Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Robin Wandsley, and I am the chair of the Climate and Infrastructure Committee. I'm going to be chairing today's meeting. Um, and I'm going to call to order our regular scheduled meeting for today, Thursday, September 24th, 2026. But before we begin the meeting, I want to offer a friendly reminder to all committee members, staff, and the public that these meetings are broadcast live to enable greater public participation. These broadcasts include real-time captioning as a further method to increase the accessibility of our proceedings to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so that our captioners can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast. We ask that all speakers moderate the speed and clarity of their comments. And with that, I will ask the clerks to call the row. Councilmember Vito. Present. Warren is absent. Present. Chowdhury is absent. Almost on them. Present. Vice Stevenson. Present. Chair Wansley. Present. We have five presidents. Let the record reflect that we do have a quorum. Um and I also will know for the public record that Councilmember Chowsery did reach out to my office to let me know that she would not be attending today as she has a conflicting meeting as her responsibility and uh representing us with the League of Minnesota cities. That said, I'll remind my colleagues that we're going to be using speaker management today. So please make sure to sign in if you haven't. And if you're having challenges with that, please uh check in with our uh city clerk staff to my right. Also to my colleagues and the members of the public, I do want to note that we have a very lengthy discussion uh for today, specifically on our agenda. And I would like to provide some clarity as to why that is and just provide a level set on how this committee will be moving forward in response uh to the actions made by Mayor Fry and his administration in regards to the council's committee process. Um earlier this month, without any prior conversation or discussion, uh Mayor Fry shared and emailed a memo uh to all council members stating an intention that uh essentially would dictate our our committee process by not having staff come before us to do uh public presentations that supports public transparency. Um, and this really effectively undermines our oversight functions as a legislative body, and I think it really moves us away from having quality governance, transparent governance, um, and making sure that the public is a part of this process of co-governing with us. And public discussion and debate are critical tenets of a functioning democracy, and I think we want to be part of um efforts that support that. I know many of my council members and colleagues have made their concerns known throughout the past couple of weeks in response to Mayor Fry's um uh essential announcement of how he's going to be approaching the legislative body in our committee process. Um, and also I know my colleagues and I also echo this as well. I encourage the mayor's office to remove these unnecessary barriers to transparency at such a critical and vulnerable time in our city where uh major fiscal decisions will be made that will ultimately shape and impact the lives of our residents and residents also deserve to have a role in shaping those decisions, and that can only happen when the city council does our work, specifically in the public, and that work involves questions and discussions publicly. With that being said, as the chair of this committee, I will continue working with um the staff who report to the climate infrastructure committee so that council members and the public have the information that they need. And I want to note too that uh public works in particular, um, the staff in that department has been uh extremely collaborative and thus far I've really enjoyed our professional working relationship with each other and making sure that these committee proceedings run smoothly and that the public has the information that they need, as well as our committee members um to make informed decisions when it's necessary. Um, this committee will also continue to be a place where we will have open and respectful dialogue about policy issues that impact our residents, who we all collectively serve. And to help us move officially through the agenda, we will first take up the public hearings and then upon completing that, we will then move on to the discussion section of the agenda. So, with that said, let's begin with the public hearings. Now for members of the public that are here for those public hearings, if you wish to address the committee, we ask that you register with the clerks to the right. Um and anyone who has signed up or will sign up, you do have two minutes to testify. For those who do need language assistance, you will be given four minutes. Also for everyone in attendance and especially those who may participate in our hearings or comment period. Let me offer this notice. These hearings are broadcast and recorded live, and both the recording and broadcast are classified as public data under the Minnesota Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. By attending and participating in these proceedings, your image and any testimony or information that you provide will also be subject to disclosure under that law. That includes but is not limited to your attendance, your name, and other personal details you provide, as well as any testimony or comments you provide, which includes any written submissions you make, which will be included in the record of this meeting. So that said, excuse me, our first public hearing is related to the sanitary sewer service charges. With that, I will invite up Steve Poor, the director of CPED Development Services to get us started with a presentation on this item. Thank you, Chair Wansley, Vice Chair Stevenson, uh committee members.