[0:05] [Music] Welcome back to the Monday Morning  Minute for March 17. Let's get 60 seconds on   [0:09] the clock and get started. First things first,  happy St. Patrick's Day. If you are choosing to   [0:14] celebrate today, please do so responsibly and  plan a safe and sober ride. Next, Oakdale has   [0:20] a pretty great snow plowing crew, but sometimes  plows can miss a little bit. A reminder - if your   [0:25] yard has experienced some accidental damage from  snow plows Public Works will repair it for you.   [0:30] Check out the link provided for more information.  It's hard to believe, but this Saturday is the   [0:35] final Oakdale Indoor Market of the season taking  place at the Discovery Center from 9 AM to 1 PM.   [0:40] Stop by and do a little shopping with some  great local vendors and artists. And with   [0:44] the end of the Indoor Market, a reminder that  Oakdale's Farmers Market will begin on June 4.   [0:49] More info to come. Finally, this Saturday the  ribbon will be cut on the new Gold Line Bus   [0:54] Rapid Transit project and the public is invited  to attend opening day activities. This includes   [1:00] a 10 AM ribbon cutting at the Woodlane Park  and Ride in Woodbury. For a full schedule   [1:04] of activities, as well as information  on free rides during the first week,   [1:07] check out the link provided. That's it. I'm out  of time. Have a great week, Oakdale. [Music]

all right welcome to the June 5th 2024 Oakdale Economic Development commission regular meeting we're going to take roll call Jeff here Bobby here Dave Tony here Frank here Stacy Gary here Robert here and pay all right we are going to move to the Pledge of Allegiance Frank if you'd like to lead us sure I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republ for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all all right on to the approval of agend agenda hopefully everyone has reviewed the minutes from the February meeting can I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented I'll move that second second second all in favor please signify by saying I I I motion carries oh sorry that was for the agenda now we'll approve the minutes any discussions or corrections to motion or to approve the minutes so moved second motion carries all right we will move on to the open Forum which we will start the open Forum with the advisory body training for the EDC which is presented by City administrator Chris fuler city clerk Sarah lewig and City attorney Jim Thompson hi madam chair Commissioners thanks for having me um thank what we're going to do is um the council asked for us to do some standard training and talk about um a lot of things that have to do with your jobs as Commissioners and we've done this with four maybe of five commissions three of five so you're the fourth is that right you're the fourth of five so um bear with us you know we kind of jump all over but we'll try to be very succinct here um please interrupt us if you have any questions don't wait till the end okay um we'll also offer there's a couple places we pause in here but feel free to um interrupt us what we're going to talk about today is a little bit about the city as a whole and then we're going to talk about um your agendas and kind of the rules surrounding that you know our city code outlines exactly how we're supposed to um handle meetings and that applies to the commissions as well and so the council is interested in more consistency and we really it's been um unfair to all of you because we haven't provided this information until now so we want to take the time to do it um when we're done what we're going to do from now on is any new commissioner will get trained in July after their appoint and so you won't have to sit through this every July but every July we will do another training for those who haven't been through it so you all have the same information okay we're going to emphasize a lot about um working with your Council aison which is Noah her and then it's also Max as your staff leades on and um we we want to encourage any conversation to be among them between you and them and not as a group because there are open meeting laws and we'll talk about that as well okay so I'm going to do a little bit we're going to pop to Sarah she'll do the details of the agenda Etc and then Jim Thompson is our City attorney for Oakdale and…

I don't think we need that as an yeah well I think I left mine in the car anyway we'll find out yeah oh here it is well good evening well welcome uh to the March 18th 2024 meeting of the Oakdale Environmental Management commission I'd like to call this meeting to order and we will begin with our roll call of commissioner members present Vice chair Miller present commissioner dittle is absent tonight commissioner Wilson here commissioner Yang present great also joining us in this space are oakdale's community devel vment liaison staff member Hannah Dunn and our Council liaison mayor zabel and I'd like to move to the next item which is our Pledge of Allegiance so if we'd all please rise together I PL aliance to the flag of the United States of America the for it stands Nation God indivisible liy and justice for all great thank you we would like to move towards the approval of the agenda I think everyone received a copy prior to the meeting so assuming no amendments or further discussion on what we're going to talk about tonight I'd like to ask for approval of tonight's agenda so moved awesome great all in favor of uh approving tonight's agenda for March 18th 2024 of the EMC say I I I opposed great wonderful passed as written next up is our approval of our meeting minutes from uh last month's commission meeting from February 12th if Commissioners would like to take a just a couple of minutes to review the minutes that were sent to you from last month any comments clarifications amendments from commissioners well at the very end it said the next meeting will be May 20th and right now it's not May 20th that's valid that's quite valid great any other changes or amendments suggestions all right hearing none others I'd like to ask for a motion to approve the meeting minutes with that suggested edit from commissioner Wilson so moved Sarah second second great all in favor with those Amendments of approving the February 12th 2024 meeting minutes from the EMC say I I I opposed great miss carries thank you as our process is open to public and Community we'll now move to the open Forum time of our agenda inviting any community members present to share hearing none we will move to we'll close that session and move to elevating any old business of the commission for Commissioners hearing none let's move to new business most exciting part of our agenda and first up we have a presentation from Washington County to discuss our evolving Washington County Organics and food scraps program and from the county we welcome Hannah Keller and analie garlets hi the floor is yours thank you all right well thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight my name is Hannah Keller I'm an environmental specialist with Washington County Department of Public Health and environment um I'm here tonight to discuss the food scraps pickup program um Ramsey and Washington counties are working together to launch a new food scraps recycling program um called the food scrafts um pickup progra…

[Music] Welcome back to the Monday Morning Minute for March 25. Let's get 60 seconds on the clock and get started. Construction on I-94 from Oakdale to the St. Croix River is expected to return in April. MnDOT will host a public meeting this Thursday, March 28 from 4 to 6:30 PM at Woodbury City Hall. This is an open house-style event for people to come and ask questions of the project team. Visit the link provided for more information. Law enforcement agencies across Washington County are excited to introduce Crime Mapping, a public-facing web-based tool showing crime incidents within cities including Oakdale. Crime Mapping allows users to view incident data over the past six months. It's a useful tool for law enforcement and residents alike, as it helps identify patterns and crime trends within a selected area. Check it out at the link provided. Finally, Oakdale PD is revving up its Neighborhood Watch Program, and we are looking for neighborhoods to sign up. The program has a low time commitment and goes a long way in building relationships between neighbors and the Police Department. Also, the Police Department will provide you with everything you need in terms of training and resources to get the ball rolling click on the link provided. That's it. I'm out of time. Have a great week, Oakdale. [Music]