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City Council Minutes January 28, 1991 Page 3 . more time to pay the fee. Steve Rohlf explained that staff does not have a problem with collecting park dedication fees prior to recording as long as the funds are secured prior to the document being recorded. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO CHANGE THE CITY'S PARK DEDICATION POLICY TO ALLOW PARK DEDICATION FUNDS TO BE COLLECTED PRIOR TO RECORDING RATHER THAN AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. Gary Santwire explained that the other policy he would like reviewed is the requirement to plat property. He indicated that it would be in the Ci ty' s interest to require all residential property to he platted to eliminate problems that are created through administrative subdivisions of land. He further indicated that there should be some mechanism to wai ve the platting requirement for certain situations. He indicated that he is subdividing a commercial parcel of land into two parcels with one straight split and that because of the City's policy, this simple lot split will have to go through the platting process. Pat Klaers suggested only allowing one lot administrative subdivisionsand only one subdivision by a property owner per year to minimize the number of problems created. e COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE MOVED TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD RESTRICT RESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISIONS TO THE CREATION OF ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL LOT AND THAT WOULD ALLOW ONLY ONE ADMINISTRATIVE LOT SPLIT PER YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 6.3. Garba~e Ordinance and Contract Amendments City Administrator Pat Klaers stated that the Council moved to draft an ordinance amendment to the Garbage Ordinance and to the Garbage Agreement with the refuse haulers in order to address certain issues of concern. He reviewed the issues of concern which relate to biweekly garbage pick-up, container size, long driveways, commercial dumpsters on residential properties, and the creation of an Appeal Board. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 91-3, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE STORAGE, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT FOR GARBAGE, REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION OF NOVEMBER 1,1990 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 1993, BETWEEN THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AND THE REFUSE HAULERS. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. It COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE GARBAGE AND REFUSE APPEAL BOARD FOR ONE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1991. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. Councilmember Kropuenske left the meeting at 8:15 p.m.