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Council Minutes
Special
September 30,1997
1. The joint workshop of the Farmington School District and City Council was called to order by
the Mayor at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Ristow, Councilmembers Cordes, Fitch, Gamer, Strachan, School Board
Members Switzer, Brownawell, Harms, Heman, Wacker, Planning Commission Members
ScWawin, Larson, School Staff Members Superintendent Hanauer, Belz, Zack Johnson, City
Staff Members Administrator Erar, Bell, Mann, Olson, Smick, and Roland. Residents of the
Riverside Development were also present.
Absent: School Board Member Wustenberg.
2. This joint meeting was set to discuss the location of a new Middle School in a campus near
the existing Middle School and the alignment of 208th Street.
3. David Olson, Community Development Director briefly described the City's Transportation
Plan which is one component of the Comprehensive Plan. He described Collector Streets and
Arterials and the channeling of traffic in and out of the City and the long-term planning
implications and consequences.
4. School Board Members explained that initially 208th Street had been built to accommodate
the Middle School and was intended to continue to the east to ultimately tie into Co. Rd. 66 at
Highway 3. Because of the continued growth that has occurred throughout the School District,
the School Board has revised their plans and begun looking at the idea of a school campus. Their
ideal plan would place a second Middle school in a location which would require the termination
of 208th at its present location and that another location be found for the East/West Corridor.
There were concerns voiced by School Board members that if the road remained, students would
be crossing a road with trucks traveling at a speed of 40mph. The School District finds that this
building must be fast tracked to accommodate an opening in two years. Mayor Ristow gave
history for the proposed 208th Street which was initially designed to ease traffic flow through the
confined streets in the older part of the city and to move bus traffic from residential areas in the
eastern part of the School District to the existing schools. City Engineer Mann explained that
208th Street is in the current location because of the flood plain area and if moved to the north
would potentially add two additional bridges to the design of the proposed road. If the decision
is made to continue the 208th Street corridor, School officials were requested to provide an
easement for the road to preserve right-of-way for future road construction.
5. The following questions will be addressed by the City Council at their regular meeting of
October 6, 1997:
a) Should 208th Street be terminated at its existing location?
b) If the road is not terminated, can the School provide an easement for the proposed road
and agree to assessments when the road is ultimately completed, or
c) Build 208th Street to City standards as required for all other developments.
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6. School Board Chair John Switzer suggested a quarterly meeting of the City Council and
School Board. It was determined that a meeting will be held in approximately three months,
shortly after the holiday season.
7. Motion by Fitch, second by Gamer to adjourn at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Karen Finstuen
Administrative Service Manager