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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 9/18/23
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City of Austin, MN
A
All
right
welcome
everyone,
Tom
click,
the
roll
call
please.
B
C
A
D
A
E
A
Opposed
the
motion
carries
item
number
two
looking
to
approve
the
minutes
from
our
September
5th
2023
meeting.
It's
all
moved.
Is
there
a
second
yep
all
in
favor,
aye
aye
opposed
the
motion
carries
we
like
to
welcome
under
name
number
three
recognitions
and
award
Coalition
Greater
Minnesota
City's
presentation
from
Liz
wafel
Liz
Welcome
to
Austin.
F
F
F
F
Attorney
lobbyist
with
Flaherty
and
hood
here
on
behalf
of
the
cjmc
I
think
most
of
you
are
familiar
with
our
organization,
but
for
the
audience
we
are
an
organization
of
more
than
100
cities
across
the
state
working
on
issues
that
really
impact
the
rural
areas
and
Austin
has
been
a
very
long
time.
Active
member
we've
had
multiple
city
council,
member
and
staff
and
Mayors
on
our
boards.
It's
Austin's
been
an
extremely
important
part
of
our
organization.
F
E
F
F
The
overview
of
what
we
accomplished,
but
top
legislative
priorities
included,
included
increasing
LGA,
getting
a
better
formula,
tying
it
to
LGA,
getting
a
bonding
Bill
done,
trying
to
get
money
for
leveling
inventory
and
replacement
permanent
funding
for
city
streets
of
all
sizes,
quarters
of
Commerce
money
for
child
care,
as
well
as
money
for
housing.
F
Now
this
this
was
an
interesting
legislative
session.
You'll,
see
kind
of
on
the
presentation.
F
F
F
F
F
Was
available
to
increase
to
add
to
LGA
and
other
priorities
like
that,
the
trifecta
we
had
did
pose
some
other
unique
challenges:
I'm.
F
Honest
fastest
craziest
legislative
session
I've
seen
in
the
15
years,
I've
been
at
the
Capitol
it
was.
It
was
crazy.
It
was
really
hard
to
keep
up
and
sometimes
I
think
in
situations
like
that
policies
not
always
crafted
as
carefully
as
it
should
be,
as
I
think
some
of
our
students
have
been
experiencing
this
summer.
E
F
The
other
big
challenges
we
ran
into
is
that
the
dfl
majorities-
you
know
the
population
has
shifted.
The
political
population
has
shifted,
so
the
default
majorities
are
now
dominated
by
Metro,
Area
members,
and
that
did
come
through
in
a
number
of
the
things
we
were
working
on,
particularly
some
of
the
areas
that
I
work
on
like
environment
and
energy.
I'll
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
more.
F
The
other
challenge
with
having
a
trifecta
is
that
you
know
there's
no
backstop
for
some
of
the
potentially
harmful
proposals
we
did
have
to
in
some
areas
really
lean
on
either
the
governor's
office
or
this
of
the
Senate
to
help
us,
but
that
did
make
it
challenging
at
times
now,
LGA
that
was
again
our
biggest
ass
this
year,
where
you're
looking
for
150
million
dollars
added
to
that
updating
the
formula
to
make
sure
that
it
continues
to
work
for
our
cities,
as
well
as
adding
an
inflation
and
population
growth.
F
One
of
the
challenges
we
faced
was
that
again
there
was
a
lot
of
different
priorities
out
there
and
there
was
only
three
billion
dollar
tax
targets
and
that
was
going
to
have
to
be.
You
know,
they're.
You
know
tussling
with
folks
against
things
like
Child
Independent,
tax
credits,
Public,
Safety,
Aid
and
housing
aid.
Now
the
governor
came
out
with
his
proposal
for
those
of
you
who
were
at
local
at.
E
F
E
F
It's
entirely
like,
but
he
did
increase
his
proposal
to
40
million
dollars
after
hearing
us
loud
and
clear,
but
you
know
obviously
that
wasn't
our
Target.
We
had
Mayors
from
across
the
state,
come
in
and
testify
both
the
house
and
the
Senate,
and
so
we
saw
a
range
when
the
final
tax
bills
came
out
in
all
the
different
bodies
in
terms
of
what
they
would
support.
