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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.05.06 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES PRE-MEETING JUNE 5, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Soderberg at 6:30 p.m. Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Soderberg, Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson None Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Robin Roland, Finance Director; Kevin Carroll, Community Development Director; Dan Siebenaler, Police Chief; Randy Distad, Parks and Recreation Director; Dave Sanocki, Engineer; Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services Director; Brenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant 2. APPROVE AGENDA MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by McKnight to approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS 4. COUNCIL REVIEW OF AGENDA Councilmember Fogarty pulled the May 15, 2006 regular minutes to abstain from voting. She had previously asked for some clarification on the re-meandering project for Middle Creek. She requested the Budget Workshop be moved from June 7, 2006 to June 21, 2006. Councilmember McKnight pulled the May 17, 2006 special minutes to abstain from voting. He asked about the Great River Energy powerline easement and the fact that the money is going to the park improvement fund. Finance Director Roland explained that fund is used to pay for park improvements and was an obvious place to put the easement funds in order to pay for future improvements to other parks. The easement is going through the park. Councilmember McKnight wondered since the fund balance is not where we want it to be, if that money should go to the general fund balance. Staff noted that is up to Council. His next question was regarding the dates ofthe VFW gambling license. City Administrator Herlofsky stated there was a period of time in between dates and the state was informed it would be approved at this meeting. Councilmember McKnight then asked about the purchase of additional election equipment. He recalled he asked ifthere was enough equipment for six precincts. Administrative Services Director Shadick stated the additional equipment was in the 2006 budget. Councilmember McKnight asked about the Special Assessment Agreement for the Milner Council Minutes (Pre-Meeting) June 5, 2006 Page 2 Development. He stated at the last meeting he asked for some history on how this impacts the City to have this development fee as a special assessment and did not see that information in the packet. Community Development Director Carroll noted the memo states this procedure was done with Aerospace in the recent past. Staff feels the precedent was set with Vinge Tile and Aerospace. These funds are for surface water management which goes into the storm water trunk capital projects fund which has a $4 million balance. Councilmember McKnight preferred to have the history information included in the packet. Councilmember Wilson asked Councilmember Fogarty about the information she obtained on the re-meandering project. Councilmember Fogarty stated she knew why we were funding the project, but was confused as to why the City was not running the project. City Administrator Herlofsky had explained it was a joint project with the school district to be used for educational purposes. Councilmember Wilson asked about the capital outlay for picnic shelters. He was concerned with spending $45,000 since the total revenues through the first quarter in the park improvement fund are less than this expenditure. He was concerned as to whether this was a priority for the funds in the park improvement fund. Finance Director Roland explained the balance in the park improvement fund is in excess of $500,000 due to park improvement dedication fees that have come in from three major developments last year. The CIP counted on last year's fund balance to be able to start the process for paying for 2006. Councilmember Wilson noted the City is short on permits, not as bad as last year, but he was hoping to see 35%- 40% of budget by this point. Finance Director Roland noted the report is for the end of April. Currently permits are at 102 compared with 198 for all of2005. There are also two commercial permits. There will be a significant change in this number in May. There are also 25 pending and 30 more on the horizon. Councilmember Pritzlaff asked about the school and conference for Park and Rec. Parks and Recreation Director Distad explained the benefits that will be received from attending a national conference. Councilmember Pritzlaffwas concerned with the value received compared to the cost of the conference. This conference was included in the budget. Councilmember Pritzlaff suggested not sending someone two years in a row or sending one person rather than two people. Councilmember Pritzlaff also wanted to comment on several other items on the Consent Agenda during the regular meeting. Councilmember Pritzlaff asked about the purchase of new computers and asked if we can donate used computers. Human Resources Director Wendlandt explained the computers are recycled within the organization and by the end ofthat time, they are too old. Councilmember Pritzlaff asked about an expense item on the list of bills for the Farmington Bakery. Staff explained that was for a training program where lunch was provided. 5. STAFF COMMENTS City Administrator Herlofsky noted Community Development has updated the comprehensive plan map and the zoning map. They will be kept up to date in the future. Council Minutes (Pre-Meeting) June 5, 2006 Page 3 Finance Director Roland noted on the list of bills there is a check issued for an easement which has not been approved by Council. The check has been voided and will appear on the list of bills once the Easement Agreement is approved by Council. Community Development Director Carroll had distributed a revised Orderly Annexation Agreement with Castle Rock Township. Police Chief Siebenaler asked Council to remove the public hearing for Farmington BP as they have agreed to the conditions for their liquor license violation. 