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City Council Minutes October 4, 2004 Page 4 ---..------------.----------- November next year as a high percentage of business is made during the fall/holiday season. !vir. Klaers reviewed the tllneframe of the pre-construction events. Mayor Klinzing noted that she \Vill vote against the land exchange as she is against d1e city building a second liquor store as she does not believe the city should be in the business of selling liquor. Councilmember Motin asked Liquor Store Manager Dave Potvin if the land exchange is a good idea. Mr. Potvin stated that based on experience of Northbound Liquor being on a corner lot he believes it is a good idea. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE TO PROCEED WITH THE LOT EXCHANGE WITH MR. HARTMAN; TO AUTHORIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT, SOIL BORINGS, AND TOPOGRAPHIC ON-SITE SURVEY WORK TO BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; AND TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT PROCEED WITH THE LAND EXCHANGE IF THE ARCHITECT FINDS THAT BUILDING ON THE CORNER LOT IS MORE COSTLY. MOTION CARRIED 4-1. Mayor Klinzing opposed. Councihnember Dietz stated that it was originally discussed that Dave Potvin would be the construction manager on this job. He questioned why this had changed. Mr. Potvin stated that he believes it changed because everything went very smoothly with having a construction manager for the construction of Northbound Liquor. He stated that he would be willing to act as construction manager if that is what the Council wishes. It was decided that no decision regarding the construction manager will be made until after the proposals are received. lYlr. Klaers noted that whenever the city buys land they need to have the issue reviewed by the Planning Commission for consistency with the Comp Plan. He stated that the City Council can waive this requirement since in this case the land is in the same location and zoning district. 5.4. 2004-05 Snowplow Poli<;y Street Superintendent Phil Hals stated that each fall the City Council is asked to review and adopt the city's snow plowing policy. lYlr. Hals stated that the following changes were made to the operating procedures for the 2003-04 snow plowing season and they seemed to work well and staff recommends that they be continued for the 2004-05 snow plowing season: . cul-de-sacs will be circled the flISt day and plowed completely on the second day, . snow hauling from the downtown will be done in early morning hours of the third day following a snowfall, and . sidewalk plowing will be done with one machine and the route will be prioritized into fIrst day, second day. and third day areas. Mr. Hals indicated that the separation of the Street and Parks Departments will not cause a major change for this coming winter as four park employees will assist with snow plowing. I\1r. Hals reviewed some possible snow plowing route alternatives, but recommend the city maintain its current routes.