Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-21-97 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Zaun. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Roll call was taken. Present: Councilmembers Johnson, Sindt, Mulvihill, Holberg and Mayor Zaun. Also present: R. Knutson, City Attorney; B. Erickson, City Administrator; K. Nelson, City Engineer; M. Sobota, Community & Economic Development Director; D. Feller, Finance Director; S. Michaud, Parks & Recreation Director; D. Martens, Chief of Police; D. Morey, Planner; D. Volk, Director of Operations & Maintenance; J. Hennen, Administrative Assistant; C. Friedges, City Clerk. MINUTES The minutes of the July 7th regular Council meeting and the May 15th Council work session were approved as presented. The minutes of the June .17th Council work session were approved with one correction on Page 5, changing the name "Phil" to "Dan" Callahan. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ATTORNEY: Mr. Knutson provided some minor changes to the development contract for Heritage Square Addition, agenda item #10. ENGINEER: None. ADMINISTRATOR: None. PARKS & RECREATION DIRECTOR: Mr. Michaud presented the June Parks & Recreation Department monthly report. CHIEF OF POLICE: Chief Martens presented the June Police Department monthly report. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE: Mr. Volk presented the June Operations & Maintenance Department. monthly report. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 PAGE 2 • PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS: Mayor Zaun presented an appreciation plaque to former Cable Coordinator Chris Oace in recognition and appreciation of his 11-1/2 years of service to the City of Lakeville. Several members of the Cable Board were present and thanked Chris for his many contributions. CITIZENS' COMMENTS None. CONSENT AGENDA 97.126 Motion was made by Johnson, seconded by Holberg to approve the consent agenda items as follows: a. Claims for payment.. b. June Investment Report. c. Findings of Fact and Recommendation and a Minor Variance for Applied Power Products to allow the construction of an addition onto the existing • non-conforming building at 21455 Hamburg Avenue. d. Resolution No. 97-160 calling a public assessment hearing for downtown storm sewer, sanitary sewer, watermain and street improvements, Improvement Project 94-1. e. Receive application from SuperAmerica Group, a division of Ashland, Inc., fora 3.2% malt. liquor license at 16180 Kenrick Avenue, and call a public hearing for August 4, 1997. f. Appointment of Carah Drews to the Environmental Affairs Committee for a term which will expire on January 1, 1999. g. Fire Relief municipal contribution certification for 1998. h. Resolution No. 97-161 awarding contracts for Bid Package 2, Liquor Store No. 4. i. Resolution No. 97-162 accepting a donation from the Lakeville Senior Citizens. j. Resolution No. 97-163 accepting donations to the Lakeville Senior Center. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 • PAGE 3 k. Release of development contract for Creekview Estates, Outlots A and C. I. Contract with Dakota County for Sentence to Service Program Work Crews. m. Resolution No. 97-164 authorizing temporary closing of City street. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Johnson, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Holberg. ITEM 8 Dr. William Morris of Decision Resources, Ltd. presented the results of the 1997 Community Survey. (See Executive Summary on file in the City Clerk's office. ) Councilmember Holberg asked Dr. Morris if there are any particular areas not identified in the Executive Summary that Lakeville officials should watch for based on trends from other metro communities. S Dr. Morris indicated that residents appear to have a feelin of disconnection 9 from the City's planning functions in regard to land use activities. He suggested increased communication so that people know they have an opportunity to participate in the planning process. Mayor Zaun pointed out that there was. an 11 % increase in respondents in the south and west geographical areas of the city versus the 1995 survey, which the City may be looking at in greater detail. Mr. Erickson asked Dr. Morris if the tax concerns raised by residents have any correlation with the problems faced by School District 194. Dr. Morris stated he feels that the intensity of the concerns about taxes .are directly related to events that are occurring within School District 194. Mayor Zaun indicated that the Council will analyze the survey results at an upcoming work session. ITEM 9 Finance Director Dennis Feller presented a resolution calling for the sale of • $1,400,000 liquor revenue bonds, series 1997A. He explained that the $1.64 CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 PAGE 4 minion of project costs for Liquor Store No. 4 are proposed to be financed with $1.4 million of liquor revenue bonds and $240,000 from cash on hand. Liquor revenue bonds, he explained, are backed solely by revenue from the liquor operation. They are, however, tax exempt and are expected to bear interest at rates ranging from 5.25% to 5.8%. Based on a financial feasibility report for Liquor Store No. 4, it is anticipated that liquor revenue will support the operation of and debt service for this project. Liquor revenue is also expected to help finance other City facilities such as general purpose furnishings and equipment, land for a library, city haN expansion and Fire Station No. 4. Springsted Principal Dave MacGillivray presented Springsted's recommendation for the proposed bond sale. Bids for the sale of the bonds will be opened and presented to the City Council on Monday, August 18th. Mr. MacGillivray predicted a good response to this bond sale, based on the quality of the issue and currenfi market trends.. 97.127 Motion was made by Mulvihill, seconded by Johnson to approve Resolution No. 97-165 calling for the safe of $1,400,000 liquor revenue bonds, series • 1997A. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill, Holberg, Johnson. ITEM 10 Ms. Kelly Murray, representing Wensmann Realty, Inc., requested Council approval of the preliminary and final plat of Heritage Square Addition. Mr. Morey presented the plat of Heritage Square Addition, which consists of 56 townhouse units and 40 condominium units on 71 lots located on the west side of Holyoke Avenue, just north of City Hall. Mr. Wensmann is also requesting a comprehensive land use plan amendment changing the proposed land use from low density residential to low/medium density residential and B-4 to PUD rezoning to allow the mixed townhouse and condominium development with private streets and common areas owned and maintained by a homeowners association. The Heritage Square Addition project, Mr. Morey explained, is considered the first development phase of the Town Square concept plan. The Heritage . Square Addition plat includes the construction of Heritage Drive, improvements to South Creek and the construction of ponding areas and a CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 PAGE 5 • weir structure that. will be part of the Town Square amenities. The City Council is being asked to approve a resolution requesting Dakota County approval of the Heritage Drive street name, because it does not meet Dakota County street naming requirements. He explained that naming the street Heritage Drive will enable the new library, proposed to be constructed in 1998, to be named Heritage Library, which follows the County's pattern of naming their library branches. The developer will install an eight foot wide .bituminous trail on the .north side of Heritage Drive. An eight foot wide concrete sidewalk will be constructed on the south side of Heritage Drive to 202nd Street, which ties into the existing sidewalk downtown. Landscaping along Holyoke Avenue shall match the existing landscaping at City Hall. Landscaping along Heritage Drive shall match the existing landscaping along the Ipava Avenue parkway. Monument entryway signs will be constructed off of Heritage Drive adjacent to the condominium and townhouse units. The Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended approval subject to 13 stipulations. Staff recommends approval of all four actions. Councilmember Sindt asked. about the weir structure that is ro osed to be p p constructed between the two ponds. She was concerned that the storage area on the up-side of the weir structure would not be large enough to hold back water during a heavy rain fail. Mr. Nelson explained that the weir structure, as designed by Barr Engineering in accordance with the City's storm water management plan, would hold back water and release a designated amount at a given time. Mr. Sobota explained that the weir structure creates a waterfall, which will be the focal point in the town square development. Councilmember Holberg questioned the reasoning behind construction of a concrete sidewalk on the north side of Heritage Drive versus a bituminous trail on the south side. Mr. Sobota explained that the standards for a parkway section includes a bituminous trail, which will connect to the eventual trail along Holyoke Avenue north of Town Square. The concrete sidewalk on the south side of Heritage Drive would hook up with the downtown sidewalk system. Standards for commercial areas include concrete sidewalk. • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 PAGE 6 • Councilmember Holberg asked at what point on the north side of Heritage Drive would the bituminous trail convert to concrete sidewalk, as she was concerned with maintaining continuity. Mr. Sobota explained that as the bituminous trail goes into the commercial area west of the bridge, the trail would most likely convert to sidewalk. Mr. Knutson explained that his office is currently reviewing the covenants for Heritage Square Addition, and recommended the City Council approve the preliminary and final plat of Heritage Square Addition subject to approval of the covenants by the City Attorney's office. 97.128 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Mulvihill to approve a Comprehensive Land Use Plan amendment; receive the Planning Commission's Findings of Fact and Recommendation and adopt Ordinance No. 604 rezoning property from B-4 to PUD; Resolution No. 97-166 approving the preliminary and final plat of Heritage Square Addition, subject to the City Attorney's approval of property owners association covenants; and Resolution No. 97-167 requesting the street name Heritage Drive in the. • Heritage Square Addition plat. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Mulvihill, Holberg, Johnson, Zaun. ITEM 11 Keith Nelson, City Engineer, and Lezlie Vermillion, Transportation Engineer from Dakota County, presented the new Dakota County access spacing guidelines and proposed plans for the reconstruction of 202nd Street from a three lane to a four lane divided roadway between Dodd Boulevard and Holyoke Avenue. Ms. Vermillion explained that the County recently revised its access spacing guidelines from one-quarter mile to one-half mile spacing on principal arterial roadways. Traffic generated by the Town. Square development may accelerate the need for reconstruction of this roadway. It was pointed out that turn-back funds are available from MnDOT under the current downtown improvement contract to help finance this project. The estimated project cost is approximately $600,000. Of this, County turnback funds would finance approximately $330,000, with the remaining $270,000 being shared between Dakota County and the City at about a 55%/45% split. If the four-lane roadway is not installed now, it would likely be required within five to ten years, with no turnback funding available. 0 CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JULY 21, 1997 PAGE 7 • Councilmember Sindt asked if right-of-way was dedicated for a right turn. lane at the new Provincial Bank on Iberia Avenue. Mr. Erickson explained that the bank did not get the right turn lane based on the County's spacing guidelines; however, the four lane design gives motorists an additional lane and exclusive left turn on Iberia Avenue. 97.129 Motion was made by Holberg, seconded by Johnson to approve a Supplement to the Agreement for Highway Design and Construction with Dakota County for the widening of CSAH 50 (202nd Street) between Icenic Way and 500 feet east of Holyoke Avenue to a four lane divided road section. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Mulvihill, Holberg, Johnson, Zaun, Sindt. ITEM 12 97.130 Motion was made by Johnson, seconded by Mulvihill to set a Council work session for Wednesday, August 6th, at 5:00 p.m. • Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Holberg, Johnson, Zaun, Sindt, Mulvihill. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next regular Council meeting, August 4, 1997 Mayor Zaun adjourned the Council meeting at 9:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~ V Charlene Friedges, ' y Clerk • Duane Zaun, M r