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1995-04-03 CC Minutes . . . aL...RILLBClft .COUIICIL .pril 3, 1995 albertville C1t~ .all T: 0011I ~-i:, Mafor .ite Potter, Council.embers Sharon Anderson (7: 10 PM),C\trt MUfres ,!>1aane Bernift.9, and 30hn Vetsch,- Ci tf Administrator tlarrison Wale, Citf Clerk Linda Roughton, Citf 2ngineer Pete Carlson, Citf Attornef MikeCouri Mayor Potter called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: Add: 1(r) Approval to issue check for payment of Safetf Meeting r~istration for the Public Works Department eaplofees in the amount of $20.00 to Wright County Public "orks Berning ma4e a I8Otiolt ... to approve the afenda .s a..nded. MUfres seconded theWlOtion. All voted afe. Mufre. _de a .tiOl'lto .ppro"e the mnutesof the ..rch 6, 1995,r89ular-.till..and tb. "rob 20, 1"5, ...ct.l ...tt.... presented. BendIl9sec"ec1 tb.8aOtiOft. all voted .fe. Vetscb ..... I8Otioa to ..pro.. ..~t of Ch.ck I's 9248 - 9288 as pr...ted. ..rnt... s....ded the-.otioft. All "oted .~.. C~.sioner Judt. aea. .ddr..... tb. Council r89ardlll9 tb. bill before tb. .t.t......t. to fr.....roperty. t..... Ilo.. feels pas.ageof this. bill .coutd crt.. growth for .my citi.s. !'he League of Minnesota Citi.. is 10bbyin9 agaiaat the bill, aad Ilose sU9gested that th.C1tyCoUllcil con.ider drafting a letter to tbe local legislators expressingtheCitf's point of view. 'l'heCouncil next constd.red Securitf Bank Korthwest's request to vacate the city's aIle, behind the bank property. Vice presidnet Doug Bleess,representtngthe bank, stated that the bank is open to the City's preferenceln regards to making the area either a green space or a blacktopped area. If the City wants to consider vacation of the entire alley between 59th and 60th Streets, Bleess stated that the bank now owns all the property to the east of the alley and would be open to blacktopping behind the post office to 58th Street as well. Maror Potter recOmmended that bank officials meet with City staff to work out a proposal for the Council to consider. ./- Itent Ba.re, e~.sioner .of theilen's 80ftball L..gue, discussed his concems o..rtbe illcr...ed char.e. for us. of the Citf Park ball fiel.. for thi.f..r. st. Miehael b.d also r.ised their fees for.oftball 1e.91I..and it .il1 cost each tealft $200 to pIa, on the It. Mieh..l alld Albertville fi.ld..- After further clisouaston, AndersOft _d. a 1IlOtioll to chuge the . ALSER~ILLE CI~ OOUWCIL April 3., 1995 Page 2 of? fees for the league pIa, to $50 per team. Vetsch seconded the motlon. All voted a,e. It "as agreed that Hamre and other representatives from the league would meet with Cit, staff at the field to discWls what needs to be done in an effort to ease both partie. concerns. a..re also a"ressed the three daf tournament fee of $300. ~e consensus of tbe Council .as to teep tbe tOUTft..-nt f... a. adopted. MUfre. _de a _tion to aocept tbe unaudited Pinancial statement fre. 1"4.bderson .econded the ..tion.- All voted a?e. Muyre. ...de a _tion to approve the Pollow-Up Sheet as presented. Anderson 'seconded tbe ..tion. All voted afe. MUfre. made a motion to approve the Pinancial StateIMnt for March 1995 as presented.. Anderson seconded the motion. A'II voted aye. . Murres made a motion to approve the approve a 3.2 "on- Intoxicating Liquor License for the 152 Club Softball ~eam at the City Park on May 20-21, 1995, contingent upon the city's receipt of proof of insurance. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Muyres made a motion to schedule a SpecialCi tf Council meeting on April 17, 1995, at 7:30 PM to discuss Organized Refuse Collection, Zoning, Pinaneial and Bnoin.ering issues. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted a,e. Mu,res _de. a motion to schedule. joint ..etiDO with the Planning e~.ston forh..day, April 25, 1995, at .,:00 PM for the purpose of discus.ing thelteilco Conoept Plan and the C_rehensive Plan. Ander~ seconcled the ~tiOD. All voted a:re. MUfre. _de ...tion to approve Sundal Licuor Licen.e., contiftgent .. upoIlthe ei ty' srecelptof proof of insurance, for Albertville Bar, 152 Club aad D'. "-ilf Restaurant. Anderson second~ the MOtion. All voted a,e. Mu,res ...de a MOtion to approve On-Sale Liquor Licen.es, contingent upon the Ci t,' s receipt of proof of insurance, for Albertville Bar, 152 Club and D's Pallil, Restaurant. Anderson seconded the moti~n. All voted aye. . Muyres made a motion to approve Off-Sale Liquor Licenses, contingent upon the City' s receipt of proof of insurance, for Albertville Bar, 152 Club, KD's PamilyRestaurant and Hack's. Ii. . . . ALBD!'VILtB Clft coetICIL April 3, 1995 Page 3 of 7 Anderson secoftded the IIOtioD. All voted are. Muyres made a aotion to a,prove the a,prove a 3.2 lfOft- IntoxicatiftgLiquor License for st. Albert's Church at 8t. Albert's Parish Center Oft July 17, 1995, Anderson seeoftded the motion. All voted aye. Muyres made a motion to approve the 1995 Hourly Rate Schedule as presented by Short, Elliott, and Hendrickson, Inc. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. 'l'he Council reviewed the latter dated April 3, 1995, from James Cassidy of Cassidy Realty & Appraisal Services, Inc. regarding the error discovered in his appraisal of the "fire hall" property completed 'in Pebruary. 'l'hat appraisal out I inedmore property than the City actually owns; however, the acreage used in the appraisal was correct. Ba.ed Oft the fact that tbe appraisal report in the amount of land appraised,tbe value recOI'IIIDeftdation in the report is not changed. Since completion of ther...inipq wort at tbe water tower site has been extended unti 1 June 30th of this year, the Council concurred to table discussion of tllit site. In regarels to tbe "ftre hatl" site" ..,or Potter sune.ted that the Council turn tbe property ower to tbe ... for ..rketiftg and prOllOttem . AftdersOftstated her aa4erstandiq h.s be8ft tbat tbe proceeds frOll the sale of that property would he us..t to filUlace the purchase of a site for a fire ha.11. Potter stated the council would have to approve anJrecOlllfteftdation that .comes frOll the tmA 'regarding the site. Vetsch stated he feels at least a portion of the proceeds of a sale of the property should go into the <Jeneral Pund. Anderson made a motion to allow the EDA to begin a marketing/promotional campaign for the "fire hall" site. Pinancial allotment of the proceeds will bf!' lIlpproved later by the City Council. Muyres seconded the motion. Anderson, Muyres, Potter and Berning voted aye. Vetsch voted no. 'l'he motion carried. City Administrator Hale reviewed the changes to Ordinance '1995-11 recommended by City Attorney Couri . Berning made a motion to adopt ORDllfMCE '1995-11 entitled D O1tDt1IUeB aDGPtlllO WE MI....~IJO!'AftAft BUILDtll(r'-COHas aftMmded. Vetsch secoftdedthe motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to acce,t a donation from the Lions in the amount of '764.00 to.be. used to purchas. a trailer for the Queen's float. Berning seconded the IIOtion. All voted aye. . ALBER~ILLZ CI~ OOUWCIL April 3, 1995 Page' 4 of 7 Mayor Potter reported on the Community ~artners Program held at Mille Lacs Resort on March 22nd and 13rd as a training program for the Central Minnesota Ini tiati vePund grant program. Pive other representatives from various City qroups--kim Walsh, Andrea Eull, Janet Berning, Zlaine Znqstrom and "im Brown--also attended. Insurance Agent Arfan Mhtdletonrevieved the optional Electrical Systems BreaktloWl'l insurance quotationpreviousty requested by the Council. Middleton explained that em "ednesday, March 29, the Lea..e of Minnuota Cities Insuranee..