This is a pretty common question that I get the day following a City Council meeting. We had a City Council meeting last night, Tuesday, June 20. Here are the highlights of last night's meeting.
- The Council heard from a number of residents who live around Red Rock Lake who have been encroaching on City-owned land adjacent to the lake. Staff have been directing the neighbors to stop encroaching. The neighbors want to continue encroaching, so they made their case to the Council last night. The Council held firm and supported the staff's action.
- The Council heard from representatives of the Senior Advisory Council that they would like the City to install a more convenient method of watering their garden plots in Pioneer Park. The Council directed that one to the Parks Commission for further discussion.
- The City received an Award of Excellence from the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) for the development of the Staring Lake Archery Range.
- The Council authorized staff to develop plans and specifications for the Community Center Improvement Project based on Schematic E (I'll explain this schematic in more detail someday) with a cost estimate of approximately $8,060,500.
- In the Council Workshop immediately prior to the Council meeting, staff presented a proposal to establish a new standard for meeting minutes. The Council discussed the proposal and asked staff to prepare the minutes for the June 20 Council meeting in the current standard and the proposed standard so they could compare and contrast them at their August 1 Council meeting.
- The Council granted development approvals to the following development projects: Baneberry Hollow, Gander Mountain, Primrose School, ERS Estates, and The Ridge at Riley Creek 2nd Addition.
- The Council approved the sale of $4,290,000 of new General Obligation bonds to finance our Fire Station #4 project. We learned late last week that the City had its AAA bond rating renewed by Moody's Investor Services.
That's only a summary. There were other things approved too, but I can't fit them all into this post. The Council will not meet again in regular session until July 18.
