[3:56] Good evening. Welcome to the city of Woodberry's housing and redevelopment authority meeting for today, July 30th,

[4:03] 2025. It is 7:30 p.m. We are here in council chambers. This meeting is also taking place virtually and can be found

[4:10] by finding our agenda and clicking on the green button and you can hop into the meeting. Um, meetings are recorded

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[4:23] meetings are also available on the city of Woodbury's YouTube channel. Um public comments are always taken during the

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[4:36] information. Um we're officially calling this to order. And to begin, uh Janelle,

[4:42] would you please do the roll call? Commissioner Morris here. Commissioner Santini here.

[4:47] Commissioner Stafford here. Commissioner Wilson here. Chair Bert here. We are all here tonight so we're

[4:53] able to conduct tonight's business. All we have on our agenda tonight for the H meeting is a consent agenda.

[5:00] And there's only two items, approval of minutes and a foreclosure statement. So we have all had a chance to review that.

[5:05] Would somebody like to put forth a motion? I would I'll move to approve consent agenda items 3A and 3B.

[5:12] Second. Motion is second. Any discussion? Hearing none. The roll call, please.

[5:18] Commissioner Morris, I. Commissioner Santini, I. Commissioner Stafford, I. Commissioner Wilson,

[5:24] I. Chair Burr, I u that those consent agenda items passed. There are no public hearings.

[5:30] There's no discussion. So, I make a motion that we adjourn this meeting. Second. Motion a second. Any discussion? Hearing

[5:37] none. All in favor? I I We are adjourned.

[5:44] Okay. Good evening. Welcome to the city council city um or city city city of

[5:49] Woodbury city council meeting. It is today July 30th, 2025. It is about 7:33.

[5:57] Um we are um this is our regular meeting. We are this meeting is taking

[6:02] place in here in council chambers. It's also being uh recorded by True Lens

[6:08] Community Media. It's being broadcast live. It's also replayed on cable channel 799. Also available on the city

[6:14] of Woodbury's YouTube channel for watching at a later point. Um questions

[6:19] or comments are always welcome during the meeting, before or after the meeting. Feel free anytime to reach out to us about any particular um item. Um

[6:28] as is our norm, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[6:35] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[6:41] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[6:47] And um Ashley, our assistant city administrator, city clerk, would you please do the roll call? Council member Morris.

[6:53] Hi. Oh, here. Council member Santini, here. Council member Stafford,

[6:59] here. Council member Wilson, here. Mayor Bert here. We are all here tonight so we're able to conduct tonight's business. We

[7:05] do have uh one person for the open forum. Um Jeff has come before. So you

[7:10] kind of know the the rules of the road. I don't think we have anyone else. Um you get about three minutes. No, it's perfect.

[7:16] So well, welcome. Um we have a new thing. We used to ask you for your name and your address for the record. Now we

[7:21] just ask you for your name and your city of residence. Ah, okay. Well, then I'll just be even

[7:26] more brief. Um Jeffrey Reg, longtime citizen of Woodbury. So, thank you,

[7:32] mayor. Good to be with all of you tonight. Um my last visit to the city council was just over a year ago and at

[7:40] which time I shared observations and concerns over the removal of virtually

[7:46] all the landscaping and bushes and shrubs and trees in and around the

[7:52] angel site. Uh actually it was also uh around the veteran site to a good extent

[7:58] as well. It was not looking very good at that point. Um but tonight I'm very happy to

[8:06] report that what happened at the site because of the removal of all the

[8:11] vegetation turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I love when blessing in

[8:17] disguises happen and it certainly happened in this case because all the replacement landscaping is now better

[8:25] and more beautiful than it ever was at its original state. So, uh, if you've

[8:31] been there in recent months, you know exactly what I'm talking about. So, I'm

[8:36] here to say a big thank you and note of appreciation to the mayor, to the

[8:42] council, city administrator, department heads, Michelle Okata, Josh Kenny, and

[8:49] all that have contributed mightily to the beautifification and the restoration

[8:54] of this very special area to the city. So, that was my principal purpose

[9:00] tonight. But I also want to have a few other comments very briefly. Currently, the Angel is home to the names of 93

[9:09] children. Eight new names will be added to the memorial in a few weeks at the annual

[9:15] Angel of Hope ceremony on August 21st at 6 p.m. Many of you have attended this

[9:23] ceremony in the past. And if you have, you know, it's a beautiful ceremony.

