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City Council Meeting and Economic Development Authority Meeting - June 10, 2025
Oakdale City CouncilWednesday, June 11, 2025
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[0:00] ready There we're ready up here We're going to go ahead and call to order the regular meeting of the Oakdale City Council June 10th 2025
[0:08] Uh Sarah will you take the role please Uh Council Member Moore here Council member Morham here Council member
[0:14] Severson here Mayor Zabel here Please join me in the pledge of allegiance
[0:21] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
[0:26] republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
[0:33] justice for all All righty
[0:40] First up tonight is the approval of the agenda We have a slightly amended version in front of us tonight Uh one
[0:46] change to a city policy I think that's about it Uh council members can I get a motion to approve the agenda as amended
[0:51] So move There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion to a second All those in favor say I I Opposed And the
[0:57] agenda is adopted Next up approval of the minutes Two sets tonight First up workshop meeting minutes for May 27th
[1:03] 2025 Council members any changes or corrections I'll look for a motion So moved There's a motion Is there a second
[1:09] Second Motion to second Any comments All those in favor say I I Opposed And those
[1:15] minutes are adopted Uh next set are regular meeting minutes from May 27th 2025 Any changes or corrections on this
[1:22] one I'll look for a motion So move There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Any comments All
[1:28] those in favor say I I Opposed And regular meeting minutes are adopted Uh
[1:34] next up public hearing We have one tonight Before we get to that uh staff presentation Luke come on down
[1:42] Walk us through Enclave Helmo station Thank you mayor So the location of
[1:47] Enclave Helmo station it's located at the southeast quadrant of Helmo Avenue and Fourth Street and it's also located
[1:53] immediately east of the Norhart apartment building So if you recall the final plat for Enclave was approved at
[1:58] the prior council meeting on May 27th and as a condition of approval for the plat uh there was a a requirement that
[2:06] the developer vacate any unnecessary public easements and zoning code
[2:11] prohibits encroachments onto easement areas So as such the developer has formally applied to vacate the existing
[2:19] uh utility and drainage easements that are no longer needed Sufficient corridors have been provided as part of
[2:24] the uh u have been provided for utility and drainage uh as part of the final
[2:30] plat for Enclave HL station that was just approved And there is also a request to approve the development
[2:36] agreement for Enclave And the development agreement specifies the terms and conditions that the developer has to satisfy in order to build certain
[2:43] site improvements for the development in including a new park And uh with that staff recommends approval of the two
[2:50] easement vacations and those are resolutions 2025-57 and 58 that are in the agenda packet And
[2:57] as a reminder this is a public hearing for uh the easement vacations Um and oh I I should also mention that staff
[3:03] recommends approval of the development agreement as well And I'd be happy to answer questions Thank you council members Questions for Luke I have one
[3:11] Does the development agreement reflect the um slate language uh change regarding the park amenities that Chris
[3:18] you sent us today Yes it does mayor Perfect Thank you Uh questions Okay Uh
[3:24] at this time I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing This is an opportunity for anybody in the audience that would like to uh take to the podium
[3:31] state your name and address for the record and speak on this agenda item only
[3:38] Seeing none I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing bring it back up for council consideration Uh council
[3:44] members let's tackle let's tackle the resolutions and then if we have questions we can tackle those as we go
[3:51] Who wants to take the first one I'll take it Um I move we wave reading and
[3:56] adopt resolution 2025-57 approving the vacation of the utility
[4:02] easement within Oaks Business Park There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Any comments All
[4:08] those in favor say I I Opposed And resolution 2025-57 is adopted Next Uh Mr
[4:14] Mayor I move we wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-58 approving the vacation of drainage and
[4:21] utility easements within Oaks Business Park and Oaks Business Park second edition There's a motion Is there a
