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City Council Workshop Minutes August 19, 1998 Present: Wilharber, Brenner, Helmbrecht, Powers Absent: Buckbee Staff : Jim March, City Administrator Paul Palzer, PW Director, Building Official ****************************************************************************** Meeting was called to order at 5:00 by Mayor Wilharber. Discussion occurred on the status of the Barett home on the senior housing site. Mayor Wilharber mentioned that he had spoke to Violet Barett and she was not upset about the fact that the house needs to be removed. Mr. March indicated that Bonine Construction phoned City Hall on the morning of August 13, 1998 to indicate that they had made an error on their written quote. The price to demolish the house was supposed to be $5500, not $3500. The Council consensus was that the price was still half of the next lowest quote and the work should proceed. Discussion occurred on the Parkview development. The main item of consideration was the house site formerly owned by Dan Tourville. The Council had indicated at the meeting of August 13, 1998 that the street and utility assessment for the lot now owned by (Hasaik's) should be deferred indefinitely, until the property owner decides to split the lot. The same consideration was also to be granted to the property owned by Sievert's in the Acorn Creek subdivision. City Attorney Jim Hoeft indicated that the practice of deferring assessment's indefinitely is not an allowable practice. Council indicated that they would like to defer the assessment for a period of ten years and then also extend the assessments on the Sievert property for an additional five years. This item will be officially approved at the next Council meeting. Mayor Wilharber asked City Attorney Hoeft how the prosecutions would work during the transition of City Attorneys. City Attorney Hoeft indicated that he did not foresee any problems and that he would be in contact with former Attorney Hellings to coordinate the transition. City Attorney Hoeft is going to be making contact with the Circle PinesILexington Police Department to introduce himself. Mr. Hoeft indicated that he would be splitting prosecution responsibilities with another Attorney in their firm (Greg Herrick). Discussion occ:urred on the topic of the engineering consultant interviews. Each Council member relayed their individual point scores on each of the engineering firms based on the firm's answers