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Elk River City Council Minutes January 25. 1999 Page 4 e City Clerk Sandra Peine stated that city reviews its fees for services on a yearly basis to ensure fees charged are sufficient to cover services rendered. She reviewed the proposed fees for 1999 with the council. The City Administrator indicated that the fee resolution proposal does not include a change in the park dedication fees. He stated that a request for this increase will be presented to the council within the next few months. The City Administrator noted that in 1994 the City Council adopted a resolution which increases the surface water management impact fees by 3 percent each year. He indicated that the proposed fee resolution for 1999 includes this 3 percent increase. He noted that the impact fee covers only a fraction of the expenses for the city trunk storm water management system. He further noted that this issue will have to be discussed in greater detail at future CIP meetings. Cliff Skogstad noted that staff is requesting the council to adopt the 1997 building code. He noted that this includes an approximately 11 percent increase in building permit fees and that this will be the first increase in three years. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 99-8 ADOPTING FEES FOR SERVICES FOR 1999. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. e COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 99-1 ADOPTING THE 1997 UNIFORM STATE BUILDING CODE. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 6.2. Consider Ordinance Amendment Repealina Health Care Delivery Commission City Clerk Sandra Peine indicated that on January 16, 1995, the City Council voted to disband the Health Care Delivery Commission. She stated that an ordinance amendment had been drafted which would expunge the ordinance from the City Code. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO APPROVe ORDINANCE 99-2 REPEALING SECTION 212.00 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY COMMISSION. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 6.3. Consider Ordinance Amendments Relatinq to Residency on Boards and Commissions City Clerk Sandra Peine distributed revised draft ordinances and stated that per Council direction, staff has prepared ordinance amendments relating to residency on boards and commissions. She stated that each amendment is drafted with language allowing only Elk River residents to serve on commissions, and that ordinances have been drafted for each individual commission. She further stated that the ordinance amendments include language allowing non- residents currently serving on commissions to be grandfathered-in for one more term. e The City Clerk entered into the record two citizen letters regarding this issue; one letter addressed to the Mayor and Council from Duane Kropuenske in favor of