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City Council meeting of October 18, 2004 Page 4 APPROVE AMENDMENT TO CITY ORDINANCE TO ALLOW BI -WEEKLY SINGLE SORT RECYCLING At its October 4, 2004 meeting, Council listened to a presentation from Gary Boyum, marketing manager for Waste Management. Gary discussed with Council the new single -sort method of recycling introduced by Waste Management more than one year ago, whereby residents use a green 90 -gallon container in which they place all of their recyclables. Council agreed to amend the City ordinance to allow bi-weekly single -sort recycling, where the current ordinance prescribes weekly recycling. Adoption of the Consent Agenda adopted Ordinance 2004-394, which approves bi-weekly single -sort recycling. APPROVE CHARITABLE GAMBLING LICENSE FOR ST. JOHN'S CHURH BINGO LICENSE) St. John the Baptist Church made application to the City for approval of a charitable gambling license for them to hold their Thanksgiving turkey bingo on November 20, 2004. City staff reviewed the application and found it to be satisfactorily complete. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the charitable gambling license for St. John the Baptist Church to hold a turkey bingo on November 20, 2004. PROPOSAL FROM HBA FOR REPAIRS TO OLD CITY HALL (KATIE RIOPEL) HBA president Katie Riopel requested an opportunity to discuss with Council her proposal for repairs to the old City Hall, which she would like to convert into a youth activity facility, as well as for additional use by the Hugo Lions. As Council is aware, the old City Hall has many building deficiencies that have been outlined in a memo prepared by PW Director Chris Petree. Katie acknowledged that repairing the old City Hall would not be feasible and questioned whether the old Stock Lumber site would have an area that they could be used for the youth activities. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing PW Director Chris Petree to work with Stock Lumber property owners to determine if they had an interim site for youth activities. All aye. Motion Carried. Council member Frank Puleo suggested that the Parks Commission consider the old City Hall site as a potential site for City youth activities and use by Hugo Lions. ASSESMENT HEARING CONTINUATION FOR PELOOUIN INDUSTRIAL PARK P.I. PROJECT At its specially called meeting at 9:00 am on October 8, 2004, Council accepted testimony and information from two attorneys representing four property owners in the Peloquin Industrial Park. After accepting the information, Council agreed to continue the assessment hearing to the Council's next regular meeting on Monday, October 18, 2004. Because City appraiser Jerry McKinzie could not change his figures based on information provided to him, City Attorney Dave Snyder recommended Council adopt the resolution allocating the assessments to benefited properties. Mayor Miron reopened the