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10. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Mayor Lee Hunt reported that Yvette Oldendorf and City Planner, Chuck Dillerud, presented the Village Commission plan at the Lake Elmo Business Assoc. meeting. There was no desire by the Council to donate to the Graffiti Teen Center fund, but asked the request be advertised in the Newsletter. Council member DeLapp provided an arrangement of a 350-acre development with 65 houses in Marine on the St. Croix. Council member Armstrong provided a memo from Mike White, Supt. of Schools, District 622, with information on the proposed $50 million referendum. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. Nile Fellows, MPCA —Reclamation Plan for S W 1 Administrator Kueffner reported Niles Fellows would work with the City on the Comprehensive plan update. He asked what does the City want to do with the park. He will tell us what we can do. 1999. O. The Environmental Commission will be meeting at Lake Elmo City Hall on Thursday, May 20, 12. NEW BUSINESS: 13. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: A. Resolution authorizing issuance and sale of General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds United Properties petitioned for sewer and water improvements through the 429 process for their property on I-94. The total amount of the bond was $650,000.00, all of which will be assessed to the three properties benefiting from this improvement. The three years are almost up, and the City proposed renewing a (temporary) bond for another three years. If the assessment is not paid off by 2002, the City will have to look at the remaining balance to determine if it should issue a long-term bond, or borrow the money from a different source. M/S/P DeLapp/Armstrong — to adopt Resolution No. 99-30 authorizing the issuance and sale of $525,000 General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 199A. (Motion passed 5-0), B. Request for Proposals: City Engineer and City Attorney In her memo dated May 4, 1999, Administrator Kueffner asked the Council to reconsider her suggestion to go out for RFP's for all of our consultants and deal with problems if and when they come up. Council members Armstrong and Dunn asked if we could separate criminal from civil and bid out the criminal prosecutions. Armstrong pointed out the City should be making twice as much in fines as attorney fees. M/S/P Armstrong/DeLapp — to check with other cities as to fines collected for criminal prosecution versus attorney costs. (Motion passed 5-0). M/S/P DeLapp/Siedow — to postpone consideration of an RFP for criminal prosecution until the next Council meeting because the consultant contracts don't expire until June. (Motion passed 5-0). The Council adjourned the meeting at 11:10 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by Sharon Lumby, Deputy City Clerk Resolution No. 99-29 Amending Baytown/Lake Elmo Consolidation Plan adopted February 1, 1999 and amended March 1, 1999 Resolution No. 99-30 Authorizing issuance of Sale of $525,000 General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 199A Ordinance No. 9743 Adopting the 1997 State Building Code and amending certain Sections of 500 and 505 of the Lake Elmo Code LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 4, 1999