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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.03.04 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR May 3, 2004 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ristow at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Ristow led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Audience: Ristow, Cordes, Fitch, Fogarty Soderberg Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; David Urbia, City Administrator; Robin Roland, Finance Director; Dan Siebenaler, Police Chief; Randy Distad, Parks and Recreation Director; Lee Mann, Director of Public Works/City Engineer; Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services Director; Ken Kuchera, Fire Chief; John Powers, Fire Marshal; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant Ed and Michele Samuelson, George and Sharon Flynn, Bev Preece, David McKnight, Jackie Dooley, Mary Hamre, Randy Me Williams, Randy Oswald, Matt Conner, Patrick Garofalo, Shari Conner, John Fortney 4. APPROVE AGENDA MOTION by Cordes, second by Fitch to approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS a) Proclaim Heritage Preservation Week May 3-9, 2004 MOTION by Fogarty, second by Cordes proclaiming May 3-9, 2004 Heritage Preservation Week. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. b) Heritage Preservation Award - Administration Mr. John Fortney, Chair of the Heritage Preservation Commission presented the Heritage Preservation Award to George Flynn for the restoration of their home at 320 Walnut Street. The home was built in 1877. An award was also presented to Jackie Dooley for her work on the landscape plan for the Middle Creek Historic Cemetery. c) Commissioner Joe Harris Commissioner Harris gave an update on local projects. The Ash Street project is on Dakota County's CIP for 2005. As Farmington, Lakeville, and Empire continue to grow, an east-west corridor is a major project to facilitate that growth. Hwy 3 has become a major north-south corridor and will become busier with the new developments. MnDOT discussed upgrading Hwy 3 from a preservation Council Minutes (Regular) May 3, 2004 Page 2 status, however there are no funds available. They have already spent their money for this area through 2008. Commissioner Harris was pleased to receive Farmington's resolution supporting the Regional Park in Empire Township. In MnDOT's 2025 plan there is no money budgeted for Dakota County. All funds went to the western metro counties. Council mentioned that the City is currently going through the MUSA Review process and transportation is the number one category. Without more east-west routes there will be a lot of problems as the city continues to develop. The City needs to work with the County on getting the roads done. We cannot wait ten years. Regarding the detox issue, the County has signed an 18-month agreement with Ramsey County to provide detox services. 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Fogarty, second by Cordes to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Approved Council Minutes (4/19/04 Regular) b) Received Information School and Conference - Human Resources c) Approved School and Conference - Administration d) Received Information School and Conference Liquor Operations - Finance e) Received Information Arena Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation f) Received Information Parks Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation g) Received Information Capital Outlay - Playground Equipment and Picnic Shelter - Parks and Recreation h) Received Information Swim Bus and Puppet Wagon Partnership with Empire Township - Parks and Recreation i) Adopted RESOLUTION R34-04 Accepting Donation Arena Display Case- Parks and Recreation j) Approved Swim Bus Program Sponsorship - Parks and Recreation k) Approved Change Order 2004 Seal Coat Project - Engineering 1) Approved Bills APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS a) Adopt Resolution - Designating a Heritage Landmark - Administration The Akin House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in December of 1979. The Heritage Preservation Commission has determined this property meets the eligibility criteria for designation as a Farmington Heritage Landmark. The Akin House is being used as a Bed and Breakfast. MOTION by Fitch, second by Fogarty to close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Fogarty, second by Fitch adopting RESOLUTION R35-04 designating the Akin House as a Farmington Heritage Landmark, and noting the property as a heritage landmark on the Official City Zoning Map. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Council Minutes (Regular) May 3, 2004 Page 3 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT a) Adopt Resolution - Main Street Project Phase 2 - Engineering (Supplemental) The low bidder for Phase 2 of the Main Street Area Reconstruction and Wausau Pond Expansion Project was S M Hentges and Sons Inc. with a low bid of $1,661,466.10. MOTION by Fogarty, second by Cordes adopting RESOLUTION R36-04 accepting the total base bid ofS M Hentges & Son's Inc. in the amount of$I,661,466.10 and awarding the project. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Adopt Resolution - Revising Precinct Boundaries - Administration The following precinct boundary changes were recommended by staff: Precinct 1 - The polling location will remain at the Rambling River Center. Residents living west of Pilot Knob Road and South of 195th Street down to County Road 50 will now vote in Precinct 3. Precinct 2 - Boundaries are not changed and the polling location will continue to be at the District Service Center, 510 Walnut Street. Precinct 3 - The polling location will be changed from Akin Elementary to Meadowview Elementary. Precinct 4 - The polling location will be changed from Bible Baptist Church to Akin Elementary. Residents will be notified by mail. MOTION by Cordes, second by Fitch adopting RESOLUTION R37-04 revising precinct boundaries, and establishing polling locations. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. b) Set Council Workshop - Administration A Council Workshop was scheduled for Wednesday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m. It will be held to discuss the CIP/BudgetlStrategic Planning. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS a) Consider CIP Cost Analysis Satellite Fire Station - Fire Department Based on population growth, it would be advisable to move forward with a cost analysis for a Satellite Fire Station located in the northern area of the City. Soil testing was done on an area next to the Maintenance Facility. The tests showed it was a borrow area. The cost analysis work by Wold Architects would be good for any location. Fire Chief Kuchera gave a brief presentation on the history of the Fire Station. Fire Marshal Powers compiled data to show the need for a Satellite Fire Station. Response times to the north are over 10 minutes. This needs to be lowered. The north campus site is the primary area. The Fire Department would like to stay close to 195th Street. There are 12 firefighters that live close to the Council Minutes (Regular) May 3, 2004 Page 4 northern site. Currently it takes 7.5 minutes to get to the existing station. With the north site it would take 2.12 minutes. This would cut response times in half. The department would need 4 or 5 more firefighters to staff the number of rigs proposed for the north site. Staff has been preparing for another station by expanding the number of firefighters. This has been addressed in the 2003 and 2004 budgets. As this was a borrow area, some type of piling or geo piers will be necessary to support the building. The proposal from Wold is for $5,000 and will identify space needs and prepare a building construction budget. The proposal for $4,500 from Bonestroo will address costs from the ground down for the site on the Public Works campus. MOTION by Cordes, second by Fitch to approve performing a cost analysis for a Satellite Fire Station for the CIP. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Councilmember Fogarty: She attended the Volunteer Recognition Dinner. They had a very good turnout. She thanked all the volunteers. Councilmember Fitch: There was a medical emergency in his area over the weekend. Some firefighters showed up in their own vehicles shortly after the police. The rescue truck came a few minutes later. They did a great job. Solid Waste did a good job with the curbside clean-up. City Administrator Urbia: A letter was received from Charter Communications regarding the outage and their proposal. Staffwill advise Charter their arrangement is acceptable. Coffee with the Council will be held May 20. Next in rotation are Councilmembers Fogarty and Soderberg. Councilmember Fogarty will not be available. Mayor Ristow will attend in her place. City Engineer Mann: volunteers. Pond clean-up day was held May 1. There were over 300 Mayor Ristow: He attended the mock accident for the prom. He felt it was very helpful to the students and thanked the police and fire for holding this event. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Cordes, second by Fogarty to adjourn at 7:58 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, ~~L~ )7/?~~ v Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant