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Minutes of the Lake Elmo City Council, May 230 1979 Mayor Armstrong convened. the meeting at 5132 with the following Councilors answering the rolls Johnson, Morgan (5s38), Mottaz, and. Pott. Administrator Whittaker, Attorney Raleigh, and Engineer Bohrer were also present, FIRE HALL ADDITIONS Mottaz moved, seconded by Pott, that the City accept the lowest responsible bidfor construction of the Fire Hall Addition on Laverne Avenue; and authorize the Mayor and Administrator to enter into a contract with George Siegfried to construct the Fire Hall addition at a cost of $50,450.00 plus $3,000.00 for construction of a septid tankaaad drainfield•. Motion carried 5-0. MOTTAZ DEEDS Attorney Raleigh advised the Council that Mr. Mottaz would have to subdivide the property under the current City Ordinance. He said the County Recorder was obligated under law to accept the dosed for reoording; but the City still had the right to require subdivisipav Under City Ordinance, Mr. Mottaz is required to apply for a small! lot subdivision: for a parcel over five acres with the required frontage on a;public road. The Council- a'Jso dvtsed,Ar. Mottaz that he would first have to appeal from the moratorium before the subdivision could be processed. DEPUTY, VALI-HI DRIVE-IN's The Council agreed that the Special Use rarmit granted the Vali<+Hi Drive-in was reasonable in requiring the owner to have deputized personnel working there whenever the theater is open. They agreed this person should be deputized under the City's contract with Washington County; that they had assigned, the responsibility for deputizing officers to the Qtb:unty through that contract; and, that the City did not want to assume the liability for deputizing someone not approved by the County Sheriff. PIERRE'S PIER, SI[0I3ELxiD MANAG1QMbNT=.ICIOLATOAF.t.,•.:.The:.Council.:agreEd..tha:.Dgn Durand, owner of Pierre's Pier, must obtain a Special Use Permit as,required by -the City's Shoreland, Management Ordinance, to pave the access to Lake Elmo off Lake Elmo Avenue. Mr. Durand will. be referred to the Planning Commission for hearing on the permit. RICHARD CONNORS® EMERGENCY FILL.PERMITs Mr. Connors had obtained a permit from the DNR (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) to place 1700 cu. ,yards of fill on his lot above elevation 924; and had been advised that he must hgy.o/ a Valley Branch Watershed. Listrict Permit for same. The Council advised him that he would. need a Special. Use Permit from the City to fill. within 1000 feet of the 924 elevation under the City's Shoreland Management Ordinance. Mr. Connors said, some of his buildings were in danger of flooding; and, he needed to fill now to prevent futher damage. Raleigh said the City could probably give some temporary approval for the fill subject -to removal. Armstrong suggested a bond for removal should the permit not be granted. Pott moved, seconded by Morgan, that Mr. Connors be granted a temporary permit for 1700 cubic yards of fill above elevation 924 on Lake Jane subject to a letter agreement requiring him to apply for a Special Use Permit, a stipulation that he would remove the fill if the permit is not granted, and that he post a bond in favor of the City for $360.00 to remove the fill should he not get the permit and/or .refuse to remove the fill. Motion carried 5-0.