The
governor's
office
and
the
Senate
wanted
a
40
million
dollar
increase
with
no
inflation
adjuster.
F
The
house
was
much
much
closer
to
what
we
wanted
and,
quite
frankly,
there
never
would
have
been
perfect
because
it
would
have
had
the
inflation
adjuster
and
we
could
have
gotten.
You
know
ahead
with
that,
but,
as
it
happens
in
most
legislative
sessions,
everything
comes
down
to
the
end
of
the
compromise.
I
think
we
got
a
pretty
good
deal,
we
got
80
million
dollars
more
I
mean.
F
That
means
almost
a
million
dollars
more
for
Austin,
as
you
can
see
on
the
next
slide,
but
we
didn't
get
that
inflation
adjuster,
that's
something
we
will
continue
to
work
on,
because
your
budgets
go
up
every
year.
The
costs
you
face
go
up
every
year
and
for
LGA
to
do
its
job.
We
need
that
inflation
adjuster,
but
80
million
dollars
you
know,
is
really
helpful
to
our
cities
and
hopefully
it's
helping
on
your
budget
as
you
are
moving
forward.
Bonding
I.
F
Don't
think
I
need
to
tell
you
that
it's
been
a
challenging
to
get
that
bonding.
Bill
done
no
no
bonding
bill
in
21,
Bill
22.
It
was
interesting
watching
it
go
through
this
year.
You
know
it
felt
early
on.
Maybe
we
were
going
to
just
get
it
down
at
the
beginning.
The
house
passed
it
with
a
you
know
more
than
a
I
think
they
had
21
GOP
votes
in
addition
to
the
dfl
votes.
But
then
it
went
over
to
the
Senate.
F
You
have
to
have
votes
for
both
parties
because
it
requires
super
majority
and
the
GOP
GOP
Senate
decided
to
that.
They
wanted
some
other
priorities
as
well.
So
this
kind
of
tussling
went
back
and
forth.
It
got
to
be
a
little
scary
towards
the
end,
because
the
dfl
said:
okay
you're,
you
know
Senate
GOP.
If
you're
not
going
to
play
ball,
will
pass
1.3
billion.
All
cash
proposal-
and
that's
quite
frankly,
would
have
hurt
a
lot
of
our
communities.
F
There
would
have
been
much
less
money
for
priorities
like
you
know:
water,
Wastewater,
bdpi,
and
so
it
was
kind
of
a
you
know,
a
scary
threat,
the
cgmc
stepped
forward.
I'll
be
honest.
Our
letter
had
a
bigger
reaction
than
I.
Think
almost
any
letter
I've
seen
us
do
in
the
15
years.
I've
been
lobbying,
you
know
I,
just
really.
We
kind
of
you
know
pointed
out
to
the
legislature
they
needed
to
make
some
choices
and
they
needed
to
go
forward
with
the
bonding
Bill.
F
We
did
that
several
the
trades
unions
did
that
pressure
from
all
of
you,
elected
officials
finally
made
a
difference
and
we
got
a
bonding
built
on
and
they
also
did.
The
dfl
also
agreed
to
300
million
dollars
in
nursing
homemade,
which
I
think
was
a
very
important
priority
and
it
was
you
know
it
was
good
that
they
held
out
and
got
that
done.
F
So
we
did
end
up
with
the
largest
bonding
bill
ever,
although
I
call
it
bonding
about
half
of
it,
which
was
in
cash.
We
saw
208
million
dollars,
go
to
the
PFA,
a
top
priority
for
us,
plus
much
more
than
that
to
individual
projects.
As
you
know,
money
for
housing,
Child,
Care,
local
roads
and
bridges
and
I
do
again
want
to
point
out
what
were
some
of
the
important
factors
that
went
into
there.
F
Honestly,
it's
the
pressure
from
local
officials
like
you,
working
with
us
and
other
stakeholders
that
really
helped
push
it
over,
pushed
it
over.
At
the
end
of
the
day.
You
know
that
threat
of
a
cash
bill
was
also
been
kind
of
scary,
but
I
I
can't
emphasize
enough
how
important
it
is
that
active
engagement
to
get
these
things
done,
environment
again,
that's
what
I
spend
a
lot
of
my
time.
