Um, good evening. I'd like to call the um EDA meeting to order at what is it? 603 602. >> Uh, Kim, roll call, please. >> Commissioner Bear, >> here. >> Commissioner Engel King >> here. >> Commissioner Bud, >> here. >> Commissioner Muhamd >> here. >> Commissioner Brosen, >> present. >> Commissioner Bodwin, >> here. >> And President Ferris, >> here. Um, I'd like to uh make a motion to approve the agenda. I mean, would somebody like to make the motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh, any discussion? >> Looks great. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. Uh, the agenda is approved. >> Us meeting minutes for of May 4th. A motion to approve the meeting minutes. >> So moved. >> I'll second. Any amended a any amendments? Uh any discussion? >> It look good. >> All right. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Uh we have three three consent items. Approve EDA dispersements. Resolutions approving 2% loan program modification in agreement with next stage and resolution approving ATD holdings notice of default war three. A motion to approve the EDA uh consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I >> opposed. This consent is approved. We have no public hearing, no regular business, no communications. This meeting is adjourned. >> Well done, Madam President. >> 604. >> That was a long meeting. >> That was productive for two minutes. All right, folks. We'll get started here. It is now 6:15. We'll get started on our city council meeting. Um, as I am I realize the error of my ways because I'm going to call this meeting to order. And uh, Kim, roll call, please. >> Council member Bodwin >> here. >> Council member Ferris >> here. >> Council member Browson >> happily here. >> Council member Bud >> here. >> Council member Engel King >> here. >> Council member Bashore >> here. >> Mayor Muhammad. >> Thank you. I am here. Sorry, I just drank some water and I was wanted to thank her and I was Yeah. Anyways, I'm here and thank you. Um, moving on to the pledge of allegiance. Uh, please join me if you can and are able to and choose to. I pledge algiance to the flag >> of the United States of America and to the stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for >> All right. Moving to the approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion? >> So excited. >> No, you move. I'm second. >> Okay. moved by Council Member Brson and then uh Council Member Ferris is seconded. Uh any discussion? All right, seeing none, I'm going to move on to uh uh votes. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All opposed. >> All right, the agenda is approved. Moving on to the presentations. We have three uh proclamations um that are pretty important. And honestly, all of our proclamations are pretty important, but these are I I feel like are really important tonight to uh read into the records. First one is the proclamation observing the United States of America's 20 250th anniversary uh which is going to be read by uh Council Member Brson. You have the floor. >> Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to read this important proclamation. Whereas the year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. And whereas this anniversary is an opportunity to reflect upon our nation's democratic ideals of liberty, representative government, and equality while also thoughtfully acknowledging the struggles, challenges, and diverse experiences that have shaped the nation's story. And whereas the 250th anniversary is also an occasion to recognize the ongoing work necessary to strengthen our democracy for future generations. and in the pursuit of a more perfect union. And whereas the city of St. Louis Park celebrates this national milestone alongside our own local history, inviting residents to take part in communitywide summer events, including parktacular concerts, cultural gatherings, and the annual fireworks celebration on July 3rd, I might add, and to share stories with the St. Lewis Park Historical Society. And whereas these celebrations highlight both our pride and community and our collective responsibility to ensure that the next chapters of our city and country reflect the democratic ideals of liberty, representative government, and equality for all people. Now, therefore, let it be known that the mayor and city council of the city of St. Louis Park do hereby recognize the United States of America's 250th anniversary and encourage all residents to engage in learning, reflection, and community events this summer. >> Thank you, council member. Um, any anybody want to say anything about this? >> I'll hold my comments till closer to July 4. >> I I hear that. All right. Uh, moving on to the proclamation observing immigrant heritage month. Um, Council Member Baldwin, you have the floor. >> Yeah, and it is an honor to read this uh proclamation into the record, especially considering um everything that has gone on um in this country and particularly our state and our community this year. This is the proclamation observing immigrant heritage month. Whereas Minnesota has a long history of being a landing place for migrants from across the world. In the 18 1890s 40% of motans were born outside of the United States and by 1896 official voting instructions were offered in nine different language including the Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish communities. And whereas immigrants are our family members, neighbors, colleagues, business owners, doctors, teachers, community leaders, and more, contributing to what makes our state and city a great place to live and work. And whereas our community came together to support and protect immigrants during heightened federal immigration enforcement, where immigrants faced targeted harassment and many feared leaving their homes. neighbors stepped up and cooperated and coordinated grocery pickup, transportation for children, and overall support for people and businesses. And whereas immigrant heritage month is ever more relevant as migrants are criminalized and dehumanized by federal level policies that have caused fear and persecution within our schools, workplaces, and community uh towards citizens and non-citizens because of the way they look, the way they speak, and their national origin or ancestry. And whereas the city of St. Louis Park encourages our community to learn about im immigration and do their part to build a community where immigrants have respect, dignity, and safety. Now, therefore, let it be known that the mayor of the city of St. Louis Park uh sorry, the mayor and the and the city council of the city of St. Louis Park observed June 1st as immigrant heritage month in our community. And uh I just want to follow that with um we're reading this the day after um the people of the Twin Cities were given the John F. Kennedy Profiles and Courage Award last night. I don't know if a lot of people realize that, but that was one of the awards given out. And and um the the people that give out that award talked about how hard it was because there were too many leaders in the Twin Cities area that they couldn't recognize all of them. Um and so it's just a powerful thing um to read this into the record um on the other side of the metro surge and to also think about the fact that we read this into the record last year and then I think we very much lived it out. >> I would agree. Um I think somebody I heard somebody say um uh that you know what I'm going to hold my I'm gonna hold my comment for that one. Um but it is especially meaningful to hear that. Um and as a proud immigrant um I I think it is hard to hear or uh immigrants be questioned about what their contributions to Minnesota is, to their cities. Um and we'll continue to show up and we'll continue to prove how much our contributions matter. uh whether it's in the economy uh politics uh uh in the schools whatever it may be. Um so thank you for reading that. Um and uh happy to sign that as well. Uh next one is proclamation observing LGBTQ plus pride month which is going to be read by our very own council member uh Bashore. >> Thank you mayor. Uh whereas LGBTQ plus communities exist as an integral part of the diversity that make St. Louis Park, a great place to experience life. And whereas discrimination has no home in St. Louis Park and our city proudly stands for human rights regardless of gender identity or sexuality. And whereas this month celebrates the diverse stories and resilience of Americans with varying sexual orientations and gender identities such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, interex, asexual, two-spirit, pansexual, and many intersecting identities. And whereas LGBTQ plus community members from all walks of life have helped create a more just and inclusive community for all and have strengthened our community and supported each other during hardship, including impacts from Operation Metro Surge. And whereas Pride Month is an opportunity to learn about how the LGBTQ plus community continues to experience higher rates of poverty, violence, harassment, and discrimination. And whereas pride is celebrated by those who are out, those not yet out, and the people who love and support them, because everyone's pride belongs in St. Louis Park. And whereas the city of St. Louis Park reaffirms our commitment to challenge sexism, phobias, and prejudice amid efforts to undermine LGBTQ plus rights. And where St. Louis Park strives to be a community where our LGBTQ plus community members feel safe and experience a strong sense of belonging. Now therefore, let it be known that the mayor and city council of the city of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, hereby honor June 2026 as Pride Month in our community. I know there's going to be tons of celebration up and down the Twin Cities area. The most common I I would say and closest to us will be the Golden Valley Pride uh month parade, which is, I believe, is June 13th. There will be one even closer that I'll talk about in our announcements. >> Oh, I love that. I love that. Okay. >> And if I if I also just say just say a quick thing, you know, I've only been on the council here for 5 months, but we we do read a lot of proclamations. >> Um and sometimes it I think it can be easy for me at least to think, you know, what >> what's the impact of this? What's the what's the benefit? Um this one of course hits really close close to home for me. Um, you know, as a member of the LGBTQ plus community, um, I can't express how, uh, grateful I am to live in a city that honors and celebrates things like Pride Month. Um, having grown up in a community that didn't celebrate it or recognize it at all. Um, that was absolutely a factor 5 years ago uh, that led to me choosing St. Louis Park as my home. um leading my husband and I to you know buy a house and put down roots here and ultimately step up and serve the community on this council. So um I just want to thank the city for recognizing uh the community in this way. >> Yeah, thank you council member. I I will say I think that was one value that keeps coming back every 10 years when we do the strategic priority is a welcoming city, right? It's a city that is open to all and most importantly that is inclusive to all which is uh really beautiful u to know that that's still continues to be our part of our priorities here as a city. Thank you again. Uh I told you it was going to be really important proclamations um and so um it's always hard to move from a really emotional proclamation to business to the rest of the business you know but nevertheless we do. Uh so move on to the minutes. We have two minutes. We have the city council minute uh meeting minutes of May 18th, 2026 and special study session meetings of May 18th uh 2026. >> I'd move approval of both sets of minutes as presented. >> Second. >> All right. Moved and seconded. Any discussions on that? Any anything on that? No. All right. Seeing none, I'm going to move on to the votes. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All opposed. >> All right. Right. The minutes are approved as presented. I feel like this is a theme now that we haven't been made any uh adjustments or amendments on the minutes which is uh speaks volumes to um the person who uh records this for us. Uh so shout out to them. Uh moving on to the consent items. Uh we have a couple of consent items. I didn't hear any from anybody wanting to pull anything off but so I'll entertain a motion. >> Move approval. Second. moved and seconded. Any discussion? >> Yes, I'd like to uh um comment on a couple of items. First, the the approval of the item number H, the approval of change orders number one and two for the Cedar Lake Road and Louisiana Avenue improvements project phase two, uh located in Ward 4. I appreciate the fact that that our city is doing everything necessary to make this a successful project and even though it ran over budget and we're required to approve these additional change orders on the project, u the city went ahead and did the necessary work to address groundwater issues, storm water, and uh other factors that came into play when they dug up the ground out there in Cedar Lake Road. So, I'm appreciative of the fact that we're likely to approve those changes. Uh, the other thing I wanted to comment on was resolution listed in number F, the approving the 2026 2028 LS local number 623 deputy police chief labor agreement. Um, we've got one deputy police chief, so he's now union. And I appreciate the fact that we've got labor peace right away in that uh human resources department again was able to successfully negotiate a contract with union representative and work out a uh uh commensurate pay deal with the uh deputy chief for the next three years. So I'm glad to see we're approving that too and thanks to the HR department for their good work as always. >> Thank you council member. Uh any others on that? Oh, go ahead. Council member, >> I just wanted to call out um consent item number B or letter B uh around our access to fund scholarship program. Um I love how many people in our community um contribute toward this and what this is a program that allows um uh uh lower income families or families with lots of children that they want to get registered to actually have a discounted rate. and um and we had 114 members of our community make contributions to that that fund this year. So, I'm really excited to to see that on here. >> Yeah, it's how the kids get access to places like the rec center. Um fun fact, it's actually how where I learned to swim, which is really important. Um and so, uh it's really amazing to have programs like that, um available in our in our city. All right, any others? Okay. Um uh moving on to the votes. So all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All opposed. All right. The consent agenda is approved. Uh there are no public hearings. There is a regular business uh which is 7A approval of the preliminary layout for Henipin County Minnotonka Boulevard reconstruction project phase 2. Um okay. >> All right. Mark, you have the floor. >> Perfect. Can you hear me? So, thank you, mayor and council, for having us here to present on this. Um, my name is Mark Elgard. I'm the engineering project manager here for the city. With me today is Jason Stabel, the project engineer for Henipin County, as well as Jack Sullivan, the assistant city engineer. Um, I should probably pull this up. There we go. So, we are going to be presenting today on the uh recommended approval for preliminary concept for the Henipin County Manka Boulevard reconstruction. Um, this is a follow-up to the public hearing we had on May 4th where we had a number of community members and council questions and feedback. Um, we will be addressing those here today as part of this presentation. Um, we are also here today for the action to a motion to adopt resolution granting city support for the preliminary layout for the Henipin County Minnotonka Boulevard reconstruction project and authorizing staff to continue to work with XL Energy on relocating the overhead utilities underground. We will have two policy considerations to keep in mind as we're presenting here. Does the city council support concept B as the preliminary layout for the Minnotonka Boulevard reconstruction project phase two? And second, does the city council want to continue to pursue the relocation of the overhead utilities in conjunction with this project. So before we get into um addressing some of the feedback and questions we received from the public hearing, I'm going to hand this off to Jason Stabel with Henipin