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City Council Minutes <br />January 2, 2018 <br />Library <br />New hours are in effect <br />Parks & Recreation <br />■ Hillside City Park award and construction update <br />■ Park dedication from Miske Meadows <br />Planning <br />■ Miske Meadows plat public hearing concerns <br />Elk River Utilities <br />Governance policy update <br />New billing cycle <br />Page 3 <br />Mayor Dietz asked Council if they would like to sponsor an employee lunch. Council <br />concurred and set the date for February 5. <br />Council recessed at 6:58 p.m. in order to go into work session. Council reconvened <br />at 7:03 p.m. <br />10.1 Food Truck Ordinance <br />Ms. Allard presented the staff report. <br />Fred McCoy, downtown restaurant owner — Expressed concerns with the angular <br />parking spots being used by food trucks. He stated the parking spots are narrow and <br />difficult to fit a normal size car. <br />Dave Gess, food truck owner — Stated his goal is not to impede on the local <br />restaurants. He stated he along with other vendors have been asked to come <br />downtown for events including during concert nights as the local restaurants are full. <br />Steve Hickman, 20562 Victoria Drive and affiliated with Daddy -O's Cafe — <br />Questioned the revenue/ tax a food truck would generate to the city because they <br />don't support local community programs or pay property taxes like restaurants. <br />Mr. Gess stated he is local and he buys all his fuel and propane locally from Ralphie's <br />Minoco in Elk River. He stated he hopes to eventually own a brick and mortar <br />business someday. <br />Mayor Dietz suggested not allowing food trucks downtown and to designate a food <br />truck location from Cretex Companies up to the Handke Center noting they are <br />parallel spots versus angular. He stated he originally thought the city would allow <br />them to park in the city -owned parking lots. <br />P01E1E1 01 <br />NATURE <br />