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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 9/03/19
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City of Austin, Minnesota
A
C
A
A
A
D
You
thank
you
for
coming.
It
was
nice
to
see
you
and
Sarah
there.
We
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
to
the
festival
and
for
helping
with
the
festival.
We
can't
do
it
without
the
help
of
the
city.
We're
very
thankful
for
all
the
things
that
you
do.
The
Park
and
Rec
crew
is
amazing
and
all
the
work
they
do
in
bringing
in
the
tables
and
chairs,
and
they
have
such
a
good
attitude.
D
They
were
smiling
and
waving
as
they
were,
bringing
it
in
for
the
eighth
year,
and
so
thank
you
Kevin
very
much
and
also
for
volunteering.
You
and
your
wife
Doreen.
That
was
fun
to
have
you
there
and
Craig.
Thank
you
for
volunteering
with
your
wife.
It
was
nice,
it's
always
nice
to
see
you
there
and
congratulations.
Your
daughter
won
the
contest.
C
D
D
And
Julie
the
unity
project.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
That's
that's
always
such
a
fun
one
to
have
thanks
for
being
a
part
of
it
and
then
Joyce
and
Rebecca.
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
your
judging
and
we're
going
to
tell
a
story
about
that
at
the
end
of
our
presentation
today.
But
thank
you
both
for
doing
that
and
then
the
director
of
our
festival,
Laura,
it's
nice
to
have
you
on
council
and
thank
you
for
all
the
extra
work
that
you
do
for
the
festival
to
us.
E
We
wanted
to
just
give
you
a
few
highlights.
I
know.
Many
of
you
know
some
of
these,
but
first
of
all
we
had
the
best
weather
in
our
eight
years.
Honestly,
it's
the
best
year,
we've
ever
had
so
we
felt
really
blessed
and
that
translated
to
the
people
came,
and
we
had
so
many
families
and
friends,
and
this
year
we
advertised
in
the
Rochester
post
bulletin'
with
our
brochure
as
well,
and
so
we
had
many
visitors
from
around
the
region.
E
F
E
E
D
Then
what
we're
doing
here
tonight
is
to
thank
you
for
the
500
dollars
that
you
give
to
one
of
the
artists
for
a
painting,
and
then
the
two
council,
members,
Joyce
and
Rebecca
came
and
it's
always
kind
of
fun,
because
when
the
process
starts,
you
guys
come
and
you're
not
exactly
sure
what
it
is
and
we
go
over
it
and
explain
that
that
you
get
to
go
around
and
whatever
catches
your
fancy.
Then
that
painting
will
be
chosen.
D
D
G
D
Fell
in
love
with
the
City
of
Austin
and
she
came
back,
she's
been
back
a
few
times
visiting
and
she
feels
that
Austin
has
such
a
welcoming
attitude
and
she
noticed
the
unity
in
our
community.
So
she
painted
this
and
called
it
unity
unbeknownst
to
you
guys
and
when
we
went
up
to
her
to
give
her
the
award.
She
told
you
that
story
so
I
think
that's
pretty
amazing.
So.
H
A
A
You
know
that
you,
you
money
and
you
two
are
really
back
at
the
heart
of
the
festival
and
it's
really
we've
become
an
art
destination.
Now
it's
really.
It
changes
the
city
for
that
weekend
and
it's
you
see
the
people
that
come
in
and
they
really
give
us
positive
feedback.
So
thank
you
and
more
two
for
the
festival.
It's
great.
A
In
our
efforts
to
build
a
stronger
community
by
recognizing
the
contributions
we
all
make
to
create
a
vibrant
culture
and
a
growing
economy.
We
make
our
community
more
prosperous
and
more
inclusive
to
all
who
call
it
home
where,
as
let
us
continue
to
build,
commit
communities
where
every
resident
has
the
opportunity
to
contribute
his
or
her
best.
F
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Sarah
querque
and
I'm.
The
chair
of
the
Austin
Human
Rights
Commission
and
we've
been
involved
with
some
of
the
planning
on
the
activities
coming
up
and
we're
really
excited
and
hope
that
you
all
can
make
it
to
some
of
them.
As
the
mayor
said
on
there's
several
events,
the
kickoff
will
be
at
YMCA
a
family
fun
night,
where
people
will
get
to
try
out
the
different
parts
of
the
YMCA.
F
F
We
are
going
to
have
a
speaker
from
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Minneapolis,
coming
down
to
talk
about
the
economy
economy
and
how
immigrants
play
a
role
in
that,
especially
in
our
region,
and
we'll
have
a
table
at
harvest
fest
on
Saturday,
September,
21st
and
the
business
tour
will
go
to
three
local
ethnic
story,
markets
and
restaurants.
