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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 28, 2003 APPROVED 717 Councilmember Reinert moved to Adopt Resolution No. 03-59 authorizing Economic Development 018 funds for Site Plan and Market Analysis of properties on 35E. Councilmember Carlson seconded the 719 motion. 720 721 Councilmember Dahl clarified that by doing this study with two other cities, they are saving the City 722 money while still getting useful traffic and land use information. Ms. Divine agreed, they were 723 saving money over having this done on their own. 724 725 Councilmember Carlson stated she believes they will get information that is beneficial for the City to 726 determine what business could occur along 35E, as well as the viability of a stadium, and then the 727 benefits will have to be weighed. She indicated right now they are only spending money for more 728 information. 729 730 Mayor Bergeson stated he is not speaking in favor of a stadium, this expenditure is for information on 731 that corridor. He indicated he knows it will be developed eventually, and a stadium is possible, but 732 there have been a lot of stadium proposals in a lot of cities over the years and that is not what this is 733 focused on. 734 735 Motion carried 4:1. Councilmember O'Donnell opposed. 736 737 Resolution No. 03-59 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 738 739 E. Adopt 2003 Minnesota State Building Code and City Fee Schedule, Linda Waite Smith 40 1.41 City Administrator Waite Smith presented the staff report, reviewing the code changes and options 742 and staff recommendations. She pointed out the change to the code requiring sprinkling of aircraft 743 hangers exceeding 2,000 square feet, which would apply to any hangars constructed in the Lino 744 Airpark or at Surfside, a change from 5,000 square feet in the previous code. She noted Centennial 745 Fire Chief Milo Bennett is here to answer questions. 746 747 Tom Schmelzer, 398 Carl Street, indicated this change affects his property and six others. He is 748 concerned about a water supply and how they would comply. He has done some research, and 749 determined they would need a water supply capable of pumping 180 gallons per minute, whereas a 750 typical well pumps 20 gallons per minute. The cost for this high pressure water supply would be 751 from $20,000 to $100,000, and could exceed the value of the hangar and contents. He indicated it 752 seems difficult for them to comply. He added that from a public safety standpoint, there are no 753 occupants of these building, and if they are constructing this size well, there will be seven more 754 access points to the aquafer, that will not be used regularly, giving the potential to contaminate the 755 water supply. He thinks there needs to be more time to see how the homeowners can comply with 756 this new code. He would ask the Council for a provision to exclude hangars in the airpark at this 757 time. 758 759 Fire Chief Bennett stated that the new code specifically takes aircraft hangars out of residential and 760 puts them into commercial buildings over 2000 square feet. Hangars are specifically identified, and 761 he does not know why. He agrees it is hard to suppress fires on big open buildings when they have to 762 truck water in, and noted the City does not have the ability in the code to separate hangars without W7763 excluding other commercial buildings, which he would not want to do. He sympathizes with the 64 hangar owners, but 2000 square feet is a good sized building. 16