[4:26] second Second Motion a second Final comments All those in favor say I I Opposed and 2025-58 is adopted Last item
[4:35] Mr Mayor I move we authorize the mayor and city administrator to sign and execute the development agreement for Enclave Helmo Station There's a motion
[4:42] Is there a second Motion a second Final comments All those in favor say I I
[4:47] Opposed And that authorization is given Perfect
[4:53] Uh open forum Uh open forum is our time on the agenda for anybody in the audience that wants to talk about
[4:59] anything with us um similar rules as the public hearing Please feel free to step up to the podium state your name and address for the record um and share
[5:06] whatever is on your mind
[5:12] Seeing none we'll move into consensus motions Council members tonight we have
[5:18] A through J on our agendas Uh are there any that uh council members would like
[5:24] to pull for individual consideration No All right Who wants to make that
[5:29] motion Make a motion to approve consensus motions A through J as presented There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion
[5:35] on a second All those in favor say I I Opposed And A through J are approved as
[5:41] presented Uh next up we will check in with advisory boards and commissions Uh
[5:47] planning commission met Council member Severson I believe you tackled that one right I did Yes The plan commission met
[5:53] on uh June 5th last week and um held public hearings on the comprehensive
[5:58] plan amendment for the Glen Brook small area comprehensive plan um and also a public hearing on the zoning and
[6:04] subdivision code update and the zoning map up amendment and um had some good
[6:09] discussion and um that was pretty much their meeting Wonderful Uh award bid
[6:17] none So we'll move into community development We have a couple items uh
[6:22] tonight Luke taking us through this Welcome on back
[6:27] So yes this uh site plan amendment it's for Collins Electrical Construction They're actually relocating from their
[6:33] headquarters in the city of St Paul to here in Oakdale And the location of their site is 711 Hail Avenue So this is
[6:40] the former Spartan Promotional Building if you're familiar with that This site plan amendment request involves
[6:46] expanding the existing building by approximately 19,000 square ft and adding a dedicated outdoor storage area
[6:53] for business equipment So after reviewing the uh request staff finds that it complies with the zoning
[6:59] requirements including the standards for parking landscaping exterior design standards screening and light site
[7:06] lighting Um so staff recommends approval of the amendment subject to the following conditions that are found in
[7:11] the resolution 2025-55 And I would like to note that since the agenda packet was actually published the developer
[7:18] submitted updated plans that satisfy conditions 2 three and four in the resolution So those uh conditions are a
[7:24] bit moot Um but I'll read through the the five conditions here So number one is uh that the developer has to obtain
[7:31] approval for the uh civil construction plans by the city engineer Number two
[7:37] provide details methods of screening for trash collection areas for external trash collection and the developer
[7:42] actually u they pointed out that there's an there's an existing internal trash collection area Um so that's what will
[7:48] be utilized Number three uh the condition here demonstrate compliance with the exterior design standards The
[7:55] uh developer provided updated elevations and the ex building expansion is compliant with our design standards
[8:01] Number four revisions to the phototric plan to comply with the city's site lighting requirements and the updated
[8:08] plans uh show that they are in full compliance And finally number five permits and approvals must be obtained
[8:14] from outside government agencies and those pro approvals must be uh provided to the city We do have a representative
[8:21] from Collins Electrical here if you uh have any questions Uh otherwise I'd be happy to answer questions Thank you
[8:28] Thank you Luke Uh council members any questions for Luke How about the rep for from Collins Electric Any questions No
[8:35] All right let's hit it I will make a motion to wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-55 approving the site
[8:42] plan amendment for Collins Electrical with conditions included in the attached resolution There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Final
[8:49] comments All those in favor say I I Opposed And resolution 2025-55
[8:55] is adopted Welcome to Oakdale Collins Uh next up a building permit compliance
[9:02] date change or an extension request Luke you got that one too Thank you mayor So
