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City of Falcon Heights City Council Minutes February 23, 2000 Mayor Gehrz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Gehrz, Hustad, Kuettel, Lindstrom, Talbot Also present: Susan Hoyt, city administrator, Pat Phillips, deputy clerk Terry Maurer, city engineer, Joel Jamnick, acting city attorney COMMUNITY FORUM: There was no one present wishing to speak. MINUTES: The minutes of February 9, 2000 were approved with a minor correction. CONSENT AGENDA: Councilmember Hustad moved approval of the following consent agenda. The motion passed unanimously. 1. General disbursements through 2/18/00, $113,435.01 • Payroll, 2/1/00 to 2/15/00, $10,403.64 2. Licenses 3. Authorization to proceed with the purchase of a snowplow for the F350 truck PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Gehrz reviewed the process of a public hearing and turned the meeting over to engineer Maurer who gave an overview of the alley improvement project. Questions were asked by council regarding assessments and storm sewers that are needed for two of the alleys. Administrator Hoyt also said if the project is approved, there would be an alley walk sometime in the spring which would give homeowners a chance to ask additional questions of the engineer. Mayor Gehrz opened the public hearing at 7:30 p.m. The first person to speak was Leonard Champer of 1429 W. Hoyt who questioned the way the city was financing the project and discussed the possibility of doing it a different way. The second person to speak was Joe Barrett of 1437 W. Hoyt who questioned the engineer as to why the alleys couldn't be maintained rather than completely rebuilt. He said he had sent out surveys to the affected homeowners and received twenty-one back, fourteen of which indicated their preference for alley maintenance and seven approved to . rebuild. Mayor Gehrz asked how many total surveys he sent and Mr. Barrett responded 125.