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CITY COUNCIL MEETING-2/14/83 Page five 10. COUNCILLORS REPORTS A. Mazzara, Tri-Lakes Annual Meeting - People present expressed previous concerns regarding DeMontreville access proposal: spawning area disturbed (Fisheries man was not at meeting); access now has 15 parking spaces, originally had 10 (Whittaker - association moved to approve this plan December 1981, original 23 spaces reduced to 15); safety; trash; and supervision or policing of area. People did not approve or disapprove by way of motion; appear to be .resigned to situation since they know it'll be there . B. Dunn, Appreciation Dinner - Dinner for retiring Parks Commissioners is to be held Friday, March 11, at Tartan Park; cocktails at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Dinner would cost $8.50 and menu was shown to Councillors. ® Fraser - City would pay for plaques and people attending for gifts. o Morgan - Will be .paying for my own dinner. M/S/P Morgan/Mazzara to budget $150.00 for appreciation dinner, at $10.00 each person. (5 ayes) C. Fraser, Scoping EIS Addition - Will having waste -to -energy plant in Lake Elmo lower pressure for its abatement of trash? 0 Bohrer - Counties are required to have waste abatement plan; today is deadline for submitting written comments. (Whittaker - Will get letter off first thing in morning.) M/S/P Fraser/Morgan to get evaluation whether or not waste -to energy plant will have detrimental effect on abatement. (5 ayes) BREAK - 9:05 p.m. 5. COMMISSION INTERVIEWS, Cont'd... C. Paul Ryberg, Planning - 11326 30th Street - Mr. Ryberg said that Planning Commissions were a .family tradition, his father was a Planning Commissioner in Burnsville. Moved here about a year ago, pre- viously lived in Hasting (1 year) and Mendota Heights (8 years). I like Lake Elmo and would like to get involved in community affairs. Has enough civil engineering background to read a plat. Believes growth is inevitable and has to be managed, not in favor of rapid development such as happened in Bloomington (10K to 15K population in 10 years). Would have to think of sewage, roads, and utilities in any type development. Would look at low -to -moderate income housing closely; usually it's more costly than at first glance. I like Lake Elmo the way it is but know that development will come from the West by year 2020; has to be done in orderly fashion with no expensive surprises. 6. COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, Cont'd... B. Planning - • Fraser - opposed to radical policies of Lee Rossow; views he expressed here are widely divergent from citizens I've talked to. • Mazzara - Possibly, Rossow could give us broader experience and more insight. • Eder - Most damaging comment was his concern for his own property. e Dunn - At least Rossow is honest, believe he'd add a lot to Planning Commission and stimulate some thinking. All three are exceptional, would again take them in chronological order.