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authorize the attendance of the City Auditor at the Truth and
Taxation meeting to be held in December. Five aye votes, motion
carried.
Councilman Seggelke, seconded by Councilman Doerr moved to
adopt Resolution No. #94 -11 -34 approving the Employment
Contract for Michael Robertson as drawn by the Office of the City
Attorney and directing the execution on behalf of the City of Oak
Park Heights by the Mayor and City Clerk. Voting in favor thereof,
Councilman Schaaf, Seggelke, Kern, Doerr and Mayor O'Neal. Voting
against same none. Resolution passed.
Councilman Schaaf, seconded by Councilman Kern moved to
establish December 5, 1994 at 7:00 o'clock p.m. as a workshop
meeting of the City Council to be conducted at the City Hall with
Michael Robertson. Five aye votes, motion carried.
Councilman Doerr, seconded by Councilman Schaaf moved to
establish January 20, 1995 as a Special Council Meeting for a
"visions" workshop to be moderated by Barbara Arney as sponsored
through Government Training Services. With the place and time of
the special meeting and workshop to be announced in the future with
a maximum cost of $1,950.00 together with mileage and expenses, all
being authorized. Four aye votes, one abstention (Councilman
Seggelke), motion carried.
Mayor O'Neal then opened the public hearing on the Application
4 . _ of Jon Nelson for a Conditional Use Permit to allow limited
wa e ousing associated with a awncare /snow removal business to be
conducted at 5845 Stagecoach Trail. The City Attorney then read
the public hearing notice and presented the Affidavit of
Publication and mailing list. The Mayor also noted that there had
been one letter received from Lillian Johnson, opposed to the
granting of the Conditional Use Permit and that the City had also
received a report from the Offices of Northwest Associated
Consultants, Inc., dated November 4, 1994 detailing the project and
making recommendations. The Applicant presented his statement in
response to Ms. Johnson's letter and also acknowledged that he
agreed with the recommendations of Northwest Associated
Consultants, Inc. with regard to the conditions that they
recommended. The planning consultants, Northwest Associated
Consultants, Inc., through Scott Richards also noted that there was
no need to request a re- zoning of the property as the existing zone
was now permissible to allow this use by way of conditional use
permit. Public comments were also received from the audience,
Michael Knutson, Kenneth Noyes and Jerry Langness, questioning
aspects of the proposed use. Motion was made by Councilman Kern,
seconded by Councilman Seggelke to close the public hearing. Five
votes aye, no votes nay, motion carried.
Motion was made by Councilman Schaaf to approve the issuance
of a conditional use permit to the applicant conditioned upon
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4._ compliance with the recommendations of Northwest Associated
Consultants, Inc. within their planning report of November 4, 1994
and further subject to the following:
a. That any and all exterior lighting proposed to be
implemented on the property by the applicant must be
subject to the approval of the Building Inspector of the
City of Oak Park Heights.
b. That any and all activities to be conducted outside of
the business premises on the site would be concluded
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and
thereafter any and all business activities would be
conducted entirely inside the building so as not to be
visible to the neighbors.
c. That all exterior landscaping, paving and exterior
building improvements will be completed as recommended
by Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. within their
report on or before September 1, 1995.
d. That the applicant's business policies with regard to
calling out snow plows for emergency plowing shall
conform to the City's policy on emergency plowing which
calls for the necessity of receiving a two inch or better
snowfall before plows would be called out after hours.
Councilman Seggelke seconded the foregoing motion. Four aye votes,
one abstention (Councilman Doerr).
Mayor O'Neal opened the public hearing on the application for
a liquor licence transfer as applied for by Club Tara Hideaway,
Inc., a Minnesota Corporation. The City Attorney read the public
hearing notice and presented the Affidavit of Publication and
mailing list and noted that there was no written comments submitted
by any member of the public on the issue. Further the City
Attorney noted that the application had been reviewed by the Office
of the Chief of Police and approved for compliance with the Statute
and that request for information previously issued by the City
Attorney's Office on September 22, 1994 had been complied with.
There being no comment from any member of the public present,
Councilman Kern motioned to close the public hearing, seconded by
Councilman Schaaf. Five aye votes, motion carried.
Councilman Seggelke, seconded by Councilman Doerr moved to
grant the transfer of the liquor license and authorized staff to
issue appropriate documents to the Minnesota Liquor Control
Commission confirming the approved transfer. Five aye votes,
motion carried.
Mayor O'Neal opened a public hearing with regard to the
application by Pat Casey for a variance to the zoning code to allow
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