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1989-03-06 CC Minutes . . . COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 6, 1989 The regular meeting of the Albertv111e City Counc11 was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier Members present included Bob Braun, Don Cornelius, Donatus Vetsch and J1m Krystosek Others present 1ncluded Maureen Andrews, Lor1e V11lareal, Bob Miller, Thore Meyer and Ken L1ndsay The agenda for the even1ng5 meet1ng was rev1ewed by the Counc11 A mot1on was made by Don Cornel1us and seconded by Bob Braun to approve the agenda All were 1n favor and the motion carried The minutes of the February 21st meet1ng were rev1ewed by the Counc11 Before the minutes were approved, Donatus Vetsch questioned whether or not Ken had ordered the City "No Parking" signs and 1f he had checked with the county to see 1f they have recently taken down any of the old s1gns Donatus also asked about the blacktoPP1ng of 50th Street and if the City wa5 b1111ng Frankfort Township for plow1ng part of that same 5treet Hear1ng no other comments, Don Cornelius made a mot1on to approve the m1nutes of February 21st Donatus Vetsch seconded the motion All were 1n favor and the mot1on carr1ed Steve Klitzka, represent1ng the Park Board, was present to update the Council on the activ1ties of the Park Board He 1S request1ng perm1ssion to run an ad 1n the local paper for persons 1nterested 1n serving as a Park Board member Steve told the Council that the Park Board 1S plann1ng a summer act1vity program at the ma1n park for the k1ds The activit1es may include such things as field hockey and arts and crafts He w111 present th1s program to the Council in one month There was some d1scussion as to what the future plans for the 51st Park would be The parkland has been rough graded and plans are . . . belng made dlScussion lnstalled the methode to have the flnal gradlng completed There wao also some regardlng the purchaslng of playground equlpment to be Steve stated that he would like more informatlon regardlng under WhlCh the Clty lS plannlng on flnanclng Steve stated that the Park Board wlll be putting together lnto a Development Plan for park expanSlon and wlll then like to present the plan to the different organlzatlons for flnancial support The Park Board report also addressed schedullng for softball thlS summer Women's Softball wlll be bringlng all ten of the women's teams lnto Albertville thlS season It appearo that they will play on Monday and Wednesday's The men's softball teams will use the field on Tuesday and Thursday Softball season most generally runs from the flrst Monday ln May untll the mlddle of August The women's teams may have a softball tournament thls summer The proceeds from reglstratlon fees and conceSSlon sales wlll go towards park lmprovements and maintenance It to clean last year was pOlnted out that the Softball League wlll agaln hlre kids up after softball and maintaln the plaYlng field slmilar to There was some additional dlScussion regardlng the installatlon of the lights The Councll was lnformed that ln order to meet the proposed schedule of having the llghts lnstalled as soon as the ground is thawed enough to do so the Jaycees would like the sOlI borlngs done ao soon as possible as it needs to be done before the llghts are installed Neighboring resldents will be contacted by Steve before lnstallation Just to make sure there are no obJectlons Steve assured the Council that he would lnform the resldents that there would be a curfew on the lights, probably 10 15 or 10 30 p m He pOlnted out that this lS common wlth most flelds The Councll next heard a JOlnt Power's update There has been some limited discusslon regarding the constructlon of a new water tower The JOlnt Power's representatlves lnformed the other members that there lS a development proposed for St Mlchael WhlCh wlll be located in the area that a new water tower is belng proposed and that the proJect wlll not go forward untll such time land lS donated for the tower It was noted that no act10n hac been taken to flnance and construct a new water tower at this tlme because the board has not yet determined the capaclty and conditlon of the existlng towers -2- . . . It was also noted that unt11 such t1me that a new water tower is built the proposed development 1n St Michael w111 need to be serviced by booster pumpc but noth1ng has been f1na11zed yet An add1tional J01nt Power's issue wac d1scussed and approved The members of the Council were 1nformed that there wac to be an amendment to the operat1ng agreement wh1ch would allow for the collect10n of an add1tional $200 to be used for construct10n of future expanS10n to the wells and towers Donatus Vetsch made the mot1on and J1m Krystosek seconded 1t to approve the amendment to the Operat1ng Agreement All were in