D
F
But
I
got
to
do
something
up,
I
shouldn't
say
other
than
in
addition
to
Wastewater
this
year,
and
that
was
lead
pipes
and,
as
you
may
know,
no
safe
amount
of
lead
and
drinking
water
for
her
children,
and
so
the
EPA
is
requiring
all
cities
to
map
their
lead
Lines
by
October
2024..
We
saw
close
to
900
million
dollars
in
ongoing
funding
to
try
and
get
all
of
the
lead
lines
out
across
the
state.
F
I
think
we
ended
up
with
a
pretty
good
first
step
in
that
240
million
dollars
and
that
will
help
all
cities
across
the
state.
All
students
will
be
eligible
for
this
money
which
will
be
used
to
replace
the
lead
lines
on
both
the
city
side
and
importantly,
on
the
homeowner's
side,
because
if
you
only
do
the
city
Side,
you
can
have
actually
more
problems,
and
it
will
also
10
of
that
will
also
go
to
mapping
and
inventory
grants
to
help
cities
get
that
done.
F
As
I
mentioned
before
historic
investments
in
water
infrastructure
programs,
I,
don't
think
I
need
to
tell
Austin
how
important
putting
more
money
into
those
programs
both
to
the
PFA
and
individually
is,
but
we
also
you
know.
If
you
look
at
the
next
page,
you
can
see
a
little
slide
in
me
getting
mad
there.
It
comes
out,
let's
play
defense.
F
Well,
you
know
both
in
front
of
the
scenes
and
behind
the
scenes
again
like
I
mentioned,
there
was
a
you
know
with
a
Metro
majority,
they
had
a
lot
of
things.
They
wanted
to
get
done,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
policy
proposals
that
I
don't
think
they
really
thought
through
the
impact
to
Gregor
Minnesota
I
think
they
knew
how
it
would
affect
the
metro
and
just
said
full
steam
ahead.
There
were
proposals
that
would
have
really
impacted
the
PFA
funding,
shifting
a
lot
of
it
to
the
metro
area.
F
There
were
other
just
policy
proposals
like
this
cumulative
impacts
proposal
that
was
made
that
happen
developmentally
really
challenging.
So
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
narrowing
this
scope
of
permit
changes
that
would
have
hampered
growth
in
Economic
Development,
while
still
ensuring
that
you
know
the
environment
is
protected
because
obviously
that's
important
as
well.
E
F
We
had
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
that
I
anticipate
that's
going
to
be
an
issue
again.
The
session
is
really
paying
attention
to
these
proposals
to
make
sure
they're
thinking
about
the
impacts
on
Greater
Minnesota,
looking
forward
to
the
legislative
session.
Now
this
is
a
real
binding.
E
F
Large
body
build,
and
even
years
smaller,
one
in
the
outdoors
so
we'll
be
pushing
for
that
we
could
be
seeing
more
Constitutional
Amendments
proposed.
If
the
economy
keeps
chugging
along,
we
could
see
a
surplus
and
surplus
funding.
I,
also
anticipate.
There
will
be
Fix-It
items
for
only
2023
session,
like
I
said.
F
That
much
legislating
that
fast.
Sometimes
mistakes
are
made
and
I,
don't
know
what
will
be
up
for
that,
but
I
anticipate
there
will
be
the
fun
starts
on
February
12th
and
it's
an
election
year,
which
always
makes
interesting.
F
You
know
activities
both
public
and
private,
that
are
capital
when
that's
coming
now
upcoming
events,
as
you
know,
we
have
three
major
events
a
year,
our
next
event
to
the
fall
conference
in
Wilmer
hope
to
see
some
of
you
there
legislative
action,
Day,
always
the
most
popular,
that's
up
in
St
Paul
on
the
March
20th,
and
this
year
our
Summer
Conference
a
little
closer
to
you
guys
this
time,
it'll
be
in
Waite
Park
in
St
Joseph.
So
we.
F
And
that's
all
I
have
like
I
said
that
was
a
lot
of
information
even
more
in
the
packets.
It
was
a
great
possession.
Thank
you.
Any
questions
well.
A
First,
off
Liz,
on
behalf
of
the
City
of
Austin,
we
really
appreciate
the
resourcefulness
of
the
Coalition
and
what
you
provide
for
us
at
a
phone
call
at
a
text.
I
read
the
last
minute.
