HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989.03.20 CC Minutesie meetinq was called to order by Mayor Atkinson at 7:00 PM.
PRESENT: McAllister, Jesinski, Olson, Vail, Atkinson
City Administrator, Ken Huber
City Attorney, Charles Johnson
City Engineer, Howard Kuusisto
City Clerk, Mary Ann Creager
Jesinski made motion, Vail seconded, to approve the City Council minutes
for March 6, 1989 as submitted.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Vail made motion, Olson seconded, to approve the General Claims for March
20, 1989, in the amount of $97,751.07. ,
All aye. Motion Carried.
Atkinson made motion, Olson seconded, that the City of Hugo has no object-
ion to the issuance of a Gambling License to the Forest Lake Lions for the
operation of pulltabs at RJ's, and waives the 60 days waiting period.
I aye. Motion Carried.
Nor Atkinson took this time at the meeting^,tg/present.plaques`of`
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rIAnto former Council member�, Theodora Peltier and 4 thur,otts.
In lieu of publishing the detailed ordinance regulating individual sewer
systems, Minnesota Statutes provides for publication of a summary
ordinance if authorized by the City Council. City staff prepared a draft
ordinance summary for publication with said draft being patterned after
other summaries published by the city previously. City staff feels this
ordinance summary adequately reflects the content of the detailed
ordinance, and would recommend it's publication.
Atkinson made motion, Vail seconded, that the City of Hugo publish a
summary of the ordinance regulating individual sewer systems (1989-256)
rather than publishing the ordinance in it's entirety.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Mr. Ken Wilson has made application to the City of Hugo for a site plan
aniroval providing a comprehensive drainage, grading, and erosion control
; in to accommodate expansion of the Wilson Tool Company. The property in
C .stion is located in an industrial zoned area with a mailing address of
1,412 Farnham Avenue, Hugo, MN. The site contains approximately 23.2
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acres of which a part is developable, and a portion is protected
wetlands. The city engineer is currently in the process of reviewing the
site plan, and has indicated he will have a report for presentation to the
City Council Monday evening. In addition to the comprehensive drainage
plan, the staff also requested that Mr. Wilson prepare a tentative
development plan for the area indicating what property Wilson Tool owns,
and a projection on their phasing of development for the area. Phase 1,
Area A involves the construction of a bituminous surfaced parking lot to
accommodate 137 vehicles south of the existing Wilson Tool building. This
proposal also involves a drainage plan to ultimately serve Phase 2 as
identified on the site plan. The developers note that access to the
parking lot from 130th Street will be via a 28' wide concrete paved area
east of the Wilson Tool building. It should be noted that the access area
in question is currently a parking lot, and it is the intent of the
developers to channel their traffic through an existing parking area to
get to the proposed new parking area. We have advised the applicant that
this is not a good practice from a safety standpoint, and they should
consider elimination of the parking on at least one side of the proposed
south parking lot access. Area B in Phase 1 calls for the installation of
a one-year ponding area with rate control and baffle/skimmer as per RCWD
standards. The L-shaped pond is to provide storage and an outlet to
control the future rate of runoff equal to the existing rate. The
developers have indicated that the pond is sized to provide rate control,
under full development, for all of Wilson Tool property as well as the
area at the southeast corner of 130th Street and Farnham Avenue. Area B
involves the grading and borrowing of soils from the southwest to
construct pond dikes. Area C of Phase 1 involves the filling of the
existing pond and grading it to a level elevation for a proposed building
site in Phase 4 of their development plan. The existing Wilson Tool
building drain is to be extended westerly to the existing ditch. This
area is to receive topsoil and seeding.
The applicants have informed us that their drainage plan has been approved
by the RCWD although copies of the permit have not been provided to the
city. In addition to the comments forthcoming from the city engineer, the
staff would also like to note the following with regard to this plan:
1. The applicant refers to the proposed ponding area 1-B as a one-year
ponding area. We are not familiar with that term nor do we understand
what it's capabilities are with regard to handling the runoff during a
heavy rainfall.
2. The access to the large parking lot in Phase 1-A is marginal, at best,
and may result in major internal traffic problems for Wilson Tool.
3. The developers should look to the possibility of improving Farnham
Avenue in the near future to serve it's future development needs'
4. The City Council should consider concept approval only for the overall
site plan.
5. Subject to the city engineer's recommendations, and securing other
required permits, we can only recommend approval of Phase 1
improvements at this time.
It was noted in the letter from Comstock & Davis that they identify the
wetlands to the south of the site in question as the primary area for
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1torage of runoff during a 100 -year storm event. This wetland area also
tccommodates runoff from other areas to the south and east of the site,
nd appears to have no outlet'
City Engineer, Howard Kuusisto, reviewed his report of 3/20/89 with the
Council and Wilson Tool's representatives, Mark Jones and Julian
McAllister made motion, Olson seconded, to table Wilson Tool's application
for site plan approval providing a comprehensive drainage, grading, and
erosion control plan to accommodate expansion so that city staff can
further review this proposal with the applicant to address the following:
1.
