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City Council Minutes Page 4 December 13, 2004 ----------------------------- It was the consensus of the Council that the city would not pay the 25% and they felt it was not a viable location for workforce housing to be located. Mr. Rohlf also wanted direction whether the city would assess the costs of R.C. Rolloff clean up to the property. It was the consensus of the Council to do contractual agreements with deadlines, Council indicated a dollar amount to look at. C. Energy House III Building and Environmental Administrator Stephen Rohlf reviewed his staff report updating the Council on the proposed Energy House III. This house will be set up for demonstration purposed with tours specific for three years. It was the consensus of the Council to use Landfill Abatement Funds in the range of $50,000 to $60,000 if the house is used for recycling education, that the city would not use tax rebate financing, that the city did not wish to delay the building permit fees, and when the three years are up that the house does need to be sold. The staff needs to set a deadline with specific issues to that location, and that screening may need to be provided from County Road 1 or from the neighborhood. 5.5. Follow-up on October Joint Meeting with Boards/Commissions Mayor Klinzing stated that she felt is was important for the Council to go through the items brought up by individual boards and commissions and to determine the direction that the Council wished to give to them. It was the consensus of the Council that this information would be taken back to the individual commissions through their Council liaison. Planning Commission Councilmember Kuester stated that she would like to see statements that are goals and not problem statements. This group may need to be challenged with the problem and asked to provide possible solutions. In dealing with the citywide trail system for hiking and biking, it was suggested that the Planning Commission should meet with the Park and Recreation Department to see what they plan to do in this regard. It was also stated that the Planning Commission needs to look at their role in the development review process. For example, they may need to look at their role and examine why a lot of variances are coming forward. In this regard, perhaps an ordinance change is an area they may need to look at closer. Councilmember Kuester stated that they are also advocates. Park & Recreation Commission This group has been working toward accomplishing the goals identified and spending park funds on improvements. It was stated that this group has been very aggressive, even thoughts have come forward about a referendum. They are planning to have meetings in January to assess and prioritize projects and that a very good presentation of revenue projection was done by staff. It was suggested that this group could work with the Planning Commission with some of their projects. EDA It was the consensus of the Council that this group is working toward and achieving their goals.