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Mayor Hardin inquired if the special cases are noted to Mr. Schroeder. Ms. Lindahl stated that she mostly confers with Jim Gromberg. She continued that six cases have been turned over to the City Attorney. She stated that about half of the citations are vehicle related and the other half is condition of property. She stated she offers to meet with them and added that she does not go onto someone's property unless they have requested a meeting. Mr. Schroeder called attention to the spreadsheet from Ms. Lindahl and informed the Committee that staff is hoping to get spreadsheets such as this to Council ahead of time so they will know Kendra's schedule and perhaps the area from which they will be getting calls. Mayor Hardin inquired if Ms. Lindahl is keeping notes of parts of the City Code that are vague or hard to enforce to which Ms. Lindahl replied she is, but she is mostly keeping noters of valid concerns people have. Some people have extra vehicles but they are very well screened and are collector cars. She offered to come back in June with another report. Councilmember Beahen commended Ms. Lindahl on the job she is doing. Mr. Schroeder talked some about the assessment policy, street programs and drainage issues. He suggested that staff has good direction from Council on those portions of the assessment policy which have created the most consternation. A policy will be written by the City Engineer and brought to the Road and Bridge Committee as soon as time permits. Council approval of the proposed policy should resolve most potential conflicts with future street programs. He suggested there will still be discussions about whether a street required particular repair and added that with the creation of the Public Improvement Revolving Fund in 1993, the City's portion of the street program is funded. With regard to drainage issues, staff is planning to put together a list of the worst drainage problems in the City. Relating to the Section #22 drainage, it appears to be well in hand except for the easements. Mr. Schroeder mentioned Pondvale Estates - half of the residents there want urban services, half do not. Eventually staff drew an arbitrary project boundary which included enough petitioners to forward the project. He believed that Council's desire is not to divide a subdivision in order to further the project and that the City's policy on financing/assessing public improvements needs to be revisited by the Road and Bridge Committee to address issues such as recently presented to the City. Mr. Schroeder talked about development policies. Recommendations are received from the City's Commissions, primarily the Park and Recreation Commission for items that should be included in either the process or the development agreement itself. These recommendations have then been forwarded to the Council as part of the development agreement. It has recently been brought to our attention that many of these policies haven't received formal Council adoption. We have also received criticism that different developers have been treated differently through the development process. First, if the City has a financial interest in the project, such as a TIF Industrial project, our contribution allows us to require more than the minimum in improvements. Second, in a residential project, we attempt to suggest to a developer how to improve his project. If the developer does not agree with the suggestion, we do not push it. He communicated the desire to gain formal Council approval of these informal policies as quickly as possible. Mr. Schroeder voiced that the Environmental Learning Area has become a sensitive community issue as it relates to public infrasumcture adjacent to it. He stated that the sewer lines will be moved to a location acceptable to all parties. As an aside, the DNR has suggested a mitigation plan for approval of Sunwood Drive. One suggestion is to provide wetland damming at the Krypton Street culvert. This would raise the water level of the wetland and would flood the ELA. We have informed the DNR of our opposition to this recommendation. With regard to Fox Knott/Haubrich Personnel Committee/May 9, 1995 Page 4 of 5 I I I I I I I I I