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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2015/11/23PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting November 23, 2015 Mounds View City Hall 2401 County Road 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 7:02 P.M. 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Gunn, Hull, Meehlhause, Mueller NOT PRESENT: None. 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA A. Monday, November 23, 2015, City Council Agenda. Council Member Hull requested Item 7G be discussed prior to Item 7A. MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Mueller. To Approve the Monday, November 23, 2015, agenda as amended. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 5. PUBLIC INPUT None. 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS None. 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS G. Resolution 8482, Consider Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeals for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Public Works Director Erickson stated 85 properties were identified in the preliminary design process for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. He reviewed the discussion held by the Street and Utilities Committee last Monday noting the group received three appeals. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 2 He discussed the appeal request from Brentley Zaier at 2090 Oakwood Drive in detail with the Council. There was concern with the additional maintenance required with the infiltration basin. Staff requested the Council take comments from the public and uphold the recommendation of denial of the appeal. Council Member Mueller questioned where the proposed infiltration basin was on Mr. Zaier’s property. Public Works Director Erickson described the location of the proposed infiltration basin noting it would have a one-foot grade over a four-foot distance. Council Member Mueller asked if the City had any wiggle room with the number of infiltration basins that were needed for Area I. Public Works Director Erickson stated the number of infiltration basins was recommended by Bolton & Menk, but noted there was a little bit of wiggle room. He indicated the City could put the property at 2090 Oakwood Drive at the bottom of the priority list. Mayor Flaherty discussed the reason the City had to install infiltration basins and the increased costs the City would have to incur if the infiltration basins were not installed. MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. Approving the Denial of Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeal #33 for the property at 2090 Oakwood Drive within Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Mueller opposed) Motion carried. Public Works Director Erickson discussed the appeal request from 2193 Terrace Drive in detail with the Council. There was concern with the additional maintenance required with the infiltration basin. He reported the City would design around the existing landscaping on the property. Staff requested the Council take comments from the public and uphold the recommendation of denial of the appeal. John Holan, 2193 Terrace Drive, explained he was not a big fan of infiltration basins. Mayor Flaherty explained why the City had to install infiltration basins noting this was the most economic and least intrusive way for the City to manage stormwater. MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Gunn. Approving the Denial of Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeal #76 for the property at 2193 Terrace Drive within Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Council Member Hull requested the infiltration basin on this property also be moved to the bottom of the priority list. Mayor Flaherty thanked the residents who put in an appeal for engaging in a conversation with the City and its staff. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 3 Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Mueller opposed) Motion carried. Public Works Director Erickson discussed the appeal request from 2110 Terrace Drive in detail with the Council. There was concern with the high groundwater elevation on the property in addition to the location of underground utilities. Staff requested the Council take comments from the public and uphold the recommendation of denial of the appeal. Benedict Speldrick, 2110 Terrace Drive, expressed concern that his basement would flood if an infiltration basin was located in his front yard. He noted the location of the outlet for the infiltration stating it ran through his yard past his garage. He did not want his garage adversely impacted by water runoff either. Public Works Director Erickson noted the location of the catch basin stating it was to the east of Mr. Speldrick’s driveway. He reported staff would have to further investigate the site to see where the utility easement was located. Mayor Flaherty asked if the Council wanted to proceed with this appeal or wait until further information was gathered by staff. Council Member Gunn supported moving forward with the appeal and noted the catch basin sites were recommended by the City Engineers. MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Meehlhause. Approving the Denial of Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeal # 81 for the property at 2110 Terrace Drive within Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Council Member Meehlhause recalled that in the five years he has attended City Council meetings, he recalled only one appeal was approved. Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Mueller opposed) Motion carried. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8482, Consider Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeals for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Mueller opposed) Motion carried. A. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 910, an Ordinance Approving a Cable Franchise Agreement with CenturyLink (ROLL CALL VOTE). City Administrator Ericson stated that was the second time this Ordinance was before the City Council. It was noted the Council introduced Ordinance 910 at their November 9th meeting. He reviewed the proposed Cable Franchise Agreement with CenturyLink further with the Council and recommended approval. Council Member Mueller asked if the City would be collecting a franchise fee from CenturyLink. City Administrator Ericson reported this would be the case. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 4 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Meehlhause. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance 910, an Ordinance Approving a Cable Franchise Agreement with CenturyLink, supporting the Findings of Fact and authorizing staff to publish the Ordinance summary Mayor Flaherty supported additional competition coming into the cable market. ROLL CALL: Gunn/Hull/Meehlhause/Mueller/ Flaherty. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. B. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing: Resolution 8467, Amending and Restating Resolution 4532, an Enabling Resolution Establishing the Mounds View Economic Development Authority under Minnesota Statues, Section 469.090 through 469.108. City Administrator Ericson requested the Council adopt a Resolution that would allow the EDA to levy additional dollars. He understood the EDA was interested in finding ways to levy additional dollars. He discussed the options available to the City and explained that after speaking with the City Attorney regarding this matter, the enabling language would need to be amended. He recommended the Council amend and restate the enabling Resolution in order to allow the City to adopt an EDA levy in the future. Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:43 p.m. Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:43 p.m. City Attorney Riggs advised that there were a number of EDA’s that were set up without HRA powers. He reported that the proposed Resolution would correct this situation for the City of Mounds View. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8467, Amending and Restating Resolution 4532, an Enabling Resolution Establishing the Mounds View Economic Development Authority under Minnesota Statues, Section 469.090 through 469.108. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. C. First Reading of Ordinance 911, an Ordinance to Consider Revising Section 502.12, subd. 2 of the Liquor Code Relating to Sunday Sales. Assistant City Administrator Crane discussed the current requirements within the liquor code relating to Sunday sales. She requested the Council introduce an Ordinance that would raise Section 502 of the City’s Code and would coincide with State Statute, allowing businesses that hold a Sunday liquor license to be open from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. on Sundays. It was noted the Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 5 City had three Sunday liquor license holders: Moe’s, El Loro and The Mermaid. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the First Reading and Introduce Ordinance 911, an Ordinance to Consider Revising Section 502.12, subd. 2 of the Liquor Code Relating to Sunday Sales. Mayor Flaherty supported the proposed Code amendment stating it would bring City Code in alignment with State Statute. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. D. Resolution 8485, Approving Severance for Heidi Heller, Former Planning Associate. Assistant City Administrator Crane requested the Council approve severance for Heidi Heller the City’s former Planning Associate. She noted Ms. Heller had been with the City for the past 10 years and her last day of employment was October 30th. She reviewed the amount of sick and vacation hours that would be paid out to Ms. Heller. MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8485, Approving Severance for Heidi Heller, Former Planning Associate. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. E. Resolution 8480, Authorizing the Morris Leatherman Company to Conduct a Telephone Survey of 400 Mounds View Residents Relating to Organized Collection and Approving Survey Instrument. City Administrator Ericson explained the Council has agreed to move forward with polling residents to ascertain opinions regarding organized trash collection. He reported Morris Leatherman has drafted a survey for this work and the survey would be conducted the first week of December. It was noted that updates to the questions were made based on the feedback provided by the Council at their November 9th meeting. Staff recommended the Council authorize Morris Leatherman to conduct a telephone survey in Mounds View relating to organized collection. Council Member Mueller asked if the number of questions would be reduced. City Administrator Ericson commented that the survey takers would not be reading all of the questions but rather would be circling the response provided by the resident. Council Member Mueller was interested in learning if residents were interested in selecting their own service provider and asked if Question 6 could be revised. City Administrator Ericson believed that Question 7 would allow residents to expand on their feelings regarding this topic. Mayor Flaherty anticipated that Question 7 was the most important within the survey. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 6 Council Member Meehlhause believed that residents would respond in the same manner to both Questions 6 and 7. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8480, Authorizing the Morris Leatherman Company to Conduct a Telephone Survey of 400 Randomly Selected Mounds View Residents Relating to Organized Collection and Approving Survey Instrument. Mayor Flaherty supported the survey being conducted. He was looking forward to reviewing the results once the survey was complete and believed the data would greatly benefit the City Council. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. F. Resolution 8481, Authorizing the Purchase of a V-Panel Aluminum Shoring/Trench Box. Public Works Director Erickson requested the Council authorize the purchase of V-panel aluminum shorting/trench box. He reported this item was within the 2015 budget. He discussed how the trench box would be used by the City to assist with fixing water main breaks. Council Member Meehlhause asked if this piece of equipment was an OSHA requirement. Public Works Director Erickson stated that this was the case unless the public works staff were to open up holes so wide as to not have it collapse. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8481, Authorizing the Purchase of a V-Panel Aluminum Shoring/Trench Box. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. H. Resolution 8483, Approving Non-Standard Street Design and Parking Restrictions for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Public Works Director Erickson reviewed the proposed non-standard street design and parking restrictions for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. He discussed the definition of non-standard street criteria in detail with the Council. Staff provided an overview of the six sections of non-standard street and reported the Streets and Utility Committee recommended approval of the plan as presented. Council Member Mueller asked if the 5.5-foot wide aisle along Jackson Drive would be a designated bike lane. Public Works Director Erickson stated this area would be marked “No Parking” and could be used for bicycles but would not be a designated bike lane. Council Member Mueller questioned how the infiltration basins would be impacted on Jackson Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 7 Drive from Bronson to County Road I. Public Works Director Erickson commented this would have to be investigated by staff during the design process. Mayor Flaherty believed Area I had more non-standard sections of street than any other project area. Council Member Mueller commented that this was the oldest portion of the City, which may be the reason there were so many non-standard street sections. She questioned when the “No Parking” signs would be posted in Area H and Area I. Public Works Director Erickson anticipated that these signs would be posted at the tail end of the projects. MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8483, Approving Non-Standard Street Design and Parking Restrictions for Area I of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. Council Member Meehlhause discussed the park connections that would be established through the Area I sidewalks. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 8. CONSENT AGENDA A. Schedule a Public Hearing for Monday, December 14, 2015, for a Second Reading of Ordinance 911, Revising Section 502.12. subd. 2, of the City Liquor Code Relating to Sunday Sales. B. Resolution 8479 for Authorization to Approve Agreement for Animal Impoundment Services with Hillcrest Animal Hospital. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 9. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS Finance Director Beer answered the Council's questions related to claims. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Approve the Just and Correct Claims as presented. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 10. APPROVAL OF MINUTES None. 11. REPORTS A. Reports of Mayor and Council. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Hull commented he was at Aldi’s two weeks ago where the Mounds View Police Department was accepting donations for the local food shelf. He thanked the public for the great turnout at this event. Council Member Mueller indicated the Ramsey County League of Local Government Annual Meeting would be held on Thursday, December 3rd in Maplewood at Keller Club House at 5:30 p.m. Council Member Mueller reported she missed the Festival in the Park meeting last Tuesday, November 17th. She reviewed the items that were discussed by the group and looked forward to attending the January 19th meeting. She noted the 2016 Festival in the Park event would be held on Saturday, August 20th. Those interested in assisting with the event were encouraged to attend the monthly meetings. Council Member Mueller discussed the draft 2016 City Polices document she received from the League of Minnesota Cities. She believed the League of Minnesota Cities was a strong voice at the legislature. She commented on how the State was considering adjusting axle weight limits for semi-trucks. Council Member Gunn stated the I-35W Coalition met last Thursday. The group was reviewing the proper placement for sound walls along I-35W. She indicated the group also elected officers and noted she was elected President of the Coalition. Council Member Meehlhause wished all City staff and the residents of Mounds View a Happy Thanksgiving. Council Member Meehlhause reported the Mounds View Lions would be sponsoring an all you can eat Waffle Breakfast at Edgewood Middle School on Sunday, December 6th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost for the event was $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12 and $1 for children five and under. Council Member Meehlhause explained on Tuesday, November 23, 1915, William Roy Hotchkiss opened a small print shop on the second floor of the People’s Bank building in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. He discussed how this print shop became Deluxe Check Printers and wished this company a Happy 100th Anniversary. He indicated Deluxe Corporation was a vibrant and viable company that was still headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota. B. Reports of Staff. 1. Police Department 3rd Quarter Report Police Chief Kinney reviewed the Police Department’s Third Quarter Report with the City Council. He provided highlights of events that occurred over the past three months, noting arrests of adults were down from the previous year. He indicated all other calls for service were Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 9 consistent with previous quarters. He reported Officer Kirk Leitch had been assigned as the Department’s School Resource Officer. Police Chief Kinney discussed the K-9 unit’s activity in the third quarter. He reported a local Girl Scout troop was so impressed by Officer Nick Erickson and Niko that they raised enough funds to purchase a vest for a Blaine K-9. Police Chief Kinney thanked the residents of Mounds View for participating in National Night Out. He also appreciated the public’s involvement in the school supply drive. He then provided further comment on the Punt, Pass and Kick event that was sponsored by the Mounds View Police Department at the Edgewood Middle School. Police Chief Kinney thanked Sergeant Wolf for putting on a gun safety training course again this fall. He discussed a missing person’s case in the community and thanked his officers for their efforts on this case. He appreciated the connection he has made with the Liberian community through this case. Council Member Mueller asked how residents could make a donation to the K-9 unit. Police Chief Kinney suggested all donations be sent to City Hall with a notation on the check stating the donation was for the Police Department’s K-9 unit. Council Member Mueller questioned what the minimum age was for individuals to participate in the gun safety course. Police Chief Kinney reported individuals had to be 11 years of age. Mayor Flaherty thanked Police Chief Kinney for his report and for making an effort to continually engage with the community. Finance Director Beer reminded the Council that the Truth and Taxation Meeting would be held on December 7, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. City Administrator Ericson reported the City of Mounds View was nominated and received an award from the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce recognizing the City for its efforts in economic development, specifically the City’s business expansion and retention efforts. He thanked Business Development Coordinator Beeman for his efforts on behalf of the City. Mayor Flaherty reminded the public that City Hall would be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th for the Thanksgiving holiday. He wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. C. Reports of City Attorney. City Attorney Riggs discussed the Silver View Trail easement situation and noted he was halfway to achieving the City’s goal. 12. Truth in Taxation Meeting: Monday, December 7, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. Mounds View City Council November 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 10 Next Council Work Session: Monday, December 7, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. Next Council Meeting: Monday, December 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 13. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m. Transcribed by: Heidi Guenther TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.