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## author: Justin LaRue

date: D:20240828165700Z

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## CITY COUNCIL

## MEETING

## City Hall Council Chambers

March 23, 2026

## AGENDA

1. Call to Order - 7:00 p.m.

Attendees please turn off cell phones and pagers during the meeting. A copy of the

full meeting packet is available in the binder at the entrance to the Council

Chambers.

## 2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

## 4. Informal Open Forum

This is an opportunity for the public to address the City Council on items that are

not on the agenda. It is limited to 15 minutes. It may not be used to make personal

attacks, air personal grievances, make political endorsements, or for political

campaign purposes. Council Members will not enter into a dialogue with the

presenter. Questions from the Council will be for clarification purposes only. It will

not be used as a time for problem-solving or reacting to the comments made but

for hearing the presenter for informational purposes only. The first call will be for

those that have notified the Clerk that they would like to speak during the open

forum and then ask if anyone connected to this meeting would like to speak. When

called upon, please indicate your name and then proceed. Please be sure to state

your name before speaking.

## a. Meeting Decorum

5. Invocation - Kragness

## 6. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda

These items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted

by one motion. There isn't a separate discussion for these items unless a

Councilmember so requests, then it is moved to the end of the Council

Consideration Items.

a. Approval of Minutes

- Motion to approve meeting minutes:

• March 9, 2026 Study Session

• March 9, 2026 Council Meeting

• March 9, 2026 Work Session

b. Approval of Licenses

-Motion to accept licenses as presented.

c. Resolution Identifying the Need for an LCDA Application for New Generations

## Mixed Use Development on 1500 69th Ave N

-Motion to approve a resolution identifying the need for an application for a

## grant from the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration

Account (LCDA) for New Generations LLC and its project at 1500 69

th

## Avenue

North.

d. Resolution Identifying the Need for an Application to the Metropolitan Council

## Livable Communities Environmental Site Investigation & Cleanup Grant Fund

for Dur Dur Bakery & Grocery Inc (5951 Earle Brown Drive)

-Motion to approve a resolution identifying the need for an application to the

## Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Environmental Site Investigation &

Cleanup grant program for testing and remediation of asbestos in conjunction

with demolition work at 5951 Earle Brown Drive for Dur Dur Bakery & Grocery

Inc.

e. Resolution Accepting Quote and Awarding a Contract for the Tree Clearing

portion of Improvement Project No. 2026-01, 02, 03, & 04, Humboldt Avenue

## Reconstruction

-Motion to approve the resolution accepting the lowest responsible quote and

awarding a contract to Tree Top Clearing, Incorporated for Improvement

Project No. 2026-01, 02, 03, & 04, part of Humboldt Avenue Reconstruction.

7. Presentations/Proclamations/Recognitions/Donations

## a. Highway 252/I-94 Project Update: Presentation by the Minnesota Department

of Transportation

-Motion to accept the presentation from the Minnesota Department of

## Transportation

## b. Police Department Annual Report

-Motion to accept the presentation.

## 8. Public Hearings

## 9. Planning Commission Items

## 10. Council Consideration Items

## 11. Council Report

12. Adjournment