Consider pond outlet to south pond currently being
used.
2.
Consider outlet for 100 year flood storage area in
wetland to the
south.
3.
Parking on only one side of access to south parking
lot.
4.
No more development after Phase 1 without Farnham Avenue
and Falcon
Avenue being improved'
5.
Is 128th Street important to future roadway system
for this area?
6.
Fill not to be removed below 932' elevation'
7.
Pond outlet to dump into street right-of-way?
B.
Storm sewer pipe in south parking lot is too close
to the surface and
will freeze.
ll aye. Motion Carried.
,OE STANEK- EQU ST
The city received a letter from Lloyd Grooms regarding a request for the
city to provide access to Joe Stanek's property via the road right-of-way
alledgedly running south of 180th Street down the section line between
Sections 1 and 2. The city administrator reviewed the history of this
case dating back to 1970. He noted there were hard feelings between Mr.
Stanek and his neighbors. He also referenced previous communications with
Mr. Stanek regarding possible solutions to his problem. It was noted that
in December, 1988, the city attorney sent Mr. Stanek a letter requesting a
response to ten questions regarding his earlier proposal to the city.
This letter was never responded to by Mr. Stanek.
In conclusion, the city has taken a position that the road right-of-way
leading to Mr. Stanek's property exists based on the best records
available to the city. The city has suggested that if Mr. Stanek is
desirous of having the court's decide the issue of the right-of-way
existence, then it should be done at his expense. If, however, his desire
is to improve the roadway to provide access to his property, the city has
given Mr. Stanek several options to pursue this under Chapter 429 of the
Public Improvement Code. The city has also suggested the possibility of
vacating the right-of-way in question and retaining a driveway easement
-llowing for the type of access he has requested in his previous letters.
he city has recommended numerous options for Mr. Stanek to pursue this
issue; however, he chooses to reject those options as said options would
involve a financial commitment on his part.
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In 1987, the City Council took: formal action directing the staff to send a
letter to Mr. Stanek: informing him that if he wishes to provide permanent
access to his property, he can do so by petitioning the city for the
improvement of the roadway under Chapter 429 of the Public Improvement
Code.
Mr. Lloyd Grooms, representing Mr. Yoe Stanek:, was present at the meeting,
and asked that two issues be addressed: 1) affirmation of the
right-of-way, and ) physical accessibility to Stanek's property. Mr.
Grooms stated that they do not want a roadway, and that petition for a
roadway is not being requested.
Mayor Atkinson stated that he takes issue with Mr. Grooms' letter implying
that the city has been unwilling to resolve this matter. Councilman
McAllister asked Mr. Grooms if Mr. Stanek: understands fully his option to
petition for installation of this roadway. Mr. Groom responded in the
affirmative. The possibility of vacating the right-of-way and retaining
an easement for driveway purposes was discussed. Mr. Grooms said he would
discuss that option with his client, and would get back: with the city.
Mayor Atkinson said the city would respond to a petition for roadway
improvements or to vacate the roadway. Other than those options, Mr.
Stanek: would have to reaffirm the existence of the right-of-way on his
own. Mayor Atkinson said he would like to move on to the next item on the
agenda.
CAEiLE TV GF... i NAN( E
A public hearing has been scheduled for April 3, 1989 at 7:05 PM, to
discuss the Franchise Ordinance.
TEMPORARY BUILDING
The newly purchased trailer- will be used by the Fire Department as a
training facility and for storage of their records. Ars April 1st
completion date is anticipated.
PLANNING I NTEN:RI
City Administrator Huber will be interviewing a candidate to fill this
position on March 27th. Hopefully, he will be ,joining city staff =_..c:me
time in early April..
RUAD CONDITION COMPLF :l: t 7`-'
Administrator Huber stated that City Hall has received numerous road
complaints in the last few weeks (Elmcrest Avenue). Washington Count;
Public Works is unable to rectify the problems until the fro5t is out of
the ground.
Councilman Vail asked that city staff make an inspection of 142nd Street.,
east: of Highway 61 ( Giese' s driveway) to determine what can be done
alleviate the problem of standing water.
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he RCWD is in need of a temporary meeting place for approximately 12 to
18 months. Assuming there will be no conflict with regular City of Hugo
business, and they pay their "fairshare", the Council had no problem with
offering the use of Hugo City Hall until they find a permanent meeting
place.
McAllister made motion, Olson seconded, to adjourn at 8:50 PM.
All aye. Motion Carried.
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