11-23-2020 Council Meeting Minutes

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COUNCIL MINUTES APPROVED 121 Lake Drive with Construction of a Roundabout, Anoka County Birch Street Recon — City 122 Engineer Hanke explained that the Anoka County design for this project is nearing completion . 123 The majority of the work will be completed through Anoka County, however, in order for the 124 County to use their state aid funds on the project, the City must officially approve no parking in 125 certain areas noted in the report. The school in the area has been informed. The no parking 126 would begin after construction with the County' s installation of signage. i 127 Councilmember Ruhland noted that he doesn' t think there is a lot of parking that occurs on Birch 128 Street. Ms . Hankee said the school should have sufficient parking available; parking on Birch f 129 Street is pretty rare . i 130 Councilmember Stoesz asked if there could be a process to allow a variance to allow parking for 131 special occasions. Ms. Hankee she envisions that would require a sign off by the City and the 132 County, 133 Councilmember Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No . 20- 137 as presented. Councilmember 134 Ruhland seconded the motion . Motion carried: Yeas, 5 ; Nays none. . 135 6E) Consider Approval of Resolution No. 20-139, Amending Adopted Assessments, 2020 136 Individual Properties — City Engineer Hankee explained that in October, the City adopted an 137 assessment roll, however, since then there are other individual properties that have requested 138 assessment. She noted the updated amount. 139 Councilmember Stoesz asked if there is a valuation benefit to properties that connect to municipal 140 utilities and Ms . Hankee said that there is although it might not be immediate. 141 Councilmember Ruhland moved to approve Resolution No . 20- 139 as presented. Councilmember 142 Lyden seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 143 6F) Consider Approval of Resolution No. 20-142, Accepting Quotes, 7685 Lake Drive 144 Demolition — City Engineer Hankee explained that earlier in the evening, the council heard about a 145 development plan in the area of 771h Street. Some city owned property in the area is needed for the 146 proposed street realignment and in development of the adjacent city owned land . She noted that 147 quotes for the work has been received and staff is requesting approval . Funding for the work would 148 come through municipal state aid funds . 149 Councilmember Cavegn said that the report indicates there were other alternatives and he' s curious 150 what they were. Community Development Director Grochala said he recalls there were variations 151 of alignments (involving Marilyn) discussed. When asked by Councilmember Cavegn about traffic 152 impacts on the neighborhood, Mr. Grochala suggested he doesn 't see any major change to 153 residential traffic. 154 Councilmember Lyden asked if there is any chance of making this a community tear down project, 155 in a way that raises funds perhaps for a dog park. Community Development Director Grochala 156 suggested there could be liability issues but people could watch from afar. 157 Councilmember Stoesz asked if the house has any value and Mr. Grochala explained that the cost of 158 moving the property would be higher that its estimated value . 159 Councilmember Lyden moved to approve Resolution No . 20- 142 as presented . Councilmember 160 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried : Yeas, 5 ; Nays none. 161 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 162 There was no Unfinished Business. 4