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Present: Mayor Johnson Councilman Hodges Councilman Baumgartner Councilman Pickar Councilman Shelquist PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA A regular meeting of Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Johnson on August 25, 1975, at 8:02 p.m., at Mounds View City Hall, 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 Also Present: Clerk- Administrator Achen Attorney Meyers Engineer Comstock MSP (Baumgartner Hodges) to approve the minutes of August 11, 1975 as per the following amendments Fage 2, paragraph 7, should read Councilman Baumgartner said that Subdivision 2.8 should read "Erection of any lot line fences or fences within two feet of a lot line regardless of the valuation of the work Page 2, paragraph 10, MSP (Hodges Pickar) to approve Ordinance 232 amending the municipal code of Mounds view by repealing Chapter 59 entitled "Building Permits and Fees and amending the permit fee schedule from $6.00 to $21.00. (4 Ayes). Page 3, paragraph 4, Resolution number should be 685. Page 4, paragraph 7, second sentence should read Random agreed to deed "four" lots to the City. Page 5, paragraph 2, should read Mayor Johnson directed the administrator and attorney to sit down with Walijarvi's Insurance Company and discuss the whole problem "of" arbitration. Page 7, paragraph 1, second sentence should read "He said the City should find out if Paster will do the work and provide the plans in accordance with the city engineer's report." (4 Ayes, Shelquist Abstained). Mayor Johnson asked about the claim against well House #2. Attorney Meyers said it was determined that we do have a claim against the company that installed the pump. Resident's Requests and Comments from the Floor Mr. Gary Watson, 5527 St. Michael Street, asked why the fence permit fee was increased to such a high fee. He had conducted a survey of nearby communities and Mounds View had the highest fee of any of the communities, in fact St. Paul and Columbia Heights were the only communities that required permits. Mayor Johnson explained the reason Council had set the fee at this amount was to help recover some of the cost for time spent by the inspection department assisting people determining where their lot lines are. He said many homeowners do not have surveys, however, the City can generally determine where the pins are with the aid of a dip needle. The inspection department spends a large amount of time assisting people finding their lot lines and in order for the City to recover out of pocket costs it was necessary to raise the fee. Mr. Watson thought the fee should be less for those persons who know where their survey stakes are. Mayor Johnson agreed that homeowners should be responsible for locating survey stakes but he said that it did not work out that way. The inspection department and city ultimately become involved in fence disputes.