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Home My WebLink About04-11-2011 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES April 11, 2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : April 11, 2011 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:20 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, Rafferty, 9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; City Attorney Joseph Langel; City Planner 13 Jeff Smyser; City Engineer Jim Studenski; Chief of Police Kent Strege; 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 approved as presented. 22 23 CONSENT AGENDA 24 25 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1 A through 1E, as presented. 26 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member 27 Gallup abstained from voting on Items 1B and 1C. 28 29 ITEM ACTION 30 31 Consideration of Expenditures: 32 33 April 11, 2011 (Check No. 90427- 34 90507, $286,247.37) Approved 35 36 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 4728- 37 4769, $26,080.54) Approved 38 39 March 28, 2011 Council Work Session 40 Minutes (Council Member Gallup absent) Approved 41 42 March 28, 2011 City Council Meeting 43 Minutes (Council Member Gallup absent) Approved 44 45 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Property 1 COUNCIL MINUTES April 11, 2011 APPROVED 46 Access Agreement for Monitoring Well Approved 47 48 Resolution No. 11-44, Temporary On-Sale Liquor 49 License for American Legion Post 566 Approved 50 51 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 52 53 There was no report from the Finance Department. 54 55 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 56 57 3A) Connectivity Services Agreement with Anoka County for Broadband Services- 58 Administrator Karlson noted that the council has heard from representatives from Anoka County on 59 this proposal to develop a county-wide fiber network. This is a county led initiative to increase the 60 amount of fiber optic service in Anoka County utilizing a partnership with a private company, Zayo 61 Bandwidth. The project has received a federal grant of$13.4 million to provide for the installation 62 and equipment that would link 145 anchor institutions and provide a backbone connecting police, fire, 63 schools, city halls, etc. within the county. The network would also provide a direct advantage to 64 businesses and economic development in the area through faster and more reliable interne services. 65 The network itself will be owned and operated by Zayo. Before the council for consideration is an 66 agreement for connectivity service with Anoka County; the agreement itself involves no cost to the 67 city. The city may choose to hook up to the system in the future and the fees are noted in comparison 68 to current service fees. Again the agreement includes no cost to the city for installation of equipment 69 and maintenance is included to year 2017. The city would have services available at three locations: 70 city hall, the fire station and the public works facility. Mr. Karlson added that the North Metro 71 Communications attorney has reviewed the agreement and has met with Anoka County officials and 72 has provided a memorandum explaining his findings. Staff is recommending approval of the 73 agreement to preserve the city's option of connecting to the network in the future. 74 75 The council requested that further discussion of costs related to the system be placed on the next work 76 session agenda. Even if execution of the contract is authorized at the meeting this evening, the 77 council would like to review further the contract details. Administrator Karlson clarified that the 78 contract presented for consideration now is about allowing the fiber to be placed; connectivity is a 79 choice the city can make down the line. A council member noted that he still has some questions 80 about this project and he is not convinced that the redundancy is needed and that the government 81 should be spending the money(including the federal government). The mayor remarked that it's 82 also important for the city to look ahead and understand what costs could possibly lay ahead; he 83 respects the council member's comment on the expense of the project and also sees that costs will 84 only rise down the line,that a monopoly in the service area is not good and that this project could be 85 advantageous to the city. 86 87 Council Member Gallup moved to authorize execution of the contract as recommended. Council 88 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried; Council Member Roeser voted nay. 89 90 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, KENT STREGE 91 92 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 2 COUNCIL MINUTES April 11, 2011 APPROVED 93 94 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 95 96 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 97 98 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 99 100 6A) 2"d Reading of Ordinance No 08-11 amending Chapter 1010 of the City Code regarding 101 regulation of signs in election years- City Planner Smyser noted that the council approved first 102 reading of the ordinance on March 14. At that time the period of sign regulation previous to 103 municipal elections was changed from 46 to 30 days. Staff is recommending that the council proceed 104 with second reading and passage of the ordinance. 105 106 Council Member Roeser noted that he originally felt that the sign regulation period should be 107 consistent with the voting period (absentee included) but that period has recently been changed to 46 108 days previous to elections (an increase from 25 days currently). He shares the concern he's heard 109 from other council members about the cluttering of signs and their lack of enthusiasm at increasing 110 the period, however he also has some concern about allowing voter education for the whole voting 111 period. He spoke with the League of Minnesota Cities and was informed that some cities are 112 providing voter information by allowing links to candidate information on their website (for the full 113 voting period). When the city attorney was asked for his opinion on that practice, Mr. Langel 114 suggested that it would be legal and comes down to a web site policy question for the city. 115 116 Council Member O'Donnell moved to dispense with full reading of the ordinance. Council Member 117 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 118 119 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the second reading and passage of Ordinance No. 08-11 120 as presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 5; Nays none. 121 122 6B) 2011 Street Maintenance Projects: 123 i. Consider Resolution No. 11-41, Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction Contract, 2011 124 Overlay Project 125 ii. Consider Resolution No. 11-42, Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction Contract, 2011 126 Sealcoat Project 127 128 City Engineer Studenski noted the bid process and opening for each of the projects. Low bidders were 129 noted as well as their bids in comparison with the engineer's estimate. 130 131 A council member confirmed that the low bidders are companies that the city has worked with before 132 and that the proposed project costs are a good bargain for the city. A council member also confirmed 133 that the city has an adequate budget to deal with potholes this year. A council member noted recent 134 information about salt damage and requested a future discussion about the city's use of roadway salt. 135 136 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-41 as presented. Council Member 137 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 3 COUNCIL MINUTES April 11, 2011 APPROVED 138 .. 139 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 11-42 as presented. Council Member 140 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 141 142 6C) Consider Resolution No. 11-45 Approving the Acquisition of a Two-Foot Strip of 143 Property at the Request of the Property Owner—City Planner Smyser explained that a former 144 resident of Lino Lakes has offered to turn back this piece of property for a nominal fee. Staff is 145 recommending that the city acquire the property. 146 147 Council Member Gallup moved to approve Resolution No. 11-45 as presented. Council Member 148 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 149 150 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 151 152 There was no Unfinished Business. 153 154 NEW BUSINESS 155 156 There was no New Business. 157 158 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 159 160 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead s.— 161 April 12, 2011 through April 25, 2011 162 163 J► Wednesday, April 13 canceled Planning&Zoning Bd 164 Nik. Thursday, April 14 6:30 pm, Community Room Charter Commission 165 -b Monday, April 18 6:00 pm, Community Room Special Council Work Session 166 'r Monday, April 25 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 167 4. Monday, April 25 6:00 pm, Council Chambers Board of Appeal 168 '- Monday, April 25 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 169 170 ADJOURN 171 172 There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 7:20 p.m. Council 173 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 174 175 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, Aril 25, 2011. 176 177 I 178 179 A. 180 Juli nne Bartell, Cite Cler Jeff ' •i ert, Mayor 181 4