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. . . Elk River City Council Minutes May 18, 1992 Page 10 steve Rohlf indicated he had also received complaints regarding selling of used cars at Boelter's on Highway 10 and Main street. It was the consensus of the Council to authorize the Building and Zoning staff to follow through with bringing this issue into compliance. steve Rohlf brought several other issues of complaint to the Council including Snyder Used Auto sales; Landmark Motel and the sale of black dirt at the Alliance Church. Vice Mayor Holmgren distributed a photo he had taken of high school students parking their vehicles at the Lion's Park. He indicated this is dangerous because the students have to cross the traffic on School Street to get to their vehicles, plus they are trespassing on private property. Vice Mayor Holmgren requested staff to look into this matter. 7.1. Consider Resolution Accepting Bid for Western Area Production Well Terry Maurer indicated the City received six bids for the construction of the Western Area Production Well. He stated the low bidder was Bergerson Caswell, Inc. at $71,475.50. He informed the Council the estimated cost of the well was $80,000, therefore, the low bid came in at approximately 11% under the estimate. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 92-44, A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONTRACT IN THE MATTER OF THE WESTERN AREA PHASE I PRODUCTION WELL IMPROVEMENT OF 1992. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 7.2. Cigarette Sales Sandy Thackeray, City Clerk, informed the Council that at the January 6, 1992, City Council meeting, staff was directed to research the possibility of restricting or limiting the sale of cigarettes in Elk River. Sandy Thackeray explained that she researched the subject and found that some cities dealt with this issue by a partial ban or total cigarette vending machine ban. She further indicated that some cities also called for a self service merchandising ban. She noted that the City of Elk River had seven licensed cigarette vending machines in the City. She further indicated that she was not looking for a decision on this issue, but an indication as to whether or not the Council will be considering some type of cigarette ban and to what extent. Councilmember Kropuenske indicated he was one of the Councilmembers responsible for requesting that this subject be reviewed. He indicated that he is concerned with the number of underaged youth smoking in the community. The Council discussed the matter and concluded that because there are only seven cigarette vending machines in the City this issue would be put on hold at this time and if the problem of the number of youth smoking continued to grow, the matter could be brought back to the Council.