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Cotmeil m emhe~' K u rak q ue~tioned if there is room to put a City street in this area. Assistant Public Works Director Ol:.;on replied the street would not have the acceptable setbacks that a normal subdivision would need. Taking the street over as a City street would definitely crcaio a loophole it; that no one would come in for subdivision, but would say they want a private street. A flor thc building was done lhcy would likely say they now want the street to be public. Councilmcmbcr Cr~ok indicaled th~' (ommittee discussed that at this point the City has no intention of taking thc street over ~-ts :t public street, but they would help the association get in formation on impl'ovemcnts for th~& road so they can get up to public standards on their own. Assistanl Public Works Director Oisor~ explained his intention is to write a letter outlining the Council's discu.~;sion, saying they w.)uld need a letter from the association stating they would be willing to pay thc };400, as well as :allowing the City to enter on their private property to do the xvorl<. Ifc will malco it clear that thc Cily cun'ently has no intention of taking the street over. The association lnay dec:ldo att a late~' clat,.z to take this back to the Council. Coutmihnembcr l!ilvig indicated he thinks this group is aware that the City is not interested in taking over private streets, which w)uld set a bad precedent. They previously thought they may bc an exception, but now they know they are not. The association wants to know what they need to do to get to thc public street st~;tus, Doing a soil boring would help the association, and would help thc Ciiy as well as to know if this is even feasible. The boring will be at the association's cost. Councihnelnbcl' Ziimncrman rcport.xt the recolnmendation of the Committee was to spend the $400 and be rcimbtirscd by thc; assot'iation. Motion by Cotmcihnember Zimm,mnan, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to ratify the r¢commcnctatio~]s ,)1' the Pcrsonnci Committee for Case 2, recommend that staff continue working with tllc Met Council on tl-~e issue of a new station, Case 4, adopt the Policy Regarding Placement oF the YVcar Course Bitumim)us Lift, and Case 6, hire Northern Technologies at a not to exceed cosl of ~400 contingent [,pon the Rum River Hills Townhouse Association issuing a letter agreeing to t!~c reimbursclneint and alloxving the soil boring to be done on their private property. Motio~ tan'lcd. Voting Yes: Mayo~ (i:_.'mec, Councihnembers Zimmerman, Cook, Elvig, Kurak, Pearson, and Nt~'on~mcn. Voting No None. Case #6: Intrmluce Amendment to City Code Section 4.40.06 Subdivision 10 Relating to ~,¥atcr Use Restrk:tions Assistant Public Works Director Oison explained this amendment to the City Code relates to water use restrictio~s and stttff recor:m~cnds approval. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 14 of 36