[9:07] yes this is for the Rio's Church at 7287 Stillwater Boulevard Uh the current site
[9:16] plan extension approval is valid through July 6 and the uh an additional 30-day
[9:22] extension is being requested by the church through August 5th so that the developer can obtain a building permit
[9:27] Just running into a bit of issues with uh or finalizing the DA but we uh city
[9:32] staff we do feel confident that we could get there here in the next few weeks Uh the developer again is working with city
[9:38] staff both on the development agreement and also working towards obtaining a building permit So happy to answer questions Thank you Council members any
[9:45] questions for Luke Yeah I just had one question Council member Markham Thank you I was just uh the process can take
[9:52] time on these things and I think this came forward already once for an extension Should we just two three times
[9:57] Two three times for a longer period I was just going to recommend should we make it a 90-day extension at this point
[10:04] I mean just to make sure there's time so it's not coming forward again in case there's someone that gets ill or there's
[10:09] vacations or is city staff fairly confident that it's really down to the last week or two and this will be enough
[10:16] Or is 30 days the max we can do I don't know
[10:21] who wants to take it So uh in terms of how long the the council can keep
[10:26] extending the the site plan approval I guess I would look to the city attorney's office But um yeah now city
[10:34] staff does feel that we are really close In fact uh in in terms in terms of uh
[10:40] getting the DA across the finish lines Anything else Andy Well 30 days is
[10:47] enough That's fine Uh council members any other questions
[10:52] All right I'll look for a motion I'll move we approve an additional 30-day extension with an expiration date
[10:58] of August 5th 2025 for Rios Diaga Viva to obtain a building permit for the proposed church at 7287 Stillwater
[11:06] Boulevard North There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second All those in favor say I I Opposed And
[11:13] that extension is granted Thank you Luke Uh city attorney Jim what what do you
[11:19] got for us tonight Nothing tonight Mr Mayor constantly happy to answer questions So anybody have any questions for Jim We had a whole bunch of items
[11:27] during workshop that Chris will be sending us So Oh that's what I get for not going Yeah
[11:34] Uh let's check in with our city administrator Chris Vulkers Chris you got a few items there Yeah Hi mayor and
[11:39] council I have three items on the um under this section So first is a donation to the city very generous
[11:45] donation by um a resident Nancy Muggenberg um in regards to her late
[11:51] husband Corey and in addition also part of the donating party is Michael and Don
[11:57] Conlin in memory of NY's husband So um the fire department had a lot of
[12:02] interactions over the last recent years with um her late husband Corey and she was very appreciative of the
[12:08] relationship and the service that the fire department provided her So with that she provided an $800 donation And
[12:14] so the motion is in front of you for consideration Uh council members any questions for Chris All right I'll look for a motion
[12:22] Make a motion to wave reading and adopt resolution 2025-54 accepting a donation from Nancy Muggenberg and Michael and
[12:29] Don Conlin in the amount of $800 There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Final comments All those in
[12:36] favor say I I Opposed and resolution 2025-54 is graciously accepted Thank you
[12:42] to Nancy Michael and Dawn for their donation to the city The next item I'm going to ask Don Tyson our owner's rep
[12:49] to come up for it's about the new um public work or sorry sorry city hall
[12:54] sorry and police facility This is our next project So we got two projects going on It's pretty exciting So Don
[13:01] thanks Welcome Thanks Chris Good evening Mayor Council Once again I am Don Tyson the owner's representative for the
[13:07] public works project and this these uh the police remodel expansion project and the city hall remodel project It really
[13:14] is a privilege to serve in these roles for you uh on these exciting projects Also in attendance with us tonight is
[13:21] Mike Phillips He is a senior project manager with Krauss Anderson and with your approval tonight of the contract he
[13:28] will be leading the project for the Krauss Anderson team So tonight we're requesting two actions for these
[13:33] projects The first action is approval of the construction manager at risk contract Back on March 11th you approved
[13:40] the process to select the construction manager with the projects in compliance with Minnesota statute 471.463
