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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2007/06/25. i PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 2 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 3 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOT 4 5 Regular Meeting 6 June 25, 2007 7 Mounds View City Hall 8 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 9 7:08 P.M. io 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL: Marty, Stigney, Flaherty, Hull, Mueller NOT PRESENT: None. 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA A. Monday, June 25, 2007 City Council Agenda City Administrator Ulrich added Item lOB Executive Session Minutes for June 11, 2007, Item 7M Resolution 7032 Adopting Mission & Vision Statement, and requested that Item 7K Nuisance Code Violation at 7626 Woodlawn Drive be deleted from the Agenda. MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Approve the Monday, June 25, 2007 agenda as amended. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 5. PUBLIC INPUT None. 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUISNESS A. Check Presentation to Festival in the Park Committee Moe's presented a check for $500 for Festival in the Park. Council thanked them. 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 • 2 A. Public Hearing to Consider the First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 3 793, an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code to Eliminate References to the 4 Former Public Facilities Zoning District 5 6 Community Development Director Ericson explained that this amendment would clean up the 7 Zoning Code relative to the public facilities zoning district because the Code was amended to 8 eliminate the public facilities zoning district at the direction of the City Attorney but, Chapter 9 1124, the Telecommunications Chapter was not addressed and it states that towers can be located 10 in a PF district. 11 12 Mayor Mariy opened the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. 13 14 Hearing no public comments, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. 15 16 Council Member Mueller would like to add the City parks and properties rather than just City 17 parks because it appears to her that towers would not be allowed on other City properties unless 18 it was a City park. 19 2o Director Ericson said that would be appropriate to allow towers on any other City owned 21 property. 22 23 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Introduce Ordinance 793, an • 24 Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code to Eliminate References to the Former Public Facilities 25 Zoning District as Amended. 26 2~ Mayor Marty asked about the third page of Chapter 1124, regarding zoning districts and height 28 limitations and co-locations. 29 3o Director Ericson explained that the intent was to encourage multiple users on a tower rather than 31 one for each user. 32 33 Mayor Marty asked about Section 1124.05, Subd. 4, where it discusses landscaping plans being 34 approved by the forester and City Council or the Director of Community Development. He then 35 said that he would like to recommend that it be the Director of Community Development and the 36 City Forester. 37 38 Director Ericson asked whether that change can be made tonight because this hearing was 39 regarding the PF district. 40 41 City Attorney Riggs indicated that this deals with the same Chapter and can be approved with 42 this first reading. 43 44 Mayor Marty said that he would like to add City Forester down further in the same section. He • 45 then said that the Ricochet towers were not removed and the section on tower removal he would Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 3 like to be up to the discretion of the City because the Ricochet towers could benefit the City now. Council Member Stigney said that if the tower is on City property he wonders how the City would recover for removal. City Attorney Riggs indicated that would be a clause in any lease agreement when the tower is constructed and agreed to by the City. Council would like to require a bond for removal of towers, if necessary. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. B. Public Hearing to Consider the Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 790, an Ordinance Amending Chapters 3 and 5 of the Mounds View City Charter Jonathan Thomas appeared before Council and reviewed the proposed change to the Charter. 19 Mayor Marty said that Page 3 of 5 needs to be clarified as to the number of days for the petition 20 process. 21 • 22 Mr. Thomas explained that the reason that the days listed are separate is due to the total number 23 of days. He then said that there is a reason why one is 9 and one is 10 and it needs to be done 24 that way because the tasks needing to be done are different the second time. 25 26 Mayor Marty pointed out an issue with the wording in the insufficient petition section. Mr. 27 Thomas agreed. Mayor Marty said that on Page 5 of 5, Line 210, under recall it seems confusing and he would like to use official or officer but not both. Council Member Stigney said he has a concern regarding Section 307 where the language was changed and asked if the City Attorney is concerned with the publication dates. City Attorney Riggs said that he is fine with it as long as Council is aware that there is the possibility of a failure, through no one's fault, that it could not be published during the publication timeframes, and then the City would have to start over. Council Member Stigney said that in Section 504, sufficiency of the petition he is concerned about because if the clerk administrator determines the petition does not meet the sufficiency requirements, the petition and defects written shall be delivered to the sponsoring party and Council within 10 days and then the petitioners get 21 days to re-file. He then said that the language would allow someone to deliberateiy drag out the process to allow someone an additiona121 days to obtain the correct number of signatures. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 Council Member Stigney said that the point was to clean up the language and this section has not 2 been clarified. He then suggested adding a sentence stating that if the petition does not have the 3 required number of signatures then they will not be given additional time. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Mr. Thomas indicated that it would be difficult to legislate for that type of situation. Council Member Stigney said that in the Flow Chart, in the third box it asks within 180 days to deliver all the required information to the clerk administrator that references Section 506 and he sees no correlation to the 180 days. Mr. Thomas indicated that was a change that was made and that needs to be added to Section 506. Council Member Stigney said that Section 505 should be clarified on petitions and measures. He then said that the intent in the flow charts help clarify but he still has the concern about adding language to clarify an option that the petition does not proceed through the process if it does not have the right number of signatures. Mayor Marty opened the public hearing. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Continue the Public Hearing to the July 9, 2007 Council Meeting. Council Member Stigney would like to have Director Ericson's comments and concerns reviewed and addressed. L~ • Mr. Thomas indicated that they have discussed them or determined that they were beyond the scope of what is being done now. He then pointed out that this is a substantial change. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. C. Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 7103, for an Off Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor License Renewal for SuperAmerica Located at 2640 County Road I in Mounds View Assistant to the Administrator Crane explained that SuperAmerica had contemplated not renewing its 3.2 Malt Liquor License but, has decided to renew. All required application materials have been submitted and all required reviews done. Staff recommends receiving public comment and approval of the renewal. Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 7:55 p.m. Hearing no public comment, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:55 p.m. ~ Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 5 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Flaherty. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7103, for an Off Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor License Renewal for SuperAmerica Located at 2640 County Road I in Mounds View. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. D. Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 7092, Off Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for Vino and Stogies Located at 2345 County Road H2 Chief Sommer explained the situation with the residence and the liquor store within the same building. City Administrator Ulrich indicated that it is recommended that the City approve a liquor license with the conditions listed. He then read the conditions required, one of which was closing off the interior access point from the residence to the liquor store portion of the structure. 1~ Robert Waste, owner of Vino and Stogies, explained that there is a back door behind the counter 18 of the liquor store that goes into a common area of the building with steps to a restroom and then 19 there is a locked door going to a store room and another locked door to the residence. He then 2o said that removing access would eliminate access to the circuit breakers and the restroom. Mr. Waste provided the alarm records to the Council. He then said that it shows that they opened and closed and there was no reentry into the liquor store on the night in question. Mr. Waste reviewed the results of the alarm records with the explanation of the time discrepancies due to the failure to reset the time on the keypad due to power failures. City Administrator Ulrich asked if this covers the common area door. Mr. Waste indicated that it does. Hearing no public comments, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 8:10 p.m. Council Member Mueller thanked Mr. Waste for the alarm system information. She then said that on May 26, 2007 there are several opening and closings at an odd time of the day and she would like an explanation as to why. Mr. Waste explained that would come out to be a Sunday and sometimes he goes in, does banking, leaves and comes back to fill the beer coolers. Mr. Waste indicated now that he is aware of the timing situation he will know to reset the time if there is a power outage. Mayar Marly said that the Chief and the City Attorney spoke regarding this situation, and he is comfortable with the Resolution closing off the interior access point. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 • 2 Council Member Flaherty said that he was hoping that closing off the interior access points 3 would resolve this issue. He then said that he would like to see some kind of separation from the 4 residence and the liquor store. He further suggested considering another circuit breaker. 5 6 Mr. Waste indicated it would be almost impossible andlor very expensive. ~ 8 Council Member Flaherty asked if Mr. Waste's brother has the code, key, or access to the liquor 9 store. 