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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-06-00n '~ CITY. OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 Mayor Zaun 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 Johnson, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick and Mayor Zaun. Also present: R. Knutson, City Attorney; B. Erickson, City Administrator; K. Nelson, City Engineer; A. trussing, Community 8v Economic Development Director; D. Feller,. Finance Director; D. Martens, Chief of Police; D. Volk, Director of Operations 8s Maintenance; J. Hennen, Administrative Assistant; C. Friedges, City Clerk. MINUTES The minutes of the October 9, 2000 Council work session, the. October 16, 2000 City Council meeting and the October 20, 2000 special Council meeting were approved as presented. STAFF .ANNOUNCEMENTS ATTORNEY: None ENGINEER:. None ADMINISTRATOR: Mr. Erickson presented a letter dated November 6, 2000 from a.Prior Lake resident. regarding the proposed stop signs on 205 Street at the Kansas/Kensington intersection. Mr. Erickson. also provided a corrected resolution for consent agenda item 7k. DIRECTOR OF OPERATONS 8v MAINTENANCE: Mr. Volk presented the October monthly activities report of the Operations 8v Maintenance :Department. PRESENTATIONS /INTRODUCTIONS • The mayorand council members presented certificates of appreciation to the following individuals, groups and corporations .for. community service.. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 2 • • Dan Pellinen, .Lori Johnson, .Wally Potter, .Kris. Radford, Jason Moeckel, Beth Eilers and. Kufkey, Dave Fellon/Progressive Rail, Dakota Electric,: Country Joe Homes, Appro .Development. and Wausau Supply, Certainteed, Inc., Roofing Division, and Dick's Sanitation. Chief Martens announced the recent promotion of Patrol' Officer Brigham Strole to Sergeant. Mayor Zaun administered the. oath of .office to Sergeant Strole. Chief Martens: introduced Police Department receptionists Genevieve Davis and Amy Torborg. Mr. Feller introduced Accountant Suzette Ha1L CITIZENS' COMMENTS None CONSENT AGENDA. 00.184 Motion was made by Johnson seconded by Mulvihill to approve. the consent agenda items as follows: a. Claims. for payment. b. Receive minutes of the .following advisory committee meetings: Environmental Affairs Committee, October 17, 2000 Park 8v Recreaton.Committee, October l8, 2000 Lakeville Area. Arts Center Board, October 19, 2000 Planning Commission, October 19, 2.000 Economic Development Commission, September 26, 2000 c. Multi-Jurisdiction ,Network Organization Participation Agreement with the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association. d. Resolution No. 2000-263 adopting the position classification and pay plan for exempt and non-exempt positions and setting forth the policy for the administration of the pay plan. • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 3 e. Resolution No. 2000-264 authorizing the sale of certain Liquor Store #2 assets. f. Resolution No. 200D-265 setting dates. of regular Council meetings for 2001.. g. Resolution No. 2000-266 calling a public hearing on proposed assessments for weed/grass removal. h. Resolution No. 2000-267 accepting a donation from Minnesota River Valley Kennel Club to the Police Department Canine Program. i. Special Assessment Agreement with Robert and Donna Klotz, 7670 - 210 Street West. j. Special Assessment Agreement with Clyde and Adrienne Weierke, 7740 - 210 Street West. k. ' .Resolution No 2000-.268 rejecting certain bid packages, awarding bid packages, approving alternates and: change orders and authorizing issuance of purchase: orders for Improvement Project 00-18, City Hall expansion/renovation. 1. Assignment Agreement with the Cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount and Farmington and NRG Processing Solutions, LLC, and SKB Environmental, Inc. m. Trunk storm sewer reimbursement and 203rd Street reimbursement, Gilb-Fitzpatrick Addition. n. Trunk sanitary sewer, watermain and storm sewer. reimbursement, 205 Street reconstruction reimbursement, Kensington Boulevard. construction reimbursement and Pexa Park construction reimbursement, St. Frances Woods 7~ Addition. o. Final acceptance of utility and street improvements, Grenada Business Park. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000. PAGE 4 p. Change Order No. 3 for Ipava Avenue extension (Kenwood Trail Jr. High School driveway), Improvement Project 98- 10. q. Final acceptance of street improvements, Golden Pond Third Addition. r. City of Lakeville Purchasing. Policies dated November 6, 2000. s. Resolution No. 2000-269 approving specifications. and setting a bid date for water treatment chemicals. t. Contract with Reisinger Lawn Service and Snow. Plowing for snow lowin Burin the 2000/2001 winter season • • Lakeville businesses for implementation of the 2000 H t dF t p g g u. Resolution No. 20'00-270 :electing to continue participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under .the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act, Calendar .Year 2001. v. Purchase Agreements with Dakota County Community Development Agency for the acquisition of Lot 1, Block , Szabo's First Addition and Lot 12, Block 3, Oak Hills Third Addition. w. Resolution No. 2000-271 accepting donations from aun a ores . x. Authorize submittal of a grant application to the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for a development consultant for the `Lakeville Area Arts Center. Roll call was. taken on the