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1986-08-04 CC Minutes , . ~ , r . ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE 497-3384 CITY OF ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCILI MINUTES AUGUST 4, 1986 i t or :f , .~ ~ ., ~lt'r-"" '" .... '" f<L...w.~'i''.i:ft- 4. '~ :~ ~ ....~4 -<--<- k-,\~ j, The regular meetIng of the AlbertVIlle CIty CouncIl was called to order by Mayor Walsh. Members present Included Gary Schwenzfeler, Donatus Vetsch, Bob Braun, and Don CornelIus. Others present Included Maureen Andrews, Barry Johnson, Gary Meyer and Don BernIng who came late. There was a motIon to approve the mInutes of the July 21, 1986 mInutes. The motIon was made by Donatus Vetsebcand~8econded by Gary Schwenzfeler, All members were In favor. Don CornelIUS asked Maureen If she could try to get the mInutes of the meetIng done so that they can be Included In the packets before the CouncIl meetIngs. No motIon was meeaed. e the follOWIng bUIldIng permIts were approvedon the followlng motIon: Permlt #40: 11721 57th Street for JIm leuer -- New Home MotIon was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Gary Schwenzfeler. All members where In favor. PermIt #41: 5562 lake Avenue for G.l. Anderson -- New Home The motlon was made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Bob Braun. All were In favor and the motIon carrIed. The follOWIng CounCIl members and staff WIll be attenalng the league's RegIonal meetIng: JIm Walsh, Oonatus Vetsch, Don CornelIUS and Maureen Andrews. The follOWIng people were approved as ElectIOn( Judges: Barnadlne, Roden, lOlS FarrIS, Mrs. Herb Scherber, Janet BernIng, Mrs. Harry Weber. Gary Schwenzfeler saId that he would get some addltlonal names and would ~ get them to Maureen to be Included on the lIst. The Eiectlon Judges were approved on a motlon made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Donatus vetsch. All were In favor. . The Councl1 dIscussed garbage collectlon (prelImInary) and lt was declded that Gary Schwenzfeler and Oonatus Vetsch would serve on a garbage collectlon commlttee to see what type of Informatlon they could come up wlth. Mr. Gary llndenfelser of llndenfelser's Garbage Servlce was alos present to dISCUSS the matter. . Make our CIty Your CIty We inVIte Home, Industry, BUSiness LouncH "InU~eS Page 2 . Items that the commlttee wlll be lookIng lnto wlll lnclude: What others cltles sre dOIng, what types of rates could the Clty of Albertvllle expect to see, what to do wIth CommercIal and Industrlal pIckups--keep them prIvate or lnclude them on the contract, and how should the Clty blll for collectlon lf we get lnvolved wlth thlS undertaklmg--on the tax statement or on quarterly basls, have the Clty do the bllllng or the contractor. The motlon to set up the commlttee was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Don Cornellus. All were ln favor. Mayot Walsh dlscussed wlth the Councll the meetlng that was held on Monday July 28th wlth 2 representatlves of PCI, Thor, Barry, Maureen and hlmself and the Clty'S walk through on the new system WhlCh was conducted on Frlday, August 1st by Barry, Jlm, Maureen, Ken and a representatlve of PCl. Barry lnformed the Councll as of the Councll Meetlng the followlng ltems have not been completea: Electrlcal lnpectlon by an Electrlcal Englneer (there may be a punch IlSt that comes out of thlS lnpectlon), flnal lnspectlon by the State 6lectrIcal lnpector., 11ft statlon control panel, Ilmlted plumblng lnslde the bUlldlng, the Water Balance test has not been approved by the MPCA, and some addltlonal clean-up ltems. . 