10-05-1988 CC MIN
CONTINUED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER 5, 1988
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Estelle Gunkel, Counci1members, Tra11e, Holmgren,
and Schuldt
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Counci1member Dobe1
ALSO PRESENT:
Dick Fursman, Economic Development Coordinator;
Pat K1aers, City Administrator
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the continued meeting of the Elk
River City Council was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Mayor Gunkel.
Consideration
Main Street
Project
of Resolutions Adopting
Improvement Project and
Final Assessment Rolls for the 1988
the 1988 Jackson Avenue Improvement
Mayor Gunkel indicated that the purpose of this continued meeting was to
review some additional possible adjustments to the final assessment rolls
following the public hearing held on October 3, 1988. At this 10/3/88 public
hearing a number of questions were raised that required the City Engineer to
do additional research prior to adopting the assessment rolls.
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At this time the Mayor distributed a memo dated 10/4/88 from Terry Maurer,
City Engineer, which reviews and makes recommendations on the issues or
concerns that were raised at the 10/3/88 public hearing. The memo from the
Engineer included recommendations on eight properties. In addition to the
eight properties listed in the City Engineers memo, the City Administrator
indicated that there were two additional recommendations for final assessment
adjustments. These two other additions are: 1) Curtis Briggs to be assessed
at .5 acres; and 2) The assessment for property owned by Bud Houlton's mothers
estate to be adjusted per lot survey. The City Council reviewed the City
Engineer's memo and concurred with its recommendation.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY
ENGINEER IN HIS MEMO DATED 10/4/88 PLUS THE TWO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS
NOTED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE MAIN STREET AND JACKSON
AVENUE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE
MOTION CARRIED 4-0.
The City Council
letters of appeal
adjustment by the
appeal submitted
amount.
reviewed the list of thirteen individuals who submitted
and whose assessment amount was not recommended for
City Engineer. It was noted that the other letters of
to the City have received an adjustment in their assessment
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The City Council discussed the assessment amounts for the Cretex properties
and the School District properties. It was noted that an adjustment is being
made to the School properties assessment because of an approximately 4.3 acre
drainage ponding area that was included within the assessable properties. It
was also noted that a number of small properties in the Cretex area were not
assessed for this project because those sites were also deemed to be
undevelopable or without municipal utilities being immediately or directly
available. City Council concurred that these properties being excluded from
the sanitary sewer area wide assessment was proper.
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COUNCILMlMBER SCHULDT MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 88-87, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL IN THE MATTER OF THE 1988 MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.
COUNCILMEMB!R TRALLE MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 88-88. A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL IN THE MATTER OF THE 1988 JACKSON AVENUE IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.
At this time the City Administrator informed the City Council that: 1) The
City and Police Union will have its second meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
October II, 1988, and that it is expected to take three or four meetings to
reach a final agreement; and 2) That the mother of Liquor Store Manager,
Fritz Dolejs, has recently passed away. Fritz's mother was an elderly lady
that was diagnosed with cancer.
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The Economic Development Coordinator, Dick Fursman, reviewed with the City
Council a number of Central Business District economic development activities
that are being discussed. Dick reviewed the progress made with the
reconstruction of the hardware store; the proposal for a boardwalk along the
Mississippi River in the Central Business District; comments that have been
circulated regarding the selling of the County Administration Building, Court
House and Johnson property to Hardees; the relocation of the Mork Clinic; and
the relocation of Dr. Jarmoluk's dental office. Progress is being made
regarding the reconstruction of the hardware store and the pursuing of the
construction of a boardwalk. The situation relating to the County buildings,
Hardees, Mork Clinic and the relocation of Dr. Jarmoluk are much more up in
the air and susceptible to change.
At this time the City Council agreed to meet in a workshop session on Monday,
October 10, 1988, at City Hall at 7:00 p.m. to receive additional information
and hold additional discussions on these various Central Business District
economic development activities.
COUNCILMEMBER
CITY COUNCIL.
4-0.
HOLMGREN MOVED TO ADJOURN THE CONTINUED 10/5/88 MEETING OF THE
COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED
The continued meeting of the Elk River City Council meeting adjourned at
approximately 7: 45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Patrick D. Klaers
City Administrator
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