County to go over a quick overview of the project so far. >> Thank you councel and mayor. Uh Jason Stell with Henipin County again. Uh some overview. This is uh the reconstruction of Mitanka Boulevard 5 uh from Highway 100 to Aquilla Avenue. Uh so this is a continuation of the work you see out here uh that was done in 2425. So this is coming from 100 to the west. The last time this segment of road was reconstructed was around 1956. So it is time for a full reconstruction. The project scope is as I stated highway 100 to through Aquilla Avenue. We're redoing the re roadway surface ADA improvements, pedestrian crossing enhancements, signal replacements. We're proposing to construct off- streetet mixuse trails, improve roadway drainage and storm water treatment, and uh with the city's support of water main replacement and utility upgrades. Uh visually, this is what the concept B looks like with a twosided shared use trails. So the road is um one lane in each direction which is very similar to what it is out there today and then shared use paths on each side. So shared use paths allow for bikes, pads uh and all different uh non-motorized um uses. So we we went out last fall with three concepts um concept A, B, and C. Um as we've stated uh earlier all three concept improve the corridor um but we feel that concept B was the one to move forward because it provides us the best all ages and abilities network for both pedestrians and bicyclists. Eliminates the need for cyclists to cross Minnitonka Boulevard depending on travel direction. Uh maintains a large green space that supports new tree plantings. does not require the city to hire additional full-time staff to main the current levels of service and minimize operational impacts. Offers lower implementation and long-term maintenance costs and strikes an effective balance between mobility and maintenance needs. So, some of the questions we received back in early May, uh, we'll go through them here and some responses, but the first one was, can Henipin County reduce the speed limit on Mitanka Boulevard? So, the speed limit on county roads is actually something MDOT's commissioner needs to approve the speed on a county road. That's county roads throughout the state. And to do that, there needs to be a speed study that is done after construction is completed. So the minimum we can set a speed limit on a county road is 30 miles per hour. And we expect with a reconstruction design narrowing the roadway having it those visual cues is expected to naturally slow down the traffic for phase one out out the building here. We uh did the study after the construction was completed and it supported a reduction to 30 miles per hour. The next question is is it feasible to include on street bike lanes or wider travel lanes for cyclists who prefer to ride on the road rather than using separated facility? So adding a on street bike lane would require widening the road. So we're it's we're narrowing the road to have that traffic calming effect. To add additional space that's on road it would be wider. uh that additional space has to come from somewhere. So we would be it'd be probably taking it from the boulevard space to green space and that depending on how wide you go um would limit the tree planting opportunities. Uh wider lanes can also increase vehicle speeds as I've mentioned reducing safety for all users. Is noted for all options um bicyclists are allowed to use Militaka Boulevard travel lanes under any design. Will the new roadway design impact emergency vehicle response times? So, we don't anticipate um negative impacts to emergency response times. Uh the city staff have worked with uh fire and police to review the design and they have expressed no concerns. Uh roadway width allows for safe emergency vehicle passing. Proposed design matches the overall width of Cedar Lake Road west of Louisiana. Uh, Minnitanka will keep the same number of through lanes and left turn lanes as existing. The next question, will the new roadway design impact traffic on adjacent parallel streets? Uh, as mentioned, the proposed roadway remains a two-lane corridor with no on street parking. Same as today. only minor turn laning adjustments at a few intersections. We maintain key traffic signals in the corridor. Uh for a reference, existing traffic volumes are approximately 12,000 vehicles per day. The corridor capacity expected to handle current and future peak hour traffic. With minimal capacity changes, no impacts to adjacent parallel city streets are expected. There's a concern about construction impacts to business adjacent to road diet projects. Uh first off, Midtown Broad uh Boulevard is not a road diet project. There's no reduction of travel lanes. The number of lanes that are out there now are the same number of lanes that are going to be out there. Uh what we've noticed, you know, the biggest impact is short-term to adjacent businesses. There's expected disruptions of visibility, modified access, detours, noise, dust, utility work, and reduced pass by traffic. Greatest impact occurs when the construction is directly in front of that business. Uh staff con uh conducted early outreach to businesses and shared resources for preparing for this project and county and city will continue work impacts minimize impacts through coordination signage updates and access planning. The main challenge is temporary construction distribution not the final roadway design. Then there's this >> me. Yes. >> So, um, as some of these pertain a little bit more to the city than the county, I will come in and answer some of the following questions as well. Um, we had concerns about electrical ebikes or scooters using the shared use trail and we were had a request for some additional info on these shared use trails. Um, and so I want to start off by saying community concerns about ebikes, scooters, and other microobility devices are valid. We're hearing them not only in our community, but adjacent communities, you know, other agencies are hearing about them on trails in the state system. You know, as they start to see more use and more um people utilizing them, like this is something that we are all taking a look at and monitoring. Um, that being said, ebikes are allowed wherever traditional bikes are allowed in neighboring communities and in other agencies and they are permitted within trail systems per state statute. So, current traffic laws do require yielding to pedestrians from vehicles, whether that be motorized, bicycles, you know, any other um any any other vehicle. Um, so we're going to continue monitoring ebike scooters as their usage continues to grow and we're going to be, you know, looking at this, you know, trying to make sure that we've got the best facilities out there, regardless of whether that be a trail, a bike facility, you know, a cycle track, anything like that. Um, I'll also add that these um potential conflicts and other points of contention exist not only on trail systems but on cycle tracks running adjacent to pedestrian infrastructure as you know someone trying to avoid a one-way facility might be biking down a sidewalk or biking the wrong way down a bicycle facility. So they do exist on all concepts and we are going to continue to monitor and look at these as we continue through this design and in others. Um and then a big one we heard was what would be the impact to the project if the cycle track and sidewalk in concept A which were originally split to go around the trees were combined and separated from the road in a grass boulevard. So I've got a photo of what one looks like. I was out getting a a card for uh my cousin's grad party and I looked out the window and saw, "Oh, that's that's what they asked about." So took had the wife take a quick little photo just so I could try and present and show what it would might look like. Um so combining the cycle track and sidewalk in concept A to kind of a concept A combined facility or concept A prime um would increase the width of the facility in comparison to concept B. This is largely due to the fact that new mind guidance requires tactile delineation strips between a dedicated bike and pedestrian zone and that is shown in the brown um cast iron tactile delineation strips right there. So very similar to the truncated domes