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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 8/16/21
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City of Austin, Minnesota
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This
will
be
a
redevelopment
on
the
ymca
site
on
the
tiff
in
the
in
the
packet
as
our
next
step
in
moving
the
project
along.
This
outlines
the
steps
for
the
tif
to
take
place,
there's
1.6
million
in
present
value
that
would
be
offered
over
the
duration
of
the
tif.
It
would
accumulate
about
1.9
million
dollars
in
benefit
to
the
project.
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Away
you're
loud
and
clear,
all
right,
sorry
about
that.
The
only
thing
I
would
add
is
before
you
tonight
is
on.
The
action
item
is
adoption
of
the
tax
increment
financing
plan
for
the
tax
income
and
financing
district,
and
this
provides
the
city
with
the
authority
to
use
the
tax
increment
revenues
from
the
project.
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The
total
budgeted
revenues
and
expenditures
are
about
3.7
million
and,
as
craig
had
mentioned,
roughly
1.6
goes
to
the
developer,
to
reimburse
for
a
pays
to
go
note
and
the
city
would
retain
the
remaining
portion
to
reimburse
for
the
land
acquisition
plus
interest,
and
it
is
a
redevelopment
district
and
the
as
a
result.
The
the
substandard
findings
for
the
project
area
and
the
tif
district
have
been
found.
So
that
is
the
the
authorization
for
creation
of
the
tif
plan
in
the
district.
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Yes,
mayor
and
council
members,
thank
you.
As
we
talked
about
last
week
or
two
weeks
ago,
at
the
work
session,
we
went
over
a
little
bit
of
the
construction
grant
and
what
was
needed-
and
this
is
part
of
the
grant
agreement-
is
we
need
a
resolution
just
saying
that
the
city
of
austin
does
hold
title.
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Your
honor,
you
may
recall
a
month
or
two
ago
you
passed
a
resolution
approving
application
for
the
recovery
of
the
american
recovery
funds.
Now
we're
in
need
of
one
to
accept
an
actual
dollar
amount
for
the
regulation.
So
this
is
just
a
resolution
similar
to
the
last
one
he
did,
but
this
now
officially
accepts
the
grant
from
the
federal
government.
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You
tom
number,
nine
is
resolution:
accepting
donations,
the
city
of
austin.
Those
donations
are
a
hundred
dollar
gift
from
maynard
ackermann
for
flowers
in
memory
of
kathy
shaffer.
Thank
you
maynard
and
a
a
100
gift
from
douglas
valpay
to
the
canine
fund.
Thank
you
douglas
with
that.
Looking
for
a
resolution
to
accept
those
donations
still.
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Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members
this
first
annexation,
there
are
two
annexations
I
divided
them
up,
based
on
the
requirements
of
the
state
statute.
Both
can
be
annexed
by
ordinance
without
notice.
This
first
annexation
allows
the
annexation
of
city-owned
properties
that
are
tax-exempt.
In
this
instance.
All
the
parcels
are
located
within
and
adjacent
two
city
boundaries.
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There's
actually
two
grants
as
part
of
this
item.
One
is
a
federal
grant
that
will
cover
100
percent
of
the
airfield
lighting
costs
in
the
amount
of
398
thousand
eighty
dollars,
and
that
is
for
upgrades
to
the
runway
and
taxiway
lighting
to
make
led
improvements
and
also
all
the
associated
infrastructure
that
would
go
along
with
that,
it
could
be,
could
be.
Lighting
could
be
transformers
and
other
things,
so
that
is
a
100
federal
grant
and
the
second
portion
of
it
would
be
a
state
grant.
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Yes,
we've
passed
a
couple
of
these
through
different
rescue
plans
that
have
been
adopted
by
federal
government.
In
this
case
they
are
looking
at
an
allocation
for
the
austin
municipal
airport
of
up
to
32
thousand
dollars.
That
would
go
toward
very
similar
to
the
other
grants
that
we
have
received.
It
would
go
toward
our
normal
maintenance
and
operations
to
keep
things
open
during
this
time.
So
we
would
recommend
approving
the
32
000
of
grant
funding
for
the
airport.
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We
do
have
this
budgeted
and
planned
with
funds
to
come
from
our
collection
fees,
and
the
next
step
would
be
to
design
plans
and
specifications
for
the
project.
Whks
has
given
us
a
proposal
of
forty
one
thousand
two
hundred
dollars
to
complete
the
plan,
development
and
also
the
bidding
portion
of
the
project.
So
we
would
recommend
awarding
a
contract
to
whks
to
complete
this
work.
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So
it's
a
it's
quite
a
process
to
to
go
through
the
to
gather
these
approvals
and
then
also
move
forward
with
the
state
design
or
the
design
meeting
state
standards.
We
have
put
forth
a
schedule
to
complete
this
work
with
the
project
memorandum
being
completed
by
december
1st
of
this
year,
plans
to
be
completed
near
or
around
march
1st
and
a
bid
date
again
near
around
10,
so
that
we
are
set
up
for
construction
of
the
project
next
summer
in
the
summer
of
2022.
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In
order
to
complete
this
work
on
this
timeline,
we
looked
at
a
couple
different
consulting
firms
and
request
proposals
from
them
to
complete
this
work
and
the
we
received
three
proposals
from
whks
bolton,
bank
and
sch,
and
when,
when
breaking
them
down
to
try
to
compare
apples
to
apples,
they're
all
very
similar,
bolton,
mink
included
multiple
items
that
actually
would
come
later
from
the
other
consulting
firms,
and
so
it
looks
like
their
number
is
a
little
bit
higher
initially.
