Loading...
2000-05-15 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL May 15,2000 Albertville City Hall 7 :00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers Robert Gundersen, Keith Franklin, and John Vetsch, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, 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: · Delete Items 5c( 5) and 5c( 6) - Fire Hall · Add Item 5c(7) - Design standards for grading around wetlands . Add 5d - Nuisance Ordinance enforcement . Add Item 5e(S) - Clean Up Day 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 May 1, 2000, meeting as presented. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Franklin made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2000, special meeting as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Olson asked if anyone present wished to address the Council under the Citizen Forum portion of the agenda. No one addressed the Council. McCormack made a motion to approve payment of Check #' s 13074 - 13110 as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. McCormack made a motion to approve the request from the Albertville Friendly City Days Committee to close the following streets during Friendly City Days: . 5Sth Street (Main to Lander) . Lander Ave. (5Sth St. to Barthel's) . Main Avenue (5ih to 59th Streets) . Lansing Avenue (50th to 51 st Streets) . Main Avenue (57th to 59th Streets) . Lander Avenue (5ih to 5Sth Streets) June 5-12 June S - 11 June 9 June 10 June 10 June 10 All Day All Day 6:00PM-2:00AM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM 6:00PM-2:00AM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL May 15, 2000 Page 2 of 4 . Main Avenue (50th to 60th Streets) . 59th Street (Barthel Ind. Dr. to Main) . Barthel Ind. Dr. (51 st to 59th Streets) . 51st Street (Barthel Ind. Dr. to Main) . 60th Street (CSAH 37 to Main Avenue) June 11 June 11 June 11 June 11 June 11 1 :00 - 4:00 PM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM 1 :00 - 4:00 PM The motion also approves the request to extend City Park hours on Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th to 12:00 AM. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. McCormack made a motion to approve the Public Works Report as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. Franklin made a motion to approve the WWTF /Water Departments Report as presented. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. McCormack made a motion authorizing the purchase of a slide and playground equipment for City Park at a cost of $6,053.55. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council requested more information from the Public Works Department regarding the need for summer help. The Council reviewed the preliminary and final plat of Psyk's 8th Addition. The Council discussed whether to require sidewalks and/or a bituminous trail along 53rd Street. The Council agreed that a concrete sidewalk should be installed that would eventually connect Main Avenue to CSAH 19 along 53rd Street. Vetsch made a motion to approve the installation of a 5' concrete sidewalk on the north side of 53rd Street from Main Avenue to one lot past Lachman Avenue. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Franklin made a motion to approve Findings of Fact & Decision approving the preliminary and final plat of Psyk's 8th Addition with a 5' concrete sidewalk required on the north side of 53rd Street. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to approve RESOLUTION #2000-8 titled A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WETLAND REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR THE ALBERTVILLE VILLAS PROJECT TO FILL 2.94 ACRES OF . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL May 15, 2000 Page 3 of 4 WETLAND TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCITON OF CITY STREETS. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. McCormack made a motion to approve the Grading Permit for the Kollville Estates project with Paragraph 7 revised to state the street will be cleaned daily, contingent upon the City receiving a $30,000 letter of credit from the developer. Franklin seconded the motion. McCormack, Franklin, Gundersen and Olson voted aye. Vetsch voted no. The motion carried. City Engineer Pete Carlson presented a revised cost estimate for the completion of Barthel Industrial Drive. Carlson estimates the cost at $205,257. Franklin made a motion directing the engineer to contact the property owners abutting the proposed extension of Barthel Industrial Drive and to proceed to prepare a Feasibility Study for the project. McCormack seconded the motion. All voted aye. Carlson explained that the low bid for the wastewater treatment facility expansion project came in at $350,000 over the engineer's estimate. Pete is working with the low bidder (Gridor Construction) to determine if the project can be redesigned to try to cut costs. Carlson will present his recommendations at the next meeting. Carlson presented a standard detail plate for grading around wetland areas. The standard creates a 30' buffer zone around wetlands as requested by MPCA. The Council agreed to add the design standard of a 30' buffer zone around wetlands included in the City's Standard Details Plate booklet. The city attorney was directed to send a letter to a property owner advising him that the City will proceed to enforce its Nuisance Ordinance relating to the storage of materials on site. Several property owners were present to request that the City require that all back yards be seeded. They claim that several of their neighbor's back yards have been left untouched and now contain nothing but weeds. The Council directed staff to prepare a letter to send to those property owners having an unseeded back yard and to the developer of those lots requiring that the work be started within 15 days of the date of the letter and completed no more than 15 days after starting. The Council will consider amending the Zoning Ordinance relating to house size and garage size at the next meeting. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL May 15, 2000 Page 4 of 4 Councilmember Vetsch requested that staff be directed to send a letter to the Crow River News relating to the lack of coverage of the outlet mall opening. The Council decided to take no action at this time. Administrator Goeb reminded the Council of the Wright County Transportation meeting on May 1 tho She and City Engineer Carlson will be attending the meeting. The Council reviewed the letter from Robert Rego requesting that the Council reconsider their decision to charge the school district the current SAC rate for the high school addition. There was no interest from the Council to reconsider that decision. The Council agreed to meet with the Otsego City Council on either June 21 st or 22nd to discuss Otsego's proposal for sewer service. The administrator will contact Otsego to see if either date is convenient for Otsego. The Council also scheduled a special meeting at 6:00 PM on Monday, June 5th, to discuss the proposal. The Council directed the administrator to contact the City of St. Michael regarding a Clean Up Day. McCormack made a motion to adjourn at 9:10 PM. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. ohn ArOlson, Mayor __' '- /----L\ . '"" _._' .-- t f "..__...._ --~ .-' ,1 ' "'r( -f" LInda Goeb, City Administrator