DETROIT LAKES CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008
The items on my desk as of Thursday, August 7, 2008, to be presented for discussion and action at the regular meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at 5:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers
of the City Administration Building are as follows:
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of the minutes of the regular City Council Meeting held July 8, 2008, copies of which are enclosed herewith
3. Public Hearing
A. Public hearing for the purpose of abating a nuisance created by an unpainted house at 113 Union Street West
1) Authorization to abate the nuisance at 113 Union Street West
4. Consent Agenda
All items with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered separately in its normal sequence on the agenda.
5. Community Development Committee (Brenk, Anderson, Tollefson, Tucker/Meets 08/07/08 at 3:30 P.M.)
A. Darin Halvorson wished to appear before the Council to appeal his rental registration being revoked
B. Follow-up on the abatement of a hazard (unfinished house) at 1941 Long Bridge Road
C. Report on placement of the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce sign
D. Consideration to a conditional use and variance request to allow construction of an accessory building on a vacant lot at 24540 St. Claire Circle (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
E. Consideration to a variance request to allow a 15’ front yard setback and a 15’ rear yard setback in a “B-3” District, Auto Oriented Business District, at 501 Grant Street for construction of a
commercial building/RAB Enterprises (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
F. Consideration to a variance request to allow a 4’ side yard setback allowing construction of a garage at 1032 Rossman Avenue (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
G. Consideration to the first reading of an ordinance rezoning parcels between Summit Avenue and Bowling Avenue parallel to the BNSF Railway and part of Block 10 of Holmes First Addition from “B-2”, “B-3” and “I-1” to “B-1”, Central Building District (Planning Commission recommendations, ordinance and map enclosed)
H. Consideration to a variance request to exceed the building height limitation to put a pitched roof on the Club House Hotel at 1155 Highway 10 East (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
I. Consideration to a variance request to allow a deck setback closer than 75’ to the Ordinary High Water Mark for the Club House Hotel at 1155 Highway 10 East (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
J. Consideration to a conditional use request to convert seasonal cottages to year round residential use at 1334 Washington Avenue/Capri Motel (Planning Commission recommendations enclosed)
K. Consideration to the second reading of Ordinance No. 324 amending the Zoning Ordinance relative to combining contiguous non-conforming lots to meet current requirements
L. Consideration to entering into an agreement with BNSF Railway relative to the Kris Street Crossing signals
M. **Sixty-eight applications for building permits have been received in the estimated amount of $1,796,578.00 (Reports enclosed)
6. Public Works Committee (Imholte, Brenk, Hannon, Zeman/Meets 08/11/08 at 12:30 P.M (MnDOT) and 1:30 P.M.(Public Works Committee)
A. Nancy Stokes, Mary Holsen and Linda Wiedewitsch wish to appear before the Council relative to “The Marshmallow Foundation” (Letter enclosed)
B. Consideration to the request of the developers to install streets and utilities in the final phase of Golden Bay Shores
C. Consideration to the request of Minnesota Flyers Gymnastics to use Peoples Park for their open house and fundraiser on August 25, 2008 (Letter enclosed)
D. **Approval to the request to use the City Park for a vintage snowmobile show on September 27, 2008 (Letter enclosed)
E. **Approval of August’s Project Status Report from the City Engineer (Enclosed)
F. **Animal Control Report (Enclosed)
7. Finance Committee (Anderson, Aune, Heltemes, Imholte/Meets on 08/12/08 at 3:30 P.M.)
A. Review of the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center’s 2007 Audit and next year’s budget (Information enclosed)
B. Consideration to resolution declaring costs and ordering assessments and setting a hearing on street and utility improvements on the newly annexed area of Long Lake Phase I and II (Resolutions enclosed)
C. **Discussion on the issuance of $2,245,000.00 Electric Revenue Bonds
D. **The Budget Meets will be scheduled for the week of August 25, 2008, and first meeting will be August 25, 2008, at 7:00 A.M.
