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1989-05-15 CC Minutes . . . COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 15, 1989 The regular meetlng of the Albertvllle Clty Councl1 was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeler Members present lncluded J1ID Krystosek, Donatus Vetsch and Don Cornelius Councl1 member Bob Braun was absent Others present lncluded Maureen Andrews, Bob Mlller, Bob Sullentrop, Thore Meyer, Ken Llndsay and Lorle Villareal The agenda for the evenlng'S meetlng was revlewed by the Councl1 Don Cornelius made a motlon and Donatus Vetsch seconded lt to approve the agenda All were In favor and the motlon carr led The mlnutes of the May 1st meetlng were revlewed by the Councl1 Donatus Vetsch questloned whether or not the Wrlght County Sherlff's Offlce had been contacted regarding the radar checks along the east/west streets In Albertville Maureen sald that she would check wlth the Department to see how the checks are gOlng Hearlng no other questions or comments a motlon to approve the mlnutes was made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Jim Krystosek All were In favor and the motlon carr led The Councl1 next acknowledged the recelpt of sealed blds for the sale of the Cub Cadet Mower At thls tlme a motlon was made to close the acceptance of blds The motlon was made by Jlm Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornelius All were In favor and the motlon carr led The openlng of the blds was tabled untl1 after the dlScusslon wlth the utlllty companles regardlng the new Utlllty Ordlnance Offlclals of the varlOUS utillty companles had been lnvlted to the meeting to dlSCUSS the proposed Ordlnance and permlt appllcatlon The purpose of the discussion was to recelve comment from the companles supplying SerVlces to Albertvllle There was a brlef overVlew of the ordlnance and permlt appllcatlon It wac pOlnted out that the City was lmplementlng the Ordlnance to allow for better utillzatlon of the City rlght of way for the lnstallatlon of utillties . . . There was some d1scuss10n regard1ng the estab11shment of fees assoc1ated w1th the permit Bob M1ller p01nted out that the fee structure was established so that 1t bas1cally relates to new subd1vis10ns 1nstallation of ut1l1t1es It was noted that the ord1nance has been structured so that only plats of 10 or more lots would be requ1red to pay the min1mum fees, but 1n the event that excess 1nspect10n 1S requ1red by the C1ty Eng1neer or Pub11c Works Super1ntendent that any cost assoc1ated w1th the extra 1nspect10n would be passed back to the appropr1ate source It was also noted that some changes had been made based on the recommendat10ns of the uti11ty compan1es rece1ved at the work meet1ng the month pr10r to th1s meet1ng At th1s time, members of the aud1ence spoke the1r concerns The f1rst speaker was Mr Jerry Zimmer of NSP He noted that NSP was not aga1nst the ord1nance in general but d1d have some concern regarding some of the p01nts in the ord1nance and the applicat10n's rules P01nts noted 1ncluded the fact that it 1S NSP's op1nion that the perm1t fees add unnecessary charges to pass onto the customer He stated that in some commun1t1es these fees are wa1ved so not to add any added expense Mr Z1mmer acknowledged Mr Kuennen from NSP who would react to some of the1r other concerns, but f1rst 1nd1cated h1s 1nterest to the Counc1l that the ut1l1ty compan1es be g1ven some add1t10nal time to work w1th the C1ty'S representat1ves to make 1t the best ord1nance possible Mr Kuennen reviewed with the Counc1l each sect10n of the rules pertaining to street and alley excavations and what concerns NSP had w1th some of the rules Throughout h1s presentat10n other members of the aud1ence 1nJected some comments as well SAFETY It was p01nted out that under the sect10n of Safety there were no points of conf11ct EASEMENTS #1 No cutting of blacktop w1ll be allowed Installation or p1pe under concrete or b1tum1nous pavements to be done by Jacking or boring unless otherwise author1zed by Eng1neer When an 1nstallat10n is made by jack1ng or bor1ng a p1pe three 1nches or larger in diameter, a cas1ng of larger d1mension must be used to encase the serV1ce p1pe It was p01nted out that normally the ut1l1ty companies attempt to 1nstall the serV1ce pr10r to the 1nstallat10n of blacktop, but on -2- . . . occas1on there are events that preclude the need to 1nstall after the road surface has been 1nstalled Only 1n emergency ca6es do the compan1es have to open cut the road The compan1es want to be aS6ured that 1n such a case they will be allowed to open cut 1f necessary An