motion. Ayes, Johnson, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick. ITEM 8 Mr. Volk presented the 205 Street Pedestrian Crossing Study prepared. by SRF Consulting Group, Inc. The report. proposes the - installation of a pedestrian crossing on 205 Street near Antlers Park and the installation of stop signs and additional streetlights CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 5 on 205 Street at the Kensington Boulevard/Kansas Avenue intersection. Jeff Bednar of SRF Consulting Group provided an overview of the 205 Street Pedestrian Crossing Study. He indicated that the. study area has a sufficient number of pedestrian crossings at this time. He cautioned the City against over-use of crosswalks, which can lead to .driver complacency and a false sense of security on .the part of pedestrians. Based on the findings and conclusions of the study, the .following recommendations were made: 1. SRF cannot recommend the installation'of unwarranted a11- way stop control. .However, if the City were to decide to install an unwarranted all-way stop control somewhere within the study area, the intersection of 205 Street and Kensington Boulevard would. be a good candidate location. 2. The City could consider establishing a policy that would set forth application guidelines and standards for the installation of crosswalk warning flashers at appropriate .higher volume pedestrian crossing locations. 3. As a test and evaluation application of this crosswalk warning flasher policy, the City could install pedestrian-actuated crosswalk warning .flashers at the crosswalk on 205 Street at the Antlers Park trail crosswalk. These crosswalk-warning flashers would only flash when a :pedestrian crossing was eminent. 4. Install a trail along he south side of Icalee Path from Jacquard Avenue to the Antlers Park. Trailcrossng. 5. Installatrail along the north side of 205 Street from..Jupiter Path/Way to Kensington Boulevard/Kansas Avenue. 6. When the study area segment of 205 Street is reconstructed to its ultimate section, it is recommended that construction of a trail be included on the north side of 205 Street. Mr. Jim Steffen stated he supports the installation of stop signs on 205 Street at Kensington/Kansas and requested consideration of additional stop signs on 205 Street at Jacquard. Avenue, near Lakeview Elementary School. He stated his son " crosses 205 Street to get to school and emphasized his concern for .child safety in this area. Council Member Johnson asked about the criteria for pre-stop sign .warning signs. Mr. Bednar stated the "stop ahead" sign is CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 6 • .used prior to the installation. of a new. stop sign to warn motorists. Than sign is typically removed after a period of time if adequate site distance is available. He stated the most effective guideline for installing a permanent "stop ahead" sign is if the stop sign cannot be een 300-500 feet from the intersection. Council Member Sindt asked if the flashing pedestrian crossing .would be marked from both directions. Mr. Bednar stated the recommendation is to install the crossing system on both approaches to the crosswalk. • Council Member Luck asked if the installation of some type of safety barrier or guardrails would help to slow down traffic near Jacquard Avenue.: Mr. Bednar stated a safety barrier or guardrail... would. help reduce speeds. He explained that traffic volumes at .205 Street and Jacquard and 205 Street and Kensington are very similar, and. the. conditions .are approaching levels that would satisfy warrants for an all-way stop control. The reason Kensington is identified as aslightly better candidate location is that it does provide a better site distance. Mr. Erickson explained staff's recommendation to first implement the four-way stop at Kansas/Kensington. Following that installation, the City would ask MnDOT to come back and re- evaluate the speeds on 205 .Street. Without that four-way stop installation, it is very unlikely that the speeds would be lowered. He also stated that athree-way stop at Jacquard Avenue would. not be considered until the trail is in place on the south side of Icalee Path with a guardrail or some other type of safety barrier. This would deter pedestrians from walking along the north side of Icalee Path to Antlers. Park. Council Member Sindt asked about the possibility of implementing truck restrictions on 205 Street. Mr. Volk 'explained that before any restrictions would be considered, the Council would need to consider the zoning of the area, classification of the roadway. and current weight restrictions. Mr. Erickson stated he feels .that once the four-way stop and pedestrian crossing. flashers are installed along 205 Street, truck drivers would likely seek alternative routes.. • 00.185 Motion was. made by Sindt, seconded by Mulvihill to receive the .letter from Greg Brown, 2038D Lynn. Drive,. Prior Lake, opposing CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 7 the installation of stop signs on 205 Street at Kansas Avenue /Kensington. Boulevard. Roll call was taken on the motion.. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick, Johnson. 00.186 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Mulvihill to approve Resolution No. 2000-272. receiving the 205 Street pedestrian .crossing study dated October 2, 2000 from SRF Consulting Group, Inc. and establish a policy and application guidelines for pedestrian crosswalk warning flashers, and authorizing stop sign installations on 205 Street at Kensington Boulevard/Kansas Avenue intersection creating an all-way stop controlled intersection, and authorizing installation of two additional streetlights at the intersection of 205 Street and Kensington Boulevard. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick, ..Johnson, Zaun.. 00.187 Motion was made by Luick, seconded by Mulvihill to approve Resolution No. 2000-273 authorizing the City Engineer to develop plans and specifications for the construction of trails and installation of pedestrian crosswalk warning flashers as recommended in the pedestrian .crosswalk study, City .Improvement Project 00-16. Roll. call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Mulvihill, Luick, Johnson, Zaun,. Sindt. ITEM 9 Mr. Stanton, representing Shamrock Development, Inc. requested .Council .approval of the Marion Fields Fourth Addition preliminary plat. • Mr. Morey presented the proposed preliminary plat of Marion Fields Fourth Addition, which consists of 73 single family lots and seven outlots on 41.31 acres of land located south of 202na Street and easf of Lakeview Elementary.School. The Marion Fields Fourth Addition development includes the .extension of Ipava Avenue south of 202nd Street through Marion'Felds to connect to 207 Street. The developer originally proposed a CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 8 preliminary and final plat that included 87 single-family lots .and eight outlots. The developer .has revised the preliminary plat at the Planning Commission's recommendation by removing T4 single family lots and. a cul-de-sac street from the .plat and designating this area as an outlot. The Planning Commission made this recommendation to allow the .developer time. to .explore the possibility of purchasing the four existing single family. residences east"of Ipava Avenue fronting on 202nd Street and incorporating them into the preliminary and final plat. Staff recommends approval of the preliminary and final plat of .Marion Fields Fourth Addition subject to 12 stipulations. Bob Staupe, 9652-202nd Street, asked about the extension of Ipava Avenue and the affect it would have on the existing driveways on 202nd Street. He indicated that two driveways would particularly be affected when and if 202nd Street is widened in the future and turn lanes are-constructed onto. Ipava. Avenue. Council Member Sindt asked if the proposed future sidewalk on Ipava Avenue would be designated on the plat map so that homeowners are made. aware of it. Mr. Erickson stated the developer would. be asked to provide a disclosure to builders/buyers that a sidewalk is planned for the future. It would also be included in .the development contract, which is filed against the plat. Mr. Erickson responded to Mr. Staupe's concerns with regard to driveways and future turn lanes on 202nd Street. He explained that .:any future .improvement to the road would necessitate right of way being pushed to the north, not to the south. Traffic volumes currently do not warrant the widening of 202nd Street. However, there is the likelihood of a three-lane configuration rather.. than a .four-lane configuration. If a four-way stop were to be installed at 202nd Street and Ipava Avenue, there would be no need for turn lanes at that intersection. 00.188 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Johnson to approve. the preliminary, plat of Marion Fields Fourth Addition subject to 15 stipulations as recommended by the Planning Commission, with one additional stipulation to read, "Lots 1-10, Block 7 and Lots 1- CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 9 • 5, Block 8 shall be designated as an outlot on the preliminary and final plat. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Luick, Johnson, Sindt, Mulvihill. Zaun abstained due to a conflict of interest. ITEM 10 Mr. Don Patton requested Council approval of the preliminary and final plat of Zweber Farm Ninth. Mr. Morey presented the proposed preliminary and final plat, which consists of 26 single-family lots on property located north of Dodd Boulevard and east of Hyde Park Avenue. The plat includes a minor modification to the current MUSA boundary, which will provide an important. road link between the Anderson Century Farm and Zweber Farm subdivisions. The Planning Commission. and staff recommend approval of the Zweber Farm Ninth preliminary and final plat subject to two stipulations. 00.189 Motion was made by Johnson, seconded by Mulvihill to approve Resolution No. 2000-274 approving the preliminary and final plat of Zweber Farm Ninth. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Johnson, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick. NEW BUSINESS 00.190 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Mulvihill to set a Council work session to interview two applicants (Gary Thomas and Doug Thompson) for the Telecommunications Commission on Monday, November 20~ at 6:15 p.m. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick, Johnson.. 00.191 Motion was made by Mulvihill, seconded by Sindt to appoint Susan Landberg to the Lakeville Area Arts Center Advisory Board for a term that will expire on December 31, 2003. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Mulvihill, Luick, Johnson, Zaun. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2000 PAGE 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next regular Council meeting, November 20, 2000 Special Council. meeting, November 8,.2000 Council work session, November. 13, 2000 Mayor Zaun adjourned the meeting at 9:16 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Charlene Friedges, C' Clerk . D ane Zaun, or