 00:00:57.800 --> 00:01:00.567 council chambers, 5208 5th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, 00:01:00.567 --> 00:01:03.266 Minnesota. I am physically present in the city council 00:01:03.266 --> 00:01:06.900 chambers along with council members Christian Eric. Um, 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:12.367 Christian Eriksson, Amanda Shan Young, uh, Tony McGarvey, uh, 00:01:12.367 --> 00:01:15.000 Councilman Tran, um, all council members, council member 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.100 Maria Tran, all council members can hear one another and can 00:01:18.100 --> 00:01:20.300 hear all discussion and testimony. Members of the 00:01:20.300 --> 00:01:26.367 public can monitor the council meeting by calling 00:01:26.367 --> 00:01:31.634 1-218302-5973 and entering meeting ID 198230-129 and then 00:01:31.634 --> 00:01:36.133 pressing um. Pound when you are asked to enter a participant ID 00:01:36.133 --> 00:01:46.367 or watching it on CCX Media Channel 16 or by live streaming 00:01:46.367 --> 00:01:48.100 it at www.Brooklynark.org/ City-councilor slash. All right, 00:01:48.100 --> 00:02:18.467 so if we can all rise for the pledge of allegiance. is All 00:02:18.467 --> 00:02:23.667 right, so we’re gonna go ahead and head into Public comment 00:02:23.667 --> 00:02:26.533 and response. So is there any response to prior public 00:02:26.533 --> 00:02:30.667 comment. A Mayor Winston, members of the council, there 00:02:30.667 --> 00:02:34.500 was one public comment to the last city council meeting from 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:38.634 Mr. Eloth essentially expressing his appreciation for 00:02:38.634 --> 00:02:44.000 Doctor Cy Patterson, who spoke at the Black History Month 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.266 celebration and um he wanted to express his appreciation of 00:02:48.266 --> 00:02:51.033 that and uh deeper understanding that he had after 00:02:51.033 --> 00:02:54.667 hearing the presentation from Doctor Patterson. Uh regarding 00:02:54.667 --> 00:02:57.867 uh the importance of ensuring the Children have a safe place 00:02:57.867 --> 00:03:02.667 to learn and grow, so that was, uh, his feedback. Thank you. 00:03:02.667 --> 00:03:05.834 Thank you. So we’ll go ahead and head into public comment we 00:03:05.834 --> 00:03:08.166 asked folks limited to 3 minutes, and if you can state 00:03:08.166 --> 00:03:10.734 your address, I think we have one person on the docket, and 00:03:10.734 --> 00:03:26.667 that is uh Robert Clave. Yeah OK. My name is Robert Clay, and 00:03:26.667 --> 00:03:34.734 I live at 6280 Forest Avenue, uh, Brooklyn Park. And um I’m 00:03:34.734 --> 00:03:40.233 here regarding the, uh, water and sewer. Billing, uh, usage 00:03:40.233 --> 00:03:45.467 for, uh, my resident. And I feel that there needs to be, uh, 00:03:45.467 --> 00:03:50.800 some type of adjustment made. I feel that it’s unfair that this 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:56.734 adjustment or that I’m being charged for, um, Uh, over usage 00:03:56.734 --> 00:04:05.800 of my sewer. And uh Today I brought an example of what, um, 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:11.634 I have to deal with and as I say I’m a person in my 00:04:11.634 --> 00:04:17.467 household where I do not have city water. And, um, what I 00:04:17.467 --> 00:04:23.800 find out is, um, in my example that compared to my neighbor, 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:29.200 Uh, we’re in the same situation where it’s just one occupant is 00:04:29.200 --> 00:04:37.133 in the household. Um And When we compare their bills, I find 00:04:37.133 --> 00:04:42.634 out that I’m being charged. It looks like more than uh twice 00:04:42.634 --> 00:04:50.533 or almost 3 times as much as my sewer and cord it’s being used 00:04:50.533 --> 00:04:55.634 or it’s being justified through taking all the residents and 00:04:55.634 --> 00:05:00.133 then doing the percentage of it and it comes out that that’s 00:05:00.133 --> 00:05:07.133 the way I’m charged, but I feel that um I, my household doesn’t 00:05:07.133 --> 00:05:13.500 compare to the other residents. And their situation, and I 00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:19.834 think maybe this either can come close to being, you know, 00:05:19.834 --> 00:05:25.200 some somewhat reasonable. Uh, I’m not looking for, you know, 00:05:25.200 --> 00:05:29.500 major, uh, justification or lowering of my utility bill, 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:33.400 but something that is reasonable to what I should be 00:05:33.400 --> 00:05:39.100 paying compared to my neighbors. And maybe it can be done 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:41.266 through not through all the people in Brooklyn, all the 00:05:41.266 --> 00:05:48.233 residents of Brooklyn Park, but maybe a certain area. Um That 00:05:48.233 --> 00:05:54.100 households are compared to my area. And I think if they can 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:58.300 look into that and we can get an adjustment made. That would 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:05.266 be fair. Um To me and then possibly, you know, other 00:06:05.266 --> 00:06:10.100 residents in Brooklyn Park that are facing this situation. So, 00:06:10.100 --> 00:06:17.567 um, That’s all I can say right now. Um But I hope someone can 00:06:17.567 --> 00:06:22.533 get back with me soon on this. And maybe we can come up with 00:06:22.533 --> 00:06:28.100 some better ideas. Um And I want to thank you all for being 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:34.634 here. OK. That’s all I got to say. So yeah, before you leave, 00:06:34.634 --> 00:06:37.300 um, we will have the water department uh get back to you. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:41.867 I’m not sure if, if anyone, um, besides Commissioner Page is on 00:06:41.867 --> 00:06:44.734 that, but, um, we, we could just reach out to her and then 00:06:44.734 --> 00:06:46.900 we could forward that to the water department and somebody 00:06:46.900 --> 00:06:49.233 will reach out plus we have your information here. So 00:06:49.233 --> 00:06:52.000 somebody will reach out to you. Uh, we don’t make any promises 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:54.867 and outcome, but we will reach out. All right, thank you so 00:06:54.867 --> 00:07:03.100 much. Thank you. All right, so next, um, Approval of the 00:07:03.100 --> 00:07:14.734 agenda. I remember trend. Yeah, I want to bring out the 4.64 uh 00:07:14.734 --> 00:07:29.634 question. and discussion. Uh, OK, Councilman McGarvey. Item 3 00:07:29.634 --> 00:07:33.367 that the Human Rights Commission is unable to give 00:07:33.367 --> 00:07:38.634 that report this evening. Postpone it for another time. 00:07:38.634 --> 00:07:41.367 All right, so, uh, I guess I’ll make the motion motion to 00:07:41.367 --> 00:07:46.800 approve the agenda minus 3B4 and then pulling 4.6 for 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.033 further question for further questions, um, is there a 00:07:51.033 --> 00:07:53.367 second? All right, the motion was made by myself, President, 00:07:53.367 --> 00:07:58.100 I mean. and Mayor Winston and seconded by Councilman McGarvey, 00:07:58.100 --> 00:08:02.934 all those in we need to do a roll call. I was waiting for 00:08:02.934 --> 00:08:08.000 you. Hm And this is the approval of the agenda, Council 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:18.166 member Erickson. Council member Jean. Council member Page. I. 00:08:18.166 --> 00:08:25.166 Councilman McGarvey. Council member Tran. Mayor Winston I, 00:08:25.166 --> 00:08:28.533 the motion passes with 6 yes votes and 0 no votes. All right. 00:08:28.533 --> 00:08:35.266 Thank you. So next, we will move to 3B1, the Metropolitan 00:08:35.266 --> 00:08:39.100 Mosquito Control public presentation. So you’re gonna 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:43.300 solve all of the Mosquito problems that we have. 00:08:43.300 --> 00:08:50.266 Absolutely just in our city though. Absolutely. Um Not 00:08:50.266 --> 00:08:52.367 until I’m filling in for Alex Carlson. I do have a 00:08:52.367 --> 00:09:20.767 presentation. or mouths. Yeah Thank you have to share it. Um, 00:09:20.767 --> 00:09:41.467 oh. Sure Uh, the windows So if you could state your name as 00:09:41.467 --> 00:09:45.800 well, we, uh, we’d appreciate it. Uh, so my name is Shawn 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:48.500 Partika. I work with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:50.800 District. I’m based out of the Maple Grove facility, which is 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:54.800 just right down on the eighty-fifth. Um on the border 00:09:54.800 --> 00:09:58.000 of Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park. And now I’m just gonna 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.300 kind of go over what we do, why we do it and what we did in 00:10:01.300 --> 00:10:10.367 2024. So as the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, we 00:10:10.367 --> 00:10:13.500 are a public service agency where we cover the Simon County 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:19.367 metropolitan area. Servicing the 3 million and plus 00:10:19.367 --> 00:10:21.634 occupants of the metropolitan area and as well as the 00:10:21.634 --> 00:10:26.500 millions of visitors that visit Minnesota every year. Um, we do 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:30.567 this by Uh, targeting mosquitoes in their aquatic 00:10:30.567 --> 00:10:35.400 habitats, as well as their woodland habitats too, and our 00:10:35.400 --> 00:10:41.800 services come to about $10.87 for the median home every year. 00:10:41.800 --> 00:10:47.166 Our services, uh, are primarily, uh, dealing with the mosquito, 00:10:47.166 --> 00:10:50.934 uh, nuisance and also the disease, uh, vector problems 00:10:50.934 --> 00:10:55.200 that they can present to the public. Uh, in addition to this, 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.033 we do tick-borne disease surveillance, and also we 00:10:57.033 --> 00:11:01.100 provide a lot of public education opportunities about 00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:03.300 mosquito and the related illnesses that they and ticks 00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:07.100 can spread. In addition to all that, we also do black flyer 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:12.000 biting gnat control. So a little bit of background on 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.667 mosquitoes is not gonna bog us down too much with it, um, but 00:11:16.667 --> 00:11:19.467 mosquitoes are pretty big, uh, concern not just in terms of 00:11:19.467 --> 00:11:24.734 nuisance and not being able to enjoy our um outdoor activities 00:11:24.734 --> 00:11:27.867 or even just hanging out outside. Um, they can also 00:11:27.867 --> 00:11:31.467 spread different types of illnesses in Minnesota, we have 00:11:31.467 --> 00:11:35.367 about 52 different species of of those of only about 20 will 00:11:35.367 --> 00:11:37.934 bite humans. The others may only bite frogs, some only 00:11:37.934 --> 00:11:43.166 birds. Um, So on and so forth. Uh, real quick, the life cycle 00:11:43.166 --> 00:11:45.900 of a mosquito is described instead of this diagram, 00:11:45.900 --> 00:11:48.100 there’s a mosquito laying an egg inside of an aquatic 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:55.000 habitat. Um, where they will then immersion as larvae. the 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.200 feet upon microscopic organisms eventually undergoing the 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.000 process of metamorphosis turning into pupa, where they 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.166 develop all their adult parts, such as the proboscis and wings 00:12:04.166 --> 00:12:06.734 and so forth, and then eventually over the course of a 00:12:06.734 --> 00:12:09.934 few days emerge as an adult mosquito looking for a mate or 00:12:09.934 --> 00:12:15.467 for a blood meal. Um Mosquitoes, where do they lay their eggs 00:12:15.467 --> 00:12:18.400 while they lay them in uh different types of habitat, uh, 00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:21.734 as long as it’s standing stagnant water. This can be a 00:12:21.734 --> 00:12:25.400 few different types of habitats such as uh the cattle band 00:12:25.400 --> 00:12:29.667 around a large lake or a pond, um, permanent water sources 00:12:29.667 --> 00:12:33.467 such as marshes and swamps, as well as temporary flood plains 00:12:33.467 --> 00:12:37.200 such as like in a soccer field or baseball diamond. In 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:43.533 addition to all that, they are uh very much uh. problem with 00:12:43.533 --> 00:12:48.400 uh temporary water sources such as tree holes, as well as uh 00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:52.100 stormwater catch basins that hold water temporarily before 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:55.934 being flushed out into um. A retaining pond more often than 00:12:55.934 --> 00:13:00.667 not, as well as, uh, containers like buckets and uh random 00:13:00.667 --> 00:13:04.800 trash items and another really big item is tires, uh, as the 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:09.200 district, we do remove tires to residents, uh, for free of 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.000 charge, um, so if anyone is curious about what that looks 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:20.867 like, we can provide that information at a further time. 00:13:20.867 --> 00:13:24.133 Our organization is really big on following environmental 00:13:24.133 --> 00:13:28.867 stewardship and holding it as uh in high priority. We do this 00:13:28.867 --> 00:13:31.533 through integrated pest management, uh, which is 00:13:31.533 --> 00:13:35.800 focusing as to how we can Uh, manage our resources and funds 00:13:35.800 --> 00:13:38.634 the best way possible in order to reduce not just nuisance 00:13:38.634 --> 00:13:42.300 from mosquitoes, but also the potential of them spreading 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:45.900 disease and illness as well. Um, we have a technical advisory 00:13:45.900 --> 00:13:51.867 board, which reviews all of our practices annually. The uh tab 00:13:51.867 --> 00:13:55.300 members include different experts and agencies, um, that 00:13:55.300 --> 00:14:00.000 service the, uh, Minnesota area, um, in order to best protect 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.133 our environment and also our public health into that. All of 00:14:04.133 --> 00:14:13.734 our reports are available on our website. Ah, most of our 00:14:13.734 --> 00:14:16.367 work is doing monitoring and surveillance for mosquitoes and 00:14:16.367 --> 00:14:20.200 ticks, and I actually have some samples that I can pass out to 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:29.166 the council of food so like. Just for a more up close 00:14:29.166 --> 00:14:34.100 personal view as to what they look like, um, so the little 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:37.667 worm looking ones, as are the mosquito larvae. And we get 00:14:37.667 --> 00:14:40.934 those from uh aquatic habitats. What we’ll collect them and 00:14:40.934 --> 00:14:44.166 then send them down to our lab for further identification. 00:14:44.166 --> 00:14:47.634 Again, not every species bites humans, so it’s really 00:14:47.634 --> 00:14:51.133 important that as an agency we only target the ones that will 00:14:51.133 --> 00:14:54.400 bite people, um, in particular the ones that are also known as 00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:59.767 VE uh disease vectors too. We also will do adult mosquito 00:14:59.767 --> 00:15:03.934 sampling using mosquito traps and sweeps. Um, in the fields 00:15:03.934 --> 00:15:08.266 in order to uh collect. Uh, different adult mosquitoes to 00:15:08.266 --> 00:15:11.934 see what’s flying around and actively biting people that day, 00:15:11.934 --> 00:15:15.100 um, just so that way we can narrow down where to do our 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:20.033 work. Uh, like I said, we sent him down to our lab in Saint 00:15:20.033 --> 00:15:23.133 Paul for identification. The samples are identified to 00:15:23.133 --> 00:15:26.000 determine if they are species that that merits treatment and 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:30.133 also meets our action threshold, um, perhaps you’ve seen our 00:15:30.133 --> 00:15:34.867 helicopters flying overhead, uh, wetlands, and so that’s when we 00:15:34.867 --> 00:15:38.634 are able to justify that there were 10 amount of bugs per dip. 00:15:38.634 --> 00:15:45.533 Uh, in order to treat for using that service. Adult samples are 00:15:45.533 --> 00:15:47.133 primarily identified to determine if they are disease 00:15:47.133 --> 00:15:50.400 vectors present in the area. And then we also do some 00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:53.800 in-house and out of uh. Our agency testing for disease as 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:58.367 well. Like West Nile virus, lacrosse encephalitis in 00:15:58.367 --> 00:16:03.266 Jamestown Canyon virus. Our primary control methods are 00:16:03.266 --> 00:16:05.667 through larval control, adult control, and reducing breeding 00:16:05.667 --> 00:16:10.133 habitat. Uh, again, larval control is kind of like our 00:16:10.133 --> 00:16:14.000 main priority because it applies the most effective, uh, 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.000 control measures that we have available to us as a district. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:22.400 It’s also the most likely to be non, uh, or to not target 00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:24.734 non-target species or insects like butterflies and bees and 00:16:24.734 --> 00:16:27.767 other pollinators that are really important to the ongoing 00:16:27.767 --> 00:16:34.667 survival and health of our communities. Um It also allows 00:16:34.667 --> 00:16:39.634 us to uh best uh target uh mosquitoes instead of a high 00:16:39.634 --> 00:16:42.100 concentration area when there are adults and flying around, 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:45.567 it’s much more difficult to control that problem, making it 00:16:45.567 --> 00:16:50.667 more cost, uh, inducing and also less likely to Uh, provide 00:16:50.667 --> 00:16:55.734 effective treatment. Um, just as a little highlight about the 00:16:55.734 --> 00:16:59.867 numbers that we have from 2024 since we did have a lot of 00:16:59.867 --> 00:17:03.467 precipitation last year. Um, we did increase our larval control 00:17:03.467 --> 00:17:07.266 and also our adult control from recent past years during the 00:17:07.266 --> 00:17:11.533 drought from 2020 to 2023. Um, and again, that’s primarily 00:17:11.533 --> 00:17:15.567 because a lot of our work is so dependent on precipitation 00:17:15.567 --> 00:17:24.467 levels. So like rainfall and even snow melt. Uh, and then 00:17:24.467 --> 00:17:27.033 our larval control, so when we’re flying our helicopters, 00:17:27.033 --> 00:17:30.266 we’re not spraying. I think that’s an, uh, uh. Something 00:17:30.266 --> 00:17:33.400 that a lot of people think that we do with our helicopter, but 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.634 instead we’re dropping these little corn granules, uh, which 00:17:36.634 --> 00:17:40.834 are infused with a bacteria called BTI, which when the 00:17:40.834 --> 00:17:44.100 larvae eat that in the water column it effectively disrupts 00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:46.800 their gut system killing them. Um, and I have a little bit of 00:17:46.800 --> 00:17:55.400 that as well to hand out to the council. Uh, we use a few 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:58.467 different other materials, methyrene and spinosad as well, 00:17:58.467 --> 00:18:04.367 again, very target specific, very cost effective. Um And uh 00:18:04.367 --> 00:18:06.200 we’re starting to utilize drones more frequently in our 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.734 treatments as well, in Brooklyn Park, we have a few sites that 00:18:09.734 --> 00:18:14.567 are too large for a person with a backpack, uh, as shown. Uh, 00:18:14.567 --> 00:18:17.133 in that image, um, but are also maybe too small or too 00:18:17.133 --> 00:18:20.467 difficult to treat with a helicopters. This allows us to 00:18:20.467 --> 00:18:24.133 provide a much more expansive treatment method that is also 00:18:24.133 --> 00:18:31.100 safer for the public and also ourselves as well. Uh, again, 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:34.033 really quick highlighting the mosquito-borne diseases that 00:18:34.033 --> 00:18:36.900 are present here in Minnesota West Nile virus is by far the 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:42.266 most common one. In this this species is primarily found in 00:18:42.266 --> 00:18:45.734 uh really kind of gnarly feed stagnant water, so this is 00:18:45.734 --> 00:18:50.266 gonna be the stormwater catch basins where there’s a lot of 00:18:50.266 --> 00:18:53.033 organic material, um, also oftentimes sewer systems that 00:18:53.033 --> 00:18:58.367 maybe are backed up or slow moving too. Um, and then we’ve 00:18:58.367 --> 00:19:01.533 also been finding Jamestown Canyon virus instead of the 00:19:01.533 --> 00:19:04.300 metropolitan area with uh an increase in past years, and 00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:07.000 that’s going to be in our spring species. So those first 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:10.266 bugs that are starting to emerge probably mid-April, 00:19:10.266 --> 00:19:13.400 early May, um, that’s something that we’re very mindful of and 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:18.100 so you’ll see our helicopters active a lot because of that. 00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:22.000 Um, one other one that I want or highlight is lacrosse 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.634 encephalitis. This is a really potentially life altering and 00:19:26.634 --> 00:19:29.266 maybe even um deadly illness that can affect children 00:19:29.266 --> 00:19:33.734 primarily, and this one is uh a comes from a species, the tree 00:19:33.734 --> 00:19:36.867 hole mosquito, uh, Aedes triceriatus, which likes to lay 00:19:36.867 --> 00:19:41.033 its eggs instead of really small containers, so either 00:19:41.033 --> 00:19:45.367 with its namesake a tree hole or a tire or buckets of water 00:19:45.367 --> 00:19:54.133 and uh things like that. So, uh, 2024, uh, general season review 00:19:54.133 --> 00:19:58.200 from last year in the entire metropolitan area due to the 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.934 above average rainfall, um, throughout the summer, we would 00:20:00.934 --> 00:20:03.567 have expected in traditional years to see a lot more 00:20:03.567 --> 00:20:06.634 nuisance or human biting mosquitoes, but because of the 00:20:06.634 --> 00:20:09.900 drought the past few years, we saw a kind of a dip in that, 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:14.133 and that’s primarily due to our uh cocolaidia perturbances or 00:20:14.133 --> 00:20:18.634 cattail mosquito, not being as present, um, that species 00:20:18.634 --> 00:20:21.533 emerges typically all at once, uh. In the middle of or early 00:20:21.533 --> 00:20:25.900 July. Um, because of the drought the past few years, 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:30.367 those numbers were much, much lower. Um, another little 00:20:30.367 --> 00:20:33.400 highlight due to the mild winter and warm spring that we 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:38.300 had in 2023 through 2024. Um, we had a really early detection 00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:42.934 of deer ticks as early as the first week of February, um, and 00:20:42.934 --> 00:20:46.166 also mosquito larva February 26th, which this year we found 00:20:46.166 --> 00:20:50.000 our first uh swimming larva just last week, so they’re 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:54.667 already out. Starting to grow and eventually will be emerging 00:20:54.667 --> 00:20:57.533 probably again late March at the earliest, early April, uh, 00:20:57.533 --> 00:21:03.200 on average. Um, thankfully we did find fewer instances of 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:07.000 West Nile virus in the district. Um, and that’s primarily 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.734 because the virus does much better at being transmitted 00:21:10.734 --> 00:21:13.634 during really hot, dry years where the only water that is 00:21:13.634 --> 00:21:16.533 available, again, is that kind of permanent standing water 00:21:16.533 --> 00:21:20.934 that’s gonna be high in organic material. Um, we did see a lot 00:21:20.934 --> 00:21:25.634 of, uh, biting gnats or black fly numbers last spring, um, 00:21:25.634 --> 00:21:28.000 and that’s primarily because the rivers and the streams were 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:31.634 so. free-flowing and I had a much higher level than they 00:21:31.634 --> 00:21:35.266 have been in past years. Um, and that’s that species of gnat 00:21:35.266 --> 00:21:37.467 that instead of just flying around your head, we’ll zip 00:21:37.467 --> 00:21:40.634 around it and then bite you on the back of the neck, most 00:21:40.634 --> 00:21:42.667 likely if you’re ever enjoying time over at the Green Rapids 00:21:42.667 --> 00:21:54.133 Dam. Um, here’s our. year-end review of uh Brooklyn Park, um, 00:21:54.133 --> 00:21:57.934 in comparison from 2023 to 2024. Again, due to the amount of 00:21:57.934 --> 00:22:01.100 precipitation that we had, we were just out much more 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:04.667 frequently dipping those large parasites for our helicopter 00:22:04.667 --> 00:22:08.467 treatments, which also resulted into a much higher, uh, rate of 00:22:08.467 --> 00:22:11.166 acres being treated here in Brooklyn Park too, almost 00:22:11.166 --> 00:22:17.467 double. Um, we also were able to spend some time increasing 00:22:17.467 --> 00:22:22.367 our adult mosquito samplings as well. And that also led to a 00:22:22.367 --> 00:22:28.100 much uh higher rate of acres treated. This number looks very 00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:32.533 significant from 7.21 acres to 108.34 acres between the two 00:22:32.533 --> 00:22:36.767 years, um, but that’s primarily due to the uh different types 00:22:36.767 --> 00:22:40.934 of adult control materials we were using. Um, while we did 00:22:40.934 --> 00:22:47.266 find an increase overall. Of potentially disease vectoring 00:22:47.266 --> 00:22:52.133 mosquitoes in 2024, um. This acreage mostly accounts for the, 00:22:52.133 --> 00:22:55.900 the materials we used in 2023, we primarily did barrier 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:58.734 treatments with a residual material, which is essentially 00:22:58.734 --> 00:23:03.400 kind of creating a fence around a wooded area, uh, so that way 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:07.533 when the mosquitoes during the day, um, are as they emerge in 00:23:07.533 --> 00:23:11.367 the evening looking for a blood meal. The land on leaves, and 00:23:11.367 --> 00:23:14.533 when they do, it uh, the materials stick to their legs 00:23:14.533 --> 00:23:18.200 and, and effectively kill them as their method of transmission. 