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7. MAINTENANCE/PARK/FIRE/BUILDING: A. Update on Fire Dept. Activities: Fire Chief Malmquist Chief Malmquist reported the Fire Prevention Open House will be held on October 8, 6- 8:30 at Oakland Jr. H.S. The raffle mailing went out late, but will be held on October 8`h. He asked that the Council approve moving Bruce Cohen and Kevin Moore onto probation. These two are potential daytime firefighters, but cannot make meetings at night. M/S/P Dunn /Siedow — to draft a resolution to move Bruce Cohen and Kevin Moore onto the roster as a new probationary member on the Lake Elmo Fire Department. (Motion passed 5-0.) The Fire Chief asked what happened to the job description of the Full -Time Fire Fighter. Mayor Hunt suggested the staff set up a workshop after the first Saturday in November and to send the Fire Dept. a notice. M/S/P Dunn/Siedow — to direct the Fire Chief to set up a Saturday workshop, for the middle of November, with the Fire Dept., staff and Council. (Motion passed 5-0). The Fire Chief suggested abolishing the Fire Study Committee and have the officers review draft policies presented by the City Administrator. Mayor Hunt asked for the Chief to work with Mary to come up with a draft and bring back to the membership. The Fire Chief will bring the final revision back to the Fire Study Committee. Council member Dunn indicated she will bring up for discussion at Wednesday night's Highway 36 meeting, the request for a signal light at the intersection of Highway 36 and CSAH17. Funding for this signal light was approved and provided to Washington County. 8. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: Council Member DeLapp received concerns on the tall grass from residents on 50t" Street. He said he told the residents if they wanted to mow the grass, they probably could, as the City is short staffed and unable to maintain the landscaping as well as usual. 9. PLANNING, LAND USE & ZONING: A. Resolution 2002-105 Preliminary Plat of Lake Elmo Business Park The City Planner reported at its September 23, 2002 meeting, the Planning Commission made a recommendation to approve this proposed plat of 28 acres into 7 commercial lots and 2 outlots. The application was first presented to the Planning Commission in June, 2002. The Commission determined supplemental information as in a traffic study was required to enable them to complete their review and recommendation. That work was not completed and received by the City until September. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 1, 2002