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October 10, 1989 City Council Minutes, Page Five . Councilmember Malone moved, seconded by Councilmember Mahowald, to table action on this item to the November 13 City Council meeting pending resolution of the park dedication and an acceptable lighting plan. Motion carried, (5-0) . Planner Bergly noted that a Developer's Agreement will be prepared for this plat and asked if it should be available before or after plat approval. Mayor Sather stated the Developer's Agreement should be subsequent to City Council action. SIGN REQUEST Mr. Gene Novak, 1190 Tiller Lane, was present to request installation of two "Caution-Children Playing" signs in his neighborhood. Councilmember Hansen noted that Mr. Novak had made his initial request at the Public Safety/Works Commission meeting on September 21 and also informed the Council that in her survey of other cities and engineers, the concensus was that signs are of little benefit, and may have a negative impact on safety. She suggested that the requested signs are not appropriate and that perhaps the neighborhood could be patrolled more often. Councilmember Mahowald thought a different approach should be taken and that the City should err on the side of safety. He noted that if the sign request is important enough for sixteen neighbors to request it, the City should be responsive to the community and be "user friendly". . Mr. Novak noted that he surveyed other areas in Shoreview and half of the neighbors felt the signs did help, while the others had no opinion. Councilmember Malone concurred with Hansen's statements and said he did not think the signs would be beneficial. It was his opinion that adding a sign does not make a significant difference one way or the other. Councilmember Growe asked Mr. Novak if the cars are speeding. Mr. Novak responded that yes, the street is dangerous and there are young families with children moving into the neighborhood. Councilmember Growe said she would be in favor of the sign installations. Councilmember Growe moved, seconded by Councilmember Mahowald, to approve the sign installations as requested. Motion carried, (3-2, Hansen, and Malone opposed). KEM MILLING Council acknowledged receipt of a letter from Mr. Rolfe Worden, attorney for Kem Milling, indicating terms by which Darling and Company would sell the Kem Milling site to the City. The terms included a purchase price of $440,000 for the site as is, with cash at closing on October 31, 1989. Mr. Tim Guzek was present and advised the Council that Kem personnel had been securing the site the last few weeks, and that the purchase price had . been lowered from the original price of $550,000 as a benefit to the City. City Attorney Filla noted that the City does not have an exact cost of site clean-up. Mr. Guzek noted that the MPCA has a clean-up fund which -----------------