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1 COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 27, 1992 step. Council Member Elliott felt that the cost to pursue consultant input such as Lakeville did would be astronomical and not justified because the Council has never let the City get that far out of control. She said the moratorium provides a good step backward so that the Council can evaluate what was going on so the Council can proceed in a more organized fashion. Council Member Neal said that before January 1, 1992 the City was screwed up bad. He noted that Council Member Bergeson was not on the Council and not aware of what was really going on. Council Member Neal said he is satisfied with the moratorium because the staff could not keep up with the work. Mayor Reinert asked what the cost of the Lakeville study was? Council Member Bergeson said he did not know but would like to find out. Mayor Reinert said the cost was probably astronomical. Council Member Kuether said the Council has to decide what are the priorities for this City. She said that if this many items have been accomplished in four (4) months this is the time to lift the moratorium especially with the economic development going into place. Council Member Kuether said that the Council needs to give the Economic Development Authority Advisory Committee some tools to sell the City. Mayor Reinert said that he did not intend to debate the issue this evening. He noted that the moratorium is in place and put there by a majority of the City Council. He asked that all the Council Members respect the moratorium and expressed appreciation for the minority report. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPORT Minor Subdivision, Lot 4, Block 4, Ulmer's Rice Lake Addition - Mr. Schneider explained that a request has been received to subdivide a 11,065 square foot parcel of land from a two plus (2 +) acre lot within the Ulmer's Rice Lake Addition. The property lies south of Ulmer Drive and east of Second Avenue. The property is zoned R -1, Single Family Residential. One (1) of the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Board based upon the advise of Mr. Schneider was that there be a requirement for Outlot B (the remnant parcel with the existing home) to connect to utilities within two (2) years or sooner if the on -site systems fail prior to that time. Since the Planning and Zoning Board meeting, the City Staff has further reviewed this matter and the City Ordinances and found that in some respects the City Ordinances are more stringent than the Planning and Zoning Board recommendation (i.e the present Ordinance No. 402.02 requires a hookup to existing sewer within one (1) year of PAGE 9 295