by Carrie Moritz, Gazette
The February meeting of the Garretson City Council was held on Monday, February 3 at the Legion. The main item on the agenda was a request to move forward with Requests for Proposals for the new Garretson Community Center that had been explored at January’s meeting.
The meeting began with a request from Mitch Coburn of Palisades Oil for the replacement of one 30,000-gallon propane storage tank with two 90,000-gallon storage tanks. A letter of approval from the City was required by the Fire Marshall in order for the project to go ahead. Since Palisades Oil is not located near a residential area, the council was amenable to the request; however, councilmember Bill Hoskins wondered if the Garretson Fire Department was okay with the project. The fire department had been contacted, but had not yet given their approval, so Hoskins asked that the council move forward with the letter but not until GFD approval was received. Councilmember Tom Godbey made the motion to approve the letter, and the council voted in favor of the project.
The council then heard from Dean Koehn regarding an amended conditional use permit for the storage lot. He had in hand plans for Phases One through Four with regards to building the lot, then enclosed storage. At the prior meeting, the council had refused to approve what they described as a “blank check” for more than the open lot, requesting that Koehn make conditional use requests in the future once he had plans and was able to move forward with the closed storage options. When councilmember Greg Franka inquired as to why further conditional use permits were being pursued now, instead of after the purchase and prior to moving ahead with Phase Two, realtor Terry Johnson explained that having purchase contingents were common in large commercial real estate deals, as it’s a lot of risk to buy land at an upcharge and not be able to make it back in profits with the business planned for it. After some discussion regarding setbacks, the council voted to approve the conditional use permit with storage facilities to be installed in the phases described by Koehn.
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