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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.15.93 Council Minutes L77 MINUTES COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR NOVEMBER 15, 1993 1. Acting Mayor Orr called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.. Members Present: Orr, Ristow, Rotty, Galler. Members Absent: Kuchera. Also Present: Administrator Thompson, Attorney Harmeyer. 2. Acting Mayor Orr led the Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. MOTION by Rotty, second by Galler to approve the agenda with the following changes: a. Remove item 5g - Solid Waste Containers. b. Remove item 5h - Extend grading permit - Akin Park 3rd Addition. c. Remove item 5j - Feasibility Report for Project 93-20 d. Remove item 5n - Snow Removal Policy e. Remove item 51 - Project 93-14 Bids from the Consent Agenda for general discussion. f. Remove item 5m - Project 93-15 Bids from the Consent Agenda for general discussion. g. Remove item 5r - ordinance relating to architectural designs and materials from the Consent Agenda for general discussion. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 4. Citizens Comments Henry Iwerks: asked the following questions: a. Who issues building permits in this town and if that person is gone, who issues permits? b. Why are so many people checking vehicles during Clean Up Day? Were those people paid overtime or comp time? Who is in charge of Clean Up Day? c. Who compiles the City Administrator's evaluation? (Dave Harmeyer) d. How many Councilmembers know that the Planning Commission gets packets from the Police Department? Kris Kimmerling: Introduced himself to the Council as a Minnesota Civil Air Patrol representative at the National Cadet Competition at Maxwell Airforce Base. Bill Fitch: Annexation Fees. How much has the City spent and how much does the City intend to spend? Does the City work with the School District in planning development? 178 Council Minutes - ll/15/93 - Page 2 5. Consent Agenda. MOTION by Galler, second by Rotty to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a. Approve Minutes of November 1, 1993 regular meeting. b. Adopt RESOLUTION NO. R133-93 certifying 1993 Delinquent Municipal Services. c. Approve October Budget Adjustments per Finance Director's memo. d. Approve School/Conference Request - Administrator - LMC Legislative policies Conference. e. Approve LMC Legislative Policies. f. Adopt RESOLUTION NO. R134-93 determining not to reassess Terra Addition/Approve Agreement with Dakota County HRA g. Approve Change Order #1 - Project 93-7 - Riverside - Add $581.05. h. Adopt RESOLUTION NO. R135-93 approving MnDOT Snow Removal Agreement. i. Approve stop sign installation per Public Works Director's memo. j. Approve School/Conference Request - Wetlands. k. Set Public Hearing to amend Sign Ordinance - Off Premise Directional Signs for December 6, 1993 at 7:30 P.M.. I. Set Public Hearing to amend Sign Ordinance - Nameplate Signs for December 6, 1993 at 7:30 P.M.. m. Set Public Hearing to amend Zoning Ordinance - Flood Plains for December 6, 1993 at 7:30 P.M.. n. Approve paYment of the bills as submitted. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 6. Southeast Sanitary Sewer Trunk Sewer and Stor.m Sewer. The question was asked as to whether the developer's agreement had been approved. It was stated that it was not completed, mainly due to the developer and engineer. MOTION by Rotty, second by Galler to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R135a accepting the bids for Project 93-14 and 93-15 (Southeast Area Sanitary Sewer Trunk and Southeast Area Storm Sewer). VOTING FOR: Orr, Rotty, Galler. ABSTAIN: Ristow. MOTION CARRIED. 7. It was the consensus of the Council to table the Architectural Designs and Materials ordinance amendment until the updated ordinance is presented. Council Minutes - 11/15/93 - Page 3 179 8. Acting Mayor Orr opened a public hearing at 7:30 to consider the 1994 Liquor and Therapeutic Massage licenses. Business Type of License Eagles - Aerie #4031 VFW Post #7662 Farmington Lanes American Legion Post #189 Desert Enterprises (Longbranch Saloon and Eatery) Rite Touch Club/On Sale Sunday Club/On Sale Sunday On Sale Liquor/Sunday On Sale Liquor/Sunday On Sale Liquor/Sunday Therapeutic Massage MOTION by Galler, second by Rotty to close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Galler, second by Ristow to approve the aforementioned licenses. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 9. Alar.m Fee - Middle School. A request was received from ISD 192 dated November 2, 1993 for forgiving a charge for false alarms. The question was raised that if the Fire Department was paged, could the alarm company pay? MOTION by Rotty, second by Ristow to forgive the $1,350.00 bill with a letter to the school acknowledging the forgiveness. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 10. Regional Airport Draft Alternate Environmental Document. (Memo from the Administrator dated November 11, 1993.) It was the consensus of the Council that it endorse the County's position and that Councilmember Galler be authorized to speak at the hearing on the noted issues and the impact on the MWCC Empire Waste Water Treatment Plant capacity. 11. Shop Ventilation. (Memo from the Public Works Director dated November 12, 1993) Public Works Director Kaldunski presented an alternate bid from the contractor which would reduce the cost by $3,165.00. The following questions/comments were made: a. How much loss in efficiency would the alternate bid create? b. The Fire Marshal indicated that the system would meet OSHA Standards. (Policies cover OSHA Standards) c. Give authority to the Street and Utility Foreman to control exhaust and vehicles. Street and Utility Foreman Jerry Bauer indicated that there were problems but the new rules and regulations apparently had resolved the problem. Councilmember Rotty stated that the Foreman should be in control of and responsible for the ventilation of the shop and should report any problems to the Public Works Director. Councilmember Rotty also suggested possibly some walls be constructed for meetings, lunch room and office work. MOTION by Galler, second by Ristow to deny the requests and that the Foreman 180 Council Minutes - 11/15/93 - Page 4 be in charge of the ventilation and set up a monitoring/reporting system. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 12. Pine Knoll Information. (Memo dated November 12, 1993) Administrator Thompson presented an overview of the information, noting the east side of CSAH 31 were shown as one unit at this time, but it did not seem fair that the rest of the project should be picking up the reduced units, yet at the same time the assessments could be prohibitive if more than one unit was assessed. Gary Terpening argued that the City could not assess more than the increase in market value. A lengthy discussion followed regarding benefit and assessment policy. Gene Clay stated that residents along the west side of CSAH 31 were in favor of the project. A lengthy discussion followed regarding double lots, assessments, alternate bids for private service work and hiring appraisers. MOTION by Galler, second by Rotty to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R136-93 accepting the updated feasibility report for Project 88-4 (Pine Knoll Sanitary Sewer) and setting a public hearing to consider such project on November 29, 1993 at the School District Service Center or Akin Road Elementary School. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 13. Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan. Consulting Engineer Don Burgardt presented an overview and comments. a. Accommodate Lakeville. b. Sewer trunk size servicing Pine Knoll. c. Lift stations and eliminate. d. Try to get MWCC to designate the Lakeville trunk as an interceptor. e. Benefits of the plan to guide development. There was a lengthy discussion on development fees and costs. Mr. Burgardt stated the next step would be to wait for comments from surrounding communities and submit the plan to the MWCC for approval. Administrator Thompson stated that staff would prepare a land use plan with staging for Council review. 14. Administrator's Evaluation. Compilation prepared by the City Attorney dated November 15, 1993. MOTION by Galler, second by Orr to accept the evaluation. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 15. Roundtable: a. Seminar sponsored by the Land Stewardship project. b. Star Cablevision has been sold to Marcus Cable Partners. c. Update on Casey's. d. TH #3 update - drainage and design - Public Works Director to set up a meeting in the near future. e. Update on Sienna Project. f. Update on Planning Commission by-laws and meeting format. g. Set up meetings with Boards and Commissions. h. Send card to new businesses. i. Sidewalk Plan - to Council by March per Public Works Director. L81 Council Minutes - 11/15/93 - Page 5 j. ALF - looking at Director's salary - will look at ratings. k. Meeting with ISD 192 on growth issues. I. Update on Dakota County League of Governments. 16. MOTION by Ristow, second by Rotty to adjourn at 10:35 P.M.. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. tff~c Larry Thompson City Administrator Approved /#h3