6. ADJOURN MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by McKnight to adjourn at 6:53 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, ~ ;n-;~ Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR JUNE 5, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Soderberg at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Soderberg led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Audience: Soderberg, Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson None Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Robin Roland, Finance Director; Kevin Carroll, Community Development Director; Dan Siebenaler, Police Chief; Randy Distad, Parks and Recreation Director; Dave Sanocki, Engineer; Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services Director; Brenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant Aaron Vehing, Dave Berghuis, Chris Rosenthal, Russ Zellmer, Gary Pipho, Cliff Fleischmann 4. APPROVE AGENDA Councilmember Fogarty pulled item 7a) Council Minutes to abstain. Councilmember McKnight pulled item 7d) Approve Powerline Easement Agreement with Great River Energy for discussion. City Administrator Herlofsky added 5a) Introduce New Fire Captains. Police Chief Siebenaler asked to remove item 8b) Liquor License Suspension - Farmington BP as they have agreed to the stipulations and waived the public hearing. MOTION by McKnight, second by Pritzlaffto approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS a) Introduce New Fire Captains - Fire Department Fire Chief Tim Pietsch introduced newly appointed Fire Captains Trent Larson, Dan Meyer, and Brad Parker. 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS Mr. Brian McDonald, 18406 Everest Circle, spoke regarding the watering restrictions. He agreed with the policy but it needs to be on a level playing field. His residence is an even number and there are odd/even restrictions all year long. The four hottest months- May - August - three of those months have 31 days. So the even number houses do not Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 2 get to water for two days, and the odd number houses can water two days in a row. He asked Council to consider making the policy on a level playing field. One solution was to allow everyone to water on the 31 S\ but that would not be acceptable. His other solution was that no one is allowed to water on the 31 st and the fines double. He felt this option was fair. Everyone would have to wait for two days from the 29th to the 1 st and from the 30th to the 2nd. In May, July, August they wait four days and when it reaches 90, it is windy and it does not take more than a day for the grass to die and he wants to keep the community looking nice. He also felt the policy needs to be enforced. He notices there are times when the pavement is wet on the wrong side ofthe street and it has not rained. He would like the policy enforced stronger than what it is. He was aware there is someone from Public Works that drives around in a red truck and everyone knows it. On the weekends it is a free-for-all. People know that person is out from noon - 6 p.m. during the week. He suggested using a CSO that already drives around, to do enforcement. Mr. McDonald has not talked to the Water Board. Mayor Soderberg noted the Water Board sets the policy and is autonomous from the Council. Council can give them suggestions. City Attorney Jamnik suggested forwarding the minutes to the Water Board. The next meeting for the Water Board is June 26, 2006. Mr. Dave Berghuis, 19125 Dunbury Avenue, stated he has sent some e-mails to Council regarding his evergreens being planted in the right-of-way. He stated the situation is at an impasse. The City was going to investigate moving the evergreens at the City's expense rather than billing the residents for having them moved. However, he was not convinced that is the best use of the taxpayers' dollars. He also felt the issue is full of conflict. He and his neighbor drove around the City and within 20 minutes identified 50 evergreens that are as close to the road and a bigger sight hazard than their evergreens. Mr. Berghuis stated ifthe City is going to enforce the policy in his neighborhood, it needs to be enforced from one end of the City to the other. The evergreens have been established for 5 years so the roots are firmly imbedded. If moved, there is no guarantee the trees will survive. He noted there was an article in the newspaper regarding the tree ordinance and that it will not change. He felt this is a mirror image of their problem. He noted the article stated the Planning Commission agreed that property owners should have the right to do what they want with their property and the City would be interfering with their rights if the owner is required to save trees they wanted to remove. Mr. Berghuis felt a simple agreement could be made. There are three homes affected by this situation. Mayor Soderberg stated he has looked at the trees and spoke with one ofthe neighbors and the City Administrator. Evergreens are not an allowable boulevard tree because of sight issues. In 20 years there will be a visibility issue and if there is an accident, and the trees are allowed to remain, the City could be held accountable. Regarding the other 50 violations, these issues are handled on a complaint basis and Mayor Soderberg suggested Mr. Berghuis provide the list to the City Administrator. Mr. Berghuis stated there is a conflict saying they are handled on a complaint basis. To his knowledge no one has filed a complaint that his evergreens could be a risk