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Minutes Woodbury City Council Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Pursuant to the due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting was duly held virtually and at the Woodbury City Hall, 8301 Valley Creek Road, on the 14th day of December 2022. Call to Order Mayor Anne Burt called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Mayor Burt welcomed those listening and attending. She said members of the public may attend the meeting but will be required to comply with social distancing parameters as determined by the City. Members of the public may also join the meeting using a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device. Public comments will be accepted during the meeting both in person and by using the link to the virtual meeting to join the meeting and then submit your questions via the online Q&A feature within the meeting. Questions regarding the meeting will also be taken between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. via email council@woodburymn.gov or call 651-714-3524 and leaving a voicemail message. Pledge to Flag Audience, staff, and Council pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Roll Call Upon roll call the following were present: Mayor Anne Burt, Councilmembers: Kim Wilson, Andrea Date, Steve Morris, and Jennifer Santini. Absent: None Others Present: Kimberlee K. Blaeser, City Clerk; Kevin Sandstrom, City Attorney; Clinton Gridley, City Administrator; Janelle Schmitz, Community Development Director; Angela Gorall, Assistant City Administrator; Shelly Schafer, Community Engagement and Equity Coordinator; Chris Hartzell, Engineering Director; and Annie Coyle, Assistant to the City Administrator/Deputy Clerk. There was approximately three (3) members of the public attending virtually. Special Order of Business No Items Scheduled Open Forum The Open Forum is a portion of the Council meeting where a maximum of three persons will be allowed to address the Council on subjects, which are not a part of the meeting agenda. Persons wishing to speak must complete a sign-up sheet prior to the start of the meeting. Give the sign-up sheet to any staff person. Speakers are limited to two minutes each. The Council will listen attentively to comments but, in most instances, will not respond at the meeting. Typically, replies to the concerns expressed will be made via letter or phone call within a week. Discussion A. Truth in Taxation Public Meeting – 2023 Property Tax Levy and Budget City Administrator Clint Gridley stated the City is 25% of the Property Tax Bill while School Districts are roughly 51%, Washington County is 21% and Special Taxing District is 3%. He stated the discussion during the meeting is strictly on the City portion of the Property Tax Bill. Mr. Gridley stated all meeting agendas are publicly noticed and available online and public input is welcome at each step of the process. He stated budget documents are available at the library, city hall or online. Mr. Gridley stated the annual City budget development process is a 12 month process beginning in January with the new fiscal year; February through May goes into the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Development where Council reviews and adopts the CIP; July goes into the budget creation with a check-in that encompasses the financial ear-end results, long-term financial analysis and preliminary tax levy guidelines; in September a proposed budget is presented in the preliminary budget workshop and at the end of September the Council adopts a preliminary property tax levy and sets Truth in Taxation (TNT) meeting date and sends the information to Washington County; in November through December the County creates the truth and taxation notices and provide that information via the mail which includes the meeting date which leads to the final step of the adoption of the final budget.  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Mr. Gridley reviewed the budget development process stating there are 6 divisions/sections of the City develop their proposals for the department heads. The department heads review the proposal and prepare their proposal for the finance division. The finance division presents the information to the City Administrator who presents it to the City Council. The final step is the TNT public meeting. Mr. Gridley stated the City provides transparency and accountability through the dashboard which includes details about performance measures, a number of public annual reports. He stated residents are able to see what happens with their tax dollars through the reports. He stated in addition, a bi-yearly community survey measures the quality of life in Woodbury. He stated the survey measured 94% quality of life rate in 2022. Mr. Gridley reviewed the unemployment rate in Woodbury and stated it is below the State and Federal Government with a 1.5% rate. Mayor Burt asked to clarify how often they measure the unemployment rate. Mr. Gridley stated he does not know when the last month it was measured. Councilmember Date pointed out the date of October 2022. Mr. Gridley reviewed the population growth since 1960 and stated the projected growth for 2040 is over 100,000. Mr. Gridley stated the areas they look at for fiscal health include balanced budget, managed cash flow, high revenue collection rates, growth in property values, lower revenue risks and strong general fund balance to expenditures. He stated a third party, Standard & Poor’s is used to evaluate the fiscal health and have given Woodbury the highest rating of AAA Bond Rating. Another measure of how they are doing as an organization is through GFOA where Woodbury has received the Certification of Excellence in Financial Reporting since 2001. In addition, Woodbury has received the ICMA Performance Management Award, Certificate of excellence in financial reporting since 2011. Mr. Gridley stated additional accolades include 2022 Best Places to Live for Families No. 14 (Fortune Magazine), 2021 50 Best Places to Live No. 29 (Money Magazine) and 2020 Best Places to live in the U.S No. 9 (Money Magazine). Mr. Gridley reviewed areas of risk such as natural disasters, cybersecurity, faithful performance, mandates, unfunded liabilities, public pensions, liability claims and metropolitan fiscal disparity program. Mr. Gridley reviewed the budget overview. He stated the 6 budget expenditure drives include inflation on goods products and services; service demands from a growing population; statutory property tax system; street, parks and trails levies; personal costs (wages and benefits) and debt service, tax abatement, interest. He reviewed the total city revenues at $102 million with a 10.1% increase from previous years. He stated the City and HRA Tax levy is at $44.7 million with a 6.5% increase from previous years and the non-levy revenues is at $57.3 million with a 13.1% increase. Mr. Gridley reviewed the expenditures with operating being at $68.7 million (7.2% change increase); Capital at 52.4 million (172.4 change increase) and Debt Service at $5 million (14.9 change decrease). He reviewed the 2023 Major new investments ad personnel positions. He stated historically, the City has had to add more personnel positions each year. He stated due to inflation the net full-time equivalent (FTE) increased by 3.58 while the approved hire for 2022 was 2.00 FTE and proposed hires for 2023 is 1.58. He stated the average employees per 1,000 is 4.43 and is a concerning statistic due to the growth of the population and the stress on the staff. Mr. Gridley reviewed the property tax system stating when a levy is created it needs to be within the statutory structure. He stated it begins with expenditures minus non-tax revenues which leads to the property tax levy. He stated the taxable market value is multiplied by the class rate (62) to get the tax capacity. He stated the tax capacity creates the tax rate which is multiplied by the property value and divided by $1,000 to get the tax bill. Mr. Gridley stated the class rate changes for home over $500,000 assessed value. He stated as values grow in the commercial industrial sector compared to residential it can affect the median value home impact. He stated the residential sector grew stronger which means the tax burden is more on the residential side. He stated those in the homestead market value exclusion program cannot gain more value over $413,800. Mr. Gridley displayed a recorded video of Mayor Burt explaining property valuations. Mr. Gridley stated EDA’s purpose is to grow the market value. He stated 2023 is estimated for strong property valuation growth with a median value of residential parcel of $419,000. He stated the certified property tax levy changes for 2023 if 6.5%. Mr. Gridley reviewed the 2023 property tax allocations with total of $44,704,413 which is a 6.5% increase from 2022. He stated the 2023 total for general fund revenues is $47,572,600 which is a 8% increase from 2022. Mr. Gridley stated the Council’s philosophy is to pay as you go. He stated because of this, they have been able to cut the debt service levy in half since 2014. He stated 2023 is the lowest property tax rate since 2010. He stated the estimated impacts include home valued at $419,000 which is a 19.3% value increase from 2022 to 2023. He reviewed City tax dollars go. He reviewed the residential City property tax changes and stated 24% will experience a 0-2.5% property tax increase, 3.5% will experience a 2.6-5% property tax increase, 27% will experience a 5.1-7.5% property tax increase, 37% will experience a 7.6-10% property tax increase and a small percentage will experience a 10% and more property tax increase. Page 2 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Mr. Gridley reviewed the property tax comparisons and highlighted out of 20 metro cities, Woodbury is the 5 th lowest for the proposed tax rates and proposed property tax levy percentage change. Mr. Gridley stated property taxes will not go up if property values go up. He added property values are used to distribute the tax burden instead of creating the tax burden. He stated property values are set independently by Washington County and the City Council controls only the City levy. He stated the levy amount is fixed and does not grow or fall based on changes in property valuation. He stated each home’s characteristics and valuation are unique and is hard to compare to other homes. He stated the degree of change in property taxes will be impacted by the level of increase or decrease in home value compared to the average. He stated property value sets the proportionate share of the City’s tax dollars. He highlighted tax relief programs such as Property Tax Refund (PTR), and Special Property Tax Refund (information can be found on M1PR State Tax Form or call 651-296-37-81). Mr. Gridley stated more information is required by the Minnesota Statute and stated there is a FAQ on the City’s website for more information regarding levy, City summary budget and comparison data information. Mayor Burt stated many residents have asked about the special assessments that went up 315% and asked Mr. Gridley to explain. Mr. Gridley stated it relates to the Roadway Reconstruction Program and stated it is the first year this has happened. He stated his hopes that the legislature changes since it causes more confusion. Mayor Burt thanked Mr. Gridley and stated this has been a yearlong process. She gave the public an opportunity to ask question. Councilmember