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MINUTES <br /> <br />City Council Meeting <br />City Hall Council Chambers <br />Tuesday, September 5, 2023 <br />7:00 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order <br /> <br />Mayor Weidt called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Roll Call <br /> <br />COUNCIL PRESENT: Klein, Miron, Petryk, Strub, Weidt <br />COUNCIL ABSENT: None <br />OTHERS PRESENT: City Administrator Bryan Bear, City Attorney Dave Snyder, Community <br />Development Director Rachel Juba, City Clerk Michele Lindau <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes for the City Council Meeting on August 21, 2023 <br /> <br />Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting held <br />on August 23, 2023, as corrected. <br /> <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br /> <br />Approval of Agenda <br /> <br />Weidt made motion, Klein seconded, to approve the agenda as presented. <br /> <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council Representative Gail Cederberg <br /> <br />In early March, Governor Tim Walz appointed Gail Cederberg as the District 11 Representative <br />on the Metropolitan Council. City Administrator Bryan Bear displayed a map showing District <br />11 which covered a large portion of Washington County including the City of Hugo. Bryan <br />introduced Gail Cederberg. <br /> <br />Gail provided background saying she was raised in St. Paul and went to college in California. <br />She studied physics as an undergrade and moved to hydrology and environmental engineering, <br />and received her graduate’s degree in geochemical groundwater transport modeling. Her career <br />consisted of groundwater modeling at Nevada’s nuclear waste site, and cleaning up Superfund <br />sites in New Jersey. Gail and her family moved back to Mahtomedi 26 years ago. She retired in <br />April of 2021 and took care of her mom. Gail said she always kept track of the water issues in <br />this area and was encouraged to apply for the position at the Metropolitan Council. She wanted <br />to serve because she believed everyone should have the same quality of life she had growing up <br />here. Gail had worked with the environmental staff at the Met Council for many years and said <br />she felt the Met Council was a very talented group of people. She served on three committees <br />and was involved in developing many of their 2050 plans, the White Bear Lake Management <br />Study, and issues with PFAS contamination. With her policy background and technical <br />background, she felt this was a good position for her. <br />