you see on ped ramp um crossings. Um, this increased width for the facility will result in higher construction costs, just more material for as proposed to the trail and will likely lead to more tree removals than concept B originally showed. As we, you know, some trees we were able to save sneaking around with a smaller trail, that extra width would then result in that tree being removed. Um, and to kind of touch on the previous question, um, we are getting community feedback from places like Cedar Lake Road that there are ongoing comp compliance issues, people walking in the cycle track, people cycling in the sidewalk to avoid a one-way facility, biking the wrong way in a one-way facility. So, that's just another thing that while we are adding additional width, it doesn't necessarily remove the potential conflicts. Um, and so there, like I said mentioned, there was an additional cost with this. So right now, our estimated cost increase is $2.8 million to the total project if we were to combine A into a prime or A combined. Um, this raises the city cost share to about 13.6 million or about 2.2 million over the current city CIP. The wider facility will also impact snow maintenance as right now the widest city plow that we have for trails is just under 10 feet. And with this facility now becoming wider than the 10-ft trail, we it would then require our parks department to make two passes to clear width to width on this facility. Um the tactile delineation strips, which I'm just going to show here again, they are elevated. So these have the potential to lift plows up off of the surface and potentially leave a thin layer of snow along the entire width of the facility. So that is something that we would have to work with our public works department to see if we can mitigate mitigate that. And if we are unable to, it could result in us needing to go back to our utility departments, smaller, slower vehicles and end up with a maintenance cost similar to that of concept A just to avoid that raised tactile delineation strip. Um, yeah. So if we are able to handle the tactile delineation strip, it would still be have a a average maintenance cost of roughly double of concept B as we'd have to make the two passes. Um could the multi-use trail in concept B be striped and or signed to indicate multi-directional use on the trail? And this is not typically striped or signed on city or county projects for directional use. Um it's not a standard practice for this type of design. If concept B is approved tonight, um staff would be recommending we let the trail operate for about a year, evaluate potential conflicts, gather feedback on it before looking at additional marking or signage. Uh if the city council does not approve the preliminary layout uh tonight, what are the next steps? So, if council does not approve concept B tonight, um potential further analysis and discussion would be required. Um if this is a significant change, we might have to do additional public outreach, including open houses. This would um potentially delay start of construction to the 2029 season. Um, if it's a smaller change, we we would be able to come at a later date with an updated recommended design. Um, all right, shifting gears a little bit. We had a number of comments about additional information for the cost of undergrounding the overhead utilities. So, hopefully that shows up. Okay. Um, there are two segments of this quarter that have existing overhead utilities. Segment one is between Highway 100 and Blackstone Avenue. This is estimated to cost about $200,000 to underground. Segment two between Oregon and Aquilla Avenue is estimated to cost about 5.3 million to underground. This is largely due to the nature of the facilities. Segment one is a local feeding mostly the local area, the residences and the businesses in the area. Segment two is more of a regional facility. It's connected to the substation, so it's carrying a lot more load and it's got a lot more requirements to be undergrounded. Additional safety, concrete vaults, concrete enc casement um to protect the facility. So in total, the cost to underground both segments is estimated about $5.5 million. And you'll note that between Blackstone Avenue and Oregon Avenue, there is no current existing overhead utilities running the length of the corridor. Um so that is just the cost to underground the facilities. There are additional costs associated with this. One of which is the um reconnection of private services for Excel. Um XL does not cover these costs for the property owners. Um segment one has an estimated five impacted properties. Segment two has an estimated eight impacted properties. um these uh per you know phase one the city covered these costs for the property owners at an average cost of about $9,000 per service. Um and I will add that CRFS which I will touch on on the next slide cannot be used to cover the cost of private service reconnections. So this is additional funding source to cover these costs. Um and then here in the table the total cost for segment one, segment two and then combined segment one and two can be shown including service reconnection costs. Um so CRFS as I alluded to on the previous slide, this is what's known as a city requested special facilities search charge. It is a monthly increase to electrical bills for all St. Louis Park properties. So that's businesses, residences, industrial parks, everybody who has an electric bill would see some level of a search charge increase if CRFS was used to fund these undergrounding costs. Again, they cannot be used to cover the private service reconnections, just the undergrounding itself. Um, so there are three potential CRFS options here. If we only look at doing segment one, that would be a monthly bill increase for a residential property of 29 across two years. So the total charged for a residential property would be just under $7. And a monthly uh increase for a lowinccome property would be 29, which is the same as the residential. So a total of $7 across those two years. If we look at doing both segment one and segment two or the entire corridor, we have two options. A four-year CRFS or a five-year CRFS. And to pre prevent myself from reading the whole table, basically the monthly increase on the four-year is going to be higher, but the amount total paid across the entire term would be higher on the five-year CRFS. So, um, you know, the the two options, both positives and negatives on you can either get the lower monthly bill with the five-year CRFS or the lower overall payment across the term with the four-year CRFS. And then just for reference for everybody, phase one of Minnotonka Boulevard was paid for using the CRFS. Um, it was estimated at $8.40 40 cents per year for a residential property and $3 per year for a lowincome property over the span of three years. So that'd be approximately $25 and approximately $9. Um that has not yet seen uh implementation. We are still getting final numbers from Excel. So these numbers could vary slightly, but this was their initial estimate. Then were there any cost savings for the city or property owners if the overhead utilities are relocated underground? Uh short answer, no. There are no direct cost savings to either city or property owners from undergrounding the utilities. Undergrounding does reduce the likelihood of weather related power outages. You know, a tree branch hitting an overhead line. If it's underground, it's a lot harder to hit it. Um there there are benefits to undergrounding which includes aesthetics, more room for pedestrian and bike infrastructure. Um improved vehicle safety as you reduce the likelihood of a vehicle to power pole collision. Um and it also in creates more space and flexibility for tree planting. This is if we do not underground these poles, they will be relocated to the boulevard and you know we have to plant shorter trees so they don't grow up into the power lines and we get those lovely goalpost trees getting trimmed around the power lines. Uh so next steps for the overhead utility undergrounding, we are not asking for a decision at this time. Um staff will return to councelor later in the year for a council decision. This is purely an update on some numbers and to address questions we heard at the public hearing. Uh we also got requests for additional funding information. So current estimated cost for concept B is $39.22 million of which Henipin County is paying 26.22 million. Um of that seven is federal funding. 