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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4A 10 15 2018 City Council Minutes 1 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 15, 2018 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Briggs called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Councilors McGuire, Thompson, Burkart and Braid, City Manager Boyles, City Attorney Schwarzhoff, Director Erickson, Police Chief Elliott, Fire Chief Steinhaus, Community Development Director McCabe, Public Works Director/City Engineer Wedel, Assistant City Engineer Monserud and Executive Assistant Schroeder. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Briggs reviewed the process for the public forum and explained that items scheduled for public hearing or items for which a public hearing has been held but no final action taken, are not eligible for discussion on the public forum. Kylea Sutherland, 15042 Fairlawn Trail SE: Requested the current city code to be amended for raising ducks, chickens and bee keeping in the city. Explained she currently has had six chickens for the last three years and several neighbors have had chickens for ten years; it is a great oppor- tunity for fresh produce, children can get involved through the raising of chickens in Scott County; chickens eat two pounds of vegetable table scraps which is 400 pounds a year that is not going into the landfill. Added chicken manure produces a great pot fertilizer that speeds up compost from a year to six months; bee hive honey can help those who eat it to be less susceptible to pol- len. Stated many other cities around us allow bees and chickens. Noted the city should not permit roasters, they should be raised in a detached building from the house and the animals should be register. Concluded chickens are great pest control and the eggs are brown as they are not dipped in die preservatives which turns them white. Katie Hallberg, 5215 Candy Cove Trail SE: Spoke in regard to the speed and turn lanes on Highway 13. Explained in 1988 her neighbor was killed, and she started a petition to reduce the speed that went into place. Stated the speed has gone up to 50 mph and people are using the turn lanes as bypass lanes. Requested it either be patrolled or they need to go back to bypass lanes and reduced speeds. Noted there have been two accidents within a week. Briggs: Requested Boyles to comment on Sutherlands comments. Boyles: Stated the Planning Commission is responsible for our zoning ordinance and holds public hearings to gather input. Stated if the council wants to provide direction to refer it to the Planning Commission. MOTION BY BRIGGS, SECOND BY BURKART TO DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE AN AMENDMENT ALLOWING CHICKEN, DUCKS AND BEE HIVES IN CITY LIMITS DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 2 VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Briggs: Noted MnDOT was at the work session tonight at the request of the council and they dis- cussed speed among other items; there will be more to come on this topic. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE THE AGENDA VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTO- BER 01, 2018 REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA City Manager Boyles reviewed the items on the consent agenda. 5A. Consider Approval of Claims Listing 5B. Consider Approval of Building Permit Summary Report 5C. Consider Approval of Animal Control Services Report 5D. Consider Approval of Fire Department Report 5E. Consider Approval of Police Department Report 5F. Consider Approval of Resolution 18-160 Approving the Final Plat and Development Agreement for Eagle Ridge Acres Second Addition 5G. Consider Approval of Resolution 18-161 Approving a Registered Land Survey at 5634 Luther Road 5H. Consider Approval of August 2018 Treasurer’s Report DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 3 5I. Consider Approval of Resolution 18-162, 18-163, 18-164 and 18-165 Making Appoint- ments to Various Advisory Committees and Planning Commission 5J. Consider Approval of Resolution 18-166 for a 2019 Road Improvement Project: Order- ing the Preparation of a Feasibility Study for the Fish Point Road (County Road 21 to Fawn Meadow Curve) Reclamation Project: City Project #TRN19-000002 5K. Consider Approval of Resolution 18-167 Accepting Donations and Grants to the City During the Third Quarter of 2018 5L. Consider Approval of an Application and Memorandum of Understanding Designating the City of Prior Lake as a “Snowmobile Friendly Community” MOTION BY BURKART, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Briggs: Noted the SMSC gave a $127,500 grant and has been generous supporting the public safety in Prior Lake; Southwest Drug Task Force grant of $13,463 which enables us to have a Drug Force Task Officer; Prior Lake Lions donated $3,000 to SandPoint Beach. Braid: Thanked the Prior Lake Snowmobile Club regarding agenda item 5L. McGuire: Stated he was part of many of the interviews for the committees regarding agenda item 5I. Noted they could not appoint all applicants but there were great candidates. PRESENTATIONS No Presentations Scheduled PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Assessment Roll for 2018 Mill and Overlay Improvement Project Public Works Director/City Engineer Wedel presented on this agenda report dated October 15, 2018. Braid: Questioned if the additional work that needed to be done was paid by the city and not passed along to the residents. Wedel: Responded that is correct, the added cost was paid for by the city and the resident dol- lar amount did not change at all. Braid: Stated the assessment for a townhome is $22.83 per month and a condo comes to $18.27 per month. Wedel: Responded that is accurate. McGuire: Stated the $204 annual payment should be $304 on the slide. Wedel: Replied that is correct it should be $304. Briggs: Asked how many miles of mill and overlay we took on in 2018. DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 4 Wedel: Explained the goal is to do four miles every year to keep up; this project was about 3.5 miles. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY BRAID TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:33 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Jeanene Johnston, 6386 Wild Oaks Terrace NE: Requested a reduction in the assessment based on the city’s own statement that they had missed maintenance. Noted a petition was pro- vided to the City Manager on August 27, 2018 and she reviewed details of the petition. Re- quested a reduction. John Cates, 3808 107th Street SW: Stated on April 16, 2017 agenda item 7A has the addresses listed does not contain 170th Street and the letter that was sent out does not list 170th Street but members of the West Edge Estates were assess $1,200. Noted he researched the MN Statute 429; read a section of the statute regarding in order for an assessment to be valid the land must improve the property. Added he believes his access is off of County Road 12 and do their proper- ties benefit the same to the other houses being assessed. Marty Kraska, 3865 Simpkins Drive SW: Noted the last time he was here the council listened to his statements but turned around and approved the project. Stated this is not improving the neigh- borhood whatsoever. Added if they are paying $1,200 for the roads around them, what will the city do for them since there is through traffic. Noted this is his third home in Prior Lake where he has also paid street assessments that were charged per foot but with this one everyone is being charged the same amount. Believed in two years these roads will look just as bad; he already pays city taxes for items like this. Brenda Nelson, 3804 170th Street SW: Asked for the assessment to be reconsidered and agreed with the previous comments. Michael Johannes, 6352 Wild Oaks Terrace NE: Agreed with Johnston’s comments. Noted the city failed on the maintenance of the street. Asked who is accountable to see that it is done. Don Cash, 3849 Simpkins Drive: Noted the other houses on the street are paying less who get to benefit from the new blacktop and they do not. Added they do their own street cleaning and snow plowing. Julie Harms, Simpkins Drive: Stated she sent a letter to the council and believed the $1,200 as- sessment is not fair. Added it is expensive to take care of the roads; the city made a mistake as- sessing a private townhome property. MOTION BY BRAID, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:01 P.M. DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 5 VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Briggs: Requested Wedel and Schwarzhoff to answer the questions regarding Simpkins Drive. Wedel: Explained the city’s assessment policy is to assess for the first public street a property connects to. Noted this is similar to last year for Franklin Trail. Stated County Road 12 did not have any assessments at that time nor would homeowners be assessed in the future for County Road 12 as you are being assessed for Simpkins Circle. Explained the assessment rate is part of the city’s fee schedule; a townhome and single-family home have the same number of trips coming from the property however a condo has a reduced rate. Braid: Requested Wedel to describe this assessment verses the reconstruction assessment. Wedel: Explained this is a set fee so it is not based on the cost; reconstruction projects are much more intensive. Added the discussion on whether they could close Simpkins Drive is something they can direct to the Traffic Safety Committee who addresses these types of issues. Briggs: Requested Wedel to provide to the council and the residents the assessment method of the mill and overlay. Wedel: Explained there are different methods for levying assessment by frontage footage, how many acres of property or a per unit basis. Stated the per unit is the method that was chosen. Briggs: Requested an explanation on whether or not the property is receiving any value from the given assessment. Schwarzhoff: Explained the reading of the improvement statute is correct: the assessment from an improvement cannot exceed the benefit to the property that is determined by a before and after value. Stated council for many years has considered private streets to be like a long drive- way. Added the assessments have to be equitable and assessed equally across properties and in this case as Jason mentioned the class is single family homes and townhomes to be treated equally. Stated the piece from the statute the gentleman did not read was the part that men- tioned the city’s authority to assess non-abutting properties, if the property benefits it can be as- sessed regardless of whether it abuts the improvement. Added people likely will pay more for a property on a new street verses one on a failing street. Thompson: Asked if 170th Street was improved, would anyone on Simpkins Drive be assessed. Wedel: Responded no they would not. Braid: Stated he has lived in other communities and was assessed the same way and now his current home, he just paid for his road. Noted the residents are not alone and he feels your pain. Asked how neighboring cities assess. Schwarzhoff: Noted this policy change was made 2-3 years ago; Savage assesses in the same manor for single family homes. Added there are numerous ways this can be assessed. Thompson: Asked that the Simpkins neighborhood is being assessed the same way other neigh- borhoods have been assessed in the last couple years. Wedel: Noted this is a consistent way the city has portioned assessments for private streets. Burkart: Asked if this was the first year for