Wilson asked if the employee per capital number was the number of actual employees or the number of positions available. Mr. Gridley stated it is the number of positions budgeted. Councilmember Wilson asked if the levy for the Hero Training Center was continued after being paid off and retired. Mr. Gridley stated the levy was continued and brought into the operating budget. He clarified that it was an internal loan from the Community Investment Fun and was paying interest and then paid the loan off. It was then used to support primarily the inflation increase to the operation budget. Councilmember Wilson asked if the levy was continued and was moved to a different fund. Mr. Gridley agreed. Councilmember Morris moved, seconded by Councilmember Santini, To adopt the following resolution Resolutions 22-232 through 22-257 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota approving the various fund budgets, sets the tax levies and cancels various debt levies for next year. Voting via voice: Kim Wilson – nay Andrea Date – aye Steve Morris – aye Jennifer Santini – aye Anne Burt – aye Consent Agenda All items listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and an affirmative vote by roll call of a majority of the members present. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event, the items will be removed from the consent agenda and considered a separate subject of discussion by the Council. Item A Approval of Council Minutes – November 30, 2022 Item B To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-258 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota approving the First Amendment to the Central Park Early Childhood Family Education Lease Agreement with Independent School District No. 833, South Washington County, and authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to sign said First Amendment. Page 3 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Item C To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-259 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota awarding the construction contract for the City Hall Boardwalk Replacement project to Meyer Contracting Inc., with a net bid of $174,200.17, and authorizing the Mayor and City Administrator to sign said contract upon the approval of the City Attorney. Item D To adopt a motion to extend the project approvals for Sham’s Place, Project Nos. 10-2020-00421 and 10-2021-00469 subject to the conditions of approval listed in Council Letter 22-307. Item E To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-260 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota awarding the construction contract to Miller Excavating, Inc., and authorizing the Mayor and City Administrator to sign contract. Item F To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-261 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota approving the joint powers agreement between Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Woodbury agreeing to share law enforcement data in the Central Square (TriTech) Software System. Item G Annual Update to the Fee Schedule for 2023. This item was pulled from the Consent Agenda and added to Discussion. Item H To adopt a motion designating the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the City’s official newspaper for the year 2023 effective January 1, 2023. Item I To adopt a motion that the member (City) does not waive the monetary limits on municipal tort liability established by MN Statute § 466.04. Item J To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-262 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota amending Council Directive CD- ADMIN-1.3 Health Care Savings Plan Policy. Item K To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-263 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota renaming and revising Council Directive CD-Council-2.5 City Council and Advisory Commission Roles and Guidelines to CD Council- 2.5 City Council Roles and Guidelines. Item L To adopt the following resolution Resolution 22-264 Resolution of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota approving the designation of polling places for 2023 elections and all subsequent elections until changed by the City Council of the City of Woodbury. Item M The abstract of bills includes payments made from the operating or project budgets for expenses of the city. The expenditures are from all funds of the city. Any purchased contracts requiring signature of the mayor and City Administrator is hereby approved. Staff recommends approval of the abstract of bills for November 23, 2022 in the amount of $374,751.99 and December 2, 2022 in the amount of $634,484.79. Councilmember Santini moved, seconded by Councilmember Date, to approve the Consent Agenda items with the exception of item 7G. Voting via voice: Kim Wilson – aye Andrea Date – aye Steve Morris – aye Jennifer Santini – aye Anne Burt – aye Page 4 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Public Hearings A. Haiku Japanese Dinkytown, Inc., 9965 Hudson Place, Suite 680, On Sale Wine and Beer Liquor License Mayor Burt declared the public hearing open. Assistant to the City Administrator/Deputy Clerk Annie Coyle stated Haiku Japanese Dinkytown, Inc. has submitted an application for an On Sale Wine and Beer Liquor License for their restaurant located at 9965 Hudson Place, Suite 680. She stated there are three corporate officers and three additional individuals with financial interest in the corporation. They are, Xu Bing Wang, President; Zimo Zou, Vice President; Xue Zheng, Treasurer/Secretary and Managing Partner; Guohang Jiang; Meng Chen; and AI Yu Chen. She stated as required by City Code, a criminal history check as it pertains to liquoring licensing was conducted on each corporate officer and individuals with financial interest and no violations that would preclude the corporation from obtaining a liquor license were found. She stated all necessary fees have been submitted and a meeting will be scheduled with the general manager to discuss the City’s Protect Your Business Manual which outlines City ordinances and alcohol violation policy. She stated the application has been reviewed and approved by the City attorney and Staff recommend Council to approve an on sale wine and liquor license to Haiku Japanese Dinkytown Inc. Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Councilmember Morris, to close the public hearing. Voting in Favor: Wilson, Date, Morris, Santini, Burt Absent: None Mayor Burt opened opportunity for discussion and questions from the Council. Mayor Burt asked if Haiku Japanese Dinkytown Inc. would be the name of the business. Ms. Coyle stated it was the name that was submitted. Councilmember Date moved, seconded by Councilmember Morris, To adopt a motion approving an On Sale Wine and Beer Liquor License to Haiku Japanese Dinkytown, Inc. located at 9965 Hudson Place, Suite 680. Voting via voice: Kim Wilson – aye Andrea Date – aye Steve Morris – aye Jennifer Santini – aye Anne Burt – aye Councilmember Morris asked if the Council letter was included and stated he noticed it was missing. City Clerk Kimberlee K. Blaeser stated the Council Letter is reflected on the Agenda it has 22-316. She stated typically Council Letter numbers are included when there are conditions in place which is why it is not on the agenda for direct information. Discussion A. Consent Agenda Item 7G. Annual Update to the fee Schedule for 2023. Councilmember Wilson pulled this item for discussion and stated she would be voting differently. Councilmember Morris moved, seconded by Councilmember Santini, To adopt the following ordinance Ordinance 2232 Ordinance of the City of Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota, providing that the City Code be amended by amending Sections 2-3, Fees for Various Services of Article I of Chapter 2, Administration Page 5 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Voting via voice: Kim Wilson – nay Andrea Date – aye Steve Morris – aye Jennifer Santini – aye Anne Burt – aye Councilmember Morris moved, seconded by Councilmember Santini, To adopt a motion authorizing staff to publish the Summary of the Fee Ordinance in the City’s designated official newspaper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Voting via voice: Kim Wilson – aye Andrea Date – aye Steve Morris – aye Jennifer Santini – aye Anne Burt – aye B. Community Engagement Resource Guide Community Engagement & Equity Coordinator Shelly Schafer stated the Resource Guide project has been going on for a year. She reviewed the timeline of the project, stating she began her position in February 2022. She stated in March they hired a third party consultant to facilitate creation of a community engagement guide. Throughout May through August they worked on a questionnaire, interview, focus groups and workshops with Staff and community members. Ms. Schafer stated the purpose of the work is to create a Citywide structure for community engagement with a clear approval process, build staff capacity to create and implement plans and embed an equity lens in the community engagement efforts. She stated the resource guide is intended to be a foundation resource for Staff to guide their work. She stated it highlights the City’s commitments to both community engagement and equity, which will be adopted by the City Council. She stated it provides a framework for equitable community engagement. Ms. Schafer explained a summary of how the work was done in order to create the resource guide. She stated they formed a diverse group of 20+ people, comprised of staff and community members. She stated those resented included business, education, Washington County, non-profits, community members, those that sat on County Commissions and one person from every department in the City. She stated there were two focus groups and three ideation workshops with a total of 13 hours invested. She expressed her gratitude for the input and feedback provided in those groups. Mayor Burt stated a lot of time was required and expressed her appreciation. Ms. Schafer stated the groups consensus was for a desire for everyone to belong, community engagement is about building relationship (but also about building community capacity), need resources to be able to do this well, importance to reach people who are not typically engaged, the final product should benefit both employees and community members and equal opportunity and access for people to be successful. Ms. Schafer stated the community engagement guide outline includes: introduction, City of Woodbury commitments, guiding principles and values, success indicators, framework, inclusive considerations and training & support. She stated the commitments is the most important aspect of the guide. She read the Community Engagement Commitment, stating “The City of Woodbury is committed to creating a sense of belonging and connectedness, building relationships, communicating openly, and creating opportunities for active participation with everyone who lives, works and visits Woodbury.” She read the equity commitment stating “The City of Woodbury is committed to removing barriers, addressing disparities, and ensuring that everyone has access to the resources and opportunities they need in our community.” Ms. Schafer stated they identified four values and principles: equity, trust, informed community, and openness and accessibility. She stated when identifying success indicators they asked the group “what will be in place in 3-5 years from now as a result of successful community engagement?” She stated the group broke it up into four categories: collaboration, City support, access and belonging. She stated if community engagement is successful in 3-5 years collaboration would look like an increase in awareness and services offered by the City and community partners among underserved communities. She stated services would reflect the community needs and would have a coordinated effort to identity and address community needs. She stated she is in conversations with the Woodbury Community Foundation about starting a non-profit and faith community round table to address what the needs are in the organizations and the community and finding solutions together on how to meet those needs. She stated City support would include the budget and resources allocated to accomplish the goals. She stated there are standardized templates for community engagement and project management to ensure that community members from a wide variety of backgrounds understand what the projects are and that expectations are met. She stated access would include City communication that would reach and resonate with more diverse community members and underserved groups are participating in more City activities and services. She stated belonging can be experienced more Page 6 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 through events that celebrate diversity in the community and by having a goal to have the City Staff and volunteers that better reflect the community’s demographics. Ms. Schafer stated the general framework includes four areas: identify purpose and level of community engagement; interested parties’ (stakeholders) mapping; engagement activities; and communications planning. She stated the engagement purpose includes community connectedness, programs/services/projects and policy decisions. She stated community connectedness includes building relationship with people while listening and learning from each other. She stated the MAC community is a great example of community connectedness. Mayor Burt asked to clarify the meaning of MAC. Ms. Schafer stated MAC means the Multicultural Advisory Committee that Public Safety has created as part of their organization. She stated they meet monthly to discuss different issues in the community. She stated programs/project/services include road rehab projects, snow plowing, general City services. She stated this bucket would require a comprehensive community engagement plan. She stated policy decisions would encompass the commissions or the comp plan group where policy decisions are required. Ms. Shafer stated after defining the purpose of community engagement, it is important to identity the level of community engagement needed. She explained the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Spectrum that is used throughout the country as best practices to identity community engagement. Ms. Shafer stated they identified condensations for inclusive community engagement or best practices which included: Proactive vs. reactive engagement, varied formats, language and accessibility, dates & times, location, food and evaluate & refine. Ms. Shafer reviewed the community engagement training and stated some training has already begun. She stated they had someone come in and do a two-day community engagement training on IAP2 for 35 Woodbury Staff members in November with a focus on equity-centered engagement. Ms. Shafer explained the next steps by stating they will create an administrative directive for community engagement planning. She stated this will be embedded into project management administrative directive. She stated an additional step is an overview of engagement training at City Commissioner Kick-Off in January 2023 with City Council. She stated the last step is continue partnerships with community. She stated Mayor Burt and herself sit on racial equity steering committee and are working on action items to implement. She stated she is a part of a group that discusses communication and culture events and education in communities. She stated an idea came from the community engagement process by one of the members called One Woodbury which would be located at a park such as Ojibway Park with a variety of food trucks/vendors and performances with cultural learning opportunities. Mayor Burt opened comments and questions to the public. Councilmember Morris moved, seconded by Councilmember Date, To adopt a motion approving the Community Engagement Resource Guide. Voting in Favor: Wilson, Date, Morris, Santini, Burt Absent: None Discussion during the motion: Councilmember Morris stated his appreciation for the work and effort it took to create the resource guide. Councilmember Date stated her appreciation and excitement over the resource guide. Councilmember Wilson stated her agreement to community engagement and stated it has been lacking in the past. She stated her concern regarding the IAP2 Spectrum and requested more verbiage to clarify that the process is not a progressive chart. She asked there to be verbiage to clarify the role of the Council and where projects will be. She used roadway rehabilitation projects as an example and stated it would be helpful for residents and Staff to have clarity on which aspect of the IAP2 Spectrum will be required on the front end in order to avoid confusion and distrust between residents and City Officials. She stated the arrow on the IAP2 spectrum makes it appear to be a progressive system instead of categories that would be used. Ms. Shafer stated they could clarify on the website with an explanation about what the spectrum is intended to do. She stated the Administrative Directive will create clarity on what community engagement aspect is needed. She stated before they go to the community, there