example used wa6 that 1n the event that a p1ece of equ1pment was lost in the Jack and bor1ng process, they would be allowed to d1g up the road to retr1eve the equ1pment The C1ty'S response to thi6 1ssue 1S that the C1ty will scrut1n1ze the proposal of cutting the blacktop instead of using 60me of the other methods of installation and will base an approval on the f1nd1ng of fact In the event that 1t is proven that 1t is essent1al to cut the blacktop, the proper author1zat1on w1ll be g1ven It wa6 p01nted out that burden of proof w1ll be on the ut1l1ty compan1es and not the City's representative in mak1ng th1s determ1nat10n In add1tion to this regulat10n, there was some concern regard1ng the requirement of cas1ng It was p01nted out by most of the compan1es that the1r l1ne6 have been des1gned so not to need a cas1ng and quest10ned why this was be1ng requ1red Mr R1chard P1lon of M1nnegasco noted that the M1nnesota Department of Transportat10n no longer requires the use of ca61ng because of the expense 1nvolved w1th the 1nstallat10n He too p01nted out that 1t is M1nnegasco's op1n10n that the 1nstallat10n of the casing is not necessary and that 1t proves to be an extra burden to the utility compan1es It was pointed out that the 1ntent of th1s sect10n was that a casing would be required in the event that 1t was needed 1n order to Jack and bore the l1ne but not 1f the mater1als be1ng 1nstalled where 1n a self-conta1ned l1n1ng The ut1l1ty companies d1d not feel that th1s was clarif1ed enough #6 No pole6, anchors, braces or other construction to be put on roadway shoulder except by special author1zat1on NSP quest10ned th1s stipulation S1nce l1ghts extend out over the shoulder or boulevard mak1ng th1s requ1rement too restrict1ve They felt that there needed to be a clar1ficat10n on this 1ssue The Engineers p01nted that a shoulder is that area along a roadbed w1thout curb but 16 not cons1dered the boulevard area The place of the l1ght poles, ect w1ll not be effected by th1s 6tipulat1on #7 No dr1v1ng onto h1ghway from ditch or dr1v1ng on shoulders except when authorized by the Eng1neer, and 1f damage occurs, permit holder will make proper repa1rs -3- . . . The util1ty compan1es pointed out that there 1S somet1mes a need to dr1ve along th1S area The C1ty noted that the concern focuses on the potent1al for damage of the d1tches and shoulders due to heavy equ1pment Recogn1z1ng the fact that there are t1mes that th1s type of movement must occur, the C1ty 1S request1ng that pr10r author1zation be rece1ved so 1n the event that restorat10n is requ1red, the C1ty w111 know who is respons1ble to complete the work #11 Poles, boxes, located approval permit guys, electr1cal transformer boxes and Junction and telephone and cable T V pedestals shall not be w1th1n 20 feet of a f1re hydrant w1thout pr10r When this 1S granted, 1t w1l1 be so noted on the All of the restrictive and easement, they pr1vate property 1t too was fa1rly ut111ty compan1es felt that that because there are mult1ple would eventually be 10cat1ng the They felt that 10 feet would be restrictive 20 feet was far too users of the ut1lity serV1ce pedestals on better but felt that Ken pointed out that that equ1pment needed to clean out storms Gary Cook from Un1ted cities an ordinance has been property owner is respons1ble for he wanted to see 20 feet because around hydrants dur1ng heavy snow Telephone, p01nted out that 1n many adopted requ1r1ng that the adjacent keeping the hydrants free of snow Ken also noted that he felt that the util1ty compan1es have a tendency to creep 1nto the set back requ1rement, thereby leav1ng even less room to work around the hydrants Maureen noted that if the rules otated 10 feet then the ut1lity compan1es would have to abide by that otandard or r1sk be1ng 1n v10lation of the regulationo and ord1nance After some add1t10nal discussion, it was agreed that the problem area around the hydrants are along the front and the sldes of the hydrants and not so much along the back In an effort to str1ke a compromise, 1t was agreed that the language would be changed to say shall not be located with1n 10 feet of the front or sldes and 5 feet beh1nd a f1re hydrant w1thout pr10r approval LIMITATIONS #3 No work shall be done Wh1Ch w111 create a nU1sance The utility compan1es wanted to know how the C1ty planned on def1n1ng "NUISANCE"? Bob M111er pointed out that nU1sance lS typically def1ned as something that effects the public health, safety and welfare of the community There was some discussion regarding the poss1b111ty of 1nsert1ng the term "PUBLIC", but after oome add1t10nal d1Scuss10n 1t was