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Home My WebLink About06/25/2007 Council Minutes (2)COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 2007 APPROVED •1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : June 25, 2007 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:00 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Attorney, William Hawkins; Public 12 Safety Director, Dave Pecchia; Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, 13 Jim Studenski, Finance Director, Al Rolek; and City Clerk, Julie Bartell 14 15 Acting Mayor O'Donnell was in the Chair. 16 17 PUBLIC COMMENT 18 19 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 20 21 SETTING THE AGENDA 22 •23 The agenda was approved as presented. 24 25 CONSENT AGENDA 26 27 Council Member Carlson moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as amended. Council Member 28 Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergson & Stoltz absent. 29 30 ITEM ACTION 31 32 33 Consideration of Expenditures: 34 June 25, 2007 (Check No. 80343 through 35 80454) in the amount of $868,708.35; 36 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 2746 through 37 2764) in the amount of $43,656.35 Approved 38 39 June 4, 2007 Council Work Session Minutes Approved 40 41 June 11, 2007 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 42 43 Resolution No. 07-89, Approving the renewal of •44 tobacco licenses for the 2007/2008 license period Approved 45 1 COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 2007 APPROVED •1 Resolution No. 07-90, Approving a Solicitor License 2 for Pro Alarm Approved 3 4 Resolution No. 07-91, Approving the renewal of a 5 private kennel license for Margo Polta, 575 Ash Street Approved 6 7 Resolution No. 07-92, Approving Final 8 Pay Request, Lois Lane Utility Extension Project Approved 9 10 June 4, 2007 Special City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 11 12 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 13 14 Consider Resolution No. 07-96, Awarding the Sale of $4,215,000 in General Obligation Tax 15 Increment Financing Bonds, Series 2007A - Finance Director Rolek explained that based on 16 council authorization calling for issuance of these bonds to finance the Lake Drive Interchange 17 Project, bids were sought and received. He introduced Terri Heaton, Springsted, Inc., to review the 18 bid results. 19 20 Ms. Heaton noted that the bids were opened this day, with ten bids received and the low bid received 21 from Piper Jaffray & Company. The interest rate attached to that bid is 4.1175%, very close to the 22 estimate. A bond rating assessment of the city was a part of the process and it was confirmed by • 23 Moody's that the City of Lino Lakes has a strong AA3 rating. 24 25 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 07-96, as presented. Council Member 26 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz absent. 27 28 Consider Resolution No. 07-97, Approving the Modification of Tax Increment Financing Plan 29 for Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-11 - Finance Director Rolek explained that staff is 30 presenting an administrative amendment to this tax increment plan that is required based on the 31 restructuring of the Lake Drive Interchange Project financing plan. The Economic Development 32 Authority acted to approve this modification earlier in the evening. 33 34 Council Member Carlson moved to approve Resolution No. 07-97, as presented. Council Member 35 Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz absent. 36 37 Consider Resolution No. 07-98, Authorizing an Interfund Loan in connection with the Lake 38 Drive Interchange Project and Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-11— Finance Director 39 Rolek explained that this loan action is based on the restructured financing plan for the Lake Drive 40 Interchange Project. There should be sufficient capacity in the district to fully fund this so staff is 41 recommending approval of the loan. 42 43 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 07-98, as presented. Council Member • 44 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz absent. 45 COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 2007 APPROVED •1 Consider Resolution No. 07-99, Authorizing a Utility Rate Study — Finance Director Rolek noted 2 that a rate study is needed to review city costs related to provision of services as well as to assist with 3 the City Engineer's current work on water conservation planning. A study is proposed to be 4 conducted by Springsted, Inc. with the assistance of the City Engineer. The cost of the study would 5 be funded between the water and sewer funds. Results from the study would be anticipated in 6 October, 2007. 7 8 Community Development Director Grochala added that a water conservation plan is required by the 9 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for all cities providing water. The plan looks at 10 education and rate structures and is intended to reduce use of (conserve) water resources and reduce 11 costs as well. 12 13 Council Member Carlson moved to approve Resolution No. 07-99, as presented. Council Member 14 Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz absent. 15 16 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 17 18 There was no report from the Administration Department. 19 20 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 21 22 Annual Renewal of Otter Lake Animal Control Contract - Public Safety Director Pecchia .23 explained that the City has utilized the contractual services of Otter Lake Animal Control for eleven 24 years and has received good service. Staff is recommending that the contract be renewed for an 25 additional year (2007) with an increase in two fees as noted. 26 27 Council Member Reinert moved to approve renewal of the Otter Lake Animal Control contract. 28 Council Member Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz 29 absent. 30 31 Acknowledgment of Support for the 2007 Senior Safety Fair — Public Safety Director Pecchia 32 thanked the council for the opportunity to publicly recognize members of the Lino Lakes community 33 for their support for the first ever Senior Safety Fair, held on May 16, 2007. It was a successful event 34 with over 80 seniors participating. The list of donors was read. 35 36 Council Member Carlson moved to acknowledge those that supported the 2007 Senior Safety Fair. 37 Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz 38 absent. 39 40 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 41 42 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 43 di 44 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 1111. 45 • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 • 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 2007 APPROVED Consider Resolution No. 07-95, Rejecting all Bids and Authorizing a Request for Quotes for the 2007 Surface Water Management Projects — City Engineer Studenski explained that a bid process for the 2007 Surface Water Management Project was undertaken but the results were unacceptable, including an erroneous low bid that was eventually withdrawn. Staff is recommending that the bids be rejected and that new activities be identified for a request for quotes process. Council Member Carlson moved to approve Resolution No. 07-95, as presented. Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously; Bergeson & Stoltz absent. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no Unfinished Business. NEW BUSINESS There was no New Business. COMMUNITY CALENDAR JUNE 26 — JULY 9, 2007: f- Wednesday, June 27 Monday, July 2 Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, July 5 Monday, July 9 Monday, July 9 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers 5:30 p.m., Community Room Holiday — City Hall Closed 7:00 a.m., Community Room 6:30 p.m., Community Room 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers Environmental Board Council Work Session 4t of July EDAC Park Board Council Meeting ADJOURN There being no further business, Council Member Carlson moved to adjourn at 7:00 p.m. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, July 9, 2007. Jiilt Bartell, City 4 ech4g John Bergeson, Mayor