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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 2, 1996 3 requested would be storage as it is no longer allowed. It was the consensus of the committee and the planner that performance standards should be the focus. At the June 29, 1995 meeting, the City Planner indicated she would draft some broad performance standards. Hunt suggested the committee meet with the planner to draft a recommendation from the committee on a suggested course of action concerning what was heard from residents, performance standards and request of uses. Council member Conlin indicated she would only accept storage in existing farm buildings and felt it is inappropriate for expansion of storage in an Ag zone. Conlin suggested when the council discusses the cluster ordinance, they should think of the ramifications of this type of use (storage) in the Ag open space left in RE zoning. M/S/P DeLapp/Hunt - to ask the committee to meet with the City Planner to come up with a recommendation on a suggested course of action and request the City planner put together performance standards and evaluate uses against these standards. (Motion passed 5-0). F. Clarification of Christmas Tree Drop Off Administrator Kueffner indicated she failed to acknowledge in the last newsletter that the Christmas Tree Drop Off program that the City is holding Saturday is not the idea of the City, but was the very good idea of Deb Krueger, Sprucegate Farms. The City apologized to the Kruegers who did not get the proper credit for coming up with the idea of the Christmas Tree Drop-off program in conjunction with seedling give away project. The Stillwater Gazette will be writing an article of clarification and giving proper credit to the Kruegers for coming up with the program.. 5. CONSENT AGENDA: A. Election of Acting Mayor Each year the City Council elects a council member as Acting Mayor. The Acting Mayor presides over meetings in the Mayor's absence or represents the City at other official functions. M/S/P Hunt/Johnston - to appoint Rita Conlin to serve as Acting Mayor of the City of Lake Elmo for 1996. (Motion passed 5-0). B. Designation of Legal Newspaper The City received three quotations from local newspapers requesting designation as our legal newspaper for 1996: Press Publications, Stillwater Gazette, Lillie Suburban. M/S/P Hunt/Johnston - to designate the Stillwater Gazette as the City's legal newspaper for 1996, based on the fact that it is a daily publication and allows the City to provide a quicker response to applications. (Motion passed 5-0). C. Designation of Official Depositories The City used the following depositories in 1995 for placement of City funds in a checking account, in certificates of deposit for short-term investments, and in bonds for long-term investments. The Finance Director believes these depositories have provided good service to the City in 1995. M/S/P Hunt/Johnston - to designate the Lake Elmo Bank, Royal Alliance Association, Inc. (Franklin Fund), Paine Webber, Prudential Securities, Merill Lynch, Minnesota Municipal Money Market Fund (4M Fund), Kidder -Peabody and Smith Barney as the City's official depositories for 1996. (Motion passed 5- 0).