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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-16-85 t CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Zaun at 7:00 p.m. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Roll call was taken. Present: Council members Nelson, Sindt, Enright, Harvey and Mayor Zaun. Also present: Roger Knutson, City Attorney; Keith Nelson, Consulting City Engineer; James Robinette, Community Development Director; Patrick McGarvey, City Administrator/Clerk. Staff Announcements: The city attorney gave the council a letter providing an update on the status of easement acquisition and land acquisition for the bike trail to Antlers Park and the parking lot expansion for Antlers Park. The city administrator gave the council a review of items under Other Business on the council agenda and indicated that the city council and school board had met at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon and discussed the further study of the sharing of a site for a city/school administrative complex, and that there should be a council motion to authorize city expenditure funds for a concept plan using the school district's architect. Citizen Comments: Gerald Grenz from the Park and Recreation Committee asked what the delay had been on acquiring the easements for the bike trail to Antlers Park and urged the council and staff to complete the acquisition as soon as possible so that the project work can be finished in time for Pan-O-frog of 1986. 85.533 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to remove the consent agenda items 4d, n, o and p from the consent agenda. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey.. 85.534 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Nelson to approve all other consent agenda items. (Council Consent Agenda attached hereto is incorporated by reference and specifically made a part hereof.) Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. At this time Mr. Vic Kohlnhofer and Mr. Brian Lundquist, insurance agents for the City of Lakeville, brought the council and staff up to date on the status of the city's insurance package for 1986 and the difficulties the municipal government is facing in securing the necessary insurance coverage at reasonable rates. They discussed the • t,. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 need to continue a policy in 1986 for public officials liability to cover occurrences that may be filed against the city for the past year's policy at a cost of approximately $2,900 and indicated that the decision on the matter would have to be made yet in the month of December. They also explained that the dram shop liquor liability insurance for 1986 is going to cost approximately $61,000 for the year, compared to less than $25,000 for 1985, and this would be for less coverage. The 1986 coverage available for this price would be $300,000. They explained that there is a problem in securing an additional $200,000 so that the $1 million umbrella policy, which takes effect at $500,000 and above, could be secured. 85.535 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to authorize payment during the month of December on the purchase of the public officials. liability insurance subject to discussion with the mayor. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. At this time the city council took up consideration of approval of the on-sale and Sunday sale liquor license for Greenfields Restaurant and Lounge at the Lakeville Lodge. A report from the police department recommended approval of the license, which involves new ownership with the restaurant. It was pointed out by the city administrator that the property taxes on the Lakeville Lodge property were delinquent and that city ordinance requires that the property taxes be current for liquor licenses to be issued or renewed. 85.536 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Harvey to approve the issuance of an on-sale liquor license and Sunday sale license to Greenfields Restaurant at the Lakeville Lodge subject to the delinquent property taxes being paid in full and a receipt submitted to the City Clerk's office on or before December 30, 1985. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. At this time the city council reviewed the request from Leo Coyour, who was present to move his house from the Friendship Inn property to lot 1, block 1, Oak Hills First Addition. 85.537 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to approve the condi- tional use permit authorizing the relocation of the house with the conditions recommended by the. planning commission. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 2 • • • t CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 85.538 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Enright to remove from the table for discussion consideration of keeping in or removing the Queen Anne or Connelly Mobile Home Parks from the I-35 Redevelopment Project No. 2. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. At this time Mrs. Denise Rahn, speaking for the Connelly Mobile Home Park residents, presented a written statement requesting that the council remove the Connelly Mobile Home Park from the I-35 Redevelop- ment Project. Mr. Robert Moseman, representing the Queen Anne residents, spoke and presented the same statement requesting that the Queen Anne Park be removed from the I-35 Redevelopment Project. He indicated the reason for the request is that the city had not given them sufficient guaran- tee in their opinion that the city would be involved in the purchase of their homes and relocation, even if the park property was sold pri- vately to another private party. 85.539 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to receive the two written statements from the residents of Queen Anne and Connelly Mobile Home Parks and a letter from the owner. of the Connelly Mobile Home Park sent to the city earlier by their attorney indicating their request to have the park remain in the I-35 Redevelopment Project No. 2. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. 85.540 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to exclude the Connelly Mobile Home Park and the portion of the Queen Anne Mobile Home Park property where the mobile home park is actually located from the I-35 Redevelopment Project No. 2 plan and amend the plan accordingly to reflect the removal. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. At this time Mayor Zaun opened the public hearing on the proposal to include in the Kenrick Avenue improvement project the realignment of a portion of the road to improve safety. The City Clerk attested to the legal notice. The city engineer presented the additional costs involved with the realignment correction work on the road and indicated the total estimated cost of the project on Kenrick Avenue from Trunk Highway 50 to 162nd Street now stood at $918,000. The city administrator ex- plained that most of the costs would come through tax increment financing, with the increment from the Mills Fleet Farm project to repay the tax increment bonds, plus the bonds sold under Chapter 429 3 ' ~ • • ' CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 and recovered by special assessments, plus some funds from .the Minne- sota Department of Transportation for the proportionate share of the upgrading of the frontage roads .the city is to take back from M/DOT along i-35. One citizen from the Connelly Mobile Home Park asked the engineer how close the new project would place the road to the property line, and Mr. Nelson indicated that he expected the back of the curb and gutter section on the east side of the new Kenrick Avenue to be approximately 20 feet to the property line. He indicated in his opinion that the hedge in the Connelly Mobile Home Park was just beyond the right-of-way line that exists, and that no additional right-of-way was needed to accommodate the project in this area. 85.541 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to close the public hearing. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. 85.542 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Nelson to adopt Resolution No. 85-I25 ordering the additional improvement on Kenrick Avenue and authorizing the city engineer to include it in the plans and specifica- tions. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. 85.543 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Enright to approve the develop- went agreement with Mills Fleet Farm, Inc. and authorize the .mayor and clerk to execute it. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.544 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Harvey to adopt Resolution No. 85-126 giving final approval to $3.5 million industrial development revenue bond project to finance the Mills Fleet Farm project. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. 85.545 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Enright to authorize and approve the mayor and clerk to execute the cooperative agreement with the Lakeville H.R.A. on the Mills Fleet Farm project and authorize the mayor and clerk to sign the agreement establishing the minimum market value with Mills Properties, Inc. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. 4 ' CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 At this time, Mayor Zaun opened the public hearing on the proposed tax increment financing district and plan number two in the I-35 Redevelop- ment Project No. 2, referred to as the Power Center site. The city administrator/clerk presented a map showing the project area and explained what the project consisted of, the purpose being for the city to acquire the Power Center property and building, demolish and remove the Power Center building from the site and sell it to Dallas Development Company who are proposing to build a new hotel with a restaurant within it, plus a freestanding restaurant on the property. The property would include lot 1, .block 1, Argonne Park, in addition to the property being purchased by the City for resale. There was no one present wishing to ask questions or speak on the tax increment project. 85.546 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to close the public hearing. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. 85.547 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to adopt Resolution No. 85-127 giving approval to tax increment financing district and plan number two in the I-35 Redevelopment Project No. 2 area for the Power Center project. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. At this time the city administrator recommended the council authorize the mayor and clerk to approve an option agreement with the estate of Jens Caspersen for the purchase of a 40 acre parcel of property on the south shore of Lake .Marion. The option would give the city six months from December 16, 1985, for the city to call a bond referendum on the proposed purchase and development. of the property by the voters of Lakeville. 85.548 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to approve and authorize the mayor and clerk to execute an option agreement with the estate of Jens A. Caspersen for the proposed purchase of a 40 acre parcel of property on the south shore of Lake Marion at a cost of $9,000 per acre for the 40 acres. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.549 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Enright to approve .the labor agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services for 1986 and 1987 covering the Communication Technicians in the Lakeville Police Depart- ment. 5 ! ~ • ' CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. 85.550 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to approve the labor agreement with Law Enforcement Labor Services for 1986 and 1987 for the Police Officers in the Lakeville Police Department. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. 85.551 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Enright to approve the labor agreement with the Teamsters Local 320 for the Maintenance employees in the Street, Utility and Park Departments for 1986 and 1987 and author- ize the mayor and clerk to execute it. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. 85.552 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Sindt to approve the purchase of a Compaq portable PC computer with 640K memory and graphics board for a cost of $1,560, as recommended by the finance director. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson,. Zaun. 85.553 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Nelson to adopt Resolution No. 85-128 setting the salary schedule for 1986 for .supervisory employees of the city. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.554 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 85-129 setting the wage schedule for office employees of the city. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. 85.555 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 85-130 setting the wage schedule for the liquor store employees of the city. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. 85.556 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 85-131 deleting Columbus Day as a legal holiday for city employees beginning in 1986 and adding Martin Luther King's Birthday as a legal holiday and changing the policy for city participation in the medi- cal/hospital insurance coverage for city employees. 6 • • . CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. 85.557 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to delete Item 421 from the council agenda. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. 85.558 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Enright to receive the bids for the purchase of a new road grader to replace the 1980 Caterpillar model and to authorize the mayor and clerk to execute the purchase agreement and contract with Caterpillar, Inc. for the new model. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright,. Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.559 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Enright to table consideration of the organization chart adoption for the police department and approval of job descriptions for employees in the department to the January 6, 1986, council meeting. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. 85.560 Motion was made by Nelson, seconded by Sindt to table until the Minnesota Department of Transportation presents to the city the agreement for the turnback of the state owned frontage roads along I-35 to the City of Lakeville. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. The city administrator and the city engineer gave the council a brief update on the status of the penetration soil tests being taken on the Gossard property which is being investigated for a possible fire station number three site at the corner of Junelle Path and 173rd Street. Mr. Nelson indicated that the verbal information received from the soil testing company indicated that the site would require removal of approximately eight feet in depth of soil under the building and about two feet under the parking lot area, but he did not feel the cost would be exorbitant. 85.561 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to authorize the city staff to negotiate with the property owner in an effort to get a purchase agreement for council consideration for purchasing a portion of, or all of, the owners property at this location. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. 7 ' CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 85.562 Motion was made by Sindt, seconded by Harvey to approve the purchase of two IBM-AT computers for a cost of $13,952, as recommended by the finance director, for use in the inspection department to improve efficiency of record keeping and permit issuance. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. 85.563 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to adopt Resolution No. 85-132 authorizing the condemnation to commence on the Peter Friedges property for the purpose of acquiring additional right-of-way and authority to use it for a bike trail from Dodd Boulevard west to complete the bike trail to Antlers Park. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.564 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Sindt to authorize the hiring of Branscom Architects, also being used by Lakeville School District No. 194, for the purpose of preparing a concept plan for the city and school board to consider the joint sharing of a city/school administra- tive complex. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. 85.565 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Sindt to direct the city staff to begin preparation of a joint powers agreement for discussion with officials of Lakeville School District No. 194 for the possible construction and operation of a portion of a joint administrative school district/city complex. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey. 85.566 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Harvey to adopt Resolution No. 85-133 adopting the fee schedule for various city services as of February 1, 1986. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson. At this time, Acting Chief of Police Greg Grose presented a request for the council to authorize the installation by Honeywell, Inc. of an alarm system and equipment to serve private alarm systems and the city alarm system on the console at the police station. He explained problems that were occurring with the present system and indicated that .the Honeywell equipment would be put in by the company at no expense to the city. 8 `h ~ ~ . ` ~ CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 85.567 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to authorize and approve the installation of the Honeywell, Inc. alarm equipment at the police station console. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Sindt, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun. 85.568 Motion was made by Enright, seconded by Nelson to approve a contract agreement with the Minneapolis Star & Tribune for a possible discount the city may earn if it prints 500 or more lines in a year of legal or classified advertising in the paper. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Enright, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt. 85.569 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to adopt Resolution No. 85-134 amending the 1985 general fund budget of the city. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Harvey, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright. The council indicated that they would like to have the city staff present monthly reports on the status of the general fund, liquor fund, utility fund and capital improvements funds on a monthly basis in 1986. Councilman Harvey pointed out that the McStop reader board sign was being operated in violation of the city ordinance, and the administra- tor indicated that a letter would be sent to company officials on the matter. 85.570 Motion was made by Harvey, seconded by Sindt to adjourn the council meeting. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright, .Harvey. Time: 10:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, atrick E. McGarvey, City Clerk Dua a Zaun, May 9 ~ ~ . • CITY OF LAKEVILLE ' AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1985 7:00 P.M. Call to order. Flag pledge. 1. Roll call. 2. Staff announcements A. Attorney B. Engineer C. Administrator 3. Citizen comments. 4. Consent agenda. a. Approval of the minutes of the December 2, 1985, council meeting. b. Approval of the claims for payment. c. Receive the minutes of the following advisory committee meetings: Planning Commission, December 5, 1985 Park & Recreation Committee, December 4, 1985 Cable T.V. Board, December 10, 1985 d. Resolution amending the 1985 general fund budget. e. Resolution approving compensation for the volunteer fire department. f. Approval of a wine license for Zak's Restaurant. g. Approval of on-sale and off-sale 3.2 beer license renewals. h. Approval of cigarette license renewals. i. Approval of rubbish hauling license renewals. j. Approval of septic system pumping license renewals. k. Approval of dance/cabaret license renewals. 1. Approval of mechanical amusement device license renewals. m. Authorize and set bid taking date for the downtown streetscape project, Improvement Project 85-3. .d ~ • ~ • CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 16, 1985 n. Resolution adopting schedule for various user fees effective 1986. o. Adopt final resolution on the SouthFork Village Apartments Housing Revenue Bonds. p. Approval of agreement with Minneapolis Star & Tribune for legal ad rates discount. 5. Discussion with city insurance agent on the status of city insurance coverage for 1986. 6. Approval of an on-sale and Sunday sale liquor license for Greenfields Restaurant and Lounge. 7. Application of Leo E. Coyour for a conditional use permit to move a house from 17296 Kenrick Avenue to Lot 1, Block 1, Oak Hills First Addition, in the vicinity of 1.75th Street and Jaguar Path. 8. Motion to reconsider, or table to a future meeting,the removal of either Queen Anne or Connelly mobile home park sites from the I-35 Redevelop- ment Project Number Two. 9. Public hearing on the proposal to change the road alignment on a portion of Kenrick Avenue as an addition to the project ordered on November 4, 1985. a. Attest to legal notice. b. Presentation of the project and costs. c. Questions and comments. d. Motion to close the hearing. e. Resolution ordering the change in the project. 10. Approval of the development agreement with Mills Properties, Inc. for the Mills Fleet Farm Addition. 11. Public hearing on the proposed tax increment financing district and plan number two in the I-35 Redevelopment Project No. 2, referred to as the Power Center site. a. Attest to legal notice. b. Presentation of the plan. c. Questions and comments. d. Motion to close the hearing. e. Resolution approving the T.I.F.. Plan 462. 12. Receive report on the proposal to enter into a purchase option agreement with the J. Casperson estate for the possible purchase of a portion of their land adjacent to Lake Marion for a city park. a. Authorization to sign the purchase agreement. 2 • CITY COUNCIL AGENDA December 16, 1985 13. Approval of the labor agreement with L.E.L.S. for the communications technicians for 1986-87 in the police department. 14. Approval of the labor agreement with L.E.L.S. for .the police officers for 1986-87. 15. Approval of the labor agreement with Teamsters Local 320 for the street, utility and park department employees for 1986-87. 16. Approval of the purchase of a portable personal computer. 17. Resolution setting the salary schedule for 1986 for supervisory employees. 18. Resolution setting the wage schedule for 1986 for office employees. 19. Resolution setting the wage schedule for 1986 for liquor store employees. 20. Resolution amending the personnel policies of the city by eliminating Columbus Day as a holiday and adding Martin Luther King's birthday as a holiday, and changing the policy on city group medical-hospital insurance. 21. Approval of the purchase of a car for the administrative department. 22. Receive the bids and recommendation on the trade-in and purchase of a road grader. a. Approval of the purchase contract. 23. Receive the organization plan for the police department. a. Approval of the plan. 24. Approval of an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the city to take over ownership and maintenance of state frontage roads along I-35. 25. Approval of a purchase agreement for the fire station number three site. 26. Any other business. 27. Adjourn. 3