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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-06-12 CC MIN1 • COUNCIL CHAMBER pm Stillwater, Minnesota June 12, 1979 6:30 P. M. SPECIAL MEETING The meeting was called to order by Mayor Junker. Present: Councilwoman Bodlovick, Councilman Harry Peterson, Councilman Powell and Mayor Junker Absent: Councilman Roger Peterson Also Present: City Attorney, Magnuson; Finance Director /Coordinator, Kriesel; City Clerk, Schnell; Consulting Engineer, Van Wormer Citizens: Phil Easton, Dwight Church (Carl Walker Associates), Wally Milbrandt PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF THIRD AND OLIVE STREETS - PHIL EASTON MR. VAN WORMER explained the property that the City now owns and that which is owned by Mr. Easton with a small portion being owned by the Armory. DWIGHT CHURCHILL explained that the property is approximately 120 feet by 300 feet - parking structures are geared to the movement of people and automobiles in and out of them - how to get into the structure from what street and where WE is the most traffic - within the structure they would be concerned on moving those automobiles and people in as easy of a way as possible. i s There is about a thirty foot rise there along Olive Street - there are physical limitations of what the cars can do - they have to deal with the handi- capped - there is the width to do a two bay parking structure - with four rows of parking - with the slopes the main entrance would be off of Second Street with an auxiliary exit on Third Street - it would be difficult to do this on Olive Street especially in the winter time. They could have stair - elevator complexes at the corners. With the area they can get 100 to 105 cars on each surface or tier - he showed only three tier possibility at this time, but there would be additional tiers added if the need arose. They allow about 320 square feet per car - structure parking is expensive - it runs about $5,000 per car - surfacing parking is less for about $500 to $1,000 per car. The total cost of such a structure would be about $1,500.000. The current parking lot or Second Street has about a fifty car capacity and with surface parking on the additional parking would be for only about 20 to 35 cars making a total of 70 to 75 parking spaces. By putting a structure on the property going to three tiers there would be a gain of about 230 cars at a cost of $1,500,000. GLEN WAN WORMER stated that the location of the parking and the demand coincide perfectly in some communities and this has to be considered. He showed the Council an old parking study map made in 1971 - they made an assumption at that time that people are willing to walk about 400 feet in Stillwater to get from a parking space to their destination which is a little more than the national average. He stated that the City does not have much for parking around Second ` and Olive except the existing lot which has 50 surface spots - there is no public competing public. Everytime that somebody builds a building or renovates a building, the Code says that the amount of parking has to be determined by the Council. He indicated that when Chief Abrahamson made his study he did find about 150 parking spaces available in the downtown area. The problem is getting the parking availability and open space where there is a denand and convenient to where the customer is going. He asked the Council if they would be willing to hear a proposal - a joint proposal from Carl Walker and Short - Elliott- Hendrickson on a comprehensive parking study of the downtown area. He felt that it is something to think about - they could inventory the existing parking and the usage as to what it is being used for and the turnover. The most important thing with the study would be to find out what it is going to cost and is the parking needed, what is to be done about it and what it is going to cost. He would like to make this presentation to the City Council and the Downtown businesrmen - there would be no obligation on anybody's part. He stated that they could not tell them this evening that this would be a good spot for a ramp or would not be a good spot for a ramp there is a need for parking in that general area, but that the need is somewhat satisfied now with a surface parking lot - there is a lot of growth in the Main Street area and there is a potential for some growth - he was not able to tell the Council every- thing that they would like to tell them this evening. He could say that the lot itself is well suited for a parking structure because it provides the width to get the two or four aisles in and get pretty good parking per dollar. It will not take some prime commercial property out of the downtown area. It will cost a lot of money which is very much for this type of structure. PNt w 309 Y • • 1 • • ( 310 June 12, 1979 He added that the City might want to acquire the land as insurance with the possibility of developing it into a ramp into the future or just acquire is to that some surface parking could be put on the property and possibility that will be All that it will ever be used for. It has potential, but he could not state holes) 8tential it has. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK asked about thecost of the comprehensive parking study and MR. VAN WORMER stated that there would be no cost for the presentation - the cost of the study would be about $25,000 to $30,000 without putting a lot of study into how much parking there is down there or how long it would take them to do the survey - what the potential is for recommendations and further study. When the survey is completed there will not be a single extra parking spot - there will not be anything physically down there, but the Council would have the information that they would need to make decisions like they are being asked to make this evening. He felt that eventually the City is going to spend this amount of money on small studies like the one that he did for the Jubilee and this proposal. COUNCILMAN POWELL asked what position would they put themse'ves in if they buy Phil's property while they have the court case going for the Erickson property. He felt that Mr. Easton's property would be an asset to the City - he could not say that it would be an asset to the City if it ruins the case with Mr. Erickson. MAYOR JUNKER asked about just surfacing the area and putting in some drainage and MR. VAN WORMER stated that this would cost about $50,000 to $100,000 and it was agreed that the City would be further ahead to ramp it rather than spend this extra amount which would have to be torn up and completely re -done. MR. VAN WORMER stated that he was looking at a ramp rather than a tier because it would give more parking and would be a little easier to handle in the terms of design because of the downgrade on Third and the downgrade on Olive - if the tier parking is developed so that the top tier would only have access out on Olive, they would have toy• excavate down or come out on Third right at the intersection of Olive which would not be the best spot in the world. The other problem with the tier, is the tier in the middle would have to come off on Olive. There is no possibility of moving from one tier to the other without going back out onto the street system and there are no expansion possibilities and they would rather look at the ramp rather than the tiers - the tiers would be feasible with some problems. MAYOR JUNKER asked Mr. Easton if he would have any hard feelings with the City if they would not buy it and MR. EASTON stated "absolutely not since he does have another buyer ". MR. EASTON felt that he had a better answer to it - he stated that you do not use the area on Third and Olive for parking - it is used for access and egress - he stated that he could beat the $1.50 per square foot. Second Street on the main floor and two sets or tiers - with actress and egress from Third Street - just blacktop that - he did not go for the ramp - he felt that a ramp will use too much space and could not warrant the expense - he felt that we could enter to tier parking with egress on Third Street and not Olive - with a ramp there is the need for a circular drive to get to the parking - with entrance on Third Street you get to the parking - with entrance on Third Street you get to the first tier or whatever. He at this time offered the property to the City of Stillwater for his accured expenses of $11,749.66 which includes taxes and architectural fees and soil borings -- instead of the $50,000 he offered it to the City for the $11,749.66. COUNCILMAN POWELL made some drawings on the blackboard indicating what he felt would be tier parking on this property and there were questions what is a ramp and what is a tier. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that the average Stillwater person would not come in on Third Street and go out on Third Street to shop downtown and the out- of- towners would go up there to park. MR. EASTON stated there is one stipulation - the City cannot resell that property - must use it for parking facilities - must plan this and work expeditiously - he is giving the City the first option and the other stipulation was that he would like to have a plaque on the property "THIS PROPERTY DONATED TO THE CITY OF STILLWATER IN MEMORY OF NED EASTON" and he will accept the responsibility of the balance which is roughly about $31,000.00. He did not want to sell it - he wanted to give it to the City. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON was not sure that we wanted to take that property off the tax rolls - if it can accommodate a building of some sort that in the long run it is going to give the City some income. COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that you never can tell what tomorrow's situation will be- if you don't have the property you have no concern - if you do have the property, then if the need arises - if Phil says it is to be used for parking and he presumed that the City could go in there and use for parking - make a parking lot out of it now and he could not see spending $100,000 to put storm sewer and blacktopping in there and then tear it down when a ramp is built there some day. c • • • • • • • June 12, 1979 MR. EASTON felt that the City has a drastic need for parking and if the Council did not believe him, then they should poll the merchants - this price would be 86c per square foot. COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that Mr. Erickson would have an argument to sustain a higher price than the $1.50 if the City were to pay $4.00 per square foot for this piece of property. He felt that Harry's point is well taken about the taxes, however, the viability of the downtown area is also important and whether that piece of property generates taxes or not, some other ones may generate lot more if there is parking. MR. EASTON stated that when he was here before that the Council was very generous when they were going to get tax dollars out of the condominium on that corner, but when he evaluated the cost of construction and the interim financing that is necessary the profit is not there and he was not willing to risk that kind of money. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK asked what he meant by "expeditiously" - did he mean three years or could it sit there for five or ten years due to the money factor. MR. EASTON stated that the Csty could sell General Obligation Bonds for it. MR. MAGNUSON stated that you have to assess more than 50% of the construction costs for a parking lot, otherwise there is an election for the issuance of those bonds. MAYOR JUNKER stated he would like to buy it and leave it and possibly get a gent - or get some money . . . MR. EASTON wanted it to be used for the benefit of the downtown area. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON questioned customers of what businesses are going to use that parking lot at Third and Olive - he stated the people that will be using it will be the people doing to the Armory - people who go to the Analons - not the guy who is going to Simonets or Ben Franklin or Thompson Hardware. COUNCILMAN POWELL felt that the 400 arc is a little optimistic because when they started issuing tickets we gained a lot of parking spaces downtown - he could point out cars that park daily in front of their businesses and they run out and put money in the meters when they think they are going to get caught and when they don't - they don't - Stillwater Taxi sits with three spaces and only jiug them when they think it is necessary - that is the type of thing which defeats the purpose of what the City is after - if a person who works all day in a bank has to park in front of it, that sure cuts down the 400 foot average by a great deal. Lyle Anderson of the St. Croix Drug stated that people want space to park in front of the place where they plan to do business and this is a legitimate complaint. One way to make parking reahly available is to monitor the meters more often then we do and we do not have the manpower to do that - that is one of the reasons that he felt that we should have a Community Service Officer downtown - it is going to be a benefit to the whole town as far as moving cars. MR. EASTON stated that when he bought that property he paid when he bought that property for Dutch Elm Disease and other assessments which amounted to $3,500 and he had no objection to doing that - he was not making an ultimatum - he was making a deal with the City. COUNCILMAN POWELL felt that it was a generous officer and for his part they should sleep on it and MR. EASTON stated that there is "no sleeping ". COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK, stated that she had no objection to buying as long as the City is not "iron- tied" to the fact that parking lot has to be ready by next January or two years from now - that we are not tied to any specific date - no qualms about accepting the property and the plaque - it is a generous offier- she was worried about the time element. MR. EASTON rescinded that one thing and stated that it will be used for parking for the benefit of all in Stillwater and COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK was agreeable to that with no resale of the property and she has no objections. MAYOR JUNKER asked Mr. Van Wormer if he would recommend to the City Council that they should buy it for the $11,749.66 and MR. VAN WORMER stated that he is including some soil borings and this is worth some money. COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that in the past they have had public hearings and assessed the merchants downtown which is one thing which the Council would have to do - if the City got the land for $11,749.66 and then they had to put $100,000 into it, it would make a total of roughly $112,000 which would have to be assessed against the downtown - could not find a person on the hill that would be willing to pay one dime for it - because they think that the downtown should be responsible for the parking. 311 ' • • • ■ a • June 12, 1979 COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK stated that the price is right, but she questioned how many people would be using that lot . . . MAYOR JUNKER stated that if the Council feels that it is worth $12,000 for parking - - if it is not, tell him "no" If the City does not want it for parking, then they should say "no ". COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that the word "expeditiously" was used - set a time - let us assume three years - this means that the City has to come up with means of financing - the surfacing, grading, drainage, etc. . . . COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that he was figuring if we were to use the property on Olive Street as an entrance to a second story on the parking lot we have on Second Street - we are roughly talking about $250,000 - if there are 50 cars down below - 50 slots up above and MR. VAN WORMER stated that it might run more than the $250,000. MAYOR JUNKER felt that they could park about fifty cars on the upper portion of the property just by grading and putting in crushed rock with an entrance on Third Street and an exit on Olive Street and put in drain tile on the east end. The entrance would be just behind the Armory and the exit next to the current parking lot. MR. VAN WORMER stated that there are fifty cars on about one -half of this and that is using aisles in the middle - you only have 100 feet one way and the other way about 100 feet and there would only be room for 20 to 25 cars. COUNCILMAN POWELL asked what would be wrong with doing what was said - buying the property and using it for free parking and MAYOR JUNKER agreed with that - which might alleviate some of the problems downtown - no blacktop - no meters - free parking and it could solve some problems that we have - would like to get employees to park up there. MR. EASTON felt that there should be a charge of $5.00 and not give anything away free - bill the employer for it. COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that