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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/10/1986 Council MinutesCOUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 IThe regular meeting of the. Lino Lakes City Council was called to order by Mayor Benson at 7:07 P.M. Members present: Marier, Bisel, Bohjanen,and Reinert. City.Administrator, Randy Schumacher;. En- gineer, Bob Toddie; and Clerk - Treasurer, Marilyn Anderson were also. present. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES = SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 18, 1986' Mr. Reinert moved to approve these minutes as presented. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion.. Motion carried with Mr. Bohjanen abstaining. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL O1# MINUTES — COUNCIL WORK SESSION - FEBRUARY 24, 1986 Mr. Bohjanen moved to approve these minutes as presented. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried with Mr. Marier abstaining. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF'MINUTES - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - FEBRUARY 24, 1986 Mr. Marier moved to approve these minutes as presented. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS - FEBRUARY 28, 1986 Mr. Marier moved to approve these Disbursements as presented. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS - MARCH 10, 1986 Mr. Marier moved -to approve these Disbursements as presented. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. OPEN MIKE No one appeared under Open Mike. . FIRE COMMISSION REPORT - NEAL BENJAMIN Mr. Benjamin brought copies of the various press releases, resigna- tion letters and answers to questionnaires that were_ prepared by some of the volunteer firemen in the past several weeks. He asked the Clerk to-make copies and give them to the Council for their in- formation. Mr. Benjamin.noted that no fire fighter has presented any complaints to the Fire Commission. IMr. Marier thanked Mr. Benjamin for all the time and effort he has volunteered to the Fire Commission. He also thanked the total Commission. COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Two Mr. Benjamin told the Council that the depreciation issue has been settled and a financial report will be prepared by the end of March. An audit can then be completed. Mr. Andy Neal has been appointed by this Council as Lino Lakes' second fire commissioner. Mr. Benjamin said that he was an excel- lent choice and is giving the Commission some fresh new ideas. Mr. Benjamin has gone over protocol with both Lino Lakes' Chief of Police and Circle Pines' Chief of Police regarding medical calls and feels this problem will be worked out by the Police Chiefs. There has been criticism by She volunteer fire fighters in that they feel the organization is being run like a military organiza- tion. Mr.Benjamin felt that since these persons are volunteers they should be allowed some flexibility. Mr. Bohjanen noted that as far as the problem with too many people at the scene of a medical, he felt it was better to have too many than not enough. Mr. Reinert referred to a recent newspaper item regarding costs of the fire district and asked for Mr. Benjamin's comments on this item. Mr. Benjamin said since 1985 was the first year of operation, there is nothing to compare their costs to. However, he said both Centerville and Circle Pines will see decreased costs in 1986. In addition costs are now being isolated and a truer picture is coming forth. Mr. Bisel said he has visited the fire fighting facilities and was very impressed with the operation and speed of the department. Mayor Benson thanked Mr. Benjamin for coming this evening. CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING GAS UTILITY CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Marier moved to appoint Alfred Ross as a citizen representative because he meets the criteria as set out by Mr. Schumacher's memo- randum of March 4, 1986. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Mayor Benson said he had received an inquiry from Ms. Julie LeBlond who is interested in sitting on this committee. Voting on the motion, motion carried with Mr. Bohjanen voting no. Mr. Reinert moved to appoint Ms. Julie LeBlond as a citizen represen- tative. Mr. Marier seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 1 1 IMr. Marier moved to appoint Andy Neal as alternate citizen represen- tative. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Motion carried with Mr. Reinert voting no. COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Three Mayor Benson said some basic guidelines have been set for this Committee. Mr. Schumacher has not yet found a utility representative, but will be presenting more information to the Committee and will let the Committee interview the candidates and make a recommendation to the Council. Mr. Marier has received a request from Mr. Gibas to hold the Joint Committee Negotiating Meetings in the new Anoka County Library: Mayor Benson said he had no problem with this. Mr. Schumacher has received a letter from Mr. Gibas and asked if Lino Lakes will be meeting with the Circle Pines Gas Utilities Comm- ission or with their negotiating team. Mr. Marier said the first meeting may be with the Circle Pines Gas Commission because Mr. Gibas feels the Commission has the direct