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City Council Minutes March 5, 2020 Page 3 of 9 ----------------------------- Dawn Bittner stated Sharon Thorson, owner of IYs a Wing Ding Thing on Government Drive, has applied for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a seasonal outdoor farmers market, offering locally farmed, grown, harvested and produced goods for the community. Ms. Bittner stated Ms. Thorson plans to hold this market one day a week from late May to early October. She said Ms. Thorson has provided the attached written request to waive the application and recording fees. Council Member Clement asked if conditional use permits or fees have been waived in the past and Mayor Tayloe stated none that he can recall. Ms. Bittner did state the City recently waived a fee but that was to remove a condition that they found the City should not have placed on that particular conditional use permit. Ms. Bittner did contact Pine River and they have waived fees in the past. She also contacted Nisswa and was told they had not waived fees. Council Member Clement asked if it is an annual or a one-time fee and Ms. Bittner stated it would be a one-time fee. MAYOR TAYLOE MOVED TO WAIVE THE $450 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FEE AND �46 RECORDING FEE FOR SHARON THORSON, IT'S A WING DING THING, TO OPERATE SEASONAL FARMERS MARKET FROM MAY TO OCTOBER 2020. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 7. Fire The January 29, 2020 Fire Board Meeting minutes was received by Council. 7.1 Fee Schedule Amendment Nancy Malecha stated the Pequot Lakes Fire Department would like to amend the current fee schedule to change the first hour fire call to just a fire suppression call totaling $500 instead of having the $350 charge for additional hours. She stated they would also like to reduce the foam cost from $50 per gallon to $20 per gallon because after some research it was discovered the City is paying less for the foam. COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS MOVED TO AMEND THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR FIRE CALLS. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 7.2 Keep the Wreath Red Proqram Update Nancy Malecha updated the Council on the Keep the Wreath Red Program that the Fire Department participated in this year. She noted in the packet is the listing of the calls the Fire Department had from the end of November to the end of January. She said they had responded to 19 calls during that time frame;