-rust.end out information that off.J's broad.r cov.rag. on this type of policy at a premiUlft bas.d on '-2M of. th.totat City packa.e. ...ect OD tb. LMCI,'s broader and ~re .eon~cal pOlicy now availabl., Middleton atated he. ooul' DO 10Dger r.o~nd th.t the Counoil consider the policy h..h.d be_ ..ted to quot.. Berning _cte a motion authoriziD9 MlclclletOll'>.d City .taff to apply to the LIfe!'l for eo.era9tt for el.et ri calbreakdOWl'l. Anderson seconded the motton. All votect'aye. , Mayor reported that the Public Works Committee hasntet and . :.discussed settin.g up a proeedural policies for specific items, such f as crack sealing and street sweeping. The Council reviewed the memo from Administrator Hale reqarding the inability to contact by mail or telephonefte1$on Bonner, 'one of the~embers of the Planning and Zoning Commissioners. The telephone has a "no longer in service" message that both the administrator and clerk have checked and two pieces of mail addressed to Bonner have been returned as "undeliverable". . Berning made a motion based on the attempted correspondence via telephone and lllail, that "elson Bonner bas abandoned his position on the Planning C~ission 8nd avacaney now exists. Muyresseconded the motion. All voted a,e. Berning Mdea IROthm to appoint .1i. Brown tofi lIthe unexpired tent of BoIm.r ........r of thePlaanillg COIIIId..s10n and to appoint lUebard Paris as .11 al t.rn.t......r, who w111 atteacl meetinqsr89Ularlr and will'" .ppoiated .. . r4I9Ul.r -...ber wh.n the next vac.nc!, occurs. Vetseh seconded the aotion. All voted aye. Attorney Couri r.ported tb.t Itad Praser is planning a 30,000 square foot addi tton to hi.Pr.ser 8tee1 business and has requested that the City modify the existing -rIP District. In Couri's opinion, a modification of the district should not cause a penalty in the City's utA. '!'hirty d.,. notice must be given to both the COtmty and the schoal district before a hearing could be held to consider amending the district. Court also suggested that a . . . AL8BR7YILLK CIYY ~CIL April 3, 1995 Page 5 of ., written agreement between the Cit!' alld Pra.et Steel be drafted if the Council agree. to UMm.d the .,t' di.trict. Muyres ..de a ROtion authorizing Couri to begin the preliainarygroundwork r.,.rdtft9tbe .,YP1lOCti fication and refer his findings' to the", contingent upon legal 'opinion that nopeaalt, in the City's LOA would occur. Vetsch s.conded the motion. All voted aye~ ' Couri recommended that the Counei 1 perform a preliminary interim evaluation on the City Administrator now that he is half- way through his six-month probationary period. Muyres made a motion to have each Council member do an eval ua.tion of Hal es' performance and turn the evaluations over to the Personnel Cornmi ttee tor final review. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Anderson made a motion to discuss an amendments to the ~IP '5 and the Fraser Steel TIP budgets at the special meeting on April 17, 1995. Muyres seconded the motion~ ,All voted aye. Couri reported that he had contacted Piper Jaffrey and the state,Auditor's Office to discuss whether Piper Jaffrey's Money Market fund was one .in vIlich IftUniclpaltties could invest. Although it appears that the 'fund in which the Cit!' has invested i8 proper, Piper Jaffrey has' not9tven the City d~tation that thi8 fund - is a legal tnv..t..-ent as the law requires. Potter ..de a mottor. toauthor1ze tttePinaace COBftittee, upon its reconnendation .fter ..eting vi th . PiHr Jaffrey on Prieta!', April 7 , to move all eit!' funds fro. the Piper Jaffrey Money Market, to the local banlt. Ander80n seconcled the'.tion. All .oted a,e. Further, results of tlteeommittee action would be reported to Council on April 17, 1995. City ~gineer ,Pete Carlson reviewed. with the Council the letter he received from Jim Povich, Assistant District ~gineer with M"nO!. ~he letter indicated th~ City may initiate the project deve 1 opment proce~s for the llpgrade of "t'H94 and eSA" J. 9 interchange. "MDO'!' had initially :l.n.d:fcated they would proba~ly not require an extensive "Environmental Asse!Jsment "ork~heet (~A") or detailed traffic analysis, whieh is normally required for this type of project. However, the Federal Highway Administration (PHWA), which has ultimate aufhori ty over this project, has informed Carlsone ~A" and a justification report would be required. At 9: 5 5 PM Mayor Pot t er removed hi mse I ff rom the Ci t Y Counci I citing a potential conflict ot interest and Acting Mayor Berning continued the meeting. . '. . AL8~ILLE CI~ COUWCIL April 3. 