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Home My WebLink About08-17-2010 CCMMINUTES APPROVED: September 7, 2010 City of Lake Elmo City Council Minutes August 17, 2010 Mayor Johnston called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor Johnston. and Council Members DeLapp, Emmons (arrived 7.05 p.m.), Park and Smith Also Present: Administrator Messelt, City Engineer Stempski, Attorney Snyder, Planning Director Kyle Klatt, and City Clerk Lumby APPROVAL OF AGENDA: MOTION: Council Member Smith moved to approve the August 17, 2010 City Council agenda. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0. GROUND RULES: APPROVED MINUTES: The August 4, 2010 City Council minutes are approved by consensus. PUBLIC COMMENTS/INQUIRIES: Paul Ryberg, 11326 N. 30"' Street, attended the Washington County board meeting where the Board indicated. it has no plans at this time to close the Lake Elmo Library. He asked that the City Council. and staff continue to fight to keep the library open. CONSENT AGENDA: MOTION: Council Member Park moved to approve the Consent agenda, Council Member Emmons seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. • Approve payment of disbursements and. payroll in the amount of $364,989.84 • Approve Encroachment Agreement at 5802 Lily Cove N. as presented • Approve Revision to the By -Laws of the Lake Elmo Firefighter's Relief Association to allow Pro -Rating for Years of Service • Accept quotes and award the contract for the 42" d Street Mill and Overlay Project to Hardrives, Inc. for their base quote of $49,529.55 LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES August 17, 2010 REGULAR AGENDA: 2009 Street Improvements: Public Ilearin 7 on Final Assessments: Resolution No. 2010-39 Ryan Steimpski, Assistant City Engineer, requested the City Council conduct the required Public Hearing regarding Final Assessments for the 2009 Street Improvements. The proposed final assessments for each benefitting property are as follows: Myron Ellman Subdivision (Legion Avenue) = $700 Eden Park Development (Legion Ln, Legion C,t., .Legion Cr., Lisbon Ave) _ $1,750 Eden Park 2i' Development (21" Street N.) _ $2,200 The Forest Development Qrd Street Place N.) .= $1,750 Mayor Johnston called the public hearing to order at 7:12 pm, There was no one to speak for or against the proposed assessments. Mayor Johnston closed the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. MOTION: Council Member DeLapp moved to approve Resolution No. 2010-039; A Resolution adopting the Final Assessment Roll for the 2009 Street Improvement Project Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0 . Adoption of Required Updates to 2030 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan Kyle Klatt, Planning Director, requested City Council review and affirmatively consider adoption of required updates to the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, based on the Metropolitan Council's acceptance of this document a its March 24, 2010 meeting. The action by the Met Council grants Lake Elmo authorization to put the 2030 update into effect. Kyle Klatt reported there are four primary elements that must be addressed in a community's comprehensive plan, which include: background information, land use plan, public facilities plans and implementation. As part of the 2008 update requirement, the City was not required to update the first two of these sections, background and land use. Therefore, the document incorporates the entirety of these sections as they were drafted by the City as part of the previous update. in particular, the land use section has not been updated or altered in any way, and doing so would alter many portions of the current update that are based on this section. Council Member Emmons found a page missing on the CD Rom of the Comprehensive Plan. MOTION: Council ? 1ember Smith moved to approve Resolution No. 2010-040 adopting the Lake Elmo 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-1 (DeLapp noted that there are 50 corrections to the 2005 plan, and the City had five years to make those corrections and they have not). LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL :MINUTES August 17, 2010 2 Discussion regarding Washington County SSTS Ordinance Chris LeClair, Washington County Public Health Dept, provided a presentation regarding the Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) regulations recently adopted by Washington County. In accordance with Minnesota statutes, the City must adopt an ordinance that, at a minimum, is as strict as the new County ordinance within one year from the date of County approval. In. this case, the City must revise its regulations to either match or exceed the County's regulations by September 23, 2010, or will otherwise be required to abide by the Coun.ty's ordinance. The Council consensus was to adopt action 4-2 Washington County SSTS ordinance by reference ---any future revisions by the County would not require adoption by the City. The Council asked staff to proceed in discussions with representatives from Washington County Public Health Dept. on fees f or County inspections and septic reporting. Proposed Stay in Establishment of a Memorial Public Library System: Resolution No. 2010-041 This item was scheduled at the request of Administrator Messelt and City Attorney Snyder in order to update the Council on efforts to retain and enhance library services for the Lake Elmo community. The City Administrator and City Attorney formally met with County officials on two different occasions, and have continued to research and discuss applicable legal, operational and financial implications with various representatives from. the County, as well as state and regional library authorities. An article from the Star and Tribune on what's going on in Hugo providing library services in a kiosk located at the Hugo City Hall. Administrator Messelt reported the Washington County Board has finished its budget review process and recommend a balanced budget :funding for nine libraries (4 boutique libraries.) There was no talk about closing any libraries this year. They will be looking into changes in service pattern assessments of core services and new service models. MOTION: Mayor Johnston moved to approve Resolution No. 2010-041, staying establishment of'a public Library System, authorizing a Library Levy, and establishing a Public Library Board.for the City of Lake Elmo. Council Member DeLapp seconded the motion. The motion passed i-0. LAKE ELMO CI'l'Y COUNCIL MINUTES August 17, 2010 3 Discussion regarding `'Next Steps" in Village Area/1-94 Corridor Master Planning City Council discussion focused on the number of city sewer connections for the Old Village with the rest being established south of 10"' Street. Council Member Emmons opined 600 units in the Old Village was preferred by a number of residents who attended the open meeting at Oakland Jr. H.S. and this would snake sense in the City's comprehensive plan. Council Member Smith suggested 935 sewer units for the Old Village, based upon one REC unit per acre for the 925 acres of the Old Village currently undeveloped. Administrator Messelt noted that such a count doesn't mean that there will just be one building per acre. There could be multiple houses clustered together with an area of open space next to the development and smaller units, such as apartments, may not equal 1 REC per apartment. When development does come into the City, the City anticipates the developers will pay for 100 percent of the sewer connection costs. Council Member Park indicated that the base should be defined as a range of 600-935 sewer units. MOTION: Council. Member ,S'mith moved to set 935 sewer units fbr the Old Village area in the Comprehensive plan. Council Member DeLapp seconded the motion. MOTION: Council Member Emmons moved to amend the motion to define the base as a range gf'600-935 sewer units in the Old Village area. Council Member DeLapp seconded the motion. The motion, failed 2-3 (Mayor Johnston Council Member DeLapp and Smith voting against), MOTION: The original motion then passed 3-2 (Council Member Emmons and Park voting against.) Council Member Smith said that if done correctly the development could be tasteful and serve as a model for other metro cities. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: In answer to Administrator Messelt's request to the Council on pipeline design, cost and concepts for zoning and master plan, the Council consensus was to provide direction to staff to proceed with getting bids andbonding information for is design, including an option for force -main and gravity pipeline established south of 10"' Street. City Engineer Griffin will come back to the Council for formal approval. Administrator Messelt said he will now be better able to talk with the school district and developers. Administrator Messelt reported the Planning Commission suggested looking into the Interim Use Permit for Ag sales that would allow bringing in supplemental produce and also recommended staff continues to stay enforcement of the ordinance that currently is in place regarding Ag sales until its review is completed. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 17, 2010 4 MOTION: Council Member DeLapp moved to direct staff to continue the current stay on enforcement and bring back to Council a.formal Resolution under the consent agenda to stay such enfbreement_for off -site Ag sales until the City's review is completed. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. Administrator Messelt will check with staff on the status of the illegal structures The City Council adjourn the meeting at 9:45 p.m. �t Respectfully submitted by ShJbn Lumby, City Clerk Resolution No. 2010-039 Adopt final assessment roll for the 2009 Street Improvement Project Resolution No. 2010-040 Adopt Lake Elmo 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update Resolution No. 2010-041 Staying establishment of a public library system, authorizing a library Ievy, and establishing a public library board for the city LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 17, 2010