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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1994/08/29 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IIICITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Hwy. 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 CALL TO ORDER The Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Linke at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 29, 1994 . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Linke, Councilmembers Wuori, Blanchard, Quick and Trude MEMBERS ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT: Samantha Orduno, City Administrator; Mike Ulrich, 1111 Director of Public Works ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: a. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, asked that Resolution No. 4621 Approving a Grant to Cable Commission be added to the Agenda. This item was made Item 11C. b. Mike Ulrich, Director of Public Works, asked that Consideration of Approval of Payment to Ramsey County for Long Lake Road Project be added—t—the Agenda. This_items-was made Item11f. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Quick to Remove July 25, 1994, Regular Council Meeting Minutes from the Table VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Trude to Approve July 25, 1994, Regular Council Meeting Minutes VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 1111 MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Quick to Approve August 8, 1994 , Regular Council Meeting Minutes • Mounds View City Council Page Two Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried ACCEPTANCE OF ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES: Environmental Quality Commission Minutes from June 21, 1994 Meeting MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Blanchard to Accept Environmental Quality Commission Minutes from June 21, 1994 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Councilmember Blanchard, at this time, stated that Mr. Richard Oman, Chairperson of the Environmental Quality Commission, had asked to be placed on the September 7, 1994 Council Work Session Agenda. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS a. Mayor Linke read Resolution No. 4613 Commending Fire Captain Eric A. Rosengren for His Service to the Mounds View/Blaine/Spring Lake Park Fire Department. Mayor Linke entertained a motion to approve, table or deny Resolution No. 4613 . • MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to Adopt Resolution No. 4613 Commending Eric A. Rosengren for His Service to the Mounds View/Blaine/Spring Lake Park Fire Department • VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Mayor Linke presented Captain Rosengren for his service with the Fire Department on behalf of the Council and residents of the City of Mounds View. b. Mayor Linke read Resolution No. 4614 Commending Firefighter Gary L. Teske for His Service to the Mounds View/Blaine/Spring Lake Park F-rre—Dep-rt-tent MOTION/SECOND: Blanchard/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4614 Commending Firefighter Gary L. Teske for His Service to the Mounds View/Blaine/Spring Lake Park Fire Department VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Mayor Linke presented Firefighter Gary L. Teske for His Service to the Mounds View/Blaine/Spring Lake Park Fire Department on behalf of the Council and residents of the City of Mounds View. c. Mayor Linke read Resolution No. 4617 Presenting Salute to Youth Award to Tri City Red American Legion Baseball Team for an SOutstanding Season Mounds View City Council Page Three 1111 Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Wuori to Adopt Resolution No. 4617 Presenting Salute to Youth Award to Tri City Red American Legion Baseball Team for an Outstanding Season VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Mayor Linke asked Councilmember Quick to deliver this resolution on behalf of the City Council d. Mayor Linke read Resolution No. 4618 Commending Robb Ramacher for Receiving the Most Outstanding Player Award for the State American Legion Tournament MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to Adopt Resolution No. 4618 Commending Robb Ramacher for Receiving the Most Outstanding Player Award for the State American Legion Tournament VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried CONSENT AGENDA Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, read the Consent Agenda 1111 Mayor Linke asked if there were any items the Council desired removed from the Consent Agenda. Item A. was removed at Mayor Linke's request. MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Blanchard to Adopt the Consent Agenda Minus Item A. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried A. Adopt Resolution No. 4615 Approving Wage Adjustment for Cheryl Sutton, Public Works Maintenance Worker Mayor—Linke—asked that—this item be—tabled—to a—future date. MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Blanchard to Table Resolution No. 4615 Approving Wage Adjustment for Cheryl Sutton, Public Works Maintenance Worker to a Future Date VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR There were no resident requests or comments from the floor brought up at this meeting. 41/1 Mounds View City Council • Page Four Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 7: 05 p.m. Consideration of Request of David Tanner, 7935 Sunnyside Road, Oversized Accessory Building (Garage) Mayor Linke opened the public hearing at 7: 18 p.m. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reported that David Tanner had made application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the construction of an oversized garage. Orduno further reported that Mr. Tanner's request meets all requirements of the Municipal Code for issuance of the Permit, however the Code does stipulate that in the event a garage exceeds 1000 square feet, no other accessory buildings shall be allowed on the property. Orduno explained that Mr. Tanner, after being informed of this stipulation, decided to amend his original request and not exceed the 1000 square foot limit. Orduno noted that the Planning Commission found no problem with this amendment and recommended approval of the request. Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 7 : 19 p.m. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to Adopt Resolution No. 4620 Approving Request of David Tanner, 7935 Sunnyside Road, Oversized Accessory • Building VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried COUNCIL BUSINESS: There were no Consent Agenda items brought forward. A. Consideration of Adoption of Ordinance No. 547, Long Term Financial Plan Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, explained that the 1994 Long Term Financial Plan was introduced at—the—August 8, 199-4—Council meeting and is scheduled to be adopted at the August 29, 1994, Council meeting. Orduno stated that the capital outlay items for 1995 have been modified so that they agree with the 1995 budget. Councilmember Trude stated that, in her opinion, there were some conflicts with the copy of the Long Term Financial Plan from the last draft received to this draft and asked that this item be tabled for further discussion. MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Wuori to Table the Consideration of Adoption of Ordinance No. 547 Long Term Financial Plan • VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried • Mounds View City Council Page Five Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 B. Consideration of Release of Escrow Funds for Harstad Development Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reported that Catherine Harstad has requested that the City Council release funds currently being held in cash escrow as part of the Greenfield Ponds Development. Orduno further reported that this project was scheduled for completion in early July and that all requirements of the Development Agreement met prior to release of the funds. Orduno explained that a copy of street and utility as-builts was received on August 29, 1994. Orduno noted that this was the final item to be met as required by the Development Agreement. Orduno stated that the amount of refund to Harstad would be $52, 935. 33 . MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to Approve Release of Escrow Funds for Harstad Development VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried C. Consideration of Resolution No. 4621 Approving a Grant to the Cable Commission for Additional Cable Equipment to Expand Community Communication IIII Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reported that the Parks and Recreation Director along with Jerry Skelly would like to put together a grant application to the cable commission to purchase additional cable equipment. Orduno stated that the Cable TV Commission offers a grant application process for equipment needs for cities that devote Cable TV fees to Cable TV programming and the City of Mounds View does dedicate all of its cable franchise fees to cable operations. Orduno noted that in order to complete the grant application a resolution has to be passed by the City Council and that the deadline for this grant application is September 9, 1994 . MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4621 Approving a Grant to the-Cable Commission-for Addi ronaI-Cabl-e Equipment-to Expand Community Communication Efforts VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried D. Consideration of Payment to Ramsey County for the City's Portion of the Cost of Reconstruction of Long Lake Road Mike Ulrich, Director of Public Works, reported that the City has received two invoices from Ramsey County for the City's share of engineering and construction on the Long Lake Road project totalling $832 ,894. 56. Ulrich reported that the majority of the work is reimbursable from the City's MSA construction allotment. Ulrich reported that Steve Campbell of SEH believes that the County • further erroneously charged the City $5, 003 . 68 for construction engineering of the local utility portion of the project. Ulrich stated that SEH Mounds View City Council Page Six 1111 Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 performed the construction engineering on the project and believes that the City should not pay the County for that work. Ulrich noted that the City had agreed to pay $35, 569. 31 for wider sidewalks and $75, 884 . 00 for some local watermain and sewer work. Ulrich presented the total due to Ramsey County as $827,890.88. Councilmember Quick asked if the tree had been replaced that had inadvertently been removed by the County. Ulrich stated that he would check on that particular tree. Ulrich reported that MSA trees would be replaced through the project. Mayor Linke read a letter from the Ramsey County Director of Public Works commending the efforts of Mike Ulrich, Bill Hanggi and Jim Hess on their helpfulness and cooperation with regards to the Long Lake Road Project. Mayor Linke commended Mr. Ulrich, Mr. Hanggi and Mr. Hess for their work on this project and reaffirmed that their work is appreciated. MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Quick to Approve Payment to Ramsey County for the City's Portion of the Cost of Reconstruction of Long Lake Road 1111 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried REPORTS 1. Report of Councilmembers: Councilmember Quick - No report. Councilmember Blanchard - Will be attending meeting at the arsenal concerning what is going to be done with the arsenal property. Blanchard stated that she-wants-to-know how it wou d impact-the-City. Councilmember Wuori: - Will be attending meeting. Councilmember Trude: - Will be attending the meeting. Meeting is at 6: 30 p.m. at the main administration building. Enter the arsenal through Gate 3 which is across from the lumber yard. - Councilmember Trude also asked if the Council had announced that the City had received the grant for the pedestrian bridge which Mayor Linke affirmed that it was. 1111 • Mounds View City Council Page Seven Regular Meeting August 29, 1994 - Councilmember Trude also informed the public that the NWFS is having their 1st Annual Mississippi Fun Raiser. Trude stated that for more information anyone interested should call City Hall. 2 . Report of Administrator: Samantha stated that she was glad to be back but did have a very good vacation. Samantha also noted that she would be at the meeting at the arsenal. 3 . Report of Mayor Linke: Mayor Linke noted that he was volunteered to do the cooking for the upcoming trip to the Saints game so he would not be able to attend the arsenal meeting with the legislators. 4. Report of Staff Mike Ulrich, Public Works Director, reported that everything has been resolved on Pleasant View Drive. Bituminous will • begin being put down on Thursday. Ulrich further reported this project will be finished ahead of schedule. Ulrich also noted that the slurry seal project has been completed and no complaints have been received. Ulrich also announced that Tuesday, tomorrow, would be the last day for residents to put out storm damage (tree branches) . Councilmember Trude stated that there is a chore service that helps with tree removal or limbs in yard. Contact City Hall for more information. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before this Council, Mayor Linke adjourned the meeting at 7 :40 p.m. R= pect ugly s , .mitted, /// i 4( / e e Sev-rson Recording Secretary •