the Chamber of Commerce tried to sell parking permits for the lot east of the railroad tracks and they don't do that any more. He felt that free parking might be an incentive to go up there COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON did not feel that it will be used if they can "nickel" a meter all day. MAYOR JUNKER felt that it is the downtown merchants fault that their employees are parking at the meters. MR. EASTON stated that if they catch one of their employees out there in Lot No. 2 on Second Street - he felt that on Second Street that they are pretty well taken care of for parking - he bought that lot from Carlson - his employees and customers park there. COUNCILMAN POWELL felt that things done in haste sometimes backfire and they might live to regret it - the price is right - he wanted to see free parking up there. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that Stan Hanks is trying to get a ten unit apartment building in across the street and he can't get it - obviously he thinks there is a drastic housing need since he wants to get ten units in there - may be he is the buyer of Phil's property with more housing. COUNCILMAN POWELL indicated that Roger Peterson was in favor of buying the property. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that he did not feel that it would be used during retail hours - the Armory will use it - with all due regard to Phil's offer to sell this property to the City for the exact costs that he has in it - with the limitation stipulations that he has on it, that the Council gratefully thank him for his offer and decline to accept - the reason for voting is that he felt that the City has some future considerations in what the City would have to do with the property grading, drainage, etc. that goes far beyond the $11,000.00 figure - actually $11,749.66. He would prefer to have Mr. Easton to sell it to somebody who will develop it and bring in some tax dollars. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK seconded the motion. OWEN THOMAS, a citizen, felt that two members of the Council represent the downtown businessmen and they do not represent the people up on the hill who pay 85% of the taxes and when he has wanted to go down to the drug store he cannot find a place to park without going all the way up to the Maple Island Parking Lot - the people who work downtown have all of the parking facilities plugged up - it is easier to drive to toehr places to shop. It is the fault of the merchants. tl 1 1 • • • • • • 0 1 June 12, 1979 VOTE ON THE MOTION - AYES -- Councilwoman Bodlovick, Councilman Harry Peterson NAYS -- Councilman Powell and Mayor Junker MAYOR JUNKER AND COUNCILMAN POWELL wanted to buy it for the $11,749.66 and use it for free parking MR. MAGNUSON asked the Council's feelings on the possibility of drawing an ordinance that would require drawing a district with the help of the engineers that would require any person who has a business there or works there or employed there to register with the City and get a special ticket on any vehicle that he uses and then require that person to park in certain areas in the lots that would be designated, something like this one that is far away and then provide a severe parking penalty in the nature of $25.00 ticket or something like that for a person that is caught parking downtown - they would encourage the people working downtown to park in remote lots like this and this should open up the spaces for the shoppers. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON felt that is government climbing down our backs to a degree that would be repulsive to him. MAYOR JUNKER also indicated that he did not like this - if they can't use their own good judgment and under their own pretenses have their employees park and themselves park where there isn't any meters or place for them - it is them that is suffering - he felt personally that the parking meters have driven a lot of customers out of Stillwater. MAYOR JUNKER felt that the City should put meters up on North Main Street by the Maple Island where it is currently painted yellow since they do not bring in any trucks in there. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON objected to the "no parking" for the meters by the Cosmopolitan Bank and on Water Street - the City does not have enough meters to fill up those spaces - he felt that we can use those ten spaces with meters. COUNCILMAN POWELL felt that we should avail ourselves to some of the $49.00 meters real soon rather than wait too long. MAYOR JUNKER asked the City Attorney about the action on the motion and MR. MAGNUSON stated that they cannot take any action since it was a tie vote. MR. KRIESEL asked if one of the conditions could be, if three or four years down the road that it was shown that it was not feasible or economical to put a parking ramp . . MR. EASTON stated that he would take it back at $11,749.66. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that it bears with it some committment for additional expenditure - there will have to be some grading - some drainage work in there and he felt that it would involve something more than $12,000.00. He was not willing to vote supposedly to buy a piece of property for $12,000 when really you are talking $60,000 that is saying if we have a one year in which to convert this. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK stated•that Mr. Easton had taken away the stipulation ma as far as time wise for the building of a parking lot. MR. EASTON atated that he would rescind that particular part of the deal and sell it to the City for $11,749.66 but it must bO used for parking. MAYOR JUNKER asked if the Council would agree to a one year period from right now and if the City does not want it he will buy it back. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK did not feel that we would be losing any money at that point if we can't see a future parking lot if he will buy the property back then we would not be losing anything or costing the City anything. COUNCILMAN POWELL did not feel that the City should have it for just one year - he would say in a reasonable time and Mr. Easton set a time of two years and the City Attorney could write it up as a legal instrument as 24 mcnths from the time of buying he will take it back at the same price that he sold it to the City. MAYOR JUNKER felt that they do not want to spend a lot of money on it - possibly between now and two years it will be just as costly to put any thing In there - then at the end of the second year it would be sold back to Mr. Easton. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON questioned where the City would come up with $11,749.66 right now. 313 • • • • • 4 • 314 • • June 12, 1979 COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK stated that they know that it is going to cost them money to develop it into any type of parking lot - you can't look at $11,749.66, but you have to look at the other dollars and where are they going to get them - it is going to be expensive no matter how you look at it - she asked about the parking lot on South Main Street. COUNCILMAN POWELL stated that when the City goes to court on condemnation, the City takes whatever the award is and then they will have to go ahead with the improvement. MAYOR JUNKER informed Mr. Easton that his offer was turned down and MR. EASTON stated that he gave the City a proposition - it was a fair one - he was not taking advantage of anyone - he can sell it tomorrow and it will be. KOLLINER PARK WALLY MILBRANDT of the Stillwater Jaycees and another officer of this organization appeared before the City Council regarding getting some grant monies for the improvement of Kolliner Park. Most of the improvements for which they would be using the money, it is ineligible for - they want to put in a pravillion house. MR. KRIESEL stated that it is hard to determine from the information that he has excluded most everything. WALLY MILBRANDT asked if this was the City's land and why can't the police patrol it? MR. MAGNUSON stated that the police officers have certain powers of arrest that normal citizens don't have - that is not within the State of Minnesota and their normal jurisdiction is only that of an ordinary citizen over there - they have been deputized in St. Croix County - the problem with an arrest over there, they have to take the person to Hudson jail which takes a police car off the streets of the City of Stillwater for a very extended period of time - it becomes very clumbsy for them to patrol it. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated when Legion Beach was there, we had a live -in caretaker - he maintained the property and he had limited amount of police patrol, but we did not have the kind of activities by people - finally it was decided to move the beach to Lily Lake with a bath -house and arena and since that time have been several attempts to put this area back into use over there - have boaters pulling up on shore who cause as many problems - he admired the efforts to utilize the waterfront in some ways, but it is far removed from the City's capability of policing it - and quite a sizable plea for the improvement of Pioneer Park like topping some of the trees and cleaning up the park in general and fix the playground equipment. • THE JAYCEE REPRESENTATIVE stated that they are just talking about the park across the river this evening - they would like to make this park something the people would like to come up - they had people coming down there having a good time - they ran short of money and they had to close it for awhile - they spent $400 for a gate - they requested that the park be opened and closed at a decent time so that people use it again and possibly eliminate the problem. WALLY MILBRANDT stated they were looking for the simple cooperation of opening and closing the area once a day - they are planning a massive cleanup in June - were he that it to the close at MR. MAGNUSON stated that Mr. Abrahamson would tell them that it would be extremely difficult to go over there and close that park at nine o'clock at night - he felt that this would be a consideration when we are talking about policing. WALLY MILBRANDT felt that if they had regular hours there that they would get the families back there and he did not feel that the boaters were a problem at all - he felt that this park is just going down the drain - they would like to get one summer out of it and see what happens at the end of one summer. MAYOR JUNKER felt that the problems that they had there were blown all out of proportion - there was a great percentage that behaved - there was a small per- centage which were older that were bad - he felt that the park was closed at nine P. M. where there could be any problems. a e e 1110 • • 7 • • • if its June 12, 1979 WALLY MILBRANDT stated that the park was actually cleaner after that big graduation party than it has been for a long time, since some of the kids went back the next day and cleaned up the mess - their idea is to raise money for this park and put it back in shape - St. Joseph Township has closed the park. MAYOR JUNKER stated that when the new gate is put up and signs put up that should take care of it. WALLY MILBRANDT stated that their problem is that they need someone to open anc lose it - if they open it up and just leave