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1 CITY OF BLUE EARTH 2 MINUTES 3 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 4 Monday, March 18, 2013 5:00 P.M. 5 6 CALL TO ORDER 7 8Mayor Scholtes called the meeting to order at 5:08 P.M. 9 10 ROLL CALL 11 12Mayor Scholtes noted that Councilmembers Gaylord, Huisman, Brod, 13Erichsrud and Haase were present. Councilmember Gartzke was 14excused. Staff members present: City Administrator, and City 15Attorney. 16 17 DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM 18 19Quorum present. 20 21 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 22 23Mayor Scholtes led the pledge of allegiance. 24 25 MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 26 27Mayor Scholtes noted that there was no one from the public 28present for comment at this time. 29 30 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31 32Motion by Huisman, second by Gaylord approving the minutes from 33the Work Session and Regular Council Meeting of Monday March 4, 342013. The motion was approved unanimously. 35 36 LICENSES AND PERMITS 37 38At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the license renewals with 39reference; Liquor Licenses, Chapter 4 and Tobacco Licenses, 40Chapter 3, section 320 and Garbage Haulers, section 340 of the 41ordinance book. All of these license renewals have the correct 42insurance in place. None of the licenses have had any compliance 43issues for 2012. All applications are in good standing with 44meeting code regulation. 45 46The following Licenses with the City of Blue Earth are effective 47April 15, 2013 to April 15, 2014. 1 1 1 CLUB LICENSES $128.00 Each 2 AMERICAN LEGION POST 89 3 BEER LICENSES $125.00 Each 4 PIZZA HUT 5 CHINA RESTAURANT 6 LIQUOR LICENSES $1,859.00 Each 7 DOUBLE PLAY 8 HAMILTON’S 9 WINE LICENSES $200.00 Each 10 CHINA RESTAURANT 11 TOBACCO LICENSES $128.00 Each 12 WAL-MART 13 KWIK-TRIP 14 BLUE EARTH AUTO & TRUCK STOP 15 JUBA’S 16 SHELL FOOD MART 17 DOLLAR GENERAL 18 SUNDAY LIQUOR LICENSES $200.00 Each 19 DOUBLE PLAY 20 HAMILTON”S 21 CHINA RESTAURANT 22 GARBAGE/RECYCLING LICENSES $118.00 Each 23 B & B SANITATION 24 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (Garbage) 25 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (Recycling) 26 THOMSPON SANITATION, INC. 27 HOMETOWN SANITATION SERVICES LLC 28 HANSEN SANITATION, INC. 29 PETERSON REFUSE AND DEMO 30 31Motion by Gaylord, second by Huisman approving the licenses as 32presented. The motion passed unanimously. 33 34 CORRESPONDENCE 35 36 1. Moody’s Investors 37 2. Gregg Scheid 38 3. UHD Annual Report 39 40 PUBLIC HEARINGS 41 42There was no hearing at this time. 43 44 REPORTS FROM STAFF 45

1 2 1City Attorney David Frundt had nothing to report and requested 2that Council enter into closed session at the end of the meeting 3for litigation. 4 5At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the draft Ordinance 13-05 6Establishing Standards for Exterior Residential Garage Standards 7as follows: 8 9City Attorney David Frundt explained that all exterior wall 10finishes for private garages located within R-1 and R-2 zoning 11districts shall be of the following materials or a combination of 12the following materials. 131. Face Brick. 142. Painted or stained wood siding. 153. Natural stone. 164. Vinyl siding designed for use on a residential dwelling. 175. Steel siding designed for use on a residential dwelling. 186. Stucco. 19 20Mayor Scholtes questioned why the ordinance was necessary. Brod 21responded that if we did not have ordinance guidelines anything 22could be constructed. Scholtes noted that we need to concentrate 23on the bad ones and not put so much regulation on what can and 24cannot be done. Frundt explained that the maintenance ordinance 25addresses the condition of buildings. Scholtes questioned who 26makes the determination of what can and cannot be done on new 27construction. Frundt explained that the zoning administrator 28regulates. Erichsrud reported that the zoning sub-committee made 29the recommendation to the Council. Brod explained that if a 30person tore down a grain bin and tried to use the rib siding on a 31garage it would look like a grain bin or a Quonset and that is 32not necessarily a look we want for a garage. 33 34Motion by Huisman, second by Gaylord to send Ordinance 13-05 back 35to the Zoning sub-committee for more clarification and discussion. 36The motion passed unanimously. 37 38City Engineer Wes Brown was not present. 39 40Liquor Store Report was presented for January and February of 2012 41and compared with January and February 2013. Sales were up 42$2,305.00 in January 2013 and up $4,290.00 in February 2013. 43 44 REPORTS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSION 45 46Minutes were provided from the Library Board meeting of 2-11-13.

