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REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY MEETING OF THE ClTY COUNClL Or ELl( RIVER HELD IN THE ELK RIVER PUBLIC ,LIBRARY SEPTEMBER l5, 1980 Members Present: Mayor Madsen, Councilmembers Otto, Toth and Duitsman. Councilman Engstrom arrived at 8:45 p.m. Members Absent: None 1. The meeting was called to order at 7: 30 p..m. by Mayor Madsen.. 2. Agenda Item 10~, Hillesland Variance, Public Hearing and Item12D, commuter parking lot were added to the Agenda. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN MOVED APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 15 ~" 1980" CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. COUNCILMAN TOTH' SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. 3. Minutes COUNCILMAN OTTO MOVED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THESEPTEMBER2,l980 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. 4. Open Mike Mr. John MacGibbon, legal counsel for the Guardian Angels Foundation, appeared before the City Council to request a modification in the sewer hook-up charge for their new building. Mr. MacGibbon indicated that the project is a low cost housing unit for the elderly and is in conjunction with the low cost housing units in Becker and Zimmerman, financed under the Housing and Urban Development Program. Mr. Mac Gibbon indicated the sewer main was in and paid for prior to the construc- tion of the building, and that the $26,985.00 for the hook-up charge to the sewer system was a charge not expected or planned for in the project, and further in- dicated that the hook-up fee would have to be paid by the citizens occupying the building through increased charges to them. Mr., Mac Gibbon indicated that by the use of the formula for hook-up fees charged by the City of Elk River, it is not a fair share.. for the citizens of the Guardian Angels Home. Mr. Mac Gibbon in- dicated that the sewer hook-up charges for the units in Zimmerman and Becker were substantially lower than the charges in Elk River, and further indicated that, in some suburbs in the Metro sewer system, the charges were considerably lower than the hook:"'up fees in the City of Elk River. Ms. Carol Mills, Administrator for the Guardian Angels, indicated that the City of Elk River did not inform them of the hook-up fees, and therefore the project has a planning shortfall, and further indicated that the hook-up charges could not be paid from the loan with the Housing and Urban Development. The City Administrator indicated that the hook-up fees specified in the sewer ordinance have been based on economic planning to payoff the debt of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, and further indicated that if the City Council were to modify the hook-up fees for the Guardian Angels Home, the City would be leaving itself open for all future individuals wishing to hook-up to the sewer and asking for the same modification and this in turn, would destroy the very financial basis for the debt retirement.