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From YouTube: 4/01/19 - Council Meeting recap Craig Clark
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City of Austin, Minnesota
A
Thanks
for
joining
us
on
this
edition,
the
council
reeked
council
met
Monday,
April,
1st
5:30,
so
chambers
a
fairly
lengthy
meeting
last
night.
First
item
of
business
was
the
public
hearing
for
sixth
Street
northeast
project
several
area
residents.
There
expressed
some
written
opposition
objection
to
the
project
and
came
to
the
council
to
discuss
that
a
little
bit
more
fully
assessments
would
be
range
from
eight
to
eleven
thousand
dollars
for
the
property
owners.
There
are
some
fairly
long
frontages
there.
A
Big
discussion
about
the
hundred
percent
assessment
in
a
new
area
in
the
city
has
assessed
a
hundred
percent
against
property
owners,
at
least
at
the
first
establishment
of
the
subdivision,
so
that
was
City.
Council's
position
was
that
we
needed
to
maintain
that
policy.
First
motion
on
that
was
a
five
to
two
vote,
failed
to
proceed
forward
with
the
project
and
then
Council
voted
six
to
one
to
continue
the
project
in
the
future,
including
it
in
our
CIP
discussion,
five-year
CIP
discussions.
A
So
as
we
moved
that
forward,
we'll
discuss
that
matter
when
it
gets
placed
in
the
CIP
next
item
of
business
was
approving
14th
Street
southeast
asphalt,
Street
reconstruction.
We
had
one
bidder
from
Hanson
hauling
on
that
project,
total
of
four
hundred
and
ten
thousand
six
hundred.
Seventy
two
dollars.
Next
item
was
receiving
bids
for
ninth
Street
and
10th
Street
London
Street,
south
west
allis
asphalt
reconstruction
awarding
bids
for
that
project
that
one
as
well
went
to
Hanson
Holly
total
on
that
was
about
1.4
million.
We
had
two
bidders
on
that
project.
A
This
is
down
by
a
sitting
in
the
southwest
down
by
Galloway
Park
next
item
of
business
was
asbestos
abatement
on
that
kmq
property
that
city's
helping
facilitate
that
had
five
bidders
on
the
property
on
the
project.
Twelve
I
was
awarded
the
project
and
the
project
was
subject
to
city,
getting
final
ownership
of
the
property
Parks
and
Rec
Department
asked
for
backstop
funding
for
the
pickleball,
so
I
helped
them
out
of
a
pickle
there
and
allows
the
grant
project
to
move
forward
and
hopefully
get
the
fundraising,
that's
necessary
to
make
the
project
go.
A
Well
that
be
down
in
Rotary
Park
and
we
approved
a
contract
for
the
bear
with
Bear
Creek
archaeology.
The
turtle
trail
project
as
close
to
the
waterway
there.
So
we
have
to
do
a
because
the
grant
requirements
we
have
to
do
some
archaeological
dig
to
make
sure
there
aren't
any
artifacts
in
that
area.
That
is
from
fourth
Street
to
bus
dead
park.
That
amount
was
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty
three
dollars.
A
We
approved
a
farm
lease
with
v/s
family
farms
down
by
the
airport
and
a
few
other
places
contract,
for
that
is
fifteen
thousand
nine
thirty
and
two-year
contract.
We
moved
on
to
a
feasibility
study
for
the
Baldwin
lift
station
to
remove
the
sixth
Avenue
Northwest
that
was
bid
last
summer
costs
were
pretty
exceedingly
high,
so
we
cancelled
that
project.
We
came
back
to
the
drawing
board,
cut
some
costs
and
look
for
a
better
bidding
season
on
that.
A
So
we'll
proceed
forward
with
council
approval
on
the
feasibility
study
for
that
project
we
amended
the
investment
and
interest
allocation
policy
with
the
interest
rates.
We
don't
get
the
earnings
that
we
have
on
our
balance
of
our
funds.
Currently
it's
at.
We
have
policy
that
allows
it
to
go
the
first
300
thousand
of
interest
earnings
to
go
to
the
building
fund
that
has
been
as
high
as
450,000
because
of
the
lower
interest
earnings
we've
extended
that
to
December
31st
of
2019.
A
We
moved
on.
We
had
a
lot
of
discussion
going
into
it.
Moving
the
a
legal
age
to
purchase
tobacco
from
18
to
21
US
and
joins
a
handful
of
communities
and
approving
that
ordinance,
so
any
buddy
age
19
to
21
would
not
be
able
to
purchase
alcohol.
Tobacco
is
because
the
stores
would
be
prohibited
from
selling
them.
There
is
no
penalty
for
possession
of
any
one
from
19
to
21.
Those
18
and
younger
would
still
be
prohibited
from
possessing
tobacco
products,
with
the
increase
in
vaping
and
those
sorts
of
things.
A
The
Drug
Task
Force
really
made
a
concerted
push
for
this
ordinance
and
council
agreed
I
think
they
cited
some
statistics
about
the
amount
of
smokers
that
start
at
a
young
age,
and
this
is
intended
to
really
help
with
that
council
accepted
some
donations.
We
authorized
to
be
the
fiscal
agent
for
the
2019
governor
pheasant
hunting.
Opener
that'll
be
coming.
This
fall
to
Austin
facilitate
any
donations
that
might
come
about
because
of
that
project.
A
Now
we
supported
resolution
in
support
of
the
2020
census
and
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
the
Human
Rights
Commission
and
Welcome
Center
and
forming
a
complete
count
committee,
something
we've
already
done
to
some
extent,
but
we'll
continue
those
efforts
to
get
a
strong
census
reporting
out
of
Austin.
We
declared
several
structures:
hazardous
structures,
1019
8,000,
to
northeast
the
garage
had
a
blue
tarp
over.
It
was
in
a
bad
shape,
some
other
one,
a
house
at
1012,
2nd
Avenue
Northeast.
A
They
call
in
the
front
area
of
that
house,
so
those
areas
will
were
declared
a
hazardous
structure.
By
Council
we
had
several
removal
of
junked
and
illegally
stored
vehicles,
a
really
good
handful
of
properties.
There,
so
council
took
action
to
move
forward
to
get
those
cleaned
up
and
then
the
last
item
on
the
agenda
was
approving
a
development
agreement
with
Austin
hotel
group
LLC.
That's
for
the
cobblestone
hotel
that
you
might
have
seen
in
the
newspaper
or
on
TV
reports
that
are
looking
to
move
forward.
A
There'll
be
a
slight
Road
extension
they're
responsible
for
those
expenses
and
putting
in
that
road
city
standards,
so
council
approved
that
development
agreement
and
other
than
that
that
really
wrapped
up
the
council
meeting.
If
you
have
questions
on
these
or
any
other
items,
we'd
love
to
hear
from
you
come
to
a
council
meeting.
If
you
like,
watch
this
on
cable,
TV,
otherwise
hope
you're
doing
well
and
thanks
spring.