CC Minutes 11-24-08City Council Meeting - November 24, 2008
CONSENT AGENDA: Councilman Litsey moved, Councilwoman Ernst seconded to
approve the following consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s
recommendations:
a. Approval of Minutes:
-City Council Summary Minutes dated November 6, 2008
-City Council Work Session Minutes dated November 10, 2008
-City Council Verbatim and Summary Minutes dated November 10, 2008
Receive Commission Minutes:
-Park and Recreation Commission Verbatim and Summary Minutes dated October 28,
2008
b. Approve Joint Fuel Purchase Agreement with MnDot.
c. Approve Nominees for 2008 Environmental Excellence Awards.
d. Approval of Assessment Service Agreement with Carver County.
e. Approval of Findings of Fact for a 15 Foot Variance from the 75 Foot Shoreland Setback
for the Conversion of an Existing Deck into a Porch, 7301 Laredo Drive, Richard &
Eunice Peters.
f. Accept Donation from Mount Olivet Rolling Acres, Voluntary Payment for City Services
in Lieu of Taxes.
g. Approve Payment for Chanhassen nature Preserve Trail Construction, Steiner
Construction Services.
h. Approve Purchase of Fire Department Grass Rig (2007 CIP).
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
VISITOR PRESENTATIONS:
None.
LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE.
Mayor Furlong: I see Chief Geske is here which means another call out hasn’t occurred yet
since the last few so we’ll take you quickly while we can. Good evening Chief.
Chief Gregg Geske: Yeah, I did go check with Eden Prairie. They’re at our station and I told
them if we did called out, I’d leave so I’ll finish up but. Since the report we did have an
additional structure fire this last week, actually on Frontier Trail. Unfortunately we had two pets,
or two dogs that didn’t make it through the fire. It was a small fire that was contained in the
kitchen area with smoke damage to the rest of the house so we responded. The residents came
home and there was smoke filled the house there. Tried to revive the pets but to no avail. And
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