it wide open, it will go back to where it was - they could rely on their Jaycee members to do it, but after a few weeks it would not be taken care of - some pattern for the opening and closing between now and September. MR. MAGNUSON stated that the Council might talk to St. Croix County about contrAgting with them for police protection over there - the problem is they would anxious to prosecute violations of ours down in their courts - it would take the time of prosecuting attorneys - it would require our policeman going there and spending their time testifying - the use of their jail - normally that when it is within the jurisdiction of another community like that - the normal thing to do is to contract with that community for police protection and it could involve the payment of some money, but in the long run it would be a lot less hassel for the police department. Anytime there is a place that kids like to go, there is the possibility of drunk driving, public drunkeness, assault, open bottle, all sort of juvenile problems - there is a lot more than you think and he felt that there would be weekly problems over there, just like there is in the Boom Company here in Stillwater - they are not isolated - they are continuous and if we are going to police it all the time, he felt that every weekend you wluld have somebody over there that you would have to kick them out and take them to the Hudson jail. COUNCILWOMAN BODLOVICK indicated that Pioneer Park they had the same problem - they come in early in the afternoon with their stereos and start to drink - really not going to get rid of this element - they could be there at 9 o'clock A. M. and stay until 9 o'clock P. M. - by two in the afternoon they are pretty well on their way. We can't be over there patrolling every hour. MR. MILBRANDT asked that they take care of it once a day - at the opening and closing - and let what happens between 9 and 9 happen and if it becomes just an astronomical problem, they would have to close it - they would like to have some sort of test period this summer. COUNCILMAN POWELL asked if it was possible to have a meeting with the Stillwater Police Department and the St. Joseph Township to see if some arrangement could be made that one or the other can do it and then if we can agree on something like that or if Stillwater has to pay it, that it be given a trial period and that we could continue to do that until such a time as we find that it is not shaping up the way it should - maybe sixty to ninety days. When it is closed, they are going to have to get them out of there, if they don't they are going to honk their horns all night long and they are going to have St. Joseph Township down there. COUNCILMAN HARRY PETERSON stated that he came here assuming that he might present something to the Jaycees to cause them to direct their attention to Pioneer Park and prospects there. He was unaware of the fact that Kolliner Park was the topic of park discussion this evening. They have a considerable investment made over there - they are prepared to reinforce it with publicity and he felt that the Council would fail in their duty not to cooperate in this extent - he felt that what they needed to do here is to direct the Chief of Police to arrange the schedule of his patrol in such a way as to open the park at nine o'clock and close the park at nine o'clock if they can and report back after a period of time as to what the problems are. COUNCILMAN POWELL suggested that the City of Stillwater open the park and St. Joseph Township close it - then there would be some authority there if needed. On motion of Councilman Powelt, seconded by Councilwoman Bodlovick, the Council directed that Mr. Abrahamson and Mr. Kriesel have a meeting with Sheriff Grant of St. Croix County, Wisconsin and Mr. Ben George of St. Joseph Township to see if they are willing to have any obligations in this park. (all in favor) MAYOR JUNKER felt that possibly within a week's time, we might lave a letter from St. Croix County stating their willingness to help not co help and Mr. Kriesel will contact the Jaycees of their action and they can proceed from there. 315 • • • • • i • • 316 • June 12, 1979 MISCELLANEOUS - - - -On motion of Councilwoman Bodlovick, seconded by Councilman Harry Peterson, the Council approved a 3.2 Beer Permit for the First National Bank for a picnic at Pioneer Park on June 20, 1979 from 6:00 P. M. to closing. (all in favor) - - -- On motion of Councilman Harry Peterson, seconded by Councilwoman Bodlovick, the Council authorized MR. RRIESEL to use the leased car during the months that the Juvenile Officer is not using same or anyone else that has a good use for same during the court of City business. (all in favor) - - - -On motion of Councilman Powell, seconded by Councilman Harry Peterson, a resolution was introduced "AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 6644 SETTING THE INTEREST RATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF DUTCH ELM TREE ASSESSMENTS ". AYES -- Councilwoman Bodlovick, Councilman Harry Peterson, Powell and Mayor Junker NAYS - -None (see resolutions) RESOLUTIONS The following resolutions were read and on roll call were unanimously adopted: 1. Ordering the Improvement of County 66 - L. I. No. 171 - (repass) 2. Ordering the Improvement and Avertising for Bids, L. I. No. 152 (repass) 3. Advertise for Bids, L. I. No. 168 - North Harriet Street Sewer (repass) 4. Interest Rate for Removal of Dutch Elm Tree Assessments. ADJOURNMENT On motion of Councilwoman Bodlovick, seconded by Councilman Harry Peterson, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 P. M. Attest:.�f.P.lrc�,.rt --e — J City lerk Mayor r W L • • • • •