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City Council meeting of October 1, 2001 Page 3 new elementary school north of CR 8. Council had previously directed staff to explore joint venture opportunities with the school district, which would include playfield, ballfields, and playground equipment, as well as other opportunities. The school district discussed the normal funding mechanism, which would be a bond referendum. Since planning for this new school is nearly five years ahead of schedule, acquisition of land is paramount. School district officials suggested special legislation whereby the City would fund the project and lease it back to the school district. Staff included for Council consideration a detailed email from the school district's business manager outlining those legislative opportunities. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to continue to work along the direction outlined above, and report to Council as need arises. All aye. Motion Carried. CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS At its meeting of August 22, 2001, the Planning Commission discussed a report prepared by CD Director John Rask outlining the procedure the City currently uses for its code enforcement. The Commission believes that the City should do more to educate residents about City code requirements. Mr. Rask provided Council current staff involvement in the City code enforcement process, and questioned whether Council would like to change direction from the current method of responding to City code violations when informed by residents. Council made no change to the City's current response policy. BARKING DOG COMPLAINT City staff received correspondence from a resident with a complaint about her neighbor's lack of compliance with the City's dog and kennel ordinance. Staff visited the site where the dogs were located, along with the Washington County Sheriffs Department, and found that the kennel is in compliance with the City's dog and kennel ordinance; however, the dogs' owner could be found to be in violation of the City's nuisance ordinance. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing the CD Director to write the complainant advising him of his findings. All aye. Motion Carried. SCHEDULE DATE FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH WATER RESOURCE ENGINEER At its September 17, 2001 meeting, the Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposals to solicit interest for water resource engineering services, as well as to schedule a performance review with Pete Willenbring from WSB Engineers whereby it review his performance over the past several months. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to schedule a performance review with Pete Willenbring of WSB Engineers for Monday, October 22, 2001, Hugo City Hall, at 7:30 pm. All aye. Motion Carried.