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City Council MinutesPage 3 of 7 August 4, 2025 --------- Councilmember Wagner asked if they have a timeline for an update on the Highway 169 stop lights. Mr. Femrite explained they will have an update coming forward regarding the signal timing of the Main Street, School Street, and 193rd intersections when they come back with the review of the traffic counts. Councilmember Wagner also asked if they will adjust when school starts if they see a tremendous change in traffic. Mr. Femrite stated generally, they see a traffic pattern change in town with the start of school, mainly at the high school entrance. They will continue to monitor and make time of year adjustments as necessary. 9.COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES 9.1Council Liaison Updates The Council provided updates as outlined in the respective advisory board's minutes. 10.MOTION TO ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING Moved by Councilmember Grupa and seconded by Councilmember Calva to adjourn the meeting of City Council. Motion Carried 5-0. The regular meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m. Mayor Dietz called the work session to order at 7:05 p.m. 11.WORK SESSION 11.1Highway 169 Lift Station Backup The staff report was presented. Tom Lucas, 17115 Yale St NW, stated that when he signed a purchase agreement for his house, he was told that there was a backup at their house before. Then there was a second backup in November 2005. The basement was flooded, and after that, he installed a backflow valve. Now with this recent backup, he still experienced a backup. He explained that so far, there was $4,200 of damage, but that what he experienced was nothing compared to some of the others. He stated the frustrations were that they were waiting days for clean-up crews to come, and some people had to stay in hotels because the smell was so strong. He stated the smell was still in some of the houses. He handed out an itemized price list of charges for the cleanup. He would like to know the precautions that are going to be taken so, this does not happen again. Diane Lucas, 17115 Yale St NW, explained that they had this happen to them in 2003 and had to replace everything, and now, 20 years later, it has happened again, and they have to replace everything again. She stated that they were always told it would never happen again. Harold and Nancy Boyum, 17123 Yale St NW, stated their cost has been $30,000 so far. Steve and Brenda Helle, 17131 Yale St NW, stated that his and Harold and Nancy Boyum's units got the worst of it. He explained that the emergency response team that was called in was the first bill they had seen. He explained that they came in and quickly cleaned, shoved things around, and charged 240 hours, at $125 an hour, to do the removal of the furniture and sanitation of the contents. He