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EXPANDED AGENDA MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DAHL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER REINERT, TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 14 -04 AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. B) Consider Resolution No. 04 -76 Directing Staff to Prepare and Execute Lease Agreement to Farm Property at Centerville Road and Birch Street PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR RICK DEGARDNER REVIEWED THIS ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED SENDING THIS ITEM OUT FOR BIDS. CITY ATTORNEY SULLIVAN INDICATED THIS ITEM DID NOT REQUIRE A BID PROCESS, BUT IT WAS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO ALLOW A BID PROCESS FOR THIS CONTRACT. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER STOLTZ, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER REINERT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, DIRECTING STAFF TO SEND THIS CONTRACT OUT FOR BIDS. THE COUNCIL CONCURRED TO SEND THIS ITEM OUT FOR BIDS. COUNCIL AND STAFF DISCUSSED THE TIME ELEMENT INVOLVED, DUE TO THE FACT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE IN THREE WEEKS, JUNE 14, AND THAT USE OF THE FARM LAND COULD BE LOST FOR THE 2004 SEASON IF THERE WERE NOT A MORE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED EXPEDITING THE BIDDING PROCESS, AND HOLDING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO AWARD THE CONTRACT. AMENDED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER STOLTZ, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER REINERT, DIRECTING STAFF TO SEND THIS CONTRACT OUT FOR BIDS, ACCEPTING BIDS UNTIL NOON ON THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004, AND HOLDING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004 FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF AWARDING THE FARMLAND LEASE CONTRACT. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 6. Community Development Department Report, Michael Grochala A) Consider 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 16 -04 Amending Ordinance No. 03 -02 related to the No Wake Zone on Peltier Lake, Marty Asleson Pg. 35 -38C THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS PRESENT FOR THIS ITEM. THE COUNCIL HEARD TESTIMONY FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF HOURS, AND DISCUSSED THIS ITEM EXTENSIVELY. Page 3