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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2004/12/131 • 2 3 4 5 6 7 s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL d "~ -`'~ CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW - j ~ ~' RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA ~~ ~~- Regular Meeting `~ December 13, 2004 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 7:00 P.M. 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL: Linke, Quick, Marry, Stigney, and Gunn 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Monday, December 13, 2004 City Council Agenda. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To Approve the Monday, December 13, 2004 Agenda as presented. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUISNESS A. Presentation of 2004 Mounds View Citizenship Award Mayor Linke read aloud the Mounds View Citizenship Award which was presented to David Jahnke by the full Council. Mr. Jahnke's daughter gave a presentation regarding her father's accomplishments and attributes. The Council congratulated and thanked Mr. Jahnke for his contributions to the community. 6. PUBLIC INPUT Doris Hilman, 3034 Ardan Avenue, asked whether there would be another candidate running for the people at the upcoming special election. She stated it would be more fair for people to make the effort to show up in person to answer questions. Mayor Linke suggested she write her questions down and submit them to both the Charter Commission and the Cable Commission. r~ ~J Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 2 • 1 Dave Jahnke, 8428 Eastwood Road, provided the Council with a handout regarding golf courses 2 that were in danger or already gone. He stated that this year the Bridges had lost $193,000. He 3 questioned why the legal costs were paid by the City rather than the golf course. 4 5 Mayor Linke stated that the City Council had voted 3-2 to have the legal fees paid by the General 6 Fund. He stated that legal fees for anything else, such as Park and Recreation or Public Works, 7 would have been paid by the City. 8 9 Mr. Jahnke stated that Blaine is building a new golf course at the Blaine Soccer Center and 1 o would be in competition with the Bridges Golf Course. 11 12 Council Member Quick stated that the Bridges Golf Courses did very well this year, and that the 13 number of rounds was right where it should be, and it is doing better than a lot of golf courses in 14 the area. 15 16 Mr. Jahnke stated that 15 golf courses are closing this year. 17 18 Council Member Quick stated he wanted to do a survey to find out what the people want. 19 20 Council Member Stigney stated that the issue boils down to whether the Mounds View residents 21 can afford a golf course, and the golf course is projected to break even after 12 years. He stated 22 that Medtronics is something that they need to look at. He stated that the golf course is only • 23 serving 15 percent of the population, so whether the residents wish to pay a lot of money to 24 maintain the golf course, he doesn't wish to. He stated he wanted to reduce the tax base and 25 wanted to bring in a business that would increase the tax base. 26 27 Edwin Benson, 5108 Long Lake Road, stated that he is for the golf course, and that you can play 28 18 holes of golf in an hour and a half. He questioned how the financing would be done for 29 Medtronics if they came in. 30 31 Richard Sonterre, 5060 Red Oak Drive, thanked Council Member Quick for his 20 years of 32 service on the Mounds View City Council, and he stated that Council Member Quick had treated 33 most people fairly. 34 35 7. CITY BUDGET QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 36 37 None. 38 39 8. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS. 40 41 Council Member Stigney inquired whether the reimbursement for the sump pumps on pages 20 42 and 21 were the same residence or two different residences. 43 44 Public Works Director Lee stated he assumed they were two separate residences, but he would • 45 check to confirm that. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 3 2 • 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 • 45 Council Member Many asked if the centerline painting on page 20 was for H2. Public Works Director Lee stated that it was a combination of H2 and city wide. Council Member Marry stated the contractor had to be brought back to redo H2, and he felt that the contractor should absorb that cost. Public Works Director Lee stated that he could check on it, but part of the negotiation to get the contractor to come back was that the City would absorb this cost. Council Member Stigney asked what the chair was for on page 7 for $319.46. City Clerk Ulrich stated that he recalled a chair being purchased for the police department. Council Member Stigney stated that the police department chair was the one they had discussed at the last Council meeting. City Clerk Ulrich stated he would have to check to see where the chair was purchased for. MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To approve Just and Correct Claims as presented. Ayes-5 Nays-0 9. CONSENT AGENDA Motion carried A. Set a Public Hearing for 7:05 P.M., Monday, January 24, 2005 on the Capital Improvement Plan and Authorization for the Future Sale of CIP Bonds for the Fire Station and Equipment. B. Set a Public Hearing for 7:10 P.M., Monday, January 24, 2005 for the Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Setting Storm Water Management Fees for Service in 2005. C. Set a Public Hearing for 7:15 P.M., Monday, January 24, 2005 for the Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Setting Street Light Utility Rates for Service in 2005. D. Cancellation of the December 27, 2004 City Council Meeting. E. Resolution 6409 Awarding a Contract for the Tree Inventory Program. F. Resolution 6410 Acceptance and Final Payment of the County Road H2 Street Improvement Project. G. Establish Executive Session Immediately Following the Meeting for Union Contract Negotiation. H. Resolution 6413 Approving a Contract Extension with Secure Benefits Systems Corporation for Flexible Spending Accounts Administration. I. Resolution 6414 Approving the 2005 Compensation Schedule for Non-Union Personnel. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 4 • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Quick. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 10. COUNCIL BUSINESS A. 7:OSpm Public Hearing Resolution 6402 Adopting the 2005 Mounds View Fee Schedule. Council Member Marty questioned some of the high costs on the fee schedule. Director Ericson clarified that the amounts listed were not permit fees, but they are values assigned to the items in order to be consistent with the fees. Council Member Many questioned the item on page 62 for building inspections, change of address, $100 deposit. Director Ericson stated that they don't really have an application process for change of address, but City Code requires that it be done by ordinance and there are some fees associated with processing an ordinance such as publication and notification. He stated that this is essentially a $100 deposit. He stated they had processed a change of address last year and found the cost to be right around $100, and perhaps they actually needed another $25 to come whole on that. Council Member Marty stated he didn't understand the administrative offense on page 67 regarding the stop sign. Mayor Linke stated that basically you cannot park within 15 feet of a stop sign. Council Member Marty asked if they were researching the fee on automobile sales. Ms. Crane stated that she had researched it somewhat, and that the City of Maplewood has motor vehicle repair license at $141 per year and a used car lot business license at $292 per year. She stated the City of Roseville does not have such business licenses. She stated she has made an e-mail request to the City of White Bear Lake. Council Member Stigney stated he doesn't see any reason why they would only be charging $150 based on what the City of Maplewood charges, and he thought they should be charging $300. Ms. Crane stated that an ordinance would need to be passed to change it. 41 Director Ericson stated that the City Attorney has indicated that the planning and development 42 fees are adopted by ordinance, and there are two of the fees that are right in the City Code. He 43 stated that what's in the Code doesn't match the fee schedule, they will have to readopt all of 44 the planning fees by ordinance, which is what Minnesota Statutes seem to indicate they need to 45 do. He stated that this would be coming back before the Council in January. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 5 2 • 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Z1 22 • 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 • 45 Council Member Stigney asked whether they had time for ordinances, and Ms. Crane stated that they did. Mayor Linke opened the public hearing. There being no public comment, the public hearing was closed. MOTION/SECOND: Many/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6401, Adopting the 2005 Mounds View Fee Schedule. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. B. Resolution 6402 Adopting the 2005 Property Tax Levy. City Clerk Ulrich stated the truth in taxation hearing was held, and the hearing was closed on the December 6, 2004 date. He stated the latest it's recommended that the levy be adopted would be December 20th, and that this was the last scheduled meeting before then. Mayor Linke read the Resolution aloud. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Linke. To and approve Resolution 6402, Adopting the 2005 Property Tax Levy. Council Member Stigney stated that the median home value in Mounds View is $160,000, and his home had increased in value, but the city portion of his taxes has gone up to $185 per year from what it had been previously. He stated he didn't think they had done enough to try to reduce this levy so he wouldn't support it. Ayes - 4 Nays -1 (Stigney) Motion carried. Council Member Marty left the meeting. C. Resolution 6403 Adopting the 2005 Budgets for All Funds. The Resolution was read aloud by City Clerk Ulrich. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn. To approve Resolution 6403, Adopting the 2005 Budgets for All Funds. Council Member Stigney reiterated that his taxes had increased $185 per year, which he felt was excessive. Ayes - 3 Nays -1 Motion carried. D. Consideration of a Minor Subdivision at 7656 and 7658 Silver Lake Road. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 6 • 1 Planning Associate Prososki stated that the owner of 7656 Silver Lake Road is requesting 2 re-approval of a minor subdivision that was originally approved by the Council on Apri128, 3 2003. She stated the applicant had never had a new deed made and did not submit them to the 4 City or County. She stated that both lots do meet the minimum lot size, and a twin home was 5 constructed on the property. She stated the applicant is still responsible for submitting the new 6 deed. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 Council Member Quick asked if the new building had been built. Planning Associate Prososki stated that it had. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6412 as presented. Council Member Stigney noted that both staff and the Planning Commission had recommended approval of this Resolution. Ayes - 4 Nays -0 Motion carried. E. Resolution 6404 Awarding a Contract for the Greenfield Park Playground Equipment Replacement Project. Public Works Director Lee provided the Council with a revised report. He stated the low bid was from Minnesota Wisconsin Playground in the amount of $60,000, and that the total that had been budgeted for this project was $64,541.05. He stated that the citizens group that had raised $16,500 for the project was requesting that a climbing wall be added to the project, adding an additional $4,000 to the cost of the project. Mayor Linke asked whether the climbing wall would add anything to the insurance cost. Public Works Director Lee stated that a climbing wall and a slide would have pretty much the same liability, but he would check into it. Council Member Stigney asked if the merry-go-round was mechanized, and Public Works Director Lee stated that it was not and was a standard merry-go-round. Council Member Stigney asked if Bethlehem Baptist Church had contributed to this project, and Public Works Director Lee stated that they had donated $12,500. Director Ericson stated that that donation was separate from the donation relative to any agreements that had previously been reached. 44 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6404, • 45 Awarding a Contract for the Greenfield Park Playground Equipment Replacement Project. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 Council Member Stigney requested that the Park and Recreation Commission approve or deny 2 the climbing wall item 3 4 Public Works Director Lee stated that the Park and Recreation Commission would be meeting on 5 Thursday, and that they could look at that item at that time. 6 7 Cindy Palm from the Greenfield Park Committee thanked the Council for its work on this 8 project, and she also thanked Bethlehem Baptist Church for their generous donation of $12,500. 9 She also thanked the Twin City North Chamber of Commerce, Sunrise Christian Daycare, 1o Western Bank, Minnesota Institute of Public Health, the American Legion Post 513, and 11 Suburban Radiological for their donations. She thanked Officer Gross, who helped organize the 12 donation buckets at National Night Out Block Parties. She also thanked Greg Lee, Steve 13 Dazenski and Aaron Backman, who worked with Bethlehem Baptist to get their donation. 14 15 16 17 is 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 Ayes - 4 Nays -0 Motion carried. F. Consider Bids for Carpet at the Mounds View Community Center. City Clerk Ulrich stated that bids had been opened at 4:00 today, and only one bid had been received, which was from Abbey Carpet for $64,500 for carpet the and $74,500 for a broadloom carpet. He stated they hadn't had time to compare the bid to specs, and they would like to talk to the bidder about design options, so he was recommending that this be rescheduled for the January 10th meeting. MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Stigney. To postpone this item to the January 10th City Council meeting. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. Council Member Stigney asked if this was advertised for bid. City Clerk Ulrich stated it had been advertised in the Bulletin, and it had been directly solicited to half a dozen carpet suppliers. Council Member Stigney stated he felt uncomfortable with only one bid, and City Clerk Ulrich stated perhaps they needed to look at the specs and re-bid it. G. Resolution 6405 Approval of the Timesaver Recording Secretary Contract Addendum for 2005. Council Member Stigney stated that they do a real good job, and he would like to see them continue. 44 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6405, .45 Approving the Timesaver Recording Secretary Contract Addendum for 2005. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting page 8 2 • 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to 11 12 13 14 15 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 • 45 Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. H. Resolution 6406 Setting the 2005 Meeting Dates to City Council. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Quick. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6406, Setting the 2005 Meeting Dates to City Council. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. J. Resolution 6407 Approve a Charitable Gambling Permit for the Twin Cities North Chamber. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6407, Approving a Charitable Gambling Permit for the Twin Cities North Chamber. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. K. Resolution 6411 Approve a Cigarette/Tobacco Business License for CVS Pharmacy. Mayor Linke asked whether they had done everything they needed to do for this, and Ms. Crane stated that they had done everything but the fire inspection and the final building inspection. Mayor Linke stated that this would be contingent on those approvals. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6411, Approving aCigarette/Tobacco Business License for CVS Pharmacy. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. L. Resolution 6408 Approval of Step and Wage Increase for Robin Marion, Public Service Officer. Council Member Stigney read the Resolution aloud. MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Linke. To approve Resolution 6408, Approving a Step and Wage Increase for Robin Marion, Public Service Officer. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. M. 2005 Special Election Ballot Review Ms. Crane stated that ballots would be done by hand. Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 9 • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 45 Council Member Stigney stated that the election would be at the Mounds View Community Center on February 1St MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Linke. To approve Resolution 6408, Approving the 2005 Special Election Ballot. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. N. Resolution 6415 Approving a Contract for Decision Resources to conduct a Quality of Life Residential Survey for the City of Mounds View. City Clerk Ulrich stated that the cost of the survey would be $10,200, and $10,200 had been budgeted and put into a fund for this purpose. He stated there had been input from the Council from the last work session, and if the Council had further questions, they could be submitted to him and he would have Decision Resources look at the wording and bring them back before the Council He stated the questions would be ready in January or February. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Linke. To waive the reading and approve Resolution 6415, Approving a Contract for Decision Resources to conduct a Quality of Life Residential Survey for the City of Mounds View. Council Member Stigney stated he felt an alternative should be looked into rather than using this costly approach. Ayes - 3 Nays -1 Motion carried. 11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. City Council Minutes November 22, 2004 Council Member Gunn made a correction at page 148, line 36, to change the spelling to Barb "Haake". MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To approving the City Council Minutes of November 22, 2004 as amended. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 12. REPORTS A. Reports of Council. None. B. Staff Mounds View City Council December 13, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 10 • , 2 1. Public Works Quarterly Report. 3 4 Public Works Director Lee previously submitted a written report to the Council. He stated that 5 the upcoming projects for 2005 are the 2005 Street Improvement Project, the Spring Creek 6 Regional Pond Installation, the Silver Lake Road sidewalk, the County Road 10 Redevelopment 7 and Revitalization Plan, the Groveland Park Building Replacement, and the City Hall 8 Rehabilitation Project. He stated they would also continue to work on the sanitary sewer 9 connection program. He stated they would be looking at the curb on H2 to see if there was to anything they could do to make it safer. He stated there would be a Wells 3 and 5 Rehabilitation 11 Project. He stated that the DNR would be installing a fishing pier within Lakeside Lions Park. 12 He stated that staff is going to continue to work on a long-range street maintenance program. 13 14 Council Member Quick asked if the accelerated program would keep them ahead of the 15 deterioration of the streets, and Public Works Director Lee stated that that was the intent. 16 17 C. City Attorney 18 19 None. 20 21 D. Report of Mayor 22 • 23 Mayor Linke thanked the Council for making the last two year's meetings enjoyable, and he 24 stated that the two years had gone fast. He stated that they had had a fair and production 25 discussion of the issues. He stated there is great staff at the City of Mounds View. He stated he 26 felt the City Council had done a good job in some very tough economic times. Mayor Linke 27 stated there had been tough decisions made regarding the street improvement project to bring the 28 roads back to a stable and usable condition, and that for far too long the streets had been simply 29 patched. 30 31 Mayor Linke thanked everyone for their friendship and support. 32 33 13. Nezt Council Work Session: Monday, January 3, 2005, 7pm 34 Nezt Council Meeting: Monday, January 10, 2005. 35 36 14. ADJOURNMENT 37 38 Mayor Linke recessed the meeting to Executive Session at 8:23 p.m. 39 4o Transcribed and recorded by: 41 42 43 Sheree Theobald • 44 Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.