agreed to strike the entire rule -4- . . . #4 Within 24 hours (Saturday, Sundays and legal hol1days excluded), the perm1t holder ohall not1fy the Mun1c1pal1ty lssu1ng the perm1t and the C1ty Eng1neer that such work has been completed and is ready for f1nal 1nspection The utility compan1es felt that requ1r1ng them to contact both the City and 1tS eng1neer was excessive They requested that they only be requ1red to contact one or the other and leave the add1tlonal contact to the not1c1ng off1ce It was agreed that the compan1es w1ll contact the Mun1c1pal1ty and they will in turn contact the Eng1neer's Office #5 W1thin ten (10) days after rece1pt of a copy of the perm1t appl1cation, the C1ty Eng1neer shall notify the appl1cant of any obJection the C1ty may have to the appl1cat10n There was concern regarding the t1me delay 10 days could have on the 1nstallation of ut1l1t1es and 1t was requested that the number of days be reduced to three (3) days There was some discuss10n regard1ng the fact that the C1ty d1d not bel1eve that three days prov1ded ample time to reV1ew the plans consider1ng that there can be some delay in the eng1neers rece1v1ng a copy (th1s could happen 1f the plan lS ma1led to the C1ty and then has to be sent onto the Eng1neer's Off1ce) It was also p01nted out that dur1ng the peak construct10n season, the Eng1neer can be out on construct10n sltes and not have time to do a plan reV1ew In order of accommodate both the C1ty and the ut1lity compan1es, 1t was agreed that the plans would be turned around 1n five dayo It was agreed that 1n the event that there lS a rush every effort w1ll be made to get the plans checked and not1ce glven to the compan1es 00 that work can proceed #8 To a maximum extent pOos1ble, personnel 1nstall1ng the ut1litieo shall obta1n access from beh1nd the curbs and shall not cross the curbs w1th vehicles If excavated mater1al must be placed in the roadway or on the curbs, 1t shall be removed by hand shovels Mechan1zed equ1pment shall not be used to scrape mater1al off the roadway or curbs A clar1ficat10n regarding the access from beh1nd the curb and cross1ng of the curbs was requested Bob Sullentrop explained that what the C1ty lS trying to el1m1nate 1S the multiple cross1ng of the curb by veh1cles, such as driving one d1rection on the boulevard and then cross1ng the curb and dr1v1ng back -5- . . . on the street 1n a repeated process It 1S the C1ty'S feel1ng that once the equ1pment has crossed over the curb onto the easement that the work can be done from that location Th1s should el1m1nate some of the dirt track1ng and construct1on mess that has occurred 1n the past W1th regards to excavat10n cleanup, the C1ty held f1rm to requ1rement of hand shovel cleanup because of past damage done to curb and road ways from the scrap1ng process #10 Underground construction harm or unnecessar1ly ornamental trees must be so constructed as not to destroy the root growth of It was noted that th1s rule 1S a matter of courtesy and that 1n all cases every attempt should be made to save our green enV1ronment After they made process the some ut111ty compan1es add1t1onal general went through the rules 1n detail, comments regarding fees and the It was their general consensus that any fees the C1ty attaches to a permit w111 be passed d1rectly onto the developer, but they do not have a problem with the 1mplementat10n of the perm1tt1ng process There was some additional d1scuss10n, after wh1ch 1t was agreed that Bob Miller and Bob Sullentrop would meet again with the utility companies to see if the m1nor d1fferences could be worked out A mot10n was made By Don Cornel1us and seconded by Donatus Vetsch to table the entire package unt11 the next meet1ng of the Counc11 on June 5, 1989 All were 1n favor and the mot10n carr1ed The representat1ves of the util1ty compan1es were thanked for being at the meet1ng and shar1ng the1r expert1se w1th the C1ty The Counc11 next went back to the matter of the sale of the CUB CADET MOWER The Counc11 was the sale of the mower 1nformed that the City had rece1ved 6 b1ds for They 1nclude the follow1ng bids Rob Stern M1ke Grund Merlyn Brant Larry McDerm1t Charles Wokson Les Peterson $278 00 $251 00 $240 00 $225 00 $205 00 $199 50 After reviewing the bids, it waD determ1ned that Mr Rob Stern was the h1gh bidder at $278 00 A mot10n was made by Donatus Vetsch to accept the Stern offer The motion was seconded by Jim Krystosek All were 1n favor and the mot10n carried -6- . . . The Counc1l next approved three 3 2 Beer L1censes for upcom1ng events A mot10n was made by Don Corne11us and seconded by J1m Krystosek to approve a 