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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2003 Page 6 1 liquor store. Mr. Mornson responded that option#1, financing the remaining balance from 2 internal City funds; would probably be recommended. .Councilmpmber Thuesen stated that it 3 appeared a large portion would be financed through the sale. 4 5 Councilmember Horst•.asked if Amcon agreed with the option the City has chosen. Ms. 6 Kvilvang stated that they did. 7 8 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen to adopt Resolution 03-047, approving redevelopment 9 option for the Stonehouse/SAV 1 and Fire Station site. 10 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 13 VIII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 14 City Manager Morrison discussed the"Future Council Agenda Items" distributed to the Council. 15 He noted the following items: 16 ■ Six requests for planning review at the Council meeting on July 22, 2003. 17 ■ Work session.with,the School Board.on July-29, 2003, which would be held at the new 18 Central Park Pavilion. 19 ■ Tax increment public hearing for Apache Plaza was deferred until August 26, 2003. 20 ■ Bid packages for the public works/fire facilities would be considered at the August 26, 2003, 21 meeting. 22 ■ Closed on Christian property; however, the residents of the homes have a lease with the City 23 until July 30, 2003. One of the City's obligations is to abate asbestos in the two homes, 24 which would be done the first week of August 2003. Bid packages were due August 12. 25 ■ Public hearing for conditional use permit and variances for the fire station and setback 26 variances for the public works building would be held on July 15, 2003. 27 ■ Construction Committee picked a groundbreaking date, for both buildings, of September 9, 28 2003, at 5:00 p.m. Refreshments would be served after the groundbreaking. 29 ■ Stonehouse auction was held on June 19, 2003. The early numbers showed that the City 30 netted $27,000. 31 ■ Meetings being held with County Board regarding easement issue, which is tentatively 32 scheduled for County Board approval at an August 8, 2003, meeting. 33 34 Mr. Morrison stated that Mayor Hodson had sent a letter to the utility company regarding an extra 35 %z% sales tax. He noted that CenterPoint Energy had responded immediately. 36 37 Councilmember Horst had no report. 38 39 Councilmember Sparks asked Mr. Morrison what was happening with the trees in the park. She 40 stated that they should have been in by the beginning of June. She also asked how the grass 41 looked. Mr. Morrison responded that there had not been any changes since the meeting with the 42 Park Commission. He stated that everything was on schedule. 43 44 Councilmember Thuesen asked Mr. Morrison about the grass at Central Park. He wondered if it 45 was the contractor who was putting in the grass and maintaining it. He stated that he had talked 46 with a resident who felt the grass should be establishing better and quicker. He asked if the 47 Council should explore obtaining the services of an "expert."