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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 7, 1996 At their April 15, 1996 meeting, the Parks Commission recommended the Council allow a deer hunt in Sunfish Park this year. Mike Bouthilet will set up the two zones and have a separate lottery for 8 (10 at the most) hunters who live in Lake Elmo. M/S/P HunUDeLapp - to approve a deer hunt in Sunfish Park this fall in conjunction with the deer hunt in the Regional Park Reserve coordinated by Mike Polehna, Washington County Parks Director, based on the recommendation of the Parks Commission at its April 15,1996 meeting and charge the Parks Commission to work out the details with the representative of Washington County and bring back proposal to Council for approval. (Motion passed 5-0). C. Review mower bids for Parks Department (and receive recommendation from MAC.) Mike Bouthilet explained at the May 6th meeting, the MAC reviewed the bids for a new grass mower for the Parks Dept. in order to meet the deadline for participation under the MnDOT bidding process. Bouthilet recommended purchasing the Kabota 2560E from Polfus Implement based on performance of demo unit, record with other agencies and price. A motion was made by the MAC recommending that the low bid for the John Deere 935 under MnDOT contract be rejected based on the Parks Supervisor's statement of the high maintenance cost and the poor overall performance of the John Deere mower the City currently owns. and, further, that Mike demo the Jacobson and the Toro in the next two weeks and report back to the MAC at their May 20th meeting. M/S/P HunUDeLapp - to table this item until the May 21, 1996 City Council meeting in order to receive the MAC recommendation on mower. (Motion passed 5-0). 8. PLANNING, LAND USE & ZONING: A. Browns Creek WMO The attorney for Grant Township is asking the members of the watershed to support dissolving the WMO and establishing a watershed district. By establishing a District, the Cities would loose their individual representation on the board because a District would be set-up similar to both Valley Branch and South Washington County. A district would have taxing authority which would have those in the watershed pay for water related planning and public projects. Those in rural areas are paying the same price as those in urbanizing areas. The City is paying approximately $540 in 1996 as their annual payment to the Watershed which is an increase of $200 since 1995. It is estimated to be over $1,000 in 1997 since the Watershed is updating their plan. City Planner Terwedo recommended that Brown's Creek remain a Watershed Organization with a joint powers authority and that if a taxing authority is established, the method for establishing a fair taxing policy take into consideration rural vs. urban areas and up stream vs. downstream land uses. M/S/P DeLapp/Conlin - to direct the City Planner to write a letter to the Browns Creek WMO. (Motion passed 5-0). B. Isle Avenue Easement The Council received a copy of a quit claim deed dated August 18,1983 giving the City a 66 foot wide tract of land for public road purposes. This land was conveyed to the City by the Springborn's when Springborn Green Acres was platted. This deed reserves to the Grantors (the Springborn's) the right to have all of the land so conveyed revert to them, their heirs, in the event said public road is ever vacated. Gaylen Springborn's recollection of why they included this provision was that at the time of platting Springborn's Green Acres, this parcel was a separate parcel of record on which they were paying taxes, but was of no benefit to their farming operation. With the completion of Springborn's Green Acres 2nd Addition, the land would be of no benefit to the Springborn's because they are no longer farming the area that was developed. Because the land is of no use or benefit to the Springborn's, they are willing to sign