City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is now 530 and I will call this regular meeting of the Burnsville City Council to order. It is our tradition to stand for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and we invite you to join us. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Good evening everyone and welcome. It's good to see all of you in person. The public can also attend virtually or choose to watch us on burnsvillemin.gov slash meetings or Comcast channel 16 or 859. The public can also join and participate through Zoom by joining us at zoom.us slash join. More information is available on our meetings webpage. Okay. Somebody probably leaned up against the...

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There you go. So we just had a blackout for all of you who are watching. It was a blue out. There you go. But we got the lights back on. But you can also find all the information in our meetings web page, and that is in the council agenda packet. So thank you, everybody, for being here. This is wonderful. The first item on the agenda is our announcements, and this is an exciting evening for us. Well, it's exciting, but it's bittersweet, but I'll get to that. But our announcements have to do with all of our upcoming meetings. Regular council meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, June 2nd at 5.30 p.m., and Tuesday, June 16th at 5.30 p.m. We have a work session that's scheduled for Tuesday, June 9th at 5.30 p.m. A special work session for the interviews for our boards and commission. And that's on Tuesday, May 26th at 5.30 p.m. And another special work session to interview members for boards and commission. And that's Thursday, May 28th. at 5 30 PM. So these interviews are going to be in conference from D but all meetings of the city council are here in the council chambers. Unless I say that it's going to be at a different location. So this evening it is our great pleasure to recognize the service of our police chief Tanya Schwartz.

Madam mayor members of the council, uh, everyone, thank you for joining us tonight. Uh, my name is Greg Lindberg, city manager here in Burnsville tonight. We recognize chief Tanya Schwartz for her dedicated service to our community. Tanya's impact. as you all very well know, will not only be measured by her accomplishments or the years she's served to this community, but by the trust that she's built, the people that she's cared for, and the example that she leaves behind for others who choose a life of public service. For 31 years, Tanya has led with compassion, professionalism, and an unwavering commitment to people. She became the city's seventh police chief in 2019 following a career with us where she started as a community service officer, then a police officer, a sergeant, and a captain. Throughout her career, especially during her time as chief, Tanya has shaped the police department with a culture of care that now defines community-oriented policing here in Burnsville. Tanya has been the right leader at the right time, She's led with steadiness during challenges, hard during the most difficult of times, and most importantly, humanity in all she's done. Tanya's led with care, with an emphasis on well-being, and clear expectation of excellence. Most importantly, she never forgets the people behind the badge and the human experience across our community. On a personal note, not many city managers have the privilege of also calling their police chief a friend. I'm grateful for that relationship and the trust that it represents. Tanya, tonight on behalf of the city of Burnsville, excuse me, thank you for your leadership, your service, and your commitment to our community. There's no greater honor than spending your life in service to others. You leave this community a better place than you found it. We will miss you and we're excited for your next chapter.

Thank you, Greg.

