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Councilmember Riley noted that pushing a legislative issue like this that would support Ramsey <br />makes sense. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that having the City’s support on this would be good. He noted <br />this is an existing and growing business and this location seems to be the perfect spot for something <br />like this. He shared his support for this. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked about the number of patients that they expect to see at this facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Nozzerella explained that there will be traffic for the VA coming to the facility as well as the <br />general public that will be coming to the facility. He noted that the VA has over 500 patients that <br />come through the facility daily. He added that there is a significant number of these VA patients <br />that are not getting the proper respiratory care that are being sent home or to another facility. He <br />shared they believe they can increase this traffic by 50%, bringing them closer to 750 patients <br />daily. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to move forward with supporting this project to the legislature. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen reviewed the remainder of the legislative priorities for 2024, including <br />the trunk water main improvements, water treatment plant, TIF district 14, the Mississippi River <br />bridge project, the Metro mobility service area, and the closed landfill legislation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove thanked Staff for putting together the updates for the TIF language for <br />the City to pay itself back. She noted that she would also like to get together with Dayton as a <br />Council a few times a year to discuss the Mississippi River bridge. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that the metro mobility service area seems to be a situation of taxation <br />without services being provided. He noted the Ramsey residents are contributing to this yet they <br />are not eligible to use it. He stated they should either be able to use it or not be taxed for it. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen discussed the State-wide policy priorities of exemption of residential <br />gardens from water emergency restrictions, State-wide licensure of massage therapy, amending <br />the remote open meeting law requirement that requires notification of a remote place accessible to <br />the public, lifting hospital moratorium, the policy of Local Government Aid, and the Metropolitan <br />Council Committee membership. He also discussed the employee sick and safe time (ESST) and <br />shared that Councilmember Musgrove requested they discuss this more. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove noted there are some items in this policy that she would like to discuss. <br />She said there is a proposal that small businesses with 25 or fewer employees should not have the <br />policy applied to their business. She noted that they provide a better product than what is proposed <br />and this would just require the City to do more paperwork and change a system that has been <br />working. She said she is not sure what they can do to make the idea and concept of this better. She <br />noted this puts hardships on smaller employers. She stated that if there is anything that the <br />legislature can bring to the table for recommendations on how to make this product better. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / January 9, 2024 <br />Page 5 of 9 <br /> <br />