assessing mill and overlay. Wedel: Responded last year was the first year we started assessing for mill and overlay projects. DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 6 Briggs: Noted for Wilds Oaks Terrace was overlooked for maintenance. Asked Wedel to talk on the city’s acceptance of the road and the condition. Wedel: Explained Wild Oaks Terrance first was constructed in 2000 back then the city had a pol- icy of waiting for the final wear course to be paved after all units are built which in this case took five years. Stated the city has design standards, inspectors and developer guidelines but he was not here in 2005 to know what tests were done so he cannot speak to that. Explained regarding the maintenance, the city would like to see streets chip sealed on year 7 and year 14, then year 20-21 we would do a mill and overlay. Stated the mill and overlay on this street is premature. Added the city would like to adhere to the chip seal schedule each year but there are budget con- straints and we do the best we can for the budgets we have. Added not every street has been seal coated or crack sealed when he would prefer it to be done. Noted the residents have done crack sealing and the city has been out there at least once for additional crack sealing. Stated if we would not have done the work this year, it likely would have been beyond the point of mill and overlay requiring a full reconstruction where the costs are much higher. Thompson: Asked since we are doing the mill and overlay early for Wild Oaks Terrace, is that go- ing to change the life of the road? Wedel: Responded the policy has changed and the final wear course is paved much sooner pro- tecting the subgrade. Noted in order for the street to last 30-40 years, you get a mill and overlay midway. Stated he considers this street to be 18 years old, so the mill and overlay is early, but we are trying to make this street last as long as we can. Thompson: Asked what the charge in Savage for a mill is and overlay. Schwarzhoff: Responded the Savage fee schedule for a mill and overlay at $1,479 for single family residents. McGuire: Requested any comments from councilors on the Special Assessment Committee. Burkart: Noted himself and Thompson are on the special assessment committee which has been a learning curve. Explained the 2016 council passed this new policy and at the April 10, 2017 City Council Meeting this council affirmed it and he will provide an abbreviated version of his same comments from that meeting. Stated the council is a policy making body; a good public policy is accountable, affective and fair; it is easily administered and equitable. Explained by starting in 2017 to assess for mill and overlay we are following poor public policy; he does not agree with as- sessments for mill and overlay. Noted he offers the following rationale: including in the levy and socializing it over all residents is the most cost-effective way to maintain street quality; the deci- sion last year to start billing neighborhoods was simply a new tax on top of the tax residents al- ready pay for expected street maintenance of this nature; the assessment process adds signifi- cant administrative inefficiencies to the process; it increases the size of government; assessments create spikes in household budgets; there is significant potential for administrative inconsistency and added burden for those living on busy streets as was brought up for Simpkins by Don and others. Suggested the idea of a partial assessment for Wild Oaks; if it was supposed to be 20 years and it lasted 15 years, he suggested council discount it 25%. Noted as a group they dis- cussed this option in depth and decided it was not fair to the rest of our community. Stated council must make decisions today with the information they have before them and the current policy; he wished it was different policy and the 2016 council had not gone down this road of assessing for mill and overlay. Stated assessments are socialized with a 60/40 split, 60% is socialized, 40% is the responsibility of the homeowner and they are required to prove benefit. Added to adjust this split is to go down a slippery slope where the city becomes the insurer of last resort. It is unfair to DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 7 the rest of our 25,500 residents. Concluded the council has followed the policy, proven benefit and he is forced to affirm it; he would like to see council come together, find an equitable solution to reimburse those assessed over the last 18 months under this faulty policy and reverse the pol- icy. McGuire: Noted his difficulty on reversing the policy as it was put in place and affirmed by this council to carry through with the policy. Noted he has concerned that the road is having a mill and overlay earlier than expected. Thompson: Explained in 2016 she was a lone no vote for adding this policy but now that the pol- icy is done, the council has to move forward with the decision that was made. Added there was a reason for this decision and it was not made in a vacuum. Stated there are a lot of streets in Prior Lake that are 30 years old and we need to make a lot of progress on a mill and overlay projects; it was a way we could maintain our streets without having them fall apart. Explained assessing the person who receives the benefit was another big reason and if you are not assessed your taxes will go up so either way you are paying for it. Stated it is important to treat everyone the same but understands it is difficult for this area since the residents put work into the road themselves. Braid: Noted again he has been in this situation and it is not fun to pay assessments or taxes. Added the policies are put in place to lessen the burden all the way around for the tax payers; for instance, $100,000 towards a project is a 