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CC Work Session <br />Meeting Date: <br />10/28/2025 <br />Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Enhance City's communication through transparency and accountability. <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Updates on Items of Interest <br />4. 1. <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Below are various updates on items of interest. This case is being provided as an FYI with no specific discussion <br />planned. Staff will be able to answer questions during the work session if needed. If there are any other specific <br />topics City Council would like to add to the case, please let staff know. <br />Historic Townhall <br />A grant application has been submitted for $40,000 to hire the necessary consultants to design plans to maintain <br />the historic aspects for it to remain on the National Register of Historic Places, ADA accessibility and HVAC <br />needs. Results of awarded funds will be released at the end of November 2025. <br />Veterans Memorial/Park <br />Staff will meet to discuss opportunities through upcoming park projects. Staff will further identify and discuss <br />community partner relationship to advance this effort. <br />Waterfront Park <br />Approvals are underway to progress the project for completion on or about July 1, 2026. <br />• Sewer and water installation is occurring fall 2025. <br />• The bathroom/support building for the water play area was ordered fall 2025, anticipated delivery is March <br />2026. <br />• Council consideration for a Construction Manager at Risk contract is scheduled for October 28, 2025. <br />• To meet the desired completion deadline, grading activities will likely be completed fall 2025 in <br />preparation for construction to begin early spring 2026. <br />Cannabis <br />Two pending retail locations are in the process of review by the Office of Cannabis Management. Following <br />approval by the state, City Council will have a case to approve the Business License Registration. <br />Outdoor Wood Burning Boiler <br />Per the direction of the City Council, the Environmental Planning Board (EPB) reviewed the City's current <br />ordinance. Amendments will be brought to the EPB to update language related to current state regulations. <br />Following the EPB's recommendation, City Council will have a case to adopt the amendments into the code. <br />Recommendation: <br />Outcome/Action: <br />No action required. <br />Attachments <br />No file(s) attached. <br />