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. . " . MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 11, 1988, 7:00 p.m. - Village Hall CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Woodburn called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL The roll being called the following members were present: Mayor Robert Woodburn, Councilmembers Nancy Hansen and Jeanne Winiecki. Absent: Councilmembers Gary Peck and Thomas Sather. Also present: Attorney James Lynden, Treasurer Frank Green, Parke Director John Buckley, Public Works Supervieor Robert Raddatz, Clerk Administrator Patricia Morrison and Deputy Clerk Catherine lago. CLOSED MEETING; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS Council discussed labor negotiations at a closed meeting between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. APPROVE MINUTES; 12/28/87 & 1/4/88 Mayor Woodburn requested that the minutes of the Regular Council meeting of December 28, 1987, be changed to include additional language on Page 4, under NSCC; Report, paragraph 2, second sentence to read as followe: Viewership Survey "conduct a viewership survey of the access channels and " Hansen moved, seconded by Winiecki, that Council approve the minutes of the Regular Council meeting of December 28, 1987, as amended, and the minutes of the Special Council meeting of January 4, 1988, as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. (3-0) Council was referred to a letter from the Attorney Lynden dated 1/8/88; recommending that the agreement the City has been utilizing since 1979 be revised to incorporate the conditions, regulations and restrictions that will be incorporated in the MPCA permit which will be issued later this year. He noted his recommendation is based on the background given in his letter. Lynden offered the following alternatives to his recommendation in the letter: KEM MILLING CO.; 1988 AGREEMENT The City could adopt an amendment to the Arden Hills Code, which would create an offensive usage license, such as the City of New Brighton has adopted; Lynden noted that he had suggested this be done in 1979, however, at that time,the Council did not draft such an amendment. The Arden Hills Zoning Code provides for an amortization of deleterious uses such as a rendering plant, over a span of 5 years; Cou~cil could direct the City Attorney to research the provision as to it's validity and .report back to Council at a future meeting. There was Council discussion of the letter from the Attorney; Council questioned if Arden Hills rules could be more stringent that the MPCA rules. Lynden advised they cannot be more stringent. Council questioned if they would be justified in increasing license fees to cover the coet of additional inspections; Lynden advieed the feee could be increased as long as they related directly to inepection and administrative feee. Council questioned if the phase out would be directly related to the non conforming use of the plant rather than noxious cauee; the Attorney advised that was correct. Council questioned if Kem Milling objected to being open for inspections during business hours; suggested the agreement epecify being open during "operating hours" instead. Lynden noted that it was his opinion Kem Milling was objecting to the ability to intrude upon their operation immediately upon notice. Council discussed the reference to Kem Milling's objections to the agreement due to the fact the conditions and restrictions in the agreement would set precedent with proceeding with the MPCA; Lynden advised that was not his opinion, it was the opinion of Kem Milling. Mr. Johnson advised Lynden that the MPCA has requested local government agencies require such conditions and they in turn impose the same conditions in the MPCA permit.