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City Council 6-22-05 Work Session Minutes. 5:30 p.m. Present were Mayor Mary Capra,
Council members Jeff Paar, Tom Lee, Michelle Lakso, and Richard Terway. Also present
was Finance Director John Meyer.
Summary of Meeting
From the Work Session:
1.Council reviewed information that Dallas Larson had supplied to implement
Laserfiche Document Imaging and DataView GIS, together with hardware
upgrades to make this all possible. Some Council members were a little surprised
by the cost of the project which over two years is about $70,000. The are not
quite ready to make the decision, but would like to see the budget report after six
months to make sure that funds are available. This will be placed on the Council
agenda for discussion on July 13.
2.The Council discussed whether any additional team-building services of Lynn and
Associates are needed at this time. It was agreed to look at something for January
0f 2006.
3.John Meyer presented a refined plan for a redevelopment of the City property in
Block 7, downtown. The plan provides for a combination of commercial space
with second floor residential units. The Council liked the plan and authorized
grant applications in the regular meeting agenda.
4.Dallas Larson presented an analysis of wetlands in the 14.5 acre parcel that the
City optioned for a possible backage road behind Northern Forest Products.
Wetlands are much more extensive than expected and it is clear the project cannot
work using the option price that the seller has agreed to. Council would still like
to be able to construct the backage road and directed staff to see if a solution can
be found including negotiating a lower purchase price.
5.Council discussed the possibility of allowing hydro-seeding as an alternative to
sod for new homes. The Council was adamantly opposed to anything but sod in
front yards. They are willing to see hydro seeding back from the front building
line.
6.Council discussed charging an additional hook-up charge to recover the value of
unforeseen benefits to property that is split to create additional building sites
where they were not previously assessed. This will be placed on the agenda with
a draft resolution to implement a fee for this situation.
Dallas Larson
City Administrator