responsibility for the utility and the Circle Pines' Council is secondary. He felt the Circle Pines' negotiating Committee should be there as well. IMayor Benson felt both the Commission and the Utility Negotiation Committee should be at this first meeting. Mayor Benson asked that a letter be sent to the Circle Pines' City Council with a copy to the Utility Commission letting them know Lino Lakes is prepared to set the date for the initial meeting. Mr. Marier said there is a problem in getting a committment to pro- vide gas to the Rice Lake Estates area. Mayor Benson said they have been told twice that they are to serve this area. Mr. Marier said they have a question regarding capital outlay and are concerned with running their lines into Lino Lakes. Mr. Marier said he has informed Mr. Gibas that the Circle Pines' Gas Commission has some responsibility to serve that area once the franchise has been gran- ted and Lino Lakes has done that twice. CONSIDERATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED BY JAN APITZ FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLICE SERVICE REVIEW BOARD Mr. Schumacher said the first question should be is there a need for a Board such as this? IMr. Reinert said this recommendation for a Review Board appears to be a lighter approach than a Commission. He felt this may be the way to go to see what service is obtained from it. He personally saw nothing wrong with citizens playing a review role. Mr. Schu- macher said the way Ms. Apitz has it laid out it would be a low key 022 COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Four board dealing with everyday issues that may not be resolved through normal means. Mr. Reinert said the Police Department is probably the most visable aspect of this City and probably receives the most complaints and felt the citizens are more willing to serve in the capacity of a review board. He felt the concept was good, but the prospective board should be made aware there are some things in which they could not involve themselves. Mr. Bisel was concerned that Centerville might feel that a Police Advisory Board may usurp their control over their police service. Mayor L'Allier from Centerville was in the audience with two Center- ville Council members. He told the Council it was a good idea and could provide some checks and balances and possibly act as a fact finding board. Mr. Bohjanen asked Mayor L'Allier if he felt he did not have an open street to the Police Chief to discuss problems. Mayor L'Allier said he has not had the contact with Chief Campbell as he had with Chief Myhre, but there seems to be a lot of problems in Centerville. How - ever, he felt the line of communications are open. Mr. Reinert noted that this is a Charter City and felt that this set the tone for more citizen involvement and said the Charter should be reviewed and how it might affect this situation. Mr. Marier said he agreed with the concept, however he did have prob- lems with some of the aspects of the proposal. He indicated that this Council has asked citizens to participate as volunteers and felt this should continue. He asked that time be taken to study this proposal and make a recommendation at the next Council Meeting. Mr. Reinert moved to adopt the concept of a Police Citizens Review Board. He said this presentation tonight is only a suggested format and believes that the Council would have input on how the Review Board is to be structured. Mr. Marier had a question.on how the Committee should be formed. Mr. Reinert suggested the Council give their ideas to Ms. Apitz and she could take them and put them together and bring it back to the Coun- cil for their review and approval. The Council and the City Admin- istrator should see that the proposal fits into all City structures and regulations prior to Council approval. He reiterated that his motion was only for approval of the concept not the structure. The motion died for a lack of a second. Mr. Reinert said it was too bad this City does not listen to the citizens of this community when they bring forth an idea or at least consider their proposal. 1 1 - 023. COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Five Mr. Marier suggested that the City Administrator draw up the crit- eria the Committee should be involved in and then bring this to the Council for its review. He felt the proposal from Ms. Apitz was too ambiguous. Mayor Benson asked Mr. Schumacher to put together criteria for a Review Board with citizen input. Mr. Schumacher said he would like to model this after the present policies the City has dealing with citizen committees. ENGINEER'S REPORT A. Circle Pines Joint Watei Service Agreement - Mr. Toddie has received a letter from Circle Pines indicating they would provide water to the Rice Lake Area for 55 per 1,000 gallons. He felt this was a reasonable rate. He also noted that Circle Pines is preparing a draft water service agreement. Mr. Schumacher said that Mr. Volk is concerned about litigation re- garding contaminated wells and requested language be put in the agreement regarding the responsibility of contaminated wells. The City Attorney has reviewed this draft agreement and had no problem with it. Mayor Benson asked Mr. Schumacher to note the items to be changed in the agreement including Mr. Volk's suggestion regarding contaminated wells and