E. **Acceptance of the Trial Balance (Enclosed)
F. **Approval of payment of claims
8. Public Safety Committee (Aune, Heltemes, Imholte, Tucker/Meets on 08/11/08 at 4:30 P.M.)
A. Discussion on Emergency Warning System
B. Approval to City staff conducting an auction at the Becker County Fairgrounds at Noon on August 21, 2008 (List enclosed)
C. **Approval to the issuance of a permit to Sandbar II to conduct a dance in the Pavilion on September 26, 2008, such application having been recommended for approval by the Police Chief
D. **Acceptance of the Chief of Police report for July, 2008 (Report enclosed)
E. **Acceptance of the Fire Chief’s report
F. **Acceptance of the parking violations report showing that parking violations amounted to $410.00 for the month of July, 2008
G. **The City has received $7,754.71 that was collected by the Becker County Court Administrator for June, 2008
9. Liquor/Gambling Control Committee (Heltemes, Hannon, Tollefson, Zeman/Meets on 08/12/08 at 4:30 P.M.)
A. **Approval of a following gambling applications:
1) Lakes Area Ducks Unlimited for raffles at the Club House Hotel on September 16, 2008
2) Detroit Lakes Youth Hockey Association for raffles at the Speak Easy on October 24, 2008
3) Smokey Hills Chapter for raffles at the VFW on November 28, 2008
B. **Approval of temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses for the Club House Hotel, 1155 Highway 10 East, for weddings on August 8, 2008 and August 9, 2008, at the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center
C. **Approval of temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses for the Sandbar II, 880 Randolph Road, for weddings on August 16 and 23, 2008, at the Detroit Lakes Community and Cultural Center and on August 23, 2008, at the Pavilion
D. **Liquor Store Manager’s Report (Enclosed)
10. Public Utilities Commission (Johnson, Wimmer, Tollefson, VanDam, Wething/Meets on 8/12/08, 9:30 A.M.)
A. Consideration to the recommendation of the Public Utilities Commission to adopt a resolution to participate in the joint powers organization called the Minnesota Flex-term Financing Group (MFTFG) (Information enclosed)
B. Consideration to the recommendation of the Public Utilities Commission to issue $2,245,000.00 Electric Revenue Bonds to MFTFG to finance the work center (Information enclosed)
11. Mayor’s Agenda Items
A. The terms of Jim Sinclair and Jean Evans on the Police Civil Service Commission will expire September 30, 2008 (They have served three 3-year terms)
B. The term of City representative Laurel Satran on the Detroit Lakes/Becker County Airport Commission will expire September 30, 2008. (Laurel Satran has served one three-term as a City representative)
12. City Clerk’s Items
A. It will be necessary to provide for the conduct of the Primary Election on September 9, 2008, designating polling places, appointing election judges, setting the hourly rate of pay and designating hours
for the polling places (Resolution enclosed)
B. **Approval to the issuance of plumbing licenses for Kurt Blotsky dba KB Plumbing and Heating, Fargo, and Jon Hanson dba Precision Plumbing and Electric, Inc., Fargo, pursuant to their application,
compliance bond and $25.00 fee
13. Items Not on the Agenda
A. City Administrator
B. Citizens
C. Council Members
14. Information and Announcements
A. For your information, filing dates for Mayor and City Council vacancies for the November Election open August 26, 2008, through September 9, 2008. The following terms will expire:
WARD COUNCILMEMBER TERM
Mayor Larry Buboltz 4-Year
First Ward Ron Zeman 4-Year
Second Ward James Hannon 4-Year
Third Ward James Anderson 4-Year
At Large Bruce Imholte 4-Year
B. “The Wall” Convoy will be at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion August 20, 2008
C. The September Council Meeting will be September 10, 2008, because of the Primary Election
Respectfully,
/s/ ROBERT LOUISEAU
Robert Louiseau
City Administrator
RL/lmk
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