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City Council 09-14-05 Summary of Meeting The Council meeting. 1. Council accepted, with regret, the resignation of Wayne LeBlanc from the Park Board. 2. Council approved pay request #7 to Northland Construction for the Hunter's Crossing 2nd Addition. 3. City Council approved the preliminary budget and tax levy for 2006. The budget will increase by about 3.5%, the levy went up about 6%, but the tax rate will drop about 5%. The budget hearing will be November 30th. 4. Council approved the Park Board budget. 5. Council approved making the applications for Corp of Engineers and Rice Creek Watershed permits for the backage road project between 20th and 21 st Avenues. 6. The Council changed its second meeting in November to November 30 at 7:00 p.m. - 7. The Council approved a resolution relating to handling of banking transactions. The finance director will be removed from check signing to comply with the internal contrQl- .' segregation of duties recommendations in the annual audit, but will be authorized to move funds between city accounts within the bank. 8. The COlillcil reviewed the correspondence from Anoka County regarding the MOD. Significant issues remain. The Council asked that we invite the County Board member from this district to the next meeting to discuss the matter. 9. A long discussion with property owners took place regarding decks and bridges in easements. The Council is willing to look at adopting a standard that will allow bridges in limited circumstances but is cool to the idea of allowing the docks. Staff will develop some guidelines for bridges and will gather the information regarding regulating st~~tures i~e~sel1.leIl~s.aIl?as,Zo~i(lt~dli~~~lityiss~e~ ~~rth~.. Il~~t.We.~tipg. ~~~'l~1~:1~Jltil}1~~li!~f~~j~~]~~~~~~rr~~~~r4f~ff~~~;~~, " 11. The-Council discussed the developer agreement for Pheasant Marsh 3 Addition. Directions were given on terms for the agreement. 12. The Council approved final payment and close-out ofthe contracts with Holte Contracting for the pond cleaning and with Dresel Contracting for the 2004 Street Improvements. 13. The Council briefly discussed a request for waiving a parking ticket from a resident. The Council declined to consider the matter. 14. The Council went into closed session to consider an offer of settlement from Royal Oaks. The offer was declined. The Wark Session. 1. The Council discussed the draft city code and requested some draft language that might provide additional regulation of dances and concerts. Due to the later hour, they deferred additional review to a work session that will follow the next regular meeting. Dallas Larson City Administrator