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Home My WebLink About06/26/2006 Council Minutes (2)_ COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2006 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : June 26, 2006 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:10 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Reinert, Stoltz 9 and Acting Mayor O'Donnell 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : Mayor Bergeson 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Attorney, Bill Hawkins; City 13 Engineer, Jim Studenski; Director of Administration, Dan Tesch (part); Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia 14 (part); Finance Director, Al Rolek; and City Clerk, Julianne Bartell 15 16 OPEN MIKE 17 18 No one was present for open mike. 19 20 SETTING THE AGENDA 21 22 Item 3A, Blue Heron Days Update, was removed from the agenda and rescheduled for July 10, 2006. • 23 24 The agenda was approved as amended. 25 26 CONSENT AGENDA 27 28 Council Member Reinert moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented. Council Member 29 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 30 31 ITEM ACTION 32 33 Consideration of Expenditures: 34 35 June 26, 2006 (Check No. 76897 - 36 77014, $338,050.18) Approved 37 38 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 39 15208 — 15235, $22,819.03 Approved 40 41 May 31, 2006 Special City Council Meeting 42 Minutes (Joint Meeting with Advisory Boards) Approved 43 44 June 5, 2006 Council Work Session Minutes Approved • 45 1 COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2006 APPROVED 46 47 June 12, 2006 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved • 48 Resolution No. 06-98, Renewal of Tobacco 49 Licenses Approved 50 51 Miller's on Main — Special Even and Cabaret 52 Permit Approved 53 54 Resolution No. 06-105, Permit Application for Blue 55 Heron Days Parade/Chili Dog Mile on August 19, 56 2006 Approved 57 58 Resolution No. 06-99, Application for Temporary 59 3.2 Beer License, Cabaret License and Exemption 60 for Gambling Permit, St. Joseph's Catholic Church 61 Festival, August 12 & 13, 2006 Approved 62 63 Resolution No. 06-100, Renewal of Premises Permit 64 for Lawful Gambling, Lino Lakes Lions Club at 65 American Legion Post 566 Approved 66 67 Resolution No.06-108, Annual Permit for the Sale of • 68 Consumer Fireworks, Super Target, 749 Apollo 69 Drive Approved 70 71 Resolution No. 06-107, Authorizing the Automark 72 in All Voting Precincts Approved 73 74 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 75 76 There was no report from the Finance Department. 77 78 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 79 80 Promotion of Chris Bragelman to Sergeant, Dan Tesch — Director of Administration Tesch stated 81 the City earlier this year went underwent an internal promotional process to maintain four sergeants. 82 A promotion list was created and Officer Chris Bragelman is next in line for promotion to the 83 position of Sergeant. This promotion will be effective immediately. 84 85 Council Member Carlson moved to offer the position of Sergeant to Chris Bragelman, as presented. 86 Council Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 87 88 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 89 • COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2006 APPROVED 90 Consider Resolution No. 06-101, Accepting Donation of $280 from the Ladies Auxiliary VFW • 91 Post #6583 for the School Patrol Appreciation Day Event, Chief Pecchia — Chief Pecchia advised 92 the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post #6583 has donated $280.00 to the City of Lino Lakes to defray the 93 cost of bus transportation for the Rice Lake Elementary School Safety Patrol Program. 94 95 Council Member Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-101, as presented. Council Member 96 Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 97 98 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 99 100 There was no report from the Public Service Department. 101 102 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 103 104 Lois Lane Utility Improvements: 105 106 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-100, Adopting Assessments, Jim Studenski — City Engineer 107 Studenski stated on May 22, 2006, the City Council set the Public Hearing for the proposed 108 assessments for the Lois Lane Utility Extension project. An ad was placed in the Quad Press and the 109 necessary notices have been mailed to property owners indicating the amount of the assessment and 110 the date of the hearing. 111 012 City Engineer Studenski advised the project is 100% assessed to the benefited property owners. The 113 City will be assessing $186,571.70 at this time. The remaining $209,190.80 has been deferred and 114 will be assessed at the time of the future connection. Project costs are as projected in the feasibility 115 report at a total cost of $395,762.50. 116 117 City Engineer Studenski stated the City did receive two letters challenging the assessment. Ms. 118 Tiffany Borsheim at 554 Lois Lane and Mr. and Mrs. Leavell at 511 Lois Lane have submitted letters 119 objecting to the proposed City assessment for utilities. He noted residents could appeal if the 120 assessment roll is adopted by the City Council. 121 122 City Engineer Studenski clarified the City policy regarding projects that are initiated by residents as 123 opposed to project that are initiated by the City. Assessments are not deferred when the residents 124 initiate projects. The City is only assessing for one utility on each lot at this time. Properties will be 125 assessed for another lot when they choose to subdivide. 