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Regular City Council Meeting
Minutes of 24 March 1999
Mayor Gehrz called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
PRESENT: Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Jacobs, Engineer Maurer, Administrator Hoyt
ABSENT: Kuettel, Hustad
COMMUNITY FORUM
No one was presern for the community forum.
MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 24 AND MARCH .10,1999
Minutes from the February 24, 1999 meeting were unanimously approved.
Minutes from the March 10, 1999 meeting were unanimously approved.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor Gehrz moved item 4 on the consern agenda, scheduling a workshop for April 14, 1999, to
• the policy agenda.
Councilmember Talbot moved approval of the following consent agenda.
L Disbursements
2. Licenses
3. Approval of James R. Ryle and Alan Johnson to the fire department
4. Request for authorization to contract for the city's spring and fall streetsweeping
POLICY AGENDA
Report and Direction on the 1999 Street Improvement Project
Terry Maurer, city engineer, reported on some additional information related to the 1999 street
improvement project involving Asbury, Simpson, Pascal, Holton, Albert north of Ruggles,
Ruggles and Crawford from Simpson to Pascal Street. He said that approximately 200 feet of
water main will need to be lowered at the city's expense of $60,000 since the main is 61/2 feet
deep. He also discussed the possibility of a sidewalk on the northside of Garden Avenue from
Snelling Drive to the school. He said the sidewalk would be desirable for pedestrians, but would
conflict with many landscaping and driveway grades. He suggested that the council consider a
white line down each side of the street to provide an indication that pedestrians use the area for
walking. He also suggested that the council leave the parking along Garden posted as it currently
is unless other problems surface. Finally, Engineer Maurer reported that Garden Avenue in front
of the school would likely require reconstruction rather than major maintenance as part of this
project at a cost of approximately $180,000. He also explained that according to the city's
assessment policy that the school district would be assessed for this additional reconstruction
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work. The school district was not assessed for the reconstruction of Gazden Avenue in the mid-
1970's.
Councilmember Jacobs moved to lower the water main on the 200 feet of street at the city's cost,
to provide a striped pedestrian azea along Gazden Avenue and to reconstruct rather than repair
Garden Avenue in front of the school with the school district being assessed for the work
according to the city's assessment policy. The motion passed unanimously.
Consideration of resolution 99-08 authorizing the preparation of final plans and
specifications and advertising for bid for the 1999 street improvement project.
Councilmember Gibson Talbot moved approved of resolution 99-08. The motion passed
unanimously.
Consideration of resolution 99-09 declaring the amount to be assessed and authorizing the
preparation of the proposed assessment for the 1999 street improvement project.
Councilmember Jacobs moved approval of resolution. 99-09 assessing $602,000 for the cost of the
1999 street improvement project. The motion passed unanimously.
Consideration of resolution 99-10 scheduling a public hearing on the proposed assessments
for the 1999 street improvement project.
Councilmember Gibson Talbot moved approved of resolution 99-10 scheduling a public hearing
for 7:00 PM on Apri128,1999. The motion passed unanimously.
Scheduling a workshop for Wednesday, 6:00 PM on April, 14, 1999.
The council discussed a workshop on redevelopmerrt fmancing. The April 14 date did not work
for councilmembers so the workshop will be scheduled at a later date.
ADJOURNMENT
~'he meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.
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Susan Hoyt
City Administrator
Acting Recording Secretary
Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor
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