06-06-1980 CCMMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1980
The special meeting of the City Council was called to order at 1:25 p.m. by
Mayor Ralph Westlund. Present were Alderman Ted Beatty, Alderman Milt Lueneburg,
City Administrator Gary Plotz, City Engineer Marlow Priebe, City Attorney Buzz
Schantzen, City Accountant Ken Merrill. Also attending were Clarence Simon®wicz,
representatives from RCM and Skip Quade.
Mayor Westlund explained that the recent proposal for a fourth tax increment
district by the Downtown Development Advisory Board had received negative
reaction from the Planning Commission and the County Commissioners. Because
of this negative reaction, a new plan has been proposed, cutting the cost
from $2,000,000 to $1,500,000, with the maximum amount assessible to the
downtown area being $1,000,000. A hearing date will be set for late July.
The hearing on Tuesday, June 10, will be for offstreet parking only, and
for 50% of the amount originally proposed. This could possibly be paid in
from 4 to 5 years.
Mayor Westlund called on Skip Quade, who explained that the new proposal
should answer the complaints about fairness or possible problems with
allowable taxing.
Clarence Simonowicz explained further that tax increments could only be
captured to pay for the City's share of downtown parking - a $500,000 limit.
No further taxes could be collected. Also,_the proposed amendment in the
plan allows the return of dollars to City and county per referendum issue.
Mayor Westlund called on Mr. Bob Robertson from RCM on the topic of bridge
repair. Since the bid was let for deck repair last fall, it has been found
that the amount of area needing repair has increased in size, with an
estimated 35% of,the deck being affected. It was noted that the State
Highway department usually replaces an entire deck if more than 20% is
defective, since the per unit cost for spot repair becomes prohibitive.
The original bid for deck repair was $27,000. Replacement of the entire
deck would cost about $107,000.
After discussion on the most effective means of repair, a motion was
made by Alderman Beatty to repair the entire bridge deck, as the most
efficient method of repair, contingent upon legalities. Motion was seconded
by Alderman Lueneburg and carried unanimously.
The work would start after June 23 and the bridge would be open to school
bus traffic only during repair.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m. by Mayor Westlund.
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