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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_04May05 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS COUNCIL MINUTES May 5, 2004 Mayor Gehrz called the regular Council meeting to order. PRESENT: Mayor Sue Gehrz, Council members Laura Kuettel, Robert Lamb, Peter Lindstrom and Richard Talbot Also present: City Administrator Heather Worthington and Deputy Clerk Mary Shea Kodluboy COMMUNITY FORUM: Mr. Brian Olson, 1592 Roselawn Avenue, said that the grass that was torn up along Roselawn Avenue has been repaired and looks real spiffy. With regard to the turn back of Roselawn to the City, this will be quite a burden for Falcon Heights and Roseville taxpayers. The intersection of Roselawn and Snelling does not have a white warning light for emergency vehicles, which is needed at State Fair time when the early morning traffic blocks the whole intersection. Garbage issue: Will the meeting on Thursday, May 20, be televised and will people be able to speak? He said the meeting on April 20 with the haulers wasn’t televised. Mayor Gehrz and Council member Lamb said that the meetings Mr. Olson mentioned are being held before the Solid Waste Commission, not the City Council, and people are being encouraged to attend and speak. Mr. Olson encouraged people to go online to the web site stopwmx.org, which has a lot of information about Waste Management, the refuse company, and their questionable business practices. The web site also includes information about lawsuits. PRESENTATION: None Scheduled APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes for the April 28, 2004 Council meeting will be available at the May 19, 2004 Council meeting. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None Scheduled CONSENT AGENDA: Kuettel moved approval of the Consent Agenda, as outlined below. The motion was unanimously approved. General Disbursements through April 30, 2004: $ 15,853.01 Payroll (04/15/04-04/30/04): $ 11,356.60 FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -2- May 5, 2004 POLICY AGENDA: Consideration of enforcement action with regard to U.S. Bench Administrator Worthington said that in early April, staff notified U.S. Bench that they were in violation of a City ordinance that prohibits advertising signs in the right of way. This enforcement action was the result of a citizen complaint about the location of a bus bench adjacent to the resident’s property. The company was given until May 11 to remove their benches. They have removed the bench the citizen complained about. There are two representatives for U.S. Bench in attendance this evening to appeal the City’s enforcement action. The City has been looking at a number of ways other cities have dealt with this issue. Mr. Roland Danielson introduced himself and his son Scott, and said that U.S. Bench is a family business that has been in operation for 58 years. One hundred percent of the ownership is in attendance this evening. Their business has served Falcon Heights for 47 years. They provide insurance for their benches and Falcon Heights is covered with a $3 million policy. Their main desire is to work with the City so they will be in compliance and acceptable to the City of Falcon Heights. They work with many communities. Some communities require a special use permit. The Minneapolis City Council votes on every bench location. Saint Paul gives permission through the Public Works administrative system. State statute allows benches to be on State, County and City roads, provided the City permits them. The insurance aspect is very important. Maintenance is the biggest cost. They have several maintenance trucks on routes all the time. Many benches are hit by vehicles during bad weather. The benches provide a public service without public cost. They are very careful about who sponsors the benches. No liquor, no political, no law firm signage is permitted. They look at every sponsor. The community means a lot to them. Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank are the only two national businesses that they have contracts with; the rest are all local businesses. Council member Lamb asked how many of their benches are located in the City. Mr. Danielson said they have about six and they are located in the commercial and business areas. Council member Lindstrom asked how many municipalities in the Twin Cities ban bench advertising like Falcon Heights does. Mr. Danielson said that 80% of the communities do not on a courtesy bench. The opinion of a former State Attorney General is that courtesy benches are not advertising. Benches are treated differently. Council member Lindstrom said that he agrees it is a public service to have a bench but the advertising adds to the visual clutter of the street. He encouraged the City to look at this and see if the advertising can be toned down in some manner. Mr. Danielson said that the approach they are phasing in now is to just have advertising on the fronts of the benches. As the benches are replaced, the back ads do not go on. The benches are rugged and built for taking a lot of abuse. Income from the sponsors helps pay for that. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -3- May 5, 2004 Consideration of enforcement action with regard to U.S. Bench (continued) Council member Talbot asked if they remove a bench if it is damaged, and Mr. Danielson said yes. Council member Talbot said that if a bus route changes, will they move the bench, including the pad, and Mr. Danielson said yes. The pad is constructed so that it can be removed very quickly. Council member Talbot asked if other cities have requirements regarding removal, and Mr. Danielson said yes. Council member Talbot asked if they shovel and weed whack around the benches, and Mr. Danielson said yes. Council member Kuettel said that if the company has an advertiser who has paid for the advertising on the back of a bench, are they waiting until the lease is up before removing the ad from the backside, and Mr. Danielson said yes. Mayor Gehrz said that she would support having the City take some time to look at this. That doesn’t mean the City will come up with something that will allow them to stay but the City can control them. It is very important that the City move to some kind of a permit process. Businesses would need to approve placement of the benches in front of their businesses. Mr. Danielson said that some cities require that. She asked how site locations are determined. Mr. Danielson said that if they get a request, they work with the city or Metro Transit. There are people who are pleased to have the benches put in. Drs. Akiva Pour-El and Thue Rasmussen, residents at 1666 Coffman, spoke about the need for a bench by the front entrance of their condominium building. There are about 92 residents in their building and a lot of those people go, via bus, to the University or many other places of employment. Mayor Gehrz said that she had spoken with them earlier in the day. She asked if the condo association would object to having advertising on the front of the bench in front of their building. It does seem like a logical location for a bench because there are residents who have difficulty standing for long periods of time because of age. Dr. Rasmussen said that he believes final authorization is in the hands of the Architectural Integrity Committee and the Board of Directors. He thought that tasteful advertising might be acceptable. Placement of the bench would not detract greatly from the image of the building because there are bushes behind that area. Council member Kuettel asked if there has been thought given to the installation of an MTC bus shelter at 1666 Coffman. Dr. Rasmussen said they are not opposed to a shelter. The frequency of use would probably not be enough to justify the cost. A bench would be less expensive and more useful. Mr. Scott Danielson said there need to be 40-45 boardings per day in order to get an MTC bus shelter. They could take one of their lesser used benches and move it over to 1666 Coffman. Mr. Brian Olson, 1592 Roselawn Avenue, asked if there are any other businesses in the metro that put up benches with advertising and Mr. Danielson told him there are. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -4- May 5, 2004 Consideration of enforcement action with regard to U.S. Bench (continued) Council member Talbot said the point is to lessen the visual clutter. When you come through Falcon Heights, it does get pastoral and bucolic. He agrees with Mayor Gehrz that this would be worth discussing in a workshop. He doesn’t think that junking up the City with ads is the way to go. He has seen benches with memorials on them. He would be willing to lay this over for a time. Have a workshop. Get answers. He can envision a time when the City will have sturdy park benches. Administrator Worthington said that the company was given until May 11 to remove the benches. The City Council can delay enforcement of this date. Council member Lamb said that he thinks the City should take some time with this, but should have a date certain. Look at alternatives. In fairness to these people, they can’t be expected to provide benches if there is no revenue stream. He is not prepared to make a decision tonight. Look at this more extensively. Set some definite dates. The benches have been there a long time. The ordinance has been there a long time. We need to say the ordinance isn’t really what we mean and repeal or modify it, or say it is what we mean and enforce it. Mayor Gehrz said that when the Council sets timeframes and limits, it must allow time to go through the Planning Commission process. City Administrator Worthington said that she would suggest no less than 90 days. Council member Lindstrom recommended a moratorium for about six months. This would allow enough time to research and go through the proper channels of the Planning Commission and would take it through the summer when the benches are used the most. Talbot moved that a moratorium of no more than six months be put in place with regard to the City’s advertising code as it applies to bus benches. The City doesn’t want any additional benches placed in the City, with the exception of a bench at 1666 Coffman. The Planning Commission will examine the ordinance as it specifically relates to advertising and bus benches and make recommendations to the City Council. The motion was unanimously approved. In response to a question from Mr. Brian Olson, Administrator Worthington said the ordinance banning advertising signs on benches has been in existence since 1985. Enforcement is complaint driven. A complaint was received from a resident and the City moved on it. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -5- May 5, 2004 Consider amendment of Farmer’s Market interim use permit Administrator Worthington said that last year, a Farmer’s Market opened in the north parking lot of Twin City Cooperative Federal Credit Union at 2025 W. Larpenteur. The market, which operated Tuesday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon, June through October, was set up under an Interim User Permit (IUP). The Planning Commission, and then the Council, approved the necessary code amendments to (1) add a provision for IUP to the Code, (2) add “farmers’ market” to the zoning definitions, and (3) add farmers’ market as a legal interim use in the B-2 zones of Falcon Heights. The actual IUP, also approved by the Commission and the Council after several public meetings, gave specific conditions for operation of the St. Paul Farmer’s Market at the TCCU site, with the term of one year. By all measures, the market was a resounding success. No complaints were received. Residents expressed universal approval of the way the market was conducted, the location, convenience and quality. The average turn-around time for each visitor was under ten minutes; many customers walked from nearby neighborhoods. While traffic was much heavier than usual on Prior, no serious problems were encountered. Parking was more than adequate. City staff did not observe that the parking lot was full at any time; anecdotal accounts from TCCU staff bear this out. The Interim Use Permit was used last year so that the City Council and Planning Commission would have an opportunity to revisit and re-evaluate the situation each year. In the intervening year, there have been several changes in the parking situation that require an adjustment to the IUP as approved last year. TCCU staff drew the City’s attention to some inaccuracies in the parking space count we used last year. They, and the City, used a site plan that showed an outdated striping of the parking lots. We now have a hand count of parking spaces actually available. The total count is 423 spaces. In the intervening year, the Credit Union has tried to assist the City by making available approximately 30 spaces in its parking lot for lease to non-residents commuting to the University of Minnesota. This has benefited the community by easing on-street parking on Garden Avenue, and now removes 30 spaces from the parking formerly available to market customers. The Credit Union is also supplying up to15 parking spaces for use by the construction workers at the SE Corner, reducing the available parking by that number. Including these two groups, the number of parking spaces required by TCCU for its business needs increased from 122 to 160, as shown in the IUP (115 employees and visitors, plus 30 plus 15). The market vendors will occupy the eastern three rows of parking stalls of the north parking lot, consisting of 75 spaces. Last year they were expected to occupy 4 rows, but the vendor area was expanded instead into the islands and driveways (blocked off) at the ends of the row. This was enough space for the vendors, so this number is reduced from 120 spaces to 75 (shown in the IUP). To improve traffic flow and safety, TCCU proposes to re-stripe the two southbound lanes of the parking lot to make all lanes northbound, so there will be one entry into and one exit out of the parking lot, at the south and north ends, respectively. This should substantially alleviate the bottleneck at the main vehicle entrance this year. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -6- May 5, 2004 Consider amendment of Farmer’s Market interim use permit (continued) Administrator Worthington said that 10 parking spaces in the north lot will be lost due to the configuration of raised islands. Only 5 of these are in the customer parking rows, so this represents the loss of another 5 spaces, in exchange for improved traffic flow and safety. Subtracting the TCCU needs, the vendor area, and the re-striping loss from the total of 423 parking spaces, leaves a total of 183 spaces (down from 231 indicated on the 2003 IUP) for customers, as shown in the IUP. These parking stalls are located in the north parking lot, west of the vendor area, and in the west parking lot adjacent to Prior. It should be noted that this is the actual area that was used for parking during last year’s market, and it was never observed to overflow. The real net change to this area is only the 5 spaces lost from re-striping. Overflow parking at City Hall (25+ spaces) is not included in any of the calculations for this year’s IUP. However, it is still available, as needed. Staff is confident that the site will be able to bear the parking burden of the Farmer’s Market this year, with the adjusted numbers given on the revised IUP. We want to make sure we are not requiring an unreasonable restriction on the TCCU property. The adjusted