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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL <br />HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br />WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993 <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: <br /> <br />Mayor Duitsman, Councilmembers Dietz, Scheel, Farber, and <br />Holmgren (arrived at 5:40 p.m.) <br /> <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: <br /> <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator; Steve Rohlf, Building <br />and Zoning Administrator; and Terry Maurer, City Engineer <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: <br /> <br />Denny Chuba, Mrs. Kincanon, Marilyn Van Patten-Chuba, and <br />Lynn Caswell <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River <br />City Council was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Duitsman. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Consider Final Plat for Heritage Landing <br /> <br />Building and Zoning Administrator, stephen Rohlf, indicated that the <br />City Council approved the preliminary plat for Heritage Landing in <br />January, 1993. At this meeting, the Council also approved a variance <br />for the length of a dead-end for 180th Avenue within this plat. The <br />Heritage Landing Plat consists of 76 single-family residential lots <br />with municipal sewer and water. Stephen reviewed his February 24, <br />1993, memo on this final plat. This memo reviews six issues associated <br />with this plat that the City Council needs to consider. <br /> <br />Discussion took place regarding the park dedication requirements for <br />this plat. It was noted that the developers will pay $400 per <br />residential lot for park dedication, but that the park dedication fee <br />should be reduced based on the fair market value for the land that is <br />being dedicated within this plat for the park and recreation trail <br />system. Extensive discussion took place on how the fair market price <br />should be determined for the land that is being dedicated to the City <br />for the trails. One suggestion was to take the actual purchase price <br />of the property as a basis for the fair market value for this land. <br />This seemed more appropriate than using the County Assessor's data as <br />the land is being developed for residential purposes but is being <br />assessed based on agricultural use and the agricultural use carries a <br />lower value at the County Assessor's office. A problem with using the <br />purchase price for this plat related to the trunk sewer and water <br />assessments. The purchase price excluded these costs and everyone was <br />in general agreement that the trunk sewer and water being made <br />available to this property increased the value of the land. The issue <br />was how to determine a fair market price for the property without <br />"forgiving" the trunk sewer and water assessments. The City Council <br />was concerned about establishing a park dedication policy that the City <br />would have to live with for future plats and the Council expressed a <br />