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Home My WebLink About12-17-07 CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING " DECEMBER 17, 2007 Mayor Dahl called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Attendance was noted. Present: Mayor Dahl and Council Members Bellows, Swecker and Wulff. Absent: Council Member Rieb. Also 'present: R. Knutson, City Attorney; S. Mielke, City Administrator; K. Nelson, City Engineer; D. Olson, Community & Economic Development Director; S. Michaud, Parks & Recreation Director; T. Vonhof, Police- Chief; D. Morey, Planning Director; B. Anderson, Assistant to City Administrator; C. Friedges, City Clerk. Mr. Mielke had no additional agenda information. Presentations/Introductions Fire Chief Scott Nelson and Assistant Chief Mike Meyer introduced 16 new and reappointed officers of the Lakeville Fire Department.. Chief Nelson and. Fire Relief President Ed Pung recognized retirees Del Goetz, Warren Pannkuk and Gerry Grenz. Steve Michaud introduced he winners of the 2007 Hometown Holiday Lights Contest. Gift bags were presented to the Carlson family, 9877 Upper 205t" Street W., the Ratzlaff family, 9959 175t" Street W., and the Hanson family, 17574 Hyde Park Avenue. Mr. Michaud presented the November monthly report of the Parks & Recreation Department. Chief Vonhof presented the ..November Police Department monthly report. Citizens' Comments Harley Horsager, 1.7141 Jaybell Court, addressed the City Council regarding the need for .more open space in the City of Lakeville. Brooks Lillehei, 11146 Kenora Way, asked the City Council to amend Title 3, Chapter 1 of the Lakeville. City Code to provide special conditions for the CITY OF LAKE~ILLE COUNCIL MEETING Dl_CEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 2 issuance or renewal of a liquor- license. He also asked the Council to .consider changing the word patio to-property line in Regulation #9 of the proposed patio endorsement ordinance. Consent Agenda Mr. Mielke highlighted consent agenda items f, i, q, r and s. Council Member Bellows .recommended Item bi, the. patio endorsement ordinance, be removed from the consent agenda .and tabled to .allow further discussion at a Council work session. 0.7.96 Motion was made and seconded to approve the consent agenda .items as follows: a. Claims for payment. b. November investment report. c. Minutes of the December 3~d City Council meeting, December 10th special Council meeting, and the October 22nd and November 19th Council work sessions. d. Receive minutes of the November 27th Economic Development Commission and the December 1 1 to Telecommunications Commission meetings. e. Special assessment agreement .with Burton George, .9925 - 194th Street West, for sanitary sewer and water connection charges. f. Resolution No. 07-208 accepting donation from Residential Mortgage Group, lnc. to the Lakeville Fire Department. g. .Resolution No. 07-209 declaring. intent to transfer Fire Department electronic records to .Image Trend ®records management system. h. Resolution No. 07-210 adopting .pay schedule for fire department officers; and Resolution No. 07-211 setting compensation and ..reimbursement rates for firefighters. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 3 i. .Table consideration of an ordinance amending Title 3, Chapter 1 of the Lakeville City Code concerning alcoholic beverages. (patio endorsement). j. Ordinance No. 830 amending Title 6, Chapter 3 of the Lakeville City Code concerning snowmobiles. k. Resolutions amending the following 2007 budgets: • 07-212 amending the General Fund Budget • 07-213 amending the EnvironmentalRecycling Fund Budget • 07-214 amending the Oak Wilt Suppression fund Budget • 07-215 amending the Employee Benefit fund Budget • 07-216 amending the Cable TV Fund Budget • 07-217 amending the Surface Water Mgmt. Fund Budget • 07-218 amending the Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund Budget L Resolution No. 07-219 adopting the 2008 schedule of fees.. m. Resolutions adopting the following 2008 budgets: • 07-220 adopting the General Fund Budget • 07-221 adopting the Cable TV Fund Budget • 07-222 adopting the Employee Benefit Fund Budget • 07-223 adopting the Surface Water Management Fund Budget • 07-224 adopting the Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund Budget • 07-225 adopting the Municipal Reserves Fund Budget • 07-226 adopting the Equipment Fund Budget • 07-227 adopting the Building Fund. Budget • 07-228 adopting the Liquor Fund Budget • 07-229 adopting the Water Fund Budget • 07-230 adopting the Sanitary Sewer Fund Budget n. .Resolution No. 07-231 adopting the 2008 tax levy. o. Resolution No. 07-232 designating depositories. p. Agreement for legal services with Campbell Knutson, Professional Association. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 4 q. Resolution No. 07-233 accepting donation from. Mitch Fenne for the .purchase of a bench in Ritter Farm Park. r. Resolution No. 07-234 accepting .donation from the Knights of Columbus for the youth ice fishing contest. s. Resolution No. 07-235 accepting donations from area businesses for the 2007 Hometown Holiday Lights Contest.. t. Contracts with Prairie Fire Theatre, Tesarczyk/Chen Duo -and Catherine Scott for performances at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. u. Agreement with Dick's Sanitation, Inc. for municipal .solid waste and recyclable material collection. v. Change Order No. 2 with Quiring Trucking and Excavating, LLC, for Valley Lake Park, Improvement Project 06-03. w. Renewal of standard engineering- agreements with l~arr° I~ngineering Company, Short Elliott. Hendrickson, .Inc., SRF Consulting Group, Inc., TKDA and Associates and WSB & Associates, Inca x. Final acceptance of utilities and street improvements in Sunrise Village. y. Final .acceptance of utilities and street improvements in Kenrick Corner. z. Final acceptance of utilities and street improvements in Pine Grove 2nd Addition. aa. Renewal of mixed municipal solid waste and recyclable material collector licenses. bb. Renewal of billboard licenses. cc. Renewal of mechanical amusement device licenses. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 5 O dd. Resolution No. 07-236. adopting water, sanitary sewer, street light, surface water management, state water testing and Dakota County (private) septic system fees. ee. Resolution No. 07-237. approving salaries for seasonal employees and instructors. ff. Resolution No. 07-238 approving the .Liquor Store position classification and pay plan. gg. Resolution No. 07-239 approving the. non=union. position classification and pay plan. hh. Receive application of Applebee's Restaurants- North, LLC, for an on-sale and Sunday liquor license at 1.8404 Kenrick Avenue, and call a public hearing to beheld on January 7, 2008.. ii. Agreement for professional. planning services witk~ ~r#hwest Associated Consultants. jj. Strategic Plan for Economic .Development, 2008-2010. kk. Receive bids for cabling .for the data/voice and cable television network for the. Police facility and award the contract to Structured Network Solutions. IL Resolution No. 07-240 approving change orders for the Police Station project. mm. Ordinance No. 831 amending Title 7, Chapter 5 of the Lakeville City Code concerning water use restrictions. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, unanimous. Items 7/8 -Sale of G.O. State-Aid .and Street Reconstruction Bonds Finance Director Dennis Feller presented tvvo bond issues for the Council's consideration. The $3.7 million General Obligation State-Aid Street Bonds will finance the City's portion of right-of-way acquisition for the County Road 70 interchange. The $2.8 million General Obligation Street Reconstruction Bonds will finance improvements to Ipava Avenue. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17,2007 PAGE 6 Mr. Feller introduced Springsted Vice President Terri Heaton, who presented the bid results for the two -bond issues. Five bids were submitted for the $3,775,000 General Obligation. -State-Aid Street Bonds, and the low bid was from Harris, N.A. -with a true interest rate of 3.67%. ..She pointed out the interest rate is very favorable, as short term bonds have been more desirable and are more competitively bid. Because the purchase price was higher than par, .this bond issue is being reduced to $3,675,000. Three bids were submitted for the $2,810,000 General Obligation Street Reconstruction Bonds, and the low bid was from Citigroup Global Markets with a true interest rate of 4.3%. That interest rate was very close to, but still below, the original estimate. 07.97 Motion was made and seconded to approve Resolution No. 07-241. authorizing issuance and awarding sale, prescribing the- form and details and providing .for the payment of $3,675,000 General Obiigation State-Aid Street Bonds, Series 2007G; and Resolution No. 07-242 authorizing issuance and awarding sale, prescribing the form and details and providing for the payment of $2,810,000 General Obligation Street Reconstruction.. Bonds, Series 2007H. Roll calf was taken on the motion. Ayes, unanimous. Item 9 -Reappointment of Advisory Committee Members Mr. Mielke presented the list of advisory committee members who have expressed an interest in .being reappointed for. another term. He announced that the City is currently seeking .applicants. to fill several vacancies on these committees. Applicants will be interviewed in January, and appointments will be made thereafter. 07.98 Motion was made and seconded to reappoint the following advisory committee members:. Planning Commission • Karl Drotning (3-year term) • Gerald Grenz (3-year term) • Joe Blee (Alternate) (1-year term) CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 7 Parks Recreation 8~ Natural Resources Committee • Roger Walia (3-year term) • Scott Kelly (3-year term) • Jeanne Peterson (Alternate) (i -year term) Telecommunications Commission • Paul Kassis (2-year term) • Robin Selvig (2-year term) • Greg Maliszewski (2-year term). • Richard Schwartz. (2-year term) • Robert Crumpton, Jr. (Alternate) (1-year term) Economic Development Commission • .Jack Matasosky (3-year term) • Jeannie Schubert (3-year term) • Jerry Erickson (Alternate) (1-year term) .Arts Center Board • Julie Speiker (3-year term) • Harriet Lund (3-year term) • Anna Johnson (Alternate) (1-year term) Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, unanimous. Item 10 - 2008 Community Development Block Grant Application Mr. Olson presented .the 2008 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application which proposes funding for the downtown code improvement program. and the. housing rehabilitation loan program. He explained that the City of Lakeville is eligible to receive $103,500 in CDBG funding in 2008. The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) requires that .applications for funding identify at least 50% of the proposed activities provide benefit to low/moderate income households. Staff recommends That $51,750 be made available for the .Downtown Code Improvement Program and $51,750 be allocated to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. CDBG funds will become available in July of 2008. Council Member Swecker asked if the CDBG funding was allocated 50/50 to these same programs last year. Mr. Olson explained that more money was allocated last year to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2007 PAGE 8 07.99 Motion was made and seconded to approve Resolution No. 07-243 approving the .application of the City of Lakeville for fiscal year 2008 Dakota County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding. Roll call was taken on the .motion. Ayes, unanimous. New business -None Announcements -None Mayor Dahl. adjourned the Council meeting at 8:11 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Charlene Friedges, i y Clerk Hol ahl, y