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1999-02-01 CC Minutes . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 1, 1999 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers Robert Gundersen, Duane Berning, Patti Stalberger and John Vetsch, City Administrator-Clerk Linda Goeb, Public Works Representative Tim Guimont, City Attorney Mike Couri and City Engineer Peter Carlson Mayor Olson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: · Add Item 5b(3) - Outdoor Ice Rink . Add Item 5c(4) - Project Updates · Add Item 5d( 6) - Update on STMA Ice Arena Vetsch made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Gundersen made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 19, 1999, minutes as presented. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Olson asked if anyone in the audience wished to address the City Council under Citizen Forum. Cathy Gullickson reported that the street sign at the corner of County Road 37 and Lamont Avenue NE has been rotated and asked that the Public Works department return the sign to its correct position. No one else in the audience chose to address the Council. Gundersen made a motion to approve payment of Check #11395 -11417 as presented. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to approve the December Revenue/Expenditure Report as presented. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council accepted the Public Works Report as presented. . Tim Guimont reported on the three 72" front-mount mowers he had tried out. All of the mowers have diesel engines and are 4-wheel drive. Tim feels the . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 1, 1999 Page 2 of 4 Toro mower did the best job in cutting and is overall the best of the three mowers. He recommended the Council purchase the Toro mower at a cost of$16,028. Tim further explained the balance of the $20,000 set aside for the mower purchase could be used to purchase a trailer. Stalberger made a motion approving the purchase of the Toro mower at a cost of $16,028, and, further, to authorize Tim to proceed to get prices on a trailer. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Tim was directed to contact Rick Patzner of the STMA Youth Hockey Association to discuss week-end opening and closing of the park shelter. City Engineer Pete Carlson explained that the plans and specs for sih Street NE are completed and are ready to go out to bid. Cascade II Land Co. has requested that Lambert Avenue be constructed though the Albertville Crossings plat as a 429 protect. The developers also want a six foot concrete sidewalk on the south side of si Street vs. a bituminous trail. sih Street is designed as a 44-wide, 9-ton collector street. The street widens at the County Road 19 intersection with a concrete median. Estimated cost of the project is $3S0,000, however that cost could be higher if fill is needed to be hauled in. Berning made a motion to approve the inclusion of Lambert Avenue into the sih Street construction project under the 429 statutes as requested by Cascade II Land Company. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. Carlson presented the first draft of the Greenhaven Drainage Project agreement for the maintenance of the downstream area. The agreement has been drafted between the Cities of Albertville, St. Michael and Otsego rather than with individual property owners. There are a total of SSO acres of land draining through the unnamed ditch, of which 110 acres (about 20%) are in the City of Albertville. Carlson was directed to draft the agreement with a dollar amount limitation on a yearly basis for maintenance of the ditch. He will draft the language for presentation at the next Council meeting. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 1, 1999 Page 3 of 4 Carlson reported that the feasibility study for the lift station along County Road 18 has been put on hold at his time because the potential development on the south side of CSAH 18 has been postponed at this time. Vetsch made a motion to approve the addition of a street light at the intersection of Kalland Avenue NE and the private road into the rental units of the Cottages of Albertville. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed the options for having a design/development document prepared for bidding the construction of the new fire hall. Pete Carlson explained that since the merger of the S.E.H. and RCM firms, the firm has the capacity to prepare the design/development stage plan for the fire hall. The plan would take about one month to complete, depending upon how timely meetings with the fire department can be arranged. The cost would not exceed $9,000. . Gundersen made a motion to authorize S.E.H. to prepare design/development stage plans for a new fire hall at a not-to-exceed cost of $9,000. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to adopt ORDINANCE #1999-1 titled THE AMENDMENT OF THE ALBERTVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE #1998-12). Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to adopt ORDINANCE #1999-2 titled AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to approve City membership in the Economic Development Partnership of Wright County at a cost of $500. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Councilmember Vetsch reported that the $250,000 Mighty Ducks grant to the STMA Ice Arena has been received. The ice arena is approximately $100,000 short in their fund raising attempts. Costs have been higher than projected due to the upgrading the building, with the addition of the sprinkler system to allow the building to be used year-round and concrete flooring. There were also additional expenditures for drainage. All in all, the arena is approximately $250,000 over . budget. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 1, 1999 Page 4 of 4 Vetsch made a motion to request the STMA Ice Arena Board repay the $83,000+ short-term loan as originally agreed upon. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Olson adjourned the meeting at 8:35 PM. ~. / /. 1)/ .,) . " . . .. ...--1 'L-ct/J XJr'_<-- j!_-,' Linda Goeb, Administrator-Clerk . .