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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 121020191 9 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 46 47 48 49 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 10, 2019 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Absent: Also Present: Guests: Mayor Faust, Councilmembers Gray, Jenson, Randle and Stille. None City Manager Mark Casey, Finance Director Shelly Rueckert, City Planner Stephen Grittman, and City Engineer Justin Messner. Stacie Kvilvang (Ehlers & Associates). CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 10, 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of December 10, 2019. II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS — NONE. III. CONSENT AGENDA. A. B. C. D. E. Motion carried 5-0. Approve November 26, 2019, Council meeting minutes. Licenses and permits. Claims. Resolution 19-088; a Resolution Approving the 2020 Salary of City Manager. Resolution 19-089; a Resolution Authorizing Transfers and Closing of Specified Funds. Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the Consent Agenda items. Motion carried 5-0. IV. PUBLIC HEARING. A. Resolution 19-090, A Resolution Setting the Final 2020 Tax Levy and General Operating Budget for the City of St. Anthony Village. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 2 1 2 Finance Director Rueckert presented the Final 2020 Tax Levy and General Operating Budget 3 and explained the Council needs to pass a Resolution adopting the 2020 budgets and certifying 4 the final tax levy to Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. 5 6 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:03 p.m. 7 8 Councilmember Stille thought the driver of the potential increases in the budget is that 69% 9 percent of expenditures are personnel related. He also indicated the median assessed value is a 10 10% increase. Ms. Rueckert indicated that was correct. 11 12 Councilmember Randle stated to see in the report how the increase is laid out and distributed 13 proportionately, he gets a better understanding of how things are broken up and he thought it 14 would do the citizens well to go through and read the report to better know where the taxes are 15 going. He thought this is laid out fairly well. 16 17 Mayor Faust did not think anyone wants to get rid of any services which is why there are 18 increases. 19 20 There being no additional public input, Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. 21 22 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 23 19-090; Adopting the 2020 General Fund Operating Budget of $7,605,973 and certifying the 24 final Property Tax Levy of $7,609,458 to Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. 25 26 Motion carried 5-0. 27 28 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 29 30 A. Resolution 19-091; A Resolution Approving a Planned Unit Development Agreement for 31 Silver Lake Village. 32 33 City Planner Grittman stated staff has reviewed the project for land use compliance with the 34 intent and policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and for zoning consistency with the 35 approved Preliminary Plan PUD and the proposed PUD meets the requirements of the Zoning 36 Ordinance for the majority of the baseline standards. 37 38 City Planner Grittman reviewed the principal areas of flexibility under the PUD with the 39 Council. He indicated staff believes the flexibility requested under the PUD is appropriate, given 40 the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and the related improvements and amenities proposed 41 as part of the project. Staff is recommending approval of the Final Plan Stage of the PUD 42 Amendment for Silver Lake Village, with a series of conditions as noted in the staff report. 43 44 Councilmember Jenson appreciated how City Planner Grittman highlighted the original concept 45 review in this proposal review, which is very similar and not much has changed, mostly adding 46 detail as well as some additional units. He also liked the information regarding the parking City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 3 1 situation. Certainly, if parking cannot be provided then there will be trouble trying to lease the 2 units out and he was sure there was a lot of thought put into that process. He indicated he liked 3 that there is some green space there. 4 5 Councilmember Stille stated it does increase green space through this process compared to where 6 it was. City Planner Grittman explained raw impervious is about seven percent better and does 7 not include the interior courtyard, which is technically pervious but there will be a lot of green 8 space in the courtyard as well. 9 10 Councilmember Stille asked about the access to Salo Park and the walkability from the 11 development through there to connect to the trails in order to get connectivity and he wondered 12 about the south project and if there is access from phase two through the middle of the building 13 into the retail, north building, so people do not need to walk all the way around in order to get to 14 the retail. He noted he was searching for a vibrant retail and wanted to make sure that is well 15 connected. 16 17 Mr. Kelly Dorn, Dorn Companies, showed the City Council additional renderings of the project 18 and explained connectivity and access to the buildings. 19 20 Councilmember Randle explained parking is still a concern for him. He thought 1.5 seemed 21 adequate but not every resident is going to abide by that number and the business parking does 22 not seem to be taken into account along with visitors. Mr. Dorn explained his experience with 23 parking is with similar projects that have been built and are currently operating, such as the 610 24 projects in Brooklyn Park. He indicated this has a very similar parking ratio and the parking that 25 is under the building versus that which is on the surface. He noted the parking is working at the 26 Brooklyn Park project which is 480 units. He also noted a building in Maple Grove with 375 27 units and stated the parking is also working there. He thought it boils down to not what the 28 parking ratio is per unit, the better way to look at it is what is the parking ratio per bedroom and 29 with this development the parking ratio is 1.17 per bedroom which is a healthy parking ratio for 30 this kind of a project. Mr. Dorn noted people are using alternate forms of transportation as well. 31 He explained if there are parking problems, they would go to a car sharing program which his 32 company would implement and run and currently is being done in another of their buildings in 33 Edina. He indicated his company is very comfortable with the amount of parking being 34 provided. 35 36 Councilmember Stille asked what will become of the two outlots from the first phase. Mr. Dorn 37 explained the one outlot along Silver Lake Road, between the gas station and Starbucks will be 38 retained by the shopping center and it is his understanding and based upon all of the documents 39 drafted so far is that their plan is to develop that and that they would be coming forth with a plan 40 to put a building on that property. 41 42 Mayor Faust thought over the last fifteen years a lot of things have changed along with driving 43 habits and use of vehicles and there were also people who have asked for there to be less parking 44 in that area. There is also the opportunity to add more parking if needed. He thought this was a 45 great project and appreciated all the hard work. 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 4 1 Mr. Dorn expressed his appreciation to Councilmember Gray and Mayor Faust for their 2 contribution and service to the community. 3 4 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 5 19-091; A Resolution Approving a Planned Unit Development Agreement for Silver Lake 6 Village. 7 8 Motion carried 5-0. 9 10 B. Ordinance 2019-12; An Ordinance Amending Title XV of the St. Anthony Village City 11 Code, Known as the Zoning Ordinance, by Amending the Silver Lake Village Planned 12 Unit Development District by Revising the Planned Unit Development Agreement and 13 Development Plans to Convert the Land Use on the Following Parcel to a 496 Unit 14 Multi -Family Residential Development and Appurtenant Accessory Uses: Lot 2, Block 1., 15 Silver Lake Village and Outlot B, Silver Lake Village. 16 17 City Planner Grittman reviewed the Ordinance with the Council and requested the City Council 18 approve Ordinance 2019-12. 19 20 Councilmember Jenson asked how staff will make sure that the developer stays compliant in 21 plans A and B. City Engineer Messner explained with a project like this the City does collect a 22 financial security and that security is used to cover the City cost inspections for this type of 23 project. With Plan A, weekly inspections will be done on the erosion control and environmental 24 impact type of work and after every major rain event staff goes out and conduct inspections to 25 make sure they are adhering to their MPDS permit. The plan B inspections consist of 26 construction related to the City infrastructure improvements and there is a storm sewer that 27 bisects the current parking lot that needs to be relocated. Staff will provide full time inspection 28 to make sure that is constructed up to City standards. 29 30 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Ordinance 31 2019-12; An Ordinance Amending Title XV of the St. Anthony Village City Code, Known as the 32 Zoning Ordinance, by Amending the Silver Lake Village Planned Unit Development District by 33 Revising the Planned Unit Development Agreement and Development Plans to Convert the Land 34 Use on the Following Parcel to a 496 Unit Multi -Family Residential Development and 35 Appurtenant Accessory Uses: Lot 2, Block 1, Silver Lake Village and Outlot B, Silver Lake 36 Village. 37 38 Motion carried 5-0. 39 40 C. Resolution 19-092; A Resolution Approving the Summary Publication of Ordinance 41 2019-12. 42 43 City Planner Grittman reviewed the Summary Publication of Ordinance 2019-12 with the City 44 Council. 45 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 5 1 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 2 19-02; A Resolution Approving Summary Publication for Ordinance 2019-12. 3 4 Motion carried 5-0. 5 6 D. Resolution 19-093; A Resolution Approving Contract for Private Redevelopment with 7 Doran SLV, LLC. 8 9 Ms. Stacie Kvilvang, Ehlers & Associates made a presentation to the City Council. 10 11 Councilmember Jenson stated the City is providing an aggregated TIF package and this project is 12 building two different buildings, one at a time so how does the City ensure the second building 13 will get built reasonably against the plan that has been identified. Ms. Kvilvang explained there 14 are really no assurances that it will get built so if in fact something were to happen in the market 15 or other things come forward where the company is unable to get financing there is no guarantee 16 that the second building will get built; however, the City is not required to provide that second 17 note, if in fact that does not happen. 18 19 Councilmember Stille indicated the City may not want the second building to be constructed if 20 there was a change in the economy as well. He asked what the assessed value of the property is 21 now. Ms. Kvilvang thought it was under ten million right now. 22 23 Councilmember Stille asked if a reasonable tax number per unit would be $3,500. Ms. Kvilvang 24 indicated that was correct. 25 26 Councilmember Stille indicated the taxes that this will generate for the community and as a 27 revenue source is $1.736 million and is where the increment come from and the difference 28 between $1.7 million and the taxes of what the property is currently generating which is less than 29 $1 million and is where the increment is and what is being talked about regarding the assistance. 30 Ms. Kvilvang indicated when the TIF District is done the City will benefit more from the 31 apartments being there then the commercial development because the valuation is so much 32 higher but more importantly, the City does not receive the benefit as much of commercial taxes 33 as it does from the residential taxes of the apartments. 34 35 Councilmember Stille thought this would be a good project for the community. He noted the 36 duration of the TIF note is seven and nine years and could actually go up to twenty-six years so 37 what is being proposed is pretty short term in the marketplace. 38 39 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 40 19-093; A Resolution Approving Contract for Private Development with Doran SLV, LLC. 41 42 Motion carried 5-0. 43 44 RECESS & RECONVENE 45 46 Mayor Faust recessed the meeting at approximately 8:00 p.m. to move into the HRA meeting. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 6 1 2 Mayor Faust reconvened the meeting at approximately 8:06 p.m. 3 4 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 5 6 A. Resolution 19-094; a Resolution Approving Accepting Plans and Specifications and 7 Ordering Advertisement for Bids for the 2020 Street and Utility Improvement Project. 8 9 City Engineer Messner reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that staff is 10 requesting approval of the Resolution approving accepting plans and specifications and ordering 11 advertisement for bids for the 2020 streets and utility improvement project. 12 13 Councilmember Jenson complimented the idea of combining the Industrial Flood Mitigation 14 effort with the rest of the 2020 street improvement project. He asked how many businesses will 15 benefit from the flood mitigation. City Engineer Messner indicated there were a number of 16 business along that corridor, Anthony Lane, but he did not have the actual number available. He 17 indicated there were between six and seven buildings that have been affected by the flooding 18 along the back ditch. Primarily, two or three buildings have been affected by major flooding. 19 20 Councilmember Randle thought it was noted that the projects were put off a little bit in order to 21 wait for a better bid. City Engineer Messner explained he was talking about the Industrial Park 22 Flood Improvement Project. The project was actually bid out twice last year and the first-time 23 no-good bids were received and talked with the contractors which felt the schedule was too 24 aggressive. Staff went out and changed the schedule of the project, allowing the project to be 25 constructed over the past winter. Staff did receive somewhat better prices the second time 26 around but not quite what was hoped for and staff felt the prices were too high compared to other 27 unit prices seen throughout the industry. 28 29 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 19- 30 094; a Resolution Approving Accepting Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement 31 for Bids for the 2020 Street and Utility Improvement Project. 32 33 Motion carried 5-0. 34 35 B. Electric Vehicles Report. 36 37 Ms. Kim Napoline, University of Minnesota, introduced herself and made a presentation to the 38 City Council on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in St. Anthony. 39 40 Mayor Faust thanked Ms. Napoline for the presentation and indicated the City really did not 41 know where to begin and this presentation have given them a jumping off point and a lot to think 42 about. He thought this was a very thorough presentation. 43 44 Councilmember Stille indicated this presentation was very enlightening and did not know how 45 many EV's are in town. He wondered how the people with the EV's charged their vehicles now. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 7 1 Ms. Napoline explained in general about eighty percent of the charging by owners is done at 2 home and the remaining twenty percent is done out and about. 3 4 Councilmember Stille asked what level charger is used in the cities that have them. Ms. 5 Napoline indicated it is usually level 2 chargers. 6 7 Councilmember Jenson asked what the difference was between the units. Ms. Napoline 8 explained the level one versus level two chargers to the Council. 9 10 Councilmember Jenson asked where level three chargers are usually located. Ms. Napoline 11 indicated those chargers are typically off of interstates and are usually very expensive. 12 13 Councilmember Gray asked what City is the most advanced on fleet use and what type of 14 vehicles are being seen. Ms. Napoline indicated she has not seen any cities specifically using 15 police vehicles, but Faribault and Woodbury have replaced a lot of their work vehicles with 16 EV's. 17 18 Mayor Faust once again thanked Ms. Napoline for the presentation. 19 20 C. Resolution 19-095; a Resolution Approving the 2020 Appointments of Planning 21 Commissioners and the Chair and Vice Chair. 22 23 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution and requested the City Council approve the 24 resolution of 2020 appointments and appointing the Chair and Vice Chair to the Planning 25 Commission. He noted there were two vacancies. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 28 19-095; a Resolution Approving the 2020 Appointments of Planning Commissioners and the 29 Chair and Vice Chair. 30 31 Motion carried 5-0. 32 33 Mayor Faust thanked Commissioners Papatola and Bartel for their six years each service. 34 35 D. Resolution 19-096; a Resolution Approving the 2020 Appointments of Parks and 36 Environmental Commissioners and the Chair and Vice Chair. 37 38 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution and requested the City Council approve the 39 resolution of 2020 appointments and appointing the Chair and Vice Chair to the Parks and 40 Environmental Commission. He noted there were three vacancies. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution 43 19-096; a Resolution Approving the 2020 Appointments or Parks and Environmental 44 Commissioners and the Chair and Vice Chair. 45 46 Motion carried 5-0. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 8 1 2 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 3 4 City Manager Casey reported that Friday, December 13, 2019 is the last day for applications for 5 those interested in applying for vacant City Council positions. This is the position being vacated 6 by Councilmember Stille, being elected Mayor and is a two-year term. 7 8 Councilmember Jenson stated he participated in the interviews on December 4th for the Parks 9 Commission and as liaison to the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra group, the Christmas Concert is 10 coming up on December 13th in the Community Center at 7:30 p.m. 11 12 Councilmember Stille stated he also participated in the interviews for the Parks and Planning 13 Commissions. December 9th, he attended the Regional Council of Mayors Meeting with Mayor 14 Faust and thought it will be a good organization to get onto. There is a lot of knowledge in that 15 room. 16 17 Councilmember Gray stated he also participated in the interviews. 18 19 Councilmember Randle stated he also participated in the interview process. 20 21 Mayor Faust stated he was also at the interviews. He reviewed what the Regional Council of 22 Mayors is comprised of. He thought Councilmember Stille will do well in that group. 23 24 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 25 26 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 27 are not on the regular agenda. 28 29 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the meeting. 30 31 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 32 33 Mayor Faust explained December 11th the Holiday Train will be in town. He indicated the 34 December 24th City Council meeting will be cancelled. 35 36 Mayor Faust presented a plaque to Councilmember Gray for his 15 years of service on the City 37 Council. 38 39 Councilmember Gray indicated it has been an honor and privilege to service the City of St. 40 Anthony in this manner and he was honored that the community has let him be in this position 41 for fifteen years. He stated it has been a privilege to work with the City employees, which are an 42 outstanding group of people and are professionals and focused on service. He also thanked the 43 City Council Members and individual department managers in the City. 44 45 Councilmember Stille presented Mayor Faust with a plaque and symbolic gavel. He stated he 46 has learned a lot from Mayor Faust over the past sixteen years. He reviewed Mayor Faust's' 28 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 9 1 years' experience with the City being on various boards and giving to the City. He indicated 2 Mayor Faust has made the City a better place and thanked him for his dedication. 3 4 Mayor Faust thanked Councilmember Stille for the presentation and plaque. Her stated he did 5 not plan on being Mayor but rose to the occasion when he saw the need. He stated he has 6 enjoyed the role of Mayor and thanked staff and everyone in the City. 7 8 X. ADJOURNMENT. 9 10 11 12 13 Respectfully submitted, 14 Sue Osbeck 15 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 16 17 I/ I 18 ATTEST: 19 City Cierk Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 9:09 p.m.