[13:48] You also appointed the city administrator city police chief and project architect as a selection committee Uh for this process there was
[13:55] a robust selection process that took place that began with a issuing a request for qualifications The city
[14:02] received eight responses and after scoring those responses we sent the request for proposals then to three
[14:08] firms and then after scoring those proposals the top two firms were interviewed As the conclusion of those
[14:14] interviews the combined scores of the qualifications the proposal and the interviews were told up and the
[14:21] selection committee is recommending Cross Anderson uh construction company for these projects As you know Krauss
[14:27] Anderson is the current construction manager on the public works facility They have kept this project in budget
[14:33] and progressing forward even under challenging site and weather conditions that we've experienced out there The
[14:39] transition to the police department and city hall projects will really be a smooth seamless effort for city staff uh
[14:45] to keep this the next project going forward As a side note the team of BKV Group the
[14:52] uh architect for these projects and Cross Anderson recently completed a joint facility of public works and uh
[14:58] police department in Rosemont and we actually toured that uh last week to see that So this team of architect and
[15:05] construction manager have really completed some uh great projects here in the cities together
[15:10] The request for council action does contain financial information on the construction management fee and pre-construction services I do want to
[15:17] point out that in the times we're in where everything seems to be costing more the construction management fee
[15:23] percentage is less than the construction management fee percentage on the public works project that was approved two
[15:28] years ago And thanks go to your city administrator Chris Vulkers that negotiating this this uh reduction in
[15:34] fee from one two two years ago So with that mayor we and council we're requesting that city council authorize
[15:41] the mayor and city administrator to enter into an agreement with Krauss Anderson Construction Company for
[15:46] construction management risk services for CIP project B2025-1
[15:52] and B2026-1
[15:57] Thank you Don Uh council members any questions for Don or Chris Because you
[16:03] know we know Chris does so much on these projects Any questions All right let's look for a
[16:10] recommendation I move we authorize the mayor and city administrator to enter into an agreement with Carl Anderson
[16:16] Construction Company for construction management at risk services for CIP project B2025-1
[16:21] the expansion and remodel of the police department facility and B2026-1
[16:27] the remodel of city hall Uh there's a motion Is there a second Second Motion second Final comments All those in favor
[16:34] say I I opposed And that authorization is given Thank you Don Thank Thank you
[16:41] Uh the second action is identical to the action you took back on August 14th of 2024 for the public's works project
[16:48] giving the city administrator a level of change order approval authority This action tonight is for just the police
[16:54] department and city hall projects For new council members and the public I want to reiterate three points that we
[17:00] made back in August about this change order authority Uh first of all change orders are a necessary part of any
[17:05] project There are things that the owner decides they want during the construction and no plan is perfect
[17:11] Change orders are just a fact of life with a project Field revisions are needed With that we need timely review
[17:17] and approval of a change order so we don't see delays because delays cost money for everybody on a project Most
[17:24] importantly to that point though there is a vigorous change order review process that's in place that will be also in place for this project
[17:32] Change orders are reviewed by the project architect the construction manager the owner's representative myself uh and even before a change order
[17:40] is drafted the team reviews these change orders or potential change orders with the city administrator and get their uh
[17:47] the city administrator's approval even start processing those So that rigorous process ensures transparency and
[17:53] accountability and that it's actually a needed and a and a a wellpriced change order
[17:58] So with that mayor we do request again uh that the city council authorize a city administrator to approve individual
[18:04] change orders up to $100,000 provided that the increases in the project cost
