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City Council Minutes
October 27, 1999
Mayor Gehrz called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Hustad, Jacobs, Kuettel, Phillips, Engineer Maurer.
CONIlVIUNITY FORUM:
Mr. Glen Olson of 1780 Snelling Dr. came forward to talk about his concern of the
unkempt area on the median strip along Snelling Avenue from Hoyt to Roselawn that
hasn't been maintained by the state. He said the state mows it once or twice a year and
most of the summer it is 12-14 inches high with the bulk of it being weeds. He said he
has called MnDOT with his complaint but has received no satisfaction and requested the
city to give him another contact at MnDOT. He would also appreciate the city putting
some pressure on the state to keep this strip maintained. Engineer Maurer said he would
provide the name of a contact person to the staff. Mr. Olson also expressed some
dissatisfaction with the city signs and the fact that they often are unreadable at night.
• NIlNUTES OF OCTOBER 13, 1999
The minutes of October 13, 1999 were approved.
CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Kuettel suggested that item No. 3 dealing with Y2K insurance be
removed from consent agenda and placed on the policy agenda for discussion.
Councilmember Gibson Talbot moved approval of the remaining consent agenda as
follows:
1. General disbursements and payroll
2. Licenses
3. Consideration of Resolution 99-23 authorizing application for a SCORE recycling
grant from Ramsey County
POLICY AGENDA:
Consideration of Resolution 99-24 ordering a feasibility study for alley reconstruction.
Engineer Maurer informed the council that the second half of the alley reconstruction is
scheduled to take place in the year 2000 and in order to initiate this project, the council
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needs to adopt a resolution ordering the preparation of a feasibility study. Maurer said
this is the first step needed in preparing for a public improvement and permits the
engineer to proceed with gathering necessary information including survey work,
estimated costs and proposed assessment rates. After some brief questions,
councilmember Hustad moved to approve resolution 99-24 in order to proceed with the
feasibility study. Motion passed unanimously.
Consideration of expanded insurance coverage for Y2K incidents
The council discussed the necessity of purchasing expanded insurance coverage from
LMCIT to cover damages from any Y2K events beyond the $25,000 cap that the city's
insurer now has for Y2K incidents. The insurance will cover the city up to $750,000 for
any incident identified as Y2K related for up to one year from 1/1/00. After brief
discussion, councilmember Jacobs moved to approve application for the Y2K insurance
as recommended by League of Minnesota Cities.
INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• councilmember Jacobs announced he will be moving from the residence he has in Falcon
Heights on November 6, 1999 so his last official meeting will be November 3, 1999. He
thanked the mayor and councilmembers for having had the privilege of working with
them for the past eight years.
councilmembers Kuettel and Gibson Talbot reminded everyone to vote at the upcoming
city election November 2, 1999.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Gehrz adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m.
s bmitted,
Pat Phillips
Deputy Clerk