parking figures reflect real usage based on last year’s experience, corrected parking stall counts, and a reasonable allowance for TCCU’s business use on Farmer’s Market days. At their regularly scheduled meeting on April 27, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the IUP to the City Council. Council member Lindstrom said that one resident showed up at the Planning Commission meeting and wanted to make sure the City approved the Interim Use Permit. Council member Kuettel said that if everyone agrees on this at the end of this season, perhaps the City could make this a Conditional Use Permit. Hermes will be joining the Farmer’s Market. The St. Paul Farmer’s Market has been very responsive. Twin Cities Co-op has been a great neighbor and most accommodating. They have reserved spots for students and have been great neighbors. Mayor Gehrz concurred and said that was going to be her suggestion too, particularly based upon the tremendously positive feedback from the community. Next year, the Planning Commission and staff can look at a Conditional Use Permit, which means the Farmer’s Market could continue without having to go through the Planning Commission and City Council every year. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -7- May 5, 2004 Consider amendment of Farmer’s Market interim use permit (continued) Kuettel moved approval of the Interim Use Permit allowing a Farmer’s Market, operated by the St. Paul Farmer’s Market, at the Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit Union, 2025 West Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, with the conditions as outlined below. The motion was unanimously approved. INTERIM USE PERMIT 1. Permit. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the City of Falcon Heights (“City”) hereby grants an Interim Use Permit (“IUP”) to allow a Farmer's Market at Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit Union, 2025 W. Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights operated by the St. Paul Farmer’s Market. Subject Property. The IUP is for that certain real property located in Ramsey County, Minnesota, commonly referred to as 2025 W. Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, MN and legally described as follows: The South 765 feet of the parcel of land which consists of the West 20 acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota; except the East 131 feet of the South 186 feet of said West 20 acres and except the West 60 feet of said East 15 acres (subject to roads and easements) And Except the South 765 feet of the part East of the West 60 feet and except the South 522 feet of the West 60 feet of the following described tract: The South 15 acres of West 20 acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter (subject to roads and easements) in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota 3. Conditions. The IUP is granted subject to the following conditions: Market may only be open to the public between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to Noon local time on Tuesdays. Set-up will begin no earlier than 6:30 a.m., and the market must be taken down and all vendors must have vacated the Location no later than 1:30 p.m. local time. There may not be any sales prior to 8:00 a.m. There may not be more than 60 selling stalls. The Farmer's Market may be held on the Property during the months of June through October. The vendors may not occupy more than 75 parking places at the Location, for selling stalls and parking. No fewer than 181 parking spaces must be available at the Location for customer parking. Property owner must provide at least 160 parking spaces for its employees during the hours of the Farmer' Market, either at the Location or another location to be specified. Vendors are responsible for leaving the area clean when they leave. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -8- May 5, 2004 Consider amendment of Farmer’s Market interim use permit (continued) The Location and all adjoining land must be free of any trash or debris which results from the Market or is reasonably attributed to the Market. Vendors will sell only what they grow or produce themselves. Items for sale will be limited to fruit, vegetables, flowers and decorative plants, bedding plants, meat and dairy products, honey, baked goods, salsa, jams, preserves and similar products, all of which shall be subject to and must comply with applicable local, state and federal health and safety and food rules, regulations and laws, and the rules of the St. Paul Farmer’s Market. No sound amplification devices may be used during the Farmer's Market by the Market or by vendors. The Property Owner's Director of Facilities will be the managing agent responsible for the conduct of the vendors in compliance with the conditions of the Interim Use Permit. Use of the Location must be pursuant to a written agreement between the owner of the Location and the St. Paul Farmer’s Market The owner of the Location must make the St. Paul Farmer’s Market aware of this Permit and require the St. Paul Farmer’s Market to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this Permit. The owner of the Location shall be obligated to make sure that a policy or policies of insurance of the proper type, kind and amount are in place to cover any injuries or damages to individuals and property which may occur at, during or as a result of the operation of the Market at this Location. Reasonable and appropriate measures must be taken to prevent unreasonable disturbance to adjacent properties, such as trash or debris finding its way onto the adjacent properties, and not being removed, or customers of the Market crossing over adjacent properties without permission of the owner. The owner of the location shall take reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that the St. Paul Farmer’s Market does not disturb adjacent property owners with excessive noise. 