[18:10] within the city council's approved project budget for the police department and city hall projects
[18:17] Thank you Don Uh council members any questions for Don on this one Yep Go for it Yeah I was just uh could you speak to
[18:23] the number of change orders above 25,000 that have been received for the public works building to this point
[18:29] I don't have that number council member but we can get that to you I would say it's right now it's uh less than 10 Sure
[18:36] So and comparison to the scope of other projects of this size Is that fairly standard Is that more Is that less Yeah
[18:43] The the primary the largest change over so far have been related to the winter conditions working over the winter and
[18:49] dealing with frozen ground Um and that's so those have been the most significant
[18:54] ones moving the earthwork but nothing unusual for a project of this size or
[18:59] magnitude Um the change order budget itself right now also is in uh excellent
[19:04] condition compared where we're at with the project with the progress that you saw out there last week So yeah No
[19:10] perfect Yeah the weather conditions are a big factor in any project So I appreciate sharing that That's the only question I had Thank you Uh any other
[19:18] questions for Don All right Uh who would like to make this motion
[19:23] I can make the motion to wave reading the city administrator or to authorize
[19:28] Start over Make a motion to authorize the city administrator to approve individual change orders up to $100,000
[19:33] provided that the increase in project cost is within the city council's approved project budget for the police department and city hall remodel
[19:39] projects There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Any conversation All those in favor say I I
[19:47] Opposed And that authorization is given Thank you Thank you Don Uh Chris one
[19:52] more item under your section Well first thank you mayor and council Um I do want to say with the public works we'll get
[19:58] you a list of the change orders because they're almost all soil or or weather condition related almost Um but I do
[20:05] appreciate the the faith you have in the staff to really vet this stuff There have been times where we've said no or
[20:11] no we're not going to do it that way We're going to find a different way which is why our change order our whole budget is in really good shape So be
[20:17] assured we're trying to work hard on that So um as far as this agenda item it
[20:23] is about city policy um CCO2 which is city council policy Council only has a
[20:28] few policies This is one It's about advisory boards and commissions And what we're trying to do is clarify a more
[20:35] clear process for both both the applicants as they go through the process to be in a commissioner board
[20:40] The council as they consider the applicant and then um the council as they're managing the commissions These
[20:47] are this is a council thing The commissions and boards are council They are not staff We only support you guys
[20:53] make the decision So what you've got in front of you is a proposed um well several proposed based on council
[20:58] discussions previously on um eight sections and it really
[21:03] clarifies the term of the appointments the application process and how that flows So it clarifies some hiccups we've
[21:10] been having just because we didn't allow enough time for everything Um reappoints what happens in that so that
[21:16] commissioners know if they want to be reappointed how that process works and how council's involved vacancies
[21:22] attendance attendance is a big one It is very important that people who become part of our commissions and boards
[21:28] attend the meetings So the council is interested in putting a threshold for attendance expectations So that's in the
[21:35] policy organization overall u meetings and then the annual work plan that they
[21:40] will prepare work plan and council will review it They'll have discussions It'll be an open discussion with the commission's board So that's what's in
[21:46] front of you these proposed changes to um city council policy C002
[21:53] Perfect Uh council members any questions for Chris All right let's get a recommendation
[22:00] I recommend we amend city policy CC-002 city council advisory boards and commissions And there's a motion Is
[22:06] there a second Second Motion a second Any comments The only comment I will make is thank you Chris and Sarah our
[22:13] city clerk um for all of your work on this We know there was a lot of back and forth um and we know that sometimes
[22:18] these policies can get a little once we start tinkering with things they can become a headache So we really appreciate um you pulling all of our
