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2000-02-22 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 22, 2000 Albertville City Hall 7 :00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers Robert Gundersen, Gary McCormack, Keith Franklin, and John Vetsch, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, City Planner Deb Garross, and City Administrator-Clerk Linda Goeb Mayor Olson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: · Add Item 5e(6) - Fire Department concerns · Add Item 5a(3) - Partition office in rear of old City Hall building Gundersen made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Franklin made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 7, 2000, as presented. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Olson asked if anyone present wished to address the Council. No one addressed the Council. Gundersen made a motion to approve payment of Check #'s 12747 - 12794 as presented. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to approve the 3.2 Liquor License for the Albertville Jaycees on March 25, 2000, at the S1. Albert's Parish Center. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to schedule the Board of Review Hearing for Wednesday, May 17,2000, at 7:00 PM. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to accept the Street and Parks Report as presented. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to accept the Water and Wastewater Department Report as presented. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 22, 2000 Page 2 of 4 City Administrator Goeb explained the Public Works Department has proposed to partition off a portion of the back room at the old City Hall for an office area. The office presently used by the Fire Department would be converted into a storage room for old files. Tim estimates the cost of the partition at $500 or less. The Council asked that a sketch of the proposed construction be submitted to them. City Administrator Goeb reported that the engineer for the Kollville Estates project has indicated he would submit a written request for a time extension on the Zoning Application for the Kollville Estates. That request has not been received by the City. City Attorney Couri advised that, without the request for a time extension in hand, the Council should make a decision regarding the plat at this meeting. Franklin made a motion to adopt the Findings of Fact and Decision denying the preliminary plat and CUP/PUD for the Kollville Estates, if the City has not received a letter from the developer requesting a time extension prior to the expiration of the 120 day time frame associated with the Zoning Application. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Planner Deb Garross reviewed the final plat of the Mooney Addition with the Council. The drainage and utility easements have been changed slightly from the preliminary plat in order to accommodate the Burger King site plan. Gundersen made a motion to adopt the Findings of Fact and Decision approving the final plat for the Mooney Addition. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Duane Day explained the advantages and disadvantages of having snow guards on the roof over the main entry of the fire hall. The Council agreed that snow falling off the roof would likely cause less problems than having the snow melt on the roof and dripping down, creating an ice buildup on the sidewalk below. Franklin made a motion to leave snow guard off the roof over the main entry of the fire hall. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Day reviewed his letter explaining why he recommends denial of Change Orders # 1 0 and # 11. Mike Kranz, representing Shingobee Builders, believes that Change Order # 1 0 is a valid request and should be approved, but after seeing the additional information provided by Day, he agrees that Change Order #11 should be denied. Kranz would also like to negotiate several other changes at the fire hall. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 22, 2000 Page 3 of 4 Vetsch made a motion to table action on Change Order # 1 0 until the other changes orders have been reviewed and are ready for presentation. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. McCormack made a motion to deny Change Order # 11. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Day reported that the floor of the fire hall apparatus bay has several depressions which hold water. Mike Kranz has checked with the contractor who does the epoxy coating and has been told that the depressions can be filled and repaired. The company will be unable to start the work until early March. Day recommended the areas be filled in as Shingobee proposes. The Council discussed the warranty on the repaired portion of the floor. Kranz stated the manufacturer's one year warranty would be valid from the date of completion. Gundersen made a motion approving the filling of the depressions with epoxy and requesting that Shingobee Builders offer an additional one year warranty on the areas being repaired. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council reviewed and discussed the options for determining evaluation of the Savitski property for the purpose of calculating park dedication fees. Franklin made a motion to establish the Wright County Assessor's Office evaluation for the purpose of calculating park dedication fees and accept $5, 520 as the park dedication fee for Lot 1, Block 1, Sunrise Commercial Park. Vetsch seconded the motion. Vetsch, Franklin, and McCormack voted aye. Gundersen and Olson voted no. The motion carried. The Council considered the request from the STMA Ice Arena for the City to plow their parking lot on a fee basis. The consensus of the Council is that the City is not in the snow plowing business and the request is denied. The Council reviewed the letters from two businesses requesting that the Sign Ordinance be amended to allow for temporary signs for uses other than grand opemngs. Franklin removed himself from the Council to avoid a conflict of interest. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL February 22, 2000 Page 4 of 4 Both business who are requesting a sign ordinance amendment state that business has been adversely affected since their temporary signs have been required to be taken down. Gundersen made a motion to deny the request to consider amending the Sign Ordinance. McCormack seconded the motion. Gundersen, McCormack, and Olson voted aye. Vetsch voted no. The motion carried. Franklin returned to his seat on the Council. The Council established three priorities for the February 29th Strategic Planning meeting agenda as follows: (1) Issues and concerns with border cities (2) Transportation issues - Main Avenue, Country Road 19, Barthel Industrial Drive (3) Staff Planning Concerns As requested by a potential developer, the Council agreed to tour the Liberty on the Lakes development in Stillwater on Saturday, March 25t at 1 :00 PM. The Council agreed to meet jointly with the City ofOtsego on Thursday, March 9th at 7 :00 PM at the Albertville City Hall. Several Fire Department members discussed their concerns over protecting the Outlets of Albertville building. They are requesting that lock boxes with keys to the individual stores be placed on both the front and rear of the units. Sally Thompson, the new manager of the mall property, was present for the discussion and indicated that management wanted no responsibility for keys to individual stores. The Council directed the fire department to meet with the mall manager to discuss how to meet the fire department's needs. Vetsch made a motion to motion. All voted aye. . Ol~s~n, Mayor ~~ ~-f- Linda Goeb, City Admfnistrator