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M/S/P DeLapp/Siedow - to approve participation, with work done at no charge to the City, in the Met Council Study using Calthorpe Assoc. to help prepare design for future growth for area north of Highway 5 to north of the green belt area with the understanding the recommendations will not be binding. (Motion passed 3-lArmstrong; Have not approved the village plan and now we have people from Berkely, Calif coming in with their ideas.) 9. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT: None 10. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Council member DeLapp reported there was a TV special on the Minnesota Land Trust on Channel 4. Council member Siedow voiced concerns about bonuses on OP in the Meyer's Pineridge plat. Council member Dunn asked to set up an OP workshop to discuss deleting bonuses and clarify definitions M/S/P DeLapp/Siedow - after the 5:30 p.m. Budget public hearing on November 30"', the Council will break for lunch, then hold a workshop at 6:15 on OP and PF, and at 7:30 p.m. hold a public hearing on water system improvements for Section 33. (Motion passed 4-0) 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 12. NEW BUSINESS: A. VBWD Study for Sunnybrook Lake Outlet Project Administrator Kueffner came to the conclusion that the VBWD have not looked at all the options for the Sunnybrook Outlet Project. The City will work with VBWD and invite them to come to a Council meeting or go to their meeting to discuss the seven homes affected. B. Proposed 1999 Aviation Plan Amendment. The Lake Elmo Council adopted a draft letter submitted by the City Administrator placing them on public record as opposing the Proposed 1999 Aviation Plan Amendment, which is to change the threshold noise from 55 decibels to 60 decibels at the Lake Elmo Airport. Council member Dunn attended the public hearing on the proposed amendment at the Oakland Jr. High School where approx., 70-75 people attended No one spoke in favor of the amendment. Only one person from White Bear Lake spoke somewhat in favor of it. 13. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: A. Resolution relating to Lake Ehno Tax Rate Authorization for the Year 2000 A new law enacted by the 1999 legislature requires counties and cities of over 500 population to hold a public hearing and pass a resolution in order to levy property taxes at a rate that would produce more than last year's levy. M/S/P Armstrong/DeLapp — to approve Resolution No. 99-75 relating to tax rate authorization for the Year 2000. (Motion passed 4-0.) B. Auditing/Accounting Service Agreement with Tautges Redpath The City received the 1999 Audit Agreement with HLB Tautges, Redpath, Ltd. The agreement is similar to 1998's except for rates, which have increased approximately 3%. The staff recommended that the Council accept this agreement. The Council would like to meet with Tautges, Redpath to go over the audit report when submitted. M/S/P DeLapp/Armstrong —to approve the 1999 Auditing/Accounting Service Agreement with HLB Tautges, Redpath, as presented, per recommendation of the City staff. (Motion passed 4-0). LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 1999