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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 6, 2014 DRAFT 3 The co uncil discussed the possible costs and the impact of not doing drainage 89 improvements i n the area. C osts could be asse ssed to benefited properties in the future as 90 development fees. 91 92 3. 7309 Lake Drive Code Enforcement – Community Development Director G rochala 93 said staff is providing an update on this code enforcement issue – his staff report explains 94 the history and why staff feels that Mobile Mini is not in compliance wi th the city code. 95 In September they proposed a settlement by way of a contract tha t would allow the 96 current lease activities to remain through 2017 when restrictions would eliminate ext erior 97 storage. In the meantime there would be limitations on height and additional screening. 98 Their attorney would like to understand if the council wo uld consider such an agreement. 99 The agreement would provide some certaint y for the future. 100 101 The Mayor noted that reviewing the history of the site apparently didn’t result in 102 information that supports the current use but enforcement would only serve to empty the 103 site and that wouldn’t be good for the city. 104 105 Council Member Roeser asked about the proposal for use by a bus company and Mr. 106 Grochala explained that that would still require a zoning review and change. 107 108 4. Advisory Board Appointments – Admini strator Karlson reviewed the written report 109 indicating the seats and applicants for advisory boards. The council has indicated that 110 they would like to interview all applicants and staff requests that a time for those 111 interviews be reserved. 112 113 The coun cil requested that new questions be prepared for the applicants (the same 114 questions have been used for some time) and the questions should represent more of the 115 established goals of the group as well as an orientation on the type of advisory duties 116 anticip ated. 117 118 The council concurred to hold interviews at a special session at 5:30 p.m. on January 13 119 and 6:00 p.m. on the 20 th (the 20 th was later change d to the 21 st in consideration of 120 Monday being a legal holiday). 121 122 Snow Plowing (not on agenda) – Council Mem ber Rafferty remarked that when 123 snowplowing is done on Friday, people have their garbage containers out and they tend to 124 interfere with the plowing . Administrator Karlson said he would report back on what 125 could be done to address that situation. Mayor R einert suggested that some information 126 from staff on the city’s free market hauler system would be appreciated. 127 128 5. Monthly Progress Report – Administrator Karlson reviewed the written report. 129 130 Regarding the White Bear Lake Restoration Assn. v. Departme nt Natural Resources item, 131 Administrator Karlson explained that it relates to a lawsuit filed against the DNR about 132 low lake levels and the city is named in that suit. One proposal right now is that the 133