1% increase. Stated do not think for a minute that the council does not think about these things and the impact on residents. Noted they may not agree on everything, but this is the best community he has ever lived in. Briggs: Noted he has disagreed with the previous council on certain topics and it was a reason he ran for mayor. Stated Councilor Burkart is right that we had a chance to revert the policy. Stated he reaffirmed it because it inserts a potential stop on projects since this policy brings the mill and overlay project to us with feasibility studies for us to determine if the road needs to be worked on or not. Added this policy also brings in a benefit test, asking if the property owner re- ceives a benefit from the improvement or not through the Special Assessment Committee. Stated without assessing this instead of the 6.7% tax levy the levy would be much higher so agrees with Thompson that they payment is going to be made one way or the other on this type of project. Burkart: Appreciates the comments this evening. MOTION BY BURKART, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18-168 ADOPT- ING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR 2018 MILL AND OVERLAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 7B Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Assessment Roll for 2018 Woodside-Huron Area Road Reconstruction Improvement Project #TRN18- 000001 Assistant City Engineer Monserud presented on this agenda report dated October 15, 2018. DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 8 Briggs: Asked what percentage of our neighbors assess for this. Erickson: Stated it varies. MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY BURKART TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:54 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. No Members of the Public Spoke MOTION BY BURKART, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:54 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Thompson: Asked if this project is complete. Monserud: Responded it should be substantial complete around this Thanksgiving. Burkart: Stated he lives in this area and has been impressed with how organized the construc- tion has been. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18-169 ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR 2018 WOODSIDE-HURON AREA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #TRN18-000001 VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 7C Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Assessment Roll for the 2018 Franklin Trail Reconstruction Improvement Project #TRN18-000001 DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 9 Assistant City Engineer Monserud presented on this agenda report dated October 15, 2018. Braid: Stated this road was important to complete due to the upcoming CR21/TH13 construc- tion. Thompson: Asked if this is this the stretch of road that had a lot of watermain leakage. Monserud: Responded that is correct. MOTION BY BURKART, SECOND BY BRAID TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:02 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. No Members of the Public Spoke MOTION BY BRAID, SECOND BY BURKART TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:03 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. MOTION BY BURKART, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18-170 ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2018 FRANKLIN TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION IMPROVE- MENT PROJECT #TRN18-000001 VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 7D Public Hearing to Consider Special Assessments for the 2018 Unpaid Special Charges and Consider Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Assessment Roll Finance Director Erickson presented on this agenda report dated October 15, 2018. DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 10 MOTION BY BRAID, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:06 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. No Members of the Public Spoke MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:06 P.M. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Thompson: Stated the total charges are $96,000. Asked if this has been the same amount for the last 3-4 years. Erickson: Responded it has gone up and it seems to be the same homeowners who are con- sistent on the list. MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY BRAID TO APPROVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2018 UNPAID SPECIAL CHARGES AND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18-171 ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. OLD BUSINESS No Old Business Scheduled NEW BUSINESS No New Business Scheduled DRAFT 10 15 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes 11 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA No Items Removed from the Consent Agenda COUNCILMEMBER LIAISON UPDATES Briggs: Stated he and City Manager Boyles attended Glynn Crooks funeral service today. Noted Crooks served four terms over 16 years for the SMSC Business Council; he was truly a face of SMSC at a local level and a national level; he started a road of communication with the city that continues on today. OTHER BUSINESS / COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS 12A Street Project Update - Public Works Director/City Engineer Wedel provided an update. Braid: Questioned with projects being delayed, will contractors work on weekends or will they work longer hours. Wedel: Noted they will work on Saturdays, but he is not sure about Sundays. ADJOURNMENT With no further business brought before the Council, a motion was made by Braid and seconded by Thompson to adjourn. The motion carried, and the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. _______________________ Frank Boyles, City Manager