So
people
will
get
a
chance
to
explore
a
store
that
they
might
not
have
been
in
before,
so
it
should
be
a
very
exciting
event.
F
A
C
F
F
F
Over
at
Austin,
Public
Schools
created
a
design
of
a
t-shirt
and
it's
like
in
the
shape
of
Minnesota,
and
it
has
the
different
languages
and
the
school
districts
all
saying
we
are
Austin,
so
she
created
that
nothing
to
do
with
that.
We
helped
find
some
of
the
languages
and
it's
through
games.
People
play
so
they
said
that
the
order
closed
a
couple
weeks
earlier
like
last
week,
but
it
might
be
possible
if
there's
enough
interest
that
they
can
do
another
batch,
so
call
games.
People
play
yeah
tell
them.
You
need
your
t-shirts,
make.
A
J
You
mayor,
this
is
the
one
that
we've
continued
for
several
instances,
we'd
like
to
take
action
on
that
and
this
evening
for
Randy
and
Deidre
Smith
projects
at
39:16,
West
Oakland
estimated
value
of
200
thousand
dollars
improvement.
It's
in
conformance
with
our
adopted
policy.
This
is
the
public
hearing
and
council
action
is
requested
to
approve
council.
A
A
F
A
G
F
A
H
It's
that
time
of
year
again,
where
we
will
be
getting
set
up
to
collect,
leaves
at
the
Creekside
business
part
Indian,
located
north
on
highway
218
at
27th,
Avenue
Northwest
same
site
that
we
have
always
used
for
the
last
15
years.
At
that
site
we
accept
leaves
grass
clippings
and
plants
from
gardens
and
flowers.
We
do
not
accept
tree
branches.
A
H
So
over
the
course
of
the
year
those
leaves
break
down
to
about
half
of
their
original
size.
The
street
department
will
go
out
there
periodically
and
rotate
the
piles
to
help
that
organic
process
of
breaking
down
the
leaves
it'll
turn
into
an
organic
dirt
material
that
we
will
stockpile
on
near
the
skatepark
for
people
to
pick
up
and
use
in
their
gardens
a
lot
of
times.
It
works
good
to
mix
in
with
existing
dirt.
It
doesn't
work
good
just
to
use
this
as
straight-up
dirt
itself.
You
want
to
mix
it
in
yep.
H
The
skatepark
right
on
the
south
side
of
the
Hormel
plant,
so
it's
available
there
throughout
the
course
of
the
summer,
and
if
we
have
some
leftover,
it's
also
available
out
at
the
Cooke
farm.
When
people
drop
off
their
leaves,
they
can
pick
up
a
couple,
five-gallon
buckets
or
whatever
of
mulch
material
there
as
well.
A
A
A
H
A
A
A
I
That's
fine.
This
is
just
setting
the
fall
assessment
hearing
resolution
this
would
be
October
7th,
so
notice
would
go
out
to
any
of
these
property
owners
that
would
have
had
snow
removal,
junk
removal
grass
mowing
we
have
some
tree
assessments,
administrative
citations,
any
of
those
things
that
need
to
be
assessed
for
2020
that
we
would
be
sending
out
notice
to
the
property
owners
in
the
next
couple
weeks,
and
then
they
would
have
their
public
hearings
in
October.
F
L
Evening,
mayor
council,
before
you
is
consideration
for
our
police
patrol
unit
on
their
lvls,
a
labor
agreement
for
a
wage
increase
for
2019,
a
2.25
percent
increase,
which
is
the
same
increase
that
all
other
labor
set
of
label
labor
agreements
received
as
well
as
non-union
personnel.
This
does
not
extend
the
agreement
and
it's
not
a
one-year
agreement.
It
is
just
an
MoU
for
the
wage
peace
for
the
2.25%.
A
L
Yes,
yep
one
of
the
reasons
for
doing
this.
We
had
met
with
with
MLA
us
earlier
this
year
we
met
in
April
and
in
May
and
again
in
July
and
having
the
comp
class
take
longer
than
we
had
initially
thought.
We
just
thought
we'd
move
forward
with
just
the
wage
piece,
so
they
didn't
have
to
continue
to
wait
for
that.
So,
yes,
after
the
comp
in
class,
is
done
and
we
want
to
move
forward
and
negotiate
new
agreements
for
2019
and
beyond.