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:24.367 Whereas in 2024, we used a much more environmentally sensitive 00:23:24.367 --> 00:23:28.400 material called Zenova. Which produces a fine fog, um, that 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:32.634 you have to go into a wooded area in order to effectively 00:23:32.634 --> 00:23:36.100 treat and then as soon as that fog disperses, usually within a 00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:39.800 few minutes. It’s no longer effective. We’re essentially 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:43.367 just walking through the wooded area as a means of attracting 00:23:43.367 --> 00:23:47.100 the mosquitoes to you. And again, we primarily reserve 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:51.934 this type of uh adult mosquito control, uh, when we find high 00:23:51.934 --> 00:23:54.767 disease vector counts or mosquitoes that are currently 00:23:54.767 --> 00:23:59.400 infected with illnesses such as West Nile virus. Um, and then 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:05.266 as far as catch basins go, uh, likely due to improvements and 00:24:05.266 --> 00:24:08.467 The city uh stormwater management. We’ve been able to 00:24:08.467 --> 00:24:11.100 actually reduce our catch basins. So we only treat wet 00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:16.033 catch basins that are holding. Water, um, so that’s kind of 00:24:16.033 --> 00:24:19.667 really nice and impressive to see cause it’s um one of our 00:24:19.667 --> 00:24:23.467 more difficult, um, tactics that we have to deal with. Uh, 00:24:23.467 --> 00:24:27.133 and then we do receive resident calls, and these are primarily 00:24:27.133 --> 00:24:30.367 due to either or people expressing concerns about the 00:24:30.367 --> 00:24:33.533 high numbers of mosquitoes in the area, or for tire pickups. 00:24:33.533 --> 00:24:39.934 Um And again we also attend uh Brooklyn Park Safety camp, the 00:24:39.934 --> 00:24:43.634 public works open house, we attended last year as well, and 00:24:43.634 --> 00:24:46.867 we are always at the Brooklyn Park or the Tater Days parade 00:24:46.867 --> 00:24:49.634 every year as well. If you ever see a giant mosquito that’s. 00:24:49.634 --> 00:24:59.667 Clearly us. Uh, for 2025, we are kind of in a little bit of 00:24:59.667 --> 00:25:02.934 a limbo, not necessarily knowing if we’re gonna have 00:25:02.934 --> 00:25:05.734 above or below precipitation, uh, but in any event, we are 00:25:05.734 --> 00:25:08.800 usually ready with our helicopters, uh, as soon as the 00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:13.667 first heavy rainfall comes through, or as the uh 00:25:13.667 --> 00:25:17.867 overwintered mosquitoes are now uh hatched and active, we start 00:25:17.867 --> 00:25:22.800 doing our surveillance today or this week. Um, due to the heavy 00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:27.467 rain that we did have in 2024, we will be expecting some more 00:25:27.467 --> 00:25:31.367 of those human biting uh catti mosquitoes that I referenced 00:25:31.367 --> 00:25:36.533 earlier, um, and that’s just primarily due to the trend of 00:25:36.533 --> 00:25:39.233 having heavy precipitation years, um, there’s always a 00:25:39.233 --> 00:25:44.133 spike, uh, every time that we’ve had some of those, um, 00:25:44.133 --> 00:25:49.400 record years of uh catch and mosquitoes too. Um Another 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:52.133 thing that again highlighting once more is that we are 00:25:52.133 --> 00:25:55.867 expanding the drone program to improve efficiency in public 00:25:55.867 --> 00:26:00.133 safety as well. Um, so keep an eye out for the skies, not just 00:26:00.133 --> 00:26:02.734 for a helicopter anymore, but also a large agriculture drone 00:26:02.734 --> 00:26:08.734 too. Uh, we have different resources for residents, uh, 00:26:08.734 --> 00:26:15.000 all on our website. Um We have weekly updates and daily 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.900 control alerts for both our helicopters and adult control 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:23.500 as well. Uh, we have a resident guide available for tips and uh 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:27.233 tricks for personal protection and safe at home. Mosquito 00:26:27.233 --> 00:26:30.200 reduction. Uh, we also have a submitted tip form which allows 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:34.233 uh Residents to report high mosquito activity or request a 00:26:34.233 --> 00:26:41.900 service such as tire pickup as well. On our website, we have 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:47.000 our mapping, uh, software available to the public to see. 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:49.900 The different wetlands that we service, uh, in the 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:54.533 metropolitan area. It’s one of the most expansive, uh, maps of 00:26:54.533 --> 00:26:58.367 any sort of wetland, uh, that I’ve ever come across in my 00:26:58.367 --> 00:27:01.100 work, um, and you can enter in your address to see what’s 00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:03.634 around you and what different types of wetlands that there 00:27:03.634 --> 00:27:07.834 might be. Uh, to see when they were last monitored or treated, 00:27:07.834 --> 00:27:11.734 you can then see a large open ponds, likely not a very good 00:27:11.734 --> 00:27:14.800 mosquito breeding source, but it’s actually really small 00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:18.300 little ones or these large, uh, like cattail wetlands that are 00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:21.734 going to be much more visited than those open water breeding 00:27:21.734 --> 00:27:24.533 ponds. So I definitely suggest that folks take a look at that 00:27:24.533 --> 00:27:29.734 just to see what’s going on in their neighborhood. Um, and 00:27:29.734 --> 00:27:33.533 again, email alerts for anytime that we have treatments uh 00:27:33.533 --> 00:27:36.667 available or ready to go, um, or what’s going to be on the 00:27:36.667 --> 00:27:45.767 schedule in your area too. Um, one big thing that again we are 00:27:45.767 --> 00:27:49.567 constantly always trying to improve as our public outreach, 00:27:49.567 --> 00:27:51.667 uh, public education is probably one of the best ways 00:27:51.667 --> 00:27:56.467 to help protect people from mosquito and tickbor uh related 00:27:56.467 --> 00:27:59.100 illnesses. So this is incredibly important to us as 00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:03.000 an organization. So if uh anyone here knows of any good 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.634 resources, um. Please keep us in mind for those opportunities 00:28:07.634 --> 00:28:10.867 and we’d be more than happy to be a part of them. And I would 00:28:10.867 --> 00:28:13.533 like to thank, uh, Mayor Winston, the council, and the 00:28:13.533 --> 00:28:15.934 members of the public for your time this evening. Thank you so 00:28:15.934 --> 00:28:22.634 much. Then real quick. He’s all of the contact information of 00:28:22.634 --> 00:28:25.467 myself, our executive director Daniel Huff and also Alex 00:28:25.467 --> 00:28:30.533 Carlson, our public affairs manager. Thank you. Thank you 00:28:30.533 --> 00:28:32.300 for the uh presentation, taking the time to come out here. I 00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:35.367 know that with the work you do, probably doesn’t get a lot of 00:28:35.367 --> 00:28:39.233 uh Exposure, but it’s incredibly important to just 00:28:39.233 --> 00:28:43.467 even quality of life. So thank you for, for that presentation. 00:28:43.467 --> 00:28:47.467 Um, I do know that, uh, council member. Mugarvey, excuse me, 00:28:47.467 --> 00:28:51.467 you want to make a statement? Or question, excuse me. Thank 00:28:51.467 --> 00:28:56.800 you, Mary. No, I did have a question, if you can. I saw a 00:28:56.800 --> 00:29:01.133 lot of people out in the field. What are your field staff use 00:29:01.133 --> 00:29:05.533 for mosquito and bug spray. So, what we use, uh, in all honesty 00:29:05.533 --> 00:29:09.634 it’s kind of like the the best and worst kind of exposure 00:29:09.634 --> 00:29:15.000 therapy, um, I just use the typical, uh, you know, like off 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:20.367 woods or what have you type of stuff, but in all honesty it’s 00:29:20.367 --> 00:29:22.567 mostly just being covered in so many bites, you just kind of 00:29:22.567 --> 00:29:26.767 ignore them after a certain point. Same thing goes with 00:29:26.767 --> 00:29:30.033 like ticks crawling on you. I no longer get itchy from that 00:29:30.033 --> 00:29:38.934 feeling anymore. It’s just what it is. Well, thank you. Uh, any 00:29:38.934 --> 00:29:42.667 further questions or comments? All right, again, thank you for 00:29:42.667 --> 00:29:49.133 for taking the time to make the presentation, so, um, next we 00:29:49.133 --> 00:29:53.033 have uh the planning commission and they will report in 2025 00:29:53.033 --> 00:30:14.200 work plan. Good evening, Mayor Winston and members of the 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:18.934 council. My name is Paul Moish. I’m the planning director. 00:30:18.934 --> 00:30:21.467 Traditionally the chair of the planning commission would 00:30:21.467 --> 00:30:25.266 present the annual report and work plan, uh, Chair Liam Cain. 00:30:25.266 --> 00:30:28.133 I had to travel at the last minute for work, so I’m as the 00:30:28.133 --> 00:30:40.834 staff liaison and I’ll step in and deliver the presentation. 00:30:40.834 --> 00:30:45.233 Uh, 2024 was another busy year for the planning commission, uh, 00:30:45.233 --> 00:30:47.400 reviewing development proposals, considering requests for 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:51.200 variances and conditional use permits and working on policy 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:54.266 and ordinance changes uh to advanced city goals, uh, in 00:30:54.266 --> 00:30:58.500 2024, the commission held 11 regular meetings and 5 work 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:03.400 sessions. Planning commission recommended approval of new 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:06.634 development that will bring new businesses, jobs, and homes to 00:31:06.634 --> 00:31:10.800 the city, these projects were all subsequently approved by 00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:15.133 the city council and have the potential to result in. The 00:31:15.133 --> 00:31:20.567 construction of 233 units of housing at about 63,000 square 00:31:20.567 --> 00:31:24.767 feet of employment space. Uh, the planning commission spent 00:31:24.767 --> 00:31:27.934 several months working with staff on a major update to the 00:31:27.934 --> 00:31:30.467 city’s zoning code and zoning map, bringing them into 00:31:30.467 --> 00:31:33.667 conformance with the Brooklyn Park 2040 comprehensive plan, 00:31:33.667 --> 00:31:36.934 uh, and making the zoning code easier to use, uh, the city 00:31:36.934 --> 00:31:39.900 council accepted the planning commission’s recommendation and 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:43.900 gave final approval to the code updates on July 29th, 2024. Uh, 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:48.734 and going forward, staff in the planning commission will be uh 00:31:48.734 --> 00:31:52.100 more regularly updating the zoning code and and bringing 00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:56.734 those recommendations to the city council. Uh, in 2024, the 00:31:56.734 --> 00:31:59.934 planning commission also recommended approval of zoning 00:31:59.934 --> 00:32:04.200 changes to allow and regulate cannabis