3 2 beer l1cense for the Albertv1lle Area Jaycee's for May 19th, 20th and 21st for a softball tournament be1ng sponsored by Vetsch Cab1nets All were in favor and the mot10n carr1ed A mot10n was made by J1m Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornelius to approve a 3 2 beer l1cense for the Albertv1lle L10n's for Fr1endly C1ty Days, June 10 and 11th pend1ng payment and app11cat10n All were 1n favor and the mot10n carr1ed A motion wa5 made by J1m Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornelius to approve a 3 2 beer license for St Albert's Par1sh Center for the Business Apprec1at10n Night June 9th, pend1ng payment and app11cation All were 1n favor and the motion carr1ed Bob Miller d1scussed w1th the Counc1l h1s op1n10n of the Greater Morrison San1tary Landfill lawsuit Bob sa1d that there 1S a s11m chance that in the event that the Joint Powers Water Board wa5 ever sued that each of the members of the Board could be named as well He sugge5ted that the City representat1ves find out for sure 1f the C1ty of Albertville, as well as the other commun1ties have been 1ncluded as a named 1nsured It was also suggested that the C1tV check w1th our 1nsurance agent to make sure that the C1ty'S involvement 1n the J01nt Powers 1S included under the umbrella coverage The Counc1l next heard from the Ma1ntenance Department The fate of the poplar trees came to a f1nal end at last The Counc1l was 1nformed that Ken and Gary talked with the property owners to see 1f they really wanted the trees removed It was p01nted out that the property owners d1d not want the trees taken all the way down but stated that they would l1ke to see the trees topped at the City's expense Gary pointed out that he felt that 1f the trees were topped now they would have to be topped on a regular bas1s - probably every year Th1s would not be good for the trees nor would it prov1de adequate shade for the property owner The minutes should note that the C1ty had checked w1th NSP about the trees on the edge of the property and were 1nformed that they were not 1n need of trimm1ng so that they would not 1nterfere w1th the prOV1S10n of electr1cal serV1ce they have It was noted that the C1ty should not be cutt1ng down trees when are healthy because of the fact that we need all the trees we The trees should not be cut down unless they are dead, s1ck or -7- . . . causlng a hazard So, the general con5en5U5 of the Councll was to leave the trees alone but watch for ones that may be dying Jlm Krystosek made a motlon and Donatus Vetsch seconded lt to approve leavlng the poplar trees as they are but to watch for any that may have problems All were ln favor and the motlon carr led Ken reported that he and Mlke were out to the PPM location and pumped down the pond It lS now staked and lS elght lnches above the water line ln the ground They wlll check the water level agaln on Tuesday If the pond fllls up then lt would be up to JOlnt Powers to do something about lt The pond wlll be checked every couple of days Jlm asked about the cost of preS5ure checklng and was told that a pre5sure gate could be lnstalled by the hydrant and then watched No actlon was taken on this matter at thlS tlme by the Councll The Councll was lnformed that the Jaycees were dOlng some work down at the park They lnstalled a drlnklng fountaln and wlll be dOlng some landscaplng Ken stated that lt mlght be a nlce Jester to send a letter of thanks from the City as well as put somethlng ln the Crow Rlver News thanklng the Jaycees for thelr work It was noted that the Park Board sends a letter of thanks but that it would be m05t appropriate to be sure this is done from the Clty Ken noted that the property stakes for the Menzel'5 and several others have been located The dltch was looked at and there appears that some obstructlon could have occurred when the optl-Ilne was installed and is now causlng problems wlth the dralnage Ken told the Councll that some of the dltch has been dug out by hand but that an addltional 6 to 8 lnches of dlrt on the south side of the dltch must come out ln order for the water to flow decently In order to do the work, Ken ha5 requested that he be able to rent from General Rental a back hoe at $30 per hour for one to two hours The dlrt is real soft and mucky now so he wlll have to let it dry up some flrst Ken commented to the Councll that it was hlS feellng that the Clty should not glve the utillty companies everythlng they want or the City will lose all control of what goes on wlth the companles Ken went on to say that the utility companles are obJectlng to the fees but eventually all fees wll1 