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City of Lake Elmo City Council Minutes September 16, 2008 Mayor Johnston called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Johnston and Council Members DeLapp, Johnson, Park and Smith Also present: City Administrator Hoyt, Planning Director Klatt, City Engineer Griffin, City Attorney Filla, Finance Director Bouthilet, and Recording Secretary Luczak. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion: Council Member DeLapp moved to approve the September 16, 2008 agenda as presented. Council Member Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. ORDER OF BUSINESS: GROUND RULES: APPROVED MINUTES: The minutes of September 2, 2008 were approved by consensus. PUBLIC COMMENTS/INQUIRIES: Roger Linnell, 9402 Stillwater Blvd., requested clarification of violations stated in a letter he received from the City regarding a code violation for parking a commercial vehicle on his property. Mr. Linnell provided pictures and signatures from the neighbors supporting his parking of a commercial truck in a residential zone and explained the he believed that the City had granted him a variance to do this. Ann-O Suckow, (1945 Polaris Place, North St. Paul), Lake Elmo Jaycees Community Development VP 2008, thanked the City for the opportunity to participate in the Fall Festival and gave an update of upcoming events. Ed Nielsen, 9492 Stillwater Blvd., expressed his frustration with the condition of the property at 9442 Stillwater Boulevard. He described the history of inaction on the property from a code enforcement perspective and, although he acknowledged there was action now, it was late and did not appear to be diligent enough to accomplish the expectations set out. Jim Blackford, 9765 45th St. N., expressed his frustration with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) plan for the Washington County Landfill and the inaction to really address the issue of contamination in the City’s water supply by the PCA or 3M. 1 LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 16, 2008