B
A
I
This
would
be
for
the
angry
hog
and
we
all
know
they're
they're
all
open
right
now,
but
they
wanted
to
expand
their
serving
area
onto
a
deck
in
a
patio
area.
So
we
had
to
reapply
syns
now
and
send
it
up
to
the
state
for
official
approval.
So
it's
not
changing
what
they
serve
or
their
official
license.
A
A
A
A
B
A
12
his
series
of
four
motion
for
emotions
granting
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Department
the
fire
to
contract
for
the
removal
of
junk
and
or
illegally
stored
vehicles
at
the
following
location,
612,
East,
Street,
northeast
rodriguez
property
need
a
motion
so
moved.
Second,
all
in
favor
all
right.
Also
another
4th
Street
Northwest,
a
rural
property
need
a
motion
so
moved.
Second
favor
I
oppose
C,
1101,
9th
Avenue
Southwest,
the
edge
property
need
a
motion
so
moved
second
favor
and
finally
D
1624,
Oakland,
Avenue,
East,
hauling
property.
We
need
a
motion
so
moved.
A
A
I
B
A
M
Ours
without
2013,
first
Avenue,
Northeast
and
I've
had
an
ongoing
issue
with
a
tree
in
my
neighbor's
yard.
For
the
last
eight
years,
every
year
pieces
of
it
fall
off
and
it's
damaging
my
property,
and
it's
costing
me
thousands
of
dollars
to
fix
it
and
up
till
2017
there's
been
raccoons
living
in
it
every
year,
up
till
then
and
in
June
of
2017,
when
I
suppose
about
a
40
45
foot
long
chunk
of
it
come
off
the
top
flatten.
M
A
A
M
Don't
know
if
there's
anything
you
can
do
to
help
me
out
or
what
I've
been
up
to
planning
and
zoning
and
I
can't
think
of
the
young
guys
name.
He
used
to
work
at
habitat,
yeah
I
know
talked
to
him
and
he
told
me
to
get
a
hold
of
somebody
from
the
park
around
and
come
out
and
look
at
it.
Well,
I
wasn't
home.
You.
M
A
A
A
N
A
M
M
Oh
I've
got
a
tree,
it's
got
some
issues
too,
and
I
had
Johnson
tree
service
come
over
this
afternoon
and
give
me
a
price
on
mine
and
he
looked
at
that
and
he
said
it's
shot
and
he
cuts
down
a
lot
of
trees
down
and
over
least
I'd
and
they've
got
supposedly
got
some
kind
of
an
ordinance
where,
if
it's
to
the
point
mines
in
or
hisses
in,
they
put
her
necks
on
it
he's
got
someone
to
take
it
down.
If.
A
A
O
Currently,
there
isn't
government
involvement
with
this,
because
it's
purely
a
private
matter
between
neighbors
there
are
legal
options
for
landowners
to
seek.
You
know:
court
involvement
with
these
sorts
of
issues.
The
unfortunate
thing
is
that
there
are
expensive
and
time-consuming,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
there's
a
great
government
option,
it
is
theoretically
possible
I'm
not
looked
at
elderlies
ordinance
that
the
city
of
elderly
is
declared
trees
that
have
reached
a
certain
level
of
decay
to
be
a
public
nuisance.
O
It's
difficult,
because
public
nuisances
are
supposed
to
threaten
the
public
at
large,
not
necessarily
just
a
specific
person.
That's
that's
a
private
nuisance
versus
a
public
nuisance,
and
so
the
law
is
very
good
at
dividing
these
things
of
what
is
in
the
public
realm
that
should
be
enforced
by
cities
and
other
levels
of
government
and
private
concerns
that
are
really
up
to
the
individuals
to
to
work
out.
But
currently
there
isn't
an
option
under
our
zoning
ordinance
or
under
anything
else
that
we
have
in
place.
That
would
allow
us
to
address
just
a
dead
tree.
O
That's
on
private
property.
You
know
you
raise
the
issue
about
whether
it
was
diseased
or
not.
If
the
tree
has
certain
types
of
diseases
that
might
then
spread
to
other
trees,
then
that's
why
it's
more
of
a
public
issue
is
that
that
tree
threatens
other
trees
throughout
the
community
and
there's
a
benefit
to
the
public
and
getting
rid
of
that
tree.
That's
more
broad
than
just
the
one
neighbor,
but
when
it's
on
private
property,
it's
on
private
property.
G
G
O
They're
watching
on
television
or
otherwise,
but
yes,
that
there
there
are
opportunities
for
people
to
trim
those
parts
that
hang
over
their
property.