We are honored to celebrate the distinguished service of police chief Tanya Schwartz, my friend. As chief Schwartz began her career as community service officer in 1995, I was sworn in as mayor and that's where our paths crossed. It has been an amazing journey to travel with you. Over the years, I have witnessed her develop into an exceptional leader, one defined by professionalism, integrity, and a deep commitment to the well-being of both our community and the officers who serve it. Chief Swartz has been instrumental in shaping a department culture that balances enforcement of law with care, dignity, and respect for every individual. Her leadership advanced a model of policing and values, humanity at every turn. Her leadership was especially evident on February 18th, when our city endured an unimaginable tragedy. In the face of profound loss, Chief Schwartz guided the department with steadiness and unwavering care for her officers, staff, and the families affected. Her actions during that time exemplified the highest standard of public service. Chief Schwartz, on behalf of myself, the city council members, the residents of Burnsville, we extend our deepest gratitude for your 31 years of dedicated service. Your legacy of compassion, resilience, and community-centered leadership will continue to shape the city for years to come. And at this time, I would like the members of the council, if you would join me here, please. Chief Schwartz, throughout tonight's program, We have heard so many reflections on the lasting impact you have had on this community and on the many people who have had the privilege to serve alongside you. While tonight is a celebration of your retirement and extraordinary career, there is one additional recognition we have kept a secret. There are certain individuals whose contributions leave a permanent mark on a community. Individuals whose leadership, service, and character shape not only an organization, but the people and community around them. The key to the city is the highest honor the city council can bestow. It is reserved for those whose dedication and impact have been truly extraordinary. Tonight, we are so proud to present the key to you for your dedication, service to the Burnsville Police Department and the city of Burnsville. And at this time, I want to read the proclamation that you will also receive. And that is, This proclamation commends Chief Tanya Schwartz for 31 years of dedicated service to the city of Burnsville. Whereas Chief Tanya Schwartz has faithfully served the city of Burnsville and the Burnsville Police Department for 31 years, beginning her career in 1995 as a community service officer and advancing through the ranks to become Burnsville's seventh police chief. And whereas throughout her distinguished career, Chief Schwartz has demonstrated exceptional leadership, professionalism, integrity, and compassion while strengthening the department's commitment to community-oriented policing, officer wellness, training, and public service. And whereas Chief Schwartz has led the department and community through both challenge and tragedy with remarkable steadiness and humanity, always remaining committed to the safety and well being of both the community and the people behind the badge. And whereas Chief Schwartz's leadership, character, and dedication have left a lasting impact on the city of Burnsville, the Burnsville Police Department, and the countless individuals she has served throughout her career. And whereas the recognition of her extraordinary service and enduring contribution to the Burnsville community, the Burnsville city council wishes to bestow upon chief Tanya Schwartz, the key to the city, the highest honor the city can confer. Now, therefore the Burnsville city council on behalf of our city staff, residents, businesses, and the entire Burnsville community hereby expresses its deepest gratitude and appreciation to Chief Tanya Schwartz for her dedicated service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to the city of Burnsville. We congratulate her on her retirement and extend our best wishes. in the years ahead, proclaim this 19th day of May 2026. And Chief Schwartz, if you would come please. And to everyone, please be patient with us. We're going to take some photos. And so you bring your awards. And yes. Chief Schwartz.

I would like to say a couple.

Yes, and then if members of the council would like to say a few words to the key to the city.

I mean, I don't even know what to say to that.

What is it? I don't know.

I'm going to find out. Um, thank you so much mayor and the city council, city manager Lindbergh, our community, all of our police officers and our fire fighters who are here and just everyone. Just those are really heartfelt comments. It means a lot to me. And I wasn't supposed to cry. So, but once you get the key to the city, I don't know if something happens and you just kind of lose it. But, um, reflecting on 31 years of law enforcement service has been emotional for sure. Uh, it's been an incredible honor to serve Burnsville police department and this community, um, at every rank from community service officer to chief. And I'm just incredibly grateful to all of you, all of you here today and just all the people who believed in me and supported in me, supported me and, and, and allowed me the chance to lead and to do these things. I want to thank my family, being a wife and a mom and a sister, a daughter-in-law, a Monty, a great auntie now. Those are the roles that mean just the most to me. And I'm excited. I'm just very excited to enjoy the time that I'm going to have in retirement with them. My husband, Tom, my sons, Jack and Ryan, they've lived this career with me. All of our officers, our public safety teams know how hard that can be. And they grounded me when things were feeling overwhelming and every accomplishment was built with hard work, but also on their love and their sacrifices that they made. So Tom, thank you for. Standing by my side quite literally all the time and especially these last couple of years and just protecting me Protecting my peace and just helping me stay centered. That's not easy to do The chief of staff at home has a lot of work to do so it's not easy And Thank You mayor and council city manager Lindbergh the city leadership team for your trust your partnership your support for increasing staffing and wellness, behavioral health, Duke doc, all the tools and equipment that keep our team safe have truly made a difference in our community because of the investment that you have all made in our police officers means that they are best suited to care even more and better for our community. So I'm proud of our work together. I also want to thank you for your unwavering support during the devastating loss of officers, Matthew Ruby, Paul Elmstrand and firefighter paramedic Adam Finseth. Losing them was heartbreaking for all of us. You took care of our fallen families, our department, me, the community, throughout unimaginable grief. And we have honored their selfless sacrifice and their legacy will live on forever at the Burnsville Police Department. So I'm really proud of all that we've accomplished together, all that we've done to amplify Burnsville Police Department's culture of excellence. We've done that. I'm going to miss doing that work together, and it's going to be a big change. not coming in, seeing my Burnsville Police Department family on a regular basis. But I'm very excited. I'm very excited about retirement. I'm happy to just live life and have more time with my family and my most favorite people, who many are here right in front of me here today. So I look forward to that. And I'm moving into retirement with absolute confidence in our next police chief, Matt Smith. Matt and our entire police command staff, they embody a deep commitment to our police teams, our sworn teams, our non-sworn teams, our community, our culture. And I know together working alongside all of our exceptional police officers and our police teams that they are going to continue to elevate and move Burnsville Police Department forward with strength and heart and purpose. So thank you so much for allowing me this privilege to serve Burnsville Police Department and this community with all of you. I thank you so very much.

