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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.18.22 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR July 18, 2022 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hoyt at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Hoyt led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Hoyt, Bernhjelm, Lien, Porter, Wilson Members Absent: None Also Present: Leah Koch, City Attorney; Lynn Gorski, City Administrator; Julie Flaten, Assistant City Administrator/HR Director; Chris Regis, Finance Director;Justin Elvestad, Fire Chief; Samantha DiMaggio, Community Development Director; Tony Wippler, Planning Manager; Cynthia Muller, Administrative Assistant Audience: Tom Hemish 4. APPROVE AGENDA MOTION by Wilson, second by Lien to approve the agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS a) 2022 Dew Days Update Every year the Dew Days event is planned by volunteers. This year the Dew Days co-chairs were Holly Bernatz and Holly Shearer. They were in attendance to give an update. Dew Days was a smashing success. They had a wonderful group of volunteers. There were people downtown all the time and at events. The volunteer base is ready for 2023. Councilmembers agreed it was a great event and the downtown felt alive. The event was very impressive especially since it was volunteer based. Council heard many comments that this was the best event ever. It takes a lot of volunteers to pull off an event like this and it was just incredible. Council thanked all the volunteers who were involved. Council and City Administrator Gorski presented Ms. Bernatz and Ms. Shearer with a citizenship award as a token of appreciation. 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS Mr.Tom Hemish, 413 Main Street, introduced the new Pastor at Faith United Methodist Church, Pastor Jeff Geldin. He is excited to be part of the church and this community. Mr. Hemish stated the church hosts Loaves and Fishes and provides 250 meals every Wednesday from Second Harvest. He thanked the volunteers who have been helping with delivering 125 meals every week. They are always looking for more volunteers and will also accept donations. Council Minutes(Regular) July 18,2022 Page 2 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Wilson, second by Lien to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Approved June 20 and 27, 2022, City Council Meeting Minutes and July 11, 2022, City Council Work Session Minutes—Administration b) Adopted RESOLUTION R51-22 Approving Adjustment to 2022 Annual Organizational Matters—Administration C) Approved Tobacco License, MacDabbers Smoke Shop—Administration d) Approved Time Extension for Submission of Final Plat—Dakota Meadows— Community Development e) Approved Land Surveyor's Certificate of Correction to Plat—Whispering Fields 2 Addition —Community Development f) Received Second Quarter 2022 New Construction Report and Population Estimate—Community Development g) Adopted RESOLUTION R52-22 Approving a Master Partnership Contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation —Engineering h) Approved a Contract for the 2022 Pavement Rejuvenation Project—Engineering i) Adopted RESOLUTION R53-22 Accepting Donation from Happy Harry's Furniture to the Rambling River Center—Parks and Recreation j) Approved Joint Powers Agreement with Dakota County for Sentence to Service Program Work Crews—Parks and Recreation k) Approved Bills— Finance 1) Approved Staff Changes and Recommendations—Human Resources m) Approved Joint RESOLUTION R54-22 with Empire Township-Administration APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Adopt Resolutions Approving the Final Plat for Vita Attiva Third Addition and Amendment to PUD Agreement—Community Development The development is located south of County Road 50 and to the southwest of the Vermillion River Crossings development. The final plat consists of 43 single family lots and 16 multi-family townhome lots and is located directly west of the First Addition that was platted in 2021. These lots are part of the 189 overall lots/units that were proposed with the preliminary plat approved by the Planning Commission on May 25, 2021, and the City Council on June 7, 2021. Lots sizes vary from 1,907 square feet (townhome lot) up to 7,266 square feet (single family lot). There are four outlots. Outlots A and B are for future development and Outlots C and D are HOA common areas. 216th Street W and 217th Street W will be extended to the west as part of this phase. Temporary turnarounds will be provided at the ends of both streets. Five Council Minutes(Regular) July 18,2022 Page 3 foot wide sidewalks will be provided on the south side of 216th Street W and on the north side of 217th Street W. The PUD Agreement outlines various deviations from city code including reduced setbacks and lot sizes. In the PUD Agreement, staff missed adding the increase to the building coverage requirement for the single family lots to the agreement. Due to the reduced size of single family lots within the development,there is a need to increase the allowed building coverage from 35%to 51%. Staff recommended approval of the final plat contingent upon the following: 1. The satisfaction of all engineering comments related to the construction plans for grading and utilities. 2. A Development Contract between the applicant and the City of Farmington shall be executed and security fees and costs shall be paid. Submission of all other documents required under the Development Contract shall be required. MOTION by Wilson, second by Bernhjelm to adopt RESOLUTION RSS-22 approving the Vita Attiva at South Creek Third Addition final plat with the above contingencies. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Bernhjelm, second by Porter to adopt RESOLUTION R56-22 approving the PUD amendment increasing the allowed building coverage within the R-2 zoning district from 35%to 51%. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Porter: Congratulated the new fire department hires. Bernhjelm: National Night Out is coming up and hopefully neighborhoods are making plans for this event. Lien: Encouraged residents to contact the police or fire departments for vehicles to come to their National Night Out events. Thank you to Chill Ice Cream and the police department for their Chill with a cop event. Koch: The attorney's office will be sending council a review form for the City Administrator with a deadline. Council Minutes(Regular) July 18,2022 Page 4 Flaten: On the consent agenda we had 10 new hires, we will be interviewing for a Natural Resources Specialist next week and doing second interviews for a Public Works Director. Filling the Payroll Specialist position will be next. Gorski. Candidate filing takes place August 2— 16, 2022. There is a new Suicide Prevention Hotline number 988. DiMaggio: On July 20 she will be speaking to a MN Commercial Real Estate group on food deserts for a grocery store. Regis: Working on the 2023 levy. Elvestad: Council approved five new firefighters tonight. Next Wednesday is candidate graduation. Hoyt: We have a lot of new hires and events. The start of school will be coming up and National Night Out. Relay for Life is a great cause and it was good to see the community turn out. It was humbling to see the luminaries around the track. Our goal was to raise $25,000 and we reached $60,000. Thank you to all who were involved. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Porter, second by Bernhjelm to adjourn at 7:33 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, Cynthia Muller Cynthia Muller Administrative Assistant