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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-03-03CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 A complete video tape of the City Council proceedings is retained for one year Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Roll call was taken. Present: Council Members Bellows, Luick, Rieb, Wulff and Mayor Johnson. Also present: R. Erickson, City Administrator; R. Knutson, City Attorney; K. Nelson, City Engineer; D. Olson, Community & Economic Development Director; D. Feller, Finance Director; S. Michaud, Parks & Recreation Director; D. Martens, Chief of Police; D. Morey, Planning Director; D. Volk, Director of Operations & Maintenance; C. Friedges, City Clerk. MINUTES Council Member Wulff rovided a correction to the Janua 21St Council p rY meeting minutes. She stated the third paragraph under Item 11, Page 7, should read, "Council Member Wulff asked how staff would deal with .buffer averaging when various property owners surround a particular wetland. Ms. Moffat stated that averaging would occur only within the limits of the property being developed". The minutes of the January 21, 2003 City Council meeting were approved as corrected. SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS Economic Development Commission member Bob Brantly introduced Bruce Lundeen, Chairman of the Board for Applied Power Products. Mr. Brantly provided information on the business, which was established. in Eagan in 1988 and now operates a 70,000 square foot building in Airlake Industrial Park. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ATTORNEY: None ENGINEER: None CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 • PAGE 2 ADMINISTRATOR: Mr. Erickson provided an amended memorandum for Consent. Agenda Item 8j. The amended memo asks the City Council to ratify the labor agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services, Local 177, which was signed by the mayor, city clerk and city administrator on January 31, 2003. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE: Mr. Volk presented the January monthly report of the Operations & Maintenance Department. CHIEF OF POLICE: Chief Martens presented the Police Department 2002 Annual Report. PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS Chief Martens introduced Stacey Hanson, Public Safety Dispatcher. Steve Michaud presented the Minnesota Recreation & Parks Association Board and Commission Award to Pat Messinger. Ms. Messinger is a 22-year member of the City's Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Committee • (formerly the Parks & Recreation Committee). She and three other board and commission members from around the state received this distinguished award. Mr. Ron Hedberg presented the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Lakeville. Finance Director Dennis Feller accepted the Certificate of Achievement on behalf of the City of Lakeville. Mr. Hedberg also presented individual Awards of Financial Reporting Achievement to Mr. Feller and Senior Accountants Brian Kempa and David Lang. Mr. Erickson. presented information recently released by the State Auditor's Office with regard to Local Government Aid. He pointed out that the average expenditure per capita for 208 Minnesota cities is $561. The two largest cities spending the least per capita, based on the Auditor's report, are Lakeville and Eagan. Lakeville spends $299 per capita and receives $11 per capita in Local Government Aid. Community & Economic Development Director Dave Olson introduced Mark Ulfers of the Dakota County Community Development Agency. Mr. Ulfers announced that the CDA recently received a housing excellence award for Country Lane Townhomes, the Best New Affordable Housing Development. Mr. Ulfers thanked the City Council and staff for its support in developing this CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 3 housing project. Country Lane Townhomes is located in Lakeville near County Road 50, east of Holyoke Avenue. CITIZENS' COMMENTS: None CONSENT AGENDA 03.13 Motion was made by l_uick, seconded by Rieb to approve the consent agenda items as follows: a. Claims for payment. b. Approve December Investment Report. c. Receive minutes of the following advisory committee meetings: ^ Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee, January 22, 2003 • Planning Commission, January 23, 2003 • Telecommunications Commission, January 14, 2003 d. Resolution No. 03-19 approving Change Order No. 2 with S/L National Corporation for Fire Station No. 4 construction, Improvement Project 01-14. e. Resolution No. 03-20 accepting donation from Kwik Trip, Inc. to the DARE Program. f. DARE Services Agreement with ISD 196 for Parkview Elementary. School g. Resolution No. 03-21 calling .a public hearing on the certification of delinquent utility accounts. h. Stipulation for Settlement with Francis and Laura Mallery, County Road 60 Phase I improvements, Improvement Project 99-12. i. Confirm election of Alan Braun, Fire Chief, and Michael Meyer, District Chief, of the Lakeville Fire Department. • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 4 • Ratification of Labor Agreement. with Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. (Local No. 177) for sergeants, lieutenants and communications supervisor dated January 31, 2003. k. Medical Direction Agreement with Dr. Swanson for the Lakeville Fire Department in the utilization and operation of Automatic External Defibrillators. Resolution No. 03-22 approving plans and specifications and setting a bid date for Klamath Trail Phase III trail project. m. Special Assessment Agreement with Jerome Craig Homes, Inc. for. Ipava Avenue extension, Improvement Project 98-10. n. Storm Water Pond Agreement with Malmberg & Bond Associates for property located at 164th Street and Kenrick Avenue. o. Resolutions No. 03-23, 03-24, 03-25 and 03-26 authorizing staff to submit grant applications to assist funding proposed park and trail . development projects. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Bellows, Johnson, Wulff, Rieb, Luick. ITEM 9 Mr. Tom bunsmore, representing F & D Holding Company, requested Council approval of the Lakeville Town Office Park, located north of 165th Street near Kentucky Avenue. The project consists of five two-story office buildings with 17 tenant spaces. Mr, Olson explained that the property is being platted in a unit lot configuration to accommodate individual ownership of the tenant spaces. Because the 0-R District does not allow the construction of multiple principal buildings on one base lot or the unit lot subdivision of the property to allow for individual ownership, a rezoning to PUD has been requested by the applicant. If the PUD zoning is approved, the. 0-R District uses and performance standards will apply. Mr. Olson explained that the developer is proposing to convey stormwater drainage for the Lakeville Town Office Park development to the northeast to a proposed stormwater treatment basin to be construction on the adjacent Malmberg-Bond property. The developer will .also be extending sanitary sewer service through the Malmberg-Bond property. A signed easement agreement for these improvements has been CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 5 submitted. The developer hosted a neighborhood meeting, and several neighboring residents asked questions and expressed concerns related to traffic, landscape screening, lighting, signage and project timing. All of the questions and concerns have been addressed. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the preliminary and final plat, PUD rezoning and easement vacation and unanimously recommended approval subject to 10 stipulations. Staff recommends approval. Council Member Luick asked if maintenance would be the responsibility of one common area association, as opposed to individual owners of the buildings. Mr. Olson stated the association is responsible for maintenance. The City has received the association documents; they have been reviewed by the City Attorney's .office and have been determined to be in order. Mr. Erickson explained that as a part of the City's review of the Comprehensive Plan six years ago, property owners in this area had. expressed a desire for zoning to a less intense use, one that would not generate significant traffic. The Lakeville Town Office Park project represents the wishes of these residents. 03.14 Motion was made by Luick, seconded by Bellows to approve the following in connection with Lakeville Town Office Park: Resolution No. 03-27 approving the preliminary and final plat of Lakeville Town Office Park; Ordinance No. 726 rezoning property from Office/Residential Transition District to Planned Unit Development Resolution No. 03-28 vacating public street, drainage and utility easements Roll call. was taken on the motion. Ayes, Johnson, WulfF, Rieb, Luick, Bellows. ITEM 10 Lonnie Smith, representing Independent School District 194, requested Council approval of a resolution adopting a Record of Decision, Response to Comments, and Decision on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the proposed ISD 194 Second High School. Mr. Morey explained that the EAW is designed to set out the basic facts necessary to determine whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required. An EIS is only required if the property as proposed has potential for CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 6 significant environmental effect. The document was distributed to all required state and federal agencies for comment and was also made available to the public. At the end of the formal comment period, the City of Lakeville had received comments from nine public agencies. Many comments were advisory and did. not warrant a response. Based on the comments received and detailed review by City staff and consultants, a resolution was. prepared concluding that the project does not have the potential for significant environmental impact. 03.15 Motion was made by Wulff, seconded by Rieb to approve Resolution. No. 03- 29 adopting Record of Decision, Response to Comments, and Decision on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Proposed ISD 194 Second High School. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Wulff, Rieb, Luick, Bellows, Johnson. ITEM 11 Mr. Luigi Bernardi requested Council approval of Heritage Commons 2na • Addition, which consists of one lot and one block located northeast of the intersection of Heritage Drive and Iberia Avenue. Mr. Jack Amdahl of KKE Architects stated the developer proposes to construct a 19,967 square foot retail building that would include 11 leased tenant spaces ranging in size from 1,200 to 4,302 square feet. This would be the third retail building constructed within the Heritage Commons commercial area. Mr. Dempsey presented the planning report for Heritage Commons 2nd Addition. He explained that the final plat area consists of approximately 2.48 acres. The developer is also requesting the vacation of a 20-foot wide drainage and utility easement. The easement will be vacated and re- established in the same location on the Heritage Commons 2nd Addition final plat. The Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended approval of easement vacation, as well as the preliminary and final plat of Heritage Commons 2"d Addition. Mayor Johnson asked what types of tenants are expected to occupy. this building. Mr. Bernardi stated they have signed a lease with Subway and are working with other retail businesses. • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 7 • 03.16 Motion was made by Rieb, seconded by Luick to approve Resolution No. 03- 30 vacating a public drainage and utility easement; and Resolution No. 03-31 approving the preliminary and final plat of Heritage Commons 2nd Addition. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Rieb, Luick, Bellows, Johnson, Wulff ITEM 12 Leif Hanson, Zoning Enforcement Coordinator, presented the Zoning Enforcement Activity Report for the year 2002. There were 437 zoning violations in 2002, the majority being in the area of weeds, outdoor storage and junk vehicles. ITEM 13 Building Official Gene Abbott requested Council approval of a web-based inspection permit system for the City's Building Inspection Department. He explained that Lakeville has utilized the LOGIS permit application software for more than a decade. LOGIS is in the process of writing a program that will provide residents and contractors the opportunity to apply for certain type of permits, utilizing the Internet. The Internet .permit application would only be available for those residential permits that do not require building or site plan approval. Mr. Abbott explained that once the applicant has. completed the required forms, the credit card information must be entered. The computer program would validate the credit card financial transaction and print the permit. In order to implement the Internet-based credit card system, LOGIS has selected VeriSign, Inc. to provide the Internet services. Fees are $849 per year and $.10 per transaction after .1,000 transactions. Wells Fargo will provide credit card transactions at 2.35% for transaction processing, $.30 .per transaction .authorization and a $29 per month statement fee. 03.17 Motion was. made by Bellows, seconded by Luick to authorize the utilization of a web-based inspection permit system and approve a Merchant Services Agreement with VeriSign, Inc. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Luick, Bellows, Johnson, Wulff, Rieb. UNFINISHED .BUSINESS None ;~ CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2003 PAGE 8 NEW BUSINESS Mayor Johnson stated he and Mr. Erickson met this afternoon with the Chair and Regional Administrator of the Metropolitan Council. This is the first time that Metropolitan Council officials have come to Lakeville. ANNOUNCEMENTS Next regular Council meeting, Tuesday, February 18, 2003 Mayor Johnson adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m. • • Respectfully submitted,