businesses, uh 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.000 fulfilling the city’s obligation under state law, and 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:11.166 welcoming this new economic activity to Brooklyn Park. I 00:32:11.166 --> 00:32:15.367 highlight just a few of the projects, the specific, um, 00:32:15.367 --> 00:32:18.667 projects that the planning commission recommended for 00:32:18.667 --> 00:32:24.400 approval last year, uh, Red Lion Athletics focuses on 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.634 specialized performance training programs, uh, and it 00:32:25.634 --> 00:32:28.834 was approved, uh, for a conditional use permit. Casa 00:32:28.834 --> 00:32:32.000 Efrique lounge will be a new restaurant in the Edinburgh 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.100 Center, um, uh, it’s important to know this is this is 00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:38.934 actually the, the, the, the last business that will be 00:32:38.934 --> 00:32:41.634 required to get a CUP for what’s called a class 2 00:32:41.634 --> 00:32:44.300 restaurant, which is essentially a restaurant that 00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:47.500 that is also getting a liquor license as part of those code 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:50.734 updates from last year, uh, in, in an effort to make it easier 00:32:50.734 --> 00:32:53.834 to do business in Brooklyn Park, the code no longer requires a 00:32:53.834 --> 00:32:59.100 conditional use permit for those Class 2 restaurants. Uh, 00:32:59.100 --> 00:33:01.800 the planning commission recommended approval of a site 00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:05.567 plan review for JJ’s Fish and Chicken. Uh, JJ’s is expanding 00:33:05.567 --> 00:33:08.900 the former Dairy Queen building on Zane Avenue, just north of 00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:10.900 Brooklyn Boulevard. Work is currently underway on that 00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:15.834 project. Uh, waterside markets on Brooklyn Boulevard is also 00:33:15.834 --> 00:33:18.867 expanding. Uh, this required a site plan review, which the 00:33:18.867 --> 00:33:22.634 planning commission forwarded to the city council with a 00:33:22.634 --> 00:33:25.800 recommendation of approval, a highlight of the year was 00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:27.500 reviewing and recommending approval of the site plan for 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:30.367 the Brooklyn Park Teen and Youth Center, uh, while the 00:33:30.367 --> 00:33:32.934 business at hand that evening was reviewing the details of 00:33:32.934 --> 00:33:37.300 the site plan, uh, the meeting was also a celebration of this 00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:42.400 transformational project. The brook will be a 192 unit 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.634 apartment community near 93rd and Zane. Uh, this is the first 00:33:45.634 --> 00:33:48.734 major development project to be reviewed under the new 00:33:48.734 --> 00:33:52.634 mixed-use zoning district that the council enacted following 00:33:52.634 --> 00:33:57.867 the 610 corridor development study. Uh, and finally 00:33:57.867 --> 00:34:00.567 Sandgrass Point is another new residential development on a 00:34:00.567 --> 00:34:04.734 former industrial site on Sixty-ninth Avenue that’ll have 00:34:04.734 --> 00:34:10.367 33 apartments and 11 town homes, looking ahead to 2025, uh, the 00:34:10.367 --> 00:34:13.400 planning commission will continue its core work of 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:16.934 receiving or reviewing land use applications and making 00:34:16.934 --> 00:34:19.734 recommendations to the city council, um, the commission 00:34:19.734 --> 00:34:23.100 will also be engaged in periodic training, um, land use 00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:26.300 and zoning topics, uh, and of course continuing the ongoing 00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:30.567 work of updating the zoning code. Work on the Northwest 00:34:30.567 --> 00:34:33.634 Growth area Plan will continue, as you know, uh, last week, the 00:34:33.634 --> 00:34:37.367 planning commission joined the city council, uh, for a 00:34:37.367 --> 00:34:40.000 discussion of that work and talking about moving it forward 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:44.200 to the next steps. Planet commission will continue to be 00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:47.467 a part of that conversation and advising on that plan through 00:34:47.467 --> 00:34:51.934 the plan’s completion this fall. Uh, and later this year, um, we 00:34:51.934 --> 00:34:55.867 expect to bring forward a proposal for allowing accessory 00:34:55.867 --> 00:34:58.367 dwelling units, uh, a topic that both the planning 00:34:58.367 --> 00:35:04.100 commission and click uh began talking about last year. Uh, so 00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:07.300 I believe that concludes. Yeah, that concludes the report. 00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:20.266 Happy to answer any questions. Any questions or? Oh, Councilor 00:35:20.266 --> 00:35:29.266 Merman Page. Thank you. Um, and so just help me with, uh, 00:35:29.266 --> 00:35:35.533 process and procedures. So I see the, if we go back to the 00:35:35.533 --> 00:35:40.400 um items that were identified for the two Apartments or 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:45.133 rental units. For the planning, is that what we has When is the 00:35:45.133 --> 00:35:50.634 point where we have discussions about actually doing um Homes 00:35:50.634 --> 00:35:56.934 that can be purchased. Versus more apartment complexes. Is 00:35:56.934 --> 00:36:00.767 that part of this planning commission work plan for 2025 00:36:00.767 --> 00:36:05.634 or how does, where does that come into play? Uh, Mayor 00:36:05.634 --> 00:36:08.734 Winston, Council Page members of the council. So you know, 00:36:08.734 --> 00:36:11.567 those, those two multi-family housing development projects 00:36:11.567 --> 00:36:16.166 that we highlighted in this, in this uh slide show, you know, 00:36:16.166 --> 00:36:18.900 we’re approved by the city council in 2024. So tho those 00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:21.000 are, I think, I think you understood that, but those are 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.100 approved, uh, they’re both working on getting their 00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:25.900 building permits and we should expect construction to begin 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:29.200 this year. You know, when it comes to planning for future 00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:33.200 developments, you know, what you’re seeing with um planning 00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:36.634 such as the Northwest Growth area. that’s really, uh, the 00:36:36.634 --> 00:36:40.634 time to engage on and make decisions about the type of 00:36:40.634 --> 00:36:43.467 development that will be allowed and encouraged in a 00:36:43.467 --> 00:36:46.567 particular area, uh, you know, that’s at the, the level of a 00:36:46.567 --> 00:36:50.000 geographic district. We also do that type of planning citywide 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:54.634 every 10 years through the, through the comprehensive plan. 00:36:54.634 --> 00:36:58.500 process, um, you know, when it comes to, uh, the, the what’s 00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:01.266 called the tenure or the, you know, ownership versus rental, 00:37:01.266 --> 00:37:04.934 uh, when it comes to housing, um, in most cases, you know, 00:37:04.934 --> 00:37:09.166 that’s really up to the private marketplace, you know, cities 00:37:09.166 --> 00:37:13.033 can’t use their their zoning authority to to dictate tenure, 00:37:13.033 --> 00:37:19.667 however, when it comes to um the when you have your economic 00:37:19.667 --> 00:37:22.900 development authority hats on, uh, in the case of, you know, 00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:25.734 disposing of land for EDA. own land for development, you know, 00:37:25.734 --> 00:37:30.266 that’s where there’s much more, more control, um, that the EDA 00:37:30.266 --> 00:37:33.667 can have over, over the nature of the development that that 00:37:33.667 --> 00:37:37.166 happens, um, so I, I hope that partially answers your question 00:37:37.166 --> 00:37:41.567 Council page. I think it does. I appreciate that and I keep, 00:37:41.567 --> 00:37:46.367 that’s why I didn’t say mayor, so thank you, mayor. Um, I 00:37:46.367 --> 00:37:48.634 forget the names were switching to all these meetings, so my 00:37:48.634 --> 00:37:57.634 apologies. So that’s under EDA. Um But then do you have? 00:37:57.634 --> 00:38:03.367 Current Does this group have currently approved additional 00:38:03.367 --> 00:38:07.867 apartment complexes that we don’t see those two. Um besides 00:38:07.867 --> 00:38:09.867 those Um besides two Mayor Winston, Council member page 00:38:09.867 --> 00:38:14.667 and members of the council, um, There those are the only two 00:38:14.667 --> 00:38:20.000 that were approved in 2024. There is one Outstanding 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:24.900 approval for an assisted living facility in West River Road, um, 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:29.033 that has approvals and it’s not yet constructed. I can’t think 00:38:29.033 --> 00:38:33.367 of any other, um, multi-families type. buildings 00:38:33.367 --> 00:38:36.634 that are in that, that are approved but not yet built so 00:38:36.634 --> 00:38:40.900 that everything else, um. is already on the ground. Thank 00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:54.867 you. All right, um, well, thank you for the, uh, making that 00:38:54.867 --> 00:39:00.634 presentation, uh, Director Muges, um, And uh I guess if 00:39:00.634 --> 00:39:03.266 there’s any further questions, folks, you can just follow up 00:39:03.266 --> 00:39:07.100 with you via email. So thank you. And then we’ll go ahead 00:39:07.100 --> 00:39:10.734 and move to the Oh, is there a, I guess there’s a motion on 00:39:10.734 --> 00:39:14.500 there, isn’t there? So, uh, I guess I go and make the motion. 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:18.233 Motion to accept the planning commission 2025 work plan. a 00:39:18.233 --> 00:39:23.667 second. All right, um. Somosa was made by myself, Mayor 00:39:23.667 --> 00:39:27.800 Winston, seconded by council member Erikson. Uh, we’ll need 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:33.033 a roll call votes. Item 32 council member Jean, I 00:39:33.033 --> 00:39:39.734 appreciate that. Thank you. Remember Paige? I Councilman 00:39:39.734 --> 00:39:47.533 McGarvey. Council member Tran. Councilman Erikson. Thank you. 00:39:47.533 --> 00:39:51.800 Mayor Winston. A motion passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no votes. 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:56.634 Thank you. So, so next we’ll move to the community 00:39:56.634 --> 00:39:59.367 long-range improvement commission 2023, 2024 annual 00:39:59.367 --> 00:40:04.834 report in 2024 work plan. Uh, thank you, Mayor, council 00:40:04.834 --> 00:40:07.900 members, um, uh, I am Mark Calver, the city engineer, 00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:11.300 normally, uh, Mitch Robinson, who is now the assistant city 00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:14.467 engineer and the liaison to the click, uh, commission would be 00:40:14.467 --> 00:40:16.900 up here making this presentation, but he is at home 00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:20.667 celebrating the birth of his daughter. Uh, which occurred a 00:40:20.667 --> 00:40:24.400 little earlier than he expected, uh, and I am doing the best 00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:29.467 that I can to fill his shoes in his absence, um, but in that 00:40:29.467 --> 00:40:36.734 role, uh, I am happy to introduce uh to Takoa Cochrane, 00:40:36.734 --> 00:40:42.000 um, who is the chair of the click here to present. Uh, the 00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:45.233 clicks, um, annual report and work plan and we will do our 00:40:45.233 --> 00:40:50.567 best to answer questions after this. Thank you. Thank you so 00:40:50.567 --> 00:40:53.400 much for filling in. You’ve done a really great job, um, 00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:56.634 good evening, Mr. Mayor, council. Uh, my name is Sakoa 00:40:56.634 --> 00:41:01.800 Cochran, and I’m here to present this plan to you. All 00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:04.734 right, so the community long range Improvement commission 00:41:04.734 --> 00:41:08.200 members study long term trends and make recommendations to the 00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:12.100 city council to improve to improvements to Brooklyn Park’s 00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:14.734 future. Click is the only commission specifically 00:41:14.734 --> 00:41:18.900 mentioned in the city charter 904. I’m sorry, Shelly I have 00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:22.734 to move you up here for a second. Issues range from 00:41:22.734 --> 00:41:25.800 promoting business development, making transit connections, use 00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:29.000 of social media and mobility technology and partnering with 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:32.300 groups in the community. The community long range 00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:34.567 Improvement Commission also reviews the city’s 00:41:34.567 --> 00:41:37.533 infrastructure planning, streets, sewers, and public 00:41:37.533 --> 00:41:41.266 buildings where public funds will be involved. The community 00:41:41.266 --> 00:41:43.934 long-range Improvement commission studies city 00:41:43.934 --> 00:41:46.233 department initiatives and processes to see if anything 00:41:46.233 --> 00:41:49.367 could be improved. This committee works with all 00:41:49.367 --> 00:41:51.033 departments and makes recommendations to the city if 00:41:51.033 --> 00:41:54.367 there are improvements that should be made to better meet 00:41:54.367 --> 00:42:12.834 the city, the needs of the city. Oh I’m sorry. to Shelly. Yeah, 00:42:12.834 --> 00:42:19.734 Mark, did you share it? I think it’s still, it’s, it’s lit up. 00:42:19.734 --> 00:42:49.634 Yeah. This one. Kind of start Thank you, Devon. All right. So 00:42:49.634 --> 00:42:52.200 we have a few subcommittees. Um, the first one I want to talk 00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:56.533 about is friendly and safe city for ages, um, the our statement, 00:42:56.533 --> 00:42:59.900 well our purpose is, um, people of all ages have the resources 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:02.400 that they need um to feel healthy and safe in our city. 