1995 Page 6 of 7 Carl!lon estimates that the cost of preparing an EA.W would be $39,000. This estimate includes the cost of noise and air quality studies, whtch are not es~ent1al to the EAW. ~arlson explained that by including these portions in the ~AW, he hopes to eliminate the possibility that "an ~v1ronmental Impact Statement" (EYS) would be required. Pete estimated the cost of the Preliminary Interchang~ Aecess request at approximate'ly $24,000. 80th the OW and interchange access request .would be prepared simultaneousl,. in order to save time. In order to achieve opening of the ramp in 1996, the city Council must decide to lftOVe on tbepreliminary work witbintbe month ot April. Couri indic.teti he bas spoken with tb. potential cteveloper and believes the developer is aw.ie< that the 1996 opening is not likely. Carlson advised the Council that even if tbe preliminary interchange access request and the ZWW are done, there is still no guarantee that the ramp will be approved. The Council expressed concerns that the developer has yet to meet with the eouncil or to have presented any sort ot plan. The City has already spent $7,000 tor delineation and the preliminary EAW work. Muyres recommends that the City proceed no further unti I the developer at least meets with the EDA to discuss his project and/or cost sharing of the ramp. Anderson made a motion t(') tahl~ further lIt.ction on the ramp issue until information is provided by the developer regarding his plans. Muyres seconded the moti(')n. All voted aye. The Council directed Administrator Hale to send l!l letter to the developer explaining the Council decision. Mayor Potter returned to the Council at 10:20 PM and continued the meeting. Carlso~ reviewed tbe map of the "Urban Service Area" witb tbe Council. ~b...p shows .ho.tbearea inaad around tbecorporate limits can be served witb sanitary sewer. Pour new lift stations are required to twap1-.nt tbeOrban 8e"ice Are.aa proposed. Pete will have. coat ..timate., ilifo~tion on trunk access . charge., etc. for the Council to consieierat tb.special ...ting on April 17, 1995. ~he Council discussed tbe letter from Pete dated March 28, 199.5. regarding ownership of the watermains. It .i. the Council'. consensus that each m'ember of the Joint Power. should own/control JL_ . ,.' . ALBER~ILLE eI~ COUICIL April 3, 1995 Page 7 of 7 the lateral mains within the cOIIIIftlnity and Joint Powers should own/control onlf the trunk mains. Anderson ..de allOtion directing the Ci t7 Clerk to send a 1 etter to Joint Powers indicating that until.. the Joint Powers Board completes a C01Iltrehensi" "ater Plan the eit)' of Albertville1d.l1 not consider discussion of ntenMl1n owaership. Berning ..cOllded the motion. All voted afe. The Council was informed that the Public Works Committee has authorized the public works department to obtain bids for a 2-3 yesr contract period on such items as crack sealing, alum, and street . sweeping. The Cot1.Jlcil reviewed the information from Joan Spence, Communi ty P"or~ster. Ci ty Administrator Hale was directed to contact Ms. Spence and ask her tc meet with the Council regarding her program. Muyres made a motion to hir~ !tatie McCoy as a Park Maintenance Marker & Typist/Pile Clerk on a 4~ hour. a week basis for the summer a.t Pay Range 2, Step A. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Muyres made a motion authoriZing issuance of an additional check in the amount of $20 to paf for registration for the two Public Wf>rJrsemplo)'ees to attend the "right Count, Safetflteeting on Pridaf, April' . Anderson seeonded the motion. All voted afe. Berning made a mottoD to adjourn a~ll: 25 PII. Mu)'re. .eco.ded the motion. All voteda,e. \ M~ Michael Potter, Mayor