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MSA conduit revenue bonds (Resolution 25‑73) — adopted
The council held a public hearing and adopted Resolution 25‑73 to authorize the issuance of conduit revenue bonds for MSA Building Company and Math and Science Academy not to exceed $69,000,000 (an increase from a previously authorized $60,000,000 to allow refinancing of 2020 bonds). Staff said the bonds are conduit financing and the city is not liable for repayment; repayment will come from the borrower’s revenues. Bond counsel Sophia Leike and MSA representatives attended the hearing.
Vote: Roll call — Stafford: Aye; Wilson: Aye; Morris: Aye; Santini: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: approved.

General obligation bonds (Resolution 25‑74) — adopted
The council approved the issuance and sale of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025A, in a proposed aggregate principal amount of $16,175,000 to fund three capital needs: water treatment pipeline work, a southeast water tower and the 2025 street‑improvement program. Bond sale details and estimated interest rates were presented by the city financial advisor (Ehlers). The council authorized staff to proceed toward the competitive sale.
Vote: Roll call — Morris: Aye; Santini: Aye; Stafford: Aye; Wilson: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: approved.

2025–2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual Action Plan — public comment period opened
Councilmembers approved opening the federally required 30‑day public comment period on the draft 2025–2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan, which govern use of federal CDBG and HOME funds. Staff recommended three 2025 projects including a visitor/warming building at Shawnee Park, a group‑home rehabilitation for Hammer & Ner and program administration funds.
Vote: Roll call — Wilson: Aye; Morris: Aye; Santini: Aye; Stafford: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: public comment period opened (04/03/2025–05/02/2025).

Consent agenda (items 6B–6N) — adopted
The consent agenda (items 6B through 6N) was approved by roll call earlier in the meeting.
Vote: Roll call — Santini: Aye; Stafford: Aye; Wilson: Aye; Morris: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: approved.

Approval of minutes (item 6A) — adopted with one dissent
Council approved the minutes from a prior meeting over the objection of Council Member Wilson, who voted no when 6A was called separately.
Vote: Roll call — Stafford: Aye; Wilson: No; Morris: Aye; Santini: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: approved (one no vote).

SRO agreement (Resolution 25‑75) — tabled
The proposed SRO agreement with ISD 833 was tabled after council members objected to last‑minute redlining of the contract’s whereas clauses that referenced the city’s 2023 actions. Council requested staff transmit the original 23‑155 resolution and termination transmittal and scheduled a follow‑up meeting with the district; the item will return for consideration.
Vote: Voice — Santini: Aye; Stafford: Aye; Wilson: Aye; Morris: Aye; Mayor Burt: Aye. Outcome: tabled.

Why this summary: the meeting included multiple significant finance votes (conduit revenue bonds and a combined general obligation bond issuance) and two community‑facing action items (the HUD consolidated‑plan public comment period and the SRO contract controversy). A number of routine consent items were enacted by a single roll call vote as typical.

Provenance: each item’s discussion appears in the April 2 transcript at the times noted below.

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Public‑safety director Jason Pozel told the council the agreement is intended to cover SRO services at Woodbury High School and East Ridge High School during the school year, approximately 40 hours per week per SRO; special event staffing would be handled in a separate agreement. Pozel described the financial framework: the district will pay 75% of the annual full burden rate for an officer’s in‑school time, and the contract provides $2,250 annually per SRO to the city to cover training and equipment that previously had been paid by the city.

Pozel also described absence and staffing rules: the city will provide a substitute in‑school officer per statute, substitutes may be used up to 60 days before specialized SRO training is required, and the contract allows short‑term emergency removal of an SRO (during which the district would not be billed). The contract contains a 60‑day termination notice clause for either party.

During council discussion, some members objected to edits requested by the school district that altered a whereas clause describing the city’s 2023 resolution (resolution 23‑155). Council members said the council had previously directed staff to terminate the 2008 agreement and that changing the whereas clause would rewrite that history. City attorneys and staff said the proposed edits were largely phrasing changes and would not alter the substantive obligations in the contract; the city and school district negotiating teams had exchanged red‑line versions for months.