8srry was asked what the dollar flgure was left on the proJect. He estlmated that the remalnlng amount was between $15,000.00 to $20,000.00. He was also asked when he expected everythlng to be done, partlculary the results of the Water Balance Test. He expects that we wl11 hear back on the test later In the week (8-8) or early the next week, dependlng on how lt takes PCA to flnlsh revlewlng the lnformatlon. Barry also lnformed the Councll that the Change Order for the safety equlpment and mower IS belng sent In. The amount of the Change Order lS approxlmately $10,0001.00. And flnally that the MPCA and Army Corp of Englneers Walk Through IS secheduled for Frlday August 8th at 10:00 a.m. Barry was asked to request wrltten approval of the proJct. The Clty Councl1 ~€Xr dlscussed the road lmprovement In front of the Hackenmueller's S~ore. Barry was requested to put tgether any necessary lnformatlon and Marueen was asked to contact Vern regardlng the lmprovements once Barry has glven her the new flgures. The dlScusslon of C1Vll Defense came up as part of the agenda. The Councl1 was lnformed that some tlme ago the Slren located on teh front of the bUlldlng was removed resultlng ln no way of soundlng the C1Vll defense Slren from Clty Hall. Maureen was requested to contact Greg Bernlng and have hlm get ln touch wlth the necessary people to flnd out what proceedures the Clty needs to take ln gettlng an actlve program gOlng. One concern brought out by Bob Braun IS that when he was . . .....~...-,...f'""~ '" , , , " " , , ," ) Jr#i\, '., ~J; If . , , " ': I [. 'I...... ;f... < '\ . . . i 1l. -<; , CounclI l-Unutes Page 3 . the C1Vll Defense Dlrector he often tlmes dld not get warnlngs forwarded to hlm. Greg should report back to the Councll at the September 2nd meetlng. There was also aome dlScusslon that there may be a need to do some communlty educatlng regardlng what C1Vll Defense and Storm Warnlngs are all about. e Loren Kohen, the BUlldlng Inspector was present Just to get updated on what lS happenlng ln the Clty. Some of the dlacusslon focused around flnal gradea and proPAr dralnage. The Councll d1.scussed requu1ng that a grade stake be requ1red to be located to show where flnal grade wlll be to assure that the garage floor w1.11 not be below the flnal elevat10n of the street. The BUlld1.ng Inspector has been requested to get some add1tlonal 1nformatlon and forward lt on to Maureen and was also asked to contact the Englneer from tlme to tlme regardlng any changes 1n street plans. Loren was asked about the house located at 5"(01 tD LAl<e:.. Street WhICh appears to have the garage located below the top of the street and what can be done. Loren told the Councll that he la aware of the problem and that some yard gradlng may help wlth the problem, but the overall repons1blllty lS that of the contractors. The next ltem the Councll dlscussed was paYlng for 100 hours of Ken Llndsays Comp T1me. There was a motlon made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Gary Schwenzfeler to approve 100 hours of comp t1me at the rate of $10.10 an hour. The motlon waa then opened for dlSCUSS1.on. for the matter of clearlflcatlon ss of August 4th Ken Llndsay has 221.25 of comp tlme and the federal regulatlon allows for a person to carry 240 hours before a C1ty lS requlred to buy back tlme. There was some dlSCUSSlon about havlng Ken start taklng some frlday afternoons off to try to cut down on some of the hours accuumulated, but no actlon was taken on thlS ltem at thls tlme. Il'" ... The dlSCUSSlon was closed and the motlon was put to a vote w1th the followlng outcome: Gary Schwenzfeler - Yes; Bob Braun - Yes; Don Cornellus - Yes; Donatus Vetsch - No; Mayor James Walsh - No. There was a mot1.on posed by Donatus Vetsch to requlre Ken Llndsay to get hlS overtlme hours down to 80 hours by January 1, 1986 and make that the maXlmum number of hours allowed to be carr led at the end of each month. There was no second and the motlon was wlthdrawn at thlS tlme. The subJect wlll be dlscussed at a later meetlng once Maureen Andrews has had an opportunlty to complete Ken's Job duty llSt. (flrst meetlng ln September) . There was a motlon made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Donatus Vetsch to move the flrst meetlng ln September to Tuesday, September 2 because of the Labor Day hollday. All members were ln favor. The Wastewater Treatment faclllty proJect was dlscussed agaln Slnce the Clty Attorney and the Contractor were present. Items of dlScusslon lncluded the contractor's request to have the reta1nage reduced from 5% to 1%, based on the Eng1neer's reqommendatlon the Councll acted not to make the reduct10n as requested. . i t ....~: >;! ~, t 4'f:? ~_,,>f '~ .... *1 , ~ . " . i'i -.It." < . .. 