2000.08.10 CC Minutes - Council and staff workshop

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MINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 10, 200 Mayor Stoltzman reconvened the meeting of August 7, 2000, at 7:00 pm. PRESENT: Haas, Leroux, Petryk, Stoltzman City Administrator, Michael Ericson City Attorney, Dave Snyder City Community Development Director, John Rask City Clerk, Mary Ann Creager i&44- 2' : &c Q) SCHEDULE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING FOR AUGUST At this time each year, the Council schedules a workshop meeting with City staff to develop parameters to property address the needs of the City and serve the current and future needs of the citizens. Stoltzman made motion, Leroux seconded, to schedule a budget workshop for August 22, 2000, at 6:00 pm, to meet a State requirement to have a maximum City tax levy be set by September 15, 2000. All aye. Motion Carried. FENCE VIEWER REPORT (15350 EVERTON AVENUE) Councilman Leroux has been designated as a fence viewer for the property line between the Martha Peltier and the Al and Linda Marcu property. An investigation of said fence (Marcu) has found it to be in violation, and the complaint raised by the property owner (Peltier) to be valid. The Council determined that Councilman Leroux's was self-explanatory, and no further action was necessary at this time. SCHWIETERS PROPERTIES EXPANSION PROJECT Community Development Director, John Rask, provided the Council with a brief explanation of the proposed expansion of the Schwieters Construction Company and its desire to develop Outlot A in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park. This matter will be considered by the Planning Commission at their meeting of August 23, 2000. MORATORIUM ORDINANCE On August 2, 1999, the Council adopted an interim ordinance (moratorium) that prohibited residential subdivisions within the existing Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The moratorium did not apply to land outside the MUSA or commercial and industrially zoned properties. The purpose of the moratorium was to temporarily halt residential development in order to provide the City with the opportunity to address deficiencies, and: 1) staffing requirements; 2) space to house additional staff, 3) municipal water issues; and 4) zoning and subdivision standards. Community Development Director, John Rask, reviewed his report with the Council assessing the progress made in addressing the specific items contained in the moratorium, as well as where the City stands with regard to completion of its Comp Plan. Although the City has made progress in addressing the four items, the City still needs to address deficiencies in the City's water system, and complete a review and update of its zoning and