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"d 1I"dISTRATOR AC:IE"1'S REPORT Administrator Achen stated that the
idger "ddition plat has been received but the Staff has not had
time to review it. ?!e stated that the Council could give approval
of the final plat subject to staff approval.
Councilnemher Shelguist asked if there -ou1d be a hardship in holding
this natter for one week until the staff has looked at it. Admin.
Achen stated that he did not know.
7al.t ^'.?ar +nor•• "i c''P.rl to adopt Resolution No. 789 approving the
Widger Addition final plat conditioned upon the engineer reviewing
and approving it.
Councilriember Shelguist stated that he suggested this matter be
held to next week to adhere to getting the review of the staff
first. He does not see any hardship since the council will be
meeting again next week.
Administrator Achen stated that he had prepared an ordinance to
change the starting time of council meetings from 9:99 to 7:39.
P "ayor Picker explained that this is heir..; done to try to end th.2
meetings earlier.
MSP (Pickar- Hodges) to adopt Ordinance No. 258 changing Council
meetings from 8:00 to 7:30 p.m. beginning January 1, 1977.
Administrator r,chen stated that the City has tentatively been
awarded the "75,009 grant for additional park property for the
Si l vervi e':.; Park. The City has to cone up wi th the balance of the
money. One way to get the money,' is to make a cash payment from a
direct sorce such as revenue sharing, which the City has not received
yet. :mother was is to special assess part of the cost if part of
the land can he used for detention base for the storm drainage. The
third way is by donation by the property owner on the basis of credit
for future park dedication. Before a decision is made of which way
to go, we have to know how the storm water holding pond will be.
Administrator Achen stated he would like authorization to have the
Engineer meet with 5annister " Shore, the park director and the
landscape architect to design that storm water holding pond. Until
this is done we do not know what land to acquire.
'layor Pickar stated that there have not been any public hearings or
public input on this matter.
Administrator Achen explained the lay of the land in question. Attorney
Meyers stated that the only way the City can assess their portion is
under the 429 proceedings, which is store sewer. In order to do this,
hearings would have to be held. Then it could be added as a construction
cost of the overall storm sewer.
4 ayes
1 nay
5 ayes