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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-04-80 • , CITY OF LAKEVILLE-COUNCIL MINUTES August 4, 1980 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Lekson. .The fledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Roll call was taken. Present: Councilmembers Spande, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson and Mayor Lekson. Also present: Patrick Farrell, City Attorney; Darrell Schneider, Consulting City Engineer; Patrick McGarvey, City Administrator/Clerk. 80.354 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to approve the minutes of the July 7, 1980 council meeting. Roll call was taken'on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. 80.355 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Zaun to approve the minutes of the July 17, 1980 special council meeting. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson and Spande. 80.356 Motion was made by Spande, seconded by Zaun-to approve the minutes of the July 21, 1980 regular council meeting with one correction, that being adding the words "Councilmember Sindt mentioned that federal revenue sharing could be used .for a siren system." Ro11 call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson., Spande and Lekson. 80.357 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to approve the claims for payment as presented. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Zaun. Mayor Lekson requested that the staff provide the council with the total cost of the City's requirement under the Mandatory Planning Act. Mr. Farrell reported to the council on the easement acquisition process for the Oak Curve utility and street improvement project number 80-4. Mr. Farrell stated that he was negotiating with Mr. Loken to purchase a vacant lot for which the city needed to construct both a sanitary sewer and storm sewer improvement. He recommended that the council eventually approve the acquisition of the entire lot so that the city could place the utilities in the center of the lot and then redivide the lot and sell off a portion to each of the abutting lot owners who he indicated were interested in purchasing a part of the lat from the City. 80.358 Motion was made by Spande, seco~~led by Zaun to ,receive the minutes from the advisory committee meetings.' Roll call was taken on .the motion. Ayes, L~elson, Spande, Lekson, Zaun and Sindt. 80.359 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Spande to table consideration of Dr. Emond's request for a conditional use x~ermit until'September 2, 1980, at his request. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Spande; Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. 80.360 Motion was made by Spande, econc~ed by Nilson to a*~prove the sideyard setback variance .for Gerald Isvik at 8295 172nd. Street ~n?est subject to the property owner entering into an agreement with ,the City referred to as a license, which would be placed as a record against the lot due to the deck-screened in porch extending into the city ..utility easement on.ahe side yard line. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson and Spande. 80.361 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Sindt to approve the administrative subdivision of Lots 5 and 6, Block 21, Antlers Park Addition and a conditional use permit to construct two new single famil~.~ houses. at 19830 and 19840 Jerseg Avenue West with the understanding that the property owner will need to install an additional water and sewer service to one of the two lots at the owner's exrense, and restore. the street..- r1_ . _ i • • CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MINUTES August 4, 19II0 Ro11 call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Si~dt,.Nelson, Spande and Lel~son. 80.362 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to deny the application of Robert Layeux for a conditional use permit and variance because of a lack of the - easement_;settlement problem between Mr. Layeux's property and abutting property owners. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Zaun. 80,363 Motion was made by Zauri, seconded by Nelson to approve the Lakeville Jaycees' request to conduct a district softball tournament in Aronson.. Park on August 9th and 10th subject to appropriate arrangements with the City Recreation Director. for charging admittance to citizens who attend and do not wish to attend the tournament in the park. Ro11 call was taken on the. motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Zaun and Sindt. 80,364 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to receive a report from the Lakeville Fire Relief Association f-or 1981. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. 80.365 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to receive the bid from Motorola, Inc. for the purchase of pagers for the Fire Department and approve the purchase order to Motorola for $15,442,.75 as the only bidder due to the urgency necessity to acquire improved pagers due to failure of the present system equipment. Fto11 call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson and Spande. At this time Mr. David Bennett and Mark Swenson from Myers & Bennett Architects presented the schematic phase one plans for the proposed City Hall-Police Station building in Aronson Park. Mr. Swenson reviewed several schematic drawings of the exterior and interior of the building with the council... He explained how the plan .had been arrived at and. how the building would function in an energy efficient manner without any extreme extra cost to acquire the energy