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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes a; May 28, 2003 Page 3 1 Code; establishing fees for the investigation and licensing of pawnbrokers and secondhand 2 dealers. 3 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 6 5. Ordinance 2003-007, re: Amending Section 1635.03 of the Zoning Code to allow 7 adult day care centers as conditional uses in commercial districts. 8 Planning Commissioner Stromgren indicated this issue had been discussed at a number of 9 meetings. Considerable background work and evaluation of input had been completed. He 10 stated the Commission had examined examples of complex ordinances and simple ordinances. 11 The Planning Commission had approved a simple one, similar to what Golden Valley was using. 12 Because adult day care centers are so heavily regulated by the State, the Commission felt that 13 there was not much left for the City to address—only a few safety issues at the site. 14 W,- adopt Ordinance 2003-007 re: amending section 1635.03 15 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen 16 of the Zoning Code to allow adult day care centers as conditional uses in commercial districts. 17 18 Discussion: 19 Councilmember Faust thanked the Planning Commission for the work it had done to clean up 20 these issues. He felt their work allowed better regulation of what comes into the City. 21 22 Mayor Hodson added that the Commission's work contained good detail. He felt information 23 had been covered that the City had not envisioned. 24 25 Motion carried unanimously. 26 27 B. Update on City's Engineering Projects. 28 Todd Hubmer, WSB &Associates, Inc., addressed the Council and provided an update on the 29 following projects: 30 31 1. Apache Plaza Environmental Assessment Worksheet. 32 Mr. Hubmer stated that the development plan, at this time, is a comfortable one. He said the 33 Council had been given information that provided a proposed scope of services, a schedule and a 34 resolution for their consideration. Mr. Hubmer stated that it is anticipated that the Environmental 35 Assessment process for the proposed project can be completed by September 2003. 36 37 Councilmember Sparks asked Mr. Hubmer to address how the soil borings were done under the 38 building. She stated a number of previous site surveys had been completed and information was 39 taken from them. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Horst to adopt Resolution 03-038 re: ordering preparation of an 42 Environmental Assessment Worksheet for Apache Plaza. 43 44 Motion carried unanimously. 45 46 2. St. Anthony Boulevard Street Lighting Improvements.