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MINUTES <br /> `�CITY OF <br /> City Council Workshop T <br /> City Hall Conference Room j ,1`J FST 1ao� <br /> Monday,April 22, 2024 <br /> 6 p.m <br /> Mayor Weidt called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM <br /> COUNCIL PRESENT: Klein, Miron, Strub, Weidt <br /> COUNCIL ABSENT: Petryk <br /> STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator Bryan Bear, Community Development Director Rachel <br /> Juba, Public Works Director Scott Anderson, City Engineer Mark Erichson, Fire Chief Jim <br /> Compton, Jr., Deputy Fire Chief Dave Jensen, Associate Planner Max Gort <br /> 2024 Bridge Projects <br /> City Engineer Mark Erichson presented some background on the two bridges identified with <br /> need for replacement in 2024. These bridges are the Fable Hill Bridge which connects two areas <br /> of the Fable Hill Development, and the Forest Road Bridge which spans across Hardwood Creek <br /> to the west of the Hardwood Creek Trail and Highway 61. In both cases, the bridges have been <br /> identified as fracture-critical. Erichson presented a few options to the Council, including cost <br /> estimates for repair, removal, or replacement. In both instances, the City Council directed staff to <br /> begin drafting plans to apply for state bridge bonding funds. <br /> Fire Department Update <br /> Fire Chief Jim Compton, Jr. presented an update on the operations of the Fire Department since <br /> he's come into his full-time role in November, 2023. Chief Compton detailed the organizational <br /> restructuring of the department he had been preparing, including evaluating compensation for all <br /> salaried positions and updating all job descriptions. Chief Compton also detailed the shifting <br /> environment within the fire station where daytime firefighters who work remotely have been <br /> working from the fire station, allowing much quicker response times due to a higher number of <br /> firefighters at the station at any given time. Chief Compton asked for the Council's direction for <br /> redesigning the fire station to allow for more firefighters to work their jobs remotely within the <br /> office space, which the Council viewed favorably. The Council also discussed the ongoing "farm <br /> system" and evaluation of the Fire Marshal position. Chief Compton requested that the City <br /> Council approve the updated Fire Department job descriptions at the next meeting. <br /> Shoreland Ordinance Discussion <br /> Community Development Director Rachel Juba presented an update on the current state of the <br /> City's shoreland ordinance, and the intention of the state statute that the ordinance follows. Juba <br /> described the direction that staff received from the EDA to pursue implementation flexibility <br /> with the MnDNR which would give the City more flexibility to allow development within <br /> certain shoreland areas in exchange for more restrictive practices in other areas. The City <br /> Council directed staff to begin the process of revising the shoreland ordinance and pursue <br /> implementation flexibility with the DNR. <br />