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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-16-88,•~ • • ~ CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 16, 198$ 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 Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, and Harvey. Absent: Enright. Also present: .Roger Knutson, City Attorney; Pat McGarvey, City Administrator; Darrell Schneider and Daryl Zuelke, Consulting .City Engineers; James Robinette, Community Development Director; Richard Radermacher, Chief of Police; Bruce Robertson, Administrative Assistant and Judy Perron, Off-Sale Liquor Manager. Staff announcements: There were none. Citizen comments: There were none. At this time, Police Chief. Richard Radermacher made a presentation of the police officer of the year award. This award was presented to Investigator William Forbord. Chief Radermacher stated that this award was new and that each year nominations .will be accepted from police department staff, and a special, committee will choose the police officer of the year from these nominations. Officer Forbord, Chief Radermacher, the Mayor and Council then posed for pictures. Mr. Forbord thanked the Chief, fellow officers and Council for the award. Mayor Zaun described an article he had read in the local paper which had described the statements he had made regarding the proposed City Hall expansion during the last work session. In that article, Mayor Zaun was quoted as saying, "Enggren's can do what they want with that space". Mayor Zaun. stated that the actual organization offering the space for city hall expansion was J and J Holding instead of Enggren's, and he wanted to clarify that. .Councilmember Sindt asked that Other Business items 20a and 20b be added to the consent agenda. Councilmember Harvey asked that agenda item number 19, appointment of Chief Building Inspector to the. Employee Position Evaluation Committee, be added to the consent agenda. 88.48 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to approve the consent agenda as amended. (Council Agenda attached hereto is incorporated by reference and specifically made a part hereof.) Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Harvey. At this time, Councilmember Enright arrived at the meeting. Mayor Zaun opened the public hearing on the proposed improvements to 176th Street between Highway 50 and Junelle Path, and to Junelle Path south of 175th Street, project 87-28. The clerk attested to the legal notice. Darrell Schneider, consulting city engineer, made a presentation on the proposed project for the audience. He handed out a form describing the latest cost and assessment estimates on the project. He described the differences between cost projections and scale of the project between the. November, 1987 and the December, 1987 proposals. He went on to further describe the project by using maps which illustrated the location of the proposed sanitary sewer, roads and watermain of the project. The City Administrator, at the request of the Mayor, then described to the members of the audience the policy of the City on payment of special assessments. A number of citizens directly affected by the project presented questions on project components. Lynn Peterson expressed concern that the new road would cut into the hill side in front of his property and cause trouble driving during the winter. Mr. Dean Undesser stated the concept plan had the road coming within four feet of his home. Doloris Behm asked if straightening the road would have an effect on her assessment. At that point, a number of council members had questions or voiced concerns over the project. Councilman Harvey asked about the easement acquisition costs if the road was straightened in comparison to the original proposal in which the road had a slight curve. Additional discussion followed and involved the advantages of the City buying two or three parcels owned by Mr. Wicklund, Mr. Tingelhoff and Mr. Jackson, and Mrs. Nesbitt. The staff explained that it may be prudent to consider acquiring the Wicklund, Tingelhoff-Jackson and Nesbitt parcels to facilitate an improved street alignment for both 176th Street and Junelle Path, and to foster commercial/business redevelopment of this property on a coordinated basis. 88.49 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to close the public hearing. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson. 88.50 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Enright to adopt Resolution No. 88-9 ordering improvement project No. 87-28 and authorizing. the City Engineer to prepare grading plans for the proposed project for Council review during the second meeting in March for a plan that envisions the three parcels possibly being acquired by the City and properly graded. 2 • • • Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 88.51 .Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Harvey to authorize and direct staff to prepare a report describing the options available to the City in purchasing property in .the 176th Street and Junelle Path area for re-development and the financing options to pay for any proposed purchase.- Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt. 88.52 Motion was made by Enright., seconded by Sindt to approve Resolution No. 88-10 approving the final plat of Trotter's Ridge and a minor compre- hensive plan amendment to include the final plat area in the 1990 Urban Service Area. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, .Enright, Sindt, Harvey. 