All right. We're going to now take photos. So if you'll bring your things. Oh, yeah, bring your keys. Okay, and so can we have Chief Schwartz, leadership, Chief Matt. Any commands now?

And then please make, yeah.

Captain Chris Wickland.

I think we have everybody. Do we have everybody? Oh, Captain.

Okay. Okay.

Okay, this next one now is if we could have the leadership team. And so if you'd be in the back.

It's his better side.

Okay, we're going to step away, and the Chief and her whole team, so all of the officers, so we're going to step away. So, even the ones who are not in uniform.

Come on. You can also be in the back.

Yeah, I know.

We got those two, yeah.

Okay, now we want one of the chiefs and her family.

Give the proclamation to Tom.

Yeah. Are you ready? I know, I know.

I love you. I love you.

so the next item on our agenda is military appreciation week honoring students serving their country our greatest gratitude and appreciation to mike and nancy huddlestone uh... for the work that they do in support of our yellow ribbon and this proclamation is going to be awarded to them. Whereas the United States military supports the freedom upon which our country was founded, and entering in the military is a noble and important career choice. Over 2.8 million people serve in the active and reserve branches of the military. And whereas the Burnsville Beyond the Yellow Ribbon organization is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to supporting our nation's military. And whereas the Glenn C. Turner BFW post 5833 is a non-profit veteran service organization that supports veterans, service members, and their families. And whereas the Burnsville American Legion post provides community and youth programs and strengthens services for those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. And whereas the Burnsville and Savage Service Organization and educational communities have partnered with the Burnsville Beyond the Yellow Ribbon organization since 2016 to honor students who have made a commitment to enter military service. Now therefore, I, Elizabeth Kautz, Mayor of the City of Burnsville, on behalf of the City Council, hereby proclaim May 18th through the 22nd, 2026, as Military Appreciation Week, with a special emphasis on students who have selected careers in the military, and urge my fellow citizens to observe this period by thanking young people in our community who have chosen to enter the military profession in support of our freedom, safety, comfort, and quality of life, proclaimed this 19th day of May, 2026. And it is my deep honor and pleasure to present this proclamation to Mike and Nancy Huddleston, and to thank them for their service, not only in the military, but also for being the coordinator of our Yellow Ribbon. Thank you so much. You have made a great difference in our community and in the lives of our active and also inactive veterans in our community. Thank you so much for your service. Yeah. OK, now we're going to have a big ceremony with a lot of students and a lot of pictures also.

