05-12-2008 CC MINMEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL
HE~.D AT THE CITY QF ELK R1V~R {UPPER TOWN CONFERENCE R04M)
MONDAY, MAY ! 2, 2008
~ve~b~xs ~:~senz: ~~a~ax ~,~, Councilz~~n~~x~ urnk~y, ~~ot, aid ~~ruras
~~eb~rs absent: Caunt~,~mbe.~ ~a~b~r
t~~~ ~re~n~t: City .Adt~n.istxatox ~oar~ a~~ason, ~~nane Dix~~tax Tim ~.trian~ Pa~~~ ar~d
. ~cr~a~.ar~ D,~~tox .~ ~~aex~z, ~'nin.g ~ana~x Jer~~ ~axn~art, S~~ax
P~an.n~r ~~ Cartn~~, D~r~~tax a~ aana~c ~~v~la~~n~nt Cath~~.ne
~~~~.~lic, ~~~ Cif Bru~~ ~~st, r~ss~stax~t ~xet ~u~a~t~nd~nt k
Tanap~nn, aline Ca~ta~n brad .a~~~, and ~R~~axd earta~essia
filler
1. Call ~~~~ti~ Ta ~~der
uxuar~t to die cad and notice thereat, ~.~~ rnee~ a~ die ~~ vex Cz Coun,~~l vas ca~.ed
~o order at G:~a P~~• by ~~ayar ~la.a~~~n,
~. Consider Council ~ enda
~utharia~ion ~a advertise fox xe~lacer~nt a ~e Cat .dal ~~er eras added u~zder adxer
bus~ess.
~~~"~ B~ C~~TNC~~~IBER. ~~TN AND ~~'D~D ~
C~N~~~~ ~A T~ A~~'RD~ T .AND,A ~ .A~1rI~NDED,
~IDT~N CARD 0,
a, Consider Canser~t . enda
~4~~D B~ CDN~~~~~8~. ~'A AND E~ONDD ~~
~~TNC~I~~~~~R i4~C3T~N T~ A~'~'R~~ T~ L~.~~NG ~N~NT
A~ND.A:
~.~, INUT~
.~~ 3~~ ~0~8 BEAD ~ A~'~AL ~ ~~~`AL~AT~~N
AL~ ART
3,~. .AUT~~~AT~DN T~ UREA ~C~~~~D O~JTD~D~
Ft~~'~T~ ~~] ACT~'~T~' ~NT~ BUT 0 ~AND~I~,~, ~~'D
3.4. A~THD~~E ~~ D~' ~~F G~D~ ~~R ~~~~~4N~T'
D~~~~~~NT D~CT~ ITS TR~i ,~ ~JT~.ZND iN THE
T,A~~' ~I'~T
~4~T~~3N C,~D ~-~.
Ciry Co,~c~ :~~utes
~iay 12, 20~~
=~. ~3~en ~~il;.e
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~~~'~' angall anted the City Council far the opportunity to ~~ror~ fox the City as e t~e~v
Coxx~u~ity Develapmer~t Director.
~.~. Considex ,~utho~iation fox fiver alb ~ro'ect
1~~. IVZaert presented the staff' report. ~r~ernbexs a~ the ~ v~r ,otax~r Club ~~exe pxeser~t.
~.yar ~ stated she ~rouid ~.e an idea o~ haw much is mailable ~ the development
~u~zd. fir. i~nan indicated fat e ~rer~t balance is around ~~00~, ~rfs~ ~~ehelich
e:~piained that typically the land sales turn ~e o,rthstar business ark will refund the fund.
Sloe noted that proceeds ~ra~n e Sorte~h land sale as well as ~~e land sales ~v~ continue
to reirnbuxse the Fund. iV~s. ~ohnson added there are zoo a~.~e.~ pencl e,~.penditures.
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~.?, Cluster Dxdinance
~s. Caney pxesented the sta~~report. She ~zoted fat sta~'~researched ather com.€~nides
oxds~anees and spade ~~i xnexnbexs a~ c de~elapmez~t community and discovered that
aux oxdina~.cc is fa~.y consistent with abase o~ surrou.~ding communities. She Hated that
~rorn the perspective a~ ane off' the develap~rs~ the ordinance eras Hat enough to change his
rx~a.%r~d about doing a cluster development. ~n revietiy a~ floe ordinance, sta~~ iden~,d several
axeas ~~rhexe same n~ad~.ation ~~rould be advantageous. ~~s, artney noted that ~ui~din
~~~cia~ dab R.upxecht expressed concerns xeaxdin shared septic systems ~ cluster
dev~lopmcnts. ~~. ~amhaxt suggested fat some arnendme,nt to tlxe point system could
better acl~iev~e some o the Cocil's aals~
Council directed sta'. to xevie~~r the duster ord~nan,ce az~d come bacl~ with .inor changes to
address concerns identt~ied at ~e meeting
5.~, ~4~in~n~ and Use Std~r
~s. ohr~son and ~~r, Barnhart presented theix sta~~ reports.
~7rscussion taa~ place on the ~uesti.ans as outlined in ~~. Barnhaxt's sta~~repoxt. ~`he
Council af,~excd ~e ~allo~ving comments . response to the questior~s~
the Council agreed that the area should be sewed by municip~[ water and se~~rex, and
suggested some additional in~o~rmation as to the cost as~d e area to be sewed,
~ City should tie tl~e lead a~ the pra~ect but fox ~e property a~vnexs~gravel miners tQ be
v~r .valved in the process.
They believed it is pre~aature to be ~~oxl~uag on a faster Plan.
the east side o~ ~b~ should be irzcludi~g ~ e preliminary discussian~ inc~ud~ng e
commercial resexve transisC~an axea and heap enly hips subdivision.
~~ Cocil ~linutes
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I4Ir. Barnhart stated in response to ciuestion one, sta~'~'~vill reta. cost estunates to s~ruice ~e
axea ~vlth sever and r~vater and develop a basic "bubble" map tc~ faci.~tate a density and iand
use discussaan.
5.~. ~~ater~e~v~~ fast o~ ~~0
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~:. Barnhart presented his sta~'f report. fir. Bam.hart stated he is as~g for coz~~adan
ozn ~e ounce. whether or riot they wish for die area to convert frorn rural xesidential t~
€~rban reside,utial ~~rhich ~.~, remove ~t from ~e urban servxres dist.~ct.
Breast hriste~se~, ~ 883 ~Ieveland Street ~ ~- i,~dicated that the adjacent pxopex~
owners provided land for easexneuts and that he has concerns that if th~ix properties are
rernaved from e urban services district that they may not he included in tk~e fu~re~
Council consensus ~v~as for sta~~' to iodate a anaprehensive flan amendment revextixi the
property hacl~ to rural residential Delude language that extends ~e urban ser~ri~es district ari
the future to include ~ adjoining property aners.
~.~. ~~ rne~xt Re Iacea~e~t p'und
i~Ir. Simon presented ~e staff report. Fleet on~xrLittee rne.bers B.~lce ~~est, Brad I~.ale,
and 1~Iarl~ Thompson were present.
fir. San re~rie~ved and explained the eclprnent replacee~,t fund co,~cept. GIs. ~ohnson
e~pla~ed drat e finding and purchases would be re~rie~ved and adjusted by Council as part
o~ the ar~a~ual budget process.
The Caua:~cil agreed ti~~ith the Cit~• Vehicle i~.cquisition and Replace.rz~ent ~aI€cy as presented,
Whey rev~e~ved future puxchase procedures and concurred. It vas Hated that the Caunc~, will
retain individual revie~~ on larger purchases. ~~s. ~ahnon noted float e bid threshold vas
recently increased to IOO,OOD effectiv e ,august , ?008. ~ resolution ppravi,ng tl~e
eq~ipnaea~t replacement establishment and transfer ~vi~ h considered aC the nest Co~nc~l
~neeri.ng.
5.~. Coura,cil Coen or~arn
Councile;a'nber 1ilotin ~ueti,oned the origin of e construction tang place on either side
of ~gh~vay 0 near azry Queen. ~s, Johnson e:~plained that the project is that of ~1~, ~i~rer
~~uaruc~pal I~tila!.ties to complete a loop the ~~rater system.
G. ether Business
C~.~. .~ua~~o~~adoa~ to advertise far Re lacernent of Cis a~. Cher
.. imon presented the staff report.
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his. ~on~on d€~t~d t~~t ~VIr, B~e~~a ~a~ ~~sz~ ~.i ~o~itian ~ ~~ez~n ~'ec~z.~~,an~
e~~~~~~e ~Ia~ ~-, ?~0$ a,~d ~i~.t ~~~~'~ ~ ~or~e b~c in ~ utur~ ~~ autho~~t~an to begin
~incit~ a r~pi~~~.ent.
~~s. al~n~or~ ~tat~d t~~t the ne~y ~i~y Coa.~din~to~r aromas open and ~onti~u~~ to be
adv~rti~d.
~r~s. o~a~son e~pain~d that ~teo bas deed rat to ~nt~z Ito ~~ ag~~~;m~~nt nth ~ City
o~ l~ ~r~r to h~r~ a ~a~t,tie ~~ ~n~~~tr~~. ~~~ ~t~,~~d fat tie de~i~io~ ~~as ;made ~u~ ~o
budget ~ont~au~t end fat ~ option ~ b~ loa~~ed ~~ for ~0~.
~aor Iin~ing i~ndicat~d that pxiar ~o ~nte~g into an ag~e~rnent, s~~e ~~rould ~;.~ to b~
certain ti~at ~ ~~~~.en~t i~ ~an~ia~.~y ~'~asibl~ fir bath parties.
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~'he~e being no ~urtk~~r business, ~~a~or ~~I€nin adjoued the rrle~ting o~ tine ~~ ,fiver
i~ ~~unri]. at ~7:5? p.m.
I~~~.nut~s prepared by ~~ssica ~V~~~.
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