when other evergreens throughout town Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 3 are a present danger and his trees are a future danger after 20 years of growth. Mayor Soderberg noted that is the problem with enforcing the code on a complaint basis. Councilmember Wilson stated his concern is that there are three residents in Autumn Glen 2nd Addition and it looks like we are picking on that development. The trees are not where they should be and the City could be held liable. Jen Collova, Natural Resources Specialist, stated there have been other issues where trees have been moved out of the right-of-way. Those issues have been dealt with on an individual basis with the homeowner. They have not gotten to the level of this concern. Those situations have not come to Council because the homeowners have done what the City asked. Staff is not picking on anyone. This is dealt with on a regular basis. Mr. Chris Rosenthal, 4818 191 st Street W, stated two trees were planted by the developer and he asked for a third tree. He decided to plant an evergreen tree to go with the boulevard trees. Last year he received a letter that the tree is on City property within the easement. He planted his tree 9 ft. from the easement. At full growth it might be 4 ft. from the curb. He also received a letter saying the tree is 5 ft. from the back of the curb, which is not true. He received a request to move the tree or the City would move it for him. The residents found 12 trees on one property that have grown beyond the curb and are hitting the street. He received another letter that during a recent inspection it was noted his tree is in the right-of-way. He has a tree that is 8 ft. tall and will be 10ft. wide at full growth. He has 9 ft. from the curb. Neighbors have told him he will need to go 3 ft. around the tree to dig it up. He stated he would pay $100 to get the tree out of the way. He does not want to lose the tree. Mayor Soderberg stated staff will bring this back to the next Council agenda. 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Fogarty, second by McKnight to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: b) Approved Request to Waive Fees for Rambling River Days - Parks and Recreation c) Approved School and Conference - Parks and Recreation e) Approved Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation f) Adopted RESOLUTION R59-06 Approving Gambling Premises Permit VFW - Administration g) Accepted Resignation Heritage Preservation Commission - Administration Councilmember Pritzlaff thanked Ms. Danielle Stuckle for her service on the Heritage Preservation Commission h) Approved Capital Outlay - Administration i) Received Information Customer Service Quarterly Report - Administration j) Acknowledged Resignation Finance - Human Resources Councilmember Pritzlaffthanked Ms. Donna Born for her years of service at the Liquor Store. k) Approved Capital Outlay - Human Resources I) Acknowledged Retirement Parks and Recreation Department - Human Resources Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 4 Councilmember Pritzlaffthanked Mr. Dwight Bjerke for his service to the City and wished him well on his retirement. m) Received Information April 2006 Financial Report - Finance n) Approved Appointment Recommendation - Fire Department 0) Approved Appointment Recommendation Public Works - Human Resources p) Approved Appointment Recommendations Fire Department - Human Resources q) Approved Fire Marshal Training - Fire Department r) Approved Dakota County Mutual Aid Fire Services Agreement Amendment - Fire Department s) Approved Special Assessment Agreement - Milner Development - Community Development t) Approved Bills APIF, MOTION CARRIED. a) MOTION by McKnight, second by Wilson to approve the Council Minutes (5/15/06 Regular). Voting for: Soderberg, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson. Abstain: Fogarty. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Wilson, second by Fogarty to approve Council Minutes (5/17/06 Special). Voting for: Soderberg, Fogarty, Pritzlaff, Wilson. Abstain: McKnight. MOTION CARRIED. d) Approve Powerline Easement Agreement with Great River Energy - Parks and Recreation Councilmember McKnight wanted to discuss the issue ofthe $47,000 the City is receiving for the powerline easement. His concern is that if the general fund balance were where it needed to be according to policy, he would not have a concern with the money going to the park improvement fund. The fact that the fund balance is not at the level set by policy, he would prefer to put this money into the fund balance to build it up to where it should be. Councilmember Wilson agreed and noted that the memo stated the money would be put in the park improvement fund so that it can be available to spend on other park improvement projects. In the absence ofthat comment he would have been open to putting the money in the park improvement fund, but he understood this fund was for development money so he would rather see the money go into the general fund. Councilmember Pritzlaff noted the powerline is running through the park and asked how it is affecting the park. Parks and Recreation Director Distad replied the powerline will be a single pole and run through an existing drainage and utility easement. The trees have been removed and no additional trees will be removed except across the river. Those trees will be weed trees. Councilmember Pritzlaff did not want to put money into a fund where it can be readily spent. If parkland would have been lost because of the poles, that would be different. He would be in favor of putting the money into the general fund. Parks and Recreation Director Distad stated the Park and Rec Commission saw this as an opportunity to increase the fund balance in the park improvement fund. There is a 5-year plan to develop not only existing parks, but