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Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Beahen, Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case ~7: Initiation of Condemnation Proceedings for the Acquisition of the Property Required for Well #3 and Well House ~r2 for the Municipal Water System City Administrator Schroeder stated that the City is in the process of developing a second well field west of County Road #56. The well site is currently owned by Jack Menkveld. We had difficulty getting in much with Mr. Menkvetd as he goes south for the winter. However, now we need to assure that this acquisition will occur and we are asking for Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the initiation of condemnation proceedings and authorizing continued negotiations to purchase the property plus take the steps necessary to prepare for condemnation should negotiations fail. Councilmember Haas Steffen asked about having two new water towers. Mr. Schroeder stated this is the west well field. There will be several in this area eventually and a water tower will be constructed in 1999. Councilmember Haas Steffen suggested revisiting the construction date for the water tower. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to adopt Resolution ~97-02-046 authorizing the beginning of the condemnation proceedings for the property required for Well #3 and Well House #2 for the Municipal Water System. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Beahen, Beyer and Haas Steffen. Voting No: None. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to authorize the City Administrator/City Attorney to negotiate the purchase of the property required for Well #3 and Well House #2 for the Municipal Water System. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Beahen, Beyer and Haas Steffen. Voting No: None. Case #8: Update on Snowmobile Activity Sergeant Gustafson presented Council with an overview of the snowmobile activity as of February 19. At the end of the season, he plans to break all the activity down for City Council so you know the types of concerns we get. He added that they would try to identify the following: types of violations, time frames (weekends, after school, after hours specified in City Ordinance, etc.) drivers (residents, people from out of town, ages, proximity to operator's residence) MUSA versus Rural violations, safety versus annoyance type violations, trespass/property damage versus annoyance type violations. He presented a map showing the locations of all the concerns and the locations of the citations. Councilmember Haas Steffen inquired if the complaints are spread out City-wide. Sergeant Gustafson replied that the MUSA outweighs the number of complaints. He added that with the end of season report, Council and staff should be able to determine what they want to do for the next season. City Council/February 25, 1997 Page 24 of 28 I I I I I I i I I I I I i I I I I I I