You
guys
are
highly
organized
and
you
do
a
wonderful
job.
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do
and
and
I
know
we're
the
beneficiary
of
all
that
work.
So
thank
you.
H
F
F
I
used
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
in
tax
committee,
but
I
spent
no
time
in
there.
Now
it's
all
environments
and
energy
I
think
it's
going
to
be
challenging
I'm
hoping
maybe
they
can
work
some
things
out,
but
I
think
it
will
be
challenging
and
I'll
ask
Bradley
or
Shane
for
their
opinion
because
they
really
do
follow.
How
close
okay.
Thank
you.
So
that's
a
good
question.
Do
you.
G
Awesome
Liz
is
there
anything
first
of
all,
I
made
a
huge
thank
you
Echo
everything
that
the
mayor
and
Craig
have
said,
because
you
guys
are
fighting
the
good
fight
in
St
Paul.
Is
there
anything
that
councils
like
us
can
do
to
help
as
you
guys,
educate
you
know,
especially
more
like
Urban
and
metro
area
legislators
on
you
know
to
help
your
job
become
easier
to
not
have
to
totally
re-educate
them
every
time.
F
No
Metro
legislators,
helping
them
understand
that
things
do
hit
trigger
Minnesota
differently
is
helpful,
I
think
helping
your
yeah
I'll
be
honest,
for
example,
use
environment
as
a
an
example.
That's
because
that's
where
I
spend
the
majority
of
my
time
and
I
think
sometimes
the
challenge
gets
to
be
that
there's
very
much
black
and
white
thinking,
like
you
know,
if
you
criticize
something
that
means
you're
opposed
to
the
environment,
but
if
you're
proposing
something
to.
D
F
That
means
you're
some
kind
of
crazy
love,
lawyer
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
when
it
comes
to
environmental
issues
actually
do
care
and
they
want
things
to
be
done
right,
but
they
also
understand
that
we
need
to
function.
It
kind
of
means,
growth
in
our
areas
and
so
I
think
honestly,
educating
legislators
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle
like
you
know,
you
know
you're
you're.
If
you've
got
to
pay
legislators
educate
them,
you're
like
no.
We
do.
We
do
appreciate
the
importance
of
the
environment.
Some
things
need
to
be
done.
F
They
just
need
to
be
done
right
because
I
do
think
sometimes
that
sort
of
black
and
white
you
know
thinking
really
does
color
it
on
both
sides,
which
makes
it
harder
to
actually
get
some
of
the
things
done
that
we
need
to
get
done
and
because
there
are,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
issues
like
that
where
I
think
honestly,
reminding
you
know
to
spending.
C
F
D
F
A
Right
on
all
right,
moving
on
to
item
number
four
is
a
motion
for
the
consent
agenda,
so
I
moved
for
a
second.
Second,
all
in
favor,
aye
opposed
motion
carries
under
petitions
and
request.
We
have
a
resolution
right
number:
five
selling
the
2024
proposed
tax
levy
and
adopting
a
proposed
budget
for
2024
taxes.
Tom,
do
you
have
anything
on
this
yeah.
B
Councils
discussed
over
the
last
couple
months
the
proposed
budget
and
tax
levy
for
payable
2024.
again
after
tonight,
after
September
30th.
You
cannot
increase
that
tax
levy,
except
for
a
debt
issue
on
some
special
items.
You
can
only
decrease
it
so
seeing
that
is
our.
This
is
our
last
scheduled
meeting
for
September
council
tonight,
you're
being
asked
to
approve
a
proposed
tax
levy
for
2024
and
a
budget
based
on
the
discussions
we've
had
over
the
past,
we're
looking
at
reducing
the
documentation.
B
public
hearing
date,
truth
and
Taxation
hearing
data
is
proposed
for
Wednesday
December,
6
2023
at
six
o'clock.
So,
based
on
the
discussions
we've
had
in
the
past,
that's
what
we
are
looking
at
proposing
for
2024.
I
certainly
can
answer
any
questions.
You
may
have
Tom.
I
I
think
you
went
a
little
fast
for
some
folks
in
the
back
who
might
be
taking
notes.
So
just
to
be
clear.
At
our
last
meeting
we
were
sort
of
at
a
9.93
percent
increase
and
our
current
increase
at
this
point
that
we're
proposing
to
pass
this
down
all
the
way
to
a
5.66.
