04-03-2023 City Council Meeting Minutes

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City Council Minutes April 3, 2023 Page 9 of 10 marketing of it was the city would be providing facilities, stormwater pond and storm sewer pipe for handling half of the stormwater runoff and the other half would be handled by the developer but going step by step they don't know what that half is. He said there is some big time guessing and they might have to dig out that existing stormwater pond that was in that first phase a little bit more, but that is part of the analysis they are going to do. He said they can still extend gravity sewer and the water main is under pressure but in the future the city may have to look at a loop for the water since you can only go so far with the dead end. He said their proposal includes working with the construction contractor. He said they are bringing to the Council now so they can get going with a design and get public bids sooner than later that way the proposed apartment will know where they need to run the sanitary sewer out to and where they are connecting. Discussion ensued about costs and the challenge with doing this step by step. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON MOVED TO APPROVE WIDSETH'S PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR LARSEN PARKWAY FOR$90,000. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 9.4 Resolution Approving City Impact Funds Application Rich Spiczka said Sourcewell currently has $600,000 available for grants with $50,000 being the max an entity can get. He said he talked to the City Planner and the City Hall renovation fits the grant requirements but the city needs to pass a resolution to apply for the grant. He stated the deadline to apply is April 30, 2023. COUNCIL MEMBER RONNING MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 23-11 TO SEEK COMMUNITY IMPACT FUNDS THROUGH SOURCEWELL FOR THE CITY HALL REMODEL TO MOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWNSTAIRS. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 10. Administration 10.1. Closed Session in accordance with Minn.Stat. sec. 13D.05, subd. 3(a)for the evaluation of the performance of Kate Peterson as a City of Pequot Lakes employee. Mayor Gardner announced that this agenda item is for evaluation of the performance of a City of Pequot Lakes employee under Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subdivision 3, clause a. He stated the employee is Kate Petersen and Ms. Petersen received written notice of this meeting. Mayor Gardner further noted that only the officials and consultants of the City who reasonably require access to this data may be in attendance at any portion of the closed meeting for this agenda item.