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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1995/08/28APPROVED Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting August 28, 1995 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Hwy. 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 The Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Linke at 7:00 p.m. on August 28, 1995. i PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Linke, Council members Trude, Blanchard, Hankner and Quick MEMBERS ABSENT: None AL5O PRESENT: Samanth Orduno, City Administrator, Paul Harrington, Community Development Coordinator, Michael Ulrich, Director of Public Works; Cathy Bennett, Economic Development Coordinator, and Dan Brager, Finance Director. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: There were no additions to the agenda for this meeting. Mayor Linke took this opportunity to notify the Council members and staffthat he was notified today of a great loss to the city. The city's former Fire Chief, Ron Fagerstrom passed away over the weekend. This was a great shock to all those who have known and RESOLUTION NO. 4800 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT FOR MIDWEST I.V., PLANNING CASE NO. 419-95 WHEREAS, Midwest I.V. has requested City approval to construct a 29,168 square foot Office/Manufacturing facility at 8400 Coral Sea Street; and , WHEREAS, Chapter 1006 of the Mounds View Municipal Code requires that a development review be conducted for all commercial and industrial developments within the City; and WHEREAS, Chapter 1010 of the Mounds View Municipal Code requires the issuance of a Wetland Alteration Permit for work conducted in the Wetland Buffer Zone; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the following documents regarding this development proposal: 1. Planning Application dated June 1, 1995 2. Site/Landscape/Drainage Plan dated July 21, 1995 and revised August 7, 1995 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposal is in conformance with all applicable requirements of Chapter 1116, Industrial Zone District, of the Mounds View Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the Rice Creek Watershed District and the City of Mounds View Consulting Engineer have reviewed the proposed drainage plan for the project and recommend approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE ZT RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council approves the Development Review and Wetland Alteration Permit request for Midwest I.V. contingent upon the following: 1) The applicant shall provide landscaping as directed by the City Forester in his letter dated July 14, 1995. 2) The applicant shall enter into a Development Agreement with the City of Mounds View. Adopted this 28th da~~ ^f a„n„~~ ATTEST: • ( SEAL) 1 QQci RESOLUTION N0. 4801 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW TO EXECUTE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 95-100 WITH BRIDGES LEASING CO., LLC WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission reviewed the request known as the Bridges Technology Center., Planning Case No. 419-95, and recommended approval of the project in Resolu- tion No. 424-95; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council reviewed the re- quest and approved the proposal in City Council Resolution No. 4800; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council has stipulated that the applicant enter into a Development Agreement with the City for the approved project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mounds View authorizes its Mayor and Clerk-Admin- istrator to execute Development Agreement No. 95-100 on behalf of the City of Mounds View. Adopted this 28th day of August, 1995. ATTEST: (SEAL) Mayo Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 6 the meters now so that the city will have a system that is reliable and one that will last for the next 20 to 30 years. Ms. Trade stated she has been talking with some people in other cities about this issue. When she talked with staff from New Brighton, who replaced their system one or two years ago with atouch-read system, they said the revenue does not increase noticeably due to accuracy of the water meters. The real savings are in the staff time internally. The biggest problem she feels is that the city is tying up a lot of public works staff in trying to work with uncooperative residents or those who are busy. Ms. Trade explained that Option #2 is 40% less costly and it can pay for itself without residents having a surcharge added to their quarterly water bill. In her mind, this system is the only one she can justify. Mr. Ulrich noted that at the August 21, 1995 Informational Meeting, one of the concerned residents asked if NSP would be interested in reading the city's water meters for a fee. This resident put in a lot of work and talked with several people. This was also done by Mr. Ulrich several months ago, however he was not able to get them to return his calls. • Mr. Ulrich stated he talked with Annie Hoffman who is in charge of the metro meter division of NSP who stated anything is possible in working with NSP. They are currently working on a project with the City of Cottage Grove, and depending upon the type of system they install, NSP may read the meters or have the city read the NSP meters. Mr. Ulrich stated he would like to thank the resident for his work. It is possible that if the phone read system were installed, the city could read NSP's gas and water meters. Mayor Linke briefly explained the two Options that were before the City Council for consideration. He noted that Option #1 includes a $3.00/quarter surcharge to residents. Approximately $2.68 of this would go to help pay back the loan and $.32 would go into a fund for future work on the system. Additional costs include options of going with a radio read system rather than a phone read which would cost $25.00 plus staff is proposing adding a quarterly charge (approximately $15.00) to read the meter. If a resident will not allow the change over to be made, they will be charged an additional $50.00 per quarter. MOTION/SECOND: HanknerBlanchard to recommend that the Council accept Option #1 and award the RFP from WaterPro to conduct the install the proposed water meter change out, authorize a loan from the Special Projects fund in the amount of $500,000, the utilization of $330,000 from the WAC fund to pay for the capital expense of the equipment, and transferring both amounts to account #700-3961 Transfers from other funds, amend the Water Fund Budget account #700-396' Transfers from other funds by • adding $830,000, and add $830,000 to account #700-4123-703 Water Infrastructure Mounds View City Council . Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 7 Program for that amount, institute a quarterly meter charge on all meters based on Option #1, authorize meter reading charge of $15.00, for optional radio read, authorize $50.00 reading charge for any resident failing to allow the meter change out, and to authorize the Director of Public Works to sign all change orders up to two percent (2%) of the projected project cost, to be funded from the WAC fund. Ms. Hankner stated she feels by investing in this particular system the city will not be in a situation of upgrading it in the near future as they would if they were to go with Option #2. The financing has been worked out and this is the most cost effective route of the options before the council. Ms. Trade stated she disagrees with Ms. Hankner's view that Option #1 is the most cost- effective system. Tt costs 40% more than the next alternative. She has a hard time justifying charging each resident an additional $3.00 per quarter for an indefinite period of time. She stated it is difficult to buy a system that has a useful life of about 25 years and it takes almost that amount of time to pay it off. The second option is not something that needs to be upgraded. Mounds View is ideally set up for touch read system as the houses are located close together. The communities that have gone to a phone read system have done it out of necessity. Their homes are one to five acre lots. At this time, Ms. Trade stated she cannot justify going to anything more than the touch read system which meets the needs of the staff, city council and residents. Mayor Linke stated the system will be paid for in twelve years, not 25 years as stated by Ms. Trade. He would like to express his support of Ms. Hankner's motion. He feels that for the city residents and staff, Option #1 is the best way to go. Mr. Quick asked Mr. Brager, Finance Director, how much he pays for system repair/replacement as a resident of the City of New Brighton. Mr. Brager noted that this is based upon the water consumption each quarter. Assuming it is 21,000 gallons per quarter, he would pay $9.00 for sewer and $8.50 for water each quarter. This is in addition to the water charge. Mr. Quick noted that Mounds View is proposing only a $3.00 charge per quarter and of this $.32 will go into a fund for future repairs. Ms. Hankner noted that the City Council cannot commit future councils to that $3.00 charge. The council is only committing it for the time frame under this financing plan. • Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 8 Ms. Trude apologized for quoting incorrect figures as to when the system will be paid in full. Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated he was under the impression last week that there would be a little bit longer time frame in which to respond. He is still not sure if he understands why a "pay as you go" system will not work for the City of Mounds View. He does not feel residents should incur debt on their children and grandchildren. He does not understand why it would be more difficult to schedule change out with residents under an on-going maintenance program than an entire program. Mayor Linke stated in regard to the ongoing system, the city has been doing that since the 1980's. The city has not been able to ever catch up or jump ahead of the system. Right now the city is replacing approximately 75 meters each year. There is not sufficient staff to accommodate the changes. Mr. McGarry stated he is a firm believer in participating democracy and he strongly feels that it does not hurt to give another week or two to the public to be sure that they all understand what is being done. The public may have some worthwhile ideas too. Mayor Linke noted that the national accuracy average in water meters is 85%. The city's accuracy was found to be 94% but this was only based upon the inspection of 30 meters. VOTE: 4 ayes 1 nay (Trude) Motion carried. 1. Report of Council members Council member Quick stated he had the opportunity to visit the golf course on Saturday, August 26, 1995. He ran into twelve golfers, only two from Mounds View. They all commented that they thought the golf course was fantastic. The two Mounds View players had high regards for the course, stating they could both play at their awn level. He further noted that the fairways and greens are in a lot better shape than they were at the grand opening. He wished to credit the grounds crew for their hard work. Council member Blanchard: No Report Council member Hankner: She reported that she had just recently played the course for the first time and commented that it was a fun and challenging course. • Mounds View City Council . Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 9 Council member Trude: Ms. Trude stated coming up in September there are two meetings that will be held regarding the Arsenal which will be held at New Brighton's Family Service Center. She will be attending those. Arden Hills has hired outside consultants and they have had ail their city meetings. Now they have six plans that they will present to the Re-Use Task Force. She stated if anyone has any concerns or questions, she would encourage them to call her at her residence. Otherwise a report will be presented to the public in the Fall of 1995. Report of Mayor Linke: Mayor Linke did not have a report this evening. Report of Administrator: Samantha Orduno stated, in following up to Ms. Trude's report, there is a new Board that is being talked about forming. This is at the request of residents primarily from the New Brighton/Arden Hills area. It is a provision of Federal Law that at the request of • residents, the Army will forma "Restoration Advisory Board". This is to be a group of residents, business people and all the interest groups. They will take approximately two months to see how they will be forming this. Representatives from the Army will be at the September work session to describe this Restoration Advisory Board. Their task will be to oversee and advise on the restoration of the site and the clean up of the site. Ms. Orduno stated she will be at the September work session and will discuss this with the council members at the September work session. Report of Staff Mike Ulrich explained that the contractor who is completing the street sealing is in town and started work on Monday, August 28th. Notification was left on every resident's door or mailbox as to the tentative schedule for sealing the roads. The entire road will be done at one time and it will take from four to six hours to completely cure. He asked that residents be cooperative and apologized to residents for the inconvenience of it. The next Council Work Session will be September 5, 1995 at 6:00 p.m. The next Council meeting will be held on September 11, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. • r~ ~J • Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting -August 28, 1995 10 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Council, Mayor Linke adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~.~.~~ , Tamara D. Saeflce Recording Secretary City of Mounds View