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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 18, 1988
The meeting was called to order by acting Mayor, Deane Vail at 7:Of) PM.
PRESENT: Olson, Peltier, Potts, Vail
City Administrator, R:en Huber
City Clerk, Mary Ann Creager
ABSENT: Atkinson
Peltier made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the minutes of July 5,
1988 as submitted.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Potts made motion, Peltier seconded, to approve the General Claims for
July 18, 1988 in the amount of $50,656.89.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Peltier made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the Utility Claims for
July 18, 1988 in the amount of $72.53.
All aye. Motion Carried.
SET COUNCIL MEETING DATE
As per council direction a meeting has been scheduled for July 21, 1988 to
secure community input at an improvement hearing of the city council for
Phase 1 of the city's capital improvements program. Customarily, the City
Council sets the Special Council meeting date prior to said meeting.
Peltier made motion, Olson seconded, to set a Special Meeting of Hugo City
Council for July 21, 1988, at 7:00 PM, Hugo Elementary School, to secure
community input at an improvement hearing of the City Council for Phase 1
of the city's Capital Improvement Program.
All aye. Motion Carried.
CABLE TELEVISION CONSULTANT
As per Council direction, the city staff has been in communication with
Mr. Tom Creighton in an effort to provide us with assistance in attracting
cable television to the City of Hugo. The city received a letter from Mr.
Creighton outlining the scope of his service and the estimated cost of
same. City staff is requesting Council authorization to proceed and
employ Mr. Creighton to assist the city in this process.
Vail made motion, Olson seconded, to hire Mr. Tom Creighton to assist the
city in its efforts to secure a cable television system for the City of
Hugo.
All aye. Motion Carried.
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM ASSESSMENT POLICY
The city engineer, city attorney, mayor, and city administrator have met
to discuss and develop a tentative assessment policy to handle the
assessments on collector streets which are part of our capital
improvements program. The previous policy of the city has been to assess
140% of the cost to benefiting property owners. In this particular case,
the proposal is to assess 21% of the project cost to the benefiting
property owners, and the assessment policy deals with the unusual
situations such as corner lots and other issues we need to address. The
assessment policy is essential in determining the total assessable footage
which in turn affects the cost per foot which will be charged to each
benefiting property owner.
Potts made motion, Olson seconded, to adopt the Capital Improvements
Program Assessment Policy as presented.
All aye. Motion Carried.
RESOLUTION SETTING LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES
In the spring of 1987, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing for
the setting of license and permit fees by resolution as opposed to the
previous arrangement of establishing them by ordinance. In addition to
the ordinance change, the Council also consolidated all of its license and
permit fees into one resolution for simplification purposes. Having
implemented these fees for the last 18 months, the city staff has noted
several areas that need changing, and added a number of fees that were not
included in the previous resolution yet were a part of city ordinances.
This resolution is basically a housekeeping measure with a number of
adjustment to fees.
Potts made motion, Peltier seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 88-30, RESOLUTION
APPROVING LICENSE, PERMIT, AND APPLICATION FEES.
All aye. Motion Carried.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PLAN REVIEW FEES
In the summer of 1987, the City Council passed a resolution updating the
city's building permit fees to be consistent with the building code
enforced by the city. One of the primary purposes of updating the permit
fees was an attempt to make the city's code enforcement office self
supporting and not dependent on any tax levy. The city proceeded with
phase one of this effort to make the code enforcement self supporting.
Phase two of this proposal is to establish a plan review fee which is an
additional charge when permits are taken out for large projects requiring
detailed construction plans that need review by the building inspector.
Most cities charge a plan review fee; however, the City of Hugo does not
charge said fee because of the limited service provided in the past. With
the full-time building inspector currently on board, much of his time is
spent on reviewing building plans submitted. City staff is now
recommending that the City Council consider establishment of a fee for
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building plan review. The Uniform Building Code of 1985, as adopted by
the city, allows for a plan review fee to be charged in an amount not
exceeding 65% of the building permit fee. The city need not charge the
entire 65%, however, we are recommending that some plan review fee be
established. With the establishment of the plan review fee, city staff is
optimistic that the code enforcement office will be totally
self-supporting by the first of next year.
Vail made motion, Olson seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 88-31, RESOLUTION
SETTING INSPECTION FLAN REVIEW FEES.
All aye. Motion Carried.
ELMCREST AVENUE BRIDGE PROJECT
Over the last several years, the City of Hugo has been discussing the need
to replace the old Hardwood Creed; Bridge on Elmcrest Avenue between 165th
and 170th St. The Metropolitan Council has received an application from
the Minnesota Department of Transportation requesting state funds to
accomplish this project. The total estimated cost of the project is
$78,208.00 of which approximately $24,000.00 would be the local share. It
is our understanding that the City of Lino Lakes would also be
participating in this project as half of this bridge is also in their
community. The Metropolitan Council is requesting comment and input from
the City of Hugo regarding our desire to pursue this project.
The Council requested this matter be discussed when the city engineer is
present.
INGERSOLL P.I. PROJECT #5-2-86(A)
The plans and specifications were submitted to the Council for review.
Olson made motion, Peltier seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 88-32, RESOLUTION
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ORDERING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR
INGERSOLL AVENUE/SUNSET LAKE P.I. PROJECT #5-2-88(A).
All aye. Motion Carried.
Potts made motion, Olson seconded, to adjourn at 8:40 PM.
All aye. Motion Carried.
MaryCreager, Cit lerk
City 6 Hugo