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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 3 Lowes Companies Inc. offered the City a grant of materials and supplies valued at approximately $11,000 to be used for the construction of a park picnic shelter. The Lake Elmo Jaycees have also offered to support the project through a gift of $4,000. Contractors were made aware of the availability of these resources during the proposal. Proposals were received for the construction of a smaller shelter at Carriage Station Park and a larger shelter at DeMontreville Park. The Park Commission reviewed the proposals and recommended unanimously to move forward with the construction of the smaller shelter at Carriage Station Park. The Park Commission expressed that it would like to reconsider locations for the larger shelter and delay construction of the larger shelter until next spring. MOTION: Council Member DeLapp moved approval of acceptance of the Stotko Speedling proposal for construction of a park shelter in Carriage Station Park at a base cost of $36,500 plus $925 for enhancements to the concrete floor, and for authorization of expenditures for equipment rental, supplies and materials related to site preparation, restoration and landscaping to be conducted by the public works staff with the expenditures coming from the Park Improvement Fund. Council Member Smith seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-0-1 (Mayor Johnston abstained from voting because he saw a need for more objectivity on public policy.) Consider a request to amend the landscape plan for St Croix Sanctuary subdivision Kyle Klatt, Planning Director, reported on the proposed amendment to the approved landscape plan for the St. Croix’s Sanctuary development. This action would require a modification to the OP – Open Space Preservation District requirements which must be approved by a 4/5ths vote of the Council, because it would substantially reduce the number of boulevard trees below the minimum threshold required in the ordinance. The developer had defaulted on the development agreement and there were insufficient funds to complete the landscape plan as approved. The general consensus Planning Commission was that the proposed plan was a reasonable substitute plan and that the Sanctuary residents’ support of this plan was important to take account. The Commission recommended approval of the revised landscape plan with an amendment to the second condition to read as follows. Two trees per new building site, provided by the builder or homeowners, shall be provided in the front yard prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for new homes on all undeveloped lots as of September 15, 2009. Representatives from Landscape Architecture Inc. provided a proposed landscape plan package based off of the $30,000 to $35,000 range that was provided by the City staff. In the future, there will be a standardized check list for landscape and driveway escrows, tighter inspections and a new standard development agreement.