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Hugo City Council Minutes for November 16, 2009 Page 4 of 6 Approve Award of Bid for Televising Sanitary Sewer and Storm Sewer for Proposed 2010 Street and Utility Reconstruction Proiect The Public Works Department has solicited quotes for cleaning and televising the sanitary sewer and televising the storm sewer in the proposed 2010 street and utility reconstruction area.. The Public Works Department has received quotes from two companies to do televising. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the award of bid for this work to Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. for its low quote in the amount of $5,238.20 Approve Amendment to Purchase Agreement for Hansen Property (Former Gravel Pit) Staff added this to the Consent Agenda. On August 3, 2009, the Hugo City Council approved the purchase agreement for the purchase of the 125 -acre gravel pit property located near 140th Street and Irish Avenue for a price of $900,000 with several contingencies, including the clean- up of the site. An amendment to the agreement states the City of Hugo will retain and pay for assessment of the cleanup and removal of asbestos containing materials, and the City will deduct the costs from the purchase price. The closing date will be moved back to December 2009. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the amendment to the purchase agreement for the acquisition of the Hansen property. Discussion on Proposed Revisions to the City's Fire Prevention/Open Burning Ordinance This item was tabled by the Hugo City Council at its October 19, 2009 meeting to allow City Staff to make revisions to the City Fire Prevention/Open Burning Ordinance. The City's current policy requires applicants to complete an application, which must be submitted to the Hugo Fire Department, and a Fire Department official will then make a site visit and determination on whether or not the property owner can conduct a burn. The City currently does not require permits to be obtained for burns when there is three or more inches of snow cover as per DNR's regulations. The proposed ordinance requires permits for all fires including fires when there is more than a continuous three inches of snow on the ground; however in this case, the applicant would not be required to pay a permit fee. Also included in the proposed ordinance is a fee schedule for the cost of responding to illegal fires. Fire Chief Jim Compton discussed with the Council these proposed changes. Councilmember Haas stated he thought the requirement for obtaining a permit when there was three or more inches of snow was intrusive, and Mayor Miron agreed that the City should continue to recognize the DNR's exemption for when there is snow cover. Fire Chief Compton stated the Fire Department responds to calls not knowing if the fire was legal by this exemption, and their response creates a safety hazard. He also stated that site visits give them an opportunity to be sure items being burned are legal to burn. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to table the ordinance to allow staff to revise it to recognize the DNR exemption to allow for fires when there are three inches or more of snow but require a permit with no permit fees or site visits. All Ayes. Motion carried. Also discussed by Council was a delay of enforcement and implementation of fines, and how to get the word out to the residents.