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WEEKLYNOTES—Feb 16th, 2007
Memo Updated Meetings List Feb / March 2007
TO: City Council Members FROM: Eric Johns() inistrator
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Various Development 1 Zoning Items:
Police Officer Mike Hausken stopped at the St. Croix Vet Clinic after noticing that
there was black smoke rising from the site. The new owners which purchased the
entire site from Dr. Connell, were demolishing some of the outbuildings. They were
informed that they need a demolition permit. Matt McDonald came to City Hall and
was advised about the need for a permit. He ultimately decided that he would not
take these structures down. 1 have provided a follow-up letter to him indicating the
City statutory authority and rules that may govern the development of the site. See
enclosed information.
Washington County has provided the City with a development application securing
the City's costs for the review of their proposed expansion as it relates to their
utilities and drainage issues. The County did also pay the $50,000 escrow deposit.
Related to this, Tom Ozzello, Dennis Postler and 1 met with County representatives
on Thursday to begin discussion on exact water, sewer and storm water
improvement are to be proposed. At this point, the County will be working with
Dennis Postler to finalize plans. The City Council will need to weigh in certain
aspects of these improvement in the next couple of months and related to certain
road improvement and the 62 and Osgood intersection.
St. Croix River Crossin STH 36 Pro'ect & Other Trans • oration Issues
Mr. Rick Arnebeck and Mr. Nick Thompson will be giving their depositions on the
Municipal Consent matter on March 22, 2007.
• The City's Public Works Department has finally eliminated its unreliable pager
system and has replaced it with a NEXTEL system. Instead of handing off a pager,
the person on weekend rounds would have that call listing forwarded to their phone
automatically. While the costs will be greater, the two-way communication tool
should prove to be valuable. Enclosed you will fins PW Contact Information should
you ever nee d get hold of someone in an emergency or other situation. 1 suspect
there will be a few bugs, but the pager system was defective as coverage was hit
and miss.
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