11.03 - Sept 7, 2010 City Council Minutes

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(,(fib Date: October 5, 2010 To: Pequot Lakes City Council From: George Selvestra (representing the Breezy Pines Subdivision) Subject: Draft Copy of September 7, 2010 Council Meeting Considering a possible future requirement for accuracy in the records of the proceedings at the subject meeting, the draft copy of the minutes was reviewed. - It should be noted that Mayor Adams stated that she had reviewed the information provided by the Breezy Pines residents and had flagged many items. She did not discuss those items at any point in the meeting! However, we believe Mayor Adams asked one question, as did Councilman Sjoblad. We forget who asked what but we believe it was Mayor Adams that asked the question regarding Home Occupation, in which the response from Mr. Marohn was vague at best. We believe Councilman Sjoblad asked the question on covenants and their applicability in which Mr. Marohn replied that it is not in the City's jurisdiction or responsibility to enforce whether or not houses should be painted pink. This is a paraphrase as we do not recall the exact wording of their statements. - The fourth paragraph under item 6.1 states that Kevin Littman "referred to many issues" when in fact he asked the council questions on those issues. `-' (A complete copy of Mr. Littman's questions is attached for the record) Q- It should be noted that none of the questions were answered. - The sixth paragraph says that Jeff Garland stated "that the information presented seems similar to that presented at the Planning Commission meeting" when in actuality he said that the information was "the same ". - The seventh paragraph records the statement of George Selvestra (note the spelling should be corrected from Sylvestra). His statement started by rebutting the statement of Jeff Garland by saying in effect that the residents of Breezy Pines had provided documentation to the council which was totally different from the previous meetings and included paragraph by paragraph information from city ordinances and code which had been stated as a requirement by Mr. Marohn. - After the close of "public comment" the members of the council and Mr. Marohn had relevant conversation on the matter. During Mr. Marohn's statements George Selvestra from the audience asked for a "Point of