10 11 Mayor Marty said that this was not a one time occurrence at the property and it was advertised to 12 occur again. 13 14 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution ?092, 15 Off Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for Vino and Stogies Located at 2345 County Road H2 as 16 Amended to Remove Item 1. 17 18 Council Member Stigney said that Mr. Waste is aware that any further issues at the premise 19 address could result in a revocation. 20 21 Mayor Marty read Condition 1 which is that no further illegal conduct at the structure in which 22 the licensed premise is located, and Condition 2 further investigation by the City shall continue 23 as to any other illegal activities at the licensed premise. • 24 25 Council Member Flaherty said that he is willing to go along with this but he would like the Chief 26 to go in and verify the locks and access. 27 28 Mr. Waste agreed. 29 3o Mayor Marty asked whether it has been verified that the interior door to the common space is 31 alarmed. 32 33 Mr. Waste indicated that the three doors are all on the alarm system. 34 35 Council Member Mueller said that people have really been following this situation. She then 36 said that there is a lot of interest in this stozy. She further said that the establishment has past its 37 compliance checks and she is glad of that. 38 39 Council Member Mueller indicated that she is a landlord as well and it is difficult to control what 4o the occupant is doing in their private space. She then said that one thing she asked about was 41 whether there was a way to prove the space is secured and she is thankful for the alarm 42 information. 43 44 David Jahnke said that she (Council Member Mueller) works for a competitor of that liquor store • 45 and he would like a legal opinion as to whether this would be a conflict for her. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 7 City Administrator Ulrich said that she does not have any direct financial gain from this so it would not be a conflict. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. E. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 791, an Ordinance Adopting the Five Year Financial Plan Finance Director Beer explained that the Five Year Financial Plan is a tool that can be used by the City and it is required by the Charter. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading, and Adopt Ordinance 791, an Ordinance Adopting the Five Year Financial PIan and Approve Ordinance Suminary. ROLL CALL: Marty/Stigney/Flaherty/Hull/Muelier Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. F. Resolution 7100, Approving the Final Plat for the Subdivision of 8360 Long Lake Road Planner Heller reviewed the subdivision of 8360 Long Lake Road. This is a 1.5 acre parcel proposed to be split into three lots of half an acre in size. This is zoned Rl and it would continue to be zoned Rl. Planner Heller indicated that the subdivision is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, there are no wetlands on the property, and the local water management plan primarily indicates drainage areas and building pad locations. She also indicated that easements are in place and existing easements should not affect what new property owners would want to do. 32 Planner Heller indicated that the only difference in the Final Plat is that the title company found a 33 10 foot easement to NSP from 1975 that overlaps the 45 foot drainage easement but it is far 34 enough back and will be left in place. 35 36 Planner Heller indicated that all three lots front Long Lake Road. A park dedication fee wi11 be 37 based on 2/3 of the land value as there is one existing home on the lot. The amount has been 38 communicated to the Applicant and will need to be paid prior to signing off on the Final Plat. 39 40 Planner Heller explained that sewer pipes were installed fairly deep and there will need to be an 41 agreement among the three property owners and they will probably have to share a sewer 42 connection and public works is aware of if and will work with the new property owners. 43 • 44 Council Member Flaherty asked if the other two lots are sold. 45 Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 8 1 The Applicant indicated that they intend to finish the inside of the home and sell it and then to • 2 sell each lot individually. 3 4 Mayor Marty said that he thought this was done already. He then said that he likes the fact of 5 trying to keep some of the trees, if possible, to build and construct around them. 6 7 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7100, 8 Approving the Final Plat for the Subdivision of 8360 Long Lake Road. 9 lo Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 11 12 G. Resolution 7079, Approving the Purchase of a New Postage Machine 13 14 Assistant to the Administrator Crane outlined the quotes for the new postage machine for 15 Council. Staff explained that the quotes provided at the work session have changed because the 16 Post Office only makes a 10 pound and 30 pound scale and the 30 pound scale is very expensive. 17 18 Assistant to the Administrator Crane explained the quotes and noted that Staff would like to 19 purchase the machine from Minnesota Mailing Solutions as the City has been using Pitney 2o Bowes for over 10 years and Staff would like to use another company as they have had very poor 21 customer service from Pitney Bowes. 22 23 Council Member Stigney asked if Staff asked Minnesota Mailing Solutions to beat the quote. • 24 25 Assistant to the Administrator Crane said that she could do that but has spent a lot of time 26 negotiating already. She then said that Staff would be without a postage machine for a couple of 27 weeks if asked to delay. 