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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 21, 2012 Page 1 of 15 CITY OF LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 21, 2012 Mayor Johnston called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor Johnston, Council Members Emmons, Pearson and Park Also Present: City Administrator Zuleger, City Attorney Sicheneder, City Engineer Griffin, Finance Director Bendel, City Planner Johnson and City Clerk Thone. Absent: Council Member Smith APPROVAL OF AGENDA Item 5 (Approval of Probationary Firefighters) was pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Mayor Johnston requested that Item 12 (Keats Avenue) be moved to “Item 7.5” between Items 7 (Keats Avenue Public Hearing) and 8 because they are related. The Mayor asked for a motion to approve the agenda. Council Member Park requested that Item 11 (Extension for Preliminary Development Plan related to a Senior Living/Farm School project) be tabled until the September 4, 2012 meeting. The Mayor instructed the Council that before the agenda could be amended, there had to be a motion to approve it. Council Member Pearson moved to approve the agenda. Council Member Park seconded the motion. Council Member Park then moved to amend the Agenda by removing Item 11 and postponing it until the September 4, 2012 meeting. Council Member Emmons indicated he had some questions for discussion. He then seconded the Motion to Amend. Council Member Emmons asked if postponing action on Item 11 would cause any timing problems for the project. Administrator Zuleger told the council that because the Council in the past has already granted two extensions, it should not be a problem to postpone the Item. He also indicated that the applicant is out of town. He explained that the last extension was granted in order to hold a neighborhood meeting. Mayor Johnston spoke against the amendment and expressed his preference to keep the item on the current agenda due to the difficulty of successfully having five council members present. Council Member Park explained that her reason for the amendment was because she knows absent Council Member Smith wanted to speak on the matter. Council Member Pearson expressed his general support for the amendment. MOTION ON AMENDMENT: Council Member Park moved to amend the Agenda by removing Item 11 and postponing it until the September 4, 2012 meeting. Council Member Emmons seconded the motion. Motion passed 3-1, Johnston Nay MOTION: Council Member Pearson moved to approve the August 21, 2012 City Council Agenda as amended. Council Member Park seconded the motion. Motion passed 4-0.