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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 14, 2003 APPROVED 329 Mayor Bergeson asked if there was a well at the middle school, which there is. 1,30 331 Councilmember Reinert noted this was a public building. As far as Findings of Fact and why the 332 Council did something, the fact that it is a public building would be a supporting item, indicating the 333 money from the water main that would not be collected comes from the taxpayers, too. 334 335 Councilmember Dahl stated that at the work session they asked the Superintendent to give them an 336 estimate on the cost to have a well constructed, to see if the money justified the savings. The only 337 amount they were able to come up with was a two-year old bid for $80,000. She indicated that even 338 using the district's savings of $20,000 annually, it would be at least four years before a savings was 339 realized. Using the City staff's amount, it would take more than 10 years. She does not believe that 340 justifies spending $80,0000, and since the levy did not go through, she did not think the district has 341 money to spend. She stated if it only cost $20,000 or $30,000 or $40,000, they could look down the 342 road and say it was worth it, but she has not seen anything from the School District to support the 343 numbers. She indicated there were a number of things the district could do to save money, including 344 cutting down on the watering schedule. She would vote for this if they gave her a reason to, but 345 $80,000 for a $20,000 a year savings was not a good reason. 346 347 Mayor Bergeson indicated that there was another school where they made a business decision to add a 348 well, and the results must have been good since they are asking again. 349 350 Councilmember O'Donnell agreed. He indicated the School District has a Board that makes those 351 decisions, and with the cuts they are going through he is sure they have looked at this as well. He . 52 stated they are only asking if the Council will allow them to do this, not asking for approval of their 53 business decisions. 354 355 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to Adopt Resolution No. 03-53, Centennial School District request 356 for a private well at Rice Lake Elementary School. Councilmember Reinert seconded the motion. 357 358 Councilmember Carlson stated they also have a second elementary school on Main Street, which is in 359 the Forest Lake District, and there may be people who are thinking they are not going to benefit from 360 this since they are not in that district. She indicated the Council would have to be fair if they came 361 with a similar request. She reiterated she would support this, as this issue is close to her, and it means 362 Lino Lakes residents will not have to pay that water bill, and it was also a recommendation of the 363 Citizen's Group. She spoke with a representative of the Citizen's Group on Sunday who did not 364 believe this had gone through the School District Board yet. She feels it is a good decision for the 365 school, but also believes the cityneeds to rewrite the ordinance. 366 367 Councilmember Dahl noted that on the agenda statement there are three options, with staff 368 recommending denial. 369 370 Motion carried. Vote 4 Ayes, 1 Nay. Councilmember Dahl opposed. 371 372 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 373 374 A. Dairy Queen Chill and Grill, Michael Grochala 75 376 i) Consider Resolution No. 03-46, Approving Site and Building Plan and CUP 8