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[0:06] hey everybody it's Jeff Daw um city

[0:09] manager uh just me today sorry you only

[0:11] get one uh mayor is out sick and uh it's

[0:15] kind of one of those other duties as

[0:16] assigned today um lot of stuff going on

[0:19] so I'm going to give just give you a

[0:21] recap of uh what to look forward to

[0:23] throughout the summer july 4th

[0:25] activities uh our new ebike ordinance

[0:28] night to unite uh coming up in August so

[0:31] a lot going on in Weisetta this summer

[0:32] okay well one of the things that our

[0:34] police department has taken the

[0:35] initiative on uh this summer is having

[0:38] more uh regulations and the ability to

[0:41] educate about safety of ebikes ebikes is

[0:44] a phenomenon uh we love them it's clean

[0:46] and good way of getting around but there

[0:48] are some safety hazards so the city uh

[0:52] this earlier this year enacted a new

[0:54] ordinance that uh mandates uh anyone

[0:57] under the age of 18 wear helmets it's a

[1:00] great way to not only enforce uh the

[1:03] rules making sure uh ebike ebikes are

[1:06] being used appropriately but also uh to

[1:08] educate best practices and keep

[1:10] everybody safe so um just so you know

[1:13] our our our police officers are paying

[1:15] attention to that and we've already see

[1:17] some great progress and uh uh folks that

[1:20] are using ebikes following the rules and

[1:22] as a reminder whether you're on an ebike

[1:24] on some other form of transportation if

[1:27] you're on our trails please be mindful

[1:29] of others wise is very busy in the

[1:31] summer a lot of people walking around um

[1:34] so just be careful be slow especially

[1:37] when you're going through Lake Street uh

[1:38] as there's just a lot of people well one

[1:41] of the my personal favorite times of the

[1:44] year is uh Night toite this year Night

[1:46] toite will be on August 5th it's a great

[1:49] opportunity for folks to get to know uh

[1:52] city officials especially all of our

[1:54] public safety professionals who are

[1:56] really out to serve you and keep you

[1:57] safe um so if you're a neighborhood and

[2:01] you're interested in having um our group

[2:04] of public safety officials uh city staff

[2:08] etc come out to your neighborhood party

[2:11] um and get to know you talk about what's

[2:13] going on and just you know uh promote

[2:16] fellowship in the community uh please go

[2:18] to our website you can sign up there uh

[2:21] to get your your neighborhood block

[2:23] party on the list again all right i'm

[2:26] really excited to talk to you about a

[2:27] promotion recently uh here at city hall

[2:30] uh

[2:31] uh interim chief Jamie Baker was serving

[2:34] she before that was the uh deputy chief

[2:36] she was hired a few years ago she served

[2:39] uh the city of Roseville for several

[2:41] decades uh on June June 1st uh Chief

[2:45] Baker was promoted to the chief of

[2:48] police here in Weisetta uh so we're

[2:51] really excited and if those that haven't

[2:53] met her we're gonna have a couple

[2:54] opportunities to uh get to know her uh

[2:57] we're having our swearing in ceremony

[2:59] for Chief Baker on June 17th at the

[3:02] council meeting uh in the evening so

[3:04] you're welcome to come to uh that night

[3:07] come to the chambers uh council chambers

[3:09] on that night and watch her and she'll

[3:11] be around to to meet you as well in

[3:14] addition to that on the 24th

[3:16] uh we're holding a little kind of get to

[3:18] know Chief Baker with some refreshments

[3:21] out on the Panway Plaza so stop by get

[3:24] to know her um she's very approachable

[3:27] she loves this community and uh she's

[3:29] got a great team behind her as well so

[3:32] please stop by the Panway Plaza uh

[3:34] introduce yourself if you're not

[3:36] available then uh just give us a call or

[3:38] give Jamie a call get her contact

[3:40] information on our website and uh I know

[3:42] she'd be happy to reach out all right

[3:44] July 4th is going to be uh here before

[3:47] you know it uh one of the favorite

[3:49] activities in town is the uh the not the

[3:52] infamous but the famous uh flying cake

[3:55] breakfast that the uh National Society

[3:58] of Children of the American Revolution

[4:00] Lake Minnotonka chapter puts on it's

[4:03] from 800 a.m to uh noon uh down at the

[4:07] depot if you haven't been there it's

[4:09] incredible um it's a free will offering

[4:12] so there's no like specific fee the

[4:14] donations are uh suggested uh but they

[4:17] throw the pancakes at you they're really

[4:19] good it's a great way to come out and

[4:21] see the community it all goes for a good

[4:23] cause as well so come out to the depot

[4:25] on the 4th in addition on the 4th we

[4:28] have our fire department who will will

[4:30] be putting on the uh mini Olympics and

[4:33] then the kitty parade as well last

[4:35] couple years it's been rainy so we're

[4:36] hoping for good weather this year so

[4:38] more specifically the Kitty Parade at

[4:40] 10:00 a.m it'll take place on the corner

[4:42] of Park Street and Broadway uh please uh

[4:46] parents please accompany your your

[4:48] children out there uh there will it'll

[4:50] be all the the great and fascinating and

[4:53] and big trucks that we have going down

[4:55] the neighborhood area uh in the area of

[4:59] uh Park Street and Broadway in addition

[5:01] to that uh the mini Olympics will be

[5:04] taking place at the West Middle School

[5:07] football field again the fire department

[5:09] and all the volunteers uh put this on it

[5:12] starts at 12:30 p.m it includes a

[5:15] softball throw running races running

[5:18] broad jump uh all for uh children four

[5:21] and under um and I will not be

[5:24] participating this year and lastly after

[5:26] nine years of serving this community

[5:28] serving you all I recently accepted an

[5:31] offer to be the city administrator of

[5:33] the city of Woodbury um what does that

[5:36] mean for Weisetta means you won't be

[5:39] seeing my uh face and my silly sometimes

[5:42] stupid jokes uh in addition to that we

[5:45] are putting together a leadership plan

[5:47] to ensure that during this transition of

[5:49] leadership working with the mayor uh and

[5:52] city council that we have the right

[5:54] people on the bus to make sure that all

[5:57] this essential services everything that

[5:59] we do is consistent and there is

[6:01] continuity in those services so stay

[6:03] tuned for more information of how that

[6:05] plays out both in the short term and the

[6:07] long term to replace this position uh

[6:10] but it's been a pleasure and I look

[6:12] forward to uh seeing you before I leave