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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.17.81 Council Minutes ) / t."J '-.: ~ MINUTES COUNC I l MEET! NG REGULAR FEBRUARY 17, 1981 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by the Mayor. Present: Mayor Stegmaier, Council Members Cook, Cummings, Kuchera and Orr Absent: None Also Present: City Administrator Ford, City Attorney Gorgos and City Engineer Glenn Cook. 2. Motion by Orr, second by Kuchera to approve the minutes of February 2, 1981. APIF, motion carried. 3. The Mayor opened at 7:00 P.M., both public hearings, notice of which had been duly published. Dealing first with the proposed replat of Fair Hills Subdivision and secondly the rezoning of portions of Fair Hills. The Council dealt with the replat matter first. The material which had been distributed to the Council earlier, showed port'i ons of Block 2 being replatted with larger lots to accommodate multiple residential construction. The replat had been reviewed by the Planning Commission and was recommended. Motion by Orr, second by Cummings to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R12-81, Approving the Fair Hills Replat. APIF, motion carried. 4. The Council then discussed the petitioned rezoning of a portion of Fair Hills replat and during the discussion Mr. Tillges, who represented the owner, stated that rezoning for multiple dwellings was in response to the current market situation which had changed drastically in the saleability of multiple dwellings as opposed to single family residence. Motion by Orr, second by Cummings to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 081-102, which provides for the rezoning of a portion of the Fair Hills Sub- division from R-l to R-3 zoning district. APIF, motion carried. 5. The Council then took up a memorandum from the City AdministratoG dated February 9, 1981, in which several changes to the Subdivision Ordinance were recommended. These proposed changes were referred to the Planning Commission for their comments with the exception of the proposed new Park Land Contribution Ordinance, which had been in the formulative stage, working with the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission and the Recreation Manager for some months. In discussing the proposed Park land Contribution Ordinance there were two changes required by the Council: In 11-8-6, the actual acreage and dollar amounts should be removed from the Ordinance and included as an amendment to the annual Resolution setting forth fees and charges, and in 11-8-7, the time at which the cash amount becomes due should be stated as the time at which final acceptance of the improvements by the Council has been made. Motion by Orr, second by Cummings to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 081-103, with the above amendments entitled an Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Ordinance as it Relates to Plat Contributions to the Park System. APIF, motion carried. 6. Motion by Orr, second by Resolution No. Rl-81, Fees & ZONING DISTRICT R-l R-2 R-3 Cummings to adopt ~ESOLUTION NO. R13-81, which amends Charges, by including the following park land contribution: % OF LAND CONTRIBUTION MONEY CONTRIBUTION /ACRE 8% $160 9 % 1 80 10% 220 APIF, motion carried. .) l>-~ j;) ,_, t..J I:~' 7. Motion by Orr, second by Kuchera to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R14-81, Establishing Park land Fund, Number 2-14-81. APIF, motion carried. 8. The Council authorized the City Administrator to respond to the request from the City of Inver Grove Heights for Farmingtons support in their effort to repeal the Fisc~l Disparities Law. It was the concensus of the City Council that it would not be in the best interest of Farmington to lend to Inver Grove Heights our support. 9.. The Mayor the~ at 8:00 P.M., opened the public hearing, notice of which had previously been published, to consider the rezoning of a portion of land south of Highway 50 and east of Trunk Highway 3, petitioned by Ray and Math Fischer. The request was to rezone approximately 12 acres from B-2, Roadside Commercial, to R-3, Multiple Dwellings. During the discussion in this matter itwas brought out that it would be necessary for the petitioner to retain adequate access from the area to be rezoned onto Trunk Highway 3 and also to retain the exisiting ponding area. Motion by Orr, second by Kuchera to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 081-104, which re- zones a portion of the NW ~ of Section 5, Township 113, from a B-2 zoning district to an R-3 zoning district. APIF, motion carried. 10. The Council reviewed the preliminary engineering report, presented by City Engineer Glenn Cook, regarding miscellaneous improvements in Sewer District No.1, which includes the Phase I improvements for the Fair Hills Replat Addition. The Council was informed that subsequent to the preparation of the preliminary report a petition had been received on behalf of Mr. Jerome Akin to provide a line northerly from the proposed sewer line in the west right-of-way of CSAH 31 to serve property he owns consisting of approximately 3 acres. Motion by Orr, second by Kuchera that the report be revised to include the Akin petition. APIF, motion carried. The proposed revised report consists of the following: Sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer line, water lines, street improvements and miscellaneous item. The report states that (a) the improvement is feasible, (b) that it cannot best be made independent of other improvements, (c) the location of the properties thought to be benefitted and proposed to be assessed are those shavn on Exhibit "B" on file, and that the total approximate revised cost is $1,406,3511. Motion by Orr, second by Cummings to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R15-81, Accepting the Preliminary Engineering Report, Seeking Comments and Setting a Hearing for a Specially Assessable Improvment for 7:30 P.M., March 16, 1981. APIF, motion carried. 