3'1/ p; , f , . ~ '", " , ,. '-ili(< 4' it {f . t"-.r:; '^ , , ,\~, ~ ?~~ ~....b ':"r ,'\ 1 Jf ~ . ' f d i- '" " f}:i: /' ~:.f, ,~"! l,. -, 1<" , \,' ":..t1 }- {' :. , " _,~~.:~~ ;t~~;~ , " "". ~ ~t } . , Counc1l M1nutes Page 4 . As of August 4th the llquated Damages amount to $17,280.00 and have not been d1scont1uned. They w1ll not be d1scont1nued unt1l after the Water Balance Test has been approved and the C1ty Attorney and C1ty Eng1neer recommend that we d1scont1nue the part1ce. There was a mot1on to approve PCl pay requests 115 1n the amount of $26,023.85 and pay request 116 1n the amount of $1,516.30, as recommended by the C1ty Eng1neer. The mot10n was made by Gar~ Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Don Cornellus, all members were 1n favor. (The pay requests lnclude the full 5~ retalnage and not the ~educed retalnage asked for by PCl. Mr. Ron Glbbons of PCl has been requested to be at the August 18th meetlng as well to d, 5( L/~~ flnal wrapup on the proJect. Maureen sa1d that she would contact hlS as to the t1me he would need to be present once she has looked at the schedule. As a flnal p01nt of thlS dlScusslon Barry was asked to check the Zlmmerman farm to be sure that the contractors have restore the area they borrowed from accordlngly. . Representatlve of the people who Ilve on 51st Street were present to dlSCUSS w1th the Councll thelr concerns about the speedlng that 1S occurr1ng on 51st Street. They explalned that there lS a problem almost 24 hours but that lt lS the worst durlng the Shlft changes at Hordls and Truss. All the resldents on the street have slgned a pet1tlon request1ng that addlt10nal sher1ff patrol t1me 1S spent ln the area and that the Clty look lnto putt1ng speed bumps ln to slow the trafflc. The C1ty Counc11 understands the1r concerns and agree there 1S a pDoblem. A representatlve of the Sherlff's Department was here also to hear the concerns and sald that the Department wlll make an effort to lssue some tlckets ln the area. There was some questlon about wether or not a Clty can located speed bumps on a local street because of the 11abllty questlons that mayarlse. Maureen waa asked to check w1th the Department of Safety regard1ng speed bumps. Maureen was also asked to put not1ces on bUlldlng permlts regardlng NO TRUCKS on local streets that are posted and to aend not1ces to Hordls Brothers and Truss requestlng lt to be posted on Bullltln Boards asklng employees to be conSClence of the speed Ilmlt and the chlldern who 11ve on 51st Street before someone gets hurt. In add1tlon, Maureen was asked bo have Ken llndsay put up a stop slgn on the corner of lannon at 51st Street WhlCh wlll hopefully slow some of the trafflc down. . . " \ ? , -$'" . '14":- "'""-~,/fffl' j., -'-.,.1 , " " ": ,.~ -, '"'-~ .~ f ;fr.r:.# '7~i:' ~\'Y ~ !fi~"'J, .,~~{ "t' t, , I . " I' , , Councll M~nutes Page 5 . S~nce the Deputy was present the Counc~l asked h~m about three and four wheel veh~cles and what can be done w~th them enforcementw1se? He 1nformed the Council that the last one they caught ~n Albertv111e had to walk the veh~cle home. Maureen informed the Counc~l that Ken said that new check valves would need to be put ~n the l~ft stat~on as the old ones are leak1ng. Ba~ry was 8sked ta check the valves and 1f Ken and h~m determ1ne that they need to be replaced Ken 1S to get two d~fferent pr1ces for Maureen to reV1ew before order~ng the necessary parts. Maureen 1nformed the Counc~l that the grad1ng ~n front of the Hackenmueller's store has been completed. The Counc~l dec1ded to have Syv11a K1l1an stay unt1l Ken gets back from vacat10n at the end of August. The C1ty w111 be respons1ble for her salary after August 15th. Clem Marx, V~rg~l Poul~ot and Doug Psyk were present to d~scuss the Psyk 4th Add~t~on and the requ1red easements needed for the proJect. The follow1ng 1tems were d~scussed: . 1. Mr. Marx ~s concerned about not be~ng assessed for the storm sewer l~ne at th~s t~me because the propert1es do not benef1t from ~ts locat~on unt11 after the overall storm water proJect 1S completed. IlL 2. He also feels that the property on wh1ch h1s house 1S located on (the lot between Ma1n Avenue and the extens10n of Lander) should excluded from be~ng assessed because 1t w111 not benef1t from the 11ne at any t1me 1n the future. Barry 1S look1ng 1nto that matter. 