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Page 6 e City Council Minutes 11/7 /88 Phil Hals has been directed to make contact with representatives of this township in order to ascertain their position regarding possible purchase of this abandoned railroad bed. The City intends to use this abandoned railroad bed as part of its City wide trail system for hiking and bicycling. Mayor Gunkel indicated that the offer submitted by the City (approximately $650 per acre) has been essentially rejected by the railroad as being too low, and that the railroad would consider an offer more in line with value of adjacent properties. In this regard, the City needs to put some statistical information together in order to justify our offer and the Mayor stated that we may have to increase our offer to the railroad to something in the neighborhood of $750-$800 per acre. Mayor Gunkel indicated that it has been anticipated that the City would use funds from its Capital Projects Reserve Fund for this purchase. 7.2 City Administrator Update on ICMA Conference e City Administrator indicated that the conference in Charlotte, North Carolina offered many workshops that were relevant to topics in Elk River. Topics that were especially interesting related to City Manager/Police Department relations, Police Budgets, Emergency Preparedness Plans and Employee Evaluations as related to performance incentive pay plans. City Administrator distributed a handout which showed the Main Street/Highway 169 intersection. The handout included a revised street striping scheme including signs which designate which traffic lanes are for which traffic movements. In basic terms, the plan calls for the inside lane of the east/west traffic movement to be designated for left turns only. City Administrator discussed with the City Council the concept of uniforms for the office clerical staff. At this time the City Council rejected such a concept for the administrative clerical staff. City Council requested the City Administrator to proceed with the advertisement for possible vacancies on City Boards and Commissions. Additionally, Staff was directed to send letters to Board and Commission members whose term expires at the end of 1988 to determine their desires for reappointment. 7.3 Councilmember Holmgren e Staff was requested to have the striping on the west side of Gates Avenue include a bicycle lane; attempt to have the weeds at the northwest corner of the Gates and Main intersection mowed; have street striping placed on the dam bridge surface; inform Nord Motors that used cars are not to be placed on the grass surface; and to inform Mr. Chip Martin that the selling of used cars on his property is not an allowed use.