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1994-07-18 CC Minutes ____nmmm___.~ . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL July 18, 1994 Albertville City Hall 7:30 PM PRESENT: Mayor Mike Potter, Councilmembers Sharon Anderson, ,DU4Re Berning, Alber~. ~arthel and John Vetsch, Ci ty CI erk Linda Houghton, Ci ty Administrator Dale Powers, Ci ty Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri Mayor Potter called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended by adding the following i terns under Administration: Discussion on Forms of Government meeting Set meeting withmaintenanoe personnel - Discussion of infil tration concerns at wastewater treatment facility MNDOT Transpor.tation study Resol ution '1994-9 accepting the Feasibility study for Barthel Industrial Drive and 52nd Street improvements was removed from the agenda. . Anderson made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the Follow-Up Sheet from the July 5th meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the July 5, 1994, regular meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Kent Roesller explained to the Council that he has petitioned the Municipal Board to attach an 80-acre parcel now located in the city of Otsego to the City of Albertville. Roessler further explained that he is purchasing the property for development and he needs municipal services to the area. A hearing before the Municipal Board has been set for the last week in July. Linda was di rected to contact Norm Gartner regarding the castings on the manholes in two areas of the Parkside Addition which allowed ground water to enter the wastewater treatment plant. Barthel made a motion to reduce the Doug Psyk' s letter of credi t for Psyk I s 5th Addition to $1,000, as recommended by Engineer Norm Gartner in his letter dated July 14, 1994. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Barthel made a motion to approve Change Order '1 for the Hardwood Ponds 2nd Addition to install geotextile fabric on the subgrade and an additional three inches of aggregate base, Class . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUKCIL July 18, 1994 Page 2 of 5 5. Change Order '1 increases the contract price of the 1993-1 Improvement Project $12,287.50. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve Change Order '2 for the Hardwood Ponds 2nd Addition to seed and mulch the boulevard area to control erosion until the project is entirely developed. Change Order '2 increases the contract price of the 1993-1 Improvement Project by $950.00. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve Change Order '1 for the Westwind 3rd Addition to install geotextile fabric on the right turn lane. Change Order '1 increases the contract price of the 1993-2 Improvement Project $1,303.80. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Ron Guerts expl ained to the Counci I that the Ron Becker drainage problem has evolved beyond the limits of the 50th street project and needs to be addressed and corrected. Querts recommended that the Counci 1 consider the probl em as a general storm water drainage issue. The Counci 1 decided to have City Engineer Pete Carlson look into the problem. Querts also explained that the turn lane into the Barthel Commercial Park has not yet been approved by Wright County and recommended that the letter of credit for the project not be released until the County approves the turn lane. The Council delayed discussion of the amendment to the MLDCO 1st Addition plat until the attorney arrives. Due to the absence of the attorney, Mayor Potter proceeded to the Administration portion of the agenda. Barthel made a motion to approve the Financial statement for the period June 30 - July 12 as presented. Anderson seconded the . .motion. All voted 'aye. Barthel made a motion to approve payment of Check "s 8615- 8655 as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve a Non-Intoxicating Liquor License for the Albertville Jaycees on July 24, 1994, from 12:00 noon to 9:00 PM. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Barthel made a motion to approve the Thank-You letter to RCM, Inc. as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to appoint himsel f and Councilmember Anderson to a committee to meet with an Otsego Committee to discuss . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL July 18, 1994 Page 3 of 5 joint concerns. Councilrnember Barthel will serve as the alternate member. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Anderson made a motion to set a 1995 budget review meeting for Wednesday, August 3rd, at 7:00 PM. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed conducting a referendum vote at the November election for a new fire building once the Fire Building Committee has final numbers on the structure. . Anderson made a motion to set a meeting with the maintenance personnel on Wednesday, July 27, at 6:30 PM. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed the memo from Ken Lindsay describing the infiltration occurring at the wastewater treatment plant. Ken has suggested the Council consider having some smoke testing of the sewer mains done to isolate the areas where the most infiltration is occurring. The Council directed Pete to meet with Ken to determine how best to proceed with isolating the infi 1 tration areas. Since Attorney Couri was sti 11 not present, Mayor Potter called a recess of the meeting at 8:40 PM. Mayor Potter reconvened the meeting at 9:00 PM. Attorney Couri reviewed the Municipal Engineering Services contact with Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. (SEH). There is no significant changes in the rate structures. from the RCM contract. Couri pointed out that Paragraph 5.4.2 allows the City to continue with Pete Carlson in the event he leaves SEH. Paragraph 5.6.4 allows the City to retain other engineers on a project basis by giving SEH advance notification. Berning made a motion to approve the Municipal Engineering Services contract with SEH. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Couri reviewed the Developer's Agreement for Psyk' s 6th Addition. A letter of credit in the amount of $32,961 will be required of the developer to cover 25' of the Municipal Improvements and the Site Improvements. The City must decide how to handle the park dedication requirements for this development. Only a small portion of land was dedicated as park area in the 5th Addition, and the developer agreed to pay additional cash or more land, at the City's preference when future development occurred. Since approval of psyk's 6th Addition preliminary plat approval, the park dedication fee has been increased from $170 per lot to $500 per lot. Because of the time of the preliminary plat approval, the Council may wish to address the amount per lot the . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL July 18, 1994 Page 4 of 5 developer will be required to pay. If the City wishes to acquire more land for a park, Couri recommended that the Park Board be directed to begin working with the Developer to determine where such a park should be located and how large the park will be. In order to expedite approval of the Developer's Agreement, Couri recommended that the $500 per lot amount be listed in the agreement, pending a decision by the Park Board to acquire land instead of cash or a decision by the Council to lower the park dedication fee per lot to the previous amount. Couri also reviewed with the Council the language in Paragraph 2 (e) detailing the escrow amount to be established for future storm sewer 1 ines when the Marx property is developed. Bob Robertson of ReM, Inc. estimates costs of install iug a storm sewer in the area to be $20,000 and recommends a 25% contingency be included. Since Psyk will be responsible for approximately 55% of the storm sewer, Robertson recommends the developer provide the City with a $13,750 escrow amount. These funds will be invested in an interest bearing account to be used exclusively in the storm sewer installation. . vetsch made a motion to approve the Developer's Agreement for psyk's 6th Addition, subject to engineering review and language changes concerning park dedication fees as recommended by Attorney Couri. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Bernie Marx requested that the final plat for MLDCO 1st Addition be amended to delete the beehive located at the northerly border of the plat. Marx's attorney Ken Holker explained that there are several options the Council could consider and prioritized the Marx's preference as follows: (1) The City installs the beehive, and if it is necessary to drain bordering lots, assess those costs to the benefitting properties. (2) Grant the Marx a 30-day extension to install the beehive. (3) Allow Marx to resubmit the plat with a revised drainage plan. The Council agreed to have Pete Carlson review the plat and visi t the si te as soon as possibl e. Depending on his recommendation, the beehive will be installed either by the developer or the City. . Berning made a motion to grant a 30-day time extension to Marx for the installation of the beehive and to have Pete Carlson review the MLDCO 1st Addition plat to determine if there is a feasible alternative to the beehive. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL July 18, 1994 Page 5 of 5 Barthel made a moti.on to extend the temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the Veches Construction home located in the MLDCO 1st Addition. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 PM. Michael Potter, Mayor Linda Houghton, Clerk