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City Council Minutes August 5, 1991 Page 4 e cause a burden on property owners by forcing them to pay higher interest rates. The Council continued to discuss all of the above options. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE MOVED TO APPROVE THE DRAFT GREEN ACRES DEFERRED ASSESSMENT POLICY WITH A CHANGE IN THE LAST SENTENCE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: GREEN ACRED ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE ALLOWED THE OPTION OF PAYING OR DEFERRING THE INTEREST OF THE ASSESSMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS UNTIL THE TERM OF THE ASSESSMENT EXPIRES AND AT THAT TIME GREEN ACRED ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE INTEREST OF THE ASSESSMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IF ALLOWED BY LAW. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED THAT NOTICES SHALL BE SENT TO ALL PARCELS OF GREEN ACRED ASSESSMENTS ON A YEARLY BASIS SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL PLUS ACCRUED YEARLY INTEREST. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 7. Check Re~ister COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHECK REGISTER. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 8. Other Business e COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 12, 1991, AT 8:00 P.M. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EDA MEETING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING CITY HALL FACILITIES. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. The City Council discussed the City Hall/Police Station draft site plan. Discussion was held by the Council regarding the Police Department use of Main Street and the effect this would have on the residential neighbors. Discussion was also held regarding the vicinity of the presentation area and the fact that it was located a great distance from the parking lot. Lori Johnson stated there had been further questions from the Council on the Gospodor agreement and requested permission to proceed with forwarding the signed agreement. It was the consensus of the Council to proceed. e Councilmember Dietz discussed the placement of' items on Council agendas where public input is involved. He requested the Council to consider other alternatives so that people with short agenda items would not be required to wait until the end of the meeting to be heard. by the Council. He suggested placing these items first on the agenda. The Council discussed the fact that several options have been tried and also that the City Administrator prefers to see the larger items, especially those with large numbers of people, first on the agenda. Not all Councilmembers agreed with this, however, no decision was made.