11. The Council was told that on this very day a petition had been received from some property owners on Maple Street between Second Street and the Railroad right- of-way, requesting a feasibility for the installation of street improvements in that one block. Motion by Kuchera, second by Orr, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R16-81, Ordering a Feasibility on Project No. 81-4, Street Improvement, Maple Street. APIF, motion carried. 12. The engineer presented the preliminary report on Project 81-4, Street Improve- ment, Maple Street. The report stated that (a) the project is feasible, (b) it can best be made independent of other improvements, (c) the locat'ion of the pro- perties thought to be benefitted and proposed to be assessed are those shown on Exhibit IIBI1, on file, and (d) the total approximate cost is $11,400. Motion by Kuchera, second by Orr to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R17-81, Accepting the Preliminary Engineers Report on the Maple Street Improvement, Seeking Comments Thereon and Setting a Public Hearing on the improvement for 7:30 P.M. on the 16th day of March,1981. APIF, motion carried. 13. Motion by Cummings, second by Kuchera to approve the attendance of Deputy Treasurer, Wayne Henneke, at a conference on March 17, 1981 at a cost of $100. APIF, motion carried. to 1 ", , .1 ".'.;' . '., 14. Motion by Cummings, second by Kuchera to approve the payment of merit pay for 1980 performance to Officer Jerry Wacker, which shall amount to 1% of his gross earnings. APIF, motion carried. 15. Motion by Cook, second by Orr that the City purchase an organization member- ship in the Chamber of Commerce at a cost of $75. APIF,m6tion carried. 16. The Council then addressed itself to the matter of the preliminary engineering report for public improvements requested by Math and Ray Fischer located on 8th Street, between Centennial Drive and Heritage Way. This improvement consists of bringing sewer and water easterly across Trunk Highway 3 from the Sunnyside Addition area to serve land zoned Roadside Commercial and land to the east of that zoning district which had been rezoned to multiple dwelling earlier in this meeting. The report showed that the improvement is feasible, that it can best be made independent ofcther improvements, and that the location of properties thought to be benefitted and proposed to be assessed are those shown on Exhibit "B" on file and the total approximate cost is $41,639. Motion by Cook, second by Kuchera to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R18-81, Accepting the Preliminary Engineering Report on this Improvement, Seeking Comments on Same and Setting a Hearing for a Specially Assessable Municipal Improve- ment for 7:30 P.M., March 16, 1981. APIF, motion carried. 17. The Council then discussed a memorandum from the City Administrator, dated February 4, 1981, concerning a proposed Senior Citizen Center in Farmington. That memorandum recommended that the HRA itse1~ inasmuch as it intended to lease the property become, in fact, the applicant on the Grant Application. Motion by Stegmaier, second by Cook adopting RESOLUTION NO. R19-81, which (a) approves of the acquisition of the following described property by the HRA for use as a Senior Citizen Center, (b) endorses the naming of the Farmington HRA as the applicant for a grant with which to rehabilitate and remodel the existing building on said property. APIF, motion carried. 18. The Council took under advisement the recommendation of the Farmington HRA to approve limited participation in the Dakota County Program for Scattered Site Subsidized Housing and also took under advisement the proposed agreement between the City and the County relative to this matte~ which was presented to them by Dakota County HRA Director, Ms. Carol Schultz, and instructed the Administrator to make this an agenda item at the meeting of March 2, 1981. 19. Motion by Kuchera, second by Stegmaier to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R20-81, Amending the LAWCON Grant Application for Park Land Acquisition by redefining the boundary of land to be acquired as shown on a revised drawing, dated February 17, 1981. APIF, motion carried. 20. The Council, in response to a question put to them by the City Administrator concerning park land contribution from the proposed plat of Riverside Addition, now being reviewed by the Planning Commission, for purposes of park land contribution decided that the newly adopted park land ordinance will apply and that only the land described in the LAWCON Grant Application wi 11 be acquired from that plat and the balance be accepted as a cash contribution. 21. Motion by Kuchera, second by Cook to approve the payment of bills as presented. APIF, motion carried. 22. Motion made and seconded to adjourn at 10:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~~M.tI$;df William J. Ford ~. City Administrator APPROVED: WJF/pp 3/a/kI