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Page 5 City Council Minutes December 7, 1987 --------------- Discussion was then held on the matter of trash receptacles. Arden Krinke questioned who would be maintaining the trash receptacles and who would replace them if they should be damaged or vandalized. After further discussion it was the consensus of the Council to allow for 12 trash receptacles at $500 each making an assessable amount of $6,000 for trash receptacles and using the remaining $5,500 for the installation and wiring of the lighting and radio system. COMMERCIAL BOUNDARY The Council discussed the commercial boundary for the downtown amenities. Mayor Gunkel indicated that the question was whether or not to include the commercial properties in the proposed assessment area west of Lowell for the Main Street Beautification portion of the project. Ron Black indicated that he was opposed to being assessed for Main Street Amenities because his business would not benefit from the amenities. Mr. Don Schumacher indicated his opposition to being assessed for the downtown amenities. He stated be represented Cretex and felt the commercial business he was representing was no different than a commercial business across Highway 10, and stated because the commercial businesses across from Cretex on Highway 10 are not being assessed, he did not feel Cretex should bear an assessment for the downtown amenities. Mr. Schumacher further indicated he would rather see conventional lighting than decorative lighting and is opposed to planting trees because of the maintenance to keep them alive. He indicated the maintenance will be done by the City crews which in turn is paid for by the taxpayers. Ron Black indicated that when the property west of Lowell was zone changed to commercial it was noted by the City Council that the area was not intended to be part of the downtowr commercial but was to act as a buffer zone between the commercial and residential property. No consensus was reached by the Council on whether or not to include the property west of Lowell in the Central Business District (CBD) assessments. PARKING LOT Terry Maurer discussed the parking lot in Jackson Square with the Council. He indicated that the proposal submitted from the Downtown Committee, which was originally done by the 1984 Beautification Committee would be approximately $24,965 for construction costs. This cost wcuid include benches, sidewalks, and flagpole. The second proposal submitted by Terry Maurer was for $37,000. This would include turning the entire area into parking, thereby increasing the parking in the downtown area.