[22:25] thoughts together So thank you for that Uh all those in favor say I I opposed
[22:30] and that policy is amended Uh council presentations we have one action Um so
[22:37] let's do that and then we can go into individual council member updates So um
[22:42] this one is to update our board and commission assignments for 2025 uh with the resignation of council member Willen
[22:49] Uh we just need to move a few chairs on the the boat deck So um council members
[22:54] can I get a motion Make a motion to affirm the updated appointments for the boards and commission leaison for 2025 as noted on
[23:01] the attached There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Any conversation All those in favor say I I
[23:09] Opposed And those appointments are affirmed Uh council presentations Anybody have anything Council member
[23:16] Moore I don't All right How about over here Nothing Nothing Nothing I got a whole bunch Uh because there's a lot
[23:21] going on in the city in June So uh our weekly Oakdale Farmers Market began last week um and continues every Wednesday in
[23:27] the city hall parking lot uh from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m Check it out Uh every single week there's something new popping up
[23:33] out of the ground and the the farmers are bringing it out So um lots of great variety of fruit fresh fruits and
[23:39] vegetables also baked goods lots of things out there Um usually there's also some city staff either recreation
[23:45] department or maybe community development So if you see any of our team out there stop by and say hi We really appreciate that Uh it'll be
[23:50] continuing through October 8th Uh city offices will be closed on Thursday June 19th in observance of the Junth holiday
[23:57] Uh offices will reopen the following day Friday June 20th Every summer the city recognizes the
[24:02] eye-catching landscaped properties with the Oakdale Acorn Award Uh we want to invite all residents to nominate as many
[24:08] properties as you can by June 30th Uh nominations can be made on the city website oakdalemn.gov in three
[24:15] categories: business commercial public and residential Did we also add it to
[24:20] CClick Fix They can als Yeah Sarah's nodding her head Yeah So you can also
[24:25] use our Cclick Fix app uh to take pictures of properties and nominate them as well So that streamlines things too
[24:32] Oh boy Hard to believe Summerfest two weeks away So exciting Um always
[24:38] an exciting time in our community that whole week There's a ton of stuff going on So please mark your calendars for June 23rd through the 28th Um as always
[24:45] you can check out the full schedule of events on the city or on the city website on the Summerfest website oakdale summerfest.com Uh a quick
[24:52] rundown of some of the highlights On Monday the uh Oakdale Area Chamber Commerce Medallion Hunt kicks off Um to
[25:00] see the clues and hopefully find the medallion you got to tune in to or check out the Oakdalefest.com website Uh the
[25:07] Oakdale Summerfest community organization Facebook page as well as the city I believe we put them on our
[25:12] city Facebook page also Yeah our city comps manager nodding yes Um so a couple locations They drop every day right at 8
[25:20] a.m Um always a fun time always a very competitive time with people hunting in our city All of the rules for the
[25:26] medallion hunt can be found on the Oakdale Summerfest website Uh Thursday is the Ted Birth Grand Parade Starts at
[25:31] 6 PM heads down uh 15th Street from Transfiguration Church to Walton Park Um
[25:36] after the parade uh stay in Walton Park We have food trucks We have the Lions Club beer garden Um we're going to have
[25:42] live local music uh local musicians performing in the band shell Um so stop
[25:48] down for the first kind of official night of all of the fun in Walton Park Uh Friday starts a little earlier this
[25:54] year The fund starts at 11:00 a.m in Walton Park Um the Oakdale recreation uh department will be out there with the it
[26:00] truck We're going to have pony rides There will be giant inflatables for the kids to jump around Plenty of food and
[26:05] beverage Um at 5:00 we'll have the third layer skateboard competition That's always a fun time Um and Free and Easy
[26:12] is back this year and in the band shell They are always they've been very popular the last few years So we're excited to have them back and they'll be
[26:17] playing from 6:30 to I think 10:30 Um so come on down for some live music in the park And then all of the Summerfest fun
[26:25] uh yep that was the last thing on there Uh uh comes to a head on Saturday It
[26:31] begins bright and early with the Oakdale Nature Preserve 5K Starts at 8 a.m at the Discovery Center Um I'll be out
