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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-10-07 WS ~. ~:. Minutes City of Lakeville City Council Work Session Monday, September io, 200 ~ 5:0o p.m. Marion Conference Room, Lakeville City Hall In attendance: Mayor Holly Dahl and Council Members Wendy Wulff, Mark Bellows, and Kerrin Swecker. Also in attendance:. City Administrator Steve Mielke, Assistant to City Administrator Brian Anderson, Community and Economic Development Director David Olson, .Planning Director Daryl Morey, Associate Planner Allyn. Kuennen, Fire Chief .Scott Nelson, Police Chief Tom Vonhof, and NAC Representative Dan Licht. 1. BZTI'F Update Mr. Olson informed the City Council that the BTTTF met with Frontier and Charter representatives individually to discuss their future plans for Lakeville and any future service upgrades they are considering for commercial and industrial customers.. The Task Force was also informed of what other resources (providers) are available to businesses in Lakeville. The BTTTF has also explored and evaluated broadband technologies,. wireless, end-user fiber build out, and other telecommunications technologies that could potentially provide teleco services to the Lakeville business community. Business representatives that serve on the Task Force as well as those that responded to the. City's survey last year have indicated a need to have access to redundant Internet service providers and the desire for competitive choices. Information that was provided to the Task Force verified the significant financial costs to local businesses when access to Internet service is disrupted for extended periods of time. One of the businesses represented on the Task Force indicated that the lack of redundant communications services is more problematic in Lakeville than in other cities in MN and other states where this company operates similar facilities. The consultant, staff and the Task Force are currently working on a draft report which will be reviewed at the September iith meeting. The completed report containing the recommendations of the BTTTF will be forwarded to the City Council before the end of year. City Council stated they feel the BTTTF is pursuing the right initiatives and is looking forward to reviewing the final report. • City Council Work Session September 10, 2007 2. ADI/Hat Trick Annexation Request Mr. Olson stated that City staff recently received a letter from Hat Trick Investments (a/k/a/ Airlake Development) requesting annexation of their property currently located in Eureka Township. The property is located on the east side of Cedar Avenue and contains approximately gg acres. The property is adjacent to a iio acre parcel also owned by Airlake Development that is within the City's corporate boundaries. The City, Hat Trick Investments and Eureka Township had discussions regarding a possible orderly annexation agreement for this property in 2005 and early 2006. These discussions ended however when a mutual agreement could not be reached. As indicated in the letter from Hat Trick, in addition to increased market demand for larger industrial lots, there are a number of issues involving this property that are currently being considered or pursued by various agencies that directly impact this property. These include the proposed expansion of Airlake Airport by the Metropolitan Airports Commission and the construction of an interceptor sewer by Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. There are also possible transit and recreational facility needs that are being studied in this area of Lakeville that could potentially impact this property. Hat Trick states in their letter that annexation of this property will allow for the development of an overall plan for the 200+ contiguous acres that their company owns along Cedar Avenue. There are two ways by which the City could anrrex Hat Trick's property as requested. The first would be an orderly annexation by which the City and Eureka Township mutually agree upon the terms of the annexation. The second is annexation by ordinance. Minnesota Statutes were revised in 2006 to allow cities to annex up to i2o acres of land provided that the land is contiguous to the City and the property owner(s) requests that the property be annexed. City Council supported the idea of annexing larger parcels being they are more desirable and less abundant in the Airlake Industrial Park. The City Council directed staff to continue their discussions with Hat Trick and Eureka Township in an effort towards working out an orderly annexation agreement. However, City Council stated they were also supportive of annexation by ordinance if an agreement could not be reached. 3. Fire Code Update Chief Nelson addressed the City Council by stating the State of Minnesota adopted the 2006 International Fire Code and made it law effective July io, 200. Lakeville fire inspectors use this. State Statute to require Fire Code compliance and educate property owners about fire safety. However, the Chapter of the Minnesota Rules is now 75ii, not 75io as indicated in our Code. There have been several changes from the previous code which were adopted four years earlier. After discussion with Fire Marshal Brian Carstensen, most are minor with the exception of sprinkler protection in Group R (Residential) Occupancies with over two living spaces. As of July io, 200, these buildings will be required to be completely sprinkled if the combined area exceeds 9,25o sq. feet. The building department is aware of this and enforces- this to meet current building code. The Fire. Department's responsibility is to make sure that the system is adequate and installed properly. • Pie 2 cif ~ City Council Work Session September lo, 200 If the Code is adopted at this time, there would be little impact in Lakeville as Lakeville has a limited number of apartment complexes. As Lakeville grows, the ordinance would be in place to address the safety concerns regarding grills on decks of multi-unit occupancies that have a common hallway. City Council supported the sprinkler protection portion of the code, being only a limited number of apartment complexes would be affected at this time. However, they directed Chief Nelson to receive feedback from property owners regarding grills on decks in multi-unit occupancies that have a common hallway. 