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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.05.80 Council Minutes l~S MINUTES COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR MAY 5, 1980 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Present: Mayor Akin, Councilmen Kuchera, Orr, Whittier. due to the resignation of Councilman Don Johnson. Also Present: Administrator Ford, Attorney Gorgos. Akin. One seat was vacant 2. Motion by Kuchera, second by Akin to approve the minutes of April 21, 1980. APIF, motion carried. 3. The Mayor then opened at 7:00 P.M., the Public Hearing concerning the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance dealing with Home Occupation Special Exceptions. The question under consideration was whether to permit any type of exterior signs and advertising in conjunction with the home occupation. Notice of this Public Hearing had been published in the Dakota County Tribune on April 17, 1980. There were several people in the audience who took part in discussion with the Council concerning this matter. The Public Hearing was then closed and the question was called. Motion by Orr, second by Kuchera to adopt Ordinance No. 080-92, an Ordin- ance amending the Zoning Ordinance as it relates to signs for home occupations. APIF, motion carried. 4. Mr. Ralph Wagner, of 100 - 7th Street and Mr. Bud Lehr, of 701 Willow Street appeared at the Council Meeting to complain of conditions across the street from them in the 1-1 zoning district, on property presently owned by Southeast Pipe Line Company, of 151 West Burnsvil1e Parkway. Their complaints consisted of excess- ive dust, exposed welding, early morning operations and Sunday operations. They also called to the attention of the Council the existance of what they considered to be a hazardous operation, involving the ammonia fertilizer plant on Trunk High- way 3. Action was deferred. 5. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to authorize the purchase of a Fire Operations Simulator from Firetac Systems in the amount of $187.95, and also to authorize a budget change from the Fi re Department Budget account number 29 to capital outlay for this item. APIF, motion carried. 6. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to authorize Fire Department to purchase fi.rst aid supplies in the amount of $981.54. APIF, motion carried. 7. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera that the Planning Commission term of office for William Carey be changed to expire in 1982. Thereby bringing all of the appointments into a two year rotation. APIF, motion carried. 8. The Council then reviewed the actions taken involving the original request of Mr. Harold Rice for the construction of a bowling alley in the 1-1 zone. The first action being taken on March 27, 1979. Mr. Rice informed the Council that his attempts to secure satisfactory financing had not materialized and that he was hereby withdrawing his proposal. It was then assumed that the matter was dropped and the conditional actions taken by both the Planning Commission and the City Council would now be reversed. 9. The Council then reviewed with the Consulting Engineer, Glen Cook, the proposed plans and specifications prepared by him covering the sewer line rehabilitation work to be done in conjunction with a Federal Environmental Protection Agency Grant secured through the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. It was shown that the total construction cost was $255,000 with approximately 15% add on, bringing the total cost to $293,250. The engineer informed the Council that a new require- ment of EPA was a minority Business Enterprise (MBE) participation goal that must be set by the City and which would express the minimum percentage of the total cost of work, which would be anticipated to be performed by minority businesses. After considerable discussion it was agreed that a reasonable and attainable goal would be in a range of between 3!% to 10%. Motion by Akin, second by Whittier to adopt Resolution No. R12-80, which approves the plans and specifications as proposed and the cost estimate and further sets an MBE goal of from 3!% to 10%. APIF, motion carried. 10. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to approve the payment of bills as presented. APIF, motion carried. 11. It was announced by the Council that appointment to the vacancy on the Council be made at the May 19, 1980 meeting. The Mayor again referred to the memo he had distributed earlier requesting for the names of candidates and repeated that request. 12. The Council decided to institute, on a trial basis, a procedure which would increase the accessability of the Council to Department Heads. Hence forth, at the first meeting of each month a block of time between 8:00 P.M. and 8:15 P.M. will be set aside during which any Department Head may voluntarily come to the Council to discuss any problem he chooses. There are only two requirements: a. That the problem or problems to be discussed be specific, and b. That he must first have discussed them with the City Administrator. 13. The balance of the evening was then devoted to a general discussion with the City Planner Charles Tooker and Planning Commission Chairman Ken Hanson, concerning the first draft of the revised City Comprehensive Plan, which they were submitting to the Council this night. As a result of this discussion the City Planner was instructed to prepare and add to the plan a section dealing with annexation. It was also decided that broad circulation be given to the proposed plan and inviting comments from all sources to be returned to the Council no later than Friday, June 27, 1980, to allow for distribution prior to a special meeting of the Council in this matter for 7:00 P.M., June 30, 1980. 14. Motion made and seconded to adjourn at 10: 10 P.M. Respectfully submitted, , , ~1' , . /l;;" ~~t.,,_.... Wi 11 i am J. Ford City Administrat r APPROVED: i'r\~ tq/ tClf?o