[26:36] there I'm not running I'll just take pictures and say hi So um come on out Cheer on the runners If you're not a
[26:42] runner it's like that line in the movie Greece If you can't be an athlete be be an athletic supporter So um we
[26:48] definitely want to cheer on the runners after the Nature Preserve 5K You like that huh
[26:55] Uh all the fun starts down in Walton Park again at 11:00 a.m Uh we have balloon artist I keep saying we it's
[27:01] Oscar the group behind Summerfest They do an amazing job There's going to be balloon artists There's going to be pony rides The inflatables will be back Um
[27:08] the the teddy bear band will be performing Saturday afternoon That's always a fun time for the for the kids
[27:14] Food trucks Uh the Little Blues Traveling Zoo is back again this year so you can hang out with the animals Uh the
[27:20] Oakdale Fire Department is once again hosting a pop-up splash pad A big thank you to the fire department for doing
[27:25] that That starts at 1:00 p.m Uh the Minnesota Twins are sending TC Bear out
[27:31] uh to hang out with kids 4 to 5:00 p.m So you'll see see the bear walking around the park Um and then all of the
[27:37] Summerfest fun kind of accumulates with uh a concert by GB Leighton a Midwest favorite Um a truly tremendous band 6:30
[27:44] to 10:30 and then the Oakdale firework extravaganza is at just after 10 o'clock
[27:50] So we hope everybody will join us Uh Summerfest is always so much fun Uh and as I mentioned all of this is pulled
[27:56] together by a group of five volunteers It is unbelievable all of the work that the Oakdale Summerfest Community Organization does for this community
[28:03] event every single year Um a big thank you to them A big thank you to our staff um who play a huge role in making sure
[28:10] the logistics in Walton Park are set up and available Everything from food
[28:16] vendor food truck licenses to um having electric out at the park all of the
[28:22] public work staff doing cleanup u throughout the event It is truly a team effort and we appreciate everybody's
[28:27] hard work on that Uh a reminder I don't know if we ever actually said this but
[28:33] uh this is our only city council meeting this month We canled the one the week of Summerfest um so we could be immersed in
[28:38] all of the Summerfest fund fund fun There we go Um we will be back in July
[28:44] If you need anything in between reach out to Council Member Morham Um thanks
[28:49] We look forward to seeing everybody at Summerfest Uh finally um earlier today
[28:55] Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry announced he will not be seeking re-election Um Oakdale and every police
[29:01] department in Washington County and in the region has had a tremendous relationship with Sheriff Star Um during his two terms don't don't you dare
[29:11] Um during his two terms uh he's been with uh the sheriff's office Oh I don't even know how long he's been Um just a
[29:18] leading force in public safety um and community engagement in the east metro for so long Um thankfully he's not done
[29:25] quite yet He'll be around till January 2027 So we we can all benefit from his experience and passion for the East Metro a little bit longer but um Sheriff
[29:32] Star has been such an asset for public safety for everything in the East Metro for so long We wish him well in
[29:38] retirement We are bummed to see him go Um we got to pay bills H the bills Let's
[29:45] see Claims roster 2 million bucks Oh just 2 million Uh and change for May 28th through June 10th Council members
[29:52] uh were there any claims we wanted to pull out uh for more information Never is Um can I get a motion
[30:02] Mr Mayor I'll approve um I'll move we approve claims for the period May 28th 2025 to June 10th 2025 in the amount of
[30:09] 2,67,167 96 cents It's always at 96 cents Got to
[30:16] have it on there Uh there's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Any conversation All those in favor say
[30:22] I I Opposed Bills are paid Uh can I get a motion to adjurnn So move There's a
[30:28] motion Is there a second Second Motion a second All those in favor say I I Opposed We are jjourned and we're going
[30:34] to roll right into our meeting of the Oakdale Economic Development Authority
[30:40] Mr Mayor can you pause a second so we can get Okay Yep And I'll g us in the next meeting whenever we're ready
[30:53] Okay you're good All righty I'm going to go ahead and call to order the regular meeting of the Oakdale Economic
[30:58] Development Authority June 10th 2025 Sarah will you please take the role Commissioner Moore here Commissioner
[31:03] Morham here Commissioner Severson here President Zabel here Uh we don't do the
[31:09] pledge again That's okay That's okay Uh council