new parks. In looking at the budget there will be a shortage at some point as there are a lot of parks that need a Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 5 lot of improvements. The Park and Rec Commission felt this was an opportunity to put some money back into the park improvement fund that could be spent on future park improvements. This fund is not supported by the general taxpayer. It comes from developer fees and liquor store profit transfers. We do not have the taxpayers supporting it, but the money from the easement would go back to increase the fund balance in the general fund which is a taxpayer supported fund. Staff noted there will also be compensation for Outlot A. Outlot A is through a city-owned wetland adjacent to Akin Road and north of the high school ballfields. The compensation for Outlot A would be around $34,000. City Attorney Jamnik stated his concern is with State laws. With park dedication fees we put those into a dedicated account. The lands purchased are assets of the City that are in that dedicated account. He was not sure ofthe historical acquisition of the park or if any grants were received from the Lawcon program. If the Council wants the money to go into the general fund, he will have to do some research to determine ifthere are any restrictions on the parkland as far as acquisition. Ifthere are restrictions for conveyance, selling, diminution of value the money would be put back into the same account used to acquire additional parkland, so the concept of rollover would insulate the City from any challenge. By doing what staff proposes Council is in a safe harbor. If Council wants the money to go into the fund balance, he will have to do some research to determine if that is possible. Mayor Soderberg felt it was a reasonable request to have the easement portion through the park that the City is being paid for go back into the park improvement fund. Attorney J amnik clarified Council could do that, but there may be some restrictions. Councilmember Fogarty stated this is an easement in a park. She would not ask Park and Rec to give up easement money because the City is having budgetary issues. That is for Council to work out in different ways. Councilmember McKnight stated he would approve the agreement and have the City Attorney research whether the money can be put in the general fund. MOTION by McKnight, second by Fogarty to approve the Easement Agreement with Great River Energy and have the City Attorney look at options for placing the $47,644 compensation for the easement and bring it back to the next meeting. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS a) Liquor License Suspension - Super America - Police Department The Police Department conducted compliance checks at all liquor establishments in the City. Three liquor retailers sold liquor to a minor. Two ofthe violators have accepted the penalties imposed. SuperAmerica has chosen to allow this public hearing which is an opportunity for the Council to accept input on this situation. The Council can impose the recommended penalty, a lesser penalty, or a stricter penalty. Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 6 Mr. Cliff Fleischmann, 5629 Pompano Drive, Minnetonka, stated when their customer service reps are hired they go through 8 hours of training. Two hours are dedicated to the sale of alcohol and tobacco products. The clerk that made the sale had gone through the training in February. Councilmember Pritzlaffnoted he does a lot of business there and does know they have this policy and sees them card everyone. Ms. Amy Messner, Manager of SuperAmerica, stated the clerk was terminated. They do have monthly checks and have never had this problem before. They have had three more checks since then and have not had a problem. MOTION by Wilson, second by McKnight to close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by McKnight, second by Fogarty to suspend the liquor license for SuperAmerica for three days and impose a civil penalty of $250. The three days will be at the end ofthe month. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. c) Adopt Resolution - Vacate Drainage and Utility Easement JIT - Community Development nT Powder Coating is located in the industrial park and they are in the process of expanding their building. The existing building is on Eaton Avenue and the addition is on the north side. They have combined the lot with the existing building with the lot to the north which they bought from the HRA a number of years ago. At the time it was platted, there was a drainage and utility easement along the property line, 5 ft. on either side ofthe line. They have asked to have the easement vacated as the building will be built over the easement. Drainage will be handled through the landscape plan. MOTION by McKnight, second by Fogarty to close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Fogarty, second by Wilson to adopt RESOLUTION R60-06 vacating a 5-foot wide drainage and utility easement on the northern property line of Lot 1 Block 1 Farmington Industrial Park, as well as, the 5-foot wide drainage and utility easement on the southern property line of Lot I Block 2 Farmington Industrial Park 2nd Addition. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. d) Adopt Resolution - Vacate Drainage and Utility Easement Appro Development - Community Development R&L Trucking is constructing a truck terminal to the west ofthe above property. 