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COUNCIL MINUTES
ASH STREET WORKSHOP
March 19, 2002
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ristow at 7:00 p.m.
2. Members Present: Mayor Ristow, Soderberg, Strachan.
Members Absent: Cordes, Verch.
Also Present: Administrator Shukle, Finance Director Roland, Community Development
Director Carroll, Chief Siebenaler, City Engineer Mann, Assistant City
Engineer Gross
3. Reaction from Council on RV ordinance:
CD Director Carroll presented memo from Lee Smick regarding the R V
ordinance that Council had requested be drafted. Also presented was information
on the RV ordinance recently passed in Rosemount - a more restrictive ordinance.
After the draft, some issues to discuss. 1) How to handle houses in older part of
town without paved drives. 2) How to handle houses in town with RV's parked
on class 5 in back or side yards. 3) How to handle houses in rural areas. 4) How
to handle ordinance in commercial areas.
The police chief asked for direction in enforcement. Council directed that the
ordinance, when adopted, be enforced on complaint. Council also asked that the
revision to the ordinance be widely advertised - newspaper, newsletter, website
etc. The Chief also addressed the seasonal parking ordinance and its enforcement
given the RV ordinance.
4. Ash Street
City Engineer Mann presented the draft report based on previous workshops, city
policies township thoughts and feelings. Assumptions in the report include what
the County has committed to do and how the residents along Ash Street would be
treated for special assessments if they were to annex in (as if they were already
residents under City special assessment policy). The report does not assume that
the commercial properties east of Highway 3 will annex into the City.
The Mayor expressed his objections to the commercial properties not annexing
into the City when they will be provided with benefit. Mann advised that the
properties were not truly benefiting until they "hooked up" and that a fee would
be charged for connection when (and if) those commercial properties annexed in.
In addition, the water and sewer pipes that run through township properties are
necessary to make the connections to loop the system for the City.
All dollar values discussed were preliminary; the concepts were the basis for the
discussion. Appraisal values of the improvement (benefit) were used as the guide
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for what costs would be assessable to the individual properties. Council member
Soderberg calculated that roughly $226,700 of lateral costs above assessable
amounts would be carried by the City. The Finance Director addressed the
financial considerations given the current fund balances of the City Water, Sewer
and Storm Sewer funds. Enough money exists to cash flow the project initially
but it is assumed that bonds would be issued for the project funding. Another
question would be how to fund the non-assessable street costs - City wide debt
levy or other finance methods.
Council directed staff to talk with representatives of Castle Rock township and
schedule a joint Township/City meeting as soon as possible (April 16 or mid-
May).
7. ADJOURN
MOTION by Strachan, second by Soderberg to adjourn at 8:45 p.m. APIF, MOTION
CARRIED.
Respectfully submitted,
~~J
Finance Director