28 29 Council Member Mueller said that it is difficult to meet or beat when the first company will not 3o specifically state what the price will be. 31 32 Council Member Mueller asked if this will be depreciated as a capital improvement. 33 34 Finance Director Beer indicated that is correct and it will depreciate about $800 per year. 35 36 Council Member Hull asked how many service calls there are per month. 37 38 Ms. Crane indicated it is at least once a week now. 39 4o Council Member Flaherty said that as soon as you start shopping quotes then people will not 41 quote you. 42 43 Council Member Mueller asked which unit the Staff would prefer. 44 • Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 9 Assistant to the Administrator Crane said that she would like to go with Minnesota Mailing Solutions because, if she wants to add a piece of equipment to the one she has, she would only have to buy it rather than going out for quotes. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Flaherty. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7079, Approving the Purchase of a New Postage Machine from Minnesota Mailing Solutions as Recommended by Staff. Council Member Stigney said that, as a general rule, anytime you are looking at changing something a call should be made to ask them to meet the quote or ask to lower the bid. City Administrator Ulrich indicated that Staff would attempt to do so with any future contracts. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. H. Resolution 7099, Step Increases for pon Burda, Full Time Temporary Building Inspector City Administrator Ulrich read Resolution 7099. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Stigney. To Approve Resolution 7099, Step Increases for pon Burda, Full Time Temporary Building Inspector. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. I. Resolution 7102, Authorizing Use of Neighborhood Dispute Services City Administrator Ulrich indicated that the Police Department brought this up as an aiternative dispute resolution service that can assist with neighborhood disputes. Council Member Stigney said that in the Resolution it states that there is a contract in an amount not to exceed $500.00. He is wondering if the City will have to pay the $500.00 if the services are not needed. City Administrator Ulrich said that it would be an hourly situation and not a retainer. He then said that the amount is for approximately one session. Council Member Stigney asked who would be asked to go to this session. City Administrator Ulrich indicated that he would ask the owners and renters in this case. Council Member Stigney said he would like them all there so that the mediation has a chance to work. He then said that there have been violations and he would like to know if fines have been paid. Mounds View City Council Jane 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 10 1 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that Staff has notified the tenants that if • 2 they park in the yard they will be cited. 3 4 Council Member Stigney indicated that he would like a list of violations and a breakdown of the 5 ones that have been cited and paid and those that are still outstanding. 6 7 Council Member Hull said that he would like to know whether the actual owner has been 8 contacted. 9 lo Community Development Director Ericson indicated that Staff does not have their contact 11 information but Staff will research how to get in contact with them. He then said that the owners 12 may not be able to attend a mediation session but they will be invited and encouraged to attend. 13 14 Council Member Stigney said that he is curious as to why there are so many vehicles at the 15 location since Staff has explained that there can be two borders at the location. 16 17 Director Ericson said that Staff wi11 attempt to monitor the location and determine, as best as 18 possible, who is living at the location. 19 20 Council Member Flaherty said that this seems like it would be a good service. He then said that 21 there was someone who came to a meeting and suggested that neighbors talk to each other and 22 this would be a way to assist them with talking to each other. 23 • 24 Council Member Flaherty said that the cost for the services seems ambiguous and he would like 25 to clarify the amounts. 26 2~ David Jahnke said that he does not think that when this type of thing is going on that they will sit 28 down and discuss it. But, if they do, then he would be worried there would be retaliation. 29 30 Council Member Hull said that he does feel that this can work in some neighborhoods. 31 32 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7102, 33 Authorizing Use of Neighborhood Dispute Services. 34 35 Council Member Mueller said that in other cities there is a fee to rent the building and that 36 includes a yearly inspection. She then said that she is disappointed that the permit to rent the 37 properly was limited to multifamily residences and did not include single family residences. 38 39 Council Member Mueller said that she could not support this for this particular instance but, she 4o does think that to free up officer time, she would like to utilize this service for other 41 neighborhood disputes. She then said that she does not think that it would work with this 42 situation because she does not think that they will come to the table to discuss it. 43 44 Community Development Director Ericson explained that the people renting the home are not • 45 related to the property owner. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 11 • 1 2 Council Member Stigney said that he does not think that it will work for this instance. 3 4 Mayor Marty said that Staff has been trying to work on this and have been doing their best and 5 the neighborhood is up in arms over it and the people seem to have no regard for anyone other 6 than themselves. 7 8 Council asked Staff to add this to the work session agenda and to invite the neighbors, renters, 9 and homeowners to the meeting. i 10 11 Mayor Mariy withdrew his motion and directed Staff to add this to the work session discussion. 12 13 Community Development Director Ericson asked if the Council is interested in talking about ' 14 multifamily rental licensing and noted that the City does not require licensing for single family 15 rentals. 16 17 Council agreed. is 19 J. Resolution 7105, Awarding a Construction Contract for the 2007 Seal Coat 20 Project 21 • 22 Public Works Director Lee reviewed the bids for the 2007 Seal Coat Project. He then said that 23 this is a joint project with the City of Spring Lake Park and 63.6% would be the Mounds View 24 share of the project. Staff recommends awarding the contract to the low bidder for the seal coat 25 project. Council Member Mueller said that there was some discussion about timing on this pxoject. Public Works Director Lee said that this is at the upper end at about 8 years. Council Member Mueller asked whether the City has done business with this low bidder. Public Works Director Lee indicated that the City has not but other cities have and have had no issues with thern. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7105, Awarding a Construction Contract for the 2007 Seal Coat Project. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. K. Resolution 7107, Abatement of a Nuisance Code Violation at 7626 Woodlawn Drive This item was removed from the Agenda. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 ~ 8 9 lo 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 ai 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 L. Resolution 7108, Adopting the Global Release and Settlement Agreement, • Including Approval of Various Leases City Administrator Ulrich indicated that Staff is asking for an extension to the July 9, 2007 meeting to allow Staff time to negotiate a final agreement. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7109, Extending the Origina190 Day Deadline An Additional 10 Days to July 9, 2007. Council Member Mueller said that she hates extending deadlines both personally and professionally but, in this case, she feels that an extension is necessary. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. M. Resolution 7033, a Resolution Adopting the Vision & Mission Statement, Goals Program and Values Statement, and Rules of Conduct Mayor Marty pointed out that these were discussed at the City's Town Hall Meeting. Council Member Stigney indicated that he would like to consider each of the items separately. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Adopt the City's Vision & Mission Statement. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. ~ MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Adopt the Ciry's Goals Program. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Flaherty. To Adopt the City's Values Statement. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Adopt the City's Rules of Conduct. Council Member Stigney said that this states Council Members praise in public and criticize in private. He then said that there was an issue in another City that he recently read about in the paper where a Council Member was reprimanded by the Council for speaking to an employee. He further said that the individual members have no authority individually as it must be the whole Council. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Amend to Delete Rule Number 8. Council Member Flaherty said that this is an agreement to not chastise residents or staff in public • at a public meeting and that is what this is meant to prohibit and that is a good rule of conduct. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 13 • 1 2 City Attorney Riggs indicated that the City needs to be cautious as to how an employee may 3 interpret something that was said and/or the issue of limiting anyone's First Amendment right to 4 free speech. 5 6 Ayes - 4 Nays - 1(Marty) The Amendment to the Motion was approved. 7 8 9 Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The Amended Motion carried. 10 ~ ~ 8. CONSENT AGENDA 12 13 A. Licenses for Approval 14 B. Resolution 7104, Approving Revision to Code Enforcement Standard 15 Operating Guideline OS-OS, Inspection of Vacant Buildings 16 C. Resolution 7106, Amending the 2007 Cable Fund and Special Projects Fund 17 Budgets and Authorizing Transfer of Funds Council Member Mueller requested that Item C be removed for discussion. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Stigney To Approve Consent Agenda Items 8A and 8B as presented. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. C. Resolution 7106, Amending the 2007 Cable Fund and Special Projects Fund Budgets and Authorizing Transfer of Funds Council Member Mueller said that she does not like fund transfers as the funds should be used for what they were collected for. She then said, for the record, the Council needs to weigh these decisions and not take fund transfers lightly. Mayor Marty said that he was under the impression that the City had already done this because it was discussed by the Council. He then explained that this was $12,563 for a special roof mounted air conditioner for the cable room to keep the cable equipment cool and it was determined at that time that, since this was a cable necessity, the City would charge that to the Cable Fund. He then said that he just recently discovered that Council had not taken action to do so. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7106, Amending • 43 44 45 9. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 14 1 • 2 Council Member Mueller asked about Certified Laboratories for graffiti removal and said that 3 she would like to know the location. 4 5 Finance Director Beer explained it is for special supplies to remove graffiti but there was no 6 location for it. ~ 8 Council Member Mueller asked if the fire alarm service is for testing. 9 lo Finance Director Beer explained that it is for charging of fire extinguishers and annual testing. 11 12 Council Member Mueller, on Page 9, $4,120 she would like to know if it is recovered in 13 administrative fines when the litigation is completed. 14 is Finance Director Beer indicated that, generally, the fees are high enough to cover prosecution 16 Costs. 17 18 Council Member Mueller said that it appears on Page 24 and 25 under the Xcel Energy billing 19 that there is a bill for the community center for electric and gas and then there is another 2o community center electric bill. 21 22 Finance Director Beer explained that there is more than one meter. 23 • 24 Council Member Mueller said that the electric bill was about $4,000 for the Community Center 25 in June. 26 27 Finance Director Beer indicated that it was. 28 29 Mayor Mariy asked if on Page 11, the Silver Lake Road project was for the easements. 30 31 City Attorney Riggs said that he believes it was. 32 33 Mayor Marty asked what the County Road I billing was for. 34 35 City Attorney Riggs indicated that is The Station and that will be reimbursed by them. 36 37 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To approve the Just and Correct Claims as Presented. 38 39 Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 40 41 10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 42 43 A. May 29, 2007 City Council Meeting Minutes r 1 U Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 15 Mayor Marty requested the following change: On Page 2, third paragraph correct the spelling. Ericson indicated it was corrected further down and that one will be amended as well. Council Member Mueller explained her change that she had submitted to Staff. Council Member Mueller said that the last statements Mr. Ericson was going to check into it and report back so that should be added in. Council Member Stigney said that he had submitted corrections. Mayor Marty asked Staff to check on Page 3 the votes for the motion, and On Page 5, check who seconded the motion to table Resolution 7033. Council Member Mueller explained that the motion was withdrawn later in the discussion. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve the May 29, 2007 City Council meeting minutes as corrected. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. B. June 11, 2007 Executive Session MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Hull. To Approve the June 11, 2007 Executive Session Minutes as Presented. Ayes - S Nays --0 Motion carried. 11. REPORTS A. Reports of Mayor and Council Mayor Marty said that he talked to Staff today about a watering ban due to the hot and dry weather. Mayor Marty said that if the City violates its energy saving agreement with Xcel it will cost the City $20,000 so he would like to discuss this at the next work session. Council Member Mueller thanked the residents for the calls and letters and said that she appreciated the input. Council Member Mueller thanked Moe's for the $500 donation to the Festival in the Park and the Staff and Council Members and Mayor who were brave enough to be in the dunk tank. Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 16 1 Council Member Mueller said that if you have not read this week's Sun Focus, dated June 21, • 2 2007, on Page 26 there is a wonderful article written about the winner of the design a t-shirt 3 contest for the Festival in the Park. 4 5 Council Member Mueller noted that the car and tractor show registrations are due and there are 6 free goodie bags for the first 100 cars registered. 7 8 B. Reports of Staff 9 1. Fire Inspection Update 10 11 City Administrator Ulrich noted that this was in regard to restaurant licenses to be renewed and 12 there were two that need updated fire inspections and Staff believes they are coming into 13 compliance. 14 15 City Administrator Ulrich noted that Staff put together a list for the control room and Staff is 16 trying to have the cable staff go through the check list to help eliminate any issues with 17 production. 18 19 City Administrator Ulrich said that he would like to see if the City could use some Staff from 2o CTV to help with some of the technical issues the City has been experiencing. He then said that 21 he could bring back the figures for what it would cost for part time help. 22 23 City Administrator Ulrich indicated that the Ramsey County Fair is July 11 - 15, 2007 with City • 24 Day being Ju1y 14. 25 26 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the Comprehensive Plan Task Force 2~ will meet July 18, 2007 and Staff will bring a Resolution forrnalizing the appointments to the 28 task force to the July 9, 2007 meeting. 29 3o Director Ericson indicated that interviews were conducted for the EDA position and he is hoping 31 to have a candidate for Council consideration at either the July 9 or July 23, 2007 Council 32 meeting. 33 34 C. Reports of City Attorney 35 36 None. 37 38 12. Next Council Work Session: Monday, July 2, 2007, at 7 p.m. 39 Next Council Meeting: Monday, July 23, 2007, at 7 p.m. • Mounds View City Council June 25, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 17 ~ 2 13. ADJOURNMENT 4 The meeting was adjourned at xxxx p.m. 6 Transcribed by: 9 Joan Lenzmeier, Recording Secretary lo TimeSaver OffSite Secretarial, Inc. • •