[9:28] It's touching and impactful with many families coming to remember and honor

[9:34] their child. Uh the name of each child is always read aloud at each of the

[9:39] ceremony. So if your schedule permits, please it would be wonderful to have you to attend this again this year. So with

[9:47] that, mayor, council, um many thanks to all of you truly from the bottom of our

[9:54] heart and there are hundreds and hundreds of people that would be behind me that would want to also convey the

[10:00] same message for your care, for your love, and your ongoing support of the

[10:05] Angel of Hope Woodbury. Thank you. Great. Thank you, Jeeoff. And um

[10:11] I'll just state publicly I I always enjoy going to those ceremonies because they're just very moving and very

[10:16] beautiful. Unfortunately, I've got a different commitment this this go round, so I can't attend. But, um, I agree. I

[10:21] remember when we came in last year and well, by the way, I should introduce we have our new city administrator here, Jeff Dah. Um, so this is Jeff to

[10:29] everybody listening. Um, he just started on Monday, but when Clint Gridley was sitting in

[10:34] that seat and you and he and I had both seen it, others had seen it. you came in and we were just sick to see what had

[10:40] happened um with the chopping down of things and it was done as a route as a as a maintenance but uh the a group of

[10:48] people did rally to say we got to work fast to improve this and um and it is it

[10:53] is lovely. So turned out wonderful. Yeah. So thank you for your patience and and and and give us a good swift kick

[11:01] when we needed it to do something a little bit different. So um Jeeoff it was a really a truly wonderful

[11:06] partnership. you'll have to hear the story about how all this all came together, but just a really really lovely lovely spot. So, thank thank you

[11:12] for being here. Um, our meeting tonight is really relent

[11:19] agenda really. So, all items listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the city council and

[11:26] will be enacted by one motion and an affirmative vote by roll call of the majority of the members present.

[11:31] There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member or a citizen so request in which event the

[11:36] item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered a separate subject of discussion by the council. Jeff,

[11:43] you're the only one here. Do you want anything removed from the consent agenda?

[11:48] No. Consent agendas are wonderful. They are wonderful. By the way, Jeff used to be a council member in Cottage Grove, so he knows this uh he knows all

[11:55] he knows the drill. Um I always have to ask Ashley, anybody online? No, there never is. But we always ask Okay.

[12:01] Uh, council members, I don't think I've heard anybody removing anything. Is anything changed?

[12:06] I just have um can I just ask a question for clarification and then I would love

[12:11] to approve the whole thing. Okay, why don't we do this? Let's get our motions going and then we'll you know how we always do a discussion or

[12:18] question. So motion to approve uh consent agenda

[12:24] items A through H as presented. Second. Motion is second. Okay. Any

[12:31] discussion? Kim, just for clarification for the record and for anybody listening, the 6F is the

[12:38] capital improvement plan. That is just a plan. That mean that doesn't mean we are approving everything in this capital

[12:44] improvement plan. Those projects still have to come before us and we still have the ability to yay or nay it.

[12:50] Right. And to be clear, the next year the the one year looking forward of the capital improvement plan is get it get

[12:57] is gets incorporated into our regular budget. So we will see that at our upcoming budget meeting. Just like to make it clear.

[13:02] Yes. Perfect. Okay. Any other comments or questions? If not, we have a motion to second. Roll

[13:09] call, please. Council member Santini, I. Council member Stafford, I. Council member Wilson,

[13:15] I. Council member Morris, hi. Mayor Bert, I. Those consent agenda items passed. There's no public hearing, no

[13:21] discussion, but we do have Chris here, Chris Hartzell, our engineering director with the transportation report.

[13:29] Thank you, Mayor Bert. Members of the council, I was on the vacation for the last week and a half and I feel like a lot of stuff has been happening. So, I'm

[13:36] really glad to cover the transportation report because I feel like it's been almost two months since we've really done one. Mhm.

[13:43] So, the active construction projects are the water treatment plant and pipelines, uh, Dale Road, Radio Drive to Copper

[13:49] Ridge Drive, the 2025 road rehab project, uh, Baylor Road Water Tower,

[13:54] Tamarak Road Rehab, and the Woodlane Drive trail project.

[14:00] So, near city hall, um, I'm sorry, here, the water treatment is it's well underway. All areas shown in orange are

[14:07] under construction this summer. Uh this construction requires closure of major roadways across the city. So to see

[14:13] details of these closures, I recommend going to our project web page uh under the Woodbury Water Treatment Plant and

[14:19] Pipelines project. Um it has info line numbers, email to answer all water treatment and construction related

[14:24] questions. There's also an email subscription through InTouch for updates. So for some construction photos, um this

[14:32] is pictures of Pioneer Drive and Interlockan Parkway. Uh water man has been installed and roadway

[14:38] reconstruction has progressed continuing south to Pioneer Drive. Water man is being installed from north to south with

[14:44] roadway reconstruction following behind. Interlock and Parkway at the north end of Pioneer Drive near Lake Middle School

[14:50] will be reopening to traffic prior to Labor Day. Wait, say that again. Be reopening prior to Labor Day. which

[14:57] Pioneer and Lake Pioneer in the um near Lake Middle

[15:02] School, Pioneer Drive and and uh and the roundabout at Lake and Pioneer.

[15:08] Okay. So, in other words, uh people will be able to get to school. Okay. Through the roundabout. Gosh, I just met with probably not like north of Lake on

[15:14] Pioneer. Uh you'll be able to go north, but uh south on Pioneer, south of the roundabout will be under construction at

[15:21] that time. Okay. So, still south to Bailey. Yes. Oh, I go back to Okay.

[15:26] Oh, but yours will open. Thanks. Okay, good. So, how will they access the school then if south of

[15:32] Lake will be closed? Southbound. Southbound. So, you'll be able to

[15:37] So, there'll be there'll be detour routes. So, if you look at the map under orange, what's constructed now is from

[15:43] at Valley Creek and Interlockan down to Lake and then the roundabout at Lake and

[15:49] Pioneer is currently under construction and they're moving through that. What we're saying is that will be reopening

[15:55] prior to to to Labor Day, but the work south of Lake Road is still going to be

[16:01] under construction till the end of the summer. So access into Lake Middle School, they're typically all the routes go in

[16:07] off of Pioneer and do the drop off and come back out Pioneer. You're going to have them routed off of Lake to get in

[16:13] to do car drop off. I'd have to check a detailed construction schedule, but I I would say that um our staff has worked

[16:20] really closely with the school district to make sure they're up and operational by the time school starts. There's a way in and out, which is

[16:26] exactly how it's going to be. Okay. Y might just be off of Lake Road.

[16:31] Yep. So, near city hall, um about 3/4 of the

[16:36] water man has been installed on Valley Creek Road between Tower Drive and Interlockan. For the month of August, the contractor will work on surface

[16:43] restorations and begin water mane construction on Radio Drive north of Valley Creek Road. Their next roadway

[16:49] closure will be after Labor Day to install the last quarter of the main along Valley Creek Road. This will

[16:54] require a closure of westbound Valley Creek Road

[17:00] near Bailey Road and Radio Drive. Water main installation continues and trail reconstruction has begun.

[17:06] So this is a picture of Cottage Grove Drive looking south towards Woodcrush Drive. Uh on Cottage Grove Drive, Paing

[17:14] is underway and turf restoration will begin shortly at Settler's Ridge Parkway. The water manes installed and

[17:19] the roadway is back open to traffic. Valley Creek Road from Woodcrust to Settlers. Pipe work in the area is near

[17:26] Settller's Ridge Parkway is currently underway. Edgewater Drive, construction has begun

[17:33] on the storm water quality improvements. Um, there will be minor impacts to Edgewater Drive with occasional lane

[17:39] restrictions and traffic flagging. This work is anticipated to be completed mid August.

