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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 21, 1997 3 E. Highway 5 Snowmobile Fences At the January 7th Council meeting this item was tabled in order for the City Administrator to put together information to formally submit a permit to MN/DOT for the orange fencing installed by Washington County to control snowmobiles. The City Attorney and the League (insurance) have looked at the permit and have concern about liability issues. There is no record at City Hall of the City designating the trail as a "City Snowmobile Trail", but someone received permission to do this posting. If the trail is specifically designated as a "City Trail", there is some indemnification to the City for damages if someone should hit the fence. There appears to be an agreement between the North Star Snowmobile Club and the State of Minnesota or Washington County. Administrator Kueff nor will continue to investigate and report back at a future meeting. F. Replacement Pumper for Fire Department Mayor John, as liaison to the Fire Department met with the Fire Dept. on Saturday, spoke on behalf of the Fire Department asked the Council to consider purchasing a new pumper truck to replace an existing pumper (28 years old). Mayor John gave reasons for replacement and usage figures were given. The old truck is obsolete and suffering from internal body rot. Chief Sachs estimates the value of the pumper between $5,000-$10,000 and has been on the CIP for a number of years. A 1997 demonstration model, which could be built to Lake Elmo's specif!cations, could be available in eight months. The new pumper is expected to cost between $200,000 and $250,000. In response to Council member Conlin's question, if a demo model would come with unnecessary costly features, John said a demo pumper would have only the features Lake Elmo requests. The Council has been Invited to the Fire Hall to review the old pumper, M/S/P DeLapp/Conlin - that the City Administrator work with the Fire Dept, to prepare a Request for Proposal for a new pumper truck. (Motion passed 4-0). G. Boundary changes for ISD #834 Councilman DeLapp pointed out the proposed changes of the boundary lines for the Lake Elmo Elementary School. Most of the people in Lake Elmo North of Highway 5 will be transferred from Lake Elmo Elementary School to a new school in Stillwater along Highway 12 and Manning Avenue. DeLapp felt that dividing children from one community among this many schools is unnecessary and felt Lake Elmo could be getting a better deal than it presently receives from District #834. You only need 6,000 people to supply a school which is what we have in Lake Elmo. Mayor John thought if Woodbury has too many students, this is a Woodbury problem and not a Lake Elmo problem. He did not want to ship other children from other communities into our school when we're shipping our children to other locations. Council member Conlin asked how does this add to the learners of Lake Elmo and suggest the school board come back with some adequate answers. M/S/P DeLapp/John - to direct the staff to send the Council's comments and concerns which were incorporated by Mayor John and given to the City Administrator to be sent in a letter to the Boundary Committee formed by the ISD #834 Board of Education. (Motion passed 3-1:Conlin:this is the first she has heard about the issue and is not well informed as she would like to be and not sure the City isn't overstepping the Boundary Committee). 5. CONSENT AGENDA: None