88.53 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Harvey to approve the concept P.U.D. plan and development agreement for Terra Products and authorize the mayor and clerk to execute it. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson. 88.54 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to approve Ordinance No. 339 rezoning the Terra Products property to a planned unit development. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. 88.55 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to authorize staff to present the land bank acreage figures that were developed by city staff to the Metropolitan Council for their approval, and table approval of the updated Comprehensive Plan to March 7, 1988. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Enright. 88.56 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to approve the muzzle .loader rendezvous for Ritter Farm Park during Pan-O-Prog 1988. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt. At this time, Consulting City Engineer Daryl Zuelke made a presentation on the proposed five year capital improvement plan for streets. He described which streets would be paid in part from municipal state aid, county state aid and state highway street system funds. Costs .and the. time frame of various projects were also described. 3 • • • 88.57 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson, that the Council table discussion on this issue until the next council work session which will be held on March 1st at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Roll call was taken. on the motion. .Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey. 88.58 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to receive the report on designation of street mileage for the municipal state aid street system. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson. 88.59 Motion was made by Harvey., seconded by Sindt to receive the engineering feasibility report on re-construction and storm drainage proposed improvements to 172nd Street east of Highview Avenue in the Woodbury Addition and call for a public hearing for the March 21, 1988, council meeting. (Resolution No. 88-12) Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson. Nays, Enright. At this time, two representatives of Business Records Corporation appeared before the Council to make a presentation on the firm's Optech III-P optical scan voting system. Otto Johannes, a company representa- tive, told the Council each system would cost $5,065.00 and six would cost $30,390.00. Delivery could be made. in May. Significant discus- sion followed and involved trade in options, use of the system in Hennepin County and convenience. of use of the system by the elderly and handicapped. 88.60 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to continue discussion of the Optech III-P Optical Scan voting system until the next .regular meeting of the council and contact our State Representative on a possible change of state .law to grant cities more time to convert their.: present punch card systems. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. At this time, the Council discussed the proposals received by the City concerning listing the on-sale liquor store property. Jim Emond and Ray Connelly, who were one of the real estate concerns who had pre- sented a proposal for listing of the restaurant/liquor store were in attendance and spoke to the Council on the advantages of not setting rigid conditions in selling the property and discussed some of the marketing strategies they could implement in selling the property. 88.61 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to approve listing the property for sale with Emond and Connelly subject to their meeting with the .Council Liquor Committee to continue discussions on effective marketing strategies for selling the on-sale liquor store property that result in mutually satisfactory terms... 4 • • • Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey.. At this time, the Council discussed a draft policy on the recruitment and hiring of personnel for full-time and part-time permanent posi- tions. Mayor Zaun stated the policy had been revised as a result of discussions at the last council work session. Significant discussion followed involving the role of the designated Personnel Director, Administrative Assistant, Bruce Robertson, and his proper role as a member of the interview panel. Mr. Robertson stated. that unless he was included as a member of the interview panel for all permanent full-time and part-time positions, he would be unable to effectively oversee the recruitment and hiring process. He went on to state that his impact on the hiring decision could vary depending on the needs and desires of the department heads who has the position open in their respective department. 88.62 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to adopt the city policy on the recruitment and hiring of personnel for full and part time positions for the city of Lakeville with the changes that non exempt liquor store .employees will not be required to be interviewed by a formal interview panel and the Personnel Director may be involved in .interview panels for non-exempt employees to be sure policy is followed and will have a vote at the discretion of the department head. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. Nays, Sindt. 88.63 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 88-13 setting the 1988 pay plan for exempt and non-exempt positions and policy for administration of the plan. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Zaun. Nays, Nelson.. Nelson voted no because he does not agree with the comparable worth process and requirements. Staff recommended that the essential service lot ordinance be with- drawn. Utility companies could either buy a full size lot or place their buildings on an easement if size allows. 88.64 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to withdraw adoption of an ordinance amending Section. l8 of the zoning ordinance addressing the requirements for providing essential service lots. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Enright. 88.65 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to recommend approval of the low bidder, Channel Construction, at 143,702.12 for the Trotter's Ridge improvement project No. 87-10 subject to receipt of written authorization by Trotter's Ridge for the extra cost of winter construc- tion. 5 ~' ~ , • • Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt. At this time, Gary Tushie of Tushie Montgomery Architects made a presentation to the Council on the status of the liquor store number three project. He .described changes to the building design, which included changes in cooler and window size, that were a result of Council and staff suggestions. He went on to describe brick standards and showed illustrative drawings of the completed structure. 88.66 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to approve the concept work completed by the architect on the project to date. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey. 88.67 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to invite Robert Pulscher of Springsted, Inc. to the next council meeting to discuss financing options for the next city hall. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson. 88.68 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to adjourn the council meeting. Ro11 call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Sindt, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. Time: 10:40 p.m. 6 • • CITY OF LAKEVILLE AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1988 7:00 P.M. • Call to order. Flag pledge. 1. Roll call. 2. Staff announcements. A. Attorney B. Engineer G. Administrator 3. Presentation of the Police Officer of the Year award. 4. Citizen comments. 5. Consent agenda. a. Approval of the minutes of the February 1, 1988, regular council meeting. b. Approval of the minutes of the February 8, 1988, special council meeting. c. Approval of the claims for payment. d. Receive the minutes of the following advisory committee meetingsc Planning Commission, February 4, 1988. Park & Recreation Committee, February 3, 1988 Natural Resources Committee, February 2, 1988 e. .Approval of a temporary construction easement for Parcel 17 on Project 87-4 with Independent School District No. 194. f. Receive E.A.W. for Lakeview Manor and authorize its distribution. g. Authorize Donohue and Associates to prepare a preliminary report for a multi-purpose pedestrian trail along 165th Street from Kenrick Avenue to Jaguar Avenue.. h. Receive the 1987 Fire Department Annual Report.. 4. ~ .~ ' CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FEBRUARY 16, 1988 6. Public hearing on the proposed improvements to 176th Street between Highway 50 and Junelle Path, and to Junelle Path south of 175th Street, Project 87-28. a. Attest to the legal notice. b. Presentation of the project. c. Questions and comments. d. Motion to close, or continue, the hearing. e. Motion to order, or deny, the project. 7. Resolution approving the final plat of Trotter's Ridge 2nd Addition and a minor comprehensive plan amendment to include the area in the 1990 Urban Service Area. 8. Approval of the concept P.U.D. plan and development agreement for Terra Products. a. Ordinance rezoning the property to Planned Unit,Development. 9. Approval of the update of the 1981 Comprehensive Plan and authorize its submittal to the Metropolitan Council and other agencies. 10. Approval of a muzzle. loader rendezvous for Ritter Farm Park during. Pan-O-frog 1988. 11. Receive and .approve the five year capital improvement plan for streets and authorize its inclusion in the updated Transportation Plan a 12. Receive report on designation of street mileage for the municipal state aid street system. a. Resolution approving designation of new street mileage. 13. Receive engineering feasibility report on re-construction and storm drainage proposed improvements to 172nd Street east of Highview Avenue in the Woodbury Addition. a. Adopt resolution. calling a public hearing on the proposed mprove- ments. 14. Approval to purchase six Op tech III-P optical scan voting systems. 15. Approval of a listing agreement for the sale of the on-sale liquor store building and property. 16. Adopt city policy on the recruitment and hiring of personnel for full-time and part-time permanent positions. 17. Adopt resolution setting the 1988 Pay Plan for exempt and non-exempt positions and policy for administration of the plan. 2 .,+~- , ~: ~~ CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FEBRUARY 16, 1988 18. Adopt ordinance amending Section 18 of the Zoning Ordinance addressing the requirements for providing essential service lots. 19. Appointment of Chief Building Inspector to the Employee Position. Evaluation Committee. 20. Any other business. a. Receive minutes of the January 20, 1988, Cable T.V. Board meeting. b. Approval of an off premises directional sign for Howard Wong's Chart House. c. Receive bids on improvement project 87-10, Trotter's Ridge. d. Liquor Store ~~3 final concept plan. e. Request Bob Pulscher to present alternatives on financing for a city hall. 21. Adjourn. 3