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CONTINUED CITY COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY. 8/10/88 ELK RIVER CITY HALL ~ Members Present: Mayor Gunkel. Councilmembers Schuldt and Holmgren Members Absent: Councilmembers Tralle and Dobel Also Present: Pat Klaers. City Administrator; and Tim Keane. City Attorney 1. Pursuant to due call and notice thereof. the continued meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order by Mayor Gunkel at 5:00 p.m. 2. Consideration of 8/10/88 City Council Agenda COUNCILMEHBER SCHULDT MOVED TO APPROVE THE 8/10/88 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. COUNCILMEHBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 3. Consider Watering Restriction Ordinance ~ Mayor Gunkel indicated that it was not her intent. nor the intent of the City Council to be in conflict with the Elk River Municipal Utilities. She indicated that it was the City Council's responsibility to enforce any watering restrictions that are necessary during the existing state wide drought. Attorney Keane indicated that both ordinance 88-22 that was approved by the City Council and the one proposed at this time. provide the City Council with the authority to order watering restrictions. The ordinance before the City Council at this time allows restrictions to be adopted by resolution and allows the ordinance to remain active at all times. Without the approval of this ordinance. each time the City Council desired watering restrictions. or the removal of watering restrictions. a separate ordinance would have to be approved. This ordinance before the City Council at this meeting would also repeal ordinance 88-22. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN IMPOSING WATER USE RESTRICTIONS. MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 3-0. TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 88-23 AN ORDINANCE COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT SECONDED THE Mayor Gunkel reviewed her 8/8/88 memo that outlines some of her concerns regarding water restrictions. She also distributed the summer. 1988. DNR Division of Water Newsletter and asked the Council to review this for a few minutes. This newsletter discussed the state wide drought conditions Minnesota is experiencing in 1988. Mayor Gunkel also reviewed the consensus reached at the 8/8/88 City Council meeting on exceptions to watering restrictions. It was the consensus of the City Council that yard watering restrictions would be enforced from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Exceptions to this watering ban would be direct application of water to trees. shrubs and gardens and the sprinkling of new sod and athletic fields could take place at any time. It was also the consensus of the City Council that such restrictions should only be enforced on citizens using the municipal water system. ~ COUNCILMlMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 88-65. A RESOLUTION ISTADLISHING CONDITIONS OF WATERING RESTRICTIONS ON HOUSEHOLDS HOOKED UP TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT SECONDED THE MOTION. TNI MOTION CARRIED 2-1. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT OPPOSED.