Is
that
correct?
That's
correct
so.
G
J
B
J
B
I
I
would
move
the
resolution
at
the
I
believe
it
was
eight
seven
five,
two
that
Tom
mentioned.
A
K
A
Thank
you,
Tom
I
appreciate
with
all
the
work
that
everybody's
been
doing
on
this
and
I
think
that's
substantially
different
than
9.93.
So
566
is
something
that
Council
as
we
vote
as
one
and
that's
so
it
can
go
lower,
but
it
cannot
go
higher
than
that
after
August.
What
September
30th
it's
locked
in!
That's
right!
Well,.
A
L
C
A
A
H
A
A
A
We
have
a
gift
of
250
from
the
VFW
for
family
fun
night
at
the
pool
104
some
more
County
Water
and
Soil
Prairie
Grass
for
North
Dresner
and
a
framed
art
piece
by
Marianne,
sendick
Wonderland
from
donated
by
Tim
and
Bonnie
Ritz
that'll
be
hung
in
the
Bonnie
Bessie
Bonnie
best
reads:
conference
room
and
framed
art
by
Meg
McCormick
donated
by
Patrick,
mccarvey
and
that'll,
be
hung
in
city
hall
with
those
we
thank
them
for
their
donations
and
looking
for
a
resolution
accepting
them.
It's
all
moved.
Second
time.
B
A
You
Tom
item
number
Nine's,
a
motion:
saving
the
fall
yard,
waste
program
from
September
23rd
to
November,
26,
2023.,
Stephen.
L
Each
year
we
provide
a
community
drop-off
site
at
the
cook,
Farm
or
Creekside
commercial
development
site
this
year.
The
dates
are,
as
you
described,
September
23rd
through
November
26th.
The
site
is
open
for
the
public
to
drop
off
seven
days
a
week
from
dawn
until
dusk.
We
accept
leaves
grass
and
garden
trimmings.
We
do
not
accept
branches,
and
we
also
ask
that
you
take
care
of
your
bags
if
you
bring
out
your
leaves
and
bags
that
you
put
those
in
the
garbage
cans
or
take
them
back
with
you.
L
So
this
is
a
free
community
program
and
we
utilize
the
compost
that
is
produced
from
this
in
some
of
our
own
projects.
We
also
provide
it
for
free
to
residents
at
the
skate
park
when
we
have
compost
available
in
the
spring.
So
it
is
a
good
program
serves
the
public
with
a
site
to
dispose
of
their
leaves
and
also
returns
it
back
to
them
as
compost
for
their
Gardens
excellent.
A
L
It
was
about
a
year
ago
that
we
awarded
the
project
to
Rice
Lake
construction.
There
was
about
six
months
of
planning
and
ramping
up
for
the
project
by
Rice,
Lake
and
work
started
in
March.
Now,
as
we've
beginning
to
work
through
construction,
things,
changes
to
the
overall
project
have
been
identified.
Some
of
those
changes
are
additional
costs,
and
some
of
those
are
are
actually
cost
savings
to
the
overall
project.
L
The
way
that
we
work
through
this
process
is
contractor
or
engineer
will
identify
areas
where
improvements
can
be
made
that
will
be
identified
through
a
request
for
or
an
RFI
request
for
more
information,
then
from
there.
If
there
is
costs
associated,
it
would
turn
into
a
work
change
directive.
Those
are
approved
administratively
to
keep
the
project
and
keep
the
process
moving
and
then
periodically.
Throughout
the
course
of
the
year.
L
We'll
compile
multiple
work
change
directives
into
a
change
order,
bring
those
to
council
for
formal
approval,
then
those
will
be
incorporated
into
the
overall
project,
scope
and
payments
for
that
work
will
be
made
before
you
tonight.
We
have
eight
work
change
directives
again.
Some
of
those
are
expenditures,
and
some
of
those
are
savings
to
the
overall
project
when
we
split
up
the
cost
between
the
domestic
fund
and
the
industrial
fund.
L
J
C
G
B
B
A
L
Council
previously
approved
a
90
Federal
grant
for
design
of
the
T
Hanger
project.
This
is
a
companion
Grant
from
the
state
that
would
pay.