3. Mr. Pou110t 1S request~ng the follow1ng ~tems before he 1S w1111ng to sign the easements for the street, the storm sewer and the temporary construct10n easement. a. That the assessments be deferred for f1ve (5) years or unt1l such t~me that he develops h1s back lot, wh1ch ever ~s less. b. That the Counc~l prov1de some wr~tten assurances that at the t1me he develops the back lot that he w1ll be g1ven the requ~red var1ances needed to develop the lot. c. That the C~ty pay for the land needed for the street r1ght-of-way, or that he 1S g~ven on s~te f11l to make the lot bUlldable 1n lue of a cash payment. . In an effort to clear1fy these requests the follow1ng 1tems w1l1 need to be rec~eved and rev1ewed by the Attorney and the C1ty Counc1l: 1. Pr1ce for the land needed for the easement (POUl1ot), 2. Amount of f111 that would be needed to make PoUl10t's lot bU11dable (Barry), 3. Requ1red agreementa regard1ng the 1tems l~sted above. (Gary Meyer). . 111- , ~I ., 4Ar 't;: , ,~ ~~ , ... , 1 ,~ A , '>; "ee " ~ 'f '" I -. "(O~ $'f>J< I ;V<t "If 1;.... , . ~;':i<;~ ",,,,l'~..'t '"t'" "t :: \ -<l .. ~.\ >t'" , f~ ~ ~ .1fJ 'tt~ ....~ ':l ... , , ' , ,... ", f- "':">.1' ~.. ~ ~' ~ ",$" ~ -.., -1"-' -:~",1 '1', ?1~ ~'\ .... -1" It"", 4 1; ~'1' 1. ,,' e' . ) , ~~~ . , , ~~ '-'fit". ~ {f .f-t;""- ~ " Counc~l M~nutes Page 6 . The next ~tem discussed by the Counc~l was the Junk Car problem Maureen was requested to send another letter to those people who have done anyth~ng w~th the~r cars and ~nform them that the Sher1ff's Department w111 be not~f~ed and t~ckets w~ll be ~ssued 1f the veh1cles are not removed by August 13. And lf by the August 18th Councll meet~ng ~f the veh~cles st~ll rema~n a problem that the Counc~l wlll be appo~ntlng offlc~al tow~ng company and the veh~cles w~ll be lm- pounded. ThlS d~scuss~on resulted In a mot~on of tbe same made by Gary Schwenzfeler and: 'a second by Don Cornel1us, w~th all member ~n favor. Maureen was asked to check wlth M~nnegasco to see when they have the gas l~nes scheduled to go ~nto the Beaudry 2nd Addlt10n. Barry asked to have them contact h~m as well before any work 1S done. There was llm1ted dlScusslon regard~ng gravel~ng the tops of the d~kes out at the Wastewaster Treatment fac~llty from the llquldated Damages. It was declded that the Councll would hold off unt1l the nex Councll meet1ng before mak~ng any dec1s10ns. There was also some d~scuss~on regard1ng the rent~ng of the extra land. There 1S the poss~bllty of 100k1ng 1nto exchang~ng the use of the land for hav1ng one of teh farmers mow~ng the outslde of the facll~ty. No act10n was taken on th~s matter at th~s t~me. e Judy Roden asked that Maureen contact the Buildlng Inspector regardlng the camper bUlldlng place (MAT Propertles) regardlng the mess they were suppose to clean up as part of the bu~ld1ng perm~t. To date the work has not been completed. Judy also asked about the PPM problem of water runnlng 1nto the pond. Maureen has been d~rected to speak w~th Gary Meyer regardlng th~s matter as well. The Counc~l has set the Open House for the Wastewater Treatment fac~l~ty for Thursday September 4. Maureen ~s suppose to get the lnformatlon together' an~ send out the ~avltat~ons regard1ng the Open House. The Counc~l approved a l~m~ted llquor l~cense for the llon's for the ~lg Roast on August 24th. The mot~on to approve the llcense was made by Oonabus Vetsch and seoonded by Gary Schwenzfe1er. All were ~n favor. ~ a ~ to pay the b~lls made by Gary Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Bob Braun. All the' I member s were ~n favor and checks ., ~ lv5 through "1 ~<CSl and checks 24-25 from the sewer account were approved. There was a mot10n to adjourn made by Bob Braun and seconded by Don Cornel~us. All were In favor and the meetlng was adjourned. e . f " '" .,.~ " ~ ,$ I , ( ~ I,- ). r.. ,. t. "t~,; "'~ ,~.j; , '" ,- , " .;;'/!-' Ii' ~ ~ '- "$-",;1r 1 , - ,,- , , r ~:l. - < , . ~,' ~i~ ..~ ~ffl'.... ,I -4~~ " .' ,~ 1 j t.;nl~ l/ I'. -, 4f i, <, , \