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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 2, 2014 DRAFT 132 5. NorthPointe, PUD Final Plan/Final Plat (Regular Agenda Item) — City 133 Planner Larsen explained that this matter has been pulled from the upcoming council 134 agenda but she would still review the recommendations. She reviewed the development 135 plans on a site location map, including conditions of the preliminary plat that have been 136 met, density calculations, the phasing plan, the age -restricted unit that is included in a 137 later phase, easements, land dedication and park fees, transportation plans, and noise 138 elements (a noise mitigation study is coming forward later in June). 139 140 6. Sign Ordinance (Flags) — Community Development Director Grochala provided 141 an update on discussions about the city's sign ordinance, including a recent question that 142 arose about flags at the American Legion. Historically the Legion did approach the 143 Planning and Zoning Board about regulations, including relative to flags. Although there 144 are city regulations that relate to flags and a matter came up in 2012 regarding a banner at 145 the Legion that was removed at the city's request, it isn't clear that flags were involved. 146 At that same time, the Planning and Zoning Board was reviewing sign regulations and the 147 Legion participated in discussions to a certain extent. He isn't aware that the city has 148 done any enforcement work related to flags. He is recommending that language 149 regarding flags that is included in the sign ordinance be stricken just to be clear that flags 150 are allowed. Mayor Reinert remarked that he's told the American Legion that they can 151 fly American flags whenever and in whatever amount they wish. 152 153 Staff will continue reviewing sign regulations at the Planning and Zoning Board. 154 155 8. 2015 Budget Discussion- Mayor Reinert noted that this item comes forward with staff 156 requesting some basic direction on budget planning and in particular regarding the fire 157 department. Since there are some start-up costs related to the fire department, he is 158 advising that those be kept separate from the budget, for monitoring and since they will 159 be payable under future bonding. He noted also that costs related to a new station would 160 have been incurred without or without a new department. 161 162 Administrator Karlson concurred that there will be fire department start-up costs. They 163 could be rolled into a bond issue and initially taken from reserves to be paid back through 164 bond proceeds. He noted that there are some initial costs coming up quickly of which 165 he'd like the council to be aware. The mayor suggested that costs for new projects, such 166 as a new city hall, have traditionally been handled by payment over time through the use 167 of bonds. Council Member Kusterman suggested setting up a separate account for new 168 costs. Finance Director Rolek noted that some of the start-up costs are clearly capital 169 and can be debt financed; operating costs, however, cannot be handled with bonding. 170 Those would be things like additional personnel and training. 171 172 The council recognized that there will be a first year of start-up costs. There are cost 173 unknowns still about the number of individuals who will transfer to the department with 174 equipment and training and also how much equipment will belong to the city when the 175 Centennial equipment is divided. There was a review of the how the new department 176 will be structured under the Public Safety Division. Public Safety Director Swenson 4