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Council delays decision on school building permit; requires storm‑water easement before MOU approval
Summary
Decorah council deferred approval of a memorandum to allow construction before all site‑plan contingencies were recorded, insisting the school secure a storm‑water easement and finalize related plans before moving forward with a building permit.
The Decorah City Council on March 16 declined to clear a school‑district request to issue a full building permit before several site‑plan contingencies were recorded. Council members identified the storm‑sewer easement and a finalized storm‑water maintenance plan as the most important outstanding items and voted to table the district’s MOU request until those key contingencies are addressed.
City staff listed seven unresolved items required by the city engineer’s review, including a recorded storm‑sewer easement and easement agreement addressing maintenance responsibilities and replacement cost, conveyance of a small city right‑of‑way…
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