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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/13/1977 Council Minutesj; = -i June 13, 1977 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:00 P.M. on June 13, 1977 by Acting Mayor Karth. Council members present; McLean Schneider, Zelinka. Absent: Mayor Bohjanen who is on vacation. Mr. Locher was also present. Mr. Karth asked Mr. Schneider to introduce Mr. Zantek. Mr. Schneider told the members that Mr. Zantek was present to appraise the Council of the Changes taking place at the MMTC and the effect this will have on the community. Mr. Zantek presented a drawing of the facility indicating the fence that is being installed. This will enclose four of the cottages and four will remain outside the fence. The units outside the fenced area will be used by the Anoka County Juvenile Department. The remaining two cottages will have other usei that has not been determined at this time. Mr. Zantek said the facility will house 144 medium security males on com- pletion. At the present time, the criteria for just what is medium sec- urity has not been finalized. Mr. Zantek explained the double fence will have concertina wire between. This is a very sharp coil and has proven to be a deterrent to escape attempts. The inside fence is also equipped with an electronic 'E' field with seven closed circuit TV cameras monitoring the fence at all times. There will be one tower and a control center for monitoring the walls. Construction completion is planned for the end of October, but Mr. Zantek felt the facilities would not be ready for occupancy before the middle of November or later. Mr. Zelinka asked about the security personnel and Mr. Zantek said there will be approximately 141 people just for security. Mr. Schneider asked how many inmates were at the facility at the present time and Mr. Zantek said they have 85 minimum security men at the plant now. The question of the role of the Lino Lakes Police in relationship to this operation was put forth. Mr. Zantek said the MMTC Security personnel will handle the internal problems. The City Police will only be involved with the inmates of the cottages ouside the fence. The LLPD will only be called in if there is a major disturbance. Mr. Zantek felt there will be much less problems with this type of operation than with the previous operation with juveniles. The Council thanked Mr. Zantek for his information and the time spent in informing the Council of the plans for the facility. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve the Minutes of May 17, 1977 as presented. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. The Minutes of May 23, 1977 were corrected as follows: Page 5, paragraph 6, add 'non' in front of the word 'inflamable'. Mr. Schneider moved to approve the minutes with corrections. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried with Mr. Zelinka abstaining. The Clerk presented the following items for Council consideration: 26( June 13, 1977 ..An application form for Reimbursement Funds in reference to the attendance to BCA by Jeffrey Kirschbaum had been received. The Clerk needs authoriza- tion from the Council to apply for these funds. Mr. McLean so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. ..An information bulliten from the League of Cities with new legislation on the ability to levy 10% above the levy limitation without penalty. There will be more on this at a later date. ..Read a letter from the Metropolitan Council stating the Lino Lakes System Statement is on the Council's consent list for the June 23, 1977 meeting. The City Council has 60 days from that date to file a Resolution to appeal the System Statement. ..Mr. Charles Cape, Civil Defense Director, had requested the use of the warming house at Sunrise Park for two nights a week, Tuesday and Thursday, for 4 weeks beginning June 28, 1977 to hold gun safety classes. These classes would be one hour a night - from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve this request. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. ..The final payment of $437.00 for sewage hauling had been received from the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. ..A request for a beer and bingo permit had been received from St. Joseph's Church for August 14, ±977. Mr. Locher said the Bingo permit would have to issued for a civic event and the requirement of a bond waived. There is also the necessity of the Church furnishing proof of insurance. Mr. McLean moved to approve this request subject to the above stipulations. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. ..Chief Myhre had made a written report concerning the Brokke property on 20th Avenue. A11 members have copies. ..The April report from the Lexington Fire Department has been received and will be on file in the office for inspection. ..The Physical Development Committee of the Metropolitan Council will be hold ing a meeting on June 16, 1977 to discuss issues in connection to updating the Development Guide on Metropolitan Airports. ..A letter from the State of Minnesota in regards to a rate increase requested by North Central Public Service. Hearings will be held on July 14 -14, Aug. 23 -24, and Sept. 15 -16. The time and dates are available from the Clerk. ..The opening of the tree disposal site in the Chain of Lakes Park was dis- cussed. The rates for use of this facility were included in a letter from Mr, Burman. More information is available from Mr. David Torkildson at 757 -3920. ..Deeds for the tax deliquent property on Hodgson Road had beet. received from the Auditor's office. If the City is interested in acquiring this property, the fee for processing is $10.30. Mr. Paul Howard, representing the owner of the property said that proper notice had not been received and if the City persisted in obtaining this property, his Attorney would instigate a suit. He said the owner wanted to redemn this property. Mr. Locher was asked the procedure on this matter and he said the owner can petition to repurchase the property. The Clerk should inform Mr. Burman of this matter. Mr. Zelinka moved to have the Clerk inform the County of the desire of the owner to redemn, but in the event she does not, the City would then ask for the property. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. ..In reference to the opening of the tree disposal site in the Chain of Lakes Park, Mr. McLean moved to clsoe the site at the City Hall with a sign to be put up directing the people to the County area. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. ..Mr. Burman had also sent deeds for the parcels of land in Lexington Park Lakeview area that is tax deliquent. This land is located in the middle of a natural drainage area and the City would retain this area for that purpose. Mr. Zelinka moved to authorize the purchase of these deliquent parcels of land. Seconded by Mr. MCLean. Motion carried unanimously. June 13, 1977 ..Mr. Burman had sent a copy of a resolution passed by the Anoka County Board of Commissioners stateing there is suitable location within Anoka County for the development of a chemical waste landfill. Mr. Zelinka moved a letter of support be sent to the Board of Commissioners in this matter. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. ..Mr. Warren Solheid had applied for a Special Use Permit to operate a family house painting business from his home on Cedar Street. This request had been considered by the Planning and Zoning Board and forwarded to the Council for their consideration. The Council had considered this at the last Council meeting but felt they did not have sufficient infor- mation to make a decision. Mr. Solheid had been requested to attend this meeting to answer some of the Council questions. Mr. McLean read the minutes from the Planning and Zoning Board and the Council meetings. Mr. Solheid was asked if he would have or store painting materials at this location. Mr. Solheid said there would be odds and ends of painting materials but he does not stock paint supplies. He does not conduct a retail business in connection with the supplies. All the equip- ment he uses is a van and a 4 ton pick -up. These vehicles meet the City requirements as to wieght limits. Mr. Zelinka felt the costs for extra protection as such would be one con- dition for requiring a special use permit. Mr. Solheid said he only has a pick -up and a van and some times there will be the possibility of a couple of extra cars parked there. Mr. McLean asked Mr. Locher if there is any problem with this operation in an Ag or R1 zone and Mr. Locher said, No . Mr. McLean asked if there would be a sign and Mr. Solheid said, No. _ Mr. Karth felt withthepresent information, there is no need for a special use permit. However, if the business changes, then Mr. Solheid would need to re -apply for a special use permit. Mr. Zelinka asked if all the work would be done away from the premises and Mr. Solheid said, Yes. Mr. Zelinka said he could see no need for a special use permit under the conditions as set forth by Mr. Solheid but if the make- up of the business changes, then he would need to apply. He suggested that perhaps once a year Mr. Solheid could inform the Council if there has been a change. Mr. Solheid said he would be glad to supply this information. The general consensus of the Council was a special use permit is not necessary for this operation and Mr. McLean moved to return the $25.00 fee paid by Mr. Pierre Nadeau, with an explanation for the Council action. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. .. Mr. Peter Scherer had submitted an application for a special use permit for the stripping and refinishing of furniture at hsi home on 64th Street. The Council had questioned the components used in this operation and had asked for a statement from an independent lab. A letter had been received from the company who distributes the components and Mr. Gotwald had submitted a reply. Mr. Gotwald said the letter says no more than Mr. Scherer had told the Planning and Zoning Board. The Council is.not interested in the trade secrets of the formula. Mr. Scherer saind Mr. Mobley is having a lab anasis done of the product, but he could not be present this evening. Mr. McLean suggested Mr. Mobley send a copy of his report to Mr. Gotwald, Mr. Gotwald will call the Clerk's office and she will poll the Council for their opinion. June 13, 1977 ..Mr. Gotwald submitted a letter on the problems arising out of the sale of lots located beyond the current sewer service. Mr. Gotwald felt that a meeting with the owners and the seller should be arranged in order to clear this matter. Mr. & Mrs. Johnston, who have purchased one of these lots, was present. They are proposing to sewer their lot by some special installation of a line to their proposed home. The Council felt their matter will have to be discussed with all property owners on that section of the street. Mrs. Johnston said she would contact the-other interested persons and then get in touch with Mr. Gotwald. .. Mr. Zelinka made note of the fact that funds are availablefor the removal of diseased trees. He moved that a letter of appreciation be sent to Sen. Milton and Rep. Neison and to inquire as to how, when and where the City may apply for these funds. Seconded by Mr. McLean..Motion carried unanimously, Mr. Karth, reporting for