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COUNCIL MINUTES September 24, 2007 APPROVED • 179 180 It was clarified that this will not affect sanctioned fighting events. 181 182 Council Member Stoltz moved to dispense with full reading of Ordinance No. 12-07. Council 183 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 184 185 Council Member Carlson moved to approve the 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 12-07, as presented. 186 Council Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 187 188 Consideration of approval of the Proclamation of October as 2007 Crime Prevention Month 189 190 Mayor Bergeson reviewed the content of the proclamation. The council proclaims October 2007 as 191 crime prevention month in Lino Lakes and recognizes the power of prevention for the common good. 192 193 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the proclamation of October as 2007 Crime 194 Prevention Month. Council Member Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 195 196 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 197 198 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 199 200 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA •o1 202 Consideration of Resolution No. 07-124, approving Extension of Timeline for Completion, 203 Russian Baptist Church, Paul Bengtson 204 205 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed the request for an extension related to the 206 Russian Baptist Church project. Staff is requesting the dates be extended to November 1, 2007 based 207 on discussions with the church and construction manager. The site improvement performance 208 agreement is still in affect; this puts a reasonable time line in place as well as remedies if deadlines 209 are not met. 210 211 Questions arose about the landscaping plan and changes have been included based on those 212 discussions. The resolution requires that the landscaping requirements be specific. Funds are 213 included to back up the agreement and complete improvements as necessary. 214 215 Michael Kula, 6 Indian Hills Drive, Circle Pines, neighbor to church project. It is crucial that any 216 deadline be conveyed to the church; the project has been going on for five years. Conditions of 217 resolution should also be specific. Neighbors are interested in seeing and approving the new 218 landscape plan; he believes they would accept less than the 80% opacity requirement in turn for a 219 planting plan they can agree with. Neighbors would like to be in a position to review the plans and 220 return to the council with comments. 221 .2222 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 07-124, as presented. Council Member 23 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 5