4. Termination of Permit. The Permit shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events, whichever first occurs. a. One year from the date of granting this permit. Violation of any of the conditions set forth herein. c. A change in the zoning ordinance which no longer allows the use. 5. Recording. This permit may be recorded against the title to the subject property. Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City code concerning vehicle sales Administrator Worthington said that during the last several years, staff has received numerous communications from residents concerned about the parking of cars for sale on the public right of way, particularly along the two Snelling Avenue service drives. Typically, cars are parked by non-residents and identified as being for sale by signage inside the car. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -9- May 5, 2004 Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City code concerning vehicle sales (continued) Ms. Pamela Harris, 1865 Snelling Avenue North, and Chairperson of the Planning Commission, said that she is one of the people who complained about this. She objects to having the public road used for the private purpose of selling used cars. The main problem is the safety issue. Also, it is not scenic or bucolic. She described the difficulties with night driving along the narrow service drives that are caused by the parked vehicles and motorcycles. The Planning Commission started by looking at an ordinance that covers the whole City. During the day these vehicles are a problem too. There are usually three cars involved: The car for sale, the potential buyer’s car and the seller’s car. In response to a question from Council member Kuettel about the effect on residents, Administrator Worthington said the City issues temporary bags to cover the street signage for people who want to hold garage sales. Only a few residents request the bags. Council member Lindstrom said that when he first saw this he was envisioning the resident who has a used car for sale. He went up and down the frontage roads and saw it was a business. They don’t use little, for sale signs; they have big printed signs in the windshields with all the details. The frontage roads look like used car businesses. Council member Talbot said that as Code Enforcement Officer for Roseville he deals with this everyday. He drives by, notes the telephone numbers on the for sale signs, and calls the owners to tell them to move their vehicles because what they are doing is illegal and he also tells them about the high potential for vehicular vandalism or theft. He doesn’t have a problem with banning the sale of vehicles in these high volume areas. He agrees with Council member Lindstrom. They are sophisticated and they are selling cars. Council member Lamb said that he doesn’t have any problem with banning the commercial sale of cars. What about the resident who wants to sell their own car and they live on Larpenteur or Snelling? Planning Chair Harris said the original ordinance that was proposed was modified because there are areas where people don’t have driveways because they have alleys. Council member Lamb said that he wants to find a way to ban the commercial sale of vehicles on City streets but doesn’t want to be discriminatory toward the residents. Mayor Gehrz said that she was concerned about that also. Council member Lamb said the City will be creating two classes of streets: Snelling and its frontage roads, Larpenteur, Hamline, Fairview, Roselawn and Cleveland are one class, and the second class of streets is everything else. The thrust of the ordinance says that you can park in front of your house and that is legal. The ordinance is trying to address the six streets and do something different about them. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -10- May 5, 2004 Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City code concerning vehicle sales (continued) Council member Lamb recommended a change in the proposed ordinance amendment: Subsection 9-13.08, Vehicle Sales. Subdivision 1. Residential District. Eliminate the phrase “and parked entirely on a driveway”. Administrator Worthington said that Larpenteur Avenue does not permit parking on either side except by the apartments east of Snelling. Mayor Gehrz recommended removing Larpenteur Avenue from the ordinance amendment because there is no permitted parking on Larpenteur, except in one area. Council member Talbot recommended rewording the phraseology “Vehicles that display a for sale sign” in both sections of the proposed ordinance amendment; otherwise people will simply list a contact phone number to get around the ordinance. Mr. Brian Olson, 1592 Roselawn, suggested the wording “vehicle owner”. The vehicle has to be on his property, or, if an apartment dweller, it has to be adjacent to his building. There is a big issue with safety at night. You can’t see the cars parked on the frontage road. He wouldn’t mind seeing a ban on vehicular parking on the Snelling access drive altogether. Give special permits for garage sales. Mayor Gehrz described the process that people can go through if they want limited parking on a street. Council member Lamb recommended that advance notice about the new ordinance amendment be provided in the affected areas. Lindstrom moved adoption of the ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City code concerning vehicle sales, with the three changes that were recommended. The motion was unanimously approved. (Ordinance No. 2004-01 is outlined below.) ORDINANCE NO. 04-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 OF THE FALCON HEIGHTS CITY CODE CONCERNING VEHICLE SALES THE CITY COUNCIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City Code is amended by adding Section 9-13.08 to provide: 9-13.08 Vehicle Sales. Subdivision 1. Residential District. Motor vehicles and recreational vehicles which are permitted within the respective residential district may be advertised for sale and sold provided the vehicle is owned by the resident where the vehicle is parked and the vehicle is currently licensed and operable. Vehicles that are displayed for sale shall not be parked or stored on public property or the public rights of way on Snelling Avenue and its frontage roads, Hamline Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Roselawn Avenue and Cleveland Avenue. At no time shall any commercial vehicle be parked within a residential district and advertised for sale. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -11- May 5, 2004 Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City code concerning vehicle sales (continued) Subdivision 2. Nonresidential District. Motor, commercial, and recreational vehicles shall not be displayed “for sale” or sold within nonresidential districts unless as part of an approved licensed sales dealership or for short term parking (12 hours or less) if the vehicle is owned by an employee of said business where the vehicle is parked with the consent of the business owner. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage. ADOPTED this 5th day of May, 2004, by the City Council of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Planning Chair Harris said the Minnesota Street Road Association’s annual weekend at the State Fairgrounds presents issues for her neighborhood. People park along the frontage roads, put chairs on their vehicles, have loud music and drink beer. They block the frontage roads so it is impossible for the residents. Administrator Worthington said that prior to the State Fair each year, the City restricts parking on particular streets in the City, and the Snelling Avenue frontage roads are included in this action. The City could do this earlier, before the Minnesota Street Road Association‘s Back to the 50’s weekend on June 17-20. The general consensus of the Council was to instruct City staff to do an early installation of restricted parking signage before the MSRA Back to the 50’s Weekend on June 17-20. The signage will remain in place until after the State Fair. Affected residents will be accommodated by the City as necessary. Award contract for Curtiss Field improvement project Administrator Worthington said the bid opening for the Curtiss Field improvement project was held earlier in the day. As part of the Municipal Agreement with MN DOT, the low bid contractor had to be approved by MN DOT before Falcon Heights could award the contract. Bids were received from two companies, as outlined below: 1. Jay Bros., Inc. $323,702.71 2. Environmental Assoc. $492,972.40 The engineer’s construction cost estimate for this project was $357,546.00. The low bid from Jay Brothers, Inc. is approximately 9.5% below the engineer’s estimate. The City will only be responsible for $238,825.40 of the total cost, and the balance will be covered by grants from MN DOT and draws against the City’s MSA account, as well as the park dedication fee paid by Sherman & Associates. MN DOT has reviewed the two bids and has approved the low bid from Jay Bros., Inc. FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -12- May 5, 2004 RESOLUTION 2004-12 Lamb moved adoption of Resolution 2004-12 accepting the low bid from Jay Bros., Inc., in the amount of $323,702.71, for the Curtiss Field improvements. The motion was unanimously approved. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS: None INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Administrator Worthington said that she will be out of the office at an MCMA conference from May 12-14. The regular City Council meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, Mary Shea Kodluboy Deputy Clerk