08-30-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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With regard to questions 48 through 50, the Administrator pointed out that the City does not have any housing or building appearance codes. The Administrator also suggested that areas such as wood piles or parking should also be included in this list. Pedersen pointed out that the appearance of a building may be an architectural thing, and there would be nothing the City could do about an unattractive building. Morelan suggested that if the survey results in a lot of comments about the appearance of apartment buildings, for example, the first thing the City would do is meet with the apartment building owners. Scalze stated that she would like the question on apartment building appearance to remain, pointing out that the Community Pride Committee is discussing forming an apartment coalition. It was agreed that question 52 should be deleted. Morris pointed out that the next few questions dealt with safety issues. Morelan suggested questions on City beautification, such as whether or not property owners feel utility lines should be buried. Another beautification issue which was raised was the amount of newspaper boxes on each mailbox, and whether or not these boxes could be shared by the newspapers. Morris suggested a two-part question on burying utility lines, first whether or not it should be done, and secondly whether the property owner was willinq to pay for it. Morelan pointed out that the time to bury utility lines would be when streets are being reconstructed. Carson indicated that the City could request that services be buried when considering contract renewals. With regard to questions 53 through 56 addressing public safety, Morris suggested that an additional question could be added asking whether property owners were satisfied with the Sheriff's Department and whether responses to calls were handled in a timely and professional manner. The Administrator pointed out that the Sheriff's Department is planning a survey or questionnaire some 8