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Special Meeting of the Elk River City Council Held at the Elk River City Hall Thursday, February 8, 2018 Members Present: Mayor Dietz, Councilmembers Olsen, Ovall, Westgaard, and Wagner Members Absent: None Staff Present: City Administrator Calvin Portner, Parks and Recreation Director Michael Hecker, City Engineer Justin Femrite, Finance Director Lori Ziemer, and City Clerk Tina Allard Call Meeting to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order at 5:04 p.m. by Mayor Dietz. 2. Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3.1 Discuss Improvements to Ice Arena and Lion John Weicht Park Lions Member Scott Trenholm stated the Lions Club voted not to take over Lions Park Center. Mayor Dietz asked if the Lions discussed whether they had any interest with locating into the arena. Mr. Trenhohn stated there was no discussion about it or the use of the rest of Lion John Weicht Park. Mr. Portner presented the staff report. He discussed the University of Minnesota Extension Service study for sales tax in Elk River. He stated the university representative believes the city should complete a separate study from the county but noted they would give both the city and the county a discount because some of the data would be the same. Mayor Dietz stated he discussed the study with Sherburne County Comrnissioner Tim Dolan. He stated the study is very extensive and outlines how much the tax would affect taxpayers versus visitors from outside the city. He stated he feels it is worth the money to complete the study. Ms. Ziemer presented the tax impacts for the ice arena portion of the levy. She stated debt service projections are based on a $25 million bond payable over 25 years with a stipulation the first four years of repayment of the debt service be interest only until the public safety bonds are paid off in 2023. She stated the tax impact on a