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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 15, 2015 Page 5 of 7 ITEM 17: Cost of Service Study for Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities – Approve Authorization for TKDA Councilmember Fliflet, seconded by Councilmember Smith, moved TO REMOVE ITEM 17 FROM THE AGENDA. Motion failed 3 – 2 (Pearson, Bloyer – nay). City Engineer Griffin presented the proposal for TKDA to conduct a cost of service study that could be used by the City’s Finance Department for the purpose of projecting cash flows, bonding needs and evaluating user rates and charges. Councilmember Fliflet, seconded by Councilmember Smith, moved TO POSTPONE ITEM 17 TO THE SAME COUNCIL WORKSHOP AS ITEM 16. Motion passed 3 – 2 (Pearson, Bloyer – nay). ITEM 22: Ordinance Amendments to Article IX of the Zoning Ordinance – Rural Districts as it Pertains to Permitted, Conditional and Interim Uses City Planner Wensman presented the Planning Commission recommendation for changes to Article IX of the Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to secondary dwellings, cemetery, commercial stable, golf courses, restricted recreation, and agricultural sales business uses in the rural districts. Yvette Oldendorf, 5418 Lake Elmo Avenue North, asked questions about the status of the definitions, if they can be revised, and who is the arbiter. City Attorney Snyder stated that the City Council is the arbiter and if there is ambiguity in the definitions, the decision goes against the City. Councilmember Fliflet stated she was in favor of removing all the uses added in October 2013 as the discussion was not held at the Council level at that time when adding them. Councilmember Fliflet, seconded by Councilmember Smith, moved TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE REMOVING SECONDARY DWELLINGS, CEMETERY, COMMERCIAL KENNEL, COMMERCIAL STABLE, GOLF COURSE AND AGRICULTURAL SALES AS ALLOWABLE USES IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. Mayor Pearson, seconded by Councilmember Bloyer, moved TO REFER THIS ISSUE BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. Motion failed 2 – 3 (Fliflet, Lundgren, Smith – nay). Primary motion passed 3 – 1 – 1 (Pearson – nay, Bloyer – abstain). ITEM 21: Decrease in Letter of Credit Policy Interim Administrator Schroeder reviewed the proposed policy and discussed anticipated circumstances when the policy would be used, noting that some other cities surveyed allowed staff to make determinations on security reductions.