126 127 Council Member Reinert moved to open the public hearing at 6:48 p.m. Council Member Stoltz 128 seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 129 130 Ms. Tiffany Borsheim, 554 Lois Lane, came forward and read her letter objecting to the proposed 131 City assessment. She outlined her reason for objecting and asked that her mound and well systems be 132 grandfathered in. She also requested that the existing house at 554 Lois Lane is not assessed for the 133 City sanitation and water services until the current mound system fails. Also in her request, she asked .34 to include that even if the property of 554 Lois Lane were split into two lots, the new lot would be 3 1 COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2006 APPROVED 135 required to connect to the City sanitation and water services and would be assessed for those costs. In 1.136 addition, if the property were split into two lots, the existing house at 554 Lois Lane would be not 137 required to hook up to the City services nor would it be assessed until the current mound or well 138 system fails. 139 140 City Attorney Hawkins stated it is very common to have different types of systems on different lots. 141 The City does have the ability to assess as long as the assessed amount does not exceed the benefit in 142 terms of market value. The City has to treat all residents the same and the project does have to be 143 paid for. Residents do have the right to appeal the estimated benefit of the City services. 144 145 Mr. Tim Anderson, 547 Lois Lane, came forward and stated residents in this area were told they 146 would be able to hook up to City services and subdivide when Bluebill Ponds was developed. He 147 indicated he is supportive of the project and stated it makes economic sense to do this project. He 148 noted his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan, 535 Lois Lane, could not be present this evening but 149 would like to pass on their recommendation to move forward with the project. 150 151 Council Member Stoltz moved to close the public hearing at 6:58 p.m. Council Member Carlson 152 seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 153 154 Council Member Stoltz moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-100, as presented. Council Member 155 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 156 0157 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-89, Awarding Contract, Jim Studenski — City Engineer 158 Studenski advised sealed bids were received and publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. on May 15, 2006. He 159 reviewed the results of the bid opening noting the public hearings regarding the project and the 160 assessments have been held. 161 162 City Engineer Studenski stated the low bid is approximately 19% under the Engineer's Estimate for 163 the project. The low bid was submitted from Jay Bros. Inc. in the amount of $186,408.30. The final 164 completion date for this project is August 23, 2006. 165 166 Council Member Carlson moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-89, as presented. Council Member 167 Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 168 169 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-102, Accepting Bids and Awarding Contract, 2006 Birch 170 Street Trail, Jim Studenski — City Engineer Studenski advised sealed bids were received and 171 publicly opened at 10:00 a.m. on June 20, 2006. He reviewed the results of the bid opening noting 172 the low bid is approximately 6% above the Engineer's Estimate. The low bid was submitted from TA 173 Schifsky & Sons Inc. in the amount of $149,045.00. The final completion date for this project is 174 August 25, 2006. 175 176 Council Member Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-102, as presented. Council Member 177 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 1.178 4 J r COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2006 APPROVED 179 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-103, Approving Change Order No. 1, 2006 Ditch and Pond w`180 Cleaning, Jim Studenski — City Engineer Studenski stated at the January 9, 2006 meeting, the City 181 Council awarded the 2006 Ditch and Ponds Cleaning Contract to Arnt Construction Company. 182 Additional mulch removal and ditch activity has increased the final contract amount to $46,562.16, 183 which is above the amount awarded. 184 185 City Engineer Studenski stated the contractor for the 2006 Ditch and Pond Cleaning Project, Arnt 186 Construction Company, is requesting City approval of Payment No. 2 in the amount of $3,306.00 187 188 Council Member Stoltz moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-103, as presented. Councilmember 189 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 190 191 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 192 193 There was no Unfinished Business. 194 195 NEW BUSINESS 196 197 There was no New Business. 198 199 COMMUNITY CALENDAR JUNE 27, 2006 THROUGH JULY 10,2006: 200 001 Environmental Board Meeting, Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 6:30 p.m. 202 203 Council Work Session, Monday, July 3, 2006, Rescheduled to July 10, 2006, 5:00 p.m. 204 205 Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2006, City Hall Closed 206 207 ADJOURN 208 209 There being no further business, Council Member Carlson to adjourn at 7:10 p.m. Council Member 210 Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 211 212 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, July 24, 2006. 213 214 215 21. .�_ 217 i is Bartell, C y -rk John Bergeson, Mayor 218 219 Transcribed by: 220 Kim Points 221 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 222 •