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Case #23: Meet the Candidates <br /> <br />Councilmember Beyer arrived. (8:42 p.m.) <br /> <br />City Administrator Schroeder reported that The League of Women Voters is planning a <br />"Meet the Candidates" program for this local election season. Proposed is that each <br />candidate for office will be afforded the opportunity for a cable-cast interview. The League <br />of Women Voters will not be conducting a panel forum as has occurred in the past. He <br />inquired of Council if they wanted City Staff to proceed with this type of forum. The <br />League of Women Voters has agreed to lend assistance. <br /> <br />Councilmember Peterson inquh'ed of the cost. <br /> <br />Mr. Schroeder reported it would be staff time and the cost to publicize the meeting. <br /> <br />Councilmember Beyer suggested Staff should just stay out of it. <br /> <br />Case #24: Schedule Canvassing Board <br /> <br />City Administrator Schroeder asked Council to schedule a time and date to canvass the <br />votes for the 1994 Mayor/Council election. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Hardin and seconded by Councilmember Peterson to schedule <br />the Canvassing Board for 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 9, 1994. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Hardin, Peterson, Beyer and Zimmerman. <br />Voting'No: None. Absent: Mayor Gilbertson. <br /> <br />Case #25: Sunwood Drive <br /> <br />City Administrator Schroeder stated that Council had approved proceeding with the next <br />phase of Sunwood Drive N.W. between Krypton Street N.W. on the east and Sunfish <br />Lake Boulevard N.W. on the west. From there it will run west within Waste Management <br />property to County Road #116, then further west to Ramsey Boulevard N.W. DNR <br />permits have been requested for the first two sections. The third segment may not require <br />DNR permits. The first two segments consist of crossing three sections of protected <br />wetland. The City proposed crossing all with fill and culverts. The eastern-most wetland <br />has been denied. The DNR prefers a 200-foot bridge span at a cost of $500,000 as <br />opposed to eight culverts and fill at a cost of approximately $150,000. The DNR did <br />suggest that we could provide conceptual drawings for a 100-foot span and they would <br />review that within the next three weeks. Mr. Schroeder explained that the second wetland <br />is proposed as a culvert span of an existing ditch and the DNR is okay with that proposal. <br />He described the third wetland as just west of Sunfish Lake Boulevard N.W. where <br />Sunfish Drive currently intersects. The DNR had previously recommended a road <br />alignment bisecting the wetland in the middle. They now prefer a northerly alignment that <br />impacts a more narrow section of the wetland. Mr. Schroeder reported that the site <br />distances are not as good with this change; however, engineering accepts it as "workable". <br />Mr. Schroeder stated Staff is "bothered" by DNR's proposal for the eastern-most wetland. <br />The cost of the bridge is exorbitant plus no one wants to "own" a bridge. It may be more <br />acceptable reducing the bridge to 100 feet. He suggested proceeding with the conceptual <br />drawings to try to approach DNR but with the caveat that we pursue a permit. <br /> <br />City Council/October 11, <br /> Page 24 of 29 <br /> <br />1994 <br /> <br /> <br />