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MINUTES
COUNCil MEETING
REGULAR
MAY 4, 19 8 1
1. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7:00 P.M.
Present: Stegmaier, Cook, Cummings, Kuchera, and Orr
Absent: None
Also Present: Administrator Ford, Attorney Gorgos, Recreation Manager Bell
2. Motion by Cummings, second by Orr to approve the minutes of April
20, 1981 as presented. APIF, motion carried.
3. Motion by Cook, second by Cummings to approve the minutes of April
27, 1981 as presented. Voting For: Stegmaier, Cook, Cummings, Orr.
Abstaining: Kuchera. Motion carried.
4. Motion by Cook, second by Kuchera to grant a temporary 3.2 on sale
beer license to St. Michael's Church effective for the day of May 16, 1981
at 421 Walnut Street. APIF, motion carried.
5. Motion by Cook, second by Kuchera to grant to St. Michaelis Church
a gambling license for 421 Walnut Street and that the fee be waived.
APIF~ motion carried.
6. The Council discussed with Park and Recreation Manager Jim Bell,
representing the Mountain Dew Days Committee, the various activities
that have been planned for that celebration being held June 12-14, 1981.
A list of those activities was presented to the Council in a memo dated
Apri I 30, 1981 from the City Administrator. Motion by Orr, second by
Kuchera to give blanket approval to all of the acti~ities listed in that
memorandum and to waive all fees on the basis that it is a community-wide
celebration. APIF, motion carried.
7. Motion by Kuchera, second by Orr to grant a temporary 3.2 beer license
to the Mountain Dew Days Committee at the following locations, dates, and
vendors:
Farmington Fire Department
Farmington Merchants Hockey Team
Farmington Youth Hockey
APIF, motion carried.
Fi re Barn
R. R. Park
Arena
June 12- 14
June 12-14
June 13
8. The Council accepted the resignation of Mr. Vern Mohlis as member
of the Water Commission of the Farmington Water Commission and agreed
that members of the Council would submit ITames for consideration at the
next Council meeting.
9. Motion by Cummings, second by Kuchera that the Council grant the
request of Robert l. Rohlin, of Meyer, Rohlin, Inc., for a 30-day extension
of the required date of submittal of the final plat of Riverside Addition.
APIF, motion carried.
10. The Mayor informed the Council of a discussion he had had with Kathy
Ridder, area representative on the Metropolitan Counci I concerning
selection of sludge sites. It was agreed that this would be one of the
topics of discussion when Ms. Ridder appeared at the next meeting of the
City Counc i 1 .
11. Mr. Pat Akin had requested that he be put on the agenda under
the heading of "Discussion on 429, G.O. Financing". Mr. Akin proceeded
to put to the Council several questions involving primarily the
Fair Hills Improvements. His questions dealt with several decisions
and procedural steps taken by the Council in approving the Fair Hills
project and seemed to question the propriety and legality in some of
those steps. After approxlmately 20 minutes of questions and explana-
tions by the Council, the Mayor ruled that the matter had been
thoroughly aired and was now closed, and that the Council would go on
to the next item.
12. The Counci I was informed that the Lawcon Grant application which had
been submitted by the City and which up till now had excellent chances
of being granted, was now in severe jeopardy due to the budget cuts
now being made in Washington. It was agreed that the City would take a
latency attitude.
13. The Administrator informed the Council that an item on the agenda
headed Fire Relief, be deferred at the request of the Fire Department.
14. The City Attorney informed the Council that he had prepared a
document which would trigger legal action aimed at removing the
illegally located mobile home at 201-4th Street if the Council concurred
in that action. Motion by Kuchera, second by Cummings that the City
Attorney be instructed to proceed with the legal process. APIF, motion
carried.
15. Motion by Orr, second by Cummings to grant to Ray and Matt Fischer,
owners of a parcel of land consisting of approximately 2.64 acres east of
TH #3 and south of 50, a subdivision waiver which creates a lot of
186.0 feet by 234.1 feet, conditioned upon the fact that the remaining
30 foot strip be included with, and included and contained in the description
of the 12.21 acre parcel to the east. APIF, motion carried.
16. The Council briefly discussed a letter which had been written to
the Dakota County Tribune by Mr. Sigurd Flaata, in which he expressed his
and his organizations opposition to the proposed new Senior Citizens
Center at 431 Third Street.
17. Motion made and seconded to adjourn at 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Wi 11 iam J. Ford-'-
City Administrator
APPROVED
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