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City Council Minutes June 24, 1985 Page Four C. Home Occupations Councilmember Schuldt expressed concern over the issue of home occupations in the City's Zoning Ordinance and commented that many of the home occu- pations are in actuality full fledge businesses. He noted this was not the intent of the ordinance with regard to allowing home occupations. He expressed a concern over the scale of business demonstrated by the home occupations and noted that one sign of the increased scale of business is the fact that employees are allowed as part of the home occupation. After brief discussion by the Council, there was a general consensus among Councilmembers present at the meeting that the Countil would review the occupation ordinance at a future council meeting. The original items D - Signing for Speed Zones and E - League of Minnesota Cities Annual Meeting were deferred to a future Council Meeting. D. Flag Purchase Councilmember Gunkel noted that the flagon the downtown flagpole was in dis- repair and that one loop on the flag is missing. She noted that a repaired flag is available and suggested that the City look into changing the setup for raising and lowering the flag so that it is possible to change the flag without the use of UPA wquipment. She suggested that the setup for raising and lowering the flag be changed so that it could be accomplished with City equipment. Councilmember Schuldt commented that in order to make the flag more durable the City could look into using some different type of material for a flag such as Herculite. Councilmember Gunkel stated that she would check with UPA Procurement with regard to finding some new material for the flag. E. Elk River Shopping Center Sign The City Administrator presented a colored rendering of the identification sign proposed for the Elk River Plaza Shopping Center. He noted that, since the sign would be located in a pun there would be some flexibility with regard to sign ordinance requirements. After reviewing the proposed sign, the Council directed staff to refer the item to the Planning Commission for their review and comment. F. Water Tower Bids The City Administrator reviewed the bids received for construction of a new water tower. He noted that bids were received from two bidders and were as follows: Hydrostorage, Inc. 750,000 gallon Hydropillar 1,000.000 gallon Hydropillar $453,340.00 $537,245.00 Na-Con Services, Inc. 750,000 gallon Pedestal 1,000,000 gallon Pedestal $445,100.00 $566,400.00