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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 14, 1995 Council Member Kuether moved to approve the block party as requested. Council Member Elliott seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Consideration of an Application for a Block Party, Buckthorn Lane - An application for a block party on Buckthorn Lake has been received. Buckthorn Lane is a connecting street between 12th Avenue and White Tail Trail. All homeowners on this street have signed the petition agreeing to the block party. The Public Works Superintendent has expressed the same concern regarding blocking a through street. The Police Department has reviewed the request and has also expressed the same concern. Council Member Elliott moved to approve the block party as requested. Council Member Kuether seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Consideration of a Request for $200.00 for City Hall Picnic - Council Member Neal explained that the employees use the profits from the pop machine and donations from some of the consultants to fund a picnic for staff, the City Council and board and/or commission members. Because of recent legislation, staff can no longer solicit donations from consultants. Since pop machine profits are not sufficient to finance the picnic, Council Member Neal moved to use $200.00 of the pretax hind to help finance the City picnic. Council Member Elliott seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Council Member Neal suggested that a portion of the City funds picnic be budgeted for next year. Consideration of Setting Date for Quarterly Meeting with the City of Hugo for Thursday, September 7, 1995, 7:00 P.M. - This item is just a reminder. Reminder, City Council Budget Work Session, Monday, August 21, 1995 - This item required no action by the City Council. Continuation of City Attorney's Report - Council Member Kuether expressed concern regarding the Conflict of Interest proposal. Mr. Landers said that if an item on the agenda directly involves a Council Member, that Member must physically remove himself from the Council chambers. Council Member Kuether felt that this is discriminatory. Mr. Hawkins explained that the language in the proposed ordinance is taken from the state statutes. He said it is true that the Member is being discriminated against, however, the State Legislature has said that ethics in government is so important that in these instances it is deemed necessary to have the individual removed from any consideration. Mr. Hawkins explained that this City has always complied with this legislation. Mr. Landers said that his group has agreed to Mayor Reinert's proposal that land owners within 600 feet of a property requesting a change in status be notified by normal mail and that a notarized affidavit be included in the mailing. The affidavit will contain the names and addresses of all property owners who were mailed the notice. The mailing list will be prepared by Anoka County upon request from City staff. PAGE 27