OK. Well, I can't start until where's Vince? Did he sneak off already? He has a baseball game to coach. Oh, OK. OK. So all in favor of Vince doing Anyways, if you're a family member for this event, come on in and welcome. And we will get started here in just a second. okay so welcome guests good evening my name is mike huddleston and i am the volunteer coordinator for the burnsville beyond yellow ribbon we have come up here before the city council every year since 2016. to thank students for serving our community, our state, and our country by choosing to serve in the military. To date, we have recognized approximately 136 students over the last 10 years, and this year we have, I think, 14? 14 that we're recognizing tonight. of those students that are here with us tonight. I'd like to begin by thanking the students. Military service instills responsibility, dependability and loyalty. You will cultivate your leadership skills, get to know yourself better, acquire resiliency you never knew you had, and above all, you will build a stronger character. Parents and family members, thank you for trusting us to take care of your loved ones. We know it's hard to let them go into a career that may put them in harm's way. Thank you for your love and support because it means the world to them. We wouldn't be here tonight without the city of Burnsville, which became a yellow ribbon city in 2013. I think that's when you found told me too. We appreciate the help and support of the city to make sure Burnsville Yellow Ribbon's mission is carried out for veterans, military members, and their families before, during, and after deployments. I'd like to thank the many organizations in the audience, the Burnsville VFW, Two Eagles Marine Detachment, Burnsville Egan Savage School District 191, Burnsville Savage Lions Club, Dakota County Veterans Services, recruiters from each branch of the service, plus leaders and elected representatives from the city of Burnsville and Savage and businesses in our community. They are an integral part of our Yellow Ribbon Network and help us do our job. Now let's get to the formal recognition. Tonight, As a small gesture of our gratitude for your career choice to serve in our nation, Burnsville Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is presenting each of you with a Target gift card that we hope will help you purchase needed items at your next duty station. You will also find a few other things in the gift bag to include a chocolate bar to remind you of those who came before you and got a John Wayne bar in the C-Rations. Some of the older guys remember the C-Rations. And a protein bar which serves as an example of the new military and what's available in the MREs. There's also a red, white, and blue honor cord that is designed to be worn at graduation with your cap and gown. And the principal's here tonight, and they're able to wear it, right? There he goes. He gives me a thumbs up. So you can wear it at your graduation, which is what, 31 May, right? Yep. I will also be giving a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon challenge coin when I shake your hand. A challenge coin is a small medallion coin adorned with the emblem or insignia of the presenting organization. The coins are a symbol of membership. belonging, and camaraderie. More importantly, the coins acknowledge your achievements, dedication, and exemplary service and serve as a reminder and appreciation and respect of your peers and superiors. It is a great honor that I am happy to bestow on you tonight when you come forward. Before we call your names, I'd like to call forward. The mayor's already here. The mayor-elect is here. I forgot her name last year, so last year I says, what's her name? Can she come forward? But that's not her name. And to help the mayor, and VFW Commander Bob Gunderson to help hand out the U.S. flags donated by the Burnsville VFW. At the end, after we are finished here, everyone is invited to join us for refreshments and food in a meeting room on a lower level in City Hall. What's the room number? Yeah, and there's signs that get you there. So, students, please come forward when I call your name and stay up front until everyone is called so that we can get a group photo. Okay. Okay. All right, so the first one... is from the Minnesota Army National Guard, Allison. Did I pronounce that right? Yeah, go on forward. Next one is Robert.

That's a good spot right here. Yeah, right in front of us, right in front of her, I guess. Perfect.

That's a good spot for you too. Nesta? Bob, you didn't have to work tonight?

I did.

The kids are still sitting at the stop. Jose?

Perfect.

Oh, okay. Is Adelaide here? Well, then you have to go in the Marine Corps.

No.

Or it's Air Force.

That's right.

She needs one. Yeah. Okay. So I did Minnesota Army National Guard. So now we're going to do the Marine Corps. EOA? Okay, the next one. Oh, this is an easy name. John. You'd be doing push-ups earlier. Okay. Then, Dino?

Dino?

Okay, Dawson? All right. You'll like this one. I'm telling you what, your drone sergeant is going to love this. Okay? O-lo-wa-to-mi-wa. Okay. The next one is U.S. Army, Mohammed. Thank you so much. Thank you for serving. Hang on to it. Is there any others? Did I miss anybody? Oh, no. You got to wait a few years. Anybody? Anybody? All right.