208th Street will be extended to Pilot Knob Road. While going through the building permit process it became apparent that there were some advantages to relocating a building. They moved the maintenance building south, closer to the gas line easement, in order to create more parking to the north. This put the building over the proposed easement line where the water was going to run. This has been discussed with Engineering and the plan has been modified to loop the water along the south side instead of the north side. The City Attorney has drafted a new Easement Agreement and Appro will be returning this agreement Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 7 soon. Staff recommended vacating the existing drainage and utility easement with the understanding and on the condition that before the documents are filed we have in hand the signed Easement Agreement replacing the prior Easement Agreement. MOTION by Wilson, second by Pritzlaffto close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Wilson, second by Pritzlaff adopting RESOLUTION R62-06 vacating the 20-foot wide drainage and utility easements located on Lot 2 Block 1 ofthe Farmington Industrial Park 3Td Addition, contingent upon the signing ofthe Easement Agreement by the property owner. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT a) Adopt Resolution - 2006 Mill and Overlay Project - Engineering Six bids were received for this project. The low bid was submitted by Aslakson's Blacktopping Services, Inc. in the amount of$373,000. The estimated construction cost was $332,000. The total project cost including contingencies and other fees was $464,000. The construction estimate was revised after the feasibility report was completed to cover additional construction needs that may be encountered and to break down the feasibility report line items into more detail. The revised construction estimate was $385,000. Current legal, engineering and administrative costs to date are 2.1 % of the revised construction estimate of $385,000. It is anticipated that the total of these fees will be less than the originally estimated 27% and the total project costs will fall below the feasibility report estimate of $464,000. MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by Wilson to adopt RESOLUTION R62-06 accepting the base bid of Aslakson's Blacktopping Services, Inc. in the amount of$373,000 and award the project to Aslakson's Blacktopping Services, Inc. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Approve Funding for Middle Creek Re-meandering Project at Meadowview Elementary - Engineering The DNR received grant money in the amount of $53,000 to accomplish a re- meandering project for Middle Creek at Meadowview Elementary. Currently the creek is very straight. This project is identified in the City's surface water management plan and will be funded from the storm water trunk fund. The purpose is a more natural, stable stream bed, similar to the condition the stream was in before farming operations. It will provide educational opportunities for the children at Meadowview Elementary. The school district has been managing the project and the City is involved with the DNR on the actual design. The costs associated will exceed the amount of the DNR grant. The DNR has already spent $23,000 oftheir grant on engineering and other supplies. The City has received a request to participate in this project. The school district is paying $5,000 and the remaining balance is $25,000. Staff asked Council authorize the City funding of the remaining costs for re-meandering of Middle Creek in the amount of $25,000 - $30,000. The re-meandering will provide for increased habitat of fish and wildlife. MOTION by Wilson, second by McKnight to approve the funding of the remainder of costs associated with the re-meandering of Middle Creek at Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 8 Meadowview Elementary in the estimated amount of $25,000 - $30,000. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) Proposed Orderly Annexation Agreement - Community Development Community Development Director Carroll presented a draft Orderly Annexation Agreement with Castle Rock. Hwy 3 goes through the center of the area covered by the agreement and the western boundary is a line between Castle Rock and Eureka. There is flood plain running through the southern portion of the area. All of this area can be served with City services. Staff highlighted the main points of the agreement. 1. The area includes 850 acres in Castle Rock Township. 2. Properties within this area will not be annexed unless the property owner petitions for annexation. 3. The township will not contest any owner-initiated annexations for properties located within the agreement. 4. The term of the agreement would be through December 31,2016, which is ten years. During this time the City cannot process or approve any annexations of property in Castle Rock Township outside of the boundary ofthe orderly annexation area unless the township consents. 5. Staff recommends the annexations within the Ash Street Orderly Annexation area be handled in the same way they would have been handled by ordinance, according to state statute. The township would be entitled to 90%, 70%,50%,30%, 10% of property tax revenues as the years progress. This will be for commercial/industrial properties within the Ash Street Orderly Annexation Agreement and not residential properties. 