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City Council meeting of January 2, 2007 Page l 1 APPROVE DENIAL VARIANCE FOR DRIVEWAY AT 6192 147TH STREET (TODD Todd Christensen, 6192 147h Street North, applied for a variance to permit a driveway to be located along the side property line, where a 5' edge clearance is required by ordinance, and a variance to allow a 32' wide driveway, where ordinance allows a maximum width of 24' as measured at the property line. The driveway had been constructed prior to the application. The Board of Zoning Appeals and Adjustments considered this application at their meetings on October 26 and December 14 and unanimously recommended denial of the request. Staff recommended Council deny the request for the oversized driveway and approve the findings of fact denying the variance. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2007-3 APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT DENYING REQUEST FOR VARIANCES FOR A DRIVEWAY LOCATED AT 6192 14711, STREET, and allow homeowner until September 1, 2007 to remove illegal driveway. VOTING AYE: Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. SELECTION OF CITY REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON PAUL HUGO FARMS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA) To remove a potential conflict of interest, Mayor Miron removed himself from discussion on this issue and turned the gavel over to acting Mayor Becky Petryk. On November 20, 2006, Council approved the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the MnDNR and the RCWD for the maintenance of JD2. Included as part of the conditions of the agreement was the creation of a stakeholders group to develop the management plan for the Paul Hugo Farms Wildlife Management Area. MnDNR regional director Joe Kurcinka has appointed Emmett Mullen from his staff to head up the stakeholders group on which City representation is requested. City Administrator Mike Ericson met with Mr. Mullen to explain the MOA in more detail, as well as the multitude of issues related to the maintenance of JD2, lake levels in Rice Lake, and the development of a WMA for the Paul Hugo Farms. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to appoint Frank Puleo and Dave Schumann as City representatives on the stakeholders group to develop the management plan for the Paul Hugo Farms Wildlife Management Area. All aye. Motion Carried. Mayor Miron returned to the Council dais. SCHEDULE ANNUAL COUNCIL GOAL SETTING SESSION Each year, Council holds its goal setting session in order to solicit from Council and Commission members, ideas and projects for inclusion in the Council's setting of its City's focus goals. The goal setting session is an opportunity, in a workshop setting, for Council, Commission members, and staff to develop a list of ideas to formally ratify them as the goals of the City for each respective new year. The goal setting sessions typically are held in January, with formal adoption by Council at one of its regularly scheduled meetings.