[17:45] If you are Dale Road, you've seen that construction off of Radio Drive has been completed, uh, but they've closed it

[17:51] essentially east of Chestnut Drive for phase two. It's currently under, um, construction with an anticipated

[17:58] completion date in 2025. This includes a roundabout at Dale Road and Chestnut Drive, water mane installation, trail

[18:04] construction on both sides, and the construction of a two-lane divided roadway.

[18:11] So, these are p pictures of the phase one of Dale Road and Stable View Drive and then east of Chestnut Drive as it

[18:18] currently sits for the 2025 road rehab phases one, two,

[18:24] and three. So, that's the yellow, blue, and the purple have been paid with the first layer. The final layer of pavement

[18:30] will be placed on all phases following construction on phase four. Phase four will begin following Labor Day weekend

[18:36] once adjacent construction projects wrap up in those areas.

[18:42] So, this is a picture of the phase two and the traffic circle near Lakeidge Drive and Kil Bernie Road. This is uh

[18:48] council member Stafford's favorite uh traffic circle. I just waited to see how long it's going

[18:55] to take somebody to take out that street light. Well, hopefully they're not going fast enough to do that. It's not you. Uh,

[19:03] it's certainly I've driven through there several times. It's certainly effective at traffic calming, which was a primary goal of that neighborhood. In phase one,

[19:11] uh, formerly known as Forest Hill Drive is a picture of the new trail coming in.

[19:16] Mhm. Uh phase three at Powers Lake Park. It's a picture of the trail parking lot and some of the storm water BMPs being

[19:23] installed for Tamarak Road between Weir Drive and Radio Drive. Construction on Season's

[19:29] Parkway, Tamarack Village, Coller Way, and Tamarak Bay has been substantially completed. Work on Tamarak Road started

[19:36] in July and traffic is still reduced to single lane in both directions for curb replacement as well as trail

[19:42] reconstruction on the south side and new trail construction on the north side.

[19:49] Um there's a picture of the reconstruction of the trail. Uh and then there's a picture of Tamarak Road from

[19:55] Susan's Parkway and Wood Lion Drive trail. This is the

[20:01] segment uh that connects on between Valley Creek and Ger Drive right near the Kohl's. Um a new Trent 10-ft trail

[20:07] is being built on the west side of Woodling Drive between Valley Creek Road and Ger Drive. Uh there are intermittent

[20:12] lane closures to accommodate construction activities. Access to businesses will be maintained throughout construction. And the contractor is

[20:19] currently working on grading pond construction and retaining wall construction. So, if the council remembers, this was expressly uh desired

[20:26] as part of the gold line uh development project, but it was just outside the boundaries of the gold line. So, in

[20:32] exchange for the Washington County License Center, the city committed to building this trail, which served our

[20:38] interest as well. Chris, what's the approximate go back approximate timeline for completing that

[20:44] red section? You know, I don't have the notes here, but I got to imagine it's it's going to be probably within the next month and a

[20:49] half, two months. Okay. And just a note, the license center, I've got it on my calendar for late mid like August 25th for

[20:57] 26. Is that the official opening? I don't I have it on my calendar, but I think that's pretty close because

[21:02] they're fully evacuating the the building at the new the old license center by September. Okay. Tuesday mid September.

[21:09] Tuesday the 26th. Okay. That's supposed to be open and ready for use. Yep. Okay.

[21:14] And one of our staff members took a tour of that. It's it's very nice inside. It's uh one of the unique buildings

[21:20] that's all wood frame construction. Wood frame. Yeah. Timber construction. Yeah. And then lastly, uh we were actually

[21:28] informed about this uh from the Mandot side, but uh so we're thankful for that, but uh we're less thankful that there's

[21:34] more construction activities at the same time we're doing all our construction activities. So, uh it looks like um

[21:40] they're going to be closing the eastbound Interstate 94 ramp to Radio Drive. So, the off-ramp

[21:46] beginning at 5:00 a.m. Monday, August 4th, weather permitting. Um, the crews are going to be replacing

[21:52] the traffic signals as well as making uh improvements to the ADA ramp. So, motorists will be directed to use

[21:58] Woodbury Drive exit as their detour. Um, and crews are expecting to reopen the ramp in mid October.

