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City Administrator Norman explained usually the first City Council meeting of the month includes the report from the Public Works Committee, and the second Council meeting of the month includes planning items. Years ago the Council asked staff to even out the agenda, and this is how it has been accomplished. Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained it normally takes a period of time to receive the minutes from the Committee meeting, which help in preparing the case for the report. Secondly, sometimes if the turnaround time is too short issues are not always able to be resolved in time for the preparation of the case. Councilmember Elvig indicated he is fine with the timeframe if it works for staff. 1) Consider Establishing Process for Subdivision Street Lighting Requests Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained periodically staff receives inquiries from the public on the process for getting street lights installed in areas currently without them. After significant discussion, the consensus of the Committee was to recommend that the City Council direct staff to draft a subdivision street lighting policy, obtaining input from the Park Board regarding the lighting of trails within the City. The financing discussed was that the streetlights would be 100% assessed back to the property owners. There was discussion about what rates should be paid. There are currently urban and rural fees. Going through the assessment procedure would require a feasibility study, which would identify the costs each property owner would be responsible for. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee in Case No. 1 and to direct staff to draft a subdivision street lighting policy, obtaining input from the Park Board regarding the lighting of trails within the City. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Cook, Jeffrey, Olson, and Pearson. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Strommen. 2) Review Priority Street Lighting Assistant Public Works Director Olson advised presently the 2006 budget includes $45,000 for the installation of priority street lights. The listing of the lights is included in the Council's packet. It is estimated that approximately 19 lights can be installed with this allocation. The recommendation of the Committee was that the City Council direct staff to proceed with the installation of the 19 identified street lights within the budgeted allocation. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee in Case No. 2 and to direct staff to proceed with the installation of the 19 identified priority street lights within the budgeted allocation. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Olson, Cook, Jeffrey, and Pearson. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Strommen. City Council / February 14, 2006 Page 20 of 26