You have everybody?

So we have a few that are missing. So Frank, don't leave or else you'll be recruited. And so see Nancy because what we usually do is give the bags for the ones that could not make it. And then you take and then you have the onus to see if you can find them. Where's Waldo kind of thing. Yep. So, uh, now is it on? Okay. Now you can go downstairs. We've got some great food downstairs. So downstairs and we got flags and we got more places to put pictures. So please go downstairs.

Nice job. As always. Hey, thanks. Who's taking your place? Sandra. Yeah, you did. You should have introduced her.

Okay.

Oh, she's there, right? Yeah, Sandra Schlafer. She's taking it over. Good for her. That's awesome.

Yeah, okay. I need to go on with the work of the city. Thank you. So the next item on the agenda this evening is citizens' comments. This is the opportunity for anyone in the audience to address the council on an item that is not in a printed agenda and not in application form that will be coming before us at a future date. Is there anyone who wishes to address the council? Anyone who wishes to address the council? City Clerk Collins, is there anyone online?

No.

Thank you. We will move on to additions to the final agenda. And this is for emergency items only. City Manager Lindberg, are there any additions to the final agenda?

Nothing from staff, Mayor.

Members of the Council. Council, I have an item that I would like to add. And I need a motion to add the item to the consent agenda to approve the bestowing of the key to the city to Chief Schwartz. So moved. Second. Thank you. There is a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. And the motion carries. Thank you. That item is now on the consent agenda. We now move to the consent agenda. The consent agenda is a group of items that's considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. However, an item on the consent agenda can be removed for a separate discussion and vote. Is there anyone in the audience who wishes an item on the consent agenda to be removed for a separate discussion and vote? Anyone who wishes an item? City Clerk Collins, anyone online?

Anyone online has requested.

Thank you. City Manager Lindberg, does the staff want to remove an item from the consent agenda? Nothing from the staff, Mayor. Members of the Council? None. May I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda, please? Move. Second. There's a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. And the motion carries. We are now at the regular agenda. And the first item on a regular agenda is an application of the city of Burnsville for an amendment to Title 10, zoning, to reorganize and update the zoning code for consistency and clarity, and to adopt the ordinance. Presenting this evening is our planning manager, Mr. Mike Marosola. Mr. Marosola, the floor is yours.

Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor and Council. At the November 10th, 2025 work session, the City Council directed staff to advance the reorganized zoning code through the Planning Commission and City Council for review and adoption with a full rewrite to follow adoption of the 2050 comprehensive plan. Since then, staff has done that and has held seven meetings, work sessions with the Planning Commission to review the amendments chapter by chapter. Then the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the revised zoning code at their April 27th, 2026 meeting. Which brings us to today. So original goals for this update were to improve organization and consolidating related provisions, enhance usability through plain language and formatting, ensure consistency with current state statutes and legal requirements, and update Updating formatting structure, cross-referencing for clear and more accessible document. So the first step that we did is we reorganized the code. Currently the code consists of 41 chapters. We broke that down into 12 chapters.

That was amazing work. Thank you. Truly.

Thank you.

And it's only now 400 pages.

Yes, it went down from 700. And then with those 12 chapters, they all align with consistent subsections. We streamline cross-references to reduce redundancy and improve numbering, formatting, and layout to support easier navigation and reading. So before you on the screen is the new 12 chapters. All the chapters have underlying subsections that... go with the title of the chapter. So if you go to the next size for an example, currently the residential, um, zoning districts are spread throughout the code, generally through section 12 through 18. So what we did is placed them all underneath one chapter.

It was so easy. Mr. It was, Easy to navigate. So much better than before.

Thank you, Mayor.

Because you had to jump all over the place. This one was one place.

