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2001-03-05 CC MinutesALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA March 5, 2001 7:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL — ADOPT AGENDA 2. MINUTES (a) February 20, 2001, City Council Meeting 3. CITIZEN FORUM - (10 Minute Limit) 4. CONSENT AGENDA (a) Approve payment of claims 5. SPECIAL ORDER • Towne Lakes Development — Presentation 6. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS a. Public Works (1) Report (2) Snow Removal along CSAH 37 b. Fire Department • Report C. (1) Heuring Meadows Final Plat (2) Albert Villas 4th Addition — Presentation of revised preliminary plat d. Engineering (1) Proposed Box Culvert Replacement on County Ditch 9 (2) Revised Feasibility Study — 2001 Industrial Park NE (3) • e. Legal (1) Grading Agreement — Albert Villas 4th Addition (2) Heuring Meadows Developer's Agreement City Council Agenda March 5, 2001 Page 2 of 2 i f. Administration (1) Cost estimates to do market valuation of city property (2) Reschedule joint meeting with St. Michael at the St. Michael City Hall to Wednesday, March 28th (3) Response to proposal to amend Wright County Zoning Ordinance re: Bed & Breakfast zones (4) Speed Zoning Report — CSAH 19 (FYI) (5) Consider including amending Feasibility Study on the trail along CSAH 19 to include the cost of a trail south of 50'h Street to the city boundary 7. ADJOURNMENT C ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL • March 5, 2001 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers LeRoy Berning, Scott Wallace, Keith Franklin and John Vetsch, City Engineer Peter Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, City Planner Cindy Sherman and City Administrator -Clerk Linda Goeb Mayor Olson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. Franklin made a motion to approve the agenda. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Wallace made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 20, 2001, regular meeting as presented. Franklin 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. Councilmember Berning requested that Check #'s 14279, 14288, 14289, 14299, and 14305 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion later in the meeting. is exceptions. made a motion to approve payment of the claims as presented with the above exceptions. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Fire Chief Kevin Roden, representing the Fire Department Truck Committee, discussed the need to replace two vehicles. They have contacted several truck vendors regarding a pumper truck and a ladder/quint style truck. Estimated cost of the pumper truck is $450,000. By purchasing the two vehicles at the same time, a multiple truck discount applies and both trucks are estimated at $750,000. The Council directed the Truck Committee to prepare a written report detailing exactly what equipment needs the Fire Department has and how the proposed equipment fills those needs. Homer Tompkins, representing Contractor Property Developers Company, gave a brief presentation on the Towne Lakes development proposed for the land between School and Mud Lakes. The developer hopes to have 43 single family lots available for sale early this summer. He reviewed the "traditional neighborhood" concept tat is being used and described the amenities that the developer will provide. The developer will soon be in the process of selecting 6-8 builders to be used in the development, each with a portfolio of homes that are approved. The first meeting of the Architectural Review Committee will be March 15. Tompkins will provide an update 40 to the Council at the second meeting in April. ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL • March 5, 2001 Page 2 of 4 Wallace made a motion to accept the Public Works Department Report as presented. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Franklin made a motion to purchase a 1975 International truck with attached 1991 Serco Jetter from the City of Andover at a cost of $15,750, with the monies budgeted in the for collection system maintenance and vehicle line items. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council directed staff to send a letter to Wright County Highway Department requesting that the problem of snow removal along CSAH 37 and the Savitski building should be resolved between the two parties. Planner Cindy Sherman presented the Heuring Meadows final plat. The development is a 45 lot, single family subdivision with an 11.77 outlot and one lot zoned B-2. The site is 37.33 acres in size and is located west of County Road 19, south of the Cottages of Albertville. The site is zoned R-IA and B-2 and the final plat is consistent with the preliminary plat approved earlier. • Franklin made a motion to adopt the Findings of Fact & Decision, approving Pp g the final plat, subject to the following additional findings: (1) 53rd Street will be constructed at a width of 42' curb to curb from CSAH 19 to the west end of Outlet B. (2) A concrete median will be constructed in 53rd Street from CSAH 19 to Kyler Avenue NE. (3) The developer will provide an easement for a future trail along the east side of Lot 1, Block 5. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve the Developer's Agreement for Heuring Meadows. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Planner Sherman reported that Edina Development Corporation Inc. has submitted a preliminary plat, CUP/PUD, comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning and PUD general plan for a 156 lot single family subdivision to be known as Albert Villas 4ch Addition. The subject site is 99.11 acres in size and is located south and east of County Ditch #9 and south to the Albertville city limits. The site is proposed to be zoned R-1 A with a CUP/PUD which allows for lot width flexibility in the lot area and • width requirements within certain distances of Swamp Lake. ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL • March 5, 2001 Page 3 of 4 Mike Gair, of McComb Frank Roos Associates, representing Edina Development, presented a revised preliminary plat for Albert Villas 4th. Because of the boundary configuration of the property as defined by Ditch #9, corporate limits on the south, the power utility easement on the east, Swamp Lake on the west and the jurisdictional wetlands, the plat is laid out as well as possible. Gair reviewed the revised plat which incorporates a landscape design solution intended to add residential quality and character to the neighborhood, enhance property values and sustain interest in the development. The developer told the Council that he intends to implement a similar landscaping design in the earlier developments (Albert Villas, Albert Villas 2" d, and Albert Villas 3`d) in order to tie the neighborhoods together and to add value to the existing plats. Vetsch made a motion to require that deciduous trees proposed in the Albert Villas 4th Addition be 3.5" minimum diameter and the coniferous tress be a minimum of 4-6' in height. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. • Franklin made a motion to adopt the Findings of Fact & Decision approving P g pP g the comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning , CUP/PUD and preliminary plat of Albert Villas 4th Addition, subject to the following additional findings: (1) All deciduous trees planted in the Albert Villas 4th Addition will be a minimum of 3.5" diameter and all coniferous trees must be 4-6' in height. (2) All deciduous trees planted in the earlier additions of Albert Villas shall be a minimum diameter of 2.5". (3) The trail access shall be moved to the north edge of Lot 9, Block 5. (4) An additional trail easement will be granted adjacent to Lot 15, Block 5. Berning seconded the motion. Franklin, Berning, Olson and Wallace voted aye. Vetsch voted no. The motion carried. Berning made a motion to approve the Grading Contract for Albert Villas Fourth Addition as presented. Wallace seconded the motion. Franklin, Berning, Olson and Wallace voted aye. Vetsch voted no. The motion carried. City Engineer Pete Carlson reviewed Wright County's proposal to replace the 75-year old, 10.5 x 8.1 foot box culvert under County Road 18 with a 12 x 8 foot box culvert. The proposal is contingent upon the city's approval. Carlson indicated that he • sees no problems with the culvert replacement proposed. The consensus of the ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL March 5, 2001 Page 4 of 4 Council was to accept Carlson's recommendation and approve the proposal. Carlson will notify the County regarding the City's position. Carlson reviewed the Feasibility Study for the city property and reiterated that there are additional costs to continue to the sewer main across the property east of County Road 19 to the lift station in the Towne Lakes project. Total cost to complete the construction of the system is $1.1 million. City Administrator Goeb presented two proposals for a market evaluation of the city -owned property. The Council requested that both Maxwell Research and McComb Group, Ltd. Attend the next Council meeting to present the scope of their work and provide samples of their work. The Council agreed to reschedule the joint meeting with the St. Michael City Council to March 28' at 6:30 PM at the St. Michael City Hall. Vetsch made a motion directing the City Engineer to amend the Feasibility • Study on the County Road 19 trail project to include extending the trail south of 50th Street to the corporate limits to match the sidewalk to be installed by the City of St. Michael. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Wallace made a motion to adjourn at 10:35 PM. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. 1117 �/ohn A. Olson, Mayor Linda Goeb, City Administrator 1]