4. License Plate Recognition Program Chief Vonhof informed the City Council that the Police Department staff, along with Lakeville IT .staff, have been meeting with representatives from the Target Corporation, the BCA, and the DCC since January of this year working on the implementation of a License Plate Recognition system to be mounted in one of our marked. police squads. Lakeville would be a national beta site for this new technology. As part of their Safe Cities program, Target Corporation has offered to cover all costs associated with the purchase, installation and the maintenance of the LPR system for one year. The Police Department proposes to go live with this technology on October i, 200. License Plate Recognition {LPR) is a system that utilizes cameras, fixed or mobile,. to automatically capture images of motor vehicle license plates. The LPR system reads the characters that comprise the license plate and compares that plate information against a database of license plates to check for any matches. If matches are found, the system alerts the patrol officer to allow him/her to confirm the match, confirm the alert, and take appropriate. action based on what alert is associated with that specific license plate. The trial period for the project is expected to run from October 200 to January 2008. Target will cover all costs for hardware, software, installation and the first year service contract for the LPR system. The total approximate value of Target LPR system donation is estimated at $39,500. At the end of the trial period, the Police Department will retain ownership of the LPR system software installed. in the Lakeville squad. The City Council inquired about how success of the LPR system would be determined. Chief Vonhof stated that it would be determined by the number of alerts the LPR system received during the trial period. The City, Council then wanted to know how the LPR differed from Photo Cop. Chief Vonhof stated that the LPR system aids the officer by reading plates electronically which has traditionally been done manually by each officer. The LPR system does nothing more than read license plates and checks them against the same data records that an officer has access to use. The City Council inquired about privacy issues. Chief Vonhof stated there were no privacy issues as it operates off a live feed and immediately deletes those license plates that don't cause an alert. The LPR system does not save data nor is the data used for any other purposes. The state, county, and city attorneys have no issues with the LPR system. .The City Council stated that it appeared to be a much safer way for an officer to check plates versus manually entering plates while driving. They then directed staff to work with Target in receiving the LPR system on a trial basis. • Page ;~ caf ~ City Council Work Session September so, 200 5. Crime Report Pin Map Chief Vonhof addressed the City Council and stated that Police Incident Mapping Application (PIMA) is a web based crime mapping application, provided to the City of Lakeville at no cost through LOGIS that tracks and lists specific crimes from the last go days within a specific jurisdiction. The program then geographically displays the crime .information on a traditional map or aerial view map. PIMA tracks the crime categories of robberies, burglaries, thefts, vehicle thefts and arsons. The data is mined directly from the Department Police Records Management system and is updated continually. Ten other LOGIS police agencies have already linked PIMA to their websites with very positive feedback from their residents. The City Council inquired on how often the information would be updated. Chief Vonhof stated that the information would be uploaded immediately and could stay on the web site between 30 - go days. The City Council felt informing the residents of Lakeville in this manner was a good use of technology and directed staff to proceed with the PIMA program. 6. Comp Plan Update Mr. Kuennen stated that the City Council, Planning Commission and City staff continues to prepare the 2008 Comprehensive Land-Use Plan update. To date, the issues identification and neighborhood meetings have been. completed and the Planning Commission has reviewed draft Goals and Policies, the proposed 203o Land Use Plan and the 203o MUSA Staging maps. The .changes incorporated as part of the proposed 2030 Future Land Use Plan and 203o MUSA Staging maps were presented for comments, questions and feedback at a community open house. held on 8 August 200. The Planning Commission has reviewed the comments from. the community open house and other information at a subsequent work session .held on 6 September 200. The recommendations of the Planning.Commission and City staff regarding the draft Goals and Policies, 203o Future Land Use Plan map and 203o MUSA Staging map are outlined herein for City Council consideration. Mr. Licht then stated the Goals and Policies, MUSA Staging Plan and the 203o Land Use Plan Districts as outlined and in the memo packet. After much discussion and feedback from City Council, they directed staff to continue with the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Licht will work with City staff to finalize the text of the 2008 Comprehensive Land Use Plan update for additional Planning Commission and City Council review prior to scheduling neighborhood planning district meetings. ~. Council/Staff Retreat After some discussion, it was determined to invite Todd Rapp from Himle Horner to facilitate the Lakeville City Council retreat on October 11th, from noon - 6:0o p.m. The retreat will consist of a host of strategic planning items including a review of Lakeville's current goals and outcomes as well as establishing a new vision and mission statement and new goals and outcomes. 8. City Council Committee Assignments (Mielke) Several proposed changes were made by City Council to the 200 City Council Board and Committee Appointments including the following: Page ~ of City Council .Work Session September lo, 200 • Acting Mayor ~ Bellows Fire Relief Association s Swecker (ex-officio) *S. Nelson, *Feller Black Dog Watershed Mgmt Org. ~iel~ Park & Rec Board member or Mac Lafferty (alt.) Lakeville Arenas Board of Dir. ~ Swecker (alt.) I-35 Solutions Alliance. L~1~ Swecker Mr. Mielke wanted to confirm these proposed changes with Council Member Rieb prior to consideration for approval. 9. Update Items: i. Walker Methodist Project Update Mr. Mielke presented to the City Council a site plan of the proposed Walker Methodist project and stated that it's a great project for the City to receive but noted that there were several items that needed to be addressed in order for it to comply with our zoning ordinance. Mr. Mielke would keep the City Council informed of its progress. Respectfully submitted, Brian J. Anderson Assistant to City Administrator • Page ~ of ;~