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:05.634 What we do is we research projects and programs that 00:43:05.634 --> 00:43:08.867 promote safety and security for all ages, um, educational 00:43:08.867 --> 00:43:12.634 programs and conduct in conjunction with cannabis 00:43:12.634 --> 00:43:15.867 legalization, um, intergenerational and 00:43:15.867 --> 00:43:18.000 intercultural programming to bring different groups of 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:21.634 people together, uh, senior well-being and education around 00:43:21.634 --> 00:43:25.367 existing programs and mobility, um, there was an idea that we 00:43:25.367 --> 00:43:31.200 had right here that’s called um adopt a senior, um, and that’s 00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:32.634 basically where community members would just be teamed up 00:43:32.634 --> 00:43:35.667 with someone in the. Community, um, just to make sure that 00:43:35.667 --> 00:43:38.166 they’re receiving all the support they need and to bring 00:43:38.166 --> 00:43:44.634 back ideas to see how we can better support them. Strategic 00:43:44.634 --> 00:43:48.867 planning, um, The purpose is uh to support the city council and 00:43:48.867 --> 00:43:52.300 development of future long term plan community goals, um, that 00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:55.367 includes, uh, provide input on an upcoming future planning for 00:43:55.367 --> 00:43:59.100 the city, work with community engagement on outreach to 00:43:59.100 --> 00:44:02.266 residents and contractors to ensure equitable access to 00:44:02.266 --> 00:44:04.400 decision-making process, you know that these were some of 00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:10.200 the ideas that we had. And housing, um, advocating for 00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:12.367 creating and maintaining habitable and affordable 00:44:12.367 --> 00:44:15.000 housing to all residents, um, some of our ideas, what we came 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:18.934 up with are just researching and um and and defining HOA 00:44:18.934 --> 00:44:23.533 issues that have come across, uh, researched the establish 00:44:23.533 --> 00:44:26.200 establishment of a housing commission. We’re still working 00:44:26.200 --> 00:44:30.634 on how to make that happen, if we can make that happen, um, 00:44:30.634 --> 00:44:33.233 improvement on reporting tenant rights and violations. I know 00:44:33.233 --> 00:44:35.867 the city’s doing a really good job, but again, we’re just here 00:44:35.867 --> 00:44:39.533 to support any other ideas. or any other goals that the city 00:44:39.533 --> 00:44:43.467 may want to achieve, um, accessible and affordable 00:44:43.467 --> 00:44:46.100 housing for seniors. Um, I know that that is really limited 00:44:46.100 --> 00:44:49.767 here in Brooklyn Park. So again, um, any way that we can help 00:44:49.767 --> 00:44:52.934 the city with ideas and research to see what’s trending 00:44:52.934 --> 00:44:55.800 in other cities and see what we can bring back here to Brooklyn 00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:59.367 Park. Um, and then also just with, you know, the up well, 00:44:59.367 --> 00:45:02.533 the most recent issue with Huntington Place, um, we really 00:45:02.533 --> 00:45:05.667 want to be involved and um researching funding and just 00:45:05.667 --> 00:45:09.734 ways to support the Huntington Project. Another um, another 00:45:09.734 --> 00:45:14.266 apartment complexes here. So if you guys have any ideas or any 00:45:14.266 --> 00:45:16.467 requests or just anything that you guys would like for us to 00:45:16.467 --> 00:45:20.133 investigate and look into. That’s what we’re here for. 00:45:20.133 --> 00:45:24.467 Mobility To improve the pedestrian environment and 00:45:24.467 --> 00:45:28.634 infrastructure to encourage walking, biking, and transit. 00:45:28.634 --> 00:45:32.567 As a safe and accessible mode of transportation to Brooklyn 00:45:32.567 --> 00:45:36.133 Park. Um, that, that, that means making recommendations to 00:45:36.133 --> 00:45:40.467 improve the east-west mobility transit trails and sidewalks, 00:45:40.467 --> 00:45:43.100 um, engage development, transportation improvements, 00:45:43.100 --> 00:45:46.834 the BLE and 252 projects, um, the impacts on gentrification, 00:45:46.834 --> 00:45:50.734 rent levels, property tax, and housing policy and then 00:45:50.734 --> 00:45:53.834 identifying best practices for bike and pedal safety, 00:45:53.834 --> 00:45:57.200 including places for bikes, city rating programs, walk 00:45:57.200 --> 00:46:03.934 friendly communities, etc. Future planning. Promote the 00:46:03.934 --> 00:46:06.634 progress for increasing steps in the Green Step program 00:46:06.634 --> 00:46:11.634 review, comment and question how the CIPZEP supports Click’s 00:46:11.634 --> 00:46:16.200 work plan, um, and then environmental justice outreach 00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:20.000 for planning projects, provide inputs on organics recycling 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:24.734 programs and provide inputs on the Northwest area growth plan. 00:46:24.734 --> 00:46:35.934 And that is my report. Thank you for making a report, um. Uh, 00:46:35.934 --> 00:46:47.834 and, uh, core. Thank you, J. Um, Going door What you just say 00:46:47.834 --> 00:46:54.133 that um You will investigate into if the resident report. 00:46:54.133 --> 00:47:04.800 About, uh, housing or um Abused, right? Mhm So Um, what’s in the 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:10.300 process, like first, the case report to this. See the website? 00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:15.567 Yes, so like if we see um any areas for example where people 00:47:15.567 --> 00:47:18.734 don’t know how to connect um and and how to report and 00:47:18.734 --> 00:47:22.400 things like that like we will definitely um just alert the 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:25.634 city and just say, hey, maybe look, maybe we need to, you 00:47:25.634 --> 00:47:29.367 know, try this tactic or you know like we put flyers here or 00:47:29.367 --> 00:47:33.634 add this to a flyer or we might just you know inquire on, hey, 00:47:33.634 --> 00:47:36.800 how’s the door knocking going? or something like that, so we 00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:40.200 work with um all of the other commissions. And so just 00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:44.834 recently we had a meeting with the community. The community, 00:47:44.834 --> 00:47:49.667 um, Gosh, I can’t remember, um, the outreach, the community 00:47:49.667 --> 00:47:51.934 outreach here at Brooklyn Park, and they came in and gave us a 00:47:51.934 --> 00:47:55.533 demonstration and just sort of um let us know how the door 00:47:55.533 --> 00:47:58.367 knocking process was going and how the outreach process in 00:47:58.367 --> 00:48:06.734 general was going, so yeah. Thank you. Thank you. All right, 00:48:06.734 --> 00:48:10.000 I don’t, uh, I don’t have any further questions. I don’t see 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:14.367 any from the council, so um I’ll go ahead and make the 00:48:14.367 --> 00:48:20.100 motion to accept the community long range improvement 00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:23.266 commission 2025 work plan. So, uh, the motion was made by 00:48:23.266 --> 00:48:26.867 myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by a council member McGarvey. 00:48:26.867 --> 00:48:36.166 Uh, we will need a roll call. OK, this is for item 3B3. Uh 00:48:36.166 --> 00:48:44.734 council member Page. Bye. Darby Council member Tran. Council 00:48:44.734 --> 00:48:52.634 member Erikson. Council members young. Mayor Winston A motion 00:48:52.634 --> 00:48:56.400 passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no votes. Thank you, counsel. 00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:59.100 Thank you and thank you for again for taking the time to 00:48:59.100 --> 00:49:04.500 lead that and make the presentation. Um, we will. Next 00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:09.000 move and I, I, I, and uh, I’m not sure if you’re purposely 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:13.166 doing it or not. Council, but it’s not chair, it’s actually 00:49:13.166 --> 00:49:18.634 mayor or Uh, president, when we’re in the EDA so. I didn’t 00:49:18.634 --> 00:49:27.033 run for chair. So just making that clear. Say again. OK, 00:49:27.033 --> 00:49:31.934 hopefully you track. All right, so we’ll move to the um Consent 00:49:31.934 --> 00:49:38.667 agenda, uh, and I know that 4.6 was pulled. Um But is there a 00:49:38.667 --> 00:49:45.133 motion to approve the consent agenda. So moved. Second, so 00:49:45.133 --> 00:49:49.100 the motion was made by uh council member Erickson 00:49:49.100 --> 00:49:51.634 seconded by myself, Mayor Winston. Uh, we will need a 00:49:51.634 --> 00:49:59.634 roll call. OK. Council member Page. Bye. Remember McGarvey. 00:49:59.634 --> 00:50:06.000 Right Council member Tran. Council member Erickson. 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:11.934 Council member Jean Mayor Winston. Hi. motion passes with 00:50:11.934 --> 00:50:17.734 6 yes votes, 0 no votes. All right, so next we will move to 00:50:17.734 --> 00:50:26.266 item 4. 