will be a communications plan that will intentionally lay out what will be communicated and at which level of community engagement is needed. Councilmember Wilson stated the importance of creating clarity on community engagement for projects and what goes into each category. Ms. Shafer stated it may vary from project to project. She stated some sensitive project scenarios will be brought before Council to review on how to engage the communities. Councilmember Morris stated the difference between an administrative directive and a Council directive. He stated they had previously discussed having input from the Council be a part of the administrative directive when working with sensitive projects instead of in the communications plan. Mr. Gridley stated the three levels are departmental, administrative, and Council. Councilmember Morris asked Page 7 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 if the IAP2 Spectrum category could be included in the Council letters because it would be helpful background information. Councilmember Santini suggested an alteration in the section of public processes. Councilmember Wilson clarified, stating she believes it should be stated on the front end to the public. She stated it should be explained clearly on the invitation to neighborhood meetings so the public is clear on what the objective of the meeting is. Councilmember Morris agreed with Councilmember Wilson’s comment about the arrow on the IAP2 Spectrum chart creating confusion. Mayor Burt stated each category should not be referred to as levels but instead referred to as the name of the category. Councilmember Wilson asked if a new motion was needed because if not it would affect her vote. Councilmember Morris stated he moved to adopt the resource guide thinking the discussion afterwards would help lead the administrative directive of the operational element instead of the overall resource guide. Councilmember Wilson stated there should be clarity in the administrative directive when it comes to bringing items forth to the Council in order for there to be consistency. Mr. Gridley stated his agreement to desiring consistency. He stated it will take some time and effort to connect project management and community administrative directives. Councilmember Wilson added for the public to be aware of their level of the public process. Councilmember Morris stated community engagement is fluid and encouraged the Council and Staff to look at the engagement plan every few years since demographics change. Councilmember Santini added if something isn’t working than change can be made. She stated listening sessions were an attempt to learn more for the public and while it worked for a season, it continues to change and in need of alterations. Councilmember Morris stated he noticed there was no section about discussion with public safety, he asked if it was because it is its own process. Mr. Gridley stated Councilmember Morris was correct and stated they are self-sustaining with their own community support specialist. He stated this work will have an impact on public safety. Ms. Shafer stated there were participants in public safety in the training. She stated she has had conversations with Chief Maklad on how they will use the resource. She stated they will most likely focus on community connectedness but will continue to collaborate on a regular basis. Councilmember Wilson asked if the arrow could be removed in order to avoid any confusion. Ms. Shafer stated they could include clarification in the document itself. Mr. Gridley stated the trademark may not allow the arrow to be removed in the document. He stated he believed they could include a qualifying statement. Councilmember Wilson stated there needs to be some sort of change because when it says “increasing impact on the decision” makes it feel like it’s increasing along as it goes. Councilmember Santini pointed out the language of “spectrum” instead of stating they are alternatives. Mr. Gridley stated they will include clarification. Transportation Report (2nd meeting of the month, May-October) No items scheduled City Administrator’s Report Mr. Gridley reviewed the City’s recent grants. He stated they received a $2 million grant for Lake Road: 4 to 3 lane conversion from Pioneer Drive to manning Avenue. He stated in addition they received a $1 million grant for Woodlane Drive: 4 to 3 lane conversion from Wooddale Drive to Bailey Road. He stated Washington County has received a grant for $2 million for the intersection at Bailey Road and Settlers Ridge Parkway/Cottage Grove Drive Intersection. Mayor Burt asked if that would be a roundabout. Mr. Gridley confirmed it would be. Mayor Burt asked what the timing would be. Mr. Gridley stated it would be 2027. Mr. Gridley highlighted 42,000 rounds of golf played at Eagle Valley Golf Course. He stated recreation program registration is opened. Mr. Gridley stated there are some notations on the investigation divisions getting out more into the community. He reviewed the upcoming meetings.  January 9, 2023 – Planning Commission for Westwind rezoning and Park Place Storage  January 11, 2023 – Neighborhood Meeting for La Lake Park Concept Design Project Open House, 5:30 p.m., Ash North and South Conference Room Mr. Gridley stated 2022 was a gratifying year and thanked the Council and members of the community for their support. Adjournment Mayor Burt moved, seconded by Councilmember Morris, to adjourn the meeting at 8:48 p.m. Page 8 of 9  City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Voting in Favor: Wilson, Date, Morris, Santini, Burt Absent: None Respectfully submitted, _________________________________________ Kimberlee K. Blaeser, City Clerk Approved by the Woodbury City Council on January 11, 2023 Page 9 of 9