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CONTINUED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 5, 1988 CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM e MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Estelle Gunkel, Counci1members, Tra11e, Holmgren, and Schuldt MEMBERS ABSENT: Counci1member Dobe1 ALSO PRESENT: Dick Fursman, Economic Development Coordinator; Pat K1aers, City Administrator Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the continued meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Mayor Gunkel. Consideration Main Street Project of Resolutions Adopting Improvement Project and Final Assessment Rolls for the 1988 the 1988 Jackson Avenue Improvement Mayor Gunkel indicated that the purpose of this continued meeting was to review some additional possible adjustments to the final assessment rolls following the public hearing held on October 3, 1988. At this 10/3/88 public hearing a number of questions were raised that required the City Engineer to do additional research prior to adopting the assessment rolls. e At this time the Mayor distributed a memo dated 10/4/88 from Terry Maurer, City Engineer, which reviews and makes recommendations on the issues or concerns that were raised at the 10/3/88 public hearing. The memo from the Engineer included recommendations on eight properties. In addition to the eight properties listed in the City Engineers memo, the City Administrator indicated that there were two additional recommendations for final assessment adjustments. These two other additions are: 1) Curtis Briggs to be assessed at .5 acres; and 2) The assessment for property owned by Bud Houlton's mothers estate to be adjusted per lot survey. The City Council reviewed the City Engineer's memo and concurred with its recommendation. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY ENGINEER IN HIS MEMO DATED 10/4/88 PLUS THE TWO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS NOTED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE MAIN STREET AND JACKSON AVENUE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. The City Council letters of appeal adjustment by the appeal submitted amount. reviewed the list of thirteen individuals who submitted and whose assessment amount was not recommended for City Engineer. It was noted that the other letters of to the City have received an adjustment in their assessment e The City Council discussed the assessment amounts for the Cretex properties and the School District properties. It was noted that an adjustment is being made to the School properties assessment because of an approximately 4.3 acre drainage ponding area that was included within the assessable properties. It was also noted that a number of small properties in the Cretex area were not assessed for this project because those sites were also deemed to be undevelopable or without municipal utilities being immediately or directly available. City Council concurred that these properties being excluded from the sanitary sewer area wide assessment was proper.