[22:04] Oh my gosh. Tell me. I found out about this at 5:00. My staff

[22:09] my staff knew about it. I didn't. So, um Wow.

[22:15] Let's all say it together. Thank you, Mindot. Yeah. Wow. Can they truly not provide

[22:21] communication like way? They haven't before. Why would they start now? Communication. That's

[22:27] Can you remind me when is Tamarak going to be off of um 494?

[22:35] Oh, the Weir and Tamarack. Tamarak between Weir Drive and Radio Drive. Yeah. uh started in July, but I'm it

[22:43] says it's been um I'm guessing it's going to be Octoberish time frame by the time it's fully complete.

[22:49] Okay. Because I was just thinking what are those other alternatives and then Yep. Well, I know that that timing on

[22:55] that project and I don't have the phasing timeline on my but I know that that has been timed with the Valley

[23:01] Creek road closures and the water main pipe construction and some of the other east west detours. So that has to be

[23:07] completed before we open other segments of east west routes throughout the city. Okay.

[23:12] So if council would like more detail, I I just don't remember that offh hand. But back to this, I just want to know

[23:18] how I need to get home. Yeah. But back to I'm here to to serve. So this exit ramp is could be really

[23:24] problematic. It's going to push all the traffic to Woodbury Drive. Correct. And then Hudson Road and trying to get on Tamarak because people are not going

[23:30] to do this recommended one. It's not going to happen. Yeah. Um, and then it affects all the

[23:36] businesses that are overburdened with traffic and all the ones that no cars go by anymore.

[23:41] Correct. Do we do what kind of communication have

[23:47] the businesses in this area had? Um, I'm not sure since this was

[23:52] it's not it's not our project. It's not new. It's not new to the the staff. I found I found out it day today,

[23:57] but they had been working with some of our staff members for the the last six months on this and they had a precon

[24:03] just last week. And so this is literally like this is coming up on Tuesday, correct? May the 5th. Okay.

[24:08] Yeah. Okay. Oh, wow. Well, be prepared. We're going to get a lot of complaints.

[24:14] We just sent them to Yeah. Chris permitting. Is there a possibility that any of these could be pushed

[24:20] forward and be done earlier? She's new.

[24:28] Polyiana over here. I don't know what they're planning for.

[24:34] I don't have high hopes. Uh based on past practice with Mindot's construction activities there. There's a lot going on

[24:41] here, too. When you have a freeway and an interstate, you can't. You have to do a lots of advanced signage and lots of

[24:47] other, you know, mobilizations and worry about uh the speed of traffic. So, I full anticipate this is probably going

[24:53] to last for October. like they mentioned. Okay. Okay. I'm going to state this right now. Oh, go ahead. And I have something to

[24:59] say to the ramp closure. Yeah. Overall projects throughout the city.

[25:04] I'm sorry. Say that again. Weather permitting all the projects we

[25:10] have going, the road rehabs and the water treatment. Could that move ahead in the schedule? Possibly.

[25:15] Well, the weather has been unfortunately rainy the last few months. I know, but it's not going to snow till

[25:20] after Christmas, so we should be good. We tend to make hay whenever it's dry and the temperatures are uh viable. Uh

[25:28] the biggest issue during construction is rain in the middle of the summer. You know, uh especially if you have clay

[25:34] soils, it takes a long time for those to dry out and they just can't work it because it just makes the soils worse.

[25:39] Well, I will comment as part of the Fox Run Rehab project that McNamera

[25:45] Construction who's been amazing worked in the rain. There's very little types of activities.

[25:52] One of them, I'm sure, that they were doing was grading of the gravel base, the the crushed limestone.

