Agenda - Council - 01/27/2009 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

and the residents. Mayor Ramsey asked if there would be enough time to conduct another traffic study. Mr. Olson replied that his department could do their best but traffic tubes do not work well with snow on the ground. Councilmember Dehen stated that he is in opposition of waiting as they had gone through the proper process. He would like to see the road closed right away. Councilmember Wise stated that he did not believe waiting a couple months will be a huge advantage or disadvantage. He does not like the closure at this point. Councilmember Jeffrey stated that he, too, is opposed if we can speed this up to 90 days. He added that he would like to not have a traffic count done in the winter. Mr. Jankowski reported that the dates for the traffic study were after Labor Day and before Halloween 2008. Council asked Mr. Jankowski to note that on the diagram he presented and get it back to the Council. Mayor Ramsey withdrew his request to have a traffic study done in the winter. Councilmember Dehen asked for a notation of where the people signing the petition live on the diagram presented to Council. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Cook, McGlone, and Wise. Voting No: Councilmembers Dehen and Jeffrey. Absent: Councilmember Elvig. Clarification on the motion: This was direction to keep the road open until March 31, 2009. Gary Greb stated that the card sent out in November said the road will be closed. He wondered if staff could use different verbiage so people do not think it is a done deal — it made it sound like they did not have an option. Case #3: Consider Introduction of an Ordinance to Amend City Code Section 2.02 Economic Development Authority City Attorney Goodrich stated that Section 2.02 of the City Code refers to the Economic Development Authority. The EDA "establishment" portion of the Code states that the Board shall be governed by seven commissioners; two of those commissioners shall be members of the City Council. At the January 6, 2009 City Council work session, Council indicated they wanted to amend the section of the Code that establishes the EDA by adding a third Councilmember and taking away one resident. The proposed ordinance in tonight's agenda would make that change. City Administrator Ulrich reported that the Economic Development Authority conducted their regular monthly meeting on January 8, 2009, and passed a motion that they would like the membership of the Board to remain as is. Chris Riley, 15120 Ute Street NW, and Chair of the EDA, stated that the EDA passed a resolution to oppose the change makeup. The rationale being the EDA felt the current make -up has worked well for eight to 10 years. There are two Councilmembers on the Board, which gives us a good feel for what the Council has in mind. We like that we have five members of citizens as a whole, which he feels, gives the EDA a broad membership. The decisions of the EDA are all approved by the City Council. He is not City Council /January 13, 2009 Page 16 of 32