[0:06] call the regular meeting of the oakdale [0:08] city council to [0:09] order uh march 6 2025 [0:13] roll call please pearson here wilenbring [0:17] here campbell is absent mccauley here [0:21] data here hagen also absent and wilson [0:26] here [0:28] uh pledge of allegiance [0:32] please i pledge allegiance to the flag [0:35] of the united states of america and to [0:38] the republic for which it stands one [0:40] nation under god indivisible with [0:43] liberty and justice for all [0:50] okay i call for approval of the agendas [0:52] any changes anybody needs to make or we [0:54] just approve it [0:57] make a motion for approval of agenda [0:59] second all those in favor i any opposed [1:03] thank you approval of the minutes anyone [1:06] have any changes to the minutes uh that [1:08] they need to make [1:11] make a motion to approval of minutes [1:12] second [1:14] all those in favor i i any opposed [1:17] motion passes thank you call open forum [1:21] this is a time chance for anybody who is [1:24] in the in attendance who wishes to make [1:26] a comment that's not on the agenda to [1:28] come forward and speak but again it's [1:30] not on the agenda anything that's not on [1:32] the agenda does anyone wish to come [1:35] forward seeing none i close the open [1:39] forum uh we have no old no old business [1:43] so we will start with new business a [1:44] public hearing for the ethiopian [1:46] evangelical church in minnesota [1:49] 736033rd street north a conditional use [1:52] permit for a place of [1:55] worship thank you chair so i will have [1:57] the uh presentation slides up here in [2:00] just a moment so the location of the [2:02] site is 7360 33rd street it's the former [2:05] la fitness site uh the zoning for this [2:09] property is planned unit development or [2:10] pud and the purpose of the request is to [2:13] establish a place of worship or a church [2:16] and places of worship are allowed in all [2:18] zoning districts through the conditional [2:20] use permit process i would like to note [2:22] that there is federal law that also [2:23] provides some guidance here it's um our [2:26] lupa or the religious land use and [2:28] institutionalized persons act of 2000 it [2:31] essentially requires that religious [2:33] assemblies and institutions be treated [2:36] equally as non-religious assemblies and [2:38] institutions for example um city [2:41] buildings or school district or school [2:43] public school district buildings uh they [2:45] all have to be treated um equally so [2:48] access to the site it there is an [2:50] existing access off hemingway so as you [2:53] probably know the intersection of [2:54] hemingway and 34th street can be a [2:56] little bit tricky to navigate because [2:57] there is no left turn lane off hemingway [3:00] to go westbound on 34th street so at the [3:03] request of both the city and the [3:04] washington county public works [3:06] department the developer commissioned a [3:08] traffic study…