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Home My WebLink About09-10-2012 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2012 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : September 10,2012 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:55 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell,Rafferty, 9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael 13 Grochala; Chief of Police John Swenson; Finance Director Al Rolek; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 PUBLIC COMMENT 16 17 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 18 19 SETTING THE AGENDA 20 21 The agenda was amended to remove Item 6A. That item will be discussed by the council at their 22 next regular meeting(September 24). 23 24 SPECIAL PRESENTATION 25 26 Proclamation—September 17-23 as United States Constitution Week 27 Daughters of the American Revolution,Anoka Chapter 28 29 Mayor Reinert read the proclamation. 30 31 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the proclamation as presented. Council Member Roeser 32 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 33 34 CONSENT AGENDA 35 36 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items l A through 1G, as presented. 37 Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 38 39 ITEM ACTION 40 41 Consideration of Expenditures: 42 43 September 10, 2012 (Check No. 94049- 44 94129, $480,317.16) Approved 45 1 COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2012 APPROVED 46 August 27, 2012 Council Work Session 47 Minutes Approved 48 49 August 27, 2012 City Council Meeting 50 Minutes Approved 51 52 August 27, 2012 Special Work Session 53 Minutes Approved 54 55 Resolution No. 12-90, Authorizing Special Event 56 and Parade Permit for 2012 Diva Dash Approved 57 58 August 20, 2012 Special Work Session 59 Minutes Approved 60 61 Resolution No. 12-97, Special Event and Cabaret 62 Permit for Ava Berreau Benefit at American Legion Approved 63 64 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 65 66 2A,Resolution No. 12-91,Adopting Preliminary 2012/2013 Property Tax Levy—Finance 67 Director Rolek explained that the resolution authorizes a preliminary city levy for 2012/2013 in the 68 amount of$8,215,628, a decrease of more than $11,000 from the last year's levy and a continuance of 69 the past several years of levy decrease. He announced the corresponding tax rate. He also noted that 70 the levy, if authorized this evening, represents a maximum, meaning it can be decreased but not 71 increased for final passage in December of this year. 72 73 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-91, as presented. Council Member 74 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 75 76 2B,Resolution No. 12-92, Setting the 2013 Budget/Tax Levy Public Hearing Date—Finance 77 Director Rolek explained that the resolution sets the city's required public hearing. All cities over 78 population 500 must hold such a hearing to receive comments. He noted the proposed hearing date 79 and time. 80 81 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-92 as presented. Council Member 82 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 83 84 2C,Resolution No. 12-93, Canceling the 2012/2013 Debt Service Tax Levy for G.O. Tax 85 Increment Financing Bond Series 2007A—Finance Director Rolek explained that the resolution 86 cancels a debt service levy for a certain bond series. At the time that the bonds were issued, an 87 annual debt service levy was established and is intended to be reviewed each year to see if alternative 88 resources are available for the debt service. Staff is recommending that the levy be canceled for year 89 2012/2013. 90 2 } COUNCIL MINUTES September 10,2012 APPROVED 91 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-93, as presented. Council Member L 92 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 93 94 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 95 96 There was no report from the Administration Department. 97 98 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT 99 100 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 101 102 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT 103 104 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 105 106 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT 107 108 Item 6A had been removed from the agenda. 109 110 6B, Traffic Signal Improvement Project 111 112 6Bi, Resolution No. 12-95,Accepting Bids and Awarding Contract for the Lake/Main 13 and Birch/Ware Signal Projects—Community Development Director Grochala reported that the 114 resolution provides for acceptance of the low bid that was received from Valley Paving. The 115 engineering consultant on the project has reviewed the bid and recommends acceptance. 116 117 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-95 as presented. Council Member 118 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 119 120 6Bii, Resolution No.. 12-96,Approving a Stormwater Maintenance Agreement with the 121 Rice Creek Watershed District(RCWD)—Community Development Director Grochala stated that 122 the resolution establishes that the RCWD has approved certain storm water improvements that will be 123 a part of the intersection improvement projects. The requirements of a maintenance agreement and 124 other specifics will be laid out in the agreement. Anoka County will also have some responsibility. 125 126 Council Member Roeser asked if this type of action will impact the city's wetland banking and Mr. 127 Grochala explained that it would not, however,there will be an opportunity for storm water volume 128 banking for future city use. 129 130 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-96 as presented. Council Member 131 Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 132 133 6Biii,Resolution No. 12-98,Approving a Construction Services Agreement with TKDA- 134 Community Development Director Grochala explained that the resolution would allow the payment L,A35 to TKDA for project related services. Anoka County is providing the majority of construction 3 COUNCIL MINUTES September 10,2012 APPROVED - 136 services in kind for this project, however there are some non-county related services required. Those 137 services would be covered by this agreement in the not to exceed hourly rate service fee of$9,875. 138 He would not anticipate any change in scope that would increase that amount. 139 140 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 12-98 as presented. Council Member 141 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 142 143 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 144 145 There was no Unfinished Business. 146 147 NEW BUSINESS 148 149 There was no New Business. 150 151 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 152 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 153 September 10,2012 through September 24,2012 154 Ai& Wednesday, September 12 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 155 Nit, Monday, September 24 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 156 Ja Monday, September 24 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 157 l '58 COMMUNITY EVENTS ■ 159 160 Mayor Reinert announced the following events. 161 162 Lino Lakes Police Explorer Program Open House will be held on Tuesday, September 18 beginning 163 at 6:00 p.m. The Lino Lakes Police Department is hosting this open house for young men and 164 women, ages 14 to 20, who are interested in the Explorer Program. The program provides an 165 opportunity to explore a career in law enforcement, while at the same time, building a unique 166 relationship between themselves, the adult volunteer leaders,the police department and their 167 community. Contact the Lino Lakes Police Department for more information. 168 169 Lino Lakes Recycling Saturday, September 15, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Lino Park, 7850 Lake Drive. 170 Recycling Day in Lino Lakes is now every third Saturday. Join residents in dropping off items such 171 as electronics,tires,batteries,household goods and computers. For more information, contact city 172 hall at 651-982-2424. This is part of an effort to expand our city's residential and business recycling 173 —"LINO LAKES RECYCLES AT HOME,AT WORK AND ON THE GO!" 174 175 ADJOURN 176 177 There being no further business, Council Member Roeser moved to adjourn at 6:55 p.m. Council 178 Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 179 80 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, September 24, 2012. 181 4 COUNCIL MINUTES September 10,2012 APPROVED 182 O 83 184 - :arte11, City C -rk Jeff 'ei e , Mayor 5