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Home My WebLink About06-12-06 WSr ~ f~ w ~__. y ~i-~~ ~ r~ ~~ i"y:.q ~ ~ '. .~. `S. ^~ r ~~~~} ~ -~~` ~.~ Minutes City of Lakeville City Council Work Session Monday, June 12, 2006 4:3o p.m. Marion Conference Room Lakeville City Hall R ~ ~, ~~ i' .~ ~r`_' s 4'.e '~ ~_I1 - In attendance: Mayor Bob Johnson and Council Members David Luick, Laurie Rieb, Wendy Wulff, and Mark Bellows. Also in attendance: City Administrator Steve Mielke, Assistant to City Administrator Brian Anderson, • Finance Director Dennis Feller, City Engineer Keith Nelson, Director of Economic Development Dave Olson, .Director of Operations and Maintenance Don Volk, Director of Liquor Operations, Sergeant Tim Knutson, and Chris Hiniker from SEH and Kristine Elwood from Dakota County. i. Cedar Corridor Project Update Mr. Nelson introduced Mr. Hiniker and Ms. Elwood representing the Cedar Avenue BRT. Ms. Elwood went through the slide presentation as outlined in the packet and mentioned the project stakeholders along with the previous BRT .accomplishments including the 1999 Transitway Study .and the 2002 Feasibility Study and Alternatives Analysis. Ms. Elwood then talked about the current project development, project activity and the financial plan for the various phases of the project. Mr. Hiniker outlined the agenda for the upcoming open house that Dakota County will be hosting to inform the public of the BRT project. City Council inquired if the timeline is realistic. Mr. Hiniker stated that he felt it was; however, he noted that the timeline maybe stretched due to the complexity of the project and amount of public input they're looking to receive. It was then discussed that the current financial projections do not include buses, roadway improvements, and other essential crucial to the project that need to be funded at the state and federal level. The Mayor and City Council thanked them for the update. 2. Capital Improvements Plan Mr. Nelson presented to, the City Council the maps relating to the 2006-201o CIP and discussed the infrastructure improvements needed for each year. Starting in 200 the City will be reclaiming or rebuilding sections of older streets in Lakeville are beginning to erode. Mr. Feller outlined the salient policy issues of the CIP budget. City Council discussed moving the Ipava/183 Street turn lane project up from 2008 to 200 being they are badly needed but didn't want to raise the levy considerably to have the work performed. City Council also requested additional information on the proposed water meter reading system being financing for the project requires a $i.5o/quarter increase in the water base rate. 3. Street Improvement Policy Mr. Feller informed the City Council that the City currently seal-coats and crack-seals its streets once every seven years; however, after 35 years the composition of .the bituminous is no longer able to withstand the elements of time. Therefore, staff is recommending that over the next four years the City reclaim and overlay approximately 3i of its 25o miles of streets at a cost of more than $io million. In addition, the City will be overlaying approximately i4 miles of collector streets at a cost of $3.5 million. If the City policy is to finance the cost solely with property tax levies, the tax levy will increase by approximately io - 12 percent, whereas the other option is to specially assess a portion of the benefit back to the owner. Mr. Feller then briefly explained items A-H as outlined in the memo. Council directed staff to proceed with all the recommendations as outlined but noted that apartment complexes should be increased from a factor of 25 to 5o being they generate a significant amount of traffic on the streets. 4. Proposed Iberia Ave. Extension Mr. Olson presented to the City Council an exhibit outlining the Iberia Ave. extension and stated that affected property owners are interested in working with the City if the concept is being embraced by the City. Regarding one land owner in particular, Mr. Olson informed the Council that there were several options about which to extend Iberia Ave. through the properly, with costs ranging from $750,000 - $i,5oo,000. Mr. Olson stated that developers may be interested in redeveloping various parcels if the • extension were to occur. Council directed staff to continue with their research toward the potential Iberia Ave. extension. 5. Alcohol Carding and Compliance Ms. Visnovec stated to the Council that due to the recent. alcohol compliance check failures over the past few years, where it has become routine for store clerks to swipe identification cards without visually checking them, staff is recommending the following changes to the Lakeville Liquor Identification Policy: i. To follow the City of Lakeville Alcohol Identification Ordinance and Minnesota State Statute in accepting a valid state or Federal form of identification. 2. Amend the policy so that the validity of the identification would only be discretionary by any customer who appeared to be under the age of 4o years. In addition, it was determined that now would also be an opportune time in which to amend the City of Lakeville Alcohol License Revocation Ordinance to the following as there is a conflict when administering failed compliance check penalties: i. Eliminate the inclusion of the municipal liquor operation for all administrative penalties due to the loss of revenue and inconvenience to the customers. Instead, adhere to the penalties stated under the Lakeville Liquors Compliance Check Policy which will result in disciplinary actions to the. staff member involved, as well as the Store Manager and Liquor Operations Director if applicable. 2. Reduce the probationary period from 36 months to 24 months for all other license holders, which is consistent for surrounding city codes. City Council agreed with the changes and directed staff to bring them forward at an upcoming Council meeting for consideration. City Council agreed with the recommendations and directed staff to bring them forth at an upcoming Council meeting for consideration. 6. Liquor Store Name Designations Ms. Visnovec informed the Council that confusion exists within their customer base regarding the current names of the three liquor stores. This .confusion has caused customers to pick up their orders at the wrong store and doesn't present a very good image for the City. Mr. Visnovec felt that with a new liquor store being built in the coming months it would be a good time to rename all three liquor stores in conjunction with their street name. Therefore, the new liquor store names will be Lakeville Liquors Heritage, Lakeville Liquors Kenrick, and Lakeville Liquors Cedar, with the new Liquor Store to be named Liquor Store Galaxie. Council agreed with the recommendation and directed staff to make the changes. ~. Ice Arena Project Update Mr. Mielke informed the Council that City staff along with representatives from ISD i94 have .recently directed architectural firm Ankeny Kell Architects (AKA) to proceed with site layout and design of a third sheet of ice to be located immediately south of the McGuire Middle School site. As such, they presented preliminary designs and layout to the facility design committee at its May 24t" meeting. From selected drawings, construction manager Kraus Anderson has estimated the project to cost an estimated $8 -$ 8.3 million. This is slightly higher than facility costs would have been with KPAC being additional infrastructure elements are now needed to complete the standalone facility. Therefore, staff will be • working with ISD i94 towards a feasible solution to this increase. City Council. directed staff to continue working with ISD i94 towards a solution as Ames Arena it at full capacity. 8. Other No other issues were discussed. 9. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at x:26 p.m. Respectfully su miffed, Brian derson Assistant to City Administrator •