suggested that when the Circle Pines Draft Agreement ar- rives this can be given to the City Attorney for his comments and be brought forward to the next Council Meeting for Council review. B. Rice Creek Watershed District Funding for County Ditch #22, and C. 4th Avenue NSP Funding Policy - Mr. Toddie noted the work session held earlier this evening and reminded the Council of the Citizen Informational Hearing to be held Monday, March 24, 1986 at 7:35 P.M. Mayor Benson asked that it be determined prior to the Informational Meeting exactly what the Rice Creek Watershed District is going to commit to, what the County will commit to and what is the Developer's (Nelson Properties) fair share. Was the Developer able to develop more land than he should have developed? Has the City and the new home owners been hurt by this? Mr. Bohjanen asked if Mr. Toddie could determine how far of an area can this improvement benefit property owners. Mr. Toddie explained there are two areas involved. One area involves the storm water drainage along 4th Avenue and the other is a much larger area bene- fited by the ditch maintenance project. COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Six Mr. Ross from the audience told the Council they were on the right track because the RCWD will have established a district and deter- mine who will be benefited by the ditch maintenance project. Mr. Bohjanen moved to send a letter to RCWD requesting an answer by March 24, 1986 letting the City know exactly what they are com- mitting themselves to and asking that a representative from the RCWD, Anoka County and the Developer of Sherwood Green be present at the March 24, 1986 meeting. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Mo- tion carried unanimously. Mr. Toddie noted the RCWD is meeting on Wednesday, March 12, 1986 and Mayor Benson suggested the letter be hand delivered so it would be there for that meeting. D. 80th Street Report - Mr. Volk and Mr. Toddie have met with John Olson of Anoka County and reviewed the right -of -way requirements and he has now received a map showing the proposed right -of -way. He will continue to develop the plans and specifications and anticipates construction during the 1987 season. He expects plans to be avail- able for Council review in late 1986. Mr. Marier asked if there was any room to negotiate for lesser right - of -way. Mr. Toddie said yes and explained the areas. He also ex- plained the City will obtain a road way easement over the utility easement of the United Power Association Mr. Toddie will prepare a final right -of -way map and give it to the City Attorney and negotiate agreements. E. Chomonix Golf Course Water Storage Location Report - Mr. Toddie has met with Mr. Torkildson of the Anoka County Parks Department re- garding locating a municipal water storage facility in the Chain of Lakes Open Space near the Chomonix Golf Course. Mr. Torkildson agreed with the concept and explained his need for a future reliable water source for the Golf Course. Mr. Toddie explained there could be a trade off in this area but saw no need to proceed until the need for the facility arises. Mr. Toddie explained the new proposed entry to the Golf Course from Lake Drive and also indicated a possible location for a water storage facility. OLD BUSINESS A. Set Board of Review - April 21, 1986 - Mr. Bohjanen movF' et the Board of Review for April 21, 1986 at 7:00 P.M. Mr. Ma sec- onded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. COUNCIL MEETING March 10, 1986 Page Seven III B. Publication of Newsletter - Mr. Schumacher explained the staff is in the process of compiling information for the annual newsletter and asked if any Council member had material to be included in the newsletter to forward it to his office. Mr. Bohjanen suggested that the Centennial Fire District be included in the Information Guide as well as the Lino Lakes Fire Commission members. C. License Conditions for L & G Rehbein for the Distribution of Lime - The license outlines several conditions, but it is not known whether they are complying. Mayor Benson asked that this be made available to all members of the Council. Mr. Schumacher will contact the County and determine what permits have been obtained by L & G Rehbein. NEW BUSINESS A. Cable TV Tour - Mr. Bohjanen is interested in taking a tour on Saturday. Mayor Benson and Mr. Bisel have taken the tour. B. Charitable Gambling License - Lino Lakes Lions Club - Mayor Benson explained that licenses are issued by the State, however, the Council could recommend that the State deny the license. He also noted that everything seems to be in order with the Lions Club. No action iszequired by the Council. C. Senior Tax Preparation - Mrs. Anderson told the Council that Mrs. Langfeld and her staff will be at City Hall on April 23, 1986 from 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. to help Senior Citizens prepare their 1986 Homestead Property Tax Refund forms. Mayor Benson asked the newspaper to make a note of this. D. Firemen's Letters - Mrs. Anderson will copy the letters and send them to the Council. Mr. Marier moved to adjourn at 8:20 P.M. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Aye. These minutes were considered and approved at a regular Council meeting on March 24, 1986. MaAllyndG. Anderson, City Clerk enjami G. Benson, Mayor