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2002-03-18 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL March 18,2002 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers LeRoy Berning, Scott Wallace, and John Vetsch, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, City Planner Cindy Sherman, and City Administrator Linda Goeb Mayor Olson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: · Add Item 5f(2) - Offers to purchase former water tower lot · Add Item 5c(1) - Discuss park dedication fee calculation methods · Add Item 5d(2) - Baseball field parking lot · Add Item 5d(3) - Sidewalk along north side of 5ih Street Wallace made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the March 4, 2002, meeting as presented. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Olson asked if anyone wished to address the Council under Citizen Forum. No one in the audience wished to address the Council. Councilmember Berning asked to remove Check #s 15922 and 15926 from the Consent Agenda. Wallace made a motion to approve payment of Check #'s 15921, Check #'s 15923 - 15925, and Check #'s 12927 - 15967 as presented. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Wallace made a motion to approve a 3.2 Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor License for the Albertville Lions on April 13, 2002, from 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM at the Albertville Fire Hall. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Wallace made a motion to approve a 3.2 Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor License for the Albertville Lions on April 19, 2002, from 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM at the St. Albert's Parish Center. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve changing medical direction for the Albertville Fire Department to Dr. Charles Lick, Allina Hospital, Buffalo, MN, contingent upon the city attorney reviewing the contract and the insurance coverage. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to authorizing the purchase of a Metrotech HL400 Leak Locator from Davies Water Equipment in the amount of $1,975.00. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. Albertville City Council Minutes March 18, 2002 . Page 2 of3 Vetsch made a motion to approve the WWTF /W ater Department Report, authorizing a two-week internship program with a St. Cloud Technical College Water Environment Technology student. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. Councilmember Berning asked City Planner Cindy Sherman to provide the Council with more detailed information relating to determining what portion of acreage for wetlands and ponding is exempt from park dedication fees. City Engineer Pete Carlson reviewed the bids for the Savitski Lift Station Upgrade with the Council. A total of five bids were received, and Barbarossa & Sons, Inc. of Osseo, MN, was the low bidder with a bid of $256,398.00. Carlson recommended awarding the bid to Barbarossa & Sons. Vetsch made a motion to accept the low bid for the Savitski Lift Station Upgrade to Barbarossa & Sons in the amount of$256,398.00. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Councilmember Wallace told the Council that the STMA Ice Arena Board has committed to paying a portion of the costs for the parking lot to be shared with City Park's new baseball field. The Board has also requested that when the parking lot bid is bid, the specifications includes repairs to the existing arena parking lot. Those costs will be paid by the STMA Hockey Board. The Council concurred with the proposal. Vetsch made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION #2002-8 titled DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY, relating to the 2002 Savitski Lift Station Upgrade in the amount of $325,000. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed the memo from City Attorney Mike Couri regarding the letter of credit for the Albertville Business Park. John Darkenwald is proposing to prepay the special assessments due to the City for utility and street improvements and the portion of the turn lane construction attributed to one lot (approximately 1/3 of the entire assessment to be levied upon the Albertville Business Park) immediately after closing the lot sale to Welcome Furniture. Couri recommends the City require no letter of credit from Mr. Darkenwald to secure the special assessments, provided Mr. Darkenwald and Welcome Furniture assure the City in writing that the prepayment of the special assessments will be paid at the closing of the Welcome Furniture property. . Vetsch made a motion to approve Couri's recommendation on the Albertville Business Park letter of credit, contingent upon coordinated closings of the Welcome Furniture lot and the immediate payment of the special assessments to the City. The motion also includes the provision that the bond issued by the City for the project include a five-year call date. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. . . . Albertville City Council Minutes March 18,2002 Page 3 of 3 The Council reviewed the letter from Don Leuer, concerning falcon hunting for pheasants. City administrator Goeb explained that the City's hunting ordinance does not prohibit falcon hunting, but only hunting with a weapon. The Council asked that an ordinance be drafted for review that prohibits hunting for all wild game for human consumption or trophy purposes within the city limits. City Administrator Goeb presented two offers for the purchase of the city-owned lot on 5ih Street NE (the former water tower site). Ray and Donna Anderson presented a counter-offer in the amount of $44,500. Matthew S. Olson presented an offer of $50,000 for the lot. Vetsch made a motion to accept the purchase offer on the former water tower lot from Matthew S. Olson in the amount of $50,000. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to include construction of a sidewalk on the north side of 5ih Street from the Parish Center to the Fire Hall in the quoted price for the sidewalks construction already approved by the Council. Wallace seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve Check #'s 15922 and 15926 as presented. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The computer modeled traffic study was briefly presented to the Council by S.E.H. staff. The Council scheduled a workshop to present the traffic study to interested residents and local businesses owners at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 18, 2002. Vetsch made a motion to adjourn at 9:15 PM. Wall aye. ~~) g,~/~ Linda oeb, City Admin'istrator