go back to the developer anyway The messes being left by the utlllty companles are mostly belng caused by subcontractors Contractors hlre subcontractors to do the work and the subcontractors do not care about the messes they leave behlnd The responslbillty therefore falls back on the contractor -8- . . . The next 16sue d1scussed was the M1nnesota Pollution Control Agency Cert1f1cate of Commendat1on awarded to the Albertville Wastewater Treatment Fac111ty Gary offered Ken congratulat1ons from himself and the Counc11 before he left the meet1ng Ken and the City of Albertv11le rece1ved a recogn1t1on award from the Pollution Control Agency for the year of 1988 for all the good work done on the ma1ntenance of the ponds It was noted that very few people get this award and it would be most appropr1ate to put news of th1s award in the Crow River News The Counc11 next heard from the Engineer1ng Department Bob Sullentrop updated the Counc11 on the construct1on projects The curb construction wa6 be f1ni6hed the week of the meet1ng Latour had been scheduled to do the backfil11ng and the road shap1ng after the curbs are in A6 a follow-up to an 1ssue d1scussed at an earl1er meet1ng regarding the cross1ng of 1-94 w1th water Bob 1nformed the Counc11 that two quotes had been obtained for determ1n1ng the maX1mum pipe S1ze for the 1-94 waterma1n crossing EJM PIPE SERVICES, INC LATOUR CONSTRUCTION $17,750 $13,900 These quotes do not 1nclude the permit fee of $150 A perm1t 1S needed from the State of Minnesota to do the digg1ng The Council felt that th1s was alot of money to spend and that there would have to be funds ava1lable They wondered 1f 1t could poss1bly be rolled into a street 1mprovement contract Bob Sullentrop mentioned that the C1ty must work w1th MN/DOT regard1ng this problem because of the 1ssue of whether or not the con6truction of the interstate has a d1rect correlat1on the damaged cas1ng It was also noted that they would have regulat10ns that the C1ty w111 need to follow to hopefully get MN/DOT to ass 1St 1n the partic1pat1on in the project At this p01nt, J1m Krystosek commented that he would be 1nterested in obta1ning from his sources a couple more quote6 on determ1ning the p1pe S1ze He w1ll have th1s 1nformat1on for the next meeting The ordinance pertain1ng to l1m1t1ng on street parking to 48 hours was d1scussed There was a quest10n as to whether or not a 'trailer" would qual1fy as a vehicle Bob M111er answered th1s "yes even 1f the -9- . . . trailer l.S detached The word "tral.ler" could be added to the ordinance Bob also sal.d that vl.olatl.ng the ordl.nance l.S a ml.sdemeanor and punl.5hable wl.th a $200 fine Donatus Vetsch then made a motl.on to approve Ordinance 1989-4, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PARKING IN THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF with the amended changes Don Cornell.us seconded the motl.on All were in favor the motl.on carrl.ed The ORDINANCE LICENSING ALBERTVILLE" was discussed Ordl.nance pertal.nl.ng to the Amendment of Ordl.nance 1988-3 AN AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1983-2 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AND REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS IN THE CITY OF AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 1975-1 WITH RESPECT THERETO by the Councl.1 It was brought to the attentl.on of the Councl.1 members that the orl.gl.n of the ordl.nance l.S Montl.cello's dog ordl.nance Ml.nor changes have been made to accommodate the City of Albertvl.lle Dl.scussl.on brought about some addl.tl.onal changes Dogs l.n the Cl.ty of Albertville must now be licensed at Sl.X months of age and ll.censes must be renewed every three years The ll.cense fee l.S now $10 00 Jl.m Krystosek made a motl.on to adopt Ordl.nance 1989-5 wl.th amended changes Don Cornell.us seconded the motl.on All were l.n favor and the motion carrl.ed The resolutl.on regardl.ng the quit clal.m deed for the County Road 37 rl.ght-of-way was dl.scussed next Don Cornelius made a motl.on and Donatus Vetsch seconded l.t to approve Resolutl.on 1989-__, RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING DEED TO "PARK AND RIDE" PROPERTY FROM WRIGHT COUNTY AND DIRECTING SAID DEED TO BE RECORDED IN THE WRIGHT COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE All were l.n favor and the motl.on carrl.ed The Engineer park and would be tYPl.cally the Cl.ty commuters the local ml.nutes should note that the Cl.ty Council dl.rected the Cl.ty to undertake an analysl.s of some alternatl.ve Sl.tes for a new ride lot There was also dl.scussl.on regardl.ng how