6. Let’s see. It proved a temporary on-sale legal 00:50:26.266 --> 00:50:32.133 license for Brooklyn Park L, uh, wait, no, I’m sorry. Um Here it 00:50:32.133 --> 00:50:36.934 is. Approve a THC and tobacco license for Puff Puff smokes 00:50:36.934 --> 00:50:41.467 LLC doing business as Buff Puff Smokes located at 7642 Brooklyn 00:50:41.467 --> 00:50:48.667 Boulevard, North Brooklyn Park, uh, 55443. Good evening, Mayor 00:50:48.667 --> 00:50:52.634 Winston, members of the council. Uh, my name is Jason Newby, uh, 00:50:52.634 --> 00:50:54.233 inspection environmental health manager, uh, stepping in for 00:50:54.233 --> 00:50:58.367 Keith Julie here. This is his item. Uh, as mentioned, yeah, 00:50:58.367 --> 00:51:02.867 this is item 4.6. It’s a new THC tobacco and uh THC license 00:51:02.867 --> 00:51:08.000 for this address at 7642 Brooklyn Boulevard. Uh, this, 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:10.367 uh, was previously a similar use, uh, with both license 00:51:10.367 --> 00:51:14.367 types under the name BP Spokeshop and uh they’re taking 00:51:14.367 --> 00:51:19.266 over ownership under the uh pop-up smokes LLC. Uh, first 00:51:19.266 --> 00:51:23.500 action is for approval of the new THC license at this 00:51:23.500 --> 00:51:27.133 location, uh, and then following that with the tobacco 00:51:27.133 --> 00:51:30.033 license as well at this time, uh, police and community 00:51:30.033 --> 00:51:32.667 development, uh have completed the background checks and 00:51:32.667 --> 00:51:35.400 recommend approval of this THC and tobacco license. I’ll stand 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:39.467 for questions. All right, um, We got a number of folks coming 00:51:39.467 --> 00:51:44.233 up, but just, I just wanna ask, uh, attorney Thompson before we 00:51:44.233 --> 00:51:47.400 jump into this. What’s some of the, um, Because this was 00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:50.800 legalized, right? So what’s some of the, the, uh, 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.934 underlying context for this or, you know, how, what are some of 00:51:53.934 --> 00:51:56.567 the outlines that the legislature put in place or 00:51:56.567 --> 00:51:59.200 that this law put in place and what do we have to honor and 00:51:59.200 --> 00:52:04.100 what don’t we have to honor as a city. Mr. Mayor, members of 00:52:04.100 --> 00:52:06.667 council, well, first thing to keep in mind, what’s for free 00:52:06.667 --> 00:52:13.000 you tonight is a THC license, not a cannabis license, and the 00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:16.567 distinguishable and um and um We can certainly address either 00:52:16.567 --> 00:52:20.634 one, but that’s what’s before you. This particular And Jason 00:52:20.634 --> 00:52:24.266 can correct me if I’m wrong, but this particular location or 00:52:24.266 --> 00:52:28.533 we had both the tobacco license and a THC license. This is a 00:52:28.533 --> 00:52:32.867 change in ownership, so it’s sim it’s simply changing the 00:52:32.867 --> 00:52:37.634 ownership of both these. The licenses will be issued to the 00:52:37.634 --> 00:52:41.000 new owners at the same premises that already had each of these 00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:46.667 two licenses, the tobacco and the THC, but this doesn’t 00:52:46.667 --> 00:52:49.266 relate to cannabis, um, I just wanted to make that distinction 00:52:49.266 --> 00:52:53.800 because Constantly whenever this comes up, it’s confused 00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:59.400 with that, um. But in terms of, uh, THC there’s also some just 00:52:59.400 --> 00:53:02.266 guidelines and stuff in terms of what we can and can’t accept 00:53:02.266 --> 00:53:05.266 as well. And I, I feel like every time one of these 00:53:05.266 --> 00:53:10.300 licenses comes up, we are revisiting this, um, and you 00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:13.867 correct me if I’m wrong, but this determination lies at the 00:53:13.867 --> 00:53:17.800 state level. So if we want to change kind of what TH not not 00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:21.867 what we do as a city, right? But the overarching law. So if 00:53:21.867 --> 00:53:25.800 we want to discuss the legality of THC, um. That’s something 00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:28.867 that we would have to petition the state for, right? If we 00:53:28.867 --> 00:53:31.533 wanted to change that overarching law in terms of 00:53:31.533 --> 00:53:35.667 what’s legal in in Minnesota or is that at the federal level? 00:53:35.667 --> 00:53:40.033 Well, this man, THC is allowed by state law. I actually, Mr. 00:53:40.033 --> 00:53:46.400 Newbi is probably more familiar with this than I am, but It’s 00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:50.867 not cannabis and yeah and it’s, and it’s allowed the city, uh, 00:53:50.867 --> 00:53:54.400 previously passed a, um, I believe it was an ordinance 00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:59.834 limiting the number of these to, I think it’s 15, uh, in each, 00:53:59.834 --> 00:54:03.567 um, district. So he placed a, a, a, a limitation on now, again, 00:54:03.567 --> 00:54:06.367 it’s a limitation on THC licenses, not a limitation on 00:54:06.367 --> 00:54:11.133 cannabis. It’s it’s a different issue, um, so the city already 00:54:11.133 --> 00:54:15.300 has regulated this, this. This is a lawful use and the city 00:54:15.300 --> 00:54:19.533 has the ability to license it, as it sees fit. Yeah, no, I 00:54:19.533 --> 00:54:22.200 just wanted to outline that because it seems as if In many 00:54:22.200 --> 00:54:26.133 ways, we’re still fighting that fight of is THC legal and then 00:54:26.133 --> 00:54:29.300 how many at the city. It has been legislated at the state 00:54:29.300 --> 00:54:32.867 level to say that it is legal and the city, we have already 00:54:32.867 --> 00:54:35.533 put some regulations in place for that, but it seems that 00:54:35.533 --> 00:54:38.834 every time these come, we are attempting to re-legislate this 00:54:38.834 --> 00:54:41.634 and there’s a couple of places we would have to re-legislate 00:54:41.634 --> 00:54:45.133 it, not only at the city, but at the state level if you’re 00:54:45.133 --> 00:54:48.266 concerned about the overall, um, legality of it. I just wanted 00:54:48.266 --> 00:54:51.133 to make sure that uh we had an understanding there and that it 00:54:51.133 --> 00:54:56.400 is also not cannabis because. regarding cannabis, um, uh, 00:54:56.400 --> 00:55:00.800 That is a whole different item at the state. Um, so if you 00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:03.367 wanted to, to, I’m actually gonna, now that I think about 00:55:03.367 --> 00:55:08.734 it, recuse myself from this piece, but, um, Who’s the, 00:55:08.734 --> 00:55:11.200 who’s the post so I’m gonna like council member Eriksson do 00:55:11.200 --> 00:55:14.533 this piece, but, um, council member Tran is up and then you 00:55:14.533 --> 00:55:21.000 have yourself. So I forgot about it. I don’t have to. Just 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:35.867 to simplify it. Councilmantrain. Oh yeah, I love yeah. I didn’t. 00:55:35.867 --> 00:55:46.667 Um Hi Jason, I I just um Have a question I’d be, uh, I believe 00:55:46.667 --> 00:55:59.500 that the um The How, how do you, um, Uh put in the The address 00:55:59.500 --> 00:56:07.934 onto the district because I, I find We, uh, location. That 00:56:07.934 --> 00:56:12.233 It’s, it seemed like in the West district, but here it’s, 00:56:12.233 --> 00:56:20.200 it’s at the central. in the Reverse, and then this one new. 00:56:20.200 --> 00:56:25.033 So I just want to uh clarification so that we have a 00:56:25.033 --> 00:56:29.400 correct number. Of the business because we have 15, is the 00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:39.934 limit. And Can, can you tell me the 1 9495 Noble Parkway. Is 00:56:39.934 --> 00:56:49.100 that um The, the location is 55443. And it central, it does. 00:56:49.100 --> 00:56:53.500 Correct? Mayor Protem Erikson, Council member Chan, um, I 00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:58.133 would have to look at, uh, the, the, the council districts or 00:56:58.133 --> 00:57:00.000 how they’re differentiate differentiated, uh, we can 00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:03.033 verify we’re not at the 15 level, so we can switch. Some 00:57:03.033 --> 00:57:07.200 of these, if they’re certainly geographically misplaced. I 00:57:07.200 --> 00:57:10.567 have to defer to Keith and his team, but uh we can certainly 00:57:10.567 --> 00:57:13.166 come back with, with the response to make sure that this 00:57:13.166 --> 00:57:16.767 isn’t, I would even offer uh an opportunity to map it as well 00:57:16.767 --> 00:57:24.233 for you. So, um, then I, I, I put more, another one. 9334 00:57:24.233 --> 00:57:31.867 Zane Avenue. And then 9570 Noble Parkway. And then this 00:57:31.867 --> 00:57:40.800 one. Pop up. 7642 Brooklyn Boulevard. It just to correct 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:44.567 the, the total number so that we know how much in the 00:57:44.567 --> 00:57:52.100 district right now. We have 15 limit. And you know, Thank you 00:57:52.100 --> 00:57:59.000 for that correction. We’ll look into it. Thank you. Thank you. 00:57:59.000 --> 00:58:12.000 So, If no more question. I can make a motion. I want to make a 00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:24.100 motion. Um To approve the Haro DSC license for smoke. Uh, 00:58:24.100 --> 00:58:28.000 located at 7642 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Park, 55443. 00:58:28.000 --> 00:58:40.100 And second motion to approve. Abao license for, uh, located 00:58:40.100 --> 00:58:51.667 at 7642 Park. Brooklyn Boulevard. Torney Thompson, is 00:58:51.667 --> 00:58:56.100 it fine to take both of these as one motion. Uh, it’s fine. 00:58:56.100 --> 00:58:58.834 You can adapt both of them at the same motion, that’s fine. 00:58:58.834 --> 00:59:06.300 All right, uh, roll call, please. OK. Item 4.6. Council 00:59:06.300 --> 00:59:13.734 member McGarvey. Council member Tran. Council member Erikson. 00:59:13.734 --> 00:59:18.533 Me pro Tim Erickson, I’m sorry, uh, council member John. 00:59:18.533 --> 00:59:25.634 Council member Page. I The motion passes with 5 yes votes, 00:59:25.634 --> 00:59:38.266 0 no votes. Um, the next agenda item while we’re waiting for 00:59:38.266 --> 00:59:43.266 the mayor to return is a general action item 7.1, um, if 00:59:43.266 --> 00:59:59.900 you want to. the podium presentation. Yeah Exhilarating? 00:59:59.900 --> 01:00:12.734 Absolutely. All right, so next we’ll go ahead and move to item. 01:00:12.734 --> 01:00:18.300 7.1 resolution ordering the abatement of hazardous property 01:00:18.300 --> 01:00:24.200 and public nuisance. Located at 91155 Irving Avenue North. Good 01:00:24.200 --> 01:00:27.033 evening, Mayor Winston and council members. I’m Michelle 01:00:27.033 --> 01:00:30.133 Peterson. I’m the neighborhood Health supervisor in our 01:00:30.133 --> 01:00:32.166 environmental health division in the community development 01:00:32.166 --> 01:00:43.033 department. show. Jes Yes Although I’m not driving 01:00:43.033 --> 01:00:54.233 apparently. Alright. One second. I’m one technical difficulty 01:00:54.233 --> 01:01:00.533 you’re trying to get to full screen. Right There we go. All 01:01:00.533 --> 01:01:03.800 right, some quick background on the case, uh, this is an 01:01:03.800 --> 01:01:09.567 environmental health case that started, um, In April of 2017, 01:01:09.567 --> 01:01:13.367 based on a complaint regarding items in exterior storage at 01:01:13.367 --> 01:01:17.200 9115 Irving Avenue North, uh, the first inspection was, uh, 01:01:17.200 --> 01:01:20.867 completed on May 3rd of 2017, and my most recent inspection 01:01:20.867 --> 01:01:27.200 on site was February 14th of 2025. Um, there were several 01:01:27.200 --> 01:01:30.400 barriers to gaining compliance um on this property, which 01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:33.667 included just the amount and variety of items that are 01:01:33.667 --> 01:01:36.367 stored here along with uh the property went through an 01:01:36.367 --> 01:01:39.934 extended probate. Um, there were some medical issues with 01:01:39.934 --> 01:01:43.133 the property owners and also uh COVID did provide some setbacks. 01:01:43.133 --> 01:01:52.266 Um, we’ve tried, uh, both traditional and non-traditional 01:01:52.266 --> 01:01:56.100 methods to bring property into compliance, um, so some of the 01:01:56.100 --> 01:01:58.867 non-traditional methods that we tried, uh, we used, uh, 01:01:58.867 --> 01:02:02.467 sentenced to serve to actually help build out loads, and that 01:02:02.467 --> 01:02:06.767 occurred on September 18th of 2019. Um, the goal was to help, 01:02:06.767 --> 01:02:09.934 uh, facilitate the load build out, uh, so that they can just 01:02:09.934 --> 01:02:14.233 be hauled out on the trailers that they were loaded onto, um, 01:02:14.233 --> 01:02:18.000 we also worked on a mediation agreement on December 19th, 01:02:18.000 --> 01:02:22.200 2019, um, it was part of an appeal hearing for a citation 01:02:22.200 --> 01:02:24.400 that was issued, um, the property owners had admitted to 01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:27.634 the violations and did propose a plan to correct the 01:02:27.634 --> 01:02:31.800 violations. Um, they were to be corrected by June 15th of 2020 01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:36.634 and then um COVID did uh present itself that spring. Um, 01:02:36.634 --> 01:02:38.767 the total number of complaints that we received about the 01:02:38.767 --> 01:02:44.634 current state of the property is at 21 right now. Um, one of 01:02:44.634 --> 01:02:46.467 the traditional methods of trying to bring the property 01:02:46.467 --> 01:02:51.000 into compliance so we did try in addition to the correction 01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:55.367 orders and uh citation, um, was a formal criminal complaint, uh, 01:02:55.367 --> 01:03:00.100 that was requested on March 22nd of 2022. Um, I did 01:03:00.100 --> 01:03:02.867 continue meetings and check-ins with the property owners, uh, 01:03:02.867 --> 01:03:10.734 throughout that time. Um, and I wanted to take a moment to 01:03:10.734 --> 01:03:13.000 discuss the difference between a formal complaint and a civil 01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:16.100 complaint, which is what this resolution is before you today. 