savings, Mr, Swenson stated that he believed the firm had completed the work required. under their agreement for phase one and requested the council to approve the phase one schematic plans as presented. The City Administrator reviewed the estimated project cost for the City Hall- Police Station. The total project costs .are estimated at $1,700,000;-aria it is anticipated the City would have $200,000 available to apply toward the project costs from funds currently in the building fund established by the City Council and from the proceeds of_ the sale of the present Police Station building and property.... The City:Administrator recommended the council adopt a resolution calling for a bond referendum on September 9, 1980, in the amount of $1,500,000 for the remaining cost of. the facility. The City Administrator. also recommended the council approve a second bond proposal on September 9, 1980, for $90,000 to finance the installation of a civil defense siren warning system in the city. 80.366 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded,by Spande to receive and approve the phase one schematic design plans and report from Myers & Bennett for the proposed City Hall-Police Station facility iri Aronson. Park.. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson, Spande and Lekson. 80,367 Motion was made by Spande, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 80-79 calling a bond referendum for September 9, 1980 in the amount of $l,5 million .for the City Hall-Police Station and $90,000 for the civil defense siren warning system. Roll. call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Siridt., Spande, ',Lekson and Zaun: Nays, Nelson. -2- • . • CITY OE LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MINUTES August 4, 1980 Councilman Nelson stated that he voted no on the. referendum because he does not approve of the site selected by the council at an .earlier meeting for the facility, and he believes that savings could. be obtained by choosing another site for the cost of extending city utility service to Aronson Park. He stated that he is not voting against the proposed building elan as submitted by the architect, as he felt .the architect had done a fine job in designing the proposed facility. He also stated that he felt the citizens did not have enough input into the site selection process earlier this year. 80.368 Motion was made_by Nelson, seconded by Zaun to approve Change Order No. 5 with Arcon Construction Company in the amount of $2,748.35 on the Lake Marion trunk sewer project No, 79-1. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Zaun and Sindt. At this time the City Council took up consideration of either remodeling or demolishing the old Antlers Park pavilion which had sustained substantial damage in the July 15 ,1980 storm that struck Lakeville. Councilman Spande stated that he inspected the facility with the Park and. Recreation Director, and. his conclusion was that the building was beyond repair, as much of the supporting structure is damaged or is suffering from dryrot of the wood.. Mr. Spande stated that he felt the building was beyond repair at any reason- able cost. Mr. Michaud stated that Mr. Tillges of Tillges Construction has also looked at the building and was of the same opinion. 80.369 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Zaun to authorize the staff to demolish the Antlers Park pavilion due to the storm damage and the extreme cost of repairing the building in relation to the benefit. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. 80.370 Motion was. made by Zaun, seconded by Spande to approve the list of judges for the September 9, 1980 primary election. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson and Spande. 80.371 Motion was made by Spande, seconded by Nelson to approve the plans and specifications for the Juneau Trail bridge replacement and set the bid date for August 28, 1980 at 10 a.m. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Nelson, Spande and Lekson. 80.372 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Sindt to receive the letter from Felix .Tillges requesting a preliminary .engineering report for the improvements ,of the Viking Square Addition and authorizing the engineer to prepare a preliminary report for a cost not to exceed $500 subject to receipt of the payment from Mr. Tillges. .Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Zaun. 80.373 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to approve a letter received from Consulting Engineers Diversified dated August 4, 1980, outlining the estimated sewer connections for the period of 1980-85 in>ahe City of Lakeville for .submittal to the B'IWCC and Met. Council. Ro11 call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Zaun and Sindt. 80.374 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Zaun to receive a letter from Ralph Searles requesting utilities to be installed on 161st Street. Roll call was taken on the. motion. Ayes`, Spande, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. The City Council discussed the request,, and the consensus was that due to the few number of signers on the petition in comparision to the lots on 161st Street, no action would be taken on the request at this time.. -3- • • • -CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MINUTES August ,4 , 1980 80.375 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to adjourn .the council meeting. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Zaun, Sindt and Nelson. Time: 9;15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, d atrick E. McGarvey, City Clerk. r~ ordon Lekson, ayor -4-