That was the intent behind it. It was a one-stop shop. Instead of, as I like to call it, choose your own adventure. So what we did then is we put all the residential items into one chapter with subsections and then we removed items that we didn't think were necessary. There were more specialized and should be in specific zoning subsections or chapters. Uh, we did the same thing for all the districts on the previous screen, all 12 of them. Um, similar practice of just reorganizing and placing items in certain areas where they were made for ease of use and accessibility. One thing that we worked really hard on to do as a reorganization was to reduce the resiliency on going back to previous chapters. So the B3 referenced, for example, the B1, B2 uses, and there's a total of over 70 uses in that, if you counted all of them, between the three zoning districts. And it also also excuse me referenced you back to previous chapters. They didn't list them on the B3. You had to go to B2. Look at those and then go back to the B3. So we limited that in all zoning districts. So if you go to B3, all the uses are listed there. There's no more going back between the chapters to discover uses. And we did that for industrial and residential districts as well. Another thing we did too is we categorized uses to reduce the number of uses. So on the left side of the screen are a number of different stores, appliance store, retail, they're all retail. So instead of having them all listed out, now there's just retail uses. So that also makes it super easy for you to find those and they're less judgment calls. Again, we did the same thing for industrial districts. There's a lot of different manufacturing, so now we just classify them all as light manufacturing. And then we did the same thing for heavy manufacturing as well. Again, ease of use. This reduced the use of a PUD, for use PUDs particularly. Now it makes it more broad, easier to interpret. So we're talking about some of the major amendments. We did streamline the commercial uses. There was 110 listed in code. Now they're down to 53 by doing the grouping we just talked about. Similar numbers with the industrial district. Not 110, but there was a significant number and they're significantly reduced. So then because of that, we had to add new definitions for the unified categories. Again, light industrial is the one, or light manufacturing, heavy manufacturing are the two that come to mind. Then we also removed interim uses from zoning districts where they were no longer applicable. For example, some of the residential districts allowed mining. They're fully developed. They're not going to have any mining going on. So we just removed the interim use process for those applications. They're no longer relevant. And there's similar uses in the commercial industrial districts. Um, we did work with the city attorney to, um, make sure there's consistent state state statute, for example, um, within the zoning or excuse me, within the variance approvals, uh, we did not list the practical difficulties. We have that in there now. So that's consistent with state statute again. Consistency of state statute we added the conditional use permit requirement for licensed residential care facilities serving 7 to 16 persons That isn't for the r1 r1 a r2 r3 zoning districts Previously the only r2 allowed them as a CUP but say statute you have to allow those on all those districts So that was a consistency cleanup item We did add a new section detailing the concept of review process that we have implemented over the last few years. We removed the Planning Commission's ability to request rezoning or text amendment and add staff's authority. So the Planning Commission requests the staff to look into that and then the City Council already had the authority and then property owners. So that was more of a cleanup item. one of the bigger items that we did do that required, uh, the next item was we changed abbreviations for the medium density residential high density and manufacturer housing districts. Um, currently they are the R three a, which is the medium density residential R three B high density residential and R three D manufacturer housing. Um, for some, for ease of use, we reclassified items are three, medium density residential, R4 high density residential, then R5 manufactured housing district. Because of that, we do have to amend the map, the official zoning map, to make sure the abbreviations are consistent. So as part of this approval tonight, that will be as part of the request as well. With that, on the screen now is our process. So we are looking at wrapping up this reorganization and update, kicking off the subdivision code rewrite. We've already started working on that one, so with the goal to have it complete about this time next year. Then the comprehensive plan, we received three submittals to our responses to our RFP. We're going through those now, hopefully get that before council here in July. Start that process. As you can see, it's a long one. And then the community visioning will start later this year. And then once the comprehensive plan is adopted, we will do a total rewrite. At least now, though, we have the organization the way we would like it. So then that part of the rewrite will not need to be redone. So that should actually speed up the process a little bit. And then with that, I'll leave the recommendation on the screen. Staff recommends that the city council approve the reorganized and updated title. It should be titled 10. That is a typo. I apologize. Zoning and city of Burnswall zoning map to reflect the new residential district abbreviations. A typo caught me there in the end. So I apologize for that. With that, I stand for any questions.

Any questions?