Because council members wanted more time to review the language and its historical record, the council voted by voice to table the resolution. The council’s voice vote to table was recorded as aye by Council Members Santini, Stafford, Wilson, Morris and Mayor Burt. The item will return to council after staff transmits the original resolution, the termination transmittal that was sent to the district, and after a follow‑up meeting the mayor said would take place with district representatives.

Why it matters: the SRO agreement governs responsibilities and cost‑sharing for law enforcement officers assigned to the city’s two high schools. The proposed contract includes a shift to a fixed 75% cost share of the full burden rate for in‑school time and adds an annual per‑officer training/equipment payment of $2,250; the change shifts some recurring costs from the city to the district and clarifies substitute and termination procedures.

What’s next: staff will provide the council with the original resolution (23‑155) and related transmittal documents, the mayor and staff will meet with the school district this week, and the council will reconsider the SRO resolution after that follow‑up and after review of the redlined language.

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Brad Johnson, who lives adjacent to the park and said he moved there 32 years ago, told the council the open space is actively used for family recreation and winter skiing and said he did not receive mailed notice of the project. Emer Scheibner, another nearby resident, said many neighbors reported they “never got one” of the mail notices the city said it sent.

Chris Hartzell, Woodbury’s engineering director, told the council the need for the basin stems from the large water treatment plant and distribution pipeline project that will add or disturb impervious surface in many places. Hartzell said staff and consultants examined 36 potential sites across the city and selected seven sites that together can meet the watershed and state requirements. He said the chosen facility type for the Wedgwood Park location would be an infiltration basin that must draw down in roughly 48 to 72 hours and would be restored with native vegetation after construction.

Hartzell described the selection process as driven by technical constraints: soil types, groundwater elevations, hydrologic drainage areas, locations of existing storm sewers and available space. He said four of the rejected sites were on private property and one lacked sufficient drainage volume, leaving limited feasible options.

Mayor W. Burt and other council members told residents the pipeline and water-treatment work is a high priority tied to providing safe drinking water across the city. “We cannot delay this project,” the mayor said, explaining the city must comply with watershed and state rules connected to the distribution work. Council members and staff urged affected residents that staff would continue to work with them on plantings and final site details and that a detailed 78‑page technical report had been prepared and is available at City Hall; staff offered to print copies for neighbors.

Residents pressed the council on communications and alternatives. Bauman and Johnson asked why nearby stormwater basins (including one near the ballfields) could not be used instead; Hartzell said hydrologic and jurisdictional requirements meant the treated volume had to be addressed within the appropriate tributary area and that space was limited. Several residents asked whether the garden/nature planting plan would lead to invasive weeds; city staff said native plantings typically come with a five‑year maintenance period paid for by the contractor and that the city conducts spot‑spraying and invasive control after establishment.

Council members said the city had followed its community engagement steps — an open house was held Feb. 21 and 58 mailers were sent for the Wedgwood Park open‑house outreach — but acknowledged that some neighbors reported they had not received notice. Staff noted the broader pipeline project spans roughly 17 miles of pipe and lies across two watershed districts, and that the water‑quality treatment obligation is calculated as a set volume (South Washington Watershed District requires roughly 1 inch of runoff over disturbed impervious area) that needs to be treated in the affected tributary area.

What happened next: the council did not direct a formal halt to the Wedgwood Park work during the meeting. Staff reiterated that the Wedgwood Park basin is one of seven selected sites needed to complete requirements tied to the water treatment/distribution project and said it would provide printed copies of the technical report at City Hall and follow up with neighborhood meetings for planting and site design details.

Why it matters: the project is part of Woodbury’s program to move raw well water to a central treatment plant that removes PFAS; the pipeline work triggers local watershed rules requiring additional stormwater treatment. The conversion will change how the park is used and how neighbors access green space; residents asked the council to pause work until they could review alternatives and collaborate on site design.

What’s next: staff offered to supply three printed copies of the technical report at City Hall, continue one‑on‑one contacts with residents, and provide more frequent updates as construction plans are finalized. Residents were directed to the city’s water‑treatment project email and phone line for additional questions.

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