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Council member DeLapp provided the following comments: If safety is reason for installing a light, why are we waiting for local residents instead of developers/police and engineers telling us where to put street lights. If safety/police/Engineering is reason, why are people within 300 ft. paying for installation when the travelling public is the beneficiary? If people live in and move to Lake Elmo to take advantage of rural character, why are there any streetlights except where imposed by County and State Highway safety concerns? The County and State pay for all lights on County and State roads if they determine the lights are required because of their action building fast, wide roads. City to pay all costs where light is needed for safety, police and engineering, but threshold of minimum vehicles per day on major roads and minimum vehicles per day on minor roads must be met. Also, lights on Lake Elmo Ave and in front of City buildings, fire hall, parks building in the public interest. Electricity for existing lights requested by residents who feel more secure with a City light must be paid for by requesting property owners and all owners within 300' must be agreeable to construction of lights. No lights in subdivision on City property unless 12' high or lower. M/S/P Armstrong/Dunn — to direct staff take comments from tonight's meeting and draft new street light policy because the current one is 15 years old, and requested recommendation on what type of intersections should be lit, an inventory of lights are not necessary for the safety of the travelling public, and to bring original draft to Council with PZ comments, with deadline of first meeting in April. (Motion passed 5-0). E. Employee Pay Plan Administrator Kueffner provided the Council with a proposed employee step pay plan for 2000 and 2001 with an explanation of the pay plan policy in her memo dated November 16, 2000. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 5, 2000 9