No questions. A good job on it though. It's going to make it very easy for businesses to understand what our codes are and know where they can go immediately instead of having to go back and forth all the time. So well done. Thank you. Council member.

Yeah. Yeah. Council member Kaylee.

Uh, I'll echo that great work. Uh, the simplification, as the mayor pointed out, it seems so easy. Like how many decades did we run with a overly complex structure and all the while? Um, I'm curious, thinking about somebody coming in who's living under the existing ordinances, does this process at all affect existing enforcement of projects that fell under the prior ordinance and or does it affect any future enforcement? Councilman, that's a great question.

It shouldn't, as we didn't implement any substantive changes. So the only thing that changes is the reference number. So if any previous approvals specifically state a coordinates number, that's the only thing that changed. Otherwise, the code is the same, word for word. So just some minor amendments where we changed to clarify, but I don't expect any major changes.

Deletions just following up you pulled mining out because we don't anticipate anyone's gonna pull a fresh permit for mining Would that apply if if some residual mining was done close to where Kramer mining is doing work right now obviously for the next several decades or or so, but If some property of budding that is the owner found that there was limestone under there and they wanted to do their own mining, could we handle that as a sort of a one-off, or does it, because it doesn't exist in our code anymore, does that shut down the ability for that person to apply?

Nope. Counselor, that's not a good question. In those situations, we kind of deal on a case by case basis. When we did the mining, we removed the residential districts because they're mostly fully developed. Now, the areas where mining is currently occurring, we did leave it there. We didn't touch anything that's currently actively mining or actively has that use. We didn't want to do those kind of substantive changes at this time. It's not the appropriate time to do that, the comprehensive plan coming. Now, if there was a use that we removed by accident, we will probably, I should state this, we'll probably be back in front of you later this year. When you do these kind of big lifts like this, you always kind of miss things. So we'll probably have to go back there and fix some things that we might have deleted by accident or have reversed course. But generally what we would do is if we... Deleted something by accident and the use is existing we must come back before you and add it back in or we go through our process of doing a zoning code amendment to Do that and the finance kind of right so we have the mechanism to change it.

Just like we are changing it for the better. Yes Thank you.

Okay, mr. Miroslav in the 10-6 the business district where you have all of that and Are all of the service in included in that, like medical service and all of that?

Yes, Mayor. Yep. All those uses are listed within the 10-6, medical clinics and all that.

So they're all in that one business, so it's not like before where you had to go?

Correct. Yeah. So each district where a clinic was before, instead of listing clinic in every district, they would reference you back to another district. So now even if district, if clinics are allowed, they're allowed in that district, we listed off. So it's kind of repeat. So multiple districts allow for clinics, but that way it's that one stop shop. You don't need to go looking for an answer.

Yes. So like we have some of the, um, condo businesses over on, um, Crosstown and Five and those kind of, so a lot of them are service businesses. So they're all in all of that. They're just service business, but they're not retail with a product. It's a service. It's all in there. That is so much easier than trying to find it before, oh, you're medical, so you must be in a different, okay. Thank you so much. I think that makes it real easy for everyone because you have the office business district, neighborhood business district, and all of that, now it's just all in one area. Okay, great, thank you. Any other questions? So, members of the council, tonight, because we don't have a full complement of the council, I would like a motion to adopt the ordinance, because I can take three, and to consider the summary ordinance publication at the next council meeting, because there, to do a summary ordinance, I need four. So, may I have a motion to adopt the ordinance?

Move, as stated.

Second. There's a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. And a motion carries. And that is to also consider the summary ordinance for publication next, for next... the next council meeting, right? So that's all included. Did you get it all? Okay, very good.

Madam Mayor, members of the council, we'll include the summary ordinance if it's agreeable to the majority of the council on the next consent agenda.

Okay, yeah. Because we have all of the background and we have gone through all of it, so the consent agenda is fine for the summary ordinance. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Members of the council, there are no other items to come before us this evening, and a motion to adjourn is in order.

So moved. Second.

There is a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. And a motion carries. Good night, and thank you for being with us.