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City Council Minutes March 8, 2010 Page 2 5.1. 2011 CIP Softball Light Discussion Mr. Maertz presented the staff report. Counciltnember Gumphrey questioned if other organizations use the softball fields. Mr. Maertz stated that youth football and girl's fast pitch use the fields. He noted that associations prefer to donate money for new items rather than replacement items. Councilmember Motin questioned if grants are available to upgrade to dark sky compliant lighting. Mr. Maertz indicated he has not looked into that yet but generally the grants are looking for a quicker payback than what the lights would provide. 5.2. Project Conserve Phase II Ms. Haug presented her staff report. Councilmember Motin questioned if there could be a scaled back version of Phase III which would allow residents not in Elk River Municipal Utilities' service area to participate. Ms. Haug indicated that those residents can participate in Phase II. She stated that Connexus Energy has agreed to provide information to the city for their customers once the customer signs a release form. Councilmember Motin stated that the current application form for Phase II states that the customer must receive electric service from Elk River Municipal Utilities. Ms. Haug noted that is an error and she will update the form. Counal consensus was to move forward with Phase II as outlined. 5.3. Council Code of Conduct Mayor Klinzing distributed a City Council Code of Conduct that she drafted. She indicated that she used codes from other cities and the League of Minnesota Cities' information as a guide. Councilmember Zerwas stated he has no interest in having a City Council Code of Conduct at this point. He added that if he were interested it would be in having a much shorter code than the one distributed. Councilmember Motin indicated he is not in favor of a formal code. He explained that he believes Councilmembers are already held to the standards outlined in the document and that a formal written code it not necessary. He stated that one example of where the code of conduct may have lapsed is with the Random Acts of Kindness campaign. He stated that it was a good program but he believes it made the Council look bad. He expressed concern that the campaign was promoted to the media before the City Council had discussed it. Mayor Klinzing explained the campaign was not a chy-sponsored event and that the City Council was only asked to approve a proclamation of support. She added that the Council has been asked to approve proclamations from many community organizations. Councilmember Westgaard indicated that he is not in favor of additional policy. He added that he agrees with Councilmember Motin that Councilmembers are already held to unwritten rules similar to the Code of Conduct.