[25:57] That actually is benefits by rain because it allows to be densified easier.

[26:03] But everything else, it's not a good idea to work on the rain. All right, I'm going to do a little shout out here to Woodbury NewsNet,

[26:09] somebody usually listens to this meeting. The newsletter comes out tomorrow morning. Love it. Maybe you

[26:15] want to put a note in there about this exit ramp being closed and to caution

[26:20] people and warn them of traffic and patience and all that and make it very clear it's mind. It's mindot. This is a mindot project.

[26:27] Mindot net. Could I just build off of this mindot project and the woodbury news? I have

[26:34] received um a phone call from a resident. Now I have not been able to call this um gentleman back. So if

[26:41] you're listening I plan on it. I know you called this afternoon. I was tied up with some stuff. I was gonna ask, did he like address it

[26:48] to you? Yeah, he called my voicemail. I know, but I got one that was really vague and I was going to find out if

[26:54] others got the voicemail because it was all it said was a question about construction. I'm I'm guessing it has to do with all

[27:00] the road construction that's going on because this this would not be the first the first one I'm fielding. So, I do I I

[27:08] understand that this is a water treatment project and we need to get it done. Um, but I also feel the pain of

[27:17] businesses and residents um as someone who lives right on Interlockan and

[27:24] Valley Creek um and who has to utilize Valley Creek with a single lane that

[27:30] backs up past Kobby Lake Drive. So, I'm

[27:35] I I want to um find out are is Valley Creek planning. I mean, it's going to be

[27:42] done and ready and fully open by winter. No, it's going next year coming,

[27:48] but it will be paved. We're not going to have this construction through the winter. Correct. It'll be paved through the winter. And if I go back to the work

[27:56] that's occurring, um most of the work is going to be wrapped up by winter. So, it'll be fully

[28:01] paved. Okay. There is work that is going to be completed from Interlock and East all the way to Cottage Grove Drive. That

[28:07] will be happening in 2026. The restriction at this point at Interlock and Parkway is they've

[28:14] actually um that portion between Radio Drive and Interlockan um all of the

[28:20] water man is passed except for the water man at the intersection of Interlockan. And what I mean by passed is it needs to

[28:26] be pressure tested and it was leaking and not because of fault of the bad

[28:32] joints or any of the construction activities. There was a 2-in bypass pressure bypass and they were having

[28:39] trouble uh with the valving and so they had to replace the valve. So long story short, they have to get it pressure

[28:44] tested to make sure it's good. Once that's done, they'll go ahead and seal up that portion of the westbound uh

[28:51] portion of uh Valley Creek. Unfortunately, if they don't get it to pass, there's another section of Valley

[28:57] Creek that's opening up on that westbound lane. So, there's a question of do we just now keep it closed under

[29:04] the one lane? And so, the city is working very closely with Washington County to sort of coordinate that so

[29:09] that it works out as best as possible. But, we have experienced some delays. Some of it's due to rain, primarily due

[29:15] to material supply on the 36 in pipelines. The material suppliers have barely kept up, but it's caused all of

[29:22] the contractors to consistently and constantly change schedules and vary things to make things happen. From the

[29:28] public's notice, um there's a lot of construction work going on. I don't know if they're seeing the impacts anymore

[29:34] than they might see them uh with our original proposal. I think we knew that this was going to be painful and we're

[29:41] hurrying as quickly as we can, but we heard from the council the priority was implement this as quick as possible in

[29:47] the most effective and feasible way. This is what we're doing and unfortunately it is painful

[29:53] and I agree. I agree that council we need to get this water treatment plant done. That that's a given. I'm just

[29:59] questioning all the other construction that's going on in addition to this that does not have to do with water

[30:04] treatment. And is that something that maybe we should on the main roads like Dale or Tamarak as people are using

[30:11] those for alternate routes when we can't get when we can't get through town on our um any major roadways. It it makes

[30:19] it it's very concerning. Well, that said Dale is already it's contracted. It's underway. I don't think

