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Mrs. Bardwell stated she felt the trucks should not be allowed on J at all and should
be required to go on Highway 10. Mayor Pickar replied that there would be a problem
since the area is not 100% residential and trucks are allowed where there is commercial
property. Mrs. Bardwell replied that she does not want to put up with the noise.
Councilmember Ziebarth recommended going to the County for a solution, and recommended
that the Council endorse a statement to the County. He pointed out, however, that since
the road borders on three counties, there might be problems.
Councilmember Rowley stated that she agreed and recommended sending all information on
to the County and explaining the problem to them but stated she was pessimistic since
the road does border on three counties and does go along commercial property.
MSP ( Ziebarth- Baumgartner) to put together a letter with the information the Council
has been given and state clearly what they would like in the way of results and pass
it on to the County Commissioner. 4 ayes
Lionel Downer, 8490 Knollwood stated he had had a new home built in the City which was
still ungraded and that he was having problems getting it graded by the builder, Harstad
and Todd. He stated he had made several calls to the City Engineers office and that
someone had come out and recommended he get in tough with the builder to have the
grading done but that the builder has told him he can't do it until he knows what the
City wants. Mr. Downer stated that he again contacted the City and someone came out
and resurveyed the area but he still has not received a grading plan from the City.
Administrator Achen replied that the City does not require grading plans from contractors
for single family homes and that they have had the same problem with that particular
contractor before, and that the City does not have much power to enforce this. He
added that it is expected of the contractor to have enough knowledge and experience to
know what type of grading plan is required and that the City, as a general rule, does
not do grading plans for contractors.
Carl Helmer, 7845 Bona Road recommended that the City start requiring grading plans
from the different contractors. Mayor Pickar replied that he would have to check into
the practicality of it. Councilmember Rowley added that it was a subject worth dis-
cussing with the Inspections Department and Engineering Department.
Mayor Pickar stated that they would run it through the Inspections Department and
Engineering Department for their comments.
Mr. Helmer stated he was unhappy with the City not having a new engineer yet. Mayor
Pickar replied that they have been looking since the day they received notice from
the previous engineer but that it is a time consuming process since they want to ad-
vertise in the engineering journals to get the maximum exposure for the position.
Mr. Helmer asked if they had gone to the State Unemployment Agency. Administrator
Achen replied that for a position of this type, the Unemployment Agency normally does
not have someone qualified. He added that the candidates who are qualified are generally
working already. He also explained that in the past it has taken two to three months
to fill vacancies of this type in the City.
Mrs. Jacob Lotovich, 2217 Hillview stated she was concerned with the bicycle riders
in the City and stated she would like to see a program to educate both children and
adults on bicycle safety, and that she had been told that if enough people were
interested, the Police Department would put on a program.