7 million is federal funding and the rest of the 19.2 2 million is county state aid and metro sales tax funds. That leaves the city cost share at about 13 million. Um and the funding sources are broken out here in the table. Um of note, sanitary utility and water utility are currently below city CIP where general obligation bonds are currently above city CIP. So next steps for the project, uh right now we're in concept design and public engagement pending an approval tonight. we will switch into final design which will take place in 2026 2027. Also in 2027 will be the private utility relocations. That'd be your gas company, power company, everybody else coming in and moving their utilities. Um whether that be undergrounding or just moving them out of the way of the project. Um we'll also have the Henipin County Cooperative Agreement in 2027 which we will come to council for. And then 2028 2029 is the construction season. So once again, uh staff's recommended action is the motion to adopt resolution granting city support for the preliminary layout for the Henipin County Minnotonka Boulevard reconstruction project and authorizing staff to continue to work with Excel Energy on relocating the overhead utilities underground. With that, I will hand it back over to the mayor and council. >> Okay. Thank you so much, Mark. Uh before I open it up to council, I just want to let folks know or I wanted to see if anybody wanted to make any comments about this. Well, this isn't a public hearing. You can make uh public comments about this. Um I didn't get any blue cards. Uh but that does not mean that you can't speak to it. If you do want to, you just raise your hand and know that. Okay. I have one person, two Okay. All right. That's enough for me to start with my instructions. So, I'm going to just give a list of instructions. uh for those who are interested in uh talking about this particular topic, give me one second while I pull up. Okay, so before council considers this resolution, I want to share a couple of thoughts about the comment period. The com public comment periods are an opportunity to hear directly from residents, but by design are not an answer and question forum. Uh our goal here tonight is to make sure that we hold space to hear from you. Uh that being said, if you do have questions, I know that council I mean I know that staff will be uh out there at the end of the session to answer any questions you may have and if they cannot answer at the time uh uh they will provide you an answer via email or a letter at a later time. Uh with that some basic rules to help everyone's voice be heard and resp uh and respected during this meeting. First please wait to be recognized to speak. We are here to listen. Be respectful to one another one another's point of views and that means that speaking in an orderly fashion. No shouting from the audience. This also means d uh directing your comments to the council, not each other in the room. Second, there are blue cards in the back which I know that Deb is already passing around. Uh while filling these out is not a requirement, it just helps me move this along and I know who who I'm calling next. All right. Your comments should be around uh uh should be around this particular topic. No other topic besides this. Um and it should remain that way. You will have three minutes to speak. If you look behind me, you'll see that little white box which will turn green any second now. Um if it's if it's green, you have three minutes to you still have your full three minutes. If it turns when it turns yellow, um you will have a minute to to to wrap up your thoughts and then if it's red, you will have the last 30 seconds uh to wrap up your thoughts. Please um you know, remain on time. You know, make sure that you're being respectful for others who want to speak um and for the things that we do have to get to. So, that being said, I will now invite the first person to come and speak. Uh when you come up, when I call you, come on up uh at this what is this called? the desk. What a podium. Thank you. Thank you. At this podium right here. Um and then you say your first and last name and your address for the record. All right. Uh I have Lynn first. Is that correct? Did I say that? Yeah. >> Uh my name is Lynn Carper. I live at 4010 Highwood Road in the Lake Forest area. Previously I was on the planning commission for 15 years. So uh this may have been an issue that came across our desk at some time. Uh you are talking about overhead wiring. Is this or has it been considered and I'm probably going to use the wrong term part of the erat? In other words, it it's the logical fence that surrounds the Jewish community if you were to take those wires down because they it has to be a continuous uh I'll call it a barrier or or at least surrounding a community. Will that cause any problems with the air rot? So, that is a question and uh this isn't a question and answer type of forum, but we hear your question around that and I know staff wrote that down and we'll get an answer. >> Okay. I I think you need to consider that because that could be a bad surprise. >> Thank you. I I I know I while I won't speak to the answer of that, I do know that in a lot of these uh um I should say in a lot of these uh constructions that we are doing, we are always in conversation with the neighbors in the surrounding area. That is always a guaranteed. Um, >> mayor, may I just say real quickly, just so we make sure we're all talking about the same thing, the word that he's looking for is a roof. >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you. All right, Justin. >> Good evening, Mayor, council members. Um, my name is Justin Joplin. I live at 3053 Nevada Avenue South. Um, I have both an electric and an acoustic bicycle, um, as I like to call it. Um, my watch tells me that when I'm on my acoustic bike, I'm doing a really good job of getting 10 miles an hour, but when I'm on my ebike, I'm closer to about 15 to 16. I can respect that the speed differential may cause some concern for certain members of for certain pedestrians, but it is on me as the least vulnerable user of the shared space to be respectful of those around me, whether they're walking, whether they've got children, whether they're pushing a stroller, whether they've got pets on a leash. Um, and I think that it is imperative um that we consider that we continue to move forward with B um you know making sure that I'm uh as far away from the traffic as possible which may or may not be respecting the speed limit um while also paying attention as our engineer said to making sure that we are respectfully and intentionally uh managing uh individuals that may not be adhering to bicycle regulations with respect to class one, two, three cycles or, you know, mopeds or anything of that nature. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Justin. Um, is that all? Anybody else need to speak on this or want to speak on this? Going once, twice, sold to two. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. I will close this public uh comment period. Um, and then I'm going to before I open up the council to ask any questions, I am curious about uh the the the question that was asked by I believe it was Len around the A- roof and did we take that into consideration? I know that we always talk to uh our community members and our partners around the area, but >> yeah, so with phase two of the Minnotonka Boulevard reconstruction project, we will not be impacting the A- roof. um that was within the phase one reconstruction project and we worked with faith leaders there to make sure that we never broke that line and we found it a suitable home once the poles were removed. So phase two we should not be impacting that. >> Right. All right. Thank you so much Mark. All right council any questions? >> I I have some questions. >> Okay. So, what's the average shoulder width going to be along the two lanes there? I I know there's been expression of concern from the transit bike community that they will continue to probably ride on the road and they're looking for adequate shoulder width. >> Um, council member, the road will not have a shoulder. It'll be shoulder no shoulder. It will just be the travel lanes. And so, they're at the recommended width of a travel lane. um >> which is >> it's a it's going to be 11 ft plus then there's reaction to the gut gutter so 13 total feet. >> Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. I I've got a couple questions about the reconnecting costs in the process after undergrounding power lines but I take it those would be appropriate in the future instead of now. >> Uh you can certainly ask them now but I might have to defer to the next meeting. I'm trying to understand how to do it because when I came down Minnitankaka Boulevard on the way to this meeting, I saw the lines there and some have junction boxes and then the lines run north and south from there off into the communities. And if you put the lines underground, where do they pop up again to go up and out north and south in the community? So in phase one when it was undergrounded typically they remained undergrounded until the next pole down the side street and then they would come up that pole. Um I'm not an expert in XL you know undergrounding and infrastructure but there were instances where they had to install a new pole on the side street in order to come up out of the ground. It depends on the nature of the facility what is already on the existing pole. Um, but yes, typically they run underground to another pole down the side street before coming up. >> So, it's not anticipated that we're going to underground the whole system necessarily. We're just going to do the section along Minnetonka Boulevard. >> Yes, we would just be looking at within the corridor Minnatunka Boulevard. >> Thank you very much. >> Yeah, one question around the concern about um traffic, you know, going into more residential streets. I can't remember what the exact phrasing was. Um, with this being a pretty I don't know if it's is I pretty much identical to phase one. Um, have we as the city uh maybe even council member Beayshore have we received complaints from that neighborhood around increased traffic because of how phase one went? >> Not that I am aware of, but I can certainly look more into that. Okay, great. That just, you know, to me says I don't I don't think this is going to be an issue. >> Uh, any other questions? Yep. Go ahead. Customer, >> I just um wanted to clarify some things. Um, I think Mark, you you described how bicycles are free to use all travel lanes. >> Can you tell me what that means? >> Yeah, they are permitted to use travel lanes where they do not reasonably obstruct the flow of traffic. So they could not go down Highway 100 for instance. Okay. But yes, they are permitted to use travel lanes um in the state of Minnesota where they're not obstructing free flow of traffic. >> Okay. So that is why occasionally we'll see a very um fast bicer in a lane and and behaving like a car kind of. Okay. Okay. Just wanted to better understand that. Um have we ever thought of or do we have the ability to consider a speed limit for ebikes? Uh, I'll take that one. Mayor, council members, uh, Jack Sullivan, the assistant city engineer. Um, at the moment I know there's some state legislation that is being uh discussed about kind of overall ebike usage and recognizing um if there should be some additional requirements on those whether that's the definition of what um are traditional ebikes or more the more motorbike uh as well as some of the discussing ideas about speed limits and other things. So that communication and that kind of ideas is at a state level. Um I know that uh a lot of the agencies such as Three Rivers Park District and our other larger communities are, you know, paying close attention such as we are uh to understanding more about what that looks like in the future. We want to be whatever we I would love for the state or others to take a lead so that we're consistent instead of trying to develop something that's inconsistent with our neighboring communities or jurisdictions. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Um and um yeah, lastly, can I make a comment, mayor, as well? Yeah. So, um uh I kind of to Justin's comment, I think that um as someone who's ridden on the common use trails quite a bit, it's a it's always impressive how respectful people are of the different um different uh uses for those. So, um I know we had good uh turnout to our uh community uh input sessions and there was some concern about shared use trails and whatnot, but um but I think that um I've seen them work really well and um and I think that u I'm supportive of that that solution. So, >> all right. Thank you. I see a is that a motion, council member? Was that >> I will make a motion that we adopt the resolution granting city support for the preliminary layout of this proposal? >> I'll second. >> Okay. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Yep. Go ahead, council member. >> Yeah. Um, so first of all, I want to say thank you all so much for your work on this. I know there's so many factors and you all do really great work. I also really appreciate the way you've responded to some of the questions that came up from our last um meeting on this. Um but honestly, I'm I'm disappointed in the bikes infrastructure situation. I'm going to support this because overall I like it. The probably 95% of it I think is fantastic. I think this looks great out here. But when I I spoke to this before when I when I first saw it when it was finished, I was underwhelmed with the bike and ped infrastructure that we have. Um and uh so I just wanted to note that. Um and it also seems u very odd to me that um there's a requirement when we have parallel paths, a walking path and a biking path that we need some kind of, you know, infrastructure to indicate that and separate it, but we don't do anything for a shared path. That seems really odd to me. Um I don't know why we would wait a year. To me, it just seems like a hospitable thing to do to put up signage and lanes and things like that to indicate to people that this is a shared path. Bikes have the right to be here. Bikes need to watch out for pedestrians. That kind of thing just brings a a kind of natural hospital hospitality to the infrastructure and makes it more inviting. Um, as I said before, when I first saw this out here, I went, "Oh, this isn't for bikes." I honestly thought that. I was like, I thought there was going to be bike infrastructure and I don't see any and I don't know that I'm alone in that. Um, and so I think I why not just go ahead and put that kind of um markings and communication into the system uh to make it a little more um inviting, I think. And so, like I said, I love this project overall. I don't want um to bog it down, so I'm going to support it. But I do I do think we need to think bigger um in this city and in our county around bike and pett infrastructure. Um I think we talk a lot about leading on this and dreaming big about this and and we even have it in our um our vision 4.0 um stuff that came out of it. It's it's in there. And then I feel like what we end up doing is building on convention um and what is standard. Um, and I want us to I just really want to push us to really dream bigger about pet and bike infrastructure because honestly it just feels like to me this project feel it feels like the same old car is king. Um, and so that's just I just wanted to name that. That being said, I also want to just hammer in I deeply appreciate your work and your expertise and think you all do a fantastic job. This is just one thing I want to I just want to push this on because I'm pretty passionate about it. So, >> yeah. Thank you, council member. Go ahead, council member. >> Uh, thank you. I'll certainly be supporting concept B and the the proposed staff resolution, too. Um, to to Council Member Bodwin's point, uh, there's no perfect infrastructure project in an already built up city. We're trying to retrofit in more infrastructure than we had before in that we're creating the bike and pedestrian pathways in the same footprint and it's really difficult to do and I think we're doing a pretty good job of it here. I see where we've got separate or separate pass paths over on Cedar Lake Road that go in the right directions as as staff commented. People run the wrong way on those all the time. they they go on, you know, they go on the pedestrian path. They're riding bicycles and ebikes in the wrong direction. Um it's it's frustrating. And I I agree with the signage. I like the idea of signage on there, too. I wish uh the Cedar Lake Road or I'm sorry, the North Cedar Trail had better signage too because I'm in conflict on that all the time about pedestrians walking on both sides of the roadway while bicyclists are trying to both be on the right hand side in the direction they're going. So, um it it's it's confusing and I wish we could do more, too. But I'll certainly be supporting this project. I think it's going to be a boon to the community as far as repairing the road structure because it's just like a it's it's just like a a great right now as you go across it. So, I can't wait to see you get started on it. >> Yep. Go ahead. >> Um I I want just wanted to speak to a few things. Um few concerns that folks raised to me and I think we already talked about a lot of them here. Um, I also would be curious to see I mean I'm willing to wait the year after construction to see what kind of issues, if any, arise before we um consider any kind of painting or signage. I certainly didn't survey the whole of this phase one section, but I did ask a lot of residents in Ward One who frequent that as that area of Minnotonka and heard a lot of positive feedback about the shared bike and pedestrian path. Um, I think once the initial shock of what who is this for, um, is overcome, I think, uh, it was fairly wellreceived and and folks have had little issue with the shared path. Um, I think to some of the community input we heard even tonight, I think it's on the users of the path to ensure that we're um, using it correctly and safely. Um, I mean, as someone who regularly walks a dog on the North Cedar Lake Trail, which is a shared use, I mean, I'm I'm always constantly looking out for traffic that's coming because I don't want myself or my dog to be hit. Um, so I think if you're going to use the infrastructure, which I hope people do, um, you know, it does require a certain level of vigilance, um, as any kind of shared space would. Um, as far as the the traffic dieting question, I know some folks are really worried about diverting traffic to other parts of the of the neighborhood. I think that's what you were trying to get at, council member Bodwin. Um, as the staff mentioned, we're not reducing any number of lanes on this stretch of road. So, there should be, barring during construction when the road is closed, there shouldn't be any impact um to those. And as far as the business impacts, um that is hopefully a temporary um disruption to some of the businesses along the corridor, but I would kind of argue, you know, look to our track record with the Cedarloo project this year. I know there's been a lot of um advertising and um awareness about the accessibility of those businesses. Residents are constantly asking me, can we still access them? and always referring them back to the city resources about how you can access them when that access routes have changed. Um so I hope to see the same kind of level of of vigilance for these businesses along Minnotonka Boulevard and trust that that we would. So for all of those reasons I'll be supporting um concept B tonight. >> Okay. >> Um I will be supporting as well. I just um would like people if you don't understand how it goes to figure it out. Just like the roundabouts, if you don't know how to drive through them, ask somebody cuz it's just horrible. You know, we all here and we you know, if we want to make St. Louis Park livable for everybody, you know, we we going to have to make it work, you know. So, if you don't know how to use the bike paths, ask. And if you don't know how to drive through the roundabouts, don't drive through them. egg somebody. >> You might as well have added mayor after that because that's that was that was me when I first got my license. I did not know how to drive through. Uh yeah, my dad had to take me through the roundabout. Um but thank you uh for that, council member. Um council member, go ahead. >> Uh I will be uh definitely supporting uh concept B. A couple of uh just cautionary notes that I will note. Uh as uh Mr. Sullivan noted uh you know bikes are electronic bikes are getting to be more and more powerful uh with little regulation. Uh they have these emotives. I was driving my car on uh Cedar Lake uh road. Three uh middle schoolers coming up uh probably 25 miles an hour going the wrong way on the uh on the uh path there. So uh certainly you know the need for people to be respectful of sharing the trail and you know there's a point where we cannot let young kids with uh not fully deformed reflexes and judgment uh have uh as powerful of a machine as their parents will uh pop for. Uh second item where I see uh an education component is with the separated uh bicycle facility the uh shared use uh cars are going to be making that right turn and then about 6 8 ft after that right turn they're going to cross the uh the uh trail at the street or if they're approaching the street they'll they'll come to the uh trail about you know maybe 20 feet before the uh stop sign at the uh at the uh intersection. So that idea of biker, you know, the bikers, pedestrians need to be cognizant of their cross traffic and cars needing to be cognizant of the trail traffic as uh as well. Uh and can we sneak in one more question or no? >> Go ahead. >> Okay. Question for the uh staff. is the idea that would there be a stop sign in front of the trail facility or would the stop sign, you know, so for a, you know, a regular stop sign coming into uh Minnotonka on the side street, would the stop sign be in front of the trail facility or would it be at the intersection? >> So the stop if you were coming down the side street towards Minnotonka Boulevard, you would hit the stop sign, then you would hit the trail, then you would hit Minnotonka. >> Okay. So the cars technically should stop in front of the trail. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Yep. Is that is that all? >> That will be it. And that will go a long way toward providing some additional safety. >> Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Um I think then I'm the only one. I am also in support of concept B. Uh the only thing I think I would say just kind of like reiterating what council member Bodwin was saying around the goals that we do have and uh our our dedication to bike lanes and sidewalks and making um our streets more accessible to things other than cars, right? Um, I think to that I will I will say I think I don't think we were ever going to and this is not to it's not to answer to your thing but to I don't think we will ever reach these goals with just one project. I think that's why they're goals, right? Is that with every project there's things that need to be we will put into these things into consideration in that every biker right every type of biker will see themselves reflected in in each of these uh streets and each of these projects and whatnot. And I say that as somebody who's recently gone back to biking and definitely not comfortable, nowhere near comfortable to get anywhere near Minnetonka Boulevard. Um, but that's just my biking skills and I think that's what I know to be true about me. Um, and I've stuck to trails and that's that, right? Um, and I think it's it's the way that with every project and with everything that we are talking about and the goals that we make for ourselves, uh, how can we continue to add to those goals and how can we continue to meet those goals? But you are right. It is a value of St. Louis Park and it is something that keeps coming back again decade after decade where people wanna excuse me where people want to uh um uh have something of an option besides cars, right? But we are, as you were saying, we're a fully uh developed suburb and so it's hard to, you know, it is very hard to do that and there's no one way to strike that and and making it all happen. All right, that being said, um yes, go ahead. I also just wanted to reiterate a statistic that um was brought forth last month, but I think this we had 1300,400 points