[31:14] members can I get a motion to approve the agenda So move There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second All those in favor say I I Opposed And
[31:22] the agenda is adopted Uh next up approval of minutes Uh one set in front of us December 10th 2024
[31:29] Uh commissioners Can I get a motion to approve the minutes as presented So moved There's a motion Is there a
[31:34] second Second Motion a second Any comments Uh Mr Mayor I'll abstain I was not a member of the EDA at that point
[31:41] Weren't with us yet All right Easy enough Uh all those in favor say I I Opposed and one abstension from uh
[31:48] Commissioner Seagerson Two business matters in front of us tonight Uh first up annual election of officers We need
[31:55] to elect a vice president a treasurer and secretary Um we have the assignments
[32:01] from 2024 commissioners Any objection to just filling the positions based on seniority
[32:08] of the Oakdale City Council members going down typically is what we do So
[32:14] vice president would be uh Commissioner Morham treasurer would be Commissioner Moore and Commissioner Severson would be
[32:20] Secretary Comfortable with that Good with that Uh
[32:25] I'll make a motion to elect a vice president treasurer and secretary for 2025 as noted Second Motion and a second
[32:32] Any conversation All those in favor say I I Opposed And congratulations on the
[32:38] new jobs Uh we have one other action item tonight in front of us Uh an amendment to the
[32:45] property use agreement by Ames Construction Mr Getsoff welcome Thank
[32:50] you Mr President Commissioners uh the the item before you is approval of the
[32:57] second amendment a temporary property use agreement with Ames related to ED own EDA owned property at Tanner's Lake
[33:03] Uh Ames entered into this agreement November 16 2022 uh for temporary use
[33:08] related to the Gold Line bus rapid transit project Um that agreement was amended April 15th of 2024 extending
[33:16] those terms to no November 23rd 2024 Uh condition of that agreement was that
[33:23] Ames was to um in exchange perform some sewer relocation work at their expense
[33:30] um end up the the as did not perform the location work because it it wasn't needed based on the design of the uh
[33:37] Tanner's redevelopment um project So in lie of that we've worked out an arrangement um with as
[33:43] that they pay the approximate cost of what it would have been done to do the work but we are just limiting that to
[33:49] the materials only knowing that you know they would have been on site and been able to do that So and those numbers
[33:54] have been verified by the city engineer Um so that amount would be $27,500
[34:00] with the recommendation that that go into the municipal building fund So the action before uh the EDA here today is
[34:07] at the um recommendation of our city attorney to make sure we just memorialize this in an agreement form
[34:13] for for future auditing purposes would be to authorize um EDA president and executive director
[34:20] to sign and execute the se second amendment to the temporary property use agreement with Ames on behalf of the EDA
[34:27] Happy to answer any questions Uh commissioners any questions No questions I have one Why is it going to the
[34:33] municipal building fund Uh our past practice is money yielded from public lands goes to parks So why the ch Well I
[34:42] guess it's a council tradition Um why the change now So Mr Mayor city council
[34:48] that was very deliberate to give you flexibility on wherever you want to move it to after that That's the right place to move it to So you have full
[34:54] flexibility Wouldn't we have the same flexibility with just putting in the general fund Um there are rules about
[35:01] this specifically and without going into too many details with the auditor who's not here It does this this does give you
[35:08] you can move it back to the general fund This gives you the most flexibility Yeah Because of the source of the funds That
[35:14] makes sense Thank you I knew you'd have the answer Of course It's like you anticipate our questions Yeah Uh
[35:22] commissioners any other questions I'll look for a motion Well I'll move that we authorize the EDA
[35:28] president and executive director to sign the second amendment to temporary property use agreement with Ames Construction Incorporated on behalf of
[35:35] the EDA There's a motion Is there a second Second Motion a second Final comments All those in favor say I I
[35:42] Opposed And that authorization's given Can I get a motion to adjourn the Oaka So moved There's a motion Is there a
[35:48] second Second Motion a second All those in favor say I I opposed We are adjourned Thank you and good night