Mayor Bohjanen, read a letter from Mr. Tony Gnerre of the MWCC, stating that the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission intends to service the Country Lakes Development, the Shenandoah Development and the Baldwin Lake Trailer Park. This indicates to the Council that building will be allowed in those areas. Mr. Locher said he and contacted Mr. Ray Payne in reference to the lift station, and Mr. Payne had assured him that he will push this matter along as fast as possible. The Clerk was instructed to gather all material dealing with the unwillingness of Mr. Boalnd or members of the Metropolitan Council to meet with tha City to discuss areas of differences. This material should be ready for Council inspection at the June 27, 1977 meeting. Mr. Karth reported there is a requisition for rad signs and most of them are for 'narrow bridge' approaches. This is required by the State. Mr.Zelinka said there are some street signs in the Lakeview area that need to be repainted. The Clerk was instructed to give this information to Mr. Volk. Mr. Karth noted there is also a requisition for equipment for the new squad car, which is in and being painted to City specs. Mr. McLean reported on the meeting with Mr. Kronholm on June 6, 1977 in reference to the Park lands in the Country Lakes area. There is 184 acres total in the three plats - NSP owns 38 lots containing approximately 15 acres. This will be considered as a different park dedication. For the Country Lakes area, they were looking at 18.4 acres or equivalent value in shoreland property. The area considered was in the Southwest corner of the plats along the creek. This will be discussed with the Engineer and Mr. Gredvig, who was present, will report to the Park Board on this matter. Mr. McLean said another meeting will be scheduled for some time in the early part of July. The possibility of getting some street frontage fore the duplex on the East side of the lake was also considered. Mr. Kronholm will check with his people and this will be discussed further. A letter of credit, or some such arrangement such as a private devleoper would make, could be considered. Mr. Locher was asked for his recommendations on this matter for the June 27, 1977 meeting. Mr. McLean noted that West Shadow Lake Drive is a private street owned by Drovers State Bank and is being used as a public roadway. About 90% of the 1 June 13, 1977 263 traffic on the street are persons usnig the golf course and this has created a tremendous dist problem Mr. McLean asked Mr. Locher for his thoughts on solving this problem with the participation of the property owners. He asked this be put on the next agenda. Also, Mr. Gotwald to be contacted for cost figures for surfacing that street. Mr. Zelinka felt the County Engineer's office would have those figures. Perhaps he could be contacted. He also felt that any surface put on that street will have to a good one due to the heavy load of traffic. Mr. McLean said there will be another meeting with Mr. Kronholm the first part of July and NSP will be contacted before that meeting. Mr. Schneider questioned the area near the creek that is being used for beer parties, can it be controlled? Mr. McLean suggested dropping a snow fence areound the area. After some discussion, Mr. McLean moved to fence the entrance ti tge area, Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Karth said he would contact Mr. Kronholm for his permission. Chief Myhre suggested putting up 'Private Property' signs. Mr. McLean reported on the trailer parked on a provate lot on Otter Lake. He said this is a 14' camping trailer and show no evidence of persons living in the unit. However, there are no facilities at the site and the wheels have been removed. Mr. Locher pointed out, that according to City Ordinance, it is illegal to remove the wheels of a trailer, even in a trailer park. Mr. MCLean moved to instruct the Building INspector to red -tag the unit and inform the people they have 24 hours to remove the unit. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Charles Nelson presented a new drawing of Pines Vista II with a change in the configuration of the street and two additional lots in the general plat. Mr. Gotwald had written a letter stating this layout of the street would in no way hinder emergency vehicles. Mr. Curt Feyen, who owns the land to the North of this plat, objected to the word 'road' on the easement along the North edge of the plat. He said he has an easement along that property line for entrance to his peoperty and he felt Mr. Nelson had no right to put another easement overlaid on his easement. Mr. Locher pointed out that his easement is $ot an 'exculsive easement', which means that the under lying property owner may give as many ease- ments over the same land as he wishes. Mr. Feyen asked what the City's plans were for the installation of a street along that easement and was told the City does not install streets, the developers put the streets in. He still objected to the word 'street' and Mr. McLean asked Mr. Nelson if he had any objections to designating this as a 'utility' easement and Mr. Nelson said, No. There was much discussion on this since the street as now shown is one foot inside Mr. Nelson's property. This denies Mr. Feyen the priviledge of using the street for the purpose of obtaining a building permit. It seems there has been negotiations between the two interested parties, with no agreement having been reached. Both sides of this question was 6 4 thoroughly discussed at this meeting. Mr. Nelson asked this plat be approved as revised 6/10/77. Mr. Zelinka suggested the one foot area be negotiated at a later date be- tween the property owners. Mr. Schneider felt that since this matter has been before the Planning and Zoning Board and a Public Hearing has been held, it is too late to start negotiating at this point. The background of the hearings held on this plat was discussed. Mr. McLean asked if this is Revision A of the plat Pine Vista II to cancel the first plat and Mr. Nelson said, Yes. Mr. MCLean moved to approve the Revision A of Pine Vista II prelininary plat dated June 10, 1977. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. June 13, 1977 Mr. McLean noted that it was very unfortunate the parties could not work together on this matter because of the cost in time and money to both the City and the developer. Mr. Schneider questioned the intent of the fencing at the Creek area on West Shadow Lake Drive - would this bar the local residents from using this as a launch area? Mr. McLean said that was the intent. Mr. Schneider said that was not his intent - he just wanted the area controlled a little better. Mr. McLean moved to rescind his motion. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Myhre presented the figures on the preliminary census and said he was very surprised at the results. The final figure was 3,678 with 17 homes not reached. If he uses the average of 2.7 persons per home and multiplies this by the 17 homes and adds, the total figure is 3,727. This does not include any residents at the MMTC. -' Chief Myhre asked that a letter of 'Thanks' be written to all the people who gave their time to this project. He felt they did a tremendous job. Mr. McLean so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka asked Chief Myhre if he thought it was necessary for the Personnel Commission to get involved with the incident involving Sgt. Costa and Chief Myhre said, No. He felt this is his reaponsibility and if the Council feels he doesn't handle it correctly, then he is the one to be questioned. Mr. Locher gave each Council member a copy of the Bloomington noise Ord. This matter will be discussed at the next Council meeting. Mr. Locher-said he had attended a meeting of the League of Cities and felt that one matter should be noted at this time. The new State Statute states that all budgets must be certified by Oct. 10 or last year's budget will be certified. There are no more extensions of time. One other change is that a City may now purchase up to $10,000.00 without advertising for bids. This may be done by obtaining two written quotes. Mr. McLean moved that Requisition #756 be laid over to be considered at budget hearings and the Clerk present a plan for the use of the dividers. Seconded by Mr. Schneider, Motion carried unanimously. Mr. McLean moved to approve requisitions #755,757,758, & 759. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. June 13, 1977 Mr. McLean moved to approve checks #7961 through and including #8011 with #'s 7973 &8001 being voided and #7994 haveing a 10 error in the typed IIIfigures. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimoulsy. Mr. McLean moved to adjourn at 12:00 midnight. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Aye. These minutes were approved at the June 27, 1977 meeting. Edna L. Sarner, Clerk- Treasurer June 27, 1977 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:05 P.M. on June 27, 1977 by Mayor Bohjanen. Council members present; Karth, McLean. Absent; Schneider, Zelinka. Mr. Locher and Mr. Gotwald were also present. Mr. McLean moved to approve the minutes of June 13, 1977 as presented. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk reminded the Council that on the July agenda will Employee evalua- tions and consdieration of computing the Police Contract with Centerville in the same manner as the Fire Contracts are computed. After some discussion on this matter, the first budget hearing was set for August 1, 1977 at 7:30 IIIp.m. with all department heads to be present. The direction of the Council will be set at that meeting and further meeting dates set. IIIThe Public Hearing for West Oaks of Bald Eagle was called to order at 8:35 p.m Mr. Locher read the published notice of the hearing. Mr. McLean reported there had been an Enviornmental Worksheet done on this project and mailed to all the agencies necessary. Mr. McLean asked Mr. Bruggerman if there had been any changes in this plat since it had been submitted to the Planning and Zoning and Mr. Bruggerman said, No. Mr. Kulaszewicz was in the audience. He had called requesting permission to hold a block party. The Clerk had checked with the Attorney and the matter had been cleared with the Insurance agent. Mr. Karth moved to approve this party. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Forms for application for refund from the State on the Shade Tree Program had been received. This was given to Mr. Locher to look over. After some dis- cussion on this matter, the Clerk was instructed to contact Mr. Beach for his assistance on filling out the application. A letter from the Anoka County Comprehensive Health Department was read. This letter sets forth the manner in which this department will assist the local communities. It would appear they will only act as a go- between. There was some discussion of the problems of obtaining a person to act as a Health Officer. The City Council felt they coan only continue to operate in the present manner. The Clerk reported on the following items: ..The SAC of $1500.00 for the remodeling at MMTC had been received. ..A letter from the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission approving the in- stallation of the sewers on LaMotte Road was read. This is to be a part of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan for the City.