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Home My WebLink About10/22/1997 Council Minutes• • COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 22, 1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE October 22, 1997 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 8:45 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden and Neal and Mayor Landers Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; Solid Waste Coordinator, Jackie Constant; City Engineer, David Ahrens and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. DISCUSSION OF ORDINANCE NO. 08 - 97, ORGANIZED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, JACKIE CONSTANT The Solid Waste Management Ordinance informational item a on Monday and feedback is coming from both the public to place another item in the Quad Press outlining bot Collection. uad Press as directed f Organized Council Member Bergeson noted tha '. rized the placement of the item in the Quad Press and the dollars o aking the City's position clear. Council Member Lyden s.'=� t o no object to the same item with the "vote yes" deleted. Council felt t e newspaper item appeared to be campaigning for the proposal. be uether suggested that the City place an advertisement for bids and whe ; d e tabulated, an item could be placed in the Quad Press. Most of the feedback s c. ed was from citizens who would rather pay extra taxes for road reconstruction an• "se allowed to choose their garbage hauler. Ms. Constant gave each Council Member a copy of the article that will be sent to all residents in a mass mailing. She will prepare the newspaper item for next weeks Quad Press and give Council a copy before it is sent to the newspaper. DISCUSSION OF CHARTER BALLOT QUESTION, PAUL MONTAIN Mr. Montain, Chairman of the Charter Commission, told Council that he was pleased that the Council is proceeding with a ballot question for street reconstruction in the Lakes Addition area. He noted that the Charter Commission had some concerns about the wording of the ballot question. The wording appears to be a request for a "blanket" approval of street reconstruction and not for this one specific area. The Charter Commission is requesting that the ballot question be worded to specifically ask for citizen approval to spend $1,900,000 to reconstruct the streets in the Lakes Addition area only. PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 22, 1997 Mr. Montain explained that if the ballot question falls, he would ask for a joint Charter Commission and City Council meeting to investigate a Charter amendment to allow for street reconstruction. Council directed Mr. Montain and Mr. Schumacher to get together and prepare a resolution for Council consideration explaining the Council's position on this item. The resolution will be placed on the October 27th agenda. DISCUSS WATER SUPPLY PLAN, DAVID AHRENS Council directed staff to place this item on the next Council work session. I-35W/LAKE DRIVE INTERCHANGE, TAGG ASSESSMENT, DAVID AHRENS At the last Council meeting, all assessments were adopted with the exception of the Tagg assessment. Mr. and Mrs. Tagg were at that meeting and had objected to th , .s. nd how their property is classified by the Anoka County Assessor u�. noka County Assessor was contacted and he and the Tagg e; a mutually acceptable land classification. The Taggs have requested the City of �� ' say' assessment situation as was offered to the properties along ained the Lilac Street situation was different. Those property • �' _ '' o. titin for the improvements. This was a City project and those prop e project were allowed to petition into the project and accept an assess n 5 e Drive project was petitioned by the property owners and asses nst the benefiting properties must be determined according to the provisions e ity Charter. The Taggs have requested that their homestead be separated from the balance of the property and that there be no assessments until they hookup to utilities or develop the land. Mr. and Mrs. Tagg were in the audience and explained that they cannot afford to pay more taxes and assessments. Staff was directed to review aerial maps to determine approximately how much of the Tagg property is wetland and to prepare an assessment proposal. This information will be brought to the next Council work session. DISCUSS STAGGERING UTILITY BILLING ZONES, DAVID AHRENS The City has 2100 utility accounts in eight (8) different zones. The accounts are billed quarterly. PAGE 2 • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 22, 1997 Staff is requesting that billings be staggered each month so that the entire 2100 accounts are not billed at the same time. Staff explained how this change would be implemented and noted that the transition would take two (2) months to complete. The City Code will not be amended since each account still is billed quarterly as required by the Code. Council gave verbal approval for this change and directed staff to give affected residents written notice of the change as well as placing a notice in the quarterly City newsletter. DISCUSS PURCHASE OF WATER METERS, DAVID AHRENS Several weeks ago, Council adopted a motion to require that all new water meters be the type that allows for telephone reading of the meters. At that time, staff discussed the need to change the old style meters to the new style meters. Staff is now requesting approval of changing the old water meters section by section of the City. This proposal would allow the staff to complete the work o 'od of time. The consensus of the Council was to implement the plan e ter meters. REGULAR AGENDA Resolution No. 97 - 150, Order Im s £ ='e eparation of Plans and Specifications, Lake Drive T N =�= 4 'e - Mr. Ahrens displayed a map of the project. The map indicate �ty° bs ill be placed. Council directed f to not "-s of this project to residents along Vicky Lane, Nancy Drive and other tline the petition process so that they may request utility services in their noods. Resolution No. 97 -152, Opting to Participate in Livable Communities - Staff explained that Metropolitan Council has not yet looked at the latest City proposed goals. Resolution Clarifying City Council Intent of the Road Reconstruction Referendum - Staff will be adding this resolution to the October 27th agenda. Resolution to Remove Chapter 207 from the City Code - Staff explained that an ordinance removing Chapter 207 from the City Code has been drafted and will be added the October 27th agenda. A resolution establishing a Human Resources Policy will also be presented for Council Consideration. PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 22, 1997 Consideration of a Letter of Support for a Rice Creek Watershed District Representative - The City Administrator will write this letter and bring it to the October 27th Council meeting for their review. Discussion of Insurance Benefits for Council Members - Council directed staff to prepare a procedure for allowing Council Members to participate in the City's insurance plan. Staff noted that the insurance plan would have to be amended and the participant contribution should be determined. Some plan features discussed by Council were: - Council participant pay 1/2 of family coverage - For cash option, Council will be considered with non-union employees who work 20 hours per week Staff was directed to prepare an outline of what all City employees contribute to their insurance coverage. It was noted that if this is considered additional Council compe e o y Code would have to be amended and the coverage would not be • after the next municipal election. Staff will get an opinion on e '° ity Attorney. This information will be send out with tho Provision for fax and telepho available at the next bud n embers - This information will be Consideration the ouse and Garage at 1410 Canfield Road - This home was dama nd staff has been working with the owner to either remove the buildings or r r b em. There has been some progress made to repair the buildings. Mr. Tom Jackson, uilding Inspector will update the Council on Monday evening. Friends of the Park Transfer and Indemnification Agreement - This group is asking that the matter be added to the October 27th agenda. I-35W/LAKE DRIVE INTERCHANGE, TAGG ASSESSMENT, DAVID AHRENS Staff explained that Joel Tagg is asking for a break on his proposed assessments. He is not willing to develop his property in stages and wants to sell it all to a developer. The developer would assume the assessment. Staff presented a map showing how the property could be developed in stages. There are several planning issues with this development that would have to be addressed by the consulting planner. PAGE 4 • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION This matter will be discussed at the next work session. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. OCTOBER 22, 1997 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regul meeting of the City Council on July 12, 1999. Cut. - CDS Marilyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer Kimb r Sul a ayor 7/7/99 (3:58 p.m.) 7/13/99 (3:49 p.m.) PAGE 5