01:03:16.100 --> 01:03:20.367 So in a formal complaint, um, that goes through the head of 01:03:20.367 --> 01:03:23.734 County Criminal Court, um, and that results in either a guilty 01:03:23.734 --> 01:03:30.467 or a non. Not guilty, uh, plea or verdict, um, and the level 01:03:30.467 --> 01:03:33.133 that that serves is just a petty misdemeanor or a 01:03:33.133 --> 01:03:35.266 misdemeanor. It does still require that the property 01:03:35.266 --> 01:03:38.533 owners bring the property voluntarily into compliance to 01:03:38.533 --> 01:03:42.734 remove the violations and uh in the criminal courts, there’s no 01:03:42.734 --> 01:03:47.000 mechanism to force compliance. So before you tonight is gonna 01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:50.467 be a resolution for an abatement. Um, this is actually 01:03:50.467 --> 01:03:54.467 a civil complaint, uh, which can lead to a judgment, um, to 01:03:54.467 --> 01:04:00.500 achieve compliance. via a court order. Um, this. City code 01:04:00.500 --> 01:04:03.634 authorized abatement actions that are available to us are 01:04:03.634 --> 01:04:07.500 actually not for violations of this size or scope, um, and it 01:04:07.500 --> 01:04:10.166 is outside the ability of what our current abatement 01:04:10.166 --> 01:04:13.367 contractors that we have on contract can complete. Um, this 01:04:13.367 --> 01:04:17.500 does require a city council approval and it probably 01:04:17.500 --> 01:04:24.000 represents the best option for compliance. This process 01:04:24.000 --> 01:04:30.100 utilizes Minnesota state statute 463.15 through 463.461, 01:04:30.100 --> 01:04:33.300 um, and it, the statute is very specific about the steps that 01:04:33.300 --> 01:04:38.133 need to be taken to get to and through the process, um, so it 01:04:38.133 --> 01:04:42.000 requires the council to adopt the resolution, um, our 01:04:42.000 --> 01:04:45.634 attorney drafts the order for abatement, and then the order 01:04:45.634 --> 01:04:49.867 is served on the owners and landholders of record, um, the 01:04:49.867 --> 01:04:53.667 order is then filed in district court. This allows the owner 20 01:04:53.667 --> 01:04:57.467 days to respond to the owner and so they can still comply 01:04:57.467 --> 01:05:00.200 within this amount of time, or they can contest the owner, the 01:05:00.200 --> 01:05:08.533 order. Um, if the owners do not contest the owner of the city 01:05:08.533 --> 01:05:11.800 can ask for a judgment to proceed with the cleanup. If 01:05:11.800 --> 01:05:14.400 the owners contest the order, there’s a court date that will 01:05:14.400 --> 01:05:19.266 be scheduled uh to determine if the city can move forward and 01:05:19.266 --> 01:05:23.467 obtain a judgment, um, to proceed with the cleanup and 01:05:23.467 --> 01:05:26.667 the costs associated with getting this judgment would be 01:05:26.667 --> 01:05:28.800 assessed to the property, and that would include legal fees 01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:38.367 and the abatement costs. Uh, so quickly just want to uh show 01:05:38.367 --> 01:05:42.734 the scope of um what is on the property, um, this is the Ariel 01:05:42.734 --> 01:05:50.200 from 2015, um, so two years prior to uh the case starting. 01:05:50.200 --> 01:05:54.533 And this is the Ariel from 2014. It’s a little more difficult to 01:05:54.533 --> 01:05:57.734 see, just as there was more tree cover at the time that the 01:05:57.734 --> 01:06:01.033 aerial was taken, um, there’s still a number of vehicles and 01:06:01.033 --> 01:06:05.734 items, uh, stored in the yard. Um, and then these are 01:06:05.734 --> 01:06:09.000 photographs from the most recent inspection, which was 01:06:09.000 --> 01:06:13.233 completed on February 14th, um, so this is just simply a shot 01:06:13.233 --> 01:06:19.000 from the street, uh, looking to the west at the property. And 01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:25.400 then these next um Photographs are from the uh north side of 01:06:25.400 --> 01:06:29.133 the property. Um, I did walk with the property owner and he 01:06:29.133 --> 01:06:34.467 did grant permission to take the photos. Um So just as we’re 01:06:34.467 --> 01:06:36.634 moving along along the north side of the property and 01:06:36.634 --> 01:06:50.033 looking back to the south. And this final shot is from 01:06:50.033 --> 01:06:52.767 approximately the middle of the property, looking back to the 01:06:52.767 --> 01:06:59.367 east, back towards the house into the street. So staff’s 01:06:59.367 --> 01:07:01.734 recommendation tonight is to adopt the resolution and allow 01:07:01.734 --> 01:07:04.634 the order of abatement to proceed through the enforcement 01:07:04.634 --> 01:07:07.667 of a judgment with Hennepin County courts in accordance 01:07:07.667 --> 01:07:11.533 with Minnesota State statute 463. Uh,, 1 of the property 01:07:11.533 --> 01:07:15.634 owners is here tonight and would like the opportunity to 01:07:15.634 --> 01:07:18.266 um speak to the council and may also be able to answer some 01:07:18.266 --> 01:07:24.100 questions. All right, thank you for that, uh, presentation and 01:07:24.100 --> 01:07:28.033 then, uh, Before we had any questions, uh, I guess you’re 01:07:28.033 --> 01:07:32.100 the property owner, so if you want to just say your name. 01:07:32.100 --> 01:07:34.467 When you’re up there, uh, just say your name and then, you 01:07:34.467 --> 01:07:40.133 know, uh, I guess, speak to, to some, to speak to the staff 01:07:40.133 --> 01:07:42.100 recommendation or the overall context that we’re dealing with. 01:07:42.100 --> 01:07:52.634 Uh, I’ll answer any questions you guys got. You know, I, I 01:07:52.634 --> 01:07:55.367 guess, you know, staff is asking us to go in this 01:07:55.367 --> 01:08:00.467 particular Direction which is legal and you know, it goes in 01:08:00.467 --> 01:08:06.467 the civil route, um. I guess my question is, Do you agree with 01:08:06.467 --> 01:08:12.200 that or disagree with it? Why is it conditioned up again. 01:08:12.200 --> 01:08:17.634 I’ve been working on getting the place cleaned up. And there 01:08:17.634 --> 01:08:25.734 is the next court date is May, no. Apogra, May 12th. district 01:08:25.734 --> 01:08:32.000 court. And again, I guess I would ask, um, You know, 01:08:32.000 --> 01:08:36.166 Michelle, uh, what How long have we been at this having 01:08:36.166 --> 01:08:44.834 this conversation? Mayor Winston, um, this is, uh, 01:08:44.834 --> 01:08:48.634 approaching 8 years in, at the end of April of this year, um, 01:08:48.634 --> 01:08:51.734 and there are actually the court date that Mr. Fauche is 01:08:51.734 --> 01:08:54.634 referring to is that there’s also a criminal court process 01:08:54.634 --> 01:08:59.200 occurring at the same time as this civil court process, so 01:08:59.200 --> 01:09:07.867 his next criminal court date is May 12th. OK. And get before I 01:09:07.867 --> 01:09:11.467 go any further, were there any questions from council members? 01:09:11.467 --> 01:09:24.400 Councilman Tran. Hi, uh, my question. Uh, for Michelle, uh, 01:09:24.400 --> 01:09:29.033 when this the photo take? The photo of the to show the 01:09:29.033 --> 01:09:32.367 property when, when it take. Yep, uh, Mayor Winston, Council 01:09:32.367 --> 01:09:37.000 member Tran, the photos shown in the presentation are from 01:09:37.000 --> 01:09:40.400 February 14th of 2025. So approximately a month ago. So 01:09:40.400 --> 01:09:46.133 very new. Yes. And my next question for uh property owner. 01:09:46.133 --> 01:09:54.734 Uh, what’s your name, sir? Max. MAX. Um Is, is there a reason 01:09:54.734 --> 01:10:00.767 that um you cannot Um, clean the Now I can’t before I 01:10:00.767 --> 01:10:07.634 couldn’t, so. It, it’s been a long time. Yeah, I know So How 01:10:07.634 --> 01:10:12.000 long do you think that you can, I just got done showing 01:10:12.000 --> 01:10:14.634 Michelle that everything in the yard is up for sale, so I’m 01:10:14.634 --> 01:10:17.567 trying to get rid of it that way. I won’t lose a lot of 01:10:17.567 --> 01:10:23.166 money. And if they scrap it out don’t want to make a, a few 01:10:23.166 --> 01:10:32.133 dollars instead of So for a year? Oh it’s, it was pretty 01:10:32.133 --> 01:10:37.033 messy for many years, you can, you should have more in more in 01:10:37.033 --> 01:10:40.166 the more in yard when we sold things first started. So there 01:10:40.166 --> 01:10:50.500 was progress made over the years. You know, could affect 01:10:50.500 --> 01:10:59.934 the Environment health. And, and For how many years that the 01:10:59.934 --> 01:11:03.634 city staff been, you know, back and forth, uh, working with you, 01:11:03.634 --> 01:11:12.133 you could have done the selling though and unnecessary item. 01:11:12.133 --> 01:11:17.934 Say that again. It’s been uh many years that You know, you 01:11:17.934 --> 01:11:26.533 could have a been selling them. I’ve had stuff posted. This is 01:11:26.533 --> 01:11:32.400 the last of what original it was, let’s put it that way. So 01:11:32.400 --> 01:11:37.467 we’re down to this instead of this. If that makes any sense 01:11:37.467 --> 01:11:49.634 to you? But thank you for your answer. Uh, council member Page. 01:11:49.634 --> 01:12:05.000 Thank you, Mayor. Um, I would ask. Michelle, um, So when we, 01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:11.867 if the council so Um, adopt the resolution and allows the order 01:12:11.867 --> 01:12:15.133 of abatement to proceed and that all goes through. Does 01:12:15.133 --> 01:12:20.934 that remove the civil Action for the May 12th court date, or 01:12:20.934 --> 01:12:23.000 can you just explain that to me just so I can understand it and 01:12:23.000 --> 01:12:27.367 then I do have a secondary question for the homeowner. But 01:12:27.367 --> 01:12:32.200 can we address that one first. Yeah Mayor Winston, Council 01:12:32.200 --> 01:12:38.667 member Page, um, so we can if we move forward with the um 01:12:38.667 --> 01:12:42.367 abatement order resolution for the abatement order, we could 01:12:42.367 --> 01:12:44.467 certainly make the request that the criminal charges be 01:12:44.467 --> 01:12:51.734 dismissed. OK. And then Max for the homeowner, um, I apologize 01:12:51.734 --> 01:12:57.266 for not being there in person, um. How far do you want it to 01:12:57.266 --> 01:13:01.800 go? It’s been through 2017. Um, I’m sure there’s a lot of 01:13:01.800 --> 01:13:08.000 layers to this. I’m sure there’s good reasons, um. But 01:13:08.000 --> 01:13:11.233 this is a place where the city can step in and help out, so 01:13:11.233 --> 01:13:16.000 what, what is your goal by keeping this going? What is, 01:13:16.000 --> 01:13:20.767 what’s, what’s been your goal for not complying sooner so I 01:13:20.767 --> 01:13:23.900 can just understand where you’re, where your direction is. 01:13:23.900 --> 01:13:39.000 Um I’m stumped What’s that? My goal is to have everything done 01:13:39.000 --> 01:13:44.266 by The next day So everything gets dropped at that point in 01:13:44.266 --> 01:13:51.233 time, the way I understand it. Have you, let me just ask you, 01:13:51.233 --> 01:13:55.467 um, and I appreciate you being here and answering these 01:13:55.467 --> 01:13:58.133 questions to have you said that in the past. Have you given 01:13:58.133 --> 01:14:01.467 other dates where you’ve said, OK, by this date I’ll get it 01:14:01.467 --> 01:14:04.000 done and then prolonged that over and over. Has that been 01:14:04.000 --> 01:14:07.266 multiple dates where you’ve done that? I’ve been trying to 01:14:07.266 --> 01:14:10.100 make progress over the years, and I did make a big 01:14:10.100 --> 01:14:14.133 improvement. couldn’t walk from, see what happens. My parents 01:14:14.133 --> 01:14:17.100 passed away and then Then that’s when all the stuff I 01:14:17.100 --> 01:14:23.200 actually started it up. Sure. And what year was that? I’m 01:14:23.200 --> 01:14:28.533 sorry about your parents. OK, so it’s, it’s been some time. 01:14:28.533 --> 01:14:31.100 Um, I appreciate you answering my questions. That’s all I have. 01:14:31.100 --> 01:14:42.934 Councilman Joan. Thank you, Mayor. um. I see that you 01:14:42.934 --> 01:14:46.100 didn’t agree to go through with this, the restorative court 01:14:46.100 --> 01:14:52.734 process, and with that it was also offered, um, A social 01:14:52.734 --> 01:14:55.867 worker to assist with the voluntary cleanup. Can I ask 01:14:55.867 --> 01:15:00.533 when that was? Um, when it was denied and. I don’t remember 01:15:00.533 --> 01:15:07.100 the Mayor Winston, Council member Zhang, um, the 01:15:07.100 --> 01:15:10.867 restorative court offer was through this current, um, 01:15:10.867 --> 01:15:15.200 criminal formal complaint that was refiled in August, um, and 01:15:15.200 --> 01:15:18.734 there were a number of different, uh, court hearings 01:15:18.734 --> 01:15:22.400 for specifically for restorative court with some 01:15:22.400 --> 01:15:25.800 extensions and ultimately I believe it was in December, um, 01:15:25.800 --> 01:15:30.166 that Mr. Faust did not, uh, Accept the restorative court. 01:15:30.166 --> 01:15:34.834 So at this point, that’s no longer an option. Thank you. 01:15:34.834 --> 01:15:42.300 Can I, um, ask why? Uh, there, I can’t really answer that 01:15:42.300 --> 01:15:54.033 question at this point in time. OK. Uh, so, you know, here’s 01:15:54.033 --> 01:15:56.634 what I would say. I think the city, you know, we’ve been 01:15:56.634 --> 01:15:58.634 having more and more discussions about just litter 01:15:58.634 --> 01:16:00.667 and different things throughout the community, so we’re we’re 01:16:00.667 --> 01:16:04.200 looking to move in a, in a particular direction. From my 01:16:04.200 --> 01:16:11.834 understanding that if we do Um adopt this resolution, um, that 01:16:11.834 --> 01:16:15.000 gives you some time. Some leeway to get this cleared up. 01:16:15.000 --> 01:16:19.634 And if by the time you’ve gotten that done, then, um, 01:16:19.634 --> 01:16:23.300 It’ll get dropped, right? Or if substantial progress has been 01:16:23.300 --> 01:16:27.533 made, maybe it will give some leeway on things, but I, I 01:16:27.533 --> 01:16:33.734 think that uh there needs to be Uh Something that is pushing 01:16:33.734 --> 01:16:37.200 you a little bit to, to move this process along because the 01:16:37.200 --> 01:16:40.500 the city has been Working with you, and I think they’ve even 01:16:40.500 --> 01:16:45.367 given more leeway than normal, um. Excuse me, and they brought 01:16:45.367 --> 01:16:48.934 some outside resources. So I would be inclined to, well, I’m 01:16:48.934 --> 01:16:54.467 gonna make the motion, um, to to have this resolution with 01:16:54.467 --> 01:16:58.133 the understanding that you will have time to get things in 01:16:58.133 --> 01:17:01.367 order before uh action has actually taken or it’s it’s, it 01:17:01.367 --> 01:17:06.200 actually shows up in court. Um, so, uh, I’ll make a motion to 01:17:06.200 --> 01:17:09.867 waive the reading and adopt resolution 2025 ordering the 01:17:09.867 --> 01:17:13.367 abatement of hazardous property and public nuisance located at 01:17:13.367 --> 01:17:18.800 9115 Irving Avenue north. Is there a second, so the motion 01:17:18.800 --> 01:17:21.800 was made by myself, Mayor Winston, seconded by Councilman 01:17:21.800 --> 01:17:28.000 McGarvey. Uh, we will need a roll call. OK. Item 7.1. 01:17:28.000 --> 01:17:36.133 Council member Tran. Council member Eriksson. Councilman 01:17:36.133 --> 01:17:43.467 Marjean. OK. Council member Page. I Council member McGarvey. 01:17:43.467 --> 01:17:50.000 Mayor Winston. I, the motion passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no 01:17:50.000 --> 01:17:53.533 votes. All right, thank you, and then thank you, um. You 01:17:53.533 --> 01:17:56.400 know, thank you for showing and saying your piece. Uh, thank 01:17:56.400 --> 01:17:59.667 you, uh, Michelle for, for making the presentation or Miss 01:17:59.667 --> 01:18:03.266 Miss Peterson for making the, um, presentation and for 01:18:03.266 --> 01:18:06.000 working on this. I think, uh, now that this is in place, 01:18:06.000 --> 01:18:09.667 anything, if, if the city can help in a reasonable fashion, I 01:18:09.667 --> 01:18:14.033 think we would like to do so, but, uh, you know, the clock is 01:18:14.033 --> 01:18:17.367 ticking now, um, but there is time to get this fixed before 01:18:17.367 --> 01:18:21.000 it gets to court. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time 01:18:21.000 --> 01:18:30.467 to come, however. Um, all right, so, And in this paper. Just 01:18:30.467 --> 01:18:36.467 let’s just. Oh, all right. So moving on to Amity council 01:18:36.467 --> 01:18:50.900 reports, um, or updates. Remember Tran. I want to report 01:18:50.900 --> 01:19:02.467 that uh. On Friday, um, I went to the Me your um metropolitan 01:19:02.467 --> 01:19:08.367 Interfaith culture on affordable housing. Um Have a 01:19:08.367 --> 01:19:16.000 good time to um, listened to on the uh the work that uh the 01:19:16.000 --> 01:19:20.800 housing committee have been doing for our people, um, on 01:19:20.800 --> 01:19:26.033 behalf of the, you know, homelessness people. Uh, I will 01:19:26.033 --> 01:19:31.367 post the um The reason that they provide uh the, the work 01:19:31.367 --> 01:19:40.900 that they done for 2025 policy um on Facebook, uh, it just Uh, 01:19:40.900 --> 01:19:50.000 thank you for um, These um organization and uh legislator 01:19:50.000 --> 01:19:55.400 who working for um on on behalf of the homeless people. And um 01:19:55.400 --> 01:20:00.667 the second in in the same day in the afternoon, evening, I 01:20:00.667 --> 01:20:06.800 went to Jane Wood for the um Uh, and the, uh, violent for the 01:20:06.800 --> 01:20:14.033 youth. And uh. Enjoy a very good time with them, you know, 01:20:14.033 --> 01:20:22.533 they play low uh bingo they play other game and uh Thank 01:20:22.533 --> 01:20:34.834 you for Cindy and Cindy Hu and Katie and the Um Nisha. Uh, 01:20:34.834 --> 01:20:39.900 community leader who was there to volunteer to have the kids 01:20:39.900 --> 01:20:50.934 and uh There was another person, Katie, no, Chen Yi she is at 01:20:50.934 --> 01:20:55.166 the department director of Hannabin County Attorney Office. 01:20:55.166 --> 01:21:04.166 Also, They are with us. Um Thank you very much for on uh 01:21:04.166 --> 01:21:08.400 *** on that day. And um I, I love to be with the kids so 01:21:08.400 --> 01:21:15.867 much that I decided that I will try to be there once a week, um, 01:21:15.867 --> 01:21:27.667 from 3 to 4 to to help them with homework. In the future. 01:21:27.667 --> 01:21:37.033 Because remember Paige? Thank you, Mayor. Uh, being aligned 01:21:37.033 --> 01:21:42.100 with my good news section of my report, I want to do uh extend 01:21:42.100 --> 01:21:45.800 my gratitude once again to the city staff for their diligence 01:21:45.800 --> 01:21:48.867 in addressing the matters, um, and their continued 01:21:48.867 --> 01:21:52.266 responsiveness to the needs of our residents as well as the 01:21:52.266 --> 01:21:54.033 request of this council, um, to the mayor, to the council 01:21:54.033 --> 01:21:57.133 members. I want to express my support for the protocol and 01:21:57.133 --> 01:22:02.000 respect for our earned offices. I deeply regret not knowing 01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:05.100 which words to say at the time, but I am learning and I have 01:22:05.100 --> 01:22:09.367 respect for the office that you um were elected to, so I just 01:22:09.367 --> 01:22:13.634 want to give your, give my support for your statements, um, 01:22:13.634 --> 01:22:19.467 and I’d also like to um thank the council members that spent 01:22:19.467 --> 01:22:23.233 extra um calls. We had many, many calls in the last week 01:22:23.233 --> 01:22:24.867 over important decisions, and I just want to thank each one of 01:22:24.867 --> 01:22:28.734 you for taking the time to answer my questions and take my 01:22:28.734 --> 01:22:36.200 calls, and I appreciate that synergy. Thank you. um, Council 01:22:36.200 --> 01:22:44.000 member McGarvey. Thank you, Mayor, and Thank you for those 01:22:44.000 --> 01:22:49.867 Kind words to everyone, council member Page, um, I have two 01:22:49.867 --> 01:22:54.867 things. One, being an old rocker that I am. Uh, none of 01:22:54.867 --> 01:23:00.734 us had anything to do with it. But, uh Joseph Charles Mollin, 01:23:00.734 --> 01:23:04.800 Joey Mullin. was born in Liverpool, England. It was a 01:23:04.800 --> 01:23:08.567 member of the band Badfinger, which happened to be the very 01:23:08.567 --> 01:23:13.367 first band that was signed to the Beatles’ Apple label. Uh 01:23:13.367 --> 01:23:17.634 died, he lived here in Saint Louis Park, and what his 01:23:17.634 --> 01:23:22.000 funeral was held in Brooklyn Park last Friday. Um, so he was 01:23:22.000 --> 01:23:25.634 77 years old. So we had a piece of history here in Brooklyn 01:23:25.634 --> 01:23:30.400 Park, piece of rock and roll history. Um, I didn’t know 01:23:30.400 --> 01:23:33.734 until after it happened either. My wife went. Didn’t tell me. 01:23:33.734 --> 01:23:38.934 Um, Doggone it. Second thing I’d like to, to bring up is, uh, 01:23:38.934 --> 01:23:47.533 I was honored. To be invited Uh, to the 90th or celebration of 01:23:47.533 --> 01:23:52.900 the Dalai Lama’s His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, 01:23:52.900 --> 01:23:54.667 which was a ceremony that took place today at the state 01:23:54.667 --> 01:23:59.367 Capitol. Again, I was honored to be invited and I attended as 01:23:59.367 --> 01:24:04.100 a city council member from Brooklyn Park. I just like to I 01:24:04.100 --> 01:24:10.467 think those that made that possible and Uh, wish the His 01:24:10.467 --> 01:24:14.800 is His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, a very happy 90th birthday. And 01:24:14.800 --> 01:24:20.133 that is all. Thank you. And that’s quite an honor. May not 01:24:20.133 --> 01:24:22.734 have got invited, not got invited because there’s not 01:24:22.734 --> 01:24:26.266 enough peace in my spirit yet, but I’m I’m I’m aiming for it. 01:24:26.266 --> 01:24:34.767 I’m, I’m working on it. Council members young. Thank you, Mayor. 01:24:34.767 --> 01:24:40.934 Um, just wanted to highlight that this week, this Friday 01:24:40.934 --> 01:24:43.667 actually March 28th, um, is Black Youth Mental Health Day 01:24:43.667 --> 01:24:47.266 at the Capitol, and it’s actually being led by Brooklyn 01:24:47.266 --> 01:24:51.000 Bridge Alliance for Youth. Um, so we really wanted to 01:24:51.000 --> 01:24:54.834 highlight that, um, and they’re gonna be there uplifting, 01:24:54.834 --> 01:24:58.100 identified policy priorities from the reimagined black youth 01:24:58.100 --> 01:25:01.667 mental Health Initiative, um, and these policies would 01:25:01.667 --> 01:25:03.934 disrupt black youth suicide and improve mental health and 01:25:03.934 --> 01:25:10.567 well-being. So, um, I’m gonna be there. Yeah Mayor’s gonna be 01:25:10.567 --> 01:25:15.133 there, um, showing support for our youth, um, and also that 01:25:15.133 --> 01:25:18.467 same day is actually that the National Youth Leadership 01:25:18.467 --> 01:25:22.000 Council, um, at the River Center as well too. Um, we’re 01:25:22.000 --> 01:25:25.266 going to be highlighting um some of our empowering youth 01:25:25.266 --> 01:25:28.467 throughout the nation and so it’s gonna be a big week for 01:25:28.467 --> 01:25:33.734 youth, yeah. So I can’t go to all of it, but I will be at 01:25:33.734 --> 01:25:40.667 some of it, yeah, that was it. Councilor Mary McGarvey. Mhm 01:25:40.667 --> 01:25:45.734 Thank you, Mary, and I apologize. I Meant to send 01:25:45.734 --> 01:25:50.367 condolences to the Mullen family, as well as celebrating 01:25:50.367 --> 01:25:54.166 the fact that uh we had that happen here in our city, but 01:25:54.166 --> 01:25:57.800 truly condolences to the Mullen family around the world and all 01:25:57.800 --> 01:26:02.266 the fans of Badfinger. Thank you. And just, um, I know that 01:26:02.266 --> 01:26:04.867 is iftar for many and I know folks have touched on this 01:26:04.867 --> 01:26:09.634 before. I’ve gone to a few iftar, uh, celebrations and, uh, 01:26:09.634 --> 01:26:12.800 you know, it’s a time for reflection, but also when the 01:26:12.800 --> 01:26:15.400 fast is broke, it’s also a time for community to come together 01:26:15.400 --> 01:26:18.667 and celebrate in their prosperity. And I think that is 01:26:18.667 --> 01:26:22.367 very much the For the city of Brooklyn Park, I think for, for 01:26:22.367 --> 01:26:25.000 much of the council up here, we I’ve had to do a lot of 01:26:25.000 --> 01:26:28.000 reflecting, I think Huntington Place is just one example, but 01:26:28.000 --> 01:26:31.400 I think in terms of the biotech district, the prosperity we’re 01:26:31.400 --> 01:26:34.634 trying to bring, trying to take people out of maybe poverty is 01:26:34.634 --> 01:26:38.367 a cycle so that we can have a much larger middle class, more 01:26:38.367 --> 01:26:41.000 success throughout the city, that comes out of our 01:26:41.000 --> 01:26:43.400 reflection as a council, and I think coming together and 01:26:43.400 --> 01:26:46.400 understanding that everybody has a place within the city is 01:26:46.400 --> 01:26:50.166 extremely important, uh, and that they all should have an 01:26:50.166 --> 01:26:52.934 opportunity at that prosperity. We don’t guarantee outcomes, 01:26:52.934 --> 01:26:56.100 but opportunity we want people to have equal Um, so I don’t 01:26:56.100 --> 01:26:59.166 have anything else to add, um, city manager Strobel, did you 01:26:59.166 --> 01:27:03.500 have any updates? Yeah, thanks Mary. Just a couple of things, 01:27:03.500 --> 01:27:06.667 uh, reminder to the council and community, um, the mayor will 01:27:06.667 --> 01:27:11.467 be presenting at the state of the city address on April 8th 01:27:11.467 --> 01:27:15.200 at Edinburgh USA um. program will start about 6, but tours 01:27:15.200 --> 01:27:21.266 are open at 5:30. There will be some Uh, light snacks um from 01:27:21.266 --> 01:27:25.033 Ray’s restaurants, so that will be great to hear an update from 01:27:25.033 --> 01:27:28.033 the mayor, uh, at the state of the city address. Again, 01:27:28.033 --> 01:27:33.467 Edinburgh USA is the location and then a reminder to the city 01:27:33.467 --> 01:27:36.000 council, um, and community that there’s no city council meeting 01:27:36.000 --> 01:27:42.400 next week. It’s the 5th Monday. And so Um I guess considered a 01:27:42.400 --> 01:27:46.800 week off, I don’t know. Or a Monday night off, but uh no 01:27:46.800 --> 01:27:50.500 council meeting next Monday. So for our residents, we get no 01:27:50.500 --> 01:27:54.467 weeks off. We’re always on the clock is no, but thank you. 01:27:54.467 --> 01:27:57.467 Yeah, we’ll be able to enjoy more time with the family. So, 01:27:57.467 --> 01:28:00.200 um, thank you, City Manage. Thank you, council. Uh, the