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-., PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 6. 1986 7. Resolution Designation Depositories of City Funds COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT MOVED TO APPROVE DESIGNATING DEPOSITORIES OF CITY FUNDS. THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. RESOLUTION 86-1 A RESOLUTION COUNCILMEHBER WILLIAMS SECONDED 8. Request for amendment to City's Zoning Ordinance by Kiel'. The City Administrator indicated that Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Kiel had addressed the Council in June requesting permission to allow a mobile home to be placed on their property located at 21480 Meadowvale Road in Elk River. in order for Mrs. Kiel's mother to live near them. The City Administrator noted that Rick Breezee had investigated options for the request. The City Administrator further noted that he had also reviewed the request and stated that he and Rick Breezee both came up with the same responses. They could not find a municipal model to use in this situation. The City Administrator indicated that he had contacted the City of Minneapolis. League of Minnesota Cities. the City's Planning Consultant and other cities regarding this matter. He further indicated that he felt the City could either deny the request or develop an ordinance which would be quite difficult to enforce. The City Administrator noted that Wright County does have an ordinance in effect regarding this matter and discussed this ordinance with the Council. He noted that in the application process. the City would require that the applicant be screened by a public health nurse to be sure the person requesting the application does indeed have a health related problem. and further that the conditional use would have to be checked periodically to be sure the same person who applied for the permit is the person still living in the residence. He noted he felt the City of Elk River would have a hard time enforcing this mainly because we do not have a health nurse on staff. Mrs. Kiel presented her situation to the City Council. She stated that the elderly are getting to be the larger percent of the population and that there needs to be housing for them. She noted that we should be very sensitive to the living style and life style of the elderly people in the community. She further indicated that they live in an agricultural zoned area which is nonplatted and stated that she had talked with the neighbors regarding this matter and that no one objected to her request. Mayor Hinkle questioned whether Mrs. Kiel could use her basement for her mother. Mrs. Kiel noted that they were trying to eliminate as many steps as possible. Mayor Hinkle noted that the City had no public health nurse and felt the ordinance would be hard to monitor. He felt there would be no way to control what happens to the structure when it is no longer used.