Five
percent
of
the
overall
project
cost
that
making
it
a
95
percent
funded
project
and
the
remaining
five
percent
is
covered
by
the
city.
So
we
would
recommend
approval
of
this
MnDOT
Grant
to
fund
a
five
percent
of
the
overall
t-hanger
design
project.
B
N
Council,
this
property
is
located
at
2011,
13th,
Avenue
Northeast
Church
area.
During
the
September
12th
meeting
of
the
Austin
Planning
Commission,
the
commission
reviewed
offense
appeal
submitted
by
Ms
heikel
for
proposed
six-foot
privacy
fence
installed
on
the
property
line
of
the
rear
side
yard.
This
city
ordinance
requires
a
12
and
a
half
foot
setback
from
the
property
line
for
privacy,
fences
on
Corner
side
Lots
after
review
with
six
Planning
Commission
members
present.
The
vote
was
six
four
six.
N
A
N
Property
is
located
at
1300
19th
Avenue
Southwest,
along
12th
Street
Southwest
during
the
September
12th
meeting
as
well.
This
individual
requested
a
fence
appeal
for
privacy
fence
over
six
feet
tall
installed
on
the
property
line
of
the
rear
side
yard.
The
property
is
also
located
on
a
corner
lot.
A
city
or
ordinance
again
requires
a
12
and
a
half
foot
setback
area
for
privacy,
fences
on
corner
lot
side
yards
and
also
requires
additional
Council
approval
for
any
fence
over
six
feet.
Tall
in
reviewing
this
I
got
a
comment
from
our
city
engineer:
Mr
Lang.
N
L
L
The
last
one
that
you
just
approved
is
in
a
very
quiet
neighborhood.
This
one
in
front
of
you
is
this:
is
new
information
wasn't
presented
to
the
Planning
Commission
so
take
that
into
consideration
as
well,
but
this
intersection
is
we're
on
12th,
Street,
Southwest
or
Highway
105
19th
Avenue
leads
to
Southgate
School,
which
is
three
blocks
down
the
street.
So
it's
it's
a
very
different
situation
than
the
other
one
that
you
just
reviewed.
L
N
The
petitioner
did
start
the
project
prior
to
the
appeal
to
Planning
Commission.
He
had
with
some.
There
was
some
confusion,
I
guess
when
he
looked
up
the
information
online,
if
a
offense
can
be
exempt
from
the
building
code,
which
he
had
not
realized
that
the
fence
was
still
subject
to
our
zoning
codes
once
we
realized
that
he
did
not
have
a
permit,
then
we
required
that
he
bring
a
pence
appeal
to
the
Planning
Commission.
N
The
Planning
Commission
did
at
the
time
that
they
reviewed
this
matter
recommend
approval
to
the
council
by
6-0.
The
council
could
approve,
deny
or
approve
with
conditions.
This
matter
was
presented
in
a
time
period
within
which
we
would
have
the
opportunity
to
send
it
back
to
Planning
Commission
for
further
review.
If
the
council
did
so
decide,
but
the
the
Planning
Commission
did
approve-
and
it
was
my
understanding
that
there
were
members
that
did
drive
by
and
look
at
this
parcel.
H
Okay,
Craig
Holly
does
the
seven
foot
does
that
create
precedence
issues
for
us
in
other
areas.
N
N
It
is
sheet
metal,
so
the
individual
has
a
a
very
like,
maybe
four
feet
on
the
west
side
of
the
house
and
then
has
13
feet
on
the
east
side.
But
that
would,
with
a
12
and
a
half
foot
set
back.
That
would
leave
them
a
half
a
foot
on
the
east
side
and
he
indicated
that
he
gets
a
lot
of
drifting
from
the
field
to
the
north
and
was
hoping
to
have
some
kind
of
enclosure
to
keep
his
yard
from
filling
up
with
snow
in
the
winter.
I
G
L
If
a
vehicle
were
to
stop
at
the
stop
sign
there
between
the
fence
and
the
retaining
wall
there,
there
could
be
some
visibility
concerns.
But
if
someone
were
to
creep
out
into
the
crosswalk
as
Vehicles
tend
to
do,
it
does
open
up
visibility
to
both
the
North
and
the
South.
