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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/09/1997 Council Minutes• • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES April 9, 1997 4:30 p.m. 8:35 p.m. Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden, Neal and Mayor Landers None Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; City Engineer, David Ahrens; Finance Director, Mary Vaske; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Solid Waste Coordinator, Jackie Constant; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. Consulting Attorney, Barry Sullivan was also present to provide legal assistance when considering the Solid Waste Ordinance. ANNUAL REVIEW, CITY ADMINISTRATOR Mayor Landers read a list of performance items that was suggested that the performance review be reschedule Several Council Members indicated that they h referring to and were not ready to address indicated that they were ready for thi After discussing what the could be held during a opinion regarding lo last City Admini He tudy the items. li ayor Landers was s. Some Council Members SOLID WASTE ELLIOTT vie should be and whether or not the review meeting, staff was directed to get the City Attorney's or - ting and to determine what method was used for the INANCE UPDATE, JACKIE CONSTANT/LINDA A draft of the Solid Waste Ordinance has been prepared. Staff is recommending that Council address this matter as soon as possible so that the new Ordinance can be adopted by July 1, 1997 because the solid waste haulers licenses will expire on June 30th. Council reviewed the proposed ordinance in detail. Some provisions include: - increased insurance limits - a 10 day cancellation notice was included - haulers will be asked to bid on a three (3) year and a five (5) contract to determine if there is any cost benefits to the resident - hours of operation are to be consistent with other cities otherwise costs will increase - restriction on the number of trucks in the City PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 - recycling included in contract - an indemnification clause be added to insure the City does not get sued in case the hauler is sued ,- City will collect fees from residents and then pay the hauler - include language regarding a container The Ordinance will be updated and placed on the April 14th Council agenda EARTH DAY UPDATE, JACKIE CONSTANT Plans for the Earth Day celebration are complete. Over 600 hundred volunteers will be working in the quad cities to clean roadways and participate in other activities. An Earth Day Proclamation is on the April 14th Council agenda. TRASH GUARD ON DITCH #10, ALAN ROBINSON Mr. Robinson called Council Member Kuether to let her know that the tr sh guard on ditch #22 in the area of Apollo Drive is filled with debris and has pl _ ditch. He asked that the trash guard be removed. Mr. Schumacher noted that the City is currently in lit' io wi o . inson because of a flooding problem apparently caused by the z�z o do taff is checking to see that the debris is removed each day. Mr. ' •bi w n the audience, noted that if the trash is not removed he will be fled that if the area gets a particular heavy rainfall, he will be floode' - s .0 .ng this ditch do not have trash guards. Mr. Robinson asknot removed along with the others. No one knew the answer t The ditch will co =ti. s e monitored and Mr. Schumacher will provide an update at the Council meets onday. RECONSIDERATION OF ACCAP REQUEST, HOUSE MOVE -IN PURCHASE LOT FROM THE CITY, MARY KAY WYLAND/BRIAN WESSEL Staff presented this matter at the last Council work session and was directed to prepare cost estimates involved in selling the lot. The estimates were presented to Council. After discussion about the assessment cost that would be submitted to the City of Blaine, Council determined that a sale price of $10,000 was needed to cover all costs. This matter will be on the April 14, 1997 Council agenda. PAGE 2 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1- - 97, PLACING A MORATORIUM ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, MARY KAY WYLAND A request for approval of the construction of a telecommunications tower is on the Planning and Zoning Board agenda this evening. Staff will recommend that the request be tabled to allow time for the City to enact a moratorium on such construction until restrictions regarding the location of such towers can be adopted. Tower locations will be addressed by the Comprehensive Plan. Therefore, Monday evening staff will ask Council to adopt a moratorium which will be in place until the Comprehensive Plan update is completed. Staff will also request legal assistance in this matter. This matter is on the agenda for Monday. NAME THE "VILLAGE", BRIAN WESSEL The Town Center Committee discussed naming the "Village" and h citizens input. Staff is preparing a press release on this matter placed in the next Quad Press. Council asked if the Town Center Committee ed to solicit se will be ng ttee. Staff will prepare information on this question and . 'n_ baco t ouncil later in the year. Regular Agenda Items 6A an golf driving range on pro and Lake Drive. Staff addressing a to do'" of t Sanitary facilities Committee to pre es ems refer to a proposal to construct a n ' ehbein in the northeast quadrant of I -35W to prepare language for Council to consider use. ite was discussed. Council directed the Town Center guidelines for such facilities for this project. DISCUSSION OF GERALD REHBEIN'S PROPOSAL FOR WATER SERVICE, DAVID AHRENS Mr. Rehbein has requested that the Lino Lakes municipal water service be extended to property he owns in the City of Centerville. Council directed staff to determine if Mr. Rehbein is willing to pay for service at the same level paid by the Lino Lakes residents and business owners. Staff will bring this matter back to the April 23rd work session. DISCUSSION OF WORK IN BEHM'S CENTURY FARM, PHASE II, DAVID AHRENS Mr. Uhde, developer of Behm's Century Farm is requesting a permit to construct utilities in Phase II of his development. Phase 11 is not in the MUSA at this time. Mr. Uhde is PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 certain that Metropolitan Council will extend MUSA to this development. He will not be hooking to the trunk mains until the MUSA is available. Council directed staff to issue the permit with restrictions to insure that there is no use of the service until the time MUSA is in place. Regular Agenda Item 7A - This item concerns the signal lights design for the Lake Drive/Elm Street intersection. The design is a temporary system which includes wooden poles and cable. When Lake Drive is reconstructed in about seven (7) years, permanent signal lights will be installed. Regular Agenda Items 7C and 7D - Both of these agenda items concern the award of the construction contract for the trunk utilities at the I-35W/Lake Drive interchange. The successful bidder of the project is backing out of his bid. Staff will be recommending that Council take the bid bond from this contractor and award the bid to the second lowest bidder. CLARIFICATION OF CITY COUNCIL