The Crookston City Council met in the City Hall council chambers on Monday night.
CASH FARM THREE YEAR LEASE APPROVED
The council approved the resolution recommended by the Planning Commission Committee regarding a cash farm lease for three years to C&D Reitmeier. The 356-acre property is located near the Crookston Municipal Airport.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A&E PROPERTIES
The Planning Commission also recommended the council award a conditional use permit to A&E Properties. A&E Properties wants to provide automobile crushing services at 2701 Highway 75 South near Valley Plains Equipment and Ampride “This was needed because the state has imposed an additional requirement that when someone is crushing automobiles, the crusher has to inform the state that they are within the zoning permitted by the city,” said City Administrator Corky Reynolds. “This is an industrial zone, conditional use permits are allowed in there, but it must be looked at by the planning commission and make sure it is within the comprehensive plan.” The council approved awarding the conditional use permit to A&E Properties to continue with automobile crushing services.
OLD PROPERTY DEALS OFFICIALLY TAKEN CARE OF
The council approved the resolution regarding the authorization and confirmation of Crookston’s sale of real property to the Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation (MMCDC) in 2002. “There was a deed that transferred into the MMCDC, which was putting up houses, either building them, purchasing them, and reselling them to low-income families,” said Reynolds. “That property is now being sold. The attorney that examined the title had found that there had never been a proper resolution by the city council back in 2002.”
The council also approved the explanation regarding the property purchased in 2002 by Bradley Jenkins and Helen Jenkins to defer repayment of a 10-year house loan of $30,000. The Jenkins family has reportedly met the criteria of the loan lien requirements, which the council acknowledged.
ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY SELECTED
The city has recently received six proposals regarding the engagement of engineering and environmental services in Crookston. “The services and studies will analyze our city streets in terms of pavement condition (PCI),” said Reynolds. “They will also be studying our water, wastewater, sewer pipes, and systems within the city, and they will be analyzing their present conditions.”
Reynolds said the services can benefit the public works department and the utilities department and help determine the areas the city needs to prioritize for improvements. The council approved that the engineering and environmental services be awarded to Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services LLC of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The consent agenda included the approval of minutes from the November 13 council meeting. It also supported bills and disbursements in the amount of $643,362.18.
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