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City Council Minutes February 10, 2003 ............................. Page 2 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. Administration Harvest Evangelism, dba Love Elk River Transitional Housing Program Update Mayor Klinzing provided an update on the house owned by the city located near Woodland Trails Park which is being used as a transitional house. She indicated that there is a family living in the home and stated that the program is working very well. Mayor I~inzing indicated that the City will has purchased another house near the Library and will be requesting that the Council consider this house for transitional housing also. Elk River Area Arts Alliance Presentation Regarding 2003 ArtSoup Festival and Request for Budgeted City Contribution Tony Darkenwald, treasurer of Elk River Area Arts Alliance, provided an update on current programs and services. She thanked the Council for its ongoing support and requested the Council to release the $10,000 that was requested by the Arts Alliance for 2003. Councilmember Dietz stated that he would prefer to release $5,000 now and wait to see what affect the legislature will have on the budget before releasing the next $5,000. Councilmembers Motin and Tveite concurred. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO RELEASE $5,000 TO THE ELK RIVER AREA ARTS ALLIANCE WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE REMAINING $5,000 BE CONSIDERED WHEN A DECISION IS MADE BY LEGISLATURE. COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. Update on Fecal Coliform Contamination at Lake Orono Rebecca Haug, Environmental Technician, updated the Council on the fecal coliform contamination at Lake Orono. Rebecca provided a document provided by Liesch companies entitled "Preliminary Assessment Report of Fecal coliform Contamination at Lake Orono City Beach. Consider Boston and Concord Street Improvements City Engineer Terry Maurer presented the feasibility study for the Boston Street and Concord Street Improvements. Terry reviewed the scope of the project. He noted that the total project cost is $459,500 and that there are 21 assessable units. He indicated that the estimated assessment cost is $17,500 per parcel. Terry Maurer talked about additional costs that the property owners would realize including sewer availability charge (SAC) of $1,500, and water availability charge (WAC) of $1,500 and costs associated with running lines from the street to the home and connecting to house. The City Engineer mentioned that there were three situations where one house is located on two lots. He stated that if the property owner combines the lots, the property will be assessed for only one lot, but if the property owner does not combine the lots, the property would be assessed for two lots. A. Public Hearing