Meeting Minutes of the Richmond City Council

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Special Council Meeting / Workshop

Item #1: Call to Order

Mayor Hemmesch called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. at Richmond City Hall and asked those present to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Council Members noted as being present: Jim Hemmesch, Mike Mathiasen, Tim Paczkowski, Jeff Mackedanz and Scott Kron.

Also present were: Martin Bode, City Administrator; Public Works Director, Gordon Dingmann; Randy Jenniges and David Blommel, SEH. As well as approximately 16 business owners and residents that live on or near Main Street.

Item #2: Approval of Agenda

Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additions or corrections to the presented agenda.

Motion to Approve Agenda. Motion by Kron. Second by Paczkowski. Motion Passed Unanimously.

Mayor Hemmesch recessed the regular meeting at 6:05 p.m. in order for the Council to discuss the following workshop discussion items:

A. 2013 Main Street Project - City Engineer Randy Jenniges

Engineer Jenniges reviewed with the Council and those in attendance a revised draft of the 2013 Main Street Project Cost Summary work sheet that he had created. The project, which includes approximately one and a half blocks of Main Street in the downtown business area, and also includes work to be done from Main Street on two blocks of Grant Ave. N., one block of 1^st Street N., on each side of Grant Ave. N., three quarts of a block of Hall Ave S., one block of Central Ave. S., as well as one block of Ivy Ave. N. The purpose of the project is to make needed repairs to these areas: water, waste water, storm water, curb and gutter as well as street repairs. SEH is looking into any possible Grant funds that might be available. Other funding considerations would be to bond for the project and fund the payment of the bonds through special assessments and property taxes.

Jenniges stated that another large part of this project was the consideration of moving the Main Street electrical power off of Main Street and to the back alleys. Jenniges further stated there are grant funds available to help with this portion of the project but these grant funds would be come unavailable as of December 31, 2011. Also, in order for this portion of the project to be completed in 2011 the City would need to notify Xcel Energy within the next several weeks of whether or not the City wishes to proceed forward with moving the power off Main Street.

The Council asked those in attendance what their opinion was regarding moving the power off Main Street. Those in attendance took a hand vote and it was unanimous that it was their opinion the City should move forward with moving the power off of Main Street.

Also, it was the consensus of those in attendance that the City should consider allocating funds for street scaping for the 2013 Main Street Project.

Also, some of those in attendance thought it would be a good idea to have a committee started made up of those business owners and residents that are impacted by this project. Council suggested that at the con collusion of this meeting that those in attendance wishing to volunteer to be part of this committee sign up on the back of the attendance sign in sheet.

B. Other Matters of Concern and Related Items

a. -Main Street Banners

b. -Tower Acres

(Reconvene Council Meeting)

Mayor Hemmesch reconvened the regular council meeting at 8:57 p.m..

Item #3: Additional Purchase Request, Allocation & Transfers

None Presented

Item #4: Other Matters of Concern and Related Items

None Presented

Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additional items for the Council to consider that evening. Hearing no further comments, he asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting.

Motion to Adjourn. Motion by Kron, Second by Paczkowski. Motion Passed Unanimously.

Mayor Hemmesch declared the meeting adjourned at 8:57 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Martin M. Bode

Richmond City Administrator