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City Council meeting of January 5, 2004 Page 9 preservation plan. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. Haas made motion, Granger seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2004-5 APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR NORTHERN PINES, subject to the four issues previously sited. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. APPROVE ARCHITECT'S AGREEMENT WITH ESG ARCHITECTS FOR NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY City staff updated Council on the Public Works Building Committee meeting that was held Monday, January 5, 2004. It was the Committee's recommendation that Council accept the revised building and site plan to reduce the footprint from 19,200 sq ft to 16,000 sq ft. City architect Bob Russek from Elsness Swenson and Graham Architects submitted a draft AIA Architect's Agreement for architectural services for the construction of the new public works building. This will be discussed at the January 20, 2004 Council meeting, as well as the final plans and specs. No formal Council action was taken on this matter. ADOPT 2004 FEE SCHEDULE (ORDINANCE) Each year Council, along with a recommendation from City staff, adopts a new fee schedule incorporating standard consumer price index increases to reflect increased City staff time related to the City fee schedule. Finance Director Ron Otkin prepared the annual City fee schedule for 2004 and City staff recommends approval as presented. Because the amended fee schedule was not received by Council until tonight's meeting: Puled made motion, Granger seconded, to table this matter and direct staff to highlight proposed increases from the last fee schedule. All aye. Motion Carried. RUSH LINE CORRIDOR MEETING UPDATE (DECEMBER 1. 2003 Council member Mike Granger serves on the Rush Line Corridor group. Council member Granger provided an update of the meeting held on December 1, 2003 in the Oneka Room relative to extension of the transit service area to the City of Hugo. COURT RULING ON RAILROAD CROSSING AT 142"d STREET City Attorney Dave Snyder informed Council that Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy had ruled in favor of the City with regard to the City's request for a crossing at the 142nd StreeM61 intersection. The matter has been now been forwarded to MnDOT for their ruling on the request.