1 3 1Minutes were provided from Economic Development Authority meeting 2of 2-14-13. 3Minutes were provided from Housing and Redevelopment Authority 4meeting of 2-11-13. 5Minutes were provided from the Senior Center Board meeting of 2- 612-13. 7Minutes were provided from the Fitness Center Board meeting of 10- 815-12. There is a meeting scheduled for the Fitness Center Board 9on 3/19/13. 10Minutes were provided from a Special Board of Public Works meeting 11on 1-30-13. 12 13There was no discussion offered regarding the above mentioned 14board and commission meetings. 15 16 REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 17 18Minutes were provided for the Parks & Recreation Subcommittee 19meeting of 2-2-12. 20 21Motion by Huisman, second by Erichsrud to approve the reports of 22the Boards and Commissions as presented. The motion was approved 23unanimously. 24 25 CONSENT AGENDA 26 27None. 28 29 OLD BUSINESS 30 31None. 32 33 NEW BUSINESS 34 35At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the Park Board 36Recommendations as follows: 37 38Bailey reported that the Park Board met and discussed the 39replacement of Putnam Park and 14th Street playground equipment. 40The Committee viewed several examples and decided on two 41different pieces of Playground equipment layouts for the 14th 42Street Park and the Putnam Park. Prices shown below: 43 4414th Street Play Equipment: $6,650.00 45Wood mulch: $1,642.72 46Black Rubber: $3,688.50 47Colored Rubber: $5,080.00 1 4 1 2Putnam Park Pay Equipment: $20,998.00 3Wood mulch: $2,517.72 4Black Rubber: $7,264.00 5Colored Rubber: $10,247.50 6 7Bailey indicated that Putnam Park piece is on sale and the 8Committee is recommending the colored rubber mulch for both 9projects. Bailey reported that there would be supervised 10installation at a cost of $1,500 for 2 days and the City would 11provide labor and or use volunteer labor. Delivery is included 12in the Putnam Park piece, but not in 14th Street piece and the tax 13is not included in pricing of either set. 14 15Bailey reported that there would be some additional costs that 16would include filter rock and a cloth layer under the mulch, 17containment edging and concrete footings. Bailey noted that the 18high side of the two pieces to be approximately $53,000.00 total 19cost of the two projects. The 2012 budget does not contain any 20funds for these pieces. The equipment has been proposed to be 21funded with the equipment bond along with the Public Works 22equipment. 23 24Councilmember Gaylord questioned what was the original discussed 25playground equipment estimated amount? Bailey reported that the 26original anticipated amount was $60,000.00. Holland reported 27that the original amount included the Fairgrounds and Third Ward 28Park equipment but that we would look to replace those at another 29time. 30 31Councilmember Gaylord reported that the Committee was 32concentrating on the 2 to 12 age group for the park equipment. 33Brod questioned where the new equipment will be placed. Holland 34reported that the new equipment will be located in the same 35location where the old equipment was on level ground. Holland 36reported that there are still swings at Putnam Park but they do 37not meet the ADA compliance regulations. Brod questioned what 38was the life expectancy of the new equipment? Bailey reported 39that the equipment comes from the same company as the school play 40ground. Bailey added that additional pieces can be purchased to 41expand off the original piece at a later date if needed. 42 43Motion by Gaylord, second by Haase approving the playground 44equipment purchase for 14th Street at a cost of $6,650.00 with the 45colored rubber mulch for $5,080.00, Putnam Park equipment at a 46cost of $20,998.00 with the colored rubber mulch option of

1 5 1$10,247.50 and the cost of $1,500.00 supervised installation. 2The motion passed unanimously. 3 4At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the second recommendation 5from the Park Committee. The recommendation was given to the 6Council to set a park shelter reservation fee for Putnam Park and 7Steinberg Park in the amount of $100.00. The fee would reserve 8the shelter for the group. The fee would off-set the extra 9garbage cost caused by group gatherings and the extra clean-up 10work of pressure washing the shelters. 11 12Councilmember Brod noted that people can go to the park and just 13use it for free yet but if they want to reserve the area the cost 14would be $100.00. Scholtes did not want to turn people away from 15using the shelter due to the fact it cost too much. Huisman 16discussed that $100.00 is too much for a small local family to 17pay and reserve the park. Erichsrud also thought that the cost 18might be a bit high because the tax payers are paying for the 19shelter and they should be able to use them. 20 21Holland spoke up and explained that the cleanup of the parks 22after large gathering can be very time consuming in addition the 23cost of garbage removal. Holland gave the example that the cost 24of a dumpster per dump is approximately $60.00. As an example of 25the amount of trash that can be generated, Holland reported that 26after a large gathering at Putnam Park, the party left about 10 27barrels of trash which is equivalent to 1½ dumpsters full. 28 29Motion by Gaylord, second by Haase approving the $100.00 park 30shelter reservation fee. 31 32 Discussion included the Council questioning Holland what 33 other cities are charging. Holland responded that some 34 parks have caretakers so they can charge by the hour. 35 36Motion was made by Huisman to amend the fee to $50.00 Gaylord 37agreed and seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 38 39Mayor Scholtes addressed the motion by Gaylord, second by Haase to 40approve a $50.00 charge to reserve Steinberg Park and Putnam Park. 41The motion passed unanimously. 42 43Work Session Agenda 44 1. Brush site discussion and invite Public Work Supervisor 45 Jamie Holland to the discussion.

1 6 1 BILLS AND INVESTMENTS 2 3Motion by Gaylord, second by Erichsrud acknowledging the receipt 4of the February Financials and to pay the bills. The motion was 5approved unanimously. 6 7 REPORT OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR 8 9City Administrator Kathy Bailey (see Attachment “A”). 10 11Bailey made mention of a copy of a pictorial map poster of the 12City of Blue Earth. Bailey provided a copy for each of the 13Council to use as a prop for a meeting presentation. 14 15Mayor Scholtes questioned if Center Point Energy is required to 16work with the construction crews coordinating their installation 17of new gas lines. Bailey reported that Center Point Energy works 18independently. Bailey added that there will be some restriction 19to them getting in and out because the Highland project will 20begin on the south end of the Drive and work north. Holland 21reported that the last two street projects, Center Point came in 22ahead of each project and finished up their line installation so 23there was no disruption to anyone. 24 25 OTHER BUSINESS 26None. 27 28 ADJOURNMENT 29 30Time being 5:59 P.M. Mayor Scholtes entered into closed session 31for litigation discussion. 32 33Mayor Scholtes reconvened the Regular Council Meeting at 6:02 34P.M. Having no other discussion a motion was made by Erichsrud, 35second by Huisman to adjourn the Council Meeting. Mayor Scholtes 36adjourned the meeting at 6:03 P.M.