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City Council Minutes January 12, 2009 3.4. Call Special ~oint Meeting Page 2 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN TO CALL SPECIAL JOINT MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009; MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009; AND MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE 171sT FOCUSED AREA STUDY. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 5.1. TH 10 Banner Policv Staff report presented by Mr. Maurer. Mr. Maurer added that Elk River Municipal Utilities has agreed to install and remove banners at no direct charge to the city. He added that the estimated cost for the Utilities to put up and remove each banner is $200. The Council offered the following comments: ^ Liked `Welcome to Elk River' banners at the ends of the light standards. • Special event banners should be monitored to only be up for the appropriate time of the event. Person responsible for determining if banners meet intent of policy should be designated. • Like to see consistency in banners. Not in favor of private business advertising on city banners but okay for non-profits ^ Definition of type of organizations that are perniitted to display banners should be consistent with those who are allowed to display signs on city property (language should be taken from sign ordinance). Mr. Maurer will come back with a draft policy and sample banners. ,._.--~ 5.2. Downtown Redevelopment Study Mr. Gongoll presented the staff report. Consensus of the Council was to reassemble the Downtown Redevelopment Task Force to begin work on the Mississippi Connections Downtown Redevelopment Study but not until after work on the 171St Focused Area Study is complete. Staff should begin contacting task force members to gauge their interest in returning. It was noted that some task force members may no longer serve on the advisory board or commission for which they were originally appointed to serve as representative on the task force. Council consensus was for all former members to be invited back. Acting Mayor Zerwas expressed interest in having a Councilmember be a liaison to or a member of the task force. 5.3. Landfill Discussion John Kellas, Waste Management and John Shardlow, Bonestroo- provided an update on the proposed Elk River Landfill south development area as outlined in their PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Kellas noted that over a dozen public open houses have been held and the public is welcome to visit the landfill office for a tour anytime during business hours.