But
when
looking
at
other
services
that
would
come
later,
it's
it's
right.
J
In
the
ballpark
we've,
we've
worked
with
bolton
bank
before
they
have
a
strong
civil
engineering,
transportation
group
and
they've
done
other
projects
like
this
for
us
in
the
past.
So
therefore,
we
would
recommend
extending
a
contract
to
bolton
inc
in
the
amount
of
ninety
four
thousand
eight
hundred
thirty
dollars
to
complete
this
work.
For
us.
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You
those
last
many
agenda
items,
it's
not
lost
on
me.
The
great
amount
of
work
that's
being
going
is
going
on
in
every
department
that
we,
I
think
we
covered,
but
for
kevin
being
a
strike
the
on
the
agenda.
This
is
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
work
being
done
and
also
a
lot
of
federal
money
and
grant
money
coming
in.
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Only
a
couple
items
I
have
I
did
receive
contact
from
senator
klobuchar's
office
on
our
28.5
million
dollar
request
for
our
wastewater
treatment
plant.
This
is
very
similar
to
the
state's
process
where
they
ask
if
you'll
accept
any
reduction
in
request
and
then
also,
if
there's
a
phasing
option,
that's
available,
I
shared
with
them
that
we're
certainly
willing
to
take
a
haircut
like
anyone
else.
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The
minnesota
house
representatives
announced
that
they'll
be
doing
tours
in
southeast
minnesota.
On
the
9th
and
10th
of
november,
I
reached
out
to
representative
mueller
to
ask
that
we'd
be
added
to
the
tour
list,
so
we'll
wait
to
see
if
the
bonding
committee
would
like
to
take
another
visit
to
the
wastewater
plant
here
in
austin.
Otherwise,
that's
all
I
have.
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We
I
I
just
get
back
from
washington
dc,
so
there's
a
big
event.
They
invite
me
as
a
guest
speaker
up
there.
So
that's
one
of
the
one
of
the
biggest
east
africa
events,
so
I
was
happy
to
share
the
work
of
austin
and
also
what
we're
doing
here
as
a
welcoming
community,
it's
good
to
get
exposed
to
other
states,
so
yeah.
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So
last
year
the
city
of
austin
received
cares
act
money
to
the
tune
of.
I
think
it
was
about
four
well.
A
large
dollar
amount
that
had
to
be
used
for
a
number
of
things
for
the
city
of
austin,
used
it
for
paying
of
police
and
fire
benefits
as
a
state,
and
the
federal
government
determined
that
for
ease
of
purpose
for
every
entity
in
the
state
in
the
united
states
that
you
could
presume
it
was
coveted
related,
so
that
money
was
used
for
that.
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This
american
recovery
act
funds
arpa
funds,
they
call
them
under
the
tune
of
for
the
city
of
austin.
It's
a
million
335
this
year
and
a
million
335
the
next
year
out
the
eligible
uses
are
a
smaller
amount,
a
smaller
amount
of
things
you
can
use
them
on,
but
the
city
of
austin
passed
a
resolution
probably
a
month
or
two
ago.
That
said
we
were
going
to
use
them
under
the
loss
of
revenue
calculation.
So
the
federal
government
created
a
spreadsheet
with
gfy
in
essence
to
determine.
Did
you
lose
revenue
from
2019
to
2020?
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And
if
you
did,
then
you
can
use
that
money
for
any
a
number
of
different
things,
including
police
and
fire
emergency
services,
for
which
is
what
the
city
did.
The
original
law
said
you
couldn't
use
it
for
police
and
fire
services
unless
you
could
prove
that
those
funds
were
covered
or
those
hours
were
related
to
covet
19,
which
we
couldn't
do
it's.
A
You
know
it's
their
regular
stuff,
but
since
we
qualified
under
a
different
provision
under
loss
of
revenue,
the
federal
government
has
indicated
that
those
dollars
can
then
be
used
for
any
police
and
fire
wages
and
benefits
for
which
that
is
what
we're
saying
we're
going
to
apply
or
use
those
funds
for
we
lost
about
4.2
million
dollars.
I
believe,
under
that
loss
of
revenue
calculation,
whether
you
agree
the
calculation
or
not,
that's
I
mean
they
had
to
standardize
it.
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All
right,
the
only
thing
I
have
to
add
is
there's
a
an
artfest
coming
up.
That's
saturday,
the
28th
certainly
always
a
big
event
for
us.
I
think
it's
the
10th
year
and
I'll
be
out
of
town.
I'm
bummed
about
that.
Can't
volunteer
can't
go
to
it,
but
I
encourage
all
all
residents
and
council
to
attend
that.
It's
always
always
big
deal.
Is
there
a
council
member
picking
the
art
award
this
year?
Has
that
been
decided,
who's
picking
the
award?
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It'll
be
a
surprise.
We
need
volunteers,
need
volunteers
still!
Okay,
thank
you.
Also.
A
welcoming
week
is
the
ten
starting
on
the
10th
of
september
and
that
you'll
hear
more
about
the
kickoff
is
at
three
o'clock
down
at
the
new
farmers
market
to
kick
off
to
that
welcoming
week.
So
there's
a
lot
each
day
that
certainly
you
could
find
online
or
the
paper.
I'm
sure
we'll
cover
it
too.
So
those
are
a
couple
things
coming
up
august.
I
believe
the
whatever
that
sunday
or
saturday
is
28th
for
the
art,
fest
and
then
september.