City Council Minutes 06-29-1976 Special
SPECIAL MEETING OF
June 29,
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ONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
- 7:30 P. M.
Council members present:
Joint meeting with the Montice' 10 Civic Center Commission.
Martie, D. Erickson,
Council member absent:
Civic Center Commission member
Senness, Gary Wieber.
Herb Ketcham, of the architect
Alliance, reviewed the finding
Center Commission with the Cit
present: S. Johnson, Ruth
ral firm of The Architectural
and progress of the Civic
Council.
The site selected by the Commi sion was the Monticello Develop-
ment Corporation site; however, additional land should be
purchased to the east to enabl the building to be focused
on Walnut Street. Reasoning f r this was to enhance the
visual image of this site as i would be visible the entire
length of Walnut Street.
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Howard Dahlgren, city planner,
to make it visible the length
it a good site. However, he r
Elementary school be the site
of its location to Highway 25
Shelly Johnson, school superin
Civic Center Commission, indic
ing a bond issue for a new sch
not certain whether they shoul
school. Mr. Johnson said that
new school built, the school d
space.
Consensus of council was to ar
the school district Board of E
possibility of the school sell
meeting was tentatively set fo
Additionally, the city adminis
Gustafson who owns the house e
ment Corporation site to deter
in selling.
adjourned.
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GW / 19
felt by expanding the site
f Walnut Street would make
commended the Oakwood
or the Civic Center because
nd the retail areas.
endent and chairman of the
ted the school is consider-
01; however, the school is
sell Oakwood Elementary
if Oakwood was sold and a
strict would not be gaining
ange special meeting with
ucation to consider the
ng Oakwood Elementary. A
July 19 at 8:00 P. M.
rator was to contact Mr.
st of the Monticello Develop-
ine if he would be interested