[30:24] it can get correct. Dale is underway and Tamarak is underway, but I'm talking about future forward

[30:30] forward. Yeah. So, we tried go backwards. We tried to push off as many things as we could. Uh a lot of the

[30:36] projects that are currently under construction, under development are associated with grants as well. So we

[30:42] tried to organize our schedule to outlay, you know, capital outlay of the the five years. If you notice there's a

[30:47] lot of D's on some of our projects. That means they were delayed one, two, even up to six or seven years on a lot of our

[30:53] projects just so that we could coordinate with this project. The ones that are remaining over the next couple

[30:58] years by and large are either the roadway rehabilitation projects. I think people have an expectation that their

[31:04] issues on their neighborhoods are getting addressed and the other ones are primarily projects that have federal funding tied in a deadline.

[31:17] All right, we interrupted you, Chris. Are you wrapped up or is there more? Did do we miss any slides? Well, I was going

[31:23] to end with if you ever have any questions, sign up for InTouch. Okay, great. Thank you. Um, okay. Last

[31:31] item on the agenda is the city administrator's report. Jeff, I know you're new. You probably don't have a lot to say, but you do have a list of

[31:37] meetings. I believe I do. Thank you, mayor, uh, and council. Tough act to follow there.

[31:45] Um, yeah, just a few quick things. one is um we uh for the for the next workshop

[31:52] meeting which will be held on August 13th uh the agenda topics will be the 2025 performance measurement report the

[32:00] 2026 key budget considerations discussion and then a close session for safety planning protocols uh and council

[32:07] incident notification protocol review. So that's coming up at the next meeting uh mid August. Uh and a reminder also

[32:15] mid August on the regular meeting we have that continued public hearing from uh the mid July meeting for Ranch Road.

[32:23] Um the big news in terms of future meetings and and um processes going on

[32:29] will be the special election that will be held uh for the Senate District 47.

[32:34] Uh a special election has been scheduled officially. Uh uh the governor um

[32:40] solidified that earlier this week uh to fill the vacancy in the office of the state senator. Uh Senate District 47

[32:46] includes of course Woodbury in the southern part of Maplewood. Uh the special primary will be taking place on

[32:53] Tuesday, August 26th, and then the actual election will be held Tuesday, November 4th. So, I know uh Miss

[33:01] Sullivan and and a bunch of others at city hall are working to accommodate that both at city hall and so much of

[33:06] the voting is early voting. Uh but we we'll do the best we can and um that's coming over the next few months. So, uh

[33:14] I'm sure we'll have that on a lot of our communication avenues as well. Um

[33:20] and then lastly, I've been here for uh three days uh so far and I love this

[33:27] place. It's my home and uh I couldn't be more thrilled. So, thanks council for affording me the opportunity to be your

[33:34] city administrator. I've got big shoes to fill. I've been so impressed um with with you working with you, council, and

[33:41] our staff. Um and speaking of that, they are award-winning and so is the council.

[33:47] I know the mayor won an emergency leadership award from the league uh that was presented uh last uh month, but I

[33:55] think there the league is going to come in and make that more official here in August. And then we just found out that

[34:01] our uh community relations team really cleaned house at the um the Northern

[34:08] Lights ceremony today for all government communicators. Our communicator of the year was Shelley Schaefer. uh new

[34:15] communications professional award was Ashley Bedar. Um community, we got two

[34:21] community uh awards for the videos that we've put out, Mr. Richard video and the engineers read your traffic messages

[34:28] video and then also our DEI advancement in your community uh for the

[34:35] one Woodbury video. So um we are award-winning and I'm just thrilled to be part of the team. We'll get um uh

[34:42] some type of more council recognition for that those specific awards uh in the future as well. But

[34:48] that's great. Thank you. Yeah, congratulations to Shelley Schaefer and her team for all of that. That's wonderful. Great. Um okay, that's

[34:55] all we have. So, I make a motion that we adjourn this meeting. Second. Motion, a second. Any discussion?

[35:00] Hearing none. All in favor? I. We will resume our workshop downstairs at the conclusion of this one.