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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
8:00 p.m. or immediately
following Regular Meeting
MINUTES
1. CONVENE WORK SESSION MEETING
Mayor Love called the meeting to order at 8:10 P.M.
A.
Roll Call
Present:
Mayor Love; Councilmembers Garfunkel, Lizee, Turgeon, and Zerby;
Administrator Dawson; Attorney Keane; Engineer Brown; Finance Director
Burton; and Planning Director Nielsen
Absent:
None
B.
Review Agenda
Lizee moved, Zerby seconded, approving the Agenda as presented. Motion passed 5/0.
2. 2001 GOALS AND PRIORITIES
Administrator Dawson stated Council had been given a list of proposed goals for 2001 intended
to spur discussion at this meeting. He also noted items could be added or removed as needed.
Discussion centered on property rights issues, specifically related to right-of-way, along
Smithtown Road. Engineer Brown stated the entire right-of-way issue began due to a watermain
and reconstruction project on Smithtown Road. He also noted right-of-way would helpful along
Smithtown Road for snow storage.
Mayor Love noted the public may need to be educated about purposes of rights-of-way in that
area. Engineer Brown explained he provided education daily in response to residents'
complaints. He noted the current ordinance allowed for minor improvements to the right-of-way
area by residents, but these improvements were always to be considered "at risk" should
residents decide to utilize that space. Most infractions of the ordinance were observed by City
staff or by residents of a neighborhood and then reported. The City examined the potential threat
to motor or pedestrian traffic as well as the kind of plantings being used in these improvements.
In addition, utilities in the area and potential cost for removal were all issues being considered
when residents encroached onto the right-of-way. Once encroachment was determined in
consideration of these issues, the City then notified residents an infraction had occurred. He also
noted the most frequent complaint came from citizens in the winter when snowplowing efforts
damaged an irrigation system mistakenly installed in the right-of-way area.
Councilmember Zerby stated he had concerns regarding the suitability of this road
dimensionally. He noted Smithtown Road to be wide in some spots and narrow in others, which
posed some difficulty when pedestrian and motor traffic met in the narrow portions of Smithtown
Road.
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. Discussion ensued regarding the importance of establishing policies related to roadways versus
determining specific roadways to be designated as requiring immediate action this year.
Councilmember Garfunkel requested clarification on the new financial reporting system
encouraged by federal practices.
Councilmembers agreed that ward boundaries should be established as soon as possible. Staff
noted that legislative districts, which the wards must respect, would likely be drawn at the end of
the legislative session in May, or subsequently by state courts.
Attorney Keane left the meeting at 9:05 P.M.
Issues of garbage collection, housing, and wellhead protection were also added to the list of
proposed goals for this year.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Lizee moved, Zerby seconded, adjourning the City Council Work Session Meeting of
January 22,2001, at 9:16 P.M. Motion passed 5/0.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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Sally Keefe,
Recording Secretary
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