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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.06.00 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR March 6, 2000 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: Ristow, Cordes, Soderberg, Strachan Verch City Administrator Erar, City Attorney Jamnik, City Management Team 4. APPROYEAGENDA MOTION by Cordes, second by Soderberg to approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS Ms. Mary Ellen Smith, 2137 250th Street W, and Ms. Sandy Weber, 24650 Akron A venue expressed their concerns regarding the Kramer Limestone Quarry proposed for Waterford Township and how it will affect the water in the surrounding areas. The proposed pit is very huge and will be located between 280th Street and 300th Street and will cover 600 acres with the buffer and go down to 40 feet above the Jordan aquifer. The area affected has a water table about 10 feet below the surface and is made of limestone that has many cracks. The area is very susceptible to pollution. The quantity of water disposed of every day will be 20,000 gallons per minute. Dakota County is dependent on the Jordan aquifer. If this becomes polluted it will be very detrimental. They are also concerned with the truck traffic. At the beginning there will be 10 truck runs per day. The trucks could use Hwy 3 or Hwy 50 up to County Road 42. There is a safety hazard issue and a pollution issue from the dust. Waterford Township will be reviewing the issue in terms of land use. There is a moratorium in Waterford which started last year and it will expire in September. If approved, the pit would open in the Fall of 200 1 and would operate for 100 years. They would like support from Farmington to prevent approval of the pit. Councilmember Strachan suggested the issue be referred to the Water Board. Mr. Tim Dougherty, 517 Spruce Street, stated he would like stop signs evaluated for Spruce Street. He has noticed many speeding cars on Spruce Street, as there is not a stop sign on Spruce from 3rd Street to Hwy 3. He suggested stop signs at 6th Street and Spruce Street. Staff will research the situation and respond. Council Minutes (Regular) March 6, 2000 Page 2 7. CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Soderberg requested item 7a Council Minutes (2/22/00) (Regular) be pulled so he could abstain from voting as he was absent from the meeting. MOTION by Strachan, second by Cordes to approve the Council Minutes. Voting for: Ristow, Cordes, Strachan. Abstain: Soderberg. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Cordes, second by Strachan to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: b) Approved Gambling Event Permit - St. Michael's Church c) Approved Gambling Premises Permit - VFW Club d) Adopted CSAH 31 Special Assessment - Seed/Genstar Property e) Received Information on Capital Outlay - Public Works Department f) Ratified Position Appointment - Fire Department g) Received Information on Schools and Conferences - Fire Department h) Received Information on the Final 2000 Tax Capacity Rate Update i) Approved bills APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS a) Consider Conditional Use Permit - Excavation, Grading, and Mineral Extraction - Lew Wurdeman Friedges Landscaping has submitted an Excavation, Grading and Mineral Extraction application on behalf of Lew Wurdeman for continued mining of the Wurdeman property at 5827 West 210th Street. The City sent a letter to Mr. Wurdeman on January 17,2000 explaining the mining permit for the property had expired because the deadline of December 17, 1999 for the renewable annual permit was not met. The City received the extraction application permit for the Wurdeman mining pit on January 10,2000. Therefore, a Conditional Use Permit for an Excavation, Grading and Mineral Extraction permit is required for the Wurdeman property before the permit can be reinstated. Staff inspected the mining pit in November of 1999 and acknowledged that concrete stored from the CSAH 50 road project might be located on portions of the Wurdeman site. A letter submitted by Friedges, Inc. states that the concrete proposed to be recycled from the road project has been removed from the Wurdeman property as of February 16,2000. The recommended hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Councilmember Soderberg stated the concrete was required to be removed in October of 1996 and asked why it took so long to get it moved, and was it moved to the Huber property? Mr. Todd Brennan representing Friedges, Huber, and Wurdeman stated the concrete was put on Wurdeman property by mistake. It takes 3-4 years to gather enough to crush it. He did not read the wording correctly from 1996 until now regarding the conditional use of the property. MOTION by Soderberg, second by Cordes to close the Public Hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Cordes, second by Strachan to approve the Conditional Use Permit for Excavation, Grading and Mineral Extraction Permit for the Wurdeman property contingent on the proposed hours of operation and adherence to engineering requirements. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Council Minutes (Regular) March 6, 2000 Page 3 b) Consider Conditional Use Permit - Excavation, Grading, and Mineral Extraction - Helen M. Huber Estate Friedges Landscaping, Inc. has submitted an Excavation, Grading and Mineral Extraction application for continued mineral extraction of the Helen M. Huber property at 210th Street and Fairgreen Avenue. Friedges proposes to extract fill, back haul topsoil for future restoration, stockpile concrete from projects for future crushing, and extract an existing crushed concrete stockpile from previous crushing activities. The City received the renewable annual permit for the Huber mining pit on January 19, 2000. In November of 1999, Mr. John Tschohl who owns property directly to the west of the Huber property requested that the City review the Huber site for code violations for the storage of junk vehicles and miscellaneous junk on the property. City staff inspected the mining pit in November of 1999 and found that concrete from the CSAH 50 project continues to be stored on the site. Additionally, rubbish was located in the southern pit area, which needs to be removed regularly. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the mining permit contingent on the submittal of a schedule to clean up the property. The City received a letter on February 29, 2000 from Curt Huber, that states the clean up will begin in the spring and will be completed by June 15, 2000. The hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mr. Todd Brennan stated the City has been very good in supplying him the information necessary to do this. He thanked Lee Smick for her assistance and good communication. MOTION by Soderberg, second by Strachan to close the Public Hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Soderberg, second by Cordes to approve the Conditional Use Permit for Excavation, Grading and Mineral Extraction Permit for the Helen M. Huber Estate contingent on the completion of the clean up of the items mentioned in the February 29, 2000 letter by June 15,2000, on the proposed hours of operation and adherence to engineering requirements. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) 2001 Budget - Council Fiscal Goals At the beginning of each fiscal year, Council reviews and adopts budget goals that will be used by staff to develop a balanced budget document for the following fiscal year. A review of the budgeting process and financial goals were discussed. MOTION by Strachan, second by Soderberg to adopt the 2001 Fiscal Goals. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. b) 2000 Streetscaping Project - Schedule Council Workshop Date Bids for the Streetscaping Project were received on February 17,2000. Given the complexity of this project, and the fact that a number of original design assumptions for this project have changed since the feasibility study, the need to Council Minutes (Regular) March 6, 2000 Page 4 schedule a Council workshop to review the low project bid is recommended. A workshop was scheduled for March 14, 2000. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Councilmember Cordes: A newsletter was received from the Dakota County Economic Development Partnership highlighting Farmington and the Streetscape Project. City Administrator Erar: Confirmed April 5, 2000 for the Akin Road Workshop with the County. Finance Director Roland: The auditors are here this week. Community Development Director Olson: The Metropolitan Council pushed back the review of the Comprehensive Plan to March 15,2000. Police Chief Siebenaler: The Police Department is looking for direction from Council regarding enforcement of the parking restriction ordinance due to the unusual weather. The Police Department would like to know if enforcement should be continued until April 15, 2000 or discontinue enforcement. It was agreed to continue ticketing until April 15, 2000, and towing would be done in the event of snow. City Engineer Mann: Minutes and resident comments were given to Council on the Akin Road neighborhood meeting. Residents were told a summary of the meeting and resident comments would be mailed to them. A discussion followed whether to send the information to all the residents surrounding Akin Road or only to the residents that attended the meeting. It was decided to send the information to all residents surrounding Akin Road and place it on the web site. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Cordes, second by Strachan to adjourn at 8:10 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, ~_ 7Y7~J (...- Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant