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Home My WebLink About2001.10.01 CC MinutesMINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 1. 2001 Mayor Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. PRESENT: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron City Administrator, Michael Ericson CD Director, John Rask City Attorney, Dave Snyder City Engineer, Dave Mitchell City Clerk, Mary Ann Creager MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17.2001 Miron made motion, Puleo seconded, to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of September 17, 2001 as amended. All aye. Motion Carried. MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 20.2001 Puleo made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting of September 20, 2001, as submitted. All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Petryk made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the agenda with the following additions: Report on ICMA Annual Conference Discussion on Pond in Peloquin Industrial Park Discussion on Municipal Cooperative Agreement (MnDOT) Report on RCWD Meeting of 9/26/01 Sweet Grass Meadows Ditch Update All aye. Motion Carried. RAY VANDEVEER — MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE Representative Vandeveer appeared before the Council stating his desire to "keep in touch" with the City, and to make himself available to listen to concerns of the City. DENNIS HEGBERG (WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER) County Commissioner Dennis Hegberg appeared before the Council to discuss current and future issues between the City and Washington County. He reported on the following: Doug Fischer going to Anoka County; JD2; CR 8; TH61; commuter rail; and County trails. City Council meeting of October 1, 2001 Page 2 MARC HUGUNIN (MET COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE) Marc Hugunin from the Metropolitan Council appeared before the Council to discuss relevant current issues, including a desire for his support for the City's Metropolitan Council rainwater garden grant. He discussed the following: transit funding shift from property taxes to motor vehicle excise tax; rural land; and rain water garden grant application. CONSENT AGENDA Haas made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the following Consent Agenda: Approval of Claims Authorization to Accept Bids for Cabling & Telephone System for New City Hall Approval of Encroachment Agreement (Finnegan) Approval of Pay Request from Mark Haug Construction for Work Completed on New City Hall All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the claims for October 1, 2001 as presented. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT BIDS FOR CABLING & TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR NEW CITY HALL For the past several months, City staff has met with vendors to provide the necessary cabling and telephone system for the new City Hall. City staff is prepared to accept bids and review with the City Hall Building Committee, and recommend to the Council the lowest responsible bidder. Adoption of the Consent Agenda authorized staff to solicit and accept bids from vendors, since the bid totals do not exceed the $50,000 amount at which the City must legally advertise and publish. APPROVAL OF ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT (FINNEGAN) John Finnegan made application to the City for an Encroachment Agreement to locate a deck within a drainage and utility easement on 12846 Fondant Trail in the Beaver Ponds. The deck would encroach 12 R into the drainage and utility easement. The footings for the proposed porch and deck would be the only part of the structure that would be placed within the easement. The deck would be approximately 8' over the high water elevation of the wetland, approximately 45 ft from the edge of the wetland, and would comply with all applicable yard setback requirements. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved an Encroachment Agreement (Resolution 2001-56) with John Finnegan and directed the City Attorney to prepare the Agreement for signature by the Mayor. WBL SCHOOLS FACILITIES UPDATE City staff has met with representatives from the White Bear Lake School Superintendent's office to discuss future joint venture opportunities with the WBL school system; specifically, construction of a City Council meeting of October 1, 2001 Page 3 new elementary school north of CR 8. Council had previously directed staff to explore joint venture opportunities with the school district, which would include playfield, ballfields, and playground equipment, as well as other opportunities. The school district discussed the normal funding mechanism, which would be a bond referendum. Since planning for this new school is nearly five years ahead of schedule, acquisition of land is paramount. School district officials suggested special legislation whereby the City would fund the project and lease it back to the school district. Staff included for Council consideration a detailed email from the school district's business manager outlining those legislative opportunities. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to continue to work along the direction outlined above, and report to Council as need arises. All aye. Motion Carried. CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS At its meeting of August 22, 2001, the Planning Commission discussed a report prepared by CD Director John Rask outlining the procedure the City currently uses for its code enforcement. The Commission believes that the City should do more to educate residents about City code requirements. Mr. Rask provided Council current staff involvement in the City code enforcement process, and questioned whether Council would like to change direction from the current method of responding to City code violations when informed by residents. Council made no change to the City's current response policy. BARKING DOG COMPLAINT City staff received correspondence from a resident with a complaint about her neighbor's lack of compliance with the City's dog and kennel ordinance. Staff visited the site where the dogs were located, along with the Washington County Sheriffs Department, and found that the kennel is in compliance with the City's dog and kennel ordinance; however, the dogs' owner could be found to be in violation of the City's nuisance ordinance. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing the CD Director to write the complainant advising him of his findings. All aye. Motion Carried. SCHEDULE DATE FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH WATER RESOURCE ENGINEER At its September 17, 2001 meeting, the Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposals to solicit interest for water resource engineering services, as well as to schedule a performance review with Pete Willenbring from WSB Engineers whereby it review his performance over the past several months. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to schedule a performance review with Pete Willenbring of WSB Engineers for Monday, October 22, 2001, Hugo City Hall, at 7:30 pm. All aye. Motion Carried. City Council meeting of October 1, 2001 Page 4 SCHWIETERS CONSTRUCTION REVISED TIF AGREEMENT FOR LOT 2. BLOCK 1. SCHWIETERS MILLWORK City staff met with Tom Junnila, representative for Schwieter brothers, regarding Schwieters revised TIF Agreement for Lot 2, Block 1, Schwieters Millwork. Staff has worked with Mr. Junnila regarding the TIF Agreement and is prepared to present and discuss with Council the revisions to the TIF Agreement. The revisions to the TIF agreement are identified in the report from the CD Director and are presented to Council for approval. Mr. Junnila appeared before the Council to explain Schwieter's request for a $60,000 reimbursement from the City to remove and replace bad soil for building No. 3. Haas made motion, Puleo seconded, to approve a revision to the TIF Agreement for Lot 2, Block 1, Schwieters Millwork by reducing the amount of business subsidy from $266,999 to $203,724. All aye. Motion Carried. SCHWIETERS CONSTRUCTION WITHDRAWAL OF TIF AGREEMENT FOR LOTS 4 & 5. BLOCK 1. BALD EAGLE INDUSTRIAL PARK Schwieters is proposing to delay the construction of Building #4 until next year. Accordingly, Schwieters is formally withdrawing their request to exercise their option to purchase Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, Bald Eagle Industrial Park. Further, Schwieters is withdrawing their request for TIF for Building #4. Haas made motion, Granger seconded, that the City of Hugo officially acknowledges receipt of request to exercise option, but Purchase Agreement remains in effect. All aye. Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to table Schwieter's request for reimbursement of $59,976 for the earthwork on Lot 2 to obtain more information relative to the request. All aye. Motion Carried. JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH LINO LAKES FOR MUNICIPAL WATER In 1999, the Hugo City Attorney prepared a proposed Joint Powers Agreement to provide for municipal water for the then Wenzel Farms residential development whereby the City of Lino Lakes would provide municipal water to the neighborhood, since the City's municipal water was unavailable. Since that time, the residential subdivision has been revised, but the need for municipal water from Lino Lakes has remained unchanged. The engineering department for Lino Lakes has now reviewed and commented on the Joint Powers Agreement,.and forwarded those revisions to City staff. Haas made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Lino Lakes to provide municipal to the Victor Gardens subdivision. All aye. Motion Carried. City Council meeting of October 1, 2001 Page 5 FINAL PLAT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR VICTOR GARDENS In 1999, developer Len Pratt, along with John Peterson, Gene Arndt, and Contractor Property Developers Company, presented to Council a plat for a residential subdivision on the property formerly owned by Rosemary Wenzel. On July 2, 2001, the City Council reviewed and approved the preliminary plat. City staff has worked diligently with the developer on a variety of issues to provide a final plat and Development Agreement, which meets the residential subdivision standards, and provides for a new and exciting residential development on the southeastern border of the City. The Lino Lakes City Council approved the JPA with Hugo at its September 24, 2001 regular Council meeting. City staff recommended Council approve the final plat for the Victor Gardens subdivision and the Development Agreement, which details a new and improved residential standard in the City. Miron made motion; Granger seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2001-57 APPROVING FINAL PLAT FOR PRATT-ARNT-OAKWOOD, LLC FOR VICTOR GARDENS ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF CSAH 8 AND EAST OF EXISTING ELMCREST AVENUE NORTH. The City Attorney is authorized to make any nonsubstantive changes to the Development Agreement as may be required. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2001-58 APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PRATT-ARNT-OAKWOOD, LLC FOR VICTOR GARDENS ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF CSAH 8 AND EAST OF EXISTING ELMCREST AVENUE NORTH, with amendment to discuss street naming section at the City Council meeting of October 15, 2001. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to adjourn at 10:00 pm. All aye. Motion Carried. G' i Mary Creager City rk