LETTER TO THE C COMMISSION, PAUL MONTAIN, DONALD DUNN Mr. Montain told the Council that the Charter Co o c a . out the letter sent to them. Council Member Bergeson expl t or ession in February, the Council agreed to test the Charter relating r d re s on. This will cost the City approximately $40,000 plus staff timto make sure that if they fulfill their part and the election refer ' 1 - � � , e Charter Commission is willing to make changes in the Chars % > a•: co struction can be completed using some tax dollars. Mr. Montain exp th he consensus of the Charter Commission is that if there is a problem with the conditions regarding road reconstruction, they are willing to support a change. will ask the Charter Commission to restate its goals and help educate the public so that they understand why there will be a referendum question on the election ballot in November. Mr. Montain asked staff to make sure that the process is completed and the referendum is on the ballot this November. Mr. Montain will ask the Charter Commission to prepare a letter affirming their commitment to draft a change to the Charter if the referendum fails and to ask Council to not hold up the feasibility report and continue the project. 20/20 ADVISORY GROUP UPDATE, MARK LINDBLAD Mr. Lindblad is the new chairman of the Advisory Group. He noted that the 20/20 document will be updated because some words were deemed inflammatory. Council was PAGE 4 • • s COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 given a copy of the proposed update. Council will review the document and get back to Mr. Lindblad with their consensus. Mr. Lindblad will keep the Council and staff updated on any possible future changes. REVIEW 1997 - 2001 DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT (CIP) PLAN, MARY VASKE/RANDY SCHUMACHER Council was given a draft of the proposed CIP. Staff outlined the contents and asked for direction regarding how much detail the Council needed. It was noted that the Charter requires that this document be updated annually. Staff explained that this document will be used by each Department when they prepare their annual budgets. Staff noted that a funding plan was not included in the document. It can be added later if directed by the Council. Also parks are not addressed. This issue will de nd upon whether or not a bond issue is placed on the November election ball Council will review the documents and recommend chan x session. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE COMPUTER PURCHASE PLAN, MA Y A written proposal updating the urchase Plan was given to the Council. Updates include ., 'f , ibl participants to upgrade technological changes and added the ;i as eligible participants in the program. A resolution will . and added to the April 14th agenda. The Council took ive (5) minute break. RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN CHANGE, RANDY SCHUMACHER The Parks Department currently requires payment of program fees in cash. At this time, staff is preparing to allow payment for program fees with credit cards. The cost of this service would be covered by a 1 1/2 % to 2% increase in fees. This matter is informational only and no Council action is needed. CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING ALTERNATE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS, RANDY SCHUMACHER • Council discussed the need for an alternate officer and offered several suggestions. They also noted the need for training before that person assumes the position. It was also PAGE 5 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 suggested that the entire City Council attend the training session. Staff noted the training could be held at the city hall, however, there would be an extra charge. Staff was directed to contact Sandie Wood to see if she would be interested in the position. If she is, staff will prepare a recommendation for Council consideration including the term for the position. This matter will be on the April 14th Council agenda. PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL COMPENSATION MARILYN ANDERSON At a previous work session, Council discussed updating Council salaries and directed staff to determine if there was a legal method of adjusting salaries using the Cost of Living Index. Staff prepared Ordinance No. 07 - 97 outlining specific annual salary adjustments for the years of 1999 through 2002. The City Attorney reviewed this ordinance and found no problems. Ordinance No. 07 - 97 is on the April 14th Council agenda. CENTENNIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EARLY C RANDY SCHUMACHER The School District is in need of app y: 1 "I I' square feet of space for their early childhood program. Staff hasp • . �_�' w proposal: - City will construct a e Town Center next to the Police Department - City will enter 3_ • a le agreement with the School District - The School Di ayments would pay for the building in 10 years - If the City need. ce at the of the 10 year contract, the City will not renew the contract The Council will take this proposal under advisement and will discuss it at another work session. CITY STAFF ATTENDANCE AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, ANDY NEAL Council Member Neal proposed that another table be brought to the Council chambers for seating purposes and require that all staff members attend the regular Council meetings. Mayor Landers was not supportive of this proposal. He felt only staff members who have items on the agenda should attend. Council Member Neal explained that sometimes questions come up on agenda items and nobody seems to know the answers. He felt that if all staff were present, this would not happen. PAGE 6 • COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 9,1997 After further discussion, it was decided to ask staff to determine who should attend the meetings and the seating arrangements. DISCUSSION OF LETTER FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, CHIEF PECCHIA Chief Pecchia explained that recently a program was adopted by the that requires that local police departments to provide local police officers for this detail. The Lino Lakes police officers would be under the direction of the Anoka Sheriff's department. It means that the City would be paying overtime and all their expenses. The Federal Courts have placed an injunction on the program while they study the issue. Council expressed concern for the safety of the Lino Lakes police officers and liability issues. At this time, the Council is against allowing the Lino Lakes police officers to perform this duty. REGULAR AGENDA The Council reviewed the items on the agenda. No outstandin ted. Council Member Kuether explained that she has rec . Joel Tagg who owns property immediately north of the Villag e out what will happen to his driveway when construction starts]. th Council members were given a o r. '` aff was directed to contact Mr. Tagg and ask him to attend a future The meeting adj These minutes w dered, corrected and approved at . regular Council meeting on June 14, 1999. Malyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer Ki �� ivan, ayor PAGE 7