I
don't
get
the
sense
from
mr.
irons,
though,
that
that's
necessarily
its
concern
anymore,
that
might
have
been
before
other
branches
fell
and
armed
his
fence.
But
he
has
a
tree
that
he's
worried
will
topple
over
well.
O
Something
I
was
prophets
what
what
I'm
saying
is
it's
not
necessarily
overhanging
his
property
right
now,
but
it
if
it
is
he
can.
He
can
seek
private
legal
advice
on
exactly
what
he
can
do,
but
you're
right,
your
air
space
offers
you
alternatives
that
aren't
offered
to
you.
If
you
have
to
enter
the
neighbor's
property,
isn't.
M
O
May
or
may
not
be
a
public
easement
for
installation
of
public
utilities
or
poles
or
above
ground
or
below
ground
cabling,
and
those
easements
generally
allow
for
the
trimming
or
removing
of
the
vegetation
necessary
to
protect
those
public
infrastructures.
So
that's
you
know,
maybe
trimming
back
branches
that
are
interfering
with
the
with
the
cable,
but
not
necessarily
removing
things
that
aren't
currently
in
the
way
for
utilities
operations.
I
would.
N
Say
we
get
many
many
many
requests
for
these
kinds
of
tree
removals
on
private
property.
We
could
spend
all
of
our
time
removing
trees
on
private
property
in
the
city.
The
one
time
the
times
that
we
might
get
involved
is
when
a
fence
is,
you
know,
damaged,
but
we're
gonna
send
a
letter
to
the
person
who
owns
the
fence
and
tell
them
to
fix
their
fence.
Essentially,
you.
A
A
Know
just
in
a
society
I
think
when
you
turn
it
into
your
insurance
you're,
removing
the
incentive
for
this
guy
to
fix
the
tree,
because
it's
not
constant
of
anything.
Yet
it's
raising
your
insurance
and
you
know
if
you're
accurate
and
what
you're
depicting
here
I
think
you'd
have
a
pretty
good
small-claims,
I
and
I
know
mr.
A
Okay,
that's
it!
You
know,
that's
all
week,
it's
something
that
you
know
I
wish.
We
could
do
something,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
really
don't
want
government
to
start
impinging
on.
You
know
who's
to
say
where
I
might
want
to
take
that
one
of
your
trees-
and
you
know
it's
it's
an
area
I,
don't
even
want
to
go
into
it.
Ya
know!
That's
with
you!
Well.
M
A
G
A
A
A
K
K
Just
don't
think
this
project
is
the
one
that's
gonna
make
it
even
with
the
action
that
we
took
and
if
Council
is
gonna
howl
about
getting
a
downtown
hotel
I
would
think
it
would
be
proactive
on
our
presently
to
seek
out
an
ownership
group
that
could
fulfill
the
project.
Also,
I
think
that
in
the
future
on
these
kinds
of
projects
is
that
we
should
have
some
kind
of
criteria
just
because
we
desire
to
have
this
hotel,
downtown
and
majority
of
council
members
are
forward.
K
I,
don't
think
that's
great
criteria
to
grant
tax
abatement
I
think
could
we
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
the
reason
that
the
the
county
voted
against.
It
is
because
they
have
a
set
of
criteria
that
this
project
did
not
need
to
get
qualify
for
tax
abatement
and
I
would
think
that
it
would
be
in
our
best
interest
to
have
something
other
than
the
subjective
feelings
of
the
council
to
go
on
for
a
project
like
this.
J
Representative
poppy
gave
a
call
and
stopped
by
and
visited
the
house
representatives
of
the
holding
a
mini
session
based
out
of
Winona,
but
they'll
be
doing
trips
out
from
there
and
plan
to
come,
Austin
on
October
2nd,
which
is
a
Wednesday.
The
capital
investment
committee
and
Environment
Committee
I
think
will
come
and
look
at
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
our
4th
Street
and
Ramsey
Mill
Pond
area.
There's
other
committees
that
will
come
to
town
for
education,
local
government,
government
operations,
higher
education,
legacies
and
Elections
Committee.
J
They
also
were
interested
in
using
council
chambers
for
the
Elections
Committee
group,
so
we
certainly
available
them
that
so
it's
kind
of
exciting
to
see
them
going
out
into
greater
Minnesota
and
listening
to
things
out
in
Greater
Minnesota
and
we're
helping
them
with
that
by
hosting
them
a
little
bit
moment
other
places
in
the
community.
So
she
can
put
that
under
calendar.
We
appreciate
that
over.