of input from the community during this process over I think over a year. I'm pretty sure I sent my husband to an open house about this like last March or something. So, we've had lots of opportunity for public um input and observation. Um so, I just want to remind folks in the community that we regularly do that for this scale of a project. So, please, we invite you to come to these open houses. Um, view the information on the website, provide your input. I think there was even some asynchronous um, input that you could provide to this. Um, I know I I heard from a few residents who might have missed the memo um, about that opportunity for input. So, we always have that for these types of projects and so encourage residents to participate in that capacity to the extent that they can. >> Yeah. Thank you. All right. Uh with that I think the the votes are clear on that. Um I think uh well it might be my number might be off. I think seven voted for a set. >> All of them to go through. That is true. That is true. All right. Um taking an official vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> All oppose. >> All right. Uh the resolution I mean this passes. I should say not a resolution. Uh this motion has passed um with seven to zero. I knew my number was correct on that one. Thank you so much. Um, thank you for the presentation, Mark. Thank you. Um, and um, yeah, that's pretty much it, I think. Okay. Well, I think we'll move on to the other parts of our Sorry, my English is going away as you can see. Communications and announcements. That's where we're moving on to. Uh, thank you, gentlemen. Uh, I have one communication as you can imagine. Uh, uh, tomorrow there's going to be a lot of fun things are happening. Well, majority one big fun thing happening. There is the state of the community. I'm doing a state of the community alongside with uh city manager Kim Keller. It is my first official city a state of the city uh should say of the community. Uh previous years I've done like road shows. I've gone to community events and I've told them kind of what's going on and what's happening. This is the first one where I'm asking people to come to me. So I really hope you guys do come to me and to the city manager. We're going to have a a conversation. and it's going to be great. It's been a really long year as you can imagine. Um, and we're going to talk about what the city has done, what we've been successful at, what we'll continue to do. Um, and so it's going to be a grand time. It's going to start at 4:30 at the Westwood Nature Center. Programming will start at 5. So for those who like to, you know, come in rolling in, make sure that you come exactly at 5 uh for the programming. Um, and then we'll wrap up, I think, 6:30, >> six o'clock, mayor. >> Six o'clock. Six o'clock. Okay. All right. Uh, and it's going to be a grand time. So, come through. >> Yep. Go ahead. >> Are we doing communication? Yeah. >> Yes. Yes. Communication. >> I just wanted to um just really push out there the importance of going the extra mile figuratively to to uh hit our businesses at Cedar Lou this summer. It is really prohibitive to get in there in and out of there. Right now, the city's doing everything we can to make sure that things are communicated. Um, I live three blocks from there and it took me about 15 to 20 minutes to get there the other day. So, it's really prohibitive, but so it's up to us um, as residents to choose um, to to to push through and and find our way there because we got a lot of really great small businesses and there I've talked to a lot of them and they're very concerned. Um, so let's make sure when you're, you know, hitting the liquor store or the brewery or the restaurant or whatever it is, keep Cedarloo in mind and and make it over there this summer and and hit up those businesses. >> Yep. Go ahead. >> I just I'm sorry. Would like to um invite everyone um to the St. Louis Park um basketball in the park which will be starting um June 18th is very important to the council members that you show up and and the mayor and the city manager and there no you know um show up and support you know um the com you know everybody gather it's just a beautiful time is u missions um missions um Inc. is sponsored the St. Louis Park Police Department, Henipin County Sheriff's Department. It's a wonderful time to get to know your neighbors and the children. They be so excited. >> And that's June 18th. >> June 18th through August 27th. All right. >> From 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Amesorth Park. >> Is that every Thursday or so? >> It's every Thursday except the week of the 4th of July and um National Night Out Week. Those are the only two. >> Get ready cuz I'm about to start dunking on those kids. >> Yeah. So, come through. It's really nice, you know. It's really nice. It's a good time. And the key is just be so excited, especially when council members show up. And last year only Subedup. >> What a wow. What a way to end the night. Thank you so much. We are uh we will be there. Okay. >> I will be there. I guarantee it. Okay. All right. Um go ahead, >> Council Member Bud and then Council Member Bashore >> and and Council Member Ferris. It does include food, right? Yes. Yes. >> Um, hot dogs and hamburgers, beef, right? >> U snacks, ice cream, water, Gatorade, music. You want to bust a move, you know. >> Okay. I just wanted to make an announcement about um a proclamation that we had last November around Ask Day. Um we did it last November in timing with the annunciation uh crisis and um and we proclaimed June 21st to be ask the start of summer and so we're encouraging parents um whose children are visiting others people's homes to not be afraid to ask if their firearms are all protected and safe. Um and so as school lets out we want to encourage um I just wanted to mention a reminder of that um that proclamation. So, >> thank you, Council Member. >> And as the mayor alluded to, yes, the closest official Pride celebration to us is in Golden Valley, but St. Louis Park will be host, not the city, but the first St. Louis Park Pride popup uh is occurring this Saturday, uh June 6th from 11 a.m. at at 11:00 a.m. at the Rock and Wolf Park. um can bring a picnic, lunch, uh games, activities, arts, crafts, things to share, or just bring yourself and come uh have a picnic, hang out, meet neighbors, members of the of the LGBTQ plus community and allies. Um and then I believe there's going to be some march happening starting at 2 p.m. Um so feel free to join that. Um >> called a popup, huh? >> Just a pride popup. A small, you know, sort of unofficial gathering. And if it becomes big, great. Maybe we might see that later. I will sadly be out of town this weekend, so I won't be there. But uh but I encourage everyone to go if you're able to. >> Yep. Go ahead, C. >> Go ahead, city manager. >> Thank you, mayor. I just have a few uh other events that are happening. Most of them happen to involve water, so it's a theme. Um the pool opens on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Um and then we have our first day of summer for the kids at the aquatic park. Bring them there on Friday after school. Um from 4:00 to 7:00. Um, and it'll be dollar hot dogs, fountain fountain sodas, and ice cream sandwiches. It's an all ages event. Um, and then we also have our city cleanup day on Saturday as well. Um, these are for St. Louis Park residents. Twice a year. We offer opportunities for people to come down to the municipal service center, bring their big bulky items, bring their technology that they're trying to offload, those sorts of things. There's lots of information in the website about it, but um, I know I've been doing stream spring cleaning and others may have as well. bring your items on down. >> Uh and also this Saturday, uh 10 o'clock, uh ribbon cutting at 11:00, we have a new uh bipock owned business that is relocating to uh St. Louis Park, Razor King. Uh so any of the council members want to look sharp, we have a new option in town. Uh they will be uh grand opening on Saturday on Excel Avenue, right by the Starbucks on Grand All right. Thank you. All right. I think that's the last of our communications and announcements. Um I will now close this council meeting. Thank you all for being here.