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COUNCIL
COUNCIL MEETING
SPEC IAL
MARCH 22, 1982
1. The Mayor called the meeting to order
Present: Mayor Stegmaier, Councilmembers
Absent: None
Also Present:
at 7:00 P.M.
Cook, Kelly, Kuchera, Orr
Administrator Ford, Attorney Gorgos, Planner Tooker
2. The minutes of March 15, 1982 were deferred.
3. The Council received a presentation by staff concerning the revIsions to
the City Comprehensive Plan presently at the Metropolitan Council for review.
City Planner Tooker explained that the City was agreeing to accept the
lesser population grC>>Jth figures insisted upon by the Metropolitan Council
in return for a committment in writing, by them, that if a pattern of
development were established in excess of those grC>>Jth figures, that steps
would immediately be taken by them to expand the Empire Plant and to provide
the necessary sewage treatment capacity. He presented various maps.
shC>>Jing the areas which were expected to develop, which would be included
within the restricted acreage limitations, and the various stages of devel-
opment through 1985, 1990, and the year 2000. A list of possible public
improvements which would be included in the Capital Improvement Plan through
the years 1981 and 1985 inclusive were also presented to the Council. One
improvementshC>>Jn on the spread sheet was that of sewer and water extended
to the proposed industrial development area west of #31. This particular
improvement was discussed separately by the Council. The Council instructed
staff to work up a prospectus of the cost of those improvements and hC>>J they
would be assessed, and a delineation of the benefitted property. The Council
also discussed separately a small portion of the Devney property which was
nC>>J in the industrial zoning district; and the advisability of rezoning
that small portion to Residential-Agricultural which would be the same as
the rest of the Devney property. Staff was instructed to contact Mr. Devney
to determine his desires in this matter and if agreeable to him to prepare
a zoning ordinance amendment for submittal to the Council. The Council
then gave its specific approval for the general ~irection in which the
negotiations have been conducted by staff in relation to the Metropolitan
Council, and authorized a continuance of that general posture.
4. In the matter of the selection of a new Police Chief, the Council, at the
previous meeting, had instructed the City Administrator to prepare a suggested
list of candidates to act as members of an Oral Board of Review after
having received suggestions from individual members of the Council. Those
recommendations were now before the Council in a memo dated March 17, 1982.
Motion by Orr, second by Kelly that the recommendations contained in that
memo be approved with the stipulation that if substitutions were necessary
that a balance be maintained between representatives from the rural area
and from the metropolitan area. Voting for: Stegmaier, Cook, Kelly, Orr.
Voting against: Kuchera. Motion carried.
5. Fire Chief Dave Pietsch and Site Selection Committeemember Del Stapf
appeared before the Council to discuss the on-going process of selecting
a future fire facility site. They presented to the Council an updated
comparative schedule of four sites dated February 18, 1982. The relative
merits of these four sites were discussed among members of the Council and
Fire Department representatives. The Council unanimously decided to eliminate
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further consideration of Site C. The Council then authorized and directed
the Selection Committee to negotiate with the owner of Site D as to
specific location, specific size, sale price, method of payment, handling
of special assessments, and other pertinent matters, and report back
to the Counc i I with the above i nformat i on app I led to a two acre site and
to a three acre site as an alternate.
6. The City Administrator informed the Council that, that day, he had
received a call from the Police Chief in Apple Valley, Lloyd Rivers, stating
that Apple Valley was in the process of updating and renovating their
complete public safety communications system. It was pointed out that
the Apple Valley Police Department does the dispatching for the City of
Farmington during non-normal working hours. The Council was told that
there was a possible opportunity to increase the capability of the Farm-
ington Police hand-held radios at this time if a decision was made to
incorporate certain renovations within the project on which Apple
Valley would be taking bids. Motion by Kelly, second by Kuchera auth-
orizing and directing the City Administrator to inform Apple Valley that
Farmington would appreciate including these modifications on behalf of
Farmington in their general specifications as an alternat~ and
authorizing the expenditure in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for such
purpose. APIF, motion carried.
7. Motion by Kuchera, second by Cook that an item be put on the April
5, 1982 agenda concerning the possible reconsideration by the Council
of a previous decision not to provide for a voluntary agricultural
preserve program within the City of Farmington. Voting for: Cook,
Kelly, Kuchera, Orr. Voting against: Stegmaier. Motion carried.
8. Motion made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Will i am J . Ford
City Administrator
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