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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • October 22, 1996 Page 9 1 be used to buy new exercise equipment for the new exercise room at the City Hall/Community 2 Center which is primarily used by the police officers. 3 Mayor Ranallo stated he would still like to see the bike patrol be initiated. Faust asked if a 4 Community Service Officer could be hired for the position of bike patrol. 5 Mornson stated a Community Service Officer would not have the power of arrest. He noted the 6 Police Department would like to have the program but there is a need for an officer who is 7 interested in being trained for the bike patrol. 8 Faust stated he felt the bike patrol was a good program and he was concerned with losing the 9 funds for the program. 10 There was Council consensus to purchase the exercise equipment but to continue to pursue the 11 bike patrol program. Mornson stated he would ask the Police Chief to present the City Council 12 with a vision of what the bike patrol would be and the costs associated with the program. 13 Mornson reported his attendance at a progress meeting today with the contractor of the City 14 Hall/Community Center. The building is proceeding welland an opening date of January 6, 1997 is still anticipated. There is a potential of two lifts in the parking lot, with one lift being T6 completed this fall and the second completed in the spring. The anticipated cost of the Council 17 bench was $7,100.00 and has been reduced to $4,515.00. This is a reduction of$2,626.00. Also 18 a different fireproofing system will be used which will result in a reduction of$884.00. 19 Mornson reported he conducted the School Board tour of the City Hall/Community Center 20 building on October 15, 1996 and received a lot of positive feedback. Mornson also reported 21 there is again an issue on 33rd Avenue in front of the school. The parents are dropping their 22 children on the south side of the road and children are running across the street. There have 23 already been 3-4 possible accidents. This issue was addressed last year and a school speed zone 24 of 20 m.p.h., no parking on the south side of road and flashing lights were proposed. A letter 25 was sent to all affected property owners but only two property owners came to the scheduled 26 meeting to discuss the issue. A revised proposal would include no flashing lights, elimination of 27 one hour parking from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the north and south side and replace with no 28 parking on school days on the south side from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Police would make a 29 diligent effort to enforce the signage. The parents would then drop the children on the north side. 30 Mornson stated he would send notification to all affected residents and request they notify Staff 31 of any concerns or problems with the changes. Mornson noted there had also been problems 32 with high school students parking their cars in a residential area and littering in the area. Those 33 complaints have been forwarded to the Superintendent and have apparently been resolved. Mornson reported his attendance at the Chandler Place ground breaking ceremony on October 16, 1996. There was a lot of support for the City and the work the City had done with variances 36 and Tax Increment Financing.