But
it
requires
you
to
creep
out
into
the
intersection
to
make
that
movement
or
that
decision.
L
E
L
What
brings
about
this
to
the
council
living
in
that
neighborhood
in
the
past?
It's
it's
a
very
busy
road
yeah.
It
brings
up
a
lot
of
concerns
for
potential
problems.
C
N
N
A
I
wonder
if
some
media
Middle
Ground
here
would
be
to
put
the
solar
powered
speed
limit
sign
right
in
that
neighborhood,
because
people
do
want
to
go
faster
there
than
30.
I,
just
think
I,
don't
know
necessarily
A
visibility,
I
see
that
fence
every
day
and
I
know.
There's
a
you
know
enough
room
between
to
not
cause
too
big
of
a
hassle
but
I
think
the
35
or
30
minute
30
mile
an
hour
solar
powered
sign
where.
K
K
J
N
They
had
the
picture.
The
only
pictures
they
didn't
have
were
like
the
first
two
I
think
Holly.
N
N
J
.,
can
we
kick
this
back
to
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
with
and
let
the
people
who
know
more
about
it.
A
D
D
A
Promotion
carries
I,
have
number
four
teams
reviewing
a
fence
or
a
very
variance
from
Nick
and
Megan
Crouch
for
14
approving
or
denying
at
Holly.
N
This
property
is
located
at
8,
007,
38th,
Avenue
Northeast.
Let's
see
the
commission
reviewed
a
request
from
Nick
and
Megan
Crouch
for
a
variance
from
our
city
ordinance,
which
limits
total
aggregate
area
of
all
accessory
structures
to
1800
square
feet
for
properties
exceeding
one
acre
in
an
R1
single
family
residential
district.
The
petitioner
has
requested
a
600
foot
square
foot,
variance
for
a
new
2400
square
foot
detached
accessory
structure.
N
The
property
in
question
is
approximately
three
acres.
With
this
proposed
Edition,
a
total
lock
cover
coverage
of
the
structures
would
be
about
six
percent.
Forty
percent
is
allowed.
The
Planning
Commission
with
six
members
present
recommended
the
variance
by
the
following
vote:
6i
and
zero
Nays
Planning
Commission
made
the
following
findings
at
the
requested
variances
in
harmony
with
the
general
purposes
and
incent
of
the
zoning
code.
N
The
variance
if
granted,
would
not
alter
the
essential
character
of
the
locality
in
which
the
property
is
situated,
but
there
are
circumstances
unique
to
the
property
not
created
by
the
landowner
and
that
the
landowner
intends
to
use
the
land
in
a
reasonable
manner,
not
permitted
by
the
ordinance.
You
have
any
questions
about
their
particular
property.
M
M
A
C
M
E
K
A
O
Hi
Elaine
Hansen
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Austin
area,
Chamber
of
Commerce
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
working
very
hard
on
the
budget.
We
of
course,
would
appreciate
a
little
bit
more
shaving
off,
but
we
do
appreciate
the
hard
work
everyone
put
into
trying
to
bring
down
the
tax
levy
and
looking
at
the
tax
lovely,
it's
not
just
the
city's
portion,
but
also
what
we
look
at
with
the
county
and
also
with
this
school
operating
Lobby.
O
So
we
appreciate,
if
you
can
continue
to
look
at
that
as
further
decreases,
would
be
great.
I
also
want
to
thank
Craig.
Clark
I
had
an
opportunity
to
join
him
for
some
discussion
about
lost,
and
perhaps
if
that
moratorium
is
lifted,
what
that
might
look
like
and
the
future,
and
so
it's
exciting
to
explore
what
that
might
be.
So
thanks
again
for
that
invitation,
Craig
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
again.
Thanks.
E
A
M
C
E
I
Mike,
just
a
quick
HRA
update
tiger
was
at
a
meeting
last
week
where
they
were
talking
a
little
bit
more
about
the
new
Statewide
local
housing
aid
plan
that
has
been
developed.
It
will
be
a
program
where
funds
flow
to
the
City
of
Austin
directly
to
work
on
a
low-income
housing
stuff.
I
We
think
that
it's
going
to
be
roughly
400
to
500
000
worth
of
monies
that'll
flow
over
the
next
two-ish
years,
so
looking
at
some
different
options
as
to
what
we
could
do
with
that
money,
but
there's
a
lot
of
good
options,
as
you
can
imagine,
with
housing.