6. In the future for any annexations outside of the old Ash Street orderly annexation area the City and the Township will split 50/50 the first year's property taxes on any new construction that occurs in an area that is annexed from the township. This is a one-time payment. This money will be devoted to roadway costs only. (Councilmember Fogarty left at 8:10 p.m.). Mayor Soderberg and Councilmember Wilson thanked the members of the Castle Rock Discussion Group for their work on this issue. Councilmember McKnight asked for an explanation of the length of the agreement for ten years and then two added years depending on when a property is annexed. Community Development Director Carroll explained there was a concern that ifthe annexations did not proceed at the pace anticipated and if at the end of the ten years a development plan is brought forward that would general additional traffic, the roads might not get constructed and the traffic impacts may not be assessed until after the ten years is up. The township would be deprived of the revenue sharing to have those funds to apply to additional road maintenance costs. The additional two years will allow the township to continue to receive revenue and apply it to road Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 9 maintenance costs during that period of time. Council agreed with this issue. A discussion was held regarding the sharing of property tax revenue. Councilmember Pritzlaff also thanked township and City staff for their work on this issue. Mr. Russ Zellmer, Castle Rock Township, thanked Council for their help with this agreement. The new information has not been discussed with the township board, so he could not comment. He appreciated any offers that have been made. Mr. Gary Pipho also thanked Council for the opportunity to have City staff work with the township. He felt this is a good agreement and was anxious to move forward. Councilmember McKnight thanked everyone involved. The agreement is full of compromises and a lot of time was spent to reach an agreement that everyone would approve. The line around this area does not mean the area is annexed. It is all property owner driven. The tax sharing is going for road improvements and that is why he can support it. The township will consider this agreement next week at their meeting. Councilmember Pritzlaff suggested staff give the township the list of six main points and the map. MOTION by McKnight, second by Pritzlaffto approve the Orderly Annexation Agreement between the City of Farmington and Castle Rock Township. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 12. NEW BUSINESS a) 2007 Budget Goals - Administration Staffwill be preparing a schedule to prepare documents for the 2007 budget. City Administrator Herlofsky asked for comments from Council as far as what they would like to see for the budget. 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Councilmember McKnight: Thanked Dwight Bjerke for his 20 plus years of service to the City and wished him well on his retirement. The EDA is pushing Councilmembers McKnight and Fogarty on where we are with the economic development plan. He would like to include this discussion on the agenda for the budget workshop. Thursday is the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dakota Communications Center in Empire Township. Councilmember Wilson: Thanked Dwight for his many years of service. He attended the groundbreaking for the Northfield Clinic. This will be the furthest north where Mayo physicians will be available. Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 10 He congratulated the Farmington High School graduates and wished them well in their future endeavors. Councilmember Pritzlaff: He and City Administrator Herlofsky attended the Cedar Avenue Transit meeting in Apple Valley. He was glad to see construction will begin on the Northfield Clinic. City Administrator Herlofsky: The second meeting with the school district will be held on Wednesday. Everything is going well. Formal meetings are being held every two weeks and in between these meetings, the engineers are working together to resolve any issues. He was excited about everyone working together. Councilmember McKnight appreciated the checklist memo Council received regarding issues to be resolved and who was responsible. Mayor Soderberg: He received a phone call from Congressman Kline to participate on a committee to facilitate the naming of the Farmington Post Office. They are starting with nominations for a name for the post office. It is an honorary name. Nomination forms will be on the web site, at the post office, and the Independent. Nominations will be accepted through June 30, 2006. There should be a recommendation in mid-July where people will be able to vote on the name. The Met Council Environmental Services is holding budget meetings. There are four opportunities to attend. He received an e-mail from a resident on Everest Path. They are suggesting a walking bridge over Pilot Knob Road. There have been a number of fatalities in the area. He attended the Memorial Day services at the cemetery. It is amazing to see the number of individuals that have served our country. There are some monuments with some neat history. Saturday at the Dakota City Village there was a salute to veterans and he hoped they would do this again. It was interesting to see the parade of uniforms from the Revolutionary War through all the battles the U.S. has been involved in. There was a groundbreaking for the Northfield Clinic. This is the beginning of things that started four years ago. There has been a lot of attention in the media given to cameras at signal lights. He has been an opponent of those because he does not want big brother watching all the time. Laws are written for those that don't obey. We have laws in the books to require people to yield and to stop in certain circumstances. They are there for a reason, for safety and to protect lives. The willful disregard of those laws and the running of red lights or turn arrows or stop signs is going to move our country to more laws and stricter enforcement such as cameras at signals. On Memorial Day he lost his grandmother to an auto Council Minutes (Regular) June 5, 2006 Page 11 accident. A car went through a red arrow. His aunt is in intensive care and if she walks again it will be a long time in the future. He asked people to please stop. The seconds saved by running a red light are not worth it. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by McKnight, second by Pritzlaffto adjourn at 8:45 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, ~~/n~ (/ Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant