HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000.08.10 CC Minutes - Council and staff workshopMINUTES 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
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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
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subdivision standards. A detailed report from the Community Development Director concluded
with a staff recommendation that the Council extend the moratorium for an additional 9 -month
period, with future consideration to extend the moratorium for an additional nine months, if the
necessary work is not completed with the first 9 -month period.
Developer Jim Peterson requested that the City exempt him from the moratorium standards, and
allow him to proceed with development of 80 acres belonging to Martha Peltier. Mrs. Peltier's
property is being considered as a site for the City' new water tower. Attorney Snyder stated that
there was nothing preventing the developer from talking to the City "to conceptually advance his
cause". Len Pratt and John Peterson, developers of Victor Gardens, formerly known as Wenzel
Farms, requested the Council consider their development as being approved prior to the
moratorium's initial adoption to allow them to proceed. Staff will review the records and
provide an opinion at the Council meeting of August 21, 2000.
Stoltzman made motion, Petryk seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2000-21, A RESOLUTION
APPROVING A NINE-MONTH EXTENSION FO THE INTERIM ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MUSA, and create a corresponding ordinance addressing this
extension.
VOTING AYE: Haas, Petryk, Stoltzman
VOTING NAY: Jim Leroux
Motion Carried.
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (NOR LAKES PROPERTYI
Stoltzman made motion, Leroux seconded, to approve the Subordination of Development
Agreement between the City of Hugo and Nor -Lakes Holding Co., LLC, and U.S. Small
Business Administration.
All aye. Motion Carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Petryk made motion, Stoltzman seconded, to adjourn at 9:25 pm.
All aye. Motion Carried.
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