Absolutely.
D
K
Culture
and
arts
commission
is
going
to
engage
in
some
strategic
planning
tomorrow
night.
So
thank
you
to
the
commission
members
and
their
staff
liaison,
which
is
Holly
Wallace,
for
an
extra
meeting
to
do
strategic
planning.
They
also
celebrated
on
the
new
mural
on
the
East
wall
of
the
municipal
pool
building
that
happened,
September
8th
and
it's
a
great
accomplishment
for
the
commission.
They
were
able
to
get
the
funding
from
that
for
that
project
from
CMAC,
so
no
tax
dollars
went
into
it
under
parks,
recreation
and
Forestry.
K
Luke
Reese
is
working
really
hard
on
some
grants
to
address
the
ash
tree
issues
that
we
have.
We've
already
received
a
25
000
Grant
from
the
DNR
he's
applying
for
a
500
000
Grant
from
the
Minnesota
general
fund
and
another
500
000
Grant
from
bonding
at
the
state
level.
That's
specifically
designated
towards
trees.
K
If
awarded
a
million
dollars,
would
provide
hundreds
of
new
trees
to
make
up
for
the
ash
trees
that
are
going
down.
The
only
problem
with
that
is.
We
have
thousands
of
ash
trees
just
on
city
property,
plus
thousands
of
ash
trees
on
private
property
to
deal
with
so
I
just
want
to
call
your
attention
to
that
and
say
thanks
to
Luke
for
doing
that.
Work
I
also
want
to
congratulate
the
Human
Rights
Commission
on
their
welcoming
week.
K
I
think
it
was
excellent
again
and
it's
exciting
to
see
so
many
Community
groups
involved
with
that
and
remind
you
that
Human
Rights
Commission
is
leading
the
Pride
Celebration
plan
for
October
7th
and
having
the
welcoming
week
happen
in
September,
and
then
the
pride
early
in
October
puts
a
kind
of
a
strain
on
the
volunteer
commission
members
and
their
staff
liaison,
which
is
Trish
weikman.
So
thank
you
for
your
extra
work.
K
I
really
appreciate
it
and
then
finally,
I
wanted
to
recognize
the
employees
who
have
their
work
anniversaries
in
September
I'm,
going
to
read
the
list
and
I
wanted
to
say
thanks
to
each
of
those
people
for
the
work
they
do
for
the
city.
K
You
don't
come
in,
and
work
for
a
municipality
for
Glory
or
riches
or
fame.
You
do
it
to
serve
the
community
and
I
appreciate
that.
K
So
we
have
herb
weiner
Street
Department
23
years
with
the
city,
Greg
Bell
parks,
department,
23
years
Mike,
Tischer,
Police
Department
17
years,
Heath
deters
fire
11
years
Joe
Mattis
fire
11
years;
Brody,
Jensen
wastewater
treatment,
plant
10
years,
Travis,
Kellner
Street,
Department,
10
years,
Matt,
Olson
street
department,
nine
years,
Logan,
gaskason
wastewater
treatment,
plant
nine
years;
Brian
Shaffer
wastewater
treatment,
plant
nine
years,
David
Wolfe
streets
department,
six
years
rally,
Donovan
parks,
department,
six
years,
Robin
tideman
crossing
guard,
Five,
Years,
Sue,
Severson
crossing
guard
three
years;
Susan
Crabtree,
Nature
Center
three
years.
K
A
Thank
you
Laura.
Thank
you
for
that.
If,
for
those
who
haven't
seen
that
mirror
on
the
back
of
the
pool,
it
is
very
impressive
if
you're
ever
glum,
you
don't
look
at
that
mural,
you
will
not
be
glum
anymore.
You
cannot
possibly
be
sad.
Looking
at
that
mural,
it's
beautiful,
vibrant!
It
takes
up
a
great
amount
of
what
used
to
be
tan
space,
and
it's
really
a
value
add.
A
Certainly
so
thank
you
for
the
artist
and
the
work
that
they
did
behind
the
scenes
to
get
that
going
with
that,
looking
to
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
to
Monday
October,
2nd
2023
at
5
30.
so
moved
a
second
second,
all
in
favor
all.