the Cl.ty able to fl.nance the l.mprovements for a new lot since l.t l.S used by nonresl.dents In any regards, l.t was agreed that will need to resolve the l.ssue because we cannot leave the wl.thout a defined place to park or we wl.II have parkl.ng on sl.de street5 makl.ng Wl.nter snow removal dl.ffl.cult The next l.ssue dl.scus5ed was an amendment to the Sl.gn ordl.nance whl.ch would exclude Cl.ty owned signs from the regulatl.ons of sal.d ordl.nance The purpose of thl.s amendment l.S to allow for Cl.ty informatl.on Sl.gns, l. e the l.nformatl.on Sl.gn, the welcome Sl.gns, etc -10- . . . After some addit~onal d~scuss~on a mot~on was made by Don Cornel~us to approve Ord~nance 1989-6, AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING ORDINANCE 1987-3, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADVERTISING DEVICES (BILLBOARDS) AND BUSINESS SIGNS AND PROVING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF The mot~on was seconded by J~m KrYotosek All were ~n favor and the mot~on carr~ed Bob mentioned that he ~s work~ng on an ord~nance that w~ll perta~n to what can be done about the junk areas ~n the C~ty of Albertv~lle He will have th~s ready for the next meet~ng The ~ncome rece~ved and the b~lls to be paid were rev~ewed by the Council There were no maJor quest~ons or comments so Donatus Vetsch made a mot~on to approve the ~ncome rece~ved and the bills to be pa~d J~m Krystosek seconded the mot~on All were ~n favor and checks 9561 through 9593 were paid The Counc~l was ~nformed that the Planning Comm~osion had held the publ~c hear~ng on the Albertville Comprehens~ve Plan on May 11, 1989 It was noted that there were some m~nor changes suggested by the members at the t~me of the hear~ng It was decided to wa~t and see the changes before adopt~ng the final vers~on of the Comprehens~ve Plan Informat~on regard~ng the C~ty populat~on was ~ncluded ~n the packet of Albertv~lle-o current The Albertv~lle Recycl~ng Plan and Maureen-s letter to Arlyn Nelson on what the C~ty ~s th~nk~ng about for recycl~ng was also included in the packet for the Counc~l-s rev~ew There was some discuss~on regard~ng the ab~l~ty to coordinate organized garbage collect~on with the recycl~ng program A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Jim Krystosek waiv~ng the 30 day notice for St Albert-s Par~sh Center-s gambl~ng l~cense for Bingo All were ~n favor and the mot~on carr~ed The Counc~l next rev~ewed bu~ld~ng permito 13 through 22 Don Cornel~us made a motion and J~m Krystosek seconded ~t to approve building perm~ts 13 through 22 pending payment All were ~n favor and the motion carried An update on Fr~endly C~ty Days was given Buttons are now on sale for $1 They are ava~lable from the local bus~nesseo The buttono will allow you to get ~nto the queen coronat~on, etc No t-shirts or caps are be~ng sold this year - the Committee does not feel that they can afford the expense this year -11- . . . Maureen quest10ned whether or not Vernon Sohumm had been approved to do the electr1cal work The Council noted that 1t had been the1r 1ntent to have h1m do the work at the preV10US meet1ng The work will be scheduled The next two Fr1endly C1ty Day's meetings w111 be May 23rd and May 30th at 7 30 p m Bob Miller was asked to draft an ordinance from the request made by the F1re Department to have all new commerc1al and 1ndustrial sltes provide a lock box, an 8 5 by 11 reproduclble mylar plan of the a5builts and poss1bly a temporary access road to construction sltes A member brought up the fact that several attract1ve trash conta1ners located around the downtown area of the Clty would be a n1ce added service They would like to see the serVlce organ1zatlons 5uch as the L10ns and the L10ness approached on thlS matter Spr1ng clean up of Junk cars and uns1tely 1tems laY1ng 1n yards, etc needs to be done before we get too much further 1nto the summer The Wr1ght County Sher1ff's Annual Report for 1988 was included ln the packet for the Counc11's reV1ew Erw1n and Loretta Roden's 40th Wedding Ann1versary lS Saturday, May 20th, 2 30 to 10 00 p m It w1l1 be left up to the lnd1v1dual Councl1 members as to whether or not they want to attend Maureen informed the Council that Secur1ty State Bank may posslbly be donating 50 to 100 Norway plnes for the park Also, J1m Krystosek asked when the trees that have been ordered for the new Clty park are coming ln so that the Boy Scouts w1ll be ava1lable to help plant them There was no other bus1ness 50 Don Cornel1us made a mot10n to adjourn the meet1ng Jlm Krystosek seconded the motlon All were 1n favor and the meet1ng adjourned ~~~~ -12-