favor and the mot1on carr1ed The Counc11 heard from the Ma1ntenance Department next Ken L1ndsay was informed that Creamery Ant1ques had called w1th a compliment on the snowplow1ng Donatus and Don also complimented Ken and h1s crew on d01ng a good job They sa1d that they have heard lots of good comments on a job well done Ken was asked to pass the good word on to h1s crew Ken treatment Operator operator's 1nformed the school every He needs to 11cense Council that he must attend a wastewater two years to be recert1f1ed as a Wastewater be recertif1ed this year to ma1ntain his There is a Wastewater Operations Sem1nar March 22 - 24 that Ken would like to attend There is also a Stab11ization Pond Sem1nar Apr11 24 - 27 that he and Mike both would like to attend Ken commented that he must go to one or the other for sure before June as his license needs to be renewed by at that time After Wastewater school 1n able to go some d1scussion, it was decided that Ken could go to the Operations Seminar 1n March and M1ke could go to ponds April It will be determ1ned at a later date if Ken will be to the ponds school scheduled for later in the year The fate of the poplar trees by the watertower will be determ1ned soon Ken stated that he had talked to Ron Becker about the trees Mr Becker wants the trees and w111 cut them down and haul them away on Saturday, March 11th Ken will also ask Mr Becker 1f he wants the two elms by Donatus' property line The coverage requ1re Mr brush could be burned on locat1on since there 1S good snow and as long ac 1t was cleared by off1cials The C1ty would Becker to sign a wa1ver Ken then went on to comment that he and M1ke d1d not do any damage to the hockey nets They have always pulled them out but perhaps some of the kids threw the nets over the wall when they were uS1ng the rink -3- . . . The Councll was informed that park's ice rink has now been closed for the season Ken noted that a pump is out at the 11ft station in the Industrlal Park due to a valve malfunctlon Parts have been ordered and they wlll be worklng on getting lt replaced Ken next gravestone It to put major something soon work meeting on lnformed the needs a lot of repairs lnto The issue Tuesday night Councll that the work and lt would it The Clty will wlll be brought up plckup lS ready for a not be cost effective deflnitely need to do for dlScussion at the Ken also mentloned that the Clty needs to look at some blgger snow removal eqUlpment Our equipment lS servlceable enough but not big enough for the klnd of snowfall we Just experienced Ken sald he lS interested in a front end loader wlth bucket and wing It would be a versatlle machine At that pOlnt, Ken stated that Anoka County is selllng two, 4 wheel drive, 2 1/2 ton Ford trucks, prlce not yet determlned He wlll flnd out all the particulars on thlS truck to present to the Councll The Council questloned whether there would be any other uses for a loader and was there really a need for lt Ken was told by one Council member that he dld not feel that the Clty could Justlfy the need for a front end loader and that the Clty does not have the purchasing power to buy everythlng new. The Council did agree that the need for a new plckup lS legitlmate No further actlon was taken on the matter Maureen informed the Council that she had gotten a call from Hugh O'Donnell regarding the plowing of the gravel road down by the bulk tanks It was pOlnted out that a year ago the Council had agreed to plow the road when there is more than 4 inches of snow and it had not been done as of the time of the meetlng Ken noted that he had forgotten about the agreement since there had not been thlS much snow ln a number of years He agreed to make a pass with the snowplow on Tuesday morning The discussion next went to the hand held radlos Jlm Krystosek reported that the battery packs are replaceable at $56 a plece, good for 4 to 5 years The inside lnsert can be replaced if battery packs become obsolete, Chargers are not avallable as these radlos are dlscontlnued models The Councll was lnformed that the transmlttlng power of the radios appeared to be pretty good but that by adding an antennae at City Hall that the range will be much better The maintenance department is looking at addlng antennas to the vehlcles as well -4- . . . It was noted that the rad10s have only been used by the ma1ntenance department and one of the rad10s has been found not to work properly, so Jim has taken it back to Sherburne Commun1cat10n to have 1t checked out It appears that there may be problem w1th one of battery packs Maureen stated that Dave Vetsch could build a cab1net for the storage of the rad10s for no more than $60 The rad10s would be 1deal for Friendly C1ty Days for the parade route and general communications It has been agreed that a couple of more radios could be borrowed dur1ng the Fr1endly C1ty Day's celebration Ken questioned the status of the frequenc1es for these rad10s He stated that radios must be licensed individually for certain frequencies He also said that the Fire Department may want to get a private channel and that the C1ty should get all the radios on the same frequency. Donatus questioned why these radios were be1ng sold so inexpensive Also, just wh1ch fund w111 the money come out of to pay for these rad10s The pr1ce 1S good but is it a high pr10r1ty. After some additional discuss10n it was dec1ded that the Counc11 wanted more 1nformation on the exact cOots of th1s system before mak1ng any decis10ns on purchasing the radios The Council was briefly updated on the ong01ng Storm Water Drainage Study A financ1al package is be1ng put together and this and other issueo related to the drainage study w111 be d1scussed at the work meeting on Tuesday n1ght view I-94 w111 It was reported that someone qual1fied to do so is com1ng out to the video of the cond1t10n of the water line casing IY1ng under with Bob Sullentrop in order to determine how large of a p1pe go through the 24" carr1er Aga1n there was some discuss10n th1s matter Bob Miller stated involved from the beginn1ng simply be involve 1n resolving th1s matter regarding MN/DOT's 1nvolvement in that he would 11ke to see MN/DOT because of the expense that m1ght It was pointed out that the C1ty will not know what costs w111 be 1nvolved for this proJect unt11 1t 1S known what size pipe 1f any at all will go through the cas1ng It was noted that 1t might be possible that only a 10" line may fit because of the pipe tie 1n There was some discuss10n about Albertville poss1bly approach1ng Frankfort on a Joint venture of sharing the cost for the installat10n of water pipes Page 5 . . . There was some discussion regard1ng what would be the best approach to resolving th1s matter and whether or not it would even be feasible to talk with Frankfort Townsh1p at th1s time It was pointed out that 1t might be best for the eng1neers for the C1ty and the Townsh1p to get together to discuss the matter or poss1bly have a meeting between the Counc1l and the Townsh1P Board No action was taken on this matter, but it was agreed that there would be more d1scussion regarding the opt1ons at the work meet1ng Maureen 1nformed the Counc1l regarding the 1nstallation of blacktop proJect could be tied in w1th other proJect ahead the Counc1l was reminded Feas1b1lity Report Bob Braun made seconded 1t to order the feasib1lity were 1n favor and the mot1on carr1ed that Doug Psyk had contacted her for Psyk's 4th Add1tion, if the proJects In order to move the that they would need to order a a motion and Don Corne11us report on Psyk's projects All The Counc1l next heard an update on the commuter parking lot Bob M1ller stated that the County Board would be hold1ng a hearing on March 14th 1n order to determine if the property should be turned back for pub11c purpose It was noted that there had been some d1scuss1on regarding whether or not the City or Mr Weber would have to pay the County for the property It was Bob's op1n1on that S1nce the area 1n quest10n was taken 1n the form of an easement that there 1S no need to have to pay for the turnback or vacat10n No other act10n was taken on the matter The next matter discussed was coverage for the Counc1l members approve the Worker's Compensation second the motion All were 1n favor that of the Worker's Compensation Jim Krystosek made a motion to Ordinance (1989-1) Don Cornelius and the mot1on carr1ed The 1ncome received and the b1lls to be pa1d were rev1ewed by the Counc1l Don Cornelius made a motion and J1m Krystosek seconded 1t to approve the bills All were in favor and checks 9406 through 9438 were paid The Lions are request1ng a l1mited 3 2 beer license for their dinner/dance on April 15th at the Parish Center Payment and app11cation have already been rece1ved Donatus Vetsch made a motion and Don Corne11us seconded 1t to approve the l1cense for the L10ns d1nner/dance on Apr1l 15th All were 1n favor and the mot1on carried The work meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, March 7th at 3 00 for staff and Council Dinner will be provided as the meet1ng w1ll extend into the evening -6- . . . A memo from Dav~d L~cht was received by the C~ty stat~ng that he wants the C~ty of Albertv~lle to be aware of the fact that he i5 do~ng some work for Otsego Township A copy of the resignation of M~ke Potter from the Park Board was enclosed ~n the packet for the Counc~l's rev~ew The next Friendly C~ty Day's meet~ng w~ll be March 13th at 7 30 